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Tom stood up. "Forget him!" he shouted to Hyde. "Forget that idiot Skinner! Get Mina! You have to get Mina!"
It was as if a light bulb had appeared on top of Hyde's head. A look of realization suddenly dawned on his face. All of a sudden, he stopped in his tracks, gave up on Skinner, turned around, and headed back to the bathroom to get Mina out.
"Forgive me, but did he just have an actual thought? Like a normal person?" asked Skinner from wherever he was standing. He had taken his hat off, so now nobody had any idea as to where he was.
"I believe so," said Nemo. He chuckled. "Maybe we underestimated Edward Hyde."
Tom shrugged. He got up from the table. "Excuse me," he said, sneering at Skinner. "I'm going to see if Mina is okay."
* * *
From inside the bathroom, a teary-eyed Mina Harker glanced at herself in front of the looking glass. She raised a purple blotchy hand to brush the hair out of her eyes as the tears ran from her yellow eyes down to her cheeks. Everything would be okay, except that she didn't know if Skinner actually had an antidote to whatever potion he had given her. It wasn't the fact that he had played a sick joke; it was the fact that the sick joke may not be reversible.
It was times like these when she yearned for her husband Jonathan. Or at least Dorian, in his older, better days, back when he hadn't thought of playing a traitor.
But Jonathan.his soft brown eyes and warm, comforting smile could cure anything Mina had ailing her. And there had been times when Mina had been a very ill vampire, both physically and emotionally.
Mina's pleasant thoughts of her late husband were interrupted when she heard a loud pounding at the door. It sounded as if someone was trying to break it down. She screamed and ducked under the sink.
"Don't worry, Mina!" said an out-of-breath Tom Sawyer through the door. "You're going to be okay! It's just us! Hyde and I!"
"Go away!" shrieked Mina. Her voice, choked by tears, sounded like a milkshake going through a blender.
"Mina, it's okay! Calm down, you're going to be all right!"
Mina tried to pull herself together. Tom and Edward were trying to help her. They weren't like Skinner. Tom and Edward cared.
Mina thought about what she just said to herself and froze. Hyde? Trying to help? What was that all about? Usually when Hyde saw Mina, he went chasing after her, trying to get her to get into bed with him.
Mina didn't have much time to dwell on this, because the door had been broken down. Hyde was standing at the door, his arms hanging limply by his sides. Mina couldn't even see Tom. Hyde was taking up the whole doorway.
Tom pushed Hyde aside, who didn't seem to mind, surprisingly, and embraced Mina. Huddled in Tom's arms, Mina glanced into the looking glass again. Henry Jekyll's reflection was looking back at her.
"Are you all right, Mina?" asked Jekyll softly. "It's not healthy for you to lock yourself away like this."
Mina nodded, still in Tom's embrace. "Thanks," she whispered to him through the mirror. It was nice that she could talk to Jekyll through the mirror while Hyde's form still stood in the doorway, scratching his head as if he didn't know what a hug was.
Tom and Mina pulled apart. "It's been very nice of you to help me, Tom," said Mina quietly. "But I don't feel like doing anything now except crying for a while. Maybe going to bed later."
"It's okay," Tom assured her. He stroked her pale face and look into her disgusting, yellow eyes. "It's okay, Mina. Jekyll's a doctor, he'll fix you up. And Skinner, I mean, why would anybody try out a potion unless they didn't have the antidote?"
Mina, who had been sulking and melancholy, suddenly broke into rage. "NEVER mention him in front of me again!" she shrieked wildly. After trying her hardest to step around Hyde without aggravating him too much, she stalked angrily toward her room. Tom heard the sound of a door slam down the corridor.
Tom turned toward the mirror, where Jekyll also had an angry face.
"Sorry, Henry," Tom apologized, realized he had insulted Henry Jekyll when he told Mina he wondered why anybody would try out a potion without the antidote. The first time Jekyll had tried out his transformation potion on himself, he certainly hadn't had an antidote. "I was just trying to calm Mina down."
Jekyll sighed, the tension wiped off from his face. "That's all right, I forgive you, Sawyer." He turned to Hyde. "Come, Edward. I have a meeting to attend with Nemo that I'm about an hour late for."
Hyde just sneered at Jekyll, but did as he was told anyway. Sawyer just sighed and closed the door on the way out.
* * *
Tom returned to the main meeting room, to find only Nemo seated at the table.
"Where's the meeting?" asked Tom, looking around wildly.
"I'm canceling it," Nemo replied. "Due to circumstances beyond my control. Get some rest, Sawyer. How's Mina doing, by the way?"
"She'll be fine, as soon as we get her back to normal."
"Do you really think we can?"
"I'm not sure," Tom admitted. "I was hoping that Jekyll and Skinner would be able to work together on it."
"Either way, I'm sure we can work it out. Hyde didn't harm Mina?"
"Nope."
Nemo looked surprised, but it didn't bother him that much. Hyde had done good deeds in the past. "All right, then. Carry on."
"Yes, captain."
* * *
By the next morning, nobody was really speaking to Skinner. Everybody was trying to talk to Mina, but Mina wasn't speaking to anybody, only staying huddled in her room. Nemo was kind of refusing to speak to Jekyll, because he still thought that Jekyll had endangered Mina's life by bringing Hyde about.
Skinner had made an antidote, but when Mina tried it, it didn't work. In fact, the purple blotches spread to her face, which caused her to be even angrier at Skinner and emphasize the fact that when someone tried to talk to her, she just turned away in embarrassment and horror.
Jekyll had gotten his hands on a sample of Skinner's potion, and he was now trying to make a decent antidote. Mina had confidence in him, because after all, Jekyll was a more experienced chemist than Skinner. Mina herself was the most experienced of all of them, but she wouldn't stop sulking in her room.
Nemo was in his office, trying to schedule a new time for the meeting. The updating of weaponry was very important, and they needed to talk about it sometime.
"Tomorrow evening," he thought, after debating many times in his head. "Tomorrow evening after dinner. That'll hopefully give enough time for Mina to calm down."
Nemo left his office and made his way to the League members' respective rooms to tell them about the new time for the meeting. Tom Sawyer's room happened to be the closest to his office, so he thought he'd try there first.
Nemo had his hand on the doorknob and was just about to open the door when the door flew open and Skinner, who was wearing his black coat, black hat, and even his white face paint, ran out screaming.
"What's the matter?" asked Nemo, completely forgetting that he wasn't speaking to him.
"SAWYER!" Skinner just yelled, continuing to sprint down the hallway.
Curious, Nemo opened the door and went into Tom's room. Tom Sawyer was standing by his desk, with a smug look on his face.
"What just happened?" Nemo asked.
"Well," said Tom, grinning sickeningly, "Skinner won't be bothering Mina anymore. That's for sure."
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There you go, the second chapter.
I just love great cliffhangers, don't you?
Try to keep the reviews coming, but I'm not sure when I'll have the next bit up.
~ Alisonia
Somehow, I've found time to write another chapter. Hope you all enjoy it!
*
Tom stood up. "Forget him!" he shouted to Hyde. "Forget that idiot Skinner! Get Mina! You have to get Mina!"
It was as if a light bulb had appeared on top of Hyde's head. A look of realization suddenly dawned on his face. All of a sudden, he stopped in his tracks, gave up on Skinner, turned around, and headed back to the bathroom to get Mina out.
"Forgive me, but did he just have an actual thought? Like a normal person?" asked Skinner from wherever he was standing. He had taken his hat off, so now nobody had any idea as to where he was.
"I believe so," said Nemo. He chuckled. "Maybe we underestimated Edward Hyde."
Tom shrugged. He got up from the table. "Excuse me," he said, sneering at Skinner. "I'm going to see if Mina is okay."
* * *
From inside the bathroom, a teary-eyed Mina Harker glanced at herself in front of the looking glass. She raised a purple blotchy hand to brush the hair out of her eyes as the tears ran from her yellow eyes down to her cheeks. Everything would be okay, except that she didn't know if Skinner actually had an antidote to whatever potion he had given her. It wasn't the fact that he had played a sick joke; it was the fact that the sick joke may not be reversible.
It was times like these when she yearned for her husband Jonathan. Or at least Dorian, in his older, better days, back when he hadn't thought of playing a traitor.
But Jonathan.his soft brown eyes and warm, comforting smile could cure anything Mina had ailing her. And there had been times when Mina had been a very ill vampire, both physically and emotionally.
Mina's pleasant thoughts of her late husband were interrupted when she heard a loud pounding at the door. It sounded as if someone was trying to break it down. She screamed and ducked under the sink.
"Don't worry, Mina!" said an out-of-breath Tom Sawyer through the door. "You're going to be okay! It's just us! Hyde and I!"
"Go away!" shrieked Mina. Her voice, choked by tears, sounded like a milkshake going through a blender.
"Mina, it's okay! Calm down, you're going to be all right!"
Mina tried to pull herself together. Tom and Edward were trying to help her. They weren't like Skinner. Tom and Edward cared.
Mina thought about what she just said to herself and froze. Hyde? Trying to help? What was that all about? Usually when Hyde saw Mina, he went chasing after her, trying to get her to get into bed with him.
Mina didn't have much time to dwell on this, because the door had been broken down. Hyde was standing at the door, his arms hanging limply by his sides. Mina couldn't even see Tom. Hyde was taking up the whole doorway.
Tom pushed Hyde aside, who didn't seem to mind, surprisingly, and embraced Mina. Huddled in Tom's arms, Mina glanced into the looking glass again. Henry Jekyll's reflection was looking back at her.
"Are you all right, Mina?" asked Jekyll softly. "It's not healthy for you to lock yourself away like this."
Mina nodded, still in Tom's embrace. "Thanks," she whispered to him through the mirror. It was nice that she could talk to Jekyll through the mirror while Hyde's form still stood in the doorway, scratching his head as if he didn't know what a hug was.
Tom and Mina pulled apart. "It's been very nice of you to help me, Tom," said Mina quietly. "But I don't feel like doing anything now except crying for a while. Maybe going to bed later."
"It's okay," Tom assured her. He stroked her pale face and look into her disgusting, yellow eyes. "It's okay, Mina. Jekyll's a doctor, he'll fix you up. And Skinner, I mean, why would anybody try out a potion unless they didn't have the antidote?"
Mina, who had been sulking and melancholy, suddenly broke into rage. "NEVER mention him in front of me again!" she shrieked wildly. After trying her hardest to step around Hyde without aggravating him too much, she stalked angrily toward her room. Tom heard the sound of a door slam down the corridor.
Tom turned toward the mirror, where Jekyll also had an angry face.
"Sorry, Henry," Tom apologized, realized he had insulted Henry Jekyll when he told Mina he wondered why anybody would try out a potion without the antidote. The first time Jekyll had tried out his transformation potion on himself, he certainly hadn't had an antidote. "I was just trying to calm Mina down."
Jekyll sighed, the tension wiped off from his face. "That's all right, I forgive you, Sawyer." He turned to Hyde. "Come, Edward. I have a meeting to attend with Nemo that I'm about an hour late for."
Hyde just sneered at Jekyll, but did as he was told anyway. Sawyer just sighed and closed the door on the way out.
* * *
Tom returned to the main meeting room, to find only Nemo seated at the table.
"Where's the meeting?" asked Tom, looking around wildly.
"I'm canceling it," Nemo replied. "Due to circumstances beyond my control. Get some rest, Sawyer. How's Mina doing, by the way?"
"She'll be fine, as soon as we get her back to normal."
"Do you really think we can?"
"I'm not sure," Tom admitted. "I was hoping that Jekyll and Skinner would be able to work together on it."
"Either way, I'm sure we can work it out. Hyde didn't harm Mina?"
"Nope."
Nemo looked surprised, but it didn't bother him that much. Hyde had done good deeds in the past. "All right, then. Carry on."
"Yes, captain."
* * *
By the next morning, nobody was really speaking to Skinner. Everybody was trying to talk to Mina, but Mina wasn't speaking to anybody, only staying huddled in her room. Nemo was kind of refusing to speak to Jekyll, because he still thought that Jekyll had endangered Mina's life by bringing Hyde about.
Skinner had made an antidote, but when Mina tried it, it didn't work. In fact, the purple blotches spread to her face, which caused her to be even angrier at Skinner and emphasize the fact that when someone tried to talk to her, she just turned away in embarrassment and horror.
Jekyll had gotten his hands on a sample of Skinner's potion, and he was now trying to make a decent antidote. Mina had confidence in him, because after all, Jekyll was a more experienced chemist than Skinner. Mina herself was the most experienced of all of them, but she wouldn't stop sulking in her room.
Nemo was in his office, trying to schedule a new time for the meeting. The updating of weaponry was very important, and they needed to talk about it sometime.
"Tomorrow evening," he thought, after debating many times in his head. "Tomorrow evening after dinner. That'll hopefully give enough time for Mina to calm down."
Nemo left his office and made his way to the League members' respective rooms to tell them about the new time for the meeting. Tom Sawyer's room happened to be the closest to his office, so he thought he'd try there first.
Nemo had his hand on the doorknob and was just about to open the door when the door flew open and Skinner, who was wearing his black coat, black hat, and even his white face paint, ran out screaming.
"What's the matter?" asked Nemo, completely forgetting that he wasn't speaking to him.
"SAWYER!" Skinner just yelled, continuing to sprint down the hallway.
Curious, Nemo opened the door and went into Tom's room. Tom Sawyer was standing by his desk, with a smug look on his face.
"What just happened?" Nemo asked.
"Well," said Tom, grinning sickeningly, "Skinner won't be bothering Mina anymore. That's for sure."
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There you go, the second chapter.
I just love great cliffhangers, don't you?
Try to keep the reviews coming, but I'm not sure when I'll have the next bit up.
~ Alisonia