Sorry the long awaited DET chapter, yes I know I took my time. XD
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Jack felt the wind hit his face, a cold sensation compared to the heat of hell. He coughed when he breathed in, shutting his eyes tightly. The air stinging his throat. He wrapped his arms around his chest, a feeling of being pulled from the inside gripping him as he fell to his knees. He couldn't hear anything except his shallow breathing.
It was then he felt a force around him, squeezing. He felt as if he were melting, feeling his skin slipping off and falling to the ground. Jack sensed someone shaking him, calling his name. "Jack! Jack!" The pain was over whelming of nothing he'd ever experienced before. "Jack!" repeated the foreign voice. Another voice then called for him, "Jack" Skulduggery!
He ceased to breathe.
Jack forced his eyes to open. There stood the up most beauty. "Sally..." he breathed. He raised his hand to stroke her face but pulled back when he saw his skeleton fingers. "I'm back..." he said to himself. "Yes," she breathed, pulling his hand to her heart, "You are." "Where's Skulduggery?" He stood up quickly, his legs feeling like jello for a moment.
He willed himself not to turn around. "What's happ-" He pulled Sally's head to his chest. "Don't look," he whispered. Over Sally's shoulder, Jack saw the fight among them and Valkyrie's worried face. They waited, sound seeming to mute around them.
Jack suddenly felt a presence to his left and cautiously let his head follow his eyes. Skulduggery stood panting, his hair falling over his face. Jack heard the sound of the portal closing. Blood dripped from Skulduggery's shoulder down to his finger tips. Valkyrie gasped making her way to Skulduggery.
Skulduggery couldn't believe the grass was below his feet, seeming unreal. The air around him thinned as he tried to breathe in. Instinctly, his hand went to his throat, as if someone was choking him. "Skulduggery are you ok?" cried a voice: Valkyrie's voice. "What's wrong? Tell me what's wrong." Skulduggery lifted his head and stared at Valkyrie. Putting his free hand on her shoulder, he held on till he could breathe no longer.
The pain ceasing.
He grasped Valkyrie in a tight hug and looked at Jack who was grinning. "We did it," he stated. "That we did," Skulduggery agreed. They both looked about. "What in hell is going on?" Skulduggery asked. Sally retreated back a bit, "We were here to meet you when those two," she pointed, "Tried to kill us!"
"Vladmir and Lune," Jack explained. "I can feel the chaos is just starting," Skulduggery sighed. Suddenly he maneuvered Valkyrie to the side, catching Norm by the shirt collar and flipping him onto his back. "Vampires," Skulduggery sneered. "Sally." Jack turned, "Do you have my -" Sally held up the Soul Robber before him. "Thanks sweetie." Gripping the long awaited Soul Robber, he side stepped around Sally and swung at Vladmir and from Lune.
Valkyrie handed Skulduggery his revolver. He stared at her, "You've been carrying
this around?" "I didn't shoot myself." He placed it inside his jacket, "Don't do that again." He sprinted forward. Jumping he grabbed Vladmir by the ear and planted his feet on his chest. Vladmir crashed to the ground.
Lune looked around her in anger. This was pointless. "Vladmir! Lets go!" "Leaving so soon?" Jack asked moving towards her. She scowled and ran for him. Jack braced himself but she jumped over his head. When she reached Vladmir, she snapped her fingers and they were gone.
The Capital Building...
Heartless watched as the faceless man cleared out the main hall of the living with the wave of his hand. After a moment they walked to the center of the lobby and he let go: She didn't run. "Who are you trying to help?" she asked as he carved a pattern in the tile with his finger. "My brethren," he answered with the many voices whisper. "You're a God?" "You humans have limited memory space." "No, it's just amazing. I've never been with anyone who could touch me and not die." He didn't answer. She shuttered.
Her grip on the small black book became tighter as she thought of how lonely she was. "What would the world look like?" she asked. "Devastated." Heartless thought this over in her head. "Girl- " "Heartless." He stared, or he seemed to stare at her, "Heartless... put yourself between this world and ours. It's time for it all to come to an end."
She raised her eyes up to him and then raised them to the ceiling. Her eyes glowed a shimmering white. Voices began to echo:
"Free at last. The world shall soon lavish in our power."
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End Chapter lucky number 13
Stay tuned for the next chapter
Till then
HJ
