OMG! I am entirely sorry that this chapter took more than a year. I was immersed in school and family issues and I apologise. Here is chapter 4 finally! Disclaimer at beginning of chapter 1, looky looky! Happy reading!

XXX 23 miles N.E. of Kenora XXX

Moira was confused and began to feel a headache coming on, "I haven't the slightest idea what you think you are going to accomplish by putting our family at risk but at the same time I think I know better than to ask you about it. I'm going upstairs to wait for Zack to come home from school."

The red girl laughed, "Yes, I don't think you should go upstairs though. We've got company coming over and it isn't the kind of company you like to meet unprepared."

Moira, who had begun to walk towards the elevator shaft, turned to look back at her partner; a mischievous smirk graced the others face. All of a sudden her headache went full force and she decided whatever the red one had in mind, it wasn't good. She backtracked to her partners' side, and then looked suspiciously from her to the computer screen where she saw a picture of the creature that people had named Hellboy.

It wasn't odd to see a picture of him; Moira had seen one before in the news. It seemed that the red man didn't feel the need to stay in hiding as Moira and her red companion did, but the interesting thing about this picture was that it looked more like a mug shot than an everyday picture from the street. It was intriguing.

"Alright," Moira began, "just what have you gotten us into here?"

The girls smirk broadened, " Now, promise you won't freak out or anything, but I've kind of hacked into a government system or two to gather information on the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defence. Truth be told, all I was looking for originally was proof that this secret bureau existed but what I found was, well, I honestly couldn't control myself, I had to dig deeper and I found a lot more than I had intended to."

The white skinned woman frowned deeply and answered in a frighteningly controlled voice, "What did you 'find' exactly?"

"It seems that there is more than just one 'paranormal creature' that has been employed by the government over the years and I found every single piece of evidence claiming the existence of them that has ever been documented, from journals, logs, pictures and news clippings, even some video clips!"

The white skinned female crossed her arms over her chest, frowning. She sighed, "I always knew you were more trouble than anything. Look, I don't know what you've gotten us all into but get out of it now, and the next time you want to go 'hacking' into government systems and whatnot, you talk to me first so I can hit you upside the head. You're just lucky that you didn't get caught."

"You'd never hit me Moi. I'm your best friend, besides I did get caught. I just didn't get caught committing a federal offense."

"Why wouldn't I," Moira asked quizzically, "Maybe I'd knock some sense into that thick head of yours for a change."

Moira turned and headed up to the second floor, with the red girl close on her heals, "You're just jealous of my ability to infiltrate any system in the world."

"Yeah, that's it. I'm really jealous and you caught me. Wait a minute," Moira looked concerned as she stared at the side of the red girls head, "What do you mean you did get caught?"

The other woman nodded once, "Well, I can't be sure but I'm pretty positive the drug store I went to this morning was being monitored, and my assumption is that the particular U.S. government bureau I was investigating earlier will have already gotten the footage. I think Zack is home now, I can hear the car!"

At that moment the door to the elevator door opened and the red girl ran down the hall, and down the stairs, fearing the wrath of her pale counter part. Rightfully so, Moira was on the verge of a rage induced breakdown. She walked down the hall and stood at the top of the stairs. She shook her head, but it only made her headache worse and she yelled, "Valeska! Get your ass back here and tell me you're lying or I swear the next hole you dig yourself into will be your grave!"

With that said Moira followed Valeska down the stairs, and with each step her head throbbed a little more. On the one hand, she was extremely concerned for her family's safety at the moment that had only been jeopardized by her red friends curiosity and general lack of boundaries. On the other, she was glad that they now had some Tylenol in the house.

XXX 23 Miles N.E. of Kenora XXX

The search teams of the B.P.R.D. had landed in the city of Kenora three hours and forty-seven minutes ago and still no one had a lead on the mystery creature who wreaked havoc on the poor people of the drug store about ten hours earlier. Hellboy was beginning to feel nauseous riding around in the back of a big black van with Abe, Johann and two other officers. They'd checked at least two hundred houses in the region alone, and like all other units thus far they'd found nothing.

Now they were out nearly 24 miles away from the city, coasting along the back roads looking for houses in the middle of nowhere. Eventually Johann got bored and decided to strike up a conversation, "So, do you have any ideas Agent Hellboy?"

Red looked at him confused, "About what?"

Johann explained, "About the person from the video. You look very similar to one another. Isn't it interesting, very interesting. To think there is someone else quite similar to yourself out there without having ever known of the others existence."

Abe was the one who piped up this time, "Yes, it is rather peculiar. You would think that had there been any prior knowledge we'd have known about this girl. Then, Manning didn't seem to know about it so there couldn't have been any previous record of her. But that just makes you wonder how she stayed alive and hidden all these years."

Both Hellboy and Johann starred at Abe, who looked to be in deep thought as he stared out the window ignoring their gawking glances. After about twenty seconds Hellboy sighed, thinking about it himself. Certainly the professor would have informed him if there'd been another like Hellboy, so it was true that there hadn't been any record of the girl from the tape. So the question remained, where had she been all these years, and how had she managed to stay out of sight for so long.

"That is a good point," commented Johann, "But I think you are missing a crucial piece to the puzzle. The question is not how she stayed hidden, but rather why she chose to come out of hiding at this time."

Hellboy shook his head, all the questions mingling and merging making him irritable and confused. He frowned, "Well the hell if I know the answers to any of that. I've never seen the person before in my life, all I wanna know is who she is and what she wants. Who cares about the rest?"

They all knew the answer, except for maybe Hellboy himself. He cared, and he cared a great deal about the rest of it. The idea of finding someone else unique but very much like Hellboy, fascinated all of them, there was no denying that. Questions had to be answered, facts had to be found and soon they were all becoming impatient. Just then a large house came into view, paint chipping off the sides, the mailbox read M. Almack.

So there you have it! Chapter 4=complete. Next chapter we'll learn more and have lots of fun and I promise it won't take more than two weeks for it to be up guys! Love you! Peace.