SP Chapter 9 (Chi x Dex Chapter 1)

After falling out with her sisters for letting the girl and skeleton go, Chione decided to go out and get some fresh winter air. It was a week till Christmas and she hadn't made it snow yet. Just once she wanted to make it snow for her own reasons not her sisters or her fathers. She wrapped the fur coat further round herself even though she could not feel the cold, she saw mortals do it and she wondered what the cold felt like. She rounded a corner and saw men outside the local pub, having a drink. She looked them over, three men, all well built. She stared at the tallest man who had blonde hair. He was gorgeous, everything about him was perfect, his tight jeans with his smart shirt and waistcoat which could be seen under an army jacket. She listened more carefully.
"it's a shame Skulduggery couldn't join us for a drink, and Ravel and Ghastly are too busy working.", One of the men said.
"I wonder how long Skulduggery will be in hospital for, twice in one day? he's never been as bad as that." The smaller man said.
"I went to see him earlier, he said the people who attacked them were the Element 4. I've never heard of them, are they a threat?" said the blonde man finally.
She gasped and ducked back round the corner. Typical, the first person she had ever had an attraction to and he was friends with the people she just beat up.
"We're being watched" The small man said.
Chione quickly turned away and silenced her breathing. The man with the blonde hair was whispering but she couldn't make out the words. She risked a peek round and found him towering over her as she crouched on the pavement. She shrieked and tumbled back, she couldn't take her eyes off him.
"Hello there", he said in a cute Irish accent, "would you mind telling me why you're spying on my friends and I?"
"I-I..." She stared blankly at him.
"Sorry, I must have startled you, here." He held out his hand to help her up. She dusted her dress and coat.
"I apologise, I wasn't spying on you, it just made me happy you and your friends were having fun but it's sad to hear about your other friends..." She blushed for the first time in her life. He rubbed the back of his neck and she looked down at her shoes. Snow started to fall around them, just them. The man smiled and tried to catch snowflakes on his tongue which Chione giggled at. He looked over at his friends and realised it was only over them.
"A-are you doing this?" He asked. She nodded slowly.
"That's really cool, so you're a sorrcer? She nodded again. He called over his friends and they stared in amazement at the girl covered in snow
"Hello there," The other man said "What's your name?"
"Oh dear, I didn;t even ask your name, that was rude of me." the blonde man shook his head, the snow melting and dripping from his hair. She stared at him for a while then the small man backed away.
"She's Chione Asahina, the eldest of the element 4."
The blonde man's face turned pale and the snow stopped as her eyes started to prick.
"I didn't mean to! my father asked my younger siblings and I to kill Draco Hellsworth, your friends weren't meant to be harmed!"
"Why would your father do that? why did you kill him?"
"I don't know! we do everything our father tells us to! he must have had a grudge." It took all her will not to cry. She hurt the blonde man's friends, he deserved to hate her.
"Dexter," the small man said to the blonde man, "She put Skulduggery in hospital, she hurt Valkyrie."
Dexter didn't answer, all you could hear was Chione sniffling back tears.
"Who is your father?" Dexter said sternly, not looking straight at her. She opened her mouth to speak but her words were taken from her before she could. She tried desperately to remember her father's name.
"I can't remember... He was an elemental, so was out mother..." She wiped her face.
"Was?" The small man asked.
"He and my mother died 6 years after we were born, they were killed."
The men looked at each other with both worried and puzzled expressions.
"What do you mean? how can he talk to you then?" The other man asked.
"Through our m-" She started screaming and fell to the ground sheltering her head in her hands. They all rushed over to her and tried to help her but nothing would. He was too strong.

You're telling them too much daughter, they're members of the Dead Men. They will kill you in an instant, don't trust them. The blonde, Dexter Vex, the middle one is Anton Shudder and the small one is Saracen Rue. Kill them Chione...

"No!" she screamed.
Dexter put his arms round her and the voice instantly stopped, like he had drove out the evil being in her head.
"I'm guessing that was your father, he gives you orders through your head?" Dexter mumbled and looked down at her. She nodded and continued to stare. The snow fell around all four of them and she started to...heat up. Getting a raised eyebrow from Saracen and Anton, Dexter let go and scratched his head awkwardly.
"So he just ordered you to kill us?" Anton asked.
"Yes but somehow I didn't follow through with it."
She glanced at Dexter who was looking at her with his arms tight against his chest, listening to every word she said.
"My sisters and I have been told to stay hidden until we were 7 years old. we're all quadruplets but I was the first born. We first killed at 7, we only came out of hiding for missions but since we turned 18 two years ago, we have had much more freedom, I've never killed without being ordered to."
Everyone fell silent for a while and the snow fell gently around them.
"So," Saracen sighed, breaking the silence, "are you going back to your sisters?"
"I don't want to...they and father are both angry with me for letting your friends go" She said.
"You let them go?" Dexter asked in astonishment.
"Yes...I had no reason to kill them, I don't know why I hurt them in the first place, my sisters kept saying it was because they saw Draco's body but...they didn't do anything wrong so I let them leave. Please tell them I'm sorry for me." She looked sadly at the three men.
"Oh...well sorry then for not knowing the full story, we'll tell them miss." Anton said.
"Thank you Mr Shudder." Chione smiled.
"How do you know my name?" Anton asked.
"He told me. He told me all your names, I don't know your friends names but he said you were part f the 'Dead men' or something."
"All we are, are Seven people who went on missions we shouldn't have come back from, hence the name. Although Skulduggery really is dead. He's the only true Dead Man among us." Dexter said and all 3 men gave a little chuckle. Chione laughed along with them in the silence of the white-covered world.
"Maybe she can stay in the Sanctuary, what do you think?" Anton said
"I don't think Ravel will let her, I know Ghastly will, and I'm sure Skulduggery will forgive her." Saracen replied.
"No no! I really don't mind, i'll just go home, it's not a problem, thank you for being so nice to me."
"No, we insist." Dexter smiled.
"I hurt your friends, I don't deserve it." She started walking back and felt a hand grab her arm. Dexter pulled her into a hug.
"Don't think like that," he spoke softly "You're in a tough patch with your family because you protected our friends, you were just doing what you were told." He wiped a trickle of blood from a re-opened wound.
"You're still hurt...come on, we'll fix you up." He led her back to Anton and Saracen, she was going bright red. They took her back to Saracen's car and they drove to this...Sanctuary place...She didn;t even know what it was. They arrived at a large building and got out.
"Where are we...?" She said quietly.
"The Irish Sanctuary In Roarhaven." Anton replied. She nodded slightly like she knew what is was or even where it was. The rest was a blur, she walked beside Dexter to a person who lead them down some stairs...then some long boring corridors and were now in some kind of medical room. The people she and her sisters beat up were here. The girl was sleeping and the Skeleton was playing cards with someone whilst laying in bed, healing she supposed.
He looked up. "Hello Dexter, Anton, Saracen," he rested his...eyes? on her and lowered his cards. "Miss Asahina..." the man he was playing cards with also turned round.
"She was one of the Element 4, wasn't she?" The scarred man said to him.
"Yes, she is," He looked back to the men beside her "What's going on?"
Dexter looked at her and nodded. She told her story and half way through, the girl woke up too.
"I'm sorry, to both of you, although my sisters won't be, neither will my father."
"We appreciate it Chione." The girl smiled. She walked over to Chione and gave her a hug. Chione stepped back, shocked.
"W-why...?" She stuttered.
"I forgive you," She looked at the Skeleton "Don't you?" he nodded. Chione grinned and hugged he girl back.
"What are your names?" Chione asked
"Didn't your father tell you?" Saracen asked.
"No, he hasn't spoken since then."
"I'm Valkyrie Cain, and that's Skulduggery Pleasant." The girl beamed.
Skulduggery groaned "I'm a that now?"
Valkyrie laughed. "Sorry" She turned back to Chione "He's not as Pleasant as his name suggests." Another groan.
Chione couldn't believe it, they forgave her and she couldn't help but feel she belonged here. Even though she only just met them, they felt close to her and she liked it. She looked at Dexter and smiled. He grinned back. That grin...it melted her frozen heart.

The New Year

I haven't posted in a while, I was going to try post these chapters before Christmas but I would have never made it, I hadn't even finished writing them. So the start of the new year means new chapters although from now on most of them are about Chione and Dexter. Some of them add in Skul's and Val's adventures and cases but not a lot. So without further procrastination, I will start to type up chapter one, which will take me agesssssssssssss. Hope you guys enjoy it.