(Valkyrie Cain and Dexter Vex love story)The Descendants

Ice-cream Shop

"What happened?!" China Sorrows fumed, rage clear in her elegant features. Valkyrie knew she was angry now. Not because of what she had said. Or the tone in which she had said it in. But Valkyrie knew China was angry because of her facial expressions. China Sorrows was known for her placidity and emotionless expressions throughout a number of situations. The Dead Men, Monster Hunters, Tanith, and Ellion were gathered around a table in the debriefing room.

Valkyrie looked to Dexter Vex who was seated next to her, much to her distaste. But it didn't matter how upset she was with him, it didn't stop her from seeing how handsomely rugged he looked with a week's worth of stubble.

"We have no idea how they did it. They just held hands and disappeared through a portal of sorts in thin air." Ellion explained.

"We've sent Fletcher to every place we thought they'd be but we can't find them." Donegan Bane spoke up.

"Did you ask the Mutants? They would know them better." China suggested, her anger subsiding.

"We asked them and they said that they're likely to be at some ice-cream shop here in Ireland. I think it's safe to say they weren't going to go there." Dexter rolled his eyes with a grin. Valkyrie tried to sink lower in her chair, his words from earlier still echoed in her brain. He was right, of course, but that didn't make the truth any less painful.

"How would we know? As you so correctly stated we don't know her or Vivi." Valkyrie shot back at the blonde Dead Man. She wasn't about to let him know how upset she was so she replied with anger. Dexter's face dropped and neither person felt good about the situation they'd found themselves in.

"No, Dexter is right. They wouldn't be stupid enough to go to an ice-cream shop." China thought out loud. "So where would they be?"

"I am wounded!" A fronted voice came from the window and heads turned as Vivi climbed in.

"Oh, apparently they are coming in through the window. That's where they would be." Tanith said sarcastically at China.

"Well, doors are for people with no imagination after all." Skulduggery murmured gleefully.

"Why wouldn't I be at an ice-cream shop right now? The only reason I'm not is that Alice needs me so she doesn't make a mumbling fool of herself in front of..." Vivi was cut off by a hand coming through the window and punching her on the shoulder. The hands were attached to an arm and that arm was attached to Alice.

"Chocolate abbs. Yep. That's what I was going to say, she was just telling me to take a look at a hot muscly man whose name is chocolate abbs, not Dexter." Vivi finished, happy that she had protected her friend's secret. Alice inwardly cursed herself for discussing the attractiveness of a boy with Vivi.

Valkyrie and Ellion both raised their eyebrows jealously at a burning red Alice while everyone else stared awkwardly at the scene in front of them. Dexter looked embarrassed. Ellion didn't know why he felt slightly jealous.

" Vivi!" Alice groaned through gritted teeth and facepalmed. She wished she could disappear.

"Oh! Don't worry Dexter, she doesn't like you, she just thinks you're one of the handsomest men she's ever seen." Vivi waved her hand dismissively and the people at the table felt terrible for Alice.

"Don't worry about that Alice. Everyone in this room has thought about Dexter's abbs at some point. Even me, and I have no shame in admitting it." Tanith supported Alice and the girl smiled at her gratefully. Valkyrie shot Tanith a shocked glance and Tanith tried to communicate with her dark-haired friend through her eyes. When Valkyrie understood what her friend was asking her to do she shook her head vigorously. Tanith gave her a hard glare.