All characters are the property of their respective authors with one or two exceptions.
I apologise once again for the fluff in the last two chapters, it is over for now or at least till I get my teeth into the next couple.
As I'm not doing background stories for any characters who pop up I'll leave it up to you to read the books if you haven't already. All the new characters in this section come from 20,000 leagues, read it it is a good book.
Once more I ask for patience as I am still struggling with the last of the three killer essays I was moaning about in my last fic and need to get that finnished. Please read my Stargate fic and review as that is much more difficult to write than this one. :-(
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Paris the next day ...
"I have never visited Paris before." Zu told her husband as they walked through the streets,
"I spent quite a few years here, I don't really want to remember them though." Henry said with a shudder, remember vaguely things that he had done while Edward Hyde.
"Cheer up mate you are supposed to be a newly wed." Skinner said from nearby. He had insisted on coming with them to keep an eye on things while they were in the Professors office.
"I am happy." Henry replied quietly shooting his wife a smile. She gave him one in reply the expressions on their faces was one that Skinner called 'extra silly' though he cared about his friends too much for them to hear him say that.
"Come on we need to see this friend of yours then we can get on." Zu said
"Quite right." Henry said pulling himself together then set out for the area where professor Aronax lived. The house they eventually arrived at was fairly small,
"I'll wait out here." Skinner said
"Don't do anything stupid." Henry warned
"Who do you think I am? I never do anything stupid do I" Skinner said acting hurt
"Will you go already." Zu said glaring at where his voice had come from. Skinner promptly shut up. Henry knocked on the door which was eventually opened by man with blonde hair and a deeply lined face. His age could have been any where from 30 to 50 and neither Zu or Henry were willing to guess which one it was nearest to.
"Can I help you?" he asked suspiciously
"Is this the home of Professor Aronax?" Henry asked in french.
"Yes and you are?" The other replied.
"I am Doctor Jekyll and this is my wife. Her father is an old friend of Professor Aronax and as we are in Paris for a few days thought we should call in on him."
"I'll see if he wants to speak to you" the stranger said before clossing the door in their faces.
"Friendly isn't he." Zu muttered
"very." Henry replied. The door opened again to reveal a younger looking main who was dressed so smartly it appeared painful.
"You are Dr Jekyll?" The new man asked
"Yes."
"I am Conseil and I wish to apologise for the behaviour of Ned Land he is Canadian and can't help it." the small man said, there was a snort from behind the door as
"No apology needed. May my wife and I see the Professor?" Henry asked
"Certainly if you would come in." Conseil said. Henry and Zu entered the house to find that the canadian was just behind the door.
"I'll take them up Conseil." Ned said as Henry and Zu removed the coats they were wearing.
"Thank you Ned." Conseil said taking the two guests coats to hang up. Zu and Henry followed the canadian as he went up the stairs.
"Can you try and not surprise him too much as he is still recovering from the attack." Ned said
"Was he hurt?" Henry asked
"A bit."
"Do you want me to take a look at him?" Henry asked.
"He's seen a doctor." Ned said
"Has he any idea who it was that attcked him?" Zu asked in flawless french which caused Henry to stare at her in surprise as he had no idea that she spoke french.
"None Mrs Jekyll." Ned said. He opened a door and went in motioning Henry and Zu to stay outside. After a few minutes of quiet conversation that neither Henry or Zu could hear Ned reappeared and motioned them in. He then left the room and clossed the door behind him leaving Zu and Henry with a very slim man in his late 30s with his arm in a sling.
"You are Doctor and Mrs Jekyll then" he said in a soft voice
"Yes and I presume that you are Professor Aronax." Henry said
"You presume correctly Doctor."
"I am sorry for the intrusion Professor but my father was a friend of yours and as Henry and I were in the area I thought it only polite that we called in on you." Zu said
"Who is your father?" the Professor asked
"A captain. You travelled with him for some time before leaving his company near Norway. It was the documents detailing your stay with him that were stolen was it not." Zu said
"You are his daughter?" The Professor asked surprised.
"Yes."
"I always thought that his family were dead." Aronax said surprised
"We don't advertise our relationship very often." Zu said with a wry twist to her mouth
"I can imagine. He wasn't always the easiest person to get on with."
"Neither am I." Zu said
"Was it you who asked Conseil to contact Captain Nemo?" Henry asked
"Yes I thought it best he knew especially after he mentioned being part of some secret service for the British Empire." Aronax said
"Why would a french man want anything to do with that?" Henry asked intrigued
"I don't but I promised my friend that I would let nothing happen to my notes and now that something has I felt honour bound to inform an old friend of that happening." Aronax said
"Why did you tell that pirate?" Ned demanded storming in at that moment.
"Why were you listening at my door?" Aronax replied calmly
"I don't trust these two especially her if she's Nemos daughter." Ned said grabbing hold of Zu's arm.
"Let go of my wife." Henry said his voice low and dangerous.
"Henry don't worry." Zu said twisting her arm out or the canadians grip. "In future don't touch me without asking first" she told Ned who looked surprised that he no longer had hold of her.
"Ned calm down." Aronax said
"Why should I? You have let the child of Nemo into this house and some strange man who may or may not be her husband and is most likely some other pirate are you asking to be attacked again?" Ned raged
"I may be my fathers daughter but I have not harmed any body in this house nor do I mean to. As for my husband he is a doctor from London and his joint owner of a practice with Dr Watson who you may have heard of." Zu said her temper starting to flair up.
"Ned calm down I doubt that the Jekyll's are here to hurt me." Aronax said he didn't raise his voice but Ned shut up all the same.
At that moment a wild eyed Conseil entered the room,
"Henry you lot need to get out of 'ere" Skinners voice said from behind Conseil
"What's wrong?" Henry demanded.
"Who's talking?" Ned asked
"A friend of ours called Skinner, he's invisable." Zu said
"There's a group of people just arriving and they don't look like they are here for fun." Skinner was telling Henry.
"Take Zu and the Professor back to the ship." Henry said.
"I'm not going anywhere Henry Jekyll." Zu said angrily.
"Zu please." Henry pleaded before seeing the stubborn look on his wifes face a knowing that she wasn't going to go anywhere.
"Professor will you go?" Consil asked.
"No I will not run from these people." Aronax said.
"Skinner don't take part in the fight. Stay to one side so that you can tell my father and the rest of the league what has happened." Zu said. Henry looked at her seeing that she didn't expect any of them to make it back to report.
"Yes Zu." Skinner said sighing knowing that she was right.
From downstairs there was the sound of a window breaking,
"Here they come." Henry said
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There you go. Hope you enjoyed it. I'll try and post the fourth bit soon if I get enough feedback letting me know that people are still interested in Tom, Mina and the rest who will play a bigger part now that Henry and Zu are leaving.
Naitriab
I apologise once again for the fluff in the last two chapters, it is over for now or at least till I get my teeth into the next couple.
As I'm not doing background stories for any characters who pop up I'll leave it up to you to read the books if you haven't already. All the new characters in this section come from 20,000 leagues, read it it is a good book.
Once more I ask for patience as I am still struggling with the last of the three killer essays I was moaning about in my last fic and need to get that finnished. Please read my Stargate fic and review as that is much more difficult to write than this one. :-(
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Paris the next day ...
"I have never visited Paris before." Zu told her husband as they walked through the streets,
"I spent quite a few years here, I don't really want to remember them though." Henry said with a shudder, remember vaguely things that he had done while Edward Hyde.
"Cheer up mate you are supposed to be a newly wed." Skinner said from nearby. He had insisted on coming with them to keep an eye on things while they were in the Professors office.
"I am happy." Henry replied quietly shooting his wife a smile. She gave him one in reply the expressions on their faces was one that Skinner called 'extra silly' though he cared about his friends too much for them to hear him say that.
"Come on we need to see this friend of yours then we can get on." Zu said
"Quite right." Henry said pulling himself together then set out for the area where professor Aronax lived. The house they eventually arrived at was fairly small,
"I'll wait out here." Skinner said
"Don't do anything stupid." Henry warned
"Who do you think I am? I never do anything stupid do I" Skinner said acting hurt
"Will you go already." Zu said glaring at where his voice had come from. Skinner promptly shut up. Henry knocked on the door which was eventually opened by man with blonde hair and a deeply lined face. His age could have been any where from 30 to 50 and neither Zu or Henry were willing to guess which one it was nearest to.
"Can I help you?" he asked suspiciously
"Is this the home of Professor Aronax?" Henry asked in french.
"Yes and you are?" The other replied.
"I am Doctor Jekyll and this is my wife. Her father is an old friend of Professor Aronax and as we are in Paris for a few days thought we should call in on him."
"I'll see if he wants to speak to you" the stranger said before clossing the door in their faces.
"Friendly isn't he." Zu muttered
"very." Henry replied. The door opened again to reveal a younger looking main who was dressed so smartly it appeared painful.
"You are Dr Jekyll?" The new man asked
"Yes."
"I am Conseil and I wish to apologise for the behaviour of Ned Land he is Canadian and can't help it." the small man said, there was a snort from behind the door as
"No apology needed. May my wife and I see the Professor?" Henry asked
"Certainly if you would come in." Conseil said. Henry and Zu entered the house to find that the canadian was just behind the door.
"I'll take them up Conseil." Ned said as Henry and Zu removed the coats they were wearing.
"Thank you Ned." Conseil said taking the two guests coats to hang up. Zu and Henry followed the canadian as he went up the stairs.
"Can you try and not surprise him too much as he is still recovering from the attack." Ned said
"Was he hurt?" Henry asked
"A bit."
"Do you want me to take a look at him?" Henry asked.
"He's seen a doctor." Ned said
"Has he any idea who it was that attcked him?" Zu asked in flawless french which caused Henry to stare at her in surprise as he had no idea that she spoke french.
"None Mrs Jekyll." Ned said. He opened a door and went in motioning Henry and Zu to stay outside. After a few minutes of quiet conversation that neither Henry or Zu could hear Ned reappeared and motioned them in. He then left the room and clossed the door behind him leaving Zu and Henry with a very slim man in his late 30s with his arm in a sling.
"You are Doctor and Mrs Jekyll then" he said in a soft voice
"Yes and I presume that you are Professor Aronax." Henry said
"You presume correctly Doctor."
"I am sorry for the intrusion Professor but my father was a friend of yours and as Henry and I were in the area I thought it only polite that we called in on you." Zu said
"Who is your father?" the Professor asked
"A captain. You travelled with him for some time before leaving his company near Norway. It was the documents detailing your stay with him that were stolen was it not." Zu said
"You are his daughter?" The Professor asked surprised.
"Yes."
"I always thought that his family were dead." Aronax said surprised
"We don't advertise our relationship very often." Zu said with a wry twist to her mouth
"I can imagine. He wasn't always the easiest person to get on with."
"Neither am I." Zu said
"Was it you who asked Conseil to contact Captain Nemo?" Henry asked
"Yes I thought it best he knew especially after he mentioned being part of some secret service for the British Empire." Aronax said
"Why would a french man want anything to do with that?" Henry asked intrigued
"I don't but I promised my friend that I would let nothing happen to my notes and now that something has I felt honour bound to inform an old friend of that happening." Aronax said
"Why did you tell that pirate?" Ned demanded storming in at that moment.
"Why were you listening at my door?" Aronax replied calmly
"I don't trust these two especially her if she's Nemos daughter." Ned said grabbing hold of Zu's arm.
"Let go of my wife." Henry said his voice low and dangerous.
"Henry don't worry." Zu said twisting her arm out or the canadians grip. "In future don't touch me without asking first" she told Ned who looked surprised that he no longer had hold of her.
"Ned calm down." Aronax said
"Why should I? You have let the child of Nemo into this house and some strange man who may or may not be her husband and is most likely some other pirate are you asking to be attacked again?" Ned raged
"I may be my fathers daughter but I have not harmed any body in this house nor do I mean to. As for my husband he is a doctor from London and his joint owner of a practice with Dr Watson who you may have heard of." Zu said her temper starting to flair up.
"Ned calm down I doubt that the Jekyll's are here to hurt me." Aronax said he didn't raise his voice but Ned shut up all the same.
At that moment a wild eyed Conseil entered the room,
"Henry you lot need to get out of 'ere" Skinners voice said from behind Conseil
"What's wrong?" Henry demanded.
"Who's talking?" Ned asked
"A friend of ours called Skinner, he's invisable." Zu said
"There's a group of people just arriving and they don't look like they are here for fun." Skinner was telling Henry.
"Take Zu and the Professor back to the ship." Henry said.
"I'm not going anywhere Henry Jekyll." Zu said angrily.
"Zu please." Henry pleaded before seeing the stubborn look on his wifes face a knowing that she wasn't going to go anywhere.
"Professor will you go?" Consil asked.
"No I will not run from these people." Aronax said.
"Skinner don't take part in the fight. Stay to one side so that you can tell my father and the rest of the league what has happened." Zu said. Henry looked at her seeing that she didn't expect any of them to make it back to report.
"Yes Zu." Skinner said sighing knowing that she was right.
From downstairs there was the sound of a window breaking,
"Here they come." Henry said
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There you go. Hope you enjoyed it. I'll try and post the fourth bit soon if I get enough feedback letting me know that people are still interested in Tom, Mina and the rest who will play a bigger part now that Henry and Zu are leaving.
Naitriab