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Here's part three. I tried to hurry it up as best I could so those of you on the edges of your seats didn't have to wait much longer!
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As it turns out, Tom had swiped a book about voodoo from the library of the Nautilus and was having fun stabbing his Rodney Skinner voodoo doll. Skinner's shrieks and screams were happening because he felt the sharp pokes Tom was giving him.
"I told him if he would leave Mina alone, I would leave him alone," Tom explained.
Nemo was curious. "How do you make a voodoo doll of an invisible man?"
"Easy. I somehow found this old photograph of what Skinner looked like before he turned invisible."
Nemo started forward to look at the picture, but then stopped. He realized what he was doing. "SAWYER!!!!!" he exploded, shaken out of his curiosity and into the situation at hand. "Now, I know you're upset about what Skinner did to Mina, but did you really think that this was necessary?!?!?!?!?"
"Considering what Mina's doing to herself, yes! She's shut up in her room, she won't speak to anyone--"
"But, seriously! I mean, now that you've started it, everybody on this ship is going to start making voodoo dolls of each other!!!! This place is going to be a madhouse!!!"
Tom shrugged. "Well, at least I have satisfaction knowing that Skinner got what he deserved. I don't know why you're taking this so seriously. I was just having a little fun."
"Well, why do you think I even have that book in the library? Because I know how serious a business that voodoo really is!"
Tom, still not convinced that he had done anything wrong, just shrugged. Nemo, frustrated beyond belief, just left. He knew he could do nothing to change Tom's mind.
* * *
"Okay, Mina, let's try this."
Jekyll dipped a washing rag into a serum of his new antidote, then started scrubbing Mina's arm with it, hoping it would take the purple blotches off. However, it didn't really do anything. In fact, it just made Mina's skin red and irritated.
Mina quietly howled in pain and yanked her arm away from Jekyll. Jekyll put his washing rag down and tenderly touched her skin.
"Now, why won't this work?" Jekyll asked impatiently, holding up the beaker of serum. "I'm certain this is the antidote!"
"You idiot. Your potions never work," Hyde sneered in the back of Jekyll's head.
"Hyde, if my potions never work, how come I have you around?" Jekyll snapped back audibly. Mina just looked at him, but didn't say anything. She knew that when he started talking about stuff completely unrelated to what was going on at the moment, she knew he was talking to Hyde.
"Ooooh. I'm really scared," sneered Hyde sarcastically. "Jekyll's angry at me!"
Jekyll just ignored him. "Sorry, Mina," he told Mina apologetically. "But don't worry, I'm not going to give up until I can find the potion to cure you. You might want to run some cold water on that arm to stop the itching," he added.
Mina nodded, her eyes filled with tears. She knew that Jekyll was trying his hardest to help, and for this, she was very thankful. But she was also very frustrated with him. She usually wasn't a very impatient person, but she wanted to be cured NOW. Heck, you would too, if you were in her condition.
Jekyll stood up and was about to leave, but then Nemo stumbled in.
"What is it, Captain?" asked Jekyll.
"Sawyer's up to his boyish jokes again," said Nemo angrily, completely forgetting that he was angry at Jekyll. He told them all about the voodoo doll he had made of Skinner.
Mina smiled, but Jekyll didn't. "What does he think he's DOING?" Jekyll asked angrily.
"Exactly," nodded Nemo.
"Not that I can't imagine him doing it, but he's setting a poor example for Edward. Next time he comes out, he's going to start making voodoo dolls of everybody!" Jekyll exclaimed.
"That's exactly was I was thinking," said Nemo. He noticed the beaker in Jekyll's hand. "Have you found an antidote yet?"
"Not yet," Jekyll admitted. "I tried this one, but Mina's skin got all red and it started to burn and itch her." He turned around and noticed that Mina wasn't in the room anymore. "She's probably gone to the bathroom to run some cold water over it, like I told her to."
"Ah," Nemo nodded. "Don't worry, Jekyll. You'll get it."
"I hope," nodded Jekyll anxiously.
* * *
By the end of the day, the League were the most distant they had ever been from each other. Nobody was speaking to Skinner. Even after Tom's prank, they all decided to forgive him once Mina's condition had cleared up, which it still hadn't.
Nobody was speaking to Tom either; they had thought his joke was dirty and mean. Mina had thought it was funny, but Mina wasn't speaking to anybody. She was still too embarrassed, and spent her day shut in her room. To add to all of this, Nemo was still angry at Jekyll for endangering Mina.
To sum of it up, nobody was speaking to Tom or Skinner, Mina wasn't speaking to anyone, and Nemo and Jekyll weren't speaking. Each member of the League was involved in at least one grudge against another member, except for Hyde, but he didn't count. Hyde never counted, except when he was needed.
The cold water had helped Mina's skin cool down, and she made herself an especially strong sleeping potion before turning in to bed. She had no desire to wake up in the morning.
Tom had destroyed his voodoo doll of Skinner, but he had made one of Hyde. He didn't think anybody would be angry about this; everybody agreed that Hyde needed controlling. However, he was afraid to test it out, because he was afraid that he would hurt Jekyll. After all, they shared the same body.
But Jekyll wasn't speaking to him anyway, so what difference would it make?
Still, he didn't want to take the chance. Eventually, Tom gave up on his project and went to bed.
After all of the League members were asleep and the only ones awake on the Nautilus were the crew members assigned to night watch, a bunch of men and one very powerful woman met in secret on a second submarine about 500 miles away from the Nautilus.
Quinicia Moriarty, M's illegitimate daughter, a dark mysterious woman wearing all black, her face covered by the veil of a pillbox hat, sat at the head of the table in a meeting room of the submarine Atlantica. Andre McCane, her number one assistant, sat at her right side. The rest of the men seated at the table were very odd people indeed. They would have been thugs, except they all were wearing suits and glasses. I guess you could say they were brainy thugs.
"First things first," Ms. Moriarty said. "My equals call me 'Que,' but my inferiors call me 'madam.' Seeing as how I've brought you all here under my leadership, I will request that you all address me as 'madam.' Except for Andre, of course."
"Yes, madam," clamored her room full of thugs.
"Now, I've gathered you all here for a purpose," Que said. "We are going to destroy the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. I know we've tried several times in the past and failed, but this time, my assistant Andre McCane has come up with a brilliant plan." She turned to her assistant. "Andre?"
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There's chapter three. I hope to have the fourth chapter up in a few days. I've taken to working on this story in between studying.
Don't forget to review! (I know I'm kind of pushing it, but those reviews are very helpful! They encourage me to continue writing!)
~ Alisonia
Here's part three. I tried to hurry it up as best I could so those of you on the edges of your seats didn't have to wait much longer!
*
As it turns out, Tom had swiped a book about voodoo from the library of the Nautilus and was having fun stabbing his Rodney Skinner voodoo doll. Skinner's shrieks and screams were happening because he felt the sharp pokes Tom was giving him.
"I told him if he would leave Mina alone, I would leave him alone," Tom explained.
Nemo was curious. "How do you make a voodoo doll of an invisible man?"
"Easy. I somehow found this old photograph of what Skinner looked like before he turned invisible."
Nemo started forward to look at the picture, but then stopped. He realized what he was doing. "SAWYER!!!!!" he exploded, shaken out of his curiosity and into the situation at hand. "Now, I know you're upset about what Skinner did to Mina, but did you really think that this was necessary?!?!?!?!?"
"Considering what Mina's doing to herself, yes! She's shut up in her room, she won't speak to anyone--"
"But, seriously! I mean, now that you've started it, everybody on this ship is going to start making voodoo dolls of each other!!!! This place is going to be a madhouse!!!"
Tom shrugged. "Well, at least I have satisfaction knowing that Skinner got what he deserved. I don't know why you're taking this so seriously. I was just having a little fun."
"Well, why do you think I even have that book in the library? Because I know how serious a business that voodoo really is!"
Tom, still not convinced that he had done anything wrong, just shrugged. Nemo, frustrated beyond belief, just left. He knew he could do nothing to change Tom's mind.
* * *
"Okay, Mina, let's try this."
Jekyll dipped a washing rag into a serum of his new antidote, then started scrubbing Mina's arm with it, hoping it would take the purple blotches off. However, it didn't really do anything. In fact, it just made Mina's skin red and irritated.
Mina quietly howled in pain and yanked her arm away from Jekyll. Jekyll put his washing rag down and tenderly touched her skin.
"Now, why won't this work?" Jekyll asked impatiently, holding up the beaker of serum. "I'm certain this is the antidote!"
"You idiot. Your potions never work," Hyde sneered in the back of Jekyll's head.
"Hyde, if my potions never work, how come I have you around?" Jekyll snapped back audibly. Mina just looked at him, but didn't say anything. She knew that when he started talking about stuff completely unrelated to what was going on at the moment, she knew he was talking to Hyde.
"Ooooh. I'm really scared," sneered Hyde sarcastically. "Jekyll's angry at me!"
Jekyll just ignored him. "Sorry, Mina," he told Mina apologetically. "But don't worry, I'm not going to give up until I can find the potion to cure you. You might want to run some cold water on that arm to stop the itching," he added.
Mina nodded, her eyes filled with tears. She knew that Jekyll was trying his hardest to help, and for this, she was very thankful. But she was also very frustrated with him. She usually wasn't a very impatient person, but she wanted to be cured NOW. Heck, you would too, if you were in her condition.
Jekyll stood up and was about to leave, but then Nemo stumbled in.
"What is it, Captain?" asked Jekyll.
"Sawyer's up to his boyish jokes again," said Nemo angrily, completely forgetting that he was angry at Jekyll. He told them all about the voodoo doll he had made of Skinner.
Mina smiled, but Jekyll didn't. "What does he think he's DOING?" Jekyll asked angrily.
"Exactly," nodded Nemo.
"Not that I can't imagine him doing it, but he's setting a poor example for Edward. Next time he comes out, he's going to start making voodoo dolls of everybody!" Jekyll exclaimed.
"That's exactly was I was thinking," said Nemo. He noticed the beaker in Jekyll's hand. "Have you found an antidote yet?"
"Not yet," Jekyll admitted. "I tried this one, but Mina's skin got all red and it started to burn and itch her." He turned around and noticed that Mina wasn't in the room anymore. "She's probably gone to the bathroom to run some cold water over it, like I told her to."
"Ah," Nemo nodded. "Don't worry, Jekyll. You'll get it."
"I hope," nodded Jekyll anxiously.
* * *
By the end of the day, the League were the most distant they had ever been from each other. Nobody was speaking to Skinner. Even after Tom's prank, they all decided to forgive him once Mina's condition had cleared up, which it still hadn't.
Nobody was speaking to Tom either; they had thought his joke was dirty and mean. Mina had thought it was funny, but Mina wasn't speaking to anybody. She was still too embarrassed, and spent her day shut in her room. To add to all of this, Nemo was still angry at Jekyll for endangering Mina.
To sum of it up, nobody was speaking to Tom or Skinner, Mina wasn't speaking to anyone, and Nemo and Jekyll weren't speaking. Each member of the League was involved in at least one grudge against another member, except for Hyde, but he didn't count. Hyde never counted, except when he was needed.
The cold water had helped Mina's skin cool down, and she made herself an especially strong sleeping potion before turning in to bed. She had no desire to wake up in the morning.
Tom had destroyed his voodoo doll of Skinner, but he had made one of Hyde. He didn't think anybody would be angry about this; everybody agreed that Hyde needed controlling. However, he was afraid to test it out, because he was afraid that he would hurt Jekyll. After all, they shared the same body.
But Jekyll wasn't speaking to him anyway, so what difference would it make?
Still, he didn't want to take the chance. Eventually, Tom gave up on his project and went to bed.
After all of the League members were asleep and the only ones awake on the Nautilus were the crew members assigned to night watch, a bunch of men and one very powerful woman met in secret on a second submarine about 500 miles away from the Nautilus.
Quinicia Moriarty, M's illegitimate daughter, a dark mysterious woman wearing all black, her face covered by the veil of a pillbox hat, sat at the head of the table in a meeting room of the submarine Atlantica. Andre McCane, her number one assistant, sat at her right side. The rest of the men seated at the table were very odd people indeed. They would have been thugs, except they all were wearing suits and glasses. I guess you could say they were brainy thugs.
"First things first," Ms. Moriarty said. "My equals call me 'Que,' but my inferiors call me 'madam.' Seeing as how I've brought you all here under my leadership, I will request that you all address me as 'madam.' Except for Andre, of course."
"Yes, madam," clamored her room full of thugs.
"Now, I've gathered you all here for a purpose," Que said. "We are going to destroy the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. I know we've tried several times in the past and failed, but this time, my assistant Andre McCane has come up with a brilliant plan." She turned to her assistant. "Andre?"
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There's chapter three. I hope to have the fourth chapter up in a few days. I've taken to working on this story in between studying.
Don't forget to review! (I know I'm kind of pushing it, but those reviews are very helpful! They encourage me to continue writing!)
~ Alisonia