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Part IV: Streamline

Chapter: Apocalypse

A short moment of pure fear, that lasted for an eternity.

There was a golden glow around Maggie, she stretched her slender limbs and opened her strikingly yellow eyes.

"My, my, Jacob." she said, and flashed a grin so wide that her unnaturally sharp teeth were revealed. "Did you undress me? And in front of Uncle John? That's a bit kinky, but I'm game if you guys are."

Myers' jaw dropped.

Jacob blinked a few times, deep red spots emerging on his cheeks.

"Maggie, I-"

"Margrat." said Myers, trying to find his cool. "Maggie, is it… you?"

"Why? Who else would I be?" Maggie seemed annoyed. She hopped down from the table and walked closer, and suddenly Myers was very much aware of the fact that she was very much naked, the gold chains hanging on her bare chest only decorating her slim, blue figure.

"The Goddess." he spat out. "Remember? The Great Goddess who killed Margot, who abducted you, and left that girl dead on the floor to move into you?"

"Oh, right!" Maggie's yellow eyes brightened. "Now that you mention, uncle, I do hear a nagging voice in my mind. This is curious! I have a Goddess in my head?"

Myers stared at her for a few heartbeats, speechless. Maggie picked up the flashlight from the floor, turned it to her face and grinned.

"Do I look different?" she raised an eyebrow. "Did it add to my natural hotness?"

Myers gave a sigh, rolled his eyes.

"I should've guessed." he muttered.

"Don't tell me you guys came to my rescue?" Maggie laughed. "Jacob? You came to save me?"

"Maggie, I—" it seemed like that was all he was capable of saying lately, and Myers couldn't blame him. This certainly was a turn of events he hadn't seen coming.

"Oh, that's adorable. Chivalry isn't dead, after all." Maggie purred.

She walked closer to Jacob, her hips swinging, her tail swirling in the air, and pointed the flashlight on him.

"Jake, you okay?" she asked, not sounding too concerned. "Are your ears bleeding?"

"I'm fine." Jacob replied. "Just… had a rough night."

"I can imagine." Maggie chuckled. "Being tied down here with Uncle John? I would be bored out of my mind!"

"Hey, I'm right here." Myers snapped. "And I would appreciate if you released my hands."

But Maggie didn't bother to answer. She sat down on Jacob's lap, straddling him, and taking his face into her hands, she kissed him. Myers did the wise thing of turning his gaze away, as Maggie glued her naked, blue form against Jacob's chest - not caring one bit about Myers' presence. When she finally broke the kiss Jacob's eyes were wide and his voice thin.

"Jesus, Maggie-"

"Hardly. Just a Goddess."

Jacob made a nervous laughter.

"So, is that like a permanent thing? Should I be worried?"

"Oh, Jake. You should always be worried with me." She leaned closer, to kiss Jacob again, but this time Jacob interrupted her advances.

"Maggie, wait-" he inhaled and exhaled a couple of times. "Just… you know, could you, like, release my hands?"

"Not so sure about that." Maggie purred. "I'm kinda liking you where you are."

Myers rolled his eyes, for what seemed to be like a thousandth time since Maggie had awoken. Surely, he and Margot had never been that sloppy. But he really, really didn't want to see the daughter of his best friend having bondage sex with his nephew, so he made himself known by clearing his throat..

"Maggie, that's enough." he stated as sternly as he could. "There's an evil goddess trapped inside of your head, a dead woman on the floor, and my shift isn't over yet. Release my hands, if you would, and let the kid get up. And don't make me ask again."

"Really, Uncle John?" Maggie made a face. "Am I not allowed to have any fun? After all, I kinda saved the world. By not destroying it."

"If it's thanks that you're looking for, you'd better free me." Myers replied. "And the fun can bloody well wait."

"Ah, fine." Maggie gave an exasperated sigh, and stood up. "Stop nagging, already!"

With a few swift moves Maggie snatched the ties that held Myers and Jacob to their stone pillars, with a knife she had taken from Myers', and as soon as his hands had been freed, Myers stood up, ignoring his spinning head, and the pain in practically every part of his body.

He lend a hand to Jacob, who seemed to be feeling rather rotten as well - but at least they were both alive. And the world hadn't ended - yet.

"Johnny-" Maggie chirped, turning her attention to Myers. "Was it your idea to bring Jacob to save me?"

"Don't call me Johnny." Myers snapped. "Why do you ask?"

He handed a bottle of water to Jacob, who accepted it gratefully.

"Why would you do that?" Jacob is many things, I know, but he's not an agent and I think he'll never be. Did you bring him just for his funny jokes? Or did you bring him so that I wouldn't burn down this world, because he'd remind me of my better self?"

"So, you've been talking to your dad, then?" Myers asked. "All that 'Remember who you are" stuff?"

"I might have." Maggie shrugged. "Anyways, it was totally stupid of you to think I'd bring on the Apocalypse. I like drinking and fucking way too much to destroy all this. World is okay."

Myers glanced at Jacob, who looked at Magrat as if she was something amazing, as a flower that turns towards the sun. He remembered the despair and rage in Jacob's voice when the Goddess had tormented him, the tears that had fallen to his face when he had thought Maggie was lost.

It was clear that this was more than folly of youth, or a fling of a moment. Myers saw how Jacob looked at Maggie, and it was a look, painfully familiar to him. Myers knew true love, when he saw it.

But Maggie…

Myers glanced at the blue she-devil who had sneaked back to Jacob's side and was wrapping her tail around his body. She looked at Jacob as if he was a delicious meal, nothing more.

But she hadn't killed them. And she hadn't destroyed the world in flood and fire. And the Goddess was beaten - sort of. Maybe he should give Maggie some credit after all.

At that moment, there was a loud 'bamf', a cloud of smoke and another blue figure appeared in the middle of the room.

"Myers? Jacob!" Jay exclaimed. "You alive?"

"Obviously." Myers noted, rubbing his wrists - but the truth was, he was happy to see Jay. "You took your time."

"My apologies." Jay said in a way that made it clear he wasn't really apologizing. "I was knocked out! As were Red and Daimio too. I just came to."

"Are they okay?"

"Yeah, I guess. Daimio's throwing up all over the place, though." Jay shrugged. "So, no Apocalypse today, I see? What happened."

"I saved the world." Maggie boasted. "And the Goddess is imprisoned."

"Really? And where's that?"

"In my head." Maggie's grin was wide, her teeth sharp and she had laughter in her voice. "Don't worry - everything is totally under control!"

"When you say 'Don't worry', even I worry." noted Jay, and for once Myers full heartedly agreed with him.

But Maggie had already busied herself, kissing Jacob again, and this time Jacob's hands had found her waist, were gripping on her blue skin in a way that Myers found highly inappropriate - considering there were others present.

He made an exasperated sigh. When had his job - killing monsters and saving the world - had become about watching teenagers make out?

"Maggie, get dressed." he stated. "It's time to get out of here."

She broke the kiss, and winked at Myers.

"What, don't you like my looks, Johnny?"

"Don't call me Johnny." Myers grunted. "Just get dressed, would you? Some of us have had a rough night."

"Geeh, fine! I would, but I don't have any clothes. And I sure as Hell am not going to wear hers." Maggie pointed to the dead girl, who was lying in the pool of blood.

"Come on, take this." That was Jay. He had removed his biker jacket and offered it to Maggie, Who accepted it and wrapped it around her slender form - looking now, if not decent, at least a bit less naked, which made Myers relax a bit.

"Ready?" Myers asked. "Jay, could you take us-"

But before he could finish that sentence, Maggie had already grabbed Jacob's arm and disappeared with a loud 'bamf'.

"For fuck's sake." Myers muttered. "I'm too old for this."

In a swirl of blue smoke, Jay and Myers followed.

They found Maggie outside, in front of the Pyramid of the Moon, being scolded by Hellboy. Jacob was standing nearby, looking like a puppy that's been yelled at, his hands stuffed deep in his pockets.

Daimio was sitting on the stairs, looking somewhat sick, but Hellboy was standing up, pointing a finger at his daughter, and he was mad.

"-running away from home with a killer goddess-"

"How was I supposed to know she was evil? It's not like she had a sign saying 'Hey, I killed your aunt!'"

"You should have known better!"

"I was curious!"

"You almost got yourself killed!"

"Hah! It wasn't even close."

"You are grounded for a year! And no buts-"

"Dad! That's totally unfair! I saved the world!"

To that, Hellboy didn't reply a thing. He took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and then dug a cigar from his pocket. He took his time lighting it up, and taking a first, deep breath. Only after that, he turned his attention back at his daughter.

"Maggie, this discussion is over. Go. Home."

"But Dad, I—"

"Na-Ah! None of that! Home. Now."

"Really? Is this because I'm a girl? Or because I'm naked? This is totally unfair! Why does no one tell Jake to go home?"

"Because Jake is my responsibility." Noted Myers "And you are not, luckily."

"Hey, Myers!" Hellboy seemed to notice him for the first time. "You okay?"

"Fine." Myers replied, even if that wasn't really true. "And I agree with you, by the way. Maggie should totally go home, even if just for Kat's sake. She must be pulling her hair off by now."

"Yeah." Hellboy grunted. "Kat sure wasn't happy to stay behind on this one."

"But before anyone else goes home-" Myers went on. "There is still stuff to do. The mural. We need to destroy it once and for all, so that the Goddess can never be resurrected again."

"Cool." said Maggie. "Not that I have any idea, what's a mural."

"It is a painting on a wall." Noted Daimio, who had kept silent until now. "It holds a piece of the Goddess' powers and if we destroy it, it should make it impossible for her to resurrect."

"I'm all for that." said Maggie. "But who the heck are you?"

"Ben Daimio." introduced Hellboy. "Meet my daughter, Maggie."

"Charmed." said Daimio on a very dry voice.

"So, will destroying this cursed murmur-"

"Mural." stated Myers.

"That's what I said!" snapped Maggie. " A Murex. Anyways, will destroying it get the Goddess out of my head?"

Myers shrugged. "I don't know. Don't think so, but at least it will make her weaker and easier to kill."

"Let's worry about that tomorrow." noted Jay. "Maggie can throw the goddess up in a jar or something. And then we burn the jar."

"Fine, whatever." said Maggie. "Just let's get to business. There are a cadzillion things I'd rather do than stand here chatting about murrays - and all of them include me and Jacob getting the fuck out of here - together."

Jacob seemed delighted, and was just about to say something, when Hellboy gave him a look that would have scared a lesser man shitless.

"Jake - if you touch my daughter, I'll rip your spine off."

"Dad, come on-!"

"And Maggie, you are grounded for life." Hellboy muttered, pointing a finger at Maggie's chest.

"Dad." Maggie broke into a grin. "Were you actually worried for me?"

"Well.." Hellboy shrugged. "Nah, I knew you'd pull through."

"So, I'm not grounded the ?"

"Oh, Yes you are, missy." Hellboy grumbled. "And you're gonna go home right now, or I'll make Jay drag your ass there."

"Fine." Maggie pouted her lips. "Whatever. You guys destroy that cursed wall-painting-thingy, and I'll throw up in a jar. Sounds like a plan."

"Red, you want me to take her-" Jay began, but Maggie had already taken Jacob's hand and they vanished - again - in a cloud of blue smoke. They might have taken a small detour before bamfing into BPRD headquarters a half an hour later, but Kat, Abe, Amanda, Andu and the twins were so happy to see them both unharmed, that no one gave them hard time about it.

Myers, Daimio, Hellboy and Jay on the other hand, stayed behind and took down that 'cursed wall-painting-thingy', and Myers actually felt a little bad seeing how the amazing 2000 year old mural, that was one of Mexico's national treasures, was crumbled to pieces by Daimio's jaguar claws.

But at the same time, he felt relief.

The world hadn't ended. The Goddess' power was diminished and she could never be reborn again. Maggie had found it in herself, not to end the world, and they would all get to live.

"Come on, guys. Let's have a beer." he said. "I think we've deserved that."

It was probably for the best, that they could not see the future.

It would take another 20 years, before Maggie would embrace her destiny to bring on the Apocalypse. And Jacob would be burnt to ashes, trying to save the woman he loved.