AN: I'm really happy! 2 reasons, 1 new chapter and 2 my reviews! I was in another one of my Last Stand of Dead Men depressions and I saw my review and they made me a very happy person. That was a little corny, but I don't care. finally Dyna will show her wonderful face. Alice and Valkyries dating arguments are kinda what happens in my head when I think about Valduggery. "They should," "no, it's wrong," "you know you want them to," "no, I don't,"
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Valkyrie Prov.
"Hey, va...Stephanie," Dyna said, walking down the stairs.
"Going to the Sanctuary?" I asked, Alice walked away.
"Yeah," Dyna said, pulling her rainbow hair out of its bun.(interpret her hair anyway you want, but its rainbow and super long)
"They might not let you in," I said, Dyna stopped messing with her hair and looked at me.
"What did you do?" She asked.
"I blame Tanith, but we got into a fight with Mist and got thrown out," I said, looking for Alice.
"Nice," Dyna said, grabbing her leather jacket.
"Your only going to see Ravel," I said, Dyna blushed.
"No, I have Elder business to attend to," Dyna said.
"I didn't know all Elders had to flirt with Ravel," I said.
"Shut up!" Dyna said, Alice came back in.
"You changed your hair," Alice said, looking at Dynas hair.
"I do that," Dyna said.
"It used to be blonde, right?" Alice asked.
"Yep, then red and pink," Dyna said.
"Can you get my bike from Skulduggerys when your done," I asked.
"Sure, bye," Dyna said, walking out.
"You left your motorcycle at your boyfriends," Alice asked.
"He's not my boyfriend!" I said, sitting on the couch.
"Why not?" Alice asked.
"Because its just wrong. He's way too old for me and he's my best friend," I said.
"So?" Alice asked, sitting across from me.
"So it's wrong. Why don't you date your best friend," I said.
"No, do you like him?" Alice asked, I got up and started walking up the stairs.
"No," I said, Alice followed me.
"Why not Skulduggery's hot," Alice said.
"If you say so,"
"You guys should date,"
"No,"
"Please,"
"No,"
"You know you want to," Alice said.
"Please, Alice, for the love of all things good and holy shut the hell up!" I said.
"Well," Alice said, I laughed. I heard a cracking sound.
"Did you hear that?" I asked.
"What?" Alice asked.
"It's probably nothing," I said, thinking about wether or not to make Alice hide in Gordon's study.
"Let's go down stairs," Alice said, I nodded and followed her down.
"Stay here," I said, Alice nodded. My phone rang, "Tanith,"
"Mist knows your secret," Tanith said.
"What!"
"Look up 'The Dark Knight and the Goddess of Darkness' that's how Mist found out,"
"Did she tell anyone," I asked, walking out of the room.
"Yeah, someone on the phone and she plans on telling Ghastly and Ravel,"
"Wait who's the dark knight?"
"Skulduggery or Vile. Thanks for telling me about that by the way,"
"Wasn't my secret to tell,"
"Uh huh,"
"I have to go. I think someone's in the house," I said, as I heard another creak.
"You need back up?"
"No, but if you see Dyna tell her to come back,"
"Okay," Tanith said, hanging up.
I put my hands out and started looking for disturbances in the air. I heard Alice scream. I ran into the room and saw a guy in black. He saw me and pulled Alice up, holding his knife to her throat.
"Don't come any closer," he said, obviously he's never heard of me.
"Put her down," I said, he laughed. I closed my eyes and focused on Darquesses power. He isn't a sorcerer.
"What are you doing? Meditating?" He asked, now it was my turn to laugh. I opened my eyes and smiled. This will be an easy fight, I thought. I started walking up to him. I saw Alice wince. I stopped and snapped my palm out. The knife flew out of his hand. Alice broke out of his grip. The guy ran at me. I stepped over and flipped him over my hip. He cursed and got back up. He tried to punch me, I ducked under it and kicked him in the groin. He bent over and I slammed his face into my knee. He fell to the ground unconscious. I hand cuffed him. I went over to Alice. She had a cut on her cheek, but other than that she was fine.
"Who was that?" Alice asked.
"Some idiot," I said, pulling out my phone. I called Skulduggery.
"Valkyrie, are you alright?" Skulduggery asked.
"Yeah, we have to go to the Sanctuary," I said, helping Alice up.
"I'm on my way," he said, then hung up.
"How did you do that?" Alice asked.
"What?" I asked, hoping she wasn't talking about magic.
"The thing with your hand,"
"Um..." I said, Skulduggery came in.
"Hi, Skulduggery," Alice said, he waved to her.
"C'mon," I said, walking out. Skulduggery grabbed the guy and put him in the trunk.
"Where are we going?" Alice asked.
"A place," I said, Alice and I got into the Bentley.
"We're taking her?" Skulduggery asked, I nodded.
-Scene-Change-
"Where's Mist?" I said, walking into the Sanctuary.
"Miss Cain, you have to schedule a meeting with the Elders," Tipstaff said, walking up to me.
"Not this time," Skulduggery said, starting to walk into the back.
"If you keep going I will have to call the Cleavers," Tipstaff said, Alice looked at us confused.
"Go ahead," I said, walking into the back.
"Why'd he call you miss Cain?" Alice asked, walking faster to keep up with me.
"No more questions. I'll answer them later," I said, walking into Mists office.
"She's not here," Skulduggery said, sensing for disturbances.
"Damn it," I said, walking to the throne room. No one.
"Spit up," Skulduggery said, I nodded. He walked away and me and Alice kept going my way. We checked each of the Elders offices. Nothing.
"Who are we looking for?" Alice asked, I sighed.
"A man with scars, Tanith, Dyna, a woman in a veil, or anyone," I said, Alice nodded. I walked to the big meeting room. Nothing.
"This place is creepy," Alice said, I walked into Nye's.
"Out!" Nye said.
"No, have you seen Mist," I asked, Alice kept staring at Nye.
"I may have," Nye said, poking something that looked suspiciously like human brains.
"Forget it," I said, walking out.
"Who was that," Alice asked.
"Dr. Nye, an annoying stupid evil..." I started.
"Got it," Alice interrupted, Skulduggery texted me.
"C'mon, Skulduggery found who we're looking for," I said, pulling Alice along with me. I walked into the place where the Torment used to live. I saw Skulduggery hiding in the corner. I put my finger to my lips. Alice nodded. I thought about Darquesses power. I felt myself slip, but I ignored it. I flipped onto the ceiling. I looked up, Tanith. I motioned for her to let go of me. She did and Darquesse kept me up. I reached down and grabbed Alice. She looked really confused and opened her mouth. I quickly covered her mouth and pointed to Mist.
"Why are we here?" Ravel asked.
"I have some news regarding the detectives," Mist said.
"This should be good," Ghastly said, crossing his arms.
"Oh, it will be," mist said, "The detectives have been hiding something from you,"
"What?" Ghastly asked, looking at Mist suspiciously. Skulduggery mouthed the word now. I put Alice down and me and Tanith walked above mist.
"Well..." Mist started, Skulduggery snapped his palm out and Mist fell. Ghastly and Ravel looked around. They saw Tanith and I. We dropped down from the ceiling. Mist got up and black stuff oozed out from under her veil. I clicked my fingers and threw a flame at her. It hit her in the face. Burning away her veil. Her face looked like someone stretched skin over a skull. Her eyes were dull and grey. The black stuff turned into spiders. Tanith pulled out her sword and started cutting them. Skulduggery bent down and placed his palm against the ground. The ground started cracking and the spiders fell threw the cracks.
"Oh my god," Alice said, Ghastly looked over and his eyes widened. Mist hit me with a blast of back stuff knocking me into the wall. I got up, slowly. Tanith ran at Mist. She swung her sword at Mist, but got hit with a bast of black tar. I saw some Cleavers come in. Skulduggery threw another flame, but it missed. He pulled out his gun and shot Mist. She jerked as a bullet hit her. I felt a Cleaver grab me. Mist smiled and a Cleaver grabbed Skulduggery.
"Damn it," Skulduggery said, Mist grabbed his gun. And pointed it at me. She shot it. I saw the bullet come at me. Her aim was off. It hit me in the chest and bounced off. Thank you, Ghastly, I thought.
"Now, what was I saying," mist said, as if nothing happened, "Oh, yes. Your beloved Detectives Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain. The heroes. Or at least that's what they let everyone believe,"
"What are you talking about?" Ravel asked, I looked over and saw a Cleaver trying to grab Alice. Ghastly moved Alice and the Cleaver stopped.
"Your heroes have a secret. Dear Valkyrie Cain here is also Darquesse," Mist said, walking up to me. I spit in her face.
"Impossible," Ghastly said, "We've seen the future. Valkyrie fights Darquesse."
"You saw her fighting and you saw Darquesse fighting, but did you ever really see them together?" Mist asked, smugly. All the black stuff came off me.
"No," Ghastly admitted.
"Now lets talk about everyone's favorite Skeleton Detective," Mist said, walking over to Skulduggery. She pressed the tattoo on his collarbone, "Brave, honorable, Skulduggery Pleasant."
"What are you getting at, Mist," Ravel asked, Ghastly and him were both looking at her like she was crazy.
"He's Lord Vile," Mist said, Ghastly flinched a little.
"Interesting story, Mist, but Skulduggery fought with us during the war and he's a Elemental," Ravel said.
"Don't believe me. You'll figure it out when they destroy the world," Mist said, walking out. The Cleavers followed her. Ghastly and Ravel looked at us expectantly.
AN: I'm not really sure how they should react. I know how Ghastly reacts, but Ravel I can't figure it out. And I know Alice's reactions to the magic are weird. She'll have a part where she freaks out. Right now she thinks Nye's a robot and they're making a movie.