Hi! I did a few typos last chapter and I said that the new character was going to be a girl, but now it's a dude, sorry! And you might wan to read my chapter 8 short story. It's a flashback thingy that make my last chapter make sense… toodles!

BACK IN FINBAR'S PARLOR

GEPOV

Skulduggery and Valkyrie picked up the Coupe.

"So who do think that Rife was talking about?" Valkyrie asked.

"I think I might have an idea, but I'm not sure."

"Who?"

"Have you ever heard of some one named 'Donny Dulcifer'?"

"Clarabelle mentioned him before I think."

"Yeah, I believe he liked her, a lot." Sounding a little bit nervous, again.

"What about him?"

"He was a socially awkward kid, had a hole in his ear, easily nervous. In a strange way he's sorta like Finbar, but less mellow. By the way, how is Finbar?"

"I think he should be out by now, shall we?"

"We shall." Skulduggery took a sharp turn to Finbar's studio.

They found him inside talking to a slinky guy.

"Finbar? Can we talk?" Skulduggery asked.

"Uh, yeah sure, Skul-man."

"Skul-man?" the slinky guy asked, turning to face them, "Skulduggery Pleasant? Hey, how are you? It's me Donny Dulcifer."

Valkyrie glanced at Skulduggery and to Donny. In a swift movement Donny taps his arm making Skulduggery and Valkyrie get thrown through the window. He taps again, again, and again, each time makes them fall back more. He kept going until he reached his car and drove off.

"Hey, you guys OK?" Finbar shouted.

"Peachy" Valkyrie said, dragging herself to her feet and limped over to the parlor, followed by Skulduggery.

"What did Donny ask you?" he asked, fixing his cuffs.

"Where you guys are, is he bad err something?"

"We think he has to do with the 1943 case, I ran into him a few times 4 years ago, he always had trouble the Dialiberie." Valkyrie gasped.

"The Dialiberie? Did it ever occur to you that China, Scorn, Gallow, and Rose had to do with it?" She added.

"No, actually I didn't." Skulduggery said sounding surprised.

"OK, the 1943 case has to do with Vendetta and Dulcifer, the Dialiberie are linked to China and Dulcifer. We have the pieces, we just need to put them together." Valkyrie said, sounding amused with herself.

"Right, good idea.", Skulduggery continued, "Finbar, do you think you can find Eliza again, please? I think we know who she met up last time."

"Yeah, OK sure. By the way, congrats guys."

They both ignored Finbar's last comment and walked into the quiet room. Finbar un rolled his map and held the coroners down with some rocks.

"OK, um. I think I'm in a trance now."

"Good, where's Scorn and the others?"

His hand ran all across Europe until he hit Germany. "She, I think her and the others are in Germany. Aken I think… yeah they're there alright. They're in mine shafts… you guys OK? You sound pretty quiet." Finbar came out of the trance to find himself alone.

Skulduggery and Valkyrie Drove off to Aken instantly, leaving Finbar by himself.

Hi, couldn't find the right spelling for Dialiberie so I'm not sure if it's right, let me know! Any more ideas for my next short story? Let me know.