From the Darkness

Old Faces and Unfinished Business

Night, exhibit corridors

The doors bulged and cracked under Hellboy's impact. Abe and Broom backpedaled away from the doors as Myers pulled out his gun, and began to look for another way in. Broom observed the action, pleased.

~4~

Night, alley way

Nix, after having been thrown out the window, twisted in the air releasing her wings to slow her descent into the alley before she closed them, and landed on her feet.

"Hello child."

"You, you're supposed to be dead," Nix stated with a glare.

"Always the stubborn one, little girl. No matter the form." Gregory taunted as he stood calm and unbending.

"I am not a little girl. Not anymore."

"Ah! So it is truly time then, time to reveal the gate, time to release The Seven. Time for your current form to end." Gregory stated cryptically.

"I won't reveal the gate or let you near him. He won't open that gate for you." Nix shouted strongly, hiding her confusion at his words about her current form.

"We shall see my girl, we shall see." Gregory spoke before a crash from above interrupted him.

~4~

Night, Exhibit hall

Sammael lashed out with a massive punch and Hellboy is sent through six glass cabinets, before he hit a window, and fell into the alley two stories down. Landing sideways in an industrial garbage bin, located to the left of Gregory and the right of Nix. Both seemed unconcerned about his state as Hellboy fought to stay conscious and blood dripped from his mouth.

"Child..." the disembodied voice of Gregory called.

Hellboy looked up, to stand in the alley, as Grigory, in a black suit and overcoat and his eyes shielded by pitch-black sunglasses, took a step forward. He stopped when a blade went flying past his head, and he tilted his head in Nix's direction. "All grown up, I see."

Nix's glare never wavered as she warned, "Not another step."

Hellboy was shocked, and confused. "That voice..."

"Annoying, I know." Nix stated in an attempt to distract her brother.

"I sang the first lullaby you and your sister ever heard, my children. I ushered you into this world and your sister followed. I alone know your true callings, your true names." Gregory spoke, as he attempted to jog Hellboy's memory and Nix's eyes gleamed with slight remembrance.

"Don't tell me, it's Zeppo." Hellboy caught sight of his big gun, lying on the ground a few feet away from Nix. As he reached for it Sammel landed in front of him, nearly blocking the path to his gun.

"I can see that you're still young and don't know your place, unlike your sister who chooses to fight what is to come," He turned to Sammael, "Teach them, teach them both, that destiny cannot be fought."

Before Hellboy could reach his weapon and Nix could pull her blade free, Sammael's seven foot tongue lashed out like a whip. His tongue was arm-thick, with yellow sacs that billowed out from the sides. It wrapped around Hellboy's right arm, and he fell to the ground, writhing, and grinding his teeth. The tongue squeezed and pulled as smoke poured from Hellboy's skin. Nix grabbed her blade and slashed at Sammael's tongue. Forcing Sammy to release Hellboy, and his tongue recoiled with an infernal squeal. Myers appeared at the end of the alley, and he fired round after round into Sammael. Amber colored blood exploded into the air and Hellboy rolled away, as Nix wiped the amber liquid off of her blade. Myers went for Hellboy's gun, grabbed it, and he took cover behind the trash container with the siblings.