This was meant to be part of a really long chapter, this was meant to be really small but i had so much fun writing it that i didn't have the heart to cut it down. So it's become its own chapter! Enjoy!


The 50 minute drive over to Saltar's lab was made in almost complete silence. Valkyrie sat in her usual seat while Tanith and Ghastly were in the back, Tanith had offered to drive herself and Ghastly on the bike but he had looked a little green at the suggestion.

"You're quiet." Skulduggery observed.

Valkrie nodded. "I'm thinking."

"Never a good thing!" Valkyrie wacked him arm, and he chuckled. "What were you thinking about?

"You, well you with a face. What you might look like."

"Easy, I was a handsome devil."

Ghastly scoffed.

Valkyrie raised an eyebrow. "Not that you're biased or anything."

"Of course not, my wife will also tell you I'm handsome."

"I'm pretty sure she's also biased."

"You have a point."

"Turn left here." Valkyrie instructed, looking at the map.

"I could have sworn it was the next turning." Skulduggery said but did as Valkyrie instructed.

"What did we agree before we left?"

Skulduggery was pretty sure it was a rhetorical question but answered her anyway.

"I'm the driver, you're the navigator."

Valkyrie nodded. "That's right, you drive and I navigate."

Skullduggery shook his head. "This coming from a girl who got lost in a map factory!"

Tanith and Ghastly started laughing hysterically in the back seat while Valkyrie glared at Skulduggery, who was also chuckling.

"Not funny!"