Chapter 12

A twist

Diana had to admit that the plan sounded somewhat strange. It was not like in the movies, where you just go there, save the guys and live happily ever after. It was so much harder in real life.

She took out the communicator Artemis had given her, and pressed the blue button, the one that Artemis said would enable her to reach Holly. And sure enough, within a few seconds, Holly answered the call.

“Artemis, any problem? ”

Diana smiled hearing Holly’s voice. It was so good to hear the voice of the… elf… who had saved her life so many years back. 

“Hey Holly, er… Diana here. Listen, we got a problem. ” And she described everything that happened in the last two days.

“Oh… don’t worry. I can track Artemis down with the empathy link, ” she said. Diana remembered Holly telling her that the empathy link was one of Foaly’s newest yet greatest inventions. It not only allowed one to read another’s feelings, but also allowed him or her to track the energy flow from each and every living being.

As Holly told Foaly the situation, it was getting dark. The sky was getting heavy with clouds, and soon, rain was pouring down from the night sky. There wasn’t a single star in sight.

David signalled to Diana that he was going to set up camp for then night, and he found a cave at the edge of a nearby field. Not wanting to waste the little magic he had left, he set up camp slowly.

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Diana cane up to him, looking solemn. David knew there wasn’t good news.

“Did that link thingy work? ” he asked her.

She nodded. “Artemis is stuck at the Koboi labs… again. ”

David groaned. “We have to go there? ”

Diana didn’t look any happier. “Yeah. With all those lasers.” She shuddered. The elements didn’t like lasers. It upsets their systems, a lot.

“This feels hopeless now. I don’t feel like going. ” Diana sat beside the fire, warming herself up. Outside the cave, the air got really chilly, and being the wielder of fire, she didn’t like the cold.

David turned to face Diana, and saw his best friend for life dejected so deeply, it just had to hurt him.

“Why do you hate that place so much? ”

“I don’t know, it just scares me. ”

David laid his hand on Diana’s shoulder, and immediately all her senses went to hyper-alert mode. Then he shivered when his hand slid down her back, down her arm, and took hold of her hand.

“What in heavens’ name are you doing? ” Diana asked, her heart beating a little too fast.

“Nothing, ” David said.

And he kissed her.

Some other stories by shanette:

• Another piece of news.
• Dog
• Artemis Fowl and The four elements