A/N: I'm BAAACK! I'm soo sorry for the lengthy wait... (That is if there is anyone still reading this)
I have absolutely no valid excuse for this, other than being engrossed by the Green Rider Series, then the Lord of the Rings. Also, I just haven't been able to muster up the willpower to write.
I'm sorry that this is so short, and just a load of fluff, but I'm working my way up to bigger things (I hope)
Thankyou to anyone who reviewed or favourited, and I hope you enjoy this little titbit :)
Skulduggery stalked around the corner, crouching low with one hand hovering uncertainly above the ground to keep his balance. His head tilted slightly. Silence. Not a sound could be heard throughout the house but the lashings of rain against the windowpanes.
Maybe it was safe, but could he risk it? His whole mission balanced precariously on this one moment, this one decision. Just three more steps and he would be through unnoticed. He took the plunge.
One step... He could see his prize.
Two steps... Skulduggery cringed and held his breath as the floorboards groaned beneath his polished shoe.
Three steps- Skulduggery made a break for it, lunging forwards and not noticing, until it was too late, the frantic shaking of Valkyrie's head as she perched in the safe zone. Suddenly, it was upon him.
It collided with his chest and knocked him backwards, a mass of snarled and matted raven hair, attired in torn and dirtied clothes. They grappled for a moment, before Skulduggery wrapped his long arms around the form and held tight.
A profoundly feminine giggle emanated from the mound as it looked up with wide, long lashed eyes the colour of the sea after a storm. 'Dadda godh tag!'
Skulduggery chuckled. 'No, silly, we're not playing tag. Its bath time for you, isn't it!'
'Skul!' His wife hissed, sliding out from behind the sofa where she had been hidden. 'Don't tell her that! She'll never cooperate with us now!'
Skulduggery rolled his eyes, a feat that had taken much practise to perfect after more than two hundred years of being a skeleton. 'She's barely a toddler, Val. I doubt that she can understand everything that we are saying.'
'Have you not met us? We are the best detectives in the Sanctuary, if not in the country, and if anyone can create a super astute, genius baby, it's us!'
'Oh God, what have we unleashed on the world?' Skulduggery's face fell into a mask of pure dread.
'On the bright side,' Valkyrie grinned. 'She has awesome hair.'
And all was well with the world again.
A/N: If this sounds unfinished, that's because it is... I planned this to be much longer, and the rest may come in a later chapter, if I can write it.
I hope you all review, maybe with chapter suggestions :D
Amara Calla xoxoxoxoxoxo
P.S. Please ignore the formatting if it turns out crappy :/