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XXX December 1973: Oradea, Romania XXX
A woman walked alone down a busy street. It was cold outside, and everyone rushed home to get away from the blustery wind and snow. This woman walked towards a quiet alleyway walking down and though the winding alleys. She continued to walk until she came to an abandoned road, away from anyone who might care to see what she was planning on doing. She went along to a bridge just over a quick moving river, the chill of the wind nipping her nose. She took a small moving bundle out from under her coat and took one last look at it before throwing it over. She walked away quickly, not turning back even at the sound of another human.
Someone had overseen the exchange between the woman and the river. A tall man who had been down and out of plain sight enjoying an afternoon smoke in the cold and quiet had stopped to watch this odd behavior. When it was clear that the lady had a living creature in her hands the man gasped at the thought of it. She would certainly throw it away into the cold water, and it would surely drown. Something had to be done. He yelled at the lady who quickly threw the bundle and left. The man couldn't help what happened next and as the bundle crashed into the water he instinctively followed.
It took a moment before he could get a grip on how cold he was just after impact, but he quickly found the bundle, moving farther and farther down the river and going deeper and deeper. It wasn't long before the river had carried him the same distance and he grabbed the bundle and made his way slowly up to the top. He struggled to get to the edge of the river but at last he did and half collapsed after making it out. He made his way to the closest building and got out of the cold and the wet.
He quickly went and laid the bundle down, now vigorously trying to get to the life that may or may not have still been inside the wrapped up sheets. There was a pause before he realized it was a baby. Perhaps not a human baby, but an infant none the less. Quickly he assessed for breathing and finding no signs of responsiveness he began CPR. The people of the house begged him not to bother, but their pleas were in Romanian and this man was just a visitor from Canada, and even so wouldn't have listened in the first place. After a few cycles of compressions and breaths the child puked up any water that had been contained in its lungs and began to breathe again. The man couldn't help but smile, he was very relieved.
XXX HELLBOY: The Devils Eye XXX
XXX Present day: Ontario, Canada XXX
The riot began at a small drug store. People were running and screaming, but that wasn't an unexpected occurrence. The girl in white went to isle three and looked around. The mission was simple, go to the drug store and grab some extra strength Tylenol. The girl took it to the check-out but the clerk had already taken off like a bat outta hell, so she just scanned the item herself and left the amount of money that came up on the computer screen. After that she left, quietly and quickly.
XXX Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense: New Jersey, U.S.A. XXX
Tom Manning sat at his desk frustrated and very unhappy, which was the usual case. He had been thinking about how he was supposed to get Hellboy and the rest of the B.P.R.D. team, consisting of Liz Sherman, Abe Sapien and Johann Krauss back to their places on the force. Even after numerous phone calls, satellite surveillance scans, and constant begging and pleading on his part Tom couldn't find a way to convince any of them to come back. As he re-evaluated the entire situation in his mind over and over one of the agents walked in requesting his attention.
"Mr. Manning, we've got a situation sir. This video was sent to us via e-mail. It came from a security camera in Ontario, Canada," said the agent, turning the TV on and clicking the play button on the remote control. Manning watched in pure fascination and astonishment. As he continued to watch he ordered the agent, "Get some men out to Canada! Find her, and do it now!"
The agent left Manning's office and ordered two units to the helicopters under special orders from the head of the B.P.R.D. Manning smiled in great relief. "Now, we're playing the game my way." Manning picked the phone up and began to dial a number seemingly off the top of his head. He sat waiting for someone to pick up the phone on the other end.
XXX 65 miles N.W. of Malin: Ireland XXX
A small stone cottage had been built and abandoned ages ago. For a long time it had sat on the edge of the ocean by itself, until three months ago when four unlikely strangers stumbled upon it by chance. It had taken a while for them to fix it up but soon the old cottage had become their home, their haven. Here the four of them were safe from the world and all its many problems, which was a very good thing because they were currently having problems of their very own.
Liz Sherman sat at the table in their small but satisfactory kitchen dinking a glass of orange juice and watching the sun as it rose into the sky. It would have been a beautiful moment if not for the constant snoring noises that continued to become louder and louder as the minutes went by. Liz couldn't complain though. She actually thought it was great that she had someone around to snore like Red did. She continued to stare out of the window, thinking, and soon she realized that she'd finished her cup of orange juice.
Hellboy woke suddenly, his eyes opening very unwillingly as he scratched his chest and rolled into a sitting position. He stretched, then got up and walked into the kitchen. He saw Liz and mumbled a good morning as he opened the fridge and grabbed the orange juice carton which he soon realized had been emptied. Red frowned and threw the carton into the trash then turned and went to sit with Liz.
He watched her contently, wondering what she had going on inside her head that was making her so quiet and still. She hadn't even noticed he'd entered the kitchen let alone that he was sitting down beside her.
"What's up kid?" He asked after a moment, smirking as she looked at him for the first time that morning. She was smiling. "What's on your mind?"
Liz looked back outside and continued to watch as she answered him, "I'm just thinking about everything. You know, about you and me, about leaving the B.P.R.D., about the babies. That's all Red."
A look of concern crossed his face as he mulled her answer over in his head. It was a lot to be thinking about, and he wondered how long she'd been doing it all alone. Then again, he couldn't blame her. She had never wanted to be a burden to anyone, not that Hellboy minded. He would've taken all her burdens away for her if he could, and he'd never thought of Liz being anything less then wonderful. Even if she did have some doubts about herself, or about them, or about anything.
"So what kinds of things were you thinkin' about us?" he asked her, watching her face for any kind of expression.
"Just thinking about how much I love you Red. You make me happy and I know you'll be a great father." Hellboy smiled about that, but it was short lived.
"What if something happens, what if it goes wrong and we lose them or something. What are we going to do when I go into labor and the only person around here who is even remotely understanding of childbirth is Abe?" Hellboy put his arm around Liz's shoulders and squeezed her closer. His concern for her rose instantly and he felt the need to assure her that everything would be fine. But how could he know that for sure.
"Too many things could go wrong Red. Not to mention we are running out of food out here, we don't have a car and our money supply is literally gone from rebuilding and remodeling this place. What did we leave for? Why don't we go back?" Liz said it as though she were thinking it, very calmly and quietly. The question lingered in the air as the two of them sat there.
"Why didn't they go back?"
Hellboy turned Liz's head towards him, "Because we were led to believe that life and justice are fair, which they aren't, because we choose to be free and we choose not to get involved. We chose to be a part of the world, and not to hide from it."
Liz smiled at Hellboy before she replied, "Yeah, we did. So why aren't we happy?"
He was at a loss for words. Hellboy couldn't answer the question, because it was true. They weren't happy, none of them were. Abe was miserable; not only because of their current predicament but also because of the chance he'd taken three months ago, one which led to the death of the first and only person he'd ever given his heart to fully. Johann was absolutely bored to tears out in the middle of nowhere and Liz was too worried about the future to be happy here in the present.
Hellboy was just as worried, even if he wouldn't tell them out loud. He was worried about Liz and the babies, and about Abe, and he felt the same as Johann did. He was bored, and he missed the action.
He kissed Liz on the forehead, "We will be. Eventually we will be. You'll see."
Liz smiled softly, and then put her forehead against his, "You're going to be a great dad." Hellboy smirked, "You're going to be an excellent mother." They stayed that way for a few moments, enjoying the time together. Than the phone rang…
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