"Duck!" Skulduggery yelled. Valkyrie abruptly obliged before muttering under her breath. They were backed up against the wall as Valkyrie was searching a key-ring for the correct key to let them out from the tight packed room they had been planning to hide in. It had grey drab walls and a window too small to get through. Everytime she got it wrong she cursed herself and had eventually started trying every single key in an attempt to get out.
Skulduggery on the other hand was holding off their attackers as much as possible, but was slowly getting pushed back.
"It might be a little blatant of me to say this but pleaseā¦hurry up!"
"I'm trying!" Valkyrie screamed. She found the right key and opened the door as Skulduggery barrelled into the back of her. They both went sprawling into the narrow corridor. Skulduggery immediately sprang back up and splayed his hand, sending their two attackers back into the room. He then grabbed the door and with the key-ring still in the lock, shut it before locking them in. Valkyrie grumbled and got up slowly before glaring at Skulduggery.
"Next time you decide to lock us in a room please make sure there's nobody to attack us, and that you know which key gets us out!" she said with a sarcastic smile plastered on her face, slowly getting louder until she was shouting. A furious pounding on the door reminded her that she wasn't in the clear yet. She looked left then right,
"Which way's out?" she asked, a slight frown on her face.
"Left," Skulduggery said, Valkyrie turned to walk, "right actually," he corrected and she turned around. When Skulduggery didn't move she looked at him and an incredulous smile spread on her face.
"You don't actually know? Do you?" he seemed to go rigid for a moment before hanging his head in shame. She went to laugh before a thought struck her dead in it's track.
"If you don't know, and I don't know then how are we getting out of here?" they both froze and looked at each other as alarms started blaring. Very bulky men carrying very lethal guns charged around the corner, heading straight towards them.
"Hell," Valkyrie gasped,
"RUN!" Skulduggery shouted, grabbing Valkyrie as they opened fire.
Bit of a short chapter but they will get longer. Please review any ideas or comments. Please! With a dash of chocolate ice cream on top!
