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I would advise anyone to read 'on the list' before this one to explain a bit of background and also where the hell Jekyll has gone.
This is set about 6 months after 'On the List'
Hope you enjoy and remember to review.
If it is a bit slow being posted I am doing an SG1 story at the same time. Aren't I a busy girl. :-)
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The Nautilus - 6 months after Jekyll and Zu have left the ship.
Skinner was pacing about the ship he was bored, he'd got fed up with trying to sneak into Mina's room a couple of months earlier especially as Tom was often there now. As much as he hated to admit it he'd welcome anybody as a distraction. There was nothing for the league to do at the moment, there was still somebody out there who was trying to kill them but since Jennifer Daniels some months earlier there had been nothing. He hadn't heard anything form his friend Henry Jekyll either, if Nemo had heard anything from his daughter then he was keeping very quiet about it. Skinner was in fact seriously thinking about going to read in the library for nothing other than the novalty value that it offered. They were two days sail away from England so he might go and find Nemo and ask if Nemo would put him ashore so he could go and see Henry.
Mina carefully measured the chemical into a test tube ignoring the distracting presance of Tom Sawyer in the chair nearby. She wasn't sure yet whether she wished he saty away or not. When the Nautilus was on the surface he went and practiced his shooting, not that he needed much practice now, but the rest of the time he was sitting in her room either watching her or engrossed in some meaningless task that he could do in his own room. She wasn't going to push him away though as after he had acussed her of being unfeeling she had tried to prove to him that she wasn't.
Nemo stood at the helm of his ship, he loved his ship she was his prize pocessession however he missed his daughter. Zu had been his pride and joy for the first ten years of her life, if they'd spent the next eleven years arguing then that was in the past and at least they had parted on good terms. He had just started to get to know his daughter as an adult when someone had come between them with a claim on her affections as powerful as the one between Zu and her father. He hadn't heard from Zu in the six months since she'd left, for all Nemo knew she could be married by now or even pregnant. Nemo wasn't sure whether he wanted to be a grandfather but at last conceeded the notion that he would like to see as he had adored his children when they had started growing up. As though his wishing summoned a message the machine which recieved morse code on a special frequency came into life and tapped out a message which was converted into English.
"The secret is out. Conseil" Nemo read out before swearing in his native indian and hitting a button which activated a bell in the leagues quarters and would cause them to gather in the library. Knowing that it would take them a few minutes to gather Nemo sent a return message to Conseil before hurrying to the library his metal toed boots making a ringing noise on the steel floor.
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The library
Skinner was curled up in a arm chair with a book, he wasn't sure which was the most surprising that he was reading or that he found the book interesting, his glasses were in a pocket of the black coat he was wearing. He looked fairly startling therefore dressed in a black coat with white makeup on his face with holes where his eyes should be. He was engrossed in the book when the door opened suddenly revealing Mina and Tom both of who looked fairly hurried.
"What's wrong?" Skinner asked
"Didn't you hear the bell?" Mina asked.
"I've been in here for the last 20 minutes." Skinner said. At that moment Tom saw the book in his friends hand and began to laugh.
"Are .. you .. reading .. a .. book?" Tom managed to say at last trying to stop laughing
"Yeah and wot of it?" Skinner asked pulling his glasses back on.
"I can't imagine you as someone who enjoys reading." Mina said as Tom started laughing again.
"I don't, but I am so bored that anythin' is a welcome distraction." Skinner explained as Nemo came into the room.
"If you are bored Skinner then that is about to change. I have just recieved a message from Conseil to let me know that the secrets about my ship are on the loose." Nemo said
"Who is Conseil? And how does he/she know about your ship?" Mina asked not recognising the name
"Conseil was the servant of Professor Aronax who was a passenger on my ship some years ago. When they escaped from the ship, I made an effort to get back in contact with them to ensure that the Professor didn't publish the notes he had made about me and the ship. He promised me that he wouldn't say anything as did his servant and Ned Land who had accompanied them said he wouldn't yet. Something has obviously happened to cause that to change, I have sent a message back to Conseil and am waiting for a reply." Nemo said.
"I heard about that," Tom said. "Professor Aronax was hired to help hunt down some sea monster a few years back. He disapeared then reapeared many hundreds of miles from where he had vannished. It was about 9 years ago I think."
"Quite right." Nemo said. Skinner opened his mouth to say something when the door was opened by one of Nemo's many crewmen. None of the league could tell them apart, the only ones they had known were Ishmael and Zu both gone now.
"Your message Captain" the man said then vannished again. Nemo read the note in silence.
"What does it say Nemo?" Skinner asked determined to talk
"Conseil tells me that, Aronax was attacked in his home and is ill. The notes he kept were stolen and no-one has any idea who took them."
"We need to go and talk to this Professor soon." Tom said.
"Who is going to go?" Skinner asked. "You can't Tom as you sound to American, I can't for obvious reasons, Nemo don't exactly fit in, Mina can't go on her own as it ain't right. We haven't got anyone we could send."
"I could get in contact with Zu and ask her and Henry to go." Nemo suggested.
"Henry is retired and Zu isn't one of us it isn't fair to ask them." Tom said.
"There is no-one else. I'll get in contact with Zu and ask her." Nemo said without consulting the others knowing that eventually they would agree with him.
"Fine go ahead then." Skinner muttered putting the book he had been reading back and stomping out the room.
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There you go part one. I know it is short but I'm just setting the scene. If some of the details are slightly wrong then that is because my copy of 20,000 leagues is 30 miles away and not easy to read accordingly.
I'll apologise to anyone who hoped that i'd got rid of Zu and Jekyll but as my last story dealt with them I need established characters in this one and they'll have to do till I can get the others going.
Please review and let me know what you think. I'll try and get the next bit up soon.
I would advise anyone to read 'on the list' before this one to explain a bit of background and also where the hell Jekyll has gone.
This is set about 6 months after 'On the List'
Hope you enjoy and remember to review.
If it is a bit slow being posted I am doing an SG1 story at the same time. Aren't I a busy girl. :-)
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The Nautilus - 6 months after Jekyll and Zu have left the ship.
Skinner was pacing about the ship he was bored, he'd got fed up with trying to sneak into Mina's room a couple of months earlier especially as Tom was often there now. As much as he hated to admit it he'd welcome anybody as a distraction. There was nothing for the league to do at the moment, there was still somebody out there who was trying to kill them but since Jennifer Daniels some months earlier there had been nothing. He hadn't heard anything form his friend Henry Jekyll either, if Nemo had heard anything from his daughter then he was keeping very quiet about it. Skinner was in fact seriously thinking about going to read in the library for nothing other than the novalty value that it offered. They were two days sail away from England so he might go and find Nemo and ask if Nemo would put him ashore so he could go and see Henry.
Mina carefully measured the chemical into a test tube ignoring the distracting presance of Tom Sawyer in the chair nearby. She wasn't sure yet whether she wished he saty away or not. When the Nautilus was on the surface he went and practiced his shooting, not that he needed much practice now, but the rest of the time he was sitting in her room either watching her or engrossed in some meaningless task that he could do in his own room. She wasn't going to push him away though as after he had acussed her of being unfeeling she had tried to prove to him that she wasn't.
Nemo stood at the helm of his ship, he loved his ship she was his prize pocessession however he missed his daughter. Zu had been his pride and joy for the first ten years of her life, if they'd spent the next eleven years arguing then that was in the past and at least they had parted on good terms. He had just started to get to know his daughter as an adult when someone had come between them with a claim on her affections as powerful as the one between Zu and her father. He hadn't heard from Zu in the six months since she'd left, for all Nemo knew she could be married by now or even pregnant. Nemo wasn't sure whether he wanted to be a grandfather but at last conceeded the notion that he would like to see as he had adored his children when they had started growing up. As though his wishing summoned a message the machine which recieved morse code on a special frequency came into life and tapped out a message which was converted into English.
"The secret is out. Conseil" Nemo read out before swearing in his native indian and hitting a button which activated a bell in the leagues quarters and would cause them to gather in the library. Knowing that it would take them a few minutes to gather Nemo sent a return message to Conseil before hurrying to the library his metal toed boots making a ringing noise on the steel floor.
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The library
Skinner was curled up in a arm chair with a book, he wasn't sure which was the most surprising that he was reading or that he found the book interesting, his glasses were in a pocket of the black coat he was wearing. He looked fairly startling therefore dressed in a black coat with white makeup on his face with holes where his eyes should be. He was engrossed in the book when the door opened suddenly revealing Mina and Tom both of who looked fairly hurried.
"What's wrong?" Skinner asked
"Didn't you hear the bell?" Mina asked.
"I've been in here for the last 20 minutes." Skinner said. At that moment Tom saw the book in his friends hand and began to laugh.
"Are .. you .. reading .. a .. book?" Tom managed to say at last trying to stop laughing
"Yeah and wot of it?" Skinner asked pulling his glasses back on.
"I can't imagine you as someone who enjoys reading." Mina said as Tom started laughing again.
"I don't, but I am so bored that anythin' is a welcome distraction." Skinner explained as Nemo came into the room.
"If you are bored Skinner then that is about to change. I have just recieved a message from Conseil to let me know that the secrets about my ship are on the loose." Nemo said
"Who is Conseil? And how does he/she know about your ship?" Mina asked not recognising the name
"Conseil was the servant of Professor Aronax who was a passenger on my ship some years ago. When they escaped from the ship, I made an effort to get back in contact with them to ensure that the Professor didn't publish the notes he had made about me and the ship. He promised me that he wouldn't say anything as did his servant and Ned Land who had accompanied them said he wouldn't yet. Something has obviously happened to cause that to change, I have sent a message back to Conseil and am waiting for a reply." Nemo said.
"I heard about that," Tom said. "Professor Aronax was hired to help hunt down some sea monster a few years back. He disapeared then reapeared many hundreds of miles from where he had vannished. It was about 9 years ago I think."
"Quite right." Nemo said. Skinner opened his mouth to say something when the door was opened by one of Nemo's many crewmen. None of the league could tell them apart, the only ones they had known were Ishmael and Zu both gone now.
"Your message Captain" the man said then vannished again. Nemo read the note in silence.
"What does it say Nemo?" Skinner asked determined to talk
"Conseil tells me that, Aronax was attacked in his home and is ill. The notes he kept were stolen and no-one has any idea who took them."
"We need to go and talk to this Professor soon." Tom said.
"Who is going to go?" Skinner asked. "You can't Tom as you sound to American, I can't for obvious reasons, Nemo don't exactly fit in, Mina can't go on her own as it ain't right. We haven't got anyone we could send."
"I could get in contact with Zu and ask her and Henry to go." Nemo suggested.
"Henry is retired and Zu isn't one of us it isn't fair to ask them." Tom said.
"There is no-one else. I'll get in contact with Zu and ask her." Nemo said without consulting the others knowing that eventually they would agree with him.
"Fine go ahead then." Skinner muttered putting the book he had been reading back and stomping out the room.
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There you go part one. I know it is short but I'm just setting the scene. If some of the details are slightly wrong then that is because my copy of 20,000 leagues is 30 miles away and not easy to read accordingly.
I'll apologise to anyone who hoped that i'd got rid of Zu and Jekyll but as my last story dealt with them I need established characters in this one and they'll have to do till I can get the others going.
Please review and let me know what you think. I'll try and get the next bit up soon.