PISSED OFF
Vendetta waited for hours where the hell is he? she thought and sat at the entrance stairs. Valkyrie checked on her hour by hour.
"How are you?" She asked and sat beside her.
Where is- Valkyrie stopped Vendetta's writing, "I don't know." Vendetta perched her head in her hands, "He's fine though, trust me." she nodded. Valkyrie sighed and brought a question up, "Do you like Rife?" She asked.
Vendetta frowned at her, What? No, she then dragged her finger across her neck.
"What? Just wondering." They stayed quiet longer.
Will I get my voice back? she finally asked.
"I hope so." Vendetta smiled and watched the pick up in the distance, driven by Rife.
He stayed silent until they reached a warehouse, "This is his hide-out?" Rife asked and Murder punched him in the gut. He folded with a heave, Rose yanked Rife out and thrust him through the door and locked it behind him, "Maladroit? Where are you?" Rife breathed.
Gale stepped from the shadows and his scarred hands rested in his pockets, "Rife? Oh, god. It's you." He walked up to Rife who finally caught his breath.
"Don't come near me, Maladroit." Rife demanded.
"Why?"
"I hate you, that's why."
"Why do you hate me? We used to be partners, best friends, practically brothers."
"You killed my brother." He snapped.
"It was an accident." Gale countered
"You didn't stop though." Rife stepped up and punched Gale's face, a sickening pop came from Rife's hand and he clenched it.
Maladroit stared in confusion and shot lightening at Rife, who barely dodged it. "I had no control!" He aimed again, but hit the ground.
"Why did you take me here?"
"I want to be partners, only in crime."
"You really are stupid." Rife headed for the locked door and played with the lock, "You know that, right?"
Gale stalked behind and managed to hit Rife with some lightening, but his coat absorbed the blow. "What are you trying to do?"
"Escape…" a click went off and Rife peered out, "Bye now." He walked out and the door shut behind him. Gale stood by himself, just in awe. How could Rife, how dare he have the nerve to walk out on his partner.
Outside, Murder had her rapier carving the ground. He swerved behind Rose and Scorn and high-jacked the pick-up, barely grasping the wheel.
"Rife?" Valkyrie called as he slammed the door.
"Hello." Rife said, expressionless. Vendetta looked at his swollen hand, "I'm fine." she frowned and followed him in.
"Rife?" Larrikin looked amused, "How'd you do it?" He looked at Rife's throbbing hand, "Ah, never mind."
Basically no one was in the Sanctuary at that hour, just his friends… and Skulduggery.
"OK, Rife, you really need get that looked at." Valkyrie checked it, "What happened in there?"
"Had a chat with Maladroit, broke my hand, made both of us mad, and I escaped."
Why did he want you?
"He wanted me to join his side, I think I made him extremely pissed." Rife finally smiled, "Where's everyone else?"
"I believe in your or Ghastly's office." Sure enough, they were in Ghastly's bigger office.
"Dude, you, you survived." Tanith smiled and somewhat regretted what she just said, "I knew you would." She tried, desperate now "We need to get that hand fixed."
"I will, OK? I just don't feel like talking right now." They stopped hovering around him, "Thank you, I'll just go home." He headed out and got to his car
"What happened to him?" Larrikin asked.
No one commented, just a cough from Tanith.
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