Yay! I wrote another one! Sorry about the wait for this.
Also, ANGST AND RAGE ALERT AHEAD. I decided to torture you guys because whilst I totally ship Larrikin/Anton, I was not in the mood to write fluff. Sorry!
Oh yeah, review replies for the last couple of drabbles (I hope I get you all, but sorry if I miss you. Its been a while.)
Insanity- I'm glad you like. There aren't many Donegan and Gracious fics and really there should be more, because they are both freaking adorable!
Skelly- Me too! They are like twins from different wombs (that sounds soo strange, but meh) and I really wanted to write my take on how they first met (in my case, since birth)
Phoebe Pleasant- YAY! NOT OOC! ACHIEVEMENT! Ainia is a wonderful name, but I'm not sure I will use it any time soon. It's on my names list on the profile though! At least, I think it is.
Lexi- I'll think about it, K? (about the second point, you've already gone and written a Valith for me...)
Bella Pleasant- We all love Dead Girl... I still haven't done much reading though of her stuff, but everytime I've dabbled into her stories, they've been great. Oh yeah! Chapter 33 of PHC is up! Go read if you haven't already!
Squishy- Yeah, Lexi was obsessed with that song for a while. She loves it... And HERE BE YOUR SHUDDERKIN! HERE!
ishipthem- Of course! I like Aurora, but I might need to re-read Maleficent Seven to work out the relationship between Dex and her. Don't worry, that is now on the list!
DISCLAIMER
Lexi- Oh, whoops, I forgot to put review replies in the last update.
Leo- Yes, you did...
Lexi- Sorry?
Leo- *looks at lexi in annoyance**sighs* Fine... It's fine... I'm stealing your other BFF, but it's fine...
Lexi- Oh, phew, I was worried that I... Wait, what?
Leo- Oops, did I just say that? Alright, Idon'townSkullyP,allbelongstoLandy,Ineedtorunaway...
Lexi- WHERE IS MY OTHER BFF? ARE YOU HOARDING HER, OR WHAT?! BEEBIES!?
ON WITH THE STORY!
Anton had never been very good with dealing with his emotion, unless, of course, it was rage. Rage was easy to deal with; he just let the gist take over and whatever had infuriated him initially would be gone when he came back to himself.
On the other hand, he was very good at suppressing his emotions. If he felt anything other than something he understood and could deal with, he shoved it to the back of his mind.
Unless it was Larrikin.
Larrikin was cheerful all the time, always fooling around and being stupid. Anton wasn't sure why he was even allowed on the team, but kept quiet and reserved about his opinions.
Larrikin also frustrated him.
All the time.
In many ways.
Anton was not one to joke around. He thought it was silly to do so, particularly when lives were at stake and yet here was a man who just didn't seem to care about anything whatsoever, not even the lives of some people.
And yet for some inexplicable reason, he was somewhat attracted to the blue eyed man with the mouse brown hair that stuck out from his head at all times. He was everything that Anton wasn't, and yet he still captivated the brooding man's attention at all times.
"Don't do anything stupid, alright?" Anton growled at him as the team prepared to make their assault.
"When do I do anything stupid?" Larrikin said, grinning broadly, a spark of mischief in his eyes and then he lept over the ridge, the others following him over.
Anton shook his head. "Always."
They all threw themselves into action, the seven of them working flawlessly, hacking through the enemy until they reached their ultimate target.
Serpine stood in front of them all, looking unfazed about the destruction they had caused. "So, you've come to try and kill me."
"Damn right we have," Skulduggery muttered as he disposed of another mage.
Erskine gave a dry laugh at his comment. "Sorry to have to ruin your day."
"Oh don't worry, I'm sure it won't be that bad." Anton watched as Dexter leapt forward, followed closely by Saracen and Larrikin, all three of them ready to attack. Anton stayed back, knowing he had to save his energy in case the gist was required, Skulduggery, Erskine and Ghastly by his side, ensuring that the others were in the clear to focus their attack on Serpine only.
"You think you can defeat me?" Serpine yelled, his voice cutting through the chaos.
"I bloody hope so," Dexter yelled back.
Anton looked round as he reloaded his gun, watching as Dexter collected pure energy in the palms of his hands.
And then the glove was pulled off.
In a split second, everything had changed. Saracen was holding Dexter, who was looking winded and confused. Larrikin was on the floor, writhing and screaming, the dreaded red hand trained on his body as he yelled, unable to control his limbs. Skulduggery and Ghastly whipped around, taking in the situation.
"Shit." Ghastly muttered.
"Saracen! Dex! Back down!" Skulduggery cried, as he tugged at Anton and Ghastly.
Anton stood, frozen to the spot. "Larrikin!"
"Anton!" Ghastly was yelling. "We need to leave now!"
They all stared in disbelief as Larrikin was tortured until suddenly everything was still. Serpine turned to face them.
Anton stood at the front. "You killed him," he whispered.
"And you will join him soon." Serpine told them, raising his hand again.
"Oh, I don't think so," the man said, glaring up at him in pure fury.
He let the rage consume him and the gist burst from his chest.
Yeah, sorry about that. I wrote Larrikin's death scene. And there isn't much Shudderkin at all... Um, sorry? I'll make it up to all you guys... Erk... 0~0
-Leo