Chapter 9

"This certainly looks bad." Erskine said to them.

They had come back from Kenny's house and went straight to the sanctuary to see if they knew about the girl or had found any leads to the case.

"It certainly isn't and by the way we still have to figure out how we are going to stop Kenny and his plan, we only have a couple of days left." Tanith said. "So this chick, she was all three disciplines; teleporter, elemental and necromancer plus the ones we probably don't know about?"
"Certainly seemed like it to me." I said. "Hey, maybe she's one of those people who can switch back and forth after they have settled?"
"I don't think so." Skulduggery said "But she sounds like her discipline is that rare one where you can just switch from one to another. The good thing about these people is that they usually aren't as good as the people who they go up against because they have spent their entire magical life learning the one and she has to learn who knows how many."
"Well at least there's a plus side." Said Dawn who had just been sitting, taking in the conversation.

That was when the alarm rang and they all got to their feet and sprinted out of the room and to the foyer of the sanctuary.

As soon as they got there they see her with a fire ball in one hand and shadows leaking out of the ring on the other hand they got ready to fight. Valkyrie with fire balls in her hands, Skulduggery with his gun drawn, Tanith with her sword drawn and Dawn with a concentrated look on her face.

"Don't shoot! I'm serious unless you want me to…. Stuff it just don't shoot!" She said.
"Why ever not, you're working with Tiffany aren't you?" Dawn said.
"No! I mean I used to but not anymore! Seriously people don't judge!"
"Okay what makes you think we can trust you?"
"Well for starters I know what they're up to and I also know where they are hiding but if you want I can just-" She said as she turned and walked for the door.
"Whatever just tell us where they are!" Dawn said getting grumpy.
"Keep your hair on lady!" she said and smiled. Dawn had been keeping her head down the whole time; Valkyrie thought it was probably because she might lose it. Her anger was still a big issue.
"Jesus I never knew anyone that angry except maybe-" She stopped mid conversation when Dawn lifted her head to see who was talking to her. "Holy shit! Tiffany what are you doing here!''
"I'm not Tiff you idiot I'm her twin!"

Whoa that really freaked her out. I mean they were identical. Then she stopped to sol he self for being so stupid. Duh! Twins are supposed to be identical. She kept going unfazed by the group standing not 2 metres away from her laughing hysterically.

"Shut up! Do you want me to tell you where she is or not!"
"Yes, yes please do." Said Erskine the only one seeming to be taking this seriously.
"Okay then, they are in this big old ware house about 5 miles from here on the out skirts of Dublin but just letting you know she's got so many powerful mages there so you probably won't even get in before they kill you." And with that she swept her long blonde hair of her shoulders and skipped for the exit and before anyone could stop her she teleported.

"So how do we get in?" I asked nervously.
"Yeah how do we get in without like triggering an alarm or something?" Said Dawn
"Well if you wouldn't mind?" Skulduggery asked gesturing to the door.
"Oh yeah, sure." Dawn said unsure and closed her eyes and not even a second later the hinges fell off causing the door to fall to the ground but it stopped in mid-air just before it hit and went the rest of the was slowly so it wouldn't cause noise.
"Smooth" Said Tanith and they gave each other a high five. I glared and so did some other people around the room who realised that their hand clapping caused more noise than the door did.

"Sorry!" They both whispered in unison as we crept in.

There had been recent activity here, and just to prove our suspicions Skulduggery got out a little pouch of dust and sprinkled it in the air. It turned rainbow, so it was definitely them.

We looked around for a bit until we found nothing. These people seriously knew how to cover their tracks.

I was just about to return to the group of Skulduggery, Tanith, Dawn Ghastly, Erskine and a few cleavers when a pair of hands grabbed me from behind. I tried to shout out but my cries were muffled by the strong hands that had found their way to my mouth. I lashed out desperately trying to loosen the man's grasp on me and because nothing was working I had to work with kicking the walls, and because they were made from sheet metal made lots of noise.

"Valkyrie?" came Tanith's voice in a worried tone. "Valkyrie!" she shouted this time. "Hey have you guys seen Val, I'm worried?" When everyone shook their heads she called out again.
"Val! Seriously stop playing games with me here come out now!"

Oh no, this wasn't going as planned. I felt suddenly drowsy and realised this guy was trying to knock me out. I panicked and lashed out in a last ditch effort although I knew it wouldn't do anything. My leg caught his shin causing him to cry out. I flailed in his arms until my consciousness faded leaving me in the dark.

A/N:
Hope you guys liked this chapter! Sorry once again but have had a really hectic schedule of late and one thing leads to another and so forth….. So this is my really crappy excuse but let me make it up to you by giving you the next chapter early. How's that sound? You could let me either by PM or review and don't be shy I'm a nice person…. :DD
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