A/N: I don't own Skulduggery, Valkyrie, Gordon or China. Seriously, own China? I hate the woman to bits and this chapter she gets what she deserves.
Valkyrie laughed hysterically to herself as she watched China Sorrows sneak into Uncle Gordon's hidden study. Minutes later the sneak thief stole back out, wearing the necklace she had so long coveted and Valkyrie flicked on the lights of the room, staying hidden behind a screen.
China's beautiful face betrayed no emotion, not even surprise, but then she saw him and the necklace began to work its magic. Happily for China this necklace brought true and enduring love to the wearer and the first person they saw after putting it on.
Sadly for China this person was not Skulduggery Pleasant. But he shuffled over to her, stopped over, dragging his rather cumbersome feet. He was seemingly besotted, and China, helpless to resist, took his hand and the happy couple stole away into the night.
China, seated in the backseat of her limo, was slowly working her way up and down her beloved's neck with kisses, declaring her passion for him. "You are the one I've been waiting for, my dear. The strong, silent type. And you have such big hands, and you know what they say about men with big hands and feet." She giggled coyly and her beloved brought the place his mouth should have been down on hers, those big hands roaming all over her body, making her shiver in delight.
He pulled back looking at her with glowing eyes and China felt herself shiver all over. The car stopped at last and the driver opened her door, seeing her latest paramour for the first time. His face went white with horror. "You're fired!" China snapped at him, and he nodded, seemingly only too happy to go. There were some bounds after all one didn't cross in choosing a lover and species would be one of them.
China was trying rather unsuccessfully to feed her beloved chocolate dipped-strawberries, but with no mouth his efforts to oblige her were fruitless. Having no mouth, now that was odd. Who would do that to such a gifted and talented man as she was sure he was? "My precious, my darling, my dove." She breathed. "Let me give you the gift of a mouth, then you can tell me all the words you've been longing to."
Her beloved nodded eagerly, after all he did what he was told and he'd been told to obey her every whim and to make love to her. So he didn't even flinch when she murmured a spell as she worked with her tattoo needle and his newly formed mouth fell open.
China Sorrows on the other hand started to scream. She screamed as the green gas escaped her beloved's now open mouth, she screamed as he became a now empty husk in her arms. Because the power of the necklace was that she would be in love with him forever.
But there was hope, wasn't there? All she needed was some duct tape, the gas and a pump and her beloved would be hers again once more. He would be hers. Her Hollow Man, forevermore.
Ah, I am a spiteful and mean-spirited creature at times. Score one for Hollow Man/China, XD! C'mon think up a worse pairing, I dare ya!
