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It took the League a few seconds to figure out what had just happened. Nemo was the first to come to his senses. He brushed past Tom and opened the door as wide as it would let him. By that time, the girl had disappeared.
"How do you think she got on board," Mina asked.
"I'm not sure," Nemo replied angrily, "but I know how she is getting off."
Nemo ran out of the room with the rest of the League right behind them. The race continued for some time. The League sometimes saw the girl running down the corridors while other times they had only the edge of her dress turning corner. Every once in a while, the ship would shake, making their chase more difficult.
The League eventually found themselves back in at the bridge of the Nautilus. The door was still open. Running inside, the League found that the only thing that had changed was the fact that the sailors were in a bit more of a panic.
"Captain," one of the sailors by the radar exclaimed as they saw the group enter, "good timing. They seem to have disappeared."
"What," Nemo pondered out loud as he ran over to look at the radar. Just as the sailor had said, the other ship had disappeared from view.
"Did you see where they went to," Nemo questioned.
"Not really sir," the sailor replied, "one moment they were coming towards us, we get distracted for one second and they're gone."
"What were you distracted by," Mina asked, slightly impatient.
"First, there were some minor things," another one of the sailors responded, "objects falling, the ship shaking, stuff like that. Suddenly, the power starts flickering. Naturally, we start to do what we can to keep it on. A few seconds later, the power is fine but the radar can't pick up the other ship."
"But the power was just fine on the rest of the ship," stated Tom.
In fact, even when the ship shook, the lights in the hallways and corridors hadn't even flicker.
Out of nowhere, laughter began to echo through the room. Although the voice was familiar, its owner could not be placed by either ear or eye.
"Is anyone else creeped out," Skinner asked.
"Oh, come on, don't tell me you belief in ghosts," Mina replied, a bit shaken. "They're just figments of the imagination."
"Yeah," Skinner said back, "but awhile back same could be said for vampires."
The League continued to search about the room as best they could. By chance, Tom glanced at the window in front of the room. The darkness of the water outside allowed the glass to reflect like a mirror. He could see everything behind him: his teammates, the equipment, the table behind him where Nemo places the maps he will need, and almost right next to him was…
Tom immediately spun around to hit the person behind him but found his arm only hitting air. The table fell over, spilling papers all over the floor. The League watched in amazement as some of the papers slid around to make a path to the door, which swung open on its own.
"Is that how it looks when I move about," Skinner voiced in after it was all over.
"Yes, actually," Mina replied before giving Tom a curious look. "How did you do that?"
"I'm not sure," Tom answer.
"Shouldn't we go find out what that was," Jekyll interjected.
"Let's get going," Skinner said, removing his coat as he ran to the door. His teammates lost sight of him as the coat hit the floor.
"Certainly came prepared, didn't he," muttered Tom as the rest of the League hastened through the door.
The League ran until they reached the corridor branched off.
"Anyone like to pick which way to go," Skinner remarked, though breathing heavily from all the running.
This was answered when a large sound echoed from the end of one of the halls. The hall led to the Nautilus' main power room. The men who had been working there were all passed out. There were only three people who were awake in the room: the giant that they had been fighting a few days ago, the shooter who had been with him, and a young woman who the League had not met yet. The shooter had a new rifle in his hand and was examining the machinery with a joyful expression. The woman was crouching next to one of the men with the giant hovering impatiently over her shoulder.
The woman looked like she was in her mid twenties. She had one hand at the man's throat and the other at his wrist, both as though to check a pulse. She had her eyes closed and looked as though she was in deep thought. Her dark green dress was very formal looking, though it seemed to give her enough room to move around freely. After a few seconds, she gave a disappointed sigh and opened her eyes so that her green eyes were visible. She stood up and fixed her light red hair, which was styled in a bob around her head. The clicking of her black heels echoed off the walls as she turned towards the other two.
"Well," the woman sighed, "that didn't help too much."
"Go now," the giant panicked. "Find Ava."
"Don't worry Adam," the woman comforted, "we'll find her."
"Wow," their companion exclaimed, "do yous say dis?"
He was gesturing enthusiastically at one of the generators.
"They mus have created dis on their own. Can give off enough energy to power de ship for a few days on its own."
"Good guess," Nemo mumbled under his breath, somewhat surprised.
"Will you come on, El" the woman said, rolling her eyes. "We need to find her before someone else does."
"Right," El agreed in a disappointed tone. "Any ideas on where to go next, Jas?"
The woman thought for a moment.
"Maybe finding someone of higher standing on the ship; we may be able to learn something from them."
"How about I give you a hand with that?"
El's rifle was suddenly whisked out of his hand and used to hit him in the head. El was knocked backwards a few steps but was able to prepare for the next strike and take the gun back.
"Skinner," mutter Mina, speaking what everyone thought.
With that, Tom drew his pistols and shot three bullets at the trio. While one bullet met its mark in the giant's shoulder, the other two were able to be detected and maneuvered around before any other harm could occur.
Adam turned and gave a loud roar toward his opponent. El drew his gun, though he was paying attention to the air around him more than the enemies that were to come. Their companion ran to hide behind the machinery.
"Don't worry, nothing can go wrong," Jas mimicked in El's accent. "We have the element of surprise on our side."
Tom was about to shoot again when Nemo stopped him. The machinery in the room was too valuable to risk it being hit.
"Any ideas," inquired Jekyll. He had left all of his vials in his room.
"Just one," Mina responded. With a loud growl, Mina ran towards Adam.