Don’t Build Me Up to Break Me Down

By: Forgotten Sunrise

Chapter 1: Capture

It had been four ugly years, but Artemis had finally escaped Saint Bartleby’s School for Young Gentlemen. Now at seventeen years, he had transformed form a pale skinny kid to a lightly tanned, tone man. Words could not express his happiness at the moment; he was free and truing eighteen in less then two mouth. Life was great.

Currently, he was lying in a bed in a n apartment that he rented out in Alberta, Canada. He wasn’t there to do any business. People got hurt in his type of business. Rather, he was just taking a small break before he returned home to his mother and father. Juliet wasn’t there. Nor was Butler. But Artemis felt like he need time to be all by himself. Besides, times were safer now for him. There was no one that was trying to hunt him down. He turned over and looked at the time. Six-thirty-five. He got up, time for a walk

Ida wasn’t perfect. Not by a long shot. Her hair was always a mess and her style in cloths was always looked down upon by her father. She had three tattoos and numerous pricings all over her body. She was rather blunt with people; giving just the fact made things go a lot quicker. She rarely used her manners, there wasn’t a point in them, and she spoke her mind. She could be quite moody at times and did run hot and cold.

But she was brilliant all the same. She communicated with people very well and soaked up information like a sponge. She was a good fighter too. Although, not quite strong enough to even dare take on any of Madam Ko’s students, she could hold her owned. She was graceful and remained clam under pressure. All this made Ida a wonderful leader, and made her father very proud.

“Hey Ida,” Said a voice from behind her. It would have be her second cousin, Miguel “we found the kid.”

“Hardly a kid, he’s our age Mig.”

“Then what do you want me to call him? Boy? It? Object? Nothing to noble please.”

“Call him Fowl. It is, after all, his name right?” Her dark skin glittered in the last of the evening’s sun and the wind danced in her hair. She would have looked like a Greek goddess if it wasn’t for tub top she was wears that showed off her crystal cherry bell-button ring and the snake tat on her back.

“Alright Mig. Where was he? And how long ago?” She asked

“Zenkai called me about four minutes ago. He said he got a positive ID on the Fowl kid. He was walking, heading north-west up Columbia Street.”

“That’s a pretty isolated area...Any bodyguard with him? Anyone he could be meeting up with? We don’t want to screw this up. It means a lot to my dear o’ dad”

“Zenkai told me that he was all alone.”

“Good, then tell Zenkai to follow him by car but to keep a distance as not to be notice. Fowl is not dumb you know. He might know were on to him”

Artemis went for a quick walk up Colombia Street to clear his mine. The cool wind felt good on his face and his mind felt at peace. It had been about fifteens minutes now and it was starting to get dark. Maybe he should turn around? Someone could be out there. He looked over his shoulder. No one was behind him. He continued on. He soon felt the presents of someone else. He turned again. It was a girl. But she kept her distance and was completely engaged in her telephone conversation. No treat. He was starting to get a little jumpy now and it was getting dark. It would be best to turn around now.

“…and now he’s turning around. Okay. Zenkai, let’s make this as smooth and as quick as possible alright?”

“Right Ida, I see him now, we’ll box him in.” there was two cars. One had three people in it. The other just had two. And Ida was turning around. He would be trapped. Just like they wanted.

Artemis jogged until he got to a road block. There were two cars. One was a Lexus the other, a Mercedes. And both looked like they had just got off the show ‘Pimp my Ride”. A person got out of the car. Artemis tried to run around them, but the car completely blocked to road.

“Pardon me, but move your damn cars! You’re blocking the bloody road!” Artemis yelled at them. There was nothing else he could do. The guy that got out of the car looked at him.

“Hey! You Artemis Fowl?” he ask

Artemis raised an eyebrow.

“Yes, but what’s it to you?”

“Oh, it’s everything. Believe me.” The voice sent chills down Artemis’s spin. It was so cold and inviting at the same time. It was a woman. He slowly turned. He tried not to stare down the barrel of her gun and focused on her face. It was hard to make out in the dark.

“We’re not here to kill you- it would be much easier if you just got in the car.” She said.

“What do you want with me?” Artemis said as calmly as possible. “And what if I don’t come?”

“I don’t know why we want you; you’ll have to ask my father. But if you try and run I’ll shoot you. One shoot to both of your legs won’t kill you.”

“Just get in the car Fowl” said the guy who had gotten out a few moments earlier. Artemis sighed. Not to many options. He thought for a moment.

“Okay then, no point in making it hard on myself, I’ll get in the car-”

“Wait” the girl came up behind him and checked his pockets. A cell phone and some keys. She put the cell phone in her pants pocket and the throw the keys to the guy who was now, leaning against his car.

“Go to his place; pack the things he’ll need.”

He caught the keys and nodded. Then hopped back into his car and took with the rest of the guys.

The girl grabbed his hands and yanked them behind his back. He winced in pain.

“You know, you should never go jogging at night without a partner. Things like this can happen” she whispered to him as they claimed into the other car. Artemis just glared at her with cold eyes.

The car drove fast, and the outside was a blur. The girl was talking to someone on the phone as the two other men laughed a joked around. Artemis looked at the door handle. It was a manual lock. He discretely unlocked it. No one notice. The girl was engulfed in her conversation and men were still to busy joking one another. He took off his seatbelt. Not one made a move for him. He took a deep breath. He had to try and get away. At lest try. And there were no other options at the moment. With that in mind, he then pushed open the door and jumped out.

End Note: Wow…I hate to leave you there, but this chapter was getting too long. This was a good stopping place. Did you like it? Or did you hate it? Tell me