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Valkyrie watched her friend's reactions as Billy-Ray dragged her into the ground. Then just as her torso was disappearing she felt Skulduggery's leather clad bony hand grab her own. She smiled a secret smile as her head sunk into the ground and Billy-Ray wound his arm around her waist.

'Ello little missy.' Billy crooned into her ear. She raised an eyebrow at him and he chuckled before he noticed the skeleton that was behind Valkyrie. 'And the great skeleton detective! My boss will be ever so happy with me.'

'And just who is your boss Billy-Ray?' Valkyrie jumped in Billy-Ray's arms at the voice just by her ear.

'Now that's for me to know and for you to, dot, dot, dot.'

Valkyrie sighed at their tit for tat game and then she realised that she was losing oxygen. Fast.

Her breath stared to come in short sharp gasps as the group burrowed further underground.

Valkyrie felt her brain fog over and the last thing she saw was Billy- Ray's sunglass clad eyes.

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Valkyrie woke up in a large four poster bed with a thin sheet covering her. She sat up rubbing her face when the sheet fell away from the top half of her body and she realised she was only wearing her underwear. A small squeak escaped her lips as she fumbled to cover herself with the sheet again. Movement from the corner caused Valkyrie to scramble backwards and fall off the bed. A velvety chuckle sounded from the other side of the bed and Valkyrie peeked her head above the mattress to confirm her suspicions.

'You bastard!' she exclaimed from her position on the floor. Skulduggery sat down on the bed and leaned down to give Valkyrie a hand up from the floor. If Skulduggery had had a face he would have blushed at the sight of Valkyrie in her under wear but being the gentle man he was he turned from her and pointed to the wardrobe where he had found many garments for both himself and Valkyrie.

'It looks our 'captors' are expecting us for a while' Valkyrie stated while she rummaged around looking for something to wear. 'Oh my god. Do they think I'm going to wear this?'

Valkyrie spun around to face Skulduggery holding a very tight looking dress at a modest knee length. On it there was many cartoon designs including a female zombie, a cookie monster cupcake, a pair of legs and many more.

'I think it's actually very fetching. You should wear it to dinner.' The skeleton said while he looked for a suit to match her dress. He found a black suit with a pocket handkerchief that matched Valkyrie's dress and a hat with the designs around the rim.

'Dinner?' Valkyrie asked.

'Yes we have been invited to dinner. By the fact that I cannot consume food I shall hazard a guess that our host's first thought is to speak with us.'

'Well no shit Sherlock.' Valkyrie said rather angrily as she pulled the dress over her head.

Skulduggery watched as the dress slowly engulfed her skin. Once she had it on she turned to the skeleton. 'What do you think?' Skulduggery just looked at the way the dress clung to her in all the right places and when she twirled for hem he noticed that the cookie monster cupcake was on her ass. 'That good?' She asked while she closed his open jaw.

The door behind them opened and Gordon walked in. 'Dinner is ready.' He stated and left again.

'Be our guest.' Valkyrie muttered under her breath.

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