Disclaimer: As much as I would like to own them, none of these
characters are owned by me, except for Andre McCane and Simon and Batsie
Linoge. Sigh.
My last story, 'Among the Angels,' has inspired me to do a Jekyll/Mina love story. However, not all relationships are perfect. When a certain someone returns to the League, Jekyll and Mina will have to rely on their love for each other to make it through as a couple. Will their relationship survive?
So, sit back, relax, and I hope you all enjoy my new story!
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Mina Harker sat in a rocking chair in her room on the Nautilus and continued to knit herself a new scarf.
When they had heard what she was doing, her fellow League members had completely flipped out. "Sitting in a rocking chair? Knitting? Is Mina running a fever? She doesn't sit and knit!"
And usually she didn't. Usually, Mina was either working in her chemistry lab, getting into fights with Rodney Skinner, or prowling the corridors of the Nautilus, looking for fresh blood. Even though she was not allowed to suck blood on the Nautilus, Mina got very thirsty for blood when the Nautilus was at sea, and usually prowled around the corridors with a menacing look on her face until one of her fellow League members told her to stop it because she was freaking them out.
However, Mina wasn't running a fever. She was sitting and knitting because she was in love. In love with Dr. Henry Jekyll. When Mina was in love, her womanly instincts came out, and she was tempted to sit and knit.
"Look on the bright side," Rodney Skinner had joked to Captain Nemo and Tom Sawyer. "At least she doesn't insist on doing the cooking and cleaning. That would be horrifying!" Nemo and Sawyer agreed.
But she was humming lullabies to herself at night. And she was writing poetry at her desk in her spare time. Mina enjoyed being in love. Ever since her beloved Jonathan had passed away, Mina thought she had given up on love forever, until she discovered that she was completely smitten with Henry Jekyll.
Henry Jekyll was also in love with Mina Harker, but it didn't change his personality much. He was still the same kind, gentle doctor as he'd always been. When he was not healing the sick and injured, Jekyll had resumed his experimenting on the two-ness of men. Several years earlier, he had separated his good self from his bad self. That had been step one. Step two was to separate the two selves into different bodies. That way, he wouldn't have to keep switching back and forth between himself and Hyde; Hyde would have his own body, never to bother him again.
And every day, Jekyll had found some new way to tell Mina that he loved her. This morning, he had breakfast delivered to her in bed. Yesterday morning, when Mina had gone to take a shower, she had found the bathtub already filled with warm water, and the bathtub ledge laden with bath beads, special massaging oils, and several soaps and body creams, along with a note that said, "Enjoy your bathing time. Love, your Henry."
Jekyll had also been in love before. Once, he was engaged to a woman named Emma Carew, whose father was the President of St. Jude's Hospital in London, where Jekyll used to work. However, on their wedding day, Hyde had gone berserk, came out and occupied Jekyll's body without the stimulation of Jekyll's special potion, and killed Emma, out of pure jealousy. If scrawny, puny Henry Jekyll could have love, why could Edward Hyde?
Jekyll had been heartbroken ever since. Until he found out that he was in love with his fellow League member Mina Harker.
And the rest of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was very supportive of their relationship. Captain Nemo was very happy for the couple; Rodney Skinner and Tom Sawyer were both jealous. Sawyer was jealous that Mina wasn't his, and Skinner was jealous because Jekyll, the shyest out all of the men in the League, had actually been the first one to engage in a romantic relationship. Still, jealous or not, Skinner and Sawyer were also very supportive of them.
However, fellow League member or not, Jekyll was very afraid that Hyde would become jealous AGAIN and go after Mina. Mina had heard about what had happened to Emma, and she was also very afraid of Hyde. That was why Jekyll was resuming his experiments on the two-ness of men. This time, he hoped to separate Hyde from himself completely, so while Jekyll was enjoying Mina, Hyde could pursue his own love interests.
However, at this moment, Jekyll wasn't in his lab experimenting; he was in his examining room, bandaging up Tom Sawyer. Clumsy Tom had slipped on the wet corridor after the crewmen had finished washing it, and sprained his right ankle.
"Now, Tom," said Jekyll kindly, "I don't want you on this leg any more today. I want you to go to bed and rest. Tomorrow, I'll fix you up with a pair of crutches."
"Crutches?" Sawyer moaned. "How am I supposed to practice my shooting out on the deck if I have to prop myself up with crutches?"
Jekyll was always ready with an answer. "Just don't stand, then. You can practice your shooting sitting down."
"True," Sawyer mumbled. He didn't want to go to bed; he had way too much energy. Just this morning, he had whipped Rodney Skinner in a fencing match.
But he knew better than to argue with a doctor. So, as much as he didn't want to, he allowed Jekyll to help him up and over to his room to bed.
"How're the experiments going?" Sawyer asked casually, trying to make up for the lack of conversation as Jekyll helped him down the hall to his room.
"Oh, pretty well," Jekyll admitted. "I'm definitely on the verge of a breakthrough. It'll only be a matter of weeks, maybe even days!"
"Is Hyde excited?"
"He most certainly is," Jekyll sighed tiredly. "He's so anxious to have his own body that I had a hard time getting to sleep last night, he kept going on and on about what he was going to do on his own."
Sawyer laughed. "You think he'll stay with us, working for the League? Or will he return to Paris?"
"Oh, I think he's going to stay with the League. I, on the other hand, may be moving back to London."
"Why, Jekyll? You're such a big help." Sawyer lowered his voice. "If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have met McCane's beautiful ex-wife, and Mina would still be dead!"
Jekyll nodded, remembering the incident a few months ago when Mina had lie dead from influenza until McCane's ex-wife, an actual angel of Heaven, has resurrected her. The only reason that Batsie Linoge had been on the Nautilus in the first place was to help Jekyll through a difficult emotional time.
They had finally reached Sawyer's room. Jekyll helped his fellow League member into bed, and slipped the covers over him. "Now, if you need anything, I'll be in to check on you periodically."
Sawyer nodded. "Could you do me a favor, though, and send Skinner in here? I'm bored already."
Jekyll forced a laugh. "Certainly. I'm sure he's bored without you." He turned to leave. "But I really must be going. My experiments are waiting."
Sawyer nodded and watched Jekyll leave. He lay back on his pillow, waiting for Skinner to come in and entertain him. If he couldn't have Mina as a girlfriend, he could at least have Rodney Skinner as his best friend.
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Enjoying it so far? Bear with me, folks, because we're just getting started here. Reviews are very much appreciated, and will be responded to in the next chapter!
~ Alisonia
My last story, 'Among the Angels,' has inspired me to do a Jekyll/Mina love story. However, not all relationships are perfect. When a certain someone returns to the League, Jekyll and Mina will have to rely on their love for each other to make it through as a couple. Will their relationship survive?
So, sit back, relax, and I hope you all enjoy my new story!
*
Mina Harker sat in a rocking chair in her room on the Nautilus and continued to knit herself a new scarf.
When they had heard what she was doing, her fellow League members had completely flipped out. "Sitting in a rocking chair? Knitting? Is Mina running a fever? She doesn't sit and knit!"
And usually she didn't. Usually, Mina was either working in her chemistry lab, getting into fights with Rodney Skinner, or prowling the corridors of the Nautilus, looking for fresh blood. Even though she was not allowed to suck blood on the Nautilus, Mina got very thirsty for blood when the Nautilus was at sea, and usually prowled around the corridors with a menacing look on her face until one of her fellow League members told her to stop it because she was freaking them out.
However, Mina wasn't running a fever. She was sitting and knitting because she was in love. In love with Dr. Henry Jekyll. When Mina was in love, her womanly instincts came out, and she was tempted to sit and knit.
"Look on the bright side," Rodney Skinner had joked to Captain Nemo and Tom Sawyer. "At least she doesn't insist on doing the cooking and cleaning. That would be horrifying!" Nemo and Sawyer agreed.
But she was humming lullabies to herself at night. And she was writing poetry at her desk in her spare time. Mina enjoyed being in love. Ever since her beloved Jonathan had passed away, Mina thought she had given up on love forever, until she discovered that she was completely smitten with Henry Jekyll.
Henry Jekyll was also in love with Mina Harker, but it didn't change his personality much. He was still the same kind, gentle doctor as he'd always been. When he was not healing the sick and injured, Jekyll had resumed his experimenting on the two-ness of men. Several years earlier, he had separated his good self from his bad self. That had been step one. Step two was to separate the two selves into different bodies. That way, he wouldn't have to keep switching back and forth between himself and Hyde; Hyde would have his own body, never to bother him again.
And every day, Jekyll had found some new way to tell Mina that he loved her. This morning, he had breakfast delivered to her in bed. Yesterday morning, when Mina had gone to take a shower, she had found the bathtub already filled with warm water, and the bathtub ledge laden with bath beads, special massaging oils, and several soaps and body creams, along with a note that said, "Enjoy your bathing time. Love, your Henry."
Jekyll had also been in love before. Once, he was engaged to a woman named Emma Carew, whose father was the President of St. Jude's Hospital in London, where Jekyll used to work. However, on their wedding day, Hyde had gone berserk, came out and occupied Jekyll's body without the stimulation of Jekyll's special potion, and killed Emma, out of pure jealousy. If scrawny, puny Henry Jekyll could have love, why could Edward Hyde?
Jekyll had been heartbroken ever since. Until he found out that he was in love with his fellow League member Mina Harker.
And the rest of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was very supportive of their relationship. Captain Nemo was very happy for the couple; Rodney Skinner and Tom Sawyer were both jealous. Sawyer was jealous that Mina wasn't his, and Skinner was jealous because Jekyll, the shyest out all of the men in the League, had actually been the first one to engage in a romantic relationship. Still, jealous or not, Skinner and Sawyer were also very supportive of them.
However, fellow League member or not, Jekyll was very afraid that Hyde would become jealous AGAIN and go after Mina. Mina had heard about what had happened to Emma, and she was also very afraid of Hyde. That was why Jekyll was resuming his experiments on the two-ness of men. This time, he hoped to separate Hyde from himself completely, so while Jekyll was enjoying Mina, Hyde could pursue his own love interests.
However, at this moment, Jekyll wasn't in his lab experimenting; he was in his examining room, bandaging up Tom Sawyer. Clumsy Tom had slipped on the wet corridor after the crewmen had finished washing it, and sprained his right ankle.
"Now, Tom," said Jekyll kindly, "I don't want you on this leg any more today. I want you to go to bed and rest. Tomorrow, I'll fix you up with a pair of crutches."
"Crutches?" Sawyer moaned. "How am I supposed to practice my shooting out on the deck if I have to prop myself up with crutches?"
Jekyll was always ready with an answer. "Just don't stand, then. You can practice your shooting sitting down."
"True," Sawyer mumbled. He didn't want to go to bed; he had way too much energy. Just this morning, he had whipped Rodney Skinner in a fencing match.
But he knew better than to argue with a doctor. So, as much as he didn't want to, he allowed Jekyll to help him up and over to his room to bed.
"How're the experiments going?" Sawyer asked casually, trying to make up for the lack of conversation as Jekyll helped him down the hall to his room.
"Oh, pretty well," Jekyll admitted. "I'm definitely on the verge of a breakthrough. It'll only be a matter of weeks, maybe even days!"
"Is Hyde excited?"
"He most certainly is," Jekyll sighed tiredly. "He's so anxious to have his own body that I had a hard time getting to sleep last night, he kept going on and on about what he was going to do on his own."
Sawyer laughed. "You think he'll stay with us, working for the League? Or will he return to Paris?"
"Oh, I think he's going to stay with the League. I, on the other hand, may be moving back to London."
"Why, Jekyll? You're such a big help." Sawyer lowered his voice. "If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have met McCane's beautiful ex-wife, and Mina would still be dead!"
Jekyll nodded, remembering the incident a few months ago when Mina had lie dead from influenza until McCane's ex-wife, an actual angel of Heaven, has resurrected her. The only reason that Batsie Linoge had been on the Nautilus in the first place was to help Jekyll through a difficult emotional time.
They had finally reached Sawyer's room. Jekyll helped his fellow League member into bed, and slipped the covers over him. "Now, if you need anything, I'll be in to check on you periodically."
Sawyer nodded. "Could you do me a favor, though, and send Skinner in here? I'm bored already."
Jekyll forced a laugh. "Certainly. I'm sure he's bored without you." He turned to leave. "But I really must be going. My experiments are waiting."
Sawyer nodded and watched Jekyll leave. He lay back on his pillow, waiting for Skinner to come in and entertain him. If he couldn't have Mina as a girlfriend, he could at least have Rodney Skinner as his best friend.
*
Enjoying it so far? Bear with me, folks, because we're just getting started here. Reviews are very much appreciated, and will be responded to in the next chapter!
~ Alisonia