Skulduggery – Crow
Anton – Bear
Ghastly – Panda
Dexter – Wolf
Saracen – Weasel
Erskine – Snake
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Chapter 29
It was very early, almost six in the morning, the next day that Crow, Valkyrie and, again, Tanith made their way to the Grandeur Hotel in search of Fletcher Renn after they, in a visit to China, worked out his most likely location. The lobby was bare in the early hours, lacking even a receptionist, and they went up in the elevator quietly.
They already knew the room – no place would be good enough except the top suite for a boy of Renn's likely pig-headedness.
Crow checked his gun on the way up.
The elevator door opened and they walked down a long corridor to get to the room they wanted. Quietly, Valkyrie picked the lock with the new set she got for her birthday to replace the last set she'd stolen and had slowly disappeared as pieces went missing on various missions. She wasn't very quick but could do it silently. Soon, they were nodding to each other and very, very quietly walking into the room.
Renn was face down on the bed, dribbling, and only in his boxers. Nice.
Quietly, Valkyrie and Tanith went to either side of the bed. Crow sighed softly, but the pair of girls grinned at each other, jumped on the bed and lay down on either side. Renn flew in the air as the bed bounced and landed right side up and stared at Crow who had his arms crossed and face covered.
He was about to say something when Tanith said, "Hi."
He looked left at Tanith and his face grew red.
"Hi," Valkyrie said. He turned and saw her on his other side waving at him. "Nice day we're having."
"Err," he squeaked out, looking back at Crow. "Err."
Tanith rolled her eyes and got out of bed. Valkyrie sat up but stayed on the edge, crossing her legs.
"Hi," she said. "Sorry, we didn't mean to startle you. It was just a joke."
He began to breathe a little easier but didn't look any less shocked. He kept glancing at Tanith, seemingly unable to not look at breasts, at Crow who was now looming over Valkyrie from behind and at Valkyrie who was trying to be the olive branch. "Um, hi? Who are you?"
"My name is Valkyrie Cain," she said. "This is my partner in crime, Skulduggery Pleasant, and my sister Tanith Low."
"Sister," he said quietly.
"Yes, sister. I'm also Skul's adopted daughter. Child. Kind of. He's my guardian and my real parents are dead."
"His daught–" he looked up at Crow and then back at Valkyrie a little paler. "Yes. That makes sense. Yes."
"Something like that," she rolled her eyes. "We're here on business, obviously."
He ran his hand through his hair, which was quite long and flopping all over the place. "Yeah, I don't want any."
"You will," Valkyrie said, darting forwards and putting a handcuff on one of his hands. It dulled his magic and she left him to play with the other one. He looked at it with horror. "You're a minor," she explained. "As a Sanctuary official, I have it in my rights to dull your magic and take you into protective custody for as long as the duration of this investigation takes. You are not in a position to choose."
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Skulduggery Pleasant: Raising Cain
Fanfiction(This story is written as a fanfiction, but can be read as a story without having read any of the books.) Valkyrie Cain, the adoptive daughter of the Dead Men, has had a life full of love and magic. But as she gets older, times become scarier and sh...
