Okay, new chapter! And finally, reviews!
Clez - eep! I will refrain myself from saying that! ^^ But, I'm so used to apologizing! FORGIVE ME! Eep, said it again! Thanks for the advice!
Crystal - OF COURSE! ^^ "hands you Skinner doll". Isn't he so cute!
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The small battle at France had been left in our heroes' minds for 2 hours as they sailed away, all trying to get to sleep, however brought with nightmares instead of an easy sleep.
The small girl Skinner had brought onboard had been set in a small, yet nice room. When the League and Edie were awake, they would decide what to do with her.
Luckily for her, she went to sleep with pleasant dreams of her homeland; no darkness came to tear her innocent, child dream to bits of her sister. The League, however, was not so lucky.
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Jekyll was trapped, chained, with Hyde being pulled out of him and tearing him apart. He could actually feel the pain of the extraction and the ripping. He could see his blood splattered on the floor underneath his feet.
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Dorian, as Mina had done to him before, was pin to a wall, his portrait shown to him and his life being sucked out of him. It wasn't as gruesome as before, but he was sweating in his sleep, his flesh being torn from him in a nightmare.
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Mina slept with the girl in black in her dreams. The girl who could control their movements. If she could control that man, then couldn't she very well handle them all on the Nautilus? And what was behind those eyes? Did the vampire hallucinate when she saw an innocent, scared flash in her eyes? Or, did that man Morse have her under his control forcefully?
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Allan, for once, slept with a nightmare. A nightmare of his son, with no eyes and one leg, coming towards him, muttering words such as betrayal and murderer. If one were to go into his room now, they would be able to hear him mutter, "No. I didn't leave you."
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Tom dreamt of Huck right next to him, replaying the image of him getting shot over and over again by the Fantom, blood splattering onto the agent. He could see the look of hatred in his friend's eyes, with the flames of hell surrounding the American. He could still feel fire licking his faces, as his friend fell from his arms.
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Nemo dreamt of a voice calling to him from underneath the depths of the ocean. He was swimming towards that voice, yet he was not making progress. It was a never-ending call for help, as he could feel his lungs weakening from being held to long. He had already dived to deep already.
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Skinner held the images of the girl, her eyes staring at him with fear. She was enclosed in a small glass ball in his right hand, a vial of restoration of mutation in his left. A small, snake-like voice taunted him, asking him to choose between the girl and visibility. If he took the vial, her life would be lost. If he saved the girl, the vial would disappear forever. A large clock as big as him stood in front of him, only a few minutes to 12.
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Edie had been the last to wake. The memory of Morse above her, his shirt off and her wearing only a skirt and bra, was too much for her. Shivering, the German-Italian hybrid could only feel, for a moment, the man's lips pressed onto hers, tears streaming down her face.
Getting to her feet, she walked over to her dresser to cloth herself. She had noticed the vampire had a note in her hand, but she was too tired to talk about it.
The shape-shifter was pretty fatigue herself. After all that slaying, she could feel her arms and neck feel slightly numb, from all that turning and twisting. She yawned, putting the final touches on herself by braiding her long black hair she cherished.
For the little girl, she guessed she could allow her to stay in her mansion. She wasn't a normal human; rather, she had more of powers that were not at all healthy, so Edie took pity on her. Good thing she had a Japanese maid named Hanaro. The 42-year-old lady had given the shape- shifter mini-lessons on Japanese, so she would be able to communicate just a little.
Cracking her knuckles, she opened her door quietly, walking to the small meeting room. Crewmen nodded to her as she passed them; her eyes were focused on the ground, so it did seem she was slightly rude.
However, they received the same reaction from the League, all but their captain, who nodded back to them.
"Well, `ope you lot slept better than me," was Skinner's greeting, as he dumped himself down onto a chair next to Tom, who also sat there slightly depressed. The flames and hatred was still in his mind.
"I'm sorry to say, I sure as hell didn't," replied Tom gruffly.
Jekyll, with even more bags under his eyes, and Mina, as neat and proper as usual, sat side-by-side, not really speaking to anybody.
The immortal rubbed his eyes as he entered last, muttering, "Well, here are certainly cherry faces this morning."
"Gray, I'm not exactly in the mood right now for sarcastic remarks," came Allan's dull retort. The hunter was standing up, rubbing his temples with his hands, looking even rougher than before.
The door opened, earning a look from everyone for Edie. She glanced across the room.
"Apparently, I wasn't the only one who slept with a nightmare."
Nemo nodded silently. Not that it was THAT big of a deal, since the captain was usually quiet.
"So, wot exactly are we gonna do wit the girl? I mean, I'm not exactly that trained on children, so wot I know would fit on an `ead of a pin," asked Skinner to get everyone's mind off of their nightmares.
Tom grinned. "Skinner, I'm surprised. You don't know how to care for one? I expected you to, since you're already still a kid."
That earned a small grin from everyone else.
"Same could be said of you, Sawyer. However, I actually find the girl more mature than you two," Dorian said, earning a small giggle from Edie.
"That, I admit, is true," Allan agreed lightheartedly. Both Tom and Skinner looked at each other and smiled. Okay, so it was true, but still.
"Well, at least I'm mature enough to get back onto the decision," Tom shot back. It wasn't really all his fault he was slightly rash. Europeans need thrill in their lives, if you asked him, and what better way to show them fun than have a young American from the South and a shooter guide them?
"Oi, `e got ya all there!" Skinner pointed out.
Nemo sighed. Having two men who were laid-back and happened to pick people's moods up on your team was not easy to deal with. Especially when in most of your life you barely laughed.
"So, any suggestions would be nice," said Allan, trying to get everyone focused, but still had a small smile on his lips.
"I do have a Japanese maid in my house. She taught me a little bit of her language and culture, so I'm guessing that's the little girl's heritage. Maybe we can leave her with Signora Hanaro," offered Edie, knowing the maid would be delighted. She DID have an unusual liking to children.
Murmurs of agreement from everyone filled the room.
"Wait, how do you know she is a Jap?" Dorian asked, raising a black eyebrow.
"Well, her looks, for starters. And, I did hear her mumbling Japanese in her sleep. Which, by the way, she should be awake now."
"Yes, shouldn't she?" asked Mina, looking over to the captain and raising an eyebrow. His brow furrowed.
"I would think. Patel!" he called out to his new first mate, who stepped loyally to his side.
"Go check on the girl. If she is awake, call for us."
He bowed, and then walked lightly away, his eyes set forward.
The group turned back. Edie stared at Mina's hands, a frown on her calm face.
"Signora Harker, I believe, unless I am hallucinating, that you carried a note in your hand. Morse, perhaps?" The vampire glanced up, a look of hazy remembrance upon her face.
"Yes. Yes, he did slip a note into my hands before he left."
Allan raised an inquiring eyebrow. "Well, what did it say?"
"I do not have it with me. It must be on my desk, in my room."
"Do you think-" however, before he could finish, Patel came back, nodding to his captain.
"She is awake, Captain."
Nemo nodded as a sign of gratitude, then turn to his comrades.
"Shall we?"
Nods from the others answered him.
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Skinner had never wanted to take another language besides English, and this would be another good reason why. The choppy translation of Edie seemed to be uncomfortable to him, unlike the smooth, quick words of the girl.
Even for 6 or 7, she was better than the German-Italian hybrid. However, it was not meant to put the shape-shifter down. After all, most of her other traits pushed away her language; her arse was really fine, though Mina's was still better.
Apparently, the vampire caught the invisible man looking at her buttock, as he was wearing his cream, so she leaned over and gave him a good smack in the cheek. At least he didn't come up and grab her this time.
Edie finally looked up from the girl and turned to the League, a dull look on her face.
"Her name is Ojihosito Kitari. She has no family members; her sister died last night. I'm certain her, the sister's, heart was too small, as Kitari mentioned she had a hard time breathing and she was quite pale."
"She herself no doubt swallowed the potion: she's blind in one eye and her legs seem unable to move," Jekyll put in, as he knelt down to examine her. Kitari shivered at the doctor's touch, hunching over to try and be as small as possible. No worries on that, since she was already small for her age.
Skinner raised an eyebrow at Edie. "Oi, thought `er name was Oji-wotever?"
"Japanese names are styled that you say the last name, then the first name with no pause. It's Ojihosito Kitari. Gods, you are bad with names, Signore Skinner."
"All in good time, Luv. Signore, e`?" he muttered, as he shifted his hat down to cover his eyes more.
Mina stalked into the room. While they had been conversing with Kitari, the vampire had gone to acquire the note from her room. Her swift glide across the room hardly attracted anyone's attention.
"So, what does it say?" Allan asked, as she brushed herself off, tightening her long, scarlet trademark scarf around her neck. She raised a slender eyebrow at him before she returned back on the issue of the card.
"'No doubt that you are wondering my next move in this game of chess, as I call it. Well, to put it simply, I leave another gift at dear Edie's mansion. Go there, and find another card. A location will be printed. Let's see if you make it on time. After all, I did have 8 years.'"
"That's all? Go to my dwelling?" Edie asked skeptically. And she thought she fell in love with a genius.
Jekyll sighed, rising to his feet. He still felt slightly fatigue, and Hyde was making an awful racket, enraged that he had not gotten revenge for his pain.
{I swear, I will kill that son-of-a-bitch! I will tear his neck from his head! I will let him enjoy his last moments as a bloody cripple!}
Nemo bit his lip, his only sign of uneasiness. "A game of chess, he describes this. Perhaps he has gone to another country before we were aware of this."
Tom crossed his arms over his chest, his boyish blonde hair in his shadowed eyes. The lack of sleep, not to mention this Morse guy's great ego was not making the American a happier agent.
Dorian looked thoughtful. "Well, I suppose we don't have much to loose going to Edie's house, now do we? Besides, we already have to drop off little bit here," he added, bobbing his head to the little Asian girl, who looked at the adults in a confused manner. Even if she understood English, this whole conversation would appear strange and idiotic to her.
"Alright then. If it's settled, I purpose we do what Gray suggested. Let's move out," Allan instructed, nodding to everybody and turning to leave. He was going to make time faster by going up high and do target-practice.
Nemo nodded to everyone as well, turning to input the point of destination. The others rose to their feet and left to their own rooms.
All but Skinner, who was glancing at the little girl. Why was he so attached to her? He never did get along with kids all that well, not to mention she was a Jap. But, she stared up at him with her wide black eyes, one that was filmed white to show her partial mutation.
He turned around to see if anybody really was watching him. Gods, if they caught him what he was about to do, he would never hear the bloody end of it.
"Why the bloody `ell are Jap names so `ard to pronouce?"
[S.B. note: I am not insulting, by all means, anybody of Japanese blood. I do like them, despite my heritage, and am actually respectful of them. I am not saying Japanese are evil nor bad. This is set back in the 1800's, with all that racial stuff, so I want it to fit the mood. Don't think I'm a racist!]
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Her brow furrowed into a frown, his unblinking azure eyes staring the book she held in her hands.
Mina could already hear her enter before she even opened the door. "Do you require something from me?"
Edie smiled. "Well, that proves my first inquire if vampires' hearing are superior or not." She, uninvited, strolled into the room, her clear obsidian eyes focused on the redhead vampire.
"Yes, they are. Now, inform me of your desire of your visit or leave," Mina snapped, not taking her eyes off the book. Not that she was that interested, but the German-Italian hybrid was making her uncomfortable. She could feel a desire of lust coming from the shape-shifter. Almost like Dorian.
"What, can't ladies chatter amongst themselves?"
"I don't 'chatter' well. I find no use in that silly act. Now, either state your reason of being or depart. I'm not in the mood for anybody right now."
Edie sighed. This was harder than she thought it was. Might as well come out with it.
"Signora Harker. Have you had any other relationship outside of Signore Harker, Herr Dracula, or Signore Gray? I notice how the other men react towards you."
"We are but a team. They feel a need to protect me, even if I have proven over and over again I need no help and I believe I assist them more than they me. After all, I am of the female sex."
"But, Herr Jekyll, Herr Sawyer, and Signore Skinner," she protested, using both ways of saying 'Mr.' in German and Italian, "show feelings of lust for you, as well as Signore Gray. Surely you for them?"
"I treat them as I would a brother," she repeated, never taking her eyes off her book. She was almost certain of where this was going.
"So, I suppose, you wouldn't mind this?" she asked, as she leaned over, pushed the book out of the way, and pressed her lips onto Mina's.
The vampire, despite knowing what would happen, was taken back in surprise. She let the hybrid's lips on hers for 5 seconds of shock before she pushed the shape-shifter back, a dark look in her eyes.
Edie cocked her head to the side, a devilish gleam in her black eyes. "You said man. Never woman."
Mina growled darkly. Again, she was taken advantage of. Edie Donatello had no respect. But, the main thing that caught her off guard was the fact she was in love with her? A woman in love with a woman?
"I said I would treat them as I would a brother. I never said I wasn't in love with males," she sputtered out.
Edie seemed to almost wilt at that. "So you HAVE found a love in this 'family' of yours, have you? I see."
She sighed, staring down at the ground. "I apologize for my behavior. I suppose that is what also isolates me from humans. I care not for males, but for females.
"I listened to what you said not only because you were part-vampire. After all, wouldn't I listen well to another one? But, I listened for the other reason that you and I were similar. Both of us taken advantage of by men who we thought as lovers. Both of us almost pure beasts."
"Get out," snarled Mina. Her surprise and anger was pushing her vampire- self out. Taken advantage of. That would never happen to her.
Edie shrugged. "I understand your rage. Fair enough. I leave you." With that, she bowed, turned, and left.
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"Well, Edie, that was certainly productive," Edie mumbled to herself, as she passed crewmembers of the Nautilus. These men had no idea as to how lucky they were. Sure, she had seen them flirt numerously in their own way to the beautiful beast. Herr Sawyer in a boyish, American fashion. Signore Skinner, in the inappropriate touching and remarks. Signore Dorian, his seductive looks did rill ladies up, even her for a while. And Herr Jekyll had his shy, gentleman feature, with Herr Hyde and his brute strength and dirty thoughts. Not that she heard him, but the gleam that sometimes passed in Herr Jekyll's eyes of lust and darkness when he stared at Signore Harker long enough did indicate Herr Hyde.
She gave a huge sigh. Perhaps she was wrong to just come out and give Signora Harker a kiss. Well, at least she revealed her lust.
She stopped abruptly. Checking to make sure no one was watching, she began to focus onto a cat.
The usual transformation, despite always being in a different sequence, was so common to her; she was a cat a little faster than she thought it would take her to be. She began to run back into her room, locking the door as if to keep her thoughts inside.
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No, no, NO! Mina is no gay, kay? NOT GAY. Only Edie is. I'm pairing Mina and Jekyll up, kay? Good, glad we got that cleared. If you have anything else you are disturbed about, tell me, please. I apologize for the long update.
Clez - eep! I will refrain myself from saying that! ^^ But, I'm so used to apologizing! FORGIVE ME! Eep, said it again! Thanks for the advice!
Crystal - OF COURSE! ^^ "hands you Skinner doll". Isn't he so cute!
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The small battle at France had been left in our heroes' minds for 2 hours as they sailed away, all trying to get to sleep, however brought with nightmares instead of an easy sleep.
The small girl Skinner had brought onboard had been set in a small, yet nice room. When the League and Edie were awake, they would decide what to do with her.
Luckily for her, she went to sleep with pleasant dreams of her homeland; no darkness came to tear her innocent, child dream to bits of her sister. The League, however, was not so lucky.
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Jekyll was trapped, chained, with Hyde being pulled out of him and tearing him apart. He could actually feel the pain of the extraction and the ripping. He could see his blood splattered on the floor underneath his feet.
~~~~~~~~~
Dorian, as Mina had done to him before, was pin to a wall, his portrait shown to him and his life being sucked out of him. It wasn't as gruesome as before, but he was sweating in his sleep, his flesh being torn from him in a nightmare.
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Mina slept with the girl in black in her dreams. The girl who could control their movements. If she could control that man, then couldn't she very well handle them all on the Nautilus? And what was behind those eyes? Did the vampire hallucinate when she saw an innocent, scared flash in her eyes? Or, did that man Morse have her under his control forcefully?
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Allan, for once, slept with a nightmare. A nightmare of his son, with no eyes and one leg, coming towards him, muttering words such as betrayal and murderer. If one were to go into his room now, they would be able to hear him mutter, "No. I didn't leave you."
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Tom dreamt of Huck right next to him, replaying the image of him getting shot over and over again by the Fantom, blood splattering onto the agent. He could see the look of hatred in his friend's eyes, with the flames of hell surrounding the American. He could still feel fire licking his faces, as his friend fell from his arms.
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Nemo dreamt of a voice calling to him from underneath the depths of the ocean. He was swimming towards that voice, yet he was not making progress. It was a never-ending call for help, as he could feel his lungs weakening from being held to long. He had already dived to deep already.
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Skinner held the images of the girl, her eyes staring at him with fear. She was enclosed in a small glass ball in his right hand, a vial of restoration of mutation in his left. A small, snake-like voice taunted him, asking him to choose between the girl and visibility. If he took the vial, her life would be lost. If he saved the girl, the vial would disappear forever. A large clock as big as him stood in front of him, only a few minutes to 12.
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Edie had been the last to wake. The memory of Morse above her, his shirt off and her wearing only a skirt and bra, was too much for her. Shivering, the German-Italian hybrid could only feel, for a moment, the man's lips pressed onto hers, tears streaming down her face.
Getting to her feet, she walked over to her dresser to cloth herself. She had noticed the vampire had a note in her hand, but she was too tired to talk about it.
The shape-shifter was pretty fatigue herself. After all that slaying, she could feel her arms and neck feel slightly numb, from all that turning and twisting. She yawned, putting the final touches on herself by braiding her long black hair she cherished.
For the little girl, she guessed she could allow her to stay in her mansion. She wasn't a normal human; rather, she had more of powers that were not at all healthy, so Edie took pity on her. Good thing she had a Japanese maid named Hanaro. The 42-year-old lady had given the shape- shifter mini-lessons on Japanese, so she would be able to communicate just a little.
Cracking her knuckles, she opened her door quietly, walking to the small meeting room. Crewmen nodded to her as she passed them; her eyes were focused on the ground, so it did seem she was slightly rude.
However, they received the same reaction from the League, all but their captain, who nodded back to them.
"Well, `ope you lot slept better than me," was Skinner's greeting, as he dumped himself down onto a chair next to Tom, who also sat there slightly depressed. The flames and hatred was still in his mind.
"I'm sorry to say, I sure as hell didn't," replied Tom gruffly.
Jekyll, with even more bags under his eyes, and Mina, as neat and proper as usual, sat side-by-side, not really speaking to anybody.
The immortal rubbed his eyes as he entered last, muttering, "Well, here are certainly cherry faces this morning."
"Gray, I'm not exactly in the mood right now for sarcastic remarks," came Allan's dull retort. The hunter was standing up, rubbing his temples with his hands, looking even rougher than before.
The door opened, earning a look from everyone for Edie. She glanced across the room.
"Apparently, I wasn't the only one who slept with a nightmare."
Nemo nodded silently. Not that it was THAT big of a deal, since the captain was usually quiet.
"So, wot exactly are we gonna do wit the girl? I mean, I'm not exactly that trained on children, so wot I know would fit on an `ead of a pin," asked Skinner to get everyone's mind off of their nightmares.
Tom grinned. "Skinner, I'm surprised. You don't know how to care for one? I expected you to, since you're already still a kid."
That earned a small grin from everyone else.
"Same could be said of you, Sawyer. However, I actually find the girl more mature than you two," Dorian said, earning a small giggle from Edie.
"That, I admit, is true," Allan agreed lightheartedly. Both Tom and Skinner looked at each other and smiled. Okay, so it was true, but still.
"Well, at least I'm mature enough to get back onto the decision," Tom shot back. It wasn't really all his fault he was slightly rash. Europeans need thrill in their lives, if you asked him, and what better way to show them fun than have a young American from the South and a shooter guide them?
"Oi, `e got ya all there!" Skinner pointed out.
Nemo sighed. Having two men who were laid-back and happened to pick people's moods up on your team was not easy to deal with. Especially when in most of your life you barely laughed.
"So, any suggestions would be nice," said Allan, trying to get everyone focused, but still had a small smile on his lips.
"I do have a Japanese maid in my house. She taught me a little bit of her language and culture, so I'm guessing that's the little girl's heritage. Maybe we can leave her with Signora Hanaro," offered Edie, knowing the maid would be delighted. She DID have an unusual liking to children.
Murmurs of agreement from everyone filled the room.
"Wait, how do you know she is a Jap?" Dorian asked, raising a black eyebrow.
"Well, her looks, for starters. And, I did hear her mumbling Japanese in her sleep. Which, by the way, she should be awake now."
"Yes, shouldn't she?" asked Mina, looking over to the captain and raising an eyebrow. His brow furrowed.
"I would think. Patel!" he called out to his new first mate, who stepped loyally to his side.
"Go check on the girl. If she is awake, call for us."
He bowed, and then walked lightly away, his eyes set forward.
The group turned back. Edie stared at Mina's hands, a frown on her calm face.
"Signora Harker, I believe, unless I am hallucinating, that you carried a note in your hand. Morse, perhaps?" The vampire glanced up, a look of hazy remembrance upon her face.
"Yes. Yes, he did slip a note into my hands before he left."
Allan raised an inquiring eyebrow. "Well, what did it say?"
"I do not have it with me. It must be on my desk, in my room."
"Do you think-" however, before he could finish, Patel came back, nodding to his captain.
"She is awake, Captain."
Nemo nodded as a sign of gratitude, then turn to his comrades.
"Shall we?"
Nods from the others answered him.
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Skinner had never wanted to take another language besides English, and this would be another good reason why. The choppy translation of Edie seemed to be uncomfortable to him, unlike the smooth, quick words of the girl.
Even for 6 or 7, she was better than the German-Italian hybrid. However, it was not meant to put the shape-shifter down. After all, most of her other traits pushed away her language; her arse was really fine, though Mina's was still better.
Apparently, the vampire caught the invisible man looking at her buttock, as he was wearing his cream, so she leaned over and gave him a good smack in the cheek. At least he didn't come up and grab her this time.
Edie finally looked up from the girl and turned to the League, a dull look on her face.
"Her name is Ojihosito Kitari. She has no family members; her sister died last night. I'm certain her, the sister's, heart was too small, as Kitari mentioned she had a hard time breathing and she was quite pale."
"She herself no doubt swallowed the potion: she's blind in one eye and her legs seem unable to move," Jekyll put in, as he knelt down to examine her. Kitari shivered at the doctor's touch, hunching over to try and be as small as possible. No worries on that, since she was already small for her age.
Skinner raised an eyebrow at Edie. "Oi, thought `er name was Oji-wotever?"
"Japanese names are styled that you say the last name, then the first name with no pause. It's Ojihosito Kitari. Gods, you are bad with names, Signore Skinner."
"All in good time, Luv. Signore, e`?" he muttered, as he shifted his hat down to cover his eyes more.
Mina stalked into the room. While they had been conversing with Kitari, the vampire had gone to acquire the note from her room. Her swift glide across the room hardly attracted anyone's attention.
"So, what does it say?" Allan asked, as she brushed herself off, tightening her long, scarlet trademark scarf around her neck. She raised a slender eyebrow at him before she returned back on the issue of the card.
"'No doubt that you are wondering my next move in this game of chess, as I call it. Well, to put it simply, I leave another gift at dear Edie's mansion. Go there, and find another card. A location will be printed. Let's see if you make it on time. After all, I did have 8 years.'"
"That's all? Go to my dwelling?" Edie asked skeptically. And she thought she fell in love with a genius.
Jekyll sighed, rising to his feet. He still felt slightly fatigue, and Hyde was making an awful racket, enraged that he had not gotten revenge for his pain.
{I swear, I will kill that son-of-a-bitch! I will tear his neck from his head! I will let him enjoy his last moments as a bloody cripple!}
Nemo bit his lip, his only sign of uneasiness. "A game of chess, he describes this. Perhaps he has gone to another country before we were aware of this."
Tom crossed his arms over his chest, his boyish blonde hair in his shadowed eyes. The lack of sleep, not to mention this Morse guy's great ego was not making the American a happier agent.
Dorian looked thoughtful. "Well, I suppose we don't have much to loose going to Edie's house, now do we? Besides, we already have to drop off little bit here," he added, bobbing his head to the little Asian girl, who looked at the adults in a confused manner. Even if she understood English, this whole conversation would appear strange and idiotic to her.
"Alright then. If it's settled, I purpose we do what Gray suggested. Let's move out," Allan instructed, nodding to everybody and turning to leave. He was going to make time faster by going up high and do target-practice.
Nemo nodded to everyone as well, turning to input the point of destination. The others rose to their feet and left to their own rooms.
All but Skinner, who was glancing at the little girl. Why was he so attached to her? He never did get along with kids all that well, not to mention she was a Jap. But, she stared up at him with her wide black eyes, one that was filmed white to show her partial mutation.
He turned around to see if anybody really was watching him. Gods, if they caught him what he was about to do, he would never hear the bloody end of it.
"Why the bloody `ell are Jap names so `ard to pronouce?"
[S.B. note: I am not insulting, by all means, anybody of Japanese blood. I do like them, despite my heritage, and am actually respectful of them. I am not saying Japanese are evil nor bad. This is set back in the 1800's, with all that racial stuff, so I want it to fit the mood. Don't think I'm a racist!]
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Her brow furrowed into a frown, his unblinking azure eyes staring the book she held in her hands.
Mina could already hear her enter before she even opened the door. "Do you require something from me?"
Edie smiled. "Well, that proves my first inquire if vampires' hearing are superior or not." She, uninvited, strolled into the room, her clear obsidian eyes focused on the redhead vampire.
"Yes, they are. Now, inform me of your desire of your visit or leave," Mina snapped, not taking her eyes off the book. Not that she was that interested, but the German-Italian hybrid was making her uncomfortable. She could feel a desire of lust coming from the shape-shifter. Almost like Dorian.
"What, can't ladies chatter amongst themselves?"
"I don't 'chatter' well. I find no use in that silly act. Now, either state your reason of being or depart. I'm not in the mood for anybody right now."
Edie sighed. This was harder than she thought it was. Might as well come out with it.
"Signora Harker. Have you had any other relationship outside of Signore Harker, Herr Dracula, or Signore Gray? I notice how the other men react towards you."
"We are but a team. They feel a need to protect me, even if I have proven over and over again I need no help and I believe I assist them more than they me. After all, I am of the female sex."
"But, Herr Jekyll, Herr Sawyer, and Signore Skinner," she protested, using both ways of saying 'Mr.' in German and Italian, "show feelings of lust for you, as well as Signore Gray. Surely you for them?"
"I treat them as I would a brother," she repeated, never taking her eyes off her book. She was almost certain of where this was going.
"So, I suppose, you wouldn't mind this?" she asked, as she leaned over, pushed the book out of the way, and pressed her lips onto Mina's.
The vampire, despite knowing what would happen, was taken back in surprise. She let the hybrid's lips on hers for 5 seconds of shock before she pushed the shape-shifter back, a dark look in her eyes.
Edie cocked her head to the side, a devilish gleam in her black eyes. "You said man. Never woman."
Mina growled darkly. Again, she was taken advantage of. Edie Donatello had no respect. But, the main thing that caught her off guard was the fact she was in love with her? A woman in love with a woman?
"I said I would treat them as I would a brother. I never said I wasn't in love with males," she sputtered out.
Edie seemed to almost wilt at that. "So you HAVE found a love in this 'family' of yours, have you? I see."
She sighed, staring down at the ground. "I apologize for my behavior. I suppose that is what also isolates me from humans. I care not for males, but for females.
"I listened to what you said not only because you were part-vampire. After all, wouldn't I listen well to another one? But, I listened for the other reason that you and I were similar. Both of us taken advantage of by men who we thought as lovers. Both of us almost pure beasts."
"Get out," snarled Mina. Her surprise and anger was pushing her vampire- self out. Taken advantage of. That would never happen to her.
Edie shrugged. "I understand your rage. Fair enough. I leave you." With that, she bowed, turned, and left.
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"Well, Edie, that was certainly productive," Edie mumbled to herself, as she passed crewmembers of the Nautilus. These men had no idea as to how lucky they were. Sure, she had seen them flirt numerously in their own way to the beautiful beast. Herr Sawyer in a boyish, American fashion. Signore Skinner, in the inappropriate touching and remarks. Signore Dorian, his seductive looks did rill ladies up, even her for a while. And Herr Jekyll had his shy, gentleman feature, with Herr Hyde and his brute strength and dirty thoughts. Not that she heard him, but the gleam that sometimes passed in Herr Jekyll's eyes of lust and darkness when he stared at Signore Harker long enough did indicate Herr Hyde.
She gave a huge sigh. Perhaps she was wrong to just come out and give Signora Harker a kiss. Well, at least she revealed her lust.
She stopped abruptly. Checking to make sure no one was watching, she began to focus onto a cat.
The usual transformation, despite always being in a different sequence, was so common to her; she was a cat a little faster than she thought it would take her to be. She began to run back into her room, locking the door as if to keep her thoughts inside.
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No, no, NO! Mina is no gay, kay? NOT GAY. Only Edie is. I'm pairing Mina and Jekyll up, kay? Good, glad we got that cleared. If you have anything else you are disturbed about, tell me, please. I apologize for the long update.