Creatures of the Night

Quinque

When HB left me to go see Liz...I felt like my heart would shatter right then and there. Maybe if she tells him herself, he'll get the point and stop going to see her but who knows.

"Every time the media gets a look at him, they run to me. I'm running out of lies, Trevor."

"I thought you liked being on TV." Trevor said breaking my thoughts as I looked out the window inside the museum where HB had been thrown.

"I do. So how many escapes this year alone? Five."

"Tom, he's our guest, not a prisoner." Trevor corrected him.

"Your guest is 6-foot-5, bright red, has a tail and is government funded."

"Is that all you give a shit about Tom? That he, along with the rest of us, are government funded?" I said breaking into the conversation.

"Nyx." I looked over at Trevor as he shook his head no. He was right. I didn't need to be getting into another fight, "I know where to find him. I'll get him back." I reassured the director.

"Hey, fish stick. Don't touch anything." I rolled my eyes at the callous name he called Abe.

"I need to touch it to see."

"See what?" He questioned.

"Past, future. Whatever this object holds."

"He serious?" Tom inquired to Trevor.

"Don't worry about fingerprints. Never had any." Abe touched the blade with his ungloved webbed hand before gasping, "Professor, they were here."

"Who was here? Nixon? Houdini? Jimmy Hoffa? Who?" Tom said in a sarcastic way.

"Show me, Abe. Show me what happened here." As Abe did his thing, I continued to look around the room for some idea of how the creature got here.

Whoever summoned Sammael has to be powerful but this person left no clue behind other than the weapon Abe was holding.

"Sixty years ago, they tried to destroy the world. They're back. In my lifetime, they're back...to finish the job." Trevor said as I pulled myself out of my thought once again.

"We better find Red and let him know what we found."

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~~HellBoy's POV~~
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I hopped the fence as patients from the psychiatric hospital passed by the window. I waited behind a statue as I heard Liz come out the door.

"I brought beer." I said showing her the beer I had copped from a distracted couple who were making out on a bench.

"Oh Red, your arm. You better get that looked at."

"I wanted to see you." I said shrugging as she came over to me.

"How did this happen?"

"Ugly hellhound bit me. It's fine I promise." I said reassuringly.

"Anyone know you're here?"