This is the first real chapter where the exciting things happen. I've made an attempt at humor but it might have failed so can you please tell me if I did well? :) Please Review and give me creative feedback? :D
The two men didn't notice Valkyrie fall asleep. They were busy looking through the documents. Her forehead was resting on her arms and she had a hand wrapped around her cold, full mug of tea.
The men talked quietly and shifted through the papers causing Valkyrie to shift her position, and tip tea all over the precious documents.
The two jumped up trying to save as many as they could.
"Valkyrie!" Skulduggery called out and she woke, spilling tea on his suit.
"Sorry, I'm so sorry. I just closed my eyes for a second." She apologized as Ravel and Skulduggery gave her looks of great annoyance.
"You wouldn't have fallen asleep and ruined these papers if you had drunk the tea." Ravel told her.
"I would have drunk the liquid and not spilled it everywhere if it was coffee. Skully, you know I don't like tea." Valkyrie whined.
"Skully?" Ravel smirked at the detective. These three were the only ones in the sanctuary, other than the cleavers and prisoners.
"Val, maybe you should go home. Get a cab and sleep. You've been awake for almost 48 hours." Skulduggery completely ignored Ravel's teasing.
"No, I'm fine I just need to_." She let out a massive yawn, and then shook her head. "Maybe you're right."
"I always am. Go on, get." Skulduggery gave her a little shove to get her moving.
"Fine, but call me if you find anything." She left the two alone, caught a cab back home and collapsed onto the couch.
"Finally, some peace and quiet. No one snoring." Skulduggery would have smiled in contentment if he could.
"Skully?" Ravel snickered.
"Shut up or I'll make you, Grand Mage." Skulduggery warned. If he had skin he would be blushing, but since he didn't he wanted to make sure no one else knew how red he went when she called him that.
"Anyways, back to the problem at hand. Ghastly is turning 437 on Thursday and we can't find Aurora's phone number." The two continued searching. They couldn't have a surprise party without his sister being there.
"Well, well, well, look what we have here." A voice came from nowhere. Figures clad in grey grabbed hold of the two.
They tried struggling but cleavers were merciless. They didn't stop short of breaking Ravel's wrist and pulling Skullduggery's head off.
The man who walked out of the darkness had gold eyes. He was tall well dressed and had blonde hair. Walking behind him was Madame Mist.
"Glad to finally meet you two. I've heard so much about you, but you've never met me." He laughed, his voice echoing around the deserted building.
No one answered. Ravel was holding his wrist and trying not to cry, while Skulduggery was facing the wrong way. His head was under the arm of the cleaver holding him.
"Well," Oberon nodded to the cleavers, "see you soon."
The cleavers led the men out of the sanctuary and threw them down the stairs. Ravel hissed with pain and Skulduggery reconnected his head.
"That was not fun, and unfair." He moaned.
"At least we still have a car." Ravel tried to cheer him up.
At that moment the Bentley blew up.
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Valkyrie placed the cup of tea in front of Skulduggery, even though he wouldn't drink it. She took a massive gulp of coffee, hoping it would wake her up.
The two men had turned up on the door step an hour after she'd fallen asleep.
"You do know that my parents will be home in twenty minutes?" Valkyrie told the two.
"Sorry, but I don't think he'll be up and about by then." Ravel nodded to Skulduggery.
She was sitting on the couch muttering. "Gone. She's gone."
A knock came from the door and she shrieked and ran out of the room. "I'll tell them you're from college." She called as she ran.
Ravel thought about pointing out the fact that Skulduggery didn't have his façade on and that her parents wouldn't knock.
"Val, are you alright?" Tanith's voice came from the hallway.
"Majdnbjhbfd." Valkyrie mumbled, obviously trying to get out of her best friend's hug.
"I'm fine. What are you doing here?" Valkyrie asked.
"Ravel called us and told us to come to your house." Ghastly said.
"Ravel!"
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters :)
Sorry if you're angry I got rid of the Bentley. Please give me pointers in my writing and the next chapter is pretty much finished :D But you have to review if you want to read it :P