(BETA) This Story has not been read through thoroughly so there will be some lingering mistakes, apologies! This will be rectified once read though...when I have time... (BETA)
This is more set on the Hellboy comics/Animations then the movies. I do not own any of the world, or characters besides Alice.
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The next morning the professor arrived on the helicopter pad. Abe thought it a good idea that Alice was there with the rest of them to greet him. When his helicopter landed the whooshing sounds of the blades calmed to a stop before an old man stepped off. He was handed a case before he started towards whom he would think of, his children.
"Professor!" Liz chimed and hugged the old man warmly.
"Ah, Liz. You're looking well, as are the rest of you. I hope you haven't been getting into too much trouble." He smiled.
They lead the way inside to the bureau where Alice was waiting. She wore her newly made armour, a light purple skin tight top that stretched to the top of her black leggings that were clasped with a black belt and a short jacket that hung just short of her upper back, the sleeves reaching past her wrists.
The Professor looked to then new face wit ha warm smile. "And who have we here?"
Alice held out her hand to shake the professors. "Hello Professor, my name is Alice Jean."
The Professor took her hand and shook it kindly. He noticed the bracelet around her wrist.
"An Empath hm?" He folded his hands behind his back.
Alice's eyes widened. "Uh, yes Sir."
"No sir, please call me Professor. It's a pleasure to meet you Miss Jean, I hope your comrades have made you feel right at home. We are always happy to welcome new faces, especially those with talent's such as yours."
Alice smiled. "Thank you Professor, please call me Alice. It's been a privilege to be here and I look forward to working with your team on this mission."
The Professor smiled and nodded. "You have a kind heart girl, there is a light in you that is not seen often don't let it go out…"
Alice was taken off guard by his words.
"Well, shall we." He pointed in the direction of the briefing room offering her to follow. Alice obliged and followed behind him with the rest.
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When they entered the briefing room, a few agents and a man in a suit was already sat waiting. The others took a seat whilst Alice stood next to the Chair Abe was sat on.
"So what's happening Manning?" Hellboy said sarcastically, feigning excitement.
"Right children! We have a few things to dish out this morning. There's been a disturbance in an ancient grave in Tibet; I want Hellboy and Agent Myers on this. Then there's the investigation into the haunted house for our friend Oliver Trumbolt. Abe, Liz, I want you on this one, it's just a publicity stunt so don't hang around, just do your thing then get out." The Manning paced in the centre of the room pointing to the agents he wanted with the others.
The Professor spoke up. "I think Hellboy, Liz Abe and Alice should be the ones to go to the House for Oliver Trumbolt, Myers can take a few agents to the Grave in Tibet."
Manning stopped and regarded the old man. "Why in blazers would we need to do that!? They just have to set up a couple of cameras, take a few photos, we don't need the extra man-power." He growled.
"All the same, I think they should go. Myers, decide who you want to take with you to Tibet, I'm sure you can handle it." The Professor pressed.
"Alright fine then! Maybe I should go too huh!? Since we're taking everyone!" Manning raised his voice.
"I don't think that'll be necessary…" The Professor grumbled.
Hellboy smirked.
"Alright fine, take whoever you want. Myers! Come with me, we'll pick your team for the mission." He stormed out of the room with the agents following his tail.
Alice looked to the professor who stood form his chair. "We'll leave in an hour, be ready and meet me on the jet." The professor left the room.
"We?" Hellboy motioned.
Alice looked to Hellboy. "What's it been 15 years since he's been on a mission? That's an awfully long time to be off the field."
Liz placed a hand on his. "All the same, we'll just have to watch him carefully. He's special to all of us Red."
Hellboy looked at Liz and nodded. "Alright then. Lets get goin', I need to pack beer…and lots of it…"
Hellboy got up, followed by Liz leaving Abe and Alice in the room. They shared a glance before leaving themselves together.
"You're new armour looks impressive." Abe mention not looking down at her, the top of her armour was a comfy tight fit…
Alice looked down at it. "Oh, thank you, I did mention to make it as flexible as possible. I do find it quite easy to move around in." She chimed.
"So, do you really think this is just a routine investigation? Not that it's my place to say, but it doesn't seem like the Professor tags along on all missions…unless it was rather important." She looked up at him hesitantly.
Abe looked down at her before answering. "The Professor, well he's been through much more then we can possibly imagine. He seems concerned about this house, or whatever dwells init. I'm sure it's nothing to be concerned over…" He reassured.
"I see…" Alice finally said.
They said nothing more when they reached the Jet, buckling themselves in for the ride to the Hamptons on Long Island.
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They arrived at the Hampton House, the professor approached the door knocking on the hard wooden frame.
The door creaked open revealing a butler standing before them. "May I help you?"
"You've got to be kidding me…" Liz said out loud.
Alice smirked giving Liz a quick glance before the Professor spoke.
"We're from the BPRD, I believe MR Trumbolt is expecting us." He said calmly.
"Ah yes, please come in." the butler moved to the side to let them in eyeing up Hellboy and Abe as they walked through.
"Ah!" A loud man entered the foyer. "There they are! I've been expecting you, I have to admit, I was rather excited to know the BPRD were sending their top agents! I've heard a lot about you all!" He paused chuckling.
"Now lets see, you'd be Hellboy…" He pointed to the ren-skined ape.
"Abraham Sapien, Elizabeth Sherman, of course the Professor Broom and uh…who is this lovely young lady?" He almost shoved past Abe to reach a hand out to Alice.
"I'm Alice Jean." Alice took his hand and was about to shake it when he took it up to his lips and kissed it. Alice pulled a repulsed face and looked at Abe pleadingly.
Abe just shrugged and smirked, finding her reaction amusing.
"And you must be Oliver Tumbolt…we've heard a lot about you too…" The professor grumbled.
Oliver Chuckled.
"Well then, follow me and I'll get you all settled in!"
Hellboy and Abe collected the equipment form the door step and followed in watching the strange décor pass them as they walked down the hall way.
"He's got taste…" Hellboy jested.
"Please tell me you're joking…" Abe raised an eyebrow at him.
Hellboy just smirked.
"Ah! Here we are!" He opened a set of large doors that lead to a large room with tall windows. "We've moved a few chairs, tables and it's got the most electric sockets throughout the house."
"This'll do just fine…" Abe assured setting up the electronic devices.
"Alright then! I'll leave you guys to it! There are snacks and drink on the trolly there have fun!" Oliver left the room closing the doors behind him.
"Have fun?" Alice murmured to herself as she was connecting all the wires together for some of the computers.
"Yeah…I don't like him already…" Liz grumbled. She picked up a box of cameras.
"Alice, will you help me out setting the cameras up in some of the rooms?" Liz Called over to her from the other door.
"Sure." Alice finished plugging in the computer she was working on and followed Liz out of the room.
Hallboy watched them leave; when the door was closed he turned to Abe. "So? Thoughts on this place?"
Abe was setting up a few more of the computer monitors. "Hm, I haven't got any strange reading on this place just yet…I'm sure something will pop out when we least expect it."
"Yeah…and we'll keep an eye on those cold spots…" Hellboy murmured sarcastically as he closed the windows.
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Alice was fixing a camera in the top corner of a room. "This is the last one. All set!" Alice called to Liz just outside of the room wiring up the motion sensors.
"Alright! That's all the motion sensors down." Liz grabbed the ladder and waited for Alice. Alice merged from the room closing the door behind her.
They started down a corridor with statues lined either side. "This place is creepy…" Alice murmured.
Liz chuckled. "I'm sure it's about to get much creepier…if there's anything here that is…" Liz stopped in her tracks when she saw Alice had stopped still further back.
"Alice? You ok?" Liz asked concerned.
Alice just pointed to one of the statues. "I think there is definitely something here…"
Liz walked up to the statue and noticed blood was dripping form the eyes. "What the hell…?"
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Abe was finishing up with the monitors when he heard his radio go.
"Abe? Abe you there?" Liz's voice sounded over the com.
"Everything alright?" Abe responded.
"There is definitely something here…" Her voice came over a little tense.
"Oh?"
"Yeah…The statues are crying blood…I've already checked to see if it's just a theatre trick but they're solid…"
"I see…" Abe turned to the statues in the room, which were doing the same. There was a loud sound outside of the window like a huge gust of wind came past. Abe turned around; it drew the attention of Hellboy and the professor too.
Abe frowned at the sight of bloody handprints along the glass. Abe walked up to the windows and ran his hand along it…the blood was on the outside. "I think there's a lot more here then we thought…" He finally said of the radio to Liz.
"So much for a routine investigation." Liz groaned, her voice sounded form inside the room, when she and Alice walked in closing the door behind them.
Abe felt almost relived to have Alice back in the room.
"Wow…" Alice said looking to the window covered in red handprints.
"Still not sensing anything Abe?" Hellboy suddenly said getting off the sofa.
Abe shook his head. "I didn't even detect that happening…" He pointed back to the windows behind him.
The Professor stood. "I have an idea. Alice?"
Alice turned to the professor away form the computer monitor.
"Come here child." He motioned her into a little clearing in the room.
Alice didn't hesitate to follow and stood with him, Abe and the others watching with curiosity. Hellboy shrugged.
"I want you to see if you can sense anything in the house." The professor explained to Alice calmly.
Alice's eyes widened. Her hand went to the bracelet suddenly almost afraid to take it off.
"I know you are afraid, but we are here if you loose control…this maybe the only way we can sense whatever entity is lingering here." He pressed, holding out a hand for hers.
Alice took his hands; he reached and took off the bracelet. Abe stepped forward, as if to stop him, but Hellboy put an arm out to pause him in his steps. Abe watched, trying to calm his panic, knowing she will be able to feel it.
The Professor took the bracelet off with a tink. "Close you eyes."
Alice nodded and obliged. Closing her eyes she felt the professor hold onto her hands a little tighter. It was comforting…her brow knitted when she felt something less so.
The professor and everyone else watched her expression change, she started to relax, and there was absolute silence, until Alice's eyes suddenly opened.
The professor felt her body go almost limp but she was stood up straight looking down at him.
"What is your name?" The Professor asked.
Abe, Liz and Hellboy just looked at each other. They watched in surprise when Alice spoke, but there was another voice echoing in her own.
"My name in Ana…where-where am I?" Alice pulled her hands away form the professor but he didn't let go.
"Ana, do you remember me, my name is Professor Broom, I was the Englishman who spoke with your priest about the vampire." He spoke softly.
"The Vampire, oh yes…the priest assured me that no one would come to harm in our village as long as out faith in our Lord was true." Her lips turned up into a small innocent smile.
"Ana, do you remember what happened once you left the church?" He asked calmly.
"The Church, I-I went to Marie's, she was making my wedding dress…but…" she paused, her face filled with confusion and horror.
"But what Ana?" the professor pressed his grip tightening on her hands.
"There was someone else there, someone I've never seen before…she told me that the baby was sick, so Marie was tending to it…she…she was stood behind me when I was looking in the mirror. I-I didn't see her…but then…" She paused her eyes tearing up.
"Ana? What happened?" He pressed stepping a little closer.
"She didn't have a reflection, I couldn't have seen her, until I turned around…and then…she…" Alice paused and a sudden scream left her mouth. Something fell out of Alice, a figure…a ghostly apparition of a young woman; but before she could have been made out, she disappeared. Alice stopped screaming when the spirit left her body. Her knees gave way and the professor let her hands slip from his, Abe was instantly at her side catching her before she fell to the floor.
"Alice? Alice can you hear me?" Abe voice was full of panic, shaking her gently to wake her. Tears kept falling from her closed eyes, when she finally opened them, she saw Abe looking down at her.
"She was so frightened…I felt it…" Alice lifted a hand to her neck pulling back the collar of her jacket to reveal two puncture wounds on the side of her neck. "I felt it all…the pain, my blood felt like ice…" She sat up in Abe's arms and took his hand to help her up.
"There are more…much more of them here Professor, she had killed so many…" Tears welled up in her eyes again but she fought them back. Abe kept a hand on her shoulder.
The Professor walked up to her. "Where are they Alice? Where is she?"
"She's not here…not yet." Alice said looking to the professor.
"Not yet?" the professor sighed. "Then it was as bad as I had initially assumed."
"They're trying to bring her back…" Alice said softly.
Abe looked to the Professor, as did the others. "Bring who back professor?" Abe asked curiously.
"Erabet. Erzabet Ondrushko, I ran into her a while ago, she was a vampire who bathed in the blood of the innocent women she killed and tortured to keep herself young. Ana, was one of her last victims, I met her when I was called for the investigation." The Professor paused.
"She is being revived here…and the only way she could do that, is if the goddess Hecate, Queen of witches was here for the blood offering." He finished.
The others looked to each other. "That doesn't sound good…" Hellboy said.
"We have to stop the ritual before she is revived." The Professor continued.
"Well how the hell are we going to do that?" Hellboy grunted.
"We find the goddess, and trap her in this…" The Professor took out a small statue from his case. The statue was of a three-headed woman.
"Once inside it must be burnt." He continued.
"Right, so how do we find her?" Liz asked cautiously.
"I have a feeling she will come to us…" The Professor smirked. He patted Alice on her shoulder and went over to one of the chairs sitting down and opening a book.
Liz turned to the others. "Alright then, lets keep an eye out and see if anything pops out!" She chimed sarcastically and went to one of the monitors picking up a cup of coffee and sitting back in her chair.
Abe turned his attention to Alice. "Are you alright?" He asked softly.
Alice nodded. Reaching for a cup of tea, she had completely forgotten that her bracelet was still off.
The Professor smirked at her over his book before returning to reading.
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Later on that evening they were still up and waiting for something to happen. Hellboy was fast asleep in the sofa, as was the professor, Liz and Abe were watching the monitors with Alice. Alice was starting to nod off and her head and fallen onto Abe's shoulder. He smiled warmly and did his best to keep his eyes on the screen, no had noticed the small gesture. So every so often he would turn his head to see her gentle sleeping form. A lock of her hair came down over her face covering her eyes. He was just about to raise a hand to tuck behind her ear when Liz exclaimed waking everyone up.
"Oh my god! Guys come here!" She stood form her chair looking down at the screen.
Alice woke with a jump and rubbed her eyes looing at what she had been resting on, following the shoulder up to Abe's face who was smirking at her now. Oh god…She cursed herself.
Everyone gathered around Liz's screen, Alice gasped at the sight on screen. There were spirits of women roaming the halls and rooms floating between them.
"What are they doing?" Alice almost whispered.
"Waiting…waiting to move on…" The Professor said.
Suddenly they all disappeared and an alarm sounded off. "Motion detector in the basement." Liz confirmed.
"Liz, you stay here with the professor, guys lets go." Hellboy motioned the rest to follow him to the basement.
"Oh sure, you guys go have all the fun…" Liz groaned. Hellboy turned and shot her a knowing smirk before leaving with Abe and Alice.
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Walked down the stairs to the basement Hellboy held a torch guiding their path. The old wooden planks creaked under their footsteps, Alice tread lightly trying her best not to make too much noise, though it seemed impossible. They came to the door to the basement; Hellboy opened it revealing a room filled with torture implements. Alice put a hand to her mouth to muffle her gasp the smell of blood stinging her nose.
"What's wrong Alice?" Abe asked softly turning to see her looking repulsed as if she smelt something horrid.
"That smell…" she gasped.
Hellboy and Abe looked at each other then back at Alice. "What smell?" Abe asked. Tilting his head to the side.
"You guys can't smell that…it smells like something died in here…" She groaned.
They moved further into the basement to inspect the room. Hell boy shone his torch all over but couldn't see anything.
"What the hell is this guy doing with all this stuff…" Hellboy cursed.
"Could this be the reason this house is connected to Erzabet, maybe it's not the house, just these instruments." Abe reasoned.
"It's from her castle…back where it all started…" Alice murmured. She let her hand slide across one of the stretch tables something slimy caught her attention.
"Ugh…" she looked at her hand in the dark she couldn't quite see what it was.
"You still smelling something Kid?" Hellboy asked turning the light to Alice.
"Holy…" Hellboy started staring at Alice's hand drenched in blood.
"Alice!" Abe exclaimed going over to her side.
"It's alright, it's…it's not mine…" She looked down at the table that was now covered in blood. And eerie sound echoed in the room, screams and the sound of rope tightening, and wood clenching when the stretch table was being used. Alice's eye widened at the sight of a spirit being stretched and tortured on this monstrous contraption.
"So what tripped the senors…" Hellboy murmured.
Abe looked around running his hand around in the air. "The other side of that wall is hollow…" He suddenly said from in the dark behind Hellboy.
"I can't see any further then an empty room behind it…" Abe continued.
"Empty?" Alice said walking up with Hellboy to the wall.
"Stand back." Hellboy passed the torch to Alice and swung his giant rock arm at it knocking the bricks from place. It tumbled down, brick dust continuing to fall from the new opening.
"After you." He motioned to Alice, who rolled her eyes and started through the hole in the wall.
The room seemed very empty, though in the dark, there was a shadow of what looked like a coffin.
Alice walked up to it and ran her hand over the lid. It was stone, cold to the touch.
"Erzabeth's?" Hellboy asked standing beside Alice.
"But why would it be here?" She asked almost to herself thinking. Suddenly her hand slapped down on the lid and her eyes closed. She sucked in a deep breathe as something, flashes shot past her eyes.
Hooded figures in the night bowing around a circle, they were surrounded by trees and then…something in the centre of the circle…a ring…Erzabeth's? But where are they? Alice thought to herself.
She let out the breath she was holding and lifted her hand form the coffin.
"They're near by, I saw…trees, a concrete circle of some kind and there were six of them surrounding a ring…it must be near by. Maybe it's the ritual to bring her back?" Alice turned to look at Abe and Hellboy.
"Damn…you're good." Hallboy smirked.
Alice rolled her eyes, not sure whether to think him sarcastic or not…
"Alright, lets get back to the others. I'm they're…" Hellboy paused when he saw something move in the shadows.
"Who's there!" He growled.
Alice watched as an old man appeared out of the darkness.
"Please…don't hurt me…I didn't want to do it…I swear." The old man quivered on the spot.
"Didn't want to do what?" Hellboy growled impatient.
Liz came over the com channel. "You guys ok down there? The cameras went dark!"
"We're fine Liz, we think we know where the ritual is taking place…plus." He looked over at the old man.
"We've got ourselves a squatter. I'm bringing him up." Hell boy cut the channel.
"No, please…I can't she'll kill me." The old man stuttered.
"The blood…" Alice started.
"Where did the blood come from?" She insisted.
"I didn't want to do you must believe me." He pleaded.
"Who!?" Hellboy bellowed.
The Old man pointed to a body in the corner of the room. It was Oliver Trumbolt's body.
Alice closed her eyes.
"They made me do it…I didn't want to, oh please you have to believe me…" The old man fell to his knees.
"You're coming with us." Hellboy growled.
"Stop!" The Professors voice sounded form the breech in the wall behind them.
"Professor?" Abe said.
"He didn't do anything…" The Professor walked up to the old man, followed by Liz.
"I thought you guys were supposed to stay back?" Hellboy glowered at Liz.
"Oh come on, like he'd listen to me…" She smirked.
The Professor looked at the old man for a time before his features softened. "You're the priest."
Alice's eyes widened. The Priest Ana spoke to…She thought.
"I was once a priest…" He stuttered.
The Professor put a hand on his shoulder. "This is your time to redeem yourself. Where are they reviving her?"
"The-The…" He stuttered.
"The Gardens…" Alice finished for him. Everyone looked in her direction.
"I saw it, in a vision when I touched the coffin." She continued.
"Yes, in an old ruin on the other side of the trees…" The old man nodded.
The professor sighed. "We have no time to waist…you were to bring his blood to the ritual weren't you?"
The Old man nodded. The Professor dug something out of his pocket and placed it in the old mans hands. "Thank you…Father."
The old man clasped the metal cross in his hands. "Thank you…"
The professor smiled and turned to the others. "We must stop the ritual before they bring her back. She would have needed his blood to fully regain her powers, without it she will be a mere husk, that we at least have on our side…"
"Alright lets…" Hellboy spoke up but was sidetracked by a distinct rumbling noise.
"Uh, Red, please tell me that your stomach…" Liz said.
"That's not me…UGH!" Hellboy was launched into the air from the floor, something that looked like the tail of a snake had wrapped around him/ almost as suddenly as he was lifted he was then dragged back through the floor leaving a giant black hole.
"Hecate…" the Professor finally said.
"Liz, go after him, Alice and I will take the professor to the ruins." Abe said sternly from the other side of the hole.
"Take this!" the Professor threw the three-headed small figure to Liz. She caught it and put it in the pocket of her belt.
Liz nodded and jumped down the hole to follow Hellboy. Abe then heard her voice over the com channel.
"Keep radio contact, and be safe out there." Her voice crackled over the static.
"Will do." Abe replied cutting the com. "Lets go!" Alice helped the professor around the hole in what was left of the brick floor. Getting to the stairs they hurried up to get outside.
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