SP fanfic Chapter 4

The new doctor.

She woke up in the sanctuary's clean, white-walled medical bay. Her muscles were aching but the pain was gone. She stared at the roof for a few minutes before looking around. Skulduggery lay on the bed next to her, still unconscious but they were alone, no Dr.Nye, Ghastly or Ravel, just them. She slowly climbed out of bed, walked across to his and sat next to him. Ghastly and Ravel burst through the doors and instantly began their rant.
"What are you doing out of bed? You should be resting!" Ghastly looked seriously concerned.
"What are the Grand Mage and Elder doing out here? Don't you have responsibilities to be busy with?" She smirked.
"True, but to be honest, seeing our friends is one of our responsibilities,  Valkyrie,  how are you?" Ravel stood at the end of Skulduggery's bed with his arms folded, Ghastly stood beside him.
"I'm a bit tired but not in pain or anything, I'm ok."
"I'm surprised you're tired, you've been unconscious for a day." Said Ghastly
She nodded. "How is he?" Staring down at him.
"The doctor says that he broke all his ribs, she did her best but it could take another day for him to come round."
"Wait...she? Where is Dr. Nye? Do I know her?"
Ghastly and Ravel chuckled. "We knew you would catch on, doctor Nye is on holiday to Scotland and no, you don't know her."
"I thought Nye hated the cold?"
"It does, but I was the one who suggested it payed a visit, it doesn't know a thing." Ghastly smiled and Valkyrie laughed.
"So where is this new doctor?"
Just as she said that, a women with white hair down to her shoulders, dark blue eyes wearing a plain but beautiful black dress with a white labcoat over it, walked through those big blue doors. She was just a few inches taller than her, minus the high heels, she looked in her early 20s and had a lovely smile.
"Hello Valkyrie,  it's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Doctor Adra Dark, it took a while to patch you up, silly girl, how did you get yourself into such a mess?"
"We had a run in with Draco Hellsworth" She turned to Ghastly and Ravel "Know him?"
"Hate him" they said in Unison, looked at each other and laughed.
"Suerly one man couldn't do all this?" She really pushed for an answer, this doctor.
"He trapped us in Dublin zoo and lions tore my stomach up then a Rhino ran at us, Skulduggery pushed me out the way and...saved my life..." She started crying and hugged the skeleton. She felt hands on her back, squeezing her tightly, she pulled back and Skulduggery's Facade smiled at her. She laughed and hugged him tighter.
"Thank god you're ok..." She wiped her face, turned to see the others smiling at her too.
"I'm glad you're ok too, partner." He patted her head and turned to the others, nodded at Ghastly and Ravel then stared at Dr. Adra.
"Who might this be?" Skulduggery raised his eyebrow.
"The women who saved our lives, Skulduggery, well, yours, both of you saved mine, thank you." She smiled at them both. Skulduggery kicked her off the bed, stood up and shook the Doctor's hand.
"Hello, thank you for saving mine and my partner's lives, I am Skulduggery Pleasant as you may have guessed, and you are? he tilted his head, ignoring the evil glare from his partner laying on the floor.
"Doctor Adra Dark, pleasure to meet you Detective Pleasant."
"The pleasure is all mine." He kissed her hand and she started laughing.
"What?" He tilted his head, ovbiously puzzeled. She pointed down at his hospital gown which was the same pink gown with bunnies that Kenspeckle had gave him years before.
"Damn that Kenspeckle, still mocking me even when he's dead."
Valkyrie stopped laughing and looked at the floor. Skulduggery noticed.
"Oh...sorry...I didn't mean-"
"It's fine, I just missed him mocking you, that's all."
"Oh that's nice of you."
She smiled then Ghastly and Ravel made a move to the doors.
"We need to get back and try to find Draco. You two just get better alright? Dr. Adra, make sure they actually REST." Ravel said. They left and Dr.Adra turned to them both.
"right, both of you, back in your beds, by the looks of things you're healed but the Grand Mage insisted you stay and rest for at least another hour." she left and Valkyrie groaned.
"This is gonna be fun." Skulduggery smiled.
Valkyrie rolled her eyes and slammed her head back down ono her pillow.
"What is it?"
"Nothing."
"Tell me, we have a whole hour to chit-chat."
Valkyrie glared at him and he raised his hands.
"Don't hit me!"
She sighed. "I phoned Fletcher and told him to get Ghastly but he must have went back to Australia with his girlfriend.
"You're jealous aren't you?"
"Maybe a little, but i will find someone! aventually..."
"Boys are dangerous, just stay away from them all together."
"You're one." She laughed.
"One, I'm not a boy, I'm a man, Two, I'm not a man, I'm a skeleton."
"Good point."
"But i am dangerous."
"Oh i know."
"But you would be better on my side. My side always wins."
"Only because i joined your side. If i didn't, you would be with the Faceless Ones."
"Ah yes, they weren't very good hosts, i can tell you that much."
"Yeah, they havn't got very good reviews, some of them even killed their guests, or torchered them, making them insane."
"Yep, I heard of a very handsome skeleton that escaped because of his beautiful teenage partner. She's certainly special. She climbed through to another dimention, filled wih evil gods to save a person of hardly any significance."
"Don't you dare say that! do you know how much you mean to me?! you're my best friend, my mentor, my partner, i would go through hell and back...again."
He sat next to her on her bed and put his arm round her shoulders. "As would I, Valkyrie, as woud I."