Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with Hellboy. It all belongs to Mike Mignola I own nothing but my ideas and the OCs.
Nova lounged on the couch flipping through the tv channels, trying to find something worth watching.
"OH! Game show network. Whammy sound good to watch?"
"Fine by me." The blue skinned demon answered from her seat at the table, not even looking up from the gun she was cleaning.
"I'm gonna grab a beer, you want anything?" Rán asked, her chair screeching across the floor, as she stood.
"Nova...Nova!"
"Huh? Oh, sorry! But did you see that guy? I mean how could he not know that the bagpipe was originally made from the whole skin of a dead sheep? I mean come onnnn!"
"Novvaaaa..." The demon huffed, her tail swishing languidly from side to side.
"Sorry, sorry. Um yeah a coke sounds good about now." Nova said, watching as her friend's tail disappeared into the next room, hearing the refrigerator door open and close. She smiled as her friend flopped down on the couch beside her, passing her the pepsi can, as she popped the top on her Smirnoff Ice.
"You know it's been quiet around here lately." She said ironically just as the alarms they had set up in their apartment to signal when they had a job, went off. Rán slowly turned to look at the snake girl.
"I blame you," she whispered fiercely, letting out an exaggerated groan, while dramatically dragging herself up off the couch.
"Come on, Nessie. Let's get this overwith."
Nova rolled her eyes at her friend's jab, going to collect her things as Rán went about strapping her whips into the holsters on her shoulders, shrugging into her leather jacket, and placing the newly cleaned gun into its respective holster on her left hip. A low whistle echoed through the apartment along with a shout of something in Rán's native tongue, signalling for Nova to brace for the incoming of her friend's wolf companion, Fenrir.
"Here it comes." Nova said to herself as she watched her blue friend leap out the window landing on the giant ice wolf, carefully dodging the ice stalactites it had for shoulders, before leaping out the window, shifting her shape to fit into the jug that Rán carried her in for easier transport.
"Alright lets go kick some ass."
Stopping shortly after they made it to the general location the locator had given, Rán made sure the spherical orb that held her friend's shrunk down form, was tied securely to her belt before jumping from the back of the giant wolf, landing hard on her feet.
"Here, kitty kitty…." She said, pulling out the locator device from her belt, walking in the direction of the shoreline.
"Now according to this we should be right on- son of a bitch!" The demon yelled, just nearly dodging the large scaly tail that came shooting out of the water.
"That's not a kitty!... I think that's my uncle Frank." Nova said from within the orb with a laugh.
"Well you're just full of surprises aren't ya?" Rán said, her jacket falling into the sand, removing the whips from their holsters.
Uncurling the whips, swinging them slowly allowing the water from her hands to run through the whips turning them to ice, before landing a swift blow to one of the monster's nine heads with one whip and letting the other wrap around another's neck, giving it a sharp pull as the ice ground into it's scales.
Hellboy and his partner Abe Sapien came walking onto the seemingly deserted beach only to be met with a shocking discovery.
"...I was told I was gonna be fighting one monster. Not.." Looking between the hydra, Rán, the wolf, and jug as he counted on his fingers. "...three and a pet snake…"
"Ohh, poor choice of words there buddy." Rán said untying the sphere from her belt, tossing it onto the sand, and turning back to the task at hand as she moved skillfully. The whips acting as an extension of her arms as she sent blow after blow to the nine-headed beast. She lost her footing, swearing as the monster's tail wrapped around her ankle, pulling her into the depths.
"Aw, crap. Nova! A little help!"
Nova quickly slithered out of the jug making her way to the water, causing a huge wave to crash into the monster as she dove in, pounding it into the sand. She swam up to the shore helping Rán up out of the hydra's clawed fist.
"Well that was close. You hurt more than a scratch?"
"I've had worse, like that time in New Orleans with the incubi, nasty buggers." Ran said, laughing.
"Exactly." Nova grinned, agreeing with her friend, but glad to see she was alright.
"Could someone tell me what the hell is going on here?"
Rán and Nova turned their attention to the red skinned demon and the fish looking man at his side.
"Well I don't know about you, but we're kicking some Hydra ass." Rán said jumping back up to her feet, water pouring from her hands forming into an ice sword, before running full force at the beast.
"What she said." Nova said, slithering down and slamming her hammer on the beast's spine.
"So, how do we kill it for good?"
"Cutting off all the heads and cauterizing the flesh should do it!" The fish man stated like it was common knowledge, 'causing the others to turn, giving him a look as though to say, 'how the hell do you know that?' He rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly.
"I read it in a book once."
"Less talky, more choppy." Rán said making quick work of one of the Hydra's nine heads.
"More choppy?" The red demon asked in a slightly amused tone looking at the oddly matched pair in front of him.
"Well excuse me for my wit not being up to your standards, buddy. I'm a little busy here if you hadn't noticed." Rán yelled back, jabbing the her ice sword into one the eight remaining heads' eyes.
"You can pitch in anytime!" Nova resumed her smashing of the heads, tearing them off, laughing at her friend.
"It's like whack a mole! Hey, where we gonna get the fire?"
"You get that last one and let me worry about the flames." Rán said rolling her neck from side to side, rubbing her hands together, and concentrating on raising her body temperature. Bright blue flames burst from her hands, engulfing the monster just as Nova finished with the last head and dove away before being engulfed herself.
"I almost became fried fish dinner" She said sending Rán a mock glare before turning her gaze to the fish man and big red. "Didn't know the freak show was in town…"
"Who you calling a freak, snake bait?"
"Watch it, you godd-"
"I'm sorry about him, he doesn't take well to new people." The blue guy said stepping between the two demons.
"I'm Abe Sapien and this is Agent Hellboy. Might I ask your names?" Rán huffed crossing her arms over her chest, offering no reply.
Giggling at her friend's child-like stubbornness, the water serpent replied, "I'm Nova and this is...this is Hellgirl," her tail swishing playfully. Rán's body went stiff, turning her gaze on her friend, with a hiss.
"What did I tell you about calling me Hellgirl?"
"Well it just seems to fit really. I mean, you're a girl and well you give people hell. Anybody messes with you...they realize their mistake a little too late and besides I- ishipyoutwosohard…" She finished, her words rushing together.
"The hell does that mean?"
Rán smacked her hand against her forehead, dragging it down her face as she lets out a long sigh, trying to hide the deep blue blush that was creeping into her cheeks.
"Noooovaaa…." She warned.
"No! No, you know how I feel. You plus comics equal O...T...P!"
Rán looked from her friend to an obviously confused Hellboy and back to her friend before mumbling about how Nova lived to embarrass her and that she was going to find her whips.
"Oh! I'm sure he'd like that."
Rán threw her hands up in annoyance, upon hearing her friend's jab, not even bothering to turn around, all the while grumbling about how she was gonna skin herself a sea snake.
"good luck , you'll just get a handbag"
"Can someone explain to me who the hell you guys are and why you're here killing my hydra?" Hellboy cut in.
Watching as Rán stepped up to Hellboy, Nova letting out a snort at her friend's answer.
"Your Hydra? I didn't see your name on its ass."
Laughing even harder at the closeness of the two before bringing up her hands in front of her face, mentally willing the two together, whispering "Annnnd, kiss…" Rán's head snapped in the direction of her amused friend.
"What did you say?"
"I said, sea monster tramp stamps are outta style"
"That better be what you said, Nessie." Rán said avoiding the other demon's gaze, going back on her search for her other whip.
Slithering over to Abe, Nova leaned over to whisper in his ear. "Cute, aren't they?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Those two they'd make a cute couple, hmm?"
"..I really don't see that."
"Yet… you mean. You can't see it yet."
"That's it." Rán said putting her fingers in her mouth, letting a out a loud whistle, calling for Fenrir.
Holding up the orb and looking at Nova. "Come on, be a good girl and get in the jar."
"But Mooooommmm! I'm not dry yet."
"I could always catch you on fire, that'd dry you off."
Leaping over knocking himself and Abe outta the way as the huge ass wolf from before reappeared, Hellboy swore. "Shit, it's back"
"Finnne," Nova said slithering into the jar, "but remember who makes the waffles in this partnership." The last part coming out more of a hiss.
"It's not my fault that that damn waffle iron contraption hates me." Rán said tying the orb securely back to her belt before pulling herself up onto her wolf companion.
"Miss..we st-"
"Ohhh no! You two aren't going anywhere until you tell me who the fuck you are and how you knew about that Hydra!" Rán huffed in annoyance, looking back at the red demon.
"You're still on that? It's dead and that's what matters, not the blow to your ego. Now if you'll excuse me there's a six pack of beer calling my name."
"You didn't answer my whole question, Hellgirl." He said using the nickname he had previously learned struck a nerve in the woman. "Who are you?"
She turned her icy glare on the demon.
"My name is Rán, not Hellgirl. You know Rán, like bringer of darkness, harbinger of death, bringer of destruction, Rán? I'm sure the B.P.R.D has a file all about me." She said edging the giant wolf forward.
"Miss you must understand we can't let you go. The B.P.R.D will want to-"
Nova swished her tail back and forth in a sort of wave, a piece of paper floating out of her travel tank, landing in front of Abe. Rán rolled her eyes before giving Fenrir a command, in the native tongue the two shared, to get the hell out of there. Picking up the slip of paper, Abe chuckled.
"It's an apartment address." He said to his old friend.
"Looks like we're making a house call" Hellboy replied, picking up his phone, calling in a ride. Making his way to the "freak side" of the street he asks, "What's the address, anyway?"
"1313 mockingbird lane."
"...Cute."
A/N: This is a thing my friend and I were playing around with (Her character being Nova, mine being Rán) Idk I kinda liked where it was going and there's a shortage of Hellboy fanfiction on here and thought, 'hell, why not publish it? See what happens.'
Sorry about the formating/spacing I know it's hella crazy. I was just having a hard time with it, I'm not used to that much dialogue I guess.
Thanks for reading!- aeydenorion