Pullea Lutea: Yeah, I know that friend of yours! He's a little annoying but a good guy otherwise, and I will try my best.
Rini Zoro: I'm glad you liked it, and I will read your story and see if I can use your character.
Queerquail: Thanks for the Constable bit, and Skinner will get his arse handed to him in the near future.
Samyo: ARE YOU KIDDING? I'm broke and apartment rates are skyrocketing, how will I get them a room! And thanks for watching my back American Style -)
Faust: Will do.
Minigoth: Sadly I kepp forgeting to Up the rating, more violence and gore is yet to come, and the title is actually a reference to a letter recived by Scotlandyard in 1888 from The Ripper, the return address was 'From Hell', hence Alan Moore's novels title, which I am yet to read, but I am a great fan of the movie.
Disclaimer: I do not own the charcacters of the League, they belong to their respective owners, and any charcters not affiliated withthe League is an actual Perosn that lived a long time ago.
Note: Jason Flemyng who played JekyllHyde in the movie, also played Jack the Ripper's partner-in-murder, John Nately in 'From Hell', weird, eh?
( i )
"There is no place home." mocked Skinner, who had decided to dress a tad more official as that League arrived in London, as he wore a black suit, complete with shoes, gloves and a bowler hat, under his traditional leather trench coat.
"I don't get it, bad booz, worst weather, twisted killers, why do people still live here?" asked Sawyer grumpily.
"Woke up on the wrong side of Mina?" asked Skinner.
"Skinner," started Sawyer sharply, "Your on very thin ice, and remember, I have lots of bullets. So shut up"
"Thin ice... Bullets... Shut up, got it!"
The loading gate of the Nautilus was opened and out walked Sawyer and Skinner, followed later by Nemo and Mina, very soon, a coach arrived that took them to M's office, now run by Bond.
( ii )
Once they were all there, and after greetings and such, the five got to business,
"You're mad to think Jekyll is involved." said Mina firmly.
"I'd be mad to underestimate his ability to perpetrate such crimes." said Bond, "He was there, he ran away, that's enough to raise question." answered Bond as he lit a Cuban cigar with a wooden match.
"Exactly what are the circumstances of the Murders?" asked Nemo.
"Six days ago, Scarlet Wilson, a whore was found in an East End brothel, with her head nearly severed from her body, the Instrument used is suspected to be a Surgical Knife, the manager informed that she was with an agile, young man, but he failed to remember what he looked like on count of him being Intoxicated at the moment.
"And just two days ago, at dawn, there was another murder in Whitechappel, Robin Berry was found with a cut throat, the Constable who found her went chasing a man whom he saw fleeing the scene, that turned out to be Dr Jekyll."
"And Scotland Yard didn't find it confusing that he was there, after dieing in 1889?" asked Mina.
"He stated that he was Dr Jekyll's son, Dr Henry Jekyll Jr., who was conceived and born in Paris, from his marriage to a French woman back in 1863, and that he had just arrived from France and was in fact running after the killer"
"Havens! What a lame walker!" scoffed Skinner.
"Indeed, his story failed to explain why did he attack the Constables who were after him, however, an attorney by the name Utterson1, whom Jekyll requested, said that he strikingly looked similar to his old friend in his younger days, and after last night's murder, the Police have little proof of Jekyll being a suspect, but he will stay under observation."
"There have been another Murder!" asked Sawyer.
"Meryl O'Brien, found in the East End, she was stabbed and on here back were the words carved, 'Jack was Here"
"Jesus Christ!" muttered Skinner as he imagined the sight of the macabre murder, "Wait a minute, Jekyll disappeared from London in 1889? He must have been in his twenties at the time, how..."
"Dr Jekyll was actually born in 1836, he was 50 when he created the formula, which as a side effect, have caused him to revert in age.2"
There was a brief silence before Bond continued, "Moving along, he will be released this afternoon, so.. Get to work."
( iii )
At the order of Nemo, Mina and a Skinner headed to where Jekyll was locked up, after reviewing her papers that stated she was on a special assignment from the Special Branch, since it wasn't normal for a woman to be affiliated with any sort of government agencies, the officer in charge hesitantly allowed her in, "Be careful though, this one's a fighsty one,", he warned her, "If he as much as flinches, call and the boys will give 'em a proper lesson."
Mina walked into the cell that was beneath ground level, it was dark and ample, Skinner followed behind, stark naked, in case if Mina needed any help, should Jekyll get violent.
"What do you want?" asked Jekyll, as he leaned out of a dark corner with his eyes closed.
"Dr Jekyll, it's Me, Ms Harker." she said.
Jekyll stood up, and walked into the light where she got a good look at him, he was barefoot, dressed only in black trousers and a torn white shirt stained with blood, and from it's smell she could tell some was his and some was not, his hair was scruffy, his beard was grown, black bags were under his eyes as he came within two feet of her, where he looked at her face for a moment with a mad look, as if he was examining her features, Skinner prepared to intervene until Jekyll finally said, "Indeed it is."
He then turned and walked to where he was and sat back down, "But my question remains, what in the name of Hell do you want?"
"Well Dr Jekyll, people seem to think you have been keeping yourself busy by killing Whores in whitechapel and the east end"
"I didn't do it"
"Then what were you doing in whitechappel a few days back"
"I was out for a walk when I saw her on the ground, and spied someone who may have been the culprit fleeing the scene so I went after him, and that's a when those dumb Bobbies caught me"
"I don't believe you"
"Well, I never was much of a good liar"
"So what really happened"
"Look, you'll never catch the Ripper by Interrogating me, those Interrogators didn't get anything useful, otherwise Bond would have told you." Jekyll then leaned forward into the light, "Speaking of which, where are the rest of our little circle, where are Nemo, and your lover, and than Invisible Stain Skinner."
Skinner was greatly offended by the last bit, and almost objected but contained himself, "I'm sorry, But I shant be helpful." said Jekyll as he sat back.
"Come on, Jekyll!" yelled Mina, "I'm trying to help you!"
"I don't need any help, of what I hear, another girl was killed last night, and since there is no evidence linking me to the murder that isn't explained in my story, I will be released this afternoon."
"Well, I'll be going away now"
"Good." muttered Jekyll.
"However when you change your mind and realize the depth of the pit of trouble your in, I and the rest of the league are docked in the east London docks."
With that, Mina called for the guard to open the door and out she and Skinner walked.
( iv )
Meanwhile, Sawyer was interviewing the Constables who had made the arrest, both of which had some sort of bruising or another.
"So, under which circumstances did you come to arrest Dr Jekyll." asked Sawyer.
"Well," started lumper who had a black eyes and walked with a slight limp, "I was at the end of my shift when I get to an alley and see this Jekyll character running out of it, and then I see the body, so I ran after him, and whistled to get my mates attention."
Lumper stopped telling as his jaws was beginning to hurt, so Constable Becker - with the bandaged arm - continued, "When we got close to him, he attacked Myself and Constable Garret, and tried to escape, and when a few others joined in, and he attacked them too, he sure was a brute that one."
"Constable Garret got kicked in the pims! We had to carry him home!" added Lumper.
"Finally, I give him a shot with the ol' nightstick, and that was all she wrote." finished Becker.
"Tell me something, when you caught up with him, what he was wearing?" asked Sawyer.
"Sir?" inquired Becker.
"What was Jekyll wearing when it all started?"
The constables were surprised by the question, but answered, "Black shoes, black trousers, black vest, a white shirt, all of good fabric"
"Was his shirt torn at all"
"It was when we were through with him, but not before"
"Thank you."
With that Sawyer left, leaving the Constables to ponder the significance of Jekyll's shirt's condition, and Sawyer himself wasn't sure if he was relived that Hyde had nothing to do with it, or not.
Author's Notes
1 Gabriel John Utterson is Jekyll's attorny and friend in the novel of R.L. Stevenson.
2 Stevenson said in his novel that Jekyll was 50ish, and since the novel has a span of about three years and was published in 1886, I figured it ended in 1889.
