Taken In Again

Disclaimer: It's a fan fiction, what do you expect? I own whatever wasn't invented already.

12 Years Later

It was once again Christmas time in December, however there has been many changes during the time in between. The league has been more distant than ever, less action came in their way, however peace isn't always the answer when it comes to people like the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen…action was the very thing that had brought them together in the first place, and action would happen to be the very thing that keeps them together.

During the many months, Mina and Allan became lovers. Rodney and Alisha kept their distances, and Tom ended up getting in-between them most of the time. Alisha and Henry became lovers as well, up until 2021, where Alisha finally caught up to her Wiccan age the league once knew, and leaving Henry her beloved fiancé.

A warm room full of reds, gold and greens, presents, decorations, the scent of lobster and fresh bread coming from the kitchen and mild chatter between family member to family member subsisted on the day of Christmas. It was the Dover family, halfway through their reunion, waiting for their dearly loved Alisha to arrive with her mysterious to-be husband.

As the small bells hanging atop the front door rang with enchantment and the rush of cold air came through, Alisha Dover and Henry Jekyll walked in. Alisha looked the same as her old witch self, and Henry looked most the same but slightly more elder, being by now almost at the age of 50. His hair was slightly greyer and his face showed more lines of stress from the beast that still lingered inside of him. The entire family eyed the elder doctor suspiciously, and then smiling at the view of their daughter, niece, cousin and granddaughter.

The couple made their way to the green velvet couch, sitting down and beaming to each other.

"You must be Henry! Nice to meet you…Alisha's told me so much about you."

Alisha's cousin shook hands with the doctor. She was a bit shorter than Alisha, with long, dark blonde wavy hair. She was very polite, despite the fact that Henry was very anxious and fidgety.

Many greetings passed to the doctor, from all family members and questions enraged through the room. After everything had died down, Alisha and Henry were alone. The witch noticed how restless Henry was becoming, and she knew everyone else did as well.

"Henry, what's wrong? Is it Ed or the family?"

"Edward."

"Ah."

"Alisha…I can't take it any longer. I need to let him out. It's unbearable."

"Well…as much as I understand the struggle…we're kind of surrounded by the family, here…"

"I know. But if only I can let him out for a bit… I promise he won't get into any trouble. I won't allow it. He knows better."

"I don't know, Henry…"

"Alisha, please. I cannot hold him any longer."

The witch got up, and told everyone they were to go outside and get some fresh air. Once they were outside the chilly night, Henry cautiously but greedily forced the potion down his throat, and Edward appeared, trying to be concealed as much as possible.

"A little stroll perhaps, Edward?"

"Yes…I believe that sounds nice."

The brute ran with force in one direction to the neighbor's house, climbed up the side with slight difficulty, and stood atop the roof.

"ED! What do you think you're doing?" Alisha enraged herself, looking around frantically to see if anyone saw them. The monster just stood there, smiling.

"Don't worry about it. I'm an expert at this!" he said, laughing. He thought he heard Alisha give a grunt.

"When will you be back?"

"As soon as the potion wears off, obviously."

"Be sure you don't leave Henry on top a two-story building…and half naked."

Edward Hyde chuckled. "I won't. There are some extra clothes in the car."

Alisha glanced at the automobile that once belonged to Captain Nemo. She slightly missed him.

"Fine." Alisha stormed back into the house as Edward jumped from rooftop to rooftop…it was nearing midnight.

A little girl inside her home abruptly shot her head to face the ceiling, hearing the thumping upon the rooftop.

"Santa!" The little girl extravagantly jumped up and down, running to get her mother.

A bit later

Alisha sighed as she walked out of the upstairs bathroom, and froze when she saw her family gathered around the television downstairs. She almost fainted when she saw what they were watching.

On live news, reporters followed 'The Mysterious Santa Monster' that was jumping from rooftop to rooftop in a beastly force, trying to outrun them.

"Oh…my…god. He was caught."

Alisha squinted to look over her relatives.

"Ugh. I knew this was going to happen."

The witch told her family she was going to go find Henry (who, she mentioned, just went out to take a stroll), ran to the automobile, grabbed her old broomstick from the back, and flew off in search of half of her soon-to-be-husband.

"Edward!"

Soon enough, the witch was flying over the monster, the reporters, the cops, and live exposure.

"Alisha! What are you doing? You'll expose yourself!"

"Yeah, well you've already managed to do that now, didn't you?"

Back inside the house, all of Alisha's relatives stood there, hanging their mouths wide open, viewing their own little innocent girl fly above the monster on a broomstick, communicating with it like they knew each other. Standing there, watching the scheme the two newlyweds were a part of, slit their hearts just a bit as they felt the sensation of hidden secrets and sin.