Hey y'all, sorry about the mix up with the chapters last night, I had an oopsie moment and uploaded the same file as the new chapter. Whoops! I got it all sorted though. I know that I'm moving through the movie pretty quickly, but don't worry, there will be more than just the movie in this story. It's going to go through this movie, the time in between the two movies, the sequel and maybe some time after the sequel. Anyways, I hope you like the new chapter!
Disclaimer: I only own Mouse. She's enough work as it is.
Mouse was in the gym early, running on a treadmill, doing her usual morning exercise when Abe walked into the gym. "Morning." She greeted him cheerfully.
"Good morning." He looked less than happy making her slow to a stop, turning the treadmill off.
"What's wrong?" she asked. "Is it Red?"
"No, no, he's fine." He shook his head. "It's Liz."
"She had another incident?" she asked and he nodded. "Is… Is everyone okay?"
"They're shaken up, but they're alive." He told her and she nodded.
"Well where is she, is she coming back?"
"Agent Myers has requested to try to talk to her." He replied.
"The boy scout?" she scoffed lightly. "Liz'll burn him alive. Maybe even literally." She rolled her eyes as she picked up her towel and wiped her forehead off.
"Now you're starting to sound like him." Abe pointed out.
"Great." She sighed.
"Hey you two," they looked over at Red who was staring at them for a moment. "Better get ready. We've gotta go into the sewer and kill those eggs."
"Lovely." Mouse rolled her eyes.
"Aw come on kid, you know it'll be fun." He grinned and she chuckled lightly.
"I'm gonna go take a shower, I'll see you guys in a bit." She told them before walking to her room. When Mouse got out of the shower she paused, before tilting her head towards the door to her room. "Since you're standing out there, will you hand me the clothes on the bed?" she called. A moment later she opened the door, her towel wrapped firmly around herself as Abe held out the clothes. "What are you doing here Abe?" she asked with a small smile.
"The young man from last night,"
"Yeah?" she asked.
"He's posting information about you on the internet." He told her making her frown. She shut the door and got dressed quickly before she followed Abe to the library. She sat down and opened his previous window before letting out a bitter laugh.
"Red Reiding Hood Vs. the Wolf: AKA the Date That Never Was" she read aloud before looking at Abe.
"He doesn't use your name, but he describes you pretty accurately." He told her as he put his hand on her shoulder.
"All you'll feel from me is regret for ever talking to that guy." She told him and he looked down at her.
"Don't be upset, you never could have known."
"You know when I felt you waiting in my room, I didn't think this was quite where things were going." She told him. She looked up at Abe as his skin flushed, his hand still on her shoulder he knew exactly what she was saying, but he didn't reply, he didn't need to.
Mouse was about twenty two, ten years after she had first met him, when their relationship had become more than just friends, or mentor and mentee. Neither could say exactly what it was that changed, but the feeling they felt around each other were different. Neither mentioned the different feeling they picked up from each other, but they both acknowledged them in their own, unspoken way, making the two an even closer team both on and off the field.
They got into the garbage truck and were taken to the subway line from the night before. Mouse sighed, cracking her back and then her neck before rolling her shoulders. "Remind me when this is over to get a massage." She muttered as she stood up and stretched. The truck stopped suddenly knocking Mouse onto the floor.
"You alright kid?" Red asked as he helped her up.
"It's just going to be one of those days." She sighed as she got up. The door opened and she looked at Clay who looked at her as she was standing up.
"Oh boy. It's going to be one of those days." He sighed and she nodded. She slipped her jacket on and started to bunch her hair up trying to control it in a bun while she, Abe, Myers, Red, Clay and Quarry walked into the entrance they had found out about.
"Eugh." Mouse looked around at the water dripping off of the walls and ceiling. "Why would anything want to start a family down here?"
"The eggs are sensitive to heat and light. They need to be kept somewhere humid and cool ." Abe explained.
"Well, it's humid alright." She scoffed as she tried to tie her hair band into her hair, only to have the elastic band snap, cracking against her wrist. "Shit." She muttered before slipping it into her pocket.
"The subway lines, they all converge right around here." Quarry was telling them as he looked from his map to the area around them. A drop of water landed on Mouse's head making her look up darkly, before another drop landed right between her eyes. She looked forward and wiped her face off as they moved forward. Abe offered his hand to Mouse, she slipped her hand into his and stepped over a fallen column, then let go of his hand. The two tried to remain professional when they were in the field, as to not endanger anyone, but they stuck close, keeping an eye out for each other.
"Do you feel that?" Abe asked Mouse softly.
"The feeling of gross old water from the thirties falling on me? Yeah, I felt it." She nodded.
"No," he held her hand up like how he held his out to absorb energy. "That." She shut her eyes and concentrated for a moment, before she felt what felt like a surge of energy through her hand.
"A pulse." She gasped and everyone looked at her.
"Very good Marion." He nodded, before pointing to the brick wall. "There." He looked at Hellboy. "There's a cistern on the other side. Most of the eggs are there." He informed everyone.
"So how do we get in?" Mouse asked as she walked forward and ran her hand over the wall.
"I'm thinkin'." H.B. replied as he blew a stream of smoke from his lips.
"There's no way in." one of the agents behind them stated. "We should go back and request a special permit. Type two-"
"Jeeze-" Mouse jumped back as Red swung his right hand back and slammed it into the wall, effectively denting it. "Warn me huh?" she asked as she walked closer to Abe. A few moments later the brick wall was knocked down, giving them a doorway.
"Ladies first." Red looked at Mouse who rolled her eyes and walked forward into the damp, dark room. There was a round metal manhole cover on the ground which Mouse walked over before looking at the other agents who walked into the room. Clay stepped off of the manhole cover towards where Mouse was standing as Red leaned over and picked it up. When he did dozens of cockroaches scattered out of the manhole making Mouse squeal and jump away from them.
"Oh god, I hate this job!" she yelped.
"We lead a charmed life." Abe stated dryly as the cockroaches scattered.
"Here ya go Doc, this should cover your tailfin." Red handed him the reliquary. "On loan from the Vatican; a bone from Saint Dionysius- Looks like a pinky."
"Remind me why I keep doing this." Abe sighed.
"Hundred year eggs and the safety of humanity?" Mouse offered.
"Mmm." Abe replied simply as he tied the reliquary to his wrist.
"There's always the promise of impressing Mouse." Red offered, before "nudging" Mouse, nearly knocking her over. Mouse rolled her eyes and took the glow sticks from Red and cracked them against his arm before dropping them into the water. "Hey Clay, did you hear that?" Red asked suddenly making Clay look up, and then nod quickly.
"Yeah, we should uh, go check out over there." Clay nodded to the direction, Hellboy walked along, herding the agents away from Mouse and Abe making her roll her eyes again.
"He's so discreet." Mouse smiled lightly as she reached out and helped unbuckle his breathing apparatus. His gills moved in the air slightly and she smiled as she set it down. "I'll be waiting up here to destroy the eggs." She reminded him.
"How do you plan on doing that?" he asked.
"I'll improvise." She shrugged and he chuckled.
"Now you really sound like him." He nodded to the door making her smile.
"Be careful huh?" she asked and he nodded.
"You shouldn't worry." He told her and she smiled.
"I know, but, be careful." She looked him in the eye.
"I will." He promised before turning to the water. He jumped inside and she nodded before pulling more of the glow sticks from her backpack. She cracked them against her knee and started to scatter them around on the ground around the room.
Mouse looked up when she heard a sound and then running in the other room. "Red's on the move!" Clay shouted. "I'll cover him!"
"Hey Red, you need me?" she asked into her microphone.
"Naw Topo, I got it." Red replied. "You keep an eye out for Brother Blue."
"Got it." She replied before looking down at the water. She knelt down and put her hand to the water, things seemed to be okay so she stood up again and shook her hand off. She was about to turn away when she felt something under her feet. Something was wrong. She knelt down and put her hand on the water again, before drawing it back quickly. There was something wrong. She lifted her mic to her mouth. "Hey Red, something's up." She spoke to them. "Red?" she called before looking back at the water. Rapid bubbles were coming out, making her extremely nervous. Her locater started to flash blue quickly making her look around, and then swear. "Forget this." She muttered before pulling the buckle on her boots. She pulled out her straight razor she kept in her boot and put it between her teeth before she kicked off her boots and took a step back from the water before she ran forward; taking a deep breath she jumped into the water.
For a moment Mouse was only aware of the cold stagnate water, before she opened her eyes. Albeit her sight was blurry, but being closer to Abe's element she was able to feel him better. Closing her eyes for a moment she reached out to him with her mind, and then opened her eyes when she felt him. Swimming forward she remembered the time Abe spent teaching her how to free dive. Of course she had never free dived in street clothes, and without fins, but for her teammates, she would try anything.
When she got to a wall she moved around it before quickly swimming back, holding a bar to stay in place as one of the hell hounds swam by. She reached out to Abe again, trying to reassure him, before she looked behind the corner. It looked like the coast was clear so she swam around the corner, passing by a gap, when something reached out and touched her. She looked around quickly, holding her straight razor out before she realized there was a dark blue liquid seeping in the water around them. She swam forward as Abe came out from the shadows and pulled her into the tight gap. She pointed up and he pushed her behind him for a moment as the two dark shadows passed.
Mouse was becoming aware of the fact that she was running out of oxygen. Abe must have read her thoughts, his hand was still on her arm when he looked back at her quickly. He pulled her close to him and pressed his thumb to her forehead before pulling her face in, pressing his lips to hers. Oxygen rushed from his lips to hers, before he pulled away quickly. She put her hand on his chest, above the deep gashes, and then took his webbed hand and pulled him along, swimming through the cool water with him to the manhole.
They both crawled out, Mouse not bothering to mention that she had seen the dark shapes following them, she pulled him behind one of the pillars before hitting her distress button on her locater. "Are you alright?" she cupped his face. "Tell me what to do."
"Get somewhere safe." He ordered her and she shook her head.
"I'm not leaving you." She insisted.
"Please, Marion, get somewhere-" she put her hand over his mouth when she heard a grunt, looking around the wall her eyes widened when she saw the creatures getting out of the water. She pressed herself against the wall next to him, holding his hand tightly before she heard one of them coming towards them. It moved around the pillar, Abe held his arm out in front of Mouse, trying to shield her from the hell hound's sight when she stood up. "Marion-"
"I'd cover my ears if I were you." She told him without breaking eye contact with Sammael. She took a deep breath, focusing all of her energy before she let out the loudest, most high pitched scream Abe had ever heard. Apparently both Sammaels were sensitive to the noise because the one she had been staring down started o back off, clawing at its own ears. The other one let out a growl before running down the hallway away from them, while the one in front of them continued to squirm, trying to back away, it bumped into an old metal door that was loose on its hinges, it started to creak, before falling down on the hell hound, crushing most of its body under the weight of the door.
A moment later Red came running in, seeing Sammael trying to get up, he grabbed the manhole cover and picked it up, over his head before swinging it down, into Sammy's head. Marion stopped screaming and turned to Abe and dropped to her knees in front of him. She took off her button down shirt, leaving her only in her black tank top and pressed it to his wounds, trying to stop the bleeding, her hands were shaking as she tried to put pressure on the wound, before Abe's hand touched hers. She felt a tear roll down her face as she tried not to look at him, before reluctantly meeting his eye.
"Please-" she whispered looking into his eyes as she kept her hands on the shirt, trying to stop the bleeding. "Please be okay."
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