It was almost like walking through murky water, everything was muffled and unclear. When we walked in everyone seemed to part, letting us see what we had never thought to ever see...ever. Father was lying on the floor, little yellow markers were everywhere. Flashes from cameras seemed like lightning and I felt myself being moved forward. I fell to my knees letting out a howl of pain and loss. Hellboy fell to his knees and picked him up. Holding father to his chest.

"Father...I'm back. I'm back. I'm back...."

I hunched over, sobbing more, someone tried to put their hand on my shoulder but I let myself be consumed by flames and electricity. Why did he have to leave me? Why now when we needed him the most? Someone was speaking now, but it wasn't reaching my ears properly, it was muffled. Turning I saw Liz, she had a hand on my shoulder, unaffected by my flames. I turned and burned my face into her shoulder. She held me, rocking me back and forth, her face was covered in tears. Why him?

-at the funeral-

I wore a black dress with a hat the covered most of my face, hiding the fact that my eyes were puffy and red from crying. Liz held my hand as the casket passed, but I couldn't help but let out a mangled cry. My father was dead, he was no longer was going to hold me, read to me, help me figure out what some latin sentence said, he would no longer bring a cup of coffee to me in bed on my birthday. He couldn't laugh or make jokes with us anymore, he was no longer going to be around to yell at Red and I when we got into arguments resulting in holds and a few broken bones. He couldn't turn Abe's pages for him or give him his eggs, or Red his candy bars. We were alone in the world now. Tears fell down my face hot and fast, my throat felt like it was closed forever, no sound would ever come out of it again. Rain fell harder now, but when I looked up I saw Red standing on the roof. He hadn't slept or eaten in three days...not that I couldn't say anything. I did the same thing.

-afterwards-

I sat next to Abe's tank, not speaking to him or Liz, who were talking about how he hadn't slept, talked or eaten in three days. I tried to tune them out but when Abe started talking I listened,

"Listen -- I'm not much of a problem solver... Three decades and I've only gotten two sides.But I know this much: if there's trouble...all we have is each other. And I'm stuck here.So....Take care of the big monkey for me, will you? I think I have to take care of the small one over there."

Glancing at him I couldn't help but let out a small smile.

" I guess now you can tell me to stop being so blue..."

I thought to him, lowering my head back onto my knees,

" No, I rather not. You need a grieving time. So does he, no matter how you do it. But if you end up being hurt by this, I will find a way to have Red beat you black and blue."

" I think there is a good reason why you are my best friend Abe."

" Likewise. Now take a nap. I will wake you if either of them pull anything."

" Thank you."

I closed my eyes and allowed myself to finally drift off into the dark abyss, only to see images of my lifetime. Each more painful to see.

" Daddy don't leave me!"

I yelled, jumping up with my hand out stretched.

" Time to go."

Red said, he held out his hand. I took it and blinked at Abe. His hand was on the glass, worry was admitting from him in waves.

" Be careful...little hell fire."

-another time skip because this is hard so fucking deal with it .-

""One falls, two shall arise." So: you pop one, two come out. You kill two, you get four. You kill four, you're in trouble. We have to nail 'em all at once. And the eggs."

Red said, looking down at the paper, I was sitting on the floor of the plane listening and not really speaking to anyone. I needed to think about what the hell we were getting into. It didn't feel right, but this time I wasn't going to back down. I was Eleanor Broom, and I am a protector of the human race against the things that go bump in the night, because I was something that bumps back. When we landed I couldn't help but snicker when they shoved Red into a crate, but that didn't last long until Manning gave the nickname Sparky to Liz and then Shocks to me. Fuck you Manning, I hope someone one stabs you in the ass. After Red tracked down a talking corpse we headed down into the ground below where it was almost like a city. I nearly screamed when walls popped up and separated Myers, liz, and myself from everyone. We walked for a while, getting over obstacles until something felt strange. I knew what it was, awkwardness. Myers was trying to get Liz to tell him how she liked him.. Smooth dude, really fucking smooth. Totally the place for it, then we stepped into nasty brown water, fantastic. Liz turned and shined the light on a wall,

" Oh my god..."

Turning all I could see was translucent eggs. Oh they were going to become fucking scrambled eggs next. Sammael is there, gnawing on a dry arm bone, with the hand still attached. When the light hits his face, his milky pupils constrict. A snarl... a second one emerges from the water. It shakes itself off. A third one raise its head.We try to back away, but a metal wall rises right behind us. Myers went to grab a set of explosive belts. A Sammael snatches them away and Myers fell to the ground, hurt. This cannot be good, not one bit.

" Marco, Marco, Marco... Get your Big Red butt over here!"

Liz tried to call on the radio, but I knew it was going to be too late, it just wasn't enough time for Red to find us. Then the ceiling above us started to crumble, then everything blurred together, Red came crashing down and grabbed Myers and myself, throwing us near Liz. Then he was overcome by all the Sammaels. She looked at him with fear in her eyes,

" hit me."

Myers looked at her with shock, understanding what she was trying to do I got up and held out my hand to her,

" Hit her Myers. Now."

He shook his head,

"I know now: I love him. I've always loved him."

A few seconds passed and then he slapped Liz hard across her face,

" Run."

We hissed, Energy came off of her like waves, so I released my own to keep up with her. We were fireproof...they were not. Then we let go...incinerating everything. Then we fell to the ground, I smiled as Red pushed off the dead Sammael, then let the darkness consume me.

-later-

-You should play the song...it's one of my favorites- 

"And I looked and beheld an Angel, and in his hand the key to the bottomless pit..."

Forcing my eyes open I nearly let out a gasp, it was a large church- like space, surrounded by funeral niches and statues holding swords. High columns flank huge mechanical gears. An solar system took the place of an altar. Off to one side, A woman used a hammer to destroy the timers on the explosive belts. Next to the main nave, Myers is tied to a stone pillar. Under his feet, a blood channel, leading to the immense stone slab bought from Lapikov. Liz lies at a man's feet. He's dressed in a ceremonial robe and holds his leather book open. His back to Hellboy, he faces a mural of the angel Abaddon holding a key.

"These were the words I heard as a peasant boy in Tobolsk. And now, the door... Sent by the Ogdruh Jahad so that they might at long last enter our world."

The man with the book said, he smiled, He started to try to get Red to open the door, but when Red wouldn't do it he turned to me,

" What do you think? Want me to take his lover's soul? You are the other half of this lock...he says his name...then you both will be free of this...mortal realm, open the gate."

He turned back to Red.

" Your sister is the bringer of death and fire. She is the other half...Anung un Rama and Smert' Prinosyashchiy I Ogon'"

Fear filled every inch of me. What...bringer of death? Fire I got...but death? Red started to yell, the man had taken Liz's soul.

" Her soul awaits on the other side...say your true name. Say it!"
Red looked at me, his eyes pleading,

" For her."

We whisper and then we said our names,

" Anung Un Rama..."

" Smert Prinosyashchiy I Ogon..."

I felt myself slip into something....not me. Every human thought left and I grinned at my Brother..the prince of hell. His once shaven horns grew and a firey crown rested on his head. We walked over to the stone pillar, Anung stuck his stone hand in the hole while I rested my firey hand on the pad shaped like my hand.

"No!! Don't do it!! Listen to me!!"

The pitiful human yelled, as if anything he said would do anything to stop us..Anung turned his hand and a red light appeared, we started for the second seal, but then the human started to yell again,

" Remember who you are! This is not who you two are! You care and love, not wanting to damn everyone! Please Remember who you are!"

He tossed something at Anung...who caught it. It smoked in his hand but we saw what it was...Father's rosary...With a scream I pulled away from the stone, ripping the hold of my name...ripping off my horns which grew twice the size that they had ever been. Red did the same, but he stabbed the man with them. The man looked broken,

"You will never fulfill your destiny. You will never understand the power inside you..."

Red looked at me and then I said,

" We can live with that."

Then I fell to the ground, but Red remained standing, I felt drained. As if i couldn't move anymore. He grabbed liz and then started out, my mind was fuzzy as if it had cotton balls stuffed in it. Why did this always happened to me? I was then moving, who grabbed me?

" Look after them...don't let them out of your sight."

This went on for a while, then I woke up to the two of them kissing. I thought she was dead...but I guess I have seen stranger. I just wanted a cup of coffee and a good three days worth of sleep. 

Hello lovelies! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I will say that I OWN NOTHING AND YUS I CHANGED THINGS! The music is what I envisioned during that scene with Hellboy become his true demonic self, so I thought that it would fit perfectly right there. The picture of the demon girl almost exactly how I envisioned Eleanor. What do you think? I hope to see you all in the next chapter!