Chapter 3 – On the Rampage
Jekyll screamed in insufferable pain as his transformation began to take place. His own skin was ripping away from him to be replaced by a larger form. His hands curled up and he staggered in agony, trying to lie on the bed in an attempt to relieve some of his suffering. His clothes started to rip and tear as this enormous body replaced his own. Jekyll could feel all the hate and evil inside of him stirring up, screaming to escape. He could stand it no longer.
Mr Hyde leapt up from the bed and roared. Practically tearing down he door, he bounded out of the room and down the corridors of the Nautilus. He stopped outside Bet's room and paused for a moment, before flinging the door open.
Bet turned around to face the hideous creature before her. She eyes widened and she screamed loudly.
"Leave me alone," she yelled, scrambling to climb onto the bed. "I'm warnin' you. If you don't…" Hyde crept towards her. She let out a little yelp. "If you don't, I'll get Dr Jekyll on you."
"Huh!" Hyde cried. "That pathetic creature. You'd be wise to leave him alone." He closed in on the trembling girl. "You think I could do harm to you? He could do much worse. Do you know what he could do to you?"
"Leave me alone!" Bet squeaked. Hyde grabbed the bookshelf and pulled it to the ground, books strewn across the room. She edged herself to the corner of the bed, against the wall. There was nowhere else for her to go.
"You don't know what he's done to himself," Hyde scowled. "His life is a nightmare now, and the same could happen to you!" He edged closer towards her. "Go on, run." But Bet just crouched there, shaking, with her eyes closed. "Run!" he screamed.
"No!" Bet yelled back. "I ain't afraid o' you! Just leave me alone." Hyde was taken aback. He lifted his arms and, with an almighty cry, he uplifted the desk and sent it crashing into the door.
"Oh, Mr Hyde…" a voice came from nowhere. Hyde looked around by could see nothing. He grunted and moved away from Bet to where the noise was coming from. "Yes, that's right, Mr Hyde, come and scare an innocent young lady. You'd be better picking on someone your own size!"
"Skinner," Hyde growled. "Come out and face me like a man!"
"What and let you tear me limb from limb?" Came the reply. "I don't think so, mate." Bet just crouched there, gob smacked by what was happening. "I'll introduce you to thing young lady shall I? Or have you already met her?" Bet felt a hand on her shoulder. "Mr Hyde I am pleased to introduce to you Bet, a very good friend of mine. Bet, this big monkey is Mr Edward Hyde, a very good friend of Dr Jekyll."
"Dr Jekyll…" Bet whispered. But why would he have a friend like this?
"Yes, it is entirely down to Jekyll that this brute was let aboard this canoe." Skinner explained. "Obviously, Hyde could help us with any animal instincts we needed, but it does make you wonder…" Bet could feel Skinner move in closer to her and speak in her ear. "It does make you wonder why they needed Jekyll at all, don't you think?" She swallowed hard. "There's something for you to ask him, eh?"
Bet looked Hyde straight in the face. His eyes were bright; there were the only appealing part of him. As she looked deep into them, Hyde turned to face her. Something was strange about them. Almost normal. Bet looked away again.
"Now," Skinner moved away from Bet. "If you don't mind, Mr Hyde, I think we'd better leave Bet to her work, don't you?" A book floated into mid air, revealing where Skinner was. "Here monkey, monkey!" He taunted Hyde as he waved he book. Hyde broke his stare from Bet and bounded after Skinner, who had run through the door.
Slowly, Bet climbed down from the bed and looked out of the door after them Skinner had dropped the book, and Hyde was charging down the corridor after him.
"Blimey!" Bet muttered.
"You don't know the half of it," Skinner's voice came from nowhere. She turned around to see him. "Over here, darling. Behind you." She faced back into the room again.
"Thank you," Bet mumbled.
"No worries," Skinner replied. "But Jekyll's got a lot to answer for. It's up to him to stop Hyde. Still…" Bet felt Skinner walk past her and kick the book back to her in the corridor. "Just watch out."
Bet looked down the corridor after him. She wondered why Jekyll didn't mention Mr Hyde. He wasn't going to be kept a secret! Why was Jekyll friends with him? And had he seen the same thing she had seen in Edward Hyde's eyes?
Jekyll screamed in insufferable pain as his transformation began to take place. His own skin was ripping away from him to be replaced by a larger form. His hands curled up and he staggered in agony, trying to lie on the bed in an attempt to relieve some of his suffering. His clothes started to rip and tear as this enormous body replaced his own. Jekyll could feel all the hate and evil inside of him stirring up, screaming to escape. He could stand it no longer.
Mr Hyde leapt up from the bed and roared. Practically tearing down he door, he bounded out of the room and down the corridors of the Nautilus. He stopped outside Bet's room and paused for a moment, before flinging the door open.
Bet turned around to face the hideous creature before her. She eyes widened and she screamed loudly.
"Leave me alone," she yelled, scrambling to climb onto the bed. "I'm warnin' you. If you don't…" Hyde crept towards her. She let out a little yelp. "If you don't, I'll get Dr Jekyll on you."
"Huh!" Hyde cried. "That pathetic creature. You'd be wise to leave him alone." He closed in on the trembling girl. "You think I could do harm to you? He could do much worse. Do you know what he could do to you?"
"Leave me alone!" Bet squeaked. Hyde grabbed the bookshelf and pulled it to the ground, books strewn across the room. She edged herself to the corner of the bed, against the wall. There was nowhere else for her to go.
"You don't know what he's done to himself," Hyde scowled. "His life is a nightmare now, and the same could happen to you!" He edged closer towards her. "Go on, run." But Bet just crouched there, shaking, with her eyes closed. "Run!" he screamed.
"No!" Bet yelled back. "I ain't afraid o' you! Just leave me alone." Hyde was taken aback. He lifted his arms and, with an almighty cry, he uplifted the desk and sent it crashing into the door.
"Oh, Mr Hyde…" a voice came from nowhere. Hyde looked around by could see nothing. He grunted and moved away from Bet to where the noise was coming from. "Yes, that's right, Mr Hyde, come and scare an innocent young lady. You'd be better picking on someone your own size!"
"Skinner," Hyde growled. "Come out and face me like a man!"
"What and let you tear me limb from limb?" Came the reply. "I don't think so, mate." Bet just crouched there, gob smacked by what was happening. "I'll introduce you to thing young lady shall I? Or have you already met her?" Bet felt a hand on her shoulder. "Mr Hyde I am pleased to introduce to you Bet, a very good friend of mine. Bet, this big monkey is Mr Edward Hyde, a very good friend of Dr Jekyll."
"Dr Jekyll…" Bet whispered. But why would he have a friend like this?
"Yes, it is entirely down to Jekyll that this brute was let aboard this canoe." Skinner explained. "Obviously, Hyde could help us with any animal instincts we needed, but it does make you wonder…" Bet could feel Skinner move in closer to her and speak in her ear. "It does make you wonder why they needed Jekyll at all, don't you think?" She swallowed hard. "There's something for you to ask him, eh?"
Bet looked Hyde straight in the face. His eyes were bright; there were the only appealing part of him. As she looked deep into them, Hyde turned to face her. Something was strange about them. Almost normal. Bet looked away again.
"Now," Skinner moved away from Bet. "If you don't mind, Mr Hyde, I think we'd better leave Bet to her work, don't you?" A book floated into mid air, revealing where Skinner was. "Here monkey, monkey!" He taunted Hyde as he waved he book. Hyde broke his stare from Bet and bounded after Skinner, who had run through the door.
Slowly, Bet climbed down from the bed and looked out of the door after them Skinner had dropped the book, and Hyde was charging down the corridor after him.
"Blimey!" Bet muttered.
"You don't know the half of it," Skinner's voice came from nowhere. She turned around to see him. "Over here, darling. Behind you." She faced back into the room again.
"Thank you," Bet mumbled.
"No worries," Skinner replied. "But Jekyll's got a lot to answer for. It's up to him to stop Hyde. Still…" Bet felt Skinner walk past her and kick the book back to her in the corridor. "Just watch out."
Bet looked down the corridor after him. She wondered why Jekyll didn't mention Mr Hyde. He wasn't going to be kept a secret! Why was Jekyll friends with him? And had he seen the same thing she had seen in Edward Hyde's eyes?