Valkyrie, why won't you see your friends, our friends? Are you scared perhaps, that you're going to hurt them? Darquesses' voice asked.
"Shut up," Valkyrie growled, "I'm not hurting them, you are."
But I am you, and you are me. There is no escaping it Val. You are what you are, the world-breaker.
Valkyrie sighed and sat down on the side of the road and put her head in her hands. She blinked back tears that were threatening to fall down her face, and took a deep breath.
You know you're hurting them, emotionally of couse, but you're still hurting them. Tanith and Erskine and Skulduggery. Especially Skulduggery.
Valkyrie looked up and wanted to respond but it was at that instance she saw a familiar black car come around the corner.
"Oh hell." Valkyrie said.
"Skulduggery, we've been down this street about eight times. What makes you think she's going to be here this time?" Ghastly Bespoke asked.
"Ghastly, if there's one thing I've learnt from all my years spent with Valkyrie is that the sparrow flies south for winter." he replied.
"What? That's the code you made up to let her know you were going to punch someone." said Ghastly, confused. "That doesn't make sense."
"Yes, I know. I just have a feeling she's around here, it's like instinct."
"Instinct? What in the world Skulduggery, you've lost it." Ghastly murmured, shaking his head.
"Uh, guys, is that her over there?" Sky Rune spoke up from the backseat, pointing to a girl at the end of the street.
"It is, Skul look!" Ghastly said, also pointing.
"Just because I have no eyes does not mean I can't see for myself." he muttered. "Ghastly, take the wheel, she's going to start running in a second and I don't fancy crashing this car trying to get her."
"You, crash a car?" Ghastly laughed, but he slid into the drivers seat as Skulduggery gracefully climbed out the window and landed a few metres away from Valkyrie.
Silence. Silence is what the two friends greeted each other with. It was like that for a minute, until Valkyrie broke the silence with a sob.
"Oh my goodness," she whispered. "Skulduggery."
And then the two were hugging. Valkyrie had her face buried in his shoulder and his arms were wrapped around hers.
"Oh my God. I've missed you so much Skulduggery, so, so much." she cried into his shoulder.
"That's quite understandable, I'd miss me too." he said, patting her back.
She laughed and wiped her eyes.
He held her at arms length and looked at her. "This is not how I would have liked to see you after such a long time, but I'm not complaining."
"Shut up." she said, giving his shoulder a playful punch.
She looked behind him as the Bentley slowed to a stop.
"Who else came?" she asked, nodding to the car.
"Ghastly and a boy called Sky Rune. He's only twenty you know." he gave her a little nudge.
She said nothing but rolled her eyes. "This is dangerous you know."
"What is?"
"Us, meeting. She could come out at any moment." she said before her face darkened and her voice dropped down to a whisper. "She wants Lord Vile. She told me, she's... Bored with what the world has to offer her. She has no one with her level of power to play with."
Skulduggery satyed silent.
"Have you told them that it's a possibility?"
"I have. Tanith laughed and brushed it over, I think Ghastly's a little suspicious though."
"He should be, your Lord Vile for God's sake, you killed his mother." she said.
"I know."
"I guess I should say hello to Ghastly."
"Go."
Valkyrie took a step towards the car, but that was the laast thing she did before Darquesse took over.
He noticed it. As soon as she stepped away from him, he knew. He could feel it, the darkness that she emitted.
She spun around and kicked him in the jaw, sending him flying back.
"Damn it." she heard someone shout, just before a wave of pulsing, blue energy struck her, making her stagger.
She whipped her head around and saw the man Skulduggery mentioned. He was out of the car, with intricate symbols glowing green all over his body. He tapped matching symbols on his cheeks and Darquesses' vision started to cloud and darken. She was being blinded.
But Darquesse overrid that power and pushed the boy off his feet with a wall of air, then she pushed the air and slammed him into a tree.
She turned and felt Ghastly's fist connect with her cheek-bone. She grinned.
She raised both hands and brought them down, a solid block of air slammed down on him and he fell to the ground.
"This is too easy, where's the challenge?" she shouted, turning to where she last saw Skulduggery. "Where are you?"
Darquesse rose off the ground in search for Skulduggery. "Skulduggery, where are you? You should let him out. I know he's there, just let him out, let him play."
She turned around in time to see Skulduggery flying straight at her.
She laughed as they crashed into the ground, cracking it and breaking it.
"Is that all this is to you? A game?" he asked her, staggering slightly. "Let her go."
"No. Just for a while. Let him come out, let Lord Vile out. Come on Skulduggery, if you don't do it willingly, I'll have to break him out." Darquesse said, moving towards him.
"Let her go Darquesse." said Skulduggery.
"You're no fun. Oh well, looks like I'm going to break him out."
Then Darquesse grabbed the magic that sustained him and pulled and twisted. She could see the color fading and it was being replaced by a dull grey. She twisted it with her fingers and poked it. The whole time she did this, Skulduggery screamed.
But she didn't stop.
Not until his screams died down, to nothing more than weak rasps, and not until he was on his knees and the very magic that sustained him was almost gone.
She let that magic reignite momentarily before wrapping her hand around it and releasing the darkness within him.
A/N: ERMERGERD, such a suuucky chapter and I apologize. I have no excuse for such a lame chapter other than I have been lazy. Yep. That's right. I've just been to darn lazy to write. AND I APOLOGIZE! :(
Well, Lord Vile is here and there is going to be chaos! I need a review or two for this chapter, as reviews make me happy and motivated and not lazy. So please review, OK?
Yeah, thats it. Thanks ;*
P.S, And does anyone even read my authors notes? I'd like to know.. Byyeee
