Chapter 12:
Okay so the plan goes like this: Skulduggery, Tanith, and I get into the studio and into some seats. Ghastly, fletcher and Erskine go backstage and see if they can do anything to stop the broadcast from going ahead or at least slow it down. If they fail then it's up to us.
Tanith, Skulduggery and I are just about to get into the studio when a man and woman approach us.
"Hello Tanith! We haven't seen you in ages." Said the woman.
"Hello Melissa, it's been too long. Oh let me introduce you to my friends." Tanith said pointing towards me and Skulduggery. "This here is Dawn, and this is Skulduggery Pleasant, a friend of Gordon's. Dawn, Skulduggery this is Melissa and Desmond Edgely."
We said our hellos and went inside.
I was just about to freak out at Tanith about everything but when I turned to look at her she just looked at me sadly, so I kept my thoughts to myself.
The Show started with that awful theme and then went straight to Kenny, how I despised such a man who would want to do such a thing to a person just for the fame of it, heartless.
"Hello and welcome, today as you know will be the unmasking of Valkyrie Cain, but before we get to that we have a guest here with me today who will be helping me along." He pointed to the side of the stage and said. "Please make a round of applause for Miss. Tiffany Swan, leading parapsychologist. "
I gasped and by the look on Tanith's face she was pretty shocked too.
After the audience welcomed her the interviewing began.
"So Miss. Swan, do you believe in any of this?" Kenny asked her.
"Oh yes. I mean what's not to believe?"
"would you be able to tell us a little bit about them?"
"Sure can. They supposedly originated from the first sorcerers called the ancients who killed their gods called the faceless ones. They are either adept, or Elemental. Elemental is where they have a certain level of control over four elements, adeptry can range from controlling shadows to breaking bones, and seeing the future. They have their own little world within a world and keep everything from us 'mortals' as the like to call us but that's all going to change today. I thinks it's time we introduce Valkyrie don't you?" She said asking Kenny.
"I think your right. So first a little background info on Valkyrie here. She is 17 years old and is an elemental with necromancer powers. She has been trained in combat and magic by some of the world's best and had saved the world 5 times so far since age twelve."
He put up clips of Val and some photos in a presentation explaining everything.
It didn't seem so real until now but the unthinkable was happening. The world we have tried so hard to protect from the magical is now being exposed. We have failed and nothing will ever be the same.
"Now introducing to you Valkyrie Cain, or should I say Stephanie Edgely!"
I saw the on air sign and automatically freaked out.
There not coming for me, one part in my mind said.
Yes they are don't think like that.
No they aren't and you now it. There's nothing any of them can do now.
It went on like that for ages so she decided to watch the television.
It was Kenny and Tiffany.
Parapsychologist my ass.
She started going on about the magical world and then Kenny started going on about me.
That's when Elmon came into my room again, but this time he didn't say anything just grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the room and dragged me for a while until we reached the side of the set.
"Now introducing Valkyrie Cain, or should I say Stephanie Edgely!"
Elmon pushed me onto the set and I just stood there looking out into the crowd.
The first people I spotted where my parents and Alice.
My parents and Alice!
"Steph?" My mum said looking at me tears in her eyes.
"Mum I'm sorry, I-"
"Sorry but this isn't about mushy stuff." He said grabbing my arm and dragging me to the interview chair. "So Valkyrie how did you find out about magic and who taught-"
"Sorry Kenny that's not how it goes around here." She said interrupting him.
"What are you talking about?" He asked her slightly confused and scared shitless at the same time.
"I'm sorry I have to do this Kenny but your kind of in the way of our plans so." She said those last words as she drew out a gun from inside of her cropped black leather jacket. Kenny turned and tried to run but it was too late. Tiffany fired and Kenny's lifeless body dropped at her feet.
After the initial shock the mortals got from the gun and the shooting most of them fled and tried to make an escape through the door but Tiffany expected that and all the doors flung closed and as hard as they tried to pry them open the wouldn't budge.
That was when all hell broke loose.
People were running and screaming and she even thought she might have seen a glimpse of Skulduggery. Her parents were still in their seats trying to get Alice to stop crying and calm her down. She was still standing in the middle of the stage blank and unmoving.
After about five minutes Tiffany and Mevolent broke her trance.
She saw Skulduggery, Tanith and Dawn busy in other fights nearby trying to protect the many mortals from all of the group members started pouring out from backstage.
"Now we want Darquesse." Said Mevolent.
She almost laughed. "Seriously, you going to have to try harder than that to get her out of me."
"Oh we will." Said Tiffany with a grin that made her just want to slap her right across that pretty little face of hers. "Melissa, Desmond, Alice would you like to come over here for a second?"
"No please, leave them out of this!" She whispered harshly to Tiffany.
"Now where's the fun in that."
"Sure Doctor Swan."
They came over and made sure to stand a bit further away from Val than normal.
"Oh please, call me Tiff. So how are you guys doing lately?"
"Oh good, Alice's just started playgroup and-" But before mum could finish her sentence she had shot all three of them and they all crumpled to the ground.
"No! no, no, no, no this can't be happening!" She crouched down beside them and cried until she realised there was nothing she could do.
She stood up slowly and turned to face Tiffany. By this time everyone was staring at her.
She made her way toward Tiffany who looked quite scared.
"Val, don't do this." Skulduggery said to her understanding her pain because he too had his family killed in front of him, but his comfort wasn't enough for her, she needed revenge, she needed to kill Tiffany Swan and anyone who stood with her.
Then her head started hurting.
Come on Val, let me out. You know you can't kill her on your own, you need me.
"Shut up!" Valkyrie said. Everyone stared at her because to them she just seemed like she was talking to herself.
She took another step and the pain got too much. Her knees wobbled and she dropped to the ground clutching her head and screaming.
Let me in!
The voice said again. She couldn't take the pain anymore everyone was crowding around her.
"It's working." Tiffany said to Mevolent.
"Our work here is done, come on Tiffany." He said to her and they left.
"Keep fighting Val!" She heard Skulduggery say, but the pain was so unbearable, she would rather die than keep going.
"Kill me Skulduggery, now while you still can." She managed to get out.
"You know I can't do that."
Let. Me. Out!
She couldn't fight it anymore, Darquesse was just too strong, one way or another she would come out.
She let out one more agonising scream before she blacked out.
And that was the last memory she had as Valkyrie Cain.
A/N:
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