Title: The New Team

Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hellboy

Pairing: Willow/Abe, Hellboy/Liz

Summery: After Angelus makes his appearance Jenny Calendar isn't the only one to be exiled from the scoobies. After being forcible ejected by her friends Willow tries to find comfort in an online friend, only to find herself being offered a place on a new team and a new love.

Chapter One:

Willow barreled through her front door barely able to see through the tears well enough to get her key in the door. She chocked back a sob as she tore through the house towards her room and the one constant she still had since Xander's betrayal not even an hour before. As she stabbed at her computer's on button she finally lost control of the sobs that she had been holding back as the memories of what just happened washed over her.

Flashback Warning

Willow was humming as she made her way into the library she had just gotten her Chemistry test back and she got an A on it despite the fact she wasn't able to study due to an unexpected demon uprising. Add on to that she was progressing in leaps and bounds in regards to her magic and you had one very happy soon to be former Jew. So she was kind of shock when she was met with an almost angry silence instantly putting a damper on her enthusiasm. " What's wrong?" she asked as she moved further into the room in order to put her bag on the table.

" Don't bother." Buffy said as she reached out and pulled the entire table away from her leaving her holding her bag in mid air. " We know about the secret Ms. Calendar and you where hiding."

" What secret?" Willow asked getting scared at the reaction she was getting from her friends.

" Don't play dumb with us, young lady." Giles said irritably. " now what exactly where you thinking keeping some thing like this from us."

Flashback ended

Willow buried her head in her hands as the rest of the memory jumbled itself into a ball of denials and accusation that just caused her head to spin more. So when her computer chimed that one of her IM buddies had just come on line she found her self in desperate needed of a friendly ear, especially when it turned out to be Mindoftheseas. MindoftheSea or MtS was a fellow demon hunter and researcher who had helped her find a lot of needed information, tools, and rituals for the scoobies. So she didn't even think twice about spilling everything to him in a private chat, even more then she should have. Soon after wards Mts logged off leaving Willow once again alone with her thoughts. That is until there was a knock on the door, she made her way to the door still pretty numb so she didn't really hesitate to open the door not even sparing a thought to the protective enchantments her and Miss. Calendar had placed on the house.

Only to stare in shock at the two Men in Black looking men who where standing on her stoop. " Miss. Rosenburg?" the older of the two asked.

" Yes," Willow replied as she reached toward the umbrela stand where she had stashed a shovel, more for novelty then precaution, but beggers can't be choosers.

" MindoftheSea sends his regards." the younger man said as he handed her a large envelope. They then both turned on their heels and headed back towards their car. Willow quickly shut the door and made her way to the coffee table where she started to pull out the envelopes contents. Inside it were two folders both bearing a seal of a fist holding a sword with a triangle along the bottom. Underneath it read the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense.

Over an hour later Willow was sitting there with her head in her hands as she blankly stared down at the photos and papers spread out in front of her. She sat there trying to come to terms with every thing she had learned today and it was taking her awhile to soak it all in. So she did what she had to at that time she looked at this entire mess as though she where comparing computer programs. So she took a deep breathe and looked at each team unemotionally and logically.

The scoobies were a small group with only the bare minimal of fighters if that they had a tank, a moral booster, and two researchers. While they won the majority of the fights it was no where near the needed sized fighting force to keep something like the hell mouth under control. Now apparently there are trust issues and an almost pack mentality that is centered on Buffy's whims.

While the Bureau was larger and better organized and funded, as well as working well with in the law. It also showed a willingness to work with nonhumans, unlike the scoobies that seems to have a kill on sight unless cute policy. They where also more wide spread and not just centrally located, and compared to the watchers counsel, which seems to remain where ever the slayer is called. And they where better at sharing information then the watchers counsel. All in all the only positive thing that the scoobies had going for them was sentiment and that got killed tonight.

Suddenly it occurred to her other then Giles and Buffy she did most of the work and even then she made more of a contribution. Buffy was essentially the one who went out and killed things, while Giles and her found out how. Willow's temper started to rise as she finally broke through her self-pity and realized exactly what it was that the scoobies had done. They kicked her out because of who her teacher had been and no other reason, for that they kicked her out and stole her work. Over her dead body. She reached over for her phone and stared dialing the number provided. The phone didn't even have a chance to ring more then twice before there was another knock on her door. She looked between it and the door before she headed over the door still clutching the hand set. This time she looked out of the peephole to see the same two agents from before only this time there was a third man. She opened the door and stepped aside to let them in without a verbal welcome. As they entered Willow took the time to study their third member. He was tall and slender, which is all she could tell since he was covered head to foot in a fedora and trench coat.

" So you have reached a decision Miss. Rosensburg?" the older agent asked.

" That depends." Willow replied as she sat back down on the couch.

" On what." the younger agent asked as they move to flank the third agent, she assumed, as he sat in one of the high back chairs.

" On whether you can reclaim my database." Willow stated as she sat forward.

" So you actually did it, you scanned the watchers entire reasearch library into a searchable database." the third man stated finally speaking in what she had to admit was a very attractive voice.

" Almost I have all of the available books at the library, those I just have to finish translating." Willow explained. " I still need to scan in the restricted books and his home collection. I was going to approach him about them this weekend but it doesn't look like that is going to happen." Willow said as she flopped back from where she had leaned forward as she was explaining.

" And if we can get you what you want?" the third man asked.

" Then I am in." Willow replied.

" Glad to hear it WillowWhisp." he replied as he pulled off the large sunglass he was wearing to reveal large black eyes and bluish green scaled skin.

" MindoftheSea I presume." Willow said as she watched him shed his trench coat and hat.

" Please, call me Abe." He stated as he offered her a webbed hand.

" Nice to meet you Abe." Willow replied as she accepted the hand. " So how do you expect to get my database."

" Several business and homes are about to become quarantined, including Mr. Giles apartment building, the Summer home, and the school." Abe explained as he settled back into his chair.

" You may want to add the Museum and the Magic Box." Willow suggested " There seems to be a lot of artifacts that come through them, could be worth a look."

" She is going to fit right in." the older agent said.

" Yep," the younger one agreed.

" So exactly how are you going to explain away this quarintine?" Willow asked. " We are going to make you sick." the younger agent replied.

" What?" Willow demanded leaning so far forward she almost was falling out of her seat.

" Once you agree to sign a waiver and such we will give you an injection that will cause you to develop symptoms similar to a severe case of the flu over the next to days." Abe explained. " On Monday, you will lapse into an artificial coma. We will then take you out of here in a quarantine cot, this will give us the opening to both the watcher's and slayer's homes it will also allow us to get you out of town legally." Abe added " After all you are still a minor."

" I guess." Willow said showing obvious reluctance.

" Speaking of waivers." the older agent said as he pulled out said document from his jacket pocket.

" How long have you been planning this?" Willow asked as she eyed the papers as though they where the injection itself.

" A couple of months, I have been trying to convince the bureau to start actively recruiting you for awhile. But it was your database that finally got me the go ahead." Abe replied as he turned so he could look her in the face.

" That long huh." Willow said as she returned his stare. She started to actually search the merman's face looking for any signs of a hidden agenda. What she found both exited and frightened her. " Well here it goes." Willow said as she accepted the papers. " Anyone got a pen."

While the newly made teammates where working out the details there was some one else just as interested standing across the street. Angelus, leant against the mailbox of his latest meal with a cigarette held loosely in his hand. From his position he could see right into Willow's living room, and to say he was upset was an understatement. All his hard work down the tubes, thanks to some walking fish stick. After he had gone to all the trouble of getting her kicked out of the scoobies some other demon was going to swoop her up, he didn't think so. " Time to pay the slayer a little call." he mused as he tossed the cigarette behind him and head down the street.