Turning away from the truth

I glanced at Red again. He hadn't talked to me at all this morning except for his 'get up' at about ten. Then he took me to my old room and told me to change, then left. We never went back to my training, as he opted out of it for a better approach.

To ignore the hell out of me.

I tried to sit by him on the truck, he moved and mumbled something. I tried to pair with him on the mission, he picked Clay and put me with Abe and Liz. I tried to get to him over the communicator, apparently he wasn't answering mine.

I guess I really am pathetic.

I purposefully dropped back from the group, leaning behind a pillar so I could think. What had I done to push him away? The training? Was he getting teased? Was he tired of me hanging around him all the time? I had a million questions running through my head and all I could do was lean there, trying to figure out what was wrong with me.

"John? Where are you?" I heard Liz through my ear piece. She sounded worried. "I'll call HB if you don't get over here now." I sighed and was about to respond when I heard HB.

"What do I look like, his babysitter? The kid wants to go off on his own then fine. He obviously took care of himself with the snakes, so let's just leave him alone."

"HB… my communicator is still on…"

Silence.

"Kid?" I head him whisper, it sounded almost as if he were pleading… as if begging me to say I didn't hear…

But I had.

"Du esel…" I whimpered. So those were his true feelings then?

"What John?" Liz asked, her voice attempting to be soothing.

"Du esel!" I shouted, making sure Red heard me. So I didn't matter. All the time we spent together, him trying to teach me, him hugging me, kissing my neck, snuggling with me… it was all a lie. He didn't really feel anything for me… it was all just a game to him? Then I realized what I was thinking and figured that maybe he didn't want anyone to know any of his feelings toward him and opened his mouth to apologize, then stopped when Hellboy spoke up.

"Stop acting like a spoiled brat Scout! Get over it and come on!" Red yelled. I sucked in my breath, dropped my communicator, stepped out from behind the pillar, took another deep breath and yelled down the hall.

"Du esel!!!" Then I turned off the communicator and stormed away from where the others were.

Unfortunately, I was so angry that I didn't see the shadows move behind me move.

I felt horrible.

I didn't know what was going on with me. I moved when John tried to sit next to me on the truck, I picked Clay as my partner to go through a dark, secluded place where I probably could have talked to him, and worst of all?

We never picked back up on his training. I grit my teeth when I thought of John in trouble without me close by. Suddenly, I had a thought. If we hurried, we could catch up with Sparky and Blue at the other end of the castle and I could swap Clay for John.

"Red? Is John with you?" I heard a worried voice over the ear piece.

My ears and tails twitched.

"What?" I growled into my communicator. "No, he's with you Sparky."

"Oh…"

"What do you mean 'oh'?"

"Well, we can't really find him… and his communicator is turning off…"

I paused.

"WHAT?!?" I yelled, causing Clay to jump a foot in the air. "What do you mean you can't find him?!"

"Don't you yell at me! I'm just as worried as you!" Liz yelled right back at me. "Just get your ass to the ballroom and help us find him!"

I growled and looked at Clay. "Let's go."

"Hey, I think I saw something moving Red." Clay said as he aimed his cocked gun at the shadows. I looked at him and raised my eyebrows at him.

"The wind maybe." I suggested, until I heard something brush against the armor. I pulled out my gun and aimed it at the shadows. I sighed in relief as John stepped out then looked at me in surprise. I immediately lowered my gun as he stepped away.

"It's ok Scout. Let's go to the ballroom and find Blue and Sparky ok?" I asked and held out my hand for him. He frowned and shook his head.

"No! I will not go with you, you selfish bastard!" He yelled and ran off. I frowned. Since when did he speak perfect English? Or complete sentences?

"Find Blue and Sparky!" I yelled at Clay as I took off after 'John'. I heard his footsteps, but each step was becoming heavier with each step he took.

"He's following sir. What do I do?" I heard him whisper from behind a pillar. I heard muttering and then a sigh. "But sir… he'll cross paths with the real John if we do that… yes sir, I know I let my façade slip but… No sir, he's still in belief that he doesn't know full English… He's coming; I'll lead him to you." He said as he turned the corner and landed nose first into the middle of my chest. I grabbed him by the throat and listened to the many different voices coming out of his mouth. So, he was a recorder demon huh? I smiled.

This was going to be fun.

I walked through the halls, turning without thinking, which, all in all, was probably the stupidest thing I've done in my entire life. I looked over my shoulder and saw the shadows move in an unnatural way and tensed when what sounded like a hiss came from it.

"I would run if I were you Johnny." Hissed a voice in my ear. I looked back to see my uncle's face inches from mine. I sucked in a surprised breath and scrambled back a few steps. "Run fast." He said as he shoved me down the hallway.

I ran and ran and ran until I ran into what felt like a cement wall and fell to the floor, then looked up to see Hellboy standing over me.

"John." Was all he said as he pulled me up by the collar of my shirt and pinned me to the wall. I gasped as the pain from the actual cement wall collided with my spine and the back of my head and switched his hand for his body to pin me. "You're mine. I've been waiting for so long to do this to you John." He said and kissed me with bruising pressure on my lips. I squirmed as he wrapped my legs around his waist, his stone hand coming to rest by my head, and his normal hand on my hip. This wasn't right… I loved him more then anything, but this didn't feel right. "Stop squirming John. I don't want to hurt you." He said as he nibbled my neck. I shivered.

"Nein… Nein!" I shouted and tried to get away, squirming as much as possible. I reached for my gun and drew it, pointing it at Hellboy and hoping I didn't have to hurt him. Then a thought entered my mind and it made me frown. Since when did Hellboy have such good grammar? And since when did he call him John?

"John, that's a dangerous weapon… now please put it away." He whispered as he stroked my thigh. My eyes widened.

Hellboy never says please.

I pulled the trigger and saw as the bullet enter between his eyes and him slide away from my body as I quickly unwrapped my legs from his waist just as another Hellboy entered the room. I gasped and aimed the gun at him, but he merely raised his eyebrow at me.

"Put that damn thing away Scout! You've shot enough demons for one day." The other Hellboy muttered as he tossed whatever he was carrying into the dark. I smiled, tossed the gun, and ran towards him. I jumped and hugged his neck, my legs wrapping around his hips with ease, and kissed his neck. He looked at me and hugged me back.

"I have no idea what I did to deserve that, but maybe I should do it again." He said on a chuckle. I rolled my eyes and sighed.

"Du esel."

"I am not an ass!"

"Ja. Du habe nein esel." I said with a smirk as my legs, as though trying to help me prove my point, slipped down his hips.

"I have an ass!" He said indignantly. "It just ain't as round as your cute one." He said, his normal hand rubbing it absentmindedly. I blushed and looked at him in surprise. HB normally wasn't this forward with anything. He pinned me gently to the wall, stroking my thigh and making me gasp happily and my hips move closer to his pelvis ad his erection, which currently felt like I was straddling a balance beam. He groaned and moved his face closer to mine. "I can't hold on anymore Scout." He whispered as he kissed me, slowly pushing his tongue into my mouth.

I closed my eyes in bliss as I tasted Red for the first time. He tasted spicy with a small hint of a smokey but tangy taste that kept me moaning each time his tongue passed over mine. He pulled back and kissed down my neck. I moaned and grabbed the base of his head, trying to bring it back up to mine. "Nein… nein…" I gasped as he pulled away and his hand left my thigh in favor of my knee. He smiled and stroked it gently.

"Not that I don't want to stand here and keep swappin' spit with ya, but let's not do it here Scout."

I whimpered and rolled my hips.

He smirked. "Tell you what. We'll start you on private lessons… in my room after combat training. Starting tomorrow, how about that?" I shook my head and he smirked. "Once we get back to HQ?" I smiled and nodded. "Good idea. I think we should call everyone and tell them that we took care of the copy cat demons and head home?"

I beamed. I had never heard a better idea.

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