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Dr. H. Griffin

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@DrHGriffin 2 years ago

So, a little recap:

Me, 86, Mz. Hyde and RB: Professor Moriarty has come to the Society to take certain research: Jekyll's, Jasper's, Griffin's, Bryson's and Rose's. Lewis Weir has woken everyone up and tried to evacuate all those targeted; whilst Ariadne and Mz. Hyde are defending the Society. As Lewis attempts to get them out, Griffin reveals that he is in fact working for Moriarty in exchange for amnesty and funding. Griffin shoots Lewis in the leg, who escapes. Griffin takes the group down to the storeroom under the threat of shooting Rose, and meets Moriarty.

Me, MillieGriffin and Mz.Hyde: Meanwhile, Moriarty's assistant Talbot has brought a band of police officers to arrest everyone in the Society with bribed orders from the Home Secretary. The police intend to blow up the doors and storm inside.

86: Also meanwhile, Lewis has met up with Charricthran and Helen, to get Millie and the other Griffin out and escape to Glasgow and regroup. Charricthran transports them to Glasgow and they go to the Tantine Hotel with Jekyll and Lanyon in tow. A doctor tends to the injuries they sustained.

Keep calm and carry on!

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Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago • edited

Thompson, leading the officers, rapped loudly on the door.

"Open up. Open up! This is the police!" Thompson roared. "Surrender quickly and there needn't be any hostilities!"

He tried open the door, but it wouldn't budge. Either locked or barricaded. Thompson nodded to one of the officers, who procured a stick of dynamite. Thompson moved out of the way as the constable placed it carefully in the large keyhole, and lit the fuse.

All the police moved down the stairs and waited for the explosion to happen.

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Moriarty and Talbot walked briskly to the right side of the building, slipping into the narrow alleyway. Moriarty suddenly stopped, putting an arm in front of Talbot.

"Watch your step, Talbot." Moriarty told him. "Something's off here."

Moriarty went first, dodging a sort of puffed mass on the ground, then a ring of metal which was obviously a bear trap; and finally jumping over a pressure pad. He signaled Talbot over.

Talbot dodged the puffed mass, but he put his foot in the ring of metal. A whine of rusty metal clamped around Talbot's leg, piercing right into his muscles. He screamed in agony. Talbot was trapped.

"Professor, please, help me!" Talbot pleaded, trying to pry the teeth out. But it was no use. Moriarty just stared at him contemptuously, and turned to the storeroom door. "Professor! Don't leave me! Professor!"

Moriarty ignored Talbot's pleads, and opened the storeroom door. Nobody there. So he would wait.

(( MillieGriffin Mz.Hyde ))

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Griffin moved quickly to the storeroom door, opened it, and moved inside. The others followed slowly. The door to the outside alleyway was already open. There was someone there.

"Dr. Hawley Griffin." Moriarty greeted.

"Professor James Moriarty." Griffin returned. He dragged Rose out into the alleyway. The others again followed. "Brought a few more along. I take it you know the thief?"

Cheshire stood looking at Moriarty, his hands firmly around Anna and Matthew. Moriarty smiled.

"Yes. What you did hurt, Cheshire." Moriarty told him. "If you had just given me what I asked back there, then I wouldn't have taken Griffin, and none of this would've happened. At least not yet, anyway. Right, each of you are to follow me. Give me the revolver, Griffin, and release Miss. Knowles."

Griffin gave it to him, and let go of Rose.

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RBDECEPTICON17  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

But when the blonde was finally able to see the old man clearly, her eyes widened in horror and realization, as a gasp of shock escaped past her soft lips.

She was trembling once more, as she looked up at Moriarty.

'It's him...the man from the photograph...the reason why Lady Venom had to leave London...why she had to leave me.' Rose thought to herself, as more tears welled up in her eyes.

Tears of sorrow, of pain...and of anger.

(Dr. H. Griffin)

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago • edited

"Ah, yes, Lady Venom..." Moriarty smiled. "She and I had a little arrangement. But then... she took something of mine. Well, more specifically, something of your's that was then mine. So, she escaped my gaze, and I followed her."

He cocked the revolver. "Rest assured, I made it quick for her."

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Rose's emerald eyes narrowed up at Moriarty, as her heart ached profusely in her chest, and her hands clenched tightly at her sides.

"You...murdered...Lady Venom." She gritted out, her short form now shaking with anger and heartache.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

"Yes, I did." Moriarty replied, still smiling. He edged the revolver toward her direction. "If you plan on trying to lunge toward me, I'd suggest otherwise. Bullet wounds aren't particularly gentle, that I found to my own cost."

He nodded to Griffin, who stood poised in case she attempted anything.

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago • edited

"You f*cking b*sterd!" The blonde sexologist snapped up at Moriarty, as she quickly and angrily stepped forward.

But she was quickly stopped before she could deal out revenge against the man who had taken Lady Venom away from her.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

Griffin yanked her backward, swinging her left and holding her by the neck. Moriarty pointed the gun at Jamie, in case she would do anything foolish.

He laughed; a sour, ear-scraping cackle. "Good. Now, calm down, Miss Knowles, or do you want Miss Pendry to suffer the same way as your dear Lady?"

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

The angered and heartbroken blonde kicked and shouted, as tears streamed down her flushed face, but soon enough, she finally calmed down in Griffin's hold, now only sobbing and crying.

"Rose..." Jamie uttered softly, as she took a cautious step towards her poor crush.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

Moriarty nodded to Griffin, who released the sobbing Rose. He lowered his pistol as well to Jamie. It was the least he could do. It would be the last time they would see each other anyway.

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

And once the gun wasn't pointed at her anymore, Jamie rushed over to Rose, who turned around just in time to be pulled into a tight and warm embrace by the taller sexologist.

"It's okay, Rose...it's okay...don't cry." Jamie softly cooed down to the poor blonde, as Rose wrapped her arms around Jamie's midsection, while she hid her tear stained and flushed face in her crush's chest.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

Moriarty turned to Griffin. "Well, Griffin, thank you for bringing them to me. As agreed, your services are no longer required."

"Thank you, Professor." Griffin replied. "And goodbye."

"Likewise." Moriarty responded, raising the pistol and shooting Griffin in the gut. Griffin looked down at his stomach, a hole in his dressing gown, and collapsed on the ground.

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Rose jumped and whimpered in her crush's arms, while Jamie simply smirked in satisfaction.

'Serves you right, you treacherous b*sterd.' The older woman thought, while she continued to hold the poor blonde close.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

"Right, all of you go to the other end of the alleyway and get in the coach." Moriarty ordered them. "The driver will lock you in and take you to one of my many sites. Oh, and Cheshire, your family will not be harmed. Call it my little parting gift, seeing as how you've caused so much trouble for me."

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

The two sexologist pulled away and out of each other's embraces, before Jamie intertwined their hands together, squeezing Rose's hand in a form of reassurance.

'If only you knew how much I love you, Rose...if only you knew.' The brunette sadly thought, as her and her crush walked to the other end of the alleyway together.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

Cheshire walked on, Anna and Matthew by his side, as they walked on into the alleyway, the frightened Jasper and the concerned Bryson behind him. At the end, a coach with no windows was parked. The driver, a North London ruffian, descended from his seat and opened the single door.

"In you get." he told them.

Moriarty looked at Griffin and tutted. He could hear Griffin's labored breathing, his invisible hands clutching the wound.

"Wonder what they'll do with you, Griffin." Moriarty thought aloud. He shrugged and went to the driver.

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Rose and Jamie stepped into the coach, the blonde shivering in fear while the brunette gently pulled her into the coach with her.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

Cheshire, Anna and Matthew took their seats, a comfy yet cramped leather seat facing backward. Bryson and Jasper took theirs, and the driver shut the door, plunging them into darkness. Matthew started whimpering.

Outside, Moriarty went to the driver. "If all goes well here, I'll be there in an hour or two. But if I'm not there by then, kill the least important of them. It's their own fault for delaying me."

The driver nodded, climbed up to his seat, and began the long drive. Moriarty took out his pipe and had a smoke.

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Rose leaned her short form against Jamie's taller form, as the blonde's bloodshot emerald eyes began to slowly fluttered close.

The brunette smiled down at her poor crush.

"Get some rest, Rose. I'll still be here when you wake up." Jamie cooed lovingly down to the blonde, before she planted a soft kiss upon Rose's forehead, just as Rose finally fell asleep.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

"I'm sorry, Anna." Cheshire apologised to his wife. "It's all my fault. All of this."

"Don't say that." Anna remonstrated. "It was him, not you."

Cheshire smiled in the dark, and kissed his wife.

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Jamie could just barely see the outline of the two lovers, and at the sight of Cheshire and Anna kissing, she let out an audible groan of irritation. She truly wished that she could share such an intimate moment like that with Rose.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

Cheshire checked Matthew, only to find that he was sleeping in his mother's arms, from what he could barely see. Bryson and Jasper were sitting quietly ignoring the others. Wonder if they have any family...

Cheshire looked over to Jamie, hearing her groan. He knew it wasn't at there situation.

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Can you two save the intimacy for when we're not in immidiate danger, Cheshire?" Jamie gritted out, her voice filled with irritation.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

Anna looked at Jamie irritably.

"This may be the last time I see my husband." Anna told her sternly. "I'm not letting that moment go without him."

"Anna, please, it's alright." Cheshire said. "Look, Miss...?"

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Pendry. Dr Jamie Pendry. And your not the only one who might lose somebody they care about today." The brunette gritted out, her words honest, yet there appeared to be a touch of heartache in her voice.

Her ruby eyes slowly wandered down to the smaller woman, that was sleeping softly against her. Rose looked oh so peaceful as she slept.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

"Look, Doctor Pendry, we're all in the same boat. We need to work together here. Anyway; I have an idea on how we escape, though I doubt it will work." Cheshire responded.

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Well it won't work with that attitude." Jamie muttered, rolling her eyes.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

"My idea is that considering I am invisible, I could easily sneak out of the carriage when the driver lets us out, and could knock him out whilst he lets everyone out." Cheshire explained. "Then, we take the carriage and make our way back to the Society."

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"And then we find Griffin and make him pay for betraying us?" The older sexologist added, sadistic hope filling her voice.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

"Not we." Cheshire told her. "You. You'll just sink to his level. Besides, we need him. He could have information on Moriarty that we could-"

Cheshire was interrupted by his wife's laughter. He stared at her.

"Look at you, Jonathan." Anna told him. "Look at what you've become. An invisible man, I could survive with; but talking about this? This? Interrogating a man I hope never to see again, confronting a man who has either killed or tortured the people back at the Society in retaliation?"

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"I'm /not/ sinking to his level. I'm doing what you don't have the bollocks to do." Jamie muttered, her ruby eyes blazing with anger.

It was clear that the threat of losing Rose was the reason for her desire to make Griffin pay.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

"I'm not a fighter, Dr. Pendry." Cheshire told her. "Nor am I part of your Society. I am a visitor, if anything. You can do whatever you like with him, I don't care. He made me like this; I have as much reason to hurt him as you do."

He sat back. "At least I'm taking the moral high ground."

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"He. Threatened. Rose. I won't let him be taken away by the coppers without suffering for holding that gun to /her/ head." Jamie gritted out, as she wrapped her arm a touch tightly around the sleeping blonde.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

"He won't be taken by the police. He'll be dead before they get to him." Cheshire answered. "What's with you and her, by the way?"

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago • edited

"What? Me and Rose?" Jamie questioned, her voice now suddenly soft and devoid of anger, while the sleeping blonde stroked her cheek against the taller woman's shoulder.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

"Yes." Cheshire and Anna both spoke.

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Jamie blushed at their curiousity, before she went silent, pondering over what to tell Cheshire and his wife.

"You can't tell anyone, /especially/ Rose, about what i'm going to tell you. I don't know how bad things would get if certain people found out, and I know that it would affect Rose as well. Am I clear?" The brown haired sexologist explained to the others, quiet and serious.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

"Anna and I won't tell a soul." Cheshire told her. He looked to the two other gentlemen. They both nodded and murmured agreement, but it was likely they didn't care.

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Jamie smiled at them, genuine and grateful, before the brunette took a deep breath.

"We've known each other since I first arrived at The Society. I didn't really have anywhere else to go, nor did I know anyone who could help me in the state I was in...but I never expected to find love in a place like The Society For Arcane Sciences. Rose is...honestly I don't how to describe her...she's strong, intelligent, and such a bright little light in this world...but I don't know if she feels the same...she already lost someone she loved...I honestly don't know if she'll ever want to move on from Lady Venom. That's why I don't want her to know about my feelings...at least not yet...I don't know how she would react, if I told her that I love her, that she's the most beautiful and sweet human being i've ever met in my life and..."

The older sexologist suddenly stopped, tears filling her eyes as she let out a long and sad sigh.

"...she's too good for someone like me." Jamie muttered.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

Cheshire listened to her intently, whilst Anna simply rolled her eyes. Cheshire leaned forward and placed an invisible hand on her knee.

"Hey, take a leap of faith." Cheshire said. He looked to Anna. "That's how I met Anna."

"You met me because you sidled over to me in a bar," Anna humorously replied.

"Exactly," Cheshire replied. "I leaped over to you."

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Jamie chuckled at their interactions, a small smile coming to her lips, while a small glimmer of hope shimmered in her ruby eyes.

"You've got a point, Cheshire. Maybe i'll soon get the chance to tell her. Once she stops being an adorable sleeper that is." The brunette retorted softly, as she heard her crush mewling, and felt Rose wrapping her arms around Jamie's chest, holding her close as she continued to sleep.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

Cheshire smiled at their bond. It wasn't particularly his cup of tea, but he didn't care. He wasn't them.

Cheshire laid back, and wrapped an arm around Anna. "Don't worry, we'll be alright."

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Jamie held the sweet and sleeping blonde close to herself, as she turned her gaze from the happy couple, and down to Rose.

She looked so peaceful, as the fear that had previously tainted her beauty, had now faded away from her form for the time being. It was a sight to behold, to say the least.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

"Do you know what happened to Weir?" Cheshire asked Jamie. "Whatever that... thing he did..."

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"I'm not sure." Jamie unconsciously uttered, too distracted by Rose's beauty.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

"I hope he's alright." Anna told Cheshire. "He's been too kind to us."

"Indeed," Cheshire agreed. "Hopefully he hasn't been captured by Moriarty. Or worse."

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"I'm sure he's fine." Jamie unconsciously uttered to them.

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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

Anna nudged Cheshire's arm. "She's going to sleep, Jonathan."

"Yes, I know. She'll need it."

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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

And after a few minutes, the older sexologist joined her crush in peaceful sleep, her head resting upon Rose's own as they slept together. They looked content and happy together.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

(( :DDDDDDDDDD the plot thickens!!))

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MillieGriffin  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

As soon as the police got down the stairs it was the perfect opportunity for Millie's uncle, but there were too many down there to get at once... well...

He opened his bag and replaced Moran's rifle with a tommy gun he brought to this world. He took a step out from behind the chimney, aimed roughly at the policemen, and pulled the trigger and with sweeps from left to right. The gun went off with a *RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-* as a barrage of bullets hit the officers in the legs, shins, knees, ankles, thighs. The first two rows of police fell wounded before Griffin ran out of shots and went behind another chimney with his duffle bag to reload.

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Dr. H. Griffin  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

Thompson ducked behind the entrance pillar, as did many other officers. Some of them loaded their rifles and long arms, and aimed it directly at the roof. The injured officers screamed and tried to crawl away. The armed constables fired rapidly at the roof, shattering brick fragments toward Griffin.

The dynamite's fuse ran out and an ear-splitting explosion destroyed the door, the barricade catapulted back.

((Mz.Hyde ))

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

(Oh look, I'm alive.)

* The police ran into the main hall, only to discover that the floor was flooded up to their ankles. But they had more than soggy socks to worry about, as they saw Mz. Hyde standing in the middle of the room with the two plugs that connected the Tesla coils to a power outlet above her head.

If she were to plug that in, then an electric shock would travel through her body and into the water; killing them in turn.*

Take one more step in here and I'll fry us all! Please don't make me do this! Just turn around and go home! Go home and hug your family and live another day! Please, I beg you!

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

Inspector Thompson stared at the apparatus the woman was holding. He had seen an exhibition of some machines like the one that was incorporated to kill them, and he knew that they were capable. The officers behind him raised their rifles.

"Put the wires down!" Thompson yelled at her. "Or we will shoot!"

Ariadne, who managed to rally the rest of the Lodgers still within the Society, leaned over the railing. She saw Mz. Hyde with the cables and knew what she was trying to do. Ariadne gripped her vapour bombs, knowing that they wouldn't reach, let alone knock out, all of the police officers there.

"Put them down away from the water now!" Thompson shouted again at her.

((MillieGriffin ))

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MillieGriffin  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

one of the brick shards went into Griffin's arm. pissed off Giffin put the tommy gun back in the duffle bag and was about to pull a third gun that looked completely alien compared to the other guns in his arsenal. he was done f*cking around now, but then Charricthran appeared and in an over dramatic way snatched Griffin along with his appliances and teleported him to glasgow.

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Dr. H. Griffin  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

Thompson nodded to one of the officers, a Constable Blythe, who raised their rifle to Mz. Hyde. Blythe pulled the trigger.

((Mz.Hyde))

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

* Time itself seemed to slow down for Mz. Hyde as the bullet whizzed through the air.

Air.

The invisible force around us that we can feel with a gust of wind and we need to live.

It's what exited Hyde's body, along with blood and chunks of her brain, when she got in the head.

In a second the bullet had lodged itself in her head.

In two, she was on her back in the now red water.

Water.

Ever changing and ever sustaining, what would we be without water? We are made of water. The plants and animals are made of water.

Water is life itself.

What did Mz. Hyde do all her life? What is life? She just knows one thing as the officers trudge through the water.

She failed.

She failed to protect them. Now they are going to get killed trying to protect their life's work. She can see them now going over to the doors to Henry's office despite the blood running down her face.

Blood.

That fickle substance that has gotten her into so much trouble in life. With all the blood she must've lost now, it's amazing that she hasn't at least past out yet. In fact, how is she still able to have this thoughts being shot in the head? Maybe if she just closes her eyes and wait, death will come to comfort her as he always does. She closes her eyes in the red pool.

Red.

A red memory.

So, what were you hoping for humanity to gain via your research into the human psyche and whatever?

Honestly, I hope no one ever finds it.

Why not?

Because I don't want other people like me.

I don't want other people like me.

I don't want other people like me.

Her eyes open.

Slowly, she grabs her needle.

Slowly, she begins to rise; the red water dripping from her body. The blood still pouring down her face.

She stands, points her needle forward, and runs so fast and so hard that pieces of the wooden floor trail behind her.

And the world heard her scream two words.*

NO MORE!!!

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

Thompson didn't know what he was looking at, because he had never seen anything like it. The woman had survived a shot to the head. The cables were forgotten entirely. The woman ran toward them, and Thompson only had one extreme decision.

"OPEN FIRE!" he yelled to his officers, raising his own service revolver and rapidly firing at the running woman.

"NO!" Ariadne screamed from above, her eyes could've lit a room. She turned to the other Lodgers. "We've got to stop this madness before it's too late! Let's get down there!"

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

* Though the bullets pierced through her body, they did nothing to slow her down. Mz. Hyde kept charging at full speed, impaling an officer, whose body fell to the floor when she removed the blade. She did the same with another, and then another, and more after that.*

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

Thompson had watched his men get stabbed in complete shock. He had seen so many dead bodies before, he'd never seen anyone actually die. His officers scattered around, most of them running away from the Society, some backing away to shoot at the woman and some just ran into the Main Hall.

The woman had nearly had him, until Thompson was pulled aside by one of the sergeants, Collins, who had abandoned his rifle. None of the officers really knew what to do. Bullets were useless against her. Thompson looked toward the cables.

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

* Something odd was happening inside of Mz.Hyde. Her mind was a complete blank, save for just three automatic responses: find, kill, repeat. She saw a face she didn't know, stabbed them, and moved on to the next stranger. There was no thought process. No considerations. No thinking. Just instincts.*

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

Thompson waded across the water, tripping and in some cases pushing over the bodies of his colleagues; climbing up the small barricade that Mz. Hyde used, and grabbed the cables lying on top. He looked back; and saw Collins being stabbed viciously as he tried to follow his superior.

He pulled the cables downward, and was a metre away from placing the cables in the water, until he met two lilac objects in front of him. Eye-to-eye.

Ariadne puffed a cloud of orange-tinted vapour into the policeman's face. The policeman coughed and spluttered, and fell onto the floor, the cables dangling mere centimeters from the surface of the water. She quickly yanked them back and threw them over the barricade.

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

* To his surprise, Thompson felt himself being picked up out of the water. When he opened his eyes, he met two green eyes, pupils dilated and glowing with rage. Her voice was seething with ire.*

Where is Moriarty?

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

Thompson couldn't utter a single word, his tongue had completely swollen. His eyes were drooped but he could still see the woman's eyes.

Ariadne looked at Mz. Hyde, gripping the sphere in case she tried anything. She'd never seen her like this before.

"I- It's a compound which incapacitates them. One of the more unfortunate side effects is that they can't speak until it wears off." Ariadne explained to Mz. Hyde. The rest of the Lodgers were behind the barricade.

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR?! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO FIND MORIARTY?!

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

Ariadne was startled, but firmly held her ground.

"He was about to electrocute you with those cables!" Ariadne shouted back, her lilac eyes bright. "If I didn't you would be dead! And maybe you should stop to think about what you've done?! You've killed tens of policemen just doing their job! You're a murderer! If anything, you're worse than Moriarty!"

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

I CANT DIE! I DON'T CARE IF I DO DIE! I DESERVE TO DIE BUT DEATH WILL NEVER COME! IM TRYING TO PROTECT YOU PEOPLE BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT YOU ALL AND EVERYONE I CARE ABOUT ALWAYS DIES!

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

Ariadne dug into her satchel, taking out a small bottle and uncorked it. She placed it to Thompson's nose. He woke up immediately.

"Smelling salts." she explained to Mz. Hyde, but turned him away from her. "But I'll ask the questions; he won't tell you anything after what you've done."

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

WHERE IS MORIARTY?!

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

Thompson writhed in Ariadne's grip, trying to desperately get away from her. It was the woman who had killed his men, lying in the water, blood surrounding them. Ariadne looked back to Mz. Hyde, her eyes like torches.

"Shut up." Ariadne bellowed, her voice distorted low. She looked back to Thompson, who was utterly frightened. "Tell us where he is, and we'll let you live. If you don't; then I will subject you to a gas which will tell me what I want to know from you. So which is it to be?"

"I don't know where he is... I... His man... er... Talbot, he would know! He was with me when we were outside, I don't know what happened to him!" Thompson uttered in a weak voice.

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Fuck. FUCK. I'll just have to search everywhere for him!

* She runs off down the main hall.*

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

"Mz. Hyde! Wait!" Ariadne shouted after her.

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

* Mz. Hyde did not stop running. She did not care what happened to her. She just cared that her loved ones were safe. She makes a sharp turn to the left and heads downstairs to the saferoom.*

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

"Sh*t." Ariadne cursed. She looked down at Thompson. "Why did you come to arrest us? What have we done?"

"You've done nothing." Thompson muttered. "I know that the Home Secretary is under Moriarty's control; but if I didn't follow orders then I'd lose my job. My wife... she's not..."

Ariadne sighed. "Well, you've got good reason to arrest us now. I'm sorry about your men. I feel that I should've let you kill her, instead of her killing innocent men. They were just following orders."

She looked back to the rest of the shocked Lodgers. "All of you! We need to clean up her mess! Take a body and put them in a room. Any of them that are still alive, you keep them alive. We're not going to make the situation worse."

Ariadne looked back to Thompson. "If I let you go, what would you do?"

"Go back and bring an army to make sure that woman hangs. And then arrest every one of you." Thompson bluntly replied.

"Then I'm really sorry for this." Ariadne told him as she kicked him square in the face with her foot.

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

* Mz. Hyde reaches the safe room and calls out for anyone there.*

Is anyone in here?!

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

Ariadne dragged Thompson's unconcious body across the water, and hauled him over the lower area of the barricade. She took his revolver from him, and unloaded it completely. The Lodgers each carries a body, either living or dead she didn't know. Ariadne lay him on top the stairs and out of the water.

"Now, to get the Lodgers out." she told herself. "Not safe here. Hopefully Lewis and the others managed to get out."

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MillieGriffin  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

(Mz.Hyde)

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Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

(Hello! ^-^ I was wondering if we could have a chat on hangouts? I've been thinking about the potential fallout of this whole endeveor and a few other things.)

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Dr. H. Griffin  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

((Sure, what's your hangouts thing-a-ma-jig?))

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Helen Jekyll  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago • edited

((Sent!))

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Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

(( Helen Jekyll Tairais MillieGriffin So as far as I can tell, turn order is 86-Magnet-Tai-Millie. So Magnet's next.))

With Helen's assistance, Lewis made it from the desk back to his bed.

"Thank you, darling," he said as he sank down onto the latter, finally allowing his exhaustion to show.

"Would you mind going downstairs and telling them to bring us all some tea, and anything else you fancy? We'll need to keep our strength up."

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

"I wouldn't mind at all," said Helen, adjusting his pillows so he'd be most comfortable, "Just don't go anywhere, alright? You could use a nap."

She took a step away from the bed, lingering a moment longer to ensure he would stay put before leaving the room.

Once downstairs, she ordered several pots of tea along with a few sandwich trays, promising the workers a 70% tip that would diminish by 5% for every minute they took to bring it to their rooms. The response was an immediate scramble to get everything ready.

Helen walked back to the room with a smile, laughing softly to herself.

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

((Tairais ))

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Tairais  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

Charricthran quietly agreed with Helen. Getting shot in the leg was a pain in the... well. The leg, really. Lewis would do well to rest while he could.

He had a feeling things were about to get the interesting kind of busy again.

He'd stepped sideways without really realizing it, though he did realize how long it took to untangle himself from Lewis' shadow.

He was tired, in an odd sort of way that couldn't be likened to any mortal means. Stretched too far and thin too fast and too often, too soon, collecting the taste of rainwater and ash in his mouth.

It would be better to spend some time on his own, then. Much as he was loathe to, he was more useful elsewhere.

Eventually, he fell, bleeding from one place into the next. He gazed up at the world above him, then took in his softly murmuring surroundings. It was quiet here, peaceful in a way that The Other, for all that it was his and his home, was not.

Whispers tugged at him and bade he return home, laughing and smiling with the promise of secrets to share, collected from the eyes of those he Knew. After a time of listening to them and letting them weave their way between his fingers like silver little fish, a larger voice murmured, drawing his gaze from playfulness to somberness.

'The woods are lovely, dark and deep,

But I have promises to keep.'

The murmur flew off with a tilted head and a scattering of almost-familiar feathers, fading like light into the depths of the water.

He smiled and began to walk forward, even as he murmured the last lines of that deeply-cherished poem (were Lewis listening close, the words were both a gift shared and encouragement in their own ways).

"And miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep."

And so, he emerged on the rooftops of London with nothing more than a sigh of wind to herald his arrival. The wind caught his coat and urged him forth, carrying him over chimney and gutter in its need for haste.

A quiet assiduity filled him then, and certainty too.

After all, who better to shadow Moriarty than a shadow himself?

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MillieGriffin  Tairais • 2 years ago • edited

Millie stayed by the fire, focusing on listening for Griffin's movement outside of the room.

She could hear him marching down the halls, down the stairs, to that lobby. She waited for something to happen someone getting punched, something being thrown, just... something.

For a while though it was still quiet, just the *pad pad pad* of his bear feet pacing around the area and weaving around customers and staff. Finally it happened, She heard the furious roar of her uncle pick up like an air raid siren, "wrrRRAAAAAHHHGG!!!", and then a loud smash of glass, followed but various startled screams and exclamations of random people around the noise. And with that Millie leapt up, grabbed her mostly dry coat, and rushed down to the rakit to see what has happened and retrieve her uncle.

On the way down she found the blood stained unfurled bandages that had wrapped the wound around Griffin's arm abandoned on the stairs and she swiped them up as she went. When she got down there she saw a small group of people standing around the big window in front of the lobby that had been shattered from the inside out, and droplets of rain from outside where sprinkling in. Everyone around the scene was debating on how it happened and nobody knew the answer, it apparently broke on it's own. One of the higher ranking staff stated that it must have been some delinquent child that was throwing stones, though there was no stone to be found.

As all this commotion was going on Millie could see the heated outline of her uncle retreating to another part of the hotel, clutching his hand. She followed very cautiously.

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Jekyll1886  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago • edited

Lewis had settled in, and was just about to drift off to sleep...

...when a loud CRASH rang out from downstairs.

He bolted upright, momentarily forgetting about his leg...and, to his surprise when he remembered, did not fall.

He looked down.

Patted his left trouser leg.

Reached a hand down it, feeling around and under the bandages.

His eyes went wide.

He knitted his brows in a look of confusion.

Then, slowly...smiled.

"I'll be damned."

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Helen peeked into the room, frowning with concern.

"Lewis, did you hear-?"

She froze for a moment, blinking, then stepped fully into the room.

A puzzled tilt of her head.

"You're standing..."

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MillieGriffin  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

Griffin went into a remote little room primarily used for storing maintenance supplies and checked his hand, thankfully no glass shards were embedded in it but there was a cut on his knuckles. For a moment he had calmed a little but just before Millie had approached the door he started back up again and another ruckus grew from that room.

She peeked in to see what havoc her uncle was wreaking. To the normal human eye it looked as though the room had been overtaken by a poltergeist, as chairs, tools, boxes and anything else that wasn't nailed down would lift up in the air and hertel forward to smash against the wall. Millie watched a while, frequently checking to see if any staff or guests were coming to investigate this new mayhem that was occurring. As she patiently but nervously waited for her uncle's rage to burn out she could hear some foot steps coming in her direction and she promptly hid to avoid being accused of the mess being made.

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Jekyll1886  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

"Oh! Helen..." said Lewis, withdrawing his hand from his trousers.

"I...this isn't what it looks like," he was quick to say. "I was just checking the injury. It's...in a great deal better shape than I'd hoped. Luckily enough," he said with a small, somewhat nervous smile.

He heard another racket from downstairs. Griffin's energy felt agitated, and coincided roughly with the source of the disturbance.

"Christ on a crutch..." Weir muttered, putting his fingers to his forehead.

"Griffin's at it again," he said to Helen with a shake of his head.

He strode to the door, picking up his walking stick on the way.

"I suppose I'd better stop him before he tears the entire hotel apart..."

Maybe I should've just left him in London...

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Jekyll1886  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

((Helen Jekyll ))

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

A flicker of confusion crossed her face at his assurance, followed by blush rapidly creeping onto her cheeks.

"O-Oh, he's the one making all that noise?"

She moved to follow him out the door and reached to take his arm, pausing as a thought occurred.

"Wait, how is it that you're well enough to walk on your own? You were just shot earlier today, you ought to be bedridden..."

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited

I ought to be, but I won't with all that racket...

"Ah.

"That."

He paused, unsure how much or even what to say.

"It's the damnedest thing, Helen. I reached down because I felt a rather odd tingling sensation--nerves, if experience is any guide--and..."

He shook his head.

"Just a moment. Pardon."

He undid his trousers and reached down the left leg to fiddle with the dressing for the wound. Before long, he'd undone his bandages, then removed them entirely.

He refastened his trousers.

"There," he said, examining the bloody cloth. "Look at that. I ought to be still in bed, one would think."

Another CRASH.

"Bloody Hell!" he exclaimed, tensing. "If it's not one Griffin, it's another!"

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Helen cringed, sighing and glancing down at the floor.

"That's how I always imagined Hela's rampages sounded like, whenever she'd trash my room," She said, shaking her head, "Griffin must be out of his mind."

Another sigh, followed by a tired sort of smile. "How about we head downstairs and talk on the way?"

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

"The difference being, Hela never trashed my hotel," he muttered under his breath.

"Yes. Let's go."

He held the door for her.

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

She nodded her thanks, walking alongside him once they were both out of the room.

"Does your leg still hurt at all?" asked Helen, watching him carefully should he need her assistance again, "I can't even begin to imagine how fast it must be healing, if you can walk on it again so soon..."

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited

"It...tingles and itches, but, no...doesn't hurt, really," he said quietly as he closed the door behind them.

"I...don't know if I've told you, but Hawley once beat me to...well, it would have been to death, if not for some timely medical intervention. An experimental treatment."

A pause.

"I dare say it's reacted with my...particular physiology in an...unanticipated way. That's my conjecture, at any rate."

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

Helen stopped short.

The color completely drained from her face.

"He did what?!" She snarled, hands clenched so hard into fists at her sides that the knuckles went white.

"How the bloody Hell isn't this monster dead yet?! Or at the very least rotting in jail!"

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MillieGriffin  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

Millie recognised the voices from the people coming down the stairs as Lewis and Helen. She left her hiding place and went over to meet them at the foot of the stairs. A faint knowing smile appeared on her face when she saw how well Lewis was walking now, but it quickly vanished.

"I'm so sorry, about my uncle." she said over the commotion from the maintenance room, "I'm assuming that's why you came down here."

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Jekyll1886  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

"Oh, rest assured," said Lewis quietly to Helen, "I've wanted to kill Hawley for some time now. If he weren't in London, I would have already.

"As to jail...Moriarty's bought the police."

Millie appeared and addressed them as to her uncle.

"'Tis," Weir replied to her.

"If he needs to take out his frustrations, I've some packing crates in the back lot that need breaking down into kindling."

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

At Millie's appearance, she turned away, not trusting herself to speak.

Rage still boiled in her blood and it was only the lifetime of conditioning that kept her from turning to destruction, as Griffin had done.

Even then, it took nearly all of her control to simply grit her teeth and stand still, struggling to relax her fists.

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Helen Jekyll  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

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MillieGriffin  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

"Aheheh, I'll be sure to suggest that to him." Millie said in response to Weir and noticed Helen's painfully restrained anger, it seems everyone is royalty pissed.

The sounds of Griffin's rampage had begun to slow as they spoke.

"I think Griffin's burning himself out now though, hopefully he'll be calmed down enough to listen to reason."

She led the way to the maintenance room and slowly opened the door. The room seemed empty but completely decimated, the only thing left in one piece was a wooden foldable chair that picked itself up, It hesitated as the invisible man holding it saw them in the doorway but it was that thrown against the wall anyway and it splintered on impact. The room finally became still again save for the sounds of heavy breathing. Millie was able to see the heat signature of her invisible uncle standing in the middle of the room, naked, still staring at the spot where the chair hit the wall with his fists still clenched.

The sight was a familiar one from their first year of being what they are today, but this time is going to be different.

"Feeling better?" Millie coed from the door in a soft, sympathetic tone. Griffin turn his head towards them, not saying a word, just glaring at them.

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Jekyll1886  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

"Just make it to the back lot, Helen," whispered Lewis, handing her a key. "Then just...do as you've done in our sessions. Let loose."

They made their way to the storeroom.

"There are more breakable things in the back lot," said Weir, utterly earnest, without so much as a hint of mockery. "If you care to," he offered.

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

She gripped the key, frozen in place for what felt like an eternity.

She needed to calm down, without falling into her old habits...but heading to the back lot would mean leaving Lewis alone with the other Griffin and the thought alone was enough to make her vision practically go dark around the edges.

She stood for a moment longer, wrestling with herself to come to a decision, to think through the fog of rage.

Then finally, with a frustrated growl at her own emotions, Helen returned to Lewis and the others, her eyes dark with silent curses at herself and the man who dared hurt her grandfather.

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MillieGriffin  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

Griffin said nothing to them, still panting.

Millie smelt the blood of his torn up knuckles then offered after Lewis, "Also, if you'd like... we could talk? I could get some food, clothes, bandage that hand?"

Griffin's heavy breath started to slow and grow light as he looked at the blood turning visible on his hand, then with a deep breath and heavy sigh finally said coldly, "I'm fine..." though there was still anger in his voice.

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Jekyll1886  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

Lewis gave a little shrug.

"Suit yourself," he acknowledged Griffin.

"We'll be out back," Weir said to Millie as he turned to accompany Helen down the hall.

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

Her brows rose briefly in surprise, then settled back down as she gave Lewis a grateful look, for once not waiting for him as she strode down the hallway.

The door to the back lot was slammed open as Helen passed through, it's key tossed behind her without so much as a glance.

Maybe Lewis would catch it. Maybe it'd fall to the ground. She didn't care. She simply couldn't care, at least not then, not with every fiber of her being screaming at her to lash out and destroy.

And destroy she did. The crates never stood a chance.

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

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MillieGriffin  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited

Millie watched a Helen make her way to the back lot with a bit of envy, she too could use a stress reliever like that but for now she had her uncle to worry about. She turned back to face Griffin but was roughly shoved aside by him as he exited the room and went back up the stairs to their quarters. Millie glared after him and with a huff she gritted out, "Right..." before following him.

When she approached the room and peeked inside she found her uncle still invisible, washing his wounds by the wash stand and wrapping his hand in a towel. He swore to himself as the towel wouldn't stay wrapped around his knuckles and he threw it to the floor out of frustration. Millie sighed and quietly shut the door behind her as she fully entered, she walked up to him slowly trying to think of words of comfort to calm him down.

"Are you sure you don't want to take out your frustrations out on those crates out back?" She delicately offered.

"No!" Griffin snapped, sharply turning towards her, "You lot can spare me the charity, I don't need it nor do I want it." he grimly turned away from her again.

"You're not the only one angry, you know! We're all just as outraged at these events as you are!" she replied a little more annoyed at him than sympathetic.

"Oh really? Well it surely doesn't look that way! How can you all act so calm after all this, after what that cowardly little rat has done!?"

Millie's mind thought of Helen's painfully suppressed rage for a moment and how eagerly she went to that backlot. Not all of us...

"Because you're the one making such an outlandish fuss over it for all of us that we don't really need to." She retorted.

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Jekyll1886  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago • edited

Lewis did, indeed, catch the key Helen tossed.

He followed her through the door to the back lot, then shut and locked it behind them.

He stood by quietly as she unleashed her rage, unwilling to pull her out of the moment.

This is healthy. Needful. Necessary, he silently observed.

Own it, Helen. Own it all.

For his part, even as he watched, he was calculating how to proceed.

Where do we go from here?

He'd sent the necessary letters throughout the city.

With any luck, his telegram to Malemi would soon arrive. At least one friend in London would be safe.

He wondered how things had gone after he and his little group had left, courtesy of Charricthran.

Had Mz. Hyde held her own? Were the lodgers in prison...or injured...or dead? What had happened to Ariadne and her group? What would Moriarty do with the research Hawley'd handed him?

Hawley.

Weir's grip tightened on his walking stick. Had he not designated the crates for Helen, he'd have smashed them himself.

There's a time and a place for that, he told himself instead. A time...and a place.

He swallowed.

Fantasies of revenge will get me nowhere.

Took a breath in.

Out.

Calm. As much as he could be, under the circumstances.

Still, the thought of Hawley getting away with everything scot-free did not sit well with him.

But he would simply have to accept that fact. As well as that Moriarty now no doubt had what he wanted.

Or...did he?

Hawley's a sellout.

Kaylock may resist, but doubtless all Moriarty needs is a sample from him, or to induce him to bite someone else.

Bryson...Bryson would never condone science turned to violent ends. But Moriarty may have him tortured. And nearly everyone breaks, eventually.

I do wonder what he wants with Rose.

Heh. Perhaps he has trouble getting it u--

No. Wait. Never mind. Strength potion--Lady Venom. That makes sense.

Though he could still have trouble--

Anyway. Moving on.

That just leaves Jekyll.

I have Jekyll.

But Jekyll's notes are back in his office, unless he happened to have them on his person.

But Jekyll's notes are in code. Rather obtuse code, at that. Replete with personal references--seemingly nonsensical words alluding to symbols pointing to more references, which allude to more symbols, etc., etc., finally pointing to the way his potion works. Only Dr. Jekyll himself would know the name of the rabbit he kept as a child, for example. Or the side character in the piece of Biblical fiction he wrote when he was five, and what that character meant to him.

I suppose in that regard I'm lucky there are at least some commonalities across dimensions. Henry Jekyll will always be Henry Jekyll, even if the incidentals vary. Knowing one is often as good as knowing another.

So the question then becomes...can Moriarty make heads or tails of Jekyll's seeming gibberish, without a Henry Jekyll on hand?

I certainly did. But then, I'm eminently qualified. I've seen enough Henry Jekylls and Edward Hydes to know all the commonalities.

I could be of use to Moriarty, should he find himself running into a brick wall.

Possibly.

Possibly not.

Still, should worse come to worse...a potential bargaining chip is better than none at all.

Weir kept all these thoughts to himself as he continued to unobtrusively observe Helen.

I at least hope Millie's having some luck with her uncle.

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

At first, Helen moved with feverish energy.

The crates weren't so much broken as they were shattered, slammed again and again and again into the ground, the wall, against their fellow continainers, until they splintered. Then their remains were thrown aside to make way for her next target.

Inevitably, though, she began to slow. The burning in her muscles, as much as she tried to ignore it, had grown nigh unbearable and showed in her expression with each shift of her limbs.

Her breathing was ragged when she finally, finally, leaned against the wall near Lewis to rest, eyes sliding shut of their own accord.

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MillieGriffin  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited

Griffin didn't say anything at that retort but went over to the bed and sat down. Millie went over to the bed and sat next to him. She took his hand and wrapped it in a bandage she produced from her coat pocket.

For a time they both sat in silence... until Griffin spoke up again as he looked at his bandaged hand.

"It didn't have to end up like this... I could have beaten them all."

Millie just nodded.

"And that miserable little rat of a doppelganger of mine..." His voice became angry again, "If he wasn't such a weak little coward...! He could have fought them! We could have won if he just fought back, but no! He was too scared, he let them break him like a horse! Cur... and he's suppose to be the invisible man of this world..." he scoffed. "Doesn't he know how thIS REFLECTS ON ME!!?" Griffin shouted as his slammed a fist into the bed.

"...I don't think he cares." Millie muttered.

"Obviously!" snapped Griffin as he threw up his invisible arms then crossed them.

"You're not him though, you know that right? I know you two aren't the same."

"Yes I know that." He grumbled, "But everyone else doesn't! Ever since I came to this wretched place I've been scorned, suspected and despised, and it's never from anything I've done but from what he did! And now he's gone and done this... I know the only reason Weir brought me along was for your sake, Millie. Otherwise I'd still be on that roof... He doesn't trust me, I know he doesn't, especially not now!"

Millie seemed surprised at the last part of Griffin's rant, "Do you care if Lewis trusts you?" she asked rather curiously.

Griffin looked at her, "Under normal circumstances, no, I don't even trust him myself, but now I can't afford having him as an enemy as well... I just don't want this ending up like Kemp..." he slumped a little, feeling a bit deflated now.

Millie gave him a stern look, "Then make him trust you!"

"Aheheh, and how do you suppose I do that after what he's put up with, with my other self?"

Millie got up and stood in front of him with a determined look on her face, "Well you are not Hawley, in fact you're ten times the man Hawley is! You didn't need any fancy society or fundings from Moriarty to create your process of invisibility, you didn't need any handouts! You scraped and toiled in secret over your work with what little resources you could had until you discovered invisibility without anyones help! You are the toughest, smartest, most clever and determined man I have ever known! You, you are the one who inspired me to pursue science, you made me who I am! And I know you are not the kind of man that bows his head in submission to be controlled, you the kind that takes control and leads! Because you are, The. Goddamn. INVISIBLE MAN!" and as she ranted on, excitement and zeal growing inside her hearts, Griffin just watched with a big grin on his face.

He couldn't hold down a snicker when Millie was done singing his praises, which turn into a chuckle as he put his unbandaged hand on her head, and let it slide down the side of her face and grabbed her chin. "You sentimental little fool." he taunted in an endearing way.

Millie smiled at him as she grabbed his wrist and forearm and held it for a while. Then pulled his hand down and clapped her hands around it, "Now put on some pant." she ordered with a smile.Griffin rolled his eyes and pushed her aside as he went to get his now dry invisible clothes off the mantel.

"I'm going to see if there are any boxes left to destroy."said Millie as she walked towards the door.

Griffin had his head halfway through his shirt as he said, " I'll join you in a bit!"

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Jekyll1886  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

"Lean on me, Helen," offered Lewis. "'Tis fine."

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Hm?" She hummed, blinking blearily for a moment before his words registered, shifting so her weight was against him instead with a wince, followed by an appreciative sigh.

"Thanks... you're much softer than a wall..." murmured Helen, shutting her eyes again.

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MillieGriffin  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

The peace and quiet between Helen and Lewis only lasted a few minutes before the door knob from the hotel started to rattle, then there was a knock on the door.

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Jekyll1886  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

"You did beautifully," he said with a smile to Helen, enfolding her in a hug.

"I'm very proud of you."

The door knob rattled.

Then there came a knock.

"Yes?" called Lewis, straightening up as he turned his head in the door's direction.

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Helen blushed at the praise and pressed her face into his shirt.

"I only did as you taught me..."

She yawned softly as he spoke to whoever was behind the door, content to rest her eyes and let him handle it.

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MillieGriffin  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

The two could hear Millie's voice from the other side of the door, "It's us, is that invitation still valid?"

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Jekyll1886  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago • edited

"Indeed so," he answered Millie. "There are still some crates left. Just a moment."

He turned to Helen.

"Let's head up to the room, shall we? You can eat, relax in the bath, take a nap...whatever you please."

As where they stood chanced to be near the door, he simply reached over and unlocked it.

"You can pull it open now, Millie."

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Mm, sounds perfect," She smiled, rubbing her eyes. "I know you could probably use the rest too..."

She stretched her aching arms and swallowed back another yawn, patiently waiting for him to lead the way.

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MillieGriffin  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

Millie pulled opened the door and stepped into the lot followed by Griffin, visible and clothed again. For a split second Griffin took a glance at Weir's now healed leg as he stepped through the door but for the moment said nothing.

"Thank you Lewis." Millie said before she zipped over to the boxes quicker than they could see and started a rampage of her own.

Griffin didn't watch his niece destroy the crates with all her pent up anger, instead went straight over to Weir and placed a hand on Weir's shoulder.

"I think it's time we had a talk, Weir." Griffin calmly said.

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Jekyll1886  MillieGriffin • 2 years ago

"I probably could, but I may need to do some things first," Lewis admitted to Helen.

He gave a nod to Millie, when she thanked him.

After her uncle spoke, Weir replied:

"As do I. Just...let me get a little something in my stomach first, so I'll think more clearly. I'll meet you at your room."

With that, he and Helen headed to their quarters.

He wasted no time in drinking tea and downing brunch.

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Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago • edited

Kito was walking back to the society. He had to leave to restore his mask, and was able to make the trip on his own. He walked up the steps and

Stopped, unsure of what he saw. The doors were off their hinges and were in splinters all over the main hall. A strange smell hit him as soon as he stepped in. His nose was met with a swirl of familiar and unfamiliar scents. He schanged in to his wolf form as soon as he cleared the pieces lf painted wood. He began sniffing around trying to figure out what happened. After an hour, he deduced that someone came in to the society that caused an immediate panic. Some places he couldnt go, but he could hear lodgers in there. Some of the lodgers then disappeared and some were able to escape. Kito changed back and left the society. If he stayed he would attract attention. Luckily Lewis had lent him a suit to wear and use. He also gave him a long and large scarf that wrapped around most of his face. Kito needed to find Lewis, and so he began searching and sniffing for his friend.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

((Are you aware of what's happened in the Society? Because the door's been blown off...))

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

(I read the thing after I started typing. I will fix it.)

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

((Thanks.))

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

(Also I checked out volume one of Sherlock Holmes today. I am in love and am almost at chapter three.)

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

Ariadne had gotten the last of the Lodgers out when she saw Kito in the hall, in his wolf form. For a moment, she had thought it was some random dog that had wandered in. She ran toward him as he left.

"Kito!" she shouted toward him as she descended the steps. "Where were you?!"

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Kito stopped, "Adriane?!" He was somewhat recognizable. He wore a Victorian over coat with a brown vest and gray green tie. He had black pants and actually wore shoes with a large, although faded, red scarf. "What happened here? I was at the spring rejuvenating my mask," he said running back to her.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

Ariadne almost couldn't speak for a moment. She was hyperventilating. She took in a deep breath and calmed herself. Her eyes were bright lilac.

"Moriarty came, the police were with him. Mz. Hyde drove them off. I've never seen her... like... that." Ariadne stuttered, slightly shaking. "Lewis took the Lodgers who were targeted by Moriarty. I don't know what happened to them..."

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Kito sighed, "Who is Moriarty?" He asked calmly. He needed all the information he could. "Which lodgers did he target? If I can find something of theirs, and deoednding on how long ago this happened, I can track them."

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

"Moriarty's a professor with criminal intentions. I only really know that Griffin was with them." Ariadne meekly replied. "Rose was too... Let's try Griffin, his room's the closest. He went with Lewis about... er... an hour ago, I think."

With that, she began quickly walking up the Society steps. Ariadne knew fully well that Griffin's room wasn't as close to them as Rose's was; she just felt more safe if she knew where he was.

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Kito followed behind her, and had his hands in his pockets as he walked.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

The main hall's floor was still covered in water, the tanks shattered by Mz. Hyde when she set that trap for them. There was a small splash of blood by the door, spreading out into the water. Whether it was from Mz. Hyde or the policemen she attacked she couldn't tell.

Ariadne decided to run to Griffin's room. It was so strange now that the Society was nearly empty of people.

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Kito ran after her after observing the same scene in the fullest detail now. He followed beside her as she ran.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

Reaching Griffin's room, they found the door wide open, as were many of the neighboring rooms. Ariadne entered. It was tidier the last time she saw it; though strangely enough, most of Griffin's belongings were packed.

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Kito walked inside, "does he have a handkerchief? Something small that I can carry easily?" He asked looking around by walking around the room and scanning the items with in it.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

"I... I don't know." Ariadne replied meekly. "He's not exactly the sort of person I know too well. Maybe his clothes will have his smell?"

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Wait, I know this scent. This isn't your uncle isn't it?" Kito asked a scowl to his voice.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

"What?!" asked Ariadne. "No! Of course he isn't! Griffin is Millie's uncle... I mean that... There's another Griffin, who's Millie's uncle, instead of... It's complicated."

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Sorry, got the people mixed up by my hatred. Can we please use someone, anyone else. Every time I even catch a whiff of him my mind gets overwhelmed by hatred," Kito replied shaking with anger.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

"Why? What..." Ariadne stopped, and knew that it wasn't her place to ask. Whatever Griffin had done to Kito, it wasn't good. "Right, well, I suppose we could try Rose."

Ariadne went out of the room and waited for Kito.

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Kito followed her, "Its a long story," he said coldly. He waited for her to lead the way.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

Ariadne led Kito to Rose's room, which was also Jamie Pendry's as well. Like Griffin's the door was wide open.

"See if you can smell anything." she told Kito.

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Kito walked in and returned with a scarf. He smelled and it and began to walk out of the society.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

Ariadne followed him across the Main Hall.

"Any idea where she could be?" she asked.

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"I don't know London, I can only follow her scent," Kito said.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

Making their way down the steps, to the place where they had met, Ariadne heard a loud crash coming from one of the alleyways. It sounded like metal colliding with something. She looked to Kito for what they should do.

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Kito looked back at and with great care walked over to investigate. He was on high alert.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

Ariadne decided to go in front. She fumbled in her pocket for her gas sphere. The alleyway was slightly dark, making it hard to see what it was from the outside.

"We'd better go in," Ariadne whispered back to him. "It might be another Lodger."

Ariadne stepped forward, but kicked something that sprung violently and clamped together. It was a bear trap. She looked back to Kito. Someone had placed traps here.

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"We should continue our pursuit. If there is traps along the way, when whatever is inside could be a trap. The longer we wait, the fainter Rose's scent becomes," Kito said not wanting to risk losing a leg or worse.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

"I heard that..." a faint voice called from the alleyway. It was rough, sly and almost certainly a voice that Ariadne knew.

"Griffin?" she asked into the darkness of the alleyway; forgetting that Griffin wasn't the best person to be around Kito.

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Go Rot in hell!" Kito yelled growling. His hair rose on end as he walked back in to the entrance's range of view. "If you have anything to do with it it's bound to get us killed. Adriane, if you don't wish to come then I could care less, but I am leaving."

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

"For pity's sake Kito!" Ariadne shouted at him. "Yes, it's Griffin, not exactly the best person to save; but he was with Rose when they left! He might know where they are! Ergo, you having to traipse around London looking for her! Anyway, from the sound of it, he sounds injured, so I doubt he's exactly capable to harm us."

"You're so considerate, Radcliffe." Griffin murmured from behind her. "Look, whomever you are back there, I'm not going to hurt you, because you're the last person on my priority list right now."

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"He most likely betrayed them for his own gain. Let him die, saves me the trouble," Kito said, "if you want to save him, then be my guest." Kito turned, "goodbye Griffin," he called.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

Ariadne, having enough, strutted over to Kito's front, and slapped him hard on the face, or rather the mask.

"Do you know what Mz. Hyde did?" Ariadne asked him, her eyes lilac. "She killed tens of policemen that came. Innocent policemen who were just following orders. Now, my trust in this place has been seriously shaken, if one of the managers is capable of doing that: murder. I'm not prepared to lose anymore people today, not you, not Rose and even a man like Griffin. He knows where Rose and the others are, I suggest we use what he knows. After that, you can find the others whilst I try to make sure that all the other Lodgers are evacuated before the rest of the cavalry comes."

"Or, do you want to use that scarf to find her and then be shot by Moriarty's men who are likely to be guarding what they have?" she added.

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Kito was taken aback by the slap and sighed, "Do you think I honestly care if humans die? Do you honestly think we can trust him?" He asked. "If he does anything to betray is, which he will, I swear on my life I will tear off his invisible arm. If you want let me leave him to die then I guess we can help that sorry excuse for a human being."

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago • edited

"I don't care what you care. What I care about is making sure no more people die today. I don't trust him, I don't like him; frankly I have sometimes wished to hit him. But I don't trust anyone after what's happened today."

She turned to the alley. "If he tries anything, you can do whatever you want with him. It'll only take a few minutes for him to tell us what happened. Come on."

Ariadne walked into the alley, avoiding some of the traps that were in place. Frankly, they were easy to spot by her eyes.

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Kito stopped, this was to easy, if they wanted to stop people from coming in they would have put more traps down. He didn't go in and instead looked around the surrounding area. He was smelling the air in the alley to catch a whiff of anyone. "Adraine stop!" He yelled running around after her and dodging the traps easily. It was a trap and he was running in to it. "This is a trap!"

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

"I. Don't. Care." Ariadne replied, turning back to Kito. Her lilac eyes were bright in the darkness. She reached Griffin after hopping over another bear trap.

He was lying down on the ground, his invisible hands were formed from blood. Griffin's dressing gown was covered in blood on the torso section. A small hole was protruding from his gut. He'd been shot.

"Oh, Christ." Ariadne blurted worryingly. She bent down and applied pressure to the wound. "Who did this to you?"

"Moriarty, obviously." Griffin muttered. His entire body was shaking in the cold. "He took everyone... in..."

Ariadne looked to Kito, letting go of Griffin's wound. "Press down on his wound!"

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Kito growled at the request, "FINE," he said through what surrounding like gritted teeth. He keeled before him and pressed down. He wanted Griffin to die. This was still a rouse and he knew it.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

Griffin winced at the pain. Ariadne dug around in her satchel. She took out a roll of bandages. She lifted Griffin's body slightly.

"No exit wound." she whispered to herself. "The bullet's still inside him."

She dug inside her satchel again, taking a small vial and a pair of tweezers. Ariadne took her gas sphere and emptied it's contents into the air. Then, poured the vial into the sphere and shook it. Squirting some it into the air, the liquid turned into vapour.

"Alright, Griffin, this is for the pain. Just breathe in calmly and count backward from ten." Ariadne told him shakily. "Hold your breath, Kito."

She pressed the nozzle at his mouth and squirted it into Griffin's open mouth. He coughed slightly but rested. Ariadne took the tweezers, opened Griffin's dressing gown, and saw the bullet round inside of him, a tunnel of blood rising from it. Well, that'll make things easier.

Ariadne slowly plunged the tweezers inside the blood pouring from the wound, and dug for the bullet.

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Kito helped his breath until she said to release. He kept pressure on the wound. He watched Griffin like a hawk. The blood making home visible. In a heart beat Kito would be more than happy to tear him apart.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

Finally reaching the bullet, Ariadne yanked it out, and Griffin screamed in pain. She tossed the bullet away, and grabbed a long spool of bandages.

"Raise his torso, but don't spill any blood, he's lost enough of that."

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Kito did as she said, "I will try my best." He said with a sigh.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

Ariadne eyed him carefully. She wrapped the bandage around Griffin's wound three times, before tying it roughly. Griffin was practically unconscious by this point.

"Alright, put him down. Gently."

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Kito set him down as gently as he could. "I think we waisted our precious time. I am going to find Rose and hopefully Lewis so I can get my clothes and information." He stood and began to walk out of the alley.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

"Wait a moment." Ariadne said. She fished a bottle she had used not one hour earlier. She placed it to Griffin's nose. Suddenly he coughed and woke. "Sal volatile. Smelling salts, if you were wondering. Griffin? Griffin? What happened to them? The one's Moriarty were after?"

"He... put them in a carriage... sent them away..." Griffin slurred. "He shot me... After all I did for him... It was for nothing... Aheheh... how ironic..."

Ariadne was already about to stop Kito from killing him.

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Kito didn't kill but he just laughed, "How quaint. But what happened to Lewis?" He asked turning back and bending over him.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

For once, Griffin had stopped laughing. "He didn't trust me, tried to blindfold me; I shot him in the other leg."

Ariadne didn't know what to say.

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago • edited

And I don't blame him for shooting you.

* Out of the shadows came Mz.Hyde, still covered in blood.*

After all of the bullshit you've done, I don't trust you either.

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Helen Jekyll  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

(Dr. H. Griffin, Miss-Dreamerkat)

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

"I would preferrably like to have left him dead," Kito said smiling at Mz. Hyde. "But someone had some kindness left." He growled at Adriane.

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago • edited

I, for one, am running a little low on kindness today.

* She walks over to Griffin and swiftly kicks him in the head. She then picks up his body and holds him against the wall.*

You're going to tell me where Moriarty took everyone right now. Or I'll do worse than anything a bullet can ever do.

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

"And I will help her," Kito said stepping up behind her and beside her.

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Helen Jekyll  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

(Dr. H. Griffin)

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

Ariadne had had enough. She went up to them, right behind.

"Put him down, now..." Ariadne ordered them, her voice almost distinctly un-Ariadne, her body straining from something. She had her eyes closed, but something bright was shining through the eyelids. "I'm not letting you kill him like you did those police officers... Put him down, now; or I'll have you both wishing you did..."

Griffin on the other hand, was barely awake from that kick, and was unconscious as such. He heard voices but over the white noise from the impact, Griffin didn't care. Well, at least I did what I do best. Being me.

((Mz.Hyde, didn't know this was happening... Did have a thing planned, but oh well. It's fine!))

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago • edited

* She shakes Griffin.*

I'm going to ask you one more time. Where. Is. Moriarty?

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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

"I dunno..." Griffin slurred. "He shot me... and left... You won't find him... Oh, you people are so f*cked... Aheheheh... Ah..."

"Let him go, Mz. Hyde." Ariadne told her, cracking her eyelids open slightly. A slit of lilac light shone on the brick wall. "Or do you want to look at my eyes?"

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Kito glared at him, "Who did?" Kito asked dead serious now.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

"...Lewis." Griffin finally replied, but without a trace of regret. "He wasn't part of the plan, to be frank. More of just a threat. He's still alive though, unless that morphing into shadows was his trip to Hell. Where he belongs..."

Ariadne prepared for anything Kito might do.

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Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(( The Fox ))

Back at Weir's home, nothing terribly out of the ordinary was going on. Lewis had left that morning for the Society, as was his wont.

Before lunchtime, however, there came a knock at the door to the flat. Then an envelope passed through the letter slot, and its courier proceeded on his way.

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The Fox  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

A black blur rushed down the stairs as the knock sounded and snatched the letter before it even touched the ground. Lewis wasn't home yet and Malemi couldn't help but feel that something was off. He would've gone to check on him but between his dislike for the place and his hope that everything was fine, all he could do was pace around the house and wait.

He ripped open the letter and poured over its contents.

Lewis was just staying at the Society for a little longer than usual. He was going to come home and everything was going to be alright. He had to be!

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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago

Inside the envelope addressed to "Mr. Malemi" was a telegram from, of all places, Glasgow, Scotland. It read as follows:

MORIARTY HIT SOCIETY. STOP. AM SAFE IN GLASGOW WITH JEKYLL, LANYON, OTHERS. STOP. HAWLEY GRIFFIN'S MORIARTY'S MAN. STOP. AVOID THEM, SOCIETY, POLICE. STOP. KNOWLES, KAYLOCK, BRYSON CAPTURED. STOP. STAY SAFE. STOP.

Malemi's intuition had proven right.

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The Fox  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

Moriarty? GLASGOW??? STAY SAFE??!??

Malemi's head was reeling. Lewis had told him that someone wanted to target the society, some Moriarty character that was an underground crime lord. Just that description alone put a bad taste in him mouth.

He didn't even LIKE the society, but for someone like Moriarty to take hold of its secrets for his own gain...That was something he couldn't STAND.

He trembled where he sat, his anger so great that smoke was filing the room. Throwing the telegram to the side, he raced off to the distant Society with the slam of the door. A defensive aura cloaked to protect the flat.

The sheer rage he felt warmed the air as he went shadow to shadow, his eyes glowing with fierce energy. If there was anything about Malemi that mattered, it was that his wrath was made for people like Moriarty.

He would make him bleed if its that last thing he did.

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