Valkyrie ducked as Vladmir swiped for her head. He stumbled a bit before reaching over his shoulder. She took a step back as he revealed a clean sife. That's when BJ stepped in front of her. BJ put out her right foot and raised her hands. Valkyrie felt the atmosphere shift and Vladmir was lifted off his feet. He threw his sife in her direction without hesitation. She made to dodge but was a second too late. The blade cut cleanly through her left arm.
Vladmir dropped to the ground, landing lightly on his feet. Valkyrie stooped down and picked up his sife swinging toward the incoming man, aiming for his throat. Bingo. Vladmir dropped to the ground gripping his neck as the blood spewed out. He looked up at her and laughed, blood splirting as he did so. He slowly lifted his collar that
was around his neck at her. "Your going to die now!"
A hand appeared suddenly from behind pulling his head back violently. He yelled out in pain. Valkyrie flinched excepting his head to snap off, instead the wound was healed and his neck now had long blades of hair upon it. As a matter of fact so did his arms and hands. Spiderella smashed his body into the ground. Her eyes a glowing bright red. Vladmir kicked up catching her jaw and she stumbled back.
Valkyrie gasped what was Vladmir now stood a lean, slumped, hairy beast with huge jaws. "Oh my god." she breathed. Her first instinct was to run. She pushed Iris and Leah but she could still hear
his heavy breathing behind her. Then Sally was there. She kicked at Vladmir's head but he caught her foot, throwing her down. The beast wrapped it's thick fingers around her neck and squeezed. She screamed.
Shield's Cabin...
Jack jerked his head back as he heard the scream. He dropped the bottle that was in his hand and looked for a clock. Of course there was none. He stood up quickly, stumbling as he did so and swerved his head around for Skulduggery. He spotted Skulduggery's black haired head coming close to Nymphetamine's. Jack hurried over narrowly missing the kitchen table. "Skulduggery!" he said a little bit too loud.
Skulduggery retreated his head to look at Jack. "Eeeeeyaaaa?" "Danger." Jack sputered, "Sally's in danger." "She's always in danger." he muttered and turned his attention back to Nymphetmine. "This is serious!" Jack yelled pulling on Skulduggery's shoulder, "We need to leave now!" Skulduggery looked at him irritably, "Fine."
Satisfied Jack turned around to grab his jacket on the couch and thrusted Skulduggery his. It fell to the floor. Nymphetamine quickly got up and called over Elora. Skulduggery managed to get his coat on and went to get his hat. Jack missed the door handle the first time but managed to catch it the second. Skulduggery trailed behind staggering slightly to his right but slowly regaining composure.
Jack walked a bit down the street before realizing he had no idea where he was going. He turned around, "Skulduggery, which way to the exit?" Skulduggery rubbed his head, "Nympetamine told me about four miles from here, south." Jack tilted his head slightly, "How did you find that out? She never told us anything before." "Jack," he sighed, "I'm not totally drunk. I know what I'm saying and I know what I'm hearing."
"So you and Nymphetamine..." Skulduggery looked at him, "I may have had one more then I should of had haved." "Right..." Skulduggery looked over his shoulder, "Nobody's following us. You may have picked a good time after all." Jack shook his head again, "When will this headache go away?" "Usually I would have taken a nap but it'll eventually reside." He pushed Jack forward, "Let's move."
After about an hour of walking, Jack was beginning to feel a bit better. Same for Skulduggery even though he stumbled once and a while. "What else did she tell you?" Jack asked. "Oh uh... we'll have to come across Cerberus's den then cross the river of Styx and finally keep running through the Gorgons and we will be free." "sounds simpler said then done." "No doubt about it."
Jack looked up and around, "Well this side of the world seems to be getting darker." Skulduggery breathed a sigh of relief, "We're almost home." They entered into a black cave passing souls entering the domain of heck. A low growl echoed off the walls as they pushed through the crowd, drawing curious looks. Then they saw it. The Cerberus stood tall over the passage of crowded people. Eyeing every direction, it's jaws dripping with saliva. "No!" a man yelled, "Not here! Not here!" The man was grasping the ground, refusing to be taken inside. One of the dog heads looked down at him and snapped the man up with it's jaws.
Jack swallowed hard, "So Skulduggery how do you suggest we get around the... friendly pet?" "If only I had a chew toy." Skulduggery joked. "I have a question. Can we walk through the river?" "Nope." "So that little one lifeboat sitting at the feet of the Cerberus is our only way across?" "Nope." "What other way is there?" "I highly doubt i can carry you across. I can maybe push you over but it still wouldn't stop the dog from trying to catch you like a frisbee."
"Thanks." Jack grumbled, "We need a distraction." Just as Jack said it a thought came to him. "Got it." Jack moved to the nearest soul and pushed him. He collided with another and another, like dominos. Soon everyone was accusing one another causing Cerberus to get a little anxious. "Good thinking." commented Skulduggery.
Jack and Skulduggery sprinted across the small area as Cerberus began snapping away. Jack jumped into the boat, throwing the boat's ferryman into the river. Skulduggery opened his hands and pushed the boat so that it zoomed across. The boat hit the opposite bank with a crunch and Jack fell onto land. He looked behind him for Skulduggery and spotted him sprinting across the river of lost souls. Cerberus's third head caught site of them. "Hurry up!" yelled Jack. Skulduggery dived right before it snapped. It howled knowing it could no longer reach them. "You...run...across...next...time..." said Skulduggery breathlessly, "I...hate...lungs..."
Dunlin Alleyway...
She closed the gate swiftly but silently, making sure no one was in sight. She held tight to the little black book in her hand. For many nights she had had countless dreams of magic, evil, and death ever since she had discovered her powers. The fact that she had any still shook her. She pulled a strand of white hair behind her ear.
She became distant, scared that others would push her away because of her differences. Today one person did. They had called her Heartless. She had made a mistake so she ran from it, them, everyone. She ran around the corner without looking and walked right through a business man. He turned around in disbelief and fell dead to the ground.
She shrieked away and continued down the sidewalk. Heartless, the word echoed in her mind. She turned down another alleyway and nearly collided with a man in a hood. "Excuse me." she said. The man turned around and she gasped. He had no facial features and no hair. "I've been waiting for you for a long time," said he, "We've got business to attend to Heartless."
Swords Town Park...
Lune circled around Norm impatiently. He threw up his hand and spikes appeared beneath her feet. She performed a back flip and Spiderella punched her in the face. Lune stumbled back then kicked Spiderella in the stomach. She stayed doubled over for a moment then she looked up. Her face began to shift, her eyes flooding with the color black and her teeth becoming sharper. She produced a high pitched laugh then dived for Lune's head.
Iris looked up at the sky and closed her eyes. A dark purple mist formed over her head, the beginning of the other side. "No!" Lune yelled angrily. She maneuvered around the deadly Spiderella and had for Iris. Norm hurried over. The portal began to picture the black space of the Gorgons. Once it was open, she opened her eyes. Lune dived for her, teeth bared...Lune felt the warm taste of blood on her lips and couldn't help but to drink. Iris screamed as she felt the familiar body fall in front of her, "Norm!"
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