A/N: So heres the second chapter for you:) thank you to my first reviewer, Cranium Mischief:D

Disclaimer: I do not own Skulduggery Pleasant or any of its characters or the story line. I own the plot line and any of my own characters.

They Cleavers ran in.

After they were all in, Ghastly and Ravel followed them in the front. Skulduggery and I ran across the front yard of the warehouse and around the back. We jumped over the fence surrounding the back perimeter using air to propel us over and land on the ground somewhat quietly. We came up to the corner and slowed to a stop. Skulduggery crept up to the corner and had a quick peek for any signs of danger. He motioned me forward when the coast was clear.

We ran to the loading station and found the door with multiple locks. He motioned for me to back away and with air, he slammed open the door. It blew apart as i felt the distortion in the air. The splinters of wood fell down around us as we ran through the door. He seemed very persistent today.

We ran in and came to another door, and he did the same thing to the last one. Then we came to another. Then another. How many doors are there? We repeated this and I was pretty sure my hair was full of wood particles. We finally we heard the sounds of scythes clanging and voices yelling. We got throughout the last door and burst into the room. It looked to be a large storage area in which the products would be packed and waiting to be shipped. Only this room didn't contain packages; it contained Hollow men. They were spread out all over, hundreds of them. It seemed that when one was destroyed, another two took its place. It was endless.

I looked around and saw Ghastly taking on about four at a time. Another was coming up behind him, but he was to occupied to notice it. I summoned a spark to my hand and threw it at the oncoming hollow man near Ghastly. Ravel was on the other side fighting about six with more coming.

"It's a trap!" Ravel yelled from his spot, when he had a moment of rest before he was attacked by more hollow men..

A loud crash came from above and about twenty hollow men dropped from above us. I dived out of the way. i rolled to a stop and got up ready to fight. Almost immediately i had about five on me. One took a swing with their long papery arms. I dodged it and swung at its face. My hand went through its face and it let out a gas and fell to the ground. Two more came behind me as another replaced the previous one. I summoned a spark in both hands, and let the flames grow and grow before shooting them at the two behind me and pushing air at the one in front of me.

I took a quick sneak to see Skulduggery, who flew upwards with about three hollow men. Using air he pushed them off and they fell to the ground in a papery heap. He landed on the ground and took out his gun and shot the ones in front of him and a few coming at Ravel from behind.

This kept going for a good ten minutes, when the hollow men suddenly stopped. I looked over at Skulduggery and raised my eyebrow. He shrugged and began taking them down one by one. i copied him. Ghastly and Ravel continued and came over to join us when the last one was down.

"What happened Erskine?" Skulduggery asked.

"I don't know. We came in right behind the cleavers to find about three hundred hollow men waiting for us. They knew we were coming."

"Did you see Tanith at all?" I inquired. He shook his head.

"If they were here, they'd be long gone now." Ghastly put in. He looked defeated.

"Now, why would little 'ol me leave a party when it's just getting started?"

I looked up at the familiar old twang to see Billy-Ray Sanguine standing there, in his shades and cowboy boots holding his blade he loves oh so much. And hanging off him by the neck was none other than Tanith Low, in her skin tight outfit, sword hanging off her side, blond hair down loosely on her shoulders and her pale face in contrast with her black lips.

"Tanith," I breathed.

"Why, hello Val. How have you've been? I haven't come to visit you in a while." She looked over at Skulduggery. "And what about you Skulduggery? Talked to China recently?" She laughed and Sanguine along with her.

Tanith jumped swiftly to the ground, Sanguine following.

Skulduggery raised his gun and pointed it at them.

"Don't move,"

They stopped and laughed. Tanith looked at Ravel.

"So, what's it like, being the Grand mage? I'm sure you'll do better than the last two." She smirked. And finally she looked at Ghastly, who looked as sad as ever.

"Oh my poor Ghastly. How are you?"

He didn't reply.

"Oh come now. It's still me. You can talk to me."

"We have come to get you and take you to the Sanctuary Ms. Low."

She continued her pace towards us. I summoned flames to my hands as did Ghastly and Ravel.

"Don't make us hurt you Tanith. Just come with us. We can help you." I pleaded.

"Help me? Why Val, I don't need any help, I'm amazing! I'm so much better than I used to be, back when I was just a plain old adept. Now," she walked off to the wall beside her. "why don't we have some more fun?"

She hit a spot on the wall and about fifty Hollow men stepped out allow with an elderly sorcerer.

"Laden Blackwell," Ravel gasped. "what are you doing with these people?"

Blackwell shrugged. "Money." Was all he said, and then the fight began.

Ravel went after Blackwell, Ghastly fought the hollow men, and Skulduggery took Sanguine. That left me and Tanith.

"So, how's mum and dad?" she took a swing at me. I dodged.

"Good. Yours?" I threw a flame at her, and she jumped, did a summersault and landed on her feet.

"Last time I saw them they were fine. Though that was a little while ago, before i realized my true potential." She did a round house kick to my head. I ducked and punched out getting her in the side. She moved and sliced her sword to my left. It hit my jacket, not even leaving a scratch. It still hurt though. She ran over to a set of stairs going up to the rafters. I followed. She ran across them then turned around. She beckoned me with two fingers.

I walked across the narrow beam. I looked down and saw everyone in the heat of battle. Ghastly was finishing up with the last of the hollow men. Ravel was in the misted of battle with the sorcerer Blackwell. He was slowly losing his strength and looked to be on the verge of passing out. He had a very bad burn on his right arm and a gash on his head. Skulduggery was fighting Sanguine. He dodged a swing from Sanguine blade and punched him in the gut. He doubled over, and howled in pain.

"You who, over here darling," Tanith said as she rushed at me. I had barely enough time to duck. She nailed me in the head with her foot as. I stumbled backwards, trying to regain my balance when she came at me again. Using air I jumped over her head and landed on the other side somewhat ungracefully. Skulduggery has been giving me lessons on flying so, as he put it, doesn't have to save my poor little but every time it gets thrown off the nearest building. I think he was just getting annoyed at my constant pleading for him to teach me. she swung her sword and i ducked and stuck out my foot at her legs to swipe her from underneath. She fell and was hanging on the rafters.

"Tanith, come with us peacefully, and I'll help you up."

"Never," she spat.

"Valkyrie!"

I looked down to see that skulduggery had called my name. Sanguine and Blackwell were nowhere to be seen. Ghastly was helping a weak Ravel over to him. i was wondering why he called me, because i didn't Tanith swing back up to the rafters.

"Watch out!"

I looked just in time to see Tanith's foot. A white light flashed behind my eyes. i stumbled and tripped off the beam. Then I was falling. i looked up in time to see her and Sanguine disappear into the wall. Just before I hit the ground I felt a pair of boney arms wrap under me and set me to the ground gently.

I hissed in pain as the full force of her kick hit me. That was going to leave a nasty mark. Oh joy.

"Well," Skulduggery started, "that went well." I glared at him. He looked at Ravel as he and Ghastly made there way over. "Now, Erskine, would you be kind enough to tell us exactly who that Blackwell fellow was?"

He stood up, not to well I might add and looked him in the eye socket.

"My brother."

Ohhhh...:P

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