The Sky is Ever so Blue

Disclaimer: I do not own the movie or comic book series Hellboy or anything pertaining to it. That includes characters. I only own the people that I make up from my imagination.

Chapter 1: A Fateful Night

I don't have a name, and any memories of having one have all but faded from my mind. I have been living on the streets of New York for as long as I can remember learning how to survive on little to nothing. My appearance causes me to avoid people as much as possible. I'm about five foot five with shoulder length curly blond hair, and I posses a pair of light blue eyes, but that's not my most prominent feature. I have a pair of elf-like ears that have very sensitive hearing and unusually pale skin. So you could imagine why I want to avoid people as much as possible. I don't like to steal so don't really own any hats; remember I live on the streets, or warm clothing. I try to sleep near restaurants trying to keep warm when people open and close the doors. Also I try not to linger too much in one place for too long. I don't like being in the same place for a while.

It wasn't always like that. I used to stay in an old abandoned warehouse towards the fish market, but someone has been following me for about two weeks now. Their presence gives me unpleasant chills. I have dreams of glowing red eyes all the time since then. Those dreams make me doubt that it's not someone, but rather something that is following me. The thought makes me squirm. Little did I know, I was going to meet this mysterious presence really soon.

I was walking down a random street, and as I was about to turn a corner I felt the sinister presence that had been following me for a while now. The hair on the back of my neck stood up. I did the only sensible thing to do, I ran. I ran as fast as my legs could take me. It didn't last long though, even with my adrenalin pumping I still got tired. I then noticed that the presence that I had felt had disappeared. I looked around for anything that could help me find out where I was.

An Old church was right in front of me. 'Maybe someone in there could tell me where I am. I calmly walked towards the door trying to even out my breathing. As I grabbed the handle I saw bright lights of a truck shining down the road. It was being followed by black cars and coming this way. 'What to do?' I thought to myself panicking while trying to find a place to hide. My options were few, but I decided to hide behind a large garbage container. Of course my luck wasn't on my side tonight as I noticed that it was a garbage truck that was slowly stopping in front of the church. 'How odd though' I started to think to myself, 'it's being escorted by black cars.'

I really didn't understand why these people were here. As the truck's back door opened the strangest people that I had ever seen stepped out of it. There was a big burly red man with an arm that appeared to be stone and a fish-like man that that wore goggles were standing there being surrounded by people who looked like FBI agents. As the blue man started to take off his glove, the red man had opened a large case and pulled out what liked to be a rather large gun. They both started to make their way towards the church. I drew back into the shadows of my hiding place as they passed by. My sensitive hearing picked up the words eaten, dark, and hungry. 'What did they mean?' That question kept popping up in my head. It was only until the word "vampire" was spoken was when I froze in fear.

'Are these guys serious? Do they honestly believe in vampires?' I thought they were crazy, but I never thought that vampires couldn't be real; after all I just saw two of the strangest men in my life just a few moments ago. Cold and stagnant breath ran down my neck. I realized that the thing I had been running from a few minutes ago was right behind me. Weird people or no weird people I needed help. I dashed into the church and startled the weird people.

Their guns were aimed at me. "Don't aim at me!" I said. Then a Horrendous bone chilling roar was heard. The thing that had been following me had burst into the church. It was grotesque in every way. "Shoot at that!" I finished while getting up and running towards the alter at the end of the row of pews.

"Red it's the vampire!" The blue man yelled. 'Vampire! The thing that has been stalking me for about two weeks was a vampire!' I practically screamed in my mind. The vampire ignored the people that were shooting at it; it then started running towards me. 'Think what I could do before it eats me! It's a vampire right, so it has to be weak against holy items.' I looked around for something to use 'It shouldn't be hard to find something holy! I'm in a church for crying out loud!' I grabbed a silver cross and right as it was about to get me I plunged it into the vampire's chest. It wailed out in pain, and it began crumbling to ash.

I was shell shocked for a little bit. 'What did I just do?' I thought. I just stood there not noticing the big red guy that was approaching me.

"Just who do ya think you are? I just about ad that vampire, but you had to get in the way!" He started to yell at me while poking me in the chest. "Sorry for not defending myself!" I yelled back at him. He kept glaring at me, but I noticed his eyes trailed towards my ears. I knew it was time to go now, "Sorry for getting in your way," I said while making my way towards the back entrance of the church.

"I wouldn't think it wise," I turned around to see an old man at the main entrance of the church, "This vampire that was reported had a mate, and I don't think that it is very that you killed its partner." I stopped in my tracks.

"What do you want?" I asked. He just smiled a knowing smile. "Tell me what your name is?" he asked. The mention of me having a name almost made me laugh. "Don't have one," I answered. He looked surprised, "Do you have a home, a family?" he asked again. This man was resurfacing feelings that I didn't want to feel anymore. It started to make me angry. "No, Even if I did I have no memory of my past, and besides who would want a freak like me?" My words made sympathy shine in the old man's eyes. "Save your pity, I do not want it. I've done fine on my own, and it will remain that way." I don't know why I was saying the words that were coming out of my mouth, but I felt insulted that the man did not think me able enough to take care of myself. He just smiled, "Would you like to come with us?" I looked at him skeptically, "Why?" I didn't trust him. He then walked towards me. I took a step back ready to run if I had to. He stopped in front of me and held out his hand. "No one deserves loneliness no matter who they are."

His words made me freeze in my spot. I just stared at his hand. 'Does this man actually care?' I had never been shown such kindness. I pondered on his offer. 'I am so pitiful that things could not get any worse for me. The only thing that could happen is that my fortunes go up'. With tears threatening to spill I took his offered hand and was led out of the church towards my new home. Who knows what the future holds…

I hoped you guys liked the first chapter. It's at least two in the morning right now, but I'm so in love with this story idea that I just couldn't stop typing.

The next chapter will be up soon!!! So please review!!! : )