Deep blue and the darkest red, those were the two different colours Ghastly chose for the two girls and he had to admit that he was very proud of his work. Shaya had the deep blue; a trench coat that ended at her knees, a sleeveless button up top showing underneath, jean like pants that were still movable in with matching boots very similar to what Valkyrie wore. Eva had the darkest of reds; she had jacket like Valkyrie's, a simple dress that ended at her thighs, jeans like Shaya but had hi-top sneakers instead of boots. The girls loved their new attire especially the fact that the impact wasn't as bad so they stood punching each other with giant smiles on their faces. Shaya got another punch in the chest and began to chuckle, "This is so much fun, Ghastly you're awesome."

"I'm glad that you like it," he packed up his things with a satisfied smile, "I'm sorry about the colours, I wasn't sure what ones that you wanted."

"No they're great, I love this shade."

"Well it seems everything worked out for the best then."

"Shy come here," Eva waved her over before kicking her in the chest, laughing twice as loudly as Shaya when she fell backwards, "that is so much fun‼"

"Quick kick me again."

"Okay‼"

Valkyrie sighed lightly but still held her smile, "You're going to hurt yourselves."

"You're not one to talk, you were fighting a man twice your size."

"I know how to fight."

"Well meh," Shaya sat back down on the still singed couch now bored with hitting and getting hit, "what are we supposed to do now? Wait until someone comes after Eva again?"

"No…"

Skulduggery placed his hat on his head and gave the brim a quick brush, "Actually yes, there is nothing more we can do."

Eva sagged and flopped down next to her worried friend, "Believe it or not but I don't actually like being kidnapped. Are you sure there is no other option for us?"

"No other for you, the rest of us can do as we please."

"Well that's just great…"

Shaya put her arm protectively over her friend and looked at Skulduggery carefully, "But you know who to look for right? You know the bad guy?"

"Of course we do, we're detectives and we know that sort of thing."

"That's good then."

Eva and Shaya missed the worried look shared between Valkyrie and Ghastly as they saw through Skulduggery's lie easily. Their ignorance was bliss. But that didn't stop the questions from arising.

"So who's China?"

"I'm sorry?"

"China," Eva leaned back on the couch and looked at Valkyrie in order to read her facial expressions, "You two were talking about her when you were driving us over here. We want to know who she is and what she did to make you so stiff and angry looking."

Ghastly quickly walked over to the girls as Skulduggery left the room, Valkyrie trailing slowly along behind him, "Listen carefully, you shouldn't mention that name in front of those two. China…she hurt Skulduggery bad and in retrospect also severely hurt Valkyrie, she isn't the kind of person you can trust with anything."

"But what did she do that was so wrong?"

"A various amount of things but all you two need to know is don't mention her name around either of those two. Can I trust you to do that?"

"Yes Mr Bespoke."

"Shaya?"

"Yeah, we promise not to mention it."

"Thank you, now about your abilities…"

"What about them?"

"I've brought some books," he reached into his bag and pulled out a book for each of the girls, just one of the perks of being an Elder meant that he could find resources easily, "Shaya, this book is all about Dimensional Shunters so you might be able to pick up a few things from it, and for Eva this book is all about telepathy."

"Telepathy? As in telekinesis like reading minds and stuff?"

"Yes, both of your girls have rare abilities where there are very few Adepts who have the same abilities as you. All you have to learn off is your own instincts and what's in these books."

Eva opened her book and quickly scanned over one of the pages, telling her to be completely at ease before trying to hear any voices…

"I really hope Skulduggery finds this guy before the girls realise he was lying."

"SKULDUGGERY LIED‼"

"Oh dear."

Eva grabbed Shaya in a wild panic since her friend didn't know what was going on, "Skulduggery doesn't know who's after me, which means lots of bad, bad things."

"Why would he lie?"

"I don't know but I am freaking out right now."

"I can see that…"

"Kill the non-believers."

"Oh my God!" Eva started tugging at her necklace as the voices returned after days of peace, "I want this off me now‼"

Shaya gave a small yelp and held the book out to Ghastly's face, "Why does it say that Dimensional Shunters die when going to different dimensions? I can't control what I do! Am I going to die?"

"That's it; I'm cutting my neck off right now. Where's the cleaver?"

"I'm going to die, at any moment I'm going to die…"

Ghastly backed up to the doorway just as Skulduggery and Valkyrie returned, he gave them both a quick nod as he ran out the door. The two detectives looked at the two girls before them and groaned in displeasure, they were in for a lot of trouble unless they could find a way to calm them down.