Anastasia POV
I was giving Dorian, Tom and Alan evil glances. How dare they unsheathe their weapons in MY HOME? Dorian noticed this and walked over to me after smiling at Tom. He got close to me and grinned.
"Why are you giving me that look?" he asked.
"You know why Dorian. You had your weapons out in MY home!" I yelled.
Dorian evilly grinned and I rolled my eyes. I looked at Jekyll who was looking in a mirror next to him. He kept mumbling at it then would look away. Mina glanced over at Jekyll and slowly walked over to him. I glanced at where my scotch was and saw most of it gone. I looked at the floating glass and walked over to it. I snatched the glass and looked (almost) at Skinner.
"You sir, are going to owe me some more scotch." I said and drank what was left in the glass.
"'Ey love, I'm thirsty. Give me a break." Skinner said then took the glass back.
"Anastasia, you must forgive Skinner. I think his brain is disappearing." Tom said.
I smiled at the remark and glanced at Alan who was talking to Nemo. They seemed to be in deep conversation. Alan looked my way and nodded at Nemo.
"Miss De Lioncourt, I know this seems so sudden but, would you like to join us on a quest?" Alan asked.
I gave him a weird look. He wanted me join his quest?
"Why, Mr. Quartermain, would you want me to join your little quest?" I asked.
"Well, you could be useful in helping us against the enemy. Also, they would look for you over here and attack this humble, cozy house of yours."
"I'm sorry Mr. Quartermain but I only work for myself. If they are stupid enough to attack, they won't get out alive."
"Anastasia, go with them. You know you want to."
I glanced at Dorian and sighed. I did want to get out of London but it seemed different. If I were to be fighting, I'd be fighting with no one to talk to.
"I will only go on one condition. Dorian must come too. If he can't, then I won't go at all."
Dorian evilly grinned at my remark. I knew he wanted to get revenge but I needed him with me. I glanced at Mina and she nodded.
"He can come, just bring his painting along." Dorian's hand went for his sword but I stopped him. He moved his hand and walked toward the fire place.
"Before I actually agree to this, I wanna know why the bloody hell those men attacked us. I would also like to know who they are."
"A month or so ago, we excluding Dorian, fought a man named M. We think these are followers of M."
"Why would you… Skinner! You drank the whole bloody bottle! It was full! You bloody drunk!"
Skinner put some white stuff on his face then smiled. He placed everything down the way I had it and sat down next to Nemo.
"'Ey love, that's where you are wrong. You see, I'm not drunk at all. I am perfectly fine."
I rolled my eyes and walked toward Dorian.
"That was my bloody last bottle of Scotch. I have absolutely no more."
Dorian smiled and looked up at the painting hanging over the fireplace. He grabbed his cane and slid the painting to the side, revealing a secret stash of Scotch. I hugged him and grabbed a bottle making sure I was far a way from Skinner.
"Anyone besides Skinner want a drink?" I asked.
Tom, Alan and Dorian lifted their hands and I poured four glasses. I gave three to the gentlemen and kept the last one for myself. Hyde and Mina decided to come into the group and we started talking about the quest until we were all tired.