Chapter 2 of Swords of the Shadows by Rini Zoro

Disclaimer:

Rini Zoro: I don't own the bloody fanfic! (runs off crying)

Galen Archer: Rini...?

Skinner: Gal's probably tryin' ta find a way to buy LXG.

Rini Zoro: (hits Skinner on the head) (mocking Skinner's accent) Leave me alone Skinnah!

Skinner: You little-

Jekyll: Play nice children

Mina/Galen Archer: (holds back laughter)

Rini Zoro: (singing) I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad, the dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had, I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take, when people run in circles its a very very......mad world.

Skinner: Crazy git

Nemo: (holds up sword) Onward to the fic!

Skinner: Nemo you forgot to say "and the game is on"

Nemo: Silence! (voice goes all nerdy) It wasn't in the script. (snorts)


It was a normal day on the Nautilus. It was around noonish, alittle later then noon really. Tom lay on a midnight blue leather sofa in the library. His mind thought of the past. On Allen, on everything but what he truely wanted to think about; sleeping. Tom tried to block his mind. When he was seconds away from a nice and surely long nap the gaint wooden doors swung open loudly hitting the walls of marble beside them. Tom grimaced and looked up to see who was disturbing him. He saw no one.

"Skinner?"

No reply. Just the creak of the doors. Tom looked at the carpet near him, footprints appeared and then disappeared. Tom slowly got up and attacked the place above the fresh foot prints.

"Gah! You crazy American!" "Sneakin' up on me eh Skinner?"

Skinner grinned, though it was impossiable to see.

"Nemo told me to tell you we'll be arriving in London soon."

Skinner put on his leather coat and black hat, tipped his hat and left the room. For the past week Nemo had been telling them of a new member that he wished to acompany them. All he had told them was that she was a former slave from Spain who had been freed with her family by a witch docotor, in return she was cursed.

Three bloody boring hours later they arrived at London Port.

At the docks they were greeted by a foreign man with a billowing gray cloak. He spoke in a strange language no one understood... but Skinner.

"What?" Asked Tom.
" 'E said the person we're bloody tryin' ta find is deep in the city. Causes mayhem and havoc."
"So we should follow the screams?" Asked Mina grimly smiling.

In an instant the city stirred, people screamed like banshees, and so on.

"Shall we?"

In the city, lights were out and darkness swallowed everything.

"I can't bloody see my hand in front of me." Inquired Skinner.
"Thats cause it's invisable." Stated Tom with a light hiss, silenceing everyone. Tom cocked his gun and aimed for a dark blur that ran after a middle age woman and her young son. Allen's voice played in Tom's head. "Take all the time in the world."
Tom pressed the trigger, the dark blur fell to the ground.

"Come." Ordered Jekyll walking towards the object while holding a tourch. He gasped once at the blur. It was a girl. A girl that looked around seventeen with tan skin, and long waves of raven black hair. She gasped for air over and over again. Her nails were really thick black claws. They sand back into her fingers replacing them were normal human finger nails. Her bloody canine fangs retracted aswell. But a long slender black tail with spikes and a spear like end stayed.

"Jesus Christ Bananas." Muttered Skinner under his breath. Even with the tail, to Skinner the girl was deathly and stunningly beautiful. Under the placid wanning cresent moon her body was visable. She was naked, her body slender and smooth.

On the Nautilus...

Skinner slipped into the new girl's room. She was fast asleep under the thick blue blankets, the tail hung over the edge. Her room was double locked from the outside and inside, it was large with a king size bed, a rather large dresser and cabnit set. The bathroom was large aswell. Everything was blue and silver with a few pewter items. The girl stirred when Skinner got near. She had three claw mark scars going from her chest to her neck.

Skinner stopped inches from the bed, looking down at the girl. Moments passed. Suddenly her eyes jerked open and Skinner felt her arms push him forcefully to the ground. The girl stood up, she was wearing one of Mina's extra n ightgowns that was a dark green. Her tail whipped behind her.

"How did you know I was here?"
The girl gave an evil grin.
"I could smell you." She growled.

Her eyes were an ebony color with green stripes in them around the pupil.

"Who are you?"
"Rodney Skinner. You?"
The girl grinned widley.

"Kassandra Ebon. Demon were-beast. At your service."
Rini Zoro: I'm rather proud of my story.

Skinner: Kassey's a babe.

Kassandra: (growls)

Rini Zoro: I hope you enjoyed this chapter, please review!

Galen Archer: Skinner and Kassey make a cute couple.

Kassandra: Excuse me?

Mina/Tom: (start laughing)

Rini Zoro: Press the pretty review button. Please!

Jekyll: (yawns) I'm sleepy, and very loney.

Rini Zoro: (thinks) Hey I know, you guys review and tell me wheather you think Jekyll should have a lover. (mutters) Since I may make Skinner and Kassey be together.

Galen Archer: Well see ya in chappie 3.

Tom: I'm so sexy!

Skinner/Kassey/Jekyll/Nemo/Mina: Bloody American.......

Tom: (dancing and shaking what his moma gave him)