Skulduggery looked at Fen who nodded. He knocked on the door.

"Ignacio. Its Fen. Open up." Silence. The door opened.

"Grand Mage. For what do I owe the pleasure?"

"Cleavers. Hold him." Skulduggery said. Four cleavers walked forward and held Fuss down.

"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?!"

"We believe you posses the medallion." Tanith said.

"Open his hand." With a brilliant flash of light emitting from Fuss himself everyone around him was blown back.

"You...insolent..idiotic..fools." he breathed, hunched over hands in front of him. Skulduggery stood up and pulled his guns on him.

"Calm down Ignacio." Fuss looked up, his eyes a bright scarlet.

"I could have saved you. HA!" he threw a hand out and Skulduggery flew back into a van, it rolled into the air and landed heavily on the opposing yard. Skulduggery behind it.

"Ow."

"Saved us from what?" Fen asked.

"You. Phoenix Guardian. A grand mage who doesn't even know how to act the part. Your views are Dumbledore worthy. Love being the strongest force. Rubbish." Fen's nostrils flared.

"AH!" he roared, his hands exploding into flames that went up to his shoulders. His eyes were fire as well. Every step he took the grass burnt beneath him. Those within ten feet of him backed off feeling burnt. With a grunt he thrust his arms out towards Fuss and lines of fire exploded outwards. It deflected and flew upwards. Fen powered down, his sleeves burnt.

"Problem." He said simply before Fuss flicked a finger and Fen was thrown into the air.

"CLEAVERS! ATTACK!" Kingsley ordered. They moved forward. Fuss punched the air and cleavers flew in twos and threes into the air, but they managed to converge on him. Skulduggery was back by Tanith.

"Where's Fen?" at that moment a tall, well built man dropped from the sky next to him.

"Oh, never mind. Hey Fen."

"Hey." He grunted on the ground.

"Now I'm mad." Fen said standing up cracking his neck. Stepping back.

"I suggest you move." Tanith and Skulduggery retreated. Fen stomped a foot forward it exploded into flames, the other foot stomped and exploded as well. The flames from his feet grew upwards instantly. His entire body was on fire. The air around him blistered. A blinding white light shone from the cracks beneath the cleavers' bodies that had piled on top of Fuss. They were all blown away leaving Fuss crouched in a crater. Valkyrie arrived just then skidding to a halt.

"Glad you could join us." Skulduggery said. Fen released a supernova upon Fuss then.

"Not a problem. I wasn't doing anything important anyway." She handed Tanith her keys and glasses, dove into her coat pocket and pulled out a gun similar to Skulduggery's new gun except much bigger and more powerful. She pushed the clip in and cocked it.

"When did she get a gun?" Tanith asked.

"Early birthday present from Kenspeckle." Valkyrie said with a grin. Fen was thrown back into his Range Rover, his flames died away. The suit he'd worn here was no more, a scarlet and gold body suit that looked to be made of spandex was covering him up. He was slumped.

"Cleavers! Provide cover. Tanith approach from the left, Valkyrie from the right."

"You're going head on?"

"As always." Dozens of cleavers moved forward and surrounded Fuss again. Tanith leaped forward and submerged herself into the pile. They could hear her sword slashing, higher than the sounds of the cleavers scythe's. Valkyrie commanded a few cleavers back and let her gun loose. With the sound of a shotgun and the power of a canon her gun fired relentlessly. They heard Fuss exclaim in pain.

"MOVE!" Skulduggery made his way between the cleavers and fired. Some hit an invisible shield but other found their target. Fuss clutched his shoulder.

"ENOUGH!" he roared. Everyone once again flew back. Fuss looked up, his eyes were black flames.

"No more games. Tonight. You all shall die." He kneeled and drove his fist into the ground. Earth grabbed onto his hand and made its way up. He was as Ghastly was years ago. A rock except he moved. His voice rough and gravelly, he spoke.

"Now. Let's play."

"CLEAVERS! FORWARD!" Frightening roared, he was ahead of them all. His strength rivalled that of Mr. Bliss but his power rested in his mind. He could turn anyone onto their knees and make them comatose for the rest of their lives. His power of fear. His pupils pulsating black, he glared at Fuss who flinched. Whilst that went on, Valkyrie and Skulduggery crouched beside Fen.

"What do we do?" Valkyrie asked.

"We need to find the Medallion. He has it on his person somewhere. Then we throw everything we have at him to try and free the medallion."

"Terrible plan. Purely pathetic. Worth a shot. Let's go." They both got up, but a hand grabbed both of their wrists.

"Get me up." Came a whisper. They pulled Fen up.

"Now...I'm enraged." Freeing himself from their grasps he walked forward and lit up again. It seemed as though his flames were bigger almost. Cleavers fell back before he reached them. Making his way they saw his light in the middle and heard Fuss scream in agony. Kingsley flew by them, nursing a nasty cut on his forehead.

"That looks painful." Skulduggery noted.

"It is." Kingsley said calmly. Kingsley held up his arm, his palm facing up, his fingers curled inwards. He grunted and raiser his arm up. The ground shook then a fury of rocks exploded from the ground to form a rock monster.

"Attack." Kingsley muttered. Before the monster could reach Fuss he exploded, its rocks taking out several cleavers and destroying the house.

"Damn." Kingsley raised two more that moved forward.

"I'm going to Bentley." Valkyrie said.

"The X-Ray." Skulduggery breathed.

"Exactly." She said running off. She dived into the car and pulled the keyboard towards her. Typing furiously, the windshield removed the skeletal forms of the cleavers away and showed Fuss with Fen holding him in a bear hug as his flames heated up beyond belief. Frightening has a hand on Fuss's head. Valkyrie pushed another button. The windshield zoomed in on his hand. A golden glint.

"VALKYRIE!" came a roar. She looked up to see Skulduggery running towards her, Fuss looked up and glared. The car began to shake. Valkyrie leaped out, then the car rose into the air carried by rocks that battered it in the air. It fell to the ground a moment later, beaten and crushed.

"Damn." Skulduggery sighed.

"His hand." She said.

"Let's go." Just then they heard Fuss scream. The ground shook, and humanoid shapes pulled themselves up from the ground. Human shaped mud and grass made for the cleavers.

"Oh no."


Fight scenes..not really my thing. I did my best though!