Chapter: 8: He's Hiding Something

Chapter author: Beck2

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Sawyer shook his head irritatedly as Mina checked him over. He was fine, he didn't need to be babied, he needed to do something.

"Agent Sawyer, if you do not stop moving around you will be here even longer." Mina sniffed.

They were on the infirmary on the Nautilus. It was impeccably white, and enough to make any man nervous. Gilly was being checked in the next room by Dr. Jekyll, who seemed to have gotten over his bout of sickness, though to Sawyer's eyes he looked strained. He could only guess that it had something to do with Hyde.

The kid seemed a bit subdued now, as if he were seriously thinking about something. Probably ruing the fact that he had been pulled out of the fire by the person he liked the least.

Maybe now that kid wouldn't be such a pain in the—

"Agent Sawyer." One of Nemo's men walked in. "Captain Nemo would like to speak with all of you."

"We'll be there in a minute." Mina said before Sawyer could say anything. Damn. He almost got away.

The man bowed and left as silently as he came. It had always amazed Sawyer how the crew managed to do that.

Mina finished her checkup and Sawyer slid hastily off the bed he'd been sitting on and stretched his legs. He really hated hospitals. Mina went to the next room to collect the kid and the Doctor, and he waited at the door. Not long after she returned, with Gilly and Jekyll in tow.

Sawyer wondered for a moment if the kid would thank him, but the boy just walked right past him, following Jekyll.

Damn kid.

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A few minutes of walking the halls of the massive ship found Gilly at the door to their meeting room. He uncomfortably twitched his shoulder. The weight of the book he had jammed down his shirt practically weighed a ton to him, as did the question of whether he should hand this book over to the 'League' as they called themselves or just keep hold of it. After all, it obviously was one of the reasons Lex got killed, which he did unless he just up and decided to commit suicide, in which case Gilly knew that he knew of easier and less painful ways to do it. Even so, why have him grab the book?

Unless this was his way of laughing at him. Bloody Americans.

The other members of the 'League' were listening to Sawyer's side of things, nodding, asking questions, trying to understand what happened.

"Boy." Gilly jerked his head up from his reverie, looking at the dark eyed captain.

"Aye?" He said guardedly.

"The man in the building Sawyer just talked about, was that the man you were leading us too?"

"Yes."

"I see. Did he say anything to you? Something we could use to track down the imposter?"

"No." Well, it was the truth. He hadn't said anything about tracking anyone down.

"Are you certain?" The dark eyes seemed to bore right into his skull, as if that would give him the answer that the Captain seeked.

"Yes." Gilly replied as evenly as possible, which was hard, the man's gaze was intimidating to the point where if he'd looked anymore stern, Gilly might have cracked. But luckily, that didn't happen.

Captain Nemo broke off of his gaze. Gilly breathed a silent sigh of relief.

"Then we must return to the scene of the murder and try to find something that will be of use of us."

"I'll go." The American said swiftly. Obviously he wasn't the type to stay put. Gilly vaguely remembered being carried out by that man, but he wasn't going to thank him. At least, he wasn't going to stoop so low as to say it to him aloud. Maybe he'd pay him back one day.

Maybe.

He didn't jump forward to go help. He didn't have any great desire to help these people more than he had too. And Clunky would return to the ship, there was no need to look for him. When all was said and done, The vampire and the American went off to Lex's apartment. There was something between those two, Gilly was sure of it.

Even though they seemed to be blind to it themselves. Or perhaps they were less blind to it then met the eye.

But that was none of his business. And he didn't care to make it his business.

"Boy." The Captain was speaking to him again.

He looked up at him.

"You may stay in your quarters. We cannot allow you to leave just yet."

Gilly nodded, stood up, and walked out. On his way out, he noticed Rodney was watching him very closely, but didn't think anything of it.

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Rodney Skinner tapped the table lightly with his fingertips, watching the boy. The only members still sitting in the room with him were Nemo and Jekyll, both of which were consumed with their own thoughts. No doubt Jekyll was thinking about his other half, and Nemo was pondering about which step to follow next.

"'E's 'iding something." Rodney said suddenly, surprising himself.

Jekyll looked up, a bit confused. "How can you tell?"

"I'm a thief, Jekyll, I can tell these things. And 'e's actin' weird. Sumtin's botherin' him, and it has somethin' to do with somethin' in 'is coat. Prolly some sort of book, by the way he moves and carries 'imself."

"Do you think it has anything to do with the fake Nautilus?"

"I don't speculate, I just know what I see, Nemo."

"We must have it. It could have valuable information to this mission."

"I agree." Jekyll nodded. "If he got it from this man, Lexington Marks, than it may have invaluable content."

"Oy, not so fast. If you spook 'im, 'e may do somethin' we'll all regret. Let me handle it."

"Are you sure you can deal with this?" Nemo questioned. Rodney thought about returning a scathing comment, but reminded himself that a lot of the comments he received were brought down upon himself.

"I can take care of it. Leave it to me." He said confidently.

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Well….I think this update was sooner than last time, I'm not quite sure. But I think I did a good job on this chapter, myself…

Rayne: To tell the absolute truth, that's who I had in mind when I started creating Gilly. I'm glad you like this story!

Just Me: I'm glad you like it.

Clez: Maybe. But Tom and Gilly are both hardheaded. Who knows? Wow, Clunky hasn't come back yet, hopefully he'll return next chapter.

Anee: Well…I try! I really do! But I've always got something to do! But I should have lots more time now.

A. L. Nowicki: Yes, it is heart wrenching, poor Jekyll. I love that character, though I've noticed part of his appeal is the fact that he does go through these problems.

Niani: Thank you, I should have more time to update now, and I'm glad you liked the last chapter!

Silent Bob 546:Oops, I hope I didn't make it too confusing and that some questions you have were answered by this chapter. But I'm glad you thought it was interesting!

GrayMoon74: Yes, Lex is dead. And Mina did save the day! I hope you like this chapter too.

Rogue77: I'm glad you liked the chapter. And with a friend like Clunky who needs Lex, eh? Just kidding.

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