The life of past and future

Chapter seven: Talks and Gifts

Melissa, Agent Myers, Liz and the twins sat at a table together eating breakfast. Liz was focusing on the twins who thought it was more fun to fling food at passing agents then actually eat it. Agent Myers stared at the sulking Melissa who was situated across from him.

"So, I hear your birthday's tomorrow."

"Huh, oh, yeah, gonna be twenty-one."

"What you want for your birthday?"

Liz looked away from the twins to answer that.

"Nothing, she's being a brat, I mean we're willing to get her almost anything and she doesn't want anything." Melissa had to smile at the smirk Liz had.

"Well I'm sorry, maybe next year I'll let you waist government money on me."

"Not government money, Manning's money."

"Even better."

A shrill alarm went off, it took Melissa a few seconds longer to respond then the rest of the agents in the room. A mission, finally, something to get her mind off her problems with Nuada and the war.

The team walked into a large museum. Dr. Krauss had informed them of the situation on the way there. Apparently something unseen was attacking the humans who decided to visit the museum for the day.

"Hey Blue, why this place seem so familiar?"

"Because, we had been here to fight the hellhounds back when."

"Oh, damn, hope it's not them again."

Everyone split to check floors, Liz went with Hellboy, Nuada went on his own, Abraham with a few agents, and Melissa with Myers. Each took certain floors and exhibits, wanting to get this job done as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Melissa and Agent Myers walked through the exhibit of Ancient Greece, the objects shined in their cases, weapons, jewelry, pottery, everything was lovely. Melissa treaded softly with her spear in her right hand, Myers held his gun at the ready, incase something decided to spring at them. The woosh of soft wings had them turn to look at the upper window.

An angel-like creature gently lowered itself to the floor, his hands were wrapped around the neck of a terrified woman. The two agents began to approach when the sound of wings behind them had them turn around to see another angel-like creature lower to the floor, this time with a little girl cradled in its arm.

"Hello girl, it is an honor to meet you." the one with the woman greeted.

"Melissa, what's he saying?"

"I said it is an honor to meet her."

The woman clawed at the hand around her neck, her eyes silently pleading the two to save her, eyes darted to the child as well, begging for the child's rescue as well.

"Isn't it amazing how fragile humans are, with a flick of my wrist I can snap her neck, or, I can drop her from the ceiling and watch her body shatter as it hit's the floor."

Agent Myers took a few steps toward him with his gun aimed at his head.

"Put the woman down now."