Full Moon High: the Strange Tale of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Hyde

Chapter 2: A Fateful Encounter

1st Day of Spring Break

Snowside Apartments

The Snowside Apartment building appeared to be a three-story San Francisco Victorian Hotel of sorts. It actually looked to be a turn-of-the-century Edwardian Mansion with classic San Francisco bay windows. It had a decorum that had the European touch and was more of a boutique hotel. The inside's interiors managed to blend very nicely with the Victorian charm of a London townhouse of sorts. It was bricked red with wooden gold trim framing it beautifully. The building was located near the ports, as well as set up in an intersection hillside for the subway system to travel under in. it also had a kidney shaped pool in the back complete with a regular and sky-diving board.

And at the moment, that's where the three girls were spending their little spring break slumber party bonanza at the moment. Jumping from the high dive, and doing a nose dive into the pool was Mari. She was wearing an athletic style orange and white bikini that clung to her slender figure. If anyone could see in the pool area, they would have seen she had a tight stomach that barely showed a six pack underneath. Though it did little to showcase her flat strong A-Cup pec breasts, as she slid into the water like a pencil.

Kylie and Jaqueline were sitting at the side, with a sun umbrella to shade them. Kylie was lying down flat on her back with sunglasses under the parasol, but acted like she was getting some rays. She was wearing a bikini style purple swimsuit, with the top having only one strap on her right shoulder, and her thong including a mini purple skirt. Jaqueline was wearing a one piece black bathing suit, but had a white towel draped around her waist, acting like a long skirt, hiding her legs, and draped on the back of her chair was a white water coat at best. So far Kylie and Mari were having the time of their lives.

Jaqueline, on the other hand, was sitting in her chair, reading books about chemistry and biology. Some were also about studies on improving one's body and artificially kick starting female body development. At the moment, Mari was walking out of the pool, dripping wet and shining in the sunlight, as she spied on the two.

She sighed at the bookworms, as she groaned, "C'mon, guys. This is the pool! Let's get wet and have some fun. No better way to beat the heat than taking a dip!"

Kylie sat up, as she pulled off her glasses, and stated, "What heat? It's Spring, and up here in the Northern Pacific, the only close summer heat we get is in the summer, afterwards, it's like rainy fall and winter here."

"Okay, I get all that for you. You're used to it," Mari stated, but then pointed to Jaqueline, who didn't notice anything, as she was too busy with her nose stuck in a book. "But what's her excuse?"

The two turned to her, while Jaqueline felt eyes all over. Once she finally couldn't take the feeling anymore, she put the book down, and nearly went bug-eyed, even with her glasses on, as her two friends looked at her, grimacingly. She set the book back down at the table, and gulped, "Um… hi, guys. Is something wrong?"

Mari took the book, while Kylie grabbed Jaqueline's hand, "It's Spring Break, and you're still studying? I think it's time we set a little ground rules now."

"No reading while we're having fun, and with each other," Kylie pointed out, and then suddenly pulled her out of her chiar, pulling her towards the pool.

Seeing this, Jaqueline panicked, "Oh no. please, no-no-no! I don't like going in chlorine water! Please, do…!"

But it was too late, as she was thrown into the pool screaming in a splash. She finally broke the surface again, as Jaqueline coughed uot a little water, while the two others jumped in after her. Once they reached the surface,e they were looking at a glaring Jaqueline, as she groaned, "Don't you two think we should act our age?"

"Well, duh. That's why we're here," Mari joked, as she splashed at Jaqueline.

Soon both she and Kylie then soon giggled and joined in, splasing Mari, as they all laughed and splashed one another, until they were exhausted.

Later On

Jaqueline's Room

The three girls had gone up and cleaned up in Jaqueline's studio apartment up on the fifth floor. Currently, the three were dressed without their shoes, after a quick wash up in the bathroom that both Jaqueline and Mari shared. Apparently, the reason Jaqueline managed to get goo pricing on the room was that it was connected to Mari's, so they shared half the utilities. At the moment, the girls were having pizza and watching a stream of movies. They were only wearing bathrobes and underwear underneath, so they were free to chill like this, even Jaqueline seemed okay with it.

At the moment, the trio were watching what appeared to be an Australian cartoon of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Kylie then looked over to Jaqueline, as she asked, "Hey, Jaq. You okay with watching this film?"

Jaqueline nodded, "Yeah. It's not all that bad when you see it."

Mari shook her head, "I think she means is it such a good idea to watch a film about a guy who does something this insane? And of which shares the same name as you?"

Jaqueline thought about it for a moment, but shook her head, "Nah. Besides, the story's fiction; a tale made up by Robert Louis Stevenson. And besides, if there was a real Dr. Jekyll, he's in no way an ancient relation to my family."

"Well that would be weird, considering the major coincidence between the two of you," Kylie stated. "Though you don't have a problem with any evil in you." Kylie leaned over to her, making her rather nervous, as she smirked, "Or… do you?"

Jaqueline gulped at that, as she asked, "Huh? W-wh-wh-what do you mean?"

"I mean you have any evil thoughts involving… boys?"

Jaqueline blushed a little, as Kylie went on, "Or girls? Which I don't mind at all; I'm open for anything." This only made the nerdy girl blush even more, as Kylie tipped the icing with the cherry, "Or perhaps… you're into a group thing with boys and girls?"

That was the last straw, as Jaqueline's face was beat red, as a trinkle of blood came out. Kylie and Mari both took sight of this, as Kylie was blushing red with a smile, "Whoa."

Mari smirked, "Man, girl. I would have never pegged you for that kind of…"

Unfortunately, Jaqueline didn't have the say in it, as she fell down, flat on her back, passed out as a geyser of blood was shooting out of her nose. The two girls rushed over to her, as Kylie calmed her down, "Jaqueline! Forget what I was teasing you on, just… remember to breathe, okay!?"

Later on

Jaqueline groggily opened her eyes to see the ceiling up at her view. She looked and realized she was lying on her bed, sprawled out with her blanket. She shot up, as she rubbed her eyes a little, and realized she wasn't wearing her glasses, due to the blurry vision. She grabbed her glasses, as everything came into focus, and realized that Kylie and Mari were long gone. She got out of bed and looked around for anything that may have detailed on what was going on or their whereabouts. Until she found a letter on her desk, as she picked it up, and recognized Kylie's handwriting.

Dear Jaqueline,

Sorry about the massive nosebleed session, but it did surprise me you're that kind of girl… secretly. But don't worry, secrets are safe among sisters like us. Mari went out for a bit due to her acclimation to have fun… in that kind of way.

Jaqueline blushed as she remembered her friend's provocative need to sleep with anyone she met at a dance club. Whether it was male or female, she would bring them home and have it on with them. She shook her head, as she read on…

As for me, I've got another shift to take on. We'll see you tomorrow, so don't strain yourself in your little lab, okay? And whatever you do: don't go trying to create a boyfriend. We all know what happened to Frankenstein when he tried to create life.

Love, your friend,

Kylie

Jaqueline smiled at her friend's affection and concern for her, as she let a huffed laugh come out, "That girl…"

Later On

Outside

Private Lab

Jaqueline was hard at work in her own private lab, which was in one of the warehouses of the hotel. She had special privelages to have it there, mostly for school work, and mostly for work, as she had a scholarship to work in the Bio-Tech division. Usually she would bring her work home with her, and as such, she had set up a lab in a warehouse garage. On the left side of the corner, were computers hooked up to one another, making a massive super computer of sorts. On the right side, a chemical lab full of beakers, Bunsen burners, DNA synthesizers, a holographic projector for visual aide, and other stuff that were hard to come up on. There was also a small cot in the back, along with a fridge and kitchen of sorts. You might say it was an apartment room away from an apartment room for her. That, and she loved the cot set up.

At the moment, she was sitting at the computer lab section, resting rather comfortably on a business office lounge chair she had scraped together to get for herself. She was currently jotting down notes into a journal she had previously been doing for the past years… ever since she had entered puberty. And on the left… was a much older journal.

A journal that belonged to one Dr. Henry Jekyll.

She had stopped taking notes for a while, and turned back to the journal, as she scooped it up in her hands, "Oh, Kylie… Mari…." She sighed, as she scanned over the notes that the famed doctor had one filled in with his knowledge and wisdom… and possible madness if the rumors were true. "If only you guys had known the truth about my family."

She got out of her chair, and walked around the room in a pace, still looking at the journal in hand. "Though my whole family knew about this after the big scandal. Though I don't think anyone would have known that Henry Jekyll had a baby sister. When Mr. Jonathan Utterson was named Henry's successor in the event of his death and disappearance, he turned it over to Jacqueline Jekyll, whom I was named after. Given the whole story, she vowed to keep it a secret, as well as the other family members."

But she stopped at the chem lab set up in front of her, and sighed, looking at the beakers, "But I guess I inherited something from that of my great grand-uncle: Scientific genius in medicine and chemicals… and my need to perfect myself."

It wasn't unknown, even to her family that Jaqueline wanted to change herself.

She walked over to a mirror that was set up there as well, mostly to help straighten herself out as best she could in case she slept in the lab overnight.

Looking over herself, Jaqueline found herself extremely lacking. Compare to other girls in school there was nothing notably feminine about her. She had a plain and lanky appearance, the reason she wore such a loose dress shirt and long skirt was to cover this appearance. Her frame was so pitiful thin that she even had to wear suspenders to hold the skirt up with the belt hardly able to do the job.

Plus she barely had any breasts to begin with either. Just barely small curves that it felt too embarrassing to wear a bra since there was nothing support or even cover.

Her face she found extremely dull in appearance. Brown eyes that was too bashful to ever look someone else in the face. Black hair wrapped in a pair braids hanging down the front.

Then there were her glasses which looked almost comically oversized on her face. But without them she was practically blind. She was ashamed of them and how despite her studies in alchemy there was no answer in how to be rid of them. In fact, her long studies in alchemy probably had contributed to her need to use them. The fact they also fogged up at times when she gets too embarrassed or excited was terrible too.

Appearance-wise she found herself incredibly lacking that it made her quite resentful of being born like this. With such a plain look, it was no wonder that she was so unnoticed by everyone else. It made her feel so worthless and she hated feeling that way deep inside.

But not just her appearance, she hated how she was treated and acted.

The fact her family ignored her for even expressing interest in this matter. They more or less estranged themselves from her which only contributed to her feeling of isolation. A part of this was also further by her own avoidance at socializing with groups which made her look enviously at others who had the look and confidence to socialize without any fear or nervousness.

She then picked up a recording device, as she clicked on Record, making a visual log for herself, as a camera on robotic legs came to life, and followed her, as she began, "Sunday, April 12, 2013. Jaqueline Jekyll on Project: Metamorphosis. After reading my great grand-uncle's journal, I have successfully recreated the formula that was used on himself to rid his dark side… thus creating Edward Hyde. However, instead of the psychological transformation, I have altered the formula to recreate the physical side of the formula. Instead of transforming from a good natured person into a twisted evil version, the goal of the formula is to transform into a more physically able being. My mind will still be intact, but physically, I will become better."

"Once the formula has been perfected, I will have come to a way of physically be able to change a person's anatomy, removing physical flaws and limitations. Doing what years of fitness, dieting, and surgery can do in a matter either minutes or seconds. I can give power to the powerless, enable those with physical limitations to become stronger, better, faster… maybe even smarter, all while keeping the person's mindset from becoming evil," Jaqueline finished.

But she stopped for a moment, and sighed, as she looked away at the screen. It showed the formula's cohesion chain stabilize for a moment, and in an instant, it started shaking. Until finally, the simulation showed the chain breaking apart, and the red bold lettered word FAILURE appear.

Jaqueline sighed, as she kicked the ground, making a frustrated face, as she ranted, "Dammit! It failed cohesion again!" She sighed as she calmed down, and adjusted her glasses, and sighed, as she looked back at the screen, seeing the red button blinking. "Great, it's still recording," she sarcastically sighed. But she resumed the log again, "Cohesion failed again… for the…" she thought about it, but then remembered, "515th time. It's easy to change the person; I've tested the formula on rats that had been running around the garbage. The results in physical abilities were promising… but in a matter of minutes, the body begins to break down, causing massive cellular degeneration… and the body begins to liquefy into a steaming pile of flesh."

She sighed, as she walked back over to her computer desk, and sat down, as the robo-camera followed. Jaqueline leaned on her arm, trying to comprehend on any solution at all, "What am I missing? There has to be something I can use. For Henry Jekyll, he used a contaminated salt that was rare enough for the formula to work. I need to find something that's just as potent as that contaminant. But something that's long-lasting and won't run out on. The contaminant in the salt was a rare kind of contaminant that ran out, and eventually Jekyll remained as Hyde when he ran out."

She looked to the camera, as she sighed, "The only way to ensure that I can create the formula without the need to replenish is to find something that can bond and rewrite DNA safely and for it to be reversible. Though the only problem is that it has to have been bonded for a long time to human DNA, thought that would require years of selective mutation to even make it even remotely effective."

Suddenly, her phone rang, as she stopped the recording, as she moved over to her phone, and answered, "Hello?"

"Hey, Jackie," Kylie called, sounding rather perky. "You down in the lab?"

Jaqueline sighed, as she smiled, adjusting her glasses, "Yes, and it's Jaqueline. You know how I feel about that nickname, Kylie…"

"Sorry, but I got pizza… and a few erotic slasher films. Namely Friday the 13th 2009 remake," Kylie chimed in. "Maybe this might help get your rocks off, Ubber Nerdy Girl."

Jaqueline sighed, "Alright, I'll be up there."

She immediately hung up and turned off all the equipment, as she headed to close the lab up. As she did so, it would probably be the last time she did it, as a normal girl.

1 Month Later

It was night at the time, as the moon was halfway shown. Jaqueline was currently walking down the street at the moment, trying to get back to the apartment complex.

It had been a month since Spring Break, and things had frantically changed in a while. Peter had been attacked by a wolf of sorts, and was badly wounded. Though in a week, he had miraculously gotten better from it; the wound had healed and physically he seemed to have gotten better. His eyesight was practically even stronger than ever. But then Mikey had been seriously been injured, and that almost got Jaqueline and Kylie into tears, though she hid hers. Kylie stayed over at her place, as she needed her friends to comfort her at this time. However, in a week, Mikey was out and about, healthy as an ox, and no visual scarring. This month had been full of amazing impossibilities.

Though as she was pondering on all of this, her head wasn't clearly in the game, as she was going down a darkened alley. Once she did, she realized full on head when the lights were dimming a bit, and realized her mistake. She gulped, "Um… I really should have watched where I was going." She was turning around, about to get out of there…

She was face-to-chest with a big brawly, and unruly, teenager she recognized as one of the hoodlums that hung around Roland Zellinksi, a well-known bully from her school. The big one leaned in close to her, making her feel uncomfortable, as he licked his lips, "Well, well, well. Looky what we have here…"

Jaqueline realized what was going on, as she backed away. But one of them grabbed her from behind, as she screamed out, "NO! LET ME GO! HELP! HEEEEEEEEELP!"

But she was muffled by a sock, as she looked at them in horror, as the other guy smirked, "Nice piece here, ain't she?"

"I dunno," the second one stated, as he really got a look at her. "She's not xactly in the babe level. She's more like a surfboard. Probably doesn't even know how to use her plumbing."

Now Jaqueline was just offended rather than in fear of being raped, as she frowned, 'That's not true! I've done it several times in the bathroom by…' however, she snapped out of it, as she realized, 'Wait. What am I thinking?! I can't be going through delusions of physical love life! I'm about to be raped!'

"Doesn't matter; as long as she's got a piece to give," the goon stated, as he started to unbutton her blouse, with her whining and thrashing. "Yeah, go ahead and fight. It'll make it so much more fun when you're biting."

Jaqueline was truly scared, as she closed her eyes. Her eyes were conveying a tear, as it streamed down, and even though she was muffled, her mind was screaming in fear, 'No! Please, don't let this happen! Somebody… SOMEBDOY PLEASE HELP ME!'

THWACK!

Once that sound echoed in, Jaqueline opened her eyes, as she saw the first goon being kicked away, but what appeared to be a… werewolf.

The werewolf was male, six-seven feet in height, his athletic body was buffed up a bit, giving him a small build of a body builder. His fur was brown, but had light brown fur on his palms, fingers, biceps and triceps, face, chest, stomach inner thighs, from feet to mid-calves, and on the bottom of his tail as well as the tip. His feet were elongated with wolf toe claws, his face was a short sleek muzzle. His forearms were a bit enlarged, but looked that way due to his puffed up fur. His ears were located on the top of his head in pointed tufts, and finally, his eyes were yellow, yet he had a baggy hairstyle in his face, but save for a patch combed on the right, showing his left eye.

He was wearing a full-body purple spandex wetsuit with the sleeves ending in the middle of his biceps, and the legs ending at the middle of his calves, with the ends having black straps with yellow buckles on them. Around his waist, he had a black utility belt that had a pouch strapped to the right side, while on his left thigh, he had a pouch strapped on separate from the belt. He had purple toeless and heelless sock footing that stopped nearly 6 inches from his pant leggings. On his hands were fingerless black gloves, and strapped around his chest was a one strap black backpack that also had a small strap around his right arm for security measures, and had the collar of the suit's collar zipped down to his collar bone.

The two goons realized who this was as the one that held Jaqueline threw her aside, as she managed to pull the tube sock out of her mouth. "It's one of those wolves from last time!"

It was no secret that Roland's gang had made it a habit to try and attack the wolves when they came to foil whatever they had planned. But the goon was then thrown into a wall, knocking him out from the force.

The final goon grabbed a pipe, as he cried out, "You wussy! Fight me! AAAAAAAAAAAH!"

KA-POW!

The werewolf punched him right in the face, knocking him out cold, as he fell to the ground. The werewolf, obviously Scope, had taken it all down in less than a few seconds, with a stunned Jaqueline watching the scene.

Scope turned his head towards to the girl that he saved expecting her to run away. "Are you all rig-" he stopped in mid-sentence when he suddenly felt the grasp of arms around his waist, and a head resting on his chest.

Jaqueline had managed to get on to her shaky feet, and ran up to her savior and hugged him from more than just physical pain but also from her suffering mental scars from the incident. "Thank you, thank you, thank you," Jaqueline cried out with relief and happiness not even aware of how she was expressing her thanks in the form of a hug towards one of the most famous monsters in legends.

Scope's eyes widened in shock at this turn of events. "Wow, I was expecting you to run away in fear but this is better," Scope said as he was thinking Jacqueline would run away like how most people he saved from thieves or criminals would run away just as fast as the criminals.

Jaqueline's happy face suddenly went from shocked shown by her wide eyes as she took in what she was doing to her savior. No matter what he was, she was being a little too formal with him. She pushed herself away not in fear, but in embarrassment at what she was doing shown by a large blush on her face. She looked away not being able to look at her hero after what she did, "I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be like that. But thank you for saving me."

Scope looked at the embarrassed Jaqueline in surprise at even though she stopped hugging him, she still didn't run away. 'Wow I guess there are some people who will accept werewolves after all,' he thought to himself in relief, but then noticed how cute Jaqueline looked being embarrassed and shying away, causing him to blush under his muzzle. 'Whoa. I never realized how cute in her own way Kylie's friend could be,' Scope thought to himself as he remembered how everyone bullied Jaqueline for her plain look. Suddenly he mentally slapped himself, 'Keep it together, Scope. You're dating Kylie, and Jaqueline doesn't even know me like you don't barely know her,' he reminded himself. "It's no problem citizen," Scope said in his best heroic tone he could trying to sound brave and cool. "Are you alright though," he said to ensure that she wasn't hurt.

Jaqueline shook her head while still having a blush on her cheeks. "No, I'm safe thanks to you," she said as she turned to look at Scope again who smiled knowing she was okay.

"That's good," Scope said, "Well I better go-" he started as he turned for the wall of the alleyway in order to jump out.

Jaqueline snapped out of her embarrassment as she ran over and grabbed Scope's left arm trying to stop him, "Wait, please," she said not wanting Scope to leave yet. He looked confused at the girl stopping him as he waited to hear what she wanted to say, "I never got your name."

"Sorry," Scope said, "I'm called Scope."

"Thank you. My name is Jack-" she stopped mid-sentence as she was about to say the nickname she felt she didn't deserve. "Jaqueline Jekyll," she responded a little sad at not being able give a better name to Scope. She looked at Scope in the face, as she then asked, "Why did you save me? Someone as plain and forgettable as me?" She showed she didn't understand how after most people just ignored or looked down on her, this one person with the body of an animal chose to save her when no one else would.

Scope simply smiled, which made her blush. "No matter who or what the person, I'm won't turn a blind eye on a lovely maiden who needs help," Scope answered honestly showing that some of Peter/Alpha's heroism was rubbing off of him. "Do you want me to take you home in case someone else tries to..." Scope asked Jaqueline showing he wanted to ensure she got home safely.

The blushing girl simply shook her head no, "N-N-No thank you. I'm not that far from here."

Scope smiled and nodded, "Okay, you have a good night Miss Jekyll," he said before climbing up the alleyway walls and disappeared above the rooftops of the city.

Jaqueline ran out of the alley to see Scope, but lost sight of him in the city lights shining around her. 'He was so nice to me... No man has ever been that nice to me, ever,' she thought to herself as she smiled at the feeling of happiness running through her. 'I want to be as strong as him,' the thought ran strongly through her mind, "I wish there was a way though that I could be with him." She then became sad at the thought thinking that someone as plain and simple as her could never keep up with him, like how she would always be the last pick of every guy in the world.

She then went to adjust her glasses in an attempt to hide the tears attempting to come out, when she gained a surprised look on her face. On the lens of her glasses were small brown hairs. 'What are those,' she asked herself as she took the glasses off to take a closer look at what was on them. Suddenly, she realized that it's fur: Scope's fur from when she hugged him. Some of his hair must have gotten onto her glasses.

Garage Lab

As soon as she had gotten back, she immediately went to her chemistry lab, as she analyzed the hairs that she had attained from Scope… purely by accident. After she had separated the DNA from the hairs in a DNA centrifuge. Once they were done, the DNA extrapolent had been done, as the computers had printed out the results.

To this amazement, Jaqueline was shocked as ever, as she read the results to herself on the screen, "His DNA. It's bonded to some kind of… selective mutation virus. It's perfectly bonded to Human DNA."

She looked back at her lab samples of her formula, and smiled, "By George, I think I found it. The answer to the Jekyll formula!"

Next Chapter: The Choice of Change; Enter Jackie Hyde