When Artemis walked into the kitchen his mouth was watering. Instead of fin ding the owner of that delicious smell, Butler ran up to him and put a hand on his head. He mumbled something like, " I thought he was healed... What's with the outfit?".
Holly just dropped her fork. Her mouth hung open and she was gaping like a fish. Her eyes looked like they would pop right out of her elfin head.
He sat down at the table and looked at his choices. Caviar, salad, orange juice... So far they were all no's. Then he saw it. The owners of that enticing aroma. A plate of sausage, and bacon. It was one of the most beautiful things he had ever seen in his opinion. So he took some water and three sausages, with seven strips of bacon on the side.
Butler and Holly looked at him as if he had another head. "Erm... Are you Arty?" Holly said nervously. Maybe he hit his head and a personality like Orion came out. Ya never know. "Yes, of course I am Holly. Why would you think otherwise?" He responded calmly while refilling his plate.
He took a sip of water and almost did a spit take. He turned green. Butler was up in a second. He managed to down the sip of the foul metallic water. " Pleh! This water is horrid! Butler, did Myles experiment with the water tanks again?" They both shuddered at the memory while Holly looked mildly confused.
"No Artemis. I simply think you all of a sudden aren't able to drink the water. " Artemis shrugged an indifferent look on his face. He didn't mind. It tasted like poison. pwas this what Holly tasted in above ground water?If so, poor Captain Short. "Alrighty then, what is it you wanted to talk about?" Artemis asked. "Why were you all dirty when you got back Mud Boy? And where were you in first place!? " Artemis already had a lie prepared for those. " I couldn't sleep so I took a walk around the manor. I accidentally tripped at one point and fell into a puddle, I also scratched myself on huge way down."
He hates giving up his pride but he hated telling his family about his secrets. Holly and Butler both accepted this new information easily. After all Artemis was very clumsy at times.
"Well I must go to my room now. Please excuse me." He put his dishes in the sink and left.
Artemis knew he had to back out that night. He had to practice changing, to practice being who he was now. He sat in his cotton chair and thought deeply. He would need a good plan. A really good one. He thought about it and an idea came. Once Myles had built him a robot replica of himself.
It looked like it was alive. Breathed, talked, walked, slept. The works. If he put it under his covers on his bed on sleep mode he could leave without being caught! He would use the tunnels in his Manor to his advantage.
It would be risky but Artemis Fowl the Second always had loved 'risky'.