Characters from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Universe from Larry Correia's Monster Hunter International Series (Read it if you get the chance, it's AMAZING, especially if you enjoy a little gore, delightful characters, and an engaging storyline). Plot for this is from my head, will most likely include the main Elizabeth/Darcy relationship arch, but no promises past that! Inspired by the upcoming Pride and Prejudice and Zombies movie to combined some of my favorite books!

"What the HELL?" Elizabeth Bennet yelled, bursting into her principal investigator's office. She was waving her phone around like a mad woman, looking about ready to kill someone. "Doctor Gardiner, you've got to be kidding me! Why I can't work on the squid bioluminescence project? I gave Miriah the idea for her whole dissertation and now I'm not supervising it? And telling me by text? That's just low Roger!"

"Elizabeth, I was just about to call you in!" Doctor Gardiner was not alone in his office; a man in a sharp suit, clearly packing in a shoulder holster under his left arm, stood as she entered the room. His body language made it clear he was comfortable with the weapon, which meant the display of it was purely for intimidation purposes. Automatically Elizabeth didn't like him.

"Elizabeth Bennet, I'm Agent William Darcy. Your expertise is required by the Department of Justice." The man said casually flashing a badge, as if that would clear everything up.

"What?" was all Elizabeth could muster as she worked valiantly not to slug the guy.

"You have been selected to fill a vacancy in our staff at the Nautilus, a facility dedicated to researching unique creatures. You'll need to sign this before we discuss anything further." He replied briskly, handing her a large stack of papers.

She stared, blankly at him, at a loss for words, which was not usually the case.

"Sign. Now." He repeated, brandishing a pen in her face.

Grudgingly she took it and, after glancing at a nodding Doctor Gardiner, she signed it. At least 12 times. Each time she thought she'd finished, the agent flipped to another tab. "Okay, WHAT is this about! Why are you derailing my post doc work? What could you possibly need from me?" She burst as she practically threw the pen back at him (she'd considered keeping it, but that would have been petty).

"Well first Miss Bennet, what you have just signed means that nothing spoken of today will leave this room. The consequences of doing so include but are not limited to imprisonment, charges of treason, and immediate disposal."

"It's Doctor Bennet, I've earned two PhDs thank you very much. And like I had time to read that?" Elizabeth began, incredulous. "You know you g-man types-"

"Secondly," Darcy continued as though she hadn't interrupted, "I am here to inform you that your expertise and relative anonymity in the field of cephalopods have marked you as the obvious choice for a position in our facility, the Nautilus, which deals with the study of classified aquatic organisms. We expect you to report for duty in three weeks, when the next transport leaves for the facility."

"Come again?" Elizabeth was generally considered a well spoken individual but this guy was throwing her for a loop. Not because he was armed, she wasn't scared of guns, hell she was currently carrying much more subtly (bless the soul who designed conceal carry leggings). No, this guy was standing there, speaking nonsense, behaving as though she was doing something offensive; though from her view it was quite the opposite.

"Please keep up Doctor Bennet. You are being recruited to a position in a classified government research facility." He pulled a second, larger stack of papers from his briefcase, and somehow managed to look even more annoyed at her in the process. "We lost our resident cephalopod expert in an unfortunate incident a year ago, and have been getting by with researchers from other fields who've read up on the subject. That being said we've recently acquired a specimen that requires someone with your training. Doctor Gardiner here would have been a preferred choice if he weren't so well known. You, as his post doctorate fellow, have all the qualifications without the notoriety, making you the next best choice."

"What classified specimen would I be working on? Why would it be classified in the first place?" Elizabeth demanded.

"Well Doctor Bennet," The way Agent Darcy was saying her name now made her want to punch him more than 'Miss Bennet' had. "As it is relevant to your upcoming employment by my agency, I am not in violation of the Unearthly Forces Disclosure Act in informing you that monsters do in fact exist. I am not at liberty to explicitly state the existence of any unearthly being outside the purview of what you will be working on, however for the sake of avoid pestering questions the answer is yes, whatever creature from a B horror movie you are currently thinking of most likely does exist."

The room was silent for a full minute. Doctor Gardiner did not look surprised, though he did appear concerned for Elizabeth as she processed the information. Agent Darcy look annoyed at the wait, but did not say anything.

Eventually She spoke, weighing each word carefully, "So monsters exist? And you want me to study them? Did I get that right?"

"Yes, while generally referred to as 'unearthly', many monsters have similar physiologies to their natural world analogs. We recruit experts in the field to learn more about them as they don't have to learn the earthly aspects of the creatures first before studying the differences. This is not the case for all monsters, but those need not concern you." Darcy replied briskly.

"So what would I be working on? A Kraken? Mermaid? Luska? Can I draw the line at living and/or sentient monsters, because that's like experimenting on chimps, which was recently banned in the US, so you know most people don't consider that kosher now a days." She said, choosing to focus on ethics because at the moment she really couldn't think too much about monsters truly existing.

"You know about the specimen?" The agent asked, looking alarmed. He turned to Gardiner, "I thought you said she wasn't aware of them and that you understood that confidentiality was an absolute in our correspondences?"

"Agent Darcy, of course I didn't breach-" Doctor Gardiner began, then Elizabeth cut over him "Chill out Agent Glock head! I've been reading a lot of sci fi in my free time lately. Seriously, I was just spitballing."

He shrugged slightly in his shoulder holster, looking vaguely uncomfortable. Clearly she'd gotten him, which gave Elizabeth pause, "Wait, is it a kraken, mermaid, or luska?" She couldn't help smirking, it didn't hurt to even the playing field a bit by getting the upperhand for a moment.

"Luska" he admitted sourly, "Private contractors were hire to deal with it and managed to not shoot it to hell for once, so the MCB took custody of the remains for research purposes when the PUFF application was submitted. That will be your first task in our employ."

"A luska, according to legend, is half shark, half squid… Now this is not a usual situation for me, but Darcy, I'm afraid I'm only half the woman you need." She could have sworn she saw him smirk at that, but a moment later his face was impassive, so she continued, "Particularly because you didn't ask nicely, and because I don't take demands I don't think I'll be taking this job. Bummer really, we would have had a ball working together."

Elizabeth walked towards the door, obviously eager to get out of the situation. She was surprised to find two more men in suits, not quite as sharp as Agent Grumpy pants, and printing even worse, blocking her exit. "Annnnd you have friends, what the hell?" Instinctively she reached for the small Smith and Wesson M&P concealed at the small of her back.

"Lizzie, not a good idea!" Doctor Gardiner warned, sounding rather panicked. He knew she carried and most likely did not want a fire fight in his office.

"I agree with the good Doctor, Miss Bennet, while you are licensed to carry, attacking a federal office is a twenty year prison sentence, and you would no longer be eligible to own that firearm." Came the smug voice of Agent Darcy as the agents in front of her moved to draw their own weapons.

She slowly pulled her hands away and held them up as she walked towards the open chair, a grim expression on her face. "Fine, fine, fine, I'm done, won't shoot you in the face... or ass..."

"Much appreciated Doctor Bennet. Now, I assure you, the other half of the luska is well in hand, and as for you refusal of the position: this is not 'participation optional', your country requires your services." Agent Darcy told Elizabeth in a gloating voice as she sat down. The two other agents walked into the office and shut the door behind them. As the lock clicked Darcy looked at her and smirked, "Welcome to the Monster Control Bureau."