SoL: Yeesh. Sorry for the hold-up folks. I won't bother you with excuses this time around because I think you would prefer reading the actual chapter instead.

Nuada: Humans... they're always so lazy. It's quite incredible actually.

SoL: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Now shut your mouth before I duct tape it shut.

Nuada: You wouldn't dare.

SoL: I won't if you read this. *hands piece of paper*

Nuada: Very well. "Thanks to Keeper-of-the-Cheese, Rory, Iceblueme, goldenphoenix, kitcat92, as well as HEX's- VampirexXxDemon for reviewing. Also, a big thank you to all who have faved and/or put this story on their alert list. Also, thanks to Reinamarie Seregon for beta-ing." ...Wait a moment. Human, this has not been looked over yet.

SoL: Yeah… about that… Well, I wanted to go ahead and get this out since I took such a long time. Sorry for any mistakes!

Disclaimer: Don't own nuttin'. Hellboy, its characters, and other whatnot? Yeah, they belong to someone else.

Marching down the hallways of the BPRD, Laura had a look of absolute fury set on her face. It should come as no surprise that he had acted in such a manner, but she still couldn't help but be infuriated. She was being perfectly civil to him, and how does he repay it? By acting like a complete snob, that's how. "Wench, am I?" she muttered underneath her breath. If that's how he wanted to repay her, then so be it. After all, he was the one locked in a cell, not her.

Suddenly slumping against a wall, Laura placed a hand over her eyes. "What am I thinking?" she murmured to herself. "Since when did I start thinking like that?" 'It's not his fault he's stuck here with all his enemies… it's mine. I'm the one who brought him here but... There wasn't any other way to get the iron out of his body. If I had tried myself, I probably would have killed him…'

"Look's like somebody's having a bad day," a smug voice said.

"Not now Alexis," Laura replied, fighting against the smirk that threatened to break across her face.

"When, then?" Not hearing a response, Alexis heaved a sigh as he stood beside her. "Did the elf give you trouble?"

"… I don't know…"

"Don't know?" he said, raising a dark eyebrow. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"It means that he's a conceited asshole of a prince, I guess."

"In other words, he wasn't very polite today?"

"Nope."

"… Well, that's just a shame."

Damn that woman to leave him untended. Didn't she have any sense of hospitality? He was royalty after all, which was better than anything that she could amount to. A glare fixing itself on his face, Nuada managed to finish securing the bandages after much struggling. It infuriated him that he had somehow appeared in this prison. Although they had saved his life for some unknown reason, Nuada doubted that they would ever let him go. And judging from the way that the bracelet wouldn't part from his person, he guessed that they intended on keeping him close at all times. Perhaps they meant for him to act as an agent of their own. Scoffing at the notion, Nuada began to pace back and forth across his room as he gathered his thoughts.

It was strange, feeling the ability to walk again. He couldn't remember anything of the afterlife, the possible memories slipping out of his hands each time he began to recollect. It also felt strange to walk about the earth without his link to his sister. It was almost as if he was missing one of his eyes, and was forced to wander around half-blind. However, there were more pressing matters to ponder at the moment. According to the agents as well as the elf who called himself Gaeleath, he had been dead for about two years. Also, his court now seemed determined to have him, whether he was dead or alive. They no longer seemed to show any concern for their prince, and had even gone so far as to shoot him with iron! It was common knowledge that iron acted as the deadliest poison for all fey, regardless of their race. Gaeleath had told him that they had intended to use him as a "puppet", but his words could only be trusted so much.

But the idea that troubled him most was the notion that somebody had actually managed to bring him back to life. That alone was a difficult bit of magic, even for the most skilled of mages. However, someone had managed to do it, but had waiting two entire years to do so. 'If they already possessed the power to revive me,' Nuada thought as he continued to pace. 'Why would they wait so long? Why not bring me back as soon as they could?' The question continued to puzzle the prince for hours on end. Eventually, a tray was slipped through a previously unnoticed slot in the door. Nuada ignored the food given to him though. The humans were truly ignorant if they thought that he would dare stoop to their level and eat their food. He assumed that it was sometime around evening, seeing as he could hear the guards outside his cell switch positions. 'No matter… it's only a matter of time before I escape this place.'

"Gaeleath!"

Appearing from around a corner, Gaeleath murmured, "What is it milady?"

"Nuada is currently being held in the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. You are to find him as well as to return him back here," Liamhain replied, facing away from her servant.

"I see. And if I encounter any that would interfere?"

"Kill them," she scoffed. "Insects should know better than to meddle with such matters."

"Very well," Gaeleath said, bowing to his mistress.

"And Gaeleath," she continued. "There's no need to be gentle with our prince should he prove to be… unwilling to comply."

"Understood." And with that, he fell back into the shadows.

Grinning to herself, Liamhain chuckled, "I thank the gods everyday for sending me such a fine servant, however forced his service truly is. All that matters is that he continues to obey me."

"Boys! You two better get back down here right now!" Hellboy thundered. "Momma's not going to be happy with me if she sees you two like this! Do you want her to fry my ass again?!"

"Yea! Papa's gonna get in trouble! Papa's gonna get in trouble!" the twins sang as they both hung upside down from a chandelier.

SoL: Yea for spontaneous cliffhangers! I'll try to update faster this time around! Thanks for reading!