Disclaimer: I don't own Hellboy or Abe or Nuala or Nuada. Just letting you know.

Four days passed quickly. Abe's wound was healing, and Nuala seemed to grow more comfortable around him. They spent most of the days in her rooms. Abe was either in bed or swimming. Nuala would watch him swim, or read the books that she had got from the library. But they spent most of their time together.

On the fifth day Nuala was watching Abraham swim when she got an idea. She pulled off the layers of her dress, leaving her white underdress on. She carefully lowered herself into the water and with ripples moving around her she drew in a large breath and went under.

Abe enjoyed the feeling of the water moving around him. He simply loved the way it felt, like no one could ever hurt, or even bother him. Even with the ever dimming sting of the blade wound he felt fully at peace.

He turned and saw a goddess coming towards him. An angel. A beautiful deity that deserved his worship. Nuala swam to him wearing a white dress, with lacing up the sides and back. The skirt of the dress was long and graceful. The top was simple with thick sleeveless straps that exposed her arms and collar bone with modest elegance. When she got to him she swam around him in a circle.

Princess?

Abraham. Her mind-voice was warm, with affection or with the heat that came naturally to mammals he did not know. He was dizzy, or something like it. His mind wouldn't concentrate, no matter what he did. He could only watch her hair moved around her, like her own personal halo. She was an angel. Or a goddess. Or a princess of a lost civilization.

Sounds like something out of a Disney movie. He thought as he did a back stroke.

A what? Abe looked to find Nuala next to him. She was mimicking his movement, with her legs slightly bent in her skirt.

It took him a few moments to answer. It's not important right now.

But you will tell me.

He looked at the goddess again. Her halo framed her swan like neck, and for some strange reason he could almost feel a heat rushing through his body.

Yes, I will tell you. Nuala smiled at him, and then rose so she could get air. Abe, after realizing what she was doing, turned so that he couldn't see up her dress. When Nuala reached the air she took a large breath and went down again. The way she lowered herself made her white skirt balloon up to her high thigh, almost exposing her lady parts, but Abe wouldn't have known this because his back was still turned. She folded her hands into her lap, pushing down her skirt in the process, and crossed her legs slightly beneath her. She swam over to him, turning half way so she was up right. He caught her eye and she smile.

They continued this for hours. They swam together, never touching. She danced through the water, but Abe exceled in the waters. Even with the spear wound he was beyond the Olympic level.

As she was rising to the surface for air she felt a tug on her dress. Looking down she saw that her skirt had gotten caught in a crack. She pulled hard on the end of her skirt, but it wouldn't move. Again and again she pulled, but the only thing that was lost was her air. She watched as her last bit of fresh air floated to the surface. Her vision became blurry, and her arms and legs became lead.

Abraham! She felt someone trying to pull her dress out of the crack, there was a grunt of pain and her world became dark blue.

Hold on Nuala. She wasn't sure if it was Nuada or Abraham that sent her the message. She could feel both of them, both worried about her. She wasn't worried, she felt great. A sleepy awareness had come over her, and it was very peaceful.

She felt someone almost touch her face. I am sorry Nuala.

Abraham. She felt the laces of her dress become lose, and she fought not to giggle. The laces on her back came lose, and she felt someone grab her ankle and pull her down.

If it will make you happy. So Princess Nuala of Bethmoora lowered herself out of her dress and found herself naked to whoever was out there. She looked up and found her sudden urge to breath. So she swam up and pulled herself out of the river. She knew she was indecent, but her modification could wait until after she got done swallowing air.

Abe floated under the water, not blinking. His left hand was on his newly reopened wound, his right helping him stay in one place. The water around him was dark blue with his blood, but at the moment he didn't really care. He had made a very important discovery today.

Elves didn't have body hair. Not a single one. He put his head in his hands. It wasn't the first time he saw a naked woman, many of the female monsters he fought over the years were scantily clad. He was no stranger to female anatomy, even though it's true that he is still a virgin. He knew how everything worked, having had "the Talk" years ago, along with Hellboy. God, that brought up strange stories. It was even stranger with the Professor giving "the Talk". "The Talk", it sounded almost legend.

When he brought his hands away from his face he saw more of his blood had mixed with the water. He really was losing a lot of blood fast. He looked over to where the dress still floated. He swam over to it and pulled, ignoring the pain and the feelings of new tears in his wound. When the dress finally came lose he grabbed in and flung it onto dry land.

He waited for a sign. To his right he saw her dunk her head under the water. When their eyes met she blushed and nodded.

You may come up now.

He tried. He really did, but the blood loss was not making it easy. He couldn't breathe. He lost more and more blood with every pump of his heart. He was perfectly happy just dying here, in the water. One of the few places that he felt free. Here he was the master. No one could hurt him in his home.

Well, almost anyone

And as his arms became fully lead someone grabbed him and pulled him out of the bathing river.

"Abraham! Please, breathe!"

He tried to comply, but he couldn't remember how. If only the fog would lift from his head. Even as he fought the fog became denser, until he felt it smother him.

I haven't written anything in months and THIS is what I come up with. I'm not sure about this chapter, so please tell me if you like it.