Disclaimer:- I don't own Tom Sawyer, Mina Hawker, Skinner, Captain Nemo, Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde or anything else used in the fic, except Smith and Mr. Big. Thank you so much for all the lovely reviews, they passed the 100 mark with this chapter! *hugs her reviewers* You are all so great!
Clez:- Little too good at being evil? Why, I don't know what you mean. *Innocent blink* Glad you liked the last part, hope you enjoy this one!
Roz:- *jumps from one foot to another* Come on! Hurry up and finish that SW thing, I really wanna read it!! Glad you are still reading this, enjoy.
LotRseer3350:- Unexpected is good, that is what I was going for.
Silent Bob 546:- Always nice to meet a Jekyll fan. Umm... how could I do that to Tom? It's gonna get worse, trust me.
Leigh S. Durron:- I'm so glad you're enjoying this so far, hope you like this part as well.
Christine:- *huggles Tom tight* I dunno why I'm so mean to him... I just am. Glad you think it's awesome. :)
GRAYMOON74:- I fooled you? You, Graymoon, the psychic?? :) Glad this is still making you chill, hope this part is enjoyed.
Niani:- It did sound a lot like Dorian didn't it. I swear if I could have found a way to bring Dorian in, I would have but I couldn't.
Rayne:- *coughs as she reads your review* Uh... I don't think that Tom told Mina to do that last thing.
Capt.Cow:- Deal. I posted, so you don't hate me.
Slightlyevilgeniusgirl:- Ahhh!!! *hides* Please don't kill me, otherwise it will be a cliffhanger forever!
Melanie:- Don't worry, lots of people thought it was Dorian. Here's part 13.
The Bodyguard
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Part Thirteen:- My Wolf Among You Sheep
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"Mina." Dr. Jekyll said, trying to calm the Vampire down. She growled at him, as her hair seemed to come alive, her bats moving from her hair to the air around her. Their wings made a rustling sound, rather like dry paper or old leaves. More and more of her pets appeared, until they formed a wall between the League and the door Smith, Colonel Moritay and Tom Sawyer had left by.
"Mina, try and control yourself." Captain Nemo told her, his voice empty of any emotion, his eyes fixed on the shot form of his sailor. In answer Mina growled louder, baring her teeth, her fangs at the ready.
"What do we do now?" Dr. Jekyll asked, his gaze darting to the rest.
"Trying not to die sounds like a solid plan." Skinner muttered, taking a little step back.
Moritay moved quickly through the corridors and rooms of his castle, heading for Smith's boat. Behind him hurried Smith and Tom. The Colonel suddenly stopped, causing Smith to ram into him.
"Do you have the papers?" He asked Smith. The Egyptian paled and numbly shook his head. He knew how much damage they could do, if they fell into the League's hands and they managed to work out what they meant. A smile crept to his face.
"Sawyer. Get the papers, you know where they are. Do not come back this way, meet us as the water exit." Smith said. Tom nodded and ran back the way they had come, his black cloak billowing out behind him. Mr. Big watched him go, a frown on his face.
"You still do not have him fully under control if you are still using the drug." Mr. Big said, his voice cold and accusing. Smith cowered at the icy rage he could sense in the words.
"It is okay Boss." Smith said. "He only needs about one more dose and of course you will give it to him. Then he will be under your control for good and will only obey you." Smith finished. Mr. Big nodded and the two began to move again, heading for the boat to meet Tom. It always amused and slightly confused Mr. Big, the way Smith was scared of him. Smith could not die or be hurt for any length of time - at least, not even Mr. Big knew of a way. Yet, for some reason Smith was scared of him. Not that Mr. Big was averse to Smith being slightly scared and in awe of him, the best way to control his men was thought fear after all.
Meanwhile Tom was nearing the room where they had left the League. His pace sped up and by the time he reached the room he was running at full speed. He ran from the arch and crossed the lifted stage. Out of the corner of his eye he could see a wall of moving bat wings. Though the wall he could just see the fuzzy outline of the League. With a grin he put on a burst of speed and vanished though the other arch.
Nemo saw the outline of Tom Sawyer as he ran past and took a step forward. At the same time Mina moved, her arms stretched out, fury on her face. Her palms met Nemo's chest, sending him flying backwards. With a growl she flung herself on the rest of the League, kicking and pushing them. Without using her fangs once the Vampire soon managed to knock away them all.
Then, just as suddenly as she started, Mina stopped. The bloodlust faded from her eyes, the demonic red being replaced with the clear blue of her human eyes. Her bats all faded away, as if they had never been more than tricks of the light. Mina looked round then fell to the ground, her eyes closed.
Dr. Jekyll hurried over to her, bending down next to her, to make sure she was OK. Captain Nemo charged off in the direction Tom had taken, Skinner and three of his men following.
"Why are we going this way mate?" Skinner asked, puffing slightly. "The baddies went the other way!"
"I saw Agent Sawyer come back and leave this way." Nemo said over his shoulder, without slowing down.
"Oh."
The group of five men ran along the corridor, searching for any signs that might lead them to Tom Sawyer. Skinner looked around him as they neared an open door. The corridor looked familiar, as if he had been in it before. As he entered the room with the open door after Nemo, Skinner realized that he had been there before - it was the room where he had found the papers now resting in his pocket.
Someone had clearly been in the room after Skinner had left it. The table and chair had been over turned, all the drawers pulled completely out of the table and flung around the room.
"I found something in here before... that could be what Sawyer was looking for." Skinner said, fingering the heavy bundle of papers in his pocket. Nemo nodded and darted back out of the room, and along the corridor. A few hundred paces away he came across the cloak Tom had been wearing, discarded. Nemo knew they were getting close.
He slowed down, hearing noise coming from a room ahead of him. The door was half open, making the light from inside spill onto the corridor. Slowly Nemo pushed the door completely open and peered inside.
Tom Sawyer was standing at the far end of the room, looking down a trap door he had just opened. In his right hand he loosely held his Winchester rifle. A low sound could be heard from below the wooden floorboards - that of a powerful engine starting up. Tom smiled coldly as he heard the noise and a few moments later dropped his rifle though the trap door.
"Agent Sawyer." Nemo said, striding into the room, his sword in his hands. Behind him came the three sailors and Skinner. Tom whipped his face around at the sound of his name, pulling out his twin Colt pistols and pointing them at the League, his hands shacking slightly. Tom was sweating, a confused and puzzled look in his eyes. His blond hair fell over his green eyes and he shook his head, to try and push the locks of hair away from his vision. Mina and Jekyll entered the room, Mina lightly holding onto Dr. Jekyll for support.
"Tom..." Mina said, trying to get his attention. "You don't want to do this, not really. Put them down." She spoke calmly, without raising her voice. It sounded mellow and relaxing, to Skinner at least. Tom's hands were shacking badly now, his eyes wide. His whole body seemed to be vibrating as he stood there. The ticking of Dr. Jekyll's pocket watch seemed to grow louder and louder in the silence of the room, the only other sound, Tom's irregular breathing. Tom lowered his pistols slightly, staring at the League in confusion.
It could have been just a trick of the light, but for a second Skinner could have sworn that the Tom Sawyer he knew was looking out of those green eyes at them instead of the man who had killed one of Nemo's men and drugged Mina Harker into attacking them.
"Sawyer! Jump!" Smith's voice said, floating up from the trap door. Instantly the confused and vulnerable look vanished from Tom's eyes to be replaced by the cold and arrogant look that had been in them while the League had been captives. The twin pistol barrels came back up, pointing at the League. Then with a wink, and a mocking smile, Tom took and step forward and jumped though the trap door.
As he fell, Nemo ran forward to try and catch him but Tom's body had already slipped though the wood and landed below. Nemo peered down the hole. Smith's boat - a boat, which Nemo now knew must have been designed from plans of his Nautilus - was waiting below. Tom had landed on open deck and was looking back up at them, the mocking smile still on his face. Smith was also there, as was Mr. Big himself.
Smith's ship moved and shot out of the tunnel of water it had been in, leaving the League behind and entering the Pentland Firth before making the powerful boat head towards open sea.
Back in the castle, the League were still standing around the trap door, listening as the distant hum of the engine faded away. The looked at each other, the glances uncertain as each member tried to come to terms with and understand what had just happened.
"We have one thing they need." Skinner said, trying to disrupt the morbid mood that threatened to overcome them all. He reached in his black coat pocket and pulled out the wad of papers.
"They wanted this... what ever this is." He said, handing the paper to Mina. She took, scanning the words, a faint frown on her face. She didn't say a word, just stood there, her eyes on the paper as the silence filled the room again. Finally Skinner could stand it no longer.
"Why are we still just standing about here? Shouldn't we be off trying to save Sawyer?" He asked.
"Agent Sawyer has alined himself with the enemy Mr. Skinner. I hardly think he is in need of being saved." Captain Nemo said.
"You... you don't honestly think Tom was acting of his own free will do you? That Smith must have done something to him!" Skinner shouted. Nemo looked at the floating hat.
"He told Madam Mina to attack us, to try and kill us." Nemo said. Skinner's mouth opened and closed but he could find no words to say.
"That is not quite true Captain." Mina's soft voice broke in. "He did indeed tell me to attack you, but he also told me not to use my fangs or to kill any of you." She stopped and looked around at the assembled group, tapping the paper she was holding.
"If I was drugged to act against my will, is it not possible that Agent Sawyer was?" She asked. "He did not do anything unless he was told to by Smith. I have a feeling that these papers could hold the key to what is going on. I suggest we should return to the Nautilus and plan our course of action."
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The League had all moved to different rooms upon their return to the Nautilus. Mina had gone to her room, to try and work out what the papers meant. Dr. Jekyll had vanished... somewhere and Skinner had gone to the conference room. After a few minutes Captain Nemo had joined him. The two sat in silence, waiting for some news.
"I think I have discovered something we should all know." Dr. Jekyll said, stepping out from the shadows a thin volume held open in his hands. "I was checking your library Captain, to see if there were any records of Colonel James Moritay and I found something... odd."
"What is it mate?" Skinner asked, the ever present whisky glass in his hand.
"About 12 years ago, Colonel Moritay contracted some kind of disease from India. This record doesn't go into any detail about what he had, but it does say there is no known cure. The Colonel was given roughly three months to live. He left India and was never seen again." Dr. Jekyll said.
"Looks pretty alive for someone who should have died over eleven years ago." Skinner muttered. Dr. Jekyll nodded. The look in his eyes made it clear that there was something else he was not telling them.
"What else have you find out about him?" Captain Nemo asked. Henry Jekyll cleared his throat.
"I'm afraid it gets even more confusing." He stated with a sigh.
"Colonel Moritay was twenty five when he became ill. Which should make him about thirty seven now." Jekyll said. Skinner coughed and nearly chocked on the whiskey he was drinking.
"He doesn't look older than twenty five now!" He exclaimed. Jekyll nodded and held out the book he was holding. There was a photo in it, a photo of Colonel Moritay, dated twelve years ago.
"He hasn't aged a day!" Nemo said. "How is such a thing possible?"
"Because of this." Mina's voice said. She had entered the room un-noticed, a queer, pleased look in her blue eyes, holding the mass of papers. She sat down and spread them out.
"The first half of the papers were in Egyptian Hieroglyphs, which few can read. The second half however, is written in Greek, of which I know a little. I think I have worked out what is going on and the motives behind it." Mina said.
"Well?" Skinner asked, drowning his whisky. "What does Mr. Big want and what does it have do with Sawyer?"
"The age old motive Mr. Skinner." Mina said, the queer look in her eyes burning even more brightly.
"The quest for everlasting life."
TBC...
There you have it, hope you enjoyed this part.
Just a small note, Egyptian Hieroglyphs were deciphered by Jean-Francois Champollion.
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