Alright I don't own Hellboy, obviously.

I have made it so Nuala and Nuada survived and they are now working with the Bureau. What happened was when H.B. took the crown off Nuadas head Liz took it right then and melted it. In so doing she disabled the army permanently. This story takes place about two years after that time, in reparation Nuada is now working with the Bureau.

Chapter 4

I laid on my bed thinking about how much I wanted to be some place else other than here when I knock came at my door. I opened it to see Nuada standing there, he had a bowl of fruit in his hand.

"What is this?" I asked looking down at the fruit.

"A peace offering." He smirked at me.

"You just don't want a rematch do you, your afraid I'll beat you?" I took the bowl of fruit from him and began to eat.

"No, you could never beat me." He laughed.

"Want to bet?" I looked at him, I knew it was a foolish bet that I would never win.

"Sure. I wouldn't mind betting you on that." he folded his arms as he watched me eat the fruit.

"Would you like some?" I held it out to him and he gladly took a piece of fruit. "So you really want to bet?" I asked completely serious.

"Sure, but I know you would never agree to my term."

"Terms? What would be your terms?" I asked thinking that I already knew what his terms would be.

"That if I win, you can't deny me my reward." I laughed.

"That's all. I'll agree to your terms." I put the empty dish on my table as I turned to look at him.

"Do I have your word on that?" He asked surprise at my compliance.

"You have my word." I laughed again. "You want to do it today. I've got some time to kill." I smiled at him, he was very attractive and at times it was hard to not look at him.

"Sure. I'll meet you in the gym." I laughed as I watched him walk away. I dressed quickly hoping that I would beat him there but was very disappointed that he was there already, his attire had changed dramatically. He was topless and all he wore was a loose pair of pants. I felt stupid at that point knowing that I would most definitely loose. I grabbed my sword and went to join him on the mat, I was glad to see that the gym was empty.

"Are you ready? I won't be as easy on you as I was yesterday." He walked around me slowly, I saw something in his eyes just then that made me feel afraid for some reason.

"I'll try to make you work for your victory then." I got in my stance and we began to circle each other I wanted him to be the one to strike first so that I could judge how long I could actually last. When he finally did strike I found I was now unarmed already. Holy shit! I was so dead. I fought back by punching him in the face as I lunged for my sword. I retrieved it just in time to fend off one of his attacks. He wasn't playing like he had been the day before. He had swung for my head but I was able to avert it quickly by blocking it with my sword. I pushed him back as I run with him and smashed him against the wall.

"You're not going to win that easy." I grunted in his face. As I used all my strength so knock him to the ground. I caught him off guard and he fell to his side. He managed to catch himself with his knee but kick my feet out from under me at the same time. I fell hard, I felt a bruise form on my rear. He was on top of me in mere seconds before I was able to scoot away from him.

"Do you give?" He asked pinning me with his legs. I couldn't moved, I wasn't going to give up this easy. The look that had been in his eye when we started appeared once again. I attempted to kick him off but he merely tightened his hold.

"Do you give?" He asked again moving closer to my face.

"No, I don't give." I smack his head with mine as hard as I could making him fall away from me. I stood quickly and held my sword out in front of me. He stood holding his nose, there was blood pouring from it.

"That was a cheep shot." He smiled at me.

"I'll heal it when you've lost." I panted as we began to circle each other once again.

"Oh, so your going to win now are you?" He smirked at me as he swung for my legs, I jumped and kick him in the side.

"Yes, I just decided I would win." I had a bad feeling that if he were to win I would become very vulnerable. He laughed loudly as he ran at me and grabbed my wrist and knocked the sword from my hands.

"You will not win." He knocked me to the ground once again this time he kept his head far enough away from my head that I wouldn't be able to try the same trick twice. He pinned my with his legs.

"You thought I played dirty before." I grabbed onto his butt and it caught him off guard enough for me to wiggle out from under him. He acted faster than I had anticipated, he grabbed my ankle and pulled me back to him. He sat on my hips and held my hands to my sides. There was no escape this time, panic filled me to the brim as I tried to think of a way out of it.

"Do you give?" He asked looking down at me. Just then the siren sounded alerting us to the emergency.

"Oh look at that we've got to go." I tried to sit up but he flattened himself onto me.

"Do you give?" He asked just inches away from my face, my heart raced at his closeness, part of me wanted to head but him again another part wanted me to yield to see what he would do. The look that had been in his eyes so many times before was there once again. What was I going to do? He pressed harder on my hips making my breath quicken.

"Do you give?" He asked again. I shuttered as I felt his bare chest against me all I wanted was to have my hands free to feel him, to touch him.

"Hey, didn't you guys hear the siren? We've got to go." I looked up at the door to see H.B. standing there with his gun in his hand. He was looking at H.B. like he was ready to kill him.

"Sorry we got distracted." I called to him. "Well, looks like we've got to go." I smiled at him.

"This isn't over." He whispered to me as he stood up. From the look on his face I knew he was serious. He held his hand out to me and I took it quickly, it was safe since I still had my gloves on. We followed H.B. out of the room and quickly ran to the locker room and dressed quickly.

Once we had made our way to the truck Manning was already through explaining. I jumped into the truck and sat between Abe and Liz, I wasn't going to risk letting Nuada get to close again. I looked down at my hands trying not to think of the feeling of him lying on top of me, these were feeling I had never felt in so long I thought I had forgotten them all together. Liz was watching me out of the corner of her eye and when we made it to our destination she grabbed me and pulled behind her.

"Voirrey and I will take the top floor." She called back as we made our way into the building. I had my sword drawn ready for anything.

"What is wrong Voirrey? What is happening between you and Nuada?" She looked back at me as we began to climb the stairs.

"What are you talking about?" I whispered back as I heard the rest of them make their way into the building.

"Oh please. There has been sexual tension between you since the first time you saw him."

"Did H.B. tell you something?" I asked anger starting to make its way into my voice.

"A little, he told me what he saw between you two in the gym. Would you like to explain?" We had finally made it to the top level and we began to move from room to room.

"Not really. You know of all the things I've missed this is probably the most. Going out saving people from danger it was always exciting."

"Do you like him?" Liz wasn't going to let this drop anytime soon.

"I don't know." I said moving into a room.

"What do you feel when your close to him?"

"Afraid." I laughed slightly getting advice from Liz, I was over five hundred years old and I was getting advice from Liz.

"I think you like him." She smiled at me as we concluded the top floor. "Looks like this floor is empty."

Beneath us we heard a loud thud and we rushed to the stairs and flew down them to find out what had happened. We found H.B. tackling Nuada and threw him across the room.

"H.B.! What do you think your doing?" I ran into the room and grabbed him by his shirt. He may be over twice my size but I was never afraid of him. I pulled him from the room and started to yell at him.

"What were you doing? What were you thinking attacking a team mate?" I screamed at him.

"I just didn't like the way he was touching you, that's all!" I rolled my eyes as I smacked him. "I told him to stay away from you." He looked down to the floor as he realized what he had done.

"What gave you the right!?" I yelled back. It hit me then, I felt something grab me from behind and yank me down the rest of the stairs. I was caught off guard and my breath was knocked out of me. I turned to see a squid like creature pulling me down the stairs.

"H.B.!" I yelled as I saw my sword fall to the ground one level away. I heard it then, the animal like yell come from the creature I turned to see a mouth open. Oh shit, I was going to be dinner. I saw out of the corner of my eye Abe shooting it with his gun but the bullets just bounced off of it. I was in trouble and I had no way of defending my self. I looked back up the stairs to see Nuada flying toward me, I held my hand out to him but he was just too far away. H.B. was right behind him same with Liz I wasn't surprised to see her engulf in flames. He power had grown so much in the past few years it took me by surprise. The tentacle or what ever it was, tightened around me to the point I was unable to breath. I felt my lips begin to turn purple I bashed my hands against the tentacle but it was useless.

H.B. had finally made his way to me and was now bashing the thing in the face trying to get it to let go of me. Nuada was hacking away at the tentacle that held me. My head began to lull to the side as the lack of oxygen was getting to me. I hated these close calls. I fell to the ground just as Nuada broke threw the last of the tentacle. I looked up to Liz knowing what she needed to do. Nuada picked me up off the ground and rushed me out of the building, just as we made it out we heard the building explode in flames. I let my head fall against Nuadas chest as I felt all my ribs move back to where they were supposed to be. He sat me down on the ground just as Liz and H.B. came out of the building. My breathing was now normal and all my ribs were back in place. When I saw H.B. I flung myself at him.

"You compromised us with your childishness!" He bowed his head in remorse.

"I know it's all my fault. Please forgive me, mother." I hesitated, it had been years since he had ever called me mother. I was never able to stay mad at him for long I grabbed his face and pulled his head down to kiss his forehead.

"How are you?" Liz turned to me.

"Fine, the thing broke all my ribs but they are back in place. I'm good as new." I smiled as I kissed her cheek. We all laughed as we got back into the truck.

"Well, that was a close one." Abe said as we pulled back into the Bureau garage.

"You're telling me." I said as I stretched and heard multiple popping from my back. I walked into the locker room to find Nuada waiting there for me. I frowned when I saw a cut over his eye and his lip bleeding.

"Here." I handed him a cloth to wipe away the blood. When he gave it back to me I looked down at him

"What did you say back to H.B. to make him start throwing you around like a rag doll?" I asked laughing as I sat down next to him.

"Nothing." He stood quickly to walk out of the room but I grabbed his hand to stop him.

"Sit back down." I stood just as he sat.

"Please, what ever he said to you, ignore it. Also, ignore what you may see." I took my glove off and place my bare hand over his eye, my hand glowed white and I felt his wounds vanish. I pulled my hand back quickly hoping he didn't see anything.

"Did you see anything?" I asked.

"No, I don't always see anything. Nuala is the one that can get just about everything out of you." He stood and smiled down at me. "So are you ready to finish what you started in the gym?" He laughed loudly at the look on my face. He headed to the door not looking back at me.

"You know what, yeah let's get it over with." I followed him to the gym, he removed his shirt and stood waiting on the mat for me to join him.

We started immediately, I took one swipe at his head that he easily blocked. We grappled with each other for a few minutes till I was bale to pin him to the mat.

"Do you give?" I had a strong hold on his hand between my legs, it was just mere luck that I was able to trap him so completely. He shook his head as he lifted his body off the mat and turned over. I fell to the ground and he pinned me down, he grabbed my hand and pinned them above my head. I knew I wasn't going to be able to get out of it.

"Do you give?" He was only an inch away from my face, but I wasn't going to just throw in the towel. I struggled under him trying to throw his body weight off balance so I could used it to my advantage, but I gave up breathing hard ad he laughed triumphant.

"Do you give?" He asked again.

"Yes, I give." I turned my head away as he moved his face closer. "What do you want me to do for you know?"

"Just lay still." His mouth fell on mine as he began to suck on my lower lip. I couldn't help but kiss him back, it had been too long for me. He still had a tight hold on my hands and I wished that he would let them go. He broke the kiss and began to kiss down my neck.

"Let my hands go." I said breathlessly.

"No." He had managed to make his way down my neck and was kissing my chest through my shirt. He still held my hands but they were no longer over my head he had lowered them to my sides. Giving him better range. I sighed as I felt him kissing my belly button but when I heard people coming toward the door I started to panic.

"Stop, someone is coming." I pulled my self away from him not wanting anyone to see me in this vulnerable situation. Nuada stood slowly pulling me along with him.

"Meet me, tonight." He said huskily to me as he pulled me close to get another kiss.

"I will. Now please stop, I should get to the hospital and check on the vaccine." I place my hand against his chest, he still had a tight grip on both of my hands. He dropped his hands just when a handful of agent came into the gym.

"Meet me in the library." He whispered in my ear, I nodded to him as he walked out of the room.