Disclaimer: I own nothing of Hellboy! I do not own the song in this fic either, it belongs to Meg & Dia (I love the song, you should hear it) I only own my character, Rogue and the idea for this story. Read on, people! :)
Rogue jumped out of her skin at the piercing sound that suddenly went off. Her hands ignited in flames instinctively and she looked around frantically. She saw nothing around in the dark room. Then she noticed that her roommate wasn't in the bed.
"Red?" She called out.
"Go back to sleep." He ordered as he fastened his belt tightly.
"What's that?" She asked as she moved to the edge of the bed and cracked her toes.
"It's just the alarm." He said as he kept fumbling around with items in the room.
"I know that. What does that alarm mean? Is there something wrong?" She asked.
"Well, yeah there's something wrong. We just don't know what. Means that there's somethin' out there we gotta take out." He said, putting on a pair of gloves hastily.
"How do you know where the problem is?" She asked.
"Uh, we leave that to Manning and his monkeys. We just go where they tell us and kill it." He said with a shrug.
"Do you always have to kill it?" She asked with a certain tone of worry or curiosity.
"Do you always have to ask so many questions? It's too early for questions, Rogue." He said, pulling on his sandy trench coat.
"What time is it?" She asked, looking around randomly.
"Two in the morning." He grumbled as he pulled on his boots.
"What? We've only had three hours of sleep?" She asked in disbelief.
"Eh, story of my life. You just go back to sleep." He said, heading toward the door.
Rogue got up and ran to the door, blocking his path. "I can't sleep knowing you guys could be in danger. I'm going with you." She said sternly.
Hellboy gently pushed her aside and opened the heavy door easily. "We've done this a million times. We can take care of it." He said.
Rogue rolled her eyes and ran into his path again. "You don't know what you're going up against, Red. You could use my help. Please." She said softly, hoping her puppy eyes would work.
"No, you're safe here, Rogue. Don't worry about us, we'll be back by the time you wake up." He said, putting his hand on her shoulder and giving it a squeeze.
"Red." She almost shouted. It sounded loud since the halls were practically empty and the siren was off now. Just the red light went around the halls. "At least let me go. I won't leave the truck, I promise." She said.
"Women always break that promise." He said, considering it.
"I won't! Please let me go. It'll keep me at ease." She said.
He rolled his eyes and sighed, "Fine but you don't have time to change, we have to go now."
Rogue looked down at herself and frowned for wearing short shorts and a small tee. She frowned and ran into the room, pulling her boots on and then pulling on a black coat similar to Red's. She walked out and past him, "Let's go." She said.
Hellboy sighed and walked ahead, leading her through the halls all the way outside. They breathed in the fresh air simultaneously having been locked up in that building for two days or more, they lose count.
Everyone was already out and about. Rogue could see Abe at the back of the truck, flipping the pages through a book and then scanning another that laid on the desk before him. She followed Hellboy inside and then heard that familiar voice.
"What's she doing here?" He asked.
"Relax, Manning, she's just tagging along." Hellboy said, ignoring his presence afterward. He walked to Abe and poked a book. "What do we have this time?" He asked as the truck went into movement.
Abraham held a finger up to silence him as he read the book once more before explaining. "I believe they are banshees." He said, showing Hellboy a picture of one of the creatures.
It wasn't small like the tooth fairies but they weren't as big as Sammael. They were in between and it was bird-like. Looked a lot like a pterodactyl with the wings and all. It had a tail with a spear at the end so they had to look out for that. Razor sharp teeth they will avoid at all cost. Feet with long, sharp talons. Two eyes on each side of it's head. He couldn't see any nostrils but he noticed holes on it's neck which could possibly be some kind of gill type thing to breathe.
"So it's a big bird?" He said with a scoff, "Piece of cake."
"No, no. Listen to this." He said as he put his finger on the book, "The bird you just looked at is a female. The only female of it's kind and she is the biggest of them all. They work some what like bees. She is the queen bee and the rest are males that bring her food and volunteer to procreate." He said, scanning the book for more information. "It says here that aside from their talons and sharp teeth, they have a loud scream which reaches a point where it stops ones heart. It isn't loud, like a roar. It is more like a sharp, piercing noise, very acute. Think of it like a bomb. The impact can kill you that way." He said.
Hellboy seemed to ignore him as always. "How do you kill it?" He asked.
"You must sever it's head." He said.
"Can't I just shoot it?" He asked.
"No, it has an exoskeleton far too thick and rough, the bullets, no matter how strong, won't go through."
"Doesn't it have a weak spot or something?" He asked, irritated that this was going to be harder than he would have preferred.
"Well," He said, looking through the book again, "it says here that it can only see in the dark. It must live in cold, humid places because it's skin is sensitive to heat-"
"I can help!" Rogue said excitedly.
Hellboy waved his finger at her, "No, no, no. You promised you'd stay in the truck and you will." He said, sitting her down on the seats on the metal walls of the truck.
"But I can be of great help here, Red. I can bu-"
"No, no. You won't lift a finger."
"But, Red!"
"No more buts, you're staying here and that's final." He said, turning back to Abe.
"But why? Why won't you let me help?" She complained angrily.
"Because!" He shouted. "We can't risk you getting hurt, Rogue." He said.
Rogue became angry. She didn't want them treating her like a porcelain doll because of her recent episodes. She wasn't disabled. "I've been living by myself almost all my life. I've been out on the streets most my life. I've been experimented on, abu-" She tried to say.
"Rogue, we don't know what we're going up against and even you know you're not in conditions to be fighting." He said, giving her his back, closing the case.
The truck finally stopped and the doors opened, armed men waiting at the end for the two agents. They grabbed their things and hopped out of the truck. Rogue tried to slip out casually but Hellboy turned to face her with a disapproving look, "Stay." He said before shutting the doors in front of her. He bent the latch so it wouldn't budge if she tried to open the door.
Rogue grabbed her head and screamed in her mouth in frustration. "I don't understand! He knows I can help him, why doesn't he let me?! I would be perfect for the job." She groaned and fell into the seat. "I could do it. I could." She whispered.
There was not a sound in the truck. Nothing made a single move. What could have been five minutes felt like an hour to her. She sighed and got up, looking through the sheeted glass. She did the only thing she could. Sing.
His little whispers; love me, love me.
That's all I ask for; love me, love me.
He battered his tiny fists to feel something.
Wondered what it's like to touch and feel something.
Monster, how should I feel?
Creatures lie here.
Looking through the window.
One night he caged her.
Bruised and broke here.
He struggled closer then he stole her.
Violet wrists and then her ankles.
Silent pain.
Then he slowly saw their nightmares were his dreams.
Monster, how should I feel?
Creatures lie here.
Looking through the window.
Time will, heal their voices.
I'm a glass child.
I am Hannah's regrets.
Monster, how should I feel?
Turn the sheets down.
Murder ears with pillow lace.
There's bathtubs full of glow flies.
Bathe in kerosine.
Their words tattooed in his veins.
Ye-ah!
(By: Meg and Dia)
She pressed her hand against the cold window and sighed, "Creatures lie here." She whispered sadly before turning and walking behind Abe's desk. She picked up the book he had before which he hadn't closed and started to read. Abe pretty much summed it all up in simple, understandable words. He didn't mention that the female laid more then fifty eggs every three hours and that the baby creatures were much like birds, ready to feed once they're hatched. Due to it's weight of eating so much and being pregnant, it can't fly. That's why the males do everything for her. Also, he didn't mention that only the female could create the piercing scream. She does it in order to protect herself since she can't move. "I hope there aren't many out there for them to-"
Something slammed into the roof of the truck, denting it in. Rogue screamed in terror, hitting the floor quickly. She looked up to see if anything was trying to get through. Nothing moved, nothing made a sound. She slowly got up, her body shaking. She moved carefully toward the window to look out. Just then, Red and Blue rounded the corner, both pointing their guns at the truck. She noticed that Red was supporting Abe and he was holding onto his leg. Rogue's eyes widened. That could only mean that the creature was the thing that landed on the truck.
She ran to the doors, trying to push them open but they wouldn't budge. She was so scared, she started crying frantically, she didn't know what to do. She ran back to the window and hit it desperately, "Red! Red!" She screamed. "Shit!" She cursed as she realized he wouldn't be able to see her behind the sheeted glass. She looked around, trying to find anything that would help her.
"Ahh!" She screeched when a clawed hand came through the roof, thrashing around. She hit the floor, crawling to a far corner. She curled up and watched in horror as it's beak like face starting coming in, making the hole bigger. The arm came further in, trying to grab at something. It must know she's there. Then there were gun shots. She flinched and then the noise died down. The hand stopped moving, swinging around lifelessly.
She jumped when she heard something else run into the wall of the truck. She looked over quickly and was relieved to see Hellboy. He pressed his hands against the window, looking in. Rogue scrambled to her feet and ran over, pressing her hands against his. His eyes kept scanning around and she knew he couldn't see her.
"Are you okay?" He shouted. She managed to hear and she smiled weakly. She nodded absentmindedly. She opened her mouth to speak but suddenly one of the monsters swooped down and grabbed Hellboy, taking him up to the air and flying off. "Red!" She screamed as more tears came down.
She pushed herself off the window and started to think. She looked around and then she got an idea. She went to Abe's desk, shoving everything off to the ground. She started to pull it until it was under the hole in the roof. She climbed up the desk and access to the hole was easy. Getting through was a different story, the space wasn't big enough. It would have to do.
She pushed her arms through and tried pulling herself up. She didn't have a doubt that the metal was scratching into her skin but she ignored it, putting her all into getting out of the truck. She finally managed to pull herself out. She looked around frantically, trying to spot any signs of Red. She didn't see anything up in the sky. She looked down the alley and noticed something on the ground.
"Abe!" She called out worriedly. She could see the shine in his eyes as he looked over to her. "Rogue!" He called back. He pushed himself to his feet and limped over to her quickly. He put his gun into the holster and held his arms out to her. She positioned herself carefully and then jumped, Abe catching her before her feet hitting the ground. He put her down, holding on until she managed her footing.
"What happened to your leg?" She asked. Abe could hear it in her voice that she had been crying. He smiled softly, "It's nothing, really. Just a little scratch." He said, waving it off. Rogue gave him a look and then ignited the flames on her right hand. She put it at a safe distance from him and examined his leg. She gasped at the sight of the wound. There was a long, deep gash on his thigh. "Abe, that is not nothing. We gotta-"
"Look out!" He yelled suddenly, taking out his gun and shooting at something, all in one swift movement. Rogue, once again, hit the ground, covering her head. She looked to where he was shooting and there was one of the creatures gliding toward them, it's clawed feet stretched out to catch them. The bullets were doing nothing to it and it was getting dangerously close.
She knew Abe couldn't run. She sucked up her fear and started sprinting toward it. "What are you doing?!" Abe screamed after her. He sounded so frantic, so scared. Rogue kept pushing forward, through her own fear. Seeing that great big creature, it's talons ready to shred her up, it was terrifying to no end. As she ran her flames started to ignite, starting at her feet. She left flaming footsteps behind. The burning flames kept crawling up her body as she ran, consuming her legs, then torso.
The creature roared and she gave out a war cry before jumping into the air, grabbing onto it's ankles. Her weight was enough for her to pull it down with all her force, sending it crashing into the ground with her. Had it been larger, she would be dead by now. Rogue quickly moved to get up, just seconds before the creature did. She didn't manage to take a step forward before it's thick, strong tail crashed into her side, sending her into the far wall. She screamed out in pain as she fell to the ground. She opened her eyes enough to look over at the creature.
It was frantically swiping it's tail which had caught fire. It turned it's massive head to seemingly glare at her. It turned and lowered it head before letting out a loud roar. It started running at her, it's mouth open, it's teeth scattered everywhere. Rogue closed her eyes, ready to take the blow... but it never came. She opened her eye to see it had crashed into her black shield of energy. She hadn't even noticed she had created it. She always forgot she could do that. She acted quickly and the flat wall of magic consumed the creature, sending it into the opposite wall. It struggled to get free.
Rogue started to feel light headed. She swayed a bit and her magic faded, the creature falling to the ground. Rogue hunched over, trying to clear the buzz in her head. She looked to the side and saw a dumpster against the wall. She held her arm out, willing it to move, crashing into the creature and it pinned it against the truck. Rogue narrowed her eyes, suddenly wondering where Abe had gone off to. Her eyes widened. She couldn't have-
"Abe?!" She called out, running over to the truck, looking around for him. He wasn't there and he wasn't pinned with the monster. "Abraham?!" She called out again, running her hand through her hair nervously.
"Over here!" Came his voice. Rogue followed the sound and she stepped back a few feet to be able to look up at the roof. "I found-"
Rogue gasped when the dumpster went flying past her. Her eyes locked on the winged creature. It looked awfully pissed off. "Abe, get out of the truck!" She ordered, not taking her eyes off the monster.
"What? But I-"
The creature lunged forward but Rogue used her magic to pin him to the truck. "Abe, now!" She hissed. Abe pulled himself out of the truck and leaped off in time before Rogue moved the truck so it would crush the creature. It screamed in pain and struggled to get free but it was too late. Blood seeped out from under the truck and the creature stopped moving.
Abe had wide eyes, staring at the creature. "Rogue, that was amazing!" He said in awe. There was no response. He looked over at her and she was bent over, supporting her arms on her knees. She was breathing heavily. He held his hand out to touch her but suddenly she threw up. Abe flinched, pulling his arm back in the moment. She grunted, swaying. Abe caught her before she hit the ground. He turned her over so she'd face him. There was blood trickling down her chin from her nose.
"Are you alright?" He whispered worriedly.
"That was... the hardest thing I had ever had to do... before." She said, swallowing the bile that rose up in her throat.
"Well, it was incredibly brave of you. You did an amazing job, Rogue." He encouraged as he set her down gently against the wall.
"No, no, Abe. We have to find... Red." She said between gasping at the pulsating pain in her head. Abe moved her hair from her face that was very pale.
"Red has plenty of backup-" He tried calming her down.
Her eyes widened defiantly, "Didn't you see him being taken away by that... thing?!" She said in disgust. "You know bullets can't get through the skin, we have to help him, Abe!" She said, grabbing onto the collar of his suit and shaking him. Abe gently grabbed her wrist, pulling them away from him. He sighed.
"I know." He said as he got up. He reached down and helped her stand and steady herself.
"Can you walk, Abe?" She asked, glancing down at his bleeding leg.
He cracked a smile, something he has been doing more often. "I told you it is just a scratch." He said, almost cockily. "And you?" He asked, glancing down at his arm that was holding her steady.
"Let's go." She said, walking off into the alley. Abe sighed, following after her. He reached into his belt and pulled out a gun. "Here, take this." He said, holding it out for her. She took it, giving him a questioning look, "I thought you said bullets couldn't-"
"You never know. I don't want you getting hurt." He said sternly. Rogue gave him a sharp nod, glancing down at the gun, examining it's pieces. Abe looked at her skeptically, "You do... know how to use one, right?" He asked doubtfully. She looked through the mouth of the gun, holding it to her eye curiously. Abe gasped, snatching it out of her hands carefully. "Perhaps you are safer without the gun." He said, putting it back into the belt. Rogue was going to complain but they heard a noise. Abe grabbed her and pulled her down, hiding behind some trashcans.
"What was-"
"Shh." Abe whispered. He carefully turned his head over his shoulder to look past the trashcan. He managed to see a large shadow gliding across the far wall. He turned back to face Rogue who was suddenly very close to his face. Abe reeled his head back, hitting the trashcan, making noise. They froze, hoping it didn't hear anything.
A few minutes passed and nothing happened so Abe looked back over very slowly, anticipating that the creature would be right in behind them. Surprisingly there was nothing. Not even a rat scurried around. He turned back, letting out the breath he didn't know he had been holding. Rogue took that as the 'ok' and sighed in relief.
"We should keep moving." She whispered. He nodded, crawling out from behind the trashcan. Rogue followed after him closely. They stuck close to the ground, just in case. "H-How many are there?" She asked as they stopped at the corner for cover. Abe held his finger up as he looked around the corner. He growled. He couldn't see farther into the alley, it was too dark. He turned back to face Rogue, "I need a light. Just reach your hand around the corner." He said. Rogue nodded, reaching her arm past him and just a bit past the corner. She ignited her flame and let it grow a little. She nodded at Abe so he could look around.
Abe craned his neck around the corner. He was relieved to see that there was nothing there at least halfway through the alley. He signaled Rogue to follow him but to remain quiet. She did. They slowly walked down the alley, the fire shining farther down. There was nothing in that section. There was another section of the alley to the left. Once again they leaned on the wall for cover and repeated the process. Again the coast was clear.
The alley seemed to drag on forever, almost like a one-way maze. They rounded about the fifth corner and they leaned on it. Rogue was panicking now. "Abe, we've been walking forever and there hasn't been any sign of Red! What if-"
"Shh, shh." He quieted her down. "Red is fine. We're getting closer to him now." He said reassuringly.
Rogue started to cry, her nerves getting the best of her, "How do you know that, Abe?!" She asked quizzically.
"I just do, Rogue, you just need to trust me. Everything will be alright." He said, trying to reassure himself. He sighed. "Light the way, please." He asked calmly. She did reluctantly. As Abe scanned the area, she felt something land on her hand, causing a stinging pain. She ignored it but another came. Another then another. She hissed at the pain and snatched her hand back to her chest, holding onto it.
"What is the matter? Are you alright?" Abe asked worriedly.
Rogue glared up at the sky. "It's raining." She said behind gritted teeth. "I won't be able to light the way anymore." She said sadly.
"That's fine." He said, pulling something out of his belt. There was a click and suddenly the alley was lit again. Rogue glared at him, "You had a flashlight all along?" She said angrily.
"Now, now, I was saving the battery. Maybe farther along we will need it." He said logically. Rogue narrowed her eyes at him but let it go, he was right.
Up to this point, it started to pour, making it hard to see. Lightning flashed and then thunder cracked through the over all silence. There was an earth shaking roar. Abe and Rogue jumped to their feet, rounding the corner quickly. Abe lit the end of the alley and they were shocked at the sight of dozens of the creatures flew into an abandoned building.
Abe flinched as Rogue dashed past him, headed to the opening that the creatures were taking. "Damn." He hissed, chasing after her. He was just as worried about Red as she was but they needed to stop and think this through, make a plan.
She disappeared through the opening. The building was pitch black until Abe came through and started lighting the room around. There were columns rotting away, pieces of the ceiling falling to the wet ground, walls completely destroyed, windows boarded everywhere, doors missing. There was something that seemed to stand out in the room.
Abe crouched down, wiping his fingers in the gooey substance. Rogue scrunched her face up at the foul stench that infiltrated her nostrils suddenly. She gagged, "I have a pretty good idea of what that is." Abe seemed to think about for a second before shaking his hand frantically in disgust, wiping them on his pants.
"Have you seen anything yet?" He asked, flashing the light around again. He noticed there was a giant hole going all the way up through the ceiling.
"No, nothing yet." She said as she walked further in, igniting her hand, forgetting the risk of water falling on it from the leaky ceiling. "What do you think this was?" She asked, looking around for anything that could give it away.
Abe shook his head, "I'm not quite sure. Seems to be some sort of office room. The building is at least ten stories high and has been abandoned for quite a while. I doubt it's even on the map." He informed her.
"Hey, check this out, Abe." She said, opening a drawer of a desk that was surprisingly still intact though it looked like the weight of a paper would make it give in.
Abe walked over to her and she pulled out a stack of papers. He shined a light on them. "They seem to be..." She said as she read some of them over, "patient records." She said in awe.
"Look, there's the name of the building." Abe said, pointing at the top of one of the files. It was wet so the ink smudged. Only 'St. Mary's' could be read. "St. Mary's?" Abe wondered.
"Ring any bells?" Rogue asked. He shook his head before going back to examine the building. "Listen to this. Patient name: William Myers. Observations: Irrational outbursts. Says there is a woman that follows him around, perhaps a woman he knew from a traumatic experience. Cuts himself, stating it was her." She said, now more to herself. Then she read something interesting, "Admitted: October 5th, 1896."
"That's..." He pointing into the air as he did the math quickly in his head, "116 years ago." He said in awe. It was a mystery how this building was still standing when it's submitted to the harsh environment of New York.
"Do you think... this is a mental hospital?" She asked worriedly. She walked over to Abe, standing uncomfortably close. At least, uncomfortable for him. He put a hand on her shoulder.
"You're afraid." He whispered.
Rogue stepped back and frowned, "I am not." She defended shakily.
He held his hand up and waved it, "You are terrified, Rogue." He said knowingly. She sighed and he pulled her in for a hug, not knowing what to say at the moment. She smiled, grateful for the hug, and returned it happily. She pulled back and sighed awkwardly, "We... We should keep moving. Can't keep Red waiting." She said.
"Right." He said, looking through the doors. He found the one that led to the stairs. Rogue didn't hesitate to go up. He stopped her at the fourth step. "Wait!" He hissed. "You should always check if the stairs are stable." He warned.
"Well, there's only one way to find out, Abraham." She said with a smirk. He frowned at her. This was no time to joke around. "Be careful." He warned as he followed her up. She took the steps carefully, slowly putting her weight on each one. Each step would creek and crack, almost as if complaining. It took them longer than it should to go up fourteen steps. At the top, she ignited her flames and started to look around. She went to cover the area in the back as Abe looked around the front.
This room was similar to the other in every way only there was no desk and it had more doors leading into rooms but everything was falling apart, no way she would find anything in there. There was also a huge hole in the ground, she hadn't noticed it on the first floor. She looked up and the same hole went all the way up. That meant that the creatures were on the last floor if not on the ceiling. They found nothing interesting so they moved on to the next floor. This one was a long hallway with doors on either side across from each other. Rogue took to the left and Abe to the right.
Rogue looked in awe. Each room had something different in it. The walls were all covered in papers and pictures or had something carved on them or something painted on them and none of it was pleasant. Some were newspaper clippings of deaths, mostly suicide. Some of them were pictures of sadistic things like people being tortured. Other rooms had black and white pictures of soldiers and reports on police raids and there were picture cutouts of weapons. Other rooms had pictures of puppies and animals, things that would ease the mind. Others had words spray painted in red. Not nice or positive words in the least.
Abe was seeing the same things on his side. There were needles scattered over the floor mixed with chunks of the wall. The small metal beds had holes and bugs crawling all over them. The ones that had sheets were stained in red, no doubt it was blood. In one of the rooms, as he looked over at the metal toilet, a black sewer rat crawled out. He grimaced and moved on quickly.
He pulled out his gun in an instant when Rogue screamed and fell to the ground, crawling back toward the other side of the hall. "What is it?" He asked, pointing his gun and flashlight in the general direction.
She pointed a shaky finger ahead, into a room with the door painted black with red, incomprehensible letters on it. He looked in and gagged. On the bed, leaning against the wall, there was a body. Of course it was already bones but it was just as terrifying. He closed the door quickly, walking over to Rogue. He pulled her to her feet and pulled her to the end of the hallway and up the stairs.
This room was like the one before only instead of rooms, it had cells. Like prison cells. It took only one glance into one of the cells to shove Rogue through the hallway quickly. She had her eyes closed and Abe saw a body in practically all of the cells. It was like something out of a horror film. He pulled her up the stairs and peeked into the room. It was already the fifth room. This room looked like the lunch room. It had tables and chairs scattered everywhere. Again, nothing interesting.
They moved onto the sixth floor. This seemed to be the shower room. The floor was tiled and had drains though they were clogged. There were only a few wooden benches remaining on the walls, the rest having fallen to the ground. In the center, hanging from the ceiling, there were shower heads. Some were on the ground, having fallen naturally or broken off from the creation of the hole that kept leading up.
They walked around it and went through the door. Rogue sighed, already really exhausted though she would never admit it. "Abe, I'm really worried about Red." She whispered.
"As am I. We're almost there, Rogue, hang in there." He encouraged as they went up the next flight of stairs carefully.
"What if he isn't even here?" She asked, starting to get negative.
Abe wanted to chuckle to lighten the mood but he couldn't. "Where else would they have taken him?" He asked. Just then, a really loud crack of thunder sounded. "Careful!" Abe hissed, pulling Rogue to the wall in time. A creature came flying straight up the hole, not even noticing them. "Do you still believe they could be elsewhere?" He asked, starting to run across the rooms, knowing they wouldn't find anything in there. Rogue raced after him, not wanting to be alone for a second. This place scared everything out of her. She'd rather be facing the jaws of the creature than be here for a minute.
They raced all the way up to the last room. Abe stopped abruptly, Rogue running into him. She looked around him, curious as to why he was frozen in place. Her eyes widened at the sight. There were dozens of the creatures all perched around, squawking and making all kinds of noises at each other. Down at the back, in the middle of the room, what seemed to be the queen laid, her tail wrapped securely around something. She was certainly... huge.
"What are we going to do? Do you see Red?" Rogue asked frantically. All heads turned to them. Abe had barely even heard her but the creatures all did. They heard her clearly. They all jumped off their perch and flew toward them. Abe did not hesitate to turn on his heel and sprint out.
Rogue closed her eyes and screamed on the top of her lungs in pure fear. Suddenly she caught fire. The creatures all roared and screamed which scared Rogue to no end. She knew something bad was going to happen. She felt it in her body, it ached as she felt something like contractions pulsing through it. Something told her to use her magic to block the door where the fire could escape. Then she realized what was going to happen.
She screamed when a strong tail hit her, sending her flying across the room. She rolled across the floor and then she didn't feel it under her. She reached out quickly, finally opening her eyes to see she was hanging in the hole where the creatures came in and out from. She quickly pulled herself up, rolling away from the gap. Another bird came at her, claws ready to rip through her. She closed her eyes and concentrated so her magic created a sphere around her. It shattered under the razor sharp claws and she had only a second to roll out of harms way. When the bird hit the floor, it gave in and it fell through.
She tried to remember the way she could kill these things. "Small ones are males," She jumped out of the way when another one came at her. It went through the wall. "big one can't move," She ducked under a tail that tried hitting her. "high frequency sound- AH!" She hissed as something knocked into her. Another tail probably. She got up angrily, glaring at the aggressor. She held her arm out, creating a ball of fire. She shot it at the creature who easily flew out of it's way.
"Sever it's head. God damn it!" She shouted, knowing she wouldn't be able to do that. She caught sight of a broken pipe. She used her magic to bring it to her. She caught it and smiled at the sight of the sharp end. Another came at her, she tried piercing it but it didn't work. Not even a scratch.
"Rogue!"
She gasped, twisting around toward the voice. She smiled at the sight of the red demon. He was trapped inside the queen's tail. "Set this bitch on fire!" He shouted. The queen roared, looking at her victim. Hellboy screamed out in pain as she tightened her grip around him. "NOW!" He screamed.
Rogue tried running toward him but one of the creatures swooped down and flew across her path. They were starting to swarm. The only thing keeping her alive was her flames that worked as a repellent. She tried again but another crossed her path. "I-I can't!" She shouted at him. "The building won't hold!" She cried out. Red didn't respond. She took a closer look and he was dozing off, losing consciousness.
"NO!" She screamed, her flames rolling out further. She didn't know what to do. She didn't know how long she could keep the flames in check. If the building collapsed, it would take them all out.
She desperately jumped forward and another monster swept across. She didn't stop though. The end of it's tail managed to slice her cheek but she kept running. She made another fireball and shot it at the queen. It didn't even tickle her as she just swallowed something up. Rogue didn't want to know what these things ate.
She tried another but this time, aimed it somewhere else. It fell directly into her eye. She screamed and next thing Rogue knew, she was flying across the room and into the wall. The thing had hit her with it's massive tail.
Hellboy collapsed to the floor, gasping for breath. He glanced over at Rogue. She was on the ground, laying motionless. His anger only boiled more. He got up, cracking his back. One of the smaller ones came at him. He punched it square in the beak with his stone hand. It fell the the ground, it's jaw hanging, broken.
He turned to the bigger one that was licking it's eye. He grimaced, "Hey, lady, that's really unattractive!" He shouted. It turned to look at him and it's eye was fried. "Ew." He said before ducking under it's tail. It moved incredibly slow. "Maybe you should cut down on the cows." He said to it. As if she understood, she pulled her tail back to hit it. He jumped into the air, the tail passing under him. "Alright, I'm getting tired of this tail of yours!" He said as it came back to him. He braced himself and then he caught it. He could almost touch fingertips. Almost. "Oh, crap." He mumbled when she lifted her tail and then sent it crashing into the ground. Hellboy rolled across the floor and stopped maybe a foot away from the hole. He grunted, getting up and marching back up to the queen. He stopped half way when he tripped on the smaller one he had punched. He got an idea.
He grabbed it's tail, ripping it off. "Whoa!" He shouted when it started wiggling and thrashing around in his hold. He dropped it and it kept moving. "Stay still, son of a bitch!" He said as he tried stomping on it. As he bent down to grab it, another small creature flew over him, scratching through his coat. Hellboy sighed in relief, that being a close call. He grabbed the tail again and got up. The creature was coming back. "Not this time." He mumbled and then held the tail up. It went right through the other. Just what he wanted. He picked it up and pulled on it... but it wouldn't budge, the spear head wouldn't let it back through.
"Crap." He hissed as another came at him. They seemed to take turns for this. The bastards. Hellboy thought on his toe and grabbed the tail, chucking the two linked creatures across the room, managing to hit a few of the others. A tail managed to pierce another. What a lucky shot. "Hm, now will you look at that?" He mumbled to himself before turning back to the majority of the creatures. One swooped down at him. He reached his hand up just as it passed over him, catching the tail. It didn't turn out like he wanted to. The bird pulled him with it. The creature became frantic, flying all around the room. Hellboy screamed as he kept crashing into the walls and the others snapped their teeth at him, trying to catch him.
He let go and went flying straight toward the queen's open mouth. Hellboy screamed but was cut short when another creature caught him midair, the claws ripping through the coat and Hellboy fell to the floor, rolling until he hit something. Surely the queen, his luck always worked that way. He shook his head, feeling dizzy from the little joy ride. He stumbled when he got to his feet but recovered quickly. He looked around for anything he could use but didn't have time before he had to jump out of the way from razor sharp talons.
He pulled out his gun, not seeing another solution. He aimed for it's giant eyes. Something had to work here. He took the shot, getting lucky once more. It screamed, thrashing it's head around. The pain was too much as it started slamming it's head into the wall. The building started to shake. "Crap." He said, knowing the building was coming down.
He looked over at Rogue who was still knocked out on the floor. Why is it they haven't attacked her? He ran over to her, ducking under the claws. He grabbed her shoulders and shook her quickly. "Rogue, wake up, I need ya right now!" He said, looking around for more claws. He grunted, grabbing her and jumping out of the way as another bird came crashing through the wall. As he held her, he noticed how hot her body was. Temperature wise, that is, stop thinking like that, people!
"That's why they haven't attacked her." He mumbled to himself. "I'm really sorry about this, kid. But I don't see us winning any other way..." He said before grabbing her left arm at the wrist in his right hand and he gave it a squeeze. He felt the bone snap. "We're all going down." His words mixed in with her sudden screech of pain. The room was consumed by flames entirely, the boards on the windows exploding and fire coming out. The creatures all screamed as they burned. Some managed to fly out the hole. Hellboy picked Rogue up bridal style and ran down the stairs, the fire seemed to race against him as it flew down the stair way, consuming the rooms. As he went down, more fire ran throughout the building, catching up to the birds that tried escaping.
"Red..." Rogue grunted, "Abe." She choked out. Hellboy froze. He killed him. He killed him! No, no. He had to be outside. He had to!
"Where is he?" He asked worriedly. Rogue couldn't answer, she was in too much pain. Red heard the screaming birds getting closer. He took a deep breath and ran forward, jumping out the boarded window. He made sure he was at least on the third floor.
He landed on his back so Rogue wouldn't get hurt. "Ow." He groaned in pain, being stuck in the crater her made. When he sat up, fire exploded out the front door and windows at the bottom floor. It was over. He groaned and threw himself back, exhausted.
"Are you alright?"
Red sat up quickly, almost dropping Rogue. "Abe!" He said, happy to see his blue friend. "Yeah, I'm fine. Can't say the same for Rogue though." He said, trying to stand. Abe helped him up.
"What happened to her?" He asked.
"Well, she had a rumble with the little bastards and then..." He looked away sheepishly, "she broke her wrist." He said, not wanting to admit it was him. "What did I miss while I was gone?" He asked, changing the subject as they walked out of the alley.
"Well, for starters, we lost the truck." He said slowly, breaking it gently to him.
Hellboy looked over at him with wide eyes, "We what?" He asked in disbelief.
Abe sighed, knowing he was going to have to explain everything to him on the way back.
A/N: Ok, really long chapter! I'm not very good at fighting scenes so I'm sorry for the crappiness of this :( It was a bit interesting to write this for me though :) I hope you liked it at least a little! I'm sorry it took so long for me to update! I'm trying to update most of my stories now! Be patient and soon enough you will have more chapters! Please leave reviews and let me know what you thought. I know they were OOC but it's not very easy with so many characters I have in my mind. I kinda mix them up a little, sorry. Maybe in the next chapter there will be more fluff? Just out of curiosity, who's making a cuter pair? Rogue and Abe or Rogue and Red? Yes, yes, there will be more R/R in the next chappy :3