Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer Book 2 CHAPTER 9: ACE IN THE HOLE Part 42

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer Book 2 CHAPTER 9: ACE IN THE HOLE Part 42

'The gold is downstairs. In my cell.' Nobody answered. Not in words. Someone did manage a retch. Right into the microphone. Holly spun around. Trouble was doubled over, clutching his stomach. 'I don' feel so good,' he groaned. A tad unnecessarily, considering the pool of vomit all over his boots. Corporal Grub took a breath, possibly to utter a sentence containing the word Mummy. What came out was a jet of concentrated bile. Unfortunately Grub didn't have the opportunity to open his visor before the illness struck. It was not a pretty sight. 'Ugh,' said Holly, pressing the corporal's visor-release button. A tsunami of regurgitated rations flooded over Grub's blackout suit. 'Oh, for heaven's sake,' muttered Root, elbowing past the brothers. He didn't get very far. One step over the threshold and he was throwing up with the rest of them. Holly pointed her helmet-cam at the stricken officers. 'What the hell is going on here, Foaly?' Tm se…