Chapter 5

I do not own 'Hellboy'. I only own Amelia, Levi, Felix, the twins, Drake, and any other characters you don't recognize from the movies as I am not all that familiar with the comics.

Amelia stood with her gun raised and pointed towards the darkness of the tunnel as Oak's growling grew louder as the entity began to get closer. The entity began to come into view but it was still dark but not dark enough that Amelia couldn't see what she was going to be shooting at. The entity was large, much larger than Oak, as it stood a few feet over Amelia and she could see it's deathly red eyes glaring at her determining whether to kill her, eat her, or both. Oak began to stand protectively in front of Amelia but he couldn't do much as the entity roared at them as it moved to attack and Amelia opened fire on the creature. One of her bullets hit the entity's shoulder making the entity cry out in pain but it soon regained itself as it roared once more and Amelia and Oak turned and ran as the entity began chasing them down the tunnel.

"Liz!" Amelia cried, "I need help here! Like NOW!"

"Hang on!" Liz replied, "We're coming!"

Amelia pointed her gun behind her and shot a few more times but because she was running, the bullets had no accurate aim towards the entity. Oak suddenly skidded to a stop as he turned to the entity and gave his own battle roar.

"Oak!" Amelia cried as she too stopped to get Oak but she didn't get the chance as Oak leaped at the entity and dug his sharp teeth into the creatures neck.

The entity cried out in pain once more as it tried to swat Oak off of its neck but Oak had a firm grip on the monster and would not let go. Amelia raised her gun to shoot at the entity but she hesitated as she didn't want to hit Oak who was still latched onto the entity. Amelia suddenly heard another roar but it was behind her as she quickly turned and spotted Drake in front of the entrance of the tunnel with an entity, much like the one before her, behind him.

"Drake, behind you!" Amelia cried as she turned to shoot but Drake stopped her.

"Don't shoot!" Drake shouted, "It's just an illusion. Get out of the way!"

Amelia did as she was told as she moved to the edge of the tunnel and Drake's entity illusion charged towards the real entity as it roared.

"Oak! Get out of there!" Amelia cried and Oak released the entity's neck as he dropped to the ground and ran towards Amelia. Amelia lowered herself to Oak's level as she wrapped her arms around him and watched with wide eyes. The real entity was about to charge at them but was stopped as Drake's illusion crashed into it catching it off guard as it stumbled to the ground. As the real entity battled with the illusion entity, Drake rushed over to Amelia and Oak keeping his eyes on the illusion entity and the real entity. Liz then appeared in the tunnel entrance and her eyes were wide as she raised her gun and shot at the real and illusion entity and she spotted Amelia, Oak, and Drake on the side.

"Kids, get out of there!" she shouted as she continued to shoot at the two entities, the bullets went straight through the illusion entity and instead hit the real entity as it cried out in pain and finally collapsed to the ground. The illusion entity backed off as it began to dissolve and finally disappeared and Liz rushed forward towards Amelia, Oak, and Drake.

"Are you kids alright?" she asked.

"We're fine." Amelia replied.

"Why did that last entity disappear?"

"It was one of my illusions" Drake answered, "Can we get out of here? This place is giving me the creeps."

"Yeah, sure. The other agents will take care of the remains."

Liz led them all out of the tunnel as they returned to the subway platforms and Drake climbed up first and Oak jumped up after him. Drake turned and held his hand out first to Liz as he helped her up onto the platform and then reached out to help Amelia up. Amelia hesitated at first but then reached out and took Drake's hand as he pulled her up out of the tracks and onto the platform.

"Thanks." Amelia quietly said.

"No problem" Drake replied as they began heading back up the steps of the subway station, "Someone's gotta look out for you when Loner boy isn't here to do it."

Amelia turned to Drake and gave him a look, "What?"

"I mean… I was just saying-"

"Okay, one: you actual care to look out for me? Two: What makes you think I need 'looking out for' just because Levi's not here? I can take care of myself"

"Whoa slow down there, missy. I didn't say you needed 'looking out for', you proved that back in the tunnel, I was just trying to be nice."

"Um… okay. Thanks?"

Drake snickered, "You're welcome."

Amelia shook her head as they finally made it back to the cars and they drove back to the BPRD. The drive back was silent as Amelia and Drake sat in the back seat with Oak in the middle as Liz drove. Oak had settled himself down as he rested his head on Amelia's lap and Amelia stroked his head all the while thinking about Levi and she realized how much she missed him right now. They soon made it back to the BPRD and as soon as the cars were parked inside, Amelia climbed out of the car with Oak following close behind her. Drake and Liz got out of the car as well as Myers came down the hall holding Onyx with one arm and holding Coal's hand as Coal stood beside him. The twins cheered as they spotted Amelia and Myers set Onyx down as the two rushed towards Amelia and hugged her tightly. Amelia smiled as she hugged them back, asking them how much fun it was having Myers babysit them. Liz soon came forward as the twins spotted her and they rushed towards her as they hugged her tightly as well.

"Why don't I take Onyx and Coal for the rest of the day?" Liz said to Amelia, "You've had them almost all week; it's my turn with the little angels."

"Are you sure, Liz?" Amelia asked, "You just finished all that paperwork, are you sure you don't want to relax after that?"

"Oh c'mon, nothing beats celebrating finished paperwork like playing with our twins. Go do something in your greenhouse; I'm sure you haven't been in there in ages."

"Well, alright if you're sure-"

"I'm sure! Now go on and have some 'you-time', You look like you need loads of it"

Amelia smiled as Liz held each of the twins' hands and they headed down the halls and Amelia sighed as she headed towards the outdoors where her greenhouse was located and Oak followed her. Amelia soon reached the outdoor grounds as she opened the door and walked outside towards her greenhouse. She pushed open the door and held it open as Oak walked inside ahead of her and Amelia followed. Oak headed over to a large green cushion in the corner as he curled up for a short nap and Amelia looked around trying to decide what to do first. She finally decided on watering the plants as it was the most relaxing part of gardening and there also wasn't much to do in her greenhouse. Amelia grabbed the watering can as she headed over to the sink to fill up the watering can and she began watering every single plant in the greenhouse. Amelia had only finished watering just over a quarter of her greenhouse when the door suddenly opened and Amelia looked up and spotted Drake as he leaned against the door frame.

"Drake" Amelia said as she set down her watering can, "What are you doing here?"

"I could give the excuse I gave earlier" Drake replied, "but then that would be too coincidental. I asked one of the agents where your greenhouse was after sitting in my room utterly bored. Plus, you looked a little… I dunno, uh… off, I guess."

"So?"

"So… something's wrong, talk to me."

Amelia sighed as she grabbed her watering can and resumed watering the plants again, "Just leave me alone, you won't get it."

"Maybe not, but at least I'm willing to listen so you can get it out of your system."

"Drake, I told you. You won't get it so please just… go."

Amelia fell silent as she continued to water her plants and Drake watched her for a short moment and he looked closely at her as she fought back a few tears.

"You're missing Levi aren't you?" Drake asked using Levi's real name for the first time since arriving here and Amelia shook her head.

"What gave you that idea?" Amelia replied and Drake mimicked what Amelia had said earlier that morning.

"Well let's think about this for a second… You've been with Loner boy for… how long now?"

Amelia sighed, "… A year. I've been with Levi for a full year"

"So, you've been together with him for a year now, he's been away for… I dunno, a week or two, and judging by what we went through earlier today you're worried about whether he's going to come back in one piece."

Amelia stopped as she set down her watering can again and she closed her eyes as she took a deep breath. "Am I that obvious?" she asked.

"Not entirely, I also talked to Liz and she explained a few things to me."

"Oh great."

"Amelia, look at me."

"Why should I?"

"Trust me, just look up and look at me."

Amelia sighed as she opened her eyes and turned to Drake but it wasn't Drake who she expected to see. Instead of Drake leaning up against the door frame, it was Levi! Amelia's eyes widened as she stared at 'Levi' leaning against the door frame.

"W-what… I…" Amelia stuttered but nothing seemed to come as 'Levi' walked forward and reached up to lightly stroke her cheek and his hand fell back down to his side. Amelia stared at him for another few moments but then she shook her head as she turned around and buried her face in her hands.

"N-no, no, Drake, please don't… just don't. I can't take this anymore."

'Levi' sighed as his face and body shimmered and shifted until 'Levi' was Drake once again. "Sorry" Drake said, "I was just trying to help you feel better."

Amelia took a small deep breath as she lifted her head from her hands and turned back to Drake, "I know… and thanks, but… That just seemed a little weird and… wrong."

"I understand… so, is there anything I can do or do you still want me to leave?"

"Well actually… if you're willing to, just a simple friend would be nice right now."

"Well I'm here now, aren't I?" Amelia smiled as Drake held out his right hand. "Friends?"

Amelia held out her right hand and shook Drake's hand, "friends" she replied and the two let their hands drop. "You can start by sweeping up around the greenhouse. The broom is by the door."

Drake looked at Amelia, "seriously?"

"You offered."

Drake and Amelia laughed as Drake moved to grab the broom and Amelia returned to watering the rest of the plants.