It has been four years since skulduggery and Valkyrie had met each over. Valkyrie had helped book her parents a week holiday when they had decided to give her responsibility. she had a whole week of freedom with skulduggery. As skulduggery and Valkyrie walked towards their beloved black Bentley, from a normal day of investigating, Jasper who was deaf and was now 12, ran across the road. then without warning, a green Ferrari zoomed across the road, speed sprang towards Jasper and just before he got run over, skulduggery grabbed him by the waist with one hand and swiftly pulled him to his side, seconds before the car hit him. He let go, "thanks... Hey Steph! I haven't seen you in ages" Valkyrie greeted him with a smile, "hey Jasper, it so good to see you again, something's different about you now though, yet the same...?" She replied. He pointed at his invisible hearing aids, "my dad got a new job, then my mum got me these. Now, back to the subject, who are you?" He looked at the tall skinny man, with wild hair under his hat, wearing black shades that appeared to make him look like he had no eyes, (which he didn't) and a grey scarf around the rest of his so called, "face".He could only introduce himself, "I'm skulduggery pleasant, I'm an acquaintance of miss Edgly and was just having a stroll around the park, when i bumped into her, she wanted me to take her home, so that's what i intend to do".
Jasper examined him, yet there was nothing to examine, since his "face" was mostly covered with his facial features, so he stopped there,"yeah... Well, thanks for helping me out, see you guys later." He then walked across the road. Skulduggery then looked at val, "what movie should we watch then?" He said changing the subject." i don't know, most of the movies are like Godzilla or recorded soap operas" She said, "yes, i wonder if i bought another movie, i cant remember..." Awkward silence. They decided to get in the 1954 Bentley and proceed going back to echo Gordon's mansion, when they got out, skulduggery went to the front door of the mansion then said with enthusiasm, "So," he clapped his hands, "movie night... Tanith isn't free tonight so only Ghastly and... Fletcher... can come, but Fletcher comes whenever he pleases so there's no point inviting him over" he said in an annoyed manner.
When Skulduggery reached the door handle, a note was stuck to the door, skulduggery grabbed it, "ooo... Door mail, let's see..." he skimmed through the note; Skulduggery seemed to have been gasping, (since he can't really show his expressions, which can be annoying, yet useful) so yeah, he seemed to have gasped, "my, it seems someone's fond of you miss Cain, it's from an anonymous and he/she is asking you to go to your school dance." Valkyrie friend-punched him in the arm (that's what he thought anyway), "one, I don't except, cause I reconise that frizzy haired Fletchers writing from anywhere and two, I'm not gay!" "i wasn't referring to you as gay, that's what it says on the note, which now kind've gives me some concerns", val glared at skulduggery, mumbering. As he examined the paper even more he just realized something, "I didn't know you had a school dance...". He said. She mumbled, "yeah well I'm not going..." Skulduggery looked at her in shock,(i think), " but your so beautiful, why let it go to waist, I always thought you looked good in a dress" she looked at him with comfort, but she still felt discomfort. "I don't want to because no one wants to go with me... Again I'm not going with that frizzy haired weirdo; it's also because I can't dance, I'm awkward and I'm... Stubborn." She looked down in sadness, in total oblivion, in her own small, deserted world. Skulduggery looked at her and hugged her gently, "yes you are, but that's what makes you Valkyrie Cain..." Her eyes widen and she hugged him back, tighter, more securely "i may be a walking skeleton with the power of two men and knows magic and all that, but i still get broken ribs, more often than you think, especially if you Valkyrie, are hugging me". she sniffled, " i hate you. Ok, enough with the lovey dovey, lets go in." When they got in skulduggery took his blazer and disguise off, he then also rolled up his sleeves, meaning that you'd see the bone, then when they got settled, right in front of val, Fletcher appeared, "did you get the message from m- I mean this anonymous guy- lady, hmmm?" She girl screamed, jumped and socka punched him in the nose, he falls to the ground rolling around in pain on the scratchy carpet, "yeah I probably deserved that, shouldn't have come up so sudden, soz val" he grasps his nose, howling in pain, then when he let go, you could see his nose was swollen purple, then blood came pouring, "wow you hit him real good val, shame on you" skulduggery sniggered, Valkyrie then pierced through Skulduggerys...eye sockets, he had felt a chill down his bare spine and if he had skin, he'd go red, " i'll... Get some ice" he said walking limply.