Chapter 3

I do not own 'Hellboy' or 'Little Vampire'.

The day progressed the same as any other day at the BPRD. No one really took any notice to the two vampire children as they had remained undetected in their room for the day to sleep. Now that there were vampire children in the BPRD, some agents were extra cautious thinking that the children would pop out of nowhere and suck their blood without a second thought. But Liz, Abe, and Hellboy knew better, they knew that the children would do no such thing to innocent people. As the evening drew closer, Liz began to brew some coffee for later as she thought she would need it if she was going to stay up with the vampire children. Abe and Hellboy had decided to stay up as well as they thought it would have been a little selfish of them to leave Liz alone to look after two vampire children. When the night finally came, Liz quietly entered the vampire children's room to find that they were no where in sight.

"Rudolph? Anna? Where are you?" Liz called but she received no answer. That's weird Liz thought they were just here last night.

Liz suddenly heard the closet door creak open and she quickly turned only to find that it was just Anna as she stepped gracefully out of the closet.

"What were you doing in there?" Liz asked.

"Vampires sleep more comfortably in an enclosed area" Anna simply replied, "that's why we sometimes sleep in coffins but we didn't have one in here so I chose the closet"

"Where's your brother?"

"Up here!" Rudolph called and Liz looked up to see Rudolph clinging to the roof like a spider. Rudolph smiled as he jumped down and landed cat-like as he stood next to his sister.

"Can we go to the library again?" Anna asked, "The book I was reading last night was so exciting I simply must continue reading it"

"Sure" Liz replied, "But can I just ask you something?"

"Of course" Rudolph replied.

"How regularly do you… feed?"

"Oh, you don't need to worry about that, we fed before we stopped at the last building so we should be fine for at least another day or two"

"What kind of blood do you prefer?"

"Our family drinks cow's blood, we refuse to drink human blood whatsoever"

I guess that's comforting to know Liz thought as she began to lead the children out of their room towards the library. When they reached the library, Abe and Hellboy were already there as Abe was in his tank reading his own books and Hellboy sat comfortably in a large comfy chair practically falling asleep.

"Hello, Liz, children" Abe greeted.

"Hey, Abe" Liz replied. Rudolph and Anna were once again in awe as this was their first time seeing Abe in his tank.

"Would someone mind turning the pages please?" Abe asked and the two children seemed confused for a moment but then they spotted the four book posts placed in front of the tank each with an open book on top.

"You read four books all at once?" Rudolph asked.

"Yes, I am one to enjoy reading" Abe replied.

"May I turn the pages?" Anna asked excitedly.

"Of course you may"

Anna smiled as she skipped over to the book posts and turned each page of the books and Abe thanked her. The two children finally decided to indulge in their own reading as Anna found her romance book and Rudolph his pirate picture book. Anna sat cross-legged on the floor with her back against the couch as her red dress fell perfectly around her and Rudolph lay once again on his stomach and the two were quiet as they read. Liz figured that it would be a quiet night as Abe said he could handle the vampire children knowing that they wouldn't even flinch from their spots on the floor. Liz decided to try and find Manning, hoping that he was in his office so that she could explain last night's situation only this time in her own way without the innocent vampire children present to witness it. Liz was close to reaching Manning's office when another agent, John Myers, stopped her.

"Hey, Liz" Myers said.

"Hey, Myers" Liz replied, "Is Manning in his office?"

"Yeah but don't worry, I already talked to him"

"How did you know I was going to talk to him?"

"Liz, it's pretty obvious that you were. Abe explained the situation to me last night and I figured I should talk to him before you burn him to a crisp"

"So how did your talk with him go? Ours obviously didn't go that well"

"It took a lot of simple explaining and negotiating but I managed to calm him down enough to let the kids stay for as long as they need"

"Thanks, Myers"

"Hey, it was no prob-"

Myers was suddenly interrupted when the loud siren went off and at the same time, Myers was slammed into the wall by a flash of grey, brown, and black.

"Where are they?" Myers' captor demanded. He looked like he was in his teens and wore a long brown leather overcoat and black spiky hair with a few strands of mixed color hair. Liz saw how pale the boy was as she spotted the pearl white fangs in his mouth and Liz instantly knew he was a vampire. He had his hand around Myers throat and his other hand held onto the front of Myers shirt tightly in a fist. "Where are they? Tell me now!"

"That's enough!" Liz demanded but the vampire boy wouldn't let up.

"Where are they? Where are my siblings?"

A few other agents began to show up and a few pulled out their guns and aimed them at the vampire but they didn't want to hit Myers.

"I said that's enough, damn it!" Liz shouted as she finally reached out and yanked the vampire boy off of Myers as best as she could and she made herself spark to prove her point making the vampire boy hiss. As Liz pulled the vampire boy off, so did a few other brave agents as they took hold of him and the vampire boy tried to fight back. The vampire boy continuously hissed as many agents tried to restrain him and Liz suddenly spotted Rudolph and Anna running towards them with Abe and Hellboy attempting to catch up to them.

"Please don't hurt him!" Anna cried.

"Rudolph! Anna! Get back, he could be dangerous!" Liz warned but Rudolph and Anna didn't stop as Anna leaped and latched herself onto the older vampire boy, her legs locked around his middle and her arms around his neck.

"Please! He's our brother!" Anna said as a few tears escaped her eyes and the older vampire ripped his arms out of the other agents holds and wrapped them protectively around Anna and hissed at the agents. The agents began to back off as the older vampire boy held Anna close and Rudolph ran forward and also latched himself onto the older vampire. The older vampire boy let one arm drop to wrap around Rudolph and he lowered himself down onto his knees to hold both of the younger vampire children.

"Don't you dare scare me like that ever again!" the older vampire boy finally said as he pulled away from the two younger vampire children just enough to look at them. "Do you realize how much trouble you two caused for me, huh? How much mother and father would have killed me if they found out?"

"We're sorry, Gregory" Rudolph said, "It wasn't safe back at that building and we couldn't find you so we had no choice but to go with them here"

"We're leaving right now!"

Gregory stood as he took Rudolph and Anna's hands and he attempted to pull them along with him but Rudolph and Anna pulled back.

"But we can't leave!" Anna argued, "Liz said we'd be safe here. Please, can't we stay?"

"Are you crazy? No, we can't stay mother and father won't allow it after what's happened and who the hell is Liz?"

"Liz is our friend; she's really nice and pretty"

"Brother, please just listen to us!" Rudolph said and Gregory groaned as he finally stopped to let Rudolph explain. "That building is no longer safe for us; we can't stay there any longer. We can explain everything to mother and father when they return. Please, Gregory? We want to stay"

Gregory sighed as he closed his eyes and hung his head in frustration and after a few moments, he finally spoke.

"Fine" he half growled, "but only until mother and father return, after that it's all their decision I don't want to be in any part of this!"

The two younger children cheered as they hugged their older brother and thanked him over and over. The two vampire children then pulled Gregory over to Liz who was standing off to the side with Hellboy, Abe, and Myers as he rubbing his neck.

"Gregory, this is Liz" Anna said and she pointed to each of the people she named, "And her friends are Hellboy and Abe, Abe likes books just like us. And I don't know the other man's name, sorry"

"John Myers" Myers said and Anna nodded.

"Pleased to meet you" Gregory said, "I am deeply sorry for that misunderstanding, I was only trying to find my siblings. I can sometimes be a little protective of them at times"

"A little?" Hellboy muttered to Abe but Liz heard him as she elbowed him in the stomach.

"Well, I'm glad we got it sorted out before things got out of hand" Liz said, "so you are the brother we've all heard so much about"

"I suppose so, Gregory Sackville-Bagg"

Gregory held his hand out for Liz to shake and Liz shook his hand, not even slightly bothered by his freezing cold skin.

"I think it's time we all went back to the library to relax" Abe suggested and the others nodded and began walking down the halls.

"Oh brother darling, the library is amazing!" Anna said, "It's so big and the bookshelves almost reach the roof, its heaven!"

"Great" Gregory sarcastically muttered, "Cause I just love being surrounded by boring literature"

Rudolph rolled his eyes at his older brother as they neared the library and they all walked in and Gregory was surprised.

"You weren't kidding, sister" Gregory said as Anna and Rudolph returned to their spots on the floor by the couch. Abe returned to his tank and Liz and Hellboy sat down on the couch with the younger vampire children sitting comfortably near their feet. Gregory began to wander around the library with no more than the slightest curiosity but mostly boredom. Once in awhile he would pluck a book off of a nearby shelf and examine it for a moment before placing it back on the shelf in it's designated spot. Liz watched Gregory as Hellboy sat beside her falling asleep again and she finally stood and made her way over to him.

"So why exactly did you and your family move?" Liz asked.

"Why do you want to know?" Gregory asked back.

"When I asked the children earlier, Rudolph only told me that some vampire hunter was after you and your family and I wanted to know more"

"Yeah, that's pretty much it. We used to live in Scotland in a cemetery crypt but this vampire hunter, Rookery, found out where we lived and tried to kill us a few times. Father finally suggested that we move so we could live in peace but it hasn't exactly worked out yet"

"You seem a lot different that your brother and sister"

"Yeah, is there a problem with that?"

Liz seemed slightly surprised by Gregory's snapping response and she recognized the tone as if Gregory had gone through this multiple times before already.

"No, of course not" Liz said and Gregory quietly sighed.

"I'm uh… sorry for snapping like that" Gregory replied.

"It's okay, are you usually told to be the same as Rudolph or Anna?"

"Why do you care?"

"Because I know how you feel"

This made Gregory stop as he looked up at Liz with a slight questioning look and Liz continued.

"I know what it feels like to be the outcast, the one who doesn't belong, who's different from the others making you look like the freak show. Not everyone is the same as others. It's okay to be different, to be yourself"

Gregory thought about what Liz had said and it was true. Gregory did feel somewhat like the outcast of the family, he didn't like reading or poetry like the rest of his family or to be told he shouldn't do something because it's not proper. His father always criticized him because of his improperness but Gregory didn't understand what was so improper about the thrill of adventure and discovering new things. That's what he enjoyed, to explore the things he didn't know about first hand and not just read about them but to actually experience them. But that was just the way his father was, always needed to be kept proper and sophisticated. Gregory looked at Liz and slightly smiled knowing that, maybe now, everything was going to be okay.

Liz smiled back, "No one can tell you otherwise"