AN: A few things to think about while reading… This takes place after the first movie. I based the characters off of a mixture of the animated movies and the first Hellboy movie. So they share traits from both since I don't know what they're really like in the comics. This isn't a romance fic. It's an action fic. There may be a few little 'moments' here and there, but no full blown relationships. I don't believe Abe needs a respirator in the comics, so I've omitted that. I believe Liz had red hair in the comics, so I just didn't define a color, simply 'dark'. I've heard that Abe doesn't have the ability to read minds in the comic. I have no idea if this is true or not but I like the ability so I left it be. And so on…

The idea came from what happened to Sammael since we never really saw them 'deal' with him. They sort of just abandoned him and went after Rasputin. I considered that with Rasputin gone, his resurrection might be null but for the sake of my fic, we'll pretend we didn't think of that. This is strictly for enjoyment purposes. Enjoy my first ever Hellboy fic.

Also, no beta reader. (For some reason I keep calling 'Abe' 'Abel'. I've tried to make sure I don't type it but one or two might have slipped through. I apologize.)

Helboy: No Rest for the Weary

Chapter One: Aftermath

A large mirrored truck pulled up behind a fairly larger building cloaked in the darkness of the night. The back doors exploded open and no sooner had the set of double doors swung out of the way than a tall red demon and a slender blue-skinned humanoid rushed out followed by a dark haired woman with a nose stud and solid black attire. Commands were being shouted from inside the gargantuan truck but as it would seem they fell on deaf ears. Even the female flicked her cigarette over her shoulder and waved a goodbye at the now stuttering man.

"Abe, what've you got?" The human female asked rushing up beside the slender blue fish man. Her long hair swayed and brushed her shoulders as they jogged down the alleyway.

Just as the female had asked her question, Abe was pulling his glove back on. "There are at least two of them nearby. Meaning they're certain to have a nesting ground near here as well."

"That's what I like to hear. Killin' two Stinkys with one stone." Hellboy finished his sentence by snapping the chamber of his Samaritan closed. "So, all we gotta do is take care of these suckers, scorch their eggs and have dinner? Sounds like a plan." He slipped his stub of a cigar into the pocket of his tan leather coat before taking off quickly ahead of Abe and Liz. "You two take the back alley and cut 'em off." He shouted behind to them.

Abe let out a soft little sigh and slipped his pistol out of his holster. He'd given up arguing with the large red demon but it was obvious neither he nor Liz favored the idea of Hellboy running head first into a fight. Hellboy had sent them to 'cut them off' in hopes that he could defeat them by the time Abe and Liz had a chance to get there. Despite their unvoiced objections they complied with Hellboy's request and took a sharp right to circle around behind.

Hellboy stopped at the entrance to the alleyway and noted the somewhat random puddles slopped on the ground and against the walls. Stinky had been here. Red held up his Samaritan and slowed to a walk, looking around for the smelly creature. "Here Stinky, Stinky, Stinky…" He coaxed in a low voice. As he walked he heard movement behind him and whirled around, aiming his large gun but to his frustration there was nothing there. He heard the movement back on the other side once more and whirled back around to face forward. The red demon came face to face with Sammael. The beast snapped its slobbery jaws. At the same moment, Hellboy fired three rounds right down Sammael's throat, causing it to screech and stumble backwards. As it tried to leap away in a temporary retreat, Hellboy snatched one of its front legs and swung the creature head first into the nearest wall.

Abe merely glanced back hearing the three shots fired in succession. Unfortunately, that moment of distraction caused him to run right into the second Sammael. Liz called out his name but the warning came a moment too late. The large hulking demon effortlessly swatted the slender Icthyo Sapien out of the way. Abe's body collided with the dumpster and his gun skittered across the cement. The frail fish man tucked and rolled to the side as Sammael leapt to pounce on him like a cat on a mouse. He snatched up his pistol and fired a few shots into the Hound.

Liz stood back watching as her companion dodged the massive creature's assaults. Her hands were alight with fire and she was waiting for an opening in which Abe was the appropriate distance from the creatures, not wanting to scorch her fishy friend as well. "Abe! Out of the way!" She called to him.

"Ah, yes." He replied dodging another swiping arm. "Easier said than done." The slender blue-skinned male could currently do nothing but dodge each of Sammael's brutish attacks. The demon was relentlessly stalking Abe, not allowing him to get more than a few feet away before attempting to pounce again. One of the creature's attacks struck Abe in the shoulder. Those sharp talons left three deep gouges in the smooth blue skin from which the dark blue blood began to trickle. The bright side to this attack was it sent Abe sprawling to the ground and gave him a chance to get far enough away from the monster for Liz to act.

Perfectly in sync with Abe's movements, Liz immediately jumped into action. Her entire body became engulfed in flame as well as Sammael's. The hulking creature began to thrash and screech in pain. Liz intensified the flames. Her eyes seemed to glow equally as bright with the fire. Finally, Sammael fell to the ground as nothing but a pile of cinders and Liz doused her flames. She wobbled slightly only to be caught in Abe's arms.

"I will begin searching for the nest. You should probably assist Red." Abe said softly, trying to ignore the slight fluttering feeling he felt in his stomach as he held Liz.

Liz looked up into those blue eyes, a bit lost for a moment. She seemed to snap out of her little stupor when Abe's nictating membrane slid across his eyes to moisten them. The long haired woman nodded and stood up, supporting her own weight. "What about your arm?"

"Ah, I will have it looked at when we return." Abe answered and shook some of the blood off his webbed fingers. It was then that he noticed the smear of blue blood in Liz's clothing left there when he caught her. "I'm sorry." He apologized and pointed to the bloodstain. Liz merely shrugged. Another couple shots rang out and that was all it took to set the two into action. Liz rushed in the direction of the shots and Abe began attempting to sense the eggs.

As Liz whipped around the corner she spotted Hellboy and Sammael tussling on the ground. There seemed to be a large tongue wrapped around the red demon's neck. Sammael continued to slash at Hellboy's tough hide while at the same time, Hellboy kept striking Sammael in the jaw with his stone right hand grunting things like, "Why – Won't – You – Die?" and "Let – Me – Go – Dammit!" Each word was enhanced with a strike of his fist. Liz couldn't help but notice the similarities between Hellboy and Sammael. She shook the thought out of her head and called out to her companion.

"HB! I'll take care of him. Just hold him still." As she spoke her body erupted in flames and she concentrated her efforts on Sammael. She had no need to worry about Hellboy, already knowing he wouldn't be harmed by her flames.

"Oh yeah. No problem." Hellboy grumbled sarcastically then grabbed tightly onto Sammael's tongue. As he did so, the Hound of Resurrection began to thrash and attempted desperately to get free. Their bodies caught fire making the demon all the more frantic. "Oh, now you wanna get off me, huh? Well too bad, Sammy." Hellboy gave him another smack in the face just for good measures.

Meanwhile, Abe was descending into the sewers slowly to locate the nest. The large clump of eggs was easily located. But it wasn't the clump of eggs that worried the fish man. Not at all. As a matter of fact, he liked eggs. So that wasn't the problem. What bothered Abe was what happened as he was approaching the eggs. As he swam closer, two of the eggs began stirring only to pop and hatch, rapidly growing into full sized Sammaels. The slender blue male quickly hid until the two demons passed. But why… Why did they only hatch two at a time? It was reasonable to assume the eggs were all lain at once so wouldn't they generally hatch all at once? Yet, the rest of the eggs seemed completely undeveloped… Abe gasped as he recalled something he'd read while originally researching Sammael.

The blue male swam as quickly as his finned legs would allow. The moment he reached the surface he activated his communicator. "Red! What ever you do, don't destroy that Sammael!" He warned frantically. There was a long silence and Abe was beginning to doubt Hellboy got his message. Just as he was about to repeat it, the communicator came to life with Hellboy's voice.

"Aww, crap… Why, Blue?"

"For every one that dies, another two are reborn! We need to destroy the immature eggs first or we will only end up with an infinite number of these creatures roaming the streets and sewers!" Abe replied. That was followed by another silence, though if one listened carefully enough he was certain he could probably hear Hellboy's string of curses echoing the alleys.

"Well, that makes two more Stinkys. We can handle that, right?" Hellboy asked, trying to be optimistic.

"Ah, actually… it makes four, counting the one Liz and I defeated." As he spoke another realization dawned on him and he sighed heavily into the communicator. "Brother Red… I believe I need backup. Now." He stated all too calmly for the situation.

TBC…