and first with a big thank you to you for reviewing !

THANK YOU

and second a little notice!

there is a really good book coming out today infact well came out today rangers apprentice! BOOK 10 good book you guys should read it (totally different story line genre and such but great read many people who read skulduggery who i know have read this series to)

and now enogh from me and her it is the next enstalment ( love that word)

i"f i approve of him, and like the cut of his jib, we may even adjourn to my study for brany and cigars"

"you don't have a study"

" I mean obviously, the down stairs toilet"

ahh desmond you are such a comical idiot (no offense) and i love your character sooo harlious ( even though sometime quite dry)

ahh well here it is i will now adjourn to my library and then eventually to my sleeping chamber

good night

bon nuit

Kensepeckle grouse was just about to sit down with his cup of tea when the door to his magical science facility was bust open and there stood the slim and terrifying figure of the skeleton detective. Kenspeckle was just about to make a rude comment when he noticed blood dripping on the floor. That's strange he thought but skulduggery's a skeleton, and that was when his eyes caught sight of the bundle in skulduggery's arms at first he thought it was a blanket soaked in blood but then he saw that the blanket had a distinct human shape and was moving ever so slightly rising and falling like jarred breathing.

He rushed over fear spreading over him like wild fire Valkyrie… not by the detective's side… not by his side… but in his arms. "No, this isn't real, she's not, that's not… god skulduggery, what the hell happened this time?"

"Vampire" skulduggery managed to get out through his gritted teeth. He staggered over to one of the beds and placed the damaged body of Valkyrie down on it. He unwrapped the blanket and there she lay covered in blood. He heard a gasp and turned around Clarabelle stood there hand over her mouth.

"Eww she looks disgusting." She wrinkled her nose "I'm lucky I'm not her, lucky I don't work with him." She jabbed her finger in skulduggery's direction laughed and walked off telling her how lucky she was. Skulduggery looked back to Valkyrie.

"What have I done" he said

Kenspeckle cleared his throat "excuse me skulduggery, but I really think you need to leave now so I can get to work."

Skulduggery took one last look at his companion sighed and left the room.

Kenspeckle peered down over Valkyrie and sighed when was she going to learn skulduggery was dangerous she shouldn't be round him, he really was trouble. He quickly set to work cleaning Valkyire's body and then adding healing mixture to her chest wound. He then sewed it up with his dissolving stitches. He stood back to admire his work and then decided to start work on the two bite marks in her neck. He began mixing chemical sand concoctions until he had the right cure for the vampire infecting. He smeared it over her and bandaged it up. He then sat down on the bed next to her. He had fixed Valkyrie up multiple times and everything had worked fine but this time it felt different. He didn't think everything was fine there was something wrong about it. He had worked on unconscious patients before but working on an unconscious Valkyrie was unsettling and strange. He decided she should wake up. He took a vile from the cupboard and injected it into her arm in an instant Valkyrie was awake. She sat up and looked around.

"Skulduggery?" She said puzzled

"He's out side" Kenspeckle said

"Oh Kenspeckle, thank you for fixing me."

" well if you learned you lesson the first time you came in here then I wouldn't still be fixing you would I?" he said sternly

"Right" Valkyrie said a bit puzzled she got up off the bed and went out into the corridor to find skulduggery with his head in his hands, shoulders sagged and looking as glum and as sad as ever.

Valkyire's insides lurched she walked over to him and rested her arm on his shoulder.

"Hey" she said, skulduggery almost jumped, he quickly stood and embraced Valkyrie in a bone crushing hug.

"Oh god Val I thought i'd lost you, thank god your okay thank god." He pulled apart and looked into her eyes cocked his head at a sad angle and almost whispered " I'm sorry" before he hugged her again.

"Skull you don't need to say sorry, it wasn't your fault and thank god that you can just in the nick of time like always. Oh and you do realise that that was the first time you ever called me Val?" she said eyebrows raised in skulduggery's direction

He broke apart once again and said " actually no it isn't I called you Val twice today not including that time which would then make three."

"Whatever" she rolled her eyes and punched his shoulder

"So what do you want to do now before all the others arrive?" He asked

"Umm not quite sure yet, but I know what I want to do after."

"And what would that be?" skulduggery asked he head cocked in a curious way

"Skulduggery, don't get mad. But I want to go and talk to Caelan."

"What" roared Skulduggery "but he almost just killed you … I won't let you…. Why… you don't know if he'll do it again... he probably will you know… he really is insane … I should kill him just to be on the safe side." Valkyrie butted into skulduggery's babbling and said

"You're not going to kill him okay and I want to talk to him to find out why he did it okay"

"He's crazy, insane and thinks he loves you simple as that, why can't I kill him?"

"Because I'm not going to let you okay."

"Okay…" he paused looked at her and then sheepishly said "but I think I already did."

ooooooooo cliffy has returned !

lalalalalala this is a pretty good song hmmm lalalalala

well you know what to do next review and the adjourn to my study for some some brandy and cigars and we might even add in a little conversation about knitting patterns!

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