Last part! So sorry about the lateness but I really had no idea how I was going to finish it and I also had a mega important exam to revise for! After this ill be starting a new skulduggery story. So, here goes nothing…

Sadistica ran inside and Skulduggery followed in pursuit. She dodged into a room and he flew in after her. He looked around and carefully put Valkyrie down, readying himself for a fight which may or may not end well. A wall of shadows came up behind him and he dived, feeling the air shift as Sadistica came running behind him. He turned around and splayed his hands, displacing the air around her. She flew back and landed awkwardly. He walked up to her and she tried to send shadows at him but he dodged yet again and looked down at her pitifully.

"What happened Sadistica? You used to be a nicety mean sort of girl but now you are just full blown evil. What happened?" she looked up at him and glowered menacingly.

"You really need me to answer that?" she practically spat back, pulling herself to her feet,

"If you wouldn't mind, I need to know if my theory is right."

"You happened," she took his moment of shock and hit him with the shadows that sprang at her command. He flew across the room and narrowly missed barrelling into Valkyrie's still form. She was now barely gasping in air as her eyes stared upwards, unseeing.

"Hold on Valkyrie," he murmured before lunging up at the steadily approaching Sadistica. She laughed and shadow walked behind him. He then noticed that the black bag wasn't in her hand. He looked around frantically and couldn't see it.

"Where is it?" he barked, her smile grew larger and she winked then shadow walked away. He ran to the cupboards and frantically emptied them, searching for Valkyrie's only hope at survival. He didn't find it and he let out a frustrated grunt and then noticed something on the floor. All the floorboards had rusted nails and a weathered look but 3 of them had shiny nails and looked as if they had purposefully been made to look old in a hurry. He smiled to himself (metaphorically speaking of course) and thanked himself mentally for being the greatest detective alive. He grabbed a corner and pulled it up revealing the black bag underneath; he immediately grabbed it and spilled its contents next to Valkyrie. He had no idea what to do first so he let instinct take over. He grabbed the empty plastic blood bag and a tube. He stuck one end of the tube into the bag and then a needle onto the other, he then implanted the needle into her arm and squeezed the bag, watching as the air pressure sucked the infected blood out of her. He looked down and saw bags of fresh blood with various names on them. AB, O, A, B, AB+, AB- and lots of others. Blood groups. He didn't know which blood group she was at all but he knew somebody who did. He pulled out his phone and rapidly dialled Kenspeckle's number. It rang and rang and finally he picked up.

"What do you want?"

"Valkyrie's blood group, what is it?"

"What? Why would you need that?"

"She's been bitten and I need to replace her blood but there are too many bags here with different labels on so please tell me!" he said, desperation evident in every word.

"Um…" Kenspeckle seemed a little bit off put at this urgent demand,

"Please," he begged,

"Ok then, I'll check her records,"

"Hurry!" he looked down at Valkyrie, her eyes had closed again and the blood bag was almost full, almost time to put in more blood. He began the tricky procedure of taking out the tube and sealing the blood bag effectively.

"She has O positive. Happy?" he searched through the bags of blood and came upon the right type.

"Thank you. You have just helped me save her life possibly,"

"Your very welcome but please tell me…" Skulduggery cut him off and then chucked the phone down as he attached the blood bag to her then pinched the tube to push the blood into her system. He silently encouraged it to go faster although he knew it wouldn't work. He was just getting desperate.

"Come on Valkyrie, I can't lose you now!" he whispered, agony searing into each word. After a few minutes the bag was empty. He took out the needle and then picked up a sterile syringe which contained a pale blue liquid. He injected it and watched as it worked its magic. The fluid would change the minute amount of infected blood still left in her and would replenish her energy. It said that on the packet anyway. He waited and waited for her to wake up. He couldn't take his eyes off of her.

"Well, well. The great detective has lived up to his expectations," a sly voice droned. He turned around, his posture rigid.

"What are you doing back Sadistica," he asked menacingly,

"Just seeing if you had saved her,"

"And…"

"What do you mean and?"

"There is always something else,"

"Fine! I'm also getting rid of you. If I can't have you, neither can she," she snapped back, bringing out a sword.

"The amount of times I say this but I have no skin to cut,"

"This is Mr Vengeous's sword. Heard it worked the same as the cleavers,"

"Oh, then I guess your not gonna just talk about it?"

"No, I have to get rid of you. The sweetest revenge I think," Skulduggery backed up and hit the wall behind him. She stepped over Valkyrie who was starting to wake and raised the sword. He pushed at the air instinctively and she flew back. Hard. When she reached the ground the sword clattered out of her hand. He walked casually around her and grabbed her arm. She pointed at the fallen sword and the shadows retrieved it into her hand. She raised it again and was about to strike across her body when it was ripped from her hands. She turned around and saw Valkyrie looking weary but angry.

"Don't you EVER do that to me again!" she whispered and flipped the shadows at Sadistica, making her do a back flip. She landed on the ground and groaned. Skulduggery looked at Valkyrie,

"Are you ok?"

"Never better," she gasped, nodding weakly. Sadistica groaned and Valkyrie dodged a sliver of shadows, "You'll never learn, will you?" she grabbed the shadows and smothered Sadistica in them, she screamed and writhed underneath them but Valkyrie simply brought up her foot and kicked her in the side of the head, knocking her out instantly. Skulduggery bent down and cuffed her hands before looking at Valkyrie again.

"Are you sure, you seem a bit quiet and faint," her eyes looked dazed and she swayed slightly on her feet.

"Absolutely fantastic," she murmured then her eyes rolled back and she collapsed. As always Skulduggery caught her and then lowered her slowly to the ground.

"Let's get you to Kenspeckle and you to the Gaol," he said looking at the two people on the ground. Sadistica was starting to come round so he knocked her out again. He picked them both up and walked out of the room.

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