Ever After
Hellboy and the BPRD
The three women just... appeared in a burst of shimmering green light. Prof Kate Corrigan, folklorist and consultant with the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense, kind of gazed at them, stunned.
"All right, nobody move!" Hellboy ordered.
"A Prince of Hell?" the buxom blond woman in a witch outfit yelped.
'How does she know THAT?' Kate found herself wondering.
"SERIOUSLY?" the black haired woman in Japanese schoolgirl uniform blurted.
Kate forced herself out of her surprise and advanced on the three. "WHY did you three pop up in BPRD headquarters?" she demanded.
"BPRD?" the attractive mid-eastern woman wondered aloud.
"Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defence," Liv Sherman said dryly, flames dancing around her hands.
The schoolgirl lowered her sword as she said, "We mean you no harm, we're on a quest to find a missing person."
"I'm Kate Corrigan, that's Liz Sherman, and the big guy is Hellboy." Kate said to the three, introducing her allies.
"I'm Hazuki," the schoolgirl said, "this is Lilith and Quill."
"An' how did blonde there know I'm a Prince?" Hellboy asked, frowning at Lilith and noticing the eyeball on her hat was LOOKING at him. Weird.
"It's complicated," Lilith admitted.
Kate then looked at Hazuki and asked, "Missing person, you said?"
Hazuki explained, "We're looking for my sister, Hatsumi."
"Eve," Lilith corrected.
"Whichever," Hazuki shook her head.
Kate listened to the story, frowning thoughtfully. "I'm somewhat disturbed about how easy it is for you to travel between universes," she admitted.
"Oh?" Lilith asked.
Kate explained to them about the ancient evils trying to break INTO their universe and end it, for various reasons...
"Oh dear," Quill blinked.
Lilith looked equally disturbed. "This is one of the few universes where that happens," she admitted. "At least in my experience."
Hellboy sighed, "Damn. So our universe is uniquely fucked?"
"I guess so," Lilith nodded.
Kate noticed the door to the meeting room open, and watched the founder of the BPRD, Professor Trevor Bruttenholm enter.
Trevor stopped cold, "YOU WITCH!"
Lilith blinked, "Prof Button!"
"What." Hazuki blinked.
"You know her, Sir?" Kate asked, surprised.
Trevor scowled at Lilith, sitting down as he said, "We met in Russia, not too long after the first Great War."
"Was I right about the Demon?" Lilith asked curiously.
"Yes," Trevor conceded reluctantly, "Varvara turned on us, in the end."
Kate REALLY wondered what they were talking about, but clearly it predated her joining the organization. Huh.
"I'm sorry," Lilith shrugged, "I got the sense she sincerely liked you, but..."
"Hmm," Trevor nodded glumly.
Deciding to change the subject Kate addressed Hazuki, "You said you were looking for your sister. Is she somewhere near here?"
"We seem to appear somewhere near Hatsumi's location, yes," Hazuki noted.
"All right, let's fine up the computers," Kate said briskly, "maybe we can track your friend down, then get you out of here before something else happens."
"You think something will?" Quill asked as she and Hazuki followed Kate.
"The way things go around here?" Kate shrugged, "It's almost certain."
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"WHY ARE THERE GIANT NAZI CYBORG GORILLAS?!" Lilith complained indignantly as the gorilla tried to carry her off.
"Capture them, my gorillas! For the glory of the Eternal Reich!" the swastika adorned cyborg yelled, "Especially the blond!"
"Oh come on," Hazuki grumbled as she cross blades with a German woman.
Inger used a German military saber, but crossed blades with surprising skill. "Japanese, you are... surprisingly comely," she noted. "If you yeild, I am certain I could convince Grandfather to give you to me."
"Oh, ICK," Hazuki growled, slapping her back.
Lilith had been grabbed by these Nazi goons, and Hazuki and Quill went to rescue her. Along came Hellboy and Liz Sherman, who apparently had a grudge to settle with him.
"CADEUS," Quill ordered, "Bombardment mode!"
Energy bolts from her device drove the attack gorillas back, even as Hellboy was fist fighting the giant cyborg.
"Give it up, Von Klempt!" Hellboy yelled as she shot his huge pistol at him.
"Never!" Von Klempt yelled back.
"Does this happen with you guys often?" Quill asked Liz curiously.
"Surprisingly, yes," Liz agreed before using her pyrokinetic abilities to set fire to a few of the gorillas.
"MINE PETS!" the old man yelped, alarmed.
Hazuki shattered the woman's saber, then slugged her unconscious. She turned and hurried over to where one of the gorillas was grabbing Lilith.
"About time!" Lilith complained.
"Why didn't you just zap it?" Hazuki asked after she cut off the mechanical hand the gorilla had been using to grasp her.
"The hand was plated in cold iron," Lilith noted.
Within a short time, the remaining nazis were contained and the three confronted the leader. "Why were you after Lilith?" Hazuki demanded.
Von Klempt looked sullen, "I will never talk."
Lightning crackled along Quill's staff. "Want to find out how much electricity your cyborg head will take?" she asked sweetly.
"Nein! Nein!" he yelped.
"Well?" Hellboy demanded.
"The blond girl, Eve, escaped me by magic! So I was determined to catch this other," Von Klempt explained.
"Hatsumi left, already?" Hazuki sighed.
"Yes," Von Klempt admitted, "weeks ago."
"DAMN IT!" Hazuki kicked a nearby wall.
"Sorry," Hellboy told her. "What you gonna do now?"
"We should probably move on," Lilith noted as the other two women nodded, "before something else happens."
"Please pass on my thanks to Kate and Prof Bruttenholm," Hazuki added as the three vanished in a burst of green light.
Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear!
The group of adventurers were escorting a Lord, Gran Fahrengram, and his granddaughter, Misana. Sadly, they were in deep trouble.
EIGHT full sized orcs were attacking them, and the group was barely holding them off. They were strong monsters, and normally a average group of adventurers could MAYBE take a even number, but here they were outnumbered two to one.
"Elle!" Marina yelled in alarm as she tried to hold orcs away from the carriage, as she saw their mage about to be attacked. 'I can't get to...,' she thought desperately.
Without warning a black haired woman in strange clothing burst from the forest, then just sliced the orc in two in stunning ease.
"Ack!" Elle yelped as she was splashed with gore.
'What the hell?' Marina blinked.
Two other women emerged as the blond noted, "Hazuki! We didn't HAVE to get involved."
"Lilith, I'm not leaving innocents in danger," Hazuki replied firmly. "Quill, help the woan with the carriage, I'll assist the others."
"Right!" Quill agreed, the (apparent) mage blasting one orc and letting Marina deal with the other.
"Thank you," Marina said, "Who...?"
To be continued...
Motes: I always liked Hellboy. This chapter is NOT exactly Movie or Comics canon, however.
YES, I'm doing another Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear x-over.