AN. Hey everyone. I'm sorry I kept you waiting, I've been really busy with school and all… so anyway, here's chapter 9! I hope you like it! :)

Valkyrie's POV

Lightning narrows his eyes at us, his gaze going back and forth between me and Skulduggery. His gaze then settles on me, "Now Valkyrie, if you know what's good for you, you'll answer that question wisely."

Skulduggery growls, "Leave Lightning. I don't want to hurt you, but I will if I have to."

Lightning never takes his eyes off me and chuckles, "Do you hear this Valkyrie? He thinks he can beat me."

I glare at him, "I know he can."

He glares at me, "Well we'll just have to see about the."

Before I know what's happening a gust of wind knocks into Skulduggery and I, breaking us apart and making the engagement ring and its box fall to the ground. I land on the ground with a thud and I hear Skulduggery call my name. I roll onto my back and slowly sit up.

I see Skulduggery and Lightning fighting, throwing the occasional fire ball. I try an inch my way to the door to get help but Lightning sees me and sends a bolt of lightning into the wall beside me.

Skulduggery yells and tackles him to the ground and that's when it happens. There's a blinding flash, and then a bold of lightning comes down and hits Skulduggery and then does something I never thought it could do. It cuts through his back and stomach and hits the ground. Skulduggery and I both scream.

Lightning pushes Skulduggery off him and gets back to the edge of the balcony. I run to Skulduggery taking his head in my lap, stroking his cheek with one and trying to stop the bleeding (but failing) with the other. I start crying and look up to see Lightning has gone.

"HELP! DANGER! EMERALD! TIME!" I scream still sobbing. I look down at Skulduggery to see him staring up at me with tears in his eyes.

"Valkyrie…" he whispers, I can hear the pain in his voice.

"You're going to be okay Skulduggery. HELP!"

"Valkyrie… I love you."

"I love you too. Please don't leave me," I lean my head against his.

"Never," he responds and the says quietly, "Marry me."

I smile and kiss his head. Before I can answer the door opens and Danger, Emerald and Time step out, immediately rushing to Skulduggery and I. Emerald pulls me up and away as Danger and Time tend to Skulduggery. I tell what happened and Emerald holds me as I cry.

They eventually get Skulduggery to his room and Emerald offers to wait with me until I can see Skulduggery. I then see the engagement ring on the ground and I bend down and pick it up. I take it out of the box and slip it on my ring finger and whisper, "Yes."

A few hours later…

Emerald and I stand outside Skulduggery's room and eventually Danger and Time come out, their faces pale and full of pain and their clothes still full of blood, "He's alright now and awake. He's asking for you Valkyrie," Danger says. As I reach the door he takes my elbow and say quietly, "I'm so sorry I didn't listen to you, this is all my fault."

I smile softly at him, "It's not your fault… you didn't know." He nods and I go in.

I practically run to the bed were Skulduggery is lying and I sit on the edge and hold his hand tightly.

He smiles at me weakly, "Hello, my love." My smile at him.

"You're okay," I whisper

He brings my hand to his mouth and kisses it, I then lean down and kiss his lips softly. We smile at each other and he frown for a moment and looks at my hand and sees the ring on it and he smiles widely, "Is that a yes?"

I nod, "Yes, of course it's a yes."

We smile again and kiss each other softly.

There's nothing else to worry about but Lightning. Now the only things I have to wonder is, where is Lightning and when will he come back?

AN. So there we go! I'm sorry its so short. I hope you liked it, please R&R. until next time. :)