Valkyries arm throbbed, she was about to shunt again. This time, if she ever came back, she would return a bride. She has been forced to marry Lord Vile mainly because she was the perfect person to marry him.

"Valkyrie, hold onto me. I promise you I won't let you marry him…me…uh…" Skulduggerys hand was on her arm, the world went hazy as she wrapped her fingers around his arm. She shut her eyes and then they were there, standing in front of Mevolent himself….again.

"Oh, the bride has returned…with a friend….Pleasant, it's good to see you" Mevolent cheered as Lord Vile walked into the room and over to Valkyrie. He forcefully removed Skulduggery's hand from Valkyries arm and looked down at her.

"Can I say something…" Valkyrie asked "There's two of him.." She pointed at Skulduggery and frowned.

"Valkyrie….sh" Skulduggery whispered as Lord Vile walked back to Mevolent. "She'll do nicely, Master" Vile whispered into his ear and stood in place next to the throne.

"Well then, please take Valkyrie and Skulduggery to get ready…NOW!" The Red Hoods grabbed both of them, Valkyrie was doing her best to get free but it was no use, they were much stronger than she was, she just whimpered as she was dragged out the room.

She gasped her breath as a maid tightened her corset, "I…I can't breathe" Her voice came out as a choking noise. The main ignored her and tightened it again as Lord Vile walking to her room, he waved his hand and the main hurried out the room and left Valkyrie in her wedding dress. Vile slowly walked in a circle around Valkyrie and stopped in front of her, he slowly moved his hands to the back of his head and took the helmet off. "Change of plans, you're marrying me now, but Mevolent doesn't know, the best thing about being me is that I can beat myself so Vile is locked away and I'll see you at the church" Skulduggery beamed.

"Prove its you and not Vile…" She whispered and looked down, the dress was tight around her chest but puffy at the bottom, it had a pattern along the torso and then faded as it went down the dress.

"Well, you dated Fletcher Renn, he has stupid hair oh and you're going to kill the world.." he mumbled and lifted her chin up. "As soon as we get home I'll get this whole thing undone, I promise you okay..But I need to show you something" His gloved hands slipped under the armour and suit then a false face came over his skull. The face he was wearing was handsome, he had black hair that fell over his deep green eyes, his cheek bones were high and his lips were a light shade of pink. "There's something else as well…" he slowly took his gloves off and held his skinned hands up. Valkyrie gasped in shock. "It's my real face…it won't change and there's skin and stuff everywhere…." He whispered, they heard the door open and he threw the helmet back on with his gloves and stood looking at Valkyrie in silence. "AH, Vile. You can't see her just yet. Now, go to the church and we'll meet you there." Skulduggery left the room without another word and Mevolent walked over to Valkyrie, "seeing as your dad isn't here, I'll be walking you down the aisle" he sang and left the room. Valkyrie Pleasant…She thought to herself, and walked out the door to meet Mevolent at the door to the church. The doors were made of a dark wood that looked like if you kicked it you would most likely break your leg or something. She felt Mevolent's arm slide though hers as the doors open, at the end of the aisle she saw Skulduggery dressed as Lord Vile, her heart nearly stopped as the started to walk slowly down towards him.

She stood next to Skulduggery, their hands together as the Mister spoke.

"Dearly Beloved, we are gathered together here in the sign of God – and in the face of this company – to join together this man and this woman in holy matrimony. Do you Skulduggery Pleasant take Valkyrie Cain to be your wife – to live together after God's ordinance – in the holy estate of matrimony? Will you love her, comfort her, honor and keep her, in sickness and in health, for richer, for poorer, for better, for worse, in sadness and in joy, to cherish and continually bestow upon her your heart's deepest devotion, forsaking all others, keep yourself only unto her as long as you both shall live?"

"I do"

"Do you Valkyrie Cain take Skulduggery Pleasant to be your husband – to live together after God's ordinance – in the holy estate of matrimony? Will you love him, comfort him, honor and keep him, in sickness and in health, for richer, for poorer, for better, for worse, in sadness and in joy, to cherish and continually bestow upon him your heart's deepest devotion, forsaking all others, keep yourself only unto him as long as you both shall live?"

Her heart was beating fast, she could feel the eyes of everybody on her, it was so silent she could hear everybody's breathing.

"I do" she finally said and looked down for a few seconds then looked at Skulduggery. Mevolent passed them both a ring and they slid them of the right fingers.

"And so, by the power vested in me by the State of eh…Dubin… and Almighty God, I now pronounce you man and wife – and may your days be good and long upon the earth.

You may now kiss the bride."

Skulduggery wrapped his arms around Valkyrie's waist and she kisses the place where his cheek would be. "My arms throbbing, again" she whispered and held onto him. Within seconds they were standing In Dubin.

Skulduggery had taken the armor off and melted it down while Valkyrie had called Fletcher to take them to the sanctuary. She turned round to see the smug face of Fletcher Renn and his stupid hair. He scanned her body and missed the ring on her left hand.

"Hello, dummie" She joked as Skulduggery joined them and placed a hand on Fletcher's jacket and Fletcher placed a hand on Valkyries arm, in a blink of an eye they were standing in front of Ghastly, who was looking very disappointed at Skulduggery.

"Where have you been!" He boomed

"Well, we shunted and then stuff happened and we just got back" Skulduggery said "And I need to speak to you-" Fletcher cut in "I have to go, bye" then he disappeared and both Skulduggery and Valkyrie held up the left hand to show the rings to Ghastly. His face dropped then his mouth formed into a smirk and burst out laughing. "Skul-man got married to Val…this is great"