Chapter 59

Revenge Really Is Sweeter

Third Person POV:

When he was done with his lecture, Foaly looked up and was surprised to see that Holly and Mulch had disappeared. "Where did they go?" he asked.

At this moment, Artemis felt the urge to roll his eyes. "They left out of boredom soon after we began. Perhaps you should pay more attention to your surroundings."

Needless to say, the centaur did not take that remark very well. As far as he was concerned, the two had just snuck out and it had nothing to do with his personality or lecture. "Oh excuse me. I suppose we can't all watch every single move that Holly makes," he ranted. "I'm sorry we're not all in love with her."

Artemis's eyes turned cold in seconds. "Holly is my friend, thank you." This was getting out of hand. Everywhere the teenager turned, people were attempting to force him into something that was not there. Into feelings for his closest and dearest friend.

"Oh please. You couldn't take your eyes off of her in that skirt."

He blushed bright red, unaware that anyone had seen that. Yes, his eyes had been drawn to Holly, quite a bit actually, but he had assumed that no one had noticed. "I'm a teenage boy. Isn't it quite normal for me to notice females?"

"Only the pretty ones," the centaur counters. Arty knew exactly where this was going, and as usual he was two steps ahead of him.

"And Holly is quite pretty as you know."

The centaur was almost dancing on the inside. Yes, he had exactly what he wanted and needed. Now he just had to put it all together. "So, you think she's pretty, smart, funny, and just generally amazing?"

The genius actually did roll his eyes this time. Honestly Foaly just did not live up to his reputation as a fellow genius. "Yes."

"See, you never compliment anyone. So, logic would dictate that you are in love with Holly Short."

All of a sudden, the teens face turned red and his clothes were uncomfortably warm. "I am not. I compliment her solely because she is my best friend."

Foaly sighed deeply. "You should at least think about it. Evaluate your feelings and get back to me." He paused, knowing that he needed something to change the subject. "So, have you been working on anything interesting lately?"

The mud boy smirked. Ahh, the moment that he had been waiting for. Revenge was always sweeter. Especially when no one expected it. "Yes, and to see my work you should go to your website. Horsense. Gnom."

The centaur gulped nervously. Artemis was not supposed to know about that site. And if he did… well things could not be good. Never the less, he was curious and felt the need to see what had been done to his baby. He gasped as he saw the homepage. It was a very unflattering picture of him at home, wearing only a tin foil hat and a smile.

As he went through the website, he saw that all of his precious articles were gone to be replaced by ones involving himself. In fact, they even had verified sources that would make them seem realistic even to the most skeptical reader. Great. The boy just had to be a genius…

On the final page, there was a video clip. When Foaly clicked on it, it showed Artemis, sitting at his desk at Fowl Manor. "Greetings Foaly. By now, you've found my little surprise. Here's a lesson you may want to learn now: Never think that you can outsmart a Fowl."

After the video had played, the site exited on its own. The centaur turned in open mouthed shock to the teen. He didn't know whether to be amazed or slap the kid. "You hacked me? How?" Yes, Artemis did it on a daily basis, but this website had been coded and programmed with an eternity code. No one could hack. Or rather almost no one…

"Your defenses are nowhere near as sophisticated as you think. It was child's play after I rerouted a few things and created a base model."

The centaur felt out done. Every time he turned around there was this snot nosed kid. But he still had an ace up his sleeve. "What's to stop me from modifying my security system and just recreating some of the more… interesting news articles?"

But, of course, the young genius had thought of all of this. "I've detonated a data charge in your files. Anything that you upload in the next six months that pertain to either Holly or myself will trigger a chair reaction causing a mass e-mail to be sent to all of your co-worker and everyone subscribed to your little website."

Foaly carefully studied the teen's face. There was not even a shred of sympathy there. Great, he was at the mercy of a kid who had no mercy to begin with. "Do I want to know what they'll receive?" The look on the genius' face was more than enough of a response. "Fine, but know that this means war."

"War?" The teen snickered. "If I can do this just imagine what else I'm capable of…" Artemis grinned, taking savage joy in the look of distress that passed over the centaur's face. Ahhh, revenge really is sweeter.

A/N:

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