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Abe paused with his and on the door knob and tilted his head to the side listening. A soft melody could be heard thru the door. Abe smiled as he recognized the lullaby Abby had told him her mother had taught her. He slowly turned the knob and peeked in the room.
Abby sat across the room in a rocking chair that was turned slightly away from the door. In her arms a blue bundle squirmed slightly as she sang. Abe began walking towards them when the bundle squirmed again and a small webbed hand reached up towards a loose strand of Abby's hair.
Abe stopped and tilted his head again. He knew something was wrong with this picture he just could place it. Abby's soft laugh drew his attention back to the pair. As his eyes rested on her again she looked up at him and smiled.
She gives a slight gesture for him to come to them. Abe hesitates a moment before walking to her side. He gazes down at the child and is met with a pair of deep blue eyes and He feels himself being draw to the child.
Suddenly the sirens start going off and the child begins to wail. Abby sighs and stands giving Abe a peck on the cheek and a push towards the door. Abe watches her walk a path back and forth between the chair and a crib along the wall before turning and heading out the door.
As he steps thru the door he feels a pull towards the room. A feeling creeps into his stomach that twists and tares at his insides. He pauses and looks back. Abby has stopped pacing and is looking towards a corner that Abe can't see. Abe watches as Abby draws the baby closer to her chest and narrows her eyes.
Abe is about to walk back to her when he hears a voice whispering, "You don't deserve them…" Abe feels his head going fuzzy and shakes it to clear it. When he looks up again he meets Abby's eye. As a tear slides from the corner of her eye something in him tells him to run to her, before he even move there is an ear splitting crack and all around him is fire. It's billowing out from the room, trapping Abby and the child in the corner of the room.
Abe can feel his head throbbing as he tries to figure out how to save them. The moment he decides to just rush in after them he feels himself begin pulled backwards and upwards. He struggles and screams, "No, I have to save them. Let me go!"
The pain in his head throbs harder and it feels as if he's being shaken. He can hear Hellboy calling for him but he sounds so far away. A sudden stinging in his cheek has him blinking rapidly and when he opens his eyes he's laying on the floor above his tank blinking up at Liz, who's sitting on his chest with her hand up to slap him again. Hellboy is behind him trying to hold him down.
Abe blinks again and goes to ask what's going on when someone does it for him. He rolls his head to the side to see Abby rushing towards him and several agents in the doorway behind her.
"A dream?" he shakes his head as he mumbles to him self trying to clear it but only causing the pain in his head to worsen. That's when he realizes the pain is centered on the back of his head. Liz shifts off of him and Abby quickly kneels beside him helping him sit up slowly.
"Abe are you ok? What happened?"
Abe tilts his head slowly to the side and blinks again. It was so real. Abe blinks again and realizes everyone is watching him. He squeezes his eyes shut trying to think. "I remember I woke up in the middle of the night and realized I needed to get in a swim before you got mad at me. I… I must have fallen asleep while I was swimming." He winces when the pain in his head starts throbbing.
He feels the back of his head to find a bump forming. When he brings his hand back in front of him his fingers are covered in blood.
Abby's eyes go wide and she pulls water from the tank to slowly pour over the cut on his head. Liz hands her a towel to place over it when she seems satisfied that it's rinsed.
Abe's mind starts wondering back to the dream when Agent Kevners comes dashing in the room with a first aid kit. 'Abe, I'm so sorry I didn't think those blithering idiots would do anything before I got here! Those raving lunatics banging around out there then the hit the siren when I yelled at them and it starts blaring and you snapped your head back. You hit it pretty hard! How many fingers am I holding up?" Kevners waves a hand in Abe's face and Abe bats it away.
Abby pushes between them, effectively blocking Kevners from getting to Abe, Thanks. Abby glances at him and smirks, Of course love, you looked like you wanted to pull a Hellboy on him.
Abe chuckles then winces when his head throbs again. Abby starts applying disinfectant to the cut when Hellboy buts in. "What where those guys doing anyways? Their making a mess of the library!'
Kevners gives a weak scared chuckle, "Well, uh… Mr. Red sir. Uh… you see I was informed by Abby's father a few months ago that it would be a good idea to install some kind of device so that Abby and Abe could shut off the tank from the library so they wouldn't be bothered every time they went for a swim. We just got done with the projects before it and we were going to see what there was to work with and what we could get in here. But I sent them ahead cause I forgot my kit and they started taking things into their own hands and didn't' check to see if anyone was in the tank!" he pauses for what seems the first time and spins to the agents crowded in the door way before shouting, "Did none of you own fish when you were little? Were you not taught to not tap the glass? It's the same damn principle you… you imbeciles!"
Abe winces again as Kevners voice reaches pitches no man should. Abby gives him a weak look before helping him stand. As he stumbles slightly Liz takes up his other side and they help him down the hall to his and Abby's room as Hellboy and Kevners start arguing.
Abe sighs in relief as they get farther from the tank room and as they enter their room he's able to block out the occupants of the other room all together. The girls get him to the bed and Abby starts fussing with the pillows behind him.
His mind drifts back to the dream as Liz says she'll send up some rotten eggs for him, and something a little less decade for Abby. The girls share a grin and Abe catches a flash of a conversation where Liz is asking Abby how she can kiss him right after he's eaten.
Abe chuckled lightly to him self before the dream captured his attention again. Over the three months since the twins had been born he had slowly started to have dreams that consisted of Abby and a child that was undoubtedly his. What got him was how real this one had seemed compared to the others. As if his physic powers were working on the two in his dream.
It also startled him that he seemed so drawn to the child and yet it seemed wrong. An image of the child flashed in his mind and he inspected every detail. It was a boy. He was seemingly human but for the gills and webbed hands. A soft patch of hair on his head the same color as when Abby first came to the BPRD. What kept drawing his attention though were the deep blue eyes. As Abe thought he realized the color matched his own eyes.
Abe gave a small smile at that thought, Abby always commented on how much she loved his eyes. Abe's thought drifted towards how happy that would make Abby if their child had his eyes.
Abe gave himself a mental shake. Get a hold of your self you haven't even found the courage to ask her to marry you let alone have your children.
Abe blinked, ChildREN? When did it hit plural!
Abe gives himself another slap just for good measure as Abby stops fussing over him to take the food from the agent at the door. He smiles up at her as she places a tray in front of him before crawling into bed beside him and pulling a plate onto her lap.
After a few minutes of silence and Abby's sneaking glances at him while trying to hide the concern in her eyes, Abe sighs and gives a slight roll of his head in place of an eye roll before fixing her with a look.
"Ok, I sense that I'm not going to get a moments peace today until you're sure I'm ok. So what shall we do today milady?"
Abby giggles and bounces slightly while beginning to ramble off about all the things they could do together, and which would annoy her father or Gregory the most.
Abe smiles and continues eating while his mind continues to process the dream, because he knew he loved Abby and seeing her with his child wasn't a bad thing. What scared him was the explosion and the disembodied voice that sounded mysteriously like his own.
A/N: EXTERN IS OVER!!!! I am back, Alive, and gratful to all of you that have stuck with me. I love u all!!!