Author: -Le Sigh- School sucks, period. You know that old parody of deck the halls where the kids talk about burning the school down? Yeah, someone needs to do it to my school. xD Okay, my lovelies, I know I've been keeping you waiting for like, forever!! But I think you understand, for school is a harsh and unforgiving mistress... arrrrrrrgh!! Okay, sorry, had to do it. :D So! Guess what I did! I drew a picture of Eevy and Hellboy, but I still have some work to do on it. It's not one of my favorite pictures that I've done of Hellboy (Eevy looks fantabulous! xD) but as soon as I finish coloring it, I'll upload it and send you guys, my wonderfully radically fantastically patient readers, the link! Okay, and, yeah, so here we go-Doo doo-doo Doo!! On with, le story!!
PS: Before I begin, I would just like to thank my wonderfully patient Beta Reader, Fair Trade Organic, you are amazing girlie! :D
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DISCLAIMER: I in NO WAY (Jose!) OWN HELLBOY!! All I own are my original characters! Miss Maggie, or Mama, belongs to Fair Trade!! Yay!!
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Story Title: Believe in the Unbelievable
Chapter Title: Tell Others of the Excitement
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They moved to a new area, underground and, supposedly, safe from any of the creatures that had attacked them. Eevy was left alone in her room, a poorly lit area where the bed took up most of the space. The only other furniture was a night stand that held a candle, the wick burning softly. Eevy sat on the bed, not being able to stand in the tiny room from the lack of space.
Isabella had been an interesting character. When they explained to her that Eevy was psychic she couldn't stop badgering her. She asked questions about when Eevy acquired her powers, if she could predict on the spot or if she knew when people were going to die. For the hours that Isabella talked, Eevy actually began to get annoyed. Isabella was a great woman, but she sure could talk.
Eevy sighed, sitting up and looking at her bare feet. There were freckles adorning the tops of them, bored, Eevy started to count them.
When she got to 118 there was a knock on the door. Eevy's head snapped up as she stared at it. "Eevy?" She grinned when she heard Hellboy's rough baritone voice sound from behind the wooden gate to the room she felt was more of a jail cell. "I'm coming in."
"Wait-don't!" Eevy began to get up but the door pulled open and Hellboy tripped over the bed and sprawled out on top of it. Eevy had pushed herself away just in time, sitting beside him as he groaned. She busted out into a fit of giggles when he sat up slightly, propping himself up on his right arm and rubbing his horn stumps with his left.
Eevy smirked, "That first step's a doozy, huh?"
Hellboy gave her a dry look, "Shut up." He sat up all the way, turning so he lay on the bed comfortably, feet parallel with the wall and head almost hitting the head board.
"I tried to warn you." Eevy rolled her eyes playfully.
"Whatever, lets just drop it." Hellboy mumbled, annoyance lacing his words.
"So, was there something you needed HB?" Eevy smiled as she sat cross legged next to him, staring down at his face.
He averted his eyes from her and stared at the cement wall. "Just wanted to see how you were holding up."
Eevy sighed, "It's so boring in here. Martin said I'm not even allowed to listen to my CD player, says that the mechanics of it could disrupt the flow of the machines working down here."
"Yeah," Hellboy chuckled, "He's actually right about that one."
"Don't say that, you're supposed to be on my side!" Eevy groaned, flipping over to where her back and head lay on Hellboy's chest.
Hellboy smirked, tensing slightly at her actions. "Yeah, but Its more fun to argue with you."
"Butt-head." Eevy chuckled as she closed her eyes. The heat radiating off of Hellboy calmed her frazzled nerves and made her mind settle in a comfortable silence. They both sat there, one comfortable and blissfully unaware of the other ones awkwardness.
Hellboy stared at the ceiling. He didn't mind Eevy laying on him, he really didn't mind, but the weird feelings surfaced, making his annoyance spark at the churning in his gut. He just wanted to tell those nervous emotions to get the hell away from him. He didn't like how confused they made him.
Another knock on the door was heard and Eevy sat up. "Whatever you do don't come in!" Eevy screamed, making Hellboy laugh.
"Eevy?" Martin asked as he opened the door, keeping his place in the doorway.
Eevy sighed and flopped back down in a criss cross position.
"Eevy are you alri-" Martin spotted Hellboy's giant form laying on the spot next to Eevy. Martin squared his shoulders, gave an icy glance at the red ape then looked back at Eevy, "Come Eevy, we must begin your studies."
"But Martin!" Eevy groaned.
"No buts, you need to learn how to prepare yourself, and defend yourself properly, not just kicks and punches, but full blown assaults with both magic and weapons!"
Eevy sighed in annoyance and stood up on the bed, Martin stepped back as Eevy stepped over Hellboy and jumped infront of Martin. "Fine." She sighed, turning to Hellboy with a sad smile. "Sorry HB, gotta go."
"No problem, it was getting a little cramped in here anyways." He nodded to her with a smirk.
Eevy smiled and walked away, towards the exit hatch. Martin turned to Hellboy and glared, the red man glaring right back at him. "I still wont forgive you." He hissed in a whisper.
"What the hell did I do?!" Hellboy whispered back, just as harshly.
"You left Eevy to get hurt-"
"So did you!"
"I did no such thing!"
"Did too."
"Did not."
"Did too!"
"Did-!" Martin huffed, stomping his foot, "That's it! I will not have such a childish conversation with you. It was your fault, you know it, I know it, everyone knows it! Get, over yourself." Martin stayed in a constant whisper before turning his back to Hellboy. "Good Day," he said normally, sounding uncaring.
Hellboy growled, watching Martin walk off towards Eevy who waited for him at the ladder leading to the exit to above ground.
He stood, walking out of the room angrily, tail swishing in annoyance. He made his way to Abe and Isabella in the 'break room.'
Abe sat in a large glass talk full of water, working on his puzzle, the Rubik's cube still only having one and a half sides finished, and Isabella sat in a chair, balanced on two legs while messing with a paddle ball game, going at lightning speed.
Hellboy slumped roughly into the chair across the table from Isabella, grumbling angrily. Isabella watched him curiously, only visible eyebrow raised in question.
"Dammit!" he screamed, slamming his right hand on the table, causing it to shatter and the salt and pepper to go flying in the air, landing on the floor with a loud crash.
With wide eyes, Isabella's chair thumped back on all fours and her paddle ball went limp. Abe looked at Hellboy with a curious glance, head tilted slightly.
"Marty has to have something up his ass because he's being a prick about the hotel incident!" His tail swished irritably behind him.
"Incidents, Catboy." Isabella corrected, wiping some stray splinters off of her blue button up blouse, blue just so happened to be her favorite color.
"Yeah, whatever." He hissed, averting eye contact with the two, staring at his dirty and worn boots instead.
Isabella and Abe shared a knowing glance before nodding simultaneously. Isabella stood harshly, causing the chair she was in to fall back onto the floor with a bang. Hellboy snapped his head to stare up at her curiously.
"Catboy, you've got the cutest little face I've ever seen." She walked forward and patted his cheeks like a mother would. "But behind that face it's as hallow as coconut." Her smile fell as her voice became flat.
Hellboy snorted at her. "Gee, thanks Izzy."
"I'm serious Darling!" She stamped her foot, placing her hands on her round hips firmly. "You obviously have feel-"
"DON'T!!" Hellboy screamed, causing Isabella to shut up and her and Abe to stare in shock. Hellboy's eyes had turned into slits while he ground his teeth slowly. He stood, hovering over her smaller form threateningly. "Don't say it." He whispered, deathly quiet.
Isabella began to open her mouth before Hellboy smacked his left hand over her mouth. "Don't even think it."
He released Isabella's mouth, staring into her smoldering angry eyes before turning and stomping off, probably to the room he shared with Jones.
Isabella and Abe watched, without a word.
After five minutes passed, Isabella sighed, giving the cue for Abe to continue with his puzzle. Isabella picked up her paddle ball and shook her head with a worried stare into the distance. "Something just don't feel right, Abe." She groaned sadly, "I wish my Roger was here."
Eevy sat on a damp log in the middle of a secluded forest, she stared up at the tree tops, spying stars in the distance, twinkling softly. She looked down, feeling her toes squish in the mud gently, the cool earth caressing her skin gently.
Martin made a clatter when he dropped one of the rocks he was using to set up an object for Eevy to balance on. She sighed.
"What's wrong?" Martin asked, back still turned to her as he worked.
She clenched her fists against the dead wood under her, breaking off pieces of the bark. Casey sat next to Eevy, staring up at her with a curious expression on his monkey features.
"Nothing." She mumbled, looking down at the ground again. She had heard Martin blame Hellboy. She knew it wasn't Hellboy's fault, Martin just always felt the need to divert the blame onto someone, and unfortunately, Hellboy was in his path at the time.
"No, I know that tone," Martin turned, staring at her with his milky white eyes, "what is it?"
"It's just..." Eevy sighed, standing and wrapping her arms around herself tightly. It was getting cold. "You always do this, Martin."
"I beg your pardon? Do what?" She heard him approaching, so she turned her back to him quickly, anger flashing in her green pools.
"You always blame someone for some mistake that was made!"
"What are you-?" Martin stopped. The wind blew swiftly in the dead night, causing Eevy to shiver slightly, wishing Hellboy was here to warm up the area. "You heard?"
"How could I not, you two were talking louder than you'd thought." Eevy mushed her toes into the dirt.
"Eevy, you just don't understand the peril-"
"I don't understand what, Marty? I'm 26 years old, and have had to deal with this-" she waved her hands around frantically, "Stuff for almost a year now! What is there not to get?!"
"You could have gotten hurt!" Martin yelled back, spinning her around and gripping her tightly on the shoulders.
"But not killed, Martin!"
"It doesn't matter! If they had the chance to hurt you, they could have easily stolen you away to complete that god awful prophecy of theirs! You're just lucky Hell-" Martin stopped, pursing his lips tightly.
Eevy nodded, a knowing look in her eyes, "I'm just lucky Hellboy saved me, right?" She whispered, "That's what you were going to say, weren't you?"
Martin released his grip on Eevy and stepped a few paces back, just staring into Eevy's eyes.
Eevy just shook her head at Martin. "You see it now, don't you Martin? You blame everyone, because you think there is always someone at fault. Have you ever thought, that maybe, just maybe, it was my fault? Or even," she paused, searching his eyes intently, "your fault?"
Martin turned from Eevy, making her chest swell with regret, she clutched the collar of her shirt before reaching over to him. "Oh Martin, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings."
Martin suddenly started off in a sprint, past the trees and behind the foliage, out of Eevy's sight.
"Martin!" She shouted, starting after him. "Martin, please come back, I didn't mean it!" Eevy's eyes began to get dry, her chest tightening up even more.
Eevy slowed to a walk when she could no longer see him in front of her. "Martin." She whispered. Looking away, she saw Casey jumping after her in the trees, reaching her in a few seconds and landing on her shoulder, hugging her head gently. "Casey," Eevy whispered, cradling the small monkey in her arms. "Help me find Martin."
Casey nodded, jumping from her arms, back into the trees. Eevy smiled and ran after him swiftly, not caring if twigs and stones scraped at her legs and feet harshly.
Martin stopped quickly, turning to hide behind a family of boulders, hearing Eevy running quickly past him, shouting out his name, clearly in distress.
He sighed, sliding down, feeling the cool earth underneath him as his back was parallel with one of the larger of the boulders surrounding him. "Is it true?" Martin asked himself, looking down at his midnight black toes as they wiggled, almost invisible, in the dirt. "Do I blame people that much? God!" Martin curled into a ball, feeling his chest clench. "I'm such a hypocrite."
"Why yes you are, glad to see you've noticed."
Standing quickly, Martin lashed out at the figure standing in front of him. Missing, the creature fell to the floor before pouncing on him, slamming him against the rock harshly and causing a dent to be formed around the stone man causing a large cracking sound to radiate through the forest.
"My, my. What a temper little Mur Tec has."
Martin hissed, feeling a burning in his ears and eyes when his true name passed through the lips of the figure holding him down. Martin growled, low in his throat, opening his eyes to glare at the being. "Cerberus." He hissed.
The man grinned, the two lumps on his back wiggling as muffled chuckles emerged from him. The darkness hid the man's features, but his piercing red eyes bore into Martin's cool white ones.
"Ah, you remember me, old friend! I suppose you know why I'm here then?" Cerberus grinned, showing off rows of long, white, pointed teeth.
"Working with the mutts, are we?" Martin smirked, but gasped when Cerberus put pressure on his throat.
"That's my business and mine alone." Cerberus, sniffed suddenly, then grinned when he caught a whiff of Eevy's scent. "Oh, Mur Tec, what a pretty Shacra student you have. She must be the one you're trying to protect." Cerberus flung Martin in the air, making him smash into one of the boulders, shattering it loudly.
"You'll," Martin grunted, wincing open his eyes, "He'll never let you get her."
Cerberus marched over to Martin's weak form. "You mean that useless demon, Hellboy? I've heard what the humans call him, I've seen the articles. Pathetic little runt if you ask me." Cerberus laughed, grabbing Martin by the collar of his shirt.
Bringing him a few inches away from his face, Cerberus grinned even wider, the demonic smile reaching his eyes. "Now, Mur Tec, your time has come, let that pup of yours fend for herself. After all, who needs you when she has a demon for a body guard?"
Martin hissed, a sharp pain cut through his stomach, suddenly his insides felt as if they were melting. The sweltering heat spreading through his body like liquid fire.
Cerberus laughed loudly as he stood straight, the two lumps on his shoulder bobbing up and down as well. The echoes of three laughing voices sounding off through the forest made Eevy stop in her tracks, whipping her head around in the direction of the noise. "Martin?!" She screamed, running towards the sounds as fast as she could, Casey racing to keep up with her.
Slowing down when she got to the clearing full of boulders, she looked around wildly. "Martin?" She called out, running into the forest of stone. "Marty??" She looked around frantically, Casey hopping onto her shoulder and clinging to her for dear life. "Martin, please answer me!"
"Eevy...?" A weak voice sounded out to her right. Peering around her shoulder, Eevy gasped at the sight in front of her.
"Martin!" She screeched, running up to his side and skidding to her knees in the fresh, bloody mud that surrounded Martin's dying form. "No, Martin!" Eevy's shoulder's racked with sobs as she burying her tear-less face into Martin's chest, smearing blood all over herself.
"Eevy," Martin smiled, bringing his hand up weakly and stroking her frizzing brown hair tenderly. "Eevy, that hu-urts."
"Oh," Eevy shot up, away from his chest, rubbing at her eyes ferociously, the cry sensation stinging harshly. "Sorry." She mumbled, managing to splash a few water droplets into her eyes from the bottle she kept in her pocket. Blinking, she held her hands to her mouth in shock, Martin's bloody form clearer now. The stab wound in his chest poured blood, and a peach colored knife was kept securely in his abdomen.
"Martin? W-what happened?"
"They got me Eevy, with my master's last gift. I never thought to look to see if it was still there." He chuckled, then stopped when he winced at the pain. Eevy brought her hands to his wound gently, not touching it, but hovering over the knife, wondering if she had time to heal him.
"Eevy," Martin brought her face to look into his graying eyes, they burned with regret and adoration, as well as a prolonged sadness. Eevy took in a shaky breath when she looked at him, knowing what was coming, but wishing he wouldn't say it, not now. "I'm dying Eevy."
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Author: O,O
Whoa...
Sorry for all you Martin fans. I know this is kind of a harsh chapter, but trust me, this has to happen. Sorry guys. :(
Also, sorry this took so long, again, school has been hectic and everything seems to be going wrong right now, like my friend's love life has taken a shaky turn, and now that most of my friends have boyfriends my friends are trying to push me into getting one.
My friend Shelby's insistent that this guy I like, Aaron, likes me too, but I know we're just friends and ugh... I just want to focus on my school work and stories right now, so life's a little crazy. xD
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Beta's note: The beta, Fair Trade Organic (That's me!) would like to say that she loves the word 'nifty'. It's amazing. She would also like to take full responsibility for any spelling and grammar mistakes left. She blames it on the crazy pregnancy hormones.