hello again! Please Review! I always enjoy hearing new ideas to include in my stories and would appreciate some feedback... so without further ado, here is LE CHAPTER THREE...
Ooppss... forgot something:
DISCLAIMER: NO CHARACTERS BELONG TO ME BUT TO DEREK LANDY, THE AUTHOR OF THE SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT SERIES, EVERYTHING ELSE INCLUDING THE PLOT ARE MY OWN IDEAS!
General POV:
"As fun as your friendly visit has been, i'm afraid we now must get down to business." Ghastly said with a grin on his face.
"Business? What are you talking about?" Asked the dark haired mage, still standing in her bra, shorts and socks.
"Well Valkyrie, i'm sure your partner has enlightened you about the new case has he not?" Erskine questioned. Valkyrie's head snapped round to her partner who had recently taken off his façade.
"No he didn't enlighten me for he is an idiot." Valkyrie said with her jaw clenched and fists now balled in an angry stance. Skulduggery put his gloved hands up in an ok-just-don't-hit-me way, his partner growled and as quick as a flash swept his legs from under him, making him land on the back of his skull on the polished floors.
Dexter and Saracen sniggered, "Still getting pinned by our sixteen year old partner, are we?" Said Dexter teasingly, Skulduggery switched on his façade to glare at him before tapping it back off quickly.
"Anyway," started Saracen, a big smile on his face, "the case is about a teenager called Lenka Crazed." Valkyrie raised an eyebrow at this, "she's your age Val, around sixteen but no-one can be sure, her files and any past history or information of her have seemed to have disappeared and nobody knows anything more than what she will tell you herself, despite this, people believe that she is some kind of time traveller or something, but I for one think that's totally crazy."
"Evidence to support the theory?" Asked Valkyrie tilting her head, something she had picked up from Skulduggery when he was curious.
"Well, there have been several reports from around the world, we've got the files here if you would like to see them." Valkyrie nodded once and walked slowly up to the grand table in the middle of the office, Skulduggery behind her.
Eight reports were laid down in front of them, black and white photos were paper clipped to them with dates in bold letters all from the year 2017. Valkyrie scanned her eyes over them glancing at each one finding the similarities and the drastic differences, she could see her partner doing the same out of the corner of her eye, trying to find the little details that would come together to make a big difference.
"Time travel, do you think it's real?" I muttered to Skulduggery. He glanced up, but then dropped his sockets back in the reports, finally he spoke.
"I, Valkyrie, have no clue." He replied in his velvet voice. He spoke again, "thoughts?" he said in a soft voice.
"Eight different reports, all in the same year all spaced out in the time of not even two months, all in exactly two week intervals," Valkyrie deducted motioning to the reports, by looking over again the men could in fact see the exact two week gaps between each of them, Ghastly looked at the teenager and she carried on, "every single person, a high up, well respected person in each of their countries, well known in their own right and have a valuable power, this might lead you to believe she was power thirsty, but where would that get her? There have been no confirmed kills, you see, just disappearances, so I would say she isn't after their lives per se, to kill them but more to teach them a lesson. I don't think we are dealing with a criminal here, more like a teenager who sees a lot more sense than we do, doesn't want power getting to their heads you see, probably because she knows what will happen next. War." Valkyrie said, Skulduggery had his head tilted at a proud angle and the dead men were grinning at her, she took this as her chance to carry on, "War. She obviously doesn't want one, nobody in their right minds would, this would imply that she is just as normal as the rest of us, wants to fit in with the crowd, this is why you don't have any reports of her, she got rid of all of her files slowly and changes her appearance every so often or just until she wiped all of the information of her out, now she has the name Lenka Crazed and is a Time Traveller." She sighed and finished, clapped her hands together and then walked back to her bed and lay down, pulling the duvet over her.
"Amazing." Ghastly muttered then looked at Skulduggery, "she's becoming more and more like you, it's quite remarkable." he said smiling, Skulduggery tilted his head and they heard Valkyrie shout.
"PLEASE IF I BECOME ANYHTING LIKE HIM, SHOOT ME!" Dexter chuckled.
"If we had to do that Val you'd already be dead!" Dex said, Valkyrie's groan was muffled by her bed sheets and made a loud 'ow' noice when Dex jumped on her from on top of the bed.
"Cuddleessss now Valllyyy!" Dex yelled whilst the teenager yelped before having two strong arms wrapped around her bare middle, feeling slightly uncomfortable as she only had her lace bra on, she shrugged and melted into the hug and the handsome mage commented.
"You have an amazzzinngg body Val." She grinned and ruffled his blonde hair, whilst Skulduggery snarled underneath his breath and Saracen gasped.
"I know your secret." He whispered teasingly, "You loovveee vally." Ghastly and Erskine who were sitting next to them leaned in forward so that Valkyrie couldn't hear them.
"Seriously!" Ghastly surprisingly whispered and the skeleton shook his head angrily.
"There's no point lying to me Skul, I know things." Saracen said with a smirk, skul held his hands up again and nodded slowly.
"So you like her?" The tailor asked with a raised eyebrow and the skeleton nodded slowly.
"Can't say i'm surprised Pleasant, it's so obvious in the way you look at her!" Erskine's voice said, the group looked up and saw Vex and Val having a pillow fight, Valkyrie was giggling away and Dex was in hysterics at the feathers that were now flying freely around the room.
"Listen, don't you dare tell anyone, especially not Tanith or Valkyrie, I could never give her what she wanted, she deserves someone more like Dex, a man, a human who can give her things that I can't." he dropped his head sadly, "What am I going to do?"
Saracen and Erskine patted his back, "My friend," started ghastly, "if only you could see what I saw in you two."