Chapter 2
I do not own 'Hellboy'. I only own Amelia, Levi, Felix, the twins, and any other character you don't recognize from the movies as I am not all that familiar with the comics.
"DRAKE!" Amelia cried, "What is he doing here?"
Not him! Amelia thought please not him! Anyone but him!
"What the hell is this?" Drake said, "She's not supposed to be here!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold up!" Liz said, "You two know each other?"
"Well duh, lady!" Drake rudely replied.
"Hey!" Amelia said, "You don't talk that way to her!"
"Can it, green freak!"
The instant those words left Drake's mouth, Oak leaped forward in front of Amelia protectively as he growled at Drake. And this was a deep and loud growl that sounded as if it could strike fear into anybody. Oak's growling made Drake's eyes go wide as he took a few stumbling steps back.
"What the hell is that thing?" Drake demanded as Oak continued to growl at him.
"His name is Oak" Amelia said, "And he's my entity who will rip you to shreds if you don't learn some respect."
"Well call it off already!"
"Why should I? I have a lot of good reasons not to."
"Amelia!" Manning shouted, "Call that creature off this instant."
Amelia glared at Drake one last time before calling to Oak, "Oak, enough. Heel"
Oak growled one final growl at Drake before returning to Amelia's side but he remained in a protective stance. With Oak calmed down somewhat, Manning ordered the other agents out of the room including Myers. Myers passed by Amelia to say a quick goodbye and a small piece of reassurance before following the other agents out of the room. Manning then ordered everyone else to sit down and Drake sat down on one side of the table and Amelia moved to sit on the other and the twins followed her.
"Did you have to bring those little brats?" Manning asked indicating to the twins as Coal climbed up onto Amelia's lap and Onyx rushed over to Liz who pulled Onyx up onto her lap as well.
"Are those seriously wings on those kids?" Drake asked with a little bit of shock.
"Yes" Amelia said, "These are the twins, Onyx and Coal. I don't suggest you try anything, Drake, or Oak won't hesitate to shred you and I won't call him off."
Drake just rolled his eyes in annoyance as he slouched in his chair, "Whatever."
"Can we please get down to business?" Manning demanded, "Now, Drake is here for a good reason as he obviously posses some sort of paranormal power or whatever that brought him here. Drake, would you please explain your gift?"
"Fine!" Drake groaned, "I can take the image of other human beings, manipulate people's actions and words, and create certain illusions with my mind. There, happy now?"
Manning sighed in annoyance, "thank you, Drake. Now, would the rest of you please introduce yourselves and explain your powers"
Liz decided to start, "Okay well, I'm Liz and I can manipulate and create fire at my own will"
Amelia wanted so bad to just bolt out of the room but she couldn't as Coal was on her lap and Manning was practically giving her the 'do-as-I-say-or-you're-fired' glare.
"You already know me" Amelia said, "I am called a 'Nature Wielder' which means that I have the ability to grow and manipulate various plants"
"You mean like you did last year?" Drake said, "When you almost beat the shit out of me and my friends?"
"Hey, watch your language. There are young children present"
"That means us!" Onyx piped up not really knowing what the conversation was in the first place and she and Coal began quietly giggling.
"Yes, sweetheart" Liz said with a slight smile, "that does mean you."
"Great" Manning said, "Now that you're all acquainted, Drake will stay in one of the open rooms and he can get settled, got it? Good, now get out of here"
Amelia lifted Coal off of her lap as she set him back down on the floor and Liz did the same with Onyx. Drake stood from his seat as he made his way towards the door to follow the others out but was stopped briefly as Oak jumped out in front of him and growled a warning growl at him before following Amelia out of the room. Drake made sure he was a few paces behind before following the others out of the room and down the halls.
"Amelia, can you show Drake where his room is?" Liz asked, "I need to get back to my paperwork soon or I won't sleep at all tonight."
Amelia sighed but nodded and Liz thanked her and told her which room was Drake's before heading towards her office where the mountains of paperwork still resided. Oak and the twins were a little ways ahead of them playing as Drake came up to walk beside Amelia, cautious as he didn't want to make Oak angry again.
"So this is it, huh?" Drakes said with slight sarcasm, "we're going to live together in the same building."
"At least your room is far enough away from my room and Levi's" Amelia replied, "You're annoying enough as it is."
"Hey, no need to get snobby… wait, did you just say that the loner freak lives here too?"
"Who, Levi? Of course he lives here, why wouldn't he?"
"Then why wasn't he in the board room with you?"
"He's away on a mission half way across the world; he might not be back for another few days or so."
"So that leaves you alone without him around then?"
Amelia stopped as she turned to Drake and glared at him, "I am not alone whatsoever; I have Liz, the twins, agent Myers… And I also have Oak, so don't you ever think that you can try anything just because you think I'm alone."
With that, Amelia turned and began walking down the halls again and Drake moved to catch up as Amelia finally led him to his new room.
"Here's your room" Amelia said with slight annoyance in her voice, "You can put whatever stuff you want in here but I really don't care about that. I'll be in the library with the twins and Oak so I'll leave you to find it on your own after you're settled."
Amelia gave Drake a mischievous look as she somewhat liked the idea of Drake wandering around the Bureau and getting lost somewhere. Amelia then turned and headed down the halls after the twins and Oak as Drake shook his head and opened his new bedroom door and walked in closing the door behind him. Amelia and the others soon reached the library as Amelia once again plopped down on the couch as Oak and the twins played on the floor. Amelia sighed as she leaned back on the couch and rubbed her temples with her hands.
God, I hope Levi and the others come home soon, Amelia thought, I miss all of them so much and having Drake around isn't helping.
As the twins and Oak played, Amelia picked up an interesting book as she settled down on the couch to read, occasionally looking up to make sure the twins were being careful. After some time, the door to the library opened and Amelia looked up only to sigh in annoyance as Drake walked in.
"Finally!" Drake said, "How the hell can you find anything in this place?"
"What are you doing here, Drake?" Amelia asked as she set down her book.
"I wanted to know where the library was, you did say you would be in here after all"
Drake moved to sit on the couch beside Amelia and it was just in time when Myers suddenly walked into the library with a phone in his hand and Amelia stood and headed over to him.
"Hey Myers, what's up?" Amelia asked.
"The phone's for you" Myers said as he smiled, "I think you might like who it is."
Amelia smiled as well as she took the phone from Myers and pressed it to her ear. "Hello?" Amelia said.
"Hey, sweetheart!" Levi said on the other end of the phone, "Miss me?"
"Of course! Why wouldn't I? How is everything over there? None of you got hurt did you?"
"Whoa Amelia, slow down. We're all just fine; Red had a little misunderstanding with the creature the other day and it got away before any of us could really do anything but everything's fine."
"Is Felix still with you?"
"Sure he is."
Amelia then heard a small squeak on the other end of the line and Amelia giggled. "He say's 'hi'" Levi translated.
"When are you coming home, Levi? It's been over a week"
Levi sighed, "I don't know, Amelia. It might take us a few more days or maybe even another week to be able to catch and deal with this thing… I'll try and be home as soon as I can. Are the kids there? I want to talk to them before I have to go."
"Sure" Amelia said and she turned around to face the twins who were still playing on the floor with Oak. "Onyx, Coal! Guess who's on the phone!"
Onyx and Coal immediately stopped what they were doing as she stared at Amelia for a few seconds before leaping from their spots and rushing over to her. Drake on the other hand wasn't in the least bit interested on what Amelia and the twins were doing as he lounged on the couch and kept a cautious close eye on Oak
"Is it Levi?" Onyx asked excitedly, "I wanna talk to him!"
"Me first! Me first" Coal said as he and Onyx tried to reach for the phone.
"Hold on, guys" Amelia said, "Let me put him on speaker"
Amelia put the phone on speaker as she lowered it to hold it by Onyx and Coal.
"Hey kids!" Levi said, "You there?"
"YES!" the twins both said together making Levi laugh.
"Are you guys being good for Amelia?"
"YES!"
"When are you coming home?" Coal asked.
"We miss you!" Onyx said.
"I'll be home soon, guys" Levi said, "But for now you two behave and hug Amelia for me, okay?"
"OKAY!"
"Listen guys, I gotta go now. I love you all."
"BYE, LEVI!"
Amelia turned the phone off of speaker as she put it back to her ear. "Be safe, okay?" Amelia said, "I love you."
"I love you too, baby."
Amelia finally hung up the phone and she set it down on a side table and turned back to the twins who rushed towards her with their arms wide open. Amelia laughed as the two rushed forward and hugged her with smiles spread across their little faces and Amelia hugged them back.
"Okay, sweeties" Amelia said as the twins released her, "It's time to get ready for bed."
"Aww!" the twins whined, "Do we have to?"
"Yes, now c'mon lets go." Amelia turned to Drake, "Drake, do you remember the way back to your room?"
"Yeah whatever, I'll be fine." Drake replied.
"Okay. Oak, come!"
Oak stood from his spot and trotted over to Amelia as she led the twins out of the library and towards their room to get them ready for bed.
With the twins finally settled in their room, Amelia and Oak walked down the halls toward Amelia's room which was right across from the library. On their way there, Amelia spotted Drake walking towards his own room which was in the opposite direction causing the two of them to pass each other and they both stopped when they reached each other.
"Soooo, I guess I should say 'goodnight' or something" Drake said.
"Sure" Amelia said, "Goodnight, Drake."
"Goodnight, Amelia."
Drake turned and continued to walk down the halls towards his room and Amelia did the same. As soon as Drake was far enough away, Oak looked up at Amelia and whined slightly.
"I know, boy" Amelia said, "I don't like it either but we've got no choice, we might as well get used to it. Besides, the others should be home soon and everything will be much better then"
Oak made his small squeak/purring sound in agreement which had deepened a little since his growth. They soon made it to Amelia's room as Amelia opened the door and Oak trotted inside ahead of her and Amelia walked in after him closing the door behind her. Oak jumped up onto Amelia's bed and made himself comfortable as Amelia grabbed her pajamas and headed into her conjoined bathroom to change. As soon as she was done changing, Amelia walked out of the bathroom and climbed onto her bed next to Oak. Amelia pulled the covers up around her as Oak cuddled up closer to Amelia and she reached out and began stroking his head and neck.
"Goodnight, Oak" Amelia said and Oak squeaked/purred in response as Amelia closed her eyes and the two soon fell asleep.