" How did you manage to lose a criminal?!" said Arthur to his manservant as he looked down a corridor
" I didn't lose him" Merlin said defiantly " I misplaced him"
" How do you misplace a criminal Merlin?" asked Arthur as he held up the torch in his hand that helped to light the dark corridor and the two walked down it
" He was fast" whined Merlin as he walked beside the king " besides i didn't see you exactly in hot pursuit"
" I was sticking to my cunning plan, which was for you to run him down near the exit where i would cut him off and kick his face in" said Arthur
" dopple-head" muttered Merlin and then he saw a shadow move down a side corridor
" There!" Merlin shouted and he chased after the shadow down the dark corridor
" Merlin!" shouted Arthur as he went to chase after them. Merlin chased the man down the corridor and soon realized he could not see where he was going, his eyes flashed yellow which lit a torch near-by and Merlin grabbed it from the wall and chased after the criminal, being able to see really helps a lot thought Merlin as he saw the criminal dive down a side corridor and Merlin followed and then saw him run out a door and shut it behind him, Merlin chased after him and again his eyes glowed and he held up his hand and the door blew off his hinges and Merlin burst out into the sunlight the criminal looked around in surprise that the manservant had magic and the criminals eyes glowed and rocks launched themselves at the warlock who dived out of the way of them and got up as fast as he could to chase the criminal, he followed him down a near by path and the criminal turned around a took a dagger from his belt and threw it at Merlin who held up both his hands and the dagger stopped in mid air and then Merlin used his magic to throw the dagger at the criminal who dived out of the way of it but it did hit the object that he stole as it fell to the ground
" Merlin!" he heard Arthur shout and Merlin looked behind him but there was no sign of the king and the criminal ran to the stolen object and lifted it which had begun to glow and Merlin felt the strong magic it had straight away
" Let it go!" he shouted to the criminal but he wouldn't listen and soon a flash of light shot from the object and Merlin had to cover his eyes to shield himself from the light and when he opened them again the criminal was no longer their instead their was a dark haired girl instead and she looked up at Merlin and her eyes widened
" oh boy" she said
" Merlin!" shouted Arthur as he ran down to them and Merlin looked at Arthur then back at Valkyrie
" oh boy" said Merlin
Authors Note: don't know if you liked this chapter or not but i had an idea that Skulduggery and Valkyries friendship would be a lot like Merlin and Arthur's , so tell me what you thought of the story and give me some ideas with what you would like in it and i will try and include it whether its a plot idea or your own character and i'll see if i can fit it in :)