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, ask anyone where I live I keep walking around with a smile on my face and that is unusual.
I'm going to have to get this finnished as otherwise I will never be able to do the three 2000 word essays due in for a weeks time and this thing isn't going to give me any rest. I'll try and end it in the next few chapters and then get the essays done before dong a new fic on the threat to the league. Unless I decide to blow up the ship and kill them all ... hmmm now there's an idea.
Appologies to anyone who is an expert on nightwear in the early 20th centuary I haven't got a clue being an Ancient or Richard III historian so sorry if I get it wrong but if anyone lets me know I will make alterations
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The next night ...
For the first time in many years Henry Jekyll sat on the side of his bed and prepared to go to sleep with a smile on his face. Zu had been in to speak to him a short while ago and had made him promise not to lock his door as he was in the habit of doing in case Hyde got out so she could come in without waking the whole ship up. She could imagine that her father wouldn't be very pleased if he was woken up to find his daughter trying to get into the bedroom of Henry Jekyll in the middle of the night. He had laughed and promised. He sank back into the pillows enjoying their softness, he was tired he wouldn't disagree with that but he was worried that Hyde would get out and Zu wouldn't be able to control him. He'd trust her though he cared about her enough to trust her with his life, it was him he didn't trust to protect her life though.
Zu had left her door open as well so she could hear if Henry became upset, she cared deeply for Henry Jekyll she was willing to admit that, she had read the files on the league on the way to pick them up after her father had collected her. Jekyll had intrigued her then and her first meeting with the man had only helped to heighten that interest. As the few days they had really had to get to know each other had passed she had grown to admire him for controlling the demon he kept within himself. She was his friend she knew that much as to the possibility of him being more than that she wasn't going to consider the idea (much) until he said something first.
Skinner curled up on the bed in the room next to Zu's he was never a particularly deep sleeper and the sound of Zu leaving the room would wake him up, he wanted to stay close on hand in case his friends needed anymore help in overcoming problems that faced them. The bed was nice and soft and Skinner soon fell asleep, he was woken three hours later by hurried footsteps at the end of the bed and he woke in time to see Zu run out the room.
Zu hurried into Henry's room and crossed to his bed, he wasn't as noisy as he had been to start with but he was still thrashing about,
"Henry." She called quietly. He sat up abruptly and looked wildly around before focusing on her, he didn't take his eyes off her apart from a quick glance to see that he was still Henry Jekyll not Edward Hyde.
"Thank you." he said quietly taking one of her hands from where it rested on his bed.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm better for waking up"
"What do you dream about?"
"I'm fighting with Edward, I don't have to do anything other than stop him reach a door, I don't know what is behind the door but I know it gets worse everynight. He isn't happy with me keeping him locked up inside me." Henry said running one hand through his brown hair which was usually tidy but right now was slightly mussed up.
"He stops when you wake up though."
"Sometimes, he seems quieter when you are around, he likes you for some reason." Henry confided
"I'll stay here if you want. I don't have to go." Zu offered. Henry blushed, Skinner standing in the doorway stiffled a laugh, this was turnning out better than he'd hoped.
"No. You need your sleep. Your father will start to wonder what is going on if you walk around half asleep and as much as I respect your father I don't particularly want him coming after me with that sword of his." Henry said with a smile.
"I agree, he is quite scary when he gets going." Zu said.
"Get back to bed then, I'll see you in the morning I don't think Hyde will be back." Henry told her.
"Goodnight then Henry." Zu said.
"Goodnight Zu." he replied. She got off his bed and walked out the room, smiling at him as she walked out the door and pulled it up again. Henry Jekyll lay back in his bed with a smile on his face knowing that Hyde wouldn't be back that night.
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The following morning ...
Nemo was up at the crack of dawn and piloting his ship expertly through the sea, he waited for the rest of the league to join him so they could discuss where they wanted to go. Mina was the first to join him followed shortly afterwards by Tom who looked as though he was still asleep.
"Morning Nemo." Skinner said sauntering in a few minutes later wearing his balck coat but not the makeup.
"Skinner." Nemo said inclining his head slightly. There was silence again as Tom tried unsucessfully to hide a yawn, Mina smiled indulgently at him. A wait of another few minutes saw Jekyll and Zu to come into sight together smiling at each other. Nemo was surprised at the change in both of them as they had been acting miserably for the last few days. He glanced at Skinner who was looking a smug as a coat could and resolved to speak to him before to much longer.
"Morning father." Zu said with a smile.
"Good morning Zu." he replied
"I'm sorry we are late but I was fast asleep." Jekyll said quietly
"I couldn't wake him up no matter how much I knocked on his door." Zu said laughing. Jekyll smiled fondly at her before streightening his face again and facing the rest of the league.
"What I asked you all to join me for is to decide where you wish me to stear this ship. I have continued north but I am running out of north to go to." Nemo said
"Could we go all the way under the ice?" Tom asked his eyes lighting up
"I have tried it before, the entire crew and I almost died as we got trapped under the ice with no way to fill up the oxygen tanks." Nemo said his eyes clouding over.
"How far north can we go?" Skinner asked
"About a day a further in the Nautilus and after that it is on foot." Nemo said
"Why don't we go as far as we can in the Nautilus then make up our minds." Zu suggested.
"Sounds like a plan." Skinner said
"I shall continue this course North then unitl I am unable to go any further." Nemo said.
"Thank you for letting us know Captain." Mina said slipping out the room,
"Yeah likewise." Tom said with another yawn before stumbling out the room.
"Do you need me to do anything today father?" Zu asked
"There is nothing that needs doing all we have to do is travel in more or less a straight line. I am capable of dealing with that." Nemo told his daughter. She nodded and walked off as well leaving Jekyll, Skinner and Nemo alone. There was an awkward silence between the three of them and after a few minutes Jekyll left as well mutterung something about wanting to make some notes.
"Skinner wait." Nemo said as the other man went to leave as well
"What do you want Nemo ole chap?" Skinner asked
"What has happened between my daughter and the doctor?"
"Why do you think I'd know?" Skinner asked not wanting to answer any questions
"You are usually sneaking around somewhere. You are also the closest friend that Jekyll has on this ship and if anyone knows what he's doing it will be you."
"Nothing has happened, they're good mates thats all. Zu feels responsible for Jekyll almost dying a week ago and she's trying to help Jekyll deal with Hyde. There is nothing 'improper' going on between them. If you think Henry is that type of man then you are mistaken, he might be inhuman in one of guises but Henry Jekyll is a gentleman and won't do anything improper." Skinner said
"I'll take your word for it this time. I want you to keep an eye on them though." Nemo said
"If it'll keep you happy. I'm not gonna spy on them but I'll stay with them when I can." Skinner said and left the bridge leaving Nemo alone.
Nemo didn't know what to do about his daughter, he had tried to ban her from going near to the doctor but that hadn't worked, he had thought about talking to Jekyll and asking him to leave his daughter alone but seeing them that morning he had decided against that. He could try sending Zu ashore next time they hit it but he suspected
that if he did that Jekyll would leave as well. He didn't want Zu off the ship with Jekyll, especially when he wasn't in as much control of Hyde as he usually did. The only thing he could do was wait and see what happened as it was going to be over two weeks before they got back to civilisation.
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The next night ...
Once again Skinner was curled up on the same bed he had been the following night it wasn't that he was spying on Zu and Jekyll so much as he wanted to make sure they were going to be alright. He had been asleep for a few hours longer than the previous night when he heard Zu hurrying out the room and with a sigh he followed her.
"Henry wake up please." Zu called crossing quickly to his bed. He was very restless and was moving about much more than he had the previous night. His face was drenched with sweat and locks of his brown hair were plastered to his head. "Henry please wake up" she said again laying a hand on his shoulder. He sat up hurridly but when he opened his eyes she didn't see the familiar expression of Henry Jekyll looking tiredly up at her, his eyes instead were sly looking and she hurridly backed away knowing what this would mean.
"Henry is gone for now. There's only me." Jekyll said loudly as he lurched to his feet and began to turn to Hyde. Zu was confused normally Hydes personality didn't assert itself until transformed.
"Leave him alone." Zu said to the creature in front of her.
"Why would I do that? The worm created me and now he is too weak to get rid of me." Hyde said triumphantly. Zu darted away from him again, knowing that he wouldn't deliberately hurt her while Henry could exert any influence but staying out of reach all the same. Skinner from the doorway heard hurried footsteps as Nemo and Mina sprinted into view.
"Stay back and let Zu deal with this." Skinner warnned them. Nemo and Mina joined him in the doorway and watched the scene inside.
"You are useless and I could squash you like a bug." Hyde threatened.
"Go ahead then." Zu said. "If you do then I don't think you'd like the results, if Henry didn't deal with you permenantly then my father would or Skinner."
"I'd squash them all."
"I'd be really interested in seeing you squash yourself, I think it is impossible but if you think you can do it go ahead let me see." Zu said with a laugh.
"Why aren't you afraid of me?" Hyde demanded.
"Why should I be. You are just a part of Jekyll and I know that he would never do anything to hurt me. He will learn to control you, I'll be there to help him for the rest of his life if need be. I won't let you ruin his life, he's been going through hell with you for the last 10 years, and I won't let it last anymore. Why should I be afraid of you all you are is the darkside that is in all of us. Henry's is just a bit more visable than everybody elses." Zu said
"The worm is nothing without me. He is useless and he knows this."
"No he isn't. Who do you think that the others respect? It isn't you, Skinner classes Henry as one of his best friends, Mina respects him for what he has to go through with you. The only person who doesn't like him is you. Face it Edward you aren't needed any longer. Henry doesn't need you, the league doesn't need you. You jepordise missions with your eratic behaviour, you may be useful on occasion but not very often." Zu faced the creature down looking very small and young wearing just a white nightdress. Hyde stromed towards her, Zu refused to move trusting Henry completely. It wasn't until he was directly in front of her that she realised that Henry wasn't going to reassert himself and she dived out the way.
"Henry can't here you! He's burried so deep he will never get out." Hyde stromed chasing after her
"Henry. For once in your life get yer act together and beat this thing." Skinner called from the doorway.
"Come on Henry you can beat this thing." Tom called from behind Mina and Nemo
"I believe you can do it doctor." Nemo called
"You can beat it doctor, you don't need this creature, we don't need this creature." Mina said.
"Henry look at me. I know you can beat this creature. He's a disease, you are a doctor you can cure diseases, cure this one." Zu said standing directly in front of Hyde this time. She didn't have time to move out the way before Hyde grabbed her.
"Times up girly." Hyde said baring his teeth at her in something close to a smile.
"FIGHT IT HENRY!" Zu shouted. Nemo darted forward to try and save his daughter, then gapped in astonishment as what had one second been Edward Hyde about to crush his daughter instantly became the figure of Henry Jekyll, who fell backwards on the carpet with a wordless yell dragging Zu with him. Nemo reached them first and hauled his daughter to her feet before helping Jekyll to his.
"Are you alright Zu?" Henry asked anxiously ignoring her father who was galaring at him.
"I'm fine are you alright?" she asked anxiously
"I'll be alright. I can't hear or feel Hyde though he seems to have just gone." Henry said bewildered
"Well done Henry me ole mate." Skinner said coming up to the other man.
"Thank you, I couldn't have got rid of him without your help." Henry said with a yawn.
"We can discuss this in the morning I like Henry and Zu need their sleep." Mina said briskly leaving and dragging Tom with her.
"Goodnight Luv. Goodnight Henry." Skinner said before going back to his own room.
"Come on Zu let the doctor get some sleep." Nemo said trying to draw her out the room.
"I'll be out in a minute father. I just need to speak to Henry for a few minutes. You can wait in my room if you want to be sure." Zu offered.
"I'll trust you this time." Nemo said as he left the room as well.
"Congratulations Henry, I think you are a free man again. I don't think Hyde will be back for a long time if ever." Zu said hugging him impetuously.
"I don't think I'll ever be free again. You have snared me worse than Hyde ever did." He said nervously "I can't see myself without you Zu, I .. I love you." his stammer returnned for the first time in many days
"Thank you Henry." she said, though not exactly the reaction he'd hoped for it was close enough. He leaned forward and gently kissed her. Skinner who had crept back into the room smiled contentedly to himself and left the room once more.
"Goodnight Henry." Zu said after he broke the kiss and fled the room before she became too tempted to stay.
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The following morning ...
The league sat in the library and listened to Henry's report about the previous night and his conclusion that Hyde was gone.
" ... and so I wish to hand in my resignation from the league, I was only recruited because of Hyde and now he is gone I am no longer any use to you. I would be grateful if you could return me to London, I will try and set myself up in a practice and go back to my profession before I became caught up with Hyde. I will be there if you need me for any reason I'd just like to leave for now, I can't say whether I will join up with you again. I know that we still have a threat over our head but for now I would rather just try and go back to a normal life" Jekyll finnished. The others were surprised as they hadn't imagined that he would reach a decision so soon. Zu in particular didn't look happy that he was going to leave.
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I know this keeps jumping from morning to night but there is nothing much happening to the other characters and I am trying to concentrate on Zu and Henry. People wanted them to be happy or Henry anyway so I'm trying people I'm trying. One bit to go and that's it. Let me know if you want to hear anything else about my take on the characters I will get round to posting a new story but it might take me a while with three killer essays to do.
Thank you so much for everybody who has reviewed my story so far you have no idea how much that cheered me up, ask anyone where I live I keep walking around with a smile on my face and that is unusual.
I'm going to have to get this finnished as otherwise I will never be able to do the three 2000 word essays due in for a weeks time and this thing isn't going to give me any rest. I'll try and end it in the next few chapters and then get the essays done before dong a new fic on the threat to the league. Unless I decide to blow up the ship and kill them all ... hmmm now there's an idea.
Appologies to anyone who is an expert on nightwear in the early 20th centuary I haven't got a clue being an Ancient or Richard III historian so sorry if I get it wrong but if anyone lets me know I will make alterations
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The next night ...
For the first time in many years Henry Jekyll sat on the side of his bed and prepared to go to sleep with a smile on his face. Zu had been in to speak to him a short while ago and had made him promise not to lock his door as he was in the habit of doing in case Hyde got out so she could come in without waking the whole ship up. She could imagine that her father wouldn't be very pleased if he was woken up to find his daughter trying to get into the bedroom of Henry Jekyll in the middle of the night. He had laughed and promised. He sank back into the pillows enjoying their softness, he was tired he wouldn't disagree with that but he was worried that Hyde would get out and Zu wouldn't be able to control him. He'd trust her though he cared about her enough to trust her with his life, it was him he didn't trust to protect her life though.
Zu had left her door open as well so she could hear if Henry became upset, she cared deeply for Henry Jekyll she was willing to admit that, she had read the files on the league on the way to pick them up after her father had collected her. Jekyll had intrigued her then and her first meeting with the man had only helped to heighten that interest. As the few days they had really had to get to know each other had passed she had grown to admire him for controlling the demon he kept within himself. She was his friend she knew that much as to the possibility of him being more than that she wasn't going to consider the idea (much) until he said something first.
Skinner curled up on the bed in the room next to Zu's he was never a particularly deep sleeper and the sound of Zu leaving the room would wake him up, he wanted to stay close on hand in case his friends needed anymore help in overcoming problems that faced them. The bed was nice and soft and Skinner soon fell asleep, he was woken three hours later by hurried footsteps at the end of the bed and he woke in time to see Zu run out the room.
Zu hurried into Henry's room and crossed to his bed, he wasn't as noisy as he had been to start with but he was still thrashing about,
"Henry." She called quietly. He sat up abruptly and looked wildly around before focusing on her, he didn't take his eyes off her apart from a quick glance to see that he was still Henry Jekyll not Edward Hyde.
"Thank you." he said quietly taking one of her hands from where it rested on his bed.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm better for waking up"
"What do you dream about?"
"I'm fighting with Edward, I don't have to do anything other than stop him reach a door, I don't know what is behind the door but I know it gets worse everynight. He isn't happy with me keeping him locked up inside me." Henry said running one hand through his brown hair which was usually tidy but right now was slightly mussed up.
"He stops when you wake up though."
"Sometimes, he seems quieter when you are around, he likes you for some reason." Henry confided
"I'll stay here if you want. I don't have to go." Zu offered. Henry blushed, Skinner standing in the doorway stiffled a laugh, this was turnning out better than he'd hoped.
"No. You need your sleep. Your father will start to wonder what is going on if you walk around half asleep and as much as I respect your father I don't particularly want him coming after me with that sword of his." Henry said with a smile.
"I agree, he is quite scary when he gets going." Zu said.
"Get back to bed then, I'll see you in the morning I don't think Hyde will be back." Henry told her.
"Goodnight then Henry." Zu said.
"Goodnight Zu." he replied. She got off his bed and walked out the room, smiling at him as she walked out the door and pulled it up again. Henry Jekyll lay back in his bed with a smile on his face knowing that Hyde wouldn't be back that night.
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The following morning ...
Nemo was up at the crack of dawn and piloting his ship expertly through the sea, he waited for the rest of the league to join him so they could discuss where they wanted to go. Mina was the first to join him followed shortly afterwards by Tom who looked as though he was still asleep.
"Morning Nemo." Skinner said sauntering in a few minutes later wearing his balck coat but not the makeup.
"Skinner." Nemo said inclining his head slightly. There was silence again as Tom tried unsucessfully to hide a yawn, Mina smiled indulgently at him. A wait of another few minutes saw Jekyll and Zu to come into sight together smiling at each other. Nemo was surprised at the change in both of them as they had been acting miserably for the last few days. He glanced at Skinner who was looking a smug as a coat could and resolved to speak to him before to much longer.
"Morning father." Zu said with a smile.
"Good morning Zu." he replied
"I'm sorry we are late but I was fast asleep." Jekyll said quietly
"I couldn't wake him up no matter how much I knocked on his door." Zu said laughing. Jekyll smiled fondly at her before streightening his face again and facing the rest of the league.
"What I asked you all to join me for is to decide where you wish me to stear this ship. I have continued north but I am running out of north to go to." Nemo said
"Could we go all the way under the ice?" Tom asked his eyes lighting up
"I have tried it before, the entire crew and I almost died as we got trapped under the ice with no way to fill up the oxygen tanks." Nemo said his eyes clouding over.
"How far north can we go?" Skinner asked
"About a day a further in the Nautilus and after that it is on foot." Nemo said
"Why don't we go as far as we can in the Nautilus then make up our minds." Zu suggested.
"Sounds like a plan." Skinner said
"I shall continue this course North then unitl I am unable to go any further." Nemo said.
"Thank you for letting us know Captain." Mina said slipping out the room,
"Yeah likewise." Tom said with another yawn before stumbling out the room.
"Do you need me to do anything today father?" Zu asked
"There is nothing that needs doing all we have to do is travel in more or less a straight line. I am capable of dealing with that." Nemo told his daughter. She nodded and walked off as well leaving Jekyll, Skinner and Nemo alone. There was an awkward silence between the three of them and after a few minutes Jekyll left as well mutterung something about wanting to make some notes.
"Skinner wait." Nemo said as the other man went to leave as well
"What do you want Nemo ole chap?" Skinner asked
"What has happened between my daughter and the doctor?"
"Why do you think I'd know?" Skinner asked not wanting to answer any questions
"You are usually sneaking around somewhere. You are also the closest friend that Jekyll has on this ship and if anyone knows what he's doing it will be you."
"Nothing has happened, they're good mates thats all. Zu feels responsible for Jekyll almost dying a week ago and she's trying to help Jekyll deal with Hyde. There is nothing 'improper' going on between them. If you think Henry is that type of man then you are mistaken, he might be inhuman in one of guises but Henry Jekyll is a gentleman and won't do anything improper." Skinner said
"I'll take your word for it this time. I want you to keep an eye on them though." Nemo said
"If it'll keep you happy. I'm not gonna spy on them but I'll stay with them when I can." Skinner said and left the bridge leaving Nemo alone.
Nemo didn't know what to do about his daughter, he had tried to ban her from going near to the doctor but that hadn't worked, he had thought about talking to Jekyll and asking him to leave his daughter alone but seeing them that morning he had decided against that. He could try sending Zu ashore next time they hit it but he suspected
that if he did that Jekyll would leave as well. He didn't want Zu off the ship with Jekyll, especially when he wasn't in as much control of Hyde as he usually did. The only thing he could do was wait and see what happened as it was going to be over two weeks before they got back to civilisation.
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The next night ...
Once again Skinner was curled up on the same bed he had been the following night it wasn't that he was spying on Zu and Jekyll so much as he wanted to make sure they were going to be alright. He had been asleep for a few hours longer than the previous night when he heard Zu hurrying out the room and with a sigh he followed her.
"Henry wake up please." Zu called crossing quickly to his bed. He was very restless and was moving about much more than he had the previous night. His face was drenched with sweat and locks of his brown hair were plastered to his head. "Henry please wake up" she said again laying a hand on his shoulder. He sat up hurridly but when he opened his eyes she didn't see the familiar expression of Henry Jekyll looking tiredly up at her, his eyes instead were sly looking and she hurridly backed away knowing what this would mean.
"Henry is gone for now. There's only me." Jekyll said loudly as he lurched to his feet and began to turn to Hyde. Zu was confused normally Hydes personality didn't assert itself until transformed.
"Leave him alone." Zu said to the creature in front of her.
"Why would I do that? The worm created me and now he is too weak to get rid of me." Hyde said triumphantly. Zu darted away from him again, knowing that he wouldn't deliberately hurt her while Henry could exert any influence but staying out of reach all the same. Skinner from the doorway heard hurried footsteps as Nemo and Mina sprinted into view.
"Stay back and let Zu deal with this." Skinner warnned them. Nemo and Mina joined him in the doorway and watched the scene inside.
"You are useless and I could squash you like a bug." Hyde threatened.
"Go ahead then." Zu said. "If you do then I don't think you'd like the results, if Henry didn't deal with you permenantly then my father would or Skinner."
"I'd squash them all."
"I'd be really interested in seeing you squash yourself, I think it is impossible but if you think you can do it go ahead let me see." Zu said with a laugh.
"Why aren't you afraid of me?" Hyde demanded.
"Why should I be. You are just a part of Jekyll and I know that he would never do anything to hurt me. He will learn to control you, I'll be there to help him for the rest of his life if need be. I won't let you ruin his life, he's been going through hell with you for the last 10 years, and I won't let it last anymore. Why should I be afraid of you all you are is the darkside that is in all of us. Henry's is just a bit more visable than everybody elses." Zu said
"The worm is nothing without me. He is useless and he knows this."
"No he isn't. Who do you think that the others respect? It isn't you, Skinner classes Henry as one of his best friends, Mina respects him for what he has to go through with you. The only person who doesn't like him is you. Face it Edward you aren't needed any longer. Henry doesn't need you, the league doesn't need you. You jepordise missions with your eratic behaviour, you may be useful on occasion but not very often." Zu faced the creature down looking very small and young wearing just a white nightdress. Hyde stromed towards her, Zu refused to move trusting Henry completely. It wasn't until he was directly in front of her that she realised that Henry wasn't going to reassert himself and she dived out the way.
"Henry can't here you! He's burried so deep he will never get out." Hyde stromed chasing after her
"Henry. For once in your life get yer act together and beat this thing." Skinner called from the doorway.
"Come on Henry you can beat this thing." Tom called from behind Mina and Nemo
"I believe you can do it doctor." Nemo called
"You can beat it doctor, you don't need this creature, we don't need this creature." Mina said.
"Henry look at me. I know you can beat this creature. He's a disease, you are a doctor you can cure diseases, cure this one." Zu said standing directly in front of Hyde this time. She didn't have time to move out the way before Hyde grabbed her.
"Times up girly." Hyde said baring his teeth at her in something close to a smile.
"FIGHT IT HENRY!" Zu shouted. Nemo darted forward to try and save his daughter, then gapped in astonishment as what had one second been Edward Hyde about to crush his daughter instantly became the figure of Henry Jekyll, who fell backwards on the carpet with a wordless yell dragging Zu with him. Nemo reached them first and hauled his daughter to her feet before helping Jekyll to his.
"Are you alright Zu?" Henry asked anxiously ignoring her father who was galaring at him.
"I'm fine are you alright?" she asked anxiously
"I'll be alright. I can't hear or feel Hyde though he seems to have just gone." Henry said bewildered
"Well done Henry me ole mate." Skinner said coming up to the other man.
"Thank you, I couldn't have got rid of him without your help." Henry said with a yawn.
"We can discuss this in the morning I like Henry and Zu need their sleep." Mina said briskly leaving and dragging Tom with her.
"Goodnight Luv. Goodnight Henry." Skinner said before going back to his own room.
"Come on Zu let the doctor get some sleep." Nemo said trying to draw her out the room.
"I'll be out in a minute father. I just need to speak to Henry for a few minutes. You can wait in my room if you want to be sure." Zu offered.
"I'll trust you this time." Nemo said as he left the room as well.
"Congratulations Henry, I think you are a free man again. I don't think Hyde will be back for a long time if ever." Zu said hugging him impetuously.
"I don't think I'll ever be free again. You have snared me worse than Hyde ever did." He said nervously "I can't see myself without you Zu, I .. I love you." his stammer returnned for the first time in many days
"Thank you Henry." she said, though not exactly the reaction he'd hoped for it was close enough. He leaned forward and gently kissed her. Skinner who had crept back into the room smiled contentedly to himself and left the room once more.
"Goodnight Henry." Zu said after he broke the kiss and fled the room before she became too tempted to stay.
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The following morning ...
The league sat in the library and listened to Henry's report about the previous night and his conclusion that Hyde was gone.
" ... and so I wish to hand in my resignation from the league, I was only recruited because of Hyde and now he is gone I am no longer any use to you. I would be grateful if you could return me to London, I will try and set myself up in a practice and go back to my profession before I became caught up with Hyde. I will be there if you need me for any reason I'd just like to leave for now, I can't say whether I will join up with you again. I know that we still have a threat over our head but for now I would rather just try and go back to a normal life" Jekyll finnished. The others were surprised as they hadn't imagined that he would reach a decision so soon. Zu in particular didn't look happy that he was going to leave.
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I know this keeps jumping from morning to night but there is nothing much happening to the other characters and I am trying to concentrate on Zu and Henry. People wanted them to be happy or Henry anyway so I'm trying people I'm trying. One bit to go and that's it. Let me know if you want to hear anything else about my take on the characters I will get round to posting a new story but it might take me a while with three killer essays to do.