The characters don't belong to me except for Zu and are all owned by their
respective authors and the film company.
I'm sorry if it is a bit slow going but it will get there eventually.
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Nemo was waiting for his friends when they returnned to the ship.
"Henry, Skinner." he said nodding his head to them
"Captain." Jekyll replied
"Nemo me old mate I be fair starved is there anything to eat?" Skinner asked
"If you can contain yourself for a short while longer I will have dinner served in the room off the library." Captian Nemo replied
"Thank you. I would be grateful to the oportunity to freshen up. I had a shot fired at me on the beach and neeed to change my jacket before this one becomes so stained that there is nothing to do with it other than let Hyde rip it to peaces." Henry Jekyll replied
"Who was it?" Nemo demanded
"I don't know, but for the reflexes of this crew man I wouldn't be here now." the doctor replied laying a hand on Zu's shoulder. Jekyll noticed the look that crossed Nemo's face, for a man who usually let nothing cross his face it was surprising as it seemed to have pride blended in with surprise.
"Well done Zu. You are already proving that you will be a useful addition to this crew." Nemo said, and turnned and walked away without seeing the pleasure that crossed the young mans face.
"I would thank you as well, it was Zu wasn't it?" the doctor asked quietly. The younger man turnned to him,
"Yes it was." Zu replied. He noticed that the stammer that the doctor had had on the beach was gone and wondered why.
"Yeah thanks mate for saving Henry, wthout him and Edward along we would be in all sorts of trouble." the coat said
"Who is Edward?" Zu asked
"I'll explain to you at a future date. Now excuse me I need to change. Thank you for saving my life." Jekyll said and walked off.
"That guy has problems." Skinner muttered to himself before walking off as well.
............................................................................ .............................................................. Three hours later ...
Mina sat on her suitcase watching the much younger man pacing in front of her. Agent Sawyer or Tom as she'd lately started to think about him only paused form his pacing to sweep the sandy brown hair out of his eyes. She knew why he was restlesss, he wanted to get out of America as soon as possible as he had handed his resignation in to the secret service and he was worried that they'd try and track him down.
"Sawyer stop pacing just sit down. They'll be here soon enough." Mina said in a calm voice.
"I know that but I wish they'd hurry up." Tom replied brushing his hair out of his eyes again.
"They'll be here when they arrive." Mina told him
"It's alright for you. It's not as though time is a problem for you." Tom shot back imediately regretting his hasty words.
"I am sorry that you think like that Agent Sawyer. I had no idea that my immortality was such a disirable comodity." Mina said her voice as cold as her eyes.
"Mina I'm so sorry, I wasn't thinking." Tom said quickly
"That seems to be a common failing among the young." Mina replied.
Just a bit further along Zu and Skinner were standing listening to the argument.
"Is that them?" Zu asked quietly
"Yeah that is Mina Harker and Tom Sawyer. They really need to get their act together." Skinner said with a laugh in his voice.
"I'd better go and collect them then." Zu said.
Mina was aware of the two others walking towards them before Tom was, she recognised Skinner but the other was new.
"Ms Harker, Mr Sawyer, if you wouldn't mind following me quickly I shall escort you to your transport." the new figure said. Mina tried to work something out, there was something strange about this new man, he wasn't who he seemed to be.
"Thank you." Mina said getting smoothly to her feet. Tom hurridly grabbed her bag trying to apolagise for his earlier actions. Mina hid a smile at the young mans actions, it wasn't that she hadn't given him enough hints he'd just chosen to ignore them.
"This way, it is only a short distance. Skinner get over here." Zu said.
............................................................................ .............................................................. Two hours later in the library on the Nautilus ...
Henry Jekyll was waiting outside the library, he had just had an argument with his evil alter ego Edward Hyde. It had been over a month since his own personal demon had been let loose and the demon wasn't happy about it. Now he was late for this meeting, he absently fidled with his watch and chain before drawing in a deep breath and walking into the room.
"I'm sorry I am late but I .. I had a bit of trouble with Edward." Jekyll explained.
"Hey no bother we were only going to send out a search party." Skinner said from his seat part way down the room.
"Skinner be quiet." the Captain said from near the fire. Jekyll noticed that the crewman who had saved his life the following night was there as well standing a bit back from the Captain.
"Please do. I was in the middle of an experiment and I wish to get back to it." Mina told Skinner from her position on the two seater which Tom was sharing.
"Fine. Not only am I invisable but silent as well now." Skinner moaned
"We are here to find out why someone tried to killed Dr Jekyll last night." Captain Nemo said
"It may just be the relative of somene who I harmed before I was stopped by Allan and Tom." Jekyll suggested
"Possibly but not many people know what Dr Henry Jekyll looks like." Mina said
"I am very grateful for that." he replied "Maybe that way when I find a cure for Hyde I can go back to some form of a normal life."
"It could just be someone who wants to get at the league. Edward Hyde is our strongest member and without him we might have some problems, as Hyde is near invulnerable trying to kill the Doc. may well be the only way to kill him." Tom said
"You are telling me that Edward Hyde and Dr Jekyll are the same person." Zu said
"That is the case, don't worry Edward won't go rampaging around the ship while you sleep. I have better control over him than that." Jekyll said seeing the worry on the younger mans face.
"I wasn't worried." Zu replied
"Why is Zu here?" Skinner asked
"I am training he .. him as my first officer as I have not had one since poor Ishmael. I thought it might be useful to have Zu sitting in on our meetings so he knows as much about you as possible." Captain Nemo replied. Mina and Jekyll looked quickly at the Captain wondering about his slip.
"Is he that good he looks a bit young." Tom said dubiously
"Zu is just 2 years younger than you Mr Sawyer and knows the ship almost as well as I do. One of his parents was the main architects for the Nautilus and as such is ideal for the post." Captain Nemo said.
'Strange I thought that Nemo was the only one who designed the ship' Jekyll thought looking at the young man and trying to see any similarity between him and Nemo.
"As we can't say for definate who it is that shot at Jekyll last night we must decide on some course of action." Nemo said
"We could confine ole Henry to the ship." Skinner suggested
"You just said that Edward Hyde was your strongest member, if you confine Dr Jekyll to the ship then that reduces your strength if you need it." Zu said quietly.
'Don't let them confine us to the ship we will go mad, we need to be let out Dr Worm, let us out, please let us out, LET US OUT' the mad voice of Edward Hyde continued to shout in his head.
"Zu give the Doctor a glass of water." Captain Nemo ordered. Zu hurridly walked to the table a tipped some water into a glass which he carried over to the doctor who was sitting in the chair with his head in his hands and a look of pain on his face.
"Thank you" Jekyll gasped out drinking a smll sip of water.
"Is Hyde getting worse?" Sawyer asked anxiously
"I .. I haven't let him out for a month so he's angry with me. I know I'm trying to repress him but I'm going to have to let him out sooner or later just to stop myself goig insane." Jekyll said feeling better. He handed the glass back to Zu, who replaced it on the table and went back to his previous position.
"If you wish you can be chained up in the cold compartment when we take on air tomorrow and release him." Nemo offered
"I would be grateful, I need to let him out just to give myself chance to think staright afterwards." Jekyll said
"What are we going to do about this possible threat to Jekyll?" Mina asked.
"I was going to suggest that we continued with our trip round the world. We tried to start after Allan's death but things kept cropping up, now would be a good time to do it until we can find out what is going on." Nemo suggested.
"That'll be fine." Skinner said. Mina and Tom nodded as well.
"Henry?" Nemo asked when the doctor still hadn't answered
"Fine." he huttered and hurried out the door.
"Has he been this bad when the pair of you were in London?" Tom asked
"No, I think Hyde is becomming more dominant at the moment because of the threat to Jekyll's life." Skinner said seriously for once.
"We'll have to keep an eye on him." Mina said
"That isn't a good idea. If Hyde feels that you don't trust the Dr to contain him any longer he will just act worse." Zu said the others stared at him which caused the young man to flush red.
"Run along Zu. I'm sure we can finish here." Nemo said, Zu bowed and left the room.
Just a short way round the corner Jekyll was crouched up in a ball on the floor
I'm sorry if it is a bit slow going but it will get there eventually.
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Nemo was waiting for his friends when they returnned to the ship.
"Henry, Skinner." he said nodding his head to them
"Captain." Jekyll replied
"Nemo me old mate I be fair starved is there anything to eat?" Skinner asked
"If you can contain yourself for a short while longer I will have dinner served in the room off the library." Captian Nemo replied
"Thank you. I would be grateful to the oportunity to freshen up. I had a shot fired at me on the beach and neeed to change my jacket before this one becomes so stained that there is nothing to do with it other than let Hyde rip it to peaces." Henry Jekyll replied
"Who was it?" Nemo demanded
"I don't know, but for the reflexes of this crew man I wouldn't be here now." the doctor replied laying a hand on Zu's shoulder. Jekyll noticed the look that crossed Nemo's face, for a man who usually let nothing cross his face it was surprising as it seemed to have pride blended in with surprise.
"Well done Zu. You are already proving that you will be a useful addition to this crew." Nemo said, and turnned and walked away without seeing the pleasure that crossed the young mans face.
"I would thank you as well, it was Zu wasn't it?" the doctor asked quietly. The younger man turnned to him,
"Yes it was." Zu replied. He noticed that the stammer that the doctor had had on the beach was gone and wondered why.
"Yeah thanks mate for saving Henry, wthout him and Edward along we would be in all sorts of trouble." the coat said
"Who is Edward?" Zu asked
"I'll explain to you at a future date. Now excuse me I need to change. Thank you for saving my life." Jekyll said and walked off.
"That guy has problems." Skinner muttered to himself before walking off as well.
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Mina sat on her suitcase watching the much younger man pacing in front of her. Agent Sawyer or Tom as she'd lately started to think about him only paused form his pacing to sweep the sandy brown hair out of his eyes. She knew why he was restlesss, he wanted to get out of America as soon as possible as he had handed his resignation in to the secret service and he was worried that they'd try and track him down.
"Sawyer stop pacing just sit down. They'll be here soon enough." Mina said in a calm voice.
"I know that but I wish they'd hurry up." Tom replied brushing his hair out of his eyes again.
"They'll be here when they arrive." Mina told him
"It's alright for you. It's not as though time is a problem for you." Tom shot back imediately regretting his hasty words.
"I am sorry that you think like that Agent Sawyer. I had no idea that my immortality was such a disirable comodity." Mina said her voice as cold as her eyes.
"Mina I'm so sorry, I wasn't thinking." Tom said quickly
"That seems to be a common failing among the young." Mina replied.
Just a bit further along Zu and Skinner were standing listening to the argument.
"Is that them?" Zu asked quietly
"Yeah that is Mina Harker and Tom Sawyer. They really need to get their act together." Skinner said with a laugh in his voice.
"I'd better go and collect them then." Zu said.
Mina was aware of the two others walking towards them before Tom was, she recognised Skinner but the other was new.
"Ms Harker, Mr Sawyer, if you wouldn't mind following me quickly I shall escort you to your transport." the new figure said. Mina tried to work something out, there was something strange about this new man, he wasn't who he seemed to be.
"Thank you." Mina said getting smoothly to her feet. Tom hurridly grabbed her bag trying to apolagise for his earlier actions. Mina hid a smile at the young mans actions, it wasn't that she hadn't given him enough hints he'd just chosen to ignore them.
"This way, it is only a short distance. Skinner get over here." Zu said.
............................................................................ .............................................................. Two hours later in the library on the Nautilus ...
Henry Jekyll was waiting outside the library, he had just had an argument with his evil alter ego Edward Hyde. It had been over a month since his own personal demon had been let loose and the demon wasn't happy about it. Now he was late for this meeting, he absently fidled with his watch and chain before drawing in a deep breath and walking into the room.
"I'm sorry I am late but I .. I had a bit of trouble with Edward." Jekyll explained.
"Hey no bother we were only going to send out a search party." Skinner said from his seat part way down the room.
"Skinner be quiet." the Captain said from near the fire. Jekyll noticed that the crewman who had saved his life the following night was there as well standing a bit back from the Captain.
"Please do. I was in the middle of an experiment and I wish to get back to it." Mina told Skinner from her position on the two seater which Tom was sharing.
"Fine. Not only am I invisable but silent as well now." Skinner moaned
"We are here to find out why someone tried to killed Dr Jekyll last night." Captain Nemo said
"It may just be the relative of somene who I harmed before I was stopped by Allan and Tom." Jekyll suggested
"Possibly but not many people know what Dr Henry Jekyll looks like." Mina said
"I am very grateful for that." he replied "Maybe that way when I find a cure for Hyde I can go back to some form of a normal life."
"It could just be someone who wants to get at the league. Edward Hyde is our strongest member and without him we might have some problems, as Hyde is near invulnerable trying to kill the Doc. may well be the only way to kill him." Tom said
"You are telling me that Edward Hyde and Dr Jekyll are the same person." Zu said
"That is the case, don't worry Edward won't go rampaging around the ship while you sleep. I have better control over him than that." Jekyll said seeing the worry on the younger mans face.
"I wasn't worried." Zu replied
"Why is Zu here?" Skinner asked
"I am training he .. him as my first officer as I have not had one since poor Ishmael. I thought it might be useful to have Zu sitting in on our meetings so he knows as much about you as possible." Captain Nemo replied. Mina and Jekyll looked quickly at the Captain wondering about his slip.
"Is he that good he looks a bit young." Tom said dubiously
"Zu is just 2 years younger than you Mr Sawyer and knows the ship almost as well as I do. One of his parents was the main architects for the Nautilus and as such is ideal for the post." Captain Nemo said.
'Strange I thought that Nemo was the only one who designed the ship' Jekyll thought looking at the young man and trying to see any similarity between him and Nemo.
"As we can't say for definate who it is that shot at Jekyll last night we must decide on some course of action." Nemo said
"We could confine ole Henry to the ship." Skinner suggested
"You just said that Edward Hyde was your strongest member, if you confine Dr Jekyll to the ship then that reduces your strength if you need it." Zu said quietly.
'Don't let them confine us to the ship we will go mad, we need to be let out Dr Worm, let us out, please let us out, LET US OUT' the mad voice of Edward Hyde continued to shout in his head.
"Zu give the Doctor a glass of water." Captain Nemo ordered. Zu hurridly walked to the table a tipped some water into a glass which he carried over to the doctor who was sitting in the chair with his head in his hands and a look of pain on his face.
"Thank you" Jekyll gasped out drinking a smll sip of water.
"Is Hyde getting worse?" Sawyer asked anxiously
"I .. I haven't let him out for a month so he's angry with me. I know I'm trying to repress him but I'm going to have to let him out sooner or later just to stop myself goig insane." Jekyll said feeling better. He handed the glass back to Zu, who replaced it on the table and went back to his previous position.
"If you wish you can be chained up in the cold compartment when we take on air tomorrow and release him." Nemo offered
"I would be grateful, I need to let him out just to give myself chance to think staright afterwards." Jekyll said
"What are we going to do about this possible threat to Jekyll?" Mina asked.
"I was going to suggest that we continued with our trip round the world. We tried to start after Allan's death but things kept cropping up, now would be a good time to do it until we can find out what is going on." Nemo suggested.
"That'll be fine." Skinner said. Mina and Tom nodded as well.
"Henry?" Nemo asked when the doctor still hadn't answered
"Fine." he huttered and hurried out the door.
"Has he been this bad when the pair of you were in London?" Tom asked
"No, I think Hyde is becomming more dominant at the moment because of the threat to Jekyll's life." Skinner said seriously for once.
"We'll have to keep an eye on him." Mina said
"That isn't a good idea. If Hyde feels that you don't trust the Dr to contain him any longer he will just act worse." Zu said the others stared at him which caused the young man to flush red.
"Run along Zu. I'm sure we can finish here." Nemo said, Zu bowed and left the room.
Just a short way round the corner Jekyll was crouched up in a ball on the floor