Faustus: Oh God! Did I type Sole? I must have typed 'sol' and then when the time came for a spell check my compouter corrcted it as sole. And Jekyll feels strongly about the beard and says it's an Important mark of his new found Bad Ass Self.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the League, nor do I own Jekyll, Hyde or Bond. Abberline, Sir Warren, Dr Chapman and Inspector Godly are all actual characters that are related to the Ripper murders. All whored who died in this story are charcters of My Creation.
NOTE: There is a bit I left out in the previous chapter, I meant to say that Abberline suspected that the prostitutes were murdered on cound of them witnesing the wedding of Anne Crook and Prince Albert.
And I would be intrested in knowing who YOU think did it in reality.
( i )
Jekyll's head felt like his head was cut off his head, and shot by the cannon so it would be reattached as he woke up at noon at the sound of banging on the front door, he was still in the study, wearing what he wore the night before while he drank with Skinner.
"No rest for the wicked." he muttered to himself as he walked to the front door and opened it, letting a cold breeze in that didn't mix well with his hangover.
"You've got to be kidding me!" said Jekyll as he saw who had come.
"Hi," said Sawyer, "Mind If I come in?"
Before the answer came he brushed past Jekyll on his way in, the men made their to the study where Sawyer observed the bottles and glasses of Alcohol all over the place, "Jesus," Sawyer said, "You got real loaded, didn't you?"
Jekyll was silent as he was looking for a robe to shield himself from the cold weather, "Skinner is still hangover."
"Sawyer," said Jekyll abruptly, "I'm hangover myself, what do you want?"
Sawyer was annoyed by Jekyll impatience, "Fine then," he said, with a tone completely empty of concern for Jekyll, "I want you to get some reason and tell me all you know about the murders, who is next"
"I don't know"
"That's bull"
"Honestly, I don't know"
"Oh my God, you're scared out of your mind, those people who put you up to this really have you care doubt of your mind, and I didn't reckon you were a coward"
"Listen Sawyer, I don't like you, I never have actually, and you coming here, with me suffering the aftermath of a night of drinking, rudely asking me to tell you what I don't know"
"Don't throw a cow, I'm leaving."
Sawyer hurried out the study and out the house, in the distance he saw some men in suits pretending to read the newspaper as they sat on benches, Soctlandyarders no doubt, he briefly thought sorry for Jekyll, but then thought it was his pit that he dug and that he fell into, and forgot all about it.
( ii )
Inspector George Godley1, an overweight man of his middle forties, bolted up in his chair as his second in command burst through the door saying that they had apprehended the Ripper, the news blew him away, finally the mystery would be over, he was one of several officers on he first murders, and the efficiency of the Metropolitan police was doubted, and now, 12 years later, he was assigned as the lead Inspector, maybe the burden would be lifted now.
A few hours later, Inspector Godly was feeling disappointed, the man they apprehended, a former solider, confessed for only murdering Meryl O'Brien, it was far from over, he had suspected the crime anyway was a copycat's, there was no surgical expertise displayed in the murder, he had darker times to come as he will have to confront the media frenzy and the angry Londoners.
But that was for some other times to worry about, he had saw a memo on his desk from the Special Branch telling him to cooperate with an agent of them, known as Capt. Nemo, so he waited for the later, rather than go home to his wife and children.
He finally arrived, and he was surprised to see he was an Indian, not that Sgt Godly had anything against Indians, It was just peculiar for a foreigner to assume a position in a government security agency, actually it was unheard of, the other day he heard of an American and a woman both asking about the Jekyll suspect from three night ago.
"Good Evening Inspector." greeted Nemo.
"Hello Captain, please, sit down." replied Godly, "I have received a message from Colonel Bond saying that you want me to aid you in your own Investigations concerning the murders"
"Yes, I have, and for the most part I would like to know all about the former murders"
"Well, I'll get you the reports, if that's what you want"
"Not exactly."
Godley was silent as he looked threw the open door at the officers moving about, he leaned forward, "You mean the details that were left out of the reports?" he asked in a whisper.
Nemo nodded.
Godly was silent for moments and then scribble down one peaces of paper and handed it to Nemo, who stuck it in his sleeve, and then said to Nemo.
"Sorry, Captain. I can't help you." apologized Godley.
"It's alright, Inspector."
Nemo got up to leave, and as he was neat the door, Godley said, "There has been a recent development, by the way"
"What is it?" asked nemo.
"Meryl O'Brien is a Copycat's work, she's not a Ripper victim, suspecion is back on Dr Jekyll."
Nemo nodded in acknowledgment, and he walked out, fearing that his good friend was in fact the Ripper.
( iii )
It was Eight O'clock, Nemo had dispatched his men to patrol along with Mina and Sawyer, he had also violently forced a still Hung Over Skinner to go and monitor Jekyll, now that he was a lead suspect again, and he was in an Ally overlooking Trafalgar Square to meet with Godly, who had given him the time and place for the upcoming meeting,
"Oy!" hissed a thug that had came threw the night, wielding a large bowery knife at Nemo, "Gim'me that nice Jewel on your Hat! Or Else!"
Nemo tried to be civil, and asked the thug to walk away, but the thug was a moron and tried to stab Nemo, who drew his sword and dispatched of the knife and a few kicks and punches were enough to send the Thug falling, he then sat up amazed at Nemo's remarkable Combat Skills and ran like the wind.
A few minutes later, Godley arrived.
"Captain." greeted Godley.
"Inspector"
"I'm curious, have you spoken to Inspector Abberline"
"Yes, I have."
Godley smiled somewhat grimly, "He sure does tell a colorful story, doesn't he"
"I suppose so, but what makes you so sure"
"A womanizing prince, a catholic heir to the throne, all based on rumors; don't you think it's too far fetched and Extraordinary"
"Inspector Godley, you have no Idea about the people I work with." said Nemo mysteriously, as he smiled ever so faintly.
"Suit yourself, I'll tell you what I think and you can make out what you think"
"That'd be excellent"
"Near where we found Catherine Eddows' body, there was a wall where the words 'The Jews are the People that will never be blamed for nothing', Sir Warren, the Chief of Police at the time ordered it to be erased for fear of Anti-Semetisim ramping threw London, note that Jews were spelt J-U-W-E-S, at the time we didn't know what to make of the message, but the part that intrigued me was the alternate spelling of Jews, it occurred to me that if you substitute the U with A, and Invert the W it would become James, which brings me to a potential suspect, James Maybrick, and here are the facts that support my theory:
"First, Maybrick used to consume arsenic and strychnine due to cure malaria, he had grown addicted to the Arsenic, which caused Bizarre Behavior, and an Increase in virility. Anyway, Maybrick's marriage was going threw trouble, his wife was Unfaithful, added to the drug induced rise in virility may have stimulated his hatred for women, thus committing the murderess,
"Secondly, one of the Ripper letters sent to us was signed Diego Laurenz, Diego in English means James, Laurenz means Florence. James Maybrick's wife was called Florence,
"Thirdly, the author of the letter said he'd be in New York. James Maybrick had Business interests in New York,
"Fourthly, Maybrick had the opportunity to kill. The murders took place at the weekends and there is no evidence of him being anywhere else at the time of the ripper murders,
"Fifthly, There was a letter sent to the press by the Ripper, with the pun 'Turn round three times and catch whom you MAY', possible referring to MAYbrick,
"Seventhly, Note that the first two letter of James and the last two letter of Maybrick put together make the name Jack."
"Why wasn't he charged?" asked Nemo.
"He died soon later, supposedly poisoned by his wife, she's in prison pending execution, plus, Maybrick was a Cotton trader, he didn't have any medical training or anatomical knowledge that was prominent in the murders"
"Who do you suspect this time?" asked Nemo.
"Well, it does not look good for Dr Jekyll. However, now that we have the murderer of Meryl O'Brien, my unofficial orders are to force him to confess to the other two"
"Do you strongly suspect him"
"Dr Jekyll? Well, he is a foreigner, his father committed suicide right after the Ripper murders, He has medical training and he was arrested at a crime scene, it's a rather silly question, really."
( iv )
Skinner tiredly followed Jekyll as silently as possible as he rushed down the stairs, calling for Pat the maid, and haring him curse about her incompetence, Skinner could barely keep from falling down, he was still Hungover, and he slumped to the ground as Jekyll ran into the study abd locked the door behind him.
( v )
Jekyll sat at his desk with his chin resting on his fists with his elbows on the desk, tonight was the night, he had to do it tonight, it would be very hard, with Nemo's men, Mina, Sawyer and the Scotlandyard all on the lookout for him. He nervously looked at his pocketwatch, it was almost Ten O'clock, he had got Skinner all tired and it was now time to carie out the rest of the plan that he startd it's execution last night as he got Skinner drunk, he got drunk himself, but his resiliancy that came with his creation of Hyde helped ease the headache.
Jekyll walked over to a candelstick on a wall in one corner of the study, he stared at it for a second before giving it a pull, and a part of the brick wall slided aside with minimum noise, and a stairway leaving to below the ground was revealed he walked down as the secret gate closed behind him.
Once he was at the bottom, a long sewer like tunnel, lit by the moonlight coming through gutter like holes in it's ceiling, it was an abandoned sector of the London Sewer system that existed before the house was built, the previous tenant took advantage of the situation and built a secret gate inside the study. the tunnel stretched out for five blocks before it reached the other passage, which was under a confession booth in an abandoned church.
Jekyll put put the lamp walked to a table in the corner, on it were several articels of clothing, a trench coat, a crimson scarf, a hat and gloves, he donned them all and, he then picked up the final items remaining on the table, a vile of Alexir and a surgical knife, The Listun Knife to be exact, and thus, Jekyll walked threw the tunnel to carie out his gruesome task.
Author's Notes
1 George Godley(1856 - 1941): Was one of the officers assigned to the Ripper case, he was a Sergent at the time and made Inspector in the late 1890s, he had arrested Dr George Chapman, one of the most likely Ripper suspects.
2 James Maybrick(1838 - 1889): One of the most likely ripper suspects, one that I personally beleave in.
