Kenspeckle smothered Valkyrie's hand and ankle in his usual brown mud, and now she was just laying there waiting for it to work, but there was something else she wasn't just waiting, she was thinking. She was actually thinking about the Bone Breaker, and his request. Well it was more of a command really. Yes, telling someone to do something or they die was a definite command, but what shall she do, she loved Skulduggery but, she very much loved living as well. She decided to tell him, then he'd come up with a plan, like always. Valkyrie lay there for a whole 17 minutes, 17 minutes that felt like a lifetime. Eventually Skulduggery walked through the door.

"Skulduggery, umm, you know the Bone Breaker?" Valkyrie asked this question solemnly.

"Yes, Valkyrie what's wrong?"

"Well, he sort of, gave me an ultimatum. Turn you in, or die." Valkyrie spoke so quickly, she wasn't even sure she was making sense.

"Ah, I see, well umm. What am I still doing here?"

"What? You're turning yourself in?"

"Well that's how it looks isn't it? It's called a trap Valkyrie."

"Alright, no need to be like that."

"Sorry, I forgot that I'm the one who has like, 100 years experience and you're the newbie."

"Alright, no need to show off."

"I never show off, I'm too civilised."

"Whatever you say," Valkyrie letting out a big sigh to express her annoyance, "so how's this plan going to work?"

"How about, you take me there, and then we beat them silly?"

"Great plan" Valkyrie said sticking up her thumb.

She and Skulduggery had been driving for 30 minutes straight, when they eventually pulled into Nashville Drive. They both got out of the Bentley, as they did Skulduggery noticed a dent on the roof where he was thrown upon it .He didn't mean to, he couldn't stop it, he actually, whimpered. Valkyrie stood there in amazement, the first time she'd ever heard him whimper was over a car, she couldn't help but laugh.

"What!" He snapped

"Nothing, it's just, well…" Skulduggery shot her a deadly gaze preventing her from finishing her sentence.

As Skulduggery tapped his façade and a face washed over his skull, Valkyrie saw a single tear run down his newly formed cheek.

"Shall we go then?" Skulduggery said, pulling himself together.

"Go where? They just said Nashville Drive." As Valkyrie finished her sentence a figure jumped down in front of her. She immediately summoned a flame within her hand however, as soon as she saw who it was shadows were sent to bind them. "Hello Tanith" Said Valkyrie, her voice laced in venom.