I'm back again.
Never mind
Clarabelle watched Dusk leave and couldn't stop herself. She ran behind him and pulled his shoulder. "Yes?" he asked.
"You never did answer my question earlier."
"And which one is that?"
"Why don't you like me?"
He sighed, "I never said that."
"It sure feels like it, though." Clarabelle crossed her arms.
"I, uh, I-" Dusk quietly sighed when Ravel opened the door.
"Clarabelle? Nye needs you." his voice echoed.
She turned to face him, "Be right there." she called back. Her neck craned behind her and Dusk was gone. Clarabelle back inside. "What does Nye want?"
"He needs you to inspect the arrow." he responded.
"Oh, alright." inside the infirmary she picked up the arrow, looking at the pale Valkyrie being prodded with needles. She walks out and notices something, "Ravel, where's Skulduggery?"
"Oh, I sent him to check to see if the Drusus is still here."
"OK, but I can't do anything to this arrow unless I have a detective here, can't you just get China to look at this? Or Nye?"
"Not unless you want to replace Nye's place-"
"Deal." she slammed the door on Ravel and walked to Nye, who was checking some papers. "Nye? Elder Ravel wants you to check the arrow."
It stared at her, "And leave my post?"
"I'll take over, it'll be fine." she nodded, "Trust me."
Nye muttered something, "Fine." it made its clumsy way out the door and Clarabelle joined the swarm over Valkyrie. She just wouldn't stop bleeding. All of them were worried to manually check on the Spread but she could die faster. Trying to transfuse more blood would be a waste. There simply was no way around this. Would she pull the plug? They've dealt with worse but there was always a way around it, but this? Impossible.
"Alright, alright." she loudly said, "Valkyrie is now temporarily stable, we have to be serious. Is there anyway around this? Can we stop this spread?"
"We can't just let her die." one protested, "We need her, the world needs her and just imagine what would Detective Pleasant would do if she died."
"Yes, but at the same time it's just a waste. The transfusions are spilling and we've pushed our abilities to the limits, some more than others."
"What can we do now?" another asked.
"We'll just prepare for the rest of the night, and wait till morning, deal?" they all nodded, "Perfect, one more thing." they looked at her, "Should we let Skulduggery in now?" half gave a nod while the rest shook their heads. "I guess I'm the tie-breaker" She muttered and poke Valkyrie gently.
Her eyes fluttered opened, "Hmm?" she stared at Clarabelle.
"Valkyrie?"
"What?" she asked, breathless.
"I have good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"
"Bad news."
"OK, the, uh, the arrow sent a poison into your system and your body won't accept new blood. There's a great risk of you, uh…"
She nodded, "Dying."
"That's one way you could put it."
"The good news?"
"Right, did you want Skulduggery to stay with you?"
"No."
Clarabelle frowned, "No?"
"He'll get too dramatic, furious, sad and guilty."
"Ah, anyways, good n-morning, get some sleep."
"No problem." Valkyrie's head sank into an instant sleep. Clarabelle managed a smile.
"Is she ready?"
"Yes."
"Perfect." she walked out, finding Skulduggery now sitting in a chair. "Hey."
He craned his spinal column, "Will she be OK? Can I see her?"
"We've done what we can, we'll just have to wait." all of the sudden this felt like a drama series to her. "Would you like to see her? Though, she'll be sleeping."
"Please." she smiled and opened the door for him.
"I have to go now." the door closed and Clarabelle made her way to find Nye. "Well?" she asked it.
"It's just a basic death field-"
"Than why can't we cure Valkyrie?"
It shrugged, "There must be something with her then. Something not human."
She didn't mentioned the fact that it was not remotely human. "Should I ask her or…"
"No and don't ask Pleasant either, he knows as much as she knows about herself. He might get suspicious."
She smirked up an idea, "Got it." she ran back to the infirmary, "Skulduggery!"
"What?"
"Was Valkyrie ever bitten by a vampire?"
"Yes." he groaned.
"Who?"
"Dusk." he muttered
"Thanks." she ran back outside, calling Dusks' name. She got a response on the sixth try.
He sighed loudly, "Yes?"
"You've bitten and drank Valkyrie's blood, right?"
His nose cringed, "I have."
"Was there anything different with it?"
He shrugged his shoulders, "It tasted… old and rich, like expensive wine."
"Do you think there's, like, anything not-human about it?"
"Possibly."
She smiled, "Thank you, Dusk." and started walking back.
He frowned, "Wait, aren't you curious about the question you asked earlier?"
Clarabelle looked back, "Sure." she pranced back.
"The reason why is that I've never had anyone craze over me." he looked down to his feet. "That's why I was trying to avoid you."
"Was?"
He looked up, "Never mind." and blurred away.
"Huh, was." she mumbled and started home, knowing that she'd be back in two hours.
"Caelan, don't even try to scare me."
"I am sorry about the other night." he said.
"I get it." she muttered, "it was an accident, Caelan, I know."
"Than why are you mad at me?"
"Why do you care? You didn't who I was until two days ago."
"Yes-"
"I got my hands tied now, like a lot."
"Tell me, please."
"No."
"Please?" he urged.
She sagged, "Fine."
"So?"
"I'm at the risk of losing a beloved detective, my boss is weird, there's a villain who's on a killing spree, and I'm trying to get-" she faltered, "Never mind."
You didn't have to wait long, now did you? I just got bored. Wee! I'm going to Playland tomorrow and ride the world famous wooden roller coaster! Opened for 50 years, this ride is awesome! Btw, I'm in the midst of a new victim for Sweeney Todd. It's Medusa and I need you to help, should Todd fall for her? Fear her? Or kill her like everyone else?