Chapter 5

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

By the time all three of the vampire children were in their room and asleep, they were suddenly soon awakened as the loud siren went off and the bright red light on the wall flashed. All three children woke with a start as Rudolph and Gregory had been hanging from the ceiling while Anna had been sleeping in the closet. At the sudden sound of the siren, Gregory's eyes snapped open as he fell from the roof and onto the floor with a thud.

"Ow, what the hell!" Gregory growled as Rudolph jumped down successfully from the roof and offered a hand to his brother. Gregory took it as Rudolph helped him to his feet and Anna stumbled out of the closet with her hands clasped over her ears.

"Brother, what is that sound?" Anna asked, "It hurts my ears"

"I don't know" Gregory replied, "Stay here, I'll go check it out"

Gregory headed towards the door and opened it just in time to see Liz and Hellboy rush past him both not happy with the time they had to get up.

"Liz!" Gregory called and Liz and Hellboy stopped as they turned to him, "what's going on? The sound is irritating me and my siblings"

"It's just a mission" Liz answered, "the siren will turn off in a minute, but we should be back in a few hours at the least"

"Wait, what do you mean a mission?"

"It usually means something has happened that results in us having to deal with it because the other city authority isn't capable of handling it. Look we need to go, but we'll be back soon"

Liz and Hellboy turned and rushed back down the hallway as they turned a corner and we're out of sight. Gregory thought for a brief moment before turning back into the room and facing his siblings.

"Don't leave this room" Gregory instructed, "I'll be back later"

"Where are you going, brother?" Rudolph asked.

"Just to find out what it is exactly these people do, now stay here and don't wait up"

"Can't we co-"

"No! You will stay here and keep out of trouble"

And with that, Gregory turned and rushed out of the room with Rudolph and Anna watching after him as he followed where the others had gone.

Liz and Hellboy rushed down the hallways and entered the board room where Abe and Manning were waiting for them. As soon as everyone was accounted for, everyone sat down as Manning began explaining the situation.

"It's another one of those damn entities" Manning said, "This one is just like the last one and it's suspected to be in another abandoned building somewhere in the city so now we have even more things to worry about. We have also been told that there may be more than one so you have to be careful. We need to get rid of these entities as soon as possible, got it?"

"Easier said than done" Hellboy said as they all began to stand and they all headed out towards the truck.

They checked their locator belts and made sure they had everything they needed before getting into the truck and they were soon on their way. They soon reached their destination at the abandoned building where the entity was suspected to be and they cautiously headed inside. Liz and Hellboy pulled out their guns ready to shot at any monsters that might appear while Abe stayed behind in the truck once again with his portable book case reading up on the creature.

"You see anything yet?" Hellboy asked.

"Not yet" Liz answered, "I'm pretty sure we're not going to find it that fast, they tend to like the element of suspense and then surprise"

The two continued to search the building without any sign of the suspected entity they were supposed to find.

"I'm starting to think that Manning might have been wrong about this one" Hellboy said, "There's no sign of this damn thing and we searched everywhere"

"Ditto" Liz replied and she sighed, "C'mon, let's just go back and say we didn't find any-"

Liz was interrupted by a sudden roar of an angry beast followed by someone screaming "Liz, look out!"

Liz and Hellboy whipped around to suddenly see a large entity much like the one from before rushing towards them and before any of them could pull out their guns and shoot, Gregory suddenly jumped down from above landing on the entity. Gregory and the entity both fell to the floor and Gregory was just able to get on top of the entity as he used his vampire strength to take hold of the entities head and made a swift, quick movement to snap its neck, killing it instantly. Gregory took a short moment to catch his breath as he stood and made his way towards Hellboy and Liz.

"Where the hell did you come from?" Hellboy asked.

"From the roof" Gregory simply replied.

"I thought I told you to stay at the bureau" Liz said.

"I wanted to know exactly what it was that you do so I followed you"

"You followed us? How?"

"I flew in bat form and followed your truck all the way here"

"Wait… what?"

"Don't we have some monsters to take care of?"

"… Whatever, lets just go and get this over with"

They all nodded as they headed through the building searching for any other entities that might still be here. A roar was suddenly heard and they all stopped as they stood ready for anything that may jump out to attack. Gregory stood listening with his keen vampire hearing trying to hear anything that could help them defeat this monster. But instead of a monster's roar, Gregory instead heard someone, a female, scream and it was loud enough for Liz and Hellboy to hear it as well. Just as soon as they heard the scream, a teenage girl was thrust over the edge of the railing upstairs finally followed by the second entity's roar and the girl screamed as she fell. Gregory rushed forward and caught the girl just in time before she hit the ground and she stared up fearfully at Gregory but she didn't have time to say anything as the second entity suddenly appeared upstairs. Gregory pulled the girl out of the way as Liz and Hellboy began shooting at the entity as it dodged the bullets.

"Get her out of here!" Hellboy demanded as he shot at the entity and the entity roared as it dodged the bullets once more. Gregory took hold of the girl's arm pulling her to her feet and the two rushed to get away from the chaos. They soon found a small section just enough for the girl to hide behind and Gregory placed the girl in the spot.

"Stay there" Gregory instructed as he took off back to the others and the girl watched him go with fear and confusion haunting her. Gregory rushed back to the others as they were still shooting at the entity and the entity jumped from place to place, dodging the bullets. The entity suddenly leaped as it jumped at Hellboy but Hellboy was faster as he punched the creature with his stone hand. The entity fell to the floor and was about to get up again but was stopped as Gregory once again jumped on top of the creature and the creature struggled against Gregory's vampire strength. Gregory wrapped one arm around the entity's neck, choking it as he used his other hand to twist its head snapping its neck just like the last one. The entity went limb as Gregory dropped it from his hold and he stepped off of the creature.

Hellboy came up beside him and patted Gregory's back, "nice goin', kid" he said. Gregory just simply nodded as he began heading towards the spot where he left the girl from before. Liz came over to Hellboy as she set the entity's dead body on fire to destroy the remains. Gregory soon found the spot as he looked down at the girl and she looked up at him with fear and confusion in her eyes with her arms wrapped around herself and her legs pulled up close to her chest. The girl looked to be about the same age as Gregory if he was human and she had light brown hair that reached a few inches past her shoulders and it was tangled and ruffled from all the chaos.

"C'mon, let's get you out of here" Gregory said as he held his hand out to the girl. The girl hesitated for a moment, before slowly reaching out and taking hold of Gregory's hand. She flinched ever so slightly at his cold skin but held onto his hand nonetheless as Gregory pulled her to her feet. Hellboy and Liz soon joined them and they stopped beside Gregory and the girl. The girl's eyes instantly widened at the sight of Hellboy and Li spoke.

"Can you tell us why you were in this building?" Liz asked and the girl was quiet for a moment.

"I… I was sleeping here" she quietly replied still a little shaken.

"Why?"

"I-I had nowhere else to go and the orphanage didn't want me. I… I found this place hoping that I could live here for just a little while until I found a job"

"Listen, you can come with us if you want. We'll provide you with a place to sleep, food, shelter. Heck, we might even be able to get you a job if our boss lets us"

The girl slightly smiled at that fact but it soon faded.

"I-I'm sure you don't want a street girl invading your home"

"Oh don't be like that! We could always need more people around our place; some of the other people are just too lazy. So what's your name?"

"Um…E-Emma"

"I'm Liz, and this is Hellboy and Gregory" Liz pointed to Hellboy and Gregory as she named them, "C'mon, let's get going so we can all get some sleep"

Liz came over and wrapped a comforting arm around Emma's shoulders as her hand slipped from Gregory's and Liz led her back to the truck with Hellboy and Gregory following behind. As soon as everyone was seated in the truck, they were soon on their way and everyone was quiet for a few minutes until Emma spoke.

"Um… w-where are we going?" Emma asked.

"We're going to a place called the BPRD…" Liz replied and she continued to explain what the BPRD was and some of the things that they did and she answered as many of Emma's questions as she could. They soon reached the BPRD and the door opened as everyone began to get out of the truck. Emma hesitated for a moment until Gregory turned to her and once again extended his hand out to her.

"Believe me, you'll be perfectly safe here" Gregory said, "There's nothing to worry about"

Emma took a small deep breath to calm herself before reaching out and taking Gregory's hand as she stood and Gregory led her out of the truck. As they followed the others down the halls, Emma was constantly looking around at everything they passed in curiosity and slight fear. As they walked, they all suddenly heard the sound of two specific vampire children dashing down the hallway mostly towards Gregory.

"Gregory!" Anna and Rudolph cried as they raced towards their older brother and Gregory looked up and let go of Emma's hand just in time before the two vampire children jumped and latched themselves onto Gregory. Emma took a small step back as she didn't want to get in the way and she lightly smiled at the sight of the children latching onto Gregory.

"Brother dearest, we were so worried!" Anna said as she had her arms wrapped around Gregory's neck.

"Anna, I'm fine" Gregory said with a slight groan but wrapped one arm around his sister nonetheless.

"What all did you do, Gregory?" Rudolph asked as he lightly tugged on Gregory's other arm.

"Enough already! I'll tell you later, alright? I'm tired"

Anna and Rudolph finally detached themselves from Gregory and it was then that they noticed Emma standing off to the side.

"Who is this?" Anna asked.

"Sorry" Gregory said, "Anna, Rudolph, this is Emma. She was at the sight of the attack"

"Attack?" Rudolph questioned, "What kind of attack, brother?"

"I said I'll tell you later! Emma, these little brats are my siblings Anna and Rudolph"

"I-it's nice to meet you" Emma quietly said and Anna skipped up to her with a smile.

"Hello" Anna said, "have you seen the library yet? It's amazing!"

"Um…. no I haven't, I just got here"

"Oh then I simply must show you! Can I, Gregory?"

"Uh… if Emma's fine with it" Gregory said and he glanced at Emma for an answer.

"Um… sure" Emma replied and Anna's face lit up as she took Emma's hand and began leading her down the hallway towards the library leaving Gregory and Rudolph standing in the halls.

"Do you like her?" Rudolph suddenly asked and Gregory gave him a 'what the hell?' kind of look.

"What!" Gregory said, "Why do you think I could possibly like her?"

"It wasn't that hard to notice you holding her hand right before we tackled you"

"She was scared, she needed comfort and I was the only one there to provide it. And besides, she is human and I'm a vampire it wouldn't have worked out anyways"

Gregory left it at that as he began heading down the halls towards the library and Rudolph shook his head as he followed his older brother.

Just so you know if you've read my other 'little vampire' fanfics, this is no way tied into those so none of my characters from those are involved in this in any way. It's a clean slate, fresh start.