Chapter 2 Skulduggery Pleasant Fanfiction

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"Morning Sleepy." Skulduggery Pleasant whispered to Valkyrie as she lifted her head off the skeleton's chest.

"Wait, what happened?" She asked as she touched her cheeks.

"Was I crying? And why are you here?" She is obviously too tired to remember much straight away, Skulduggery thought to himself.

"Well," he started. "You had a nightmare and called me last night. "You fell asleep soon after." He noticed Valkyrie shiver as she recalled the nightmare.

"Thanks for that." She whispered, blushing.

"It's alright, are you hungry? Would you like to go and get something to eat?" Skulduggery asked looking down at her. They were still entangled under the bed sheets.

"When am I not hungry?" Valkyrie laughed as she attempted to get up, but Skulduggery pulled her back down. A serious tone in his voice.

"Are you sure you're okay? You were really upset." He was worried. Valkyrie never broke down, he was concerned for her.

Valkyrie hugged him. "Thank you for caring about me, I'll be fine, really. I'm still just shaken up about it all. But I have you, so I'm okay."

"Alright." He replied, cheery once again. "I know, I am pretty amazing. No need to constantly tell me." Valkyrie punched him in the arm and got up to get changed.

She grabbed her armoured clothes from the wardrobe and went into the bathroom to freshen up. A shiver ran down her spine as the black material touched her skin. She had been wearing this same jacket when she had murdered her little sister, Alice, to save the world from Darquesse. When Valkyrie came out of the bathroom Skulduggery was waiting for her.

"Where would you like to go for breakfast?" He asked, they had no plans today so they could spend as long as they wanted.

"Can we just go for a drive? I'll grab a coffee somewhere."


Once Valkyrie had had her coffee, she felt much better. They were both sitting in a coffee shop when Skulduggery got a call from Grand Mage China. The detective duo were urgently needed at the Sanctuary to be briefed for a mission. They jumped into the Bentley and headed for Roarhaven.

When they arrived, Tipstaff hurried them into China Sorrows' office where she was seated, elegantly in her throne.

"Oh, here come my favourite detectives." China said sweetly.

"China, we are your only detectives." Skulduggery reminded.

"Yes well, we have been a bit light on in the detective area recently. None the less you two are the most capable people I know."

Valkyrie forced a smile onto her tired face. She really just wanted to know why on earth they were here and what the hell China wanted.

"Anyway we are getting a tad off track. The reason I summoned you here is because your close friend, Tanith Low has been captured by the American Sanctuary."

"Against what charges?" Valkyrie roared at the Grand Mage. Briefly forgetting about how tired she was.

"For murder." China answered. "When she was possessed by the Remnant." She added quickly.

"I have attempted to bargain with the Council of Elders but they are not willing to give her up. So my mission for you is to break Tanith out of prison and bring her back to the safety of Ireland in one piece."

"I'm going too." Out of the shadows stepped, Ghastly Bespoke, scars and all. "I'm a Dead Man, I could use some action now and again." China observed Ghastly's resolve.

"Very well Ghastly shall accompany the two of you in Tanith's rescue."

Ghastly walked over and shook Skulduggery's hand and gave Valkyrie a hug before coming to stand next to her. Valkyrie knew that Ghastly couldn't think of anything worse than going back to the battlefield. But he was concerned for Tanith and the sooner he could see her the better. But there was something on her mind.

"Why can't Fletcher just teleport in and get her out?"

"There are two reasons why that plan would fail miserably. Fletcher hasn't been to the American Sanctuary before, let alone Tanith's particular holding cell. And we are assuming that the cells are bound so even if he picked the right room, he wouldn't be able to activate his powers to get them out." China finished.

"Fletcher will teleport you to just outside the Sanctuary tonight, you break in get Tanith out and Fletcher will be waiting for you. Good luck."

"She makes it sound so easy," Valkyrie whispered to the two as they walked out of the Sanctuary.