Summary: Another drabble this time with Tanith :D kaletra7 who suggested this. This is the last one for a week, I'm away but up after this one shall be another Val and Skulduggery, so bear with me 

The Ocean

He hair whipped across her face as she stared out across the ocean. The sound of waves relaxed her and the smell of salt reached her nostrils as she took a deep breath.

It had been a long day.

It wasn't the monsters that scared her, nor was it the fact that she could kill someone with the click of her fingers. It was the fact that she wasn't scared anymore. That chilled her to the bone. She sighed and closed her eyes. What was she becoming?

She had known Skulduggery for years now and had grew accustomed to running for her life or dodging punches. But she still felt empty when the day ended and it was here she would come to sit. It calming, it was relaxing and it was sometimes her only link to reality.

"Penny for your thoughts?" A woman's voice asked lightly

Valkyrie smiled loosely but remained silent. What would Tanith think of her if she admitted how she felt.

After a few moments of silence, the woman settled herself down and stared straight ahead.

"You know when I first started out at this whole saving the world business I wasn't very good."

"I can't imagine the great Tanith Low being terrible at saving the world." Valkyrie replied, a hint of sarcasm in her voice.

Tanith Punched Valkyrie lightly and grinned. "It wasn't that I wasn't good at saving the world. I was amazing at that" Valkyrie rolled her eyes. "But I wanted it too much."

"Wanted what?"

"Violence."

Tanith saw the frown on Valkyrie's face and continued.

"I enjoyed the fact that I could hurt someone, and sometimes I went to far."

"Valkyrie's face softened as she realised this was how she had started thinking.

"How did you stop?"

"I realized that there were other things in life other than violence. Like chocolate." She added with a grin and Valkyrie smiled back, before resting her shoulder on Tanith's.

"Thanks Tan," She said with a sigh.

"No problem Val" She patted her head and they listened to the ocean for a while.

"Do you think Skulduggery enjoys it?" Valkyrie finally asked

"Enjoys what?"

"Violence."

Tanith patted Valkyrie's head but remained silence. That was a question even the great Tanith Low did not want to answer.