Chapter 1

Free. I was free!

"Wait up!Don't get to far away from me" Well free-ish.

"Come on I haven't been here in a while. Let me have some fun Artie" I said to my dower companion. She just sighed and pushed her long blond hair out of her face.

"Please stop calling me that. I don't like it when my brother does it and I don't like it when you do it."She said and fixed me with her ice blue eyes. I ignored her and continued my walk through the woods. The night air was crisp and cool against my skin and the full moon lit our path well.

"How much farther till we reach the city?" I asked.

"Not much longer now. You should see it soon." She said while rolling her eyes,"Hold your horses."

I had yet to grasp the new ways of speaking and so ignored whatever she had said. A lot had changed since I was last among the world, the animals turn away from our path and were rather shy when once they came to me in droves. Is that a light up ahead? Some kind of bonfire I thought until I made it over the hill. My jaw dropped at the sight before me.

"Close your mouth you'll swallow a bug."

"What is this?" I asked in wonder. It was amazing, buildings everywhere and not little one room shacks that I'd seen the mortals living in since I was little, giant building all full of lights. I stepped off the forest path and onto one made of black stone.

"Get out of the way!"

Artie pulled me away as a machine of some kind came toward us. It was incrediable fast and went in the direction of the city.

"What was that?"I asked.

"A car. It's how people get around now. It's like a chariot only faster. And it's not a good idea to stand infront of them, idiot."She replied.

I sent a glare her way but couldn't hold it in my excitement. I looked at the city and smiled. Free even if it's only a little while. I grabbed her hand and pulled her where I was going.

"Hey wait you need to change no one dresses like this anymore. We have to stay hidden amoung them there are dark things in the shadows girl and we're not as capable as we once were." She produced some clothes from her bag and threw them at me and began to undress herself. I did the same and studied the strange clothes as I put them on. I had a slight problem with the article called a 'bra', the little hooks being extremely annoying.

"Ok lets head out." She said after she was dressed.

The B.P.R.D. was currently in New York City hunting a pack of werewolves that had infiltrated the city and were picking off people like flies.

"There are six no seven in the building."Abe said waving his hand in the air,"Three on the first floor, one on the top, and the rest are in the basement."

"Ok then lets go."Hellboy said.

"Not a very good idea they could ambush us if we just barge in there."Krauss said and rubbed the hands of his scub-like suit together,"We must proceed with caution."

Everyone was sitting in a car in front of a decaying hotel in downtown Manhattan, it was a wonder they could get everyone out of the immediate area without the wolves noticing. Prince Nuada sat in the corner waiting for someone to make a decision while looking out the window in distain at the man-made skyscrapers. Ever since Hellboy defeated him in Ireland he had been forced to work for the BPRD. Turns out it takes a lot more than a dagger to kill elves, the human agents had come in after Hellboy and the team quit to find the Prince and Princess suddenly breathing. Nuada suspected the Angel of Death had something to do with it but since it has never been seen again he is unable to comfirm his suspicions. And after that the people in Washington had to beg Hellboys team to come back and help contain Nuada, which they were happy to do under some conditions. The team now had a mansion in the forests of northern New York with housing above ground instead of the tunnels and cramped rooms of their old home and it was connected to a large lake so Abe had enough room to swim around in. Liz and Nuala were there at the moment since Liz had to watch the twins and Nuala couldn't fight.

"Ok team go in and kill them already." Unfortunately they couldn't get rid of Manning.

A howl stopped Hellboy from replying. Everyone looked out the window in time to see all seven of the werewolves in various points of transfomation running down an alleyway. Hellboy and Nuada opened their doors ran after them while Krauss and Abe got in the car to follow them.

"Hey wait for me!" Both groups left Manning behind.

"It kind of smells here." I said walking around a bit of trash.

"Ya thats a big city for you. Smaller one are usually better at cleanliness but they don't have a very good night life." We were headed to a 'night club' a place that played music and sold drinks. I was interested in the new music, I'd always loved their music.

"Let's cut through here it'll save time."

We walked into a space between the buildings and worked our way through the maze of twists and turns. I looked around at the various objects in the alley when Artie froze.

"What is it?"

"Back up and stay against that wall." I did what she said.

What was causing her to act like this? I caught a wiff of something foul in the wind and understood. The unmistakeable scent of werewolves.

"Hello ladies." My breath caught in my throat as a tall man with brown hair walked out of the shadows. His eyes were a sickly glowing yellow and he fixed us with a hungry gaze.

"I can't believe it beings like you coming here."He continued.

"If you know what we are you know what we can do to you, so why don't you run along."Artie said with fake sweetness.

"Perhaps at one time but you don't exactly have the followers and tributes you once had. Your power over supernatural creature like us have probably diminished to the point were you couldn't harm us."The alpha wolf said licking his lips. The rest of the pack moved out of the were seven in all. I made myself as small as possible against the wall as Artie came closer to me.

"Now, now don't cause us any problems."Alpha said.

"Back away mutt."A strong baritone rang though the alley way and a large man with red skin and filed down horns appeared along with a smaller man dressed all in black with long white hair. A car pulled in at the other end of the alley and a fish like man and a guy in weird looking armor stepped out. They were met with a chorus of growls from the pack as they pulled out their weapons.

"Stay out of this demon, we'll consume these girls and obtain their power however minuscule it is." His body convulsed and his bones cracked, coarse hair began to grow and his face grew out into a muzzle. He was definately an alpha, where his pack looked like giant wolves his was a snarling, humanoid, hunched over beast and of course the smell like rot and disease. And the worst part of it was he was coming for us.

"Such pretty things." His voice held an inhuman growl,"I would have loved a kiss from the brunette beauty. Oh well." His lips pulled back from his teeth in an almost smile and he lunged for us. I heard a scream, it could have been my own. As it sprang things seemed to move in slow motion. It just came closer and I shut my eyes at the last second imagining teeth in my skin. Artie gasped and the alpha let out a beaten whine. I opened my eyes and saw it less than three feet in front of me...with a spear in its skull. The spear retracted with blood on the end that shone black in the light of the moon and gathered in a engraving that looked like a heart. My senses were in over drive with adrenaline and shock and I raised my eyes covered by my hair to see the warrior who killed the werewolf.

He was the one with the white hair but now I could see it had golden tips. His skin was almost as white as his hair and both stood out starkly against his black clothes tied with a red sash which had and emblem of a tree. I finally looked at his face and he was...very attractive. A strong jaw, sensual mouth,and a scar running across his nose. I met his eyes and I stiffened. They were gold and held more light than I thought possible in the darkness of the night. I felt shaken and he wasn't even looking at me. His spear retracted to a smaller size and he looked at me and Artie. The intensity was over powering and he seemed to look at us with hate and at that instant I couldn't think anymore.

My vision started to go fuzzy and I thought I was crying until Artie turned to me and started to shake me a little. Blackness started to seep into the edge of my eyes and I started to get dizzy. Was I dieing? I don't think I got hit.

"Wake up."Arties voice sounded like it was coming from very far away.

'Oh I'm just passing out' was my last thought before darkness fully consumed me.

ok so official first chapter what do you think? awesome? complete crap? review to tell me