Some time later, Guillermo and I are in a cab headed to my house. I'm on the phone with Manning to let him know that we're here. I'm looking forward to a shower and some sleep.

"I think it would be best if you two came straight here," says Manning.

"I didn't think you were interested in my supposed prophesy," I tell him.

"Well, it seems that Abe's been doing some research, and he believes that there may be some cause for concern," he responds. I was hoping to give Guillermo a little bit more of a warning about whom he's about to meet, but it doesn't look like it's in the cards.

"Are you sure about this?" I ask.

"No," he answers. "But Abe is insisting, and I've already got one crazed freak on my hands. I don't need two."

I'm not particularly happy about him talking about Abe or Hellboy that way, but I'm too tired for a fight right now.

"Fine," I say. "We'll be there as soon as we can."

I hang up and then I lean forward and give the new address to the driver.

"We're not going to your home?" asks Guillermo. He's starting to look a bit rough around the edges and I realize that he's not the young man I remember from my youth.

"I'm afraid not," I reply. "It seems Manning wants you to start working with Abe as soon as possible."

"Since when do you start taking orders from anyone?" he inquires.

"Since I found out the world is going to come to an end on Sunday," I answer.

I have to wait half an hour before I can give Guillermo any information about who he's about to meet. Finally, we're at the front gate. We get out and I pay the driver. Just as I'm about to press the call button, the gate opens. There's a sedan waiting on the other side that I hadn't seen before. I must be really wiped out if I missed that. John gets out from behind the wheel and opens up the back door for us to get in. As we're getting in, I introduce John and Guillermo to each other. It's a quick trip to the front door and I don't really get a chance to say much. John drops us off and goes to park the car. I lead Guillermo inside and stop on the emblem on the floor which starts to descend almost immediately.

"There's something you need to know about Abe and HB," I start as we slowly descend.

"Such as?" he says.

"Well, for starters, HB stands for Hellboy," I tell him.

"Hellboy is real?" he asks excitedly.

"Yes," I respond. "And now about Abe…"

"I knew it!" he says, ignoring what else I have to say about Abe. "I'll have to make sure to take a lot of details for the archives."

"Uncle," I say. We're almost to the doors. "I really need to tell you about Abe."

"Is he really 8 feet tall?" he goes on, still ignoring what I'm trying to tell him.

"No," I answer. The platform stops and I can hear voices coming through the door. It sounds like Manning and Hellboy. "But I guess you're just going to have to see Abe for yourself."

"Yes, yes, dear," he says in an absent minded way as we cross to the doors. "When do you think I'll be able to meet Hellboy?"

"I'd say right about now," I tell him as I open the door and we're assaulted with Hellboy and Manning's argument.

"WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO FIND HER!" yells Manning.

"WELL, IT'S NOT ENOUGH!" Hellboy shouts back.

As we walk into the library, I can see that Abe is in his tank just on the other side of the glass from them.

"Gentlemen, I believe that help has arrived," says Abe, gracefully waving a hand in our direction.

Manning and Hellboy turn and look at him and then look at us. I see Abe head for the top of his tank. Guillermo is staring at Hellboy. I don't think he even saw Abe. I take him by the arm and pull him toward the others.

"Uncle," I say, "I'd like you to meet Dr. Tom Manning and Hellboy. Gentlemen, this is Guillermo Chavez, The Librarian."

As I finish the introductions, I see a flash of blue-green out of the corner of my eye. I barely have time to register this before I'm suddenly pushed against the glass of the tank. Then his lips are on mine, and nothing else matters. A short eternity later, we're interrupted by Manning again.

"IF you two don't mind," he growls.

We pull apart and I realize that Abe didn't bother drying off before coming downstairs. I'm soaked. I look over at the others. Manning is, of course, frowning; Guillermo looks like some one just slapped him with a mackerel and Hellboy can't seem to decide if should be scowling or laughing. John walks in, looks around, and is now trying to figure out what's going on. I turn to Guillermo.

"Uncle, this is Abraham Sapien," I say. "Abe, this is Guillermo Chavez. He has the book with the prophesy in it, but it hasn't been fully translated yet. I'm hoping the two of you can finish it."

"How do you do?" says Abe as he extends a hand to Guillermo.

Guillermo is standing there with his mouth hanging open. Then his brain seems to finally kick into gear. He takes Abe's offered hand and then he looks at me with a grin on his face.

"Does your grandmother know about this?" he asks.

"No," I reply.

"Can I be there when you tell her?" He and Grandmother have never really gotten along.

"No," I tell him. "Listen, gentlemen, I'm very tired and dirty and I want nothing more than to take a shower and go to bed right now, so if you don't mind…"

"Agent Myers," Manning interrupts, "please show Miss Cavendish a guest room."

"Yes, sir," says John. He comes over to me and picks up my bag. I hadn't even realized I had dropped it. I must have dropped it when Abe grabbed me.

I thank Manning as I leave. Then I follow John down several corridors before he opens a door to a rather sparsely decorated room. I take my bag and thank him as I step into the room. I find the bathroom, quickly shower, get dressed and crawl into bed. I'm asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow.