Old Faces

Title: Old Faces
Chapter Three: Killer Ninja Turtles
Disclaimer: I don’t own Hellboy, nor will I make any money off of it either. This will contain slash, as in ManXMan relationships, if you have a problem with that you know where the back button is and I suggest you use it. It is rated NC-17 for safety reasons.

Summary: An old friend of Johns brings hidden feelings to the forefront at the B.P.R.D

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“So, what do you want to know, Abraham D. Sapien? I will answer everything truthfully.” Agent Monahan said with a small smirk.

“Are you who you say you are? Or are you an imposter?” Abe asked carefully, he still didn’t know what the new Agent was capable of.

“Yes.” Firm, no doubt. True, then.

“Will you kill?” This was, of course, a trick question.

“Yes and no. If any agent here was threatened, I will respond with my full capabilities, even if that meant killing someone, but I wont kill needlessly.” True again, very…blunt, but true to character from what Abe had observed.

“Your, powers, for lack of a better word, what can you do?”

“Many things. Some great and some terrible, but not needlessly or when it’s not yet time.” True, but not very clear.

“Clarify.” Abe had to know, just incase she went dark.

“The only thing I can not do, is raise the dead, but if push came to shove I could very easily do it.” Well, that explained a lot, but it was also true.

“What about selling your soul? You would have to do that at the very least, to raise the dead I mean.”

Kohana smiled and shook her head. “I don’t have to, after all, raising the dead is in my blood, as in the fact you can’t read me.” Kohana smiled softly at Abe. “You are not the first Telepathic-Empathy I have come across. One of the Agents in my Thinker Tack was an Empathic and she didn’t trust me for almost a year before understanding what I am.” All the words are firm, honest and therefore true.

“What are you?” The million-dollar question, to be sure.

“Mother was a Blood Wicca, Father was a Puppet Master. My Opa on Fathers side was a Necromancer, while my Oma on Mothers side was a Seer. All those powers are passed on through our DNA, but they cannot share the same…host, if you will call it that, without killing them.” Kohana smiled bitterly, and spoke in the same tone. “I’m an anomaly, a freak. By both the Laws of Physics and Magi, I shouldn’t exist, but I do so and that makes all the difference.” That last sentence sounded strange, like a Seer spoke of it.

“John?” Abe knew that there was more to John then anyone could imagine.

“He is…very difficult to explain. He is neither human nor any other type of creature, but something entirely different. The only thing Mother or I could determine was that one of John ancestors had some type of creature blood in him and another was a Sidhe.”

“Ah, someone who could see past glamour’s, warding, and the Fae. That explains quite a bit.” Abe paused thoughtfully. “I wonder if he can see the future.” Abe murmured softly to himself, not realizing that Kohana heard.

“He can, but only in dreams.” Kohana lips were pursed, as if she was remembering something terrible. “No one knows, not even Mother knows, only John and I know what he sees in his dreams. And it will stay that way.” Kohana said firmly to Abe, who in turn nodded. Someone who could see the future was something most countries would wage war over, and John was a gentle soul, he didn’t need that type of a burden.

Just as Abe was opening his mouth to ask another question about magic, after all, it’s not every day that a magic demi-god lived with you, the alarms sounded. Kohana smiled ruefully and got up and held out her hand.

“I’m sorry I was so difficult in the beginning towards you and your younger brother.”

Abe got up also and shook his head, but took her hand anyways.

“No, you have nothing to be sorry for, it’s my own fault. I shouldn’t relight upon my gifts for every little thing.” Abe said with a slight smile for the new Agent, his Agent. Kohana smiled back at him and they hurried to the door. After all, it wouldn’t look good if the new team was late for their first mission together.

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Hellboy barely contained his impatience in the meeting room. He wanted to leave now, and get outside. He hadn’t been outside for a few months, not since Liz left, and he was getting antsy. Hellboy glanced over at Abe and he wondered what caused his face to grow pensive like that. It better not be that knew agent or he will have to do somethin’ about her, wither or not Boyscout liked the girl. And Boyscout better not like her or else he would-

A smack to his outer thigh made him look to his left, and he could see Boyscout glaring up at him before turning back to his notes. What was that for! He didn’t do anything; at least he didn’t think so. So, back to the new agent, what was so different about her?

She wasn’t very remarkable, not really. Her hair was too red to be real, it had to be bottled. And her eyes were too bright and colorful to be real, not like Boyscouts. His eyes were prefect, a nice deep golden color, like a cat. She also was very tall, a little taller then Abe, and Abe wasn’t a shortly. Boyscout was short compared to her. Hellboy’s tail started to sway back and forth absently as his thoughts started to race. He really, really didn’t like that new agent. She was too…argh. Just argh.

Hellboy jumped when his tail was caught and yanked on, he turned furiously on whoever touched his tail and he was about ready to rip then a new one when-

Oh. It was just Boyscout. That’s different.

“Come on, Red. The mission is about to start, and pack the green shots. We have a few nastys.” Boyscout said as he let go of Hellboy’s tail and started to leave the room. Hellboy pushed his chair back and followed him out, noticing that both the new agent and Abe were already ahead of them. Hellboy shook his head as he heard them talking about water kappas, whatever the hell they were.

Twenty minutes later all four of them were in the back of the standard B.P.R.D vehicle, a garbage truck for those who didn’t know. As soon as the truck was clear from the building Boyscout and the new agent picked up bags and walked to the back of the truck.

“Where are you goin’ Boyscout?” Hellboy asked suspiciously, those bags looked like they had clothes in them and since there were no changin’ rooms…

Boyscout and Flower Girl, new nickname, perfect for her, gave each other a look and sighed. “Agent Sapien? Could you re-explain the mission brief to Agent Hellboy?”

“Certainly, Kohana, but please, call me Abe.” Hellboy almost gagged at the sweetness in Abe’s voice. What the hell was up with him?

“Alright, Abraham. Thank you.” Flower Girl said as she and Boyscout moved further back and behind some crates and Hellboy couldn’t see them any more.

“Didn’t you listen at the brief?” Abe shook his head. “Don’t answer that, I know you didn’t. Now, are you going to pay attention or not?” Abe asked Hellboy, Hellboy sort of gave a nod-shake, which Abe took that he meant he would. “Alright. A nearby fishing lake has recently became infested with Kappa’s, Humanoid Turtles that like the taste for flesh, traditionally from Asian, but they are world spread as they don’t need air to breath. Further-“

“Sorta like you?” Hellboy asked curiously. Abe sighed; didn’t Hellboy know better then to interrupt during a briefing?

“No, they can breathe both air and water, not like me, who needs only water. Now may I finish?” Hellboy nodded sheepishly. “Now, this isn’t something we normally do, since on the B.P.R.D scale it’s only a low Level Two, while we do Levels Seven and up, but this is more of a skill assessment for Kohana and for us to see John in action.”

“Whoa! Wait a minute! Your tellin’ me that I’m only here to watch Boyscout get his ass handed to him by a bunch of Ninja Turtles! No way! No how! Boyscout needs us, what can he do against those types of things!” Hellboy was a little pissed off, Boyscout was human, no way could he handle such things, no way in hell.

Abe sighed, how could Hellboy be so blind and not see that John could take care of himself? “How do you think that John handles the demons we go up against when we split up? He runs away or he doesn’t run into anything?”

“What! Boyscout fights demons without anything special? Like my gun or your fucked up herbs?” Hellboy was shocked; he always thought that if Boyscout wasn’t with him he stayed with the truck. Granted he never thought much about the captured demons that were waiting for him when he got back, but he thought it was a squad, not just Boyscout! They were going to have a talk when they got home!

“So, you tell him the briefing yet, Abraham” Flower Girl said as she and Boyscout came back out from the back of the shadowy truck. They both were wearing what looked to be lose wet suits, but each was had a sash on. Boyscouts was a white with a red stripe going down the center, while Flower Girls was all white. They what looked to be rosaries wrapped around their right wrists, but no cross.

“Yes, he still doesn’t think that John should face ‘Ninja Turtles’, from the Television show in the ninety’s.” Abe shook his head, the things that his younger brother thought of.

John sighed. “And that’s why I asked you to bring the green ammo, just in case.” And to make you feel better better and to not fly off the handle, But John knew better then to say that out loud. That was just asking for trouble on all levels, Hellboy never liked his what he saw as ‘his’ get hurt, and John wished that he was Hellboy’s, but not in the way he was now.

“Well…Fine! But the first, and I really do mean the first, sign of trouble, I’m steppin’ in, got that?” Hellboy said sternly, he was going to have a little talk with Boyscout when they got back, especially about the part of him leavin’ the truck again.

Their conversation had to stop as they were pulling of the main road and on to a gravel road. Hellboy started checking his gun, to make sure everything was in working order, Abe was picking out what books he wanted to bring with him, he knew that Water Kappa’s were tricky things. While only John and Kohana picked up tiny little bags that they lopped around their left wrist. It didn’t budge oddly, so whatever was in those bags must be either empty or was filled with sand.

Every one piled out of the truck, including the back-up agents, it was rare for them to see Agent Meyers in action, there were usually some pretty cool fireworks. Not like they would tell that to Johns face or anything.

“Alright, I’m going to be putting up a level three protection and level two detection wards. So you should be in the free and clear Lotus.” Boyscout said as he made every stand in one area as he opened up his handbag and stuck his hand in.

Flower Girl nodded her head and stood at the edge of the lake and waited for Boyscout to get done, with whatever he was doing. Boyscout nodded back and took a deep breath and let it out softly. He took his hand out of his bag and what looked to be sand was cupped in his hand. He canted softly as he walked in circle clockwise and he stepped into the circle as he closed it and the sand line glowed for a second before disappearing entirely.

“All done here Lotus.” Boyscout called from then closed circle. Flower glanced over her shoulder and after seeing them enclosed safely she started.

There were three things she needed to do to make sure that the problem was taken care of. The first was a boiling hex; to cause the Kappa’s to come to the surface. The second was either a banishing spell to send them back to where the came from or a destroying hex, to kill them. The third was to purify the water and nearby landmass, she didn’t want any contamination to spread or flourish here or she would be back with in the week again.

But first…

“Unda Vomica, ego lethargus vos!(1)” Flower Girl shouted and made a sharp gesture with her hand. It took a few minutes before the water started to froth as large, humanoid shaped turtles jumped out off the water and onto land. Flower Girl stood there calmly as the snarled at her and bared razor sharp teeth that would have looked naturally on a tiger, not on an overgrown turtle. At that all the twelve of the Agents drew their guns and took aim at the six turtles.

“당신은 여기에서 속하지 않는다”(2)

“당신은 왜 우리의 선잠에서 저희를 교란했는가?”(3)

“나는 반환해야 이제까지 당신이 어디로 다시에서 큰소리로 부르는지 당신을 한다 나는 구걸한다 당신을 조용히 그리고 평화롭게 왔다.”(4)

“아니다! 이것은 우리의 새로운 가정이고 당신이 저희에 도전하는 것을 대담하게 하는 경우에 우리는 당신과 당신의 동행자를 죽일 것이다!”(5)

“아니다! 나는에 미는 경우에 치명적인 힘을 사용할 것이다! 나는, 이렇게 만족시킨다, 나 구걸한다 당신을, 이것을 한 저에 당신을 아프고 싶지 않다!”(6)

“결코! 죽으십시오!”(7)

“아주 잘, 나는 나는 이 사정에 있는 아무 선택도 다는 것을 본다.”(8)

As Flower Girl finished her short conversation both Abe and Boyscout tensied.

“Not good, not good at all.” Abe muttered as he started to prep his weird ass herbs.

“Why? What’s goin’ on? Did Flower Girl screw up somehow?” Hellboy tried too and failed too keep the joy out of his voice, as Boyscout scowled at him. He couldn’t help it; he really didn’t like the new girl. Not at all.

“No, Hellboy. The Kappa’s refuse to leave and they want to eat us before going back to sleep. They are forcing Lotus’s hand.” Boyscout said sounding somewhat unworried about having his girlfriend outside of his sand, facing killer Ninja Turtles. Hellboy shook his head and was about to tell the Agents to get their ass’s moving to save Flower Girls ass when he heard throbbing and the ground started to rumble. He whipped around as fast as he could and stared in disbelief.

Flower Girls hand were moving at a fast rate doing some sort of hand signs as she chanted in that foreign language from before and the Killer Ninja Turtles were frozen in place as both her hands and themselves started to glow a pale blue. The ground felt like and earthquake was happing right below him and the throbbing grew to a shriek before everything stopped for one second.

And with a ‘pop’ the Killer Ninja Turtles were gone, the ground stopped shaking and the everything was blissfully silent. Hellboy realized that his mouth was hanging open and he shut it very quickly, he didn’t want any jokes from Abe about flies or somethin’ like that.
Hellboy started slightly as Boyscout passed by him and did some hand signs and dis-spelled the glowly sand approached Flower Girl. He put his hand on her shoulder and they started to quietly talk to one an other and Hellboy had to resist the urge to go up and smack Boyscouts hand from her and then drown Flower Girl in the lake.

A few minutes later Boyscout nodded and walked back to where both Hellboy and Abe were standing. All the other agents were back with their truck waiting for Flower Girl to get done with whatever she was about to do.

“She’s almost done. All that’s left is a purification and we can go.” Boyscout said as he leaned against the truck and watched Flower Girl with hooded eyes.

“Banishing Spell was that? I have seen Blue ones before but never one so pale as that one.”

“It’s from Korea, it’s also very old. In Banishing, Summoning, and warding the older the spells are, the better it will work. So it’s not surprising that you have never seen it, Lotus had to travel to Shangri La to get the book that had that spell in it.”

“Hellboy started to sputter, “Shangri La is real! I thought that was a fairy tale, a myth. So your tellin’ me that she,” he pointed to Flower Girl, “has been to Shangri La! Where else has she been?”

“Does she still have that book? Could you see if she would let me borrow it for a few weeks? Oh, what I would give to get my hands on just that book.” Abe was, if possible, drooling at the thought of holding something that old. He would sell his soul for it, but then again, he thought as he remembered what Kohana said about deals and selling souls, that maybe he shouldn’t have thought that.

“Yes, I still have that book. I have several dozen books from both Shangri La and Atlantis that if you let me borrow some of yours, I’ll let you borrow some of mine. Yes, I have been to both places and so has Spider.” Kohana said from behind Abe, he jumped slightly as he heard her voice. He was slightly embarrassed that she heard him acting like a schoolgirl who had just gotten the latest magazine.

“Are you alright? Are you tired? Do you need anything?” John asked rapid fire as he followed Lotus into the back of the truck. She had to be tired; she just sent the Killer Ninja Turtles three dimensions over and did a large purification ritual.

“I’m fine, slightly, and no I don’t need anything else but my bed.” Lotus replied as she took her seat and buckled up and waited for everyone else to do the same. Both John and Abraham buckled up and Hellboy leaned against the wall as the doors were shut and locked.

“Are you sure?’ Boyscout said again, and Hellboy and the urge to pick him and sit very far away from Flower Girl, so Boyscout could focus on him and not her.

“Yes, Spider. I’m very sure. Now lean back and let me use you for a pillow.” John blushed slightly, but followed her directions. Kohana smile and leaned her head against his shoulder and with in minutes she was asleep. John smiled and he started to run his fingers through her hair.

“Why is Kohana so tired?” Abe asked curiously, after what she said she and John could do, he was surprised that she was so tired.

“So just had to both banished the Kappa’s three dimensions over and a large scale purification ritual. Normally she wouldn’t be this tired but she just got off a difficult case for her Thinker Tank, and don’t even ask. I shouldn’t even know what she did, let alone you two.” John said firmly. Abe nodded thoughtfully. He was just like Kohana, both innocent and knowing about things that normal mortals shouldn’t. They both knew when it was all right to cross the line and when something shouldn’t be known. He would be sad to see them go in the future. When the truck rumbled to a stop he jerked himself out of his thoughts. It was to soon to be home, so what made them stop?

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(1) Water Boil, I command you
(2) You do not belong here
(3) Why did you disturb our slumber?
(4) I must send you back to where ever you hail from. Please came quietly and peacefully, I beg you.
(5) No! This is our new home and if you dare to challenge us we shall kill you and your companions!
(6) No! I will use deadly force if pushed to! I don't want to hurt you, so please; I beg you, don't make me do this!
(7) Never! Die!
(8)Very well, I see I don’t have any other choice in this matter.