Here's Chapter 4! Please R&R? Thanks Heaps!
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Chapter 4- Airports And Kiddnapping
The time was 2:30am on a chilly Saturday morning. Skulduggery had driven to Dublin airport while his partner, Valkyrie, was sound asleep. Skulduggery looked over at the sleeping Valkyrie and sighed. A yawn was heard from beside Skulduggery and Valkyrie had awoken.
"Oh, sorry, did I wake you?" Skulduggery said.
"Huh? No, I had another nightmare... that woke me. Hay what time is it?" Valkyrie asked still a little drowzey.
"It's twenty-five to three. We better go meet Tanith in the airport ay?" Skulduggery said while getting out of the Bentley.
Once both were out, Skulduggery locked the car and rearranged his disguise so that no boney features could be made out.
"How do look?" Skulduggery asked with his arms outstretched.
"Like somebody who is trying to hide something..." Valkyrie said then giggled. "You sure you don't want me to go in and get her? People might think you're a terrorist or something!" Valkyrie doubled over in laughter.
"Thanks Valkyrie, you really made my day. And no, I'm not letting you go anywhere alone. Who knows when another physcopathic hitman will jump out and try and abduct you." Skulduggery said while the two headed to the opening of the massive airport.
"Hay look." Valkyrie pointed up to the flight board. "Tanith's flight just landed! C'mon!" Valkyrie pulled Skulduggery to the arrival area where, unsurprisingly, Tanith was chatting up a hansome man.
"Great... do you reackon we should go get her? Or wait for her to finish her flirting?" Valkyrie asked and looked up at Skulduggery.
"I have a plan Valkyrie, you wait here." Skulduggery smiled then stroled over to Tanith and Mystery Man, and to Tanith's utter shock, drapped a long boney arm around Tanith's shoulder.
"Tanith! It has been a while hasn't it? We best be going now, huh love?" Skulduggery said this in the least unattractive way as possible.
Valkyrie was just about crying with laughter at Tanith's face that resembled Aunt Berry's attempt to smile.
"Skulduggery!" Tanith hissed. "Just what the hell do you think you're doing!? Can't you see I'm busy!!? Back off would you!" Tanith motioned her head towards the man she was flirting with.
"Hay Tanith? Yeah, it was nice meeting you and all, but I'm goin' go ok. I can see you're.... busy." Mystery Man started walking away.
"Wait! No! Charlie, Skulduggery's just my uh... cousins best friends brother. Yeah, no wait! Don't go!" Tanith lowered her head in defeat, but not before slapping Skulduggery straight accross the face.
"Did you have to Skulduggery? I mean really, did you have to!?" Tanith was not impressed. The two made there way over to Valkyrie who was still giggling.
"Oh c'mon Tantih, the guy looked like a creep!" Skulduggery was now smiling widely at her.
"You are creep Skulduggery. Charlie was cute. Thanks for ruining what could have been a fun and exciting relationship..." Tanith said sadly.
"Are you sulking Tanith?" Skulduggery asked.
"Yes. Now shut-up. Valkyrie!" Tanith ran up to her friend and engulfed her in a massive hug.
"Nice to see you too Tanith." Valkyrie was smiling widely at her bestfriend.
"It's been ages! We have so much to catch up on! Where do we start!" Tanith was excited as she said this, Valkyrie could tell.
"Women..." Skulduggery muttered and recieving two smacks on the shoulder.
"What!" Skulduggery asked.
Skulduggery was now recieving two very stone cold death glares.
"Ok, ok. Sheesh..." Skulduggery began to walk out of the airport with Tanith's massive bag of, well whatever was in there.
Valkyrie and Tanith began to follow, but they were so wrapped up in their own conversation, Skulduggery just continued walking without interrupting. He knew what Tanith was like when it came to conversations.
"Ok ladies, your chariot awaits-" Skulduggery said gesturing towards the Bentley.
"Skulduggery, it's a Bentley, not a horse and carridge. Since when did you get so dramatic...?" Tanith gave him a triumphint smile and hopped in the back of the Bentley.
This is why Valkyrie loved Tanith. She was one of the few people Valkyrie knew who could put Skulduggery in his place, and not just verbally.
The long drive back to Dublin city was, well long, and quiet. Tanith had fallen asleep in the backseat and Valkyrie was feeling a bit worn out and didn't feel like talking. This was when Skulduggery decided to turn on the radio as the silence was almost killing him, which is impossible because he is already dead.
A song came on that Valkyrie had heard before, but never took any notice of the lyrics.
don't look away, don't run away,
baby it's only life,
don't lose your faith,don't run away,
it's only life.
Valkyrie couldn't remember the artist or song for that matter, but she knew those lyrics, and knew they would stick in her mind for a while.
"Hay Skulduggery?" Valkyrie asked
"Hmmmm?" Skulduggery murmured.
"Are we going to your house? Or Gordon's?"
"Good question. Where do you wanna go?"
"How about Gordon's? There's more room there and I know we have food there."
"Gordon's it is then." Skulduggery looked over and smiled.
Valkyrie looked over and smiled back, then looked straight ahead and saw a pair of headlights heading straight for them.
"Skulduggery!" Valkyrie screamed.
Skulduggery swerved to the right and hit a tree smack bang in the middle of the Bentley. Valkyrie's head hit the windshield and Tanith's body jolted forward in her seat, but she was saved by her seatbelt. Skulduggery, who tried opening his door, failed as something was jamming it shut. He was fine, but looking over at Valkyrie, he noticed she was unconscious with blood running down her forhead.
A groan could be heard from the backseat.
"Tanith? Tanith!?" Skulduggery yelled.
"Ow.... What happened...?" Tanith asked in confusion.
"A car tried to run us off the road, and succeded. Tanith? Tanith! Are you still awake?" Tanith's body slumped on her seat, she had passed out.
Shit Skulduggery thought to himself. Giving up on opening the door, he tried undoing Valkyrie's seatbelt. Her body felt so weak, lifelss in the state she was in. He undid her seatbelt and tried tilting her head towards him.
"Valkyrie? Wake up, c'mon I know you can hear me!" Skulduggery practically screamed in her ear, but she was out to it.
A car had turned around and stopped next the Bentley.
"Yeah, this is the car." A man replied into a cellphone while getting out of the car.
"Ok, ok the one with dark hair? You got it Billy-Ray, I owe you anyway. I'll see you soon ok?" The call had ended and footsteps were being made towards the car.
The passenger door had opened and a man with hooked nose peeked in the door, he had a gun in one of his hands pointed at Valkyrie.
"Don't move." The man said to Skulduggery.
"Not moving." Skulduggery replied back with his hands up. Skulduggery knew he couldn't do anything without risking Valkyrie's life.
The man snaked one of his hands around Valkyrie's limp body, while his other hand, with the gun in it, was pointed at Valkyrie's head. He knew of the skeleton's motives. He knew he picked partner's that were feble and weak compared to himself. And he used this knowledge to his full advantage.
"I'll be seeing you real soon skeleton. Can't say the same about your partner though." His laugh was all that filled the now foggy Dublin night. The man bolted from the Bentley, with Valkyrie in his arms to his own car. He placed her in the backseat of the car and jumped in the driver's seat. The squeel of the wheels was the last thing that was heard.
Shit was all Skulduggery was thinking.
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So... What'd you think?
Sorry if I don't update the next chapter ASAP, have exams at the moment =[
By the way, those lyrics? Kate Vogele - It's Only Life (Great Song!)
KND4
