Chapter Three

Valhall

Lightning struck the creepy, large mansion as Adelei exited her car. No matter how many times Adelei came here, the house still gave her the major creeps. Though knowing the desired info was inside Mansion McCreeps, Ade trudged along the path to the major entrance. On the deck was one of Ade's old friends, Emmaline the Unlikely. "Well, look who's here. Sweet little Em." Adelei teased Emmaline as she tackled her with a tight hug.

"Woah careful, don't want to damage the goods." Emma replied with a rub to her slightly swollen tummy.

"No way you're preggers! Holy shits Em that's great!" Adelei exclaimed as she hugged Emma again. They hugged and laughed for a couple minutes before the two friends entered the mansion, of course after dealing with the wraiths. As Emmaline and Adelei headed towards Nix's room the two friends updated each other on their lives after having seeing each other in decades, all the dirty details included. "Woah, so it must be hard for you and your hubby to see your people like that." Ade commented with a sympathetic tone. Emma nodded with a frown on her face. "Hey, if Nix called us both down then our story must intertwine somewhere." Adelei said to her best friend with a reassuring hug.

Adelei and Emmaline had been best friends for 50 years, not one of Ade's longest friendships but one of her most treasured. Adelei was roughly a century and Emmaline was forty years old when they had met. Emmaline was on her way home from shopping and was unknowingly being followed by an incubus. Luckily, Adelei was targeting the same incubus for crimes against the Sirenae. The incubus trapped Emmaline in a nearby alley and Ade came to the rescue. Ever since then Adelei and Emma had been the best of friends. Though it was a decade since the two last talked, the bond of friendship was still strong.

"I hope you're right Addie." Emma replied. Suddenly Emma and Ade heard "Hard Out Here" by Lily Allen blast from Nix's bedroom. The two entered Nix's cluttered room, she was packing clothes into a huge duffle bag while her bat, Bertil hung on her back.

"Whatcha packin' for?" Adelei asked Nix.

Without looking back at the two girls Nix replied, "I've been promoted."

"To what?" Emma asked in a more worryful tone.

"High Chancellor!" Nix answered with an exciting tone while Bertil squeaked fanatically. Suddenly Nix looked surprised to see Adelei and Emmaline. "Why are you here? I wasn't expecting you two till Tuesday."

"It is Tuesday Aunty Nix." Emma replied. It was normal for Nucking Futs Nix to forget what time she was currently in, but it still frustrated Adelei.

"Right, okay. Emma you're driving Adelei to the Lykae compound. Now shoo shoo, I need to talk to Ade privately." the crazed Valkyrie ordered her beloved niece. Emmaline looked frustrated and pissed off at Nix, but everyone knew to trust Nix; so Emma left without a word.

"I need you to do me a favor Adelei." Nix said while dumping for stuff into her duffle bag.

"Which is?"

"Sneak into the sub basement of the lykae compound and steal a lock of hair from a certain 'lost' lykae."

"What?!" exclaimed Adelei as she looked into Nix's eyes for any gleam of sanity. Unfortunately for Ade there wasn't any.

"It'll prevent an apocalypse I swearsies!" Nix reassured Adelei as she pet Bertil.

"What does this have to do with Argyle?" Adelei questioned.

"Who?"

"My evil twin brother! He steals souls and creates havoc." Adelei explains. Ade was hoping Nix would remember, instead Nix's stare was blank.

"Your ride leaves in five minutes now go." Nix replied giving Adelei a piece of paper and shoving Ade of her room.

"Fine! I'm going!" Adelei yells at Nix, she then swears under her breath.

As Adelei headed towards Emmaline's silver prius, she looked at the crumpled paper which had three sets of codes and a smiley face all in purple crayon. "What the fuck Nix." Adelei whispered and then stuffed the paper in her pocket.

Adelei entered her best friend's car, placing her katana and mini backpack in the backseat. Emmaline gave Adelei a hopeful look waiting for Adelei to give some sort of information, but Adelei knew she couldn't tell Emma her new mission so she reluctantly shook her head to Emma. Emmaline looked like she was on the verge of tears, but she managed to hold it in and give Adelei a kind smile. Of course, Adelei felt like shit immediately after, but Ade needed to focus on her mission at hand and hopefully get closer to demolishing Argyle and his schemes.