Hellboy OC Insert

Looking down on me

I was dying. End of my life, utterly defeated.

" Mama! The twins are crying and Dad got stuck on call with Uncle Red! MAMA!!"

Rose was jumping on my bed, her voice was so loud and my head hurt so much, but I couldn't yell at her. It wasn't her fault, she was just being a good big sister.

" I'm up, I'm up."

I groaned, slowly sliding out from my warm blankets and carefully placed my feet onto the floor. Rose held out her hands and I pulled her onto my back, winsing as my body wined at the extra weight. Ignoring it I headed over to the nursery, already hearing the twins cries. Once I walked into the room Rose dropped from my back and ran over to the twins joint crib. Picking both up I tried to bounce, only for their crying to get worse. Rose pulled on my shirt and said,

" Mama you're going to hurt in a moment. Set them down."

Knowing that she wasn't pulling my leg I quickly set down the twins. Just as they left my hand I fell over and let out a gasp. My rib cracked back into place, healing. It did this sometimes since I had the twins. Doctors said it took so much energy that my body was going to do it in segments. So since then I relied on Rose to give me a heads up before it happened. Once the pain was gone I picked up Violet, handing her off to Rose and the picked up Fern myself. Rose sat on the floor and started to rock her sister while I gently bounced around, trying to calm the one I had. Soon they were both back to sleep and slightly snoring. Placing both back in the crib gently I motioned for Rose to back away slowly. Once the door was shut I let out a sigh, then rushed her away. Damn near running to the library. Once I closed the doors I shot Rose a glance and she grinned. Then she started to peel off her clothes, looked like she wanted to go for a swim. Following suit I also peeled off my oversized sweater. I had been planning on going for a swim after eating lunch, but in this family it was always wise to be wearing swimwear. Climbing up to the top of the tank, I laughed as Rose dived right in. She was her father's daughter, she loved being in water, reading books and telling off her cousins. Belle and May always talked back, but she tried to act like she knew everything. Slipping into the water I, I sighed at the cool water surrounded me. It's been hard, not really sleeping, and without the help of my Rose and Abe, I'm sure that I would have lost my mind already. I loved my Babies, but they were so fussy. I wondered if they were going to love coffee, or books or want to beat up assholes. Sinking down under the water I watched Rose swim around in circles, her hair trailing behind her. I wondered if the girls were going to have my hair as well. Maybe one of them will grow my horns. But at the moment I was okay with them being tiny. They had a blue hue to them like Rose. So maybe a perfect combination of Abe and myself.

" You two look like you're having fun."

Abe was outside the tank, he had a hand on his hip and was grinning. Rose pressed her face against the glass, and I could only imagine what faces she was making at her Father. His laughter was loud, Swimming over to the glass I held me hand out and pressed it against the glass, when his hand touched mine I sent him a thought of me underwater kissing him. Then me beating him in a race. He laughed, pulling away and took off his shirt, heading over to the stairs to join us. Once he jumped in Rose tried to pull him into a race with her, and like a good dad, let her win. Once she won he came over to me and pulled me in for a kiss. Smiling against his lips, I just let myself enjoy this moment. It had been a while since I had been in the water, and it felt like home.

" That girls, is how the next set of twins is made."

Red's voice boomed as he laughed at how fast Abe and I shot apart. Narrowing my eyes at my brother I swam up to the top of the tank and jumped out. It caused a small shock of pain to ripple through me, but I ignored it and punched him in the arm.