A nights peril
A story where Edward gets in a fight and uhhh.... bad things happen....
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Edward Hyde stalked through the dark streets of Soho, his long coat flapping around his ankles, the moon pursuing him from above, his unruly hair blew in the wind behind him, tonight he felt a lust for evil, he wanted to cause trouble.
He approached a pub that was dimly lit and dirty looking, it was fairly quiet, there was only about 8 people in it in total, the bartender was dressed in rags and scowling, he only grunted when Edward entered, Edward returned the expression and walked over to a table but before he could sit down someone shouted at him from behind.
"Oi kid! Turn around!"
Edward hesitated before turning around.
When he turned he came face to face with another man, he was ragged looking, much like the rest of the people in the bar, he had dark greasy long hair and an uneven beard, his skin was slightly yellow and he was large and well built.
The man's eyes lit up and Edward realised with horror that this was a man he had been in a previous altercation with.
Jekyll was starting to panic too.
The man's lip curled into a sly smile.
"Well if it isn't you, that little bastard I met the other night"
"Go home" Jekyll said inside of their shared mind "leave now"
But Edward ignored him and spoke back to the man.
"Yeah it is" he growled "what do you want?"
The man sneered and walked closer to him.
"You made a mistake last time you little bugger, people 'round here dont mess with people like me"
"Do you think I give a fuck" Edward snarled "I'll mess with anyone"
The man laughed, there was a strong scent of alchohol on his breath.
"You're Mr Hyde right? Hah I've heard a lot about you, you're the talk around these parts"
"Edward" Henry said fearfully "please leave"
Again Edward ignored him.
"Yeah I am Mr Hyde" he replied "what about it?"
The man poked him in the chest.
"I'd like a rematch you little bastard"
Edward burst out laughing, obnoxiously loudly causing many people to stare over at him and the taller man towering over him.
Edward tapped the cane by his side.
"Are you sure about that?"
The man snorted which Edward assumed meant yes, and then lunged at him which caused him to jump, before the man could jump on Edward and pin him to the ground Edward had kneed him in the chest, causing the man to fall backwards, Edward lifted his cane and smacked it into the man's face, relishing in his angry yell of pain.
The man looked up at him, blood running thickly down his face.
Edward leered down at him.
"You wanted a rematch my dear sir"
"You little…."
The man got slowly to his feet and to both the horror of Jekyll and Hyde, he brought out a knife.
"I didn't finish my sentence" Edward said cooly "I said if you want a rematch you'll have to catch me first!"
And with that he bolted.
As he ran down the alleys, he heard the man's angry roar behind him, his heavy footsteps, it must have been a mix of adrenaline and fear that made him practically fly through the desolate streets.
He heard the man screaming furiously but he would never catch Edward Hyde. No one could.
Edward must have ran another 10 metres when he lost his footing and slipped, a wave of dread washed over him, Jekyll was frantically yelling at him to run but Edward couldn't and suddenly Henry stopped panicking too.
Oh good Lord he thought.
For Edwards limbs were extending, his features melting, his bones cracking and shifting horribly as a deadly wave of nausea struck him, a terrible pain made him contort and shake, and as the man who was chasing bounded closer, he didn't approach the young Edward Hyde but instead he approached Dr Jekyll.



















