Disclaimer: I don't own any of this except the extra's I cast. I don't
think I can write better than the original characters authors or the people
that wrote the script but I hope they don't mind if I try. I don't own, so
don't sue.
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Chapter 2: One Down
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Mina threw the door of her cabin open as she stormed in. Fools. Men were naturally fools but these men were extraordinarily so. Running blind through a maze of razors. The door gave a satisfactory 'bang' as she slammed it behind her.
She had begun understanding less and less since she had come to stay on the Nautilus. After loosing much of his crew to M's little escapade, Mina had agreed, as had the rest of the remaining league, to stay aboard the Nautilus until Captain Nemo had gotten a new crew of loyal men. This had taken longer than any of them would have thought it would. They had been abroad for seven months already and had only collected three extra men.
Mina was growing tired of this life. She was starting to feel like a nurse maid to the men, looking out for Sawyer, dragging Skinner out of trouble (like backstreet alley pubs where he had had one too many drinks and thought he was invincible rather than invisible) and helping Jekyll deal with Hyde.
No more.
There was a soft knock on the door behind her and she sighed. It was late. After leaving the meeting she had gone for a walk, having no desire to talk to any of them, lest of all Quatermain. She had returned late hoping to miss any accidental meeting.
"Come in" she called sitting down in a chair by her equipment and pretending to be analyzing some blue crystals of sodium.
"Ms. Harker" Captain Nemo entered the cabin and stood by the door. "May I have a word?"
"It is quiet late Captain"
"I know but I am afraid that if I leave this conversation till morning I will have missed you by a few hours"
"I am not going to change my mind Captain, I am leaving tonight"
"You may leave when ever you wish Ms. Harker, I am merely here to make sure you know why you going"
"The last thing I need now is a lecture Captain, I know why"
"You are afraid"
"Gray's dying face has haunted me every time I have closed my eyes for the last seven months" Mina cried bitterly. "I have no regret over his death but like Dracula, his haunts me like no other death could!"
Nemo stood quiet still as her appearance changed and her fangs grew as she threw the fragile glass instruments across the room.
"You are upset because Quatermain came back from the dead" it was a statement not a question.
"Yes"
"You believe now that not even death can stop a man?"
"I half expected Dracula or Dorian to walk through that door and pass their fate to me, if death can be cheated by a soul like Quatermain, what of Dracula and Dorian?"
"Africa will never let Quatermain die Ms. Harker, but no soul wishes your enemies back with such force, they will remain to the beyond"
"I need to leave"
"If it is your wish you may do what you like"
"You think I am running away don't you" Mina started for the door but stopped, normal again and almost calm.
"If this is the way that you wish to deal with this situation Ms. Harker, it is your choice; we each know how we will best deal with a situation, so follow your own heart"
"My heart died a long time ago captain"
"Your heart will never die Mina, that is what makes you so extraordinary"
She smiled weakly as she bowed her head slightly. "Good night Nemo"
"Good bye Ms. Harker, I hope to see you again before the end of my time"
"Perhaps Captain, perhaps"
Nemo gave a slight bow before leaving Mina to her thoughts. As much as she could find reasons why to leave, there were just as many to keep her where she sat.
In silence aside from the lapping waves on the dock beyond, Mina Harker packed her possessions away and left, stepping out into the foggy night beyond the metal hull of the great 'sword of the ocean'.
With one last look back, admiring the beautiful ship she disappeared into the swirling mist down a silent back alley of London.
The autumn cold was terrible as she stepped lightly over the cobblestone streets past old abandon factories and she felt a shiver down her spine. She pulled her coat tighter around her and adjusted her scarf that had slipped down to reveal the bite marks in her neck.
She was being watched.
Most likely some common thieves up a back alley. She dropped her suitcase and walked into the warehouse to her left, scaling the wall and climbing up into the rafters as soon as she had entered the door.
She sat looking out a broken window of the top floor, watching her fangs bared.
"I see you" she said quietly as he walked into view.
He was very tall, and was dressed in gentleman's attire. His long black coat reached just above his polished leather boots and his top hat hid most of his face from view. He clicked his black walking stick, its silver hooked handle gleaming in the moonlight, on the ground in front of him as he walked along, carrying it for fashion rather than need.
He looked around once he reached the abandoned suit case, and Mina moved slightly to the left to see what he would do.
He kicked it, listening to the fragile contents shatter with a smile on his face, before turning to look up at her.
"I see you too" whispered a voice in her ear as her eyes widened in shock. She felt the dagger slipped between her ribs and the weightless feeling as she fell. Turning in mid air she saw the floor rush to meet her and the stake that impaled her through the chest before she could reach it. Then there was nothing.
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Chapter 2: One Down
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Mina threw the door of her cabin open as she stormed in. Fools. Men were naturally fools but these men were extraordinarily so. Running blind through a maze of razors. The door gave a satisfactory 'bang' as she slammed it behind her.
She had begun understanding less and less since she had come to stay on the Nautilus. After loosing much of his crew to M's little escapade, Mina had agreed, as had the rest of the remaining league, to stay aboard the Nautilus until Captain Nemo had gotten a new crew of loyal men. This had taken longer than any of them would have thought it would. They had been abroad for seven months already and had only collected three extra men.
Mina was growing tired of this life. She was starting to feel like a nurse maid to the men, looking out for Sawyer, dragging Skinner out of trouble (like backstreet alley pubs where he had had one too many drinks and thought he was invincible rather than invisible) and helping Jekyll deal with Hyde.
No more.
There was a soft knock on the door behind her and she sighed. It was late. After leaving the meeting she had gone for a walk, having no desire to talk to any of them, lest of all Quatermain. She had returned late hoping to miss any accidental meeting.
"Come in" she called sitting down in a chair by her equipment and pretending to be analyzing some blue crystals of sodium.
"Ms. Harker" Captain Nemo entered the cabin and stood by the door. "May I have a word?"
"It is quiet late Captain"
"I know but I am afraid that if I leave this conversation till morning I will have missed you by a few hours"
"I am not going to change my mind Captain, I am leaving tonight"
"You may leave when ever you wish Ms. Harker, I am merely here to make sure you know why you going"
"The last thing I need now is a lecture Captain, I know why"
"You are afraid"
"Gray's dying face has haunted me every time I have closed my eyes for the last seven months" Mina cried bitterly. "I have no regret over his death but like Dracula, his haunts me like no other death could!"
Nemo stood quiet still as her appearance changed and her fangs grew as she threw the fragile glass instruments across the room.
"You are upset because Quatermain came back from the dead" it was a statement not a question.
"Yes"
"You believe now that not even death can stop a man?"
"I half expected Dracula or Dorian to walk through that door and pass their fate to me, if death can be cheated by a soul like Quatermain, what of Dracula and Dorian?"
"Africa will never let Quatermain die Ms. Harker, but no soul wishes your enemies back with such force, they will remain to the beyond"
"I need to leave"
"If it is your wish you may do what you like"
"You think I am running away don't you" Mina started for the door but stopped, normal again and almost calm.
"If this is the way that you wish to deal with this situation Ms. Harker, it is your choice; we each know how we will best deal with a situation, so follow your own heart"
"My heart died a long time ago captain"
"Your heart will never die Mina, that is what makes you so extraordinary"
She smiled weakly as she bowed her head slightly. "Good night Nemo"
"Good bye Ms. Harker, I hope to see you again before the end of my time"
"Perhaps Captain, perhaps"
Nemo gave a slight bow before leaving Mina to her thoughts. As much as she could find reasons why to leave, there were just as many to keep her where she sat.
In silence aside from the lapping waves on the dock beyond, Mina Harker packed her possessions away and left, stepping out into the foggy night beyond the metal hull of the great 'sword of the ocean'.
With one last look back, admiring the beautiful ship she disappeared into the swirling mist down a silent back alley of London.
The autumn cold was terrible as she stepped lightly over the cobblestone streets past old abandon factories and she felt a shiver down her spine. She pulled her coat tighter around her and adjusted her scarf that had slipped down to reveal the bite marks in her neck.
She was being watched.
Most likely some common thieves up a back alley. She dropped her suitcase and walked into the warehouse to her left, scaling the wall and climbing up into the rafters as soon as she had entered the door.
She sat looking out a broken window of the top floor, watching her fangs bared.
"I see you" she said quietly as he walked into view.
He was very tall, and was dressed in gentleman's attire. His long black coat reached just above his polished leather boots and his top hat hid most of his face from view. He clicked his black walking stick, its silver hooked handle gleaming in the moonlight, on the ground in front of him as he walked along, carrying it for fashion rather than need.
He looked around once he reached the abandoned suit case, and Mina moved slightly to the left to see what he would do.
He kicked it, listening to the fragile contents shatter with a smile on his face, before turning to look up at her.
"I see you too" whispered a voice in her ear as her eyes widened in shock. She felt the dagger slipped between her ribs and the weightless feeling as she fell. Turning in mid air she saw the floor rush to meet her and the stake that impaled her through the chest before she could reach it. Then there was nothing.
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