The weakness of a criminal mastermind

Artemis Fowl the second. No one could rightly question the fact that he was a genius. Those who had met him as an enemy knew him as cold hearted and only interested in himself and his priorities. Captain Holly Short being one of the aforementioned enemies held this opinion of Artemis. Along with the rest of the LEP. To the Lower Elements Police, Artemis Fowl was a huge threat to the People. He was the first human to relieve the People of their gold. To his mother Angeline Fowl and to Butler and Juliet Artemis Fowl the second was a boy. The loneliest boy in the world.

Police Plaza, Haven City, The Lower Elements

Foaly the centaur was gliding his fingers expertly on the futuristic keyboard like a skilled pianist. After roughly five minutes of this, a certain commander snapped.

"Dammit Pony boy what is so important that you had to drag us down here but not important enough for you to do it any faster!"

Foaly leaned back from the monitor and straightened his tin foil hat.

"Actually Julius, I only asked Holly to come. You insisted on coming too"

"1 Don't call me Julius 2 It's my job as commander to make sure you two don't plan something stupid" Roots' face was tinged purple, living up to his nickname beetroot.

"Well it's ready now!" Foaly whinnied. Ignoring his superior. Needless to say Roots' face grew an even rosier hue.

"What is it anyway, Foaly?" Holly asked, looking highly amused. Her hazel eyes had betrayed he seemingly straight face.

"Yes centaur what is it?" Vinyaya, another spectator in affairs.

"Why is there so many people here?" Foaly wondered looking from Holly –the only one he had actually sent for- to Root to Vinyaya to Verbil Chix and finally to Trouble Kelp.

He didn't bother to voice his question as he wanted to get right to the show.,

"After months of fruitless effort, I have hacked into Fowl Manors' cameras" Foaly grinned. Needless to say this caught the entire rooms' attention.

"Won't he we're watching him. Knowing his twisted mind he'd probably use it as an excuse to start another war" Vinyaya said, being the first one to recover. Hollys' blood was boiling. It always did whenever she was reminded of the mud boy who had elfnapped her and held her for ransom.

"That's the clever thing, it's impossible to detect even for Master Artemis."

"Hmmm" Root, Trouble and Vinyaya hmmm-ed in unison. Remembering all the times Foaly said something was impossible to break or be found. It wasn't.

"Now" Foaly grinned a toothy grin "Let's spy on a muudboy"

Fowl manor, Dublin

Artemis Fowl the second was in a bad mood. It was his first day back at school. And the people there had if possible grown more stupid since he had last met them. Artemis opened the front door of Fowl Manor and stepped inside with his old friend Butler on his heels. Artemis put on a very convincing fake smile as he walked in. Butler didn't believe it obviously and Artemis knew his mother wouldn't buy it either.

At least I'm trying Artemis sighed inwardly.

He then proceeded to the front room of the house that had recently been remodelled due to a troll attack half a year ago. He knew his mother would be there waiting for him with a smile on her face. He smiled a real smile whenever he saw it. It was all because of Holly Short that he had gotten to see his mothers' smiling face again. For that he was forever thankful. Though he would not be inclined to admit it. When he handed over half the ransom fund in exchange for his mothers' sanity he was doubtful. But he had no regrets. He had missed his mother.

"Arty!"

"Coming mother" Artemis called back to her, trying to ignore the feeling of someone laughing at him.

Police plaza, Haven city, lower elements

Foaly was having a very good time. Laughing at a certain criminal prodigy.

"What a cute pet name. Arty! It really suits him, don't ya think?" The centaur Laughs.

"He sure looks happy" Holly says bitterly, referring to the smile Artemis was wearing.

"It's fake" Dr J Argon stated.

"When did you get here!" Foaly asked incredulously

"Quite a while ago" The psychiatrist says, slightly miffed that he had been ignored.

"What's fake?" Root asked, trying not to look confused.

"The smile. It doesn't reach his eyes. It's fake. But for whos benefit?"

"Hers" Foaly pointed to Angeline Fowl on the monitor and every-one saw what they thought they'd never see. An innocent, real smile on Artemis Fowls' face.

Fowl manor, Dublin

Artemis walked into the front room and saw Angeline smiling, he smiled too. It wasn't forced like he thought it would be. When he saw the sophisticated looking man on the coach, his smile became more strained. Angeline noticed this and frowned slightly.

"Arty, this is Dr K Niles, he's a psychiatrist. After all you've been through. I think you should talk to him"

Artemis scoffed –along with 6 fairies underground not that he knew that- Angeline simply hugged her son, who didn't push her away. "Be nice" She said and left.

"Let's start then" Dr K Niles smiled.

"This won't work" Artemis stated matter of factly with no emotion portrayed.

"And why is that?" The good doctor asks. Writing it all down in his notebook.

"Because, your smile is more fake than mine" Artemis smiled his vampire smile and left the room and the baffled Dr K Niles.

Very interesting

Two different species of psychiatrist thought in unison.

Authors note

Hey, This story was meant to be a one shot but then I decided to make it longer

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