Opposites of a Different Kind

Hellboy shot out of the now open barrier heading for the falling angel ignoring the painful fresh wound in his side. With a leap he caught her before she collided with the ground. They rolled on the ground coming to a stop she lay partially beneath him. His arm wrapped around her waist he looked down on the angel. She was staring up at him her purple eyes capturing his soul. For a few seconds they looked at each other neither moving nor saying anything. Braking eye contact Hellboy looked up at her giant wings pinned beneath her. Reaching up he ran his human hand over the soft white and black feathers.



He watched her lips part and her tongue come out to moisten the plump peddles of her mouth. The very site made his pants suddenly uncomfortable. Her body suddenly shifted beneath him intensifying the feeling below his waist. A sudden growl behind him broke the spell, turning around he saw the ogres face a few inches from him, the life slowly draining from it. Anessa’s movement was her killing the thing to keep it from murdering him. Facing her once again he looked down on her face her eyes sparkled with power. Without thinking he shifted to have his body touch her more but her face contorted in pain and she let out a scream. Her wing, he had forgotten her wing was injured. He was off her in a second pulling her to her feet. He didn’t want to let go, dear god he didn’t want to let go of her. She was supposed to be his, she was his angel. He didn’t want to let her go now that he had found the beautiful creature from his dreams.



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Anessa didn’t know what to do she couldn’t stop looking at him. He had plucked her from the sky and had saved her from broken bones or worse. His red hand was around her waist holding her protectively. His large golden eyes bore down on her practically taking her breath away. His eyes moved up as well as his human hand touching her newly acquired wings, wings she had to examine herself still. Then she saw the ogre behind him ready to strike. Adjusting her arm she caught the monster on her blade as he came down killing him. He turned around just in time to see the life drain from its face. His heavy gaze returned to hers and he moved putting more pressure on her wounded wing. Letting out a scream he quickly got up pulling her with him.



“Hellboy!” Anessa called before pulling him away just as the ogre’s blade came down on her sword. Deflecting the blow she pushed back sending the ogre to his backside. Before he could recover she plunged her blade through its heart ending its dishonorable life.



Hellboy tumbled head over heals from her strength landing at Abe’s feet who now being supported by Liz and Myers and the last two agents stood behind them. All of them were unmoving just watching the angel, their mouths hung open like fly catchers. Hellboy got to his feet and turned around to see her wings reaching for the sky as her blade decapitated another monster. It was magnificent to see an angel her precision deadly and final.



Before she could remove her sword from the last corpse she found herself in the air. The last two ogres had gotten behind her and now had her in their grasp. One had his arms around her waist holding her arms immobile the other had both hands on her wings. He began pulling trying to ripe them from her body.



Her blood curdling scream broke the spell; Hellboy saw her being torn apart. He quickly sprung into action grabbing the dead ogre’s forgotten blade on the ground. Before the Ogre knew it his arms had been removed from his body he looked up just in time to see his lifeless arms fall from her wings and then a blade came down on his head.



Head butting the offending ogre Anessa pushed back freeing herself. Retrieving her blade she tripped the defenseless creature making him land on his back. His hands shot up in defense pleading for his life.



“No mercy for the wicked.” Was all she quoted before she ended the last ogre’s worthless life. The room lay silent the dead bodies of the ogres lay lifeless on the stone ground. Anessa removed her blade from the lifeless body and turned around. There they were staring there bodies unmoving. Hellboy stood next to the ogre he had just killed his hand holding his would his face in shock like the rest of them.



“Will someone say something.” She pleaded letting the blade drop to the ground with a clang. She could feel the power draining from her she stumbled forward collapsing into two giant read arms. She looked up into Hellboy’s eyes his face held no hint of amusement, with his strong arms he helped her stand again his arm firmly enclosed around her waist. She could feel the beads of his rosary press into the flesh of her back.

Anessa put her hand on his massive red chest and started to push.



“Thank you I’m fine now just a little dizzy. We need to get out of here, it’s beginning to stink and Abe needs some fresh water for his breathing apparatus.”



Hellboy shook his head a bit as if he was in some sort of stupor and nodded letting her body go. Reaching down Anessa grabbed her sword and looked at it carefully running her fingers up and down the blood stained metal.



“Not a scratch on it.” Hoisting it over her shoulder they started their accent to the world above. Hellboy fell instep behind Anessa and Liz and Myers with Abe behind him. The last two remaining agents took up the rear there mind still reeling from the days events.



Liz looked over at Myers and gave him a weird look.



“What?” he asked hoisting Abe a bit more on his shoulder.



“What is up with Hellboy? That embrace was a little long don’t you think?”



Myers laughed at her jealousy and kept moving.



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Exiting the cave Anessa witnessed more stares of amazement. Ivan, Ansel and the other agents couldn’t take there eyes off her new appendages. Soon they began to move towards her. Looking behind her she looked at her massive wings. Moving them up and down she now had a good look at them. The hole from the Samaritan was still bleeding but looked as if it was beginning to heal. Her gazed moved to the sky…. Why not? With one thrust of her wings she was in the air, another pump and she was above the trees looking down at all of them following her every move. The wind blew through her hair and all around her body. It felt amazing, she could fly! Her wings moved fast pulling her farther into the sky away from the ground. They all looked so small down there. Catching a gust of wind she rode it across the sky her mind drifting to Hellboy and his changed demeanor towards her. When he caught her as she fell his eyes looked different he looked at her different. Something strange she couldn’t put her finger on. Like he had just found something lost to him.



They watched her take off into the sky becoming a just a small speck in the atmosphere. What a sight it was. Soon after she disappeared into the sky the BPRD agents came at them all smiles thankful they were alright. Two of them took Abe from Liz and Myers and brought him to the truck to refill his tanks. Another took to Hellboy’s injury and bandaged up the already healing wound. Throughout the entire ruckus Hellboy never took his eyes from the sky. He had lost sight of her but knew she wasn’t far away. Wincing at a probing finger he looked down to see Liz looking at his wound.



“Hey there H.B.” she smiled sweetly pressed gauze to his wound.



“Hey there sparky thanks for coming to our rescue it was getting pretty desperate down there. Ouch!”



“Sorry. So what’s with you and the new girl? Couldn’t help but see the way you were looking at her?” Liz’s warm hands smoothed out the bandaged and rested on his bare chest.



Catching himself he looked at Liz and laughed nervously, “N - Nothing is going on between us. She’s just the new girl still getting use to her that’s all. But did you see that? Boom! She had huge white wings. I touched them they are so soft like fathers pillow. Feather pillows always reminded him of his father. He always had to have down pillows.” The thought of his father brought him down from the sky a little bite. He wondered what his father would think of the Angel? He was always a firm believer that they were out there. Now they had one under the roof of the BPRD. Hellboy felt the cross of his rosemary bump into the palm of his hand. Grabbing it he ran his thumb over the old metal symbol.



Soon two German speaking men were at his side pulling him from his thoughts.



“What happened down there? Are you alright? She has wings now how did that happen? She is so beautiful!” the taller one of the two yelled looking up to the sky.



“Does she have a boyfriend? How long will you be staying in Germany would I be able to take her out for dinner?” the other chimed in oblivious to the rage building inside the red demon.



Jealously, he was jealous and she wasn’t even his. This man wanted his angel wanted to take her out to dinner! He wouldn’t let that happen, “I’m sorry sauerkraut but we need to head back tonight as soon as miss thang returns from her flight.”



Anessa flew through a white cloud slicing it down the middle with her sword separating it completely. She could feel the moisture in the clouds as she passed through them. No doubt the makings of a storm cloud. Looking down she saw the group moving towards the trucks, it was time to head home.



Home, she though, was the BPRD her home now? Was this her life now with Hellboy and Abe were they her family now? Returning to the grass covered ground she landed softly adjusting her wings behind her.



“Have fun?” Hellboy smiled flapping his arms in the air.



“You’re just jealous.” She snapped at him playfully as she walked by, right into the sites of Hansel who was now running to her full speed. Before she could dodge him he had her in his arms.



“You are alright I was so worried for you! And you have beautiful wings now how did this happen? May I touch them? Will you stay in Germany long? What are you doing this evening can I take you out on the town?” his questions whipped out at the speed of light.



Anessa pushed at his chest trying to get free, “I’m sorry Ansel but we must return home, it has been a month since my friends have been home and they need medical attention. We will leave when we return to base. Now please let go you are hurting me.”



Ansel released his hold on her and apologized profusely.



Myers stood behind Anessa and assessed her wings touching them tentatively, “You know Anessa you still have your wings. Your last episode you lost them when you lost consciousness. Maybe your power is growing or you have better control of them now?”



“Let see if I can get ride of them.”



“No please wait I would like to have a look at them when we get back to the Bureau. Maybe I could have a feather to test in the lab.”



She smiled and folded her wings around her body getting into a truck. Looking behind her she caught Hellboy looking at her before he got into his crate. Then he was quickly ushered inside and the lid was nailed shut.



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With a borrowed pilot behind the controls of the BPRD plane they were headed home. Liz sat in the back of the plane watching Hellboy look at the new Angel as she allowed the agents to feel her wings. Was she jealous of her? She couldn’t be she let Hellboy go she didn’t’ want to be in a relationship with a giant red demon. She wanted the picked fence and kids. But then why was she jealous of the way Hellboy looked at her? He told her nothing was going on between them but deep down she knew he was beginning to have feelings for her.