DISCLAIMER: I own nothing and no recognizable characters from Hellboy. I am just a poor college student who also happens to be a rabid fan and this just happens to be a fanfiction that my mind came up with that I feel like sharing with other fans. I make absolutely NO money from this fanfic. It is merely for fun and hopefully the enjoyment of other fans. Please don't sue and fans please enjoy.

NOTE: Hello again. I've been debating whether or not to actually put up another chapter for this fanfic, but since I have been getting reviews interested in knowing more (that and I finally finished this chapter), I finally decided to. Now, this second addition will reveal a few 'things' that I wasn't expecting to reveal so soon… you'll understand what I mean when you read this. For those of you, my darling readers, who are reading this on the side with 'Behind Blue Eye' just keep in mind that the main part of this chapter swings itself significantly into the future in comparison to 'BBE' and therefore shows a bit of a happier time in Gabby's life. For those of you who are just reading this and haven't looked at 'BBE' yet (I hope you will), you are going to meet some new/OC BPRD characters that I hope you will like.

CHAPTER 2: She Talks to Angels

Part 1: Goodnight, My Angel (think of it as 'Goodnight' for the first section and 'My Angel' for the second section.)

(STORY NOTE: This starts off right where the chapter "I'm No Angel" left off. It might be a good idea to refresh on the last chapter.)

Finally, after what seemed like forever, the team was back in the safety of the BPRD main headquarters. A strange sort of silence fell within the normally noisy hallways as the agents running to and fro within them caught sight of Abe and the child in his arms.

Many of the agents stopped and watched as the Icthyo sapien walked by with his load, their eyes filled with a mixture of sadness and worry among other emotions. Many of them could have guessed, at least vaguely, what had happened. More times then not the people the BPRD found with 'special' abilities didn't have all that nice of pasts. There was always one or two that did, and many of the agents had hoped this teenager was one of those exceptions, but obviously that was not to be so.

Abraham carried the quietly sleeping Gabriel into the library and gently put the teenager to rest on one of the soft, deep crimson sofas there. Abe spent a few seconds just looking at the child before him before sighing tiredly and turning away to grab a pillow from a nearby chair. Kneeling on the floor the Icthyo sapien lifted Gabriel's head and softly scooted the pillow under it. Gabriel shifted and stirred in his sleep despite how gentle and quiet Abe was being. Obviously the teenager wasn't used to sleeping soundly.

"Shh child sleep…" Abe whispered in Gabriel's ear, touching the teenager's forehead with a cool hand and projecting a gently feeling of safety and warmth.

Gabriel quieted, his breathing becoming deep and restful again. Abe smiled a little sadly at the teenager, feeling relieved for a moment before the expression fell from his lips as his fingers softly traced down from the child's forehead to the tracks of tears on his cheeks. Why would anyone do something like this to a child? Abe shook his head, feeling oh so tired. He didn't know. He just did know how anyone could do something like this to another person let along one so young…

Abe sighed again and moved to get up and leave Gabriel to his sleep. The Icthyo sapien turned as he rose to his feet and as his did so his eyes caught sight of Hellboy leaning silently against the library door.

HB inclined his head to Abe when he saw his presence had caught the Icthyo sapien's attention. After knowing Abe so long Hellboy had come to the realization that seeing people in pain, whether it be physical or emotional, hurt his blue friend in some very base and fundamental way which most people couldn't even begin to imagine... And this case was no different. If anything it was affecting Abe more then usual, but all things considered that was understandable. HB wasn't too happy about how things were looking either. "Kid's had it rough," the demon final said in a quite rumble of a voice.

Abe just nodded and let his sorrowful eyes fall back to the sleeping child.

"Come HB," the IS whispered after a time. "Let us leave him to what peace he can find this night."

And with those words the two BPRD agents quietly stepped out of the room, shutting the door behind them.

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A FEW YEARS LATER…

Gabriel Jones looked in the bathroom mirror before him and straitened his bow tie for the umpteenth time. It was his first BPRD Gala and he was totally panicking. What if he didn't look right? What if he made a bad first (or really second) impression? What if..? What if..? What if..? He had been fussing with his appearance for over an hour now and still wasn't certain about it. He had never worn a tuxedo before and it just felt kind of weird seeing himself in one. He looked… different. Like he was all posh or something. All black and white and all formal which, he guessed, was the desired look. Now if only he could get this evil bow tie to cooperate.

Gabby sighed and pulled the black ribbon loose, prepared to give tying to bow tie another go. Maybe this time it would actually work. Then again maybe he should have just asked for a clip-on.

Gabby glanced down at the clock on the bathroom counter and winced. How in the world did time disappear so fast? He tried to hurry but that just made him mess up and he had to start over again. The young man's thoughts wandered as he worked and one of them made a sudden smile spread across his face. If Kit could have seen him like this she would have so told him he was acting like a girl right about now, but well that was Kit for you.

He heard a knock at the door. "Gabby would you hurry up already?"

Gabriel chucked quietly to himself at the sound of the voice. Speak of the devil.

"You know," Kitikara Lacy continued to say from the other side of the door. "There is a limit to how fashionably late a person can be. You take much longer and there will be nothing fashionable about our timing. We'll just be plain old late."

"I'm almost done," he called affectionately to the cat-girl. He couldn't help loving her and her quirky ways of being. Gabriel quickly looked one last time in the mirror, satisfied his look was just about as good as it was going to get, and with a nod opened the bathroom door.

The sight that met him all but took his breath away. One look at Kit and it was obvious he wasn't the only one who had taken some time trying to prefect their appearance.

She was in a beautiful gown of a rich, deep golden color. It clung seductively to her body, covering it yet not leaving much to the imagination. The cloth shimmered as she moved, the rhinestones strategically studding its fabric catching the light and the admirer's eyes. But the color. Oh the color. It set off Kit's beautiful mocha colored skin and bright orange hair (and cat ears) perfectly. The addition of a tasteful gold and green emerald necklace had completed the look, bringing attention to the cat-girl's sparkling green eyes that always looked like there was laughter and maybe just a bit of mystery hidden within them. Plainly put, Kit looked like that gown was made for her and seeing her in it, Gabriel had to admit that whoever had made that piece of clothing had known what they where doing.

Kit looked up as Gabriel opened the door, crossing her arms over her chest and shifting her weight to one leg. "If I hadn't known better I would have thought you were stalling."

A light blush lit Gabby's face. "Well maybe a little."

"So what do you think?" the cat-girl asked, experimentally spinning to show off her dress.

"You look…" he swallowed, trying to find the right words to describe her. "You look absolutely stunning."

Kit cocked her head to the side and grinned. "You don't look so bad yourself. Your bowties crooked, though. "

The young man sighed. "Yes well… It's good enough."

"Oh no. This is your first time in the media limelight for years and I'm going to make sure you look perfect." And with that Kit set about the task of taming the evil bowtie.

TBC…

NOTE 2: I've been thinking of expanding this fanfic a little further then I was expecting to do at first. Mainly this fanfic will be a place for 'Gabby' scenes I can't really find a way to fit into my other Hellboy fanfic(s). Now I did want to warn you, my dear readers, that I will be putting these in order of how they 'happened' in time and therefore I may end up having to reorganize the chapters a bit. AKA: Ch 1 "I'm No Angel" may sometime be bumped to Ch 2 with new material being uploaded as Ch 1 so pay attention to chapter titles because they will be what tells you where the new material is. Also I'm going to do this 'section' of Gabby's (and Kit's) life in a few parts say three or four so there is still more to come about the Gala scene…

Last VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: The title of this fanfic is set to CHANGE from "I'm No Angel" to "Angels Among Us." This was a decision that I made when I realized I was going to expand this fanfic further then I originally thought. The summery will also be tweaked a bit and I just wanted to give you a head up before it happened so hopefully no confusion will arise…

Peya Luna: Hey hon. Glad to seen you liked this little side story. Okay so with this chapter you can see Gabby's 'main romantic' relationship developing. I am sooner or later go a little ways back in Gabby's past and add a few chapters there so maybe it will make a little more sense why he is so relieved to be accepted by the BPRD and why in the beginning he 'clung' so to his new friends especially the non-human ones. And Abe… well Abe was just being really protective and a bit pissed off. I always think that our favorite Icthyo sapien doesn't like to see other people hurt… especially 'children' … so as you can guess now Abe was being more fatherly then romantically worried… although Gabby may have had a bit of puppy love… I'm just not going to comment on that right now… Anyway I hope you continue to like :) and your feedback is always appreciated.

Viridian Dusk: I'm glad you liked 'I'm No Angel' and I hope you will continue to enjoy these side stories.

SesshiraRayu: I'm glad you were excited about these Gabby side stories and I'm sorry it took me… (wince) more then five months to continue… originally I wasn't going to do anymore but then it kinda went on to develop itself…

P.S. Chapter title: 'She Talks to Angels' by The Black Crowes and 'Goodnight, My Angel' also called 'Lullabye' by Billy Joel (same one as used in BBE as 'Goodnight')