Liz was relaxing in Hellboy's room when someone knocked at the door. "It's Vixey are you busy?" Liz smiled and told her to come in. Since the two had become pregnant, their bond had grown stronger and it was nice to have someone else who was going through the same things. Liz could tell as soon as Vixey came in that she was irritated. "Manning get to you again?" "Interrupted my nap to introduce me to Agent Krap." "I think you mean Krauss." "YEah I do, that's how mad I am. He wanted Abe to wake me up. His yelling did that for him. Abe thankfully has the sense to put his foot down. I did however shake the water out of my fur all over him. He looked like a drowned rat." Liz giggled at this thought. It was no secret that she didn't like Dr. Manning either. "He has some nerve. After I blacked out after the mission, he had the nerve to ask if I was still pregnant. He looked disappointed when Red told him yes." "Manning is an ass, there is no ifs ands or buts. I think he wants us to miscarry. You heard how he reacted when he found out I was having triplets. He said 'great, more freaks.' I don't know who was more pissed; me, Abe or Red." "Abe has been awful protective over you. He's excited about being an uncle and a father." "Yeah," Vixey sighed, "Abe is excited about being a father but I don't need to read his mind to know that he's also scared shitless. He's so over protective. I was dancing around the other day and he fussed at me." Liz chuckled at that. "Yeah, when Red first found out I couldn't even walk to the bathroom by myself." Vixey rolled her eyes. "And they say women are complicated. I'm so glad Abe isn't that protective. I'd go nuts. On the plus side, it's a good way of getting out of cleaning the litter boxes." "Yeah, Red wasn't happy about that. I told him to do it but he ended up getting Myers to do it."

The two women laughed and gossiped about their men for what seemed like hours. Finally, they noticed it was getting late. As Vixey was walking out, HB was walking in. "Hey Fuzzy, Manning and Abe are both looking for you. No contest on who you'll let find you." Vixey smiled. "Yeah, I know. Have you seen Agent Krauss?" "Yeah, just passed him up the hallway a bit." "Great, see you later." HB watched as she hurried off in the direction he had told her. "Geeze, what's got into her?'

Vixey caught up to him where HB said he was. "Agent Krauss may I speak with you?" "I think you have said enough." "I know, that's what I wanted to talk to you about. I was in a bad mood and I took it out on you and that wasn't fair. I'm pregnant and hormonal and Manning knew that I didn't want to be disturbed. I knew you were coming and I had already made up my mind to meet you later after I was well rested and in a better mood. I'm sorry and I hope it wont affect anything." "I accept your apology. I understand your frustrations. Dr. Manning is not an easy person to work with." "Especially when he's trying to kiss someone's ass. I told him from the beginning when I found out I was pregnant that my species had pregnancy pretty much worked out in war times. I told him that I had another few weeks before I was out of danger and he insisted on me going on the last mission. When it didn't turn out like he wanted he took it out on us. He's the bane of my existence and has offered no assistance to help me find my siblings and has even tried to stop me from finding them." "I have read your file and your brother's as well. He seems to be adjusting quite well to life here." "He's been on his own for a while. He had a caretaker since he was young but she was human and was very old." "Yes, he told me about her. I believe her name was Maggie." "Yeah, she was beautiful, reminded me of pictures of my mother." "I would like to help you find the rest of your siblings. The Bureau was very interested in them and I don't think it's a good thing. They are also interested in you and your children. I would tread carefully if I were you." Vixey realized they had stopped walking and were now in front of the Library door. "I must attend to some things. I enjoyed our chat and hope to have another one soon."

Vixey watched him leave, humming something in German as he walked. She had a good feeling about him and as she walked into the library, her good mood vanished. "There you are," Dr Manning said angrily. "And there you are. Now that we've established our location, I'm feeling a bit dry." Vixey started up the steps to the pool when Manning grabbed her by the arm. "I'm not done with you yet." "If you don't remove your hand from my arm, you will be done with everyone and everything, including breathing. I have never given you permission to touch me. Nor have I given anyone permission to invade mine or my family's privacy. What does the Bureau want with my family?" "I don't know what you're talking about," Manning sputtered. "You're lying. One thing I cant stand is someone lying to me. You really have no idea what you're dealing with, do you? If I wanted to, I could take this whole building down with just a thought. I could also kill anyone in this room with a thought," she said as she glared daggers at him. "You best bet is to come clean with me and don't keep things from me."

As Manning opened his mouth to say something, the room began to shake. All of a sudden, a loud boom was heard followed by more shaking. Then as quickly as it started, it was over. "Please screw around some more, I need the practice," Vixey said with a smile as she sat in one of the large arm chairs. "Did I mention I can read minds? I want answers. NOW. No more lies Manning." "What was that noise Fuzzy," HB said as he stood behind her chair and glared at Manning. "That, was the part of the building that was scheduled to be demolished next week. I could have knocked another part of the building down but that one wasn't being used and was gonna get knocked down anyway. The next spot I knock down wont be unused or unimportant. Hell, piss me off enough and I might knock down your room Dr. Manning. Do you WANT to risk it or do you want to start telling me the truth?" "Indeed, I was also like to know what is going on," Professor Broom said as he entered the library and sat down in his usual chair. "Dr Manning was just about to tell me why the Bureau wants with me and my family, including the ones not born yet." "By all means Tom, I would like to know myself. And I would also like to know why I wasn't told." "Because they knew you would get soft and refuse to let us study them." "Study them? They're not a freaking lab experiment," HB yelled; slamming his stone hand on the table. "Well, we've had little success with, um, well anything else so we just thought," Manning stuttered. "What do you mean with anything else, and what were you trying to cover up," Abe said as he looked suspicious. "You have him," Vixey yelled as she jumped out of her chair. You have my brother somewhere, the one I've been looking for. That's why you've been trying to keep me from finding him." Before anyone could stop her she shot across the room and grabbed Manning by the throat. Abe could see the fire burning in her eyes, and something else below the surface. "Listen to me and listen well Human. You think you've seen my bad side? You've only seen a fraction of how fierce I can be. If people piss me off enough I turn into something I'd rather not think about, something that even Hellboy would have trouble defeating. You are going to release my brother to me and tell those pinheads in Washington that they better give up the idea of studying anything to do with me. You have 24 hours. Don't make me come looking for you." Without a word, she released her hold on Manning and sprinted up the stairs to the tank. A few moments later, a large splash was heard. Manning had slid to the floor and was still sitting there in a daze. "Holy crap!" "If I were you Manning, I would do what the lady says," HB said . He was smirking and Abe found that he was as well. Without a word he followed Vixey's path and slipped beneath the cool water.

He could feel her emotions as he navigated through the cool water. She wasn't in the main chamber of the tank, that much he knew. She had chosen a part of the tank that was isolated and hidden to anyone outside. He found her at last curled up in a fetal position. He could tell she had been crying but had no idea when she had stopped. Without a word or thought, he slid next to her and wrapped his arms around her. He was pissed that the Bureau would even think of treating her or their children like lab rats. And the fact that they had been keeping her brother without telling her, well it made him think about leaving. *We can't,* came Vixey's thoughts. *And why not? After all they have done to you, not to mention the countless times they forced us to do things we didn't want to do. That was before you came along. Red tried to put his foot down. Manning threatened to separate him from Liz and put her where he would never find her.* *We can't leave because as much as we hate Manning, the world needs us. Something big is happening soon, I can sense it. And deep down you can too. Manning is such a bastard. I can't believe he could hide this from me. I could sense that he was hiding something but somehow he was keeping it shielded. But even still, as much as we hate him, he's going to need us more then Red. Whatever's happening is going to start in water.* Abe had nothing to say to this. She was right about one thing; for the past few months he had felt like something was brewing. Hellboy had said something similar not too long ago. *What was all that about turning into something worse?*

Vixey was silent for a moment. Abe could feel her distress at the mention of it. *There's an old legend among my people, it was in Kain's book. Eons ago our people had the ability to turn into horrible creatures during battle. As we evolved we lost that ability except in a few individuals. Only under great stress or anger could we change, but there was a price. We had very little control over it. For that reason, it was forbidden. Many wars were started by other planets in hopes of capturing one of the few who could do it. I'll let you read the book later let's try to get a little sleep before I have to go throttle Manning again.* Abe chuckled at this and nodded before settling down and falling asleep.

Manning paced back and forth as his time ran out. He had told his boss about her threat and was told not to worry about it. What that meant, he didn't know. Nothing was said about Vixey's brother and he assumed they would be bringing him soon. He found out the old saying about assuming things a few hours later.

Vixey knew as she and Abe walked to Manning's office that something wasn't right. She could smell deception and lies like a strong perfume. Manning was sitting behind a large mahogany desk when they walked in. His face paled as soon as he caught sight of her. "I'm still waiting for them. It's not my fault." "So call them and find out what's taking so long," Vixey calmly said as she seated herself on a nearby chair. With a shaky hand Manning dialed the number. It seemed to Vixey that it rang forever until finally someone picked up. She listened to his end of the conversation and watched as his face changed colors and the tone and volume of his voice escalated. When he finally slammed down the receiver and looked at her he realized things were about to get messy. "They're not coming. They want us to come to them so we don't risk him escaping." "You mean so they can get us both. I don't think so. Call them back and tell them we will meet them halfway in a place of my choosing. It will be secure and away from humans. If they don't agree to that tell them that if I have to come see them where they are they're wont be a building left for them to hide in."

Manning dialed the number with a shaky hand and told whoever answered what Vixey had said. They agreed on a meeting place outside of town, a warehouse Vixey knew inside and out and told them a time to be there. When he had at last ended the call he breathed a sigh of relief, that is of course until Vixey told him they would be getting to the meeting place an hour early. She then called Nightshade and told him of the plan. He told her he would gather a few friends and meet them there. On the way to the meeting place, Abe asked her who else was coming. "From what I got from Shady, a few of his and Kane's friends. Once they found out what was going on, they wanted to help. They're not too happy either." Nothing more was said as they continued to the warehouse

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Author's note: This is the last chapter I have written so the next ones will be coming slower. Im working on it though, I promise.