Valkyrie groaned, and sat up. "I told you it was a trap." She said.

"No, you said it looked like a trap." Skulduggery corrected. "That's completely different."

He helped her up as a door opened behind them and Sadistica Tortura walked through, an unsettling smile on her lips. Her long, blonde hair was in a tight bun, and her blue eyes sparkled maliciously. A sword hung on her hip, but it looked out of place, clashing with her elegant, expensive clothes.

"How nice of you to join us." Sadistica chuckled, smirking. "I really didn't expect-"

"How long will we be here?" Valkyrie interrupted. Sadistica smirk faded slightly, to be replaced by a slight frown.

"Pardon?" She said, slightly confused.

"I just wanted to know how long I'll be here. I'm supposed to be babysitting Alice." Valkyrie explained, looking serious.

"And Ghastly said he'd finish my suit today." Skulduggery interjected. Sadistica gritted her teeth.

"You shouldn't worry about that. You should worry about the prospect of imminent death." She growled.

"I don't like your outfit." Valkyrie ignored Sadistica's comment.

"I'm already dead." Skulduggery said happily. "So I'm going to keep worrying, alright?"

"Shut up!" Sadistica hissed furiously.

"Why?" Valkyrie snickered. "Are we getting on your nerves?"

"No, I just want to threaten you with unbelievably painful torture." Sadistica managed a sneer.

"Sounds fun. Can I go first?" Skulduggery said eagerly.

"Why aren't you two scared!" Yelled Sadistica, glaring at the two angrily. "I'm about to kill you both, and you don't seem to care!"

"Well, your face scares me." Smirked Valkyrie.

"Ignorant brat!" Sadistica roared, slashing at Valkyrie and narrowly missing her cheek with the tip of the sword. Valkyrie flinched away, and then looked annoyed.

"I know." Skulduggery said sadly. "She couldn't tell the difference between my borrowed skull and my real one."

"I couldn't care less!" Sadistica snarled, pointing her sword at Skulduggery.

"Be careful of my hat." Skulduggery pointed to it. "It was very expensive."

"Skulduggery, Ghastly makes all your clothes, including your hat, for free." Valkyrie rolled her eyes, smirking.

"Well, if I did pay for it, it would be very expensive." Skulduggery nodded.

Sadistica stomped a foot on the floor. "I'm here too!"

"You're more immature than Valkyrie." Skulduggery sniggered.

"I'm not immature!" Valkyrie protested.

"Neither am I!" Hissed Sadistica, jabbing Skulduggery in the arm, which earned a yell of pain from him.

"I prove my point." He muttered.

"Oh, I've had enough of this!" Sadistica yelled, lunging at Skulduggery, who proceeded to punch her square in the face.

"It was getting rather boring." Skulduggery chuckled as Sadistica slumped to the floor.

"That was extraordinarily easy." Valkyrie commented drily, poking Sadistica.

"I am a genius." Skulduggery shrugged, walking to the door.

"You say it like it's obvious." Valkyrie laughed, following him.

"It is." Skulduggery nodded as he left the cell. "I made it so obvious so you wouldn't forget."

"Of course you did." Valkyrie laughed, shutting and locking the door behind them. "Of course."