Chapter II
Nuada could not find peace. He returned to hole up in his home, in the subway tunnels of Manhattan. He would not cooperate with those fools who wasted their lives to save stupid human lives. Sooner or later, humans would have been hurled at them, they would be despised, persecuted, killed.
He granted, however reluctantly, that his sister Nuala went to visit Abe. Not that he liked the idea of knowing that the princess loved that kind of fish, but at that moment he might have valuable information through the bond that held them together. He sent a couple of Bogart * with her, so them controled his sister and marked important details about what happened to the BPRD.
For a moment he thought about the girl who saved him. What it would do once he found her? The sense of duty he felt towards his people would have ordered to kill her for stealing the crown, the maximum grant would give her a quick and painless death for saving him. On the other hand, he thought that she could be a good resource for magical creatures, given her gift to heal instantly serious injury.
He started again his training with a spear. His bare chest was made shiny by sweat and moisture of the place. In recent days he had stepped up its practice, given his recent defeat against Hellboy.
In the midst of his training, he heard voices coming from underground tunnels. Also he heard footsteps. Someone crossed the tracks and was about to reach the cave where he lived for years. He stepped back, climbing the stairs leading to the troll market. It was a pretty dark place, no one could see him, unless they had their own adventure there.
He heard a female voice panting and sobbing, after a while he saw a figure familiar to him running up the track and enter into his cave. She paused for a moment looking around for a way out. She was crying, looked terrified. Soon after, three thugs reached her , one of them grabbed her by the hairs. She struggled with all his strength, she finally managed to extricate herself from the grip of the man, and pulled out a knife with which she tried to defend herself.
"Hey, the bitch has character!" Said the biggest of the three, when he managed to snatched her "weapon".
Prince Nuada was still watching what was happening and decided to intervene only when necessary.
The man who managed to disarm the woman went speedy behind her, grasping her hair, and with his free hand holding the knife against her throat.
"Now, you'll do amuse me and my friends, and if you move again, I'll kill you!" Forget the hair to slide his filthy hands on her breast, while his friends watched them complacent.
At that moment she raised her face, under the pressure of the blade, and saw Nuada: immediately he recognized that face, those eyes, which were now soaked with tears. Selene. She was terrified. He had already decided to intervene, but he hoped that she was free from the power of those three pigs to kill them without risk of hitting her, too.
"Hey, what kind of place is this?" one of them said, looking around for a while.
"Forget this fucking place and think to make a round with her!" went on to say the man that held captive Selene. At that moment he yanked her, bumping her on one of the pillars of that strange cave. The girl struck her head and slumped to the ground, unconscious.
* Note: in the film "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," The Bogart are those strange creatures with two heads and three hands. Make their appearance in the market for Troll, are those that have informed Nuada of the death of Wink.