5 Years After

by ThePinkDocMartens

Set at the end of The Dying Of The Light, In the 5 years here Valkyrie is in America. This is what I think the other characters got up to in that time. I do not own any of the character they belong to the golden god Derek Landy

4. Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Vex

He felt like he was dying. Sugar cookies he hurt. His throat felt like someone had shoved there arm down it. He looked at the sky just like he had been doing for the last couple of hours. Or minutes. The wall to his right looked like it had a body imprint in it.

I guess I hit that he thinks to himself, he chuckled at the thought but quickly regretted it, as it hurt his ribs. Great cracked ribs.

After a couple of hours he heard someone walk past.

"Hello" the voice called searching for survivors, Vex made grunting noise to get the passer bys attention.

"Hello" the voice called out again. He grunted louder. The whole situation reminded him of that scene from the Titanic when she was calling to the lifeboat. "Hey are you alive over there?" Vex moved his arm slightly.

"Holy- WE'VE GOT A LIVE ONE OVER HERE" the voice shouted to someone. The voice got closer as it said "Alright we'll save you" the person came into his eye line and was pleased to see it was Tipstaff's assistant .

"We are taking you to the medical wing now" Medical wing who calls it a medical wing! They started to move his body onto a stretcher but the pain was too much and he blacked out.

When he woke up he was no longer outside, but inside a white room with bleeping machines around him. He tried to sit up but found he had IV lines in his arms and a mask over his face gushing oxygen against his face.

"Uggggghhh" he tried to speak, but found his tongue to heavy to move.

"Stay still" a female voice snapped entering the room "I've had enough of patients trying to move when they are injured" she came closer to identify herself as Doctor Synecdoche.

"Hwe Dwc" he slurred

"Morning, you were in a state when then they brought you in" she chuckled then went serious "But don't do it again" she checked his vitals and clip board then left to deal with the next patient without another word.

"You looked bad when they brought you in" Saracen said from the bed next to him. Vex turned his head to see his fellow Dead Man with a mask similar to his own around his neck and limbs in healing mud.

"Wwhet happwened to you" his speech was returning to him.

"Not sure, you?"

Vex just shrugged his response.

"Valkyrie, Skulduggery and Fletcher are okay" Vex nodded "Tanith left before Doctor Synecdoche could heal her but apparently"

"Oh"

"I've only been awake for about an hour"

Shortly after that he fell asleep.