sorry this is a bit late I've been busy so had no time to write it but here is part 2.

Thank you to you reviews I will defiantly put the missing cleavers and sanguine in to the story.

I hope you like this chapter.

Chapter 2

The mission

They were now driving through Roarhaven passing the dark, stagnant lake, the lifeless, leafless trees, the old rundown streets and finally reaching the concrete, uninspiring, squatting building that was the sanctuary itself. Valkyrie and Skulduggery we're walked through the sanctuary to Ghastly office to get information on the next mission. But Valkyrie was sure something was wrong but couldn't put her finger on it, she thought it best not to tell Skuduggery because she know he would say "you should be able to work it out on you own by now, you've been working with me for 6 years now haven't I taught you anything." So she just tried to work it out in her head Skulduggery would be impressed if I work it out on my own.

Just before they reached Ghastly's office they saw, The Administrator, Tipstaff coming down the corridor carrying a tray of freshly made coffee. Valkyrie opened the door to let Tipstaff in, as they entered Ghastly and Ravel ended their previous conversation and waited for them to come in. Tipstaff thank her and was walking past her when Valkyrie took one of the steaming mugs of coffee from the tray and started blow on it lightly to cool the coffee down.

"Hey!" Tipstaff shouted "that is not for yours."

"Well it is now" Valkyrie grinned still blowing to cool it down, "it smells really good be the way."

"Thank you, but that still does not make it yours, we have a very tired Grand Mage that need that caffeine."

"How do you know I'm not tired?" Valkyrie asked amused.

"Well, you did just wakeup a few minutes ago" Skulduggery blurred out.

"You won't supposed to say that" Valkyrie exclaimed her amusement dropping, "who is this coffee anyway."

"Umm… that would be Ravel's" Tipstaff said

"Hey, you better not drink that I really need that, you have no Idea how tiring paper work is" Ravel exclaimed holding his hand out for the coffee. But Valkyrie shock her head and poured a mouthful of coffee in her mouth, as soon as she realise how bitter the coffee tasted she spat the hold mouthful back in to the mug. "Oh my god that's way too bitter" Valkyrie said tiring to get the tasted out of her mouth, "how can you drink something this bitter? You can have it back now."

"Well I would of if you haven't spat in it" Ravel said annoyed.

"Well at least my coffee has not been touched" Ghastly said, who had been amused by the whole thing. "Shall we get back to what we were supposed to be talking about?"

"I suppose so" Ravel said clearly deflated by not getting his coffee.

"Do you want me to make you a new coffee and this time Valkyrie won't take it" Tipstaff suggested.

Ravel nodded excitedly, like a child whose been asked if they what sweets.

So Tipstaff went off to make a new coffee for Ravel leaving to others to talk about the mission. Tipstaff was never given the chance to listen in on any of the meetings that the Grand Mage had. He was always the one who was left uninformed, only ever was he present at the very started and the end of the meetings, always asked to serve them drinks or collect files but never involved, never did he felt important to anyone. That was one of the downers of being an Administrator always doing behind the scene jobs. Never praised for his work.

"So what's the new mission" Valkyrie ask, she still had the tasted of the horrid coffee in her mouth.

"Well, I though being the great detective as you are I though you would be able to work it out" Ghastly teased.

"Well I thought you were going to tell us so I didn't have to work it out" Valkyrie moaned

"Still you should of noticed something, I have" Skulduggery said "haven't I taught you anything" (I told you he would say something like that.)

"Just tell me"

"Fine Ghastly go ahead tell us this mission that I don't know about" Skulduggery said.

"Ok, in the past few weeks we have been noticing a few of our cleavers going missing, and this week we have calculated about one thousands of are cleavers have vanished." Ghastly explained "which is quite a lot since we are running low from a previous fights, we would like you to investigate why they are going missing and stop it please."

"Please do it as quickly as you can we don't want the supreme council to find out about this" Ravel informed them, "we do not what another reasons for them thinking we need help, also it's Valkyrie's birthday next week and we don't want to have any worries about a war breaking out."

There was a knock on the door and Tipstaff enter carrying Ravels second mug of coffee, keeping in a large distant from Valkyrie. "Now, this time you will not drink Ravel's coffee"

"Don't worry, I want I've only just got the taste out from the last one"

"Good" Tipstaff handed Ravel his coffee and Ravel took it with delight finally he was going to get his energy back.

"You really should go and finish off those files you were sorting through" Tipstaff said, trying to getting this Grand Mage to actually work.

"Fine, I've just got my energy back and now you want me to waste it by doing paper work." Ravel went out of Ghastly's office and trudged slowly to his own office.

I still need more help on were to go next so please keep reviewing!