John was sitting in the cargo hold of the BPRD cargo plane, reading something in a manila folder.

"Interesting read?" John nearly jumped out of his skin. Liz laughed. He glanced behind her. Hellboy was making bullets for the Samaritan. Abe had just climbed out of his tank and was drying himself off. Maya was laying on one of the bunks bolted into the wall reading a book, her tail flicking back and forth. Liz looked over his shoulder at what he was reading. Then looked at him and raised a brow.

"You know she's not very trustworthy of humans,"

"I've noticed. Now I know why,"

"And you also know why she's very touchy about the subject of the Nazi party,"

"Yeah. And I know if she finds out I read her file, I'll be her new scratching post," Liz smiled.

"That's reserved for Manning. You'll just be the bad catnip toy," She turned to go, then stopped. "Try to earn her trust. The Professor didn't fear her. Don't be scared of her and she might start to let you in. Might. But don't try to be her rock, just be her friend," Liz walked off. John noticed Maya watching him from over her book. John sighed and closed the folder.

Berlin, Germany

"See anything?" Liz asked, via radio.

"Nope," Maya was perched on top of the house they were staying in. "What did Mrs. Hedrick have to say?"

"She told us her life story. Mainly how she didn't know what she was getting into when she joined the Nazi party. It was a bandwagon thing,"

"So she says,"

"Easy, Kitty. She converted to Catholicism after the war. Thought maybe God would forgive her for joining with such a hate driven group. Met her husband in the church, blah blah blah," Maya laughed to herself. "She was able to give us a good description of Batman. I never knew John could do a sketch composite," Maya rolled her eyes. She caught movement to her right.

"Hey, Hellboy? Since when did you start roof hopping when your not chasing something?"

"Since never. I'm south of the house. On the ground," What she had thought was Hellboy jumped off the church bell tower roof.

"Damn, he's got a massive wingspan," Batman wheeled around and started heading in her direction. "Oh, crap!" He was faster than she anticipated. As she leapt off the roof, aiming at the house next door, Batman grabbed her from behind.

"The bat thing just picked up Maya!" She heard Abe exclaim. "In pursuit. They're heading north," Below, she saw a blue figure dart out of the house. It didn't take long for the creature to out fly Abe.

"Put me down, mother— ahh!" It let Maya go and she found herself plummeting to earth. She landed hard in an alley. "That's gonna hurt later," she said to herself as she painfully climbed to her feet. Then he attacked. Maya managed to duck and Batman hit a dumpster. He growled as he crouched next to it, shaking his head. He was brown with brown blond hair, wearing grey pants with no shoes and no shirt. He looked up and glared at her with blue eyes. Maya started to reach for her revolver. Batman leapt then howled in pain. He staggered back and tried again with the same effect. He backed toward the back wall of the alley with a pair of matching claw marks across his chest. Maya's fangs were bared as she snarled, revolver aimed at Batman. His face softened. She realized he was staring at the rosary hanging from her right wrist.

"Got a problem with the rosary?"

"Where did you get that?" He had a southern twang to his voice. Maya's eyes narrowed.

"My mother. What's it to you?" He looked down at his hands.

"My God, Maya. What did that bastard do to you?" Now it was Maya's turn to stare. She lowered the revolver little by little. Tears rimmed her eyes as that familiar pain in chest returned.

"Ben,"