I didn't know where this story was going next, so I had to take the
time to map out where exactly I was planning to go with this thing. But I'm
back now.
To galebalesh (for chapter five): Who are you? *I give you a blank stare until you explain* DUDE! Yeah, of course I remember you! Thanks for telling me I rock! (By the way, I was going to have Dorian say, "Give me what I want, and I'll go away" when he came on board, but that would kind of make this a crossover story, don't you think?)
To Graymoon74: Yeah, I'm very upset that I don't own Jekyll and that he does stuff I don't want him to do. I get very upset at him for that. He and I need to have a little author-to-character talk.
To galebalesh (for chapter six): "Oh holy crap" is right. That's exactly what I said.
To Melanie: Yeah, I don't quite get Dorian in that way either. What in his head convinced him that Mina was his? But don't worry, I WILL get him good. Gauranteed.
To deztiny78: Thanks for the review! About the moments of author intrusion; I'm going to have to figure something out to make both you and Graymoon74 happy. And yes, there is an excellent chance that Batsie and her husband will be appearing in this story. Starting with this chapter!
To Silent Bob 546: Yep, he's alive. And he probably could kill off Henry at any time now. Darn immortals.
To AnonymousLove: I loved the "GASPETH!" For some reason, that makes me think of Skinner; I don't know why. And how did Dorian die? Well, you'll find out soon enough.
To jprime: You want more? You got it!
So, here it is, folks. Chapter seven.
*
Mina's legs shook. Her stomach felt like a bowl of jello, and her face was a sickly shade of green. She hadn't felt this bad physically since she had that horrible vampire flu a few months ago.
Dorian had been taken by the crewmen and chained up downstairs in the ship's dungeon. The League members didn't even know that Nemo had a dungeon on the Nautilus, but apparently, it had been built just for the purpose of imprisoning attackers.
But Henry was in danger. Mina had no doubt in her mind that Dorian would murder Henry Jekyll if he got the chance, for the sole purpose of getting Mina. But Mina didn't know why Dorian wanted her so much! She wasn't his lover or his property.
Immediately after Dorian had been taken away, Nemo had ordered two more crewmen to escort Mina to bed. Mina didn't want to go to bed...even though it was one in the morning, she wouldn't be able to sleep at all. She was way too scared.
In her room, Mina had had a cup of tea to calm her nerves, and was now at her vanity table getting ready for bed. She could at least TRY to get some sleep.
Mina washed her face in her washbasin. The cool water was a surprise to her clammy face, but it kind of felt good, in a shocking way. Maybe, if she couldn't sleep, she would get up and take a cold shower. That's what Henry did when things got too unbearable for him, anyway.
She got her white silk nightgown from her closet. Since her own bathroom was being remodeled, she had to use the one down the hall to change.
Mina opened her bedroom door to go down the hall, but she found she couldn't go anywhere. The bulky form of Edward Hyde was blocking her doorway.
"Edward?" asked Mina, wearily.
Hyde turned around. "Get back in your room," he growled at her menacingly. (Dorian or no Dorian, Hyde was still jealous of Jekyll being in love.) "You aren't allowed to come out."
"Why not?"
"Nemo said so. He sent me to guard your door and protect you from intruders."
"Dorian," Mina thought silently. She shuddered. "Where is Henry?" she asked him quietly. "He hasn't taken his poisonous water-and-potassium potion again, hasn't he?"
Hyde growled at her. "You got a mirror?"
Mina dashed over to her vanity table, picked up a pocket mirror, and went back to her bedroom doorway and handed it to him. Hyde held out the mirror in front of him, so he and Mina could both see themselves in it. However, instead of Hyde's reflection, Dr. Henry Jekyll was staring back at her.
"There you are, Henry!" Mina said, breathing a sigh of relief. "I was so afraid you had poisoned yourself again!"
Henry smiled warmly. "No, of course not, honey. This way, Edward and I could both guard you. Which, by the way, was NOT Nemo's idea. It was mine."
Mina believed him. Edward had just lied to her out of jealousy.
"Listen, Mina, honey," Jekyll continued. "I want you to try and get a good night's sleep, okay? Don't worry, Edward and I will be here all night. I don't want you leaving your room for any reason whatsoever."
Mina nodded, still shaking and pale. "But, Henry," she whined. "I feel so sick...do you think I could have a sedative?"
The good doctor looked at her through the mirror. "Of course you can, dear. I think it'll go you some good anyway." He turned to face his altar- ego. "Edward, escort Mina to McCane's room. I need to speak with him anyway."
Edward growled again, grabbed Mina forcefully by the arm, and dragged her off.
* * *
"This is REDICULOUS!!!"
In Andre McCane's room, Skinner had been teaching Donna the art of interpretive dance. Once, Skinner and Sawyer had performed an interpretive dance to a poem that Mina had written. Now, Skinner felt the urge to do interpretive dance again. But since Sawyer was laid up in bed with a bum ankle, he needed another person to dance with. That's where Donna came in.
Skinner was teaching Donna using a poem that McCane had written to his ex-wife, Batsie McCane (now Batsie Linoge) many years ago. Surprisingly, McCane didn't mind a bit. But after a few minutes of dancing, Donna thought the whole thing was stupid.
"It is NOT ridiculous, you're just not getting it!"
"I'm getting it perfectly fine, thank you very much. I just think there's no point to it!"
"Oh, can you two put a lid on it?" snapped Andre McCane from his desk. "I'm trying to finish writing this report!" McCane had not even bothered to turn around. He could see them perfectly with the eyes in the back of his head (1).
"Sorry, dear," Donna apologized to him.
"Yeah, we'll go to my room to finish," Skinner piped up.
"No, we're not finishing. I quit!"
"AAAAGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!" McCane screeched in agony.
There was a knock at the door. All three of them turned toward it to see Dr. Jekyll and Mina standing there. Jekyll had taken a potion to turn back into himself. He thought that Edward Hyde trying to talk medicine with McCane would be a bit fruitless.
"McCane, could you help me out for a moment?" Jekyll asked him. "Mina wants a sedative, and my nerves are shot. I'm afraid I might give her the wrong one."
"Certainly, Henry," said McCane, getting up from his desk. "Follow me." He led Mina and Jekyll into his own laboratory, leaving Skinner and Donna to argue again.
* * *
After noting Mina's shaky condition, McCane had taken a couple of pills from his supply cupboard and pressed them into her hand. "Just take these when you go to sleep, Mina. You'll wake up tomorrow feeling much better."
Mina nodded. "Thanks, Andre."
"Sure, sure."
Mina looked at him. "Are you scared?"
McCane laughed. "Me, scared? Of whom?"
"Dorian! He's a monster! You don't know how much of a cold-blooded villain he is, Andre! And he's immortal, you know!"
McCane shook his head, still laughing. "Mina," he said. "You're forgetting something. We also have a cold blooded immortal villain on our side."
"Who?" asked Mina, confused. Hyde was a cold-blooded villain, but he wasn't immortal. Besides him, Mina couldn't think of anybody else.
"Well, actually, he's not a cold-blooded villain ANYMORE, but he still kills and destroys if he has to for his job," McCane continued.
"But who is it?" asked Jekyll.
"Batsie's husband," McCane said simply. "Simon Linoge. He used to work for Satan, you know."
*
(1) In my story, "The End of the LXG," I explain all about McCane's rather unusual eyesight.
I hope everyone enjoyed chapter seven. I know I didn't explain how Dorian was able to come back from the dead, but I'll do that in a later chapter, I promise!
Remember to review!
~ Alisonia
To galebalesh (for chapter five): Who are you? *I give you a blank stare until you explain* DUDE! Yeah, of course I remember you! Thanks for telling me I rock! (By the way, I was going to have Dorian say, "Give me what I want, and I'll go away" when he came on board, but that would kind of make this a crossover story, don't you think?)
To Graymoon74: Yeah, I'm very upset that I don't own Jekyll and that he does stuff I don't want him to do. I get very upset at him for that. He and I need to have a little author-to-character talk.
To galebalesh (for chapter six): "Oh holy crap" is right. That's exactly what I said.
To Melanie: Yeah, I don't quite get Dorian in that way either. What in his head convinced him that Mina was his? But don't worry, I WILL get him good. Gauranteed.
To deztiny78: Thanks for the review! About the moments of author intrusion; I'm going to have to figure something out to make both you and Graymoon74 happy. And yes, there is an excellent chance that Batsie and her husband will be appearing in this story. Starting with this chapter!
To Silent Bob 546: Yep, he's alive. And he probably could kill off Henry at any time now. Darn immortals.
To AnonymousLove: I loved the "GASPETH!" For some reason, that makes me think of Skinner; I don't know why. And how did Dorian die? Well, you'll find out soon enough.
To jprime: You want more? You got it!
So, here it is, folks. Chapter seven.
*
Mina's legs shook. Her stomach felt like a bowl of jello, and her face was a sickly shade of green. She hadn't felt this bad physically since she had that horrible vampire flu a few months ago.
Dorian had been taken by the crewmen and chained up downstairs in the ship's dungeon. The League members didn't even know that Nemo had a dungeon on the Nautilus, but apparently, it had been built just for the purpose of imprisoning attackers.
But Henry was in danger. Mina had no doubt in her mind that Dorian would murder Henry Jekyll if he got the chance, for the sole purpose of getting Mina. But Mina didn't know why Dorian wanted her so much! She wasn't his lover or his property.
Immediately after Dorian had been taken away, Nemo had ordered two more crewmen to escort Mina to bed. Mina didn't want to go to bed...even though it was one in the morning, she wouldn't be able to sleep at all. She was way too scared.
In her room, Mina had had a cup of tea to calm her nerves, and was now at her vanity table getting ready for bed. She could at least TRY to get some sleep.
Mina washed her face in her washbasin. The cool water was a surprise to her clammy face, but it kind of felt good, in a shocking way. Maybe, if she couldn't sleep, she would get up and take a cold shower. That's what Henry did when things got too unbearable for him, anyway.
She got her white silk nightgown from her closet. Since her own bathroom was being remodeled, she had to use the one down the hall to change.
Mina opened her bedroom door to go down the hall, but she found she couldn't go anywhere. The bulky form of Edward Hyde was blocking her doorway.
"Edward?" asked Mina, wearily.
Hyde turned around. "Get back in your room," he growled at her menacingly. (Dorian or no Dorian, Hyde was still jealous of Jekyll being in love.) "You aren't allowed to come out."
"Why not?"
"Nemo said so. He sent me to guard your door and protect you from intruders."
"Dorian," Mina thought silently. She shuddered. "Where is Henry?" she asked him quietly. "He hasn't taken his poisonous water-and-potassium potion again, hasn't he?"
Hyde growled at her. "You got a mirror?"
Mina dashed over to her vanity table, picked up a pocket mirror, and went back to her bedroom doorway and handed it to him. Hyde held out the mirror in front of him, so he and Mina could both see themselves in it. However, instead of Hyde's reflection, Dr. Henry Jekyll was staring back at her.
"There you are, Henry!" Mina said, breathing a sigh of relief. "I was so afraid you had poisoned yourself again!"
Henry smiled warmly. "No, of course not, honey. This way, Edward and I could both guard you. Which, by the way, was NOT Nemo's idea. It was mine."
Mina believed him. Edward had just lied to her out of jealousy.
"Listen, Mina, honey," Jekyll continued. "I want you to try and get a good night's sleep, okay? Don't worry, Edward and I will be here all night. I don't want you leaving your room for any reason whatsoever."
Mina nodded, still shaking and pale. "But, Henry," she whined. "I feel so sick...do you think I could have a sedative?"
The good doctor looked at her through the mirror. "Of course you can, dear. I think it'll go you some good anyway." He turned to face his altar- ego. "Edward, escort Mina to McCane's room. I need to speak with him anyway."
Edward growled again, grabbed Mina forcefully by the arm, and dragged her off.
* * *
"This is REDICULOUS!!!"
In Andre McCane's room, Skinner had been teaching Donna the art of interpretive dance. Once, Skinner and Sawyer had performed an interpretive dance to a poem that Mina had written. Now, Skinner felt the urge to do interpretive dance again. But since Sawyer was laid up in bed with a bum ankle, he needed another person to dance with. That's where Donna came in.
Skinner was teaching Donna using a poem that McCane had written to his ex-wife, Batsie McCane (now Batsie Linoge) many years ago. Surprisingly, McCane didn't mind a bit. But after a few minutes of dancing, Donna thought the whole thing was stupid.
"It is NOT ridiculous, you're just not getting it!"
"I'm getting it perfectly fine, thank you very much. I just think there's no point to it!"
"Oh, can you two put a lid on it?" snapped Andre McCane from his desk. "I'm trying to finish writing this report!" McCane had not even bothered to turn around. He could see them perfectly with the eyes in the back of his head (1).
"Sorry, dear," Donna apologized to him.
"Yeah, we'll go to my room to finish," Skinner piped up.
"No, we're not finishing. I quit!"
"AAAAGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!" McCane screeched in agony.
There was a knock at the door. All three of them turned toward it to see Dr. Jekyll and Mina standing there. Jekyll had taken a potion to turn back into himself. He thought that Edward Hyde trying to talk medicine with McCane would be a bit fruitless.
"McCane, could you help me out for a moment?" Jekyll asked him. "Mina wants a sedative, and my nerves are shot. I'm afraid I might give her the wrong one."
"Certainly, Henry," said McCane, getting up from his desk. "Follow me." He led Mina and Jekyll into his own laboratory, leaving Skinner and Donna to argue again.
* * *
After noting Mina's shaky condition, McCane had taken a couple of pills from his supply cupboard and pressed them into her hand. "Just take these when you go to sleep, Mina. You'll wake up tomorrow feeling much better."
Mina nodded. "Thanks, Andre."
"Sure, sure."
Mina looked at him. "Are you scared?"
McCane laughed. "Me, scared? Of whom?"
"Dorian! He's a monster! You don't know how much of a cold-blooded villain he is, Andre! And he's immortal, you know!"
McCane shook his head, still laughing. "Mina," he said. "You're forgetting something. We also have a cold blooded immortal villain on our side."
"Who?" asked Mina, confused. Hyde was a cold-blooded villain, but he wasn't immortal. Besides him, Mina couldn't think of anybody else.
"Well, actually, he's not a cold-blooded villain ANYMORE, but he still kills and destroys if he has to for his job," McCane continued.
"But who is it?" asked Jekyll.
"Batsie's husband," McCane said simply. "Simon Linoge. He used to work for Satan, you know."
*
(1) In my story, "The End of the LXG," I explain all about McCane's rather unusual eyesight.
I hope everyone enjoyed chapter seven. I know I didn't explain how Dorian was able to come back from the dead, but I'll do that in a later chapter, I promise!
Remember to review!
~ Alisonia