ARTEMIS FOWL CHAPTER 3 ORION RISING Chapter 3 Contd..... ( A)
before humans came to investigate all the flares and explosions. And she had no magic left to shield herself. “Come on, Artemis,” she said, desperation creeping into her voice. “We’re in deeper trouble than ever before. Come on, you love this kind of impossible problem. I’m sorry I shot you.” Holly tugged off a glove and held her fingers high, inspecting them just in case a spark remained. Nothing. No magic. Perhaps it was just as well. The mind was a delicate instrument, and Artemis’s dabblings with the fairy arts had probably triggered his Atlantis Complex in the first place. If Artemis wanted to get well, he would have to do it the old-fashioned way, with pills and electroshock. I already gave him his first shock, thought Holly, swallowing a guilty chuckle. Artemis shifted on the ice, trying to blink under a faceful of sloppy nanowafers. “Unhhh,” he moaned. “Ayyy ga breee.” “Wait,” said Holly, scooping handfuls of gunk away from his nostrils and mouth. “Let me help.” Artemis’s own inventions dribb…
