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Collision of Two Worlds

Chapter 1:

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Skulduggery POV
Skulduggery walked into the Conference Room of the Elders where China sat at the head of the table, the newly elected Grand Mage. Also present at the table was Saracen Rue, Dexter Vex, Gracious O'Callahan, Donegan Bane, Fletcher Renn, Myosotis Terra and Robert Crasis.

"What is he doing here?" Skulduggery asked, taking a seat between Dexter Vex and China, pointing at Crasis.

"Crasis is an informant of mine. Adept. And he is going a member of my council. Not that any of you weren't thought of, but you are all too valuable to be pushed behind a desk" China said with a faint smile. Donegan and Gracious making a slight whimper as she did.

China Sorrows is a collector of magical objects and books, the rarer the better. She is a powerful adept sorceror, being able to make almost any person, regardless of the gender, fal hopelessly in love with her. As was evident with Donegan and Gracious.

"So what has been going on here?" Vex asked aloud.

"After everything that happened in Roarhaven, we buried all the bodies of our allies and our enemies. Charivari's body was burnt. The other warlocks were sent back to wherever they came from. We had Cleavers make checkpoints to make sure they lefts our country or headed to the Midlands where they would remain undisturbed" China said and continued "I have been waiting for all of you to get here before I announced that we have officially ended the war with the Supreme Council. Palavar Graves, Zafira Kerias, Mandat, Kribu and Dragunov reached out to us for a peace offering. I accepted the terms. Ireland's slate has been wiped clean and we can start fresh. But seeing as we have been the centre of the resistance during the war, and our very own Elders had the hidden agenda, I have taken upon myself the duty of restoring the Sanctuaries of our friends around the world" China said and Donegan raised a hand.

"How are you going to restore the Sanctuaries?" Donegan asked and China smiled.

"So glad you asked, Mr. Bane. I will be helping the process of electing new Elders and Grand Mages around the world. And if you'll have me. I will need your help too" China said nicely. Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Which brings me to my first appointment. Both myself, my Elders and the members of the Australian Magical Community agree that Saracen Rue be made Grand Mage of the Australian Sanctuary" China said. Saracen went pale in the face.

"For real? I would LOVE to be the Grand Mage. And I promise, I will not end up like Ravel. China. Thank you for this promotion!" he said and giggled to himself and she replied "You're welcome, Grand Mage Rue" and everyone gave him a small cheer.

"Skulduggery" she said and Skulduggery looked to her. "Don't be scared, you're not being made a Grand Mage. But Zafira Kerias, the American Grand Mage requests your expertise in her Sanctuary for the time being" she said.

"What about Darquesse? She's still out there" Skulduggery pointed out.

"Fair point. But I will have reliable forces here to keep her entertained until you return, if she strikes" China said with a smile and Skulduggery nodded.

"Now. I need to run something past all of you" China said and her voice became serious. "Myself, Graves, Mandat and Dragunov have appointed Frightening Jones the Grand Mage of Africa, wisely. But he needs Elders. My first thought was to send over The Monster Hunters, but they are an asset to us. But then I came to a realisation. How about we send over Thurid Guild to assist Mr. Jones?" China said.

"Can we be sure he can be trusted now?" Vex said, alertedly.

"We can't be One-Hundered percent sure he won't try something. That is why we will be sending Kallista Pendragon to go with him. Kallista is an adept with super heightened senses. She can track Guild. Skulduggery, after the meeting, can you fetch him for us?" She asked.

"Yep. Can I beat him a little?" he asked.

"No" she replied.

"What if I make it accidental?" Skulduggery asked.

"No, Skulduggery. Just escort him to Mr. Renn, who will transport him to Mr. Jones" China stated.

"What about the rest of the Sanctuaries?" Vex asked China who looked at her list.

"The Iceland Sanctuary has taken on Minneal Fortras as their Grand Mage. Fortras is a good sorceror with Elemental abilities. Graves has sent over Jasper Grasstone, the Adept Fire Thrower. And I have sent over Flaring." China said, everyone in agreement. She also made a fine point "Since the attack on Roarhaven, the Necromancers have since given us their blessing to help us, thanks to Soloman Wreath" she continued.

"What made him do that?" Saracen asked.

"He heard what happened with the Warlocks and he heard what happened in Africa with the Brides of Blood Tears, so they insisted on helping considering... Valkyrie was a necro user" she said softly and coughed. "Anyway. Romania was only too happy and appointed Nathanial Quiver as their Grand Mage..."

The conversation went on for a good hour. China had done a great deal of work so far. She dealt with Three Cradles of magic, Africa, Ireland and Australia. She has helped out Germany, Romania, Iceland, Syria, Pakistan, Chile, Norway and Latvia with their leadership issues. And now Saracen Rue, the wisest man of the Dead Men was a Grand Mage.

Skulduggery left the Conference Room and was accompanied by Dexter Vex and Staven Weeper to the holding cells. Rue stayed with China to discuss "Grand Mage matters" with her Elders. The Monster Hunters went with Fletcher on "an adventure".

They made their way to the holding cells, passing Erskine Ravel's cell. Dexter Vex glared heavily at him and flipped him off as he walked. They walked past Sabine, who was passed over by the British Sanctuary for treason and tresspassing. The came to the middle of the holding cell and looked upon the focused face of Thurid Guild.

-WIP