Chapter 10

"Sunday April 14, 1912"

As the sun rose over the Atlantic Ocean, the Titanic continued to make its way inching closer and closer to New York and the United States. After their good night's sleep, Tarzan and Jane awoke as Jane put on her yellow dress while Tarzan was about to change into his father's suit, when he suddenly began to notice something.

"Jane," he said as he put on his tie. "Have you seen Timon and Pumbaa anywhere? We haven't seen them in several days."

"You know something, Tarzan," remarked Jane, as she finished putting on her purple necktie. "I haven't seen them since we left Cherbourg. Do you think something might have happened to them?"

At that moment, Tarzan's instincts began to kick in as he began to feel that Timon and Pumbaa were in mortal danger. He couldn't even begin to picture the torment his friends were going through, wherever they were.

"I have to find them," he said, running towards the door. "They could be in danger if I don't find them."

"But, Tarzan," cried Jane. "What about the mass in the dining room?"

But, Tarzan didn't respond and opened the door, before turning back towards Jane and Archimedes. He hated leaving them, but the safety of his animal friends had to come first.

"I'll be back soon," he said. "Timon and Pumbaa will be found before anyone else."

So, Jane sighed heavily as Tarzan raced down the hallway in an effort to find Timon and Pumbaa, wherever they were. Jane was upset that Tarzan wouldn't join them on the lord's day, but Archimedes had to set the record straight.

"Don't worry, he will be back," he said and a smile came to Jane's face. "We have to attend mass now."

So, they left for the dining hall, not realizing that at the same time, Lady Waltham had already arrived and was waiting for the moment to allow her manservant to make his move on them.

"Once they are alone," she instructed. "Then you make your move and bring Jane and the Professor to the location I have chosen."

"If they cause me any trouble, mistress?" said Hobbs, knowing that there could be a catch to the plan.

"Then kill them," replied Lady Waltham, brandishing the vile of poison in her purse. "The more I make Tarzan suffer, the better."

So, they waited and blended in with the congregation as Father Thomas Byles and Captain Smith led the mass. Jane and Archimedes were seated towards the front, while Waltham and her manservant sat in the back.

As the mass concluded, Jane and Archimedes left the dining hall as Waltham and her manservant went after them like an attack dog. Once his targets neared their stateroom, Hobbs positioned himself in an empty stateroom as he heard his targets coming towards him.

"Tarzan has been gone a long time, daddy," remarked Jane. "We'd better go and find him."

"It's just as well, my child," he replied, as they neared the stateroom. "Who knows what Tarzan might be getting himself into?"

Just as they were about to turn around, that was the signal for Hobbs to make his move and he quickly jumped out and roughly grabbed Jane and Archimedes and pulled them into the stateroom, shutting the door behind him. There wasn't even enough time for Jane to scream upon being caught as Hobbs quickly placed his hand on her mouth.

"What is the meaning of this?" demanded Archimedes as Hobbs threw him and Jane into chairs while Lady Waltham emerged from the shadows holding a gun.

"Oh, much, Professor," said Lady Waltham, icily, as she stepped towards them. "Perhaps you might not realize of the gravity that you find yourself in. You see, I happen to be the sister of someone who took you to Africa."

Archimedes' mind froze as he couldn't think of what Lady Waltham was talking about, but after a moment, both he and Jane looked up in horror as they realized who this woman was.

"Are you…?" gasped Jane, as Lady Waltham smacked Jane across the cheek and roughed her fingers through Jane's hair, undoing the elegant bun.

"Yes, I am the sister of the man who led you to Africa," replied Lady Waltham. "A man who was very close to me and soon who will be avenged."

"How?" barked Archimedes, as Hobbs finished tying him and Jane up. "What do you plan to do?"

"I plan to make your beloved ape man suffer the same suffering I had when Clayton was killed," explained Lady Waltham, brandishing her stick. "And you are just what I need to make him suffer."

As she spoke, Hobbs placed gags on Jane's mouth as well as Archimedes' mouth as well, silencing them as Lady Waltham spoke of her plan.

"You see," she continued. "For the first few months after Clayton's death, I had to endure the pain of burying my brother and dealing with the life of living without Clayton. Can you imagine the pain and suffering I had to endure? Did you?"

She pointed her stick at Jane and gave her a good whack across the face, causing some blood to form off the side of her head. Jane struggled to hold back tears as the pain of the whack started to set in.

"I didn't think so," scoffed Lady Waltham, as she continued to walk around the captive Professor and his daughter like a vulture to a carcass. "Well, Tarzan will feel what it is like to suffer the consequences of losing someone the same way as I did. When I get through with him, my brother can finally rest in peace. Until then, I hope you enjoy your accommodations, because when I am done with Tarzan, I will finish the both of you off."

Lady Waltham laughed evilly as the door closed, leaving Jane and Archimedes alone in the dark stateroom with nothing but each other's company. As the day progressed, the sun had already set and Tarzan was searching high and low for any signs of Timon and Pumbaa.

However, in the midst of searching for a meerkat and warthog, as well as attempting to establish revenge for the death of a brother, another looming threat was coming and this was one that was more powerful than either one combined…