Wow, it seems as if a lot of you were surprised...and possibly a bit
pleased...with the way everything turned out in the last chapter. I'm glad!!!
That's what I'm trying to do, folks!!
Shout-outs:
To Silent Bob 546: Nope, he's not faking it!! He really does have amnesia!! I KNEW it would be a shocker!!! BWAHAHAHA!!! I'm tempted to try Korean pears now. I've never had them before. (By the way, if you want to kidnap me and force me to write your fic, please wait another two weeks when finals will be over!)
To MisSEsmADhATTer: I take it you're awestruck. Thank you!
To Mrs. Mina Harker: Was Dorian ever good to begin with? Or was he just born bad, and has been bad ever since? That's a great topic for discussion. But will Dorian STAY good now that he has amnesia??? That's the main question!!!
To Graymoon74: Skinner actually has several drinking buddies now. I sure hope that man doesn't become an alcoholic. *Ahem* and I am still waiting for you to update your "pile of crap"....*ahem*...
To Ares: Dor-dor? *shivers* Geez, that's a scary name!!! What are they going to do next, you ask? Well, let's just find out, shall we?
To twinlady: Thanks for reviewing!! Yes, I admit that I have an unusual writing style. As for Mina... this is the way I explain it. Mina used to be a tough girl, but ever since she fell in love with Jekyll, she's been spending a lot of time around him, and his panicky ways have sort of rubbed off on her...
To Dr. Griffin (for chapter 16): Wait until the heavy drinking gets started. Then you'll be seeing a lot of Hyde!!!
To Dr. Griffin (for chapter 17): Thanks for being shocked; it's what I wanted!!!!
Enjoy the chapter!!!
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Nemo just gaped at Dorian. "He has amnesia, Doctor!"
"Oh, I can SEE that, Nemo!!" Jekyll stomped. He was starting to get stressed out again. Nothing ever went his way.
"So what now?"
Jekyll took a deep breath. "Well, he doesn't remember anything about us or why he's here, which is good. However, most amnesiacs regain their memory somewhere throughout their lifetime."
"Who are you two?" asked Dorian, still quite confused. Suddenly, he gripped the bedpost in terror. "I feel us moving," he said, his voice shaking. "Are we on a boat?"
Nemo fumed at Dorian calling his Nautilus a mere 'boat.' Suddenly, a thought came to him, and he smiled. "But Mr. Gray is immortal, Doctor. It may be thousands of years before he regains any memories. We'll all be dead by then, even Mina! Vampires can't live past a few hundred years, can they?"
"Let's not think that far into the future, Nemo," Jekyll advised him. "The question is, what do we do with him RIGHT NOW. We can't send him to a mental institution to get his memory back, because if he gets his memory back quickly, he'll come attacking us again. We can't hit him over the head, either. That MAY bring his memory back, but it's very bad for his brain cells."
"Can either of you PLEASE explain to me what's going on?" Dorian asked them. He was beginning to grow impatient.
"We're on a ship. I'm the captain, and you're one of my crew members," Nemo said exasperatedly. It was the only thing he could think of.
Jekyll grinned. "Good one, Captain," he whispered.
"Then why am I here in bed?" Dorian asked. He put a hand to his head. "Why does my head hurt so much? And why does my stomach hurt so much?" Dorian doubled over, clutching his stomach. The blow to his head had somehow lessened some of the side effects of the potion, but not all.
"Because...because Doctor Jekyll here says you're sick with....with..."
"Food poisoning," Jekyll said finally.
"Yes, that's right," said Nemo. He turned to Jekyll. "Get him the antidote," he whispered.
"Right," Jekyll nodded. He turned to Dorian. "I'll get you some medicine, Mr. Random Crew Member of Nemo's. I'll be right back." Twisting his hands in stress, Jekyll ran off to his lab.
* * *
"Okay, so, how many bottles of this do we need? Three for Edward, one for you, and one for the rest of us, right?" Donna asked Skinner. They were down in the kitchen raiding the whiskey cabinet again.
"Right," Skinner agreed. "Oh, and get one more, too. For Mina. We'll sneak it into her room later on."
"Okay," Donna agreed. She got out six bottles of whiskey, handed a few over to Skinner, and together, they made their way back towards Skinner's room to hide the whiskey until later.
They were almost there when they noticed Mina. She had just emerged from her room wearing nothing more than her corset and petticoat.
"Mina!" gasped Skinner, shocked. In the early days of the League, he'd bent over backwards trying to see Mina naked, but now that she was Jekyll's girl, and Jekyll was ultra-conservative, Skinner figured she'd never take her clothes off. "Mina, what's gotten into you?"
"What's got inta me?" mumbled Mina, slurring her words horribly. "What's got inta you, Skinner? Gimme a bottle of that." Mina's uncoordinated arms reached out for a bottle of liquor.
"She's drunk!" Donna said aghast. "Rodney, how much tequila did you put into that blood?"
"Only a little. Or, at least I thought it was only a little," Skinner admitted. He started to sweat profoundly. "Quick, we need to hide her before Jekyll sees her! He'll murder me!"
"Here, give me those bottles. I'll hide them in my room. You hide Mina in yours," said Donna.
"Deal," said Skinner. He handed the bottles he was holding to Donna, who struggled with the six bottles in her arms. Grabbing Mina, he started dragging her off towards his room.
"Hey," Mina whined, still slurring her words. Her eyes were bloodshot, and her reddish-brown hair, usually nice and neat, was hanging all over the place. "I said I wanted one! GIMME A BOTTLE!" she shrieked drunkenly. "GIMME ONE NOW!"
"Later, if you're good," Skinner said. "Right now we're going to play a game. It's called Get Mina Out of Sight Before Jekyll Finds Her."
"I don't wanna play. I wanna drink more blood!!!!"
* * *
"Here, this'll buy us some time." Henry Jekyll injected a powerful sleeping potion into Dorian's veins. Within seconds, the amnesiac immortal was fast asleep.
"How long will it last?" Nemo asked.
"The standard 48 hours. It's the same thing McCane used on Mina the first time he was on the Nautilus."
"Oh! Right!" Nemo said, recognizing the potion.
After giving Dorian the antidote to the poisonous water/potassium potion, Jekyll had given him the sleeping potion. Hopefully, within the next 48 hours, they would figure out what to do with him.
"Well, what do we do now?" asked Nemo.
"I don't know, maybe someone else has an idea. I bet you anything Simon Linoge will be able to think up a plan."
Nemo smiled. "I agree. Let's go ask him. Say, isn't it six o' clock?"
Jekyll checked his pocketwatch. "Yes, it is. Time for dinner."
"I'll go check and see that it's ready. You round up the others."
Jekyll nodded and spread a thick blanket over Dorian. Surely, between the members of the League, two angels with Heavenly powers, a telekinetic albino, a former terrorist, and a monstrous thug now in his own body, one of them had to have an idea as to what to do with Dorian, right?
* * *
Twenty minutes later, everybody (except for Mina) was gathered around the dinner table. Skinner had announced that Mina was sound asleep in her room. In reality, though, he had locked her up in his own and prayed to Heaven that she didn't make any loud noises while the group was at dinner.
Jekyll explained to the group that Dorian had awoken with amnesia, and he got mixed reactions. Most people, like Skinner, were jumping for joy (as inappropriate as it was.) Sawyer just looked confused, and Batsie, always the one to be polite, cried, "Oh, dear!"
"Amnesia means you have a loss of personal memories, Tom," Donna told Sawyer, recognizing the confused look on his face.
"I KNOW what it means, Donna," Sawyer snapped. "I just didn't know that Dorian would be one to come down with it. The man's a monster."
"The man WAS a monster," Donna said happily. "Not anymore!"
"But we need to figure out what to do with him," Jekyll continued. "We can't pass him off as one of Nemo's crewmen forever, and we can't send him away to a psychiatric hospital, because most amnesiacs eventually regain their memory. There are nine people sitting at the table. Ten, if we include Mina. One of us has to have an idea as to what to do with him!"
"Where is Dorian now?" asked Batsie.
"Asleep in one of the spare cabins," Jekyll answered her.
"If only he could stay asleep forever," Skinner sighed. There was a silence.
"I have it!" Simon Linoge cried out suddenly. "I know how you can get rid of Dorian forever!"
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Yeah, yeah, I know...another cliffie. I guess they're my trademark. Well, I can't help putting you all in suspense!!! (Writing cliffies are a guilty pleasure of mine, just like Jekyll's drinking!)
Remember to REVIEW!!
~ Alisonia
Shout-outs:
To Silent Bob 546: Nope, he's not faking it!! He really does have amnesia!! I KNEW it would be a shocker!!! BWAHAHAHA!!! I'm tempted to try Korean pears now. I've never had them before. (By the way, if you want to kidnap me and force me to write your fic, please wait another two weeks when finals will be over!)
To MisSEsmADhATTer: I take it you're awestruck. Thank you!
To Mrs. Mina Harker: Was Dorian ever good to begin with? Or was he just born bad, and has been bad ever since? That's a great topic for discussion. But will Dorian STAY good now that he has amnesia??? That's the main question!!!
To Graymoon74: Skinner actually has several drinking buddies now. I sure hope that man doesn't become an alcoholic. *Ahem* and I am still waiting for you to update your "pile of crap"....*ahem*...
To Ares: Dor-dor? *shivers* Geez, that's a scary name!!! What are they going to do next, you ask? Well, let's just find out, shall we?
To twinlady: Thanks for reviewing!! Yes, I admit that I have an unusual writing style. As for Mina... this is the way I explain it. Mina used to be a tough girl, but ever since she fell in love with Jekyll, she's been spending a lot of time around him, and his panicky ways have sort of rubbed off on her...
To Dr. Griffin (for chapter 16): Wait until the heavy drinking gets started. Then you'll be seeing a lot of Hyde!!!
To Dr. Griffin (for chapter 17): Thanks for being shocked; it's what I wanted!!!!
Enjoy the chapter!!!
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Nemo just gaped at Dorian. "He has amnesia, Doctor!"
"Oh, I can SEE that, Nemo!!" Jekyll stomped. He was starting to get stressed out again. Nothing ever went his way.
"So what now?"
Jekyll took a deep breath. "Well, he doesn't remember anything about us or why he's here, which is good. However, most amnesiacs regain their memory somewhere throughout their lifetime."
"Who are you two?" asked Dorian, still quite confused. Suddenly, he gripped the bedpost in terror. "I feel us moving," he said, his voice shaking. "Are we on a boat?"
Nemo fumed at Dorian calling his Nautilus a mere 'boat.' Suddenly, a thought came to him, and he smiled. "But Mr. Gray is immortal, Doctor. It may be thousands of years before he regains any memories. We'll all be dead by then, even Mina! Vampires can't live past a few hundred years, can they?"
"Let's not think that far into the future, Nemo," Jekyll advised him. "The question is, what do we do with him RIGHT NOW. We can't send him to a mental institution to get his memory back, because if he gets his memory back quickly, he'll come attacking us again. We can't hit him over the head, either. That MAY bring his memory back, but it's very bad for his brain cells."
"Can either of you PLEASE explain to me what's going on?" Dorian asked them. He was beginning to grow impatient.
"We're on a ship. I'm the captain, and you're one of my crew members," Nemo said exasperatedly. It was the only thing he could think of.
Jekyll grinned. "Good one, Captain," he whispered.
"Then why am I here in bed?" Dorian asked. He put a hand to his head. "Why does my head hurt so much? And why does my stomach hurt so much?" Dorian doubled over, clutching his stomach. The blow to his head had somehow lessened some of the side effects of the potion, but not all.
"Because...because Doctor Jekyll here says you're sick with....with..."
"Food poisoning," Jekyll said finally.
"Yes, that's right," said Nemo. He turned to Jekyll. "Get him the antidote," he whispered.
"Right," Jekyll nodded. He turned to Dorian. "I'll get you some medicine, Mr. Random Crew Member of Nemo's. I'll be right back." Twisting his hands in stress, Jekyll ran off to his lab.
* * *
"Okay, so, how many bottles of this do we need? Three for Edward, one for you, and one for the rest of us, right?" Donna asked Skinner. They were down in the kitchen raiding the whiskey cabinet again.
"Right," Skinner agreed. "Oh, and get one more, too. For Mina. We'll sneak it into her room later on."
"Okay," Donna agreed. She got out six bottles of whiskey, handed a few over to Skinner, and together, they made their way back towards Skinner's room to hide the whiskey until later.
They were almost there when they noticed Mina. She had just emerged from her room wearing nothing more than her corset and petticoat.
"Mina!" gasped Skinner, shocked. In the early days of the League, he'd bent over backwards trying to see Mina naked, but now that she was Jekyll's girl, and Jekyll was ultra-conservative, Skinner figured she'd never take her clothes off. "Mina, what's gotten into you?"
"What's got inta me?" mumbled Mina, slurring her words horribly. "What's got inta you, Skinner? Gimme a bottle of that." Mina's uncoordinated arms reached out for a bottle of liquor.
"She's drunk!" Donna said aghast. "Rodney, how much tequila did you put into that blood?"
"Only a little. Or, at least I thought it was only a little," Skinner admitted. He started to sweat profoundly. "Quick, we need to hide her before Jekyll sees her! He'll murder me!"
"Here, give me those bottles. I'll hide them in my room. You hide Mina in yours," said Donna.
"Deal," said Skinner. He handed the bottles he was holding to Donna, who struggled with the six bottles in her arms. Grabbing Mina, he started dragging her off towards his room.
"Hey," Mina whined, still slurring her words. Her eyes were bloodshot, and her reddish-brown hair, usually nice and neat, was hanging all over the place. "I said I wanted one! GIMME A BOTTLE!" she shrieked drunkenly. "GIMME ONE NOW!"
"Later, if you're good," Skinner said. "Right now we're going to play a game. It's called Get Mina Out of Sight Before Jekyll Finds Her."
"I don't wanna play. I wanna drink more blood!!!!"
* * *
"Here, this'll buy us some time." Henry Jekyll injected a powerful sleeping potion into Dorian's veins. Within seconds, the amnesiac immortal was fast asleep.
"How long will it last?" Nemo asked.
"The standard 48 hours. It's the same thing McCane used on Mina the first time he was on the Nautilus."
"Oh! Right!" Nemo said, recognizing the potion.
After giving Dorian the antidote to the poisonous water/potassium potion, Jekyll had given him the sleeping potion. Hopefully, within the next 48 hours, they would figure out what to do with him.
"Well, what do we do now?" asked Nemo.
"I don't know, maybe someone else has an idea. I bet you anything Simon Linoge will be able to think up a plan."
Nemo smiled. "I agree. Let's go ask him. Say, isn't it six o' clock?"
Jekyll checked his pocketwatch. "Yes, it is. Time for dinner."
"I'll go check and see that it's ready. You round up the others."
Jekyll nodded and spread a thick blanket over Dorian. Surely, between the members of the League, two angels with Heavenly powers, a telekinetic albino, a former terrorist, and a monstrous thug now in his own body, one of them had to have an idea as to what to do with Dorian, right?
* * *
Twenty minutes later, everybody (except for Mina) was gathered around the dinner table. Skinner had announced that Mina was sound asleep in her room. In reality, though, he had locked her up in his own and prayed to Heaven that she didn't make any loud noises while the group was at dinner.
Jekyll explained to the group that Dorian had awoken with amnesia, and he got mixed reactions. Most people, like Skinner, were jumping for joy (as inappropriate as it was.) Sawyer just looked confused, and Batsie, always the one to be polite, cried, "Oh, dear!"
"Amnesia means you have a loss of personal memories, Tom," Donna told Sawyer, recognizing the confused look on his face.
"I KNOW what it means, Donna," Sawyer snapped. "I just didn't know that Dorian would be one to come down with it. The man's a monster."
"The man WAS a monster," Donna said happily. "Not anymore!"
"But we need to figure out what to do with him," Jekyll continued. "We can't pass him off as one of Nemo's crewmen forever, and we can't send him away to a psychiatric hospital, because most amnesiacs eventually regain their memory. There are nine people sitting at the table. Ten, if we include Mina. One of us has to have an idea as to what to do with him!"
"Where is Dorian now?" asked Batsie.
"Asleep in one of the spare cabins," Jekyll answered her.
"If only he could stay asleep forever," Skinner sighed. There was a silence.
"I have it!" Simon Linoge cried out suddenly. "I know how you can get rid of Dorian forever!"
*
Yeah, yeah, I know...another cliffie. I guess they're my trademark. Well, I can't help putting you all in suspense!!! (Writing cliffies are a guilty pleasure of mine, just like Jekyll's drinking!)
Remember to REVIEW!!
~ Alisonia