Recaptured

In the blizzard Alice's face was cherry red, "Why out here? Why can't we wait?" She shouted over the winds.

"You need to experience!" Vendetta yelled in the same pitch, "Concentrate and try to stop the wind in a certain area!" Alice nodded.

Her hands splayed, nothing, "The winds must be over fifty miles an hour!"

"Just try!" Alice's hands were interlaced and she cracked her knuckles. Her fingers were twitching to summon something. Instead of stilled air, shadows danced with the wind and she frowned.

"What the hell?" She muttered.

"That's OK," Rife shouted, "I think." the wind picked up the snow and made a forever maze; no one could see each other.

"Why can't I do it?" She got frustrated and headed inside.

"Why'd you stop?" you did great for your experience." Vendetta said as she followed her inside.

"I didn't do anything elemental, though."

"No, but you did do good Necromancy for your experience, Emera."

"OK…" She glanced around, "Where's Rife?" Vendetta too glanced and went outside.

"Rife!" She yelled really loudly, "Get inside!"

"Why?" He asked from behind them.

"How'd you?" Alice was speechless, "How'd you do that?"

"You'll never know." He smiled devilishly and raised a brow.

"Alright then." Vendetta turned to Alice, "Lets focus on Necromancy in Rife's office." Alice smiled and walked inside his office, "OK, uh, try to cover that light." her hands splayed and shadows layered over and light left them, "Got it?" then light came back.

Alice nodded again and she tried. Finally shadows shot from her fingers and heavily caked the bulb. "Like that?" she asked, happy with herself.

"Perfect." Vendetta forced away the shadows and they returned to their spots, "Now, try to shoot a tendril, a small one" Vendetta held out her hand and a small wave of shadows flipped pages of a book.

Alice mimicked her position and shadows snaked continuously around her. "What's happening?" She quickly asked as they enveloped her face.

Before Vendetta could stop her Alice disappeared with the shadows.

"She just shadow walked," Rife guessed, "didn't she." Vendetta ran down the halls to find Valkyrie.

"Vendetta, are you OK?" Valkyrie asked.

"Your sister just shadow walked!" She shrieked.

"Oh, hell. What were you trying to do?"

"She was trying to shoot a tendril, but went it wrong." Rife soon caught up.

"I think I know where she is." he breathed

Alice tried to scream, or say anything. The shadows took her inside a dark room, smelled of coppery blood. Her ring buzzed cold.

"Oh, crap. Where am I?" She whispered.

"'Ello." A Texan drawl came from the other side of the door, "How've ya been?"

"Where am I?"

"In the Temple."

"How'd I get here?" Alice asked and summoned a flame.

"You were needed, that's all I got." He gave an amused laugh. And as he left his boots clacked on the ground. She sat in the dark, beside a body, for hours. Two people walked by, one stomping the other clacking.

"-gonna have fun with this one." Sanguine laughed. Alice tensed.

"You can't lay a finger on her, Sanguine" Wreath ordered.

"Shit…" he huffed, "Fine." they walked passed and she eased.

"Where?" Valkyrie panicked.

"Northern Necromancer Temple." Rife started for the door, backwards.

"Why there?" Vendetta asked, "Wait Rife." Rife didn't register what she said and walked into Skulduggery, back to back.

"Tenterhooks, watch where you walk."

"Not now, we have to get Emera." he walked passed but Skulduggery tapped his shoulder, "She's at the Necromancer Temple, excuse me."

"No, you stay here. Valkyrie and I will go." Rife didn't protest, he just shrugged as Valkyrie passed. Sorry she mouthed.

They got into the Coupe and drove for hours to reach the Temple. Once there Valkyrie didn't wait for the Coupe to stop. Craven was at the front waiting for her.

"Valkyrie, this is not a good time." He hinted.

"Shut up, Wreath." She walked passed and snapped her fingers. Skulduggery ran up to her.

They found Sanguine fiddling with his razor blade. "Hello, bones."

"Where's Emera?" Valkyrie pressed.

Well, here we are at the end of this chapter… weird right? It took me, like, forever to finish.