ARTEMIS FOWL The Atlantis Complex Chapter 1 Part 1 Contd....(C)
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ARTEMIS FOWL The Atlantis Complex Chapter 1 Part 1 Contd....(C)
“Away from here,” echoed the troubled boy. “Then we can talk about the project.” The shuttle’s pilot fluffed his approach, carving a shallow trench in the surface with his rear stabilizer. The cacophonous splintering of sugar-glass-thin ice plates was enough to sharpen Artemis’s pupils. “No!” he shouted, his voice shrill for once. “No magic. One two three four five. Stay where you are.” A second craft introduced itself to the melodrama, appearing suddenly in the distant skyscape as though crashing through from an alternate dimension. Huge and sleek like a spiraling ice-cream cone, trailing tethered boosters, one errant engine detaching and spinning off into the heavy gray clouds. For such a huge ship, it made very little noise. Artemis was shocked by the sight. Aliens? was his first thought; then, Wait, not aliens. I have seen this before. A schematic at least. Foaly was having the same thought. “You know, that looks familiar.” Entire sections of the giant ship were flickering out of sight as it cool…