I'm really tired, but I've managed to get the next chapter of this
thing done before I turn in for the evening.
To Melanie: Finish for you? You don't even need to ask; you know I'm going to!
To Silent Bob 546: Yeah, I like to have a little fun by making Skinner dirty. And yeah, I know that cliffhangers are extremely annoying, but like I said before, it practically guarantees that readers will come back to read the rest of the story.
To Mina: Wahoo
To Graymoon74 (for chapter four): Yes am talking to the characters now, and I hope you don't mind!! I just found it so funny when you did it. And of course I won't kill Jekyll!!
To Graymoon74 (for chapter five): Why is it wrong to separate the two of them? Jekyll will be happy, Hyde will be happy, Mina will be happy, we'll all be happy! And why was the explosion so big? Well, why don't you ask the person that did it?
There you all go. By the way, I'm sorry if this chapter is kind of choppy. I was half asleep when I wrote it. Oh, well. Enjoy chapter six.
*
"Our own Nautiloid?" Nemo asked, his jaw scraping the floor. (I hand Skinner a shovel, and Skinner is able to scrape Nemo's jaw off the floor.)
"That's impossible!" cried Mina from the bed, still cuddling Henry. She sounded terrified. "It was destroyed in the explosion of M's fortress."
"Mrs. Harker, in our line of duty, nothing is impossible," Nemo replied. He turned to First Mate Patel. "Assume magnetic sucking immediately. We are to meet our attacker."
"Yes, Captain," Patel replied, and left.
"Magnetic sucking? The Nautiloid is drawn to us by magnets?" asked McCane, who had appeared in the laboratory doorway. His clothes were doused in chemicals.
"Yes, powerful underwater magnets that are only capable of working when the magnetic field is activated," Nemo replied. "Excuse me, I must be off." He hurried after Patel.
"McCane, what's all over your clothes?" cried Jekyll. "I hope it's not an acid!"
"No, it's your potion, Henry."
Jekyll groaned again. "Well, we'll clean it up later. I'm compelled to follow the Captain." And he got up from bed.
(At this point, I reach in. "No, you're not!" I yell at him, and try to shove him back down on the bed. "You're staying in bed and resting. Mina, back me up on this!" Mina nods, and Skinner jumps in.
"Yeah, the author's right, mate," Skinner adds.
Jekyll sighs. "Miss Nowicki, do forgive me for being so rude to a lady, but I really don't care what you have to say. You may be the author, but as you pointed out in the disclaimer, you don't own me. So I'm going.")
Jekyll got out of bed, threw on his bathrobe, and hurried after Nemo. Mina ran after him, still looking terrified. Skinner sighed, swore very loudly, and ran after them.
McCane watched them leave from the laboratory doorway, and turned back inside to the laboratory. It was a total mess...broken glass littered the floor, there were chemicals spilled everywhere, and the stools and other furniture were shoved completely out of place.
"So, what should we do?" McCane asked Donna, sounding a bit sarcastic. "Should we be good little helpers and clean up the laboratory, or go see what all of the fuss is about like the others?"
"Are you kidding?" Donna muttered under her breath. She linked McCane's arm in her own, and together, they ran off to join the others.
"We have the Nautiloid in our possession, Captain," First Mate Patel reported as he watched the Nautilus' exploration pod being sucked back into the Nautilus' control.
"Good," Nemo grinned. "If we're lucky, whoever-he-is will come aboard without giving us any trouble, and kindly explain to us why he was attacking us."
"If we're lucky," Skinner pointed out. "Which we usually aren't."
"Shhh!" Donna hushed, stomping on his foot. "You'll jinx us!"
Skinner opened his mouth, about ready to say that they were already jinxed, but then McCane stomped on HIS foot.
"Rodney, don't even start," McCane warned him. Skinner pouted.
The League members watched on the radar screen as the person occupying the Nautiloid left the exploration pod and climbed up a tunnel to enter the main body of the ship.
"I wonder if the American lad is all right," Skinner mused. "Should one of us check on him?"
"I already did, about half an hour ago," Nemo reported. "He was fast asleep. He should be fine."
"His ankle should heal shortly. He'll be walking again in a few days," Jekyll commented quietly. He and Mina were cuddling each other and looking very scared. "Mina, calm down," Jekyll shook, hugging her. "You're shaking all over!"
"Henry, that's you!" Mina croaked, her voice equally shaky. "You're the one shaking!"
"Both of you are going to be fine," McCane said calmly. "The Captain is in control. Everything will turn out okay."
"Thank you, McCane," Nemo acknowledged him.
"No problem, Captain."
"Honestly, Mina, I'm surprised at you," Nemo went on. "What happened to the Mina Harker I used to know, the one that was tough as nails?"
"She met Henry Jekyll, fell in love, and adopted his sense of nervousness," Skinner said.
Mina let go of Henry and posed to lunge at Skinner, but just then, two crew members came crashing through the doors to the ship's bridge, escorting with them an all-too-familiar man in a gray Victorian leisure suit and dark hair down to his shoulders. Here is the attacker, Captain," the first crew member said.
"DORIAN!!!"
Upon recognizing him, Mina had screamed out his name in horror. She tried to grab Henry Jekyll, but Jekyll had fainted, so she grabbed McCane instead. Nemo's jaw had dropped to the floor again. (I hand Skinner the shovel again, but Skinner isn't paying attention. He's staring at Dorian in disbelief.) McCane and Donna were just staring at each other in confusion. They had never seen Dorian Gray before.
"Who's this joker?" McCane grunted, nudging an elbow toward Dorian.
Donna had turned from staring at McCane to staring at Dorian. "God," she mumbled, and proceeded to insult him. "You, sir, have the longest hair I have ever seen on an Englishman."
"How d'you know he's English?" McCane asked her.
"The suit," Donna shrugged.
Dorian Gray was infuriated. Never before had people teased him like this. "I, sir, am Dorian Gray," Dorian said to McCane in a snooty tone. "And I have come for Mina Harker. Give her up freely, and nobody gets hurt."
"Never," said McCane simply. (Remember, Jekyll had fainted. He couldn't defend her.)
"You, sir, are getting on my nerves!"
"And you, sir, are getting on mine," McCane replied. "Mina cannot go with you. She belongs to Dr. Henry Jekyll."
Dorian's eyes blazed. His nose flared, and he screamed out in frustration and anger. "WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?!?!?!"
"You heard him, mate," said Skinner, who had found his voice somewhere. "She's 'Enry's now. You had your chance, Gray, but you bloody well blew it."
"Shove it, Skinner! I came for Mina, and I am not leaving without her."
"Well, it looks like you're going to be here forever, then," McCane taunted.
Dorian Gray laughed. "That's just fine by me. Forever is just the amount of time I have."
*
How did Dorian survive the painting? What measures will he resort to in getting Mina back? What will the others do to stop him? Find out in the next exciting episode!
(By the way, don't forget to review this one!)
~ Alisonia
To Melanie: Finish for you? You don't even need to ask; you know I'm going to!
To Silent Bob 546: Yeah, I like to have a little fun by making Skinner dirty. And yeah, I know that cliffhangers are extremely annoying, but like I said before, it practically guarantees that readers will come back to read the rest of the story.
To Mina: Wahoo
To Graymoon74 (for chapter four): Yes am talking to the characters now, and I hope you don't mind!! I just found it so funny when you did it. And of course I won't kill Jekyll!!
To Graymoon74 (for chapter five): Why is it wrong to separate the two of them? Jekyll will be happy, Hyde will be happy, Mina will be happy, we'll all be happy! And why was the explosion so big? Well, why don't you ask the person that did it?
There you all go. By the way, I'm sorry if this chapter is kind of choppy. I was half asleep when I wrote it. Oh, well. Enjoy chapter six.
*
"Our own Nautiloid?" Nemo asked, his jaw scraping the floor. (I hand Skinner a shovel, and Skinner is able to scrape Nemo's jaw off the floor.)
"That's impossible!" cried Mina from the bed, still cuddling Henry. She sounded terrified. "It was destroyed in the explosion of M's fortress."
"Mrs. Harker, in our line of duty, nothing is impossible," Nemo replied. He turned to First Mate Patel. "Assume magnetic sucking immediately. We are to meet our attacker."
"Yes, Captain," Patel replied, and left.
"Magnetic sucking? The Nautiloid is drawn to us by magnets?" asked McCane, who had appeared in the laboratory doorway. His clothes were doused in chemicals.
"Yes, powerful underwater magnets that are only capable of working when the magnetic field is activated," Nemo replied. "Excuse me, I must be off." He hurried after Patel.
"McCane, what's all over your clothes?" cried Jekyll. "I hope it's not an acid!"
"No, it's your potion, Henry."
Jekyll groaned again. "Well, we'll clean it up later. I'm compelled to follow the Captain." And he got up from bed.
(At this point, I reach in. "No, you're not!" I yell at him, and try to shove him back down on the bed. "You're staying in bed and resting. Mina, back me up on this!" Mina nods, and Skinner jumps in.
"Yeah, the author's right, mate," Skinner adds.
Jekyll sighs. "Miss Nowicki, do forgive me for being so rude to a lady, but I really don't care what you have to say. You may be the author, but as you pointed out in the disclaimer, you don't own me. So I'm going.")
Jekyll got out of bed, threw on his bathrobe, and hurried after Nemo. Mina ran after him, still looking terrified. Skinner sighed, swore very loudly, and ran after them.
McCane watched them leave from the laboratory doorway, and turned back inside to the laboratory. It was a total mess...broken glass littered the floor, there were chemicals spilled everywhere, and the stools and other furniture were shoved completely out of place.
"So, what should we do?" McCane asked Donna, sounding a bit sarcastic. "Should we be good little helpers and clean up the laboratory, or go see what all of the fuss is about like the others?"
"Are you kidding?" Donna muttered under her breath. She linked McCane's arm in her own, and together, they ran off to join the others.
"We have the Nautiloid in our possession, Captain," First Mate Patel reported as he watched the Nautilus' exploration pod being sucked back into the Nautilus' control.
"Good," Nemo grinned. "If we're lucky, whoever-he-is will come aboard without giving us any trouble, and kindly explain to us why he was attacking us."
"If we're lucky," Skinner pointed out. "Which we usually aren't."
"Shhh!" Donna hushed, stomping on his foot. "You'll jinx us!"
Skinner opened his mouth, about ready to say that they were already jinxed, but then McCane stomped on HIS foot.
"Rodney, don't even start," McCane warned him. Skinner pouted.
The League members watched on the radar screen as the person occupying the Nautiloid left the exploration pod and climbed up a tunnel to enter the main body of the ship.
"I wonder if the American lad is all right," Skinner mused. "Should one of us check on him?"
"I already did, about half an hour ago," Nemo reported. "He was fast asleep. He should be fine."
"His ankle should heal shortly. He'll be walking again in a few days," Jekyll commented quietly. He and Mina were cuddling each other and looking very scared. "Mina, calm down," Jekyll shook, hugging her. "You're shaking all over!"
"Henry, that's you!" Mina croaked, her voice equally shaky. "You're the one shaking!"
"Both of you are going to be fine," McCane said calmly. "The Captain is in control. Everything will turn out okay."
"Thank you, McCane," Nemo acknowledged him.
"No problem, Captain."
"Honestly, Mina, I'm surprised at you," Nemo went on. "What happened to the Mina Harker I used to know, the one that was tough as nails?"
"She met Henry Jekyll, fell in love, and adopted his sense of nervousness," Skinner said.
Mina let go of Henry and posed to lunge at Skinner, but just then, two crew members came crashing through the doors to the ship's bridge, escorting with them an all-too-familiar man in a gray Victorian leisure suit and dark hair down to his shoulders. Here is the attacker, Captain," the first crew member said.
"DORIAN!!!"
Upon recognizing him, Mina had screamed out his name in horror. She tried to grab Henry Jekyll, but Jekyll had fainted, so she grabbed McCane instead. Nemo's jaw had dropped to the floor again. (I hand Skinner the shovel again, but Skinner isn't paying attention. He's staring at Dorian in disbelief.) McCane and Donna were just staring at each other in confusion. They had never seen Dorian Gray before.
"Who's this joker?" McCane grunted, nudging an elbow toward Dorian.
Donna had turned from staring at McCane to staring at Dorian. "God," she mumbled, and proceeded to insult him. "You, sir, have the longest hair I have ever seen on an Englishman."
"How d'you know he's English?" McCane asked her.
"The suit," Donna shrugged.
Dorian Gray was infuriated. Never before had people teased him like this. "I, sir, am Dorian Gray," Dorian said to McCane in a snooty tone. "And I have come for Mina Harker. Give her up freely, and nobody gets hurt."
"Never," said McCane simply. (Remember, Jekyll had fainted. He couldn't defend her.)
"You, sir, are getting on my nerves!"
"And you, sir, are getting on mine," McCane replied. "Mina cannot go with you. She belongs to Dr. Henry Jekyll."
Dorian's eyes blazed. His nose flared, and he screamed out in frustration and anger. "WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?!?!?!"
"You heard him, mate," said Skinner, who had found his voice somewhere. "She's 'Enry's now. You had your chance, Gray, but you bloody well blew it."
"Shove it, Skinner! I came for Mina, and I am not leaving without her."
"Well, it looks like you're going to be here forever, then," McCane taunted.
Dorian Gray laughed. "That's just fine by me. Forever is just the amount of time I have."
*
How did Dorian survive the painting? What measures will he resort to in getting Mina back? What will the others do to stop him? Find out in the next exciting episode!
(By the way, don't forget to review this one!)
~ Alisonia