Artemis Fowl was tied up in a chair. In a small dark room. How inconvenient. Thought Artemis. Oh well. Better call Holly. He was surprised to find he could reach into his pockets and take out the communicator without to much trouble. He pressed the ruby and the pulled his hands as far up towards his face as possible.

” Holly?”

” Hello.”

“ I presume you have been mesmerised. You are Holly Short, you are your own person you will not take orders from Opal Koboi.” Holly’s eyes widened and she woke from her trance shaking her head.

” Artemis! Where are you? Why are you not here, why is she here?”

” Not sure but it probably has something to do with world domination. Now listen to me Holly, you must act as though nothing has changed and you are her slave. Wait untill I get there.”

” Fine.”

” See you soon Captain Short.”

” I hope.”

Artemis escaped using the trick Holly had taught him of rubbing your hands together on a rough edge and making a graze and then healing it using some of the sparks to melt the bonds. He hopped of the chair and wandered out almost worried at the lack of resistance to his escape.

He ran outside and then realised why there wasn’t much resistance to him.

He was in haven. Oh great.

He slowly made his way to a corner. On a big notice board was the LEP number. He took out his ring phone and spoke the number clearly into it. Major Trouble Kelp answered it.

” Thank heavens officer i need to get to the surface i am a human!!!”

” Whatever ‘human’ stop blocking the phone line.” And he rung off.

Darn it.

Some other stories by Vinyaya:

• Talent
• Aphrodite ~The Adventure Continues~
• Auditions still running but hurry! Story starting now, don't be late!
• Holly, don't shoot the mailman!
• Highschool years