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I'm glad you're happy, because I'm very happy too! I'm glad there's at
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Here's chapter two. It's not going to be as explanatory as chapter one (meaning it's actually going to have a plot, not just Mina and Jekyll reflecting on how much they love each other (although I do like writing about that!)
Enjoy!
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After putting Sawyer to bed and telling Skinner to go visit him, Jekyll decided to go to his laboratory and continue some of his experiments. He went to his private lab, shut and locked the door, put on his white lab apron, and picked up the test tube of purple liquid he'd been in the middle of looking at when Sawyer humbled in needing help.
"Let's see," he mumbled to himself as he glanced around the lab table. "Sodium nitrate was the critical ingredient that made Hyde come out in the first place, so I should maybe mix some of that in with this." Jekyll set the purple test tube down and went to his supply cupboard to fetch some sodium nitrate.
He had just located it and brought it out when there was a loud knock at the door.
"Now what?" Jekyll demanded, annoyed. "I'm in the middle of a very important experiment here!!!"
"Doctor!" Captain Nemo's voice called from outside the door. "You hardly ever raise your voice! What if I had been Mina when I knocked?"
"Impossible. Mina doesn't knock that loud," Jekyll called back.
"Even so, I don't believe she has discovered your hidden temper!"
Jekyll sighed loudly. Like everybody else, he did have a temper. He just didn't use it very often; only when he was interrupted in the middle of doing something important, like mixing together a formula to get Hyde out of his body.
"Sorry, Captain," Jekyll apologized. "I know it's not often that I raise my voice. It's just that I'm in the middle of a terribly important experiment."
"I know, and you need a break. Come, it's time for dinner. And if plan on arguing with me about it, I demand that you open this door. I am the captain of this ship, and I refuse to have a verbal argument unless it is conducted face-to-face."
Jekyll didn't want to go to dinner. He wanted to continue his experiments. So he went over to the door, unlocked it, and faced Nemo personally.
"I'm sorry, Captain," Jekyll apologized. "But I really don't feel like eating dinner. I have a feeling that I'm almost done with this formula, and I'm really anxious to finish it."
"Jekyll," Nemo smiled at him. "I knew you would argue with me, so I have three reasons as to why you should eat dinner with us tonight."
"Name them."
"One, you've been cooped in your laboratory all day, and it isn't good for you. Two, Mina will be very upset if you don't come. Three, we have dinner guests tonight."
Jekyll considered these reasons. The first one he could care less about. There had been times when he'd been cooped up in his laboratory for days on end. But the second and third reasons really got to him. He wanted to know who the dinner guests were, and he knew Nemo wouldn't tell him unless he went to eat. And, there was Mina. Imagining the look on Mina's face she learned he wouldn't come sit next to her at dinner broke Jekyll's heart.
"Okay, you've talked me into it, Nemo," Jekyll sighed. "I'm coming."
Nemo clapped his hands together in excitement. "All right, then! Come, the meal awaits!"
* * *
There turned out to be two guests that had come aboard the Nautilus for dinner that evening. The first one was one of Jekyll's most favorite people outside of the League, Andre McCane. The second one was a tall albino woman that Jekyll had never seen before.
"McCane!" Jekyll greeted him with open arms, happy that he had decided to show up at the dinner table after all.
"Doctor Jekyll!" McCane greeted him back, equally enthusiastic. McCane rose from his chair and went over to greet his friend. The two men shook hands.
"So, how have you been?" McCane asked Jekyll. "Mina has just been telling me about your experiments."
Jekyll turned around and spotted Mina at the table, sipping a glass of water. Mina smiled at him.
"Yes, I have. I've been trying to give Edward his own body. As you can imagine, it's quite trying," Jekyll grinned. "What have you been up to lately?"
"Things," McCane replied ambiguously, grinning. "Here, I'd like you to meet someone very special. Henry, this is Donna Andersen," he said, gesturing towards the albino woman. "Donna, this is Dr. Henry Jekyll."
Donna got up from the table and went over to them. Jekyll smiled warmly and shook her hand. "How do you do, Ms. Andersen?"
"Very well, thank you," Donna Andersen replied in a sweet voice. Being an albino, Donna was naturally white all over. Her skin was as pale as the enamel of Mina's fangs; her hair was long, thick, and very white. Her eyes were a dark pink, but they sparkled with joy. Disregarding her albinism, Jekyll guessed that Donna was about as old as McCane himself.
"Donna and I met a few weeks ago in London, and we have been courting for quite a while now," McCane explained slyly.
Jekyll's eyes almost popped out of his head. McCane had said that Donna was special, but he didn't know she was THAT special! Like Jekyll, McCane also had a lady friend!
Jekyll turned back towards Mina to see how she was taking this. Before she had discovered that she was in love with Jekyll, Mina had liked Andre McCane very much. Last New Year's Eve, she had even given him a ring.
Mina did have a pouty look on her face, but Jekyll could see that she would get over it. After all, she had CHOSEN to court Jekyll over McCane, and McCane knew this.
Nemo entered the dining room. "Come, it's time to eat!" he said excitedly, sitting down at the head of the table. Jekyll, McCane, and Donna took their seats at the table; Jekyll sitting next to Mina on Nemo's right, McCane and Donna on Nemo's left.
"Where's Skinner?" asked Jekyll. He knew that Sawyer was confined to bed, but he wasn't sure if Skinner was still in there with him.
"I'm right HERE, Jekyll!" Skinner spoke up. He had been sitting at the opposite end of the table the whole time. Usually he wore some white face paint, or at least a black leather jacket, to announce his presence, but he wasn't wearing anything tonight.
"I'm sorry, Skinner. I didn't know," Jekyll apologized.
Nemo noticed that Skinner's water glass was already empty. "Skinner, you're out of water already." He turned to First Mate Patel, who was behind the table, guarding the door to the kitchen. "Patel, can you please pour Skinner some more water?"
"Don't bother," Donna spoke up. Before anybody could ask why, the water pitcher had risen up out of thin air and water had poured itself out of the pitcher and into Skinner's glass. Everybody except McCane stared at Donna, their mouths open.
"I'm sorry," McCane apologized. "Did I forget to mention that she was telekinetic?"
"Yes, I'd say you did," Mina said, stammering to get her words right.
Jekyll just kept on staring. He knew that McCane had an odd taste in the ladies. Every woman that Andre McCane had ever courted had been strange and unique in some way or another. In fact, McCane had been married once before, and his wife had been an angel. Now, he was in a relationship a telekinetic albino! Where in God's green goodness did he meet these unusual women!?!?!?
"I think that's enough on that subject," Nemo said quickly. "Let's eat."
*
There are plenty of more surprises yet to come! Stay tuned, folks!
~ Alisonia
Here's chapter two. It's not going to be as explanatory as chapter one (meaning it's actually going to have a plot, not just Mina and Jekyll reflecting on how much they love each other (although I do like writing about that!)
Enjoy!
*
After putting Sawyer to bed and telling Skinner to go visit him, Jekyll decided to go to his laboratory and continue some of his experiments. He went to his private lab, shut and locked the door, put on his white lab apron, and picked up the test tube of purple liquid he'd been in the middle of looking at when Sawyer humbled in needing help.
"Let's see," he mumbled to himself as he glanced around the lab table. "Sodium nitrate was the critical ingredient that made Hyde come out in the first place, so I should maybe mix some of that in with this." Jekyll set the purple test tube down and went to his supply cupboard to fetch some sodium nitrate.
He had just located it and brought it out when there was a loud knock at the door.
"Now what?" Jekyll demanded, annoyed. "I'm in the middle of a very important experiment here!!!"
"Doctor!" Captain Nemo's voice called from outside the door. "You hardly ever raise your voice! What if I had been Mina when I knocked?"
"Impossible. Mina doesn't knock that loud," Jekyll called back.
"Even so, I don't believe she has discovered your hidden temper!"
Jekyll sighed loudly. Like everybody else, he did have a temper. He just didn't use it very often; only when he was interrupted in the middle of doing something important, like mixing together a formula to get Hyde out of his body.
"Sorry, Captain," Jekyll apologized. "I know it's not often that I raise my voice. It's just that I'm in the middle of a terribly important experiment."
"I know, and you need a break. Come, it's time for dinner. And if plan on arguing with me about it, I demand that you open this door. I am the captain of this ship, and I refuse to have a verbal argument unless it is conducted face-to-face."
Jekyll didn't want to go to dinner. He wanted to continue his experiments. So he went over to the door, unlocked it, and faced Nemo personally.
"I'm sorry, Captain," Jekyll apologized. "But I really don't feel like eating dinner. I have a feeling that I'm almost done with this formula, and I'm really anxious to finish it."
"Jekyll," Nemo smiled at him. "I knew you would argue with me, so I have three reasons as to why you should eat dinner with us tonight."
"Name them."
"One, you've been cooped in your laboratory all day, and it isn't good for you. Two, Mina will be very upset if you don't come. Three, we have dinner guests tonight."
Jekyll considered these reasons. The first one he could care less about. There had been times when he'd been cooped up in his laboratory for days on end. But the second and third reasons really got to him. He wanted to know who the dinner guests were, and he knew Nemo wouldn't tell him unless he went to eat. And, there was Mina. Imagining the look on Mina's face she learned he wouldn't come sit next to her at dinner broke Jekyll's heart.
"Okay, you've talked me into it, Nemo," Jekyll sighed. "I'm coming."
Nemo clapped his hands together in excitement. "All right, then! Come, the meal awaits!"
* * *
There turned out to be two guests that had come aboard the Nautilus for dinner that evening. The first one was one of Jekyll's most favorite people outside of the League, Andre McCane. The second one was a tall albino woman that Jekyll had never seen before.
"McCane!" Jekyll greeted him with open arms, happy that he had decided to show up at the dinner table after all.
"Doctor Jekyll!" McCane greeted him back, equally enthusiastic. McCane rose from his chair and went over to greet his friend. The two men shook hands.
"So, how have you been?" McCane asked Jekyll. "Mina has just been telling me about your experiments."
Jekyll turned around and spotted Mina at the table, sipping a glass of water. Mina smiled at him.
"Yes, I have. I've been trying to give Edward his own body. As you can imagine, it's quite trying," Jekyll grinned. "What have you been up to lately?"
"Things," McCane replied ambiguously, grinning. "Here, I'd like you to meet someone very special. Henry, this is Donna Andersen," he said, gesturing towards the albino woman. "Donna, this is Dr. Henry Jekyll."
Donna got up from the table and went over to them. Jekyll smiled warmly and shook her hand. "How do you do, Ms. Andersen?"
"Very well, thank you," Donna Andersen replied in a sweet voice. Being an albino, Donna was naturally white all over. Her skin was as pale as the enamel of Mina's fangs; her hair was long, thick, and very white. Her eyes were a dark pink, but they sparkled with joy. Disregarding her albinism, Jekyll guessed that Donna was about as old as McCane himself.
"Donna and I met a few weeks ago in London, and we have been courting for quite a while now," McCane explained slyly.
Jekyll's eyes almost popped out of his head. McCane had said that Donna was special, but he didn't know she was THAT special! Like Jekyll, McCane also had a lady friend!
Jekyll turned back towards Mina to see how she was taking this. Before she had discovered that she was in love with Jekyll, Mina had liked Andre McCane very much. Last New Year's Eve, she had even given him a ring.
Mina did have a pouty look on her face, but Jekyll could see that she would get over it. After all, she had CHOSEN to court Jekyll over McCane, and McCane knew this.
Nemo entered the dining room. "Come, it's time to eat!" he said excitedly, sitting down at the head of the table. Jekyll, McCane, and Donna took their seats at the table; Jekyll sitting next to Mina on Nemo's right, McCane and Donna on Nemo's left.
"Where's Skinner?" asked Jekyll. He knew that Sawyer was confined to bed, but he wasn't sure if Skinner was still in there with him.
"I'm right HERE, Jekyll!" Skinner spoke up. He had been sitting at the opposite end of the table the whole time. Usually he wore some white face paint, or at least a black leather jacket, to announce his presence, but he wasn't wearing anything tonight.
"I'm sorry, Skinner. I didn't know," Jekyll apologized.
Nemo noticed that Skinner's water glass was already empty. "Skinner, you're out of water already." He turned to First Mate Patel, who was behind the table, guarding the door to the kitchen. "Patel, can you please pour Skinner some more water?"
"Don't bother," Donna spoke up. Before anybody could ask why, the water pitcher had risen up out of thin air and water had poured itself out of the pitcher and into Skinner's glass. Everybody except McCane stared at Donna, their mouths open.
"I'm sorry," McCane apologized. "Did I forget to mention that she was telekinetic?"
"Yes, I'd say you did," Mina said, stammering to get her words right.
Jekyll just kept on staring. He knew that McCane had an odd taste in the ladies. Every woman that Andre McCane had ever courted had been strange and unique in some way or another. In fact, McCane had been married once before, and his wife had been an angel. Now, he was in a relationship a telekinetic albino! Where in God's green goodness did he meet these unusual women!?!?!?
"I think that's enough on that subject," Nemo said quickly. "Let's eat."
*
There are plenty of more surprises yet to come! Stay tuned, folks!
~ Alisonia