This story does not have Skulduggery knowing what China did. Just to let you know. Please review!

"Okay Valkyrie, since you live here part –time that means that you have to take some responsibility around here so that means," Skulduggery said to Valkyrie, who sat on the couch next to China munching on cheese puffs. "That you have to mow the lawn."

"WHAT!" Valkyrie leaped up, spilling cheese puffs all over the floor. China didn't even look up from the book she was reading. Since China's apartment had blown up China was staying at Skulduggery's house until remodeling was finished.

Valkyrie gawked at Skulduggery like he had grown a second head. "You're kidding, right?"

"Nope."

Valkyrie scowled. "I hate you."

"No you don't, you love me. Everybody does."

"Not the people who hate you, which is pretty much everybody you've met."

"You're mean."

"She's a mean girl," China murmured, turning a page and not looking up.

Valkyrie growled and stomped outside.

As soon as the door had slammed shut behind her, Skulduggery hurried over to the window with a video camera. "China, come over here."

China sighed, put the book down, and joined Skulduggery at the window. "What, do you want, and why do you have that camera?"

"This is going to be hilarious," was the only thing Skulduggery said, beginning to record.

She frowned and peered out the window to see what Skulduggery thought was so funny then stopped.

Valkyrie stood next to the push-mower that Skulduggery used to mow his lawn, poking it with a stick.

The mower lay on its side, Valkyrie had a very quizzical expression on her face, like as if she wasn't quite sure how to operate such a machine. Finally she stopped poking the lawn mower like an idiot and tipped it back onto four wheels. Valkyrie examined it for a few moments, walked around it a couple times then her face brightened and she pulled on the cord that started the mower then, after a few vicious tugs, paused and frowned.

She moved the mower a few feet and stood looking at the giant puddle of oil that had drained out when she had it on its side and stared. After another minute or two she walked away then reappeared a few minutes later with a sponge which she promptly dropped in the puddle of oil.

When it had soaked up a good amount of oil, Valkyrie picked it up and held it above the hole you put gas in and squeezed. A few drops came off and dribbled onto the mower, not in the hole.

Valkyrie scowled and chucked the sponge off into the yard then simply started the mower. She began to slowly mow the lawn, moving in vertical stripes up and down the yard.

Everything seemed to be going fine.

Until disaster struck.

Valkyrie swung the mower around and it ran over the sponge. There was a very odd sound that was made, a grinding noise mixed with the sound you make when you slap something wet. And then there were pieces of wet sponge flying everywhere.

Valkyrie yelped and let go off the mower, putting up her arms to shield herself from the sponge pieces that flew at her. The mower, still running, happily took off on its own. With no one to control it, it was now free to run. Or crash. Whichever.

"MOWER!" Valkyrie yelled and began chasing the mower around the yard.

Then they came to the oil puddle.

The mower reached it first and went flying the rest of the way down the hill.

Valkyrie was right behind it, her hand just about to grab the mower… then her feet went out from under her. She sat up just in time to see the mower crash into the window of one of the competing funeral parlors.

Skulduggery and China had recorded it all. Valkyrie stood in shock for a few moments, her back completely black, then she ran up to the house, opened the door, slammed it, "said nobody saw anything."

They heard footsteps going up the stairs as Valkyrie ran to her room, then a door slam.

"You were right, that was amusing." China said sitting back on the couch. "Next time, have Tanith do something."