Skulduggery Pleasant – Let's Catch A Remnant
Valkyrie was tired, substantially more tired than she usually was. It was a hard day: Attempting to solve the Darquesse predicament. Trying to track down Tanith. And taking care of her baby sister Alice. Being a detective-in-training and a big sister was hard, very hard.
She sent her reflection back into the mirror and went to take a shower. When she had finished she heard a knock on her bedroom window, and right on schedule it was Skulduggery.
Hadn't he annoyed her enough today.
She opened the window and he climbed in. "We've found Tanith." "Really?" Valkyrie said. "Well, sort of." "What do you mean?" said Valkyrie. "We know she's somewhere here." "In Haggard?"
"In Ireland." "Well that's not the best news ever, but go on." She said. "Erskine and I were studying the Soul Catcher, and we discovered a hidden feature." "Well?" She said. "Well what?" "What's the hidden feature?" "The Soul Catcher is actually able to track Remnants!" "Cool, that'll bring us even closer!" Said Valkyrie. "Erskine is having the Sanctuary scientists look at it further, to try and pinpoint her location more accurately." He Said. "Ok. She said." Then she saw white and blacked out.
Everything was black, she was bound and gagged, but somehow she bit through the gag. She called out to Skulduggery, and heard muffled tones. Then she heard Skulduggery whisper, "I'm here." "Where are we?" She said. "Not sure, but use your shadows and break us out of these." "Alright, just give me a second."
She then cut through her and Skulduggery's bindings then he and her each summoned a flame. They were in a warehouse of some sort; they then realized they were in Nye's old laboratory, still with the corpses lining the walls. She called Fletcher, the first time in a while and asked him to teleport, he did. He then teleported them to Skulduggery's house. Then left without a trace.
"That was weird." Skulduggery said. Then his phone rang. "Hello." "We have it" Erskine said through the phone. "Good we'll be there soon." He hung up. "Where are we going?" Valkyrie asked. "To get back your sister."
They arrived at the place where Sanguine and Tanith were hiding out. A rusty old shack a few miles from Dublin. The cleavers arrested Sanguine and Skulduggery took hold of Tanith. "Get out of her." He said. "Are you that stupid, I love this body. And I've already been in here a lot more than a few days." Tanith said. "We know a way" Skulduggery smirked.
They were back at the sanctuary; Tanith was strapped to a chair, her powers bound. And she was squirming, a lot.
"I'm going to ask you one more time" Skulduggery Said. "Get out of her, now!" "Or I'll force you out." "Fine." She said.
Valkyrie saw the bulge in her throat, and the remnant squirmed out and flitted away. "Get it Skulduggery, quick!" The soul catcher glowed, but this remnant was too strong. It escaped out from under the door. "Damn it!" Said Skulduggery. "Who knows what havoc that remnant will wreak?" "Don't worry." said Ghastly. "We'll find it and we'll catch it, don't worry about that." "OK." Skulduggery said. "But be quick" "Count on it."
Skulduggery took Valkyrie home, she went up to her room, and got changed. Her phone rang, it was Erskine. "We've got the remnant." And you've got your best friend back. "Thanks Erskine." She said "For everything."
The End
