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Thank you so much for everybody who has reviewed my story so far you have no idea how much that cheered me up.
I should be carrying on with these now as I've found a way round the internet problem I had originally
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Two weeks later ...
The great machine the Nautilus was on top of the ocean allowing its passengers the oportunity to come up on deck and enjoy the sunshine. Currently there were only two people on the deck one was Zu dressed similarly to how she had been during the fight when Henry Jekyll had almost died, the other was Rodney Skinner dressed in a black coat with white makeup spread over his face. Zu had told him that she wanted to talk to him but not what it was about. He could guess though as the girl was unhappy, she had also been making another member of the crew miserable as well.
"What did you want to talk to me about Zu?" he asked seeing that she wasn't going to bring up the subject,
"I want to know what you think I should do." She said
"About what luv?" he asked
"About Henry." she said simply. Skinner was surprised it had taken her that long to talk to someone about the doctor. It had been two weeks ago and Skinner had been sitting in Jekyll's room watching over his unconcious friend when he'd seen Zu come into the room. She had replaced the doctors watch by his bed where he'd be able to find it when he woke and had left the room with such a sad look on her face that Skinner had been tempted to go after her.
"I wondered how long it would take you to speak to someone about him." Skinner said wanting her to elaborate. He'd already spoken to the doctor a few days earlier and though he was enjoying the entertainment from the situation he didn't enjoy playing matchmaker especially when the two people concerned were his friends and were hurting each other with their silence.
"You knew. I supose you would. I want to know what you think he would say if I offered to help him get rid of Hyde. I've heard him at night tossing about in his bed. It's my fault as I proved that he could change without the aid of the formula and Hyde has been trying to get out since then. I know Hyde saved his life but he needs to get rid of him and I want to help." Zu said. Skinner was surprised as that was not what he'd expected her to say
"I think you should go ahead and ask him, he can't understand why you have ignored him since that battle and I think that by not saying anything to him luv you are just making it easier for Hyde to cause trouble." Skinner said trying to get her to understand.
"Thank you Rodney." She said impetuosly hugging him. Skinner hugged her back glad to be of help to this girl who seemed like a sister to him. He was surprised that he felt brotherly towards her as she was only slightly younger than him and that would usually cause him to act differently. It was probably because he'd thought that Zu was a boy and had become friends with her first.
"Think nothing of it." He said smiling at her. She scampered off to look for Henry and to try and make up for almopst killing him.
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Jekyll's room.
Mina Harker paced the room wondering where the doctor could have gone as he was suposed to be meeting her for a check over after his near death experience they still weren't sure that he was up to top shape. It was still amazing that he was alive, Mina had tried to work out why he was still alive and the only idea she could come up with was that because Edward Hyde was a quick healer he had some how passed that ability on to Jekyll. It hadn't taken long for Jekyll to recover from the wounds that had almost killed him. The man in question ran in at that point looking upset and agitated.
"I'm sorry I'm late Mina. I was distracted." He said as an explanation.
"Well sit down then." She said, she had just got him seated when Zu came in. The young woman looked happy but rather than Jekyll looking pleased to see her he only looked more upset.
"I'm sorry Mina. I didn't realise you would be here. I need to speak to Henry." Zu said knowing what the vampire womans temper could be like on occasion.
"That's quite alright Zu I will be finnished in a minute if you just wait outside I'll call you when I've finnished." Mina said, the other woman nodded and left the room.
Zu was sitting on the floor trying to think of the best thing to say to Henry as she didn't want to upset him and she did want to make him happier than he had been. She was well aware that she had avoided him for the last few days but she hadn't meant to hurt him, she had only wanted to sort out her thoughts and feelings for the man before she spoke to him. She got to her feet when Mina came out.
"Can I go in now?" Zu asked anxiously
"Certainly." Mina said and before she was out of the doorway Zu was darting in. Jekyll hadn't moved from his seat and didn't even look up at her approach.
"Are you alright Henry?" Zu asked worried
"I'm well enough." he said in a lifeless voice not looking at her.
"I want to ask you something, I'd like to know whether you agree or not." She said trying to get him to act in his old way towards her
"Ask away,"
"I know that it is my fault that you are having all this extra trouble with Hyde and I'd like to apologise and try to make it up to you. I know you can't sleep and I'd be willing to sit with you at night and make sure that you can." Zu offered smiling at him.
"No thank you. It was a kind offer but Edward is my problem not one that you should be worried about. I don't need your help or anybody elses for that matter. I know how to deal with the problem of Edward should he get too out of hand and uncontrolable and he knows I would be willing to take that step." Jekyll said lifelessly
"I'm sorry to have bothered you then doctor. I'll be going then." Zu said and hurried out the door before she could break down in front of him. As she hurried to her room she narrowly avoided Skinner who was shocked at the change in her.
'Why'd you send her away. I like her" Edward asked
"Go away." Jekyll told him
'she likes you as well'
"She doesn't she thinks I'm a monster and she's right. She doesn't like me she has found someone else." Jekyll told Hyde bitterly
'You like her. Why won't you say anything?'
"Just shut up and leave me alone. It's your fault anyway." Jekyll said firmly. The voice in his head went silent.
"What did you do to Zu?" Skinner demanded storming into the room
"I told her to leave me alone. I don't want her pity. I don't want anyones pity." the doctor snarled at his friend
"We don't pity you. Zu is your friend and she cares what happens to you. She was only trying to help as she feels that is was her fault that you almost died and what did you do send her away. Now she'll think that you blame her as well." Skinner stormmed at him.
"You'll be able to make her forget about me." Jekyll said bitterly
"What do you mean?"
"I saw the pair of you on deck. I thought you were my friend, I confided in you and what did you do? You stole the heart of the girl I cared more about than my own life." Jekyll accused Skinner
"I don't know what you think is going on between me and Zu but you have got the wrong end of the stick mate. She cares about you, she sees me as a brother and confidante. Go and speak to her she'll tell you the same." Skinner said. Jekyll looked at his friend disbelieving, he hadn't wanted to believe what he had seen on the deck but had been unable to come to any other alternative believing that he wasn't worth anything. Now with Skinner standing in front of him being honest for once he had no choice.
"Where is she?" Jekyll asked at length.
"In her room." Skinner said before the doctor hurried out the room as well.
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Zu's room
Zu lay on her bed crying into the cover with the door open behind her. She couldn't believe that Jekyll had treated her like that she'd thought he was her friend,
"Zu may I come in?" the doctor asked hesitantly from behind her.
"If you want." she said sitting up and trying to dry her eyes.
"I'm sorry for how I behaved in there, I was under a misconception but that has been cleared up and I would be willing to have you help me get rid of Hyde if you can. I didn't blame you for what happened a couple of weeks ago and I don't want you to blame yourself. I would lay down my life for you if I needed to." he said gently, he fished out a handkerchief and gave it to her to dry her eyes with.
"Sit down if you want." Zu said gesturing to the bed next to her. As the doctor sat down she tried to dry her eyes on the piece of cotton that he had given to her.
"Are you sure you are alright now?" Henry asked
"Are you?"
"I have almost everything I ever wanted in life how can I be anything else. I think I will be truely happy once we get rid of Hyde and then I'd like to return to London and take up practicing medicine once more as once Hyde is gone they won't need me anymore." Henry confided to her.
"I'll help you if you are sure you want me to." Zu said looking at him smiling
"I'd be honoured to have you helping me." Henry replied
"I'd be honoured to help you." Zu replied.
"Thank you." Henry said getting to his feet. Zu stood as well, on impulse he leaned forward and kissed her on the cheek before leaving the room.
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Maybe three more bits to go then fans. I hope you are enjoying it.
I know that the way Jekyll recovered seems fairly similar to the way Wolverine in the X-men but I thought it was possible considering the fact that Hyde seems to be able to take more damage than a normal human.
Thank once more to everyone who has reviewed I will give you all a mention on the last page.
The next bit should be up tomorrow.
Thank you so much for everybody who has reviewed my story so far you have no idea how much that cheered me up.
I should be carrying on with these now as I've found a way round the internet problem I had originally
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Two weeks later ...
The great machine the Nautilus was on top of the ocean allowing its passengers the oportunity to come up on deck and enjoy the sunshine. Currently there were only two people on the deck one was Zu dressed similarly to how she had been during the fight when Henry Jekyll had almost died, the other was Rodney Skinner dressed in a black coat with white makeup spread over his face. Zu had told him that she wanted to talk to him but not what it was about. He could guess though as the girl was unhappy, she had also been making another member of the crew miserable as well.
"What did you want to talk to me about Zu?" he asked seeing that she wasn't going to bring up the subject,
"I want to know what you think I should do." She said
"About what luv?" he asked
"About Henry." she said simply. Skinner was surprised it had taken her that long to talk to someone about the doctor. It had been two weeks ago and Skinner had been sitting in Jekyll's room watching over his unconcious friend when he'd seen Zu come into the room. She had replaced the doctors watch by his bed where he'd be able to find it when he woke and had left the room with such a sad look on her face that Skinner had been tempted to go after her.
"I wondered how long it would take you to speak to someone about him." Skinner said wanting her to elaborate. He'd already spoken to the doctor a few days earlier and though he was enjoying the entertainment from the situation he didn't enjoy playing matchmaker especially when the two people concerned were his friends and were hurting each other with their silence.
"You knew. I supose you would. I want to know what you think he would say if I offered to help him get rid of Hyde. I've heard him at night tossing about in his bed. It's my fault as I proved that he could change without the aid of the formula and Hyde has been trying to get out since then. I know Hyde saved his life but he needs to get rid of him and I want to help." Zu said. Skinner was surprised as that was not what he'd expected her to say
"I think you should go ahead and ask him, he can't understand why you have ignored him since that battle and I think that by not saying anything to him luv you are just making it easier for Hyde to cause trouble." Skinner said trying to get her to understand.
"Thank you Rodney." She said impetuosly hugging him. Skinner hugged her back glad to be of help to this girl who seemed like a sister to him. He was surprised that he felt brotherly towards her as she was only slightly younger than him and that would usually cause him to act differently. It was probably because he'd thought that Zu was a boy and had become friends with her first.
"Think nothing of it." He said smiling at her. She scampered off to look for Henry and to try and make up for almopst killing him.
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Jekyll's room.
Mina Harker paced the room wondering where the doctor could have gone as he was suposed to be meeting her for a check over after his near death experience they still weren't sure that he was up to top shape. It was still amazing that he was alive, Mina had tried to work out why he was still alive and the only idea she could come up with was that because Edward Hyde was a quick healer he had some how passed that ability on to Jekyll. It hadn't taken long for Jekyll to recover from the wounds that had almost killed him. The man in question ran in at that point looking upset and agitated.
"I'm sorry I'm late Mina. I was distracted." He said as an explanation.
"Well sit down then." She said, she had just got him seated when Zu came in. The young woman looked happy but rather than Jekyll looking pleased to see her he only looked more upset.
"I'm sorry Mina. I didn't realise you would be here. I need to speak to Henry." Zu said knowing what the vampire womans temper could be like on occasion.
"That's quite alright Zu I will be finnished in a minute if you just wait outside I'll call you when I've finnished." Mina said, the other woman nodded and left the room.
Zu was sitting on the floor trying to think of the best thing to say to Henry as she didn't want to upset him and she did want to make him happier than he had been. She was well aware that she had avoided him for the last few days but she hadn't meant to hurt him, she had only wanted to sort out her thoughts and feelings for the man before she spoke to him. She got to her feet when Mina came out.
"Can I go in now?" Zu asked anxiously
"Certainly." Mina said and before she was out of the doorway Zu was darting in. Jekyll hadn't moved from his seat and didn't even look up at her approach.
"Are you alright Henry?" Zu asked worried
"I'm well enough." he said in a lifeless voice not looking at her.
"I want to ask you something, I'd like to know whether you agree or not." She said trying to get him to act in his old way towards her
"Ask away,"
"I know that it is my fault that you are having all this extra trouble with Hyde and I'd like to apologise and try to make it up to you. I know you can't sleep and I'd be willing to sit with you at night and make sure that you can." Zu offered smiling at him.
"No thank you. It was a kind offer but Edward is my problem not one that you should be worried about. I don't need your help or anybody elses for that matter. I know how to deal with the problem of Edward should he get too out of hand and uncontrolable and he knows I would be willing to take that step." Jekyll said lifelessly
"I'm sorry to have bothered you then doctor. I'll be going then." Zu said and hurried out the door before she could break down in front of him. As she hurried to her room she narrowly avoided Skinner who was shocked at the change in her.
'Why'd you send her away. I like her" Edward asked
"Go away." Jekyll told him
'she likes you as well'
"She doesn't she thinks I'm a monster and she's right. She doesn't like me she has found someone else." Jekyll told Hyde bitterly
'You like her. Why won't you say anything?'
"Just shut up and leave me alone. It's your fault anyway." Jekyll said firmly. The voice in his head went silent.
"What did you do to Zu?" Skinner demanded storming into the room
"I told her to leave me alone. I don't want her pity. I don't want anyones pity." the doctor snarled at his friend
"We don't pity you. Zu is your friend and she cares what happens to you. She was only trying to help as she feels that is was her fault that you almost died and what did you do send her away. Now she'll think that you blame her as well." Skinner stormmed at him.
"You'll be able to make her forget about me." Jekyll said bitterly
"What do you mean?"
"I saw the pair of you on deck. I thought you were my friend, I confided in you and what did you do? You stole the heart of the girl I cared more about than my own life." Jekyll accused Skinner
"I don't know what you think is going on between me and Zu but you have got the wrong end of the stick mate. She cares about you, she sees me as a brother and confidante. Go and speak to her she'll tell you the same." Skinner said. Jekyll looked at his friend disbelieving, he hadn't wanted to believe what he had seen on the deck but had been unable to come to any other alternative believing that he wasn't worth anything. Now with Skinner standing in front of him being honest for once he had no choice.
"Where is she?" Jekyll asked at length.
"In her room." Skinner said before the doctor hurried out the room as well.
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Zu's room
Zu lay on her bed crying into the cover with the door open behind her. She couldn't believe that Jekyll had treated her like that she'd thought he was her friend,
"Zu may I come in?" the doctor asked hesitantly from behind her.
"If you want." she said sitting up and trying to dry her eyes.
"I'm sorry for how I behaved in there, I was under a misconception but that has been cleared up and I would be willing to have you help me get rid of Hyde if you can. I didn't blame you for what happened a couple of weeks ago and I don't want you to blame yourself. I would lay down my life for you if I needed to." he said gently, he fished out a handkerchief and gave it to her to dry her eyes with.
"Sit down if you want." Zu said gesturing to the bed next to her. As the doctor sat down she tried to dry her eyes on the piece of cotton that he had given to her.
"Are you sure you are alright now?" Henry asked
"Are you?"
"I have almost everything I ever wanted in life how can I be anything else. I think I will be truely happy once we get rid of Hyde and then I'd like to return to London and take up practicing medicine once more as once Hyde is gone they won't need me anymore." Henry confided to her.
"I'll help you if you are sure you want me to." Zu said looking at him smiling
"I'd be honoured to have you helping me." Henry replied
"I'd be honoured to help you." Zu replied.
"Thank you." Henry said getting to his feet. Zu stood as well, on impulse he leaned forward and kissed her on the cheek before leaving the room.
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Maybe three more bits to go then fans. I hope you are enjoying it.
I know that the way Jekyll recovered seems fairly similar to the way Wolverine in the X-men but I thought it was possible considering the fact that Hyde seems to be able to take more damage than a normal human.
Thank once more to everyone who has reviewed I will give you all a mention on the last page.
The next bit should be up tomorrow.