Title: A little off topic
Summary: something in the BPRD is bugging Abe, eventually he cracks.
Author's note: the first two chapters are the prequel; the rest is the events leading up to the first chapter. Make sense?
The very source of all evil
Really was he asking so much?
A little peace and quiet wouldn't be all that bad around here. It was not, as Red suggested, dead and depressing, cold and gloomy, dark and eerie, or any other description pulled straight out of a horror movie script. The bureau was nice, peaceful and calming. Filled with agents coming and going, calmly doing their work. Of course there was the odd occasion when the bureau played host to some gutter daemon that was dragged in kicking and screaming and for a few hours a slight pandemonium would arise in the hallways. Other than that, the only time there was any disruption of the peace and quiet was when the red alarms blared and they all when running for the lockers and their gear.
Until now.
Abe considered himself very fortuitous, which is why he deeply regrets not insisting the infernal wii be removed from the BPRD the second agent Talc had stepped into the building with the very source of all evil resting in his hands. The oh-so-concerned agent had convinced Manning that the new game system was just what the agents needed to keep fit, stay mentally alert and most importantly, keep Hellboy from getting bored.
Red loved the evil beeping box; Myers had set it up in the main lounge, right across from the back entrance to the library and down the hall from Hellboy's room. This had guaranteed a big crowd day in and day out to challenge each other in what Liz called digital metaphorical penis measuring contests. The symphony of catcalls and jeers wafted in through the library doors at an almost constant pace, interrupting Abe's attempts to appreciate the elegant harmonies of Vivaldy.
However Abe considered himself one of the more elegant and well mannered of the bureau's agents and therefore thought it unseemly to throw a temper tantrum over the noise. He settled for merely insisting that a curfew be placed on the wii's use. Manning and agent Clay had agreed and at precisely 10pm every night the wii was turned off and Abe regained his peace and quiet. After all, why couldn't he put up with a little noise during the day?
That was until the little noise became a giant overblown symphony of eardrum destroying sound.
What had happened was simple, in an attempt to persuade Hellboy to throw out some of his old crap Liz had bought a multiplayer war game, that had, within 10 min of being unwrapped become Red's favorite new toy. The only problem, according to Myers and Hellboy, was that the TV speakers were too quiet for the game.
Myers found a solution, a Dolby® Digital Surround EX and DTS-ES solution. 8 generous speakers that he and Liz snuck in the back delivery doors and then set up in the middle of the night. 8 speakers designed to perfection, transporting you right into the middle of the action. 8 speakers perfect for video games and worst of all action movies. The kind of action movies that get louder every time something blows up.
Abe was never speaking to either of them again.