Chapter 4

I do not own 'Hellboy' or 'little vampire'.

As the night continued, Liz finally sent Hellboy back to their room as he wasn't exactly doing any difference falling asleep in the library than falling asleep in their own room. Hellboy didn't even argue as he left the library and headed back to their room to sleep. Liz sat back down on the couch as Rudolph and Anna put down their books and dragged Gregory over to the couch to tell him all about the things that had happened since they got separated. Gregory silently groaned at first but let his younger siblings hoard him with the stories they had.

"Oh Gregory, the BPRD is so amazing!" Anna said, "It's so big and Mr. Hellboy said it was like having an indoor backyard"

"We could spend hours exploring this place if we could" Rudolph added.

"And Mr. Sapien said that we could borrow any book we want! Do you know how generous that is?"

Liz smiled at Anna's constant exciting chatter as Gregory listened to every word they had to say. The children's stories were interrupted as Liz heard the most annoying thing she could possibly hear.

"LIZ!" Manning screamed from outside the library and Rudolph and Anna froze as they recognized Manning's voice and Liz groaned as Manning barged in. "Liz! What did I just say yesterday? We're not a vampire blood bank you know and adding this other bloodsucking kid isn't helping"

Liz stood from the couch and crossed her arms, "Look Manning" Liz said, "This 'kid' is Rudolph and Anna's brother, he has the right to stay just as well as they do"

"I'm starting to not care who the hell he is, I don't want anymore of these bloodsucking freaks of nature in my bureau"

Gregory suddenly shot up from his seat as he lunged at Manning and pushed him against the wall, his hands gripping the front of Manning's shirt.

"How dare you speak ill of my family?" Gregory growled, "My father was the highest of nobles back in the seventeen hundreds, I suggest you show some respect for the nobility. Otherwise, I'll rip your cursing throat out. Do you understand?"

Manning was silent as he stared fearfully at Gregory.

"Do you understand?" Gregory asked again and Manning frantically nodded. Gregory grinned as he let go of Manning's shirt and he took one step back as Manning made his way out of the library occasionally glancing back at Gregory as he reached the door.

"Well, I… uh… I have some uh… paperwork to fill out so if you'll just… excuse me" Manning stuttered as he finally left the library and Gregory turned back to Liz who was standing there with a surprised look on his face.

"Wow" Liz said, "You gotta teach me how to do that. Manning's never shut up to anyone like that before"

"I don't tolerate any form of disrespect for my family" Gregory replied. Liz nodded in understanding as she returned to her spot on the couch and Rudolph and Anna decided it was time to settle down as they returned to their books from earlier.

"Would you mind if I was to wander around the place for awhile?" Gregory asked, "it would make me feel better about this whole idea if I knew exactly where we were in this place"

"Sure" Liz said, "I have no problem with it and I'm sure Manning isn't about to stop you anytime soon"

Gregory nodded as he turned and left the library. Gregory wandered down the many halls of the BPRD getting a god look at anything he thought would be important to keep in mind. Along the way, Gregory almost passed by Myers, the man he had almost strangled to find his younger sibling, and Gregory stopped him.

"Excuse me" Gregory said and Myers hesitated as he stopped.

"Um… yes?" Myers replied.

"I wanted to say that I am really sorry for what happened earlier, I wouldn't have done that if I'd have known what you were doing for my siblings"

"No I uh… I understand it's all good"

"No it's not; I was idiotic and wasn't paying attention closely-"

"Look let's just start over and put this behind us, shall we?"

"If you say so. Gregory Sackville-Bagg"

Gregory held his hand out for Myers to shake and Myers shook it as he introduced himself first, "John Myers"

"I'm glad we could make amends, Mr. Myers" Gregory said

"It's just Myers, no 'Mr.' included"

"Very well. Myers"

Myers soon excused himself to do some work and they bid each other good night as Gregory continued on his way.

Back in the library, the two vampire children had taken to exploring more of the library as they explored as many sections of the library as they could. Even the upstairs section of the library was interesting to them as they continued to explore. Eventually, their time was up as Liz called out to them saying that it was almost time to return to their room as there were only a few hours until the sun would rise. The two rushed to return to Liz and Anna rushed forward with another book in hand.

"Liz, can you read us a story before we retire for the day?" Anna asked, "We haven't heard a decent one in so long"

"Well, I guess I could" Liz said, "What story do you want?"

Anna held out the book she was holding to Liz and Liz took it as she read the title, 'Classic Children's Stories'. Liz opened the book to the first page, which was the index, to find that the book was filled with stories such as Cinderella, Snow White, Jack and the Beanstalk, and many other children's stories.

"Are you sure this is the one you want?" Liz asked and Anna and Rudolph nodded.

"Yes, we never had these kinds of stories back in our time" Rudolph said, "We thought they might be interesting"

"Well, alright"

Liz moved to sit down on the couch and Anna and Rudolph sat on either side of her as she opened the book to the first story which was Little Red Riding Hood.

"Once upon a time there was a little girl who lived in a village near the forest. Whenever she went out, the little girl wore a red riding cloak, so everyone in the village called her 'Little Red Riding Hood'…"

(A/N: you all know the story so I'm not going to write the whole thing out! Maybe just a few points but that's it)

As Liz read the story, the two vampire children seemed enchanted by it as they listened to every single word, not wanting to miss a single fact. Liz made sure that the book was angled right so that they children could look at the illustrations as she read.

"She must look so pretty in that red cloak" Anna said.

"Only because you wear red too" Rudolph added.

"I like red"

"Ahem" Liz said, "May I continue?"

"Oh, yes please!"

"Anyway… Little red riding hood said 'oh grandmother what big ears you have' and the wolf said 'the better to hear you with my dear'…"

As the children quieted and Liz continued to read, no one took any notice of a dark figure standing behind the library doors listening closely to the story as well. The figure was Gregory as he had returned from his round of the BPRD and arrived just in time to listen to Liz's story but he didn't want to be rude and walk in interrupting the interesting story. Gregory stood with his back against the door but careful not to push the door open as he listened to the story. It had been so long since anybody has read out loud to him or his siblings since they were very young. The reading out loud had soon stopped some time after the family had been changed and it wasn't very often when any of them got to hear one. It was even rarer for Gregory as he was now frozen as a teenager and anyone would think it childish and foolish to want to hear a story out loud at that age. But for Gregory, he missed the sound of his mother's voice when he was a small child as she read him stories and now she never did that anymore. Even with Rudolph and Anna frozen at such a young age, they barely ever got a chance like this. As the story finally came to an end, Liz closed the book and Anna jumped up from her seat.

"Oh that poor girl must have been so terrified when she found the wolf instead of her grandmother" Anna said as Liz stood and headed towards the desk to set the book down.

"Are you afraid of a little wolf, dear sister?" Rudolph said as he stood and began creeping up on his sister making Anna glare at him.

"No, I am afraid of no such thing"

Gregory smiled mischievously from his spot behind the library door as he ever so quietly eased them open and Anna thankfully had her back turned to him. Rudolph spotted him but said nothing as he caught on to what Gregory was about to do.

"Are you sure?" Rudolph asked, "You were quite worried when the wolf ate the grandmother"

"It was the suspense of the story!" Anna argued and Rudolph snickered as he began taunting her and Gregory quietly creeped forward behind Anna.

"Sure. Because that very wolf could turn up at any time and eat you up just like the grandmother. Why he could even be in this very room. Waiting… to strike!"

Gregory suddenly grabbed Anna and lifted her up in the air making her scream as Gregory tossed her around briefly in his arms.

"Gotcha" Gregory said as he held his terrified little sister in his arms and Anna glared at him.

"That wasn't funny, Gregory!" Anna said and Gregory set her down as he and Rudolph began to laugh.

"Oh come on Anna, that was priceless"

Anna continued to glare at him and Gregory sighed.

"Okay fine, I'm sorry. Happy now?"

Anna thought for a moment, "I suppose I'll have to forgive you… this time. Next time I might not be so forgiving, brother"

"Alright, that's enough" Liz said as she mad her way back over to the children, "It's time to get going to bed"

"Do we have to?" Rudolph asked and Liz smiled at him.

"Yes, now get going. You still need to show your older brother where your room is"

The children finally nodded as they left the library and Anna and Rudolph led Gregory to their room. Liz finally decided it was time for her to return to her own room as it was near the time for the sun to rise and she now wanted to sleep as she headed back to her own room.