THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS A BIT OF VIOLENCE JUST TO WARN YOU. BUT IT'S NOTHING TOO BAD IN MY OPINION.
The figure landed right on top of Skulduggery, taking him down. The killer, obviously, was able to climb walls. After that, everything was happening at once. The man started throwing punches down but Skulduggery caught his fist and flipped him over. Skulduggery pinned the murderer against the wall and wrapped his hands around his throat.
"Who are you?" Skulduggery questioned. When the man didn't answer Skulduggery squeezed tighter.
"Ray Blood-worth," the killer gurgled.
"Mr Blood-worth you are under arrest." Skulduggery reached down with one hand to get the handcuffs but the Ray took this as an opportunity to get free. He head-butted Skulduggery's chest and kicked his legs from under him, making the skeleton detective smash onto the floor. Valkyrie threw fire balls at Ray but he dodged them all and came charging at her. Valkyrie cursed and tried to move out the way but she was too slow and he collided with her, sending them both crashing through a wall. Breath rushed out of her lungs. Valkyrie made an effort to use the air to push him away but she was unable to control her magic as her mind was unfocused. Ray sent an elbow into her nose and her head jerked back. She could already feel warm blood dripping down her lip. Ray was pulling at her hair now and she cried out in pain. Then Skulduggery was there, dragging Ray off Valkyrie and pushing him to the opposite side of the room. Valkyrie tried to get back up but her legs wouldn't move. She was lying there with tears in her eyes watching Skulduggery and Ray throwing each other around. She felt so useless, so helpless. Skulduggery was in mid kick when Ray grabbed his foot and pulled it his leg off. Skulduggery yelled and clumsily fell to the floor. He didn't get back up. Ray picked up the still skeleton by the ribs and threw him out of the window, along with his leg, without any effort at all. Ray turned to Valkyrie and smiled. Valkyrie panicked and tried to get away but Ray was already on top of her so she was unable to move.
"Well, well. Look who we have here. The heroic Miss Cain being beaten by a guy like me. Who would've thought?"
Valkyrie spat blood into his face and she got a chuckle in response but his smile quickly vanished, being replaced by anger.
"I wouldn't annoy me if I were you," he growled.
"I am going to kill you," Valkyrie said through gritted teeth.
"We'll see about that." Ray grabbed a hammer from the tool box and smashed it down on Valkyrie's head. She screamed. He laughed. Ray lifted the hammer up and brought it down again. Valkyrie could feel herself slipping out of consciousness. She turned her head to the side, just in time to see Skulduggery clambering through the broken window before everything went black.
FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT! SEE, IT WASN'T TOO BAD WAS IT? JUST A BIT OF PUNCHING, NOSE BREAKING, PULLING LEGS OFF, BEATING A YOUNG GIRL WITH A HAMMER... NOTHING VIOLENT AT ALL.