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Ravel and Ghastly walked down the corridors, their pace fast. They flung open a set of double doors and sped up a notch. As they got to the medical bay, they looked at each other. Ghastly stopped Ravel as they got to the door.
"Now listen. Don't do anything too rash about this. It was an accident-"
"Accident?! This?!" He pointed inside. "This was no accident, my friend. This was an assult on three people we know very well. By that woman! That stupid woman we thought we could once trust. She was our enemy for God knows how many years, why did that change? Why?!" He pushed past Ghastly and burst inside.
There was three beds, each separated by a thin curtian. In the first bed was Skulduggery Pleasant. Three broken ribs, a broken arm, a broken leg and concussion. The second bed was the worst. Valkyrie Cain, four broken ribs, internal bleeding near the lung, severe bruising on both legs, a broken arm and currently unconscious. The third bed held Seraphic Calamitious with a broken arm severe bruising on the right leg, a broken ankle and a broken rib. And all this damage was caused by a small bomb.
A small bomb planted and detonated by China Sorrows.
After Skulduggery refused to forgive her, she became desperate. She lost her mind, watching her back and not trusting anyone. She became secluded, deluded, then just plain crazy. The one person she didn't want to hurt ended up being blown up with his step-daughter and partner. You can't get any madder really.
Ravel walked over to Nye.
"Oh, Grand Mage, what a nice suprise-"
"Cut the crap! How are they? Will they be alright?"
"As you can see, Miss Calamitious will be fine. Miss Cain drifts in and out of consciousness, and Mr Pleasant is out because we put him out."
"Why on Earth did you put him out? And it better be a damn good reason! May I remind you that you're still being watched after the involvement with Madame Mist. We can fire you too, without a moments hesitation. I'll enjoy the day I kick you're skinny, unidentifiable ass out of here!"
"No need for such profanities, Grand Mage, but I assure you, they will be fine. As long as they get rest and let themselves heal, they'll be fine. And as for Mr Pleasant, he pointed a gun at my head, threatened me every time I tried to help and also tried to punch me, so we thought it was best to put him out."
"Fine, fine! Just keep them alive!" He started to walk towards the door when he saw Ghastly talking with Seraphic.
"How is Valkyrie? That evil sod won't let me see her. Please, look around and tell me if it's bad. Please?" Ghastly stood up and loked roung the curtian, then sat back on the bed.
"She's still out, by the looks of it. Her face has a few cuts and bruises, but they look minor. You should be worrying more about yourself. Have you seen the cut on your cheek?"
"No, and I don't want to. I'd prefer to think of the other two's injuries rather than my own at the moment thanks."
From nowhere, a small voice popped up.
"What's happened?" It was Valkyrie. Before either Ghastly or Ravel got the chance to see her, Seraphic ran round there and sat next to her, losing the IV drip on the way. The machine started to beep at the side of her bed. Nye came out and sighed, drooping its head.
"I thought she was dead. Shame, really." It walked up to it, hit it and it stopped. He sorted the needles out and left. Seraphic was still sat with Valkyrie.
"It's okay, Val, we're okay. We're still alive, Skul's still alive, we're all fine." Val dropped her head back on the pillow and relaxed her body. She was fighting sleep, but eventually, her eyelids gave way and fell down. She was asleep as soon as they closed. Seraphic gave her a gentle but protectivehug and made her way back to her bed. She sat down and started to read her book.
As things got quiet again, they heard a not-so-quiet voice go "Bloody sod!". Skulduggery for sure.
He stumbled into view and fell onto the end of the bed.
"That bloody thing put me to sleep! And all I did was threaten him... Then try to punch him... And maybe swear at him a few times.. Okay, quite a lot of the time... Nearly everything I said to him was a curse then! But he deserves everything he gets! He betrayed us in the war, dissecting our soldiers, then he worked with Madame Mist, so he does deserve it!" He sat up on the bed, then looked at Seraphic. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, just stop worrying yourself." She smiled. "You should get back to bed."
"Yeah. Yeah, you're right." He threw himself fowards and stumbled a few paces, before stopping at the end of Valkyrie's bed. "Oh, God..." Seraphic looked down. So did Ravel. Ghastly stood up and tried to get Skulduggery back into his bed. There was a few words exchanged, but Ghastly just mumbled quietly to him.
"But I did that Ghastly, I did that to her... Yes, but if it wasn't for me she wouldn't be here... She should have stayed at home all those years ago... It's all my fault Ghastly... It's all my fault..." He trailed off as he laid down in his bed. Ghastly came back a few minutes later.
"Did you both hear that?" They nodded. "Poor thing blames himself. It's not though, it's China's. He has to realise that soon else he might never forgive himself. But for now we should let him sleep. He's tired and emotional, but he should be in a slightly better mood when he wakes up." He sighed, then scratched the back of his head. "Listen, I'm going to do some work. Hope you get better soon Seraphic." They exchanged a smile, then he left.
"You should go with him. He needs a friend. I'll be fine. Go." Ravel stood up and kissed her head.
"Back soon, okay." He left and jogged up to Ghastly. He was wringing his thumbs. They walked in silence.
"So, Ghastly... Did you, um, watch... The Moto GP on Sunday? Shame about Crutchlow really. He was doing so well in 2nd, but then he crashed out. And only 7 laps left too. Big shame. He's my favourite." He looked over to Ghastly, who was staring at him blankly. "Sorry. Just trying to change the subject. Lighten the mood."
They got to Ghastly's office and parted with a small 'Bye then'. Another minute went by and Ravel got to his office. There was a large stack of paperwork on his desk. He groaned, then sat down and finished them off.
Valkyrie woke up screaming. Seraphic ran to her side and sat down next to her, holding her and talking to her softly. She calmed down and laid there, rocking in Seraphics arms.
"You know, Val, I'm thinking of getting a nickname. Well, an abbreviation. Not Ser, or Raph."
"What about Cal?" Seraphic thought for a minute.
"Yeah, Cal. From now on, people shall only call me Seraphic if there's trouble, or I'm in trouble. Cal. I like it."
They shared some morebanter before the lights were turned on. Skulduggery had his hands on his hips and had his head tilted to show he was quite mardy.
"Excuse me ladies. Don't let me interrupt your midnight chat fest!"
"Sorry, Val had a nioghtmare, so we sat up and talked about some serious things."
"Like a new nickname for you, Cal?" Cal glared at him and he laughed. He complained some more then went back to his bed.
After four days in the Sanctuary hospital, they were fit enough to go home. Skul and Cal escorted Val back to Gordon's mansion. But as they opened the door, they got a crazy suprise.
China Sorrows stood in the hallway, a small silver gun pointed straight at them. "Hello. Back already?"
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