I'm back! So this is chapter 2. I really have no clue how long this story is gonna be, it could be 5 chapters, it could be 20 chapters. I have a plot line, but it has no ending. Maybe I will just carry it on forever. We'll see :D
I am gonna try to update every 2 days at least, but that probably won't happen.
Please review !
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Skulduggery Pleasant, or any of it's characters. Derek Landy does. The genius.


Valkyrie grabbed the door handle and wrenched the door open. The rain was still pouring down, but she barely noticed it.

"I don't need to listen to this. I'm telling them"

She started towards the Sanctuary door.

"Valkyrie. They'll lock you up, they'll do tests on you, they'll take your life away from you"

Valkyrie turned around sharply, her soaking hair whipping around, causing a spray of water to splash on the pavement.
" I don't care! Do you hear me? I'd rather they do that than let me hurt all these people! I'd rather they kill me!" Valkyrie screamed.

Skulduggery stared at her. He thought of how much she'd grown up since they first met , at Gordon's funeral, then later in that stuffy solicitors office all those years ago. He thought of all the transformations she'd made, she'd had to make, in order to fit in with this lifestyle. Because of him.

Stephanie Edgley to Valkyrie Cain.
Mortal to Magic.
Schoolgirl to Detective.
Innocent Girl to Mature Woman.
And now, Hero to Martyr.


"I can't let you do that" he whispered. Rain dripped off the rim of his hat, splashing onto his leather gloves that Valkyrie had bought him for Christmas. The first decent present she had bought him in years. But he had appreciated all of them. After all, she was only a child; she couldn't make those big decisions.

Or so he had thought.

Only now was he realising how wrong that had been. Valkyrie had been making choices for years. Joining Skulduggery. Choosing her name. Rescuing him from the Faceless Ones. Going to Nye. And now, sentencing herself to death, or as near as possible, to save her loved ones.

"I can't let you do that" he repeated, but with more conviction. He was not going to lose her. She was all he had left.

Skulduggery raised his palms, and pushed the air, creating a wall that curved around Valkyrie, trapping her on all sides.

"Hey!" she shouted over the rain, which was now hammering down over their heads.
"You can't do this, let me go!"

"No. I'm sorry, I don't want to hurt you, but you're not setting a foot in that building"

"Oh really? Well, we'll see about that"

Valkyrie pushed the air beneath her, propelling her over the invisible wall, towards her mentor. Before he could react, she pushed again, twisting her wrist, shooting a stream of air toward him that curved to his left, making it virtually impossible to dodge or deflect.
Typically, Skulduggery did. He swerved and ducked, and pushed air at Valkyrie, knocking her off her feet into a puddle.
Valkyrie hissed in pain, causing Skulduggery to automatically bend down to help her.
She took his knock in concentration as an opportunity. Valkyrie jumped up, kicked him back into the car, turned, and ran to the doors.
Skulduggery vaulted after her, grabbing onto her black coat as she crashed through the doors, sending them both rolling onto the floor of the Sanctuary entrance hall.

Their sudden entrance raised a few eyebrows from agents, but most people carried on their way.

Both Skulduggery and Valkyrie rolled out of their tumble on the floor, landing facing each other with fists ready.

"Val, I don't want to hurt you, but I will continue to use force if you insist on this"

"Well, yes, I do. This conversation is over. You can't stop me. I am going in. Do you know why? Because I'm willing to hurt you"

Valkyrie hurled the ball of fire she had been holding in her hands, and sprinted down the corridor, knocking over an agent with a stack of papers in his hands, sending sheets and forms flying.
Skulduggery pursued her, leaping over the confused agent.

Valkyrie reached the waiting area to the Elder's chamber, and ran straight into a pair of Cleavers.

"Uh, Hi. Erm, I need to see the Elders. Now. So I'll just..." She nodded towards the Chamber door, and edged between the guards. They showed no resistance.

Hmm, she thought. They must recognise me enough to trust me. Or maybe they don't think I'm a threat. Ha! I'm supposed to end the world. Threatening enough?

Skulduggery burst into the room, leaped over the Cleavers, and clawed his fingers around Valkyrie's collar, pulling her back.

"NO! You're not going in there!"

"Let go of me" Valkyrie hissed through gritted teeth.

After a few seconds, when it became clear he had no intention of doing so, Valkyrie used her ring to snatch the shadows from the edges of the room, and sent a wave of darkness crashing into Skulduggery's legs, knocking him of his feet. As he went down, he swung his leg, also knocking Valkyrie of her feet. She landed on top of him, in front of the doors. He pushed her back, but she cushioned the air beneath her, using it to spring back up and slam into Skulduggery, sending them both tumbling on the floor, crashing through the doors, and landing on the floor before the Elders.

Valkyrie looked up. Her vision blurred from the landing, she had smacked her head against the floor.
She saw a group of people standing a few feet in front of her, staring at her and Skulduggery. She thought she recognised Ghastly among them.

"Um, sorry for intruding, but this is, well, kinda important".