The Collaboration Files

Why me?!?!?!?!

Lol, the chapter name explains it all. Enjoy Mud people! I mean, ummm. . . Enjoy! P.S. all rights to the charters of Eoin Colfer!

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     I wanted to cry, fall on the floor, throw a tantrum, punch Artemis and laugh my face off. Meaning, I was sad, exhausted, mad and of course, wanted to punch Artemis! Oh, and laugh my face off at everyone thinking that Artemis was Syd's boyfriends! Yeah, right! Nothing against Syd thought. It's Artemis. I can't picture him married, let alone have a girlfriend!

     He would grow old and alone, no one but Butler by his side. Someone yelled at me and I opened my eyes sleepily.

     "Liz! What is you'r choice?" Syd asked. I groaned and looked at Artemis, sitting partially in a red Velvet couch. Only Butler at his side. We had gone into Syd's room to talk in privet, witch wasn't without protest from Syd's dad. "Liz! You are slow today." She shook her head.

     "May I say something?" Artemis asked. We nodded. "Those arn't your real names. Liz, you are Stella Soot. Syd, you are Birch Light. I suggest you start using your real names. You fake names where assigned to you when you where turned into humans." He explained.

     I was sitting in a living room, Birch sitting across from me. The room was plush and cozy. It was my house and we where celebrating the New Year. We watched the TV and waited for the clock to strike midnight. When It did, we stood and danced around like fools. The door burst open and fairies in unmarked uniforms stormed in.

     They aimed their guns at us and we held up our arms. What was this about? Birch looked at me and nodded. I smiled and nodded back. Within a split second, we reached to our belts and pulled out our own guns. Another second later and all of the men where laying on the ground. I slipped my gun back into my belt and knelt at a body.

     They wheren't dead, just knocked out. I searched him and found one thing that would be of use. A note. It read:

     "Bring them to me. I pay more for them alive. But it's your choice." I said out loud. I looked around myself. I was laying on the floor, faces above me. I rubbed my eyes and sat up.

     "Stella! What are you talking about?" Birch asked. Jenevieve nodded. (We call her Jene for short)

      "I-I had a memory!" I told them. Artemis nodded and smiled, his eyes giving away his idea.

     "Tell me." He ordered. I explained and Artemis got more and more excited. "Maybe, you get memories when you learn more about yourselves! That must be it. We need to get to my home. There, we can experiment with this." He nodded to himself, going into deep thought.

     Jene looked at us. "Can someone explain this to me?" She asked. Birch nodded and explained. Jene sat down on Birch's bed and was silent for a couple moments. She then nodded and looked at Artemis.

     "Well, it makes sense. You guys never like anyone except each other and me. I don't know how I fit in here. Can I come with?" She asked. I smiled and nodded. Artemis looked at me and shook his head.

     "That is another one of my conditions. I want to get money for doing this and Jene gets to come. She knows about everything now and we can't just leave her here." I told him.

      "She won't know for long." He mumbled to himself, but I heard him.

     "What are you talking about? How would she just forget?" I asked. He groaned.

     "The LEP will try to mind-wipe her. They might even try to mind-wipe you and Birch. I will try to keep you safe but I can not be curtain. Foaly has his ways. If he is really determined, he will somehow make me leave the country and then get to you. Or he will just shoot Butler and I with a dart gun. . . " He looked away from me and thought on the options.