The only characters that are mine in this story are: Gunner and Rayne enjoy ;)

General P.O.V

Valkyrie Cain and Skulduggery Pleasant burst through the doors of the old ware-house. (typical I know) Skulduggery had his hat low over his skull and held a revolver up by his shoulder blade. "Are you sure there in here?" skulduggery asked the 16-year-old girl, named Amber Lamont (she is from demon road another trilogy by Derek!). She was pudgy and her checks were red and stained with tears.

"mhhmm" she replied.

"ok…" he said hesitant. Amber Lamont was a tricky girl. She could turn into a red beauty with black horns. In other words, she could turn into a demon.

The skeleton looked around, careful to make no noise. Valkyrie however kept whispering to Skulduggery about their relationship, and how they should tell the others.

"not now Val!"

Amber, being an awkward soul said "guys, well if they found out I helped you there is a high chance they'd kill me. So, do you mind not mentioning this to them? Also, Sir, your partner is pretty. What's your secret?"

"you're very confident, aren't you? I mean I wouldn't be this confident if I were you!"

Amber just replied with a simple "I could turn and kill you any moment!"

"yea, well if you touch her I will pull the trigger and you would be dead before you hit the ground!" whispered the skeleton.

Amber just laughed." I have a weapon to you know!"

Skulduggery just sighed "you know Milo, yea well I knew him. We were very close friends. He told me a lot about you. About your parents and how he was envious of your girlfriend. He also told me about your scales and how when you taste blood you turn 'drunk'."

Amber faced away and mumbled "Milo would never love such an ugly monster!"

Valkyrie then spoke up. "skull in here!"

Skulduggery put his skull to the door and sure enough there were voices. He kicked down the door and held the revolver out in front of him. "NO ONE MOVE OR I WILL SHOOT!"

Val stepped behind him and clicked her fingers and soon I fire flared to life.

In the room were two people. A tall beefy man who had large bushy eyebrows and guns for hands. As well as this there was a thin woman with ginger hair and piercing green eyes.

"so, you must be Gunner and you must be Rayne!"

"you guess correct Detective!" said the man Valkyrie presumed to be Gunner.

"We know what you're up to and it's sick!" Skulduggery bellowed.

"you see Detective, we want Darquesse to return so hand over the girl!" snarled Gunner.

"not a chance!" skulduggery growled. Gunner turned to Valkyrie and charged. Val threw the fire ball at the man. Skulduggery dived at Gunner and tackled him to the ground careful to avoid his gun hands. "uh skull"

"not now Val I'm busy!"

"where's Rayne?"

At this skull's head snapped around and he jumped up. Now noticed that she had disappeared.

"where did she go?" Skulduggery growled. The man just smiled and said "oh she is still here!"

At this Skulduggery fell to the floor. And Rayne appeared out of thin air.

"we have a weapon too you know!" Valkyrie beamed

"is that so?"

"yes! AMBER!"

Gunner face turned ghostly white and Amber Lamont stepped out in all her glory, she was tall, slim, red and had black horns that curled around like rams.

"hi Gunner!"

"Amber?"

"uhuh and I'm going to kill you, you low life evil scum!"

"And what did I do wrong?"

"where is Kelly?"

"ah you little girlfriend!"
"WHERE IS SHE?!"

"she is safe!"

Then Val slammed into his back. She did I scissor kick and Gunner went flying. Amber than noticed Kelly tied up and ran to untie her. Skulduggery was dealing with Rayne slamming air and kicking her and shooting her so fast she had no time to turn invisible. Amber ran to help Val and Kelly helped skull, Kelly however was too weak from being tortured so had to sit the fight out, she was not happy.

Skulduggery was beating the hell out of Rayne and as soon as he was done with her, she had several cuts and bullet wounds. Her nose was bleeding and she also had black eye.

Valkyrie was not fairing to well. Skulduggery shot Gunner in the back of head and he fell crumpled to the floor. Val had a few bullet wounds and cuts some bruises. Skulduggery picked Val up bridal style and ran to the Bentley with Amber carrying Kelly in a fireman's lift.

He sped to Kenspeckle's and said "FIX HER NOW!"

"calm down! These are just mortal wounds!"

"mortal wounds," he chuckled, "just goddamn FIX HER!"

Kenspeckle ran behind a curtain and yelled "what about the red head covered in tattoos?"
"fix her too please!" Pleaded Amber.

"ok!"

A few hours later Kenspeckle called them in and Skulduggery took off his hat, and sat beside Val. Val murmured something that Skulduggery could not make out.

"Hey Val" the skeleton said

"mmmm, skull?"

"hey."
"where am I?"
"you're in the hospital!"

"which one?"

"kenspeckle's!"

"oh…"

"you ok? You were hurt pretty badly"

"I'm alive, aren't I?"

"Yes."

Soon Valkyrie Cain and Skulduggery pleasant left the cinema. Valkyrie was sitting in the back complaining about a headache.

"just take you pills!" insisted Skulduggery.

"I don't want to!" complained Val

"fine then live with a headache."
"hey, this is NOT my house!"

"I know. Because it's mine!"

"urggg!"

"what!"

"you probably got rid of the bed!"

"no, no I did not!"

They walked into skulduggery's apartment and everything was exactly how it was before. The same number of chairs. A T.V, a bed and more food in the fridge.

Val and Skull sat on a leather sofa and watched the Titanic and Skull told her what it was like and how the film was very different to the real thing.

"did you know anybody that died?"

"no. Me and the dead men were on and we all escaped so, yay!"

"I'm glad you did!"

"me to!"

"so… are we going to tell the others?"

"about…?"

"you know, us"

"maybe"
"we have to!"

"Saracen knows!"

"yea... did he tell the rest!"
"no…" mumbled skull.

"see! How about tomorrow?"

"why tomorrow?"

"ummm, Skull it's our anniversary!"
"I know! Did you invite them?!"
"maybe"

"VAL!"

"what was I supposed to do!"
"I don't know. Not invite them!"

"sorry!"

"Val" he sighed.

"yes?"
"it's ok!"

"cool!"

They carried on watching the film and Val and Skull soon fell asleep in each other's embrace.