Good evening everyone :), I hope your all doing well, and for those of you back at school here's something to cheer you up and start your weekend with ;)

So this continues from the ending of the last climatic chapter, and looks at the heartbreak which then follows, a lot of sadness, and some very unexpected turns...Enjoy and review! Thankyou x


'Where is Belle?' Liz repeated, the Agent looking at her perplexed for a moment before responding,

'She should still be up in Fentran's office why?'

'I need to speak with her,' she said running past him and towards the lift they had gone up, though reaching its door she noticed the files scattered on the floor outside of it. Leaning down to pick them up and seeing the cover title being Belle's surname, she looked up to see Johann in front of her.

'Agent Sherman.'

'Johann...where is-'

'Her car iz gone, she left Fentran's offices some time ago I 'ave been told.'

'We have to find her, she's in danger, Maria just told me that Fentran had planned to get to her all along...'

'If zat iz ze case then ve must get back to her, she has just rang ze FBI headquarters saying zat she has found Fentran back at ze bureau for paranormal research and defence...'

'Oh God...we need to go home,' Liz said, taking her locator as she instructed Johann to track Belle's locator, only for him to shake his glass head slightly.

'I am sorry, ve have tried, but her locator has been listed as disconnected for over an hour...'

'Then call the house, John should be there to answer,' she responded, the options fast running out as she called Hellboy.

'Red?!'

'Hey, what's-'

'Where are you?'

'Just heading back to New Haven, it was a waste of time over in North Haven; they couldn't even find the agent that reported the sighting of Fentran...'

'Listen, we need to get back home now. Belle's contacted from there over an hour ago, she said she needed help and she'd found Fentran, but no one's heard from her since, her locators off, and I can't get hold of Clay or Abe-' she said clearly worried as she ran a hand through her hair.

'Right, we'll be there as soon as possible, and we'll get Abe and Clay on the way back, try ringing them again or use their locators or something. Just stay calm...'

'Red, if Fentran's there what about the children?' she breathed, trying not to panic as tears began to shine in her eyes, Hellboy also feeling deeply concerned knowing that Fentran was near the children, but he didn't let go of his faith in Belle.

'Belle's there, she knows how to handle herself. We've just got to hope she can handle Fentran...'

'But Fentran...I mean he's...'

'Just calm down babe, I'll be there soon,' he assured her, Liz responding a simple "okay" with her voice sounding strained as she came off the call. Putting his phone down, Hellboy had initially been in shock at the news, but quickly snapped out of it as he ordered the FBI agents driving to put their foot down...

Liz's POV

Waiting for HB to arrive had left me alone long enough for my worries to escalate. There was a potentially dangerous situation going on and we were forty five minutes away. I had no idea if Clay and Abe were with Belle or the children...or whether they were nearer to us than home. But as I found out that there had been no answer on the phone at home, it was leaving me in a near panic as Red's transport finally pulled up...Yet it was Johann who had to explain all we knew to him as I found myself unable to speak with ease, Hellboy turning to me and putting his hands on my shoulders. 'It's alright babe,' he soothed taking me in his arms where I drew a deep breath before looking up to him finally talking.

'We have to get back...' he then deduced as he kept an arm around me, before going out. 'I shouldn't have left her alone,' I said as got to the car.

'We didn't know this was gonna happen, none of us did.'

'Vill ve collect Agent Sapien and Former Agent Clay I presume?'

'Yeah,' Hellboy nodded as they went out of the FBI base, ignoring the agents that cast us glances as we drove past. Though looking at Hellboy's expression I could tell we were thinking the same thing...just how Abe would take the fact Belle could be in danger...

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Arriving at Meriden's Forensic Lab, Liz had been about to go and find Abe and Clay when the former Agent came out of the front doors. 'Liz I've just seen the missed calls, what's going on? Shouldn't you be over in New Haven?'

'No, Fentran's been sighted at the bureau and Belle went there alone. No one's heard from her for over an hour and we can't get hold of John.'

'Follow me,' he instructed leading them back through the building. 'Abe's through here. As marksmen we were testing the bullet range of the gun which we know now is the one responsible for killing Harold Lucivia.'

'I could have told you that,' Hellboy replied simply,

'So why didn't you answer the phone?' Liz added when Agent Clay held up the soundproof headphones they'd been wearing.

'Through here,' he directed, leading them into a room where Abe was stood, putting down the gun he'd been testing. The locator he held in his other hand flashing vibrantly, though as his gaze met those of the others, they could tell by his expression that he knew...

'Where's Belle?'

'We...we think she's at home...but we've been unable to contact her or John,' Liz explained knowing if she didn't tell him everything he wouldn't hesitate to find it from her mind, the expression which now crossed his features reflecting the paleness of his skin.

'I've tried to contact her but I've been unable to speak with her...' he breathed when as Abe then tried her mobile a ringing sound of music started to play on the table in the right corner of the room.

'She'd asked me to tell you to get her phone for her,' Hellboy remarked, remembering one of his last conversations with her as Abe picked up the mobile, running his leather clad hand over its surface. Yet as he then turned to Hellboy, Liz, Clay and Johann, the silence between them said everything as they left the room in a clear rush.

Between the two cars the return home had been swift, yet unknown to them far too late...Turning down the main road which led towards the bureau, a recognisable silver car brought Liz to a stop, Clay also having to make a hard brake behind them.

'It's Belle's Mercedes,' Abe breathed, his eyes widening at seeing her abandoned car by the side of the house, yet as they got out inspecting it, Hellboy was the first to note her tires. They were all flat. 'Someone's shot the tires,' he said incredulously kneeling down to look at the damage to them before getting back in as Liz then sped round to the entrance at a pace that could have matched Belle. Going onto the driveway and seeing Myer's beaten form trying to get himself up off the ground, the four by four was brought to a sharp stop as they got out of the car.

'John what happened?!' Liz said running and coming down beside him.

'You okay kid?' Hellboy asked helping John to his feet.

'H-he's just...just gone...a car...a black car...I don't know the make, maybe a Ferrari...I'm not sure of the number plate but-'

'John you need to get to A&E,' Hellboy said silencing him, and taken in his heavily beaten body.

'Where are the children and Belle?' Abe asked, trying to keep his tone as calm as he could, sounding more strained as Myer's shook his head.

'I...I don't know...Fentran knocked me out, but someone else was with him...they beat me. I never saw Belle, but when Fentran left he had someone in the car.'

'Who?' Red demanded,

'I don't know...I'm sorry,' he said clutching his arm, his body shaking as he struggled to stay stood up. Helping him up into the house, Abe used his psychic abilities as he sensed something, recognising the two aura's in an instant.

'The children are still here,' he said aloud feeling the presence and following it, Red and Liz behind him after Hellboy had ordered Johann to call an ambulance for Myer's.

Going down into his room, where he was strongly drawn too, Abe had only partially opened the door, when he let them swing open. Seeing the broken surface of the tank and the water that flooded the room, the group looked around in disbelief at what had happened since last being in the room. Looking over at the bookcases to see many books fallen from their shelves and some still bearing ice upon them, the room was near enough unrecognisable, the lights that had stood on stands around the room smashed and broken. 'What the hell happened here?' Hellboy questioned frowning, Abe none the wiser as they stepped in, 'are the kids in here?'

'They are yes,' Abe nodded still taking in the wreck that was his room, when Blue heard a sound. 'The cupboard...' he breathed moving over as Liz approached the door with Red...

'Cedric? Aurora?' Liz said loudly, waiting with baited breath to hear for their voices.

'Mummy! Mummy,' then sounded as Liz flung open the cupboard door, both children running out and throwing their arms around Liz.

'You're safe…oh thank god…but how did you end up here? Oh god…' she breathed, kissing their foreheads and holding them tightly, Hellboy closing his eyes and exhaling in relief, though it was then they looked up to their god-father and Aurora ran up to him.

'Blue!' she said reaching up to him, Abe kneeling down trying to act normally around his godchildren. But that was when he saw it, the sparkling chain…the Ceylon Sapphire that they had spoken of only the night before glittering. Belle had been there...Taking it over Aurora's head gently, Abe saw the last moment Belle held it, her expression frightened as she closed the door, Blue then moving around the room. 'Belle was here…she put the children in there so they would be safe…' Abe said, his tone revealing the deep concern and worry with there being no sign of her, as he moved carefully over the remnants of the glass. Though as he knelt down to inspect the discarded blade on the floor by his tank, worry sank in as he noted the blood mixed into the damp carpet near it as he picked it up. Upon touching the handle, a vision then made itself present, the first thing he could hear being Belle's voice.

...'Abe will be back any minute he'll be home with Red…' Belle began,

'Home is that what you think this is? It's just a starting point…' he grinned, taking a step forwards and watching with clear pleasure as Belle moved back. 'Still when I'm done; any of you that are left alive will be taken somewhere, where no one can hear your screams.'...

Watching as the fight had broken out and seeing Belle manage to disarm the rogue Agent, he was sent into a state of shock upon watching her get struck from behind by Fentran, Abe wanting so desperately to help her but naturally he was unable to touch her. Watching helplessly as she lay at his feet, Abe bent down to her, unwilling to let the vision end as Fentran lifted her lifeless form out of the room, the images slipping from his view as did the blade from his grasp...

Hearing a loud clatter as he opened his eyes, Abe was no longer stood in the library but on his knees in a chamber. Looking up to see Hellboy and Liz before him, they both took one of his arms, resting each over their shoulders as they supported him up as a voice spoke out behind them.

'Abraham Sapien.' Looking up into the skeletal face of a creature Abe had never before encountered, Liz and Red showed signs of recognition in their features...the three of them now standing in the circular room which they had only seen once many months before.

'The Angel of Death...' Abe breathed, the dark figure bowing its head slightly.

'Correct, I do not believe we have even been introduced, unlike how I follow Anung Un Rama's every decision...every aspect of his fate.'

'Why have you brought us here?' Liz asked, concern shining in her eyes.

'Your mind is consumed with worry is it not? The fear of losing someone close to you once again...' The Angel asked, directing his gaze only at Abe.

'Yes...' he remarked quietly, 'what do you know of what's happening to Belle...?'

'I know enough of the past Belle has endured and what her captor wants of her.'

'Which is what?'

'I am not able to tell you the future intentions when everything is subject to change.'

'Then why have you brought us here?'

'You all seek a common desire…to protect those you have shared affections for against what fate has previously decided for you…' Looking up to the Angel of Death, Abe knew there was something more to what this creature was saying. 'You show a great love for this girl,' the Angel then continued watching Abe's every expression and movement.

'Of course I do...' he replied when something entered his mind. 'You know where she is...'

'I have undermined your clairvoyance it would seem,' the Angel of Death nodded, the eyes that followed the Angel's gaze beginning to revert back into the skeletal wings as he spoke. 'To find her I shall tell you but one thing...Belle Lucivia had allies close to her which will lead you to her. It would be in your best intentions to use their knowledge wisely.'

'Why would you help us?' Liz asked

'I am the death of Anung Un Rama; I shall meet you at every crossroad that much your young fiancé knows. In finding Belle Lucivia, you will also bring about another facing of your inner demons, the question being whether it will overpower you like it is destined too...' he responded finally looking to Hellboy.

'Again with the cursed fate...look I've got a family, I'm going nowhere' Hellboy said irritably.

'This will not be our last meeting,' the creature concluded, the darkness seeming to linger around its thin figure. Though as its gaze returned to Abe, he noted how the atmosphere seemed to be dimming around them. 'You have the chance to find her...to save her...' the Angel of Death remarked as the room began to fade, the last of the creature going with it as Abe, Liz and Hellboy felt their footing begin to lose grip of the floor. Though it was then, as if being thrown forwards, that the three friends suddenly regained their balance, the view clearing to reveal Abe's room once again...Looking over to see Clay and Johann stood at the door, the children ran to their parents as Agent Clay asked them in a shocked tone about their sudden vanishing from the room. Yet Abe's focus was on the gold chain which lay in his hand, a single teardrop landing and separating over it with the sapphire shining as he put his other hand to the silver chain around his neck...

Meanwhile in a secluded location, Belle lay in the centre of a large open clearing, the young telekinetic beginning to regain consciousness, her eyes opening weakly. 'Mm...' she murmured, her vision starting to clear as she put a hand out to support herself up. But that's when she felt something tight and cold covering her hands. Looking down to see a sphere shaped mould of silver encasing her hands and wrists. As her gaze followed the shackles that were linked to them, she found they were fixed securely into the ground, her legs unbound. Trying to lift her hands up, Belle felt the heavy weight within them, when she was suddenly alert, looking around the clearing, sensing more than one presence close by. Yet as a howl broke the silence startling her, Belle then felt a pain along the side of her forehead. The table...she had gotten knocked into it before falling unconscious...

'Well you put up more of a fight than expected; I suppose I should commend you for that much.' Glancing up with her eyes narrowed, Belle was now face to face with Fentran, his sinister expression belittling as he stood over her.

'What do you want with me?' Belle asked, already finding in his thoughts enough to tell her he hadn't gotten the children.

'I would have thought you may have figured it out by now,' he said moving lightly in front of her, his pace calm, as was his tone, yet something about his demeanour wasn't right.

Belle was also unable to shake off the sense he wasn't alone, though as her attention returned to him the moment he stopped pacing, Fentran was the first to speak again. 'You resemble your parents, the beauty of your mother from when I first met her, and the determination of your Father, but naturally look what happened to them...'

'Of course being the daughter of Glenna, you went for me too...so it made sense to you to use the children...you knew if I found out...if any of us found out...we'd be drawn to you.'

'An easy strategy...You're intelligent Belle, but you're stupid in the fact that you returned to the bureau alone.'

'I stopped you from taking the children, I may not have helped myself but at least I succeeded in that,' she responded, Fentran watching her evenly when a grin became present on his features which unnerved her a little.

'You may have done so, which I presume you used your "abilities" to figure out. Not that I would need to have done much with the children anyway. They can be so easily disposed of. But tell me, even though you may have intervened in one aspect of my plan, how do you think your dear Abraham will take your sudden disappearance?' Fentran suggested, enjoying the look of pain that entered her features when a number of growls entered the atmosphere, Belle's eyes widening at the silhouettes that began to appear around the edges of the clearing...


I think that was quite an emotional chapter there, and with a character appearance that I doubt many will have expected. So a lot of questions left open there, it's now a race against time to get to Belle, but just what will happen as we near the most dramatic and climatic point of this fanfic?

Keep Reading, Reviewing and I'll be updating soon as I'm sure I won't get away with leaving it too long...:) and as always thankyou to my amazing reviewers!

Goodnight!

~x-xMasqueradeAngelx-x