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The next day Agent Clay was standing guard by Hellboy's door when Gloria Jean walked up. "Good morning Agent Clay. Would you mind opening the door?"

"'Fraid I can't do that Mouse." He replied simply.

"I bed your pardon?" she asked with a frown.

"You know I shouldn't have even let you in yesterday." He shook his head.

"Agent Clay, I wasn't here yesterday…"

"Which is what gave you away." He explained.

"Has Mouse been posing as me?" Nurse Gloria asked with a frown.

"Okay kiddo, I'll give you this, you're persistent, but I'll have you know, I saw Gloria this morning and there is no way she was wearing that much eye makeup, it'd make her look too-"

"Hey! Nurse Gloria!" a voice shouted from down the hall. The nurse turned around and then looked at Agent Clay with a dark look as Mouse came walking over to them. "Hey Clay." She punched his shoulder before looking at Gloria. "Hey,so I was wondering, did you ever hear back from Manning about my day pass?" She asked hopefully.

"Manning says you can have the night off." Gloria nodded. "Be ready in about half an hour and I'll take you out."

"Thanks!" she smiled, before looking at her watch. "Whoops, I'd better go, we're getting a new agent today." She reminded them before walking towards the Professor's library.

"So, what was that about my eye makeup?" Nurse Gloria looked at Agent Clay who swallowed.


When Mouse got to the library she turned the pages for Abe quickly. "Thank you Marion." He thanked her.

"No problem Abe." She replied as she walked through the study, pulling her hair out of the bun she kept it in.

"Marion…" he followed after her uncertainly. "What are you doing?"

"Just… Greeting the new Agent." She smiled before looking at her watch. "He's late."

"I know, but, are you sure that's wise, so soon after your last episode?"

"I feel fine." Her voice started to change to that of the Professor's voice.

"Marion, it's not a good-" they both grew silent as they heard a new voice.

"Don't spoil this." She whispered before completely transforming.

"Mouse!" Abe sighed impatiently but kept his mouth shut as the door to the library opened.

"Hello?" an unfamiliar voice called into the library.

"Turn the pages please," Abe requested. "If you don't mind." The young man stepped up to the tank, frowning as he peered into the water, before Abe swam up to the glass. "Please, the pages." He gestured to his books.

"You heard him, turn the pages." Mouse stepped out from the bookshelf she had ducked behind, completely transformed into the professor.

"These?" the young agent asked. "He's reading these?"

"Well he's surely not reading those." The "Professor pointed his thumb behind him at the shelves. "Hmm…" he walked in a circle around the new agent, squinting. "I think he'll be a perfect sacrifice. Don't you Abe?"

"A- A sacrifice?" the young agent stuttered.

"Sure, you know why you're here don't you?"

"I-I was transferred from Quantico."

"As a sacrifice. Someone's got to keep the fish man calm."

"You're sacrificing me to him!?" he pointed to Abe.

"I hope you can swim. He liked the chase." Abe rolled his eyes with a small smirk.

"Mouse, that's enough." Agent Meyers looked around wildly, the voice sounded just like the one of the man in front of him, but he hadn't spoken. When he looked back at the man in front of him, there was only a girl a little shorter than him with wildly curly brown hair, grinning widely. "I do apologize for her, she has a sick sense of humor." The real professor came into the library.

"A-And him?" he nodded to Abe.

"I don't see staying silent as lying." Abe told the new agent and the Professor.

"No, but it does encourage her." The professor pointed out as he turned the pages for Abe.

"So, he's reading those?" Agent Meyers asked.

"Four books at once every day. As long as I'm there to turn the pages. My name is Broom, Professor Trevor Broom." He shook the new Agent's hand.

"Sir I'm John-"

"John T. Meyers, Kansas City '76, T stands for Thaddeus, mother's older brother," Mouse smiled at Abe who held his hand pressed to the glass, looking down in concentration. "Scar on your chin happened when you were 10. You still wonder if it's ever going to fade away." He touched the scar lightly before looking at Dr. Broom.

"How did it-"

"He." Mouse quickly corrected him.

"I- I'm sorry?" Agent Meyers looked at her.

"He's not an It." She snapped and Professor Bloom shushed Mouse quickly.

"Mouse is right though." He chuckled looking at Agent Meyers. "He, not it. Abraham Sapien," he walked towards the tank. "Discovered alive in a secret chamber of St. Trinian's founding hospital Washington. His name was taken from this little inscription taken from the side of his tank." He tapped the framed inscription. "Icthico Sapiens April 16, 1864." He opened the mechanism they used to pass Abraham his favorite snack. "Pop quiz Mouse; April 16, 1864."

"The day Abraham Lincoln died." She replied as she opened the lid to the Thousand Year eggs.

"Very good my dear. You've been studying." Mouse smiled proudly.

"Ugh." Meyers covered his nose at the sulfuric smell the eggs let off.

"Rotten Eggs," Professor explained with a smile. "Delicacy."

"And Abe's favorite, right Abe?" Mouse looked at him as he caught one of the eggs.

"They are a nice snack." He agreed.

"How does he know so much about me?" Meyers asked staring at Abe like he was an attraction at Sea World.

"Abe possesses a unique frontal lobe," he chuckled lightly as he turned Abe's pages for him. "Unique, that's a word you'll hear frequently around here."

"And her, she turns into other people?" he pointed to Mouse who was watching the new agent from her chair, smiling, though exhausted.

"Among other things, yes." The Professor nodded.

"Sir, where am I, exactly?" he followed the professor.

"As you entered the lobby, there was an inscription; "In the absence of light, darkness prevails"." The professor looked at Agent Meyers. "There are things that go bump in the night, Agent Meyers- Make no mistake about that- And we are the ones who bump back."

"Did you pick up anything from him?" Abe asked as the two men walked out of the room.

"Recently broke up from his girlfriend, used to be a smoker, and he has a cat." She replied and Abe nodded.

"Very good." He nodded proudly as she pulled a bowl of popcorn out from under the coffee table. "Did you put that there?"

"This morning." She nodded as she started to wolf down the popcorn. "You called me Mouse earlier." She mentioned as she took a bit of popcorn.

"I was trying to get your attention."

"You never call me Mouse." She replied and he chuckled.

"You insist on it daily." He reminded her.

"Yeah, but you never do it." She pointed out.

"Did you talk to Nurse Gloria about your day pass?" Abe asked changing the subject and she nodded.

"I'm leaving in half an hour." She grinned.

"I'm happy for you. You deserve a night out."

"And it's Halloween." She added, before thinking for a moment. "Which means everyone will be in costume. Abe, you could come with me!" she exclaimed excitedly.

"Oh I- I don't think I could." Abe shook his head.

"But Abe, we could just say you were wearing Special FX makeup or something." She pleaded.

"Maybe next year." He offered halfheartedly and she nodded.

"Right, of course." She agreed. "Next year."

"Where are you going to go?" he asked. "Do you have plans with Nurse Gloria?"

"No, she's going to her kids Halloween recital, I'm going to the Halloween store and then I'm going to find a party or something." She told him, before looking at her watch. "Oh, I'd better go." She jumped up and walked to the door before running back to the tank. She pressed her lips against it quickly before turning and running out. "Happy Halloween!" she called over her shoulder as she left.


"So, where do you want me to drop you?" Nurse Gloria asked as she and Mouse drove away from the compound.

"There's a Halloween store in town, will you drop me there?" Mouse asked and Gloria nodded.

"Any idea what you're going to go as?"

"I don't know yet." She shrugged.

"Well if you decide you've had enough of the party scene, come to the kid's recital. There's going to be a mini carnival afterwards." Gloria offered.

"Sounds fun, maybe I'll stop by." Mouse agreed before Gloria pulled up outside of the Halloween store.

"Have fun honey! Stay safe!"

"Give the kids a hug for me." Mouse grinned before closing the door. She pulled her purse over her shoulder and looked at the costume store before walking in.

Mouse looked around, it was jam packed with parents and kids getting last minute costumes. "Can I help you?" a boy of about twenty two approached Mouse who shrugged.

"I'm looking for a costume." She told him.

"Well our adult costumes are over here," he led her to an area of the store full of slutty versions of everything.

"Well, I'm looking for something a little less…. Revealing." She explained and he nodded.

"There's a rack over there." He shrugged and pointed to a rack of costumes that had a little more fabric. Mouse looked through them before finding one and going to the dressing room. She undressed and then pulled on the dress; it was a white shirt under a red corset that laced up the front. There was a shin length red skirt, and a red cloak. She laced the corset and tied it carefully before walking out of the dressing room. The boy's eyebrows rose in surprise making her smile shyly.

"I think I need a basket." She told him and he nodded.

"Yeah, one, uh, one second." He nodded before going elsewhere in the store. When he returned it was with a basket. She was looking in the mirror with a slight frown. "You look great." He assured her quickly and she smiled at him.

"Oh thanks." She said dismissively. "I was just thinking how I wish the dress was a little more… Poofy." She shrugged.

"I'll be right back." He left again and returned this time with a petticoat. She gasped and took it from him and dropped it onto the floor before taking his arm to help her step into it.

"This is Awesome!" she grinned.

"So, um, you got a Halloween party to go?" he asked as she bent over and took the petticoat and pulled it up. She carefully slipped it on under her dress and then looked in the mirror, smiling happily.

"Hm? Oh no." she shook her head. "I just got tonight off of work, and I figured, what's the point of having Halloween off If you're not even going to dress up?" she grinned.

"That's true." He nodded. "So, um, if you don't have any plans I uh, I heard the carnival is letting people who have costumes in for free." He shrugged shyly.

"Awesome!" she grinned. "Thanks for telling me!"

"Well I mean, I was thinking we could go." He shrugged. "You know, together?"

"Oh!" Mouse laughed and then nodded. "Yeah, sure, when do you get off?"

"In about twenty minutes." He smiled.

"Cool, I'm going to pay for these, and then I'm going to run into the book store next door, come find me when you're finished here, okay?" she asked and he nodded with a wide grin. "What's your name?"

"Owen." He told her quickly.

"Good to know ya Owen, I'm Mouse." She told him.

Twenty minutes later Mouse was in the book store looking through old books when someone tapped on her shoulder. She turned around and laughed seeing a large wolf mask staring back at her.

"Oh I get it!" she grinned. "You're the big bad wolf."

"That's right." Owen pulled the mask off with a grin. "What have you got there?" he looked at the book she was holding. "Nos, Book of the Resurrection?" he read the title before looking at Mouse with a slight frown.

"It's for a friend." She stated quickly and he nodded slowly.

"What else?" he picked up the other books she was holding. "Rosicrucian Manifestos, Secretum Secretorum, and Journeys to the Underworld?" he looked back at her. "For the friend?" he asked.

"I'm surprised at their occult section, it's really well stocked."

"You know this is an occult bookstore?" he asked as they walked to the register.

"Oohhh, that makes sense." She nodded. "Yeah."

"Why is your friend so interested in the occult?"

"It's… Part of our job." She nodded.

"What do you do?" he asked as she handed her credit card over to the sales woman.

"Ask me later, okay?" she asked with a grin.

The two of them left, walking to the carnival together. The books had been put into Mouse's basket along with her purse and her clothes, and the top of the basket was closed, making her feel a little more secure about it. When they got to the carnival he quickly bought some tickets for rides, and she went to the snack stand, grinning widely. "What can I get you ma'am?" the bored teenage girl asked.

"I'll have three caramel popcorn balls, a candy apple, a foot long hot dog, and some jalapeño nachos." She ordered thoughtfully. "Oh, and a large cherry coke."

"Wow." She turned around and smiled semi bashfully at Owen. "Hungry?"

"I don't really get to eat like this at home." She grinned. When all of her food cam Owen helped her carry it to a table and the two sat and talked while she ate her hot dog and nachos first. He shared the nachos with her, before coughing lightly.

"Do you ,mind?" he gestured to the cherry coke and she shook her head. He took a sip before he put it down. The two of them decided to go on the Ferris Wheel, and after waiting in a quick line were sitting in their compartment. "This view is really pretty." He commented as they went into the air. He took the opportunity to put his arm up along the back of the ride.

"It's nice to be outside." She agreed.

"I'm really happy you came with me tonight." Owen looked at her and she smiled lightly. "would it be too forward of me to-" he leaned forward to kiss her, but found himself giving her hand a very passionate kiss. "Oh, um…"

"Look, you're a nice guy." Mouse said honestly as she looked at him.

"I'm sensing a but here." He chuckled as the ride went for another round.

"Yeah." She nodded. "But it's not you-"

"It's not you it's me?" he asked and she sighed.

"I wish this was easier." She told him. "Could we just- Could we just settle for friends?" she asked with a small smile.

"Wow, I almost wish I had let you finish the it's not you, it's me." He sighed and she shook her head.

"It's not that I don't like you, it's just-"

"Is there someone else?" he asked.

"Um... Sort of..." she said hesitantly. "I don't know if I'd call him a boyfriend, but-" she was cut off by a loud roar followed by screams. She looked down at the carnival to see a large demonic looking being running towards the crowd. As the ride started to circle again Mouse stood up and placed her foot on the seats.

"Mouse, what are you-"

"My job!" she shouted as they got to the loading area. She jumped off of the ride, and rolled on the metal catwalk before catching herself. Without another look to Owen she ran off the ride, and towards the monster, reaching into her basket and coming back with the gun she kept in her purse. She could see it moving towards the street, and she grabbed onto the merry go round, letting it get her through the crowd easier than she could. She jumped off when she was close to the monster and pointed her gun at it, shooting it twice in the back. It turned looking at her and roared, before it started to run across the street.

"Where'd it go?!" she heard Red shout when he noticed her.

"Across the street." She told him.

"Good, you stay here." He ordered.

"Like hell!" she shouted at him, before running alongside him through the traffic. H.B. grabbed her arm and held her close, stopping her and pulling her along when they could beat the street. All of a sudden they heard a moan and she looked over her shoulder to see Meyers fall onto the street in front of an oncoming car. "Shit!" she swore and H.B. looked behind them to see it. He let go of her and strode over to the car that was coming towards Meyers.

"Red means Stop!" he shouted before slamming his stone hand down on the hood. Cars screeched to a stop around them as Red did that, flipping the car through the air, but Mouse paid it o attention, choosing to go running after the monster in the subway.

"Sammy you got a leak." Red stated as he walked into the alleyway Mouse was standing in.

"Sammy?" she asked.

"Sammeal." He replied simply and she nodded. "You got your wig in?" he asked and she rolled her eyes before pulling her earwig as she liked to call it out of her purse. She turned it on and popped it into her ear.

"This is Topo joinin' the party." She stated.

"Marion? What are you doing there?" Abe asked in surprise. "I thought tonight was your night off?"

" I was having a night off at the carnival before big, mean and smelly decided to crash the party. Besides, I can't let you guys have all the fun." She stated making Red laugh.

"Hold tight kid," he grabbed her around the waist, she dropped her basket and held onto Red with two hands as the two of them dropped into the subway.


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