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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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Skinner stood against the wall and watched what was going on with the other five occupants, this was going to be one of the hardest things he had ever done in his relatively short life. He was going to stand there while his firends Henry and Zu Jekyll were attacked. He understood what Zu was saying that someone had to alive at the end to tell Nemo what had happened to them and as he was invisable he was the best candidate.
"Is there a knife in here?" Zu asked calmly.
"I've got one" Ned said producing it from a pocket
"May I borrow it please?" Zu asked, after looking at her warily for a minute Ned passed it over. Zu proceeded to slit the side of her skirt up to well above her knee. "Thank you." she handed the knife back to Ned who looked confused.
"Why did you do that?" Aronax asked
"I can't fight properly in a tight skirt." Zu said.
"You can fight?" Conseil asked his face slightly green at the though of having to hurt someone.
"My wife is an excellent fighter." Henry said.
"Oh." Conseil said.
Henry and Zu drew slightly apart from the other three
"Are you sure you won't go with Skinner?" Henry asked
"Possitive, till death do us part remember." Zu said with a grin.
"I wish I still had Edward at times." Henry said
"Don't say that. You don't need Edward you have me now."
"Some honeymoon this has turnned out to be." Henry said
"I knew what it was going to be like as soon as I stepped on my fathers ship 7 months ago, I wouldn't change a thing." Zu said.
"If we live through this where do you want to go for the next part of our trip?" Henry said.
"Somewhere where they have never heard of the League." Zu said.
"I'll see what I can do." Henry promised before kissing her desparately as though she was going to vanish from in front of him.
"Here they come" Ned said from a position near the door. Zu tore herself away from her husband and went to stand on one side of the door while Ned stood on the other.
"Sorry for what I said earlier." Ned said looking at Zu
"Think nothing of it." Zu said.
"Remember the orders men." A voice said from the stairs, despite speaking in english there was an accent to the words which convinced Zu that the speaker wasn't english.
"Don't leave the door." Zu warnned.
"Don't treat me like a fool." Ned replied. He glanced round the door frame and saw several figures emerge at the top of the stairs. They were dressed in black from head to toe and all carried guns.
"In there." the man who was in charge said gesturing at the room Zu and the rest were in.
Skinner watched as Zu and Ned tensed up as the first two men came through the door, Ned clubbed one to the floor, Zu kicked the other one on the knee shatering the bone then punching him the nose breaking it and putting him out the fight. He saw the impressed look that Ned gave her before the next pair came through the door. Skinner couldn't tell what was being shouted outside the door but whatever it was enough to get thr number of men coming through the door to increase drastically. There was no way that the pair of them could deal with. Henry edged forward to help and Skinner was surprised to see that his friend could fight. Not as well as Zu and Ned but effectively all the same. Aronax and Conseil stood at the back of the room neither wanted to take part in the fight taking place in front of them.
"Conseil look out." Henry shouted, Skinner looked to see where the threat was, there was the sound of a gun shot, one of the attackers had got a clean shot, Conseil looked at his white shirt and the red mark on it.
"Professor?" Conseil asked half turnning to his friend before sinking to the floor. Aronax knelt by him and held his hand over the wound to try and stop the bleeding. Henry managed to extracate himself from the fight and ran to Conseil's side.
Skinner could no longer see Ned Land and hadn't been able to for a few minutes, Zu was trying her best but as the only one still fighting she didn't have a chance. There was the sound of another shot, though it was a scientific impossiblity to Skinner time seemed to stop, the press of bodies around Zu opened to reveal her holding her side, Henry looked at her, getting to his feet he ran towards her before someone clubed him on the head and he sank to the floor.
"Take those two." the leader said gesturing to Henry and Zu, "bring the professor." The men picked up Zu and Henry and dragged the Professor out the room leaving Skinner with the dead.
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There you go. I promise that you won't see Henry again until the end now and as to Zu well you never know.
Enjoy and please review.
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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Skinner stood against the wall and watched what was going on with the other five occupants, this was going to be one of the hardest things he had ever done in his relatively short life. He was going to stand there while his firends Henry and Zu Jekyll were attacked. He understood what Zu was saying that someone had to alive at the end to tell Nemo what had happened to them and as he was invisable he was the best candidate.
"Is there a knife in here?" Zu asked calmly.
"I've got one" Ned said producing it from a pocket
"May I borrow it please?" Zu asked, after looking at her warily for a minute Ned passed it over. Zu proceeded to slit the side of her skirt up to well above her knee. "Thank you." she handed the knife back to Ned who looked confused.
"Why did you do that?" Aronax asked
"I can't fight properly in a tight skirt." Zu said.
"You can fight?" Conseil asked his face slightly green at the though of having to hurt someone.
"My wife is an excellent fighter." Henry said.
"Oh." Conseil said.
Henry and Zu drew slightly apart from the other three
"Are you sure you won't go with Skinner?" Henry asked
"Possitive, till death do us part remember." Zu said with a grin.
"I wish I still had Edward at times." Henry said
"Don't say that. You don't need Edward you have me now."
"Some honeymoon this has turnned out to be." Henry said
"I knew what it was going to be like as soon as I stepped on my fathers ship 7 months ago, I wouldn't change a thing." Zu said.
"If we live through this where do you want to go for the next part of our trip?" Henry said.
"Somewhere where they have never heard of the League." Zu said.
"I'll see what I can do." Henry promised before kissing her desparately as though she was going to vanish from in front of him.
"Here they come" Ned said from a position near the door. Zu tore herself away from her husband and went to stand on one side of the door while Ned stood on the other.
"Sorry for what I said earlier." Ned said looking at Zu
"Think nothing of it." Zu said.
"Remember the orders men." A voice said from the stairs, despite speaking in english there was an accent to the words which convinced Zu that the speaker wasn't english.
"Don't leave the door." Zu warnned.
"Don't treat me like a fool." Ned replied. He glanced round the door frame and saw several figures emerge at the top of the stairs. They were dressed in black from head to toe and all carried guns.
"In there." the man who was in charge said gesturing at the room Zu and the rest were in.
Skinner watched as Zu and Ned tensed up as the first two men came through the door, Ned clubbed one to the floor, Zu kicked the other one on the knee shatering the bone then punching him the nose breaking it and putting him out the fight. He saw the impressed look that Ned gave her before the next pair came through the door. Skinner couldn't tell what was being shouted outside the door but whatever it was enough to get thr number of men coming through the door to increase drastically. There was no way that the pair of them could deal with. Henry edged forward to help and Skinner was surprised to see that his friend could fight. Not as well as Zu and Ned but effectively all the same. Aronax and Conseil stood at the back of the room neither wanted to take part in the fight taking place in front of them.
"Conseil look out." Henry shouted, Skinner looked to see where the threat was, there was the sound of a gun shot, one of the attackers had got a clean shot, Conseil looked at his white shirt and the red mark on it.
"Professor?" Conseil asked half turnning to his friend before sinking to the floor. Aronax knelt by him and held his hand over the wound to try and stop the bleeding. Henry managed to extracate himself from the fight and ran to Conseil's side.
Skinner could no longer see Ned Land and hadn't been able to for a few minutes, Zu was trying her best but as the only one still fighting she didn't have a chance. There was the sound of another shot, though it was a scientific impossiblity to Skinner time seemed to stop, the press of bodies around Zu opened to reveal her holding her side, Henry looked at her, getting to his feet he ran towards her before someone clubed him on the head and he sank to the floor.
"Take those two." the leader said gesturing to Henry and Zu, "bring the professor." The men picked up Zu and Henry and dragged the Professor out the room leaving Skinner with the dead.
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There you go. I promise that you won't see Henry again until the end now and as to Zu well you never know.
Enjoy and please review.