A/N:
So sorry for the long wait but my beta didn't get back to me so I just decided to do this. I might update another, better, version later but for now this will have to do. I must admit it's not my best and I am not happy with, but I still hope you all enjoy it!

Chapter 15:

Darquesse P.O.V

We had been waiting for over an hour and I was seriously bored I mean you can at least show up on time.

"Are you sure they're actually going to come?" I asked Sapphire getting slightly annoyed.

"Oh I'm sure" she replied from her spot lying on of the stone walls.

"I'm bored" I said stating the obvious and cocking my head to the side smiling earning a strange look from her but she smiled back when she saw what I meant.

"Well it's a good thing we're here then isn't it?" Mevolent asked

"A very good thing" I replied

"So have you come to…reconsider our offer"

"Let me think about it….Hell no! who do you think I am. I don't go following people around like some little puppy."

By this time Sapphire was standing next to me prepared for what was about to come.

"Well then if we can't kill you then we are going to have to get rid of you. Terribly sorry."

This made me laugh. He seriously thought he could get rid of me! Ha, he must be dreaming! I am the person predicted to kill the world and he thinks he can get rid of me like that.

How terribly wrong he is.

I send daggers of shadows in his direction, all of which he blocks. Tiffany returns it with a sword aimed directly at my stomach and hits.

They start laughing and saying how easy it was to defeat me, but seriously, they didn't think it would be that easy did they?

I stand and pull the sword from my middle and watch as the skin heals its self. Everyone however is shocked, I mean the only people who know about the healing power is Skulduggery.

Skulduggery how has always been there for me, has helped me through this, has- no. stop thinking that it's bad.

Tiffany and Sapphire face each other and I must admit, Tiffany has mastered her discipline to perfection but Sapphire has other tricks up her sleeve.

Tiffany now had the sword back in her possession and was about to bring it down on her arm when a blue light escaped from her chest sending her flying right into my arms.

"So any last words?" I ask her in mock care.

"Mevolent please! Help me!"

"What do you have to say oh so mighty Mevolent?"

"Nothing, go ahead. I don't need her anymore."

Tiffany let out a chocked sob and I dropped her to the ground.

"You can't even stand up for a friend, that is not very nice of you" Said Sapphire joining our conversation.

"Who even gave you a right to speak?" he said " Your nothing but a piece in her plan, as soon as she is finished with this she's going to kill you and not even feel a touch of guilt."

I heard some movement in the bush and focused my gaze on the wall which Sapphire was previously leaning on and saw the top of a fedora barely visible but not unnoticeable.

"Actually, she is a friend and who said I am going to kill her?"

This made her smile. I returned it.

I smiled one of my beautiful smiles at Tiffany who looked kind of shocked but when she realised what I meant smiled back.

Jeez there is a lot of smiling going on tonight!

Tiffany stood and closed her eyes her hands at her sides spread wide open and we heard the trees from nearby being lifted from the earth.

Sapphire was all to eager to join in and made the load a whole lot easier on the both of them.

I was left to play with Mevolent. This should be fun.

Mevolent was giving me everything. Fire balls here and displaced air coming from behind, but no matter what he did I was there with a counter attack of my own. He just wasn't good enough.

Mevolent saw the trees that were about to be dropped on him and realised his time was coming to an end.

"Any last words?" I ask him.

He says nothing but instead throws a fire ball straight towards Tiffany's torso and her shirt catches light.

She loses her concentration and drops the tree.

Mevolent gives one last look before his body is crushed by the weight of the trees.

Tiffany is on the ground flailing around and screaming from the burn. Somewhere during the time Dawn has come out and is sitting next to her trying to calm her. The next thing I see is Sapphire going over there and healing it with some discipline I have never heard of.

"I'm so sorry" Tiffany says to me pleadingly as if she knows what I'm about to do "Please!"

By this time the whole gang was out here in between us.

"Move out of the way or I'll kill you all" I say blankly with no expression, because frankly, it would be no trouble to just kill them. It would be easy and unless Val came back I would not feel any guilt.

They didn't move.

"Val this is not you, come back." Skulduggery said with as little expression as me.

I pushed at the air causing everyone in my way to be sent out of my way.

I walked through the gap I had made to get to Tiffany.

I was about half way there when she pulled out a pistol and aimed it at me.

"Go ahead!" I tell her "it's not going to do anything, I'll just heal myself."

She did what I told her and shot three times into my stomach.

"How does it feel knowing these are your last moments?" I asked her in interview style exactly like she did for the program.

I was just about to go in for the final blow when I felt a pair of lips crashing onto mine.

They were soft and warm.

Wait a second!

No, please don't do this I begged in my mind and tried to pull away but I couldn't, something was stopping me from just killing him right then and there.

I knew what was coming.

Val was coming back.

He pulled away and just looked at me.

I felt my vision going foggy and was about to lose consciousness.

I was back. Finally, me Val.

I looked toward Fletcher and half-heartedly smiled when I felt a sharp pain coming from my stomach.

My hands instinctively dropped to where the pain was and I saw a deep red liquid drenching my shirt.

Blood.

I probably hadn't had enough time to heal properly.

I brought my hands away from my stomach and saw they were covered in blood.

I finally had the heart to look up into the faces of all of my friends and saw that they too, realised what had happened.

"I'm sorry, I'm really-"I started before I collapsed into darkness.

Skulduggery pov

We were in the Bentley, on the way to the sanctuary to get Valkyrie to Nye.

By 'we' I mean Dawn, Tanith, Valkyrie and I.

Val was in the back seat with Tanith and Dawn who were trying to stop the heavy flow of blood coming from the bullet hole in her stomach.

I was very worried. I mean what if she didn't make it. What if she actually died.

I knew that I was a possibility, I mean if she lost enough blood- Skulduggery, you idiot! You're not supposed to be thinking stuff like this. Just concentrate on driving.

"She's going to be fine" Tanith assured me from the back seat "She's had worse before. She's been chased by vampires, fought and killed gods and half gods, been bitten by a vampire, has a homicidally inclined hit man deluxe after her since she was what 13 as well as a vengeful vampire, I've used the word vampire to much haven't I? Oh well on with the speech. Faced remnants and the death bringer and Lord Vile. She's going to be fine"

Tanith's words calmed me a little but it still didn't change the fact that she could die. Even if it was not the most dangerous thing she'd ever done it was still just as life threatening.

What did I tell you before you stupid skeleton! Just drive the god damned car!

I shook my head to get it out of my head. I mean a skeleton who talks to himself isn't that crazy, is it? Who am I kidding, I'm a mess.

Skull, seriously. Stop worrying about me I'll be fine and you know it!

Wait what was that?

I swear to god almighty I just saw Val.

Stop being stupid, Nye's gonna fix me up like that! She said clicking her fingers.

She was sitting in her black clothes next to me in the car with a smile on her face.

I automatically turned my head to face the back of the car and she was still there.

I faced back to the passenger seat and she was gone.

Just a hallucination, Thank the lord.

"Erm skull we're in Roar haven" Dawn notified me and we rushed through the doors making our way to the medical bay.

Dawn P.O.V

Tanith and I were just leaving the sanctuary after another boring meeting.

We were just talking about the effects that all this has had so far.

Mages and humans alike have been rebelling, countries have prepared their armies and navies all they are waiting for is for someone to make the first move.

Apparently it's going to happen soon so in two days' time we are going to be getting a few sanctuary agents from around the world to help us.

We are the first line of defence.

"Hey Tanith?" I asked prodding her on the shoulder "What do you think these people are going to be like?"

"I have no idea really, I don't. If I knew something I would have told you by now."

"I know, it's just that I don't really like working with new people on a case as big as this because you don't know if they're going to betray you or something."

"Dawn" someone said from behind me.

It was Tiffany.

She didn't look all that good, I mean it had only been a few hours but she was pale and her hair was messed up. To be frank she looked like a crazy person.

"Tiff I-"

"It's okay, look I know you probably hate me I, I just wanted to apologise, to you too Tanith." Tanith looked just as shocked as I was about the whole thing "I know now that mother's death wasn't your fault and I was a real immature bitch for blaming you and I realise I was wrong. I have done so much to hurt you and, I just wanted to say I was sorry before I left."

She turned to go but I grabbed her arm.

"No, I'm sorry. I was angry and mad at you and you had every right to blame me for this. Will you forgive me?"

She nodded and hugged me tight. I felt my shoulder and guessed she must have been crying.

She pulled away and looked at Tanith with those bloodshot eyes and asked her; "T-Tanith, would you maybe forgive me. I know it's a lot to ask b-but, I just want things to go back to the way they were before all of this.

"Hmm, let me think about it...Are you serious, of course I forgive you! I've missed you so much!"

"Group hug?" I suggested and before we knew it we were all hugging each other and silently crying tears of sadness, joy and relief.

You better bring it war, cause we are back in business!

A/N:
Okay, okay I know it wasn't my best piece but I am not the best writer so it will have to do.
Hope you liked it because it will be the last chapter before part 2 which will most probably include the war. Just wanted to ask any of you if you would like to create a Sanctuary agent then I will leave the form for it below.

A quiz question because I am very bored, If you are the first one to PM the right answer to me then the next chapter I write will be dedicated to you :) – What was the name of the person who helped Tiffany Kidnap Dawn?

Remember first right answer gets a dedication…

The form-

Name(given and taken) :

Age(Actual and what they appear to be) :

Appearance:

Personality:

History:

And because I said from around the world what country:

Last but not least, if you wish for some sort of romance(which this fic desperately needs), and who with(please not too weird) :

Alright so I will let you guys go until I review next, remember that I still need a beta for good old times and if you are bored which happens all too often for me just PM me to say hi, trust me I end up having very….strange conversations.

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Keep reading,
Sophie Elizabeth xxxxx !