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Skulduggery heard a muffled scream. He turned around to check that everyone was okay, and tensed when he realised that Valkyrie was not here with them. Valkyrie was screaming, it didn't sound like she was fighting back either. Whoever had her must have been too strong for her, which was really strange considering that it was Valkyrie. She was the definition of strong in his eyes.
"Check the walls for any hidden doors," he said to the others, "There must be another one that Valkyrie went through."
He pressed his hands against the wall, and tried feeling for any strange bumps that could trigger a hidden door to open. He could still hear her screaming so he doubled his pace.
"Door! Door! I found a door! LOOK!" cried Hazel.
The group rushed to where she was standing, there was a blue lump of jelly stuck to the wall. Skulduggery stretched out a gloved hand and prodded the jelly and the feint outline of a door appeared. He kicked at the door but it didn't budge.
"Oh come on!" he growled. Nyx placed a hand on his shoulder.
"It's okay, I'll do it." And with that she started up her Miley Cyrus song and turned into a wrecking ball that destroyed the door, smashing it to smithereens.
Valkyrie's screaming became twice as loud and he rushed in through the door to help her but stopped suddenly.
"What the fridging heck is that!?" Damien said.
Valkyrie was on the ground, covered in blue jelly, and each time she screamed, the jelly would pulse, sending electrical looking currents straight into her body.
Skulduggery was about to reach out and pull the jelly off her when Nyx interrupted.
"Don't! Look at what the stuff is doing to Valkyrie! Who knows what'll happen if you touch it!?"
He nodded, and summoned a flame to his hands and brought it closer to her body. Her body lit up in flames and the strange jelly stopped pulsing and started melting. Skulduggery summoned a huge blob of water and doused the flames on Valkyrie's body.
She slowly began to sit up.
"Valkyrie?" he said.
Valkyrie's POV
The zombie Gollum creatures continued coming at her, tearing at her hair and clawing at her face. She screamed and screamed and screamed, until everything popped. The zombies popped and disappeared and the only thing she could see now was a blurry skeleton.
"Valkyrie?" Skulduggery said, "Are you okay? You're shivering and hyperventilating! What happened?"
She hadn't even noticed her hyperventilating and now she couldn't stop.
"Sk-sk-skulduggery, th-th-there were s-s-so many of th-th-them. I'm probably dying right now. They snapped my bones, pulled out my arteries a-a-and right n-n-n-now I r-r-r-really sh-sh-sh-shouldn't be alive!" she managed shivering.
"Valkyrie, you don't have any injuries. Look at yourself, you're perfectly safe and healthy. What was it exactly that you saw?" he said softly.
She looked at her arms and legs, felt her face, it was true – she had sustained no injuries.
"They were these zombie like creatures that looked kind of like Gollum, but had the speed and agility of a vampire, and they all just ran at me and started eating me and –
Skulduggery reached out and hugged her and immediately, her shivers ceased.
"Fear! That is what really makes the heart pound, doesn't it? Fear shuts you down Valkyrie."
Everyone turned around at the sound of his voice.
"Who the hell is that?" asked Damien. Nyx, Valkyrie and Skulduggery looked at each other, they knew whose voice it was, it was pretty hard to forget.
"Who the hell am I?" Melovent said, "I am your worst nightmare, well, that is, if you upset me."
"Why are you here," Skulduggery said.
"Well I thought that was obvious. I am here for Darquesse, I need to release her. The Magic Mirror is ready to use, and I need Valkyrie here, or Darquesse to help me. With our combined power, by tomorrow morning, the world population will be halved, there will be only sorcerers left. That explosion you heard before? Well, I knew you'd just have to check it out. It was a trap. And as for the jelly, well, it's like a fear simulation. What Valkyrie experienced wasn't real, but most people go insane after being attacked by the jelly, so well done I guess. Now come along Valkyrie, we're on a tight schedule," Mevolent sneered.
"She's not going anywhere," Skulduggery said.
"We'll see about that," Mevolent said, "Vengeous, take the skeleton, Caelan and Stephanie take Nyx and the brother and sister. I'll get Darquesse."
Vengeous, Caelan and Stephanie appeared then, sneering. They struck at the same time, Skulduggery barely holding off Vengeous. The room was filled with sounds of battle, metal clashing on metal, auto tuned singing, and screaming from Hazel. Stephanie was taking on both Nyx and Damien, but Caelan was left alone to attack Hazel. Hazel had quite a unique power, reversing gravity, but she was young, she could only use her skills when there were no distractions and Caelan was definitely a big distraction.
"Caelan! Why would you attack someone so innocent?! I thought you loved me! If you did, you'd back off, if you did, you'd try and rescue me!" she screamed.
He whipped his head around and snarled. He was a full vampire now, there was no reasoning with the animal that had taken over. But, that wasn't the point. She had given Hazel enough time to concentrate on her power, and harness the energy inside her.
When Caelan turned his attention back to her, he was lifted up off of the ground and smashed through the ceiling. She held him dangling up there, gnashing and drooling.
"Nice job sweetie!" Valkyrie called out to Hazel, who smiled back.
Stephanie was on the floor now, panting for breath, bruises covering her body. Nyx and Damien now helped Hazel contain Caelan.
Skulduggery was still battling it out with Vengeous, who was definitely a worthy opponent of the skeleton detective. He was losing though, he needed time to regain his strength. Valkyrie looked at Stephanie, who was on the ground moaning.
Valkyrie slowly picked her up using the air and briefly smiled at the reflection.
"No no no no no –
"Too late," Valkyrie smiled and threw her with all her might at Vengeous who was knocked off his feet. They both went flying through the wall.
Skulduggery turned to her, "Thanks!"
"No probs!" she yelled back.
Suddenly, she was on the ground, a tendril of darkness wrapped around her leg. She looked up to see Mevolent looming over her.
"Hello poppet," he grinned.
Next chapter is going to be so epic, and it will definitely come quicker than this one did! Hope you enjoyed!