Valkrie woke with a start and watched as Nye moved around its long arms reaching for various surgical instruments covered in blood and rust. It giggled as it traced its fingers along the jagged edge of a bloody saw. Valkrie tried to sit up but she was tied to a surgical bed, Nye noticed she was awake and walked over to her brandishing a blunt knife "ready for your medical?" its said in its sing-song voice. It raised its hands and pushed the knife down hard into Valkrie's stomach as she screamed. "He's not going to come get you" it said as it twisted the knife and pulled it out as Valkrie screamed even more "oh really?" a velvet voice said behind Nye. Valkrie smiled and gave out a whisper "told you so" then fainted.
Skulduggery shot Nye and he fell to the ground and Skulduggery picked Valkrie up bridal style and put her in the back of Ghastly's van and sat beside her. He closed the door and tried to staunch the flow of blood. "What's the situation?" Tanith shouted from the back seats, Skulduggery looked at her and shouted back "not good, we need to get to Kenspeckle now. "They went as fast as they could but they still got pulled over, "do this quickly" said Skulduggery with rising irritation. Tanith gave a fake smile "hello officer, what seems to be the problem?" the officer began to talk but Tanith quickly opened the door onto his face. They continued to drive at an alarming speed and they finally made it to The Hibernian Cinema.
Skulduggery opened the doors with a bang and called Kenspeckle's name, he came out to shout at Skulduggery but stopped mid-sentence when he saw Valkrie. He rushed over and asked Skulduggery while checking for vital signs "what happened?" He led them inside his medical facility, Skulduggery placed Valkrie down on a medical bed. "Nye" he replied, Kenspeckle nodded and checked her wound "very deep" he muttered.
After a lot of failing magical procedures Valkrie was finally barley stable. Skulduggery sat by her side holding her hand, he looked at her ghost white face and thought she might be better off dead to end her suffering but he knew she wouldn't want to go out like that. She opened her eyes a crack and gave a crooked smile "hi Skulduggery" she croaked out and gave out as a hiss of pain as she clutched her stomach. His hand caressed her face "you can let go you know" he told her
