Mina looked grudgingly at Amatera, they more she knew him, the more she wished to bleed him dry, thought she doubted that it would sit well with British Intelligence if she fed off one of their top snipers.
"You talent for acting like an old woman truly is Extraordinary."
Pepper had joined the group at Burnes' house under the pseudonym of John, after having finished restocking the Menhaden (The Yellow Submarine) and joined them to discuss Jekyll's refusal to join the League.
"I guess you'll be moving down the list?" asked Burnes.
"Probably." said Amatera as he took a sip of his drink.
"So we'll be setting the course for Mexico?" asked Captain Pepper.
"Not yet, I'm more inclined to try talking some sense into him." said Mina.
"From what you said, he has refused strongly. What can you possibly resort to change his tone?"
"As I told you before, I have my ways"
"We can probably stay here for a couple of more days, it's not like the next recruit is going anywhere." said Pepper.
"If you want to do it, that's your responsibility," said Amatera, "But I personally I think it's a waste of time."
"What's wrong?" asked Mina in the morning as she descended down the stairs to the kitchen room where Pepper, Burnes and Amatera were gathered around the table, having breakfast and discussing some matter of great importance.
"An informant of mine just left." said Burnes as he poured himself a cup of coffee.
"Who is he?" asked Mina as she sat at the table.
"His name is Raymond Griffin, from Quahog, Long Island. His connections with several of the Irish gangs in the city make him valuable despite being a bumbling idiot."
"What news did he bring"
"He says that late last night, somebody tipped the Dead Rabbits off about the whereabouts of Doctor Jekyll"
"Oh dear"
"The good thing is, Vallone has decided to wait till night to exact his revenge."
"I believe this is time for us to forcefully extract the doctor." said Amatera as he cut himself a slice of cheese.
"This means getting to him before the Dead Rabbits do, which means we must move now." said Burnes.
"Vallone probably has several men watching him, we can't get close without blowing our cover." said Amatera.
"Perhaps there is some way we can resolve this discretely, maybe we can talk to Jekyll again or negotiate with Amsterdam Vallone?" said Pepper as he took a bite out of an apple.
"Un-bloody-likely"
"Excuse me, you all answer to me, remember?" objected.
"I haven't forgotten," said Amatera with a sigh, "God knows I tried to"
"Okay then, what are we going to do"
"We'll wait till night time when my powers will be restored. By then Doctor Jekyll might pick up on them, we'll attempt to extract him before he is captured and try to convince him to join, if he refuses we'll have no choice but to give him passage to somewhere else so he can have a fresh start."
"That's very civil of you." said Pepper genuinely.
"Yes, it is. Though we're not in the fugitive-charity business." said Amatera, "What if he turns into this Edward Hyde you spoke of, how can we forcefully extract him then?"
"I've got that under control." said Pepper, "It'll require the service of Josephine and Lieutenant Havlock."
Amatera ran across the rooftops, trying to match Hyde's pace as he chased him, Shotgun in hand.
The men Amsterdam Vallone had put on Jekyll had a few drinks in them and were gagging for some revenge, so they kicked things off a little bit early, what they got for their trouble was a ten foot hulk who broke their bones and ran for the hills, it all happened ahead of time and so both the sober Dead Rabbits and the so far assembled League to spring into action.
So there he was; chasing after the man who had killed fifty men and thirty-six women, of whom British Intelligence knew about, not to mention all those he killed while he was in their service.
Hyde took a sharp left, and Amatera followed.
'Where are the Dead...' Amatera was thinking, before a two men appeared before him and knocked him to the ground.
"Who the fuck are you?" asked one of them.
"Fuck, Sean! He's got a gun!" said the other as he picked Amatera's rifle.
"Bleeding Idiots," muttered Amatera, "You little worthless shits!"
"Fuck, he's a John Bull. What are you doing chasing that guy with this gun"
"My grandfather left Dublin because of the likes of you, and now you come here and..."
Amatera kicked the man in the knee as he got half the way up, grabbing the barrel of his shotgun as it was aimed at him and pulling on it, causing the Dead Rabbit to lean down for him to punch.
Amatera was soon on the move again, leaving the two gangsters groaning in pain.
Finally he reached a rooftop which stood towering over another where Hyde stood feet away from Mina as she said, "Join us, Edward. This is the only way out."
"No." said the brute on the gruffest of voices before charging at Mina at full speed, at which point Amatera leaped from where he was perched and onto on to Hyde's back, and before he could react, he shoved a bottle of Laudinum into his mouth.
Amatera flew a dozen feet in the air before slamming into a wooden crate as Hyde raged on, shouting the foulest insults imaginable, then started to approach him with clearly vicious intent.
Amatera saw that the Laudinum hadn't kicked in yet, so he grabbed the gun, aimed carefully and pulled the trigger.
Hyde howled in pain as he crumbled to the ground, his leg bleeding, Amatera got up as Hyde attempted to rise again, and slammed the butt of the Shotgun with all his might into Hyde's neck, which piped him down considerably, the laudinum then kicked in and the Brute lost consciousness.
"Good Job, Mr. Amatera." said Mina as she approached, while an odd sound suddenly faded in, they looked above and saw Josephine, an aerial vehicle that matched the Yellow Submarine when it came to oddness, it was shaped like a saucer and painted bright red, with three rapidly spinning propellers atop of it that generated the necessary lift to enable it's flight. It was being piloted by Lt. Havlock, who saluted them then dropped a net attached to a thick rope from a hatch in Josephine, which he named himself after a former lover.
Amatera and Mina wrapped Hyde in the net and signaled Lt. Havlock who pulled up, carryig Hyde with him, heading to the Hudson river where Captain Pepper waited.
Amatera, Mina and Burnes got out of the latter's car as they reached the Hudson, where a bridge was lowered from the Yellow Submarine.
"Thank you, Mister Burnes," said Mina as she shook his hands, "You were most helpful, back in London I'll be cure to praise you highly"
"Thank you, madam."
Mina then stepped away smiling and walked into the submarine as Amatera Burnes shook hands, "So long, old chap. Good luck." said Amatera then tried to step back, but Burnes wouldn't relinquish his firm gip.
"Mister Burnes, what is god's name are"
"There's something I haven't told you," said Burnes, looking over Amatera's shoulder to make sure Mina was out on an earshot, "Raymond Griffin, the informer who told me about your Doctor had been found, he told me something else. He told me he saw a pale, tall, red haired woman talking to Vallone in the early morning."
Amatera was shocked, and Burnes let go of his hand and patted him on the shoulder.
"Be careful around that Harlot, y'hear?"
Burnes got into his car and drove off, as Amatera slowly walked into the submarine, wondering what to make of it all.
Raymond Griffin is supposed to be an ancestor of Peter Griffin, from Family Guy.
Dead Rabbits and Amsterdam Vallone are as I said before from Martic Scorsesse's Gangs of New York.