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Chapter 1 part 2: The offer
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"Gentleman, Lady, I must ask you to think about this before accepting"
"No thought is called for Mr. Williams, we are not doing it" Mina crossed over to the fire place before turning back to face the smartly attired gentleman, sitting at the conference table. "Losses are still fresh in our hearts and the league is finished. We will not fight anymore in the trifle conflicts of men"
"Look this is M's mess not mine, and I certainly don't want to be the one cleaning it up, but If this isn't stopped soon we are going to have problems"
"We got enough problems of our own thanks, my arse is still smarting from young mister Sawyer's."
"Skinner that was your own stupid fault, you shoulda' been more careful and watched where you sat"
"Perhaps we should hear this problem" interrupted Nemo, stopping the potential argument. "Before we make a decision"
"Good idea" Muttered Dr. Jekyll taking a sip of water from the glass in front of him and ignoring the sneering face of Edward reflected in it.
"The problem calls itself; The League of Extraordinaries, and they were M's answer to getting rid of you, if Mister Gray did not succeed. They were to be his enforcers under his rule"
"Extraordinaries?" Mina's expression had suddenly turned cold.
"Not gentlemen huh?" the floating brandy glass swirled its contents around slightly.
"More like murderers" Williams tossed six folders onto the table letting each pick one up.
"I hope this is the full list this time" Nemo muttered "No unexpected and unwelcome additions that could stab us in the back?"
"Or through the heart" Mina added darkly. Williams choose to ignore both comments.
They each accepted a copy and silently flicked through its pages, all their expressions matching by the third page.
"You have got to be joking?!" Jekyll barked out as he felt even Hyde strangling a laugh. "These people are jokes, hearsay rumors"
"Fesic? I think I heard a legend bout this guy, he was supposed to be a Giant of unmatched power" Sawyer was scratching his head with a confused look on his face. "But he is dead"
"So is this one" Nemo murmured indicating to a picture of a strangely attired Spaniard above the name Inego. "I have seen his ship 'Revenge' on the bottom of the ocean"
"They are all quiet alive I assure you" Mr. Williams looked mildly annoyed at their reaction, as Skinner dropped his glass and doubled over in laughter, waving the report as he did so.
"Ripper? You got Jack the Ripper?!"
"I, didn't get anyone sir, this league-"
"These men are dead, there are many errors in here" Mina threw the report back to him in disdain.
"Not errors, these men are act.., active again let me assure.., assure.., for god sake Mr. Skinner control yourself!"
"My God you even found yourselves the worst thief in London!" Skinner hadn't stopped his laughing fit. "He tried to steal my pillow once while I was sleepin' on it! I wasn't even invisible then!"
"This is a joke sir, these men couldn't be dangerous they are too stupid to do much with out someone organizing on top" Nemo was reading the list in a more serious air but was as unconvinced as the rest. "They are solo workers, working together wouldn't work for them, they would kill each other in a week"
"Precisely Captain Nemo, Which is where this man comes in" Williams threw another piece of paper on to the table with only a picture on it. Skinners laughing stopped abruptly and took another drink.
"Oh well that makes a huge difference" Mina said dryly. "It fact that made my decision final"
"Who is this man?" Sawyer picked up the blurred picture of the man and tried to make out his face.
"We don't know much about him, but we have been tracking him for a few months now, he is not easy to track" Mr. Williams put another picture on the table, just as fuzzy as the last. "All that we know is that he has taken M's wonderfully original Idea and torn the copyright from it"
"Does this Man have a name?" Jekyll took the bottle of Brandy off Rodney, pouring him a final glass before putting the lid back on the bottle and returning to his seat with it. Sawyer hid a laugh as Skinner protested but nobody else paid him attention.
"Not that we know of" Mr. Williams said rubbing his eyes behind his glasses. "Lest not the way the Fantom did, we only know his plans"
"Men will always try to dominate the world, we can not be there to stop each one, I think this is best left into the hands of a normal leagues this time" Mina was gathering the folders from every one, as the door to the conference room creaked open. Each ignored it as Tom tossed the folder back to Williams before Mina could take it. "I'm in"
The others looked up sharply.
"You all just goin' to hide again?" Sawyer asked as the rest adverted their gaze. "Or have y'all just turned into cowards over night?"
"No thanks Tom, I am not willing to be turned to toast twice" Skinner knocked his knuckles against toms skull, as he took a drink. "Think boy, you can't be in a league of your own"
"He isn't alone" came a voice from the door way. They all turned around suddenly at the sound of it, each reacting differently. Mina sat down quiet suddenly as Nemo stood and bowed. Tom and Jekyll were Awestruck and Skinner pinched himself. Twice.
"Quatermain, how."Mina couldn't finish her words.
"Don't question the impossible Ms. Harker, just accept it" Mr. Williams said as Allan took the spare seat beside Sawyer, ignoring their looks.
"Liven up, you all look as if you've seen a ghost" He said as Nemo returned to his seat.
"You'll forgive us for thinking we have" Jekyll said quietly as Allan smiled.
"Only if you don't ask any questions"
"This conference is closing, I need final answers" Mr. Williams stood and looked at each of them expectantly.
"If all is forgiven, then I am in" Jekyll said with a smile in Allan's direction.
"You have a Hunter, an American and a Doctor, I think you are in need of an engineer" Nemo stood and bowed. "I accept"
Williams nodded and turned to Skinner as he watched him as he nicked the bottle from the table and drained the last of the drink from it before Henry could stop him.
"What are you doing man?!" he demanded as he heard a loud 'hic'.
"Getting drunk enough to say the words I'm about to and have an excuse for it later" The leather coat stumbled a little, as the occupants of the room watched both mildly disgusted and amused, as the action the man had just condemned himself to, dawned on him.
"None of you will probably like my choice much but I think this time, it should be a different answer to 'yes sir, love to, I'm a hero or I'm in cause he's in' like the rest of you"
Of the little sense the man was making, everyone got the basic point of his words.
"Then we are short again" Sawyer sighed as Skinner gave another 'hic'.
"What you talking about Tom? I was just going to ask how much we was going to 'hic' get paid"
There was an extremely loud thud as the floating jacket fell out of the air and sprawled on the floor.
Williams turned to face Mina who had so far stayed silent. She dropped the reports onto the desk in front of him and looked around at the other men.
"I will not join" she said solidly, the look on her face daring someone to object her action. "I have no intention of trusting anyone in the near future, especially not this man"
Williams looked taken aback.
"We were betrayed last time by the man in this ones exact position, would you be so stupid to trust the new enemy? Have you all learnt nothing?!"
"You are just being paranoid" Tom objected as she turned he glare on him.
"Like it or not we are needed and you can't hide behind your guilt while the world is at war" Nemo added understanding the meaning behind her words. "Ms. Harker consider this carefully"
"I have" she said. "My answer is No"
"Well that settles it then, the league is set as it will now be, and I must be leaving" Mr. Williams stood up and put his hat on. "Your mission is in the reports, members, read and report back tomorrow morning at nine"
The room was silent as they nodded and watched the man walk out, carefully stepping over the unconscious Mr. Skinner. He paused at the door looking a mixture of hurt and extremely annoyed.
"Don't be late. Till then" he disappeared out the door and silence insured, broken only by a groan from Rodney's still form, that sounded like it came from his stomach, not his throat.
"Well that's that" Allan Quatermain stood up and looked around. Stony faces greeted him. "Well the weather is bad but I didn't think it would affect you this much"
Tom Sawyer rolled his eyes.
"See you on the Nautilus" he muttered getting up and storming out of the room, Mina following. Allan raised an eyebrow after them.
"There's nothing to that, she isn't following him" Jekyll observed the look on Quatermain's face as he stood up and walked over to the unconscious form of Skinner.
"I wasn't at all interested in that Henry" he said as Nemo walked up to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"It is good to have you back Allan Quatermain"
"It's good to actually be back Captain, thank you"
"You will come to stay at the Nautilus with us?" Jekyll was straining to hold Rodney's limp form and failing miserably.
'I could help you with that Henry' Hyde muttered into his ears, as Jekyll absently glanced at his reflection in a silver tray. He ignored him as Nemo took half the weight.
"I don't see why not, I've no previous engagements," Quatermain gathered the reports as they moved to leave "if it is fine with you, Captain?"
"Of course Quatermain"
"I think we should go have another drink don't you freaky darlings?" Skinner shouted out suddenly as they started walking, but falling, it seemed, back into unconsciousness straight after.
"Your going to have a bad enough head ache in the morning Mr. Skinner, no more is in need to make it worse" Allan pushed the great door open allowing the other men to pass. 'Besides I would rather find out what is ailing the others'
With Rodney making a string of incomprehensible words that the other men took to be singing, they left.
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A/N: Dear Freaky Darlings. Sorry I didn't update very fast, but smart little me decided to post this up around the same time I am dealing with my school certificate. I know that was stupid but yeah now I don't get as much time as I would like to write my Fic. Sorry this isn't as long as I would usually write either but I will try to update when ever I have a moment that I am not busy. Sorry. I will try to update this a.s.a.p. or at least once a week. In the mean time, review, I am always open to criticism as long as it is constructive and I think everyone likes reviews. Any flames welcome also, they are good for a laugh.
Amethyst.
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Chapter 1 part 2: The offer
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"Gentleman, Lady, I must ask you to think about this before accepting"
"No thought is called for Mr. Williams, we are not doing it" Mina crossed over to the fire place before turning back to face the smartly attired gentleman, sitting at the conference table. "Losses are still fresh in our hearts and the league is finished. We will not fight anymore in the trifle conflicts of men"
"Look this is M's mess not mine, and I certainly don't want to be the one cleaning it up, but If this isn't stopped soon we are going to have problems"
"We got enough problems of our own thanks, my arse is still smarting from young mister Sawyer's."
"Skinner that was your own stupid fault, you shoulda' been more careful and watched where you sat"
"Perhaps we should hear this problem" interrupted Nemo, stopping the potential argument. "Before we make a decision"
"Good idea" Muttered Dr. Jekyll taking a sip of water from the glass in front of him and ignoring the sneering face of Edward reflected in it.
"The problem calls itself; The League of Extraordinaries, and they were M's answer to getting rid of you, if Mister Gray did not succeed. They were to be his enforcers under his rule"
"Extraordinaries?" Mina's expression had suddenly turned cold.
"Not gentlemen huh?" the floating brandy glass swirled its contents around slightly.
"More like murderers" Williams tossed six folders onto the table letting each pick one up.
"I hope this is the full list this time" Nemo muttered "No unexpected and unwelcome additions that could stab us in the back?"
"Or through the heart" Mina added darkly. Williams choose to ignore both comments.
They each accepted a copy and silently flicked through its pages, all their expressions matching by the third page.
"You have got to be joking?!" Jekyll barked out as he felt even Hyde strangling a laugh. "These people are jokes, hearsay rumors"
"Fesic? I think I heard a legend bout this guy, he was supposed to be a Giant of unmatched power" Sawyer was scratching his head with a confused look on his face. "But he is dead"
"So is this one" Nemo murmured indicating to a picture of a strangely attired Spaniard above the name Inego. "I have seen his ship 'Revenge' on the bottom of the ocean"
"They are all quiet alive I assure you" Mr. Williams looked mildly annoyed at their reaction, as Skinner dropped his glass and doubled over in laughter, waving the report as he did so.
"Ripper? You got Jack the Ripper?!"
"I, didn't get anyone sir, this league-"
"These men are dead, there are many errors in here" Mina threw the report back to him in disdain.
"Not errors, these men are act.., active again let me assure.., assure.., for god sake Mr. Skinner control yourself!"
"My God you even found yourselves the worst thief in London!" Skinner hadn't stopped his laughing fit. "He tried to steal my pillow once while I was sleepin' on it! I wasn't even invisible then!"
"This is a joke sir, these men couldn't be dangerous they are too stupid to do much with out someone organizing on top" Nemo was reading the list in a more serious air but was as unconvinced as the rest. "They are solo workers, working together wouldn't work for them, they would kill each other in a week"
"Precisely Captain Nemo, Which is where this man comes in" Williams threw another piece of paper on to the table with only a picture on it. Skinners laughing stopped abruptly and took another drink.
"Oh well that makes a huge difference" Mina said dryly. "It fact that made my decision final"
"Who is this man?" Sawyer picked up the blurred picture of the man and tried to make out his face.
"We don't know much about him, but we have been tracking him for a few months now, he is not easy to track" Mr. Williams put another picture on the table, just as fuzzy as the last. "All that we know is that he has taken M's wonderfully original Idea and torn the copyright from it"
"Does this Man have a name?" Jekyll took the bottle of Brandy off Rodney, pouring him a final glass before putting the lid back on the bottle and returning to his seat with it. Sawyer hid a laugh as Skinner protested but nobody else paid him attention.
"Not that we know of" Mr. Williams said rubbing his eyes behind his glasses. "Lest not the way the Fantom did, we only know his plans"
"Men will always try to dominate the world, we can not be there to stop each one, I think this is best left into the hands of a normal leagues this time" Mina was gathering the folders from every one, as the door to the conference room creaked open. Each ignored it as Tom tossed the folder back to Williams before Mina could take it. "I'm in"
The others looked up sharply.
"You all just goin' to hide again?" Sawyer asked as the rest adverted their gaze. "Or have y'all just turned into cowards over night?"
"No thanks Tom, I am not willing to be turned to toast twice" Skinner knocked his knuckles against toms skull, as he took a drink. "Think boy, you can't be in a league of your own"
"He isn't alone" came a voice from the door way. They all turned around suddenly at the sound of it, each reacting differently. Mina sat down quiet suddenly as Nemo stood and bowed. Tom and Jekyll were Awestruck and Skinner pinched himself. Twice.
"Quatermain, how."Mina couldn't finish her words.
"Don't question the impossible Ms. Harker, just accept it" Mr. Williams said as Allan took the spare seat beside Sawyer, ignoring their looks.
"Liven up, you all look as if you've seen a ghost" He said as Nemo returned to his seat.
"You'll forgive us for thinking we have" Jekyll said quietly as Allan smiled.
"Only if you don't ask any questions"
"This conference is closing, I need final answers" Mr. Williams stood and looked at each of them expectantly.
"If all is forgiven, then I am in" Jekyll said with a smile in Allan's direction.
"You have a Hunter, an American and a Doctor, I think you are in need of an engineer" Nemo stood and bowed. "I accept"
Williams nodded and turned to Skinner as he watched him as he nicked the bottle from the table and drained the last of the drink from it before Henry could stop him.
"What are you doing man?!" he demanded as he heard a loud 'hic'.
"Getting drunk enough to say the words I'm about to and have an excuse for it later" The leather coat stumbled a little, as the occupants of the room watched both mildly disgusted and amused, as the action the man had just condemned himself to, dawned on him.
"None of you will probably like my choice much but I think this time, it should be a different answer to 'yes sir, love to, I'm a hero or I'm in cause he's in' like the rest of you"
Of the little sense the man was making, everyone got the basic point of his words.
"Then we are short again" Sawyer sighed as Skinner gave another 'hic'.
"What you talking about Tom? I was just going to ask how much we was going to 'hic' get paid"
There was an extremely loud thud as the floating jacket fell out of the air and sprawled on the floor.
Williams turned to face Mina who had so far stayed silent. She dropped the reports onto the desk in front of him and looked around at the other men.
"I will not join" she said solidly, the look on her face daring someone to object her action. "I have no intention of trusting anyone in the near future, especially not this man"
Williams looked taken aback.
"We were betrayed last time by the man in this ones exact position, would you be so stupid to trust the new enemy? Have you all learnt nothing?!"
"You are just being paranoid" Tom objected as she turned he glare on him.
"Like it or not we are needed and you can't hide behind your guilt while the world is at war" Nemo added understanding the meaning behind her words. "Ms. Harker consider this carefully"
"I have" she said. "My answer is No"
"Well that settles it then, the league is set as it will now be, and I must be leaving" Mr. Williams stood up and put his hat on. "Your mission is in the reports, members, read and report back tomorrow morning at nine"
The room was silent as they nodded and watched the man walk out, carefully stepping over the unconscious Mr. Skinner. He paused at the door looking a mixture of hurt and extremely annoyed.
"Don't be late. Till then" he disappeared out the door and silence insured, broken only by a groan from Rodney's still form, that sounded like it came from his stomach, not his throat.
"Well that's that" Allan Quatermain stood up and looked around. Stony faces greeted him. "Well the weather is bad but I didn't think it would affect you this much"
Tom Sawyer rolled his eyes.
"See you on the Nautilus" he muttered getting up and storming out of the room, Mina following. Allan raised an eyebrow after them.
"There's nothing to that, she isn't following him" Jekyll observed the look on Quatermain's face as he stood up and walked over to the unconscious form of Skinner.
"I wasn't at all interested in that Henry" he said as Nemo walked up to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"It is good to have you back Allan Quatermain"
"It's good to actually be back Captain, thank you"
"You will come to stay at the Nautilus with us?" Jekyll was straining to hold Rodney's limp form and failing miserably.
'I could help you with that Henry' Hyde muttered into his ears, as Jekyll absently glanced at his reflection in a silver tray. He ignored him as Nemo took half the weight.
"I don't see why not, I've no previous engagements," Quatermain gathered the reports as they moved to leave "if it is fine with you, Captain?"
"Of course Quatermain"
"I think we should go have another drink don't you freaky darlings?" Skinner shouted out suddenly as they started walking, but falling, it seemed, back into unconsciousness straight after.
"Your going to have a bad enough head ache in the morning Mr. Skinner, no more is in need to make it worse" Allan pushed the great door open allowing the other men to pass. 'Besides I would rather find out what is ailing the others'
With Rodney making a string of incomprehensible words that the other men took to be singing, they left.
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A/N: Dear Freaky Darlings. Sorry I didn't update very fast, but smart little me decided to post this up around the same time I am dealing with my school certificate. I know that was stupid but yeah now I don't get as much time as I would like to write my Fic. Sorry this isn't as long as I would usually write either but I will try to update when ever I have a moment that I am not busy. Sorry. I will try to update this a.s.a.p. or at least once a week. In the mean time, review, I am always open to criticism as long as it is constructive and I think everyone likes reviews. Any flames welcome also, they are good for a laugh.
Amethyst.
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