Hey guys. So I wasn't really planning on it, but I'm going to add just a smidge of Agents of SHIELD. I hope you don't mind. I just had to. Review if you want more. (Reviews=food for my ego=more chapters )

The Random Writer 4.0

P.S. I might add more AoS later on if you guys want.

Chapter 2

We arrived at the airport -after an uncomfortable amount of silence on both my and Skulduggery's part- and managed to get to the huge SHIELD plane that was going to take us to the US fairly easily. We were escorted on by our driver who nodded respectfully to the middle aged man with a receding hairline in front of us. He stepped towards us, holding out his hand to me. "Agent Phil Coulson."

I grasped his hand in a sturdy handshake. "Detective Valkyrie Cain. Nice to meet you Agent Coulson."

He inclined his head to me and then turned to shake Skulduggery's hand. He had decided to get a façade that would always be the same for this case, so as not to freak people out when they saw a skeleton walking around like it was totally normal. The face he had chosen was fairly handsome, in a rugged sort of way. His mop of black hair contrasted nicely with his clear blue eyes.

They were exchanging words of greeting when I saw a figure out of the corner of my eye. I turned around and was meet with a brown haired woman enveloping me in a hug. A small squeak of surprise escaped my lips as she continued to clutch me to her. She pulled away and looked at me with excited eyes. "Hi I'm Skye what's your name? Where are you from? Why are you going to work with S.H.I.E.L.D? Are you a 0-8-4?"

Question after question flowed out of her mouth until a large wall of a man behind her placed a hand on her shoulder. "Skye I think that you're freaking her out a little." The man moved in front of Skye and held his hand out. "I'm Agent Ward. I assume that you are Detective Cain?" I shook his hand and nodded.

"Is she always this energetic?" I questioned him softly, so that Skye would not hear me.

He gave me a sympathetic smile. "Only around new people." His smile faded away as he released my hand and gestured to the side. "I assume that you would want to rest until we get to New York."

I glance back at Skulduggery who was deep in conversation with Agent Coulson. "Actually I was wondering if you had a training area where I could practice. I didn't have the chance yesterday." Agent Ward looked mildly surprised before he composed himself and nodded, motioning for me to follow him. He led me-and Skye who decide to follow us- to a large sectioned off area where there was a collection of different types of equipment.

I shrugged off my jacket and placed it on the bench against the wall. Underneath it I was wearing a blood red tank top that Ghastly had made me on one of his days off. I turned to Agent Ward with an evil glint in my eye. "Agent Ward are you the brawn of the team?" I asked him innocently.

He seemed a little annoyed at my choice of words, but nodded anyway. "Yes I suppose I am what you so eloquently put the 'brawn' of the team."

I grinned widely. "Great. Then I suppose you wouldn't mind sparring with me for a little while, would you?"

He blinked, taken aback. Managing to school his features back into a somewhat composed look, he slowly nodded once and moved towards the mats that had been set up in the middle of the room. He settled into a fighting stance as I joined him on the mats. "Hey Skye?" I called out to her without taking my eyes of the Agent. "Could you be the referee? I don't want to hurt Ward here too much."

She grinned at me as she nodded, and we began.

Skulduggery's POV

"So Agent Coulson, I assume that the Director has informed you about me and Valkyrie?" I began as Valkyrie walked off with the wall of muscle who had said his name was Ward and the bubbly brunette named Skye.

The Agent faintly smiled as he responded. "Yes I've been informed on what you and your partner are. I am going to brief my team about where we are going and why, but I will not be informing them on what you are. I must ask you something though. Is your partner going to beat my Agent within an inch of his life?" He asked in an amused tone.

"Oh no, of course not. She'll probably beat him just enough that his ego is severely bruised, but physically he will only be slightly damaged. I think."

He snorted. "Well then I suppose we should go make sure that your teenage partner isn't killing my junior tactical agent." At his gesture I follow him to what was obviously their training area. In the center of the room I spotted a slightly flustered Valkyrie squaring off against a very red and sweaty Agent Ward.

Valkyrie's POV

He darted forwards to punch me and I flipped him over my hip with a practiced ease. He fell-again- flat on his face and turned himself onto his back. After a long moment of frustrated silence on his part he raised his arms in defeat. I smirked down at him and offered him a hand. He took it and pulled himself up. He looked down at me in amazement. "You're an fantastic fighter. Where the hell did you ever learn to fight like that?"

My smile quickly slid off my face as memories of Tanith assaulted me. "A close friend." I almost whispered as I stared unseeingly into the ground. As if sensing where my thoughts were going Skulduggery came up behind me and pulled me away from Skye's curious eyes. "Let's go find you a room so you can sleep until we get to the US, ok?"

I nodded numbly as image after image was forced to the front of my mind. Tanith and me meeting for the first time. Us looking for clues right before the White Cleaver showed up. Her look of happiness when Ghastly finally asked her out. The look on her face as she battled the Remnant for control before she was finally defeated and all traces of the good, kind, and loving Tanith disappeared. I felt Skulduggery push me into a small room and I sat quietly on the bed. He hesitated at the door before tilting his head at me and closing the door. I lay down, and suddenly the only thing I wanted to do was sleep.

Ok so I just wanted to clarify something. I don't think that Val would really be that bummed out about Tanith, but sometimes the evil part of my brain that likes to see Val be sad takes over. I'm so sorry that it took me so long to update but with school I am feeling super stressed and have started to get sick. On the weekend. It really sucks. Anyway I hope you enjoyed this. I will get to work on my other story as soon as I wake up tomorrow and I am thinking about doing a third story later on. It would be a Supernatural and Skulduggery Pleasant crossover, and if you want to know more, or for me to write it just tell me in the reviews. I adore all you fantastic people.

Peace out,

The Random Writer 4.0