"Liz! Does it hurt? Does it hurt where the babies are?" Lily asked Liz. She had no idea what to do until Abe or some type of medic showed up.
"Yes. It hurts. It hurts there. Oh god my babies! My twins!" Liz shouted frantically. "Do something!" She grabbed Lily by the front of her dress.
"I don't know what to do or if I can do anything!" Lily told her, trying to pry Liz off of her.
Luckily, Maerwen came back in with Abe and Nuala.
"The healers are coming." Maerwen told them.
"Good. Thank you." Lily said to her.
Nuala tried to calm Liz down while Abe touched her stomach, trying to figure out what was wrong. After several seconds, Abe lifted his hand, shock and horror on his face.
"Abe, what's wrong? Abe! What's wrong with my babies?" Liz shouted at him.
"I'm afraid . . . that your body has aborted the babies." Abe said solemnly.
Time seemed to stand still after he said that. Everyone was shocked and surprised by this news.
"It seems that the species difference between you and Red was too great to produce offspring." Abe further explained.
"But I was six months with them! And there have been half-demon half-human children before! It can't be true!" Liz started crying.
"I will get Red." Abe turned towards the door.
"No. No you won't because there's nothing wrong with them! You read it wrong! Do it again!" Liz put Abe's hand on her stomach. "Read my stomach and find out that my babies are alright!"
Liz went into some kind of psychological breakdown. She refused to acknowledge that her children were dead. Abe did eventually bring Hellboy in to tell him and he cried with Liz. It also turns out that not all of the pregnancy materials had been released out of Liz's body during the spontaneous abortion and the rest had to be taken out. It was a very sad and emotional day. Liz and Hellboy had insisted on having a funeral for their unborn children, and that was also sad and emotional.
It was little less than a week after these events that Lily was wandering the castle by herself. She was wandering down one of the hallways. She came to a three-way split and looked down the left, then the center, then the right, trying to figure out which way to go. She glanced back down the left hallway and noticed an elegantly carved door that she hadn't seen before. She frowned in confusion and started walking down that hallway. She stopped in front of the door. It had a gold doorknob and the rest of it looked almost like it had grown out of the wall. She hesitantly put her hand on the doorknob and turned it. She opened the door to reveal a dimly lit room. The floor was made out of gray stone and there was some creature turned away from her. It was big and she saw feathers.
"I've been expecting you, Lillian." A raspy voice came from the creature.
It turned around and she saw it had eyes on its wings, but none on its face. It was bony and skinny.
"I am the Angel of Death and you have a destiny. A very important destiny." It smiled wickedly at Lily.
She took a few cautious steps into the room and the door slammed behind her.
"I am the one who killed Elizabeth Sherman's twins. It was essential to your mission."
"Mission? What mission?" Lily asked.
"A mission to kill Hellboy." Lily stared at the Angel of Death confused.
"You're insane. I can't do that." She said.
"But it is your destiny. Hellboy will cause the apocalypse. He will kill everyone and everything if you do not stop him. It must be you." The Angel of Death told her. "I killed Elizabeth's children with him to make it easier on you. This way you aren't taking a father away from his children."
"But I'm just a human."
"Don't let King Nuada get inside your head. You are much better than you think." It paused for a second. "I will not let you and Nuada's children die before they can take their first breath, as they are supposed to, if you take this mission."
"I can't do this! Not to Liz! It's too soon."
"You won't do this now, but soon. I will let you know when. If you accept." The Angel of Death stared at her, awaiting her answer.
"I'm the reason that Liz's twins are dead." Lily said, tears forming in her eyes.
"Yes. And your children will die if you do not kill Hellboy."
There were moments of silence in the room. Lily didn't want to accept.
"Very well. Think about it. But if Hellboy is not dead before your second child is born, I will take your children's souls and give them to Elizabeth and Hellboy's children. Your children will die and they will finally have their own. And your children's deaths will be the first of many for the apocalypse." Wind blew all around the room and Lily had to shut her eyes from the force of it.
When she reopened them, she was looking down a hallway. The Angel of Death was nowhere to be seen. She heard someone calling her name and she turned around, still shocked by her encounter and mission.
"There you are, your Highness! It is time for supper!" Maerwen grabbed Lily's arm and began pulling her towards the dining room.
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Lily was still in shock from her encounter with the Angel of Death and had hardly said two words at supper. She refused to let Nuala touch her to see what was wrong. She had to do this on her own. But killing Hellboy? She doubted she could do that.
She was in her blue silky nightgown on her and Nuada's bed, playing with her toes. Nuada had been reading some important documents concerning Bethmoora at the desk in their room, but Lily's sudden quietness had started to irritate him.
"What is wrong, human?" He stood up from the desk and walked over to the bed. He was still in his day clothes. "Are you still upset at me for refusing sex?"
Lily looked up from her feet, breaking her train of thought. Maybe Nuada could kill Hellboy for her. He seemed capable. But the Angel had said it had to be her. Then again it shouldn't really matter as long as he was dead.
"I'm just thinking." She decided not to tell him.
"About that human and the demon's dead children? It has passed. There is nothing more to be done." He turned back towards his desk.
Lily watched as he sat back down and began examining the documents again. She had to tell someone about this mission. She had to at least tell him. Their future children's lives were at stake here. Should she tell him? Would he agree with the Angel and say Hellboy had to be killed? If he did, would it be for the safety of his people or the safety of his children? Did he even want children with her? He had to have heirs, right? He had to have sex with her again to produce heirs, right? Maybe they could just stop after one child so she never has to kill Hellboy. But that wouldn't stop the apocalypse. She continued to debate inwardly for the rest of the night on the topic.