Hi! As you might've noticed I started switching from character to character. I thought it's a new thing to do. I'll do it for like parts like this.

THE SANCTUARY DANCE PART 2

GEPOV

Valkyrie dragged Skulduggery to the mall. There was only one store left.

She found at least a dozen dresses to wear. Skulduggery was bored to death, he thought it would be a maximum of 30 minutes.

The dresses she found were either too big, too small, or just not right. The first dress she thought was the "one" was perfect except for the fact that Tanith had already got it. She searched through at least 40 dresses, Skullduggery "slept" on dress 24. After all the ones she's found none of them were right. Valkyrie walked to Skulduggery, who was sleeping, to let him know that they're done.

"I couldn't find a single dress. I'll just wear the one from my party." She glanced at him and pushed him hard.

"Hmm?"

"I couldn't find a dress, lets go."

"Oh, OK. I'm sure there's at least one more store." He yawned.

"There isn't, trust me. I'll just wear the one from my party, it's not a big deal."

"OK, if you're sure. Lets go then." He stood up and shook a tad. Valkyrie followed him to the Coupe.

"I'm so excited for the dance now." Valkyrie said as she buckled in.

"Now?"

"Um, yeah. I am." she admitted with a small blush.

"That's good." there was a smile in his tone.

"OK, I'm bored. Lets watch a movie."

"Like what?"

"A movie where you won't talk." Valkyrie joked.

"Hmm, The De Vinci code?"

"Um, Angels vs. Demons?" She suggested as he got up the drive way.

"OK, sounds good."

"Promise me something."

"What?"

"You won't talk or I'll surprise you."

"A good surprise?" Skulduggery hopefully asked.

"A surprise. Promise?"

"Fine, promise."

Skulduggery ushered Valkyrie in and closed the door behind them. Gordon tagged along without them knowing.

"Uh. Came I help you?" Valkyrie asked.

"Can I watch with you guys?" he asked.

"Actually I kinda' wanted this time with Skulduggery. You know."

"Ah. OK. Tell me about it when you're done. Deal?"

"Deal." Echo-Gordon left Valkyrie alone with Skullduggery. She liked that.

They reached the part with the eye the ground. Skulduggery wasn't saying a word. Valkyrie on the other hand was restless.

"Is it even possible to create dark matter?" She asked.

"Shh!" Skulduggery hissed. Valkyrie rolled her eyes and nestled in beside Skulduggery.

At the part where the girl rips the paper from the archive Valkyrie commented again. "They're not even looking light headed yet they're talking so much!"

"Will you shut up? I'm trying to watch."

"Fine."

They movie continued to where they visit the archives again.

"Why are they going back in there?" Skulduggery asked this time.

"Alright. That's it." Valkyrie went behind the couch to the kitchen. With a pitcher of water swishing to Skulduggery, Valkyrie dumps it on him.

"What the hell?" Skulduggery beamed.

"What? I said there was going to be a surprise."

"Yeah, but I only commented once! You talked through the whole movie."

"True, but you made the promise, not me."

"Clever choice of words, but you will pay." Skulduggery hopped over the couch and tackled Valkyrie. On her back, pinned, Valkyrie splayed her wrist and made his hat fall off.

"Hey!"

"You had it coming!" Skulduggery's hand splayed and the water came off and moved to Valkyrie. He laughed as the wet Valkyrie hugged him, making him wet too.

"Brightest idea that you had." Skulduggery said as he squeezed tighter. Valkyrie tried to break away but he didn't let her, so she stayed a little while longer.

"Can you take the water off, it feels weird."

"I agree." They broke away and Skulduggery took the water off of both of them.

Rustling came from behind the kitchen counter. Skulduggery walked over to find Gordon eavesdropping.

"Really?" Valkyrie asked, unimpressed and annoyed.

"Really." Gordon answered than walked back to the study. Skulduggery sighed and joined Valkyrie on the couch to finish the movie. When it finished Skulduggery was leaving but Valkyrie caught up with him.

"What time are you picking me up tomorrow?"

"2 hours before which is 6, bye." He was just about to step out when she caught him one more time.

"Do you want this?" Valkyrie asked with another blush.

"Want what?"

"This. I mean, like, you and I?"

"I'm not quite following you."

"Like, together. You and I?" She tried to put as simple as possible.

"I would like that," he did a half-laugh and said, "Very, very much."

"OK, awesome. Bye!" Skulduggery was about to say something when Valkyrie slammed the door eagerly. Too thoughtless to do anything else. Skulduggery shrugged and drove away.

Gordon met up with Valkyrie.

"I'm so happy!" He shouted.

"Good for you. I'm going to bed."

"Hey, aren't you going to tell me what happened?" Gordon pleaded.

"You were watching us, I'm telling you." Valkyrie went up the 3 flights again and fell asleep.

*** Tanith's day spent with Ghastly.

Tanith went to the Sanctuary even though she had the day off.

"Hey, babe!" She called to Ghastly.

"Oh, hi. don't you have the day off?"

"Yeah, but I got bored. Do you need help with anything?"

"Yeah, I do. Can you do patrol with Vendetta in quadrant 2a?"

"Isn't that where Gaol is? doesn't Vendetta have the day off to?"

"She does but Rife doesn't so she turned it down, I think she could use the help."

"Uh, huh." Tanith said suspiciously, "OK will do, love ya'!"

"I love you too!" He called after her. Rife came up behind him and helped with some paperwork.

Tanith joined Vendetta in front of the gate.

"Hey, I heard you turned down your day off. Why?" Tanith asked as she opened the gate.

"Why not? I got bored. Probably same reason why you're here too."

"Good point. Hey, um, do they want us patrolling this area? Aren't the prisoners bound?"

"Yeah, but they want to be real sure, I guess." Vendetta shrugged and followed Tanith in.

"Oh hell. I didn't know that the whole are was bound. Last time it was just the cells." Tanith shivered at the thought.

"I don't like it either, precautions have to be taken." Vendetta joked.

"Anything else I should know of?"

"Uh, yeah. Cleavers are standing guard, everywhere, so don't be doing anything funny."

"Damn, than why did Ghastly assign me this quadrant?" They both giggled but stopped when a Cleaver's head followed them down the hall. They passed heavy doors and locks to the Gaol's maximum security.

"Oh, god who or what is in there?" Tanith asked. Her finger was pointing at a door that resembled a huge safe. There was at least 40 different locks on the door, both magical and mechanical.

"That's Oracle Divulgence, more worst than Donny Dulcifer and comparable to Baron and Serpine and Batu. It's quite amazing. She knows everything on everyone on this planet, even when bound. She sits in there and talks to herself the whole time. See the Cleavers?"

"No."

"That's what they want you to think, watch this." Vendetta grabbed some rainbow dust and tossed it in the air. It shimmered strongly and stuck to 8 figures in the wall. Cleavers.

"Oh, hell. That's insane, they're not bound?"

"No, we found a way around that, cool right?"

"More like creepy. Any other news about Oracle?"

"Uh, let me think… The walls are sound proof because she knows everything from names to deepest secrets, she can control us if we just hear her. And the walls are thoroughly inspected every 2 hours."

"Oh, shit, that's insane." the information was so much for Tanith to handle all at once. Oracle knew this, she knew everything. She knows who's innocent, guilty, past, present, and future.

If you noticed the word I typed "Shit" I don't mean to offend anybody. I know reader of mine who I know personally is 9 going on 10 so she reads Skulduggery pleasant too. She is old enough. And she will not be happy when she reads the end of the page, so that's why I said I didn't mean offence but if you guys are, let me know.