Valkyrie ran down the deserted halls. Her arm was sore from being slammed into a wall and her fingers felt like they were cracked. She came to an intersection. Paused then sprinted left. The most likely place Ode would be is somewhere out of the way. Like a basement.

Valkyrie rushed down a flight of stairs, the air turning colder and moister. She opened a door and moved down the separate hallway. Doors whizzed by and she only stopped when she got to a door that seemed suspicious.

Valkyrie paused; looking at the grimy, rusted door, then reached over and turned the handle. It was locked. Valkyrie scowled and looked around for a key but there wasn't one anywhere. She growled. This wasn't a time to look around for a stupid key. So she turned back to the lock and brought the shadows down on it.

The door creaked open and the dim light from the hallway illuminated the crouched figure of Cothernus Ode. Ode's clothes were ripped and dirty, stained by blood. He looked like he hadn't eaten in a while and his skin was covered in bruises and cuts.

Valkyrie rushed over and began to unlock the bindings. "Grand Mage Ode, are you alright?"

Ode looked at her. "Valkyrie Cain?"

"Yeah, don't worry. We're going to get you out of here."

"We?"

"Valkyrie!"

Valkyrie looked over her shoulder to see Skulduggery.

"Good, you found him. Grand Mage? Are you alright?"

"If you call half-starved, beaten, kidnapped and imprisoned fine then yes."

"Great! We'll have you back home and not starting a war in no time!"

Ode scowled and stood shakily, rubbing his wrists. "You'd better have been behaving yourself detective."

"Of course I have! Why wouldn't I?" Skulduggery led the way while Valkyrie brought up the rear.

Ode just sighed. They moved down the hallway in silence. Skulduggery reloaded his gun and Valkyrie summoned fire in both hands when they heard footsteps and as soon as the group of guards came around the corner they didn't stand a chance. Skulduggery shot two of them down while Valkyrie set fire to a third. She ran forward and blocked the punch the last one sent at her and kicked them in the chest, slamming an elbow into their jaw at the same time. They dropped and Valkyrie turned to Skulduggery.

He nodded and the three moved out of the building and Skulduggery took Ode to the rendezvous point across the street. Valkyrie once again joined the battle in the courtyard.

Someone flipped her over their hip and she was kicked repeatedly in the chest. Valkyrie grabbed the foot and twisted. They crashed down beside her and she got on top of them, firing elbows into their face until they were unconscious.

She stood and turned as a man ran up. She punched him in the face and he returned with an elbow to her face. Valkyrie stumbled back felt him grab her throat. She kicked him in the gut and he dropped her. She punched him again as she heard a voice yell "Cain!"

Valkyrie looked up her eyes widened when she saw Vendetta falling to the ground. Without thinking, Valkyrie swing her arms, the air swinging Vendetta into the building and stopping her fall at least momentarily. Valkyrie lost sight of the vampire as someone tackled her to the ground.

Valkyrie turned and slammed her elbow into her attacker's face. The cursed and spat and they rolled and fought and punched until the building blew up. Valkyrie swore and untangled herself, racing away as fast as she could. She leaped over bodies and managed to get out of the way before she was smushed like a bug.

The air was thick with dust, making her cough as she stumbled away. She blinked through her tears, vision focusing. Shoe, Scratch and Jack were hopping down from the roofs and Sanguine was helping Ray-Roy away from the rubble. The enemy was scattering, seeing that their base was gone and their leader was nowhere in sight. Valkyrie sighed in relief. It was all over.

Movement caught her attention and she turned to see Vendetta staggering away from the body of Simon Frost.

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