This one may surprise you all. Well, except DarkAntidote, who gave me the idea! Thanks!

This would probably never happen, but you know, it's interesting, and I thought I'd give it a go.

Contains a small amount of Fletcherie.

Skulduggery flashed out his gun, pointing it at Valkyrie. Her eyes widened and her hands shot up into the air.

"Skulduggery!" she cried, wondering how a simple argument about Darquesse coming out and destroying the world - maybe it wasn't that simple - had turned into this. She hadn't thought Skulduggery would ever pull a gun on her.

"Maybe I will kill you, Valkyrie. Maybe it's the only way to stop Darquesse from coming out. You said it yourself. Is that what you want?" Skulduggery said, his voice laced with fury.

Valkyrie didn't respond, just stared at him with wide and terrified eyes. Skulduggery, threatening to kill her? It was unheard of. She had nothing to day. Had she really angered him this much? She was sure she wasn't that annoying.

His gun didn't waver. He was serious. He was going to murder her, in cold blood. No. He wouldn't. Would he? Would he really do this to his partner?

"Skulduggery, please. This is insane. You... You don't want this," Valkyrie said. She was terrified. She had never seen someone who she'd known for so long point a gun at her. Especially Skulduggery. Valkrie's anger flared, and she lowered her hands, her fear melting away.

"Go ahead, Skul. Shoot me. Murder me. Kill your own partner, after all these years? Just because of a simple argument?" She snarled. "Well? Speak. I'm not scared. After everything I've been through, I fear neither pain nor death."

Skulduggery said, "Sorry, Val, but this has to be done," and pulled the trigger. The bullet buried itself into Valkyrie's chest and she let out a small squeak, then smiled weakly. "See? I'm not scared," she said before crumpling to the ground.

Skulduggery looked at her, seemed like he was about to say something, but turned and walked away. Valkyrie stared at where he had just stood, not believing he had done this to her. She laughed weakly and rested her head on the ground.

That's when Fletcher Renn teleported next to her. He looked down at her and his eyes widened, seeing the wound in her chest and the blood around her.

"Damn! Val! What...?" Fletcher said, not bothering to finish. He knelt down beside her and she gave him a weak smile.

"I... told him I wasn't afraid," Valkyrie said weakly. Fletcher grabbed her hand and tried to stem the blood flow from her wound with the sleeve of his other arm. "Don't bother, Fletch. I'm dying... and I've accepted... it."

Fletcher's eyes got even bigger that they were before and a tear fell from one. "You may have accepted it, Val, but I haven't! Who did this to you? Who?!" he said, his gentle voice becoming a yell on the last word. He was panicking, and Valkyrie seemed completely calm.

"Someone," she teased, somehow keeping her good humor even in death. She gave a small cough, blood spraying fom her mouth. Fletcher didn't care. As long as Valkyrie was alive...

"Val, no! No! Tell me, now, and we can get you to a doctor, and you won't die!"

"Come... on, Fletch. I've accepted this! Why... can't you?"

"Because... Because I love you!" Fletcher blurted out, grabbing her head and pulling her in for a kiss. She wrapped one of her arms around his neck and when he broke away, her arm fell slack against the ground. She looked up at him.

"I... love you too... Fletcher...," Valkyrie managed, death finally getting to her. She let a tear drip from her eye and gave him a small smile, then her eyes closed. Fletcher heard her sigh. She had thirty seconds, maybe a minute tops left of life.

He bent down and whispered in her ear, "I love you, Valkyrie Cain. I will always love you, even in death."

Valkyrie opened her eyes slightly for a moment and whispered back, "That was cheesy... but I love you...," and she closed her eyes and let out her final breath.

She was gone.

There you go! If it wasn't dramatic enough, tell me. I figured I'd do one where Valkyrie just isn't afraid to die and goes down with courage.

Rate and review, give me any ideas for further stories if you have them, and I hope you enjoyed this chapter of And Valkyrie Died!

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