DL Chapter 4

Allura sat quietly, occasionally spinning her walking stick in her hands as she listened to Abe brief them about their mission in the back of a giant garbage truck.

"There seems to be a pack of cat demons, in a forest just north of Boston, MA." explained Abe.

"Well, what species of cat demon?" asked Hellboy, still checking his gun.

"Well, there seems to be a great number of different cat demons in this pride. For example, there were sightings of panthers, lions, mountain lions, regular cat demons, and many others, but the pride is mostly made up of tiger demons." explained Abe, looking at the pictures in a file he had in his lap.

"That's weird; they usually stick with their own kind." stated HB, looking up from his gun.

"Sounds like fun." said Allura, smirking.

Just as HB was about to make a snide remark, when Myers called back, telling them that they were almost there.

Some time later they finally got there. The garbage truck, along with the many government vans, parked in a semi-circle, right on the edge of a large forest. Hellboy was the first to get out, followed by Abe, then Myers in front. A moment later HB noticed that Allura wasn't behind him. Turning back to the truck, he found that she was still inside, in a back corner.

"Hey Blinky, what are ya still doing here?" asked HB, curiously.

"I'd prefer to stay here until dark, thank you very much." said Allura calmly, frowning a bit.

"Ok, whatever." said Hellboy, shrugging and walking back to the group.

To say Allura didn't like sunlight would be the biggest understatement of the year. Florescent light she could handle, with the help of her sunglasses. But contrary to their name, her sunglasses didn't do crap when it came to the sun. Thankfully, it was already sunset, so she wouldn't have to wait long.

Half an hour later, Allura felt it was safe to come out. She stepped out of the garbage truck, and took off her glasses. She started walking to where Myers and HB were hovering around Abe, who had a map in his webbed hand. They all looked up when she came up to them. Again, they all stared at her eyes. But this time, instead of them being all white, they were all black. The only exception being, a hair thin, white line going around the outside of her eye, which was barely visible, except when she widened her eyes. This was due to the many flashlights that were around the area and because it was a full moon. Abe took care, not to shine his flashlight directly at her, for which she was grateful.

"Well, I'm glad to finally be able to see you." said Allura with a smirk.

Myers was still staring at her eyes, when HB nudged him in the shoulder.

"It's not polite to stare, Boy Scout." said Red with a smirk to rival Allura's.

At this, Myers started blushing furiously. HB chuckled at this. He knew Myers liked Allura; it was so obvious. That's why it was so much fun to embarrass him.

"Hey HB, what are those things on your head? They look like miniature tree stumps!" said Allura laughing her butt off.

"They're not tree stumps, they're my horns!" growled Hellboy.

"Whoa, touchy aren't we?" mocked Allura, fully grinning now.

At this point Myers thought it best to interrupt, knowing how sensitive Red was about his horns from personal experience.

"Um, Allura? Can I ask you something?"

"You just did, but yeah go ahead." said Allura still smirking slightly.

"Well, back at HQ, you said you didn't need a weapon. What did you mean?" asked Myers, his voice full of curiosity.

"I meant what I said." she started calmly.

"I don't need one of yours when I have this." And here, she held up her walking stick.

Everyone within hearing range stared at her. Then they took a closer look at the walking stick, trying to figure out what she meant. The walking stick looked harmless enough. It was made of wood and it came to about Hellboy's waist, which made it about 3 ½ feet long and 2 inches thick.

"What are you supposed to do with that? Hit the demons with it!" asked an exasperated Hellboy.

"Well I could do that, but I'd prefer to use it for another purpose." Said Allura with amusement.

"And what would that be, Allura?" asked Myers shyly.

"Would you like me to show you, Myers?" asked Allura seductively circling him again, like she had in her room.

She stopped circling him, and waited for him to answer.

"S-S-Sure" came his nervous reply.

Allura's face lit up. She had been itching to show off her skills a little, and here was her chance.

"Great, hold still." she said, grinning madly.

Making sure everyone was watching she quickly tossed the walking stick high on the air. Everyone watched it come down, but then it disappeared, so everyone looked to Allura to find out what happened. But they were all shocked when they saw that she was standing behind Myers with a sword to his throat. It seems that there was a hidden sword in the walking stick. She was so fast that they didn't even see her move.

She slowly moved the sword away from Myers' neck and sheathed it, smirking all the while.

"How did you do that?" asked Myers shakily, when he finally found his voice.

"Well that's my little secret." she answered, winking at him.

If he had been afraid of her before, it was nothing compared to what he was feeling now. But still his brain said he found her attractive, even more so now. He was starting to suspect that it was the danger that turned him on, be he still wasn't sure.

Just then Allura heard something. She immediately went into hunter mode. Crouching low she sniffed at the ground. All her senses were on high alert. She scanned the area with her sensitive ears. Then she heard it.

"Something's coming" said Allura, grimly.

Hearing this, all the agents cocked their guns, Myers included. Before anyone could stop her, Allura ran into the forest.

"Hey wait!" yelled Myers worriedly.

"Don't worry, Boy Scout, she can take care of herself" said Red calmly, but inside he too was slightly worried.

Once she was far enough away, she jumped into a tree and scanned the area, only this time with her black eyes. It was quiet… too quiet.

Then she saw it, something running in the night. It was headed toward the other agents. Allura knew she had to do something, since someone had already told the Agents to split up.

"Fools," she whispered angrily

Giving in to her instincts, she jumped back down and ran after whatever it was that was out there. Allura was exceptionally fast for a human, so she caught up to it easy enough. The thing stopped when they both entered a clearing. She could now see the thing clearly, and could tell that it was a large tiger. It was bigger then any tiger that Allura had ever seen, which led her to believe it was one of those tiger demons Abe was talking about in the truck.

It just stared at Allura, with eyes much like her own, and she stared right back. They slowly started to circle each other, never breaking eye contact. Allura felt strangely like she knew this tiger, like she was a part of it. Allura could hear Myers and the others coming closer; she had to finish this now. Just then the demon spoke.

"Welcome sister." It said in a deep, growling, voice, sniffing the air around her.

Just then, Red and the team burst through the bushes, just in time to hear what the tiger said next.

"You hanyou, are one of us." He said.

"No I'm not. I merely have some cat DNA. I am not a hanyou." Allura said calmly, head bowed.

"Oh but you are a hanyou my dear." the tiger said knowingly

"We can smell it. You are the legendary hanyou, from the prophecy."

"I'm telling you, you are mistaken." said Allura getting annoyed.

"I had hoped it wouldn't come to this. We will have to prove it to you by forcing you to transform." He said sadly.

Just then the tiger let out a huge roar. It was then that Allura finally realized that they were surrounded, because that's when the cats attacked.

Some large, some small, but they all attacked. Hellboy shot off a few rounds, but the cats were too fast. The other agents weren't having much luck either, since five minuets into the battle every one was out of bullets. The cats seemed to be trying not to kill, but to knock out the other agents. And it was working. A few moments later, only Myers, Hellboy and Allura were left conscience. They were surrounded by snarling, growling, pissed off cats.

"What are we gonna do now?" asked Myers.

"How about me and Blinky here hold them off, while you get Abe and call for back up." Suggested Red.

"I don't think…" Myers started.

"Just go NOW!" yelled Hellboy as he pushed Myers out of the way of an attacking panther demon.

So Myers started to run towards camp, while Allura and HB knocked out every cat demon they could reach. But one very large tiger got away from the brawl and started towards were Myers went.

Seeing this, Allura knew she had to help, but her sword was lost in the attack. Not really caring where her sword went she followed too. That left Hellboy to take care of the rest.

Trying desperately to catch up to the tiger before it did something to Myers, Allura suddenly felt strange. It was like she was changing, but she never stopped running. She started to feel stronger, wilder, like the wind itself. The nails on her hands started to grow longer and sharper. She could feel her K9 teeth getting sharper and longer also. But she still didn't stop running. Her main thought was to save Myers.

Finally catching up, she could see Myers being chased by the tiger. She growled and charged. The tiger had finally caught up with Myers and just about to pounce on him when Allura attacked. She slammed into it with her shoulder and growled. The tiger growled back, and they started to circle each other. The tiger growled again and bared its teeth, trying to look intimidating. Surprisingly Allura was doing the same thing. And Myers had a front row seat to the fight.

The tiger was the first to attack. It took a swipe at Allura with one of its huge paws, but she quickly dodged. It was Allura's turn and she managed to scratch it with her newly grown craws. She took the opportunity and pounced on its back, sinking her newly sharpen teeth into its neck. It wasn't a fatale blow but it did cause major damage.

It was here that Hellboy and the rest of the agents, who had awoken just minuets before, came onto the scene. Allura got off the tiger and stared at Myers possessively. The tiger, seeing that she was out numbered, took this chance to leave.

Allura was still staring at Myers when Hellboy noticed that it was almost dawn.

"Hey blinky, if you want to stare at Myers all day then its fine with me but, I thought I should tell ya, it's almost dawn." said Hellboy.

That seemed to wake her up, because her head snapped towards the sky, and she too saw that the sky was starting to brighten.

"Well, what are we waiting for? I haven't got my sunglasses with me!" she said worriedly.

And with that they started toward camp.

When they got there the sun was almost up so Allura ran into the garbage truck to get her sunglasses. Abe was waiting for them in the truck when she came in. As Allura reached for the glasses she heard Abe gasp.

"What's wrong Abe?" Allura asked curiously.

"Nothing, it's just you have ears" said Abe shakily

"Of course I have ears, doesn't everybody?" said Allura rolling her now white eyes.

"No, that's not what I mean. You have ears on the top of your head, cat ears I believe." Explained Abe standing up to examine her ears.

Reaching up, Allura felt the top of her head. She surprised to find two fuzzy ears perched on of her head. She was shocked to say the least. Just then, Abe felt something brush up against his leg. He looked down to find a tail sticking out the top of Allura's leather pants.

"It seems you also have a tail too." said Abe chuckling slightly.

"Well what do you know, I have a tail." said Allura calmly also slightly amused.

"We should show this too Hellboy, he'd love it." said Abe

"Too late" Said Hellboy coming into the garbage truck with Myers right behind him.

"You've got some explaining to do, little missy." Hellboy started

"Like for instance, what did you mean by, you have cat DNA?"

"How about I tell you all about it when we get back to HQ. That way I won't have to repeat myself." suggested Allura

Sighing Allura took her seat, and got comfortable for the long ride home, because when she got there, she had a lot of explaining to do.