Good Evening everyone! and welcome to Chapter 3, I hope you all enjoy it as I know it has been quite highly anticipated with a lot of reviewers asking me when it was going to be uploaded. So here it is :) I hope your all enjoying the run up to Christmas, can't believe it will only be 6 days in 10 minutes.

Anyway I hope you enjoy the new chapter, please review, thankyou!

Abe's POV

'Do you think Abe will be okay?' the voice had made me stop...Liz...she must have been in with Red that night.

'He'll be fine, I mean ya saw the way he handled Manning when we quit.'

'You know what I mean Red...he just seems nothing like himself.'

'Yeah...I know...but what can I say to him? Bottle it up? You saw what that did to me...I know what it did to me. I don't want to just let Abe think he can't show his emotions, 'cause he's the kind of guy that probably doesn't know how to go about handling this kind of emotion. But he'll pull through it. He's tougher than a lot take him for.' Sighing inwardly as I listened with a hand resting motionlessly against the door where they were both talking behind it, I continued to follow their conversation for a little longer, listening to their concerns for me, but also their beliefs that I would pull through a stronger person...and that one day I would find happiness...but that seemed all too far away...

As I moved my hand and went to walk down the corridor, I found my surroundings were changing with each step, yet I still kept walking, as if I knew exactly where I was going. Though as the room almost seemed to close in, I could see into a doorway, where an entity stood, strong and brutal in appearance, a silhouetted figure at the back of the room, the figure only just beginning to become clearer as I made to step in cautiously...

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Looking to the clock hanging across the room, Abe was only just able to see the time in the dim light, four am showing on the hands. Floating slowly in the water, Abe felt somewhat nostalgic as once again he ran through everything in his mind, trying to think how things could have been different...and yet he couldn't find a way...a reason to change the fate that had befallen them. He found it so hard to understand that there was nothing he could have done. Knowing that Hellboy had saved Liz from dying in the hands of Rasputin made Abe all the more saddened that he couldn't have done the same for Nuala. But in the end he realised that in her heart Princess Nuala knew that was her chosen destiny. Yet just that thought made Abe feel worse, remembering the conversation Liz and Red had, had about him whilst in Northern Ireland, he couldn't help but think fondly of his two friends that seemed to have so much belief in him.

'If only I was as strong as you perceived me to be...' he breathed quietly, his form moving ever so slightly in the tank as he looked out of the wide window into the night-time sky, wondering what had brought him back...

Though as he waited to fall asleep again, Abe's thoughts drifted to the last part of his dream, wondering whether there was meaning behind it, a theory he didn't question for long before finally drifting off into what he knew would probably be another short slumber.

Later that morning as Hellboy and Liz began to stir, both found they had slept somewhat restfully in their new home. With Liz looking into Red's golden eyes as she uttered, 'good morning,' Hellboy smiled slightly as he moved closer to her, before enfolding her in his arms. The body heat between them had always been fairly high, but perfectly bearable for them. Yet Liz didn't stay for long, Hellboy understanding why as she went into the bathroom and shut the door. 'Liz...babe, are you okay?'

'Yes...I'll be fine, you go and get some breakfast, I don't think I'll be eating any this morning,'

'Are you sure? I mean I'll stay with you...if you're not feeling well then-'

'Honestly H.B,' she said in weak assurance, Hellboy knowing that if Liz wanted to be on her own, as much as he didn't

So getting up and pulling on some clothes, Hellboy went to get something to eat, his appetite the same as usual as he cooked a large plate of pancakes for himself, before going to see if Abe was awake.

'Morning Brother Blue,' he greeted cheerfully, Abe glancing up from the books his was setting up in front of his tank. 'Today's read is it?'

'I'm just finding some near the top of the boxes for now,' Abe nodded, Hellboy then offering his friend some breakfast though Abe declined.

'I'm not feeling particularly hungry this morning...'

'Yeah...you and Liz both.. I'll tell ya something Blue, there's gotta be something Liz can take for this morning sickness...'

'Well, I can look into some possible remedies that may help if you wish...though some forms of music can be therapeutic enough to ease the symptoms...'

'Music?' Hellboy repeated with a raised eyebrow,

'Yes...some forms of classical music or natural sounds can be quite helpful,' Abe replied, his attention turning back to the books he looked over in there boxes, selecting various titles as he began to put them in place.

'I think I'll just trust your opinion on that one Brother Blue...' Hellboy concluded decisively, Abe nodding slightly when he his hand paused, hovering over one of the cases...there was no gap, but he knew in an instant what was missing...the blue spine that was absent amongst the book covers making him simply stop in place. 'Princess Nuala...' he breathed, sadness shining in his bright blue eyes as he went to sit on the leather sofa, closing his eyes for a moment with his head slightly bowed as if he seemed to have forgotten that Red was still in the room, until he clapped him on the shoulder as lightly as his strength allowed.

'Listen...Abe...if ya need anyone to talk to...at anytime..I'm here for ya buddy,'

'Thankyou...' Abe responded in a soft tone, Hellboy looking down to the prayer beads that hung from his belt as he quietly hoped that Abe would be able to put the past behind him...though he wasn't sure how long that would take...

Yet the conversation soon subsided when Liz came into the room looking slightly pale as she walked farther into the light. 'Are you okay babe?' Hellboy asked his girlfriend carefully, Liz only responding with a slight nod as she rested her head against Red's shoulder.

'Would you prefer to lie down Liz? It may help,'

'Blue's right babe, you look pretty tired...'

'Yeah thanks...' she replied, not managing any sarcasm, but instead sitting down on the leather sofa and resting against the arm of it as she tried to sleep off her morning sickness, Hellboy and Abe thinking the same as Red sat beside her that morning. Watching them for a moment, Abe then returned to his books, enjoying the simple quietness that they had during the start of the day, though he knew there were still matters to discuss. Yet as he looked to Liz and Hellboy, Red trying to carefully put his coat over her, Abe smiled slightly. Despite their sometimes frequent disagreements, Red and Liz were so perfectly suited to one another, even in light of the notable differences they had...But the bond they'd had from Liz's childhood was something that had been truly inspirational to see.

Abe's POV

I remembered it fairly clearly, having not been at the bureau long when Liz came to the bureau for what was the third time at the age of sixteen. I had arrived at the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defence in 1978...the year that I was found, following the near experimentations I had been faced with...though it was Hellboy again who had helped me. Even though I didn't know who he was...he saved my life...in a time where I had felt the fear...the worries and the pain that I could see in Liz's eyes when she returned to a place that she clearly didn't want to come to. In her way I think she believed that by having to come back to the bureau, she felt she had failed herself in controlling her powers. She'd been so withdrawn...so frightened by what she could do, and yet from the moment she walked in those doors with -at the time- shoulder length dark hair and wide eyes that only emitted nerves, Hellboy couldn't help but feel a longing to look after her, and show her she was not alone. At the time I was only just learning how to befriend and find trust in others, though upon being introduced to Liz myself, she showed an honest smile, her thoughts being sympathetic yet kind ones.

Thinking of this when I saw in Hellboy's mind the first time Liz had met the big monkey, I saw something in her eyes as he expected Liz to be afraid of him, though she seemed to think it should be the other way around, Hellboy's then pleasant words to her promising that she would be safe with him...that was the first time that Hellboy had then seen that glimmer in her eyes...hope.

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'How is Liz?' Abe asked as Hellboy came to stand out at the back with him late that afternoon.

'She's alright now I think...she's perked up a lot at least,' he replied, Abe nodding to this when Red continued. 'So how come your ain't wearing your water...collar...thing?'

'Apparatus,' Abe corrected, 'it's been raining so the air is moist...'

'Well I dunno about you Abe old buddy...' he remarked lighting a cigar, 'but other than Manning annoying us...it's been pretty peaceful out here.'

'You think we should stay...for Liz's sake?' Abe said in understanding, Hellboy glancing to him before sighing, with smoke present in the air from the lit cigar.

'I just...I worry about her at the moment. I know she's not exactly going to say it, but this pregnancy business, I reckon it's harder than it looks.'

'Well I would imagine so,' Abe agreed with a wry smile at the way Hellboy had put it. Red had always been simple and straightforward in the way he handled topics, but then again Abe knew that it was sometimes the only way when you couldn't find the words to speak about a delicate topic.

'So what do you think Abe...of this place?'

'I don't know. I just think its right we came back...but I don't know why. Maybe we weren't meant to leave yet.'

'I kind of got the same feeling, like something keeps bringing you back, as much as you think it would be better to go. But right now, with Liz being in the condition she's in I just don't wanna pressure her by moving from place to place, just because the FBI are annoying us...'

'As I've said before Red, wherever we go America will always have the Federal Bureau of Investigation will always be there. I think this place is a good choice...it has everything that we require, and the FBI have at least been courteous in seeing our belongings from the bureau have been returned to us...'

'Yeah there's that I suppose...' Hellboy responded, finding it hard to admit that the FBI had done anything good for them.

Though when he thought about it, over the years they had worked with some good agents, who were good men and willing to treat them with some respect...They were perhaps the only ones that kept Hellboy doing his job in order to help them through their missions...they were the agents who gave Abe and Hellboy an insight into what it was like to be treated normally by others...

'You wouldn't believe its Halloween in a week would ya?' he said finally,

'No...I hadn't realised...'

'Yeah...five years since Father died. So much seems to have happened since then, I just wish he could have seen some of it...' he remarked, Abe knowing how difficult Hellboy sometimes found it to talk about the loss of his father.

'I'm sure he'd be

'Well...at least we might get to have a bit of fun on Halloween this year...though I gotta admit last year was pretty good,' Hellboy smirked.

'Because you got into the city again?'

'That and I got Manning drunk, which was funny when the other Agents found him the next morning...wasn't really surprising he took the day off to recover. I was in such a good mood that day,'

'I can't imagine why,' Liz smiled joining them and wrapping her arm around Hellboy's. 'You never do change...'

'Well it's why you love me,' he smirked, Liz glancing to Abe and offering him a smile that reminded him of when Liz had first met him. In a way it almost felt like he was starting out again for the first time...unsure of what was awaiting him, and curious as to what the future held. But now as he thought about the dream in which he had seen a new entity, Abe was reminded of just what he had seen over the years...the fights he and the others had endured. The enemies they had faced. The injuries they had sustained.

Yet they had always pulled through it so strongly, and as a team. With this thought in mind, Abe smiled in a way that seemed more himself as Hellboy and Liz started to go inside, offering for Abe to join them... 'So what do you reckon then? Get him drunk, or get embarrassing pictures sent to his work base?'

'Or how about behaving yourself so that he won't have a reason to come round?' Liz suggested; Hellboy looking put out by the remark.

'Well that's no fun...'

'I'm quite certain Red will find some way of having fun on Halloween,' Abe responded knowingly.

'I don't doubt that,' she replied, Hellboy laughing as they went to spend some time in the living room before going to bed after their first undisturbed day...yet it wasn't about to last...

So I hope you all enjoyed the chapter, things are certainly about to get interesting in the next couple of chapters...

I shall be updating soon, please review :) ~ Also if you have any final questions to ask in "The FBI's Best Kept Secret Uncovered" please submit them before Tuesday 22nd of December, thankyou, and Goodnight!

~x-xMasqueradeAngelx-x