DEATH BRINGER SPOILER'S IN THIS CHAPTER. DO NOT READ UNLESS READ THE BOOK.
"Your going to need this." Tanith said. Handing her coat to Amy. She had said that she had untra grip boots to explain why she was on the ceiling, but the Doctor hadn't beleived it.
"Whats it for?" Amy asked. Holding up the leather jacket infront of her.
"Protect you" Tanith replied. Folding her strong arms.
"Like this" Skulduggery said, He took out his gun in a flash and shot Valkyrie. But the bullet didn't penatrate her coat.
Valkyrie turned to glare at him. "You stupid little di-"
"You didn't die" He cut her off.
"Knowing you i could of"
Skulduggery sighed and took off his leather coat. He handed it to the Doctor who slipped it on. Skulduggery rolled up his white shirt sleaves, reveiling the bones underneith.
"Tanith. I want you to be the distraction whilst me and Valkyrie sneek up behind." Skulduggery said as he loaded his gun.
"Sure" Tanith replied. Then turned to Amy. "You know how to use a sword?"
"Yes" Amy replied.
"Valkyrie" Tanith said, holding her hand out for Valkyrie sword.
Valkyrie unsheithed the weapon and handed it to Tanith.
"There is most posibly Hollow Men there too" Skulduggery said and turned to The Doctor. Still holding his gun in his right hand. "You know how to fight?"
"Yes" The Doctor grumbled. "And what are 'Hollow Men' anyway?" He added.
"They are paper things with a horrible gas pumped into them, The best way to get rid off one is to puncture them, Or rip a limb off." Valkyrie told him.
"Okay..." The Doctor said. Twiddling his thumbs again.
"One peice of advice." Skulduggery said. "Be careful"
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Tanith walked into the School Hall. Her eyes scanning the shadows. Her sword was in her right hand and her blonde hair was falling over her sholders.
There was a few lonely chairs left around the hall and the glass sheet that separated the canteine and the rest of the hall was still in place.
There was a skuttling and Tanith looked to her left sharply. Her eyes narrowed.
There was another skuttling to her right and she turned. The spider was playing with her. Which ment it was only one person.
The Torment.
Tanith cursed. Of course it was him. He was always after Valkyrie. Always wanting to kill her. And then Tanith realised something else.
She had walked into a trap. They all had, The Torment had planned this. A army of Hollow men against 5 people and two of which who where Mortals.
Her eyes fell across the centre of the room just as the Torment-Spider charged at her. She jumped and flipped. Landing behind him. Her sword flashing.
The Torment-Spider reared around and swipped at her. She dived out of the rolled and came up, Swipping at the head, Cutting into it.
The Torment-Spider charged at her and she ended up beeing pinned to the wall.
"One down." Came The Torment's voice. Scrappy as sandpaper. "2 more to go" He aimed a sharped tallon at her, And almost struck when The windows at the other end of the hall where blasted with flames.
Skulduggery jumped through, Followed by Valkyrie. Amy and The Doctor came through. Amy was holding the sword by her right leg, Just like Tanith did.
Tanith used the distraction to boot The Torment-Spider away from her. She ran strait at Skulduggery and he moved, The skeleton clicked his fingures and a wall of flame erupted between the Torment Spider and them.
The Torment-Spider didn't seem to care about the fire. He roared and charged forward, sending Skulduggery strait at the wall.
Hollow men came charging through the doors behind them and Amy ran at them, Her red hair waving and the sword swipping. She swipped at one and it fell, But another replaced it. The other one came at her and punched. Her world rocked and she fell back. Valkyrie waved her hand and 50 spears of shadows flew it, tearing it to shreds.
The Doctor charged at the hollow men, He took hold of one of them and punched it. The head swung to a horrible angle as if he had broken its neck. It snarled and swipped, The Doctor dropped under it with a yelp and somehow managed to trip it up. It crashed to the floor and a thought came to the Doctors mind, He gripped the Hollow-mans arm and tore it from the body. He watched it defflait, But another Hollow Man came at him. It grabbed a peice of glass and tore open The Doctors face with it. Making him cry out. He felt his anger flare and it punched it. The face blew up and the gas evaporated into the air.
Amy swung Valkyrie's sword, Taking off a hollow mans head. Another reared up behind her and cut her leg with a broken chair leg. She sent a boot into its face and stabbed it through the ribs. She pulled the sword out and the Hollow man deflated. Another came at her and The Doctor dived infront of her with a chair, He slammed it into the Hollow Man. The hollow Man stumbled back and there was a gun shot. They looked up to Valkyrie, But both reared around and began fighting again as more hollow men poured out of the double doors.
Valkyrie felt the shadows around her coil. They built up and suddenly flaired out, taking down 10 in one go. She clicked her fingures, And like Skulduggery had tought her, She sent a wave of flames strait into the next row. About 20 more came through and Valkyrie charged. She sent a boot into one of their faces and shot it, She ducked when Amy charged strait at her and the ginger stabbed the hollow man behind her.
The Doctor gripped one of the hollow Man's head and tore it off. He threw it at another as a distraction and picked up a fallen peice of glass, He drove it into the hollow man and it flew it's arms out. Hitting him and another Hollow Man. The other one head came off at the strike.
Amy watched in horror as a Hollow Man picked up the Doctor by his throat and drive him back against the wall. She sent Valkyrie's sword strait through it and the Doctor fell to the floor, Choking.
They both turned to see Valkyrie. They watched in amazement as the teenager sent a wave of shadows into two of the hollow man and sent them into three more like bowling pins. They all deflated. She swopped her arms and sent a wall of fire into 5 more, Incinarating them.
Amy and the Doctor ran forward and both took out the two Hollow Men rearing up behind her. Amy screamed as a Hollow Man grabbed her and threw her at the floor. Valkyrie punched it with a wall of air, Sending in into a wall which it splatted like a egg.
Skulduggery glanced at Valkyrie, As she was being backed up against the wall. He felt the anger grow in him. His wrist seemed to be controlling itself and it moved, Sending shadows that flew at the Hollow men. They where grabbed by their ankles and their arms and they were wrenched back. The shadows slashed and limbs where ripped off them. Skulduggery screamed and the Torment-Spider and Tanith stopped their battle to stare at Skulduggery as the shadows rippled through his bones. He collapsed on the ground. Barly managing to support himself by his arms.
Valkyrie ran, Knowing what had just happened. She gripped Skulduggery's arms and helped him up. But a wall of shadows flared at her, Knocking her to the floor. She stared as the shadows coiled around Skulduggery's bones.
Tanith ran to Valkyrie's side. Picking her up, They both back against the wall. Valkyrie was feeling more terrified of her best friend than ever.
Skulduggery's eyeless gaze was on her. His Skeleton shadowed by the darkness coiling around him. The Torment-Spider charged but a simple flick of Skulduggery's wrist tore a 4 legs off. Making it scream. He hadn't even turned to it.
"What is happening to you Skul?" Came Tanith's wisper. Her voice was shaky and her eyes showed every little ounce of fear.
Amy's eyes where fixed on the Skeleton. Something in her mind telling her to run and to never stop running. The Doctor gripped her hand and they took one step back. Skulduggery looked at them and the shadows built up around him. A black suit of armour covering him.
"Run!" Valkyrie yelled at them, "Run and don't stop!"
Amy and the Doctor bolted out of the Hall, Just as shadows slashed and tore open the wall behind them. They ran out into the corridor at full speed. Neither of them slowing down.
xXx
Valkyrie swallowed. "Calm...Down..." She told him. Her voice sounded like she had just seen her family murdered infront of her.
Tanith's own terror had gotten her tounge. The skeleton her friend loved had just changed into Lord Vile. Her stomache was lurching and she dare move.
Vile took one step forward. The shadows Coiled around his legs.
Valkyrie knew their was only one thing to do. She wasn't going to be able to get Tanith out on her own. She needed the thing in the back of her mind to come out. To come and tear the armour off Skulduggery's bones.
She felt something giggle in her mind and darkness clouded Valkyrie's vision. And Darquesse's vision cleared.
Darquesse took a step forward. Looking at the coloured lights dancing around Vile. She liked him. She liked him alot.
Vile sent a wall of shadows into Darquesse and she was flung against the wall. But she didn't fall. She remainded there.
She breathed in and sent shadows flung at Vile sending him through the glass screen that split the hall from the cantiene and it smashed. Vile raised his hand and the broken bits of glass and shadows flew and Darquesse. ripping off flesh on her arms and legs as she walked towards him.
xXx
Tanith bolted out of the door. Her legs working by themselves. Running at a dangerous speed. She had to find Amy and The Doctor, She had to get them to run.
xXx
Darquesse circled Vile. "I like you" She said. Her voice something between a wisper and a growl.
Vile sent shadows at her again and she smashed through the wall. Her body smashed through more walls and another building as she flew. Vile tore after her and he tackled her. They both plunged to the ground that seemed to explode as they crashed into it.
They tore shadows at eachother. Darquesse felt Vile tear out an eye as they rolled, She was ontop. She sent her fist down and there was a loud smash of bone. She sent shadows into where his ribcadge was ment to be and heard another smash. She kept on pounding shadows down on him.
Vile threw her at the floor and pinned her down. He smashed her cheek bone and tore at her legs. She sent a wall of shadows into him and he was sent away from her.
Darquesse wipped her face. Healing her cheek and legs and replacing her eye. She stalked forward and They both crashed into a tackle again.
She kicked him off her and snapped out the shadows. Vile was blasted away from her.
Skulduggery landed on the ground with a sickening thud. He was on his back, His ribs and spine smashed. He was breathing fast although he had no lungs. He had pain all over his bones.
Darquesse loomed over him. Her face dry and black cracks all-over it. She felt something wriggle in her mind. Something breaking free of its bonds.
Tanith came out of the school with The Doctor and Amy behind her. The lights of their souls making them stand out for miles.
Valkyrie came back and she screamed. Pain hit her in the stomache and she hit the ground. She could feel Darquesse wriggling inside of her.
She looked up with tears streaking down her face as Skulduggery rolled over. He dropped the knife. His hand shaking.
Tanith ran over and picked up the girl. "I'm sorry" Skulduggery managed. And blacked out. His bones not being able to support him anymore.
xXx
Valkyrie opened her eyes. Her stomache was spiking with pain and her limbs felt heavy.
"Don't try and move for a miniute." Said a voice and she looked to see Tanith.
"What happened?" Valkyrie asked. Her voice sounded like sandpaper.
"You got into a fight and you where stabbed" Tanith replied.
Memories of what happened came flooding back to her. "Were is Skulduggery?" She asked instantly.
Tanith drew a breath before awnsering. "He is still out cold. They are putting him back together."
"What do you mean?"
Tanith sighed. "You smashed his ribs and spine, broke his cheek bone and his right hip is in peices."
Shock covered Valkyrie's face. She made an attempted to get up but Tanith pinned her to the bed. "No" She simply said.
Valkyrie rolled over so her back was facing Tanith, The pain in her stomache spiking.
She didn't want her friend to see her crying. She felt like a sick twisted evil freak. She had hurt her best friend. And now, It seemed like there was nothing she was capable of doing to peice him back together again.
xXx
Around 5 hours later, Kenspeckle Grouse walked in.
"Valkyrie. I have come to tell you Skulduggery has woken up" He said and Valkyrie wipped herself round to face him, Hissing as her stomache threw more pain at her.
Kenspeckle placed a hand on her sholder. "Take it slow, Ghastly, Eskrine, Flecher and the two mortals are in there with him. He won't tell me how you got your injuries though. But when i asked Tanith here, She just fell silent and didn't look at me." Kespeckle gave her a accusing look.
Tanith looked at him. "I have a reason not to say"
"What be that?"
"It is something they both do not want to share."
"Fine" Kenspeckle grumbled and walked out of the room. Leaving Tanith to help Valkyrie out of the bed she was confined to.
Tanith held her arm out and Valkyrie wrapped hers around Tanith's neck. Tanith gripped her friends waist and helped her up. She helped the girl out the room and into where Skulduggery was.
"Thankyou" Valkyrie said.
Tanith looked at her with a smile. "No problem"
Tanith opened the door and helped her friend through. Valkyrie pushed herself away from her friend and limped over to her friend.
Skulduggery looked at her. His bones seemed so frail. "Sorry for stabbing you" He said. His voice was bairly there.
She laughed. "Sorry for smashing you to peices." She layed her head down on the side of his bed and he ruffled her hair with a laugh.
He turned to look at The Doctor and Amy. "Sorry for causing you trouble-"
"-Don't worry about it. You looked like you could do with the help anyway" The Doctor cut in. A smile on his lips.
Skulduggery laughed. "Thanks"
Amy got out and held Valkyrie's sword out to her. "You look like you want this back."
She grinned. "Nah, You need it more than me"
Amy's expression looked puzzled.
"I have got another one at home" Valkyrie laughed. "Keep it"
"Are you sure?" Amy asked. Her green eyes widening.
"Yes"
Amy turned to The Doctor. "I can chase you around the TARDIS with this now"
The Doctor gave her a bothered expression. "Great"
She laughed.
"That reminds me" The Doctor said, Getting up. "We have to get back."
Amy sighed and gave Valkyrie and Tanith a hug. "See ya!" She smiled.
The Doctor lent on thin air and a boxed shaped bubble rippled out. He tapped it and the bubble turned into a blue police box. Amy opened the door and gave a wave before running inside.
The Doctor half stepped in. "I'll give you a call" He said with a grin, and the police box slowly disapeared into the air.
xXx
Skulduggery and Valkyrie walked through the park. Breathing in the fresh air.
"Do you still have chest pains?" Valkyrie asked him.
"Yes, But they're faint now" He replied. Looking into her chocolate brown eyes.
"Good."
"I'm glad we got a few weeks off."
"Same" She grinned.
"It would be better if Eskrine gave us a holiday."
"He gave you a card, Why do you expect more?"
"He has a soft spot for inoccent young girls"
"I am in no way inoccent"
"I have realised"
"Good."
He laughed and put a arm around her. "You make me smile" He said softly.
"Same with you" She grinned back.
A man wearing a bow tie ran out about six feet infront of them, Followed by a ginger haired girl with a sword strapped to her belt.
The man stopped sharply when he saw them, Making the girl run strait into his back. She cursed his name but she was ignored.
"There you are" He grinned.
Realisation struck Valkyrie, "What are you doing here?" She asked. Stepping forward.
The Doctor shrugged. "I said i would give you a call"
"Come on" Amy said. Her and the Doctor ran on before them and they chased after. They led them to a blue box, shadded by the trees.
The Doctor ran in and Amy grinned back as she jumped in after.
Skulduggery laughed as he and Valkyrie tumbled over eachother to follow them in. But both stopped dead in their tracks when they saw what they had just walked into.
The walls were orange with different shaped circles carved into it, The floor was glass and underneith there was webbed bits of metal leading to the main consol that spiraled up to the domed ceiling. There was a stairway up to where Amy and The Doctor where stood and corridors leading everywhere.
"This is...Awesome" Valkyrie grinned. Skulduggery laughed and agreed.
Amy folded her arms and leaned against the consol. "You showed us your world so we decided to show you ours."
"How is this even posible?" Valkyrie asked. The Doctor went to reply with something, But Skulduggery cut in.
"Two dimentions" Skulduggery said, Making the Doctor's eyes widden.
"How did you get that?" Amy asked.
"Sort of the same thing as a little peice of magic we have" Skulduggery shrugged.
"What do you have?" The Doctor asked.
"Cloking Sphere" Skulduggery responded.
"Whats that?" Amy asked.
"Every thing inside it turns invisible, Like a bubble"
"Oh"
Valkyrie looked at the Doctor and noticed he was looking at a comuter screen attached by a metal bar.
Silence filled the room and everyones eyes fell on him. He looked at Skulduggery, Then Valkyrie and back to Skulduggery again.
"What?" Skulduggery asked.
The Doctor smiled a smug smile and didn't reply.
"What?" Valkyrie asked.
The Doctor's eyes glistened and he smiled widder.
Amy looked at The Doctor. "What?" She asked, The Doctor raised an eyebrow at her. And she emidiatly understood.
Amy looked at Valkyrie and a giggle escaped her lips.
Skulduggery and Valkyrie looked at eachother odly. "Uh.." Valkyrie said.
Amy giggled again.
"This is a time machine aswell" The Doctor said as he walked up. Not loosing his grin.
"He looked into your future" Amy grinned.
Skulduggery looked between them suspiciously. "Whats going to happen?"
The Doctor laughed. "Spoilers."
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