Demon Babysitters and Their Cats

AN: I am not religious in any way and am not intimate with certain details outlined in the story. I am only using what I have found and researched online. Please forgive any discrepancies I may have made in reference to the Hebrew sect, it is not my intention to offend anyone.
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“Absolutely not!” Hellboy roared. “No way in Hell, Myers. You can just wipe that ridiculous idea out from your head.”

“Exactly what I told him,” Abe agreed.

“Don’t you see the logic in the idea though?” John persisted. “Without me, there is no sure fire way that the demon will show up. And we’re not going to use an innocent woman to lure it out.”

“No John,” Red continued. “No more arguments, end of discussion.”

“So we’re just going to let this thing roam around the city, wandering until it finds another woman to attack just because you’re too paranoid to let me do my job?” John demanded. “What kind of rationale is that? I’m sure that will go over well with Manning.”

“Fuck Manning,” Hellboy snarled. “I will absolutely NOT have you out there using yourself as bait. It’s too dangerous for you, and you’re also endangering the child.”

“Blue, will you please say something to him?” John implored. “I know you don’t like this idea any more than he does but at least you can see beyond the initial danger?”

Abe shifted uncomfortably when a set of determined yellow eyes stared challengingly at him. “We will be there to make sure that nothing will happen to him,” he slowly rationalized.

Hellboy snorted in disbelief and betrayal. “I don’t fucking believe this. You think it’s okay for him to sit out in the open and wait for a demon with a baby fetish to attack?” he demanded.

“Red, John makes a valid point. I do not like this any more than you do, but we have to do what is best for the public.”

“I fucking hate this,” Hellboy swore and shouldered his Samaritan. Fiercely, he thundered out of the converted van and slammed the door hard behind him. As he cut through, the agents outside scattered to get out of the angry demon’s way.

John turned saddened eyes at Abe. “I guess we have a go,” he said.

Abe smiled reassuringly. “He will get over it. Red is not mad at you, he is just scared out of his wits.”

“I know.”

>>>>>

John stood on full alert along with three other agents. They were situated in a clearing and waited anxiously for any movement. Nearby, hidden in abandoned buildings and structures were the two other remaining agents along with Hellboy and Abe. The tension in the air was thick and almost suffocating.

The group of four that were exposed knew that the demon was to come after them in one manner or another. Only one of them, however, knew that the demon would come after him specifically. John subconsciously sensed that the entity housed within his abdomen was uneasy so he briefly rubbed it comfortingly before gripping his handgun again.

“You okay ‘Scout?”

Myers pressed the button on his comm badge. “Still good,” he confirmed. This was starting to get irritating. Every movement he made, even to scratch his head, Hellboy would radio in to make sure that everything was fine. Though the other three men around him made no comment about it, John could sense their amusement and it was embarrassing.

It had been but a mere few seconds after those words were out of his mouth when an unearthly aura suddenly surrounded the group. The four men looked around, weapons cocked and ready to go, seeking out their target. “Myers, what’s going on there?” Hellboy’s static voice demanded. John didn’t get the opportunity to answer back when a large glowing figure, out of nowhere, appeared just metres in front of them.

The demon looked exactly like the headshots they had studied earlier today. But now they can see that the armour plate that covered the chest actually extended down the rest of the demon’s length, which tapered and terminated into the body of a serpent. The end of the tail writhed rhythmically back and forth, while the smaller eel-like attachments on the demon’s back moved in a more haphazard pattern.

When the demon made no further movement towards them, the agents kept their aim steady, unsure of what to do. There was a frenzy of unfounded whispers all around them, the sources unknown and very distracting. At this time Hellboy and Abe made themselves present, both rushing over to the group and stationed themselves specifically near Myers.

Lilith, as she was deemed, stared unnervingly at the group in front of her. The eye sockets glowed an eerie white, a sharp contrast in the darkness of the night. It was the eve of a new moon so there was almost no lunar reflection to aid in the agents’ vision. Then suddenly, without any warning, tentacles exploded forth and targeted John. His yell of surprise was cut short when one appendage wrapped tightly around his neck. The weapon in his hand was knocked out and each of his limbs was grasped equally tight.

“John!” Hellboy howled.

Mayhem started. Bullets were flying out of several different weapons, but the small missiles seemed to have almost no effect on the creature. Shots to the armour deflected off easily, and black liquid oozed from the flesh wounds. Despite this, Lilith appeared determined in her objective and the tentacles slowly began to drag Myers closer towards her. Several agents began to shoot at the tentacles and a couple others tried to free the struggling man from the serpentine grasps.

“Get a load of this, bitch,” Red growled. He fired up the Samaritan and let out a series of shots to the demon’s head. She screeched and the tentacles abruptly dropped Myers. John fell to the ground with a grunt and watched as the writhing limbs retreated back to its owner. A dense swirl of smoke enveloped Lilith and began to surround them; it was thick and smelled sulpherous. When it finally cleared, the she-demon was gone, leaving no trace behind.

Abe hurried over to John, who lay coughing on the ground. He pushed Hellboy aside when the red demon tried to muscle his way in, and checked the man’s pulse. “How do you feel?” he inquired.

“I’m alright,” John gasped. “Just in a bit of a shock. I don’t think she had a chance to injure me.”

“I will be the judge of that. We are going straight back to the BPRD so that I can examine you properly. Then we will see Manning immediately afterward,” Abe lectured sternly.

“Is he okay?” Hellboy demanded. “Is he hurt? I knew this would be a bad idea…”

“I’m FINE Red,” John growled. “Would you please just get off my back for once? I’m sick and tired of you coddling me all the time.”

Hellboy and Abe both stared at the man, slack-jawed. They were speechless; even the other agents looked shocked.

Myers threw his hands up in frustration. “Never mind. I’m going to wait in the van.” And without another word to his subordinates, John left them to their own devices.

They watched his departing back. “Was it something I said?” Red asked Abe.

It dawned on the merman and he sighed. “I believe both of us is to blame,” he murmured. Hellboy stared at him in confusion, but Abe explained no further. Instead, he gave the other agents their final orders and sent them back to the bureau. The two demons began to slowly make their way towards the van, unsure about the reception of their arrival. Myers was sitting silently in the front passenger seat, next to the wary driver. He ignored them and was flipping through his case notes.

In the privacy of the cargo interior, Abe was able to discuss with Hellboy his suspicions towards John’s attitude. “We may be suffocating him with our mother henning.”

“Mother henning,” Hellboy scoffed. “I’m not mothering him, I’m just concern for his safety that’s all. I just want to make sure that he’s out of harm’s way and not in danger.”

“That is fine in attitude, but when the two of us are constantly looking over his shoulder, especially in front of the other agents, we are undermining his authority. This makes him look inept in the eyes of the other men.”

“Shit, I didn’t think about that.”

“Nor did I,” Abe sighed. “We must somehow make this up to our friend. What we did is inexcusable Red.”

“Ya,” Hellboy exhaled loudly. “I guess I have some sucking up to do tonight.”

“Easy for you,” Abe replied dryly. “I will have to find other means of making up with the young man.”

Red chuckled.

>>>>>

John silently endured through the ultrasound and blood retrieval. His lack of conversation continued as he was bodily inspected from head to toe for signs of injury. But he was surprised that Abe offered no words of disapproval or lecture.

When he was allowed to dress again, he quietly put his clothes back on and noticed that the merman was sitting uneasily. “What is it?” he finally asked.

Abe cocked his head to one side and then the next. “I do not know how to say this, John,” he slowly began. “But the first and foremost thing I must do is apologize to you.”

Myers was taken aback. “Apologize? For what? If anything it was my fault for snapping at you guys for no reason at all.” He shrugged, “I guess it was one of my mood swings that Red mentioned earlier.”

“It is admirable that your are willing to put the blame on yourself, but I can not accept any forms of apology from you. I know what I did was wrong and it is unacceptable.”

“Blue,” John began to scratch his head in confusion. “What are you trying to apologize for exactly?”

“I have found myself in the last few hours behave in an overbearing manner in concerns to your well being. The excessive coddling I have forced you to endure in the presence of the other men is inexcusable and I shall try to limit my concerns for you privately in the future.”

Myers grinned suddenly. “I’d appreciate that, Blue. To be honest, I’m used to having to deal with it from Red, but I admit that I felt hurt when you started siding with him. I’ve always looked to you for support and a source of logic, and all of the sudden you’re hen pecking after me just the same. I know things could have gone much worse than it did, and I can see the potential danger that could’ve resulted. After cooling down I saw why you and Hellboy were fretting so much, but at the time I was just overwhelmed and couldn’t handle it anymore.”

“I am deeply sorry that I have contributed to your distress. I assure you that it will not happen publicly in the future.”

“Nah, it’s okay. I sort of like it when you guys mother over me… it’s been a long time since anyone has,” John quietly admitted.

Abe smiled widely at him. “I did not say I would stop worrying about you, John. I simply promised that I would not do it publicly any more.”

>>>>>

Hellboy poked his head into Abe’s lab and caught the two of them laughing. He assumed that Blue somehow managed to find a way to make things up to the young man, and he was a little jealous. When they caught sight of him standing at the entrance and stopped laughing, Hellboy even felt a little left out. Abe stood up and nodded to him, before telling John that he had some tests to finish.

Red gave the merman a grateful look and warily entered further into the sterile room, wondering how Myers would receive him. The man was sitting on the edge of an examination table, his legs swinging like a little boy. Hellboy couldn’t help but let a chuckle escape. John stopped swinging and raised an eyebrow at him.

“How ya doin’ Squirt?”

“Not too bad. Blue just gave me a bill of good health.”

“That’s a good thing,” Hellboy noted.

John was smiling inside but let none of that show. He knew what his lover was trying to do and was feeling very antsy about it. But John decided to have some fun and let the demon try to sweat it out.

“So whatcha up to now?”

“Well, I have to go speak with Manning like I promised Abe I would,” John said. “And then I have to type up my mission report.”

“More paperwork I see,” Hellboy mused.

Myers glared at him. “You got a problem with that?”

“No,” Red quickly rebutted.

“Is there a reason why you’re here?” John decided to go in for the kill.

“No, no reason. Can’t a guy see his lover just for the hell of it?” Hellboy began to fiddle with some piece of equipment. When a part of it came apart in his hand, he cursed and quickly tried to fix it back on as it was before. Failing and giving up, he placed it onto a nearby table and hoped that Abe wouldn’t realize who was responsible.

John got up and shrugged. “Okay. I have to be going then.” As he was about to walk past the towering figure, strong arms quickly pulled him into a strong embrace.

“Wait,” Hellboy pleaded. “I… may have something to say… but I don’t know how,” he mumbled quietly.

Myers looked up into the yellow eyes and softened. “Just say whatever’s on your mind. I’ll make sense of it eventually,” he gently smiled.

Hellboy sighed. Words were definitely NOT his forte, but for John he would try anything, if only not to have the man angry with him. “I just realized that I may have been a bit… overprotective… of you lately…”

“Bit?”

Hellboy scowled. “More than a bit then,” he grumbled. “I shouldn’t keep harping on you and questioning your every action. I know you’re a grown man, but I keep forgetting that and see you only as someone to protect. I know that things have been this way for awhile now, but I guess it’s gotten worse since I found out that you’re… with child.”

John sighed and rested his head on Hellboy’s chest. “I know you’ve always had a protective streak in you when it comes to me, God knows why. And I don’t normally mind too much. But you’re right; you’ve been more neurotic than you normally are. And I guess what really caused me to snap was that Abe is starting to mother hen me too now. It looks really bad when you two do that in front of the other guys. It undermines me and makes me look incompetent. If I’m to be their overseer I want them to look at me with respect, and not as someone who constantly needs his hand held.”

He looked up at his lover’s face and saw the look of guilt present. “Red, when we were out there tonight you kept radioing me every five seconds. Do you have any idea how embarrassing that is? And then you and Abe both lectured me like a little boy afterwards. I don’t want that to happen again in the future, do you understand me?”

Hellboy nodded. “Yah, I get it. I can’t promise I won’t do it again. I can’t… it’s in my nature now to worry about you and want to look after you. Dammit, if I could get away with it, I would tie you down to the bed until that baby comes out. But, I will promise you that I will try my best to not consciously belittle you in front of your men again. That’s the best I can do, take it or leave it Squirt.”

John smiled. “That’s all I ask.” The arms around him began to linger further down his body until his ass was cradled in the hands, one made of flesh, and the other made of stone. The cradling soon became a gentle massage and John found himself melting in Hellboy’s arms. “That feels good,” he murmured.

“I’m here to please,” Hellboy crooned. He bent and lowered his upper body to nudge his nose against the top of John’s head, inhaling the soft scent of the man’s hair. When Myers looked up, he touched their lips together and soon a passionate kiss resulted. Red pulled John’s body closer to his by the hips and rubbed his growing arousal against the man’s stomach. In turn, he could feel the agent’s cock begin to stir against his thigh.

By the time they broke apart for a much-needed breath, John was looking flush in the face and his lips were slightly swollen. Red just merely looked pleased with himself. “We better stop while we still can,” Myers said breathlessly.

“Who said anything about wanting to stop?”

“I don’t think Abe will appreciate it if we did it here in his lab.” He laughed at the look of disappointment on Hellboy’s face. “I have to go speak with Manning now anyway. Blue is probably waiting for me outside as we speak.”

A scowl appeared on Hellboy’s face at the mention of the Director’s name. “I’m coming with.” Myers eyed him warily. “For moral support,” he amended.

“Fine, but leave the talking to me and Abe, got that Red?”

“Scout’s honour,” Hellboy smirked.

“Very funny.”

>>>>>

John and Red spent the next several minutes in search of the merman. They finally found him reading in the library, surrounded by huge texts. He was so immersed in what he was reading that he didn’t notice the presence of the other two until they were standing next to the edge of his work desk.

“Oh, hey guys. I decided to see what I can find out about Lilith and hopefully come across a way to defeat her.”

“What have you found so far?” John wanted to know.

Abe marked his spot in the book and closed it. “There is mention of her in several cultures. The Assyrians knew her as ‘Lilitu’, and the Babylonians considered her to be actually a triad of demons comprised of Lilitu, Lilu and Ardat Lili. On a Sumerian tablet from Ur, she appeared as ‘Lillake’. There are also many written accounts of her in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Alpha Betha of Ben Sira, the Talmud, the Zohar, and once in the Old Testament. Not to mention the variations of her found in Greek, Iranian, Mexican, Arab, German, English, Oriental, and even Native American legends.

“Why, did you know that she is described as the consort of Sammael? That is, in this context Sammael is another reference to Satan, and was also the snake that tempted Eve of Eden. Hence the sometimes reference of Sammael as the Slant Serpent and Lilith as the Tortuous Serpent…”

“That’s just fine and dandy,” Hellboy interrupted. “But less on the Sunday school lesson and get to the point already.”

Abe pursed his lips together but continued. “From what I can surmise so far, when the Sammael was conjured up that time last year by Rasputin, Lilith must have somehow come through as well. Obviously she was not in physical form, as she was not meant to be called upon, but some part of the portal barrier, which held her back from this existence, must have weakened. This is probably why we are receiving sightings of her just now. Particularly, she is at her peak when the moon wanes, and of course tomorrow is the new moon.”

“So how do we get rid of it? Have you been able to find that out?” Myers inquired, knowing that his lover was getting impatient next to him.

“Remember when I told you that three angels were sent by God himself after Lilith to bring her back to Adam?” John nodded. “The angels were variations of Sanvai, Sansanuai, and Semanglof. They warned Lilith that if she did not go with them, God would punish her by allowing 100 of her demon children to die each day. She vowed to avenge her offsprings’ deaths by killing human infants, but she made a promise to the angels that she would spare any child that bore any amulet which contained their three names or depictions.”

“That’s great. So we just have to make all the newborns and pregnant women in the city wear a little amulet. What?” Abe and John both glared at Hellboy. “What?” he repeated.

“I shall have to look further for a way to defeat that demon. The information on her is very unorganized as there are so many variants of her. But, for now I believe we have something to say to Manning,” he reminded John.

Myers rolled his eyes. “Yeah, okay. Let’s just get this over with.”

>>>>>

Manning looked up in surprise when he found not only Myers at his door, like he was expecting, but Abe and Hellboy as well. “Can I help you gentlemen?” he questioned.

“Yes you can.” John cleared his throat nervously.

“Well?” the Director asked impatiently when the agent remained silent. “Out with it already.”

“This is regarding John’s current state of health,” Abe finally interjected.

“What’s wrong with Myers?” Manning stared at John intently, trying to look for signs of illness.

“As you must have read in our reports from that Felesdaemn incident two months ago, you are aware of the conditions that were required of John and Hellboy.”

“Yeah,” the older man grumbled.

“Well, there appears to be a side effect that we were not prepared for,” Abe continued.

“What sort of side-effect?”

Abe looked over at John, and with his eyes tried to get the agent to tell the Director. Myers frowned but couldn’t bring himself to say it.

“For God’s sakes. John is pregnant with my child,” Hellboy blurted out impulsively.

The silence was deafening and the proverbial pin could be heard dropping. Manning stared hard at all three figures, trying to determine if he was the victim of a very ill mannered joke. “Repeat that,” he ordered.

“It’s true,” Myers finally managed to croak out. “I’m… expecting.”

You can see the narrowing of Manning’s eyes as they focused fixedly around the level of John’s waistline. The young man was starting to feel slightly uncomfortable from the unwanted attention he was receiving.

“How can that be? How can that be physically possible? You were only temporary transformed. Not even for that long in fact,” Manning protested.

“That is correct,” Abe jumped in again. “But while in his demon form John underwent a heat cycle. This caused a huge influx of hormones to be produced within his body and therefore made it possible for him to be impregnated. There are cells in his body, as we speak, that are changing to adapt to the fetus’ presence.”

“So what does that mean? Will he be turning into a demon again? Is the BPRD compromised?”

“Don’t you dare use that word about Myers,” Hellboy growled. Manning ignored him and waited for an answer from Abe.

“No,” Abe corrected. “There is no endangerment of John becoming a Feledaemn again. I predict that the changes are wholly internal and just to sustain a suitable environment for the development of the fetus. I believe that once the child is born John’s physiology should return to normal.”

More silence ensued.

“I don’t know if I can believe this,” Manning muttered. He stared at Myers again. “You’re really pregnant?” he asked incredulously. When John nodded, he shook his head in disbelief. “With Red’s baby?” Another nod. Finally, Manning sighed. “I’m sorry about that,” he muttered sympathetically.

“Hey!” Hellboy objected.

“So where does this bring us exactly? I assume you three have already worked out some plan of action?”

“Abe thinks it may be best if I no longer participate out on the field,” John spoke.

“Alright, I can live with that. There’s still plenty of administration work that can keep you busy here,” Manning conceded. “What about the mission from tonight?”

“We were unsuccessful in eliminating it,” Abe reported. “I am currently in the middle of looking for a way to overcome the demon in question. It should not take much longer. It appears that its targets are specific and as long as we keep the area evacuated we should be okay for now.”

“Very well, I trust you men. Please keep me informed of the situation.” The older man paused briefly before asking warily, “Is there anything else I should know about?”

“That will be all for now, Tom,” Abe answered. They were dismissed and the three of them turned for the door.

“Myers,” Manning suddenly called out before the door closed behind them. John turned around to see what his superior wanted. “Congratulations,” was the rough reply and he was promptly dismissed again. Even Abe couldn’t help but grin.

>>>>>TBC... Feedback greatly appreciated.


The following link is to an interpretation of what I based my Lilith on. I do not own the rights for this picture.
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~humm/Topics/Lilith/giger03.html

For more references concerning Lilith:
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~humm/Topics/Lilith/
http://sraye.20fr.com/custom4.html
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/shades/demons/emlilith.htm
http://www.ritmanlibrary.nl/c/p/exh/kabb/kab_pheb_25.html

Dead Sea Scrolls: Ancient leather and papyrus scrolls first discovered in 1947 in caves on the Northwest shore of the Dead Sea. Most of these documents were written or copied between 50-100 AD.

Alpha Betha of Ben Sira: Anonymous Hebrew text said to be dated as early as 800 BCE.

The Talmud: A vast collection of Jewish laws and traditions.

The Zohar: A group of books which include scriptural interpretations as well as material on theosophic theology, mythical cosmogony, mystical psychology.