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Skulduggery was meditating.
He felt bored and needed something to distract him from Valkyrie. He had no idea why he was feeling like this but it felt natural. And then he began to doubt himself as he had been doing for the past few minutes. She was his work partner and best friend for Christ sake! He was also a skeleton which also made it a bit weirder. Then another thought change. Valkyrie probably wouldn't even care about his imperfections. She loved him for who he was, bones and all.
Then the doubts came again, leaving him in a constant loop of feelings. So he eventually had to resort to meditating. This from of relaxation helped him a lot. He was so caught up in it that he almost didn't feel the tingle in his bones and the crash and thud from the kitchen.
Before he knew what he was doing, he had shot out of his chair and raced to the source of the noise.
When he got to the kitchen, the sight before him made him stumble.
Valkyrie was sprawled across the wooden floor, a sandwich near her outstretched hand. Blood was running from her nose.
Skulduggery quickly got her in the recovery position. He then laced his fingers together and proceeded to give her CPR. He whipped out his phone and called Doctor Synecdoche. She picked up after 5 rings.
"Whaaaat?" She slurred. He had obviously woken her up but she never acted like this whenever she was.
"I need you over at Gordan Edgley's house immediately. Valkyrie has collapsed and I don't know what the matter is."
A short pause, "I'll notify Grand Madge Sorrows then I'll be there. 10 minutes maximum." She hung up.
Skulduggery lightly slapped Valkyrie's cheek then pumped her chest again. He was having no luck at this.
Exactly 10 minutes later, Synecdoche arrived with an ambulance type vehicle along with two Cleavers. She told them to stay on the porch and await further instructions then she entered the house.
What she saw shocked her. Skulduggery was knelt at Valkyrie's body with her head on his lap. Acting on instinct, she quickly threw herself down and passed her already glowing hand over Valkyrie's face.
"Definite signs of a coma. Although there is no indication of how it occurred. I'm sorry but I can't tell when she'll come around."
Skulduggery swivelled his skull towards her. "You can't do anything?" He growled.
Synecdoche's eyes widened at his menacing tone. "The best thing I can do for her now is to take her back to the Sanctuary where she'll be monitored. She will be cared for by me and any other doctors around the Medical Wing. If it makes you feel any better, I can have her in a private room. You'll just have to wait for the time being, Skulduggery."
He lowered his head back to Valkyrie's comatose form. "I apologise for my outburst earlier on. It was completely uncalled for. I just worry about her."
"I understand. No need to apologise."
Skulduggery picked Valkyrie up and carried her to the door. He turned to the Cleavers. "One of you takes Valkyrie to the van. The other stays here until we leave." He turned back to Synecdoche. "She has a sister upstairs. I need to get her."
"By all means."
Skulduggery nodded and walked to one of the rooms he thought Alice was in. He opened the door quietly and peeked inside. He had guessed correctly. Before he could make a move to wake her, she turned her head to face him. She looked scared.
"Who are you?" she asked. It was too dark and so she was unable to see his face. It was understandable.
"It's me, Mr Skelly-ten. Stephanie's not feeling very well so she's going to the doctors. You need to come with me so we can all stay together."
Alice got out of the bed and walked over to Skulduggery still in her clothes. She took his hand and together they made their way downstairs where Alice then proceeded to lace up her shoes. When she had finished she took Skulduggery's hand again and they made their way outside to the van.
The Cleaver who had taken Valkyrie was sat at her feet. With a glance from Skulduggery, he moved to the other side of the van where the other Cleaver was sat, thus leaving a space where Skulduggery and Alice could sit. Synecdoche was behind the wheel.
Skulduggery moved Valkyrie down so that he could sit next to her head. Alice sat next to him. She began to stroke Valkyrie's hair lovingly. She looked so peaceful lying there. Her breathing was at a normal pace, her chest rising and falling indicating so.
How has this managed to happen?, Skulduggery thought. Surely something else has caused this.
He rested his head back against the wall of the van and went over the possibilities.
Questions! :
5.) Favourite fight scene.
Hmmmm, there are so many which I like! Let me seeā¦
The bit where Lord Vile and Darquesse are fighting each other in Death Bringer. It's quite humorous in a way because you normally have the good guys fighting the bad guys but in this case it was two baddies fighting each other. It also displayed both of their powers which were both really awesome.
6.) A Scene That Made You Emotional.
Ghastly and Anton's death. I remember reading it the weekend before this one and I was reading whilst it was building up to that moment. Soon I realised that their deaths were coming up and I was like "No, not now. Not now." Even though I knew it was going to happen. When it did, I cried. I cried for a while then started to laugh 'cause I'd ruined my make-up (Me and my family were going out for the day.). It was weird because I'd never cried at that scene before.
