Chapter 6

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

Gregory and Rudolph walked into the library to find Anna talking to Emma as they were seated on the couch and Gregory and Rudolph made their way over to them. Hellboy had gone back to his room to sleep while Liz and Abe stood off to the side talking amongst themselves about the recent situation. Emma patiently listened to Anna as she told Emma everything she could about how amazing the BPRD was.

"Anna, will you give her a break?" Gregory said, "Emma just got here, she doesn't need to know everything in an instant"

"It's alright" Emma said, "I don't mind"

"Well alright, but we need to get back to our room before the sun rises which is very soon"

"Aww, do we have to?" Anna whined, "We were having such a great time"

"Do you want to burn to death? Get going"

Anna pouted slightly but shrugged it off as she stood and made her way to the door with Rudolph following behind her. As the two vampire children left, Abe retreated to his tank while Liz headed over to Emma and Gregory.

"So would you like to sleep in here or in the room with Gregory and the kids?" Liz asked Emma, "sorry if we don't have any open rooms at the moment"

"That's okay" Emma replied, "I'll sleep here I guess if that's alright. I don't want to be any trouble"

"You're no trouble at all; it's nice to have some new people around. We'll talk later after everyone's gotten some proper sleep"

Emma nodded as Liz went to the cabinet and gathered a blanket and pillow for Emma and led her to the couch. With Emma settled, Liz then headed over to Gregory.

"You'd better head back to your room before the sun rises" Liz said and Gregory nodded as he bid everyone goodnight and glanced once more at Emma before he left to his room where his siblings were waiting. After Gregory left, Emma sat up on the couch as Liz turned to her.

"Um… Liz?" Emma said, "Are you sure you don't mind me being here?"

"Of course not" Liz replied as she moved to sit down next to Emma, "Why do you keep thinking that?"

"I… I don't know, practically everywhere I've been nobody seemed to want me around a lot so this is sort of new to me"

"Don't worry; we're not the turning away type. You can stay as long as you like and we don't mind"

Emma nodded as Liz pulled the girl into a comforting embrace and Emma returned the gesture.

"We don't judge people for who they are" Liz said as she released Emma from her hold, "as far as I'm concerned, you're just the same as me or anybody else in this world"

Emma thought for a moment before nodding, "Okay… Thanks"

"No problem, I think it's time we both went to sleep now"

"Okay"

Liz embraced Emma once more before standing and leaving Emma to sleep and Liz headed down the halls towards her own room to finally sleep as well.

By the time everyone got up the next morning, it was actually a really late morning around eleven thirty in the morning as last night was rather hectic and they gathered in the kitchen for a late breakfast. The only ones that weren't up and about were the three vampire children who were still asleep in their room for the day and wouldn't come out until later that evening. When Emma questioned this, as she still didn't exactly know they were vampires, Liz filled her in.

"Emma, Gregory and his younger siblings are vampires" Liz said.

"But there's no such thing" Emma replied and she paused for a moment, "Isn't there?"

"They are in fact very real" Abe said as he joined Liz and Emma at the kitchen table, "vampires have been around for many years. In these children's case, about three hundred years"

"I guess that explains why they wanted to get back to their room before the sun rose"

"They actually burn in the sun" Liz added, "Not like the ones in that 'Twilight' series"

Emma was quiet for a moment as she took all of this in, "Is there anything else that I should know?" she asked.

"Well other than mine and Hellboy's obvious appearance, I have a psychic ability and Liz can control the fire element"

"So other than those suited agent guys, everyone else here has some sort of… thing, I guess?"

"Basically"

"I guess I'm an outsider again" Emma muttered to herself but Abe must have still heard her.

"My dear, you are not an outsider amongst us" Abe said, "Believe me, we have been the ones considered outsiders many a times. There is no need for you to feel insecure like that in any way here"

Emma was quiet for a moment, "thanks… no one has really said anything like that to me for a long time"

"Anytime"

"I've got an idea" Liz said, "Why don't you and me do a little shopping today?"

"That would be nice" Emma said, "I didn't really have anything with me before anyways"

"Then it's settled, after breakfast I'll grab some money and we'll go to the mall or something"

Emma nodded as a small smile began to appear on her face, she had never been so well treated before and it felt nice. And just as Liz had promised, Liz gathered the little stuff she would need and they both headed down to the garage where Liz was allowed to borrow one of the cars and they were soon on their way. Liz and Emma spent most of the day shopping at the mall stopping at almost every store they could to buy Emma some shirts, pants, shoes, skirts, and even a few dresses. Emma felt a little guilty about spending so much on herself but Liz assured her that it was fine as the money really wasn't Liz's but the BPRD's and was paying for everything so to Liz it didn't matter to her in the least bit on how much they spent. The soon stopped to eat and rest in the food court as they set their shopping bags on the chairs next to them.

"So, if you don't mind me asking" Liz said, "What exactly is your story anyways? I understand if you don't want to talk about it but-"

"No, that's okay" Emma replied, "I guess I should tell you anyways, I can't keep it hidden forever. My parents died in a car accident when I was about six or seven and all my other relatives either lived too far away or were just too snobby to take in a 'brat' like me. So I was put in a few foster homes for a few years but al of them didn't exactly work out for some reason, I don't know why they just didn't really like me I guess. After that, I was finally put in an orphanage when I was about thirteen. But when it became too crowded I was the first choice to be kicked out on the streets, thinking that I was old enough to take care of myself. I've been living on the streets ever since living in abandoned houses and buildings and maybe even a few women's shelters if I was lucky. I was forced to steal food once in awhile just to keep myself alive, but I'm not a bad person just because of that. I'm a good person"

Liz reached across the table and took hold of Emma's hands, "And I believe you" Liz said, I'm sorry for what happened to you and it doesn't sound fair at all. So here's my offer, how would you like a home with us at the BPRD? Now before you answer, think about this first, you'd be sharing a home with me, Hellboy, Abe, and all the other agents at the BPRD and you might have to be trained to come on missions with us and I'll explain about that when we get back as I can't say it out in public like this. I don't know how long Gregory and the kids will be staying but I wouldn't count on them staying for long, but you will always have shelter, food, a place to sleep, and a really good education and career opportunity"

Emma did as she was told and thought about Liz's offer for a few moments before answering, "I appreciate your offer, Liz, and… I think I just might accept. Are you really sure none of the others would mind though?"

"Of course they wouldn't, Abe has actually wanted to at least teach something to someone and homeschooling would be perfect for the both of you. Hellboy just has a soft spot in the first place and I think it would be great to have another girl around for once"

"Well, alright… if you're absolutely sure-"

"I'm sure! Now let's go finish up shopping"

Emma couldn't help but smile as she and Liz picked up their shopping bags and headed to some more stores. After a few more hours, the two finally began to head back as they stuffed their overloaded shopping bags into the back seat and headed back to the BPRD. When they got back, it was fairly close to the evening as they carried all of their shopping bags back to Liz's room to sort out all of Emma's new clothes. As they did that, they picked out the best ones to model for everyone else and packed the rest back into the shopping bags to put in a closet for later. Liz gathered the other clothes that Emma would model and put them in another shopping bag and took Emma's hand as she led her down to the library so that everyone could see her new clothes. Since it was now dark out, all three of the vampire children were awake as Rudolph and Anna looked through more books in the library as Gregory watched them lazily from the couch. Abe was in his tank as Hellboy stood next to the tank talking to him as Liz and Emma entered the library.

"Guys, we have a show for you so get comfortable while we get ready" Liz said and Hellboy turned to her.

"What kind of show, babe?" he asked.

"A fashion show, I took Emma shopping and we have a few outfits to model for you. You guys sit down, Anna, come with us and help me get Emma ready"

Anna squealed in delight as she rushed over to Liz and Emma, "Oh this is so exciting" she said, "I can't wait!"

Liz and Anna each took Emma's hands as they led her up the spiral staircase to change. Hellboy sighed as he seated himself in a comfy chair next to the tank and Gregory and Rudolph came over as Rudolph sat on the ledge by the tank and Gregory remained standing next to him. Within a few minutes, Anna came rushing down the stairs as she turned to the others and squealed in excitement and she turned back to the stairs as Liz came down and stood next to Anna and the two smiled at each other. Emma took a small deep breath, she wore a sky blue v-neck t-shirt that fit her perfectly with a white tank top underneath. For bottoms, she wore a white skirt that reached just above her knees with a few navy blue flowers on the side and leggings to match and on her feet were dark brown flat sandals. And to complete it all, around her neck was a small chain necklace with a small green flower pendant. Emma finally began descending down that stairs and she saw Liz and Anna smiling at her and she lightly smiled back as she neared the bottom. She could feel that all eyes were on her as she stepped down off the stairs and turned to face the others. Hellboy and Rudolph smiled as Hellboy began to applaud her and Emma blushed a little.

"Do a spin, Emma!" Anna instructed excitedly and Emma did as she was told as she spun around in a circle once, making her skirt flow around her as she stopped.

"Lookin' good!" Hellboy said.

"You look beautiful, my dear" Abe complimented.

"Agreed, miss Emma" Rudolph said.

"Um… thanks" Emma replied.

Gregory was the only one who didn't say anything as he was in too much awe at the sight of Emma. He was only slightly able to hide most of it but some of it showed as he stared at her, unable to turn away. Rudolph turned to his older brother and secretly smacked Gregory's arm, getting his attention as Gregory began to snap out of it and Rudolph gestured to Emma with his eyes.

"Uh…" Gregory attempted to say, "You look…um, great"

Emma lightly smiled in thanks as a small blush began to creep up to her cheeks.

"Yay! Next outfit!" Anna cheered as she grabbed Emma's hand and pulled her back up the stairs with Liz following behind and Rudolph turned to Gregory.

"Now you can't say you don't like her, brother" Rudolph said.

"Will you drop it already?" Gregory replied getting a little frustrated with his younger brother, "I said it would never work and that's it! I don't like her in any way like that, end of story"

"Ah c'mon" Hellboy said, "You were just gawking at her a few seconds ago, man"

"Well… what else was I supposed to do? Tell her she looked… ugly?"

"No, don't ever do that. She'll kill you if you do"

Everyone left it at that as Liz and Anna came down the stairs again first and then Emma a few moments later. Emma modeled a few more outfits for them and everyone said their compliments making Emma feel good about all of this after all. After Emma had modeled her outfits, Liz and Anna finally let her go as she changed into a regular t-shirt and jeans and she sat down on the couch with Anna and Rudolph. Gregory headed over to Liz as she was talking with Hellboy and Abe.

"Liz?" Gregory said and Liz turned to him.

"Yes?" Liz replied.

"Our parents were only supposed to be gone for three days, they would be returning tonight. I was wondering if we could go back to that building and wait for our parents so they wouldn't be too worried about us"

"Sure, of course we can go"

Gregory nodded as Liz filled Hellboy and Abe in and soon, it was agreed that Liz and Hellboy would go with Gregory to wait at the old abandoned building they had stayed in. Just as they were about to leave, Emma came up to them.

"Where are you going?" Emma asked.

"We're going to wait for Gregory's parents back at the building where they used to stay so they can come back here" Liz explained.

"Can I come?"

"Emma, I don't want to worry my parents any further" Gregory said.

"Please? You and your siblings are so nice, I want to meet them"

Gregory thought for a moment before sighing in defeat, "Fine, you can come"

Emma smiled as they all left the library and headed down the halls towards the truck and they were soon on their way.

I know this chapter seemed very lazy and all but I promise there will be stuff happening later but it's just not coming to me that much quite yet but it will soon though!