She had stood her ground through thick and thin, she had battled monsters the size of cathedrals, she was even close to the Skeleton Detective himself, but she had never done this. She may aswell jump off a cliff. It'd be less dangerous. She shook her head and jumped off the roof onto the ground beneath.
Seraphic Calamitious looked into the night. It was cold in Ireland. Then again, when was it not cold in Ireland? She much prefered England. After all, she had been born and part-raised there. The other part she was raised somewhere in Northern Ireland. She wasn't totally sure where. But none of that mattered right now.
Seraphic turned her attention to the job in hand. A group of women walked by, not noticing her in the shadows. She waited until she could hear them no longer, then crept out into the night. The person she was looking for sat near the fountain. Her legs were crossed neatly. Her outfit was excuisite. Her eyes were the palest blue. China Sorrows turned her delicate head and looked at her.
"I thought you'd never come."
Seraphic sat next to her. "I had to, didn't I? I mean, if I hadn't turned up you know who would have come in my place. And you know he wouldn't be very happy to see you."
"How is Skulduggery, by the way? Hope he isn't too angry still."
She shot China a glare. "Don't joke about such things. You led his wife to her death. If that isn't serious, then I don't know what is. Maybe the fact that you were there through all of his torture, his pain. But then again, why would his pain and suffering, or any one elses for that matter, affect you?
If it isn't you, it isn't improtant. Right?"
China sighed and turned away. "I cared for him. Hell, I even loved him at one point, and I can't ask to be forgiven-"
"What? Are you going totorture him into forgiving you?"She sneered. "You don't stand a chance love."
China gave her a cold stare, but Seraphic didn't even bat an eyelid.
She gave up on trying to over-power her, and turned to taunting her instead.
"So, where's your parents?" She saw Seraphic chenth both her fists and her jaw. A smile crept onto her face.
"You know where China. You know what happened." It was true. She did know. When Seraphic was a child, her parents went off to fight in the war against Mevolent. She was left with her auntie. Unfortunately, her parents were killed in battle. When her aunt heard about this, she hid Seraphic under the bed and ran out into the street. She was captured by Serpine and tortured to death. She stayed hidden for a few hours, but, like any normal 4 year old, she got bored, and left the house. At this time,
Meritorious' men were patrolling the streets looking for survivors. The great Skeleton Detective found her and took her in. To this day she kept in contact with him. China stood up and her hand slipped into her pocket. "Here," she muttered, taking out a small brown envolope. "Give this to him, will you?
Please." Seraphic paused, before taking it and putting it into her own pocket.
"I don't want to hear from you again, understood? It's a clear sign to hop it when you have to go through the step-daughter." China gave the smallest of nods then walked away. After a minute, Seraphic looked around,
then splayed her hands, and shot off into the shadows.