Chapter 8

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.

After the argument in the field, Amelia was able to hand the twins off to Myers and Oak went with them as Amelia headed towards the library to try and calm herself down. She had been able to keep herself under control when she was in front of the twins but right now she really needed to get away for a little while… Depending on how long it took for Drake and Levi to make amends. Even if Levi morphed back to his human form, he wouldn't escape Amelia's vines as they would still tangle around him making it pointless for either of them to escape. Amelia didn't exactly like the idea of leaving the both of them out there like that but she couldn't think of any other way to make them cooperate and maybe even become friends.

Scratch that last part Amelia thought, it'll take a million years for them to even consider each other friends at all.

Amelia soon reached the library as she pushed open the door and walked inside to find Abe in his tank reading from the four posts in front of the tank.

"Hello, Amelia" Abe said, "Where are the twins? And Levi and Drake?"

"The twins are with Myers" Amelia replied, "The boys are… uh, they're a little tangled up at the moment."

Abe studied Amelia for a short moment and Amelia tried her hardest to block her thoughts but some of it must have still seeped through as Abe gasped.

"Amelia, why in the world would you do that?" Abe asked and Amelia sighed as she sat down beside the tank.

"Well… Drake kind of started it actually and he got Levi mad so Levi tried to attack him in tiger form. Drake tried to fight back by using a tiger illusion so I decided to stop it and I tangled them up in my vines. I told them I wouldn't release them until they decided to get along and stop fighting."

Abe nodded, "Understandable" he said, "but I still think that there must have been a better solution than tying them up outside exposed to the elements."

"It was the only thing I could think of to actually get them to stop and talk to each other. If I had put them in a room to talk they would kill each other in a fist fight. I just didn't know what else to do anymore."

"I understand your reasoning, Amelia… though I do suggest you might want to release them within a few hours."

"Why is that?"

"Because the weather is due to turn cloudy and rainy later on today and we don't want that with the boys still tangled up out there."

"Don't worry; I made sure my vines would release them as soon as they came to an agreement."

Abe nodded as he returned his attention to his books and Amelia decided to do the same as she picked up her favorite book and settled down to read. After a few minutes, Amelia's cell phone suddenly began to ring and Amelia reached into her pocket as she pulled out her cell phone. She looked at it for a brief moment and found that it was her best friend Kelly calling her and she answered her phone.

"Hey Kelly, what's up?" Amelia asked.

"Hey Amelia" Kelly answered, "I was wondering if you wanted to come over and hang out for a bit."

"Hang on a second, I'll ask." Amelia pulled her cell phone away from her ear as she turned to Abe. "Uncle Abe, Kelly wants to know if I can go over and hang out at her place. Can I go?"

"I have no problem with that" Abe replied, "… so long as you are absolutely sure your vines will release the boys. I don't want to find them stranded for hours on end out there."

"I am absolutely sure."

"Then yes you may go."

Amelia smiled as she pressed her cell phone back to her ear to reply to Kelly, "Sure, I can come over."

"Great, see you soon." Kelly replied.

"See you."

Amelia hung up her cell phone as she returned it to her pocket; this was a great opportunity to get away for awhile. "I'll see you later, uncle Abe." Amelia said as she stood and began heading for the door.

"Have fun" Abe replied, "I'll let the others know where you are and don't stay out too late."

"I won't."

Amelia finally exited the library as she headed across the hall into her own room to grab her purse and a light sweater before heading towards the garage to find an agent to drive her to Kelly's house. Amelia was lucky as she easily found an agent who was more than happy to drive her to her friend's house and they were soon on their way. It didn't take long to reach Kelly's house as it wasn't very far and the house was given to them from the BPRD because of last years events. They soon pulled up into Kelly's driveway and Amelia thanked the agent who drove her as she got out of the car and stepped up to the front door as the agent drove away. Kelly soon answered the door and she smiled as she opened the door.

"Hey, glad you could make it." Kelly greeted as she stepped aside for Amelia to walk in, "I was beginning to get so bored around here."

Amelia laughed as Kelly closed the door behind them, "How can you possibly be bored?" Amelia asked, "You're best friends with me."

"True."

The two laughed as Kelly began to lead Amelia upstairs to her room but was stopped as Kelly's mom, Mrs. Parkings, came out of the kitchen and spotted the two girls.

"Oh, hello Amelia" Mrs. Parkings said as she stepped forward and pulled Amelia into a hug and Amelia returned the gesture, "It's so good to see you again."

"You too, Mrs. P." Amelia replied as the two released each other

"Dinner is going to be a few hours so do you two want a snack to tide you over? We got chips or popcorn."

"Can we have a little of both?" Kelly asked.

"Of course, I'll bring it up to your room."

"Thanks, mom."

With that done, Kelly finally led Amelia up to her room as she turned on some music and the two sat down on Kelly's bed. "So" Kelly said, "tell me what's been going on, I haven't seen you for days!"

"Okay, slow down" Amelia replied, "first off; Drake has joined us at the BPRD."

"Whoa, wait… what? Seriously? Him?"

"I know… but I've found that he isn't as bad as we thought, he's actually not that bad of a guy."

"I'll believe that when I see it."

"Understandable. Anyways, Levi and the others are home now too which has made the whole thing a lot better."

"Well that's good to hear. When did they get back?"

"Just yesterday."

"Well why didn't he come over too? You know mom loves it when all of you are here. Especially the twins, mom simply adores them."

"He's… busy doing something at the moment."

It was then that Mrs. Parkings knocked on the door as she came in with a bowl of chips and popcorn and the two girls thanked her as they took the bowls from Mrs. Parkings. As soon as Mrs. Parkings left Kelly turned to Amelia and stared at her for a short moment.

"Okay, what did you do?" Kelly finally asked and Amelia stared at her best friend.

"What do you mean?" Amelia replied as she grabbed a few pieces of popcorn and stuffed them into her mouth, "I didn't do anything."

"Yes you did, you did something and I wanna know what it was."

"Okay, well… Drake and Levi kind of got into a fight and I tired to stop it but tangling them up in my vines. I left them out there until they agree to make amends and cooperate and they're still out there."

Kelly stared at Amelia for a short moment before bursting out laughing and she fell over on her bed as she continued to laugh. Kelly soon regained herself as she took a few breaths to calm herself and she sat back up as a few small laughs escaped her.

"I can't believe you actually did that!" Kelly said as she laughed and Amelia began to laugh as well.

"I guess it is kinda funny" Amelia replied.

"From what you told me, I think they deserve to stay out there for awhile… except maybe not when the rain storm comes. You are going to release them right?"

"My vines are only going to release them once they have made agreements with each other and I'm hoping they do that soon."

"Well now that everything is somewhat settled, you want to watch a movie? I finally got my DVD player to work."

Amelia nodded as Kelly moved to set up the TV while Amelia searched through Kelly's small selection of movies to watch. Soon, both of the girls were lying on their stomachs on Kelly's bed snacking on their chips and popcorn as they began to watch the newer version of 'Alice in Wonderland'. By the end of the movie, Mrs. Parking called up to the two girls telling them that supper would be about five minutes away and the two girls headed downstairs to help Kelly's mother with a few last minute arrangements. As Amelia and Kelly began setting the table, there was a knocking at the front door and Mrs. Parkings moved to answer it and she opened the door.

"Levi" Mrs. Parkings said in slight surprise as Levi stood in the doorway and he was slightly wet from the rain that had begun to fall some time earlier and his black 67 camaro ss sat parked in the driveway. "Goodness boy, what on earth are you doing out in this weather?"

"Um… hi Mrs. P." Levi replied, "I was wondering if Amelia might be here."

"Yes, she is. Come on inside before you catch a cold." Levi did as he was told as he walked inside and Mrs. Parkings closed the door behind him and moved to embrace him and Levi returned the gesture. "I'm glad you made it home safe."

"Me too, Mrs. P." Levi replied as the two released each other.

"Where is that curious little critter of yours?"

"Felix is back at the BPRD. He didn't want to go out and risk the chance of getting wet."

"Smart animal. Come, we were just about to have dinner." Levi lightly smiled as Mrs. Parkings led him towards the kitchen. "Girls, look who I found on our doorstep."

Both of the girls looked up as they spotted Levi and Amelia seemed to have a relieved look on her face as she headed over to Levi and embraced him and he gladly returned it.

"I'm sorry I upset you like that" Levi said as the two released each other, "You were right, I should have known better."

Amelia sighed, "I understand… and I forgive you" she said, "So you two finally came to an agreement, I see?"

"Yeah, we agreed we wouldn't fight in front of any of you guys and we'll try to cooperate when we need to."

"And what about when you're not in front of any of us?"

"We'll probably want to kill each other so long as none of you guys are around."

"I guess that's good enough for me."

The two briefly kissed each other and then moved to help finish setting the table and setting out the food and soon, they all sat down to eat.