The second half of the other chapter really gave me a creepy feeling as I wrote it, but it was important because I just could not bring in a character and not do anything about him especially after the 8th chapter, where Chet hit Blue, and end the story. Please let me know what you think about this chapter and the entire story as you read this.

Dream scene/Astral Scene

Chapter 10

One second Blue was in the tank swallowing water against her will, and the next she was standing outside of said tank. She could see herself floating in the water, slowly falling towards the bottom. Blue was confused.

"Am I dead?" She thought.

"No you are not, but if you do not go and get help, you will be," Professor Broom replied to her thought out loud.

Blue turned quickly at his voice. He stood there holding his cane in front of him.

"What just happened?" Blue asked.

"You forget your new ability?" He asked her.

Blue thought for a second and her eyes widened.

"Ah, you remember now. Perhaps you better go before you join me," Broom said as he pointed to the door with his cane.

As soon as she understood what he meant, she sprinted towards the door. She didn't stop at all as she passed through it effortlessly. She left Broom behind as she did. He stood in front of the glass and watched her body.

"Hurry, my dear," He whispered.

Blue ran through the hallway, ignoring those who could not see her. She even passed Chet who was smiling and thinking he succeeded. That smile gave her more reason to find Abe. She wasn't going to let him win.

Finally she reached her destination and passed through the closed door. She stopped suddenly as she surveyed the room.

"And how is it that Blue managed to follow us to the house?" Agent Manning asked.

Blue turned as she heard Abe's voice. She ignored what he was saying and focused instead on catching his attention. She stood next to him as he sat.

"Abe," Blue called out.

Abe gave no indication that he had heard her.

"Damn it!" She cried with frustration.

She took a deep breath and tried again, this time screaming his name as loud as she could. Abe cocked his head as if he heard something.

"Come on! I know you heard me!" Blue muttered.

Suddenly she knew something was wrong. Her breath shorted. She placed a hand on her chest trying to breathe normally. She realized her subconscious was drowning just as her body was.

"Abe," she gasped out.

She touched his hand and Abe looked at her.

"Blue?"

The others, Hellboy, Manning, and Liz, looked at Abe.

"You can see me?"

"I can, what's wrong?" Abe replied.

"Abe?" Hellboy asked.

But Abe brought up a hand to signal him to quiet.

"Tell me," Abe told Blue.

"I-I can't bre-" Blue couldn't speak as her lungs tried to gather more air.

"Blue?" Abe asked.

Blue let out a strangled scream as she realized she couldn't tell him that she needed help. She let go of his hand and fell to the ground. Abe instantly stood up. Despite the connection being physically severed, he could still see her. When she took notice of that, she crawled on her hands and knees towards the white board and tried to stand up. She picked up a black marker and pulled the cap off.

As Abe watched, Blue wrote something on the board. In reality, the others watched as a marker floated in air. Her hand shook as she wrote each letter, hoping he understood her.

H-e-l-p-D-r-o-w-n-i

The marker fell out of her hand as her body weakened. The letter 'I' trailed off into a crooked line as she lost conscious. Her body disappeared before Abe's eyes.

"Blue!"

"Abe! What the hell is going on here?" Hellboy asked as he watched the marker fall to the ground.

"I'm not sure, hold on a second," Abe said as he went to stand in front of the board. As soon as he figured out the words on the board he ran.

"Abe!" Liz hollered to Abe.

He ignored her as he slammed opened the door and headed for the library. He knew exactly where she was. The others followed him at a run with confusion marking their faces. Agents watched them run as they passed by. John joined in when he realized something was wrong. Abe slammed against the door to the library finding it locked.

"Come on! Damn it!" Abe yelled as he tried to open it.

The others knew something was wrong as they heard him swear. Abe never swore. Hellboy pushed Abe to the side and raised his stone fist. Since he knew they could afford to fix the door, he slammed it down against the lock breaking it. The door swung open and Abe ran in. He headed towards the tank and put his hands on it.

"Blue!" He yelled when he noticed her in the water.

He pushed himself off the glass and ran up the stairs. The others gasped as they realized what was going on. Abe jumped into the water and swam towards her. He grabbed her and pulled her up towards the opening. He got out of the water and picked her up. Abe brought her back to the others and set her on the ground.

Hellboy and Liz joined the two as Abe laid her down. Abe brushed Blue's damp hair out of the way and tilted her head back.

"Liz, you have to do it, I don't have the lungs that you have," Abe said to the woman.

Liz nodded and put her mouth against the younger girl's blue tinged mouth. Abe did the compressions as Liz gave her air. They refused to stop as minutes went by. Other agents including Chet had joined in and crowded the library.

"Come on, Blue, you can do it," Hellboy whispered as he held her limp hand.

"What the hell happened here?" Manning demanded.

"I'm not sure sir, she was supposed to meet me in the gym for her training," Chet lied.

Suddenly sounds of coughing interrupted Manning and Chet. Abe quickly turned Blue over as she threw the rest of the water up.

"Good girl," Abe whispered into her ear as he rubbed her back.

As soon as she was done coughing, he pulled her into his arms. His fingers went over her cheek. Blue looked at him then at the other two that sat by her.

"You heard me?" Blue asked.

"I did," Abe said, giving her a smile. "You scared me there for a second."

Abe pulled her closer to him as he held tighter onto her, giving her a hug. She wrapped her arms around his and her eyes traveled over to the other people. As soon as she saw Chet, she growled low in her throat. Chet saw the flash of gold in her eyes and took a step back. Abe heard the growl and looked at her.

"I'm gonna kill you!" Blue shouted as she pushed Abe down and stood up.

Chet screamed and tripped over his own feet and fell backwards onto the steps. Blue changed into a Lion and roared at him. The other agents screamed and ran from the room. John stood in front of the whimpering Chet. Blue crouched and jumped.

"Blue!" Abe yelled.

Hellboy quickly stood up and grabbed Blue around her midsection. He pushed her forward and they both crashed to the ground. Instantly, Blue reverted back to normal.

"Blue?" Hellboy whispered as Liz and Abe joined him.

Blue didn't answer as she simply just stared. Her eyes glassed over and her body started to shake.

"She's having her seizure!" Abe cried out as he grabbed her arm and shoulder.

John held down her feet as Hellboy had her midsection and Liz had the other arm and shoulder. Chet tried to sneak off as this occurred, but Manning, being a smart person, caught on and grabbed him.

"Sit down," he demanded.

Chet complied and sat back down as Manning crossed his arms. Slowly Blue came out of her seizure, and her body stopped shaking. The others let her go and Abe bent over her.

"Blue?" He called her name.

She gave no answer as she stared towards the ceiling. Abe patted her cheek trying to get her attention.

"What's wrong?" John asked.

"I don't know, I need to get in there," Abe said as he pulled off a glove with his teeth.

"In there?" Hellboy asked. "You mean her brain?"

"It is the only way I can figure out what's wrong," Abe explained. "Hold this."

Hellboy took the glove Abe offered.

"Blue," Abe whispered. "I'm going to go inside your brain. Okay?"

No answer came. Abe sighed a bit and maneuvered his body so she lay in his lap with his arm under her head.

"Here we go," Abe said as he put his webbed hand on her cheek.

He closed his large eyes and dived into her mind.