CHAPTER 8:

Valkyrie walked down the stairs and heard her mum singing along to the radio in the kitchen. "Morning, Steph." Valkyrie smiled and picked Alice up. "What time is it?" "Half past eleven. Do you want some breakfast, honey?" Valkyrie nodded and checked her phone. Three missed calls from Skulduggery and a message from Fletcher. The message read "hey Val, meet me at pier at 12? Xxx" Valkyrie put Alice on her hip so she could reply, she said, "hey Fletch, I slept in, soz. Just got up, may be a couple mins late xxx."

Valkyrie ate her breakfast as fast as she could, put on her black clothes and done her hair. Once she was satisfied she went to meet up with Fletcher at the pier. He was waiting for her, his hands were in his pockets and he was watching the water. She walked up behind him and pressed her chin into the pressure point in his shoulder. "Val! Jeez, you scared me, I never heard you walk over." She shrugged, "So has Ghastly got any ideas for how to get the remnant out of Tanith?" Fletcher nodded and didn't say anything. Valkyrie prodded him to make him speak up. "Nye."

They teleported into the sanctuary. They arrived in a large, white room with an operating table; Nye's tools were laid out beside it. The soul catcher was ready and Nye was washing it's hands at a sink. "What are you going to do?" Ghastly gave Valkyrie a quick smile, which she returned. "We're uh, so we're basically going to kill her. Hey, don't worry she'll not suffer at all; it will be quick and clean. The remnant will die with her and when Nye brings her back to life it will be just Tanith, no remnant." Valkyrie chewed her lip and pointed at the soul catcher. "Oh, that. It's just in case the remnant doesn't die. If it escapes then we'll catch it." Skulduggery walked into the room, carrying an unconscious Tanith. He laid her gently on the operating table and fastened up the restraints to hold her in place.

Ghastly led Valkyrie out the door and over to a sofa that had been placed there so that they could wait. Skulduggery stayed with Nye to make sure it did as it was told. Valkyrie sank into the sofa and began to relax when a gunshot rang out. Ghastly's strong arms wrapped around her before she could do anything. She sobbed into his chest and, after a while she cried herself to sleep.

My friend actually cried when she read this and it's not even supposed to be sad