Valkyrie got back to the Sanctuary, her thoughts muddled. To tell or not, that was the question she was struggling with. What would Vendetta prefer? Obviously she would have liked it if Valkyrie never found out what she knew, but since she did she had to deal with it. Skulduggery walked around the corner ahead and waited for her to catch up before continuing down the hall. "So what'd Cassandra want?" Skulduggery asked.
"Um," Valkyrie hesitated. "Nothing. Just had a vision she wasn't sure if it would help us or not."
"Will it?"
"Erm, I don't think so."
Skulduggery nodded and looked ahead. "Alright."
Valkyrie suddenly noticed how tense Skulduggery looked. She frowned. "What's up?"
"You'll see."
They reached the Council Room, finding the others all standing around a screen. Valkyrie looked at Skulduggery. "What's going on?"
"A little bit after you left," Skulduggery began to explain. "Simon Frost video called us."
"Really? What does he want?"
"That's what we're figuring out right now. And there's one other thing."
They reached the others. Ray-Roy was standing next to his father, looking grim. Shoe was with him, a smile threatening to spill over her lips. Valkyrie looked at the screen and stared. A man with silver hair and ice blue eyes was smiling at them. Next to him, in some type of jail cell was Vendetta.
"Ah, you're all here." Simon Frost smiled. "That's great. Now I can finally start."
"Start what?" Ravel called from where he stood near the front.
"My little explanation." Frost walked over to Vendetta and grinned at her. "Would you look at this, Vendetta, trapped in a cage. I would say that you're trapped like a rat but rats are harder. You're trapped like broccoli."
Vendetta snarled and tried to bite his arm, which was leaning against the bars.
"Hey!" Frost leaned away and glared. "Naughty girl!"
"I'm going to kill you in the most painful way possible," Vendetta growled.
Frost laughed. "I'm sure you could. If you were free of course."
Vendetta continued to growl.
"Now," Frost turned back to them. "I have captured your little comrade here and I intend to torture her for information on your plans to find Grand Mage Ode. Not to mention this will show you if I can do this to her I can definitely do this to you or you or even to you Cain."
Valkyrie glared.
"Not to mention," Frost continued. "Once I get the information you'll need to start all over. Of course I've had a couple set-backs as well. The death of Adam Wreck being a big one; along with the fact with all your little Sanctuary raids I've had to relocate around three times already. Just an inconvenience that is."
"Give us Grand Mage Ode and release Vendetta at once," Ravel ordered. "And you will get a trial. Not take this one and only opportunity and you will be thrown in the deepest Gaol cell we have. You won't even get to glimpse sunlight again."
Frost laughed. "Tempting as that is, I'm just going to go along with my plan here and go right to the torture. Vendetta and I have some catching up to do after all."
Vendetta had stopped growling and now seemed eerily calm. "You're right Frost," she said. "You've beaten me and there's nothing I can do about it right now. But you won't be getting anything from me."
"Oh yes I will," Frost said. "The fun hasn't even started."
"No it hasn't." Vendetta dug her hand into her shirt and pulled out a chain. On the other end was a small, glass vial filled with a clear liquid. Without hesitating, she took the top off and raised the vial to her lips. She tipped her head back, letting the liquid enter her mouth and swallowed. A moment later her eyes widened and she clutched at her throat, gagging slightly.
She fell to her knees then onto her side, the vial slipping from her fingers. Vendetta didn't get up.
*Gasp* What have I done now? *Prepares for violent assault*
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