Hey y'all. sorry it's been awhile, I've been working on some other stories on my other account, and I guess I neglected this account for a little while, for which I apologize.
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"Agent Bishop," someone called out to her and she turned around and frowned seeing Agent Manning.
"Agent Manning." She nodded to him. "How can I help you?"
"We're going to be going to Russia." He told her and she nodded. "The board has agreed to it, they asked me to put together a team, that I will be leading." He emphasized.
"I understand sir." She nodded.
"I hope you do, because if any of you freaks get out of line-"
"I assure you sir, we will not be out of line." She replied crossing her arms.
"Well…" he paused. "Good. I'm going to go talk to Hellboy." He nodded before walking away. Mouse rolled her eyes and walked towards the medical room Abe was staying in.
"Sorry," she said to him as she set down the music stand she had been holding. "I got held up."
"Is everything alright?" Abe asked as he watched her adjusting the music stand.
"It's fine, just Manning informing me that when we go to Russia, if any of us freaks get out of line-"
"You're going to Russia?" Abe asked and she looked up at him.
"Of course." She replied with a small frown. "What did you think I was going to wait here and let Liz and Red take care of everything?"
"No, I suppose not." He replied. "I just didn't realize you were leaving so soon."
"Well, we want to get it all taken care of as soon as possible. The sooner that jerk is gone, the sooner I can come home." She smiled.
The first few years at the BPRD Mouse spent learning. The Professor would teach her all sorts of things when he was there, when he wasn't, she had a tutor. It was like that through high school. Sometimes Mouse wished she had gone to a normal school, been with normal students, and taken normal classes. Instead, she was running down the halls from Mrs. Greyson.
Mrs. Greyson had become her high school tutor, a former agent of the BPRD, she was not the type of woman who rattled easily, though her presence alone easily rattled many other Agents. Mouse had run down the hall, to the library and opened the door quietly. She slipped in and silently shut the door behind her before she started sneaking through the room. "Aren't you supposed to be studying?" Mouse jumped and spun around, holding her hand over her heart.
"Shh." She held a finger to her lips as she looked at Abe Sapien. Over the years she had listened to Abe tell her about missions he and Hellboy had been on, he told her about different lores and different creatures, but as Mouse grew into her teenage years she had become a rare visitor to the library. "Mrs. Manning will hear you." She told him as she moved towards some of the bookshelves, looking around. "Did you guys redecorate?" she asked.
"Mrs. Manning? Surely you don't mean Mrs. Greyson?" Abe asked and she smiled as she moved over to the music stands, looking at the fronts of them.
"God you're still doing this?" she smiled before turning the pages for him. "I remember turning pages for you was my favorite thing when I was a kid." She looked at Abe with a smile. "I have a theory, Mrs. Greyson is just Manning, dressed in drag and wearing a wig." She told the Icthyo sapien before she turned around quickly. "Crap." She muttered, using Hellboy's favorite word. "Please, Abe, I can't handle Latin today, please don't tell her I'm here." She pleaded, looking at him.
"Marion it's not a good idea to neglect your studies-"
"Please, Abe, I promise, I'll do anything you ask, I'll keep turning pages, or reorganize the entire library, or anything." She laced her fingers together, pleading, before she looked at the door again. Abe watched as the girl transformed quickly, from herself to the image of Liz Sherman, the young woman who was a few years older than Marion who had finished her schooling and was currently on a mission- not that Mrs. Greyson knew that.
"You, um," she snapped her fingers. "Sherman, have you seen Bishop in here?"
"No ma'am." "Liz" shook her head looking concerned. "Is she in trouble?"
"That little brat never showed up to the second half of her Latin class."
"Well you have to admit, four hours of Latin is a little rough." "Liz" nodded, before pausing. "Or so I've heard…"
"What about you?" Mrs. Greyson looked at Abe who looked at her innocently.
"Marion doesn't spend time in the library anymore. To find her in here would be truly remarkable." Abe told her, making "Liz" turn around and look at Abe curiously.
"Well, if you see her, you'll let me know."
"If I see her." Abe nodded, looking at "Liz" who was starting to shake slightly. Mrs. Greyson left the library, making "Liz" shift back into Mouse.
"Jeeze Abe," she said as she steadied herself on a side table. "If you wanted me to hang out in here-"
"Marion, are you-"
"All ya had to do was ask-" Mouse's eyes rolled back in her head before she collapsed.
When Mouse woke up her head was resting on something wet. "What happened?" she mumbled.
"You haven't been practicing, that's what happened." Abe informed her. "Really Marion, using such a complex ability for so long with no practice. I'm surprised you didn't faint sooner."
"Can you imagine Greyson's face if I had?" she chuckled as she started to sit up and then groaned, holding her head. "Nope." She laid her head back down before realizing she was laying on Abe's lap. "How long was I out?" she asked as she looked up at him.
"Five minutes." Abe replied with a sigh. "I almost called the doctors."
"Why, you're a doctor." She replied with a small wave of her hand. Abe shook his head before he took Mouse's arm and wrapped it around his neck, he slid his arm under her knees and the other he slipped under her back before he easily lifted her up. "Woah-" she held onto him. "I'm sorry I haven't come in here in awhile." She mumbled and he looked down at her.
"You are a young woman, I didn't expect you to spend all of your time stuck in here." He replied as he put her down on the couch. "Stay there for a moment." He told her before he left her. She shut her eyes, when she opened them again Abe was standing in front of her holding a bowl of mixed nuts. "It was all I could find quickly."
"It's protein." She sat up and took it from him.
"I wasn't aware you needed protein when you use your abilities." Abe looked at her curiously.
"Well, I just need food really, but foods that are high in protein seem to fuel me up fastest." She explained.
"That's interesting." Abe replied and she smiled.
"As long as I'm interesting." She replied, resting her head back against the couch.
"May I ask what your adversion is against learning Latin?" Abe asked.
"Oh, it's not that I'm against it." She shook her head. "I just can't stand spending four hours with Mrs. Manning screaming at me about what a failure I am... In Latin!" she sighed.
"Surely she doesn't-" Mouse put her hand over Abe's quickly. He looked at her curiously and she nodded before he put his other hand over hers.
He shut his eyes as he saw everything Mouse was allowing him to see, the lectures, the arguments, the frustration, the way Mrs. Greyson treated Mouse like she was actively trying not to learn. Abe could see other things as well- not that he tried to- he could see Mouse talking to the new young intern, He could see the two of them outside together, their lips locked together-
"I'm sorry." Abe said quickly, his cheeks a darker shade of blue, his hands in his lap.
"Just uh- Don't um… Don't tell Manning, okay?" she asked as she looked at him with an embarrassed blush. "I'd hate for Josh to lose his job over me."
"Of course." Abe nodded before he stood up. "Please, feel free to stay here as long as you need." Abe told her and she looked up at him as he started to walk away.
"Hey Abe?" she called as he walked away. He paused and looked back at her before she smiled lightly. "Thanks… For everything."
"You are very welcome Marion." He replied before he walked upstairs and then got back into his tank.
It was nearly two years to the day after that afternoon when Mouse was allowed to go on her first mission. She had since finished her schooling, over the past two years Mrs. Greyson had reluctantly allowed Abe and HB teach Mouse Latin. Along with Latin Abe had started teaching Mouse about different legends and lore, along with some religious beliefs, while H.B. had started teaching her how to defend herself, as well as how to shoot.
It was because of all of these that she approached the Professor one night, after they had all come back from a mission, one that had left everyone worn out, bruised, and a little burnt (Thanks to Liz). "Professor, can I talk to you?" Mouse asked softly.
"Of course Mouse, come in." the professor looked at her as she stood in the doorway to the library. "What's on your mind?"
"I want to go on a mission." She blurted out and he looked at her almost hesitantly. "I know I haven't been through the same training as everyone else, but I have been training. Red and Abe have been helping me, and Liz sometimes too, and I've been learning how to shoot, and I've been learning about different legends and stuff with Abe." She nodded to the tank as she spoke quickly. "And I just- I feel like I'm not living to my potential, I feel like I'm not given the opportunity to." She explained without taking a breath. "I just- I want to get out of here, but that's not the only reason I want to go, I want to help, I have never been given the chance to help, and I feel like I could help." She spoke quickly before looking at the Professor who was looking down at her.
"I agree." He told her and she sighed darkly as she stood up.
"You see, I knew you were going to say that, and I-" she stopped ranting and looked at him. "Wait… Did you say you agree?" she asked as he smiled before standing up.
"I think, with a little more formal training, you'll be quite ready to go on your first mission." He told her and she gasped before throwing her arms around him.
"Thank you Professor!" she grinned before pulling back. "What will Manning say?"
"Leave Tom to me." The Professor winked. "Now go ahead, go tell Hellboy, I know you're itching to." He patted the side of her face.
"Hellboy!" she shouted as she ran out of the library. "Thank you!" she called back to the professor. "RED!" she shouted as she ran down the hall, leaving the Professor watching her go.
"You have something to say?" the Professor looked at Abe who was watching the interaction.
"Are you sure she's ready?" Abe asked.
"I'm not." He shook his head. "But how will we find out if she isn't given the opportunity?" he shrugged.
"You aren't worried about sending her out into the field so early?" Abe asked.
"It seems to me like you're the one who's concerned old friend." The Professor smiled at Abe who looked slightly embarrassed. "You two have grown close, have you not?" he asked and Abe cleared his throat as he thought about how to answer.
"Marion is a very capable young woman, and a friend. I'd hate to see her injured because she rushed to do something she wasn't ready to do." He told the Professor who nodded.
"Like you say, she's capable. And she'll have you, Hellboy and Liz to keep an eye on her." He replied.
"How will you get Manning to agree to that?" Abe asked after a moment and the Professor smiled.
"Like I said, leave Tom to me." He looked at Abe before he walked over to the books and turned the pages for him.
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