Disclaimer: I don't own anything about this except for my own character, Nancy.
I think I can squeeze another chapter in after this one. After that everything will carry on as normal just like in the movie. We're just going to incorporate Nancy into the plot.
***
The girl breathed heavily and looked around, waiting for an answer. She was caught between fear and confidence. She wasn't sure whether to react or not. But after a few seconds of silence she finally stood up and stepped down from the machine. She looked around the room. It was extremely odd; nothing like she seen before. Everything seemed to be metal.
Her gaze went back to the people in the room. She wasn't pleased, and thought that maybe these people were afraid of her. From the looks of everyone else she gathered she appeared quite odd to them. The only other girl in the room did wear a dress but very different from what she was wearing. She became more conscious of her actions.
"Where am I?" she asked slowly.
Nemo, feeling it was his duty to calm this girl, replied. "You're on the Nautilus. A boat of mine that can travel both on and under water... I would gladly explain more, but I think right now isn't the time to do so. In the meantime I can get you a place to stay."
"A submarine..."
Nemo raised an eyebrow. "A wh-," he began, when the girl interrupted him.
"Wait?! Why am I here anyway?!" she shouted. "I'm not going anywhere with you kids until I'm told why the fuck I'm here?"
"Rather vulgar language," Mina said under her breathe.
Tom stepped forward. "I understand that you're confused, but right now, at this awkward moment, I believe it wouldn't be the best time to discuss that. I assure everything's all right and that we're just as surprised as you are. It seems you got here by mistake. I think all we can do now is introduce ourselves and calm down, heh. I'm Tom Sawyer."
"Yeah...," replied the girl. "My name is Nancy." Nancy then looked at everyone else for their names.
"I am Captain Nemo, of the Nautilus. I've already explained that you are on my ship. You are welcome to stay here until we can get you..." he hesitated. "Back to where you were before." Nemo didn't want to reveal that she was now in the past.
"Mrs. Mina Harker," Mina said as Nancy looked her way.
With that being said her gaze shifted to a mousy man, dressed in a black suit. He avoided her eyes and spouted out nervously that he was Dr. Henry Jekyll. Nancy smiled back in hopes to ease his nervousness. She didn't like it when people were nervous. Dr. Jekyll blushed in response.
Nancy's head tilted and looked behind everyone else to see an older man, standing straight with his arms crossed. He too avoided her gaze until he realized she was staring at her. He said nothing.
"Well, I guess you don't count," Nancy said sarcastically.
Allan just sneered.
Nancy walked forward and rummaged through her bag at the same time. She pulled something out and looked puzzled. It was small and rectangular in shape. It had a series of buttons on it and a little screen.
"Well how about that... even here my phone works. Could be just a glitch or something though. But only one way to find out," she said, pressing a button. The screen lit up. "S'excuse me for a sec."
"What could that be...?" Dr. Jekyll asked out load.
Nancy started to speak into it.
"Hey, it's me. Yeah, um, I don't think I can make it to the New Years party... I know, it's retarded. I was so looking forward to it. I'm all dolled up and no where to go. I also have a bottle of wine to myself now... why? Oh, um..."
Nancy looked back at the League.
"... uh, my car broke down... No, you don't need to come and get me. I'm kind of tired anyway... I have no money so I can't call a tow truck... I don't know, I'll sleep in my car... Yes, I'll be fine. And I won't be too cold... Yeah, well I'll talk to you later. See ya."
And with that she hung up.
"I had to think of something as a cover story. I wouldn't want people to freak out that I didn't show up."
"What is that?" Nemo asked, walking forward and looking closely at Nancy's phone.
"... You don't know what a cell phone is?" she asked in disbelief.
Nemo remembered that she wasn't from this time. Surely she knew of things that hadn't been invented yet. It's best to act like he did so she wouldn't suspect what had happened to her.
"... Of course I do," he said, backing away.
Nancy continued walking assuming that everyone would follow her. She walked passed Allan with ease. She could tell he wasn't pleased with her presence. She understood people like that. It's not like she was pleased with being there in the first place.
Nemo stopped Dr. Jekyll in the midst of walking.
"There's an empty quarters for her to stay in your hall. It's just across the room. I've had enough excitement for one night. Could you show it to her? It shouldn't be too much trouble."
Dr. Jekyll's face went pale. He started to fumble around with his pocket watch as he always did. "Um..." he began, when he was interrupted by his counter part, Mr. Hyde.
"You're afraid of her, aren't you? And fascinated by her at the same time. You're just too predictable, Henry. She'll never want you. She won't even want to be your friend. Just look at her. She's too strong for you. You don't deserve her. You deserve nothing!"
Dr. Jekyll swallowed hard. "Th- that's not true!" he screamed back at Mr. Hyde in his head.
"Well?"
Dr. Jekyll's head snapped up quickly. Nemo has broken his thoughts. "Y- yes, I will," he said slowly.
"Good," nodded Nemo, and he walked off.
By that time Tom had already started a conversation with Nancy. He'd told her the reason why Allan was so distant. She understood. There wasn't much else she could have done anyway.
"By the way," Tom began. "What's that metal stuff on your face?"
"They're piercings... you know? They're so mainstream now. Pretty much everyone does it. It's no longer a sign on rebellion," she snickered, obviously amused by the term "rebellion". "I got three on my tongue too, in the shape of a 'V'. Look!" she said, sticking out her tongue.
Tom jerked back. He was disgusted.
Nancy just laughed back. "You're not the first person to have that reaction."
***
"A- and this is the hall where you'll be staying. My room's right over there. I hope you can find your way around easily. It's a big ship."
Henry Jekyll was talking at a rapid pace. He was walking quickly too. Nancy had a hard time believing how nervous this man could be.
"Here are your quarters. It's right across from mine."
Nancy leaned against her door.
"Good to know," she said quietly. "But anyway, why are so nervous?"
Dr. Jekyll looked at her. He froze. He didn't expect her to say that. Why in the hell did she say that?
"You heard me. Why are you so nervous? You don't need to be... not around me, anyway. I'm easy going. Besides, being all quiet and shy isn't a good way to meet people."
Nancy playfully punched Henry's arm.
"I'd rather not say. It's... its personal."
Nancy nodded. "A'ight, I respect that. Hey, do you know what time it is anyway?"
Dr. Jekyll took out his pocket watch. "Almost 10:00 at night," he replied.
"Ah, you're kidding. It's too early to go to bed!" Nancy thought for a moment. "Hey, do you drink?"
"I..." Dr. Jekyll started to stutter.
"Because since I'm not at a certain New Years party, I have an entire bottle of wine to myself. Unless I want to get sick, it's too much for me. Want to share it?"
"I can't handle my drinks well..." he replied quietly.
"Com'n! It'll be fun!" Nancy grabbed Jekyll's arm and dragged him inside to her quarters. "Interesting place," she commented on her room. She let go of Dr. Jekyll's arm and looked at him square in the eyes. "Don't worry. I'll take care of you".
Those last few words that Nancy had just said echoed through Dr. Jekyll's mind. "I'll take care of you", she said. Henry was already fascinated with Nancy. With any female he seemed to gain a little bit of an attraction. He just missed the company of a woman.
"You think she wants you?! You're pathetic! She doesn't mean it that way. You saw the way she was with that American twit. She'll just ignore you after this!"
"Dr. Jekyll, are you all right?" Nancy's voice broke off Mr. Hyde's taunting. "You went pale all of a sudden, and you started to breathe rapidly. Look, we don't have to drink. Maybe another time. You're right across the hall from me."
"Yes, I'm okay. And I think you may be right."
Nancy nodded and walked him to the door.
"Nancy, can I tell you two things?"
"Yeah, sure," Nancy shrugged.
"First, call me Henry. Second, I admire how you're not afraid to speak your mind. Woman these days are encouraged not to."
"If God gave you a voice, then use it."
Henry nodded and Nancy shut the door. "These days?" she asked herself.
***
It was the next morning and Nancy couldn't find anyone anywhere. She walked along the narrow halls of the Nautilus but there wasn't any sign of anyone in League. She wanted to find out what was going on. She's waited long enough. She had so many questions. Why were they dressed strangely? Why didn't they seem to know what a submarine or a cell phone was? What did Henry mean about "these days"? Why were they on this submarine, anyway? And the two most important questions: what was going to happen to her and how was she going to get home?
Those questions weren't the only thing that plagued her. Everyone's names were so familiar. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde... Tom Sawyer... Captain Nemo? Weren't these all fictional characters? And what did they all have in common?
Nancy sighed in frustration. Just what in the hell was going on?
She turned a corner and saw too big doors. Whatever room it lead to it must be important. Two guards stood besides it. Nancy walked towards it.
"You're not allowed in," said one of the guards.
"What? Why not?"
"The League has important things to discuss. It is none of your concern."
Nancy just shook her head. "Whatever!" she spouted out bitterly, and walked off.
"Fuck that!" she thought to herself. Then she noticed an air vent. "I bet I could hear what they were discussing if I were in there!"
Nancy smirked and looked around. She hoped no one would notice. She also hoped she could control her power this time.
Nancy looked at the vent door hard. She stared at it, as if she was burning a hole through it with her thoughts. It was only her and the vent door. Nothing else. There was nothing else.
Just then the vent door flew across the hall and landed beside Nancy. She picked it up and climbed up to the vent. She had to run and jump since it was a little too high for her but she made it. She put the vent door back on as quietly as she could. She then slowly crawled down the vent. All ready she could hear familiar voices.
"Aside from dealing with the Phantom we already have this girl on our hands. I don't need to deal with another one", Allan said.
Nancy peered over a screen and could see everyone. Her eyes moved to look at Henry. He sat alone, fiddling with his pocket watch. Nancy frowned. She wished he wasn't so shy. She could tell he was a bright man.
"I've already checked with my men. The machine's utterly broken. It broke down after she came here. That thing took decades to build. I'm not sure when she can go home..." Nemo sighed. "We have to take her along."
"I like her," piped up Tom. Everyone looked at him. "She seems nice. Plus someone from the future, wow! More than one hundred years even. I'd love to hear what the world is like in that time!"
Nancy put her hand over her mouth and gasped as to what Tom had said. Future? She was from the future to them? Then she was in the past, and by over a hundred years. It must be at least the 1800's then.
"It's nice to have another female companion on board, regardless of how vulgar her language is," said Mina.
"At least Skinner isn't around. That way she won't have to be victim to that pervert. She wouldn't be able to tell if he was around since he's invisible," Tom said bitterly.
"Invisible?!" thought Nancy.
"She won't have much use to us," Allan said firmly. "She'll just get in the way."
"Does she distract you also?" Mina asked, showing her fangs.
Nancy jerked back a little. She saw Mina's a fangs. Just what the hell were these people? Were they going to harm her? Tears started to weld up in her eyes. Nancy started to breathe heavily; more severe than when she arrived there. She was afraid. She let out a small wail and then everything went dark. All the light bulbs had burst in the room where the League was.
"What the hell just happened?" Tom yelled out in surprise! His hands moved down to his two pistols.
"An attack?" Mina asked.
"No, I don't think so..." replied Allan.
***
A/N: Wow that was longer than I expected. At least I got a good chunk of it done. If I manage to write a third chapter soon it'll be shorter than this one, without a doubt.
I think I can squeeze another chapter in after this one. After that everything will carry on as normal just like in the movie. We're just going to incorporate Nancy into the plot.
***
The girl breathed heavily and looked around, waiting for an answer. She was caught between fear and confidence. She wasn't sure whether to react or not. But after a few seconds of silence she finally stood up and stepped down from the machine. She looked around the room. It was extremely odd; nothing like she seen before. Everything seemed to be metal.
Her gaze went back to the people in the room. She wasn't pleased, and thought that maybe these people were afraid of her. From the looks of everyone else she gathered she appeared quite odd to them. The only other girl in the room did wear a dress but very different from what she was wearing. She became more conscious of her actions.
"Where am I?" she asked slowly.
Nemo, feeling it was his duty to calm this girl, replied. "You're on the Nautilus. A boat of mine that can travel both on and under water... I would gladly explain more, but I think right now isn't the time to do so. In the meantime I can get you a place to stay."
"A submarine..."
Nemo raised an eyebrow. "A wh-," he began, when the girl interrupted him.
"Wait?! Why am I here anyway?!" she shouted. "I'm not going anywhere with you kids until I'm told why the fuck I'm here?"
"Rather vulgar language," Mina said under her breathe.
Tom stepped forward. "I understand that you're confused, but right now, at this awkward moment, I believe it wouldn't be the best time to discuss that. I assure everything's all right and that we're just as surprised as you are. It seems you got here by mistake. I think all we can do now is introduce ourselves and calm down, heh. I'm Tom Sawyer."
"Yeah...," replied the girl. "My name is Nancy." Nancy then looked at everyone else for their names.
"I am Captain Nemo, of the Nautilus. I've already explained that you are on my ship. You are welcome to stay here until we can get you..." he hesitated. "Back to where you were before." Nemo didn't want to reveal that she was now in the past.
"Mrs. Mina Harker," Mina said as Nancy looked her way.
With that being said her gaze shifted to a mousy man, dressed in a black suit. He avoided her eyes and spouted out nervously that he was Dr. Henry Jekyll. Nancy smiled back in hopes to ease his nervousness. She didn't like it when people were nervous. Dr. Jekyll blushed in response.
Nancy's head tilted and looked behind everyone else to see an older man, standing straight with his arms crossed. He too avoided her gaze until he realized she was staring at her. He said nothing.
"Well, I guess you don't count," Nancy said sarcastically.
Allan just sneered.
Nancy walked forward and rummaged through her bag at the same time. She pulled something out and looked puzzled. It was small and rectangular in shape. It had a series of buttons on it and a little screen.
"Well how about that... even here my phone works. Could be just a glitch or something though. But only one way to find out," she said, pressing a button. The screen lit up. "S'excuse me for a sec."
"What could that be...?" Dr. Jekyll asked out load.
Nancy started to speak into it.
"Hey, it's me. Yeah, um, I don't think I can make it to the New Years party... I know, it's retarded. I was so looking forward to it. I'm all dolled up and no where to go. I also have a bottle of wine to myself now... why? Oh, um..."
Nancy looked back at the League.
"... uh, my car broke down... No, you don't need to come and get me. I'm kind of tired anyway... I have no money so I can't call a tow truck... I don't know, I'll sleep in my car... Yes, I'll be fine. And I won't be too cold... Yeah, well I'll talk to you later. See ya."
And with that she hung up.
"I had to think of something as a cover story. I wouldn't want people to freak out that I didn't show up."
"What is that?" Nemo asked, walking forward and looking closely at Nancy's phone.
"... You don't know what a cell phone is?" she asked in disbelief.
Nemo remembered that she wasn't from this time. Surely she knew of things that hadn't been invented yet. It's best to act like he did so she wouldn't suspect what had happened to her.
"... Of course I do," he said, backing away.
Nancy continued walking assuming that everyone would follow her. She walked passed Allan with ease. She could tell he wasn't pleased with her presence. She understood people like that. It's not like she was pleased with being there in the first place.
Nemo stopped Dr. Jekyll in the midst of walking.
"There's an empty quarters for her to stay in your hall. It's just across the room. I've had enough excitement for one night. Could you show it to her? It shouldn't be too much trouble."
Dr. Jekyll's face went pale. He started to fumble around with his pocket watch as he always did. "Um..." he began, when he was interrupted by his counter part, Mr. Hyde.
"You're afraid of her, aren't you? And fascinated by her at the same time. You're just too predictable, Henry. She'll never want you. She won't even want to be your friend. Just look at her. She's too strong for you. You don't deserve her. You deserve nothing!"
Dr. Jekyll swallowed hard. "Th- that's not true!" he screamed back at Mr. Hyde in his head.
"Well?"
Dr. Jekyll's head snapped up quickly. Nemo has broken his thoughts. "Y- yes, I will," he said slowly.
"Good," nodded Nemo, and he walked off.
By that time Tom had already started a conversation with Nancy. He'd told her the reason why Allan was so distant. She understood. There wasn't much else she could have done anyway.
"By the way," Tom began. "What's that metal stuff on your face?"
"They're piercings... you know? They're so mainstream now. Pretty much everyone does it. It's no longer a sign on rebellion," she snickered, obviously amused by the term "rebellion". "I got three on my tongue too, in the shape of a 'V'. Look!" she said, sticking out her tongue.
Tom jerked back. He was disgusted.
Nancy just laughed back. "You're not the first person to have that reaction."
***
"A- and this is the hall where you'll be staying. My room's right over there. I hope you can find your way around easily. It's a big ship."
Henry Jekyll was talking at a rapid pace. He was walking quickly too. Nancy had a hard time believing how nervous this man could be.
"Here are your quarters. It's right across from mine."
Nancy leaned against her door.
"Good to know," she said quietly. "But anyway, why are so nervous?"
Dr. Jekyll looked at her. He froze. He didn't expect her to say that. Why in the hell did she say that?
"You heard me. Why are you so nervous? You don't need to be... not around me, anyway. I'm easy going. Besides, being all quiet and shy isn't a good way to meet people."
Nancy playfully punched Henry's arm.
"I'd rather not say. It's... its personal."
Nancy nodded. "A'ight, I respect that. Hey, do you know what time it is anyway?"
Dr. Jekyll took out his pocket watch. "Almost 10:00 at night," he replied.
"Ah, you're kidding. It's too early to go to bed!" Nancy thought for a moment. "Hey, do you drink?"
"I..." Dr. Jekyll started to stutter.
"Because since I'm not at a certain New Years party, I have an entire bottle of wine to myself. Unless I want to get sick, it's too much for me. Want to share it?"
"I can't handle my drinks well..." he replied quietly.
"Com'n! It'll be fun!" Nancy grabbed Jekyll's arm and dragged him inside to her quarters. "Interesting place," she commented on her room. She let go of Dr. Jekyll's arm and looked at him square in the eyes. "Don't worry. I'll take care of you".
Those last few words that Nancy had just said echoed through Dr. Jekyll's mind. "I'll take care of you", she said. Henry was already fascinated with Nancy. With any female he seemed to gain a little bit of an attraction. He just missed the company of a woman.
"You think she wants you?! You're pathetic! She doesn't mean it that way. You saw the way she was with that American twit. She'll just ignore you after this!"
"Dr. Jekyll, are you all right?" Nancy's voice broke off Mr. Hyde's taunting. "You went pale all of a sudden, and you started to breathe rapidly. Look, we don't have to drink. Maybe another time. You're right across the hall from me."
"Yes, I'm okay. And I think you may be right."
Nancy nodded and walked him to the door.
"Nancy, can I tell you two things?"
"Yeah, sure," Nancy shrugged.
"First, call me Henry. Second, I admire how you're not afraid to speak your mind. Woman these days are encouraged not to."
"If God gave you a voice, then use it."
Henry nodded and Nancy shut the door. "These days?" she asked herself.
***
It was the next morning and Nancy couldn't find anyone anywhere. She walked along the narrow halls of the Nautilus but there wasn't any sign of anyone in League. She wanted to find out what was going on. She's waited long enough. She had so many questions. Why were they dressed strangely? Why didn't they seem to know what a submarine or a cell phone was? What did Henry mean about "these days"? Why were they on this submarine, anyway? And the two most important questions: what was going to happen to her and how was she going to get home?
Those questions weren't the only thing that plagued her. Everyone's names were so familiar. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde... Tom Sawyer... Captain Nemo? Weren't these all fictional characters? And what did they all have in common?
Nancy sighed in frustration. Just what in the hell was going on?
She turned a corner and saw too big doors. Whatever room it lead to it must be important. Two guards stood besides it. Nancy walked towards it.
"You're not allowed in," said one of the guards.
"What? Why not?"
"The League has important things to discuss. It is none of your concern."
Nancy just shook her head. "Whatever!" she spouted out bitterly, and walked off.
"Fuck that!" she thought to herself. Then she noticed an air vent. "I bet I could hear what they were discussing if I were in there!"
Nancy smirked and looked around. She hoped no one would notice. She also hoped she could control her power this time.
Nancy looked at the vent door hard. She stared at it, as if she was burning a hole through it with her thoughts. It was only her and the vent door. Nothing else. There was nothing else.
Just then the vent door flew across the hall and landed beside Nancy. She picked it up and climbed up to the vent. She had to run and jump since it was a little too high for her but she made it. She put the vent door back on as quietly as she could. She then slowly crawled down the vent. All ready she could hear familiar voices.
"Aside from dealing with the Phantom we already have this girl on our hands. I don't need to deal with another one", Allan said.
Nancy peered over a screen and could see everyone. Her eyes moved to look at Henry. He sat alone, fiddling with his pocket watch. Nancy frowned. She wished he wasn't so shy. She could tell he was a bright man.
"I've already checked with my men. The machine's utterly broken. It broke down after she came here. That thing took decades to build. I'm not sure when she can go home..." Nemo sighed. "We have to take her along."
"I like her," piped up Tom. Everyone looked at him. "She seems nice. Plus someone from the future, wow! More than one hundred years even. I'd love to hear what the world is like in that time!"
Nancy put her hand over her mouth and gasped as to what Tom had said. Future? She was from the future to them? Then she was in the past, and by over a hundred years. It must be at least the 1800's then.
"It's nice to have another female companion on board, regardless of how vulgar her language is," said Mina.
"At least Skinner isn't around. That way she won't have to be victim to that pervert. She wouldn't be able to tell if he was around since he's invisible," Tom said bitterly.
"Invisible?!" thought Nancy.
"She won't have much use to us," Allan said firmly. "She'll just get in the way."
"Does she distract you also?" Mina asked, showing her fangs.
Nancy jerked back a little. She saw Mina's a fangs. Just what the hell were these people? Were they going to harm her? Tears started to weld up in her eyes. Nancy started to breathe heavily; more severe than when she arrived there. She was afraid. She let out a small wail and then everything went dark. All the light bulbs had burst in the room where the League was.
"What the hell just happened?" Tom yelled out in surprise! His hands moved down to his two pistols.
"An attack?" Mina asked.
"No, I don't think so..." replied Allan.
***
A/N: Wow that was longer than I expected. At least I got a good chunk of it done. If I manage to write a third chapter soon it'll be shorter than this one, without a doubt.
