Chapter 6
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.
The next few days were relaxing as there were no missions to go on and Liz wanted to spend time with the twins which gave Amelia lots of time to organize her greenhouse. Amelia had to admit, she was actually becoming friends with Drake despite all that had happened last year. There were the few occasional moments when Drake would act like a jerk but it was usually resolved some time later and everyone would get on with their day. It was on the third day after the entity subway attack when Amelia was sitting on the couch in the library reading her favorite book with Oak curled up next to her sleeping. Onyx and Coal were sitting on the floor playing with a few of their toys and Amelia would occasionally look up from her book to check on them when needed. The doors to the library suddenly opened as Liz rushed in and quickly headed over to Amelia as she set down her book.
"Liz, what's going on?" Amelia asked and Oak woke from his nap and lifted his head.
"Amelia, I just got the call!" Liz cried, "They're home! If we hurry, we can catch them in the garage!"
Amelia instantly knew who Liz was talking about as she called Oak and the twins and they all rushed out of the library towards the garage. They had to slow down a bit as Onyx and Coal weren't as fast as Liz, Amelia, and Oak but they were fast enough when they needed to be. Drake was casually wandering the halls with head phones in his ears as he walked in the opposite direction and he pulled off his head phones when he spotted the group rushing down the halls.
"Hey, where's the fire?" Drake asked.
"They're finally home!" Amelia answered as they all rushed past him, "We're going to meet them in the garage."
"Hold up, who's home?"
"Just come on!"
Drake groaned but followed after the group as they rushed towards the garage. When they finally made it to the garage, Drake almost ran right into Liz and Amelia but stopped himself just in time. They all watched as the large garage door opened and a large truck drove in and Liz and Amelia smiled at each other. As the truck pulled in, Drake silently moved off to the side as he didn't know these people coming in and he figured he should let Liz and Amelia have their moments before being introduced to them and he placed his head phones back over his ears. The truck soon came to a stop as the back of the truck opened and out stepped Hellboy and behind him came Abe.
"Would ya look at that, Blue!" Hellboy said, "We got our own welcoming committee."
Liz and Amelia laughed as the twins ran forward towards Hellboy and Hellboy kneeled down to their level with his arms wide open. The twins squealed in delight as they hugged Hellboy and he returned the gesture as he lifted them both up into his arms as he stood. He set the twins down as Liz stepped forward and the twins rushed over to Abe as Hellboy pulled Liz into his arms and kissed her.
"Welcome home, big guy." Liz said after they pulled away from each other.
"It's good to be back." Hellboy replied.
Amelia jogged over to Abe as the twins finished with their hugs and the twins moved out of the way as Amelia leaped into Abe's open arms.
"I missed you, uncle Abe!" Amelia said as she hugged Abe and Abe returned the gesture as he kissed the side of Amelia's head..
"I missed you too, Amelia." Abe replied as they released each other from their hold.
"I thought you weren't supposed to be back for another three days."
"There was a slight change of plans and we decided to come home early and surprise you."
"Where's Levi?"
"He was following us a few minutes behind, he should be pulling in fairly soon."
As soon as Abe finished his sentence, a black 67 camaro ss pulled into the garage and parked next to the truck. Amelia's smile widened as she spotted Levi in the driver's seat and Levi turned off the engine as he opened the door and stepped out of the car. He wore his black leather jacket with a white t-shirt underneath with pants and sneakers and a pair of sunglasses sat over his eyes. Levi removed his sunglasses as he looked around the garage and his eyes landed on Amelia as she smiled. Levi smiled back as he began walking towards her and Amelia didn't waste anytime as she ran towards him and leaped as she wrapped her arms around his neck. The two laughed as Levi wrapped his arms around her waist and spun her around in a circle before placing her back on her feet.
"That was way too long." Levi said and Amelia giggled as Levi placed his hand under her chin and tilted her head up to kiss her. Amelia kissed him back as she kept her arms locked around his neck and the two pulled away after a few moments. "Yep, way too damn long."
"I missed you too, Levi." Amelia said and the two laughed. "Where's Felix?"
"Don't worry, he's still here."
At the mention of Felix, the little ferret appeared out of the open door of the car and jumped out. Felix scurried over to the two teens as he climbed up Levi and settled on his shoulder and squeaked. Oak soon spotted Felix and he barked happily as he rushed over to them and skidded to a stop in front of them. Levi reached down and scratched Oak's head as Felix climbed down from Levi's shoulder and scurried down onto Oak's back and onto the floor. Felix circled Oak playfully as Oak watched him, wagging his tail and the two animals dashed down the halls to play.
"LEVI!" Onyx and Coal cried as they ran towards the two teens and Levi smiled as he kneeled down and the two winged children crashed into his open arms.
"How was your trip?" Onyx asked.
"What did you do?" Coal asked as well.
"Did you bring us back anything?"
"Was the food gross?"
"Whoa, guys, slow down!" Levi said, "I just got home, we've got time for stories later, okay?" The twins whined but accepted Levi's decision as he stood and the twins dashed off to maybe beg a story out of Hellboy or Abe. Levi laughed as he draped his arm around Amelia and they began heading towards the others and it was then that Levi spotted Drake leaning up against the wall with his head phones over his ears and they stopped.
"Wait, what the hell is Drake doing here?" Levi asked.
"Oh yeah, about that… Drake is the new agent." Amelia replied.
"WHAT! I leave for over one week and this is what I come home to? To that insolent jerk! He didn't touch you did he? He better not have or done something to the kids or I swear I'll-"
"Levi, clam down. He's not that bad."
"Not that bad? Amelia, do you hear yourself? Drake is-"
"Hey, guys!" Hellboy called, "Come on over and meet this new guy."
Amelia gave Levi a look telling him to be polite and to behave and Levi sighed as Amelia took his hand and they headed over to where the others were meeting Drake. Drake had removed his head phones from his ears and was now currently shaking Hellboy's stone right hand and as their hands dropped, Drake spotted Levi.
"Well, well, well" Drake said, "If it isn't the famous Loner boy himself."
"Yeah, not so great to see you either, Drake." Levi replied as he glared at Drake, hate filled his voice with every word he said.
"Finally grown a backbone since last year, eh?"
"Shut up, you-"
"That's enough!" Liz suddenly shouted as she moved to stand in between Levi and Drake and she slightly sparked. "Both of you calm down right now! I don't care who knows who and what you did last year or whatever, you will all behave and act like mature people. Got it?"
Levi silently growled to himself but nodded nonetheless as Drake crossed his arms over his chest and he too eventually nodded.
"Good" Liz said, "Now can we all please have a nice quiet evening with each other? Three of you just got home and have some important stories to tell."
Abe nodded, "I believe we should all head to the library, the halls are beginning to get rather crowded."
"Whatever" Drake said, "I'm heading back to my room. You guys do whatever the hell you want."
Drake began to walk off as he pulled his head phones back over his ears and the others watched him go. Levi glaring at the back of Drake's head and as soon as he was out of sight, Levi turned to Amelia.
"I don't want you or the kids anywhere near him." Levi instructed, "I don't trust him."
"Doesn't mean I don't" Amelia replied, "I spent almost the whole week with him. He's really a good guy."
"Like that jerk Austin? Remember, the one who hurt you to tears and exposed you to those paparazzi parasites?"
"Drake isn't the same. I've gotten to know him and I've even sort of become friends with him."
"Oh god, Amelia!"
"Levi!"
"Kids!" Liz said, "Enough of this, now let's go to the library and have a good time, huh?"
"Sorry, Liz." Levi said.
Liz nodded in response accepting his apology and the group began heading down the halls towards the library. When they reached the library they all headed inside and made themselves comfortable. Oak and Felix soon arrived in the library as Felix scurried up onto Levi's shoulder while Oak jumped up onto the couch. Hellboy let out a breath in comfort as he collapsed into a large comfy chair while Levi and Amelia took the couch with Levi's arm around her. Abe headed up the spiral staircase to get into his tank and Liz sat down on one of the arm rest of Hellboy's comfy chair. As soon as Abe was in his tank and the twins sat comfortably on the floor at their feet, Liz spoke.
"So who wants to start first?" Liz asked, "We want to hear what happened."
"Ah, me first." Hellboy said.
"Why you first?" Levi asked.
"Cause mine's the most exciting one."
"You spent half of the time sitting at camp sleeping and eating."
Liz snickered, "Not much of a difference there," she said, "all you do is eat and sleep here."
"Very funny, babe." Hellboy said
And so, the group spent the rest of the day in the library with Levi, Hellboy, and Abe exchanging their stories and Liz and Amelia listened to every word they said. The twins only paid attention about half of the time as they mostly played with their toys on the floor. Drake never showed up and nobody really noticed and Levi didn't really care but he pushed the thought out of his mind as it was soon his turn to tell his own story from their week and a half long trip.