Chapter 5
One Week Later
Dawn walked slowly down the corridors of the Bureau; not real sure where she was headed. She just had to think and clear out her head. And she felt some what angry with Willow for not staying with her. She promised she would come back but Dawn couldn't help but feel deserted by her friend. Maybe it was the selfish side of her that came out a lot when she was a teenager, but she couldn't help it.
She suddenly found herself wandering down a hall with only one door and it was at the end with someone standing in front of it; punching in numbers in a key pad next to it. The doors slid open and the man started to walk down the hall that lay on the other side of the doors.
"Hey! Wait up!" Dawn yelled; her curiosity getting the better of her. The man turned around and Dawn noticed it was Agent Myers. She ran past the doors and stopped beside him with a big kid like smile planted on her face.
"Dawn? What are you doing here?" Myers asked; implying to the hallway they were now standing in.
"Giving myself a tour. Where are you headed?" Dawn asked.
"Uh, well. I was just about to speak to Hellboy." Myers answered as he furrowed his brow.
"Oh. Uh…" Dawn stammered when she got her answer. She wasn't much in the mood to see him. Sure, he promised to protect her, but now all of a sudden she felt very shy around him.
"You can tag along. That is… if you want." Myers invited; noticing Dawn's sudden change in attitude.
"Um. I don't know. I don't think I should." Dawn fidgeted with her fingers and hair as she looked around at all the artifacts in the glass cases.
"Come on. I don't think he'll mind." Myers responded as he lightly shoved her ahead of him; a surprised look forming on her face.
"No. No. Really. I should go… uh… check out the rest of this place. I'm sure I haven't seen…" Dawn rambled and stopped when Myers unlocked the big door with a gun shaped looking key.
Myers pushed a cart full of food that was left by the door halfway through before stopping and turning back to Dawn. "Come on." He said with a tilt of his head towards the inside of the room.
"O.. Okay." Dawn said as she followed Myers inside.
As she walked in she saw tons of television screens placed all about the room; turned on. Some were new and some were very old; surprising they still worked. They were all playing different things; mainly cartoons. Dawn couldn't help smile at the fact that a big, red demon was watching cartoons. Piles of paper and folders were piled on shelves in a not-so-neat manner.
Dawn jumped and released a small squeal when a stack of papers fell from above her; hitting her left shoulder. She heard a meow above her and looked up to see a brown striped cat looking down at her. She smiled as she scanned more of the room to find more cats wandering all over the place; her eyes growing wide from the sight.
"Here's your dinner, Red." Myers said as he brought the cart to a halt and grabbed a bowl of chili.
"Great." Dawn heard a muffled response and she looked to see a bare-chested Hellboy in front of her doing curls with a huge dumbbell in his left hand. She quickly averted her gaze; a bit embarrassed about what she had just seen. She never knew a demon could look like that.
"Hey kid." Hellboy greeted her and she quickly looked at him and back down at the floor again with a slight smile and head nod. Hellboy laughed slightly at her reaction towards him and dropped the dumbbell by his feet; walking over near Dawn to grab his lighter. Dawn inched slowly away from him while still looking at the floor.
"Why so fidgety?" Hellboy asked as he lit the cigar which was wedged between his lips.
"No… no reason." Dawn stammered as she attempted once again to look at him; failing still.
"Hmm." Hellboy responded as he tossed the lighter back on the paper littered table. Dawn noticed he was wearing big black boots and leather pants with a rosary hooked onto his belt. A soft smile played on her face at the sight of the rosary.
Hellboy dug into his chili as Dawn continued to look around the room; looking everywhere but at Hellboy. Her eyes came to a halt when they landed on a picture near his bed. It was placed in a plain black frame and held a picture of a girl.
Dawn slowly walked up to it and picked it up. She saw a beautiful girl in, what appeared, to be her mid-twenties. The girl had long, black hair with brown eyes and wore a black cardigan sweater with a smile dancing on her face; causing her eyes to sparkle.
"Who's this? She's very pretty?" Dawn asked; forgetting about her shyness towards the demon.
Hellboy quickly turned away from his meal to see Dawn holding the picture frame in her small hand. He narrowed his eyes into slits and stormed over to her; snatching the picture from her hand.
"What do you think you're doing?!" He snapped as he placed the picture back where she found it.
"Wha-?" Dawn began to ask with a hint of fear flashing through her eyes.
"What the HELL do you think you're doing?!!" Hellboy repeated as he loomed over her.
Dawn's jaw trembled with both fear and trying to find the words before she quickly ran out of the room; tears streaming down her face. She was officially terrified of him now; she didn't want him as her protector.
She made it to the end of the hall just as it was opening again to reveal Myers with more food for Hellboy. Dawn just ran past him without stopping to answer questions and Myers followed her with his eyes; a look of concern and confusion on his face.
Myers walked into Hellboy's room to find him sitting on the bed with Liz's picture in hand; staring down at it with slightly damp cheeks. Myers stopped the cart and walked up to him; standing in front of him with his hands in his pockets.
"What happened?" Myers asked with a neutral look.
"What?" Hellboy asked; quickly looking up from the picture.
"Well, a very upset girl just ran out of here. Care to tell me why?" Myers asked.
"She- she asked about her." Hellboy answered as he looked back down at Liz.
"And you over-reacted again with the mention of Liz, huh?" Myers had an idea what transpired, but he wanted to help his friend deal.
"She shouldn't be snooping around." The red demon responded strongly as he placed the picture back and stood up; walking past Myers to where his sander was placed. He started filing his horns to try and avoid the conversation Myers was attempting to have.
"Look, you have the picture in plain sight! It's only normal for her to be curious!" Myers yelled over the sound of the sander. Hellboy grumbled and rolled his eyes as he heard every word Myers said. He shut the sander off and turned to face the agent.
"She doesn't have the right." Hellboy growled; not fazing Myers.
"I think she does." Myers responded and Hellboy crinkled his forehead in confusion at Myers' words.
Dawn slammed the receiver down when she didn't get an answer on Willow's cell phone. This was the forth time she had tried calling her and she was getting frustrated. She started digging through the desk the phone was on; in search of a phone book. She decided on calling a cab to bring her back to her apartment. She had run into this office in hopes of finding a phone and as luck would have it, eureka, there was a phone. She didn't know who's office she was in nor did she care. She just wanted out of this place.
After making a mess with papers and nilla folders she finally found the big yellow book. She quickly flipped through the pages desperately trying to find any sort of cab company. With the speed at which she was flipping she noticed she passed the page with taxies. She quickly turned back and picked up the receiver again to dial the first number she found.
"Hello. Yeah. I need a taxi." Dawn said quickly as she felt her heart beat faster and faster; the anxiousness of leaving getting to her.
"Okay, miss. I need the address of where you are at." The man on the other end responded.
"Um. I'm not sure the address here. But it's a waste management building." Dawn replied as she bit her bottom lip.
"East or West? There's one on both sides." The man spoke.
"Uh, East, I believe." Dawn replied.
"Okay. Someone will be there in half an hour to forty-five minutes." The man replied slowly.
"Thanks." Dawn said before hanging up the phone.
She rushed out of the office and into 'her room'. She grabbed her keys, purse, and unpacked suitcase. She had just come to live there a few days ago and hadn't felt the need to unpack. Now she knew why. As she made sure she wasn't forgetting any little things she may have brought along; a knock sounded at her door. Dawn quickly stood up straight as she looked at the door.
"Uh, come… come in." Her voice cracked at her attempt to speak. The door swung open slowly to reveal Myers with a concerned look on his face. He closed the door quietly behind him before walking to her. He saw the suitcase resting on the bed but the handle was held tightly by Dawn's hand.
"Where are you going?" Myers asked with a head nod in the direction of the suitcase.
"Home. I don't really feel welcome here." Dawn answered with a stern look on her face.
"Look. I know, back there, Hellboy was being a-a…" Myers started but his sentence was finished for him.
"Real jackass? Really? I hadn't noticed." Dawn sarcastically spoke as she held her look.
"He's just going through a really…" Myers tried once again speaking to her but she just shook her head.
"I've made up my mind. I'm going home." Dawn replied as she dragged the suitcase off the bed and walked past Myers.
"Dawn, please." Myers begged but Dawn ignored him as she walked out the door.
