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Summary of chapter: The League was making a stop before they moved on to Venice. This is what happened…
The night sky welcomed the League as they entered the city just before Venice. Mina felt very comfortable with the surrounding and somewhat fed off the night. Dorian wasn't far from her side. Skinner yawned obnoxiously as he stepped off the gap. "Why so late?" he groaned.
"We are meeting two new recruits here." Quartermain said.
Skinner shrugged his shoulders and stretched his arms out wide, nearly smacking Jekyll right in the face as he came off the Nautilus. "Watch it Skinner!" Jekyll exclaimed.
"I can't help it," Skinner said, "I'm not much of a night person."
"Get used to it." Mina said, smirking at the invisible man.
"Right, lets split up." Quartermain said, his mind set on finding the recruits.
"Why do we have to split up?" Sawyer asked.
"There's two of them and we need to find the two of them in enough time that we can continue on our way to Venice." Quartermain explained.
"So who's my dance partner?" Skinner asked teasingly.
"You go with Jekyll towards the North, Skinner. Mina, go with Sawyer and Grey towards the South." Sawyer rolled his eyes, Quartermain continued," Nemo, come with me."
"Right then, off we go Jekyll." Skinner said, whirling around like a drunken man North bound. Jekyll shook his head and followed Skinner towards the upper part of the sleeping town. Skinner dragged his feet as he walked so Jekyll could hear him even in darkness. Skinner was visible at the moment for he was wearing his leather jacket, boots and other parts of his signature outfit, but he was still rather invisible due to the blanket of the night sky. Jekyll watched Skinner stumble back and forth drowsily as he walked and merely shook his head and snickered at the pathetic display of Skinner.
Suddenly out of the darkness of the alleyway, a large white dog came padding over to Jekyll. Jekyll stopped as the enormous dog sniffed at him and circled him, observing him. Skinner stopped and turned around towards Jekyll. "What? You carrying meat in your trousers there, Jekyll?" Skinner joked as he approached Jekyll and their new companion. The dog looked up at Skinner and sniffed him as well.
"It's a girl." Jekyll said as the dog did an observation of Skinner.
"You perv." Skinner retorted.
"No no. You can tell by her size." Jekyll said, petting her soft fur.
"Okay, you're the dog expert, what kind of dog is she?"
"I can't tell, it's too dark. Lets make our way back. There isn't anything more to look for other than this dog." Jekyll turned around to make his way back to the Nautilus. But something tugged at him by his sleeve. The large dog had his sleeve clenched tightly in her teeth.
"What? You want to come too?" Jekyll asked the dog. She let go of his sleeve and barked. "Sssshhh!" Skinner shushed the dog. He looked up at Jekyll and said, "You think Allan will let us keep the mutt?" She looked up and "muttered" a growl as if she understood what he called her. "Woah, easy, girl!" Skinner defended. She stopped growling and hung her tongue out of her fuzzy muzzle.
"C'mon Skinner, lets head back," Jekyll said, then he looked down at the dog, "you too missy." The three made their way along the cobblestone road towards the Nautilus. They walked in silence and all that could be heard was the padding of the dog's paws, Jekyll's steady walk, and the scuffing of Skinner's feet. But there was an other pair of feet heard walking behind the trio. Skinner looked over his shoulder but saw nothing but darkness. He dismissed the thought of someone following them. 'It's probably just an echo, ' he thought.
They approached the Nautilus and the rest of the League was already there except for Sawyer. Quartermain and Mina came up to Jekyll, Skinner, and their new canine companion.
"We found a new friend. She keeps following us." Jekyll explained, reaching down and stroking her fur. Quartermain smiled as if approving of the dog. Dorian's eyes trailed off in some other direction as if there was nothing to see. Mina crouched down to the dog's eye level, running her fingers through the dog's thick, white fur around her neck. Suddenly she came across something around the dog's neck. She stretched the article away from her neck. It was a leather collar with round, metal studs all around it.
"Perhaps she was abandoned." Mina said giving a solemn face to the dog then looking up at Jekyll. "But she doesn't have any identification." Mina continued.
"Its alright, we'll be keeping her." Quartermain said turning to the Nautilus and boarding it. The rest of the League followed. It would only be a matter of time until Sawyer returned so they all went to their rooms to wait.
Okay! End of chapter 1. I'll continue soon. Lemme know what you guys think!