Chapter 1

Olivia made her way down the streets of New York quickly, avoiding crowds of people as she went, paying little attention to those around her. She came to an abrupt stop as she came across a large group of New Yorkers, and was unable to pass. Brushing her dark hair out of her eyes, she stood on her tip toes and craned her neck in an attempt to get a look at what was causing all the fuss, if it was something silly she was going to put people in their place and continue on her way home. However it wasnt something silly, it was a child, crouched on the groud looking terrified of the mob that had surrounded it. To be clear, this was not an ordinary child, this child possessed harsh red skin, what Olivia assumed to be a tail and strange yellow eyes. The child was so demon like in looks that it was no surprise people and began to shout awful things at it, demanding it be locked away, burned at the stake, sent back to hell where it came from. Although the child was strange looking, Olivia saw only a frightend child. Acting on impulse she pushed her way through the crowd as quickly as possible. When she reached them she bent down to speak;

" My name is Olivia, do you know where your parents are? " she asked quietly.

The child shook their head sadly, unable to tell her where they were.

A man in crowd yelled down to her, " Hey lady I'd back up if I were you , that creature there is spawn of satan himself" he bellowed, being overly dramatic.

As if on que, a large garbage dispoasle truck surrounded by NYPD cars sped up to the crowded scene comming to a quick hault. The garbage truck doors burst open so suddenly that Olivia was afraid someone was comming to take the child away. She quickly grabed the child.

" Trust me?" she questioned softly to it. They gazed upon her for a moment before holding out their arms.

She scooped them up into her arms, and held them protectivly around her chest. She stood her ground, eyes glaring into the crowd and the garbage truck waiting for the worst. A balding man in a grey suit walked out and began to speak.

" Now now people, this is all being handled, You can all relax" He stated offically, and took a step forward. Turning his attention to Olivia, he directed his voice to her;

" By order of the BPRD, Mam, Im going to have to ask you to surrender the child" he ordered her loudly.

Under the impression that this man was going to take and hurt this child, she looked at him with harsh green eyes.

" I will do no such thing, I dont know who you think you are Sir, but you cannot treat people like this . This child has done nothing to you!" She yelled so that the crowd could hear her clearly.

" That child is an abomination, a threat to society!" a hysterical women screamed, hoping to see the child seized.

At that very moment a frustrated growl came out of the garbage truck and a large red man with stubs where horns should be, identical to the child she was holding stormed out, clearly very upset, almost ragging. He was quickly followed by by a young women with dark hair and a man in a wet suit, but possessed all the qualitys of a fish.

At that moment Olivias eyes locked with the fishman, and she suddenly realized what was going on. The child she was holding, protecting, was the Famous, Hellboy's child. She had seen him and the fishman on the news often, how had she not put this together sooner.?! She held her grip on the child, while the large group backed away. Olivia moved her gaze to the women with short dark hair, who was practically in tears. Olivia took a step forward, and that is when Hellboy spoke;

" That "abonination" there is mine and Id like her back." he spoke in a cocky tone, finishing a cigar and sauntering forward.

Olivia suddenly felt nervous, he was very large and very intimidating, she made eye contact with the fishman again, who nodded slightly. Taking this as a sign to go ahead and return their child. She walked forward with as much confidence as she could muster. When she reached Hellboy, he held out both his regular arm and large stone arm. Gentely , Olivia placed the child in his arms. He truned away quickly, looking pleased and entered the back of the garbage truck.

" You can all go back to your homes now, the big bad boogman has been captured" Hellboy yelled sarcastically, at that moment the child let out a large burp. Olivia giggled.

The women with short black hair approached her to speak;

"My Name is Liz, and I cant find the words to thank you for protecting her. They can be hard to keep an eye on, its not easy being us in New York, She got sperated from the group, Thank you so much" She spoke quickly and leaned in for a hug which Olivia accepted.

" That was a very brave and kind thing for you to do" the fishman stated.

" I would do the same for any child, she did nothing wrong, I couldn't stand by and watch them hurt her"Olivia replied sweetly, with blush on her cheeks and a smile on her lips.

" That my dear, is the difference between you and them" He said to her, and turned around to make his way back to the van.

" Excuse me Mam, My name is Tom Manning, Head of the BPRD, our governemnt organization requires you to return to Head Quarters with us and fill out some paper work. We'd like to ask you some questions. " he stated in a reasuring tone.

Brought out of her daze, she turned to him to respond;

" Yes, of course" she replied, and followed him to a dark SUV, where she sat in the backseat thinking about what was going to happen next.