"I swear to god when I see Crux I am going to knock seven shades of magic out of him". Tanith said giggling
"don't worry, me and my brilliance will deal with Crux" Skulduggery said in a voice that said you know what I mean.
"By that you mean you are going to beat him up" Stephanie said
"well..." Skulduggery thought of what to say, but just came out with "...yes"
At The Sanctuary
Thruid Guild stood waiting for Skulduggery, and Remus Crux was cowering at his side.
"He'll rip me to shreds, please sir, let me go please" Crux whimpered
"Yes, he does have a thing for revenge, doesn't he" Guild said, almost like he was mocking Crux. "but you did imprison his innocent companion in a cell with a man who wanted to kill her so you deserve what he will do" Guild continued. Skulduggery walked in casually, with his hands in his pockets and was followed by Ghastly, Tanith, Fletcher and Valkyrie. Crux tried to talk but Tanith pulled out her sword. He just sunk further back after that.
"Ah, Skulduggery Pleasant, I am so glad to see your back, news has spread fast of your arrival and people are actually partying in the streets" Guild said without any emotion in his voice
" well, I'm just an amazing skeleton with an impeccable dress sense and a personality that can kill" Skulduggery said modestly. Valkyrie and Tanith both rolled their eyes.
" come Skulduggery, we have much to talk about" Guild hissed
" Actually, I was hoping to see Remus" Skulduggery announced turning to Crux
" you will not harm my associate mr Pleasant, under my order" Guild bellowed
" Last time I remember, you fired me guild" and with that skulduggery hit Crux in the nose and then in the chin. Remus threw a sing at Skulduggery but he easily grabbed his wrist and twisted. Remus Crux screamed in utter pain. When he was lying on the floor Tanith sighed " I wanted a piece of him aswell." They all started walking away, and since Crux was too afraid to hit back at Tanith, Skulduggery or Ghastly, he shouted at Valkyrie.
" you, little girl, you put them up to this didn't you" and without warning Crux grabbed Valkyrie's arm. She tried to struggle then he punched her square in the face. It was the most cowardly act he had ever witnessed. A grown man just punched a teenage girl. Tanith leapt on Crux and repeatedly hit him in the stomach. Ghastly joined in with massive blows to the ribs. Fletcher and Skulduggery helped up Valkyrie. Determined to be a hero, Fletcher joined in with the assault on crux. The moment Skulduggery saw the blood leaking from her nose he snapped. He leapt at Crux, snatching him from the other three. Skulduggery speared him into a table and headbutted him. He then elbowed crux in the face then started a flurry of punces.
Crux just managed to let out between various punches "this is..." "assault on a..." "member of the sanctuary..."
Then Skulduggery pulled out his gun and Valkyrie screamed " Noooooooo, don't shoot him".
Then...
CLIFFHANGER, in your face. uhum, sorry for that. any way please review and tell me what you think.
