Artemis Fowl: Arctic Incident, The by Eoin Colfer

Author:Eoin Colfer [Colfer, Eoin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic, Action & Adventure, General, Legends; Myths; Fables, Social Issues, Fiction - Young Adult
ISBN: 9781423132196
Google: vLfn72GOVKwC
Amazon: 0786808551
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Published: 2002-05-06T05:00:00+00:00

Operations Booth

Foaly’s brain was bubbling like a sea slug in a deep-fat fryer. He still had options, providing Cudgeon didn’t actually shoot him. One shot and it was all over. Centaurs didn’t have magic. Not a drop. They got by on brains alone. That and their ability to trample their enemies underfoot. But Foaly had a feeling that Briar wouldn’t plug him just yet. Too busy gloating.

“Hey, Foaly,” said the lieutenant. “Why don’t you go for the intercom? See what happens.”

Foaly could guess what would happen.

“Don’t worry, Briar. No sudden moves.”

Cudgeon laughed, and he sounded genuinely happy.

“Briar? First-name terms now is it? You mustn’t realize how much trouble you’re in.”

Foaly was starting to realize just that. Beyond the tinted glass, LEP techies were beavering away trying to track down the mole, oblivious to the drama being played out not two yards away. He could see and hear them, but it was one-way surveillance.

The centaur only had himself to blame. He had insisted that the Operations Booth be constructed to his own paranoid standards. A titanium cube with blastproof windows. The entire room was wireless, without even a fiber-optic cable to connect Operations to the outside world.

Totally impregnable. Unless of course you opened the door to throw a few insults at an old enemy. Foaly groaned. His mother had always said that his smart mouth would get him into trouble. But all was not lost. He still had a few tricks up his sleeve. A plasma floor for instance.

“So what’s this all about, Cudgeon?” asked the Centaur, drawing his hooves off the tiles. “And please don’t say, world domination.”

Cudgeon continued to smile. This was his moment.

“Not immediately. The Lower Elements will suffice for now.”

“But why?”

Cudgeon’s eyes were tinged with madness. “Why? You have the gall to ask me why? I was the the Council’s golden boy! In fifty years I would have been chairman! And then along comes the Artemis Fowl affair. In one short day all my hopes are dashed. I end up deformed and demoted! And it was all because of you, Foaly. You and Root! So the only way to get my life back on track is to discredit both of you. You will be blamed for the goblin attacks, and Julius will be dead and dishonored. And as an added bonus, I even get Artemis Fowl. It’s as close to perfect as I could have hoped for.”

Foaly snorted. “Do you really think you can defeat the LEP with a handful of softnose weapons?”

“Defeat the LEP? Why would I want to do that? I am a hero of the LEP. Or rather I will be. You will be the villain of this piece.”

“We’ll see about that, baboon face,” said Foaly, activating a switch, that sent an infrared signal to a receiver in the floor. In half a second, a secret membrane of plasma would warm up. Half a second later a neutrino charge would spread across the plasma gel like wildfire, bouncing anyone connected to the floor off at least three walls.

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