Has anyone ever listened to a song over and over again, because when I'm writing, I only ever listen to the one song. You and Me by Lifehouse. It reminds me of Skulduggery and Valkyrie, Tanith and Ghastly, Skulduggery and China, and Valkyrie and Fletcher. Well, at least how they were... At least it is a good song.

Skulduggery

"Is Valkyrie alright?" Ghastly asked.

"I spend a lot of time here. Especailly after Valkyrie gets tortured. Have you realised that?" Skulduggery said.

"No, I can't say I have."

"Ghastly, how long have we known each other. 5 years?''

"Almost 200 actually. But why do you ask?"

"You and me. Would you call us friends?"

"I suppose so. Why?"

"I don't have many friends. Have you ever been in love?''

"What kind of love. Tanith and I love, or you and Moon love?'

"Does it matter? Love is love."

"I love Tanith, but before that I thourght I loved many people."

"After Moon died," he stopped talking and leant back. Ghastly watched him. "After she died, I was so sure that would never love anyone again. And I was so angry that Serpine had taken that away me, both Moon and Sarah, that my rage over took me. And I did horrible things. And then, the year I met Valkyrie, when we fought Serpine, it was like I was avenging Moon and Sarah. And all I could think was how I was losing my friends. You were a statue, and I thought that when Serpine was torturing Valkyrie, she would die as well. I thought that I would be alone again. I didn't want to face that. And then, slowly, as China started shifting, becoming an ally, I felt more and more strongly for her. But then, finding out that she was directly involved in Moon's death, I felt that my trust had been shattered. It took all I had to keep from killing China. I was so close to losing it, that if it wasn't for you and Val, I would have snapped long ago. That and I knew that Moon wouldn't have wanted me to do it. She would want me to be happy, and I was close to almost being whole, and then, China," he stopped talking. Ghastly touched his shoulder.

"You know acts like you and Valkyrie are gods, becasue you save the world so many times, that they forget you have feelings as well." Ghastly said.

"Really. Well I am the only god like creature on earth. I don't l know about Val."

Ghastly laughed. "Have you told Valkyrie you feel this way?"

"Not yet."

"Did China know?"

"I don't think so."

"Do you think you could forgive her?"

"I don't know."

"It was a long time, and people change. You know that yourself."

"Yeah." Skulduggery looked up.

"I'm glad you didn't kill would have been a hard call to make to Val. Telling her I had to arrest you." The door opened and Nye poked it's head out. "Is she ok," Ghastly asked.

"From what I can tell, she has suffered no physical pain. The torture was all mental. I don't know her well enough to say if she will be alright." Nye said.

''Skulduggery." Ghastly looked at him. He offered Skulduggery his hand. Skulduggery ignored it and stood up. Ghastly shrugged and led him into the room.

"Ghastly,"Skulduggery said. Ghastly turned to him. "Make sure they are lockedup forever."

"Skulduggery, we need more evidence." Skulduggery reached into his jacket and pulled out the envolope. Ghastly read it and looked up. "Skulduggery, this still isn't enough evidence. You had to find this Cry Zenith."

Skulduggery sttod next to Valkyrie. She shifted and woke up. She smiled at him and Skulduggery touched her shoulder. "We will find them."

Duh-duh-duh. Sorry I thourght the moment needed something. At first, this a short story, 5 chapters. Then it was a novellet, like The End of the World, 10 chapters. Now it is an actual story.