A journey begins - A skulduggery pleasant story

The Shot!

Unknowingly Scarab got so distracted from freeing his son and Dusk, that Creed had enough time to twitch his blade and stab it right into Scarabs stomach. Who screamed out in pain and let go of Damocles and his weapon. Subsequently Creed turned around, twisted the blade in his stomach  and kicked him almost unconscious against one of the machines.

„DAD!! " „SCARAB!!"..

.. all three of them screamed in union.

Furthermore Creed turned to them again and commanded his Cleavers and Detectives „Leave no survivors, kill them! ". This time, they instantly listened with pleasure this time and charged at them. Which wasn't good, since they were already separated. Sanguine stood by Valkyrie. While Dusk  had just made it halfway. Another reason for him to run. Apparently Sanguine was about to burrow through the ground to Scarab, when....

BANG!

A shot!

Immediately everyone froze, even Creed. Then Silence. No one dared to move in inch. Just like no one knew, where the shot came from.  Yet, the shooting sound was unrecognizable familiar for Valkyrie. Plus there was only one questionable person that came her in mind. All things considered she turned, right because of that, to the direction she had last seen the person she suspected. And was greeted with an horrible scene. As she found the person standing right behind Dusk. In contrast Dusk was frozen, too and  looked with a saddened face at Valkyrie and Sanguine. Before a red substance emerged itself on his black T-Shirt at this chest.  As if he knew, Sanguine quickly pulled Valkyrie into his arms. Before Dusk whispered an almost unhearable „I'm sorry... ", and collapse unconscious to the ground. „N-NO!!!" Valkyrie recovered from her shock and screamed out crying, while she tried to get to him, but Sanguine held her tight. As much as he despised not helping his friend, he couldn't let her get into danger, not while being pregnant. Dusk would have done the same. Though the thought about just vanishing with Valkyrie through the ground didn't really fit in his mind, too.  Never would he want to leave Dusk and his father to their death.  In conclusion he had to act quickly. Creed and his minions were slowly approaching him, again and Valkyrie was in no mental condition to fight. „S-Sanguine, please let me go!! " she still begged crying in this arms. That one incident was enough to break her down entirely , she was truelly teared apart, mentally and physically.  Already a few seconds after Dusk had collapsed, her body shut down completely and she was sobbing in Sanguines arms uncontrollable. Thus he pulled her even closer to him, during his own tears made its way down his eye-holes. This was too much, even for him.  No matter of the thought, it seemed hopeless. The enemy was coming nearer with every second, that passed.  Doing who knows what to them. His father, as well as Dusk were both unconscious and slowly bleeding to death. And he was the only one in a, at least half-well, condition.

„Just give up... i promise you, we'll make your death as painless as possible! "Creed lied smiling and twitched one more time his blood stained blade.

Which is why Sanguine backed away...

.. Yet, just as quickly as he backed away, an idea shot through his mind.

It was risky, but their only way to survive.

.. The only way the safe them.