Chapter 25
I do not own 'Hellboy'. I only own Amelia, Levi, Felix, and any other characters you don't recognize from the movies as I am not familiar with the comics.
Everyone was soon seated in the board room but Levi remained standing as he paced across the room and Kelly and Felix watched him as Felix sat on the table. Abe sat at the head of the table with his head in his hands as he tried to focus and concentrate on the situation professionally but it wasn't exactly working.
"She couldn't have gone far" Liz said, "She can't drive yet and no vehicles were missing so she must have left on foot"
"Possibly" Abe said as she lifted his head from his hands, "And there were no weapons or supplies missing either. How does she think she can make it out there on her own?"
"I don't know, Blue" Hellboy said, "She's a pretty tough girl"
"True, but she didn't take anything with her to support herself. She even left her wallet behind and none of her luggage was missing from her things at all. She left with nothing but one sweater!"
Levi continued to pace as he thought for a moment before speaking, "the note she left said that she was going to deal with it and she had to face Trent, but how would she be able to do that? Does she even know where Trent is? Do we even know?"
"We don't and I'm pretty sure Amelia wouldn't either. So why would she run off like that? Where would she go to face Trent?"
Kelly spoke for the first time as something clicked in her mind, "Home. She's going home" she said and Levi stopped pacing.
"What?"
"C'mon, think about it. I read somewhere that most people feel at their best when they feel they're at home because they know the place so well. Where else other than here would she feel at her best to face this guy?"
Everyone thought about as it began to make sense to everyone in the room.
"So what do we do now?" Liz asked.
"I suppose we should gather everything we will need to find Amelia and face Trent with her" Abe replied.
Everyone nodded in response as they all stood and quickly rushed out of the room to gather everything they would need. As soon as they had everything, they all headed to the truck and even Kelly insisted that she go no matter how many times Levi tried to force her to stay behind. He had told her how dangerous it could be and suggested she stay behind to be safe but Kelly didn't back down as she shoved past Levi and sat down in the truck with a victorious look on her face. Levi gave in as he sat down in the truck and the others came in and sat down as well and they were soon on their way.
Amelia's feet began to hurt as she walked further away from the city and closer to her home that seemed miles away. As she walked, she passed by a small café and she silently cursed herself for not thinking to bring her wallet or anything. She didn't know why she didn't think of bringing anything with her like money or extra clothes, for some reason she just didn't feel the need to. Although she didn't feel very hungry considering all that was on her mind and what might happen, she knew she might need to eat something to keep her strength up. She didn't want to steal anything from a market or something knowing that she might get caught and didn't want to risk that. So instead, she just continued to walk down the street getting farther away from the city. After some time, Amelia thankfully passed a small orchard and at the moment, she didn't see any harm in picking one apple to eat. The apples were ripe as they were also ready to be picked and Amelia quickly picked one of the closest ones she could reach and continued to walk as she bit into the apple.
I didn't think we lived this far Amelia thought as she neared the sign that read the name of her old town. Amelia quickened her pace as she headed down the street where she suspected her old house still stood. As she headed in that direction, she passed by her school that had been destroyed weeks ago and was now being rebuilt as she spotted the construction workers.
Soon she reached her old house and she stood at the end of the driveway where the old rusted mailbox stood on a post labeled 'The Clarks'. She saw that the front yard garden wasn't as green as it had been before as most of the plants had begun to wilt and brown slightly from not enough water. Amelia took a deep breath before walking up the drive way and stepping up to the front door. She suspected for the door to be locked, but it wasn't as she took hold of the doorknob and it suddenly eased itself open as Amelia dropped her hand from the doorknob as the door slowly opened. Amelia hesitated for a moment before cautiously walking inside as she glanced around her old home.
The furniture that was left was covered with white sheets and the few tables and counters had a layer of dust on them. A few cobwebs hung from various corners in the house as Amelia made her way around the place. She headed up stairs to find that the railing was also very dusty just like the counters and tables. Amelia reached the top as she headed towards her old room and she carefully opened the door. Her old bed was still there but it was covered in dust as well as her old desk.
Amelia suddenly heard something scuttling in her room and she froze as she tried to figure out where the sound was coming from. There it was again! This time, Amelia spotted where she heard the sound as she stared at her bed and something began to crawl out from underneath it. It was a small entity that looked just like the other entities she had encountered and it seemed small enough to be just a baby.
It must be one of Trent's Amelia thought as she stared at the small creature. The small entity stared back as if in curiosity and it made a small squeak/purring sound as it moved closer to Amelia. As soon as it was a few inches away from her, the small creature stood up on its hind legs as it gazed at Amelia and she slightly calmed as she lowered herself carefully to her knees. She held her hand out cautiously to the small creature as it dropped back down on all fours and sniffed her hand before briefly licking it, wagging its tail and Amelia smiled.
"You're not dangerous at all" Amelia quietly said to the small entity, "You're just a playful little thing"
The entity seemed to understand as it made the small squeak/purring sound and ran around in a circle a few times before stopping and wagging its tail. Amelia suddenly heard someone downstairs and she stayed down on her knees as she slowly creeped forward to see down the stairs and the small entity quietly followed beside her.
"She won't get away from me" Trent said as he walked into the house with a larger entity beside him. "I won't be defeated by some weak child. I'm better than that"
The entity beside him seemed to grunt in agreement and Amelia lowered herself closer to the floor as she moved slightly closer to get a better look. The larger entity must have extreme hearing as it whipped its head around and sniffed the air as it faced the stairs.
"She must be here" Trent said and he glanced casually at his watch, "She is rather early though but that's not a problem, we'll just get this done a lot faster"
Amelia cautiously and quietly made her way back to her old room as she ever so quietly shut the door.
"Oh man, now what do we do?" Amelia said as the small entity leaped onto her lap. "I'm so stupid, I never should have come"
The small entity jumped down from Amelia's lap as it headed for the window and attempted to jump up onto the window sill but with not much luck. Amelia stood as she headed for the window and she picked up the small creature in one hand and opened the window with the other hand. She swung one leg over the ledge and looked down; it wasn't too far of a fall only a few feet. Amelia swung her other leg over the edge as she sat on the edge of the window sill and she took a deep breath. She didn't get a chance to even jump when thick brown vines shot into the room through the door, quickly wrapping themselves around Amelia. Amelia screamed as the brown vines pulled her back and she was lifted up and yanked back through the door and down the stairs. Amelia held the little creature closely in her arms as the vines stopped downstairs in front of Trent.
"So happy you could join us, Amelia" Trent smirked, "Even if you are a little early, I'm glad we could make time for each other"
"You haven't exactly made it enjoyable" Amelia replied. The brown vines around Amelia tightened slightly making Amelia quietly gasp.
"Careful with what you say, young lady. I don't want to ground you… oh wait, I do… No pun intended"
Amelia began to grow furious as she began to lash out at Trent but more brown vines showed up as they wrapped around Amelia's arms holding her securely in her place.
"Ah, ah, ah, not so fast" Trent said and he then spotted the small entity in Amelia's arms, "And what do we have here?"
Trent reached out and picked up the small animal by its tail hanging it upside down as the small entity attempted to fight back but was failing.
"A little traitor, I see" Trent said, "Well I can't have that"
Trent tossed the small entity carelessly to the side as the larger entity caught it but thankfully didn't eat it.
"Dispose of it" Trent ordered and the larger entity carried the small entity outside as the small entity cried out for Amelia.
"No, please!" Amelia cried, not wanting to lose her newfound friend. Another vine shot out and covered Amelia's mouth silencing her as Trent walked up and roughly took hold of Amelia's chin.
"How do you prefer to die, Amelia?" Trent asked, "Strangled to death or buried alive?"
Amelia remained silent as the vine around her mouth hadn't been removed but she was able to glare at Trent as she lifted her leg up and swung it up hitting Trent where it hurt. Trent automatically bent over in pain as Amelia felt the familiar adrenaline in her powers. The brown vines around her snapped off as Amelia transformed to her 'inner self' and she landed on her feet and dashed to the other side of the room. Trent soon regained himself as he stood and glared at Amelia.
"Do you have a death wish, missy?" he asked.
"You still want to kill me either way" Amelia said, "what's the difference?"
Trent just grew more furious as he moved to charge at Amelia and Amelia ducked and moved out of the way as Trent leaped at her and he landed on his feet as he turned to Amelia.
"You're quick" Trent said, "I can see you're not entirely useless… yet"
Trent moved to attack again and Amelia held her arms up to brace herself for the contact but it never came as there was a green flash and Trent was thrown to the floor. Amelia slowly lowered her arms not knowing exactly what she had just done as Trent began to stand, shocked at what Amelia had just done.
"Where did you learn to do that?" Trent demanded.
"How should I know?" Amelia replied, "I'm useless, remember?"
Trent glared at her as his hands began twisting and curving and brown vines shot out from the ground beside him and he directed the vines towards Amelia. Amelia dodged the vines as she pressed herself to the floor, the vines narrowly missing her and she quickly rolled out of the way. Trent tried again to attack her with his vines but Amelia had her own plan as she twisted her hands and her own green vines shot up beneath Trent, knocking him to the floor. More green vines began to show as they latched onto Trent's arms and legs, holding him to the floor. Amelia continued to twist and curve her hands as one vine grew beside her holding a knife than resembled a large, sharp thorn and she quickly grabbed it as she raced towards Trent and stood over him, knife held up at the ready.
"Go ahead, kill me" Trent said, "Kill your own father, your own flesh and blood who created you in the first place. Kill me! You'll be free of me forever if you do"
Amelia froze not knowing whether this was really what she had to do or if this was just her own anger taking over. Her hand that held the knife began to slightly shake as she stared down at her father, the monster who abused her mother and tried to kill his own daughter and murdered many others like her. He deserved to die, didn't he? Amelia lowered her arm and Trent smirked.
"I knew it, you're still weak" Trent said, "You can't handle killing anybody even if it's me"
Amelia just stood there staring at Trent, her eyes filled with a mix of anger and regret. A few small tears fell from Amelia's eyes and she let them fall as she tightened her hold on the knife and began to raise it again but was stopped as brown vines shot out and took hold of Amelia as she was pulled back and slammed against the wall and the knife fell from her hand. Trent tore the green vines off of his body as he stood and picked up the fallen knife and made his way over to Amelia.
"This is just to easy" Trent said as he raised the knife ready to strike it into Amelia's heart. Suddenly, Trent was slammed to the side as a flash of orange and black tossed Trent to the floor and the knife was knocked from his hand. Amelia then spotted Levi as he was in tiger form as Levi pinned Trent to the floor with his gigantic paws. Trent called out and the large entity from earlier came in and knocked Levi over, freeing the creature's master. Levi and the entity began battling as Trent rushed to pick up the knife but Amelia had freed herself from Trent's vines and she rushed to attack Trent. Levi and the entity crashed into the wall making it crumble as they continued to battle but the whole house began to crumble with it as pieces of wood and debris began to fall around them.
Trent decided to take his chance as he flung the knife towards Amelia but she dodged it just in time for it to fly past her and striking the entity instead. The entity screeched out in pain and Levi took the chance to shove the entity through the wall. The house continued to crumble as the furniture from upstairs fell through the top floor and crashed through the floor they were standing in. Amelia screamed as she fell through the large hole, disappearing into the darkness below.