Disclaimer: I didn't create or own any of these characters (If I had I'd be
rich by now :p). The creature that comes in to it how ever is my creation.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The creature unknown
by elven_emma
The Nautilus carved the waves in two as it sped gracefully through the water. Outside a young American agent, Agent Sawyer was practicing his shooting. The way he was shown by an old friend, Alan Quartermain who was sadly no longer part of the living world. Watching him was Mina Harker and Henry Jekyll; both were enjoying the sun's heat and not particularly interested in what the young American was doing. Inside the great body of the ship was the Captain over seeing the work done to keep the Nautilus moving and in perfect shape. In his room asleep was a man who had the gift of invisibility and the curse of having no antidote. He was snoring rather loudly and was having a rather, enjoyable dream, when he was disturbed and called to a meeting with the rest of the League. 'Are we all here yet?' asked Mina as she walked in to the grand room and sat herself at the table.
'No Skinner's not here yet,' Said Sawyer who then looked around with a worried look, 'Well at least I think he's not.'
'Missed me?' came Skinner's voice from nowhere. The others heard the sound of footsteps and saw Skinner taking his jacket from the stand and putting it on. 'Well no need to wait fer me.' He said while smearing grease paint on his face.
'Well then shall we begin?' asked Nemo, 'We have been asked for help.'
'What are we called upon to save the world again ey?' everyone gave Skinner a harsh look, 'Alright I'll just sit here and behave me self shall I?'
'Not quite Mr. Skinner, we have been informed about a terror that lives in a small town in Scotland. It has been terrorizing the people there.'
'Isn't that what terrors usually do?' The captain ignored Sawyer and carried on.
'People have been hurt and even killed by this creature.'
'A vampire?' asked Mina; another vampire would be easy to beat.
'No, the town people don't know what it is and so have asked us for our help, not knowing themselves of how to deal with the problem.'
'Perhaps I could do some research to find out what this creature is.' Said Dr Jerkyll
'So does this mean I get to shoot something?' asked the eager Sawyer. The Captain gave the answer of, 'We are not going there to kill, but to recruit it.'
'What? You will allow a creature that has killed on to the Nautilus?' said the doctor with a slightly worried tone.
'It wouldn't be the first that has killed to come aboard,' said Mina, 'and forgive me but wasn't it quite a hunt to bring Mr. Hyde on to the Nautilus?'
'I'm sure they will be a vital asset to this team, that is if they will cooperate. So is it agreed that we are to go to Scotland?' The Nautilus changed direction and set a course for Scotland.
The Nautilus arrived in port and the League carried on in the newly made Nemomobile and headed for the town. When they arrived a mist had come down from the hills and settled among the houses. Night had come swiftly. 'What a charming town.' Said Skinner sarcastically as they got out and stepped on to the street, 'So how do we find this thing, follow the screams right?' at that very moment a woman's scream was heard in the distance and Sawyer replied with,
'Exactly,' before running towards it, followed by Mina and Skinner who took off his hat and coat to make himself completely invisible.
Captain Nemo turned to face Jekyll, 'Will Mr. Hyde be accompanying us this time?'
'I do not think that Hyde would help this situation.'
A woman lay on the wet floor, in tears. She was the only one in the empty street. Sawyer arrived and helped the woman on to her feet and Mina came towards them and asked,
'Which way did it go?' The woman pointed and Mina ran in the right direction. There was something in front of her in the distance. It was only the size of a normal person but it had huge wings and a pointed tail. What ever it was did seem to have a vampire's abilities.
'It's mine.' Said Mina but Skinner interrupted.
'No I could catch it unawares couldn't I?'
'Very well' So Skinner walked up to it slowly and quietly and the creature did nothing, at first it seemed like it didn't know Skinner was there but when he came close, it punched him then flew a short distance in to the air and kicked him, sending him flying in to some bins.
'Ow! It seems I'm not as invisible as I first thought.'
'How did it see you?' It suddenly flew further in to the air and Mina followed.
Nemo, Jekyll and Sawyer were standing in a courtyard waiting for news from Skinner and Mina. The coat that Jekyll held floated in to the air.
'Where's Mina? Not here yet?'
'What happened? That woman seemed very shaken up.' Asked Sawyer.
'I lost her.' Said Mina as she walked towards them.
'Her?'
'Is it so hard to believe? She headed towards the old castle I suggest we go and look there in the morning.'
'What, not in the dead of night when she awakens?' said Skinner.
'Don't you think it better to approach her when she's less violent? She gave you quite the beating.'
'What?' said everyone else in surprise.
'Oh yes, somehow she could see Skinner.' The League went back to the Nautilus; they would head for the castle in the morning.
Sawyer loaded his shotgun and looked up at the castle.
'How we gonna find it in a place this big?'
'Her.' Jekyll corrected.
'I think we need a plan this time.' Said Mina, not wishing to loose the creature again.
'Well I could shoot her down.'
'She's not a bird.'
'Well I could shoot one of her wings, meaning she can't fly and so will fall to the ground and we can get her right?'
'There is a net in my automobile if we should need it,' said Nemo.
'We won't need Hyde shall we?' asked the doctor,
'I should think not.' Said Mina. 'If the plan is to shoot her down then perhaps Sawyer should go to the highest point in the castle and the rest of us will search for her. If she flies outside then Sawyer can shoot her wing. Be careful that you only shoot her wing and nothing else.'
'I'll be careful.' Sawyer replied
'I'll stay outside. That way I can meet her if Sawyer should shoot her down.' Said Nemo.
So Sawyer headed for one of the castle's tower's. He could see for miles around him once he reached the top. The town seemed even smaller and he could even just see the cold Scottish sea. Sawyer could just about see Captain Nemo down on the ground. Mina searched the upper floors of the castle while Skinner and Jekyll searched the lower floors. Skinner walked through a grand hall and in to a large room. A woman stood facing the fire. 'I know you are there.' She turned and looked at Skinner, not through him but directly at him. Her face was pretty and she looked like a kind person, but her face changed and she became angry looking and fierce.
'Your invisibility is no use against me!' Wings sprouted from her back and flew out of the window, smashing the glass. Skinner ran towards the window and the woman fell past him. She had managed to hold on to the ledge and Skinner helped her inside. She collapsed on to the floor in tears and stared in to his eyes. She moved to lean her back against the wall. Her dark hair almost covered her face completely, her icy blue eyes glancing from behind it. Her hair began to change to a light brown and her face became friendly again. The rest of the League walked in and stared at the odd scene of the woman staring at what seemed like nothing. But she could see Skinner, she looked at him and said, 'Thank you.'
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The creature unknown
by elven_emma
The Nautilus carved the waves in two as it sped gracefully through the water. Outside a young American agent, Agent Sawyer was practicing his shooting. The way he was shown by an old friend, Alan Quartermain who was sadly no longer part of the living world. Watching him was Mina Harker and Henry Jekyll; both were enjoying the sun's heat and not particularly interested in what the young American was doing. Inside the great body of the ship was the Captain over seeing the work done to keep the Nautilus moving and in perfect shape. In his room asleep was a man who had the gift of invisibility and the curse of having no antidote. He was snoring rather loudly and was having a rather, enjoyable dream, when he was disturbed and called to a meeting with the rest of the League. 'Are we all here yet?' asked Mina as she walked in to the grand room and sat herself at the table.
'No Skinner's not here yet,' Said Sawyer who then looked around with a worried look, 'Well at least I think he's not.'
'Missed me?' came Skinner's voice from nowhere. The others heard the sound of footsteps and saw Skinner taking his jacket from the stand and putting it on. 'Well no need to wait fer me.' He said while smearing grease paint on his face.
'Well then shall we begin?' asked Nemo, 'We have been asked for help.'
'What are we called upon to save the world again ey?' everyone gave Skinner a harsh look, 'Alright I'll just sit here and behave me self shall I?'
'Not quite Mr. Skinner, we have been informed about a terror that lives in a small town in Scotland. It has been terrorizing the people there.'
'Isn't that what terrors usually do?' The captain ignored Sawyer and carried on.
'People have been hurt and even killed by this creature.'
'A vampire?' asked Mina; another vampire would be easy to beat.
'No, the town people don't know what it is and so have asked us for our help, not knowing themselves of how to deal with the problem.'
'Perhaps I could do some research to find out what this creature is.' Said Dr Jerkyll
'So does this mean I get to shoot something?' asked the eager Sawyer. The Captain gave the answer of, 'We are not going there to kill, but to recruit it.'
'What? You will allow a creature that has killed on to the Nautilus?' said the doctor with a slightly worried tone.
'It wouldn't be the first that has killed to come aboard,' said Mina, 'and forgive me but wasn't it quite a hunt to bring Mr. Hyde on to the Nautilus?'
'I'm sure they will be a vital asset to this team, that is if they will cooperate. So is it agreed that we are to go to Scotland?' The Nautilus changed direction and set a course for Scotland.
The Nautilus arrived in port and the League carried on in the newly made Nemomobile and headed for the town. When they arrived a mist had come down from the hills and settled among the houses. Night had come swiftly. 'What a charming town.' Said Skinner sarcastically as they got out and stepped on to the street, 'So how do we find this thing, follow the screams right?' at that very moment a woman's scream was heard in the distance and Sawyer replied with,
'Exactly,' before running towards it, followed by Mina and Skinner who took off his hat and coat to make himself completely invisible.
Captain Nemo turned to face Jekyll, 'Will Mr. Hyde be accompanying us this time?'
'I do not think that Hyde would help this situation.'
A woman lay on the wet floor, in tears. She was the only one in the empty street. Sawyer arrived and helped the woman on to her feet and Mina came towards them and asked,
'Which way did it go?' The woman pointed and Mina ran in the right direction. There was something in front of her in the distance. It was only the size of a normal person but it had huge wings and a pointed tail. What ever it was did seem to have a vampire's abilities.
'It's mine.' Said Mina but Skinner interrupted.
'No I could catch it unawares couldn't I?'
'Very well' So Skinner walked up to it slowly and quietly and the creature did nothing, at first it seemed like it didn't know Skinner was there but when he came close, it punched him then flew a short distance in to the air and kicked him, sending him flying in to some bins.
'Ow! It seems I'm not as invisible as I first thought.'
'How did it see you?' It suddenly flew further in to the air and Mina followed.
Nemo, Jekyll and Sawyer were standing in a courtyard waiting for news from Skinner and Mina. The coat that Jekyll held floated in to the air.
'Where's Mina? Not here yet?'
'What happened? That woman seemed very shaken up.' Asked Sawyer.
'I lost her.' Said Mina as she walked towards them.
'Her?'
'Is it so hard to believe? She headed towards the old castle I suggest we go and look there in the morning.'
'What, not in the dead of night when she awakens?' said Skinner.
'Don't you think it better to approach her when she's less violent? She gave you quite the beating.'
'What?' said everyone else in surprise.
'Oh yes, somehow she could see Skinner.' The League went back to the Nautilus; they would head for the castle in the morning.
Sawyer loaded his shotgun and looked up at the castle.
'How we gonna find it in a place this big?'
'Her.' Jekyll corrected.
'I think we need a plan this time.' Said Mina, not wishing to loose the creature again.
'Well I could shoot her down.'
'She's not a bird.'
'Well I could shoot one of her wings, meaning she can't fly and so will fall to the ground and we can get her right?'
'There is a net in my automobile if we should need it,' said Nemo.
'We won't need Hyde shall we?' asked the doctor,
'I should think not.' Said Mina. 'If the plan is to shoot her down then perhaps Sawyer should go to the highest point in the castle and the rest of us will search for her. If she flies outside then Sawyer can shoot her wing. Be careful that you only shoot her wing and nothing else.'
'I'll be careful.' Sawyer replied
'I'll stay outside. That way I can meet her if Sawyer should shoot her down.' Said Nemo.
So Sawyer headed for one of the castle's tower's. He could see for miles around him once he reached the top. The town seemed even smaller and he could even just see the cold Scottish sea. Sawyer could just about see Captain Nemo down on the ground. Mina searched the upper floors of the castle while Skinner and Jekyll searched the lower floors. Skinner walked through a grand hall and in to a large room. A woman stood facing the fire. 'I know you are there.' She turned and looked at Skinner, not through him but directly at him. Her face was pretty and she looked like a kind person, but her face changed and she became angry looking and fierce.
'Your invisibility is no use against me!' Wings sprouted from her back and flew out of the window, smashing the glass. Skinner ran towards the window and the woman fell past him. She had managed to hold on to the ledge and Skinner helped her inside. She collapsed on to the floor in tears and stared in to his eyes. She moved to lean her back against the wall. Her dark hair almost covered her face completely, her icy blue eyes glancing from behind it. Her hair began to change to a light brown and her face became friendly again. The rest of the League walked in and stared at the odd scene of the woman staring at what seemed like nothing. But she could see Skinner, she looked at him and said, 'Thank you.'