CHAPTER 4

"Wait, how did you find him so fast?" she looked at me stunned.

"Derek? Oh.. don't worry, he cant do anything. I bound his powers and he's tied to a chair".

"That's a relief" I said sarcastically. I turned to Skulduggery "why here out of all places?"

"Well.. I knew someone would want to try and find me, so I picked this place. Kind of nice when you get the feel for it."

"Who do you think is looking for you?"

"Well you guys, and … Department X. See, they wanted to use me as a weapon against any mage who would stand in their way. At first I said no, until they tortured me to get Vile out, then I killed a few mortals and they deemed me too dangerous" he laughed then, "so they locked me away in a bound cell and forgot about me. I stayed In there a while, until I realised the cell wasn't bound anymore, and then I burned my way out. Now they have a couple kill squads on me."

I got out of bed and hurriedly put some clothes on. I walked over and tied him "well we need you Skulduggery, we are planning a full-on attack against America, and we need Vile to help us."

He sighed and said "let me see what kind of rebellion you have first." He looked over to Alice "can I at least have my revolver?"

She walked over and passed him the gun. I grabbed my bag and Alice hers, "you got anything you would like to take?"

"Sure, follow me", he showed us to a normal looking room which he said was his, and grabbed a picture from his desk and put it in a bag; along with bullets, and some other stuff. He walked out of the door and said "if I'm going to be with you guys, then I'm at least entitled to know your name?"

I sighed, "Cilian Renn". He burst out laughing. "What about you missy?" he turned and pointed a finger at Alice. "My name is Alice Edgley". He went cold, and was silent for a while, then he spoke "its been a while".

"Skulduggery, you knew me when I was three, leave it". He went silent again.

We made our way to the airport, where we caught a plain ride home. The flight took seven hours, and when we landed in England we jumped the rest of the way into the walls. Alice showed us to the secret underground bunker, where we were greeted by Severe almost instantly. His eyes widened and he walked hastily to Skulduggery. He put his hand out, and shook his hand "its a pleasure to meet you Mr Skulduggery." He took his hand away and said "let me show you around". Skulduggery turned to Alice, but she just smiled. Alice and I left Skulduggery and Severe to roam.

"So what now?"

"We need to find Vile's boots", she walked off and I followed.

"Is that what we were doing in America, finding his armour?" he sighed. "Before we start this new journey, are there any more secrets you would like to tell me?"

"No, I don't think so."

"Well then lets go."

A/N this is also my third attempt at posting this again reviews are very appreciated :)