Sorry that I've not update in a while, I've been planning and it looks like it's the beginning of the end for this story. But it's not necessarily bad news. I've thought of an ending, but also a sequel. Although I'm gonna need another few characters so if you want to be in this story, review or PM me your name, age, weapon, hair and eye colour and length, if you are an elemental, adept, teleporter, necromancer of other, gender, clothing and anything else that you want to add and you might be in this story but you would be a bad guy. For anybody who reviews I'll PM you my ideas for the sequel.

CHAPTER 29:

Valkyrie groaned and opened her eyes; she was lying on a cold stone floor. Her arms were shackled way too tight, blood oozed down her wrists. Skulduggery was lying across form her, his jaw, legs and an arm were strewn across the floor. "Skulduggery, who was it? Did you see who it was?" He shook his head around and flailed his only arm. "Huh?" He pointed to his bones. Valkyrie understood and fetched them and brought him to them with great difficulty due to the shackles on her wrists. He put himself back together and wiggled his jaw around. "They took my jaw because I wouldn't shut up, shocking. I'll be filing a complaint and maybe even suing." Valkyrie nodded and put her shackled hand out before him. "What am I supposed to do with your hands?" "Free me? Pick the lock?" He shook his head.

"This would be a great time for you to learn the art of lock picking. You really shouldn't be relying on me to swoop in and save you all the time. It's probably not the best for your' self-esteem but then again it makes my ego flourish." She shoved her hands at him again and he put a pin into the locks, after a few second she heard that familiar click of her hands being freed. "Thanks." He nodded and motioned to the door. Valkyrie stepped back and Skulduggery tried to blow the door down. Nothing happened. "Damn." The light flickered and went out, Valkyrie tried to generate a spark but again nothing happened. There was magic in the room and she could feel it but she couldn't use it. "What's going on?" Skulduggery cocked his head to the side, he was smiling. "Proin Nisl. How clever, I've not seen it in years." Valkyrie watched him through the darkness. "What kind of prawn?" "Proin Nisl. It's Latin for magic symbol. It stops you from using your magic, a small symbol carved into your arm but it only stays for about an hour. Hurts like hell after it fades though. Many people in the war ran out of morphine and decided to chop their hands off, it's like pins and needles really bad but it doesn't go away for days, tickles really bad. Don't chop your hand off or the tickles will spread, really not a good idea. Once we were supposed to be on a dead men mission and we drew one on shudder when he was sleeping, he stabbed it and it spread. He laughed out loud, he has a really goofy laugh, and we got caught." Valkyrie nodded. "So we just let ourselves be tortured? Do nothing?" Skulduggery sat down. "Not necessarily. There's a way, there's always a way." "So what do we do?" Skulduggery patted the place beside him. "Don't you think they put the shackles on that tight for a reason? Your wrists are bleeding. Tickles are gonna spread my dear, so you can't move around the building stealthily and quietly in your escape. So were not going to escape, we will sit tight and enjoy watching you squirm. In fact, any minute now." Valkyrie felt a tingling sensation and it spread quickly up her arms and over her torso. It was soon all over her, she laughed like a hyena for ages. Skulduggery watched her roll around the floor laughing and hugging herself. He sat back and watched. Her hair fell over her face and her mouth was open, her giggles filed the whole room and bounced off the walls.

Skulduggery began to enjoy himself; it reminded him of when she was young and partly innocent, when he first met her. He was disturbed from his thoughts hen the door opened and a shadow fell across him, the person closed the door behind them and another laugh joined Valkyrie's.

Right so this is where I need someone to come in and be a villain and probably some others to come and be villains as well. Just review or PM me and I'll see if I can fit you in. Thanks

Skylair xoxo