Disclaimer: As always, I don't own LXG, Tom Sawyer etc. Glad everyone who left a review has been enjoying this so far. *sniff* No one noticed my ' An American Werewolf In Paris' reference... Hopefully everyone will understand where the title of this part comes from.


Here are the shout outs as always;


Clez:- I can't run! I can't! *points to leg* You wouldn't attack a injured person... would you?


Graymoon74:- Woah, that has to be one of the longest reviews I ever got! Thank you so much. Trick... or treat? Well, you have to read this part. If I told you what Tom drank that would spoil the surprise. Did you see pink elephants? Hope you enjoy this part as well.


Angharad:- Is he back? Or isn't he...


Capt.Cow:- Demand and thy shall get!


Silent Bob 546:- Enjoy torturing him? Why would you think that? ;) You can't tell Mr. Burns what to do!


LotRseer3350:- I'm just trying to be confusing. *evil laugh* Glad your intrigued, and rubber chickens??? NO! Please no!


Sugaricing:- This is taking forever isn't it... and it's not even half way though yet! Sure you can hug Tom! Just be careful not to jar him... he is still a little tender. :P


The Bodyguard.


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Part Ten:- The Adventures of Agent Tom Sawyer


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Mina and Dr. Jekyll stood at the foot of the bed that contained Agent Sawyer. Mina tapped a gentle rhythm on the wooden posts. The Vampire looked impatient.


"Well?" she asked.


"Multiple bruising all over his body but not on his hands or face. Couple of his ribs look bruised as well. Physically he is a mess but it looks as though he hasn't been attacked for the past few days... 'physically'." Dr. Jekyll told her. The stress he placed on the word physically was not lost on Mina.


"And mentally?" She asked.


"I don't know... anything could have happened to him, we just have to wait until he wakes up." The Doctor said.


"It would also give us a possible explanation for his escape. If he had not been abused recently he might have been able to surprise his guards." Jekyll said. Mina nodded absently, her blue irises fixed on Tom chest, just watching his breath enter and leave.


Jekyll coughed softly. "I... I've been thinking about the news Skinner brought us. About Moritaty." He added. Mina's eyes flashed at the mention of the League's first real enemy and the killer of Allan Quartermain. If Jekyll noticed the flash he made no mention to it.


"It is possible that while Moritaty did buy the castle fifteen years ago, someone else took it over after his death."


"You mean... one of Moritaty's men, that somehow escaped our detection took over the running of the castle and captured Agent Sawyer for revenge?" Mina asked, her anger, barely controlled, lurking just under her voice. The thought that anyone would want to hurt Agent Sawyer because of revenge made the blood boil - even if it had been stone cold for years.


"We need more information." Mina said. "Dr. Jekyll, did you find out anything?" She asked. Jekyll numbly shook his head.


//Tell her worm... tell her what happened... about how you looked a fool...\\ Mocked Hyde.


~Flashback...~


Outside of the single shop in the little village stood a young woman, the only person Henry Jekyll could see.


Dr. Jekyll walked up to the young woman, trying to ignore Edward's suggestions of what he would like to do to her.


"Excuse me." Dr. Jekyll said, his Adam's apple bobbing nervously. He was not used to talking to woman besides Mrs. Harker or the women Edward then killed. As a result he was almost painfully shy. The young woman looked up at Dr. Jekyll and smiled, her red hair covering her eyes.


"Hello." She said, her voice soft. "You're not local, are you?" She asked. Dr. Jekyll shook his head, not knowing what to say.


"I didn't think so... you don't look local." The woman said.


"I was wondering if you knew anything about the castle up there." Henry said shyly, pointing at the looming castle, the silent stones looking dark and foreboding. The woman titled her head and stared at the castle.


"I'm sorry." She said, shaking her head in a negative monition. Dr. Jekyll was puzzled.


"B-but you most know something about it." He said. The woman laughed.


"Why?" She asked. "It's not as if I'm local or anything." she added. She walked off and Jekyll was left standing there, his mouth hanging open as Edward Hyde laughed from inside...


~End Flashback...~


"No." Said Dr. Jekyll. "I found out nothing about the people in the castle." Any more discussion was interrupted by a moan from Tom Sawyer. The young American tossed and turned, his eyes half open. They found Mina and lit up.


"M..." Tom rasped, trying to force himself to talk. He had to tell them, now, before it was too late.


"Agent Sawyer?" Mina said, moving over to the bed. Tom caught her arm and pulled at her, his throat suddenly dry.


"Mustn't trust... masks... not real, make you see..." he said, his eyes wide as he looked at the bemused Vampire. He wanted nothing more than for her to understand what he was trying to say but his mouth didn't seem to work.


"It's okay." Mina said, trying to soothe Tom down. Jekyll moved up to him as well and injected a small dose of a sleeping drug into his blood, seeing the pain in Agent Sawyer's eyes. The drug began to take effect almost at once. Tom stared at Mina and knew he had failed.


His eyes slowly closed.


He was standing in the wooden glade again, birds singing, though there is no sign of any feathered creatures anywhere. The dream girl was standing, waiting for him.


"I have to wake up." Tom said, looking for a way out of the wood. The dream girl smiled and walked over to him, her hips swaying as they did so.


"You can't." She said. "All you can do is let your mind rest." She had reached him by now and cupped his face in her hands. Almost against his will Tom felt his eyes close as him mind slowed down.


The dream became a haze of color and sound, with the scent of lavender though out and the clear sound of running water.


Mina and Dr. Jekyll exchanged glances over the sleeping Agent.


"What do you think he was trying to say?" Jekyll asked. Mina shrugged.


"Let's us hope that when he is more lucid he will be able to tell us." she said.


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Mina was sitting alone with Agent Sawyer, reading a book when the American woke up. He groaned slightly, biting back the cruses that rose from his voice box and bubbled up is throat as he moved, jarring his injuries.


"Agent Sawyer? Tom? Can you hear me?" Mina said, lying the book down. Tom groaned again and turned his head to look at the female Vampire.


"Hey..." He croaked. "What happened?" He asked. The faint smile that had been on Mina's face vanished as she took in a deep breath.


"What do you remember?" Mina asked, not wanting to alarm him. Tom frowned, letting a breath of air escape as he screwed up his eyes, trying to think back.


"Umm... we were in London, you were off to attack Smith." Tom told her. Mina's face froze but she struggled to act normally. She needed to talk to Dr. Jekyll. Unfortunately for Mina, Tom seemed to pick up on her act.


"What's wrong?" Tom asked. Mina didn't answer. "Mina, what's wrong." He asked again, his voice higher than normal.


"Agent Sawyer... that was over a week ago." Mina said. Tom's mouth opened and closed a few times, his expression stuck somewhere between disbelief and pure, undiluted fear.


"What... how?" He asked. Mina didn't answer him, instead she stood up and moved to the door, to greet Dr. Jekyll. Tom could see the two from his bed, where they stood and quietly talked to each other, Mina occasionally looked over at Tom Sawyer.


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As far as Dr. Jekyll could tell, Agent Tom Sawyer had no memory at all between waiting outside the Nautilus a week ago, to waking up next to Mina. He also had no memory of the message he had been trying so hard to tell them.


"Please Doc." Tom Sawyer said, her gaze locked on Henry Jekyll. "You said it yourself, my legs are useable and I hate lying about here... can't I just go to my cabin?" He begged. Dr. Jekyll sighed.


//He smells wrong Henry...\\ Hyde suddenly whispered. Dr. Jekyll's hands began to tremor slightly but otherwise he gave no sign that he had heard his monstrous alter ego.


"Very well Agent Sawyer. I'll get someone to go with you though." He held up his hand as Tom opened his mouth in protest. "Just until you get to your cabin. You may be able to walk on your legs but they are not perfectly healthily and I would like someone to make sure they don't give up on you."


Tom gave in and nodded once, seeming to understand that he was only going to get out of the infirmary if he let one of Nemo's ever helpful men guild him to his cabin.


Once Tom Sawyer's mop of dirty blonde hair had vanished around the corner Dr. Jekyll began to mutter.


"What do you mean 'wrong' Edward? Mina didn't smell anything and she was with him for ages." Henry Jekyll said.


//He smells like drugs... like the drugs you sometimes give the humans, you worm.\\ Hyde sneered. Jekyll sighed.


"Of course he smells like drugs Edward. I gave him some." Jekyll said, dismissing the conversation from his mind. Jekyll moved past a lamp, it's glow shinning on him, causing his shadow to be thrown onto the wall behind him.


If anyone else had been in the infirmary at the time they would have seen the shadow cast by Jekyll was larger than a normal human's. If they had looked closer they would have seen the shadow had the shape of a monster.


But there was no-one in the infirmary, so no-one saw the fact the Jekyll had the shadow of Hyde.


~~~


"Mr. Sawyer is gone Sir!" First Mate Patel shouted, running onto the bridge where Captain Nemo, Mrs. Mina and Skinner were standing, all discussing what they should do next. Mina looked at the gasping Indian but didn't say anything.


"Gone?" Nemo said, his voice calm as always. "What do you mean gone?"


"Dr. Jekyll let him go to his cabin about an hour ago. A few minutes ago he asked me to take something to Mr. Sawyer. When I reached his cabin he was gone, as was his Winchester rifle." Patel said. There was a short stunned silence while the three League members considered his words.


"Where could he have gone with his rifle?" Skinner asked. "If he doesn't remember anything that happened to him, why would he leave?"


"He will have seen the injuries on his body." Mina said. "He knows something terrible happened to him... he is rash. He always has been."


"So... what are you saying?" Skinner almost shouted. "You think he went back to that castle to try and get revenge?"


"It would fit in with his character." Nemo agreed. Skinner looked horrified, an expression that was visible even with the little grease paint he had one.


"Does Sawyer know Smith can't die?" He blurted out.


"We will go after him of course." Mina stated. Skinner rushed off at once, intent on getting Dr. Jekyll. Captain Nemo walked off as well, barking orders to his crew. Mina slowly walked her own cabin, her feet seeming more heavy than normal.


Agent Tom Sawyer was brash and reckless. And without any memory of Smith he had no idea of the danger he had placed himself in.


TBC...


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~Sethoz