All right, now here comes the exciting part!
I hate writing out the details of each battle, so the fights are going to be short. To those of you who love all the action, I'm very sorry. I'm just not an action person. (I should have written that to go with the last chapter, but better late than never.)
Thanks again for all of the reviews, and enjoy!
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The secret weapon turned out to be a voodoo doll of Que.
Nemo took a needle out his pocket and started stabbing the voodoo doll furiously. Que started screaming and twitching all over.
"STOP THAT!" she screamed to Nemo. "What is this black magic you're doing?"
"WAIT!" Andre McCane shouted. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the Skinner voodoo doll. It had been in Tom's pocket when McCane had taken him captive. He had gone through Tom's pockets after he had knocked him out. McCane showed the voodoo doll to Nemo. "Let go of that doll, and I'll let go of this one."
Nemo was stuck. If he kept torturing Que, McCane would start to torture Skinner. Then Nemo remembered Mina. Poor Mina, locking herself in the bathroom and crying because of what Skinner had done to her. Skinner was so selfish.
Next to Nemo, Skinner whispered. "Just do it, Nemo. It'll be worth it if we get Tom back."
So Nemo kept stabbing. McCane started stabbing as well. Both Skinner and Que were screaming hysterically and jumping all over.
McCane continued to stab as he made his way over toward Skinner and Nemo. Suddenly, he stopped stabbing and stuffed the doll back in his pocket. "But keep screaming," he muttered in Skinner's ear.
As Skinner and Que kept screaming (Nemo didn't dare stop stabbing HIS voodoo doll,) McCane went up to Nemo. "Give the doll to me," he told Nemo, slipping him a huge wink. "Trust me."
Nemo wasn't about to, but then he thought of Mina again. McCane had cured Mina's skin rash, hadn't he? Skinner was selfish, but McCane was not. Not until he knocked Mina out with the tranquilizers, anyway.
Nemo didn't know who was controlling his mind when he gave McCane the voodoo doll, but somehow he knew it was the right thing to do.
Que had stopped screaming and was pulling herself together, not looking at any of them. McCane held the Que voodoo doll in his one hand and reached inside his pocket with the other. He pulled out his revolver (Author's Note: 'revolver' in an early term for a pistol.)
"That's it, McCane," said Que excitedly. "Show those two how it's done around here!"
But McCane didn't shoot Skinner or Nemo. He pointed the revolver straight at the voodoo doll's heart and fired. The real Que then slumped over, dead.
"Let them go," McCane told the thugs. He dropped the voodoo doll on the floor.
The thugs let go of Skinner and Nemo. They both approached McCane.
"You killed her!" gasped Skinner.
"Someone had to," McCane replied.
"But you're on her side!" Skinner said, confused.
"No, I'm not," said McCane calmly. "I've been on your side all along. Just ask Mr. Sawyer over there." McCane turned around and pointed to the back corner of the room, where Tom was strapped into an oxygen tank, unconscious.
"But in the ransom note, Que said you were on her side!" Nemo exclaimed. "And you KIDNAPPED Tom!"
"Correction, Captain," said McCane. "Que only THOUGHT that I was on her side. What she didn't know is that I have been plotting against her for weeks now. I gave Mina tranquilizers and kidnapped Tom, just like I was supposed to. He was scared that I would hurt him, but I explained to him that I was on his side, and promised him that I would get rid of Que and then return him safely to the Nautilus. Then I tranquilized him and loaded him onto the helicopter. Only Tom and I knew about my plans."
"But why?" asked Skinner. "Why did you decide to get rid of her?"
"Because she's evil, of course!"
Skinner and Nemo were still confused.
McCane explained some more. "You see, I was forced into working for her a few years ago. I saw her kill people mercilessly and leave their loved ones with grief. Eventually, I worked up enough of her trust, and she put me in charge of this mission, the mission to destroy the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Since I was in charge, this was my chance. I planned to turn the tables on her and give her a taste of her own medicine."
Skinner and Nemo just stared, unbelieving. "Wow," said Nemo finally. "I'm very impressed."
"Thank you," said McCane, smiling. "And now, I guess you want your friend back."
"Yes, if you don't mind," said Nemo, grinning.
McCane went over to the oxygen tank, opened it, and gently got Tom Sawyer out. Pretty soon, an Atlantica crew member was by his side with a syringe of the tranquilizer antidote. After a quick injection, Tom was awake and back to normal.
"Is she dead yet?" he asked McCane.
"Yes," McCane smiled. "I told you I would do it, didn't I?"
Tom and McCane grinned at each other. Tom then noticed Nemo and Skinner. "Hey, you two!" he called. He tossed his head toward McCane. "This guy McCane is pretty cool. He's been working for M's daughter, but he's been against her the whole time. He knows a lot about chemistry and the human body, and wait until I tell you about his amazing eyesight!" But then he paused and turned toward McCane. "Wait. You told me earlier that you would never harm a lady."
"That's correct," McCane admitted.
"But now, you've killed a lady. What's up with that?"
"Mina Harker is a lady," McCane explained. He was smiling. "Quinicia Moriarty is not. She's just pure evil."
Tom smiled.
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"The Atlantica is mine now," said McCane as he walked Nemo, Skinner, and Sawyer back out to their helicopter, which was still in the football field. "So you can use it whenever you like. Just contact me, and I'll be sure that it's at your disposal."
"Thank you very much," said Nemo, bowing to McCane. "And thank you for keeping Tom safe for us."
"Anytime," McCane saluted him. Then he froze. "Wait a minute, Captain."
"Yes?"
"I did you a favor, and now you can do me one," said McCane.
"Anything," said Nemo.
"Name it," added Skinner.
"Can you take me back to the Nautilus with you? I believe I owe Mrs. Harker an apology."
Nemo grinned. "You can come as long as you bring some of that antidote you used on Tom to snap her out of her sleep."
McCane smiled. "Done."
* * *
Back on the Nautilus, Jekyll awoke from a sound sleep. He pulled aside the embroidered curtains of his four-poster bed and took a sip of ginger ale from his nightstand. He felt much better.
Jekyll sat up in bed and stretched. "Edward? Are you there?" he spoke to Hyde silently.
"I'm here," said Edward Hyde very weakly.
"Edward, I've never been so glad to hear from you!" Jekyll exclaimed silently. "What happened to you?"
"I don't know," Hyde croaked quietly. "The last thing I remember is I was hunting down that idiotic invisible man, for a reason I can't remember, and then I suddenly changed back to you. Then you vomited all over the floor, and then I just blacked out. I was gone."
"You know, Edward," said Jekyll aloud. "I've been trying all this time to get rid of you. But now I know that I can't get rid of you without getting rid of part of myself. You go away, and I'm sick and weak. You keep me strong and well, Edward."
"That's what I've been trying to tell you all along, you worm!" exclaimed Hyde. "Now you finally listen to me! But you know something, Jekyll? You're all right. You may be a little worm, but you're the best worm I've ever known."
"I guess you're pretty okay, too," Jekyll admitted. (Author's Note: Awwww! Henry finally gets his cuddle!)
Henry Jekyll got up and put on his robe over his pajamas. It wouldn't hurt to check on Mina.
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I loved writing this chapter. Sadly, though, we're winding down here, folks. Only about two or three more chapters, and this fic is done.
But remember to review!
~ Alisonia
I hate writing out the details of each battle, so the fights are going to be short. To those of you who love all the action, I'm very sorry. I'm just not an action person. (I should have written that to go with the last chapter, but better late than never.)
Thanks again for all of the reviews, and enjoy!
*
The secret weapon turned out to be a voodoo doll of Que.
Nemo took a needle out his pocket and started stabbing the voodoo doll furiously. Que started screaming and twitching all over.
"STOP THAT!" she screamed to Nemo. "What is this black magic you're doing?"
"WAIT!" Andre McCane shouted. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the Skinner voodoo doll. It had been in Tom's pocket when McCane had taken him captive. He had gone through Tom's pockets after he had knocked him out. McCane showed the voodoo doll to Nemo. "Let go of that doll, and I'll let go of this one."
Nemo was stuck. If he kept torturing Que, McCane would start to torture Skinner. Then Nemo remembered Mina. Poor Mina, locking herself in the bathroom and crying because of what Skinner had done to her. Skinner was so selfish.
Next to Nemo, Skinner whispered. "Just do it, Nemo. It'll be worth it if we get Tom back."
So Nemo kept stabbing. McCane started stabbing as well. Both Skinner and Que were screaming hysterically and jumping all over.
McCane continued to stab as he made his way over toward Skinner and Nemo. Suddenly, he stopped stabbing and stuffed the doll back in his pocket. "But keep screaming," he muttered in Skinner's ear.
As Skinner and Que kept screaming (Nemo didn't dare stop stabbing HIS voodoo doll,) McCane went up to Nemo. "Give the doll to me," he told Nemo, slipping him a huge wink. "Trust me."
Nemo wasn't about to, but then he thought of Mina again. McCane had cured Mina's skin rash, hadn't he? Skinner was selfish, but McCane was not. Not until he knocked Mina out with the tranquilizers, anyway.
Nemo didn't know who was controlling his mind when he gave McCane the voodoo doll, but somehow he knew it was the right thing to do.
Que had stopped screaming and was pulling herself together, not looking at any of them. McCane held the Que voodoo doll in his one hand and reached inside his pocket with the other. He pulled out his revolver (Author's Note: 'revolver' in an early term for a pistol.)
"That's it, McCane," said Que excitedly. "Show those two how it's done around here!"
But McCane didn't shoot Skinner or Nemo. He pointed the revolver straight at the voodoo doll's heart and fired. The real Que then slumped over, dead.
"Let them go," McCane told the thugs. He dropped the voodoo doll on the floor.
The thugs let go of Skinner and Nemo. They both approached McCane.
"You killed her!" gasped Skinner.
"Someone had to," McCane replied.
"But you're on her side!" Skinner said, confused.
"No, I'm not," said McCane calmly. "I've been on your side all along. Just ask Mr. Sawyer over there." McCane turned around and pointed to the back corner of the room, where Tom was strapped into an oxygen tank, unconscious.
"But in the ransom note, Que said you were on her side!" Nemo exclaimed. "And you KIDNAPPED Tom!"
"Correction, Captain," said McCane. "Que only THOUGHT that I was on her side. What she didn't know is that I have been plotting against her for weeks now. I gave Mina tranquilizers and kidnapped Tom, just like I was supposed to. He was scared that I would hurt him, but I explained to him that I was on his side, and promised him that I would get rid of Que and then return him safely to the Nautilus. Then I tranquilized him and loaded him onto the helicopter. Only Tom and I knew about my plans."
"But why?" asked Skinner. "Why did you decide to get rid of her?"
"Because she's evil, of course!"
Skinner and Nemo were still confused.
McCane explained some more. "You see, I was forced into working for her a few years ago. I saw her kill people mercilessly and leave their loved ones with grief. Eventually, I worked up enough of her trust, and she put me in charge of this mission, the mission to destroy the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Since I was in charge, this was my chance. I planned to turn the tables on her and give her a taste of her own medicine."
Skinner and Nemo just stared, unbelieving. "Wow," said Nemo finally. "I'm very impressed."
"Thank you," said McCane, smiling. "And now, I guess you want your friend back."
"Yes, if you don't mind," said Nemo, grinning.
McCane went over to the oxygen tank, opened it, and gently got Tom Sawyer out. Pretty soon, an Atlantica crew member was by his side with a syringe of the tranquilizer antidote. After a quick injection, Tom was awake and back to normal.
"Is she dead yet?" he asked McCane.
"Yes," McCane smiled. "I told you I would do it, didn't I?"
Tom and McCane grinned at each other. Tom then noticed Nemo and Skinner. "Hey, you two!" he called. He tossed his head toward McCane. "This guy McCane is pretty cool. He's been working for M's daughter, but he's been against her the whole time. He knows a lot about chemistry and the human body, and wait until I tell you about his amazing eyesight!" But then he paused and turned toward McCane. "Wait. You told me earlier that you would never harm a lady."
"That's correct," McCane admitted.
"But now, you've killed a lady. What's up with that?"
"Mina Harker is a lady," McCane explained. He was smiling. "Quinicia Moriarty is not. She's just pure evil."
Tom smiled.
* * *
"The Atlantica is mine now," said McCane as he walked Nemo, Skinner, and Sawyer back out to their helicopter, which was still in the football field. "So you can use it whenever you like. Just contact me, and I'll be sure that it's at your disposal."
"Thank you very much," said Nemo, bowing to McCane. "And thank you for keeping Tom safe for us."
"Anytime," McCane saluted him. Then he froze. "Wait a minute, Captain."
"Yes?"
"I did you a favor, and now you can do me one," said McCane.
"Anything," said Nemo.
"Name it," added Skinner.
"Can you take me back to the Nautilus with you? I believe I owe Mrs. Harker an apology."
Nemo grinned. "You can come as long as you bring some of that antidote you used on Tom to snap her out of her sleep."
McCane smiled. "Done."
* * *
Back on the Nautilus, Jekyll awoke from a sound sleep. He pulled aside the embroidered curtains of his four-poster bed and took a sip of ginger ale from his nightstand. He felt much better.
Jekyll sat up in bed and stretched. "Edward? Are you there?" he spoke to Hyde silently.
"I'm here," said Edward Hyde very weakly.
"Edward, I've never been so glad to hear from you!" Jekyll exclaimed silently. "What happened to you?"
"I don't know," Hyde croaked quietly. "The last thing I remember is I was hunting down that idiotic invisible man, for a reason I can't remember, and then I suddenly changed back to you. Then you vomited all over the floor, and then I just blacked out. I was gone."
"You know, Edward," said Jekyll aloud. "I've been trying all this time to get rid of you. But now I know that I can't get rid of you without getting rid of part of myself. You go away, and I'm sick and weak. You keep me strong and well, Edward."
"That's what I've been trying to tell you all along, you worm!" exclaimed Hyde. "Now you finally listen to me! But you know something, Jekyll? You're all right. You may be a little worm, but you're the best worm I've ever known."
"I guess you're pretty okay, too," Jekyll admitted. (Author's Note: Awwww! Henry finally gets his cuddle!)
Henry Jekyll got up and put on his robe over his pajamas. It wouldn't hurt to check on Mina.
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I loved writing this chapter. Sadly, though, we're winding down here, folks. Only about two or three more chapters, and this fic is done.
But remember to review!
~ Alisonia