September 20, 1927 - - - - Dublin, Ireland

Valkyrie was sent to a new scene. An alleyway she recognized as the outside of the Sanctuary. She heard laughing coming from ahead of her and saw Skulduggery and the Atom Split around the corner dashing down her way. She quickly stepped aside as they zoomed past her. She just didn't enjoy the feeling of people walking through her.

Skulduggery, dressed in a suit of all white, yelled to Atom, "What can't keep up?"

Valkyrie hurried after them.

"You're no match, trust me," laughed Atom.

They both ran for a door and reached out to it at the same time. "Ha! I win!" exclaimed Skulduggery as Valkyrie panted at his side.

"Whatever. Can we focus please?" Atom Split opened the door inside of an apartment building. Valkyrie followed silently. Atom came up upon a man sitting in the stairs and waved to the man. The man seemed startled as he and Skulduggery walked past. Atom finally stopped at the apartment door labeled with the numbers 569. He knocked and nodded to Skulduggery. He moved from Atom's side as the door opened to let the Undertaker inside.

Valkyrie followed Skulduggery as he walked up to a window. Opening it, he climbed out and clung to sill and edged his way over to what she suspected to be the window leading in to room 569. Skulduggery made his way slowly and sunk underneath 569's window, out of sight.

Valkyrie followed slowly and cautiously. After a few minutes, Skulduggery pulled himself up on the sill and smashed open the window. He tumbled inside and Valkyrie lost sight of him. She hurried to catch up and when she finally peered inside Skulduggery stood next to Atom pointing his gun at another mans head. She didn't recognize the man but she did recognize what he was. A necromancer.

Atom preformed a simple nod and Skulduggery complied by pulling the trigger. The gun shot rang in her ears and the world began to fade away...

It seemed to Valkyrie as if months were passing by according to each memory. She watched Skulduggery grow up around these people and kill more and more. One after another, dying before her eyes. As much as she hated it, she had to admit to herself that Skulduggery was a murderer, but she also had to remind herself that he was a changed man. And that she loved. She loved him very much dispite his faults. That's what Gordon was trying to say to her. That's what he was trying to show her.

January 13, 1930 - - - - Dublin, Ireland

Valkyrie appeared in front of a hospital. She was sure this was a memory of another murder or a victim of his Skulduggery was going to visit on his last days but the atmosphere was different. She looked around her to see Skulduggery with his hands on his hips. The appearance of the present day Skulduggery she knew, at least not the dead one.

He waited patiently and she saw Brother Bloodlust appear from shadows and walk up to Skulduggery.

Valkyrie made her way closer to hear what they were saying.

"You rang?" said Bloodlust with a smile.

Skulduggery raised his head. "I'm quitting."

"What?"

"I'm quiting the Undertakers."

Bloodlust sorta laughed. "Now my boy, what is that supposed to mean? Why the sudden change in heart?"

Skulduggery put his hands in his pockets. "A woman I know is having a child. My child."

"Ah," he said raising his eyebrows. "Well you know that is something difficult to accomplish."

"I'll still fight by your side in combat," Skulduggery replied referring to the war, "But Meritorious wants me to lead a group of men and women and I need time for my family."

"Understood but you know now that you are a traitor right?"

"Indeed."

"Well just because it's you Skulduggery, I'll let you live but mark my words. If we ever cross paths again. You're dead." With that said, Bloodlust turned on his heel and walked away into a nearby alley as the shadows followed his lead.

Valkyrie watched as Skulduggery turned with anguish across his face. With his hands deep in his pockets, Skulduggery paced back and forth in front of the hospital, pondering something. She frowned as he started to speak to himself.

"It's her fault. It's her fault. If she didn't come to meet me that would have never happened..." He bit his lip, "She shouldn't have listened to me. She should have told me off as soon as she saw me like that." He rubbed his head. "She is ruining me life. She is destroying all that I've worked for. That's it. I'm going to tell her I am not going to help her."

Valkyrie couldn't believe what he was saying. He's always said that he loved his family and that's what drove him to his death. Was he lying to me all these years? No, he couldn't have been. Valkyrie frowned unsure of what to believe.

"That's right," Skulduggery continued, "I'll tell her that. I can't be with you." He walked over to the front of the hospital doors and pushed inside, Valkyrie following closely at his heels. "I will not support you, I"m sorry," he was muttering to himself as he walked, "I have duties to attend to. There's a war going on. I could never have loved you..." He reached a room with the number '124' engraved upon it and opened the door. "Listen Samantha, I cannot, I repeat, cannot -" He stopped. Valkyrie walked right through him instead of bumping into him.

She turned her head to glare at Skulduggery but when she saw his eyes wide and his mouth slightly open, she turned to see what he was staring at.

A woman a few years younger then him was sitting in a hospital bed and in her arms was a baby. It had to be one of the cutest babies Valkyrie had ever seen. It was a baby boy with the black hair of his father and the hazel eyes of its mother. She melted.

Skulduggery walked through her to the woman s left side. He nervously reached out and ever so gently touched the top of the baby's head.

Valkyrie stifled back a squeal as tears began to swell up in her eyes. He looked so much like her lover then he ever did before. The one she knew and loved dearly. She wrapped her arms around herself and wished to be back home with him so... she cried. She cried in that memory while Skulduggery told Samantha that he would never leave her side for anything else in the world.

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Finally I finished the chapter! Well I'm working on the next so don't worry I'll get it up as soon as I can. =] Thank you for your patience.