Hellboy OC Insert

Leaving

-a day later-

How the hell Liz dealt with having twins was beyond me. Rose was such a sweet babe, but when she was tired hell was bound to let loose. Right now I was sitting in the chair with Rose in my lap, her face was twisted into a scowl, it was almost like she was pissed off at me for not feeding her on time. It wasn't my fault I fell asleep, I was up all night reading books about babies and what not to do with them. Rules always annoyed me, but I was trying to hard to follow them. But Rose seemed to be one to hate the rules as well. She was already attempting to flip herself from her back onto her stomach, which was not supposed to happen yet. She was only about a week old, barely out of me and already being her own independant babe. It was almost funny to read about one thing and she do the other. Glancing down at her I stuck my tongue out at her, only for her face to twitch.

" Are you just going to sit there or are you going to put her down for a bit?"

Looking up I saw that Abe was standing in front of me, a smile on his face. I shrugged, running a finger over Rose's face and sighed.

" I just don't want to leave her alone."

He nodded,

" I understand, but she needs to be put down sometimes. She will get to coddled if you don't let her be alone a bit. She is a baby and I understand you are-"

" Abe."

He nodded, placing a hand on his hip,

" Besides...Manning called. He wants me to go on a solo mission in a few days...I accepted."

My heart stopped, I could feel my muscles tighten and my mind automatically shut him out. I thought we were done with the B.P.R.D, how could he go back?

" Ele-"

" Just go. You said yes, then go. When do you leave?"

I could see his eyes flash with hurt, this was probably not the reaction that he was thinking he would get out of me.

" I am leaving tonight, I just wanted to-"

I shook my head, picking up Rose and pressed her to my chest, getting up off the chair. Pushing past him and up the stairs, knowing that I couldn't face him at the moment. He was leaving me and Rose, she couldn't even hold her head up yet and he was leaving. Running down to Red's and Liz's room I walked in, not caring to knock which for once I was lucky. Liz was sitting on the bed with Bella and May, who were rolling around giggling at each other. Liz took one look at me and then patted the space next to her. I turned and shut the door, locking it.

" Red is going wonder-"

" Abe was leaving. Manning called him and he accepted a job. He is leaving tonight Liz!"

Tears were forming now, I held Rose close to my best as I started to cry. Rose must have picked up how I felt and she started to cry. Her eyes opened for a moment and her blue eyes were beautiful, it was his fault for making us cry. Drawing my knees up I put Rose on them, making her sit up a bit as she cried a bit more.

" Ellie, he might be doing this for you, Manning has always made it so that whatever he wanted it got done. Maybe he didn't give Abe a choice."

I shrugged, grabbing a tissue and blew my nose, only to watch the three baby girls get startled out of their minds. Rose was so startled she stopped crying and the twins started to giggle. Getting an idea I grabbed another tissue, repeating the action causing the twins to laugh even harder. Rose just stared at me like I offended her somehow. I started to laugh, doing it again as the baby's calmed down.

" Are you feeling better?"

Liz asked, after I wiped away Rose's tears. Her eyes were a bit red now, but I knew he wasn't going to be crying anymore. It was my fault that she had cried.

" I am so angry, how could he just leave now? What if he misses anything, her first words, the first time she crawls, or flips over? He is going to miss those moments. Rose is going to miss moments with her father...She might not remember it, but I will!"

Liz looked thoughtful, but not too sympathetic.

" Red hasn't missed a single moment with Bella or May, but Abe understands he will miss something. He probably feels horrible about that Eleanor. Be kind to him. He loves you so much, and with you doing this isn't going to make things easier. Leave Rose with me and go talk to him. Forgive him Ellie."

I nodded, looking back down at Rose, her eyes were wide as she stared at me, her hair was sticking up all over the place. Shifting I placed her in Liz's arms and got up, not looking back as I left the room, leaving the door open.

" Abe?"

I called, knowing he was probably in the library, reading a book or taking the last swim in his tank before he left.

" In here Ellie."

I was right, he was in his tank, but was leaning over the edge of it, his eyes were closed.

" I am sorry for reacting the way I did."

He just nodded, not moving. Letting out a sigh I stipped down until I was in my underclothes. They were like a bathing suit so why the hell not. Climbing up the steps I sat there, waiting to see any movement. Slipping into the water I swam over to him, placing a hand on his shoulder, the water wasn't to warm or too cold, but the cool air above was causing goosebumps.

" Abe, I am sorry. I was hurt to hear that you will be leaving. I was wrong to ac-"

" No, you were right, I didn't care to think I how you would feel. I am going to miss a few things that Rose will do. But I have to do this. Manning threatened to enlist her when she turns sixteen. I couldn't have that risk."

Manning threaten my daughter? Anger filled me, both at myself and at Manning. How dare he do that? He is taking Abe away from us, but also at the cost of my daughter's possible enlistment into the B.P.R.D.

" Abe, I understand, I am so sorry. I was an asshole. How could I have acted the way I did. I am a horrible person for not lett-"

He then turned, pressing a hand onto my mouth. His blue eyes were fierce with something that made me want to hold him close. He pulled me close and pressed his lips to my temple.

" I love you Ellie, and I want you to know no matter how long it takes for me to return to you and Rose that I will always love you two. Forever and always."

Tears fell from my face, he didn't know how long it was going to be until he got back. Could be days, weeks or a year.

" And I love you. It doesn't matter how long it takes, Rose and I will always know that you love us and will be as quick as you can back to us."

He smiled, his face was soft as I held a hand to his cheek.

" Just promise me Abe, just come home."

And he swore.