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Skinner!
elven emma: Krisian you're prayers may be answered but you'll have to wait. By the way they were at Jekyll's house, not on the Nautilus.
LXG: Farling's loss.
By Elven Emma
Helen led the way to Griffin's house. Nemo, Jekyll, Sawyer and Helen searched the house. Everything was covered in white dust. Every room was dark and filled with the smell of decay. They were all glad that they hadn't searched the house at night. Helen searched the basement where she had found her notes the first time. There was no sign of Farling and there were no signs of anyone going in to the house for years. Nothing had been disturbed. The only reason why dust clouds hovered above the ground was because everywhere had been searched by the League members who were now assembled near the front door.
'So has anything been taken?' asked Sawyer.
'No one's been here for years.' said Helen.
'What if he doesn't need an elixir or Skinner?' said Nemo. The others simply stared back with quizzical looks. 'What if he could become invisible using that spell book of his?'
'It's not his.' Jekyll growled, 'It doesn't belong to him, it belongs in the temple.'
'Perhaps he has other ways of getting through the security, or maybe he isn't after the queen after all. What if we're wrong?' said Sawyer.
'Well we can't stay here all day asking what if.' said Helen calmly. 'I think we should do a quick search of the city for Farling or anything out of the ordinary.'
So Helen took to the skies and the others searched the streets. They looked for signs of peculiar activity and listened out for news.
Mina sat in an old armchair, reading a book. She made occasional glances at Skinner, to check he was still there. She saw him open his mouth.
'No, Skinner!' she said firmly.
'Come on, why not? I want to go out. I mean it is nice to just sit back for a change, but I thought when we came here I'd be able to stretch my legs, get a bit of freedom and...'
'-cause mischief?' Mina finished the sentence for him. It wasn't what he was going to say, but it was certainly what he was thinking. A noise came from outside, near the back of the house. It sounded like someone had knocked over some dustbins. 'Probably stray dogs.' Mina muttered. 'I'll go and check, you stay here!' Skinner wasn't stupid; he used this opportunity to head for the door. He walked out in to the cold, refreshing air. He looked to his right and couldn't believe his eyes. In the dark of the night, he could just make out a figure, which looked like Farling, holding the orb. Skinner blinked and looked again. A cloud of what looked like steam was blocking his view. The cloud moved and Farling was no longer in sight. Suddenly something dropped in front of him and stood looking at him.
'What are you doing out here?' asked Helen, giving him a stern look.
'I just heard a noise, thought I'd best check it out.' Skinner replied. Helen's stern look turned to a smile, but not a friendly smile, it was more of a sneer. Skinner glanced down to see Helen removing something from inside her coat. He suddenly realized that Helen's hands were now visible. But before he could work out what was going on, a strange feeling came over him. It felt like someone had grabbed his insides and was now pulling at them. He looked up in time to see Helen's face become the familiar face of Farling. However, in a rush of wings and tail, Farling was pushed aside as Helen, the real Helen, collided with him. She tried to take the orb from his hand, as they grappled with each other on the ground, but managed to take a hold of something else. Helen looked over at Skinner, who had collapsed. She ran over to him in concern and Farling ran in the other direction. Helen turned around to see him turn to mist and vanish. She gripped the thing in her hand. It was the spell book they had been after.
The League stood around Jekyll's bed which was now occupied by an unconscious Skinner. Mina had informed the others why she had not been there to help Skinner. Farling's henchman had made the noise and had had a fight with Mina, simply to distract her. They had agreed that the spell book would have been a great loss to him, but as Helen pointed out, if his disappearance was anything to go by, he probably knew most of the spells by now. Farling had now become more dangerous than ever. If he could be invisible, then it would be much easier for him to get near the League unnoticed.
'How long do you think it'll take for him to get well again?' asked Sawyer, with genuine concern.
'It didn't take me long.' said Mina.
'Yeah, but you're immortal.'
'This is indeed bad news,' said Nemo, 'How do we fight an invisible foe?'
'Aren't you forgetting something?' everyone turned to look at Jekyll, 'our secret weapon.'
'What?' asked Helen.
'You, after all you can sense people, invisible or not. With you, we can fight him.'
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elven emma: again reviews are appreciated!
elven emma: Krisian you're prayers may be answered but you'll have to wait. By the way they were at Jekyll's house, not on the Nautilus.
LXG: Farling's loss.
By Elven Emma
Helen led the way to Griffin's house. Nemo, Jekyll, Sawyer and Helen searched the house. Everything was covered in white dust. Every room was dark and filled with the smell of decay. They were all glad that they hadn't searched the house at night. Helen searched the basement where she had found her notes the first time. There was no sign of Farling and there were no signs of anyone going in to the house for years. Nothing had been disturbed. The only reason why dust clouds hovered above the ground was because everywhere had been searched by the League members who were now assembled near the front door.
'So has anything been taken?' asked Sawyer.
'No one's been here for years.' said Helen.
'What if he doesn't need an elixir or Skinner?' said Nemo. The others simply stared back with quizzical looks. 'What if he could become invisible using that spell book of his?'
'It's not his.' Jekyll growled, 'It doesn't belong to him, it belongs in the temple.'
'Perhaps he has other ways of getting through the security, or maybe he isn't after the queen after all. What if we're wrong?' said Sawyer.
'Well we can't stay here all day asking what if.' said Helen calmly. 'I think we should do a quick search of the city for Farling or anything out of the ordinary.'
So Helen took to the skies and the others searched the streets. They looked for signs of peculiar activity and listened out for news.
Mina sat in an old armchair, reading a book. She made occasional glances at Skinner, to check he was still there. She saw him open his mouth.
'No, Skinner!' she said firmly.
'Come on, why not? I want to go out. I mean it is nice to just sit back for a change, but I thought when we came here I'd be able to stretch my legs, get a bit of freedom and...'
'-cause mischief?' Mina finished the sentence for him. It wasn't what he was going to say, but it was certainly what he was thinking. A noise came from outside, near the back of the house. It sounded like someone had knocked over some dustbins. 'Probably stray dogs.' Mina muttered. 'I'll go and check, you stay here!' Skinner wasn't stupid; he used this opportunity to head for the door. He walked out in to the cold, refreshing air. He looked to his right and couldn't believe his eyes. In the dark of the night, he could just make out a figure, which looked like Farling, holding the orb. Skinner blinked and looked again. A cloud of what looked like steam was blocking his view. The cloud moved and Farling was no longer in sight. Suddenly something dropped in front of him and stood looking at him.
'What are you doing out here?' asked Helen, giving him a stern look.
'I just heard a noise, thought I'd best check it out.' Skinner replied. Helen's stern look turned to a smile, but not a friendly smile, it was more of a sneer. Skinner glanced down to see Helen removing something from inside her coat. He suddenly realized that Helen's hands were now visible. But before he could work out what was going on, a strange feeling came over him. It felt like someone had grabbed his insides and was now pulling at them. He looked up in time to see Helen's face become the familiar face of Farling. However, in a rush of wings and tail, Farling was pushed aside as Helen, the real Helen, collided with him. She tried to take the orb from his hand, as they grappled with each other on the ground, but managed to take a hold of something else. Helen looked over at Skinner, who had collapsed. She ran over to him in concern and Farling ran in the other direction. Helen turned around to see him turn to mist and vanish. She gripped the thing in her hand. It was the spell book they had been after.
The League stood around Jekyll's bed which was now occupied by an unconscious Skinner. Mina had informed the others why she had not been there to help Skinner. Farling's henchman had made the noise and had had a fight with Mina, simply to distract her. They had agreed that the spell book would have been a great loss to him, but as Helen pointed out, if his disappearance was anything to go by, he probably knew most of the spells by now. Farling had now become more dangerous than ever. If he could be invisible, then it would be much easier for him to get near the League unnoticed.
'How long do you think it'll take for him to get well again?' asked Sawyer, with genuine concern.
'It didn't take me long.' said Mina.
'Yeah, but you're immortal.'
'This is indeed bad news,' said Nemo, 'How do we fight an invisible foe?'
'Aren't you forgetting something?' everyone turned to look at Jekyll, 'our secret weapon.'
'What?' asked Helen.
'You, after all you can sense people, invisible or not. With you, we can fight him.'
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elven emma: again reviews are appreciated!