The characters don't belong to me except for Zu and are all owned by their
respective authors and the film company.
Thank you so much for everybody who has reviewed my story so far you have no idea how much that cheered me up. This will probably be the last bit I put up for a while (maybe) as I'm going back to uni on sunday and can't use the internet till I come home again at Christmas. I will try to leave it on a cliff hanger if I can to keep you interested.
Here we go then folks
............................................................................ .............................................................. The following morning ...
"How long do you think it will take before we can carry on?" Tom asked Mina as they stood on the deck of the Nautilus
"we'll have to wait until Henry is back to normal as otherwise if he gets loose it could cause all sorts of problems." Mina replied.
"Can I have a word with you folks?" Skinner asked coming up behind them
"What is wrong?" Tom asked
"I was walking to clear my head last night after those few drinks we had and I came across Nemo and that new chap, Zu, I don't know what exactly is going on with the pair of them but Nemo was warnning Zu to stay away from Jekyll and Zu refused." Skinner said
"Where are they now?" Mina asked
"Henry is chainned up and about to become Hyde, I think Nemo is in his room, I don't know where Zu is." Skinner said.
"We'd better go and check he isn't near Hyde then." Tom decided, "I don't want to cast accusations but it could be that Zu is a spy sent to help kill Jekyll and if he is left alone with Hyde he may just try."
............................................................................ .............................................................. below deck
"I .. I am grateful for you offering to stay but I .. I am going to be alright. I am not in complete control of Hyde and I wouldn't want to see you hurt." Jekyll said
"I wish to see this creature that everybody seems so scared of." Zu replied sitting carmly on a wooden crate 7 foot away. "Besides I am a distance away and can move quick when I want to."
"Zu I told you to stay away from that man." Nemo said exploding into the room
"I told you I wasn't going to." Zu replied calmly
"Do you want me to leave you ashore?" Nemo asked
"You'd only come and find me again, you've doen that enough times. Where would you leave me anyway? We are half way to the North Pole there isn't anywhere you could leave me." Zu replied angrily
"I remember why I leave you behind at times when you act like this."
"Why did you find me this time? I didn't want to be here. I don't want anything to do with this. You just want me to help run the 'family' business!" Zu shot back.
"STOP THIS NOW!" Jekyll roared causing the two arguing men to face him in surprise. Nemo had never seen the mild manered doctor loose his temper.
"Can you please stop. Hyde is shouting to be let out and I don't know how much longer I can keep him penned up. I prefer to have some kind of calm atmosphere around him unless necessary as it tends to affect him avesely." Jekyll explained calmly.
"Sorry Doctor." Nemo said " I will speak to you later Zu" he then turnned and left the room.
"I'll stay if you don't mind sir." Zu said
"Okay just stay back a bit" Jekyll said then pulled out his bottle of elixar and hurridly downed it. Zu saw the look of disgust cross his face before it began to change.
When Tom, Mina and Skinner arrived a few seconds later they were confronted by Hyde looking at the young man sitting calmly in front of him not shouting of making threats as he usually did.
"Who are you?" Hyde demanded
"Zu"
"The worm is confused by you as he can't work out what you are."
"Well that's too bad, I have no intention of telling anyone who or what I am until I am ready." Zu told the monster standing in front of him
"Tell me, I promise I won't tell anyone." Hyde said
"NO. As far as I know Jekyll knows everything that you do and visa verser."
"TELL ME" Hyde shouted
"No" Zu replied calmly.
"Zu you might want to think about leaving the room," Tom warned seeing the chains that restrained Hyde beginning to slip in places.
"I'm alright thank you Sawyer, I can handle this stupid creature." Zu replied calmly.
"STUPID AM I" Hyde roared his chains completely shattering as the creature surged forwards towards the crew man still sitting there calmly.
"Mina do something." Tom said about to run forward to try and distract the monster, "Jekyll will never forgive himself if he hurts someone now."
Mina had only taken a step forward before Hyde stopped three feet from the younger man. He shuddered for a minute before transforming back to the familiar figure of Henry Jekyll, Jekyll almost fell used to such a quick transformation. Despite Zu's supposedly lazy position as soon as he saw the doctor start to fall he was on his feet to catch him.
"What did you do?" Mina asked hurrying forward with Tom and Skinner just behind her
"I just tried a theory out." Zu said still supporting Jekyll.
"You could have been killed." Tom said
" I don't think so. I think from reading notes on all of you that Jekyll does have some limited control over Hyde and as such would have stopped him from harming me if my origonal idea hadn't worked." Zu said calmly
" H .. how did you change me back?" Jekyll asked straightening up and grapping his trousers which went to slip round his ankles
"From the files on your cases that Nemo has I noticed that Hyde never looses his temper. He may be annoyed but never angry. I thought that if he became angry then he would change back to Jekyll and he did." Zu explained
" I had no idea that that would happen." Jekyll said.
"Why are you trying to find so much out about Jekyll?" Tom asked suspiciously.
"There isn't much more to find out about the rest of you. I know more than I wish about Nemo, Mina Harker is a vampire and they are fairly well documented in the books of Van Helsing, Skinner is invisable, and you Sawyer are an uncomplicated American who can shoot well. Jekyll here is the only one who is not known so well." Zu explained
"I think we are going to need to talk." Mina said
"You'll have to get in line as Nemo wants to speak to me first. He doesn't approve of my interest in the doctor." Zu said grinning slightly.
"I heard and I am sorry if I get you into trouble with him" Jekyll said absently staring at Zu trying to work out the last piece of the puzzle about him.
"I have been in trouble with Nemo for many years." Zu said "I'd better go and speak to him."
Zu was just about to leave the room followed by Jekyll who wanted to change what he had been wearing when there was a shout above them from the deck.
"Zu, Tom, Mina get up here." Nemo called "There is someone in the water."
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Next time ...
The threat directed at Henry becomes clear as the Nautilus is attacked. Mina and Tom come one step closser together The truth behind Nemo and Zu's past will be revealed.
Thank you so much for everybody who has reviewed my story so far you have no idea how much that cheered me up. This will probably be the last bit I put up for a while (maybe) as I'm going back to uni on sunday and can't use the internet till I come home again at Christmas. I will try to leave it on a cliff hanger if I can to keep you interested.
Here we go then folks
............................................................................ .............................................................. The following morning ...
"How long do you think it will take before we can carry on?" Tom asked Mina as they stood on the deck of the Nautilus
"we'll have to wait until Henry is back to normal as otherwise if he gets loose it could cause all sorts of problems." Mina replied.
"Can I have a word with you folks?" Skinner asked coming up behind them
"What is wrong?" Tom asked
"I was walking to clear my head last night after those few drinks we had and I came across Nemo and that new chap, Zu, I don't know what exactly is going on with the pair of them but Nemo was warnning Zu to stay away from Jekyll and Zu refused." Skinner said
"Where are they now?" Mina asked
"Henry is chainned up and about to become Hyde, I think Nemo is in his room, I don't know where Zu is." Skinner said.
"We'd better go and check he isn't near Hyde then." Tom decided, "I don't want to cast accusations but it could be that Zu is a spy sent to help kill Jekyll and if he is left alone with Hyde he may just try."
............................................................................ .............................................................. below deck
"I .. I am grateful for you offering to stay but I .. I am going to be alright. I am not in complete control of Hyde and I wouldn't want to see you hurt." Jekyll said
"I wish to see this creature that everybody seems so scared of." Zu replied sitting carmly on a wooden crate 7 foot away. "Besides I am a distance away and can move quick when I want to."
"Zu I told you to stay away from that man." Nemo said exploding into the room
"I told you I wasn't going to." Zu replied calmly
"Do you want me to leave you ashore?" Nemo asked
"You'd only come and find me again, you've doen that enough times. Where would you leave me anyway? We are half way to the North Pole there isn't anywhere you could leave me." Zu replied angrily
"I remember why I leave you behind at times when you act like this."
"Why did you find me this time? I didn't want to be here. I don't want anything to do with this. You just want me to help run the 'family' business!" Zu shot back.
"STOP THIS NOW!" Jekyll roared causing the two arguing men to face him in surprise. Nemo had never seen the mild manered doctor loose his temper.
"Can you please stop. Hyde is shouting to be let out and I don't know how much longer I can keep him penned up. I prefer to have some kind of calm atmosphere around him unless necessary as it tends to affect him avesely." Jekyll explained calmly.
"Sorry Doctor." Nemo said " I will speak to you later Zu" he then turnned and left the room.
"I'll stay if you don't mind sir." Zu said
"Okay just stay back a bit" Jekyll said then pulled out his bottle of elixar and hurridly downed it. Zu saw the look of disgust cross his face before it began to change.
When Tom, Mina and Skinner arrived a few seconds later they were confronted by Hyde looking at the young man sitting calmly in front of him not shouting of making threats as he usually did.
"Who are you?" Hyde demanded
"Zu"
"The worm is confused by you as he can't work out what you are."
"Well that's too bad, I have no intention of telling anyone who or what I am until I am ready." Zu told the monster standing in front of him
"Tell me, I promise I won't tell anyone." Hyde said
"NO. As far as I know Jekyll knows everything that you do and visa verser."
"TELL ME" Hyde shouted
"No" Zu replied calmly.
"Zu you might want to think about leaving the room," Tom warned seeing the chains that restrained Hyde beginning to slip in places.
"I'm alright thank you Sawyer, I can handle this stupid creature." Zu replied calmly.
"STUPID AM I" Hyde roared his chains completely shattering as the creature surged forwards towards the crew man still sitting there calmly.
"Mina do something." Tom said about to run forward to try and distract the monster, "Jekyll will never forgive himself if he hurts someone now."
Mina had only taken a step forward before Hyde stopped three feet from the younger man. He shuddered for a minute before transforming back to the familiar figure of Henry Jekyll, Jekyll almost fell used to such a quick transformation. Despite Zu's supposedly lazy position as soon as he saw the doctor start to fall he was on his feet to catch him.
"What did you do?" Mina asked hurrying forward with Tom and Skinner just behind her
"I just tried a theory out." Zu said still supporting Jekyll.
"You could have been killed." Tom said
" I don't think so. I think from reading notes on all of you that Jekyll does have some limited control over Hyde and as such would have stopped him from harming me if my origonal idea hadn't worked." Zu said calmly
" H .. how did you change me back?" Jekyll asked straightening up and grapping his trousers which went to slip round his ankles
"From the files on your cases that Nemo has I noticed that Hyde never looses his temper. He may be annoyed but never angry. I thought that if he became angry then he would change back to Jekyll and he did." Zu explained
" I had no idea that that would happen." Jekyll said.
"Why are you trying to find so much out about Jekyll?" Tom asked suspiciously.
"There isn't much more to find out about the rest of you. I know more than I wish about Nemo, Mina Harker is a vampire and they are fairly well documented in the books of Van Helsing, Skinner is invisable, and you Sawyer are an uncomplicated American who can shoot well. Jekyll here is the only one who is not known so well." Zu explained
"I think we are going to need to talk." Mina said
"You'll have to get in line as Nemo wants to speak to me first. He doesn't approve of my interest in the doctor." Zu said grinning slightly.
"I heard and I am sorry if I get you into trouble with him" Jekyll said absently staring at Zu trying to work out the last piece of the puzzle about him.
"I have been in trouble with Nemo for many years." Zu said "I'd better go and speak to him."
Zu was just about to leave the room followed by Jekyll who wanted to change what he had been wearing when there was a shout above them from the deck.
"Zu, Tom, Mina get up here." Nemo called "There is someone in the water."
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Next time ...
The threat directed at Henry becomes clear as the Nautilus is attacked. Mina and Tom come one step closser together The truth behind Nemo and Zu's past will be revealed.