Chapter 2
Coming Home
"OW!" Hellboy growled into his communicator "Watch it Myers, I'd like to get home in one piece, thank you!"
"Sorry, Red, we're trying not to hit the bumps but this whole road is one big bump" John's voice replied over the communicator "Happy to be going home Red?"
"No, spending five weeks in the freezing Tibetan tundra was so much better than being at home with my family, what do you think Myers?" Hellboy said, sarcastically.
"Girl's are probably bouncing off the walls, waiting for you to get home" John said changing the subject.
"God I've missed them John, I can't wait to see them." Hellboy said
"Liz, they're here" Clay said poking his head into the library .
"DADDY'S HOME!" Raven cried running out of the room Lily in hot pursuit, Liz and Eleanor following after.
"DADDY!" Raven cries.
"Hey, there's my baby bird and lil' Lily!" Hellboy says crouching down and letting the two girls run into his arms hugging them and giving them both a kiss then releasing them and standing up and kissing Liz, he feels a tug on his tail, he looks down and grins.
"There's my lucky baby" Hellboy said lifting the small child into his arms and kissing her.
"Missed you daddy" Eleanor said
"Missed you too, missed all of my girls" Hellboy said picking up his bag and walking to the library with his family.
"Did you kill it!" Raven asks following her father down the hall.
"Raven!?" Liz says shocked turning her head to look at the little girl.
"Sorry mama" Raven says hanging her head.
"Yes, I got it, Raven" Hellboy said with a laugh as they entered the library, as he tossed his bag down next to the couch then sat down "That reminds me that's not all I got" Hellboy said reaching into his coat pocket "Let's see here, for my two little double goers two matching cat talismans they keep away-
"Ghouls!" Lily said cutting him off
"Very good Lily" Hellboy said putting the necklace around her neck and the other around Raven's.
"Thank you daddy" the pair said in unison.
"Now, for my lucky little baby girl, I got this just for you" he said pulling a green silk pouch out of his pocket and pulled out a necklace with a pendant on it the pendant was made of ivory in the shape of a lotus blossom.
"Pretty" was all Eleanor said when he gave her the necklace.
"You three go play and don't bother anyone" Liz said watching the three girls run out of the library. "Red, how did you get that?"
"Killed the demon I turned to go and this old monk was in front of me, and he said 'to thank you for getting rid of the monster I want you to take these' and he gave me the cat's he just stood there so I said thank you and turned to go and he said 'you fear for your youngest child, she's plagued in slumber by great evil' and gave me the necklace said that parents put the pendant around a child's wrist or around their neck to guard them when they sleep, he said that it will stop her nightmares" Hellboy said.
"I hope it works, her dreams are getting worse, she's really scared Red" Liz said leaning her head against his shoulder.
A small child peeped out from behind a column of glossy black rock
'well what have we here'
a woman said
'come here child'
the woman coaxed
'well would you look at that, my my my such a lovely child, what's your name little one'
the woman asked reaching for the child, the child stepping away
'E-Eleanor'
the child answered
'my goodness! Is this...'
The second woman asked
'it is'
the first said
'my goodness she's the perfect image of the young lord himself , except for the shape of her eyes'
the second woman's voice crooned
'yes, must be from the mother, but other than that she's an absolute beauty, the sovereign is very proud with her'
the first voice cooed back
'What of the other two young ones'
the second asked
'no, to much like the mother'
the first answered
'oh, I see'
the second replied
Eleanor woke up and felt around for the pendant and took it from where she placed it around the bed post and put it on she pulled the blankets back over herself and squeezed her eyes shut and tried to say what her father always said when he was scared
"God, Protect and watch over me as a shepard watches over his flock" she said softly before falling back to sleep.
