This is starting to draw to a close now. I can make maybe 4 more chapters out of what I have left which does include a major Henry angst trip, should be fun. I warn you now it will only get worse.
As usual I don't own any of the characters apart from the now deceased Zu Jekyll, if Skinner or Jekyll come up for sale for under £5 though I will buy them let me know if you see that kind of offer.
Thank you for all review recieved so far, I'll do my usual and thank everyone in the last chapter. Also try my Lost World story and SG1 story as they aren't that bad honest.
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Tom and Ned wandered into the pub while Skinner stayed outside. He had bad memories of this type of mission as last time his friends Zu and Henry had been captured, he wouldn't let the same thing happen to Tom and Ned especially as that would leave him alone on the ship with Mina and Nemo, one was a vampire and the other an occasional nutter, not exactly Skinners cup of tea.
"I'll go and buy us a couple of drinks." Ned said
"Are you sure that's a good idea, we need to find out information." Tom said unwilling to have anything to drink being a decided light weight when it came to alcohol consumption
"It'll look starnge if we don't drink something." Ned pointed out.
"Fine just don't get anything that will knock us out after one sip." Tom grumbled
"Trust me." Ned said with a grin which didn't convince Tom of anything.
"Great." Tom muttered then looked around the place. Having been in a few pubs in the past Tom couldn't see anything that made this one special. Ned joined him a few minutes later with two large pints of something in his hand.
"Sit near the middle of the room. That way people can hear what we say." Ned suggested, Tom agreed with him and went to sit down carefully carrying his pint as he went.
"I think that this is the kind of place where anything like that would be noticed don't you my friend." Ned said loudly draining most of his drink
"errr yeah sure." Tom said taken off guard by Neds actions.
"This ain't the kind of place that anyone could sneak through. Especially not if they are taking our friends with them." Ned said gesturing about him having finnished the rest of his pint.
"I supose so." Tom said as took a reluctant sip of his drink while Ned went to get another. There were no people looking as though they had anything to add and Tom got the feeling that this was going to be a dead end.
Skinner was very bored by the time that Tom and Ned staggered out of the pub, Tom looked as though he was more or less sober while Ned was definately not in the best condition imaginable.
"No luck?" Skinner asked quietly
"Nothing." Tom replied and started walking down the road back to the coast suporting Ned as he went. Skinner was laughing to himself at the thought of the major headache that the canadian would have the following morning. He didn't look as though he was in as bad a state as Skinner had been in at times, some of the drinking excesses that Skinner had subjected himself to were such that he wouldn't wish them on anybody.
Mina was waiting for them at the harbour and sighed seeing the state of Ned.
"Couldn't you have stopped him Tom?" she asked
"I tried Mina but I was more worried about how much I was drinking." Tom said slightly embarresed
"How much did you drink?" Mina demanded
"Not much maybe two mouthfulls before I managed to accidentaly spill it over the floor." Tom said
"Waste of good drink." Ned said loudly.
"Lets get him back on board before he wakes up the entire of Brisbane." Skinner suggested.
"I'll just signal to Nemo then we can be on our way." Mina said and produced a device from her pocket which she pressed. A few seconds later the Nautilus rose out of the sea slightly off shore. A boat was soon rowed across and after a slight struggle with Ned they were all in the boat. Nemos crewmen rowed the boat out to the ship and within a few minutes they were at the side of the ship. Mina climbed aboard followed by Tom while Skinner helped Ned to get his feet on the ladder. Ned waved his arms in the air and hit Skinner solidly on the side of the head. Skinner was completly unprepared for this and unbalanced falling into the water.
"Skinner?" Tom called
"I'm fine, wet but fine." Skinner replied surfacing from the water. For a minute Tom was able to see his friends face due to the water covering it. That only lasted for a minute before Skinner went invisable once more.
"Skinner are you aware that we can see you when you have just been soaked?" Mina asked having noticed as well.
"No." Skinner said starting to climb up the ladder.
"Well that's interesting then isn't it." Skinner said sarcastically.
"Yes it means that your invisability won't be an effective tool if it is raining too much." Mina said.
"Well that makes me feel so much better." Skinner said annoyed.
"Can you please climb up here please." Nemo said from the entrance Skinner did so still complaining under his breath.
"There was no-one there who had heard of anything strange going on."Tom told Mina as Skinner reached the top of the ladder.
"Great." She replied.
"Nemo where are we going next?" Skinner asked.
"Newcastle." Nemo said
"Isn't that in England?" Tom asked
"There is one here as well. We need to collect someone there as well."Nemo said before leading the group below deck.
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The following morning ...
"Oh my head hurts." Ned moaned as he staggered into the dining room.
"Did you have a bit much to drink last night?" a voice asked, Ned couldn't place them and looked up to see a young man with red hair standing over to one side.
"Who are you?" Ned demanded.
"This is our new recruit till we have found my daughter." Nemo said
"John Roxton." The red head said.
"Hello." Ned managed.
"John has agreed to help us." Nemo told the others.
"Welcome aboard John Roxton." Tom said.
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If any of the place names are inacurat I'm having to go by an old atlas from the 60s so some of the places may have changed.
New disclaimer
John Roxton is the property of the the Conan Doyle estate.
I have put him at 20 years old as this is a few years before the Lost World stories. I'm not sure why he is red head as most of the time he isn't. I imagine him as such so tough.
The thing with Skinner being visable when soaked is from 'Hollow Man' which I watched recently so thought quite a cool idea for Skinner.
Thank you for the reviews. Having now got all of my group together I will let the story carry on.
Next bit up soon.
As usual I don't own any of the characters apart from the now deceased Zu Jekyll, if Skinner or Jekyll come up for sale for under £5 though I will buy them let me know if you see that kind of offer.
Thank you for all review recieved so far, I'll do my usual and thank everyone in the last chapter. Also try my Lost World story and SG1 story as they aren't that bad honest.
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Tom and Ned wandered into the pub while Skinner stayed outside. He had bad memories of this type of mission as last time his friends Zu and Henry had been captured, he wouldn't let the same thing happen to Tom and Ned especially as that would leave him alone on the ship with Mina and Nemo, one was a vampire and the other an occasional nutter, not exactly Skinners cup of tea.
"I'll go and buy us a couple of drinks." Ned said
"Are you sure that's a good idea, we need to find out information." Tom said unwilling to have anything to drink being a decided light weight when it came to alcohol consumption
"It'll look starnge if we don't drink something." Ned pointed out.
"Fine just don't get anything that will knock us out after one sip." Tom grumbled
"Trust me." Ned said with a grin which didn't convince Tom of anything.
"Great." Tom muttered then looked around the place. Having been in a few pubs in the past Tom couldn't see anything that made this one special. Ned joined him a few minutes later with two large pints of something in his hand.
"Sit near the middle of the room. That way people can hear what we say." Ned suggested, Tom agreed with him and went to sit down carefully carrying his pint as he went.
"I think that this is the kind of place where anything like that would be noticed don't you my friend." Ned said loudly draining most of his drink
"errr yeah sure." Tom said taken off guard by Neds actions.
"This ain't the kind of place that anyone could sneak through. Especially not if they are taking our friends with them." Ned said gesturing about him having finnished the rest of his pint.
"I supose so." Tom said as took a reluctant sip of his drink while Ned went to get another. There were no people looking as though they had anything to add and Tom got the feeling that this was going to be a dead end.
Skinner was very bored by the time that Tom and Ned staggered out of the pub, Tom looked as though he was more or less sober while Ned was definately not in the best condition imaginable.
"No luck?" Skinner asked quietly
"Nothing." Tom replied and started walking down the road back to the coast suporting Ned as he went. Skinner was laughing to himself at the thought of the major headache that the canadian would have the following morning. He didn't look as though he was in as bad a state as Skinner had been in at times, some of the drinking excesses that Skinner had subjected himself to were such that he wouldn't wish them on anybody.
Mina was waiting for them at the harbour and sighed seeing the state of Ned.
"Couldn't you have stopped him Tom?" she asked
"I tried Mina but I was more worried about how much I was drinking." Tom said slightly embarresed
"How much did you drink?" Mina demanded
"Not much maybe two mouthfulls before I managed to accidentaly spill it over the floor." Tom said
"Waste of good drink." Ned said loudly.
"Lets get him back on board before he wakes up the entire of Brisbane." Skinner suggested.
"I'll just signal to Nemo then we can be on our way." Mina said and produced a device from her pocket which she pressed. A few seconds later the Nautilus rose out of the sea slightly off shore. A boat was soon rowed across and after a slight struggle with Ned they were all in the boat. Nemos crewmen rowed the boat out to the ship and within a few minutes they were at the side of the ship. Mina climbed aboard followed by Tom while Skinner helped Ned to get his feet on the ladder. Ned waved his arms in the air and hit Skinner solidly on the side of the head. Skinner was completly unprepared for this and unbalanced falling into the water.
"Skinner?" Tom called
"I'm fine, wet but fine." Skinner replied surfacing from the water. For a minute Tom was able to see his friends face due to the water covering it. That only lasted for a minute before Skinner went invisable once more.
"Skinner are you aware that we can see you when you have just been soaked?" Mina asked having noticed as well.
"No." Skinner said starting to climb up the ladder.
"Well that's interesting then isn't it." Skinner said sarcastically.
"Yes it means that your invisability won't be an effective tool if it is raining too much." Mina said.
"Well that makes me feel so much better." Skinner said annoyed.
"Can you please climb up here please." Nemo said from the entrance Skinner did so still complaining under his breath.
"There was no-one there who had heard of anything strange going on."Tom told Mina as Skinner reached the top of the ladder.
"Great." She replied.
"Nemo where are we going next?" Skinner asked.
"Newcastle." Nemo said
"Isn't that in England?" Tom asked
"There is one here as well. We need to collect someone there as well."Nemo said before leading the group below deck.
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The following morning ...
"Oh my head hurts." Ned moaned as he staggered into the dining room.
"Did you have a bit much to drink last night?" a voice asked, Ned couldn't place them and looked up to see a young man with red hair standing over to one side.
"Who are you?" Ned demanded.
"This is our new recruit till we have found my daughter." Nemo said
"John Roxton." The red head said.
"Hello." Ned managed.
"John has agreed to help us." Nemo told the others.
"Welcome aboard John Roxton." Tom said.
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If any of the place names are inacurat I'm having to go by an old atlas from the 60s so some of the places may have changed.
New disclaimer
John Roxton is the property of the the Conan Doyle estate.
I have put him at 20 years old as this is a few years before the Lost World stories. I'm not sure why he is red head as most of the time he isn't. I imagine him as such so tough.
The thing with Skinner being visable when soaked is from 'Hollow Man' which I watched recently so thought quite a cool idea for Skinner.
Thank you for the reviews. Having now got all of my group together I will let the story carry on.
Next bit up soon.