Hi again. How long has it been since Iast updated this story? Honestly I have no idea but I know it's been a while.

A brief summary from the last chapter is that the league is starting to fall apart due to a variety of personal issues. John and Mina are in Australia, Jekyll and Skinner are in London and Ned and Nemo are on the Nautilus. Tom however has gone awol he is back this chapter as are the beginnings of a new league.

Please bear with me as I carry on with this story it should be the last one in the series unless I decide to carry on further with it which is possible.

None of the characters belong to me at this time.

It was two days since he had left the Nautilus and Tom had wandered with no real goal in mind, he had no idea what to do with his life. For his early life he had caused trouble played jokes and generally enjoyed himself when he had gotten older he had eventually become a secret agent and had tried to save the world. Now he was at a loss for what to do, there must have been something that he could do with his life but he had no idea what that something was. He did not know what it was that had compelled him to leave his friends on the Nautilus but something had definately called to him and brought him to this place to meet with someone or something.

The figure watched from an alleyway behind the young american. It had been easier than he'd thought to manipulate Moran into planting the first nagging doubts in the Americans mind. Then letting them know about the fate of Zu had been the final straw, and while the other members of the so called league had been wrapped up in their own problems he had managed to get into the boys head and force him to this place at this time and now alone, dissheartened and vulnerable the boy would be his. Tensing he prepared to pounce, as he jumped the boy turnned and had chance for one horrified look before his world went black.

2 weeks later ...

Mina and John had searched without success for Tom for weeks now, their abilities not withstanding they had been unable to find any hint of where he had gone what had worried them though was the stories being told more or less everywhere they went about people disapearing, tales of things roaming around at night. If this was true then it would be a fairly good indication of where Tom was. Even if the agent was going through a crisis he would not be able resist helping when he could and that would have probably ended with him in trouble.

They had decided to try one of the pubs in the town in case they found out anything, this had been the methos they had tried a few weeks previously when they had been trying to find Zu Jekyll. However this time hopefully the pair would have more sucess.
"Are there tha many scots in this country that ye dona remember seeing one of us. We agreed to meet here 3 days ago and now I have heard nothing. Ye must have heard something." a man with a thick accent was saying to the bar man.
"I'm sorry mate but we haven't seen anyone like that around here. Feel free to book a room here to wait for him to arrive though."
"Tha's a plan but i'll look for my kinsman in the area."

Mina and John watched as he left the bar, neither were looking forward to quizzing the bar man about another missing person, John sighed and walked towards the bar, there had to be a more peaceful way to spend his time. maybe when all this was over he'd try and persuade his older brother to go on a hunting trip, that at least would be peaceful.
"Exuse me sir, I couldn't help but overhear your conversation a few minutes ago, I am sure that you do not wish to be bothered any more tonight but my friend and I are looking for one of our party who may have come this way. He's a young man in his mid twenties with blonde hair, an american not someone you could really miss." John said.
"There was someone like that here a few weeks ago. He was staying here but he just disapeared one night." the man said.
"Thank you for that. We'll scout around and see if we can find any clues as to where he is."
"What about his bill? He left without paying so you will settle his bill before you go anywhere!"
"I don't think so. I can guarantee that you have already rumaged through his room and taken everything. That would have been more than enough to cover his bill." John replied.
"You will pay his bill or you will not be leaving here." The man said his body language and that of the other patrons of the bar was threatening and John guessed that him and Mina were not going to get out of there without a fight. "I will leave here and you will not stop us." John said drawing a pistol for his belt and aiming it at the bar man. Behind him Mina had drawn one of her daggers and her hair was starting to go wavy never a good sign with her. This was going to get very bad very quickly.
"Roxton make your way over here. I will deal with these if I have to." Mina said her eyes beginning to fill with red. John began to edge towards her and things may have managed to be resolved peacefully if one of the customers hadn't lurched into him as John slipped the gun went off, the sudden explosion into the relatively quiet bar made evryone jump. After a few seconds of shocked silence the bar suddenly exploded into movement with Mina and John at the center of it.

Outside ...

He had no idea why his kinsman was in Australia the message his cousin had sent had been less than helpful only saying where to meet him and on what day. So he had left his life and headed for Australia, it wasn't somewhere he had ever planned on visiting but while he was there he planned on exploring the country. He was not sure how many of his kind had made it out to Australia yet so it should be safe for a time anyway. He was debating what to do about looking for his cousin when the shot rang out. Turnning he imediately ran into the bar to see what was going on.

Not for the first time Mina wished that her clothes were not quite so constraining as it would have been much easier for her to fight if the skirt was not so tight. As it was she was struggling. John was backed against the wall near to the door and was managing quite well with his fists whenever someone was stupid enough to get close to him. He could not break through the people to get to the door no matter how hard he tried. It was quite likely that they would have gone down if the door hadn't opened and the man from earlier hadn't walked in. He took one look round and launched himself into the fight, he started on the men by John and once the human was clear he was pushed towards the door and ordered to get out.

Mina managed to extract herself from the fight and hurried for the door as well. John was waiting for her outside the door, the pair of them tensed waiting for the stranger to come out, it didn't take long for him to emerge either. He had just made it out the door however when a shot rang out, from the dark stain that spread across his shirt it was obvious that he'd been shot. He staggered but managed to make it to their sides,
"Take me with you. Don't worry of I stop breathing I'll be fine in a while." He said. The three of them managed to make it out of the town before he slumped to the floor. Mina hurridly checked for any signs of life.
"Is he dead?" John asked, it looked as though he was from where he was standing but that did not mean anything.
"He is." Mina replied shortly "We can't just leave him here. The man just helped us out when he didn't have to." John said "What do you think we should do then carry him with us across Australia?" Mina inquired a sarcastic tone to her voice.
"He was saying something about what to do if he stopped breathing when he caught up with us wasn't he."
"So you think we should just stand here and see what happens?" Mina inquired.
"Just wait for an hour and see what happens." John suggested

It took less than half an hour before the dead man gasped and sat up looking around, John was looking at him with his mouth open slightly in shock, Mina didn't look so surprised.
"Thank you for not leaving me. Being buried is an annoyance to get out of." He said "Um were you not dead?" John asked "I was. I'm immortal, I can't die other than by having my head removed from my body. I'm Duncan MacLeod."

I should update this again some time soon if people let me know that they are interested in this still. To do that I will need reviews to let me know that you are still out there.

Next chapter ...

Duncan, Mina and John Roxton carry on the search for Tom.

Jekyll makes a discovery in London which will have a big impact on Skinner

Ned and Nemo are attacked.

Please review otherwise I won't update.

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