Thank you for the reviews for the last chapter it's nice to see that the same people are still reading my stories.
It was nice to hear from the Tom Sawyer fan club which seems to be everyone out there. As you could tell from the earlier stories I'm much more of a Jekyll fan myself but I can tolerate Tom especially when I'm being nasty to him. *Evil Grin*.
As usual I own none of the characters except for the dead Zu Jekyll.
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The Nautilus the following morning ...
Ned and Roxton had been left in the library after they had fallen asleep the night before. Various members of Nemos crew had attempted to clean up the various bottles that were lying around the room but that had proved to be difficult. Mina, Skinner and Nemo meanwhile were eating breakfast in the other room, none of them were surprised that Tom or Jekyll hadn't joined them as both were presumably dealing with the after effects of yesterday.
"How are you this morning Captain?" Mina inquired. Nemo had yet to say anything about his daughters death which was surprising in one respect as he had adored her, on the other hand it wasn't surprising at all as Nemo had never been very big on showing his emotions to others.
"I am fine Mrs Harker and how are you?" Captain Nemo asked
"Good Captian." Mina replied. Skinner sighed as when the pair of them decided to offer meaningless plesantries to each other they could go on for ages. Fortunately this was not one of those times as the door opened and Dr Jekyll walked in. He looked bad as he had dark rings under his eyes, his dark brown hair was not tidied up as it usually was, he clothes were rumpled as though he had slept in them, all in all he looked as bad as Skinner had ever seen him, apart from the time he had almost died.
"Good morning Captain, Mina, Skinner." Jekyll said sitting down calmly and pooring himself a cup of tea.
"Are you alright mate?" Skinner asked
"I will be." Henry said in a calm emotionless voice which the league were all to familiar with when he was hurting badly.
"Have you seen Tom this morning?" Mina asked thinking that changing the subject was a good idea.
"I only woke a short time ago and apart from the pair in the other room you are the first people I have seen." Henry said
"I'll go and check and see if he is alright as he does not usually miss breakfast." Mina said leaving the three people who had been closest to Zu alone with each other.
"Did you manage to find anything else at Moran's base?" Henry asked
"Not a thing. He must have been expecting us so got rid of anything that could possibly be traced back to his boss." Captain Nemo said as Skinner helped himself to a slice of toast and covered it with a generous helping of butter.
"Would it be too much trouble if I ask you to return me to London as I have been away from my practice for long enough?" Jekyll asked.
"Not at all my son." Nemo said addressing Henry in a manner he only had once before.
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Flashback.
"... then by the power vested in me I pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride." the registra said. Henry smiled at the man before kissing Zu shyly, she wasn't as concerned as him about what other thought and pulled him into her arms. When the pair broke apart both were slightly flushed, they were surrounded by their friends and congratulated.
"Take good care of her for me my son." Nemo said to Henry before moving over to speak to his daughter.
"What's so surprising mate?" Skinner asked
"The Captain just called me his son." Henry said still in shock
"He only 'as the one daughter so he needs to get as many more relatives as he can find." Skinner pointed out with a laugh. Henry smiled at his friend before walking over to his bride.
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"Henry mate are you alright?" Skinner asked seeing that the doctor had frozen with his cup half way to his mouth.
"Yes I'm fine I was just remembering ..." Henry said his voice breaking off part way through
"There was nothing that you could have done." Nemo said.
"Why did they harm her? Why not me? I was of no use to them." Henry said his voice starting to hitch as he forced tears back
"Henry ..." Skinner said starting out of his chair
"If you would excuse me." Henry said and putting his cup down hurried out the room. He almost ran into Roxton on his way out.
"Is he all right?" Roxton asked cheerfully helping himself to a cup of tea and an apple. Skinner looked at the man in shock as after the amount that Roxton had drunk last night he should have a terrible headache not be cheerful.
"I don't know." Nemo said.
"Could you possibly explain a bit more about the guy to me?" Roxton asked
"You read of the creature that was terrorising Paris?" Nemo asked
"Yes"
"That creature was the alter ego of Dr Henry Jekyll. We recruited him into the league when we were trying to stave off a world war cause by Moriarty. Though Jekyll was not happy with being in a position where he would have to let the monster out on a regular basis ne accepted as he was offered a pardon and the chance to return to England. Once we had defeated Moriarty Jekyll decided to remain on the ship in the hope that he would be able to find a cure for Edward Hyde. He stayed on the Nautilus for another 7 months in which time he had met my daughter Zu who cured him of his monster. The pair of them left at the end of that time for London. It was six months later that we got back into contact with them as we needed someone to go and speak to Professor Aronnax. That decision was the worst one I have ever made as it resulted in Henry and Zu being captured and Zu being murdered. The rest you know." Nemo said.
"Thank you Captain. What are your plans now ?" Roxton asked
"I shall return Jekyll to London as he asked and the rest of you to any destination that you want." Nemo said
"If you don't mind mate I might go and stay with Henry for a while just till you find out where Aronnax is." Skinner said. He knew that his friend was devastated by the loss of his wife and Skinner wanted to be there for his friend.
"Do not forget to ask Jekyll first." Nemo cautioned. Mina hurried into the room at that point.
"Tom's gone. Some of his clothes are missing. His guns are on his bed though, he's left us." Mina said, for the first time in the two years that she'd been in the League she looked bewildered and at a loss for what to do. Even when Dorian had betrayed them she hadn't looked like that.
"He must have left before we set sail last night." Nemo said surprised that Tom had left.
"Take me back there, I need to find him." Mina said.
"He might not want to be found." Roxton pointed out.
"Please Nemo take me back so I can try and find him." Mina almost begged.
"I will take you back Mrs Harker." Nemo said seeing everything falling apart around him and being powerless to stop it.
"I'll help you look for him if you want." Roxton offered.
"Why?"
"I like him, and also if any of your enemies is looking for strange behaviour a woman trecking around Australia on her own will certainly appear strange." Roxton said.
"You may come." Mina said
"Most grateful I assure you." Roxton said with a grin.
"That means that it's going to be just you and me then Nemo." Ned said with something very close to a grin on his face at that thought.
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Hope you like that chapter.
I've finally got rid of the league as a whole. YAY !!!
To sum up what's happening :
Tom has gone AWOL
Mina and Roxton are going to look for him
Henry is devastated by the death of his wife and is going back to London. Skinner is going with him.
Nemo is beinmg left on the Nautlius with Ned who he can't stand.
That should clear up any problems.
Please remember to review or I won't carry on.
It was nice to hear from the Tom Sawyer fan club which seems to be everyone out there. As you could tell from the earlier stories I'm much more of a Jekyll fan myself but I can tolerate Tom especially when I'm being nasty to him. *Evil Grin*.
As usual I own none of the characters except for the dead Zu Jekyll.
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The Nautilus the following morning ...
Ned and Roxton had been left in the library after they had fallen asleep the night before. Various members of Nemos crew had attempted to clean up the various bottles that were lying around the room but that had proved to be difficult. Mina, Skinner and Nemo meanwhile were eating breakfast in the other room, none of them were surprised that Tom or Jekyll hadn't joined them as both were presumably dealing with the after effects of yesterday.
"How are you this morning Captain?" Mina inquired. Nemo had yet to say anything about his daughters death which was surprising in one respect as he had adored her, on the other hand it wasn't surprising at all as Nemo had never been very big on showing his emotions to others.
"I am fine Mrs Harker and how are you?" Captain Nemo asked
"Good Captian." Mina replied. Skinner sighed as when the pair of them decided to offer meaningless plesantries to each other they could go on for ages. Fortunately this was not one of those times as the door opened and Dr Jekyll walked in. He looked bad as he had dark rings under his eyes, his dark brown hair was not tidied up as it usually was, he clothes were rumpled as though he had slept in them, all in all he looked as bad as Skinner had ever seen him, apart from the time he had almost died.
"Good morning Captain, Mina, Skinner." Jekyll said sitting down calmly and pooring himself a cup of tea.
"Are you alright mate?" Skinner asked
"I will be." Henry said in a calm emotionless voice which the league were all to familiar with when he was hurting badly.
"Have you seen Tom this morning?" Mina asked thinking that changing the subject was a good idea.
"I only woke a short time ago and apart from the pair in the other room you are the first people I have seen." Henry said
"I'll go and check and see if he is alright as he does not usually miss breakfast." Mina said leaving the three people who had been closest to Zu alone with each other.
"Did you manage to find anything else at Moran's base?" Henry asked
"Not a thing. He must have been expecting us so got rid of anything that could possibly be traced back to his boss." Captain Nemo said as Skinner helped himself to a slice of toast and covered it with a generous helping of butter.
"Would it be too much trouble if I ask you to return me to London as I have been away from my practice for long enough?" Jekyll asked.
"Not at all my son." Nemo said addressing Henry in a manner he only had once before.
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Flashback.
"... then by the power vested in me I pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride." the registra said. Henry smiled at the man before kissing Zu shyly, she wasn't as concerned as him about what other thought and pulled him into her arms. When the pair broke apart both were slightly flushed, they were surrounded by their friends and congratulated.
"Take good care of her for me my son." Nemo said to Henry before moving over to speak to his daughter.
"What's so surprising mate?" Skinner asked
"The Captain just called me his son." Henry said still in shock
"He only 'as the one daughter so he needs to get as many more relatives as he can find." Skinner pointed out with a laugh. Henry smiled at his friend before walking over to his bride.
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"Henry mate are you alright?" Skinner asked seeing that the doctor had frozen with his cup half way to his mouth.
"Yes I'm fine I was just remembering ..." Henry said his voice breaking off part way through
"There was nothing that you could have done." Nemo said.
"Why did they harm her? Why not me? I was of no use to them." Henry said his voice starting to hitch as he forced tears back
"Henry ..." Skinner said starting out of his chair
"If you would excuse me." Henry said and putting his cup down hurried out the room. He almost ran into Roxton on his way out.
"Is he all right?" Roxton asked cheerfully helping himself to a cup of tea and an apple. Skinner looked at the man in shock as after the amount that Roxton had drunk last night he should have a terrible headache not be cheerful.
"I don't know." Nemo said.
"Could you possibly explain a bit more about the guy to me?" Roxton asked
"You read of the creature that was terrorising Paris?" Nemo asked
"Yes"
"That creature was the alter ego of Dr Henry Jekyll. We recruited him into the league when we were trying to stave off a world war cause by Moriarty. Though Jekyll was not happy with being in a position where he would have to let the monster out on a regular basis ne accepted as he was offered a pardon and the chance to return to England. Once we had defeated Moriarty Jekyll decided to remain on the ship in the hope that he would be able to find a cure for Edward Hyde. He stayed on the Nautilus for another 7 months in which time he had met my daughter Zu who cured him of his monster. The pair of them left at the end of that time for London. It was six months later that we got back into contact with them as we needed someone to go and speak to Professor Aronnax. That decision was the worst one I have ever made as it resulted in Henry and Zu being captured and Zu being murdered. The rest you know." Nemo said.
"Thank you Captain. What are your plans now ?" Roxton asked
"I shall return Jekyll to London as he asked and the rest of you to any destination that you want." Nemo said
"If you don't mind mate I might go and stay with Henry for a while just till you find out where Aronnax is." Skinner said. He knew that his friend was devastated by the loss of his wife and Skinner wanted to be there for his friend.
"Do not forget to ask Jekyll first." Nemo cautioned. Mina hurried into the room at that point.
"Tom's gone. Some of his clothes are missing. His guns are on his bed though, he's left us." Mina said, for the first time in the two years that she'd been in the League she looked bewildered and at a loss for what to do. Even when Dorian had betrayed them she hadn't looked like that.
"He must have left before we set sail last night." Nemo said surprised that Tom had left.
"Take me back there, I need to find him." Mina said.
"He might not want to be found." Roxton pointed out.
"Please Nemo take me back so I can try and find him." Mina almost begged.
"I will take you back Mrs Harker." Nemo said seeing everything falling apart around him and being powerless to stop it.
"I'll help you look for him if you want." Roxton offered.
"Why?"
"I like him, and also if any of your enemies is looking for strange behaviour a woman trecking around Australia on her own will certainly appear strange." Roxton said.
"You may come." Mina said
"Most grateful I assure you." Roxton said with a grin.
"That means that it's going to be just you and me then Nemo." Ned said with something very close to a grin on his face at that thought.
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Hope you like that chapter.
I've finally got rid of the league as a whole. YAY !!!
To sum up what's happening :
Tom has gone AWOL
Mina and Roxton are going to look for him
Henry is devastated by the death of his wife and is going back to London. Skinner is going with him.
Nemo is beinmg left on the Nautlius with Ned who he can't stand.
That should clear up any problems.
Please remember to review or I won't carry on.