I was bored. I was tired. And I don't own Skulduggery Pleasant.
Gigi Rose was an interesting girl. Physically twelve, the twenty year old could fool almost anyone into believing her innocence. She had blonde hair with red and orange streaks, usually in two pony tails with bows, and a pretty heart shaped face with two sharp, piercing blue eyes. In actually fact, her eyes weren't completely blue. If one looked closely, they would see a swirling array of silver, sky blue and occasionally specks of sea green and turquoise. These eyes were captivating, and they were the essence of her power; with eye contact, Gigi could send people into a trace-like state, leaving them staring dumbly into the distance with unfocused eyes until she released them. She did not do this often – Gigi liked to think herself trustworthy, and it was a bit hard to get people to trust her when they what she could do.
Today, Gigi was wearing simple black jeans and a red and black top with a silver chain around her neck. As she walked into China Sorrows' library, Gigi on the phone, talking in hushed but urgent tones. It was the words 'Haggard' and 'Sanguine' that caught two people's attention as she walked past. Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain exchanged a glance and followed the girl discretely. "...No, idiot, I can't go there! Yes, I know, I know... What do you mean you're not sure it's him! Of course it is! ... Yeah, definitely his accent..." Gigi chuckled and shook her head. "Yeah, I'll check it out." She glanced behind her and saw Valkyrie and Skulduggery, who quickly walked off in different directions, whistling nonchalantly. "It seems I have a couple of shadows." she murmured, snapping the phone shut and walking over to Valkyrie, who was quickly joined by her partner. "Hello," she said pleasantly, holding out a hand that the other girl shook hesitantly. "I'm Gigi Rose. You're Valkyrie Cain, and you're delightfully Halloween-costume-like friend is Skulduggery Pleasant. It's wonderful to meet you at last."
Needless to say, Skulduggery and Val were speechless. "Um, great to meet you, too, Miss Rose." Valkyrie said. Gigi's eyes flashed.
"Well, I never said it was great to meet you, gosh. I said wonderful. I mean, in my world, great greatly out-do's wonderful. And, well, I know it's great to meet me. I'm an all-round great person. But, frankly, you guys just don't impress me enough to be on great to meet." Taking a deep breath, the girl calmed. "But you're pretty close. Now, care to tell me why you guys were following me? I'd love to think you were my fan girls, but I highly doubt that." She raised an eyebrow at the somewhat startled pair in front of her, paused, and then burst into hysterical laughter.
"Oh, my God. You thought I actually was like that! Ha!" She wiped a tear from her eye.
"Oh, ah, okay." Skulduggery said. "Miss Rose, um, can we talk somewhere more private? The subject is... somewhat delicate."
Gigi shrugged. "Sure? How about we go to my office."
TWENTY MINUTES LATER
Gigi, Valkyrie and Skulduggery were crammed into a small closet that someone had somehow managed to fit a small desk in. On one side of the desk, Gigi sat, smiling brightly. On the other side, the famous detective duo were cramped up against each other quite closely, much to the amusement of Gigi. "Gigi, where are we?" asked Valkyrie. She frowned and Gigi smirked.
"My office." came the reply. "Now. Tell me, what this delicate matter is?" she asked, leaning against the desk on her shoulders and resting her head on her intertwined hands.
"Miss Rose, it came to our attention that, while you were on the phone, you mentioned Haggard, and Billy- Ray Sanguine. For one, Valkyrie here lives in Haggard and two... Well, she is also on Sanguine's hit list, as well as we have been searching for his whereabouts for quite a while now. Please, do you have any information, and does this have anything to do with Haggard?"
Gigi sighed. "I know Sanguine personally. I have since I was born; I just didn't know he was a hitman until I was about... eight. Anyway, my sister, Silena Dark, and I, have been searching for him, too. The last lead we had was, well, a Mage in Australia overheard him and someone else talking about trying to get to Ireland. More specifically, Haggard, where, I quote 'That li'l lady lives'. The Mage sent us a recording, see." She frowned, her usually happy mask falling and her face growing dark. "Trust me, detectives; I am on your side. I will not rest until that bastard is behind bars. He ruined my life and I plan to ruin his, so I am willing to help you with anything."
"Okay..." Skulduggery nodded. "But one question. Just how personally do you know Sanguine?"
Gigi's face darkened even more, and she looked at them both for a moment. "Sanguine is my father."
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