Hellboy gasped as he watched Manning fall.
Angela swooped down and grabbed the back of his jacket just before he hit the ground. The jacket ripped and Manning hit the floor with a thud. She let the jacket fall and headed for the switch that opened the doorway atop the elevator.
Manning knew that if she got to the top floor lobby they would never catch her.
"FIRE!" he yelled to his men.
"NO!" Hellboy managed to wrench three of the agents free of their guns as they all took aim. He watched in horror as the other nine fired and his eyes turned to Angela's face.
A white light then appeared Hellboy and the rest of the team had to turn away as the light grew and a wind rushed over them.
A moment passed and the light subsided Hellboy looked up to see an angel flying in front of Angela. His hands were extended and in them he held the most beautiful sword he had ever seen. He and the other Agents including Manning seemed awe stricken in the presence of such a creature. Something in the air seemed to whisper his power and grace. His features were handsome, and his shoulder length hair was a sandy brown. The billowing white long sleeved shirt and pants he wore accented his muscular physique, as he flew with a determined expression across his face. There was a circle of light, which seemed to come from him that lit the room in a luminous soft light and Hellboy knew had he not appeared Angela would most certainly be dead.
His expression was stern and Hellboy thought he saw anger in the mans face. He turned to Angela who said something to him and he nodded in response as the two drifted down to the ground. The angel always keeping a watchful eye on the gunmen.
"fhjeidca dalaks asdliao akdjfna aldkfjha asdklfjahsuifh." He said as he landed and turned to Angela.
Angela responded in the unknown dialect and she pointed as Hellboy. The angel looked him up and down and after a brief look of surprise he smiled back at her.
"I understand." He said in English.
"Thank you for coming, I need you help." Angela said to him.
He embraced her tenderly and kissed her on the cheek. A frown appeared on Hellboy's face. He could see in the way they interacted that there was history with him. Romantic history. And he didn't like it at all.
"So it would seem," he said in an accusatory tone as he looked at Manning.
Angela turned to Manning, her expression of resolve unchanged.
"If you take one more step towards that door I will order them to fire." He said.
Hellboy looked on as Angela and Manning stared each other down.
"I am going to leave, regardless of your attempts to stop me." She said with anger in her voice. "I can't believe you wouldn't release me for this ONE thing I ask. I am never coming back, you have proven to me once and for all that even with all your claims of good intent you are no better than the evil you fight." She said.
"Get ready to fire!" yelled Manning ignoring her words.
"NO!" yelled Hellboy as he stepped in the path of their guns.
Angela shook her head, after all they had put her through, after everything they had done to her she was certain…surely they would not deny her this. But it was not to be.
"Don't you dare fire at her." Hellboy bellowed. "I can't believe you would do this. Her daughter is dying."
"The fate of the world is at stake, I can't take any chances." Responded Manning.
"What kind of world would we be saving if we act like this? She's right. This is not a way to treat eachother." responded Hellboy.
"I am not saying its right, just necessary."
"You are so damned hung up on this that you would prefer to shoot her now and get it over with than search for another solution wouldn't you Manning!" Hellboy's words were meant as a cut, he was so worked up and frustrated that the next thing Manning said shocked both Hellboy and Manning.
"YES, that's what I wanted to do all along!!!" he roared.
The room became silent, and Hellboy turned to Angela who was stunned. She never thought…. she covered her hand over her mouth and turned away from them all as a tear came down her face.
Hellboy moved through the crowd and stood behind her. He could feel her shaking and placed his hands on her shoulders, turning her around.
"Red." She said softly looking to him. "I have to get out of here." Her eyes told him she would not return, she couldn't live like this.
Hellboy hugged her and said something he never thought he would say. "Go, I don't know how you put up with it for this long." He said with a sorrow and anger that sturred through his body. He was loosing her.
"A friend of yours?" asked Hellboy as he looked at the angel who seemed too handsome for his liking.
"Gabriel, yes, a good friend."
"I wont be there to protect you." he said, Hugging her. Conflicting emotions filled him as he embraced her. He knew how important this was to her, but his heart feared for her safety.
"I will find you again." She said.
Hellboy picked her feet up off the ground and hugged her close to him so her chin rested on his shoulder. "Take care of your father, he needs your love you know." She whispered.
"I will."
Hellboy released her and she backed away from him towards Gabriel.
"Good bye." She said.
"What, no, no goodbye, you're staying here!" yelled Manning.
But before he could even finish his sentence a bright light filled the room and when it subsided they both were gone.
For a moment they were all silent, still unsure about what had happened.
One of the Agents dropped his gun and Manning seemed to suddenly snap out of his surprise.
"Ok, men lets go, you have three minutes to be ready to move out. I want a perimeter layout of her daughters house within twenty minutes." He yelled as the man around him took to their tasks, running about getting ready.
Manning turned to Hellboy after barking his orders. " And you," he snarled as he glanced at Hellboy with fury dripping from his words. "Your emotional attachment to her is going to get this world destroyed. you're the only one we have who can stop the monsters from destroying this world. What will you do Hellboy? When the monster is her. Now saddle up, you're going out to kill samaielle…again" he said as he went off to get ready.