Abe and Nuada awoke to sound of the alarm going off. The room was blinking with a red light. Abe was up seconds, "There's an intruder."

Nuada closed his eyes briefly. "It's Nuala, she's here." Nuada was trying as best as he could to not show his fear, he knew that if he was afraid and Abe picked up on that he would have an even harder time with face Nuala and dealing with his death. Nuada straightened out his clothes, tossed his long blond hair over his shoulder and exited the room. He didn't bother looking behind him but he knew that Abe was there; he found that just the knowledge that Abe was there gave him strength and comfort. He felt as though as long as Abe was with him, he could die or suffer horribly but still be happy.

As Nuada entered the main study he was slightly surprised to see Hellboy, Liz and Manning already there. He also didn't fail to notice the half a dozen security guards that were also in the room. He knew that they thought that they had a pretty good chance against her; he didn't want to be the one to tell them that they might as well sign, their own death certificates.

There was a gust a wind, and the windows flung open. Nuada shivered as he could feel her hands in his hair, lightly brushing across his face and resting on his chest. He turned so that he was facing Hellboy and Liz, "She's here."

Before anyone could respond, Nuala was behind her brother, her small dagger pressed against the tender flesh of his throat. It was clear to everyone in the room that she would think nothing of hurting Nuada in order to bend everyone into doing exactly what she wanted.

She looked coldly at Abe. Hellboy took a step towards them and she pushed the blade ever so slightly into his skin. He let a small whimper escape his throat and Hellboy backed off. "Now, I need the final crown piece. I know that my brother had it when he left the Unseen Realm. Nuada where is it?" He'd never seen her so cold.

"You will never find it. If you kill me, you kill yourself." He smiled slightly, there was no way that she would kill him right now.

Abe was looking at Hellboy waiting for him to make his move. He wasn't sure how long Nuala would tolerate them not telling her where the crown piece was. Nuala must have picked up on his worry; she turned her attentions on him and smiled. "Where is it Abraham?"

Nuada shook his head. "He will not tell you. Face it Nuala, your plan was faulty to begin with. And now you've destroyed our home, killed our father and for what? As it stands right now nothing. You have left us orphaned. I hope that you are proud of what you have done."

Nuala stopped; she seemed to be considering all of what her brother had said. She was surprised to feel her brother's determination and not his fear. She lowered her dagger and turned him so that they were facing each other. "Are you so foolish?"

Nuada grabbed her hand, and flattening it against his own, so they stood palm to palm with each other. He could feel her confusion, rage and frustration; just as she could feel his love, sympathy and compassion. Nuada wanted to try and make her understand that death, or complete genocide was not an option. He had to make her understand that they could peacefully co-exist.

"I am not foolish. I would rather fade then have you make a mockery of what's left. You've destroyed our peaceful existence, even if there was a way to salvage what we have left; it will never be the same. I wish that there was a way that we could go back and erase all of the bad that you have done, But unfortunately that's impossible. All that we can do is go back home, forget that humanity exists and try to rebuild what was lost. They will not bother us and in return we will leave them in peace." He was hoping that she could be reasoned with, he was hoping that no one would have to die. She stopped and just stared at her brother, everything that he said made sense. It all matched perfectly to the emotions that she was picking up from him. She was dumb-founded and she felt lost.

Hellboy had decided at that moment that he'd had enough. He understood that Abe didn't want anything to happen to the prince but at the same time, they had to do something about the princess. Hellboy was worried that if they let her go, she would resume her earlier plan. He wanted to let her go, it would have made his year if he could have just let Abe and the prince be together, but he knew that the chances of that happening were slim. He knew that above anything else the human race had to be protected. No one saw him get the tranquilizer gun and by the time that anyone realized that something had happened the damage was already done.

The princess was on the floor; a sedation dart in her back and the prince staggered forward and fell to his knees beside her. He was dizzy and suddenly very tired. "What have you done?"

Hellboy put the gun down. "I did what needed to be done. She's sleeping, not dead. And it's only until we can move her to a secure facility."

A tear slipped down Nuada's cheek. "So is this what we are to be reduced to? Locked up like a caged animal? I think we would rather fade."

Abe knelt down beside Nuada and held him close. He knew that this wasn't what he wanted but at the same time it was their only option. There would be no easy answer, no medium solution. "She will be cared for; she will just be kept away from the general population. This way you can stay with me."

Nuada leaned into Abe's comforting embrace. "This isn't the existence that I want for her, however she has made it impossible for me to do anything else." He touched her blond hair. "I'm sorry my sister, it is already done."

Hellboy nodded to a couple of the security guards and they picked her up. Liz gently brushed her hand down Abe's arm. "I know you don't think so but you're doing the right thing."

Nuada said nothing. He knew that the human's would never know just how close they came to complete and total extinction. Just before Nuala was picked up, Nuada went through the pockets in her dress and found the two pieces of the crown that she had. He handed the two pieces, along with his one piece, and the canister to Liz.

"Are you sure about this?" She asked.

Nuada didn't even pause, "As long as it's in existence then there will always be the danger of someone else of royal blood finding the crown or the Golden Army or both. No, it must be done this way."

Liz nodded, telling him that she understood. In a couple of seconds she melted the crown and the canister down to nothing. The guards had picked up Nuala and carried her off.

Abe had noticed that after handing Liz the crown, Nuada had sat near the wall and was now silent. As Abe studied the prince he realized that Nuada was asleep. Abe laughed silently to himself, as he picked up the prince and carried him back to bed.