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When Valkyrie woke up, she was quite surprised that her arm that had completely popped out of her shoulder and broken, was feeling fine and substantially stronger. She moved it up and down, side to side, and then flexed.
"Wow, you have big muscles," said Nyx who was looking down at her, "Is your arm better?" She nodded.
"Okay, well, I'll go and do Skulduggery now." Nyx crawled over to Skulduggery who was leaning against the wall in what looked like a very uncomfortable position.
"I healed you buy singing 'Stronger' by Kelly Clarkson," she explained, "That arm should also be feeling a bit stronger than the other arm – that's just a side effect I guess."
Well that explained it, she thought. Nyx placed her hand gently on Skulduggery's spine and started singing:
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes you fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over 'cause you're gone
Skulduggery gasped and then got up stretching his back. He bent over and did a few stretches, testing out the strength of his spine.
"Well, it'll take a bit more than what Caelan did to break this spine. I feel enormously stronger," he said. Both Skulduggery and Valkyrie said their thanks and went on to plotting how they were going to get out.
"Damn, can't use magic either," Skulduggery said.
"I can though," Nyx frowned, "Why do you think that is?"
"Well, I'm guessing that this cell binds elemental magic and some kinds of adept magic, they may not have heard of your type of magic before, it's quite unique."
Skulduggery looked at her proudly.
"Well done, I didn't even think of that," he said fondly.
"It's just your great detective teaching skills," she said smiling.
"Indeed it is," he said. Nyx groaned, "Cut it out. Caelan's going to return soon with Mevolent and we need to escape this damn cell, or figure out a way to fight him!"
But it was too late to do any plotting or scheming because Mevolent appeared in front of their cell, with Caelan, the reflection and Baron Vengeous.
"Speak of the devil," Valkyrie muttered.
"At last, the great detective of the other dimension, Skulduggery Pleasant. My sources from the alternate dimension have told me about you. And Valkyrie Cain, we meet again, and for the last time," Mevolent sneered.
"Could ya get any more stereotypical?" Valkyrie muttered.
"And you," he pointed to Nyx, "I don't know who you are, but that doesn't matter. It's Miss Cain, I'm after."
The reflection and Vengeous grabbed Skulduggery's bound hands and forced him to kneel down. Caelan did the same to Nyx. Mevolent proceeded toward Valkyrie but she didn't notice, her mind was ticking away, trying to figure out a way out of this mess.
"Why do you need me?" she asked stalling for more time, "Surely detective Pleasant is more valuable than me?"
"Thanks Valkyrie," Skulduggery muttered. She shot him a significant look that said: Shut up, I'm trying to figure something out, and he shut up.
"Well, yes he is valuable," Mevolent laughed, "But he doesn't have Darquesse."
Valkyrie felt like she had swallowed acid. She couldn't breathe. She started gagging and Skulduggery saved her.
"Who is this Darquesse you speak of?" he asked Mevolent.
"Don't play dumb Pleasant, I have people everywhere, even in your dimension reporting back to me. You know who Darquesse is. She is Valkyrie, well not completely. They are two different minds with two different objectives, in the one body. When Valkyrie suffers extreme pain, is an inch from death, she lets her take control. Darquesse is an extremely powerful being, a god, of destruction. What better person to have ruling at my side? Yes Pleasant, I plan to travel to your dimension, take over. Darquesse wants what I want, chaos. I want to kill all the mortals and rule over the sorcerers. My original idea to rule over both hasn't really worked in this dimension, so why not try out my new idea in your dimension? With both Darquesse and my ultimate power using the Magic Mirror, we will destroy the mortals once and for all!" Mevolent ranted.
"Holy crap," Skulduggery said.
Mevolent lunged at Valkyrie but was stopped and heaved back off her quite suddenly. 5 golden whips were curled around him tugging tighter and tighter.
I whip my hair back and forth
I whip my hair back and forth
I whip my hair back and forth
I whip my hair back and forth
Willow's auto tuned voice came from Nyx's mouth and suddenly, they were fighting. No one had Valkyrie and because the cell door was open, her magic flowed back to her. She sent tendrils whipping out at Caelan who was attempting to stop Nyx from singing. He was too distracted to see it coming and his stomach was split open by the thick tendril of darkness erupting from Valkyrie's hands. He swore at her and let go of Nyx running at Valkyrie. He flew at her and she simply side stepped out of the way and he smashed into the wall. He stayed there for a moment dazed.
They needed Skulduggery so Valkyrie snapped her palm and a current of air swept the reflection and Vengeous off their feet. Skulduggery immediately snapped into action. He punched Vengeous in the face and threw him to the ground and did sent a kick into his face. Suddenly, his bones started squeaking and shuddering and she knew that he was trying to make Skulduggery explode.
"No!" she yelled and sent a fireball at Vengeous. It didn't hit him, but it distracted him long enough so that Skulduggery could throw him into the wall with Caelan.
She could see the reflection sneaking up on Nyx. There was no way that Nyx could battle the both of them. Her whips weren't working on Mevolent anymore because he dodged them as easily as Nyx whipped them so she tried a new tactic.
I'm the cat with the bass and drum, going 'round like Bom Bom Bom!
Her body twisted and stretched in a blur of orange and black. She had turned into a massive tiger. She took a swipe at Mevolent but he just threw her back at the wall. She kept lunging at him and eventually he had had enough. He screamed and stamped his foot down really hard. It was like a tremor of an earthquake. Valkyrie fell over and the world was now sideways. Nyx turned back into a human and fell while Mevolent ran at her with a knife and sliced off her hand. Nyx screamed and sank to the ground. Her hand was spurting out blood in a waterfall of blood. She could see bone jutting out and Valkyrie had to look away. Nyx however, was not done. She sung whip my hair and her hair grew back into golden whips.
They whipped around Mevolent's arm and her face was strained. She's trying to rip his arm off in revenge, she thought. Then, her arm started throbbing.
"Skulduggery I'm shunting!" she screamed. Everyone in the cell stopped what they were doing and grabbed onto her. She screamed, she was so so claustrophobic and this was just torture.
With a flash, they were all back in Valkyrie's modern dimension. Valkyrie screamed. Mevolent was there along with Vengeous, Caelan and the reflection. Caelan threw the butcher knife at her and just like her dream, it sunk into her stomach. Skulduggery picked her up and put her over his shoulders and ran with Nyx. They didn't stop running until they were sure that they were well away from the evil villains. They found a barn to rest in and Nyx somehow had the strength to heal herself like she did to Valkyrie in the cell. She then healed Valkyrie and Skulduggery. Valkyrie and Nyx were shivering as they lay down in the surprisingly soft hay. They huddled together, sharing their warmth and Skulduggery watched over them, equally terrified of what the future might bring.
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