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Castaways of the Flying Dutchman/Artemis Fowl

Castaways of the Flying Dutchman/Alex Rider

Alex Rider/Artemis Fowl

Castaways/AR/AF in the AF/Castaways archive, just to be a rebel

Artemis Fowl/Newsies

Half-Moon Investigations /Artemis Fowl

Half-Moon Investigations/Alex Rider

Artemis fowl/Airman

Artemis Fowl/NCIS

The faster people vote, the faster I write it. When I get nine votes ALTOGETHER, I will begin writing it. You can vote for more than one, just tell me in a review. I don't care if you don't review but just leave your vote. I accept anonymous reviews, so there is no excuse. I have 1 vote for AF/NCIS and another or half-moon and alex rider.

Enjoy

Rule Seventeen

There's always a catch. You only notice it when it doesn't benefit you

Artemis sat back. He often wondered about what would have happened had himself and Holly Short not stopped his younger self from selling the lemur to Kronski. Would the Extintionists still be finished? Maybe his father would have reverted back to his criminal ways in order to stop them. The catch to saving JJ was almost losing Holly. Every alteration in every plan had a catch. Not knowing what would have happened was one of them. Maybe if he had never messed with the C-Cube he might have somehow been sucked into the Koboi mess earlier and been there to save the commander. Just thinking that made him want to vomit.

He called Foaly and told him so.

"Artemis Fowl. Nobody could have saved him. Ive had to repeat that to Holly a million times. Every time she gets drunk, she calls to talk/cry about it. Makes me want to blub too, and then lose face with my techies. No matter. " He said it with a light tone, but Artemis noted something. he said it with more anger than sadness. Angry at himself.

Artemis started to reply, but a thought struck Foaly.

"Artemis, are you drunk?"

Artemis didn't know what to say. He had never touched alcohol, except at the end of the fowl manor siege. And THAT was more tranquilizer than champagne. However, he was sure if that ddidnt change in the next two years, his Irish citizenship would be revoked.

"….It may be possible that alcohol has permeated by body in the last hour", he slurred for effect."

Lies. All Lies.

"ARTEMIS!"

"Not to worry Foaly. I was ahh..how should I say this..pulling your tail?"

Foaly snorted his disapproval on the other end.

Then Artemis thought of something.

"Were you worried about me?"

"NO. I was dreading to think about what a drunk Fowl could do to the population."

Artemis was miffed. "Nice to see you think of me so highly."

He heard a white hot muffling sound that he knew was the flares, and the connnectionw was broken.

Trouble was sitting next to Foaly as he hung up.

"What's your relationship with the Fowl Kid. Off the record. Friend? Enemy? Partner? Little Brat?

"Friend and partner. He was a good enough friend to call me, not Holly. His social alls are more frequent with her than me, but calling her to talk about Root would be cruel. Talking about it would probably give her Atlantis Complex."

Trouble gave him a look. "Foaly… You only get that if you are a reformed criminal."

Foaly twitched at a memory. "You weren't there during the tadpole thing. And the cake walk that followed.

Trouble was curious. "What tadpole thing?"

Foaly had already turned back to his security measures though. He had labeled Artemis as a good friend. Friends sent you cookies on your birthday. Good friends sent you exploding devices wrapped in tinfoil.

Corporal Newt rolled his eyes and tried to stuff a binky in his daughters mouth. He liked the idea of living on the outskirts of Haven City. So did Qwan. where Qwan was No1 was. He threw himself on the floor as a blue burst of lighting shattered the window. He heard a muffled "Sorry!" Before Qwans roof blew out.

Two days later, a window arrived with a note tucked in the frame from his insurance company.

Rule Seventeen.

What in fronds name was that supposed to mean?

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A/N this might not show up right, as my formatting was really messed up, and I'm working on fixing it.

CBFANO readers: I will be re-writing it.

Contact recon readers; A new chapter will be up, I promise! I have to write these in class, so not having reference is slowing me down

I have the first 2 chapters of an AF/newsies crossover written, so tell me if you want that. I also have a vague plot forming for and Half moon investigations crossover, but voting is up to you.