Hey.
I tried to convince Shan in to doing another chapter so I could finish up my TCR2 one- but noooo, I -have- do to it-
Jk, love you Shan!
Anyhoo.. Here ya'll go!
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Tanith stifled a yawn as she leant back in the old wooden chair.
She could hear the muffled snores from the inhabitant of the room next to her. It was one of those drilling snores, that sounded like a motorbike engine as it roars past. It was also highly irritating.
The man she was guarding turned out to be a Teleporter aswell, so Fletcher was not alone- which he had been thrilled to hear, after being tied to a radiator by Valkyrie, who had insisted that it was the best way to keep him safe. She changed her mind after a heat rash appeared around his hands.
The Teleporter had appeared to them outside of the Sanctuary a few days ago, and had demanded that someone keep watch over him so that the Diablerie do not get him aswell. Skulduggery was never willing to leave Valkyrie during a case, and Ghastly just 'bagsied' that it wasn't him. So the job fell to Tanith.
It was possibly the worst thing she'd been assigned to do. The man was just so -boring-. She missed Valkyrie's sarcastic comments, which she had grown used to hearing every night.
But a job is a job, and she did not intend to fail.
She came out of her little daydream to realise that the snoring in the other room had stopped, and had been replaced with muffled talking instead.
Was someone in there with him?
She picked up her sword from the counter and stealthily made her way to the door. She slid the door open by a few millimetres, just enough to peer through the crack and at who the man was talking to.
It seemed to be a tall, slim figure. She couldn't quite figure out whether or not it was female or male, though she took a guess at it being female. They seemed to be friendly, and a few seconds later, he was inviting this figure in.
Yes, it was definetly a female.
She had a long, hooded cloak on so she couldn't pin down any details about her, other than the fact that she seemed to know the Teleporter quite well.
Tanith narrowed her eyes and stepped away from the door to lean against the wall. Should she trust this lady? Probably not. But then, it -did- excuse her from having to look after him for a while if he was in the company of another.
She gave a light shrug, opened the door a little more so that she could keep an eye on them, and turned to raid the cupboards.
She was munching on a pack of slightly out of date oreos (gotta love 'em, out of date or not!) when a distressed yelp came from the other room. She dropped the oreos, grabbed her sword and barged through the door.
She was met with a pool of blood seeping across the laminet floor, coming from the Teleporter's head. Tanith let out a frustrated cry and turned the man over- he was dead. Springing to her feet, her eyes darted about for the lady, but she was gone. The door was wide open, so Tanith sprinted through it.
Her eyes caught a glimpse of the corner or the lady's cloak as she turned down the staircase, and Tanith hastily made chase.
This lady was fast.
They reached a long corridor, where the cloaked woman stopped dead in her tracks. Tanith slowed down, but didn't stop moving. Once she was a few steps from the woman, she raised her sword in preparation to bring it down on her, when the woman spun around, several daggers in between her fingers. She flicked her wrist, and all of the daggers flew at Tanith with amazing speed.
Tanith managed to dodge the majority of them, but the last few dug deep in to her side. Tanith grunted rather unlady-like, not allowing the wounds to effect her just now.
She threw herself forward, her sword raised once again, but the cloaked woman stepped out of the way. Tanith saw it coming, and as soon as she touched the ground, she propelled herself upwards, rearranged her center of gravity, and stuck her feet to the ceiling.
The cloaked woman's hood fell from her head as she looked about for Tanith, revealing startingly red hair. Tanith could now identify her as Murder Rose.
A slightly insane cackle escaped Rose's lips as she looked up at Tanith, who swung her sword at her. The sword managed to slice a bunch of her hair off, making the style look out of balance. Rose let out a shriek, and made for the next flight of stairs.
Tanith got back on to the ground and was about to make chase when the ground beneath her feet began to crack, and a hand appeared out of no where, grabbing at her feet. A head appeared shortly after the hand to reveal a man with dark sun glasses on.
"Hello, lovely."
Tanith used her other foot to kick the head in the face, which yowled loudly and let go of her. Seizing this opportunity, Tanith left the head and the hand to make chase once again after Murder Rose.
She made it too the other corridor, but was siddenly grabbed by hands behind her and thrown forward. Before she could stop herself, she crashed through a window, and began to fall the rest of the stories of the building.
Trying her best not to panick, she knew that she had to stop her fall- or atleast cushion it. It was at this time that she wished she was an Elemental, so that she could manipulate the air to slow her down.
She managed to turn her body so that she was facing the building, and latched one hand on to the first window sill that came to view.
As soon as her hand made contact with the sill, her body lurched to a halt, slamming against the rough wall and yanking her shoulder out of its socket.
She bit back a cry as she swung her other hand up to get a grip on the sill. She stayed there for a while to regain her breath, swinging every now and again to test her shoulder.
She heard the wheels of a car screech to a halt and she chanced a look down at the street below. The doors to a black Bentley swung open and Valkyrie and Skulduggery stepped out, glancing about. Skulduggery had a gun in his hands, and had it raised an prepared. Tanith called down to them and Valkyrie looked up, waving a little in greeting.
Deciding that now was the best time to get down, she stuck her feet against the wall, and stood up. She limped her way down the building until she came to the bottom, where Valkyrie helped her down carefully.
"What happened?" Valkyrie asked, easing Tanith towards the Bentley.
"Murder Rose.. She killed the Teleporter." Tanith said, her voice filled with self-disappointment.
"How did they do it? Forced entry?"
Tanith shook her head. "He let her in, and I assumed it was okay for the moment and then she just killed him. It was a foolish mistake."
Skulduggery put his gun away after a few minutes, and looked at Tanith. "Yes- a very foolish mistake. We discussed how the killer is obviously a friend to have gotten close to the Teleporters."
Tanith hung her head, her jaw set. Valkyrie put her in the back of the Bentley, and then got in the front with Skulduggery.
"Skulduggery, you didn't have to make her feel worse.." Valkyrie muttered loud enough for him to hear as Tanith drifted off to sleep in the back. Skulduggery offered a light shrug as he turned down a street.
"I can't have her making the same mistakes twice."
"She already knew what she had done wrong- it was unnecessary to make her feel even more guilty," She frowned at him slightly, elbowing his bony arm. He remained silent so she sighed. "Where are we going, anyway?"
"To Kenspeckle- she's hurt, isn't she?"
"Oh, right."
The rest of the journey was in silence, and when they arrived outside a run-down cinema, Valkyrie was still in a bad mood with Skulduggery.
She helped Tanith out of the back and steadied her as she limped towards the entrance with Skulduggery following close behind.
"Valkyrie! Tanith! Ah, and Detective.." Kenspeckle greeted them, swiftly walking over to examine Tanith. "Ahh.. Dislocated shoulder.. Minor scratches and bruises.. What happened?" He asked as he lead them in to the infirmary room. Valkyrie eased Tanith on to a bed, laying her down carefully.
"She was falling off a building," She said simply.
"I'm slightly relieved that it isn't you who is hurt this time, Miss Cain," Kenspeckle said as he put one hand on Tanith's shoulder, and gripped her upper arm with the other. "This will hurt momentarily," he warned her before pushing on her arm. There was a sickening 'pop' and a strangled cry from Tanith.
"There we go.." He went about gathering a few pots of paste, and then covered all the visible cuts and bruises with it. He left them a few minutes later, with instructions to watch over her for the night and to not let her do anything physically demanding for atleast a day.
Valkyrie slumped in to a soft chair next to Tanith, letting out a drawn-out sigh. Skulduggery stood next to her silently, his hands in the pockets of his well-tailored trousers.
"Sleep," he said to her. She looked up at him, shrugged and then curled in to a fetus position, eventually falling asleep.
Skulduggery watched her sleep for a while, and then brought a chair over to sit the night out.
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There. I did it.
By the way, the latest guest review.. My oh my!
We are too innocent to create such a chapter! (Lolwhoamikidding?)
I'm not going to reveal anything about the next chapters.. Because I'll be slaughtered :D
To all who read my TCR2 fic- the next chapter will have to wait a few days, I've got a lot of preparing to do, and I usually type out the fics on my phone, which is spazzing out. So that also delays it. But it WILL be up, as will the chapter after that. Sorry for the wait, love you all!
Anyway..
Until next time..!