Chapter 11

I do not own 'Hellboy' I only own Amelia, Levi, Felix, Kelly, and any other characters that you don't recognize from the movies.

After supper, Amelia headed back to her room to collect her 'Nature Wielders' book and she headed to the library across from her room. For some odd reason, Amelia felt like she could really relax and focus in the library where she could be surrounded by so many books and knowledge and Amelia was comforted by that thought. Amelia finally settled herself on the couch beside Abe's tank as she opened her book and began to finally read from where she left off.

In most cases of meditating, most people have been known to see images or places that may not exist in this world. For nature wielders, some have claimed to see their 'inner self' which is described as the part of your soul that mostly resembles yourself and holds a strong connection to your 'outer self' which is your normal self that you already are. No 'inner self's' are the same as some nature wielders have claimed to describe their 'inner selves' in many different ways.

Amelia stopped reading for a moment as she thought about her look alike she had seen earlier. So I guess it wasn't a dream after all, but I still don't exactly get it, Amelia thought and she turned her attention back to the book.

Amelia spent hours reading as much as she could of the book not wanting to take a break. Eventually, Amelia's constant reading was interrupted by the library doors opening and Amelia looked up to see Abe walk in from his all day mission. Abe didn't realize that Amelia was there until he turned to face her direction and he stopped.

"Amelia, what are you doing up so late?" Abe asked her.

"I was reading and it can't be that late, can it?" Amelia replied but was mistaken when she saw the time on the clock. "It didn't seem like that long"

"Well apparently it was, I think it's time you went to bed now"

Amelia nodded and was about to stand to leave but stopped herself when she remembered something.

"Uncle Abe, I was wondering… what kind of missions do you go on anyways?" Amelia asked and Abe sighed as he sat down on the couch beside her.

"I guess you do have the right to know. Amelia, what we do is important work for the government and to keep the world safe from harm" Abe explained, "we are trained to go out and eliminate unsafe and unwanted entities in the world and to keep them in check"

"So… you're risking your life for people who don't even know you exist or even know who you are for that matter?"

"Yes that is basically the idea"

"So that's why you were telling me not to worry because you were risking your life and I obviously would worry because you said 'don't worry'. What did you do today that was so dangerous?"

"Amelia must we discuss this now?"

"Uh yeah, especially now that I've heard all of this"

"There were entities disturbing a city out of town and we had to deal with it which wasn't very easy at all. But these were the kind of entities that duplicated if one is killed and they kept multiplying until we were able to destroy the main source-"

Amelia frantically stood and stared at Abe in shock, "Uncle Abe, you could have died!" Amelia cried and Abe also stood as he placed his hands on Amelia's now slightly trembling shoulders.

"Amelia, I'm fine I'm still here. It was nothing we couldn't handle"

"But what if you couldn't handle it? You could've died and I would've lost you and…" Amelia's eyes began to fill with tears as she spoke. "I've already lost so much I don't want to even think that I could easily lose you too"

"Oh goodness, Amelia!" Abe said as he then pulled the crying girl into a comforting embrace, "My dear, don't ever think like that! Do you hear me? You will never lose me or anybody else everyone you love will always be here with you. I will always be here"

"But mom isn't…"

"Your mother is always with you. Even as we speak she is right here with you wherever you go"

Abe pulled away from Amelia as he reached up and wiped the last of Amelia's tears away. They stood there for a moment as Abe gently caressed Amelia's tear stained cheek and Amelia took a few deep breaths to calm herself down.

"Come" Abe finally said, "I think it's time we retired for the night"

Amelia nodded as she moved to pick up her book and headed for the library doors. She stopped at the doors and turned to smile a small reassuring smile at Abe before finally leaving the library and heading to her own room to sleep.

Amelia lay in her bed for awhile as she thought about the previous event in the library. All of the things she had discussed with Abe had given her a lot to think about. Even though Amelia didn't like the idea of Abe risking his life he had his good reasons for doing so. He helped keep the world safe even if it meant his life. Kind of like a secret hero that no one knew about whatsoever. The small thought of Abe being a hero somewhat comforted Amelia but the constant thought of Abe risking his life on a regular basis still haunted her. But Abe was still right, he would never think of leaving Amelia like that. Finally after pushing those bad thoughts out of her head, Amelia finally drifted off to sleep.

The next morning, Amelia was still a little bit edgy about last night but by the time she got out of bed she shook the feeling and thought off as she began to get ready for the day. She met the others in the kitchen for breakfast and she saw Abe glance at her and she gave him a small reassuring smile as she began to make herself a bowl of cereal and she sat down beside Abe.

"How are you?" Abe quietly asked so as not to worry the others.

"Fine" Amelia answered as she took a spoonful of cereal. "Uncle Abe, I was wondering if I could maybe go out with a friend tomorrow after school"

"Well that all depends, who is the friend?"

"Just a guy I know from school"

"So it's a date basically?"

"No… not really, just a little get together with a friend"

"Right. So what do you plan on doing on this 'get together'?"

"Just a pizza and a movie. If it makes you feel any better I promise I'll be back by eight thirty at the latest"

"Well it all sounds alright to me. We'll discuss curfews later; right now you need to get going to school or you'll be late"

"Thanks uncle Abe"

Amelia finished up her cereal and then left to meet Levi and Myers at the elevator to take them to school. To Amelia, Levi seemed much more quieter than usual when Myers dropped them off at school and Amelia was about to ask him what was up but was too late as Levi hurriedly made his way into the school and was out of sight within seconds. Amelia was rather confused with Levi's sudden disappearance but decided to approach the subject later after class. Levi sat in his usual spot where he sat in every class and Amelia once again sat in her usual spot near the front of the class beside Kelly. By the time class ended and the bell went for lunch, Amelia was about to head over to Levi but she stopped when Levi suddenly stood and left the room without even making the slightest eye contact with Amelia. Amelia now knew that something must be up with him as she exchanged a confused glance with Kelly and the two girls headed out of the room for lunch. Amelia and Kelly finally found Levi in the cafeteria sitting alone at a table and the two girls instantly made their way over to him.

"What the hell is up with you?" Amelia demanded as Levi attempted to avoid her gaze but was failing miserably.

"Nothing's up" Levi answered but Amelia didn't buy it.

"You haven't said anything since this morning and you've practically been ignoring us this whole time, something's up and I wanna know what it is. Right now"

"What do you want me to say? I don't have to explain myself to you all the time"

"You don't. But when you suddenly start acting all weird and practically avoiding me then something is wrong otherwise we wouldn't be here having this conversation"

"You wanna know what's bothering me? Fine, I don't want you going out with that creep Austin. There, happy now?"

"That's it? I'm only going out for just one pizza and movie; I don't see the big deal about that"

"Never mind, you don't get it. Speaking of the devil, here comes your creep of a boyfriend now"

Amelia turned to see Austin walk into the cafeteria with the rest of Drake's gang as Austin spotted her and made his way over to the three teens.

"Hi, Amelia" Austin said.

"Hi" Amelia replied.

"C'mon, the guys want you to sit with us. If that's alright with your friends here that is"

Kelly was silent as she glanced from Amelia to Levi, not sure what to say and Levi hid his hands that were balling up into fists.

"Ah, I'm sure they're cool with it" Austin said without letting the others answer as he then quite suddenly carelessly draped his arm around Amelia's shoulders and guided her away from her friends.

Amelia had only just enough time to glance back and give her friends and apologetic look as Austin guided her to the rest of Drake's gang who were sitting at a table some distance away from Levi and Kelly. Amelia actually felt rather awkward sitting at the gang's table just because Austin asked her out just this once.

After a few short moments of awkward silence, Drake was finally the first to speak. "So what exactly was that you did a few days back? Care to share it with us at all?"

"Um… I… uh…" Amelia stuttered but thankfully Austin cut in.

"C'mon man, give the pretty girl a break. She doesn't need questioning from you" Austin said.

Amelia was slightly shocked at Austin backing her up but at the same time she very slightly blushed at him calling her pretty. Drake was seated across from her with another one of the boys seated beside him while Austin sat beside her. The last boy went off to gather sodas for them but Amelia just requested water which the boy gladly brought to her before sitting at the end of the table. When they all had their drinks in hand, the boys began talking and Amelia noticed that they were careful with their words so as not to offend her or something. Eventually, Amelia was then brought into the boy's casual conversation and Amelia wondered if this group of boys really wasn't that bad as she first thought. The bell for the end of lunch went and Amelia was about to say goodbye to the boys but was stopped when Austin offered to walk her to her next class. Amelia suddenly found herself happily agreeing as she gathered up her stuff and she walked out of the cafeteria with Austin right beside her and she didn't even think of the two teens who sat shocked at the table some distance away from them.

By the end of the day, Amelia was feeling… good about all of this. It was as if all of her worries she had earlier were suddenly dropped down a few notches so it wasn't worrying her very much anymore. Amelia waited outside for Myers as Levi came over to her and turned her around to face him.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Levi demanded and Amelia was utterly confused.

"What? What are you talking about?" Amelia asked.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about! Why can't you see that Austin is just a selfish creep? He's not worth it at all"

"Levi, can't you just lay off for one day about this? Austin was just being nice and wanted to introduce me to his friends, plus he's not a bad guy he's nice and I like having him around. He and his friends aren't that bad once you get to know them"

"I don't want to get to know them! They beat me up for crying out loud! I don't know what you see in him at all"

Myers finally showed up and Amelia quickly headed for the car with Levi following her with an unhappy distance between them. The drive back to the BPRD was silent as the two teens refused to make eye contact with one another and they didn't utter a single sound. As soon as they were inside, the two went their separate ways as Amelia went to her room and Levi left to the outdoors with Felix following close behind him.