Faust: Thank's for clearing that up, I wonder in which book di Stevenson say that, sound's interesting. And I was thinking of Shrek 2 when I typed that, and I don't think I'm to thank for the From Hell section, I think I may be participating in it soon.
Samyo: Well, thanks!
There are a few things I missed out in the last chapter, Lanyon and Utterson are characters from R.L. Stvenson's Jekyll + Hyde, Mary Jane Kely and Catherine Eddows are the two final victims of Jack the Ripper.
Jekyll's visions are inspired by Johnny Depp's visions in 'From Hel'l, the part in which London is empty is from the movie '28 Days Later...', the Grimreaper on a stead of Hellfire is inspired by the 'Ghost Rider' Comics.
And al the whore's mentiond in this chapter are real, accept for Robin Berry.
( i )
Jekyll sat at the center of the table, the others sat on the other side facing him, as he told his story.
"My Involvement with all this come from the murder Hyde committed over a decade ago that eventually led us to flee to France, the murder of Sir Danvers Carew, after I was turned back that night, I vowed ever to become Hyde again, I was soon caught by a certain society that Sir Carew was a part of..."
"Were they The Freemasons"
"Not quit, the society in question has no official name, they wish to exist only in rumors, having an actual name tends to cause unsolicited publicity.
Anyway, they knew a great deal about me, they had evidence that Hyde and I are one, as well as evidence of some other things I did and wished to stay
Buried, they made me an offer, they would offer me protection, they would keep all their evidence locked up, and all I had to do was do what they needed
To be done when they asked."
"The society was started in 1798, a certain Freemason by the name of Jacques Deir Parp broke had some Intriguing ideas for the society, that are summed In world domination and such, anyway, he was cast out, and he formed his own society, and others joined him, by 1888, they had considerable control Over France, Germany and Italy, in England however they barely had any influence, but they controlled the press, note that Jack is English of Jacques, And Da Ripper is an anagram for Deir Parp,
"How the ripper was born, is that Prince Edward Albert Victor was a womanizer that had numerous relations with whores, that resulted in several bastard Children, however he did marry one whore, whom he had a child with a legitimate heir to the thrown; the Society managed to find evidence of that, they Contacted the prince and told him they would release the evidence, unless he was wiling to help them spread influence over England, in exchange, they Would contain the evidence, however a new problem arouse, the whores who were spreading rumors about the matter, the one who witnessed the Wedding."
Jekyll took a pause.
"What happened next, is that Sir Charles Warren, the chief of the metropolitan police and a major member of the society, issued orders to his second in command, James Maybrick to handle the situation, first, a Coachman working for them by the name of John Netlety was told to handle the situation, so he started the series by raping, torturing and murdering Martha Tabram, but the society feared he would make a mistake, so Sir William Gull, who was in my Position, was called and told to replace Netley who would just assist him, he murdered Mary Nichols, Annie Chapman and Liz Stride, however they didn't think he could go on, he was starting to show signs of insanity, due to his Opium Addiction, so I was called to fill his shoes, I killed Catherine Eddows at the Same night of the previous murder, and then was told to finish it all by killing Mary Jane Kelly, but I couldn't muster the nerve, so I invoked someone who could, Hyde."
Jekyll paused for almost a minute.
"Hyde released all his evil onto her, it was over, a month later Hyde started appearing on his own, I soon ran out of formula, so He staged a fake suicide, Fled to France, managed to create a formula that substituted the first and would allow Hyde to emerge for a few hours at a time, I watched as he grew Bigger with every act of evil he perpetrated."
"So how did it start again?" asked Skinner carefully.
"A journalist had managed to accumulate evidence of the society's existence, and he came here to have them published, he didn't manage it though, he
Was killed before he got around to it, the society fears he may have hid the evidence with one of the women he had relationships with"
"What were you doing there when you were arrested"
"I got a message to come to Whitechappekl, when I got there, I learned that it was the killer, he tried to get me to kill Robin Berry, but I wouldn't, he said it
Was starting over, he knocked me unconscious, to implicate me, the rest you know"
"How many are there left?" asked Mina.
"Three, as far as I can tell"
"How many killers"
"Just one, Sir Warren's son, Wesley, he's a field surgeon"
"Did you... do any of it"
"No."
They were all relieved, and asked him about some other minor details, after some talks, Jekyll agreed to temporarily rejoin the league.
( ii )
Jekyll looked at the mirror, there was HIS reflection, Hyde was still asleep on count of the opium, and whenever Hyde was sleeping, Jekyll could se Himself, now that he did, he thought he looked awful, the bushy beard, the scruffy hair, the tired eyes, he could use a bath.
There were knocks on the door.
"Come in."
In came Mina, awkwardly walking towards him, her eyes fixed on the rug, Jekyll looked down as well, blushing.
"Hi"
"Hi."
Several seconds of uncomfortable silence, Mina cursed herself for coming, what was she thinking.
"I'll say this is awkward." said Mina.
"Yes"
"Let me start, I'm sorry for slapping you"
"No, I should apologize; it was incredibly savage and brutish of me"
"That's true"
"I hope I hadn't caused any trouble with Mr. Sawyer"
"Actually, Mr. Sawyer and I are no longer together."
Mina regretted saying that as Jekyll lowered his head in guilty shame.
"But still, we were both in the heat of the passion, I mean we were having an argument and you may have done... that as an angry reaction"
"That's possible."
"So, where does that leave us?" asked Jekyll after a short silence.
"Pardon"
"I mean, are we free of any hard feelings"
"I don't know about that," said Mina, wondering if what she felt was hard feelings, "But I'm sure we'll be able to function well for the mission ahead"
"No worries then."
Mina started leaving, she was supposed to straighten tings with Jekyll and stop feeling guilty for slapping him, but she still guilty, she could only imagine the Hell he went through, being unable to prevent the murders, having the League and the Police to deal with, and having to resort to Opium to calm himself, she Could smell it on him.
( iii )
Sawyer walked into Skinner's cabin, Skinner was sitting in his rocking chair with nothing on but a bath robe, and was smoking a pipe.
"Sawyer, m'boy!" said skinner, greeting his friend, "Come on, have a drink"
"It's still morning, Skinner"
"It's still night in New York I believe"
"Not good enough."
Sawyer lay on Skinner's bed, with his feet on the ground.
"She went into his room." said Sawyer in depression.
"Did she?" said Skinner who was not the least bit interested.
"Yeah, she did, for five minutes"
"Be reasonable, what could happen in five minutes"
"You're probably right"
"Besides, she's no longer your squeeze; she could get into Nemo's cabin for the whole night if she wants."
Sawyer looked at Skinner, who war carelessly smoking his pipe, and sarcastically said, "You're a great friend, Skinner, you know how to console a friend"
"Thank you."
( iv )
It was eleven O'clock, the Nautilus was silent, and as Jekyll was roaming through it, Sawyer walked out of Skinner's cabin, he was drinking earlier, the two Men met in the corridor, and as you know, they were not fond of each other.
"Tom." greeted Jekyll.
"Hank." greeted Tom.
"Going to bed"
"Yeah"
"Goodnight then."
Jekyll went to leave.
"Before goodnights, do you mind If ask you a question"
"What is it"
"Those society people, how do you know they didn't follow you"
"I lost them"
"Good."
They were facing each other; Sawyer suddenly was overwhelmed with anger, at the man greatly responsible for breaking him up with Mina, without any Warning he took a swing at Jekyll.
Jekyll however saw it coming, he ducked just in time for Sawyer's fist to hit the pipe behind him, Sawyer howled in pain.
"Ow! Nice going, Jackass, you broke my fist"
"What goes around comes around"
"You don't say!"
Tom held his fist, it hurt him like hell, Jekyll took hold of it, and Sawyer looked up at him.
"I'm a doctor, remember?"
Sawyer allowed him; Jekyll inspected his fist for a moment before saying.
"Nothing serous, no broken bones, just a nasty bruise, put some ice on it."
Jekyll went to leave; Sawyer went after him, still nursing his hand.
"You ruined my life, Jekyll"
"I've ruined many people's life in the past"
"Well, you're going to pay"
"Look, Sawyer, I have apologized to Mina about kissing her, I don't owe you anything, and Mina was with men before you and will be with men after you."
This time Sawyer fist managed to connect with Jekyll's jaw, and they both fell to the ground, both nursing their wounds.
"Okay, I did deserve that," said Jekyll as he nursed his jaw.
"I think I did break my hand this time." said Sawyer, gritting his teeth from the pain in his fist,
"That's a shame."
They were both silent for a short while.
"Listen Sawyer, We're all adults in this situation, I understand that the decision to separate was mutual, you don't own her"
"You don't understand, I loved her"
"So what? I loved her too! I loved her since you all met Hyde, I remember being away, while Quatermain negotiated with Hyde, I didn't pay much attention to Any word that was said, except for the sight of her"
"Don't make me puke!"
Sawyer got up, and extended his good hand to Jekyll to get up, Jekyll was hesitant.
"No more sucker punches, I promise."
Jekyll accepted and was pulled up, they both stood together for a while, panting.
"Sawyer do you know what love is? I mean the definition? Not just of romantic love, but the love that includes the things we hold dear as well"
"I'm too stoned to guess."
Jekyll disregarded the last statement, and said, "Poets and philosophers have killed the subject with repetitive research, but the way I see it, we all float through life, feeling lonely, unless you're already in love with something, something that makes you belong, like family, a country, a job, a woman. Sawyer, You may not understand it now, but you're young, and considerably attractive, you can have any woman you want, but me, well, I'm broke, I'm 64 years old And I have a notorious murderer as an alter-ego, you may love Mina because of her beauty and Intelligence and her other great traits, but I love her Because of her defects, the ones that make me not so lonely, with her I won't feel unique."
Sawyer didn't say anything; he just turned around and said, "Goodnight"
"See you in the morning." said Jekyll as he turned and went off himself.
In the heat of the moment, they forgot whose door in front of which the whole thing happened.
Mina frowned inside, she didn't want Jekyll and Sawyer fighting over her, she was confused enough, figuring out her feelings for both, earlier she seriously thought about trying to fix things with Sawyer, how she wasn't sure.
Two chappies left.
