O Brother Where Art Thou
I do not own Gargoyles or its characters. I do own Noah.
Angela stood outside the castle when Goliath walked up to her. She looked at him. "Hello, Father."
"Hello, Angela." Goliath greeted.
"Beautiful night, isn't it?"
"Yes, it is. But I feel as though the night is not what troubles you."
Angela sighed. "I often wonder. Am I an only child?"
"By blood?"
"Yes."
Goliath had a look of thought for a few seconds then answered. "I don't know, to be perfectly honest."
Angela sighed again. "It is something I've always wondered. I would enjoy having a sibling who's related by blood."
"What would you hope it to be?"
"I would hope for a brother." She replied as she spread her wings. "I'll be back before sunrise, Father."
Goliath nodded and went back inside the castle as Angela took to the skies.
Meanwhile, Demona had placed several statues of humans she made herself up and turned her attention to a gargoyle with her. He looked like Goliath, but he had Demona's skin color.
"Now, Noah. Let us see how strong your hatred for humanity is." She said to the gargoyle, Noah. "Destroy all of these statues."
"With pleasure." Noah said when he eyes became white as his anger grew and he ferociously attacked the statues. He destroyed one with his tail, then slammed a fist against another, shattering both of the statues. He clawed two more, destroying them, then slammed the last two together, breaking them.
Demona smirked. "Well done. I believe you are ready. Go and spread fear throughout the humans."
"Of course." Noah said then took to the skies. After a few minutes, he spotted a gang of men and women and his eyes began to glow white and he let out a low growl. He landed in the shadows of the alley the humans were in and growled a little louder.
"You hear that?" The leader asked his friends, who nodded.
"Sounded like it came from over there." One of the females said pointing at the shadows. The humans then noticed Noah's white eyes and tried to run, but he flew ahead of them and landed in front of them.
"Did I say you could leave?" Noah asked the scared humans as he forced them back into the alley. Unbeknownst to Noah, he was being watched.
Angela knelt above the alley where Noah was as he forced the humans back. She didn't have to look at the humans to know they were becoming scared. Her eyes began to glow red as she roared and lunged at Noah, drawing his attention.
Noah roared back, grabbed a hold of Angela and threw her into a wall and held her there. "Do not interfere!" He warned her, using his tail to keep the humans from going anywhere.
"Why are you doing this?!" Angela asked the fellow gargoyle.
"Because humans are the enemy. None of them deserve to live." He replied, then released her. "Now, run along. I have business to attend to." He said then turned back to the humans, who stood where they were in fear, which made him smirk. "That's what I like to see. Humans engulfed in fear."
"Who told you these lies?" Angela asked Noah.
"My mother." He replied without looking away from the humans as he then growled and held the leader on a wall.
Unable to watch him do anything harmful to the human, Angela attacked Noah, making him release the human and the two gargoyles took to the skies as the humans escaped. Noah scratched Angela's arm with his claws, and she winced slightly, but didn't let up as she tackled him onto a roof.
"Why do you defend these pathetic humans?" He asked her.
"Because your mother is wrong. Humanity is not our enemy. We can live in peace with them."
"Peace between our kind and theirs? Ha! My mother told me that to speak of such a thing alone is heresy."
"I'm not the only one who believes our kind can coexist with theirs. Come with me and meet the rest of the Clan I'm part of."
He flipped them over so he was on top. "Never!" He said then clawed her other arm, this cut a bit deeper than the other. She cried out in pain, but then roared and kicked him off of her.
"Whoever your mother is, she's plagued your mind. Please, just come with me to meet others like me, who believe peace between gargoyles and humans is possible."
He tripped her with his tail. "I would rather die than meet others my mother considers traitors for living among humans."
"We're not traitors!"
"LIAR!"
"Just who are you, anyway?"
"I am Noah. Who, may I ask, are you?"
"Angela."
"Well, Angela, tell your fellow Clan members this: Any gargoyle that does not turn on the humans will fall before my mother."
With that, Noah retreated. Angela returned to the castle. Upon arrival, Goliath waited for her. When he saw his daughter's arms were clawed and bleeding, he looked at her. "What happened?" He asked with concern.
"This gargoyle, Noah. He attacked a gang of humans and I intervened and saved the humans, then Noah and I got into a fight and he scratched me. He looked like you, Father. But he had Mother's skin color. Do you think-?"
"I do not know, Angela. For now, let's not worry about it and have your arms tended to." He said then they walked inside to the others. The rest of the Clan looked at Angela's arms in shock.
"What happened, Angela?" Brooklyn asked.
"This gargoyle, Noah attacked a gang of humans, and would have killed them had I not intervened." Angela replied.
Meanwhile, Noah landed in front of Demona.
"How did you do?" She asked him.
"Things went well until this gargoyle, Angela, interfered. She said there can be peace between humans and gargoyles, and that others in a Clan she is part of believe that as well."
"We will deal with them tomorrow night. For now, you must rest."
"Very well, Mother." Noah said as the sun rose and he turned to stone, while Demona became human. She then got all she would need for the day ahead then walked away.
That's chapter one. Will Angela be able to get through to her brother? Find out as the story progresses.