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Valkyrie stood in the hallway of the professor Kenspeckles medical bay. She looked at Skulduggery who was staring at the floor.

"Who do you think that girl is?" she asked. Skulduggery shrugged.

"I don't know. But I hope she will be alright. It takes a lot of courage to fight against a werewolf", he said.

"Well, now you have a change to ask her yourself, detective", professor said when he stepped out in the girl room. "She just woke up. Just don't irritate her too much", he said before walking away. Skulduggery and Valkyrie walked in her room, where the girl was looking at her bandaged arms. Her head snapped up when she heard them coming in.

"You feel alright?" Skulduggery asked as he pulled a chair next to her bed. The girl looked at him and didn't seemed to be even slightly shocked by the fact that she was looking at a living skeleton. Instead, she showed quite amount of ignorance.

"Yes, I'm fine", she said and rubbed her arm. "You saved me, thank you"

"Think nothing of it. My name is Skulduggery Pleasant and this is Valkyrie Cain"

"You got a nice name, girl", the girl said. "I'm Kitia Darker"

"Your name is fine too", Valkyrie said and Kitia shrugged. Skulduggery's phone rang and he answered it. Valkyrie looked at Kitia. Even though she was a, well, quite a sight, Valkyrie saw sadness in her eyes. She hadn't smiled even once. Skulduggery stood up.

"I go to take that criminal to the Sanctuary. You wait here, I'll pick you up when I come back, OK?" Valkyrie nodded and Skulduggery walked out of the room. "It was a pleasure to meet you, miss Darker". Kenspeckle shuffled in. HE gave Skulduggery a glare and then turned to Kitia.

"It's not too bright to fight against a werewolf", he said and checked the monitors next to Kitia.

"I know", Kitia said quietly. "I had to kill him". Kenspeckle looked at her.

"You mean the werewolf?" Kitia didn't give him any answer; she just looked sadly at the sheets. Kenspeckle sighed.

"So, Valkyrie, is that blasted detective dragged you in anything? Any injuries?"

"Nope, I'm fine", Valkyrie said and smiled. Kenspeckle tuned his head and looked at Kitia, who was lying on the bed.

"That detective brings me nothing but trouble, that's for sure", he murmured before shuffling away. Valkyrie was left alone in the room with Kitia. Valkyrie felt a sudden urge to know everything about her. She looked so mysterious, and so sad. Her eyes gleamed beautifully in the light and Valkyrie sat on the chair next to her.

"So, that werewolf, you said that it was working for your brother, right?" she said trying to sound as casual as possible. Kitia's eyes winded and turned her green eyes to her and then sighed.

"Listen, Valkyrie Cain", she said. "I didn't ask you to save me. I didn't ask you to bring me here. We met just couple hours ago, and you think you could start asking about my personal life. But you are wrong. You make friends with me and you could die. Why, you ask. Because you have just got mixed with things you really shouldn't". She laid herself on the bed again and started staring at the ceiling.

***

Valkyrie closed the door of Kitia's room. She really didn't have any idea what to think. She started walking around the corridors. Kitia Darker had secrets. Dangerous secrets and Valkyrie was sure as Kitia is trying to warn them. Why? She remembered the fight against the werewolf. She had talked about her brother. It didn't make any sense.

***

It was little over midnight. Valkyrie had well a sleep in a one arm chair of the medical bay. Skulduggery had called that he had to do something and he would come to get her first thing tomorrow. Kenspeckle slept in his lab at his table. Clarabelle was sleeping in her room in the far end of the medical bay. Kitia slept in her bed arms behind her neck. There was a small feeling, like a wind, that shifted inside the entrance to the cinema and all the way to Kitias room. It hit her face and her eyes opened.

"So, you came after all", she whisperers and stood up from the bed. She pulled the hospital gown of had changed her normal clothes under the gown with out professor seeing. She pulled her boots on and put her spike collar on her neck. Then she remembered that her gun had left in the place she fought the werewolf and she thought. She needed something to use as a weapon and she started to look around the room. Then she saw something on the wall and gave a small grin.

***

Valkyrie woke up on the chair. It was dark and quiet in the medical bay. She checked her phone and saw that clock was 02.30 A.M. She was sore because of sleeping on a chair and she stretched her arms. She needed a glass of water. When she was about to step out from the room she was sleeping, she heard heavy foot steps. She gasped as the five year old memories came back, the memory about the Grotesquery waking up in the morgue. She peeked in to the hallway and saw them, two werewolves slouching talons clacking to the floor. Valkyrie had to clap her hands on her mouth. She had heard about the extreme hearing of the werewolves. It had been told that they could hear the heart beats of a butterfly.

She backed away and thought what to do. If she would face them, she would be killed in a second. If she stayed here, she would be eventually killed. She was not in a good situation right now. A third werewolf passed the room and Valkyrie smelled the stench of rotting flesh, dried blood and wet dog. She felt like she would throw up. Then she remembered professor and Clarabelle. They would be killed if she stayed here. She had to do something. Valkyrie took a scalpel of the one table and then took a deep breath. Courage Val, she thought. You have faced worst thing that three blood thirsty werewolves. Then she ran to the hallway.

The werewolves turned in a second the heard her steps. She threw the scalpel and then pushed the air to give it more speed. The scalpel hit the werewolf and sank in to its broad chest. The Valkyrie ran away from them. The werewolf ripped the scalpel of and looked at it. Then it howled and all three were after Valkyrie. She heard the heavy steps as they ran after her. The whole floor shook as they got closer. Valkyrie heard the warm breath on her hair and when she thought the werewolves would catch her, the running stopped. Valkyrie came to a halt and saw how one of the werewolves stood there, two others staring at it. A gleaming axe blade stuck out of its head. When someone pulled the blade off, blood splashed on the floor and Valkyrie felt sick again. As the great carcass of the dead werewolf fell on the ground, Valkyrie saw Kitia standing there, bloody fire axe on her hand. Two other werewolves growled and Kitia docked down and then rolled on her feet. Werewolves swung their talons but Kitia caught them with her axe. She showed the werewolves away and then ran to Valkyrie. She gripped her hand and then they ran away.

"I need to get you somewhere safe", Kitia said. She ran a lot faster that Valkyrie and she just let her drag her along.

"Thank you, you saved me", Valkyrie said and Kitia looked at her.

"I told you hanging with me is not too safe", she said and turned to a junction. She kicked one door open and swung Valkyrie in. She slammed the door shut and then slammed her hand to it. Valkyrie saw shadows coming out of her spike collar and creating a rubbery layer on the door. She hurried to Valkyrie.

"Now, you stay here. He would not hesitate to kill you"

"Who?" Valkyrie asked. "What are the werewolves doing here? What is going on?"

"Professor and his assistant are safe from him, don't worry"

"Kitia, tell me? What's happening?"

Valkyrie saw something new in Kitia's eyes. She wasn't sure was it loath or sadness.

"My second brother is here. Those are his werewolves", she said.

"Why? What do they want?"

"Me", she said and then rushed to the door. With a wave of her hand, the shadow layer left and she stormed out and Valkyrie heard the werewolves roaring. She sat in the centre of the room. She couldn't see the battle but she heard it. She heard Kitia's voice as she exclaimed and swung the axe. She heard the roars of the werewolves and blood splashing on the floor and walls. Then two other werewolves ran pass the room she was and joined the fight. Valkyrie heard Kitia curse and then saw as she hit the floor in front of the door. She was smudged with werewolf blood. She was dragged out of the sight and then flung against the wall. She stood up and ran towards her opponent. Valkyrie had to drag herself closer to the door so she could see the fight. Kitia cut one of the werewolves the head off and when one of them closed behind her, she swung her axe cutting the arm off. Kitia was winning, Valkyrie could see it. But then, a strips of shadows sneaked a long the floor and gripped her arms and she was lifted of the ground. The remaining werewolves backed off as a clacking of boots echoed in the corridor. A man young, in his middle twenties walked in front of Kitia. He had fire hair and black clothes. His skin was as pale as Kitia's and his eyes were same deep green colour.

"My, my, my", he said. "If it isn't my dear little sister"

"Hello, William, my older brother", Kitia said with a serene face. William looked around the hallway, slightly surprised.

"Well, you certainly have changed the decoration"

"Yeah, I thought you liked it. You had some thing with blood and corpses. Oh, and werewolves. By the way, nice move to turn Eyetooth against me"

"I know you would like it". Kitia grinned coldly at him and William laughed. "Oh, come on, sister dear. We don't need to discus about this. Let's do this thing quickly and painless" William released Kitia from the shadows and she dropped on the floor.

"So, dear sister, shall we fight?" Kitia stood up and her own shadows coiled around her.

"I'll accept your challenge", Kitia said and touched her spike collar, turning it in to a shadows. William laughed and waved his hand. Shadows shoot towards Kitia, who jumped away and clenched her fists and when she opened them her shadows broke in small needle like pieces and flew towards William. He waved his hand down to up creating a shield form his shadows and the needles dropped in to the floor. They turned back to shadows and slid back behind Kitia.

"This brings back memories, does it, dear sister?" William laughed and swung his hand side to side. A sharp blade flew toward Kitia, but she docked low and the blade cut slightly her hair and hit the wall with an explosion. William growled and shouted to the werewolves and they attacked Kitia, but instead of running away, she closed her eyes. Two ling strips of shadows broke from her back and pierced the werewolves then ripping them apart. William glared and attacked her. Shadows floated to his hands and formed a sharp blade. Kitia stopped it with her shadows and shoved him away. She pulled him up and hit him right middle of his face. When sat up, he saw a shadow strip sharp as spear right in front of his face and Kitia stood there middle finger pressed against her thumb.

"So, you won me, sister dear", William sighed. "We all always knew you were the strongest one of us six, even though you were the youngest"

"Don't talk. It will make you killing even easier", Kitia said. William laughed.

"So, kill me then. Those are the rules of our game"

"William, even though I don't like you, you are still my brother. I don't want to kill you", Kitia whispered and lowered her hand. The shadows disappeared and she looked at her brother. "Even though I hate you, I still love you". William stared at her and then smiled gently.

"You were always so kind. And you will not win last five if you don't hard you heart". He suddenly waved his hand and Kitia shoot backwards. When she got up, she saw how he smiled to her.

"I'm so sorry, my sister dear. This is the only way", he said and then, a stream of shadows pierced his chest.

"No!" Kitia screamed as her brother fell on the ground, dead.

Valkyrie stared in the doorway. She didn't have absolutely no idea what had just happened. Kitia stood looking at her dead brother. Then she took a black ring from his finger and looked at it, how his brother shadows coiled inside of it.

"Good bye, my beloved brother", she whispered and kissed the ring.

Thank you for reading! Love you all! Next chapter coming soon!