"Who are you?" asked Mina.
"My name is Quinlan Amatera, son to Sandra Jones and Raphael Amatera, an Italian. My father died in Milan where we lived when I was two, my mother brought me to Edinburgh. I attended Eton and was recruited into the Secret Service upon graduation eleven years ago. Does my biography please you"
"Remember Mr. Amatera, I am the commander of this unit and I won't tolerate your attitude, when asked you will answer my questions clearly and with great joy, understand?"
"Yes, Madam." said Amatera grudgingly.
They were back to their awkward silence once more when Amatera asked her, "And may I inquire what are a chemist's credentials to lead a covert military operations unit?"
"My qualifications are my own affair, Mr. Amatera."
Suddenly, a massive object arose from the waters, it was a yellow Submarine, and the pair of them looked on in disbelief.
A hatch opened and a bridge was lowered onto the dock, and a man in a flamboyant uniform stepped out, he was thin with bushy black hair and a thick moustache and had a pair of glasses on.
"Captain Pepper?" asked Mina.
"Spot on." said Pepper in a Liverpool accent, "You must be Bond's Agents."
"Yes, we..."
"Well come on in," said Pepper as he ushered the pair to enter, "We've got a voyage to go on."
Mina and Amatera stepped into the Submarine somewhat reluctantly as their captain introduced himself formally, saying, "Captain David H. Pepper, formerly of the British Navy. Now Captain of this vessel."
Mina took a look all around her as she followed Captain Pepper, this most unusual submarine was nothing like the Nautilus, it was somewhat smaller and lacked the air of sophistication it had, the corridors were oddly not straight and the crew was composed of the oddest sailors you could imagine, they lacked a unifying uniform and all had long hair and were bearded.
"What is this vessel, exactly?" asked Mina.
"We simply like to call it the Yellow Submarine, though officially it is called the Menhaden"
"And what do you mean formerly?" asked Amatera.
"I was thought to be dead, a few years ago, and then I washed off the coast of South America. Back then I used to be a Sergeant, Never got back after that"
"You mean this submarine isn't a property of the government"
"Oh, no"
"So how did you get this ship"
"I'd like to think that IT got me." said Pepper, then took a turn to the right and the two followed him into what appeared to be the main cabin of the ship where some sailors, a man in a red uniform similar to Peppers and another in black boots and a leather jacket.
"Ah! Billy, here are our new friends." said Pepper as he gestured to the man in the red suit, "This is Lt. Billy Shears, first mate"
"Good afternoon, mates"
"And this is Winston Havlock." said Pepper as he gestured at the man in the leather jacket.
"Hell.o"
So, are we off to New York"
"Yes." said Mina as she remembered the task at hand, which she learned after reading the files Bond had given her on way in the coach.
"Splendid." said Shears as he issued his orders to the surrounding sailors.
"How do you manage to evade the authorities?" asked Amatera.
"Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends. Its why were helping you lot, we get John Bull's protection in return."
"I see you."
"When will we arrive in New York?" asked Mina.
"Five days, give or take." said Pepper, then stopped and opened a door leading to a cabin furnished with antique furniture, "This will be your Cabin, Misses Harker. Mr. Amatera, your cabin is the one down the hall."
Six hours later, Mina had made herself comfortable in her cabin onboard the odd submarine. She started re-reading the papers given to her by Bond; they detailed what happened to each of the league since their breakup nine years ago.
Captain Nemo had died of natural causes, the Nautilus simply disappeared, perhaps it was destroyed or perhaps it was sailing uncharted waters somewhere.
Rodney Skinner had died during the Martian invasion, in a way no one expected of him; as a hero. His sacrifice was instrumental in delivering the biological weapon that killed the invading aliens. He was awarded for his valor and courage postmortem.
Dr. Jekyll had become a wanted man all across Europe after murder sprees committed by Hyde in Rome, Madrid, Paris and Prague. Which prompted him to escape to America where he had been hiding ever since.
Mina sighed as she remembered Tom again, and their time together. After leaving Kenya, she found herself luring him into her bed, they became lovers. When Jekyll left and Skinner after him, she didn't care because he was there, she thought they'd be together for years to come. Then when a young man by the name of Huck Finn tracked them down and persuaded Sawyer to return to the secret service, saying those four words she loathed, "Your country needs you.", those were the words that killed Quatermain, and those were the words that took away her lover.
She forcefully took her mind off Sawyer, and started thinking about what would happen once they arrived in New York, and what were they going to do to capture Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Alright, so, what do you think?
I'm going to put togeather an American league that will appear in this story, so far I've got Angel(Buffy), Wolverine(X-Men) and I'm open to suggestions.
Captain/Sgt. Pepper and are the names of two fictional characters created by the Beatles for their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonley Hearts Club Band, modeled after John Lenon and Ringo Starr, respectivly.
The Yellow Submarine is from a song by the Beatles.
Winston Havlock is from "The Mummy"
The Yellow Submarine's official name, the Menhaden is named after the USS Menhaden (SS-377), a US Navy Submarine which was aptly painted Yellow and skippered by Commander David H. McClintock, hence Captain Pepper's name.