Chapter 7:
Oh my god! I'm going to die! I'm going to die! And I can't even get this gag off to scream Kate's racing mind thought as she and the rest of the group plummeted to the sea below. She closed her eyes to make the realization less painful, and waited for the sensation of water to overcome her. After what felt like way too long of a wait, Kate opened her eyes and found herself in a strange metal room that looked like the Nautilus.
While Kate's eyes were closed, something incredible had happened. Nemo reached into his back pocket and pulled out a tiny remote control. He pressed a few random buttons. Abe watched in amazement as a smaller version of the Nautilus emerged from the water below. The hatch above it opened up, and the group fell safely inside on top of a fisherman's net.
"I call it the Nautili. It's my smaller automatic version of the Nautilus that follows me everywhere. Neat huh?" Nemo bragged.
That's one way to put it Abe thought, but he kept his mouth shut. He had already seen what Mina could do to people who joke around too much, and didn't want to get on her bad side. He simply focused his mind to getting the gag and ropes off Kate.
"Ohmygodwhydidn'tyoutakethatgagoffmebeforewhyIoughtto…!" Kate screamed.
"Whoa. Calm down Kate. It's okay. Just tell us what Moriarty's planning," Abe said patting Kate on the back. She breathed deeply and tried to calm down, even though she had two near death experiences in the past five minutes.
"I don't know exactly. He kept on asking me all these weird questions to do with the Egyptian and Tibetan books of the dead. I'm pretty sure he's trying to bring back someone. Someone really important. Oh, and he asked me something about Russian history that I didn't know the answer to," Kate said.
"Great. I have an idea of who the guy wants back." Hellboy muttered.
Next thing they knew, a BPRD jet was taking them to Minsk, Russia. "Remind me why we're doing this again?" Quatermain asked.
"If Moriarty was asking Kate all that weird stuff, there's only one explanation. Moriarty is going to…" Hellboy started.
"Guys, get your parkas on. We're here," Kate interrupted.
The group stepped out of the hangar to the frozen tundra outside of Russia. As far as they could see, there was nothing but flat area, snow, and rocks around them. "How are we supposed to find anything in this area?" Abe asked pulling on his parka tighter.
"Simple. We retrace his steps." Quatermain explained. "This isn't Moriarty's first trip to Russia."
After a little bit of walking, the group saw the abandoned factory that Moriarty had used for his last plot. However, the building hadn't been touched for at least twenty years, and yet it looked like it had been used recently.
"Now, we have to be cautious entering. Mina and Liz will go down from the ceiling; Nemo and Abe will enter through the pipelines. Meanwhile…hey Hellboy! What are you doing?" Quatermain directed. While Quatermain was babbling away on a useless plan, Hellboy had already walked up to the front entrance and punched a hole right through it.
"How about we try the front hole?" Hellboy asked. Quatermain glared at him, because even he had to admit that it was a good and straightforward plan.
Entering the factory, the group stared in horror. Moriarty was there on the lower landing of a flight of stairs. He had surrounded himself with candles and a chalk drawing of a pentacle. He also had a book in his hands.
"Stop Moriarty! You don't know what you're doing! The soul you're trying to possess is much to strong for you!" Hellboy yelled, "You have to stop the ritual now!"
"Oh really? Well I don't believe you! My superior intellect shall be the master of his power! And you're not going to stop the resurrection ritual!" Moriarty yelled.
Mina and Hellboy were the first to act. They started down the stairs and then both screamed in pain. Moriarty had covered the stairs in holy water! They raced back up the stairs to avoid further burning themselves.
The more mortal people were unaffected by the water and continued down the stairs. But as they continued, a large chunk of the stairs gave way, leaving most of them unable to cross. Jeckyl took this opportunity to turn into Hyde once again. He grabbed Liz (who he considered the most powerful ally at the time) and jumped across the gap.
What happened next however stopped Hyde in his tracks. A large megaphone that was on the wall suddenly sounded a high-pitched whistle only heard by dogs. He yelped and covered his ears in pain.
Liz knew she had to stop Moriarty. She figured burning the place down would surely stop the ritual. She closed her eyes and tried to focus on whatever she could that would light on fire. However, what she didn't realize is that was the effect he wanted. The pentacle surrounding him burst into flames, thus completing the ritual.
Any laws of science could never explain what the League and the BPRD saw next. From the corners of the pentacle an ethereal, white, smoke shot into the air. It swirled upon itself in an intricate design. Moriarty threw his head back in laughter to gloat about the power he had obtained, and the smoke entered his mouth. Moriarty grabbed his head and shrieked in pain. The group could only watch in horror.
Finally, Moriarty stood up. "Oh, it's good to be back!" He yelled, but it wasn't his voice. It was the voice of another, and all too familiar to Hellboy.
"Professor Moriarty? Are you alright?" Mina asked timidly.
"Sorry. Moriarty's gone. I'm Rasputin now!" Moriarty's body laughed.
Author's Note: He's back! Although he was in the movie, he was also in the comic book series "The Right Hand of Doom" as Hellboy's 'father', which is what the movie is based on. Therefore I can still say this is "comic-based". Oh yeah, and since nobody sent me any suggestions, just forget what I said in the last author's note! Sorry to those of you I confused.