And I'm back. This time starting with Hellboy's perspective. The way I wrote this it actually goes back and forth between Hellboy and Rai and occasionally even changes to one of the other 'side characters' as I like to call them. So read review, hope you like it.
I was definitely not in a good mood when I arrived at the garage. Once I was there, everyone seemed to be acting weirder than usual. It was as if everyone was trying to stay on my good side. Something that was nearly impossible in the state I was in. To make matters worse the team was running late. We ended up showing up at the university five minutes after the first car.
"Feeling any better?" If it hadn't been Abe who asked me I would have crushed the speaker into the concrete. I settled for simply glaring at the Sapien. "I see." Abe replied.
"Finally." I growled as we made our way inside the university and found the professor waiting for us.
"What do you have for us professor?" Clay asked as I loaded my gun and tried to keep the irritated look off my face. "It has only succeeded in killing one guard." The professor stated. Abe nodded and headed towards the door to the library to see what he could find.
"I do wish you would control your temper, Hellboy." Professor Broom said as I rested my gun on my shoulder. "What do you mean? I'm very well behaved." I said as I discarded a chewed up cigar in a passing agents coffee mug (a coffee mug that, no doubt, was prepared for Manning). Several agents rolled their eyes and then cowered when I looked towards them.
Abe's sudden gasp distracted me. "What is it Blue?" The fish man looked to the professor in surprise completely ignoring me. "You sent her in there? Alone?" I looked to my 'father' and then back down to Abe.
"Sent 'her'? Who?" I thought as I watched the two people in front of me have a silent conversation.
"Who did you send in there?" I asked hoping for some answers before I headed inside.
"Well Red…" Abe started. "Yeah?" I asked getting a little impatient. "That new agent I told you about has decided to stay." Professor Broom said.
"What?" I stared at the old man for a few minutes in shock before the anger arrived.
"You're telling me that some girl is in there right now doing my job." I asked loudly. Everyone seemed to exchanged nervous looks.
"It's just a way to help her learn. I have confidence in her." He said. I muttered several swear words that he couldn't hear before turning back to the professor.
"I don't care if you think she's good or not. I want her out of there and out of the BPRD." I shouted, pointing an accusing finger at the library door.
"She will stay because it is her choice and you will not deny her a place in the BPRD." The professor stated with a voice of authority. I hated it when he did that. I wanted to continue the argument but Abe interrupted before we set off on a heated argument.
"I do believe we should focus on saving Rai at the moment." He said. As soon as the words left his lips the wall to the left of the library door exploded. Everyone's head turned and watched a large beast rise out of the rubble. I raised my gun to take a shot but someone else fired first. The large tiger shaped beast keeled over and blood began to pool on the floor.
"EAT THAT SUCKER!" I female voice shouted and I watched the hole in the wall to find the source of the defiant voice. A girl with the most vibrant red hair I had ever seen stepped through.
"HA! Who's badass now sucker?" She shouted, kicking the tiger in the head. She did a small victory dance and then whipped her hair out of her face revealing her emerald green eyes. The eyes scanned her surroundings and when they landed on me she stumbled backwards in surprise.
"Shit." I breathed as my eyes landed on a large red man.
He had a huge gun in his left hand and I could see a tail peeking out from under his brown trench coat. There were two horns on his head that appeared to be filled down and I couldn't take my eyes off of his yellow ones once they met mine.
The creature appeared just as the comic book character. Of course, I had only read the comics because a soldier I knew very well in the past had every issue sent to him from home and I had taken to reading them with him occasionally.
"You're Hellboy." I whispered, still in shock. My thoughts were confirmed when a large stone right hand came into view. "No shit Sherlock." The red man replied in a deep voice that made me want to shutter. "Wow." I whispered as I pulled myself upright.
"What the hell did you think you were doing?!" He barked at me suddenly.
"I was just… I killed that thing. There wasn't anyone else here to do it." I stuttered.
"Killing these things is my job pipsqueak! No one does my job! Got it?" I stood breathless for a moment as I took in his strongly placed words. He began to turn around when I stopped him with my own rude voice.
"Excuse me? I just killed that thing. Where were you?" I shouted back. The jerk turned back to me and I glared at him, standing my ground as he walked towards me.
"I was right here! It was my job and I could have handled it." He shouted.
"Then why didn't you?" I countered. He was speechless for a moment and I couldn't help the anger that was burning inside me.
"Who do you think you are?" He shouted.
"I'm Rai Lightning, the girl who just knocked the big shot down a peg." I replied coolly with a smirk.
"You're not even close, doll face. We don't need you." He stated. "Well I think that's up to the Professor, seeing as he is the one that invited me." I enjoyed the sight of him tensing up and the anger didn't subside in my chest. "You're not getting this squirt. You're not needed. You can't do anything." He growled.
"I could fry you to a crisp, buddy." I growled back.
"Is that a threat?"
"Hell no, that's a promise!"
We stood glaring at each other with intense hatred. Someone cleared their throat and we turned sharply to glare at whoever did. Abe stood with Professor Broom waiting for us to finish. I turned back to Hellboy and noticed for the first time how close we were standing. I took a few steps back and did my best not to meet Hellboy's heated gaze.
I dropped the pistols that I was holding and brushed past Hellboy roughly. I stomped my way passed Clay and out the back door. Once I was outside I felt like screaming and instead I settled for blowing out one of the headlights on Hellboy's truck.
I heard someone leave the building behind me and I turned around to snap at whoever it was. Professor Broom stood there watching me and I winced when he spotted the light I shorted out.
"Sorry." I whispered while rubbing my temples. "It's alright. Hellboy has that affect on people. I wish you would forgive him for his attitude. He is just a child with a temper." I laughed a little and made my way over to the side of the building. The professor watched in silence as I leaned up against the building.
"Now what?" I asked taking in a large breath.
"I'll have someone take you back to the BPRD. I'm sure you have had quite a day already." I nodded and he simply smiled at me.
"What about you?" I asked as the professor turned to head back inside.
"I still have work to do here. I will see you when I return." He smiled again and again I nodded. I watched him head back inside and decided to wait for everyone instead of heading back. I slid down the brick wall and started to hum a song to myself instead of thinking of the fat headed demon-boy inside.
I watched the girl march off in a huff. I knew I had upset her but I really couldn't care less. She didn't have a right to be here and she shouldn't be on the team. The main reason was that she was just a replacement for Liz. I glared after her and winced when I heard something pop and explode outside followed by a car alarm. I turned to my father and was met by a very stern and disappointed look.
"Yeah yeah, yeah." I muttered as I watched the group of agents enter the library to investigate. I turned when I heard the back door open again and watched the professor follow the girl out. I stood for a few minutes and waited for the old man to come back inside. When he did he obviously didn't seem too happy about my fight with the brat.
"We don't need her." I muttered as the professor walked by. I only received a scornful look from the older man.
"She needs us Hellboy. She needs something to hold onto and an outlet for her powers." Professor Broom walked into the library with me at his side.
"So does she have problems with control too?" I asked sarcastically, thinking of Liz.
"No. Her control is outstanding but she has nowhere to focus it. She is angry at you." I almost laughed.
"So that pop out there is the best she can do with her anger? She's not very strong if you ask me." The professor looked up at me with a knowing look. "She is as strong as Liz, Hellboy. The difference is that Rai has more control. In my opinion, she has all the makings of a great agent." The professor ended it there and headed towards Abe to see what he had found.
"Professor." Abe started as the Professor and I headed towards him. "We may have a problem." He stated as he handed one of his books to the professor. "What is it Abe?" I asked as I glanced at some of the blood splattered books on the shelves. "This was a tiger of Shalbriri." Abe stated.
"The blind demon?" I asked. Abe nodded.
"What is the problem, Abraham?" The professor asked as he looked down at the book in his hands.
"There was a blind tiger here." Abe said pointing to the dead tiger in the hall. "Yeah." I said looking at the tiger and then Abe. "Thanks for stating the obvious." I thought. "Well, you see…"Abe struggled for words as he looked around the room.
"Spit it out Blue. What is it?" I asked forcefully. Abe settled his eyes on me.
"Blind tigers never travel without their mates." Abe finally explained. I stared at him for a minute and then turned to the professor quickly.
"Where's that newbie?" I asked, already halfway out the door.
"She is supposed to be on her way back to the BPRD." The professor replied only a second before I took off. "If this thing had a mate then it was going to be pissed at that girl for killing it. Damn, she's only been here a day and already she's a pain in the…" I raced to the back door and pushed past it, nearly ripping the door from its hinges.
Someone screamed in surprise and I turned to find the red headed girl who had jumped to her feet only a second after I pushed open the door.
"What the hell? Don't scare me like that!" She shouted at me. I ignored her, pulled out my pistol, and looked around the courtyard.
"Hey what's going on?" She asked only to have me turn on her quickly. "Why are you still here?" I asked, irritated. She blinked for a few seconds and then glared at me. "Well s-o-r-r-y. I didn't know I had to have a ticket for the after party." She turned away from me with her arms folded across her chest.
I glared at her. "What do you want?" She asked eyeing me from over her shoulder. I growled at her but she didn't flinch.
"What is with her?"
Abe came through the door before I could reply. When he spotted Rai he made his way to her quickly.
"Rai, when you were in the library did you see more than one of those tigers?" He asked her. She watched him with a puzzled look that suddenly turned to realization.
"How many was I supposed to see?" She asked turning so that she could look over the courtyard. I turned so my back was to her and did the same.
"There were two. You missed one." I said mockingly and I heard her grind her teeth.
"I didn't exactly get a chance to go back and find a second one, now did I?" She shot back.
"Stay out of my way this time kid."I replied ignoring her last comment. She turned to me sharply. "I am not some weak defenseless child. I am a fighter. So don't tell me to stand down because I won't." She stated, standing tall and proud. Abe watched the two of use fight and sighed. I turned back to her and glared for what seemed like the hundredth time. "Listen kid…"
"Move!" In just three seconds I was able to shove Hellboy and Abe out of the way before a massive tiger could take off their heads. Hellboy straightened up and aimed his gun only to have it knocked away a second later. The massive tiger threw a paw at him and imbedded its claws into Hellboy's chest.
The second Hellboy removed the tiger from his body I sent a large shock through the beast's body. It turned around ready to pounce and found me standing defenseless. I dived to the ground to avoid the beast's charge and landed near Hellboy's discarded gun. I glanced up just in time to find the beast standing above me ready to attack but a mass of red hit the tiger and sent it flying.
"Get up." A voice ordered and I complied. Abe helped me to my feet and we both watched the creature stand. "It's bigger," Was all I was able to get out between breaths. "This ones the male." Abe replied. The creature struggled to its feet and faced us again.
"And it doesn't look like he likes you very much." Hellboy added. I nodded and watched the creature carefully.
"Neither do you." I said before charging forward with Hellboy's gun in my hands.
"Hey!" I heard behind me. I pulled the trigger and it hit the tiger square in the shoulder. It didn't seem to even care. I let my knees buckle and dropped to my back right as the creature jumped to attack me. He must have run into Hellboy instead because I saw the creature go flying again.
"Give me that." Hellboy demanded, ripping the gun from my hands. Hellboy aimed his gun and fired as well but there was no affect. The creature didn't even seem fazed as it stood up.
"Damn how do you kill this thing?" Hellboy asked aloud. "The eye." Abe stated reminding me of several nature documentaries I had seen about predators and the importance of their senses. Hellboy glanced down at me. "The tiger's eye is its weakness." I explained. Hellboy nodded and looked back to the tiger only to notice it was gone. "What? Where did it go?" Hellboy turned in a complete circle but couldn't see any sign of the tiger.
Abe stood by my side and placed his hands on my shoulders in a protective reassuring manner. I watched Hellboy as he scanned the area.
"It's not going to leave us alone that easy." I whispered more to myself than to anyone else. Seconds passed before something lurched in the shadow of a nearby building. Hellboy spotted it at the exact moment I did and the creature was obviously still pissed at me because it again tried to reach me. Hellboy was there to stop it with his gun and fist.
A high pitched wail sounded through the courtyard and the tiger took off, out of the courtyard with a dent in its side. Hellboy followed close behind and I stepped forward to follow but Abe grabbed my arm and pulled me back.
"It's his job. Let's leave this to him." I gave him a defiant look and opened my mouth to protest but it was no use.
The professor and the other agent showed up and I was left to the side to watch. In the end I was shoved into a car and forced to go back to the BPRD without even getting a chance to hear about the rest of the case. It pissed me off and I couldn't get it off my mind. Once we got back Clay walked me to my room so I could clean up and then led me to the kitchen for dinner.
"Are you usually this quiet?" Clay asked as I leaned against the counter and stared at the floor. I glanced up at him, coming out of a train of thought.
"What?" I asked as I found his eyes on me. "What's on your mind rooky?" He asked from his spot at the table. I glared at the wall.
"Why did he get to take it down?" I asked a little too childishly. Clay sighed. "It's his job." He replied. I continued to glare at the wall and didn't say anything else.
"Hey come on kid, it's your first day don't let this get you down. I'm sure there will be plenty more chances where that came from." Clay said reassuringly. I glanced at him again and gave him a small smile. "Thanks." I replied.
Alright then, not the most enjoyable first day for her. I hope I can get some reviews, Criticism is accepted as long as it isn't super harsh, don't make me cry people. Anyway CYA next time. PEACE! =J