Chapter 11 – Surprises
Mina's nostrils enflame to a scent, not of blood, but of seasoned meat, as she pulls her self away from her micro scope giving up as the dim candle light made it hard to see anyway.
Finishing the final touches, by poring warm cider into cups he found in the cupboards, Tom steps back and looks at the set up on the small dinning room table. There was no doubt that Mina is not one to have company over by the size of the limited furniture.
His wonders that maybe he could talk her into getting a bigger house, for both of them together, he stops and mentally slaps himself for getting way to a head of their relationship. It was already enough that he announced his love for her, hell they are suppose to be a secret for the time being
His thoughts end with the sound of Mina's heels rushing down the stairs, he. He quickly checks on his reflection again in the cupboard windows to see no sign of damage on his neck or scar.
Mina at first sight looks up and down Tom's body, now casually dressed down to just his dress shirt and slacks, her mind quickly wonders how long it will be until she can get him in less. The sexual thought causes her to blush and take her eyes away from him and on to the table.
She eyes widen, "Oh I…hmmm" Mina finds herself at a lost of words.
"I thought as I couldn't take you out on a date because of the storm we'd make on here?" Tom holds the chair out for her.
"Date?" Mina laughs as she sits down, "I think we skip over the courting part Tom."
Tom pushes her chair in and laughs as well, "No. We just do things out of order."
Mina's eyes look up at him as he makes his way around the table to his chair across from her. She just shook her head in response, as she knew there is no way to argue with him but allow him to think what he wants to.
Steed stands in the dark hallway as he unlocks his office door. Placing the skeleton key back in his vest pocket he enters and imminently bangs his knee into a desk corner.
"Owe," his gentle voice echos before feeling around the surface of his desk for the pull chain of his lamp. Now with a little light he limps around to the back of his desk in shock to see it bare.
"Where is it?" Steed asks himself searching his drawers' nervously.
Mary stands under the lamp shaking from both the cold and fright. As she closes her eyes to calm her nerves a man's shadow comes over her.
Leaning up against the lamp is the same man she bumped in to in the post office early this evening. Carrying the same sad soulful brown eyes that are staring at her's as he approaches her, makeing her feel more sympathy than freighting.
"Hand it over," the man orders in a Scottish accent as he holds his hand out.
Mary's shaking arm raises to hand him over the medical bag. He takes it and steps away from her to kneel on the ground and open it.
"Your not allow to leave yet," the man says an unseen force grabs a hold of Mary and pins her arms behind her back.
"What's holding her?" Henry whispers as he looks back at Skinner who just finishes taking his pants off.
"How do I know I can't see," Skinner whispers back as he walks around Henry and peps over his shoulder. "Wow I really can't see," he watches her struggle as unseen force Irish accent comes out.
"Stop it broad or I'll pull over that dress and give you something else to fight about." This triggers Mary's mind of her father trying who had once tried to rap her as a child, causing her to struggle with him even harder.
"It's another on of you," Henry answers, "go help her!"
"Ok it's not easy when I can't see him!" Skinner runs out into the intersection towards Mary and her attacker.
Skinner grabs a hold of something that makes an "umf" noise as he let's go of Mary and begins to smack him. Both unable to see each other their arms go swinging and smacking at each other causing curses to fly out of each other's mouths.
The man stands up with one of the vials from the medical bag and just gives a glance to the invisible fight without much of a care. He looks over the Mary who is down on one knee to the ground and hands under her dress. "This isn't it!"
"No it's not," Mary pulls the small revolver out from her garter and points it at the man, "it's acid." She shots the bottle causing it to shatter in his hand making it burn. In agony he kicks the medical bag.
Henry took this as his chance to go out there to grab her and take her back to safety but Mary points the gun at him and shoots.
The door to Steeds office slams close causing him to jump and draw attention away from the desk to the front of the room. A attractive blond woman walks up to the desk holding the folder of Tom Sawyer. "Looking for this luv?"
"How did you get in here?" Steed asks in shock and confusion.
Adina just smiles and glares at him like a praetor to its prey. Smelling the fear from him gives a high making a deep growl from her before flying over the desk and attacks him.
Mary goes into shock as she drops the gun on the snowy ground as the sound of two people running away is heard as only echoes in her mind. She drops on her knees at the collapse body of the man she just shot.
"Doctor?" She take's Henry's head and places it in her lap and drops her head over his chest to cry.