Artemis Fowl: A New Path

Chapter 7

AN: Yes I'm back!! I know it has been long but life gets in the way of life thats how it is lol. 

Shield 

Artemis left the group stunned, he didn't have time to day dream of what could have been had Tony been there. He couldn't dream of what could have been if his mother had another support, a family member there to help her though the hard times. "The dark days" is what Artemis called them, was he still in those dark days, he didn't know. 

As Artemis walked away he left behind him a stunned group, no one knew Tony Stark that well, if they had they would have seen the shock. They would have seen the pain, fear and loneliness. However none of them watched the genius instead thinking of the young boy who walked away.

Butler Fallowed the young master, his steps heavy as he tried to think of what to say, was there anything to say? The young master had just brought up his mothers death to a family member that though butler knew existed has never met himself. Though Artemis didn't say that Angela Fowl was dead he was sure that the blank stare said enough. 

Artemis took out his cube again and expanded it, looking inside he started to decide what was best to use. They had only walked a little ways away and somehow their feet got them to where the god Loki was being held. Loki was a skinny man, having long black hair, piercing blue eyes, and had on cloths that looked old fashion but expensive. His helmet was on the ground looking like horns of a ram or some kind of large goat.  Artemis didn't want to look at his companion, he didn't want him questioning him about bringing up mother. However the fact was that Artemis didn't know why he even brought it up. Originally when he had read the file of Tony Stark cousin to his mother he had planned to never mention it unless the man did himself. That was not the case though, instead like a emotional teenager Artemis let his feelings get in the way. His anger, guilt, and sadness had almost consumed him when he came face to face with his second cousin. 

(What Artemis is considered is a first cousin once removed, in normal words this means he is related to Tony through his mother who is Tonys first cousin, so is considered a cousin by default but is part of a different generation making it once removed. Trust me it can all get confusing with old rich folks lol)

Loki was just sitting on the floor, his eyes closed breathing deeply until they shot open. They stared right at Artemis who at the time had on his goggles. These goggles were tinted red, they were able to see invisible things (like fairy shield) and were able to see links. Links mean that someone had a connection to someone for any reason. It could be friendship, parents, even a loved one. And each link was shown in a different thread that if he wanted Artemis could fallow to who it linked up to. The links were different colors each meaning something different but they could show other things too. Links can be broken can be damaged, this may mean that though someone knows this person they might not be in the best of sort. Originally Artemis had made this to be able to find his father when that was still his goal. However that had changed because sadly he could not see his own links. Another person could see his, but it would take a lot of time and work to get that person to understand the meaning to be able to find the right one and then fallow it to where they were. Yes that would take a lot of work and thats not saying if they chose the right link, what if they accidentally chose a random one that lead them to some random person that Artemis had done business with. Yes there is even a link for acquaintances, so really it would have been a long road for them if they used that. 

Shaking his head Artemis looked back at the man, he wanted to see if he could find the link he had to the staff or tesseract. That way he could find it and also maybe break his hold on the staff making his magic mumbo jumbo go away for a while. Loki had many links many many links! All going in different directions, with the glasses on Artemis started to search for the right colors. One was bright red with flicks of orange, easily being seen as anger/jealousy, but it was smooth and thick showing support. So maybe though Loki didn't get along with this person he did not want to kill him, just show them who the top dog was? Another link was a soft blue with flakes or red in them it was curling and seemed to flow. This meant that though him and this person got along quite well that it was always shifting from the two getting along to disagreeing. 

As Artemis spent hours doing that just looking at the stings of light and selecting which were useful and which were not the team was doing their own research.