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"Love and Monsters Redux" - Part Three

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Part Three              Dangit!  Kara mentally shouted as they were engaged in a staring contest with Dr. Hoffstetler. She expected him to sound the alarm, alert Strickland and all the other personnel in the facility to their location. He examined the laundry carts, finding both Hellboy and the Amphibian Man hidden within each one. “Where are you taking them?” he asked, though Kara wasn’t able to discern if it was by curiosity or an impromptu interrogation.              In that second, she did something she knew would only put them in further danger: she spoke to Hoffstetler in perfect Russian. She didn’t exactly know why; her idea was to throw Hoffstetler off, perhaps get him to believe she and Mireya  were  actual Russian spies to scare him off.              But then Hoffstetler surprised her ...

"Love and Monsters Redux" - Part Two

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Part Two              Separated from Craig and Bryson, Kara and Mireya were placed in a bland interrogation room with four teal walls. They were seated at a detention bench and shackled to its handcuff bar. “Is any of this  really  necessary?” Kara grumbled.              “Well, we  did  try to break out Hellboy,” Mireya noted.              “Hellboy?” Kara ruminated on the name. “You mean that weird red demon fella? Is  he  the one who sent the distress signal?” Kara considered the notion, smirking as she did. “Guess that’d make him one of my companions…clearly one from my future.” She eyed Mireya dubiously. “How is it that  you  know him?”              “Long story,” Mireya sighed. She was exhausted enough as it ...

"Love and Monsters Redux" - Part One

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Part One              How do I always end up in these messes?!?!             That was the question that ran through Hellboy’s mind, as he himself ran through the halls of what he initially presumed to be the headquarters of the B.P.R.D. (“Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense”). Obviously, judging from the MPs and lab coats hunting him down, he was  not  in the B.P.R.D. headquarters.             For a while, he believed that he was.             In one of the areas of the complex, there was a room – a laboratory – reserved for a large swimming pool. At first, Hellboy figured the B.P.R.D. upgraded a new domain for Abe Sapien, his fellow agent and frequent partner. There was a creature in the pool that resembled Abe, which led Hellboy to greet him as suc...