Gordon and the Gargoyles
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Prologue (Part 1)
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Thursday, September 29th 1994
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Today started out as any other day in the Big Apple for seven year old Peyton Elizabeth Gordon.
She got up, fed her pet frog Seymour, prepared her bag for the school day, brushed her hair and tied on her green and teal dotted bandanna after she brushed her curly brown hair, put on her school uniform, cleaned her room and made her bed, went down stairs for breakfast after she greeted her parents Katelyn and Dominic, prepared her lunchbox, watched a Ninja Turtle episode and a rerun of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers while she waited for the bus to get to her house, hopped on the bus once it arrived and waved goodbye to her mom and dad as it drove away from her house, sat in her seat reading a new chapter out of one of her books and ran like Sonic the Hedgehog to her classroom before all the other students got in the building once the bus arrived.
She loved school.
Once at her initialed desk, she read a bit more before her teacher Mr. Jeffery arrived to start the new school day.
First, they started with a bell-ringer which made her and the other students write a paragraph about a random topic that he put on the chalkboard in their bell-ringer journals for the first 10 minutes of the class session for a grade. Next, they started with a reading lesson, then math, then science, and then history.
Finally, after their lessons, she lined up behind her 'friend' as she says called Maddison Collins or 'Perfect Miss Maddison' as she calls her and her 'Rag-Tag Crew' as she likes to call Maddison's two best friends Caroline or Carol Davidson and Annabelle Andrews and one by one, each student headed to the cafeteria for lunch. Peyton always sat at the yellow table of the cafeteria because she always brought her own lunch and ate quietly reading another book or drawing in her sketchbook while the other kids mingled and socialized as they ate.
After lunch, the kids lined up and rushed down the hall towards the large playground in the back of the school for recess. Peyton plays in the jungle gym the whole time, being capsized in her overactive imagination playing in her worlds of make-believe.
After recess was over, Peyton walked back to her classroom where Mr. Jeffery would either explain the homework assignments for the evening or pass out a test or pop quiz. Once that was done, the kids lined up and headed towards art class.
Peyton loved this part of the day.
Her art teacher Mrs. Reynolds always told Peyton that she was the most creative and imaginative student. In the class, Mrs. Reynolds would either assign a free-draw or a new project for the class to do.
Once that was done, they headed towards the gym for P.E. class where they would either play a group sport or play with random sports equipment and other play things.
After P.E., Peyton and the other kids would head back to the classroom where Mr. Jeffery would tell the kids some upcoming announcements for the following week and give them projects for the students to do at home, but today, Mr. Jeffery told the students that he was going to be out of town the following day so he had to leave the school early, and, much to the delight of all the students (including Peyton), they did not receive any homework assignments, so, they mingled, socialized and played with either their yo-yo's, Tamagotchi Pets, paper airplanes and other things that they had, but not Peyton…..you see, ever since she was little Peyton always had trouble making friends so she was always by herself with no one to talk to, so she always sat at her desk either reading books, sketching up new ideas for inventions and ideas, or either drawing in her sketchbook until the bell rang for the kids to head to the buses or their parents cars to head back to their homes.
Once the final bell had rung, all the kids rushed out of the school to go home while Peyton on the other hand, hopped on the city bus that took her to her Cousin Jack's pet store where she would work and volunteer for a few hours till her parents came and picked her up. In the pet store, Peyton would either clean up around certain areas, help carry cargo and other supplies from trucks, do any homework she had (in her case for today, she didn't), or play with some of the animals that were up for adoption in which Jack didn't mind at all, after she got her weekly 10 dollar pay, she changed into her green and black leotard and picked up her Lion King duffle bag that had her teal colored gym mat, water bottle and her spare change of clothes.
Once Katelyn and Dominic arrived to pick her up from the pet shop, they drove off to Smoothie King to pick up a Strawberry Shredder Shake to fill Peyton up before dropping her off at the community center for her weekly gymnastic class for the next hour.
After the class, they hung out at the large playground at Central Park together as the sun began to set, just as it always been….but today was different, as Peyton was playing in the playground, Katelyn and Dominic forgot to pick up groceries and saw a grocery store two blocks away, they decided to go and, knowing Peyton could watch over herself, they told her that they would be back in a few minutes and after they were done, they would go to Steak N' Shake for dinner. Katelyn went over some ground rules with Peyton (no talking to strangers, call 911 in case of an emergency, stay at the playground at all times, etc.) and with that they left, as Peyton played in the park that whole time, little did she know, that after that goodbye from her parents as they left for the supermarket, her life was about to change.
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9:10 P.M.
"…..Hello!"
NYC detective Elisa Maza looked up to hear the small voice.
"Matt," Elisa whisper called to her partner, Matt Bluestone. "Did you hear that?"
"Here what Maza?" he asked. "I didn't hear anything.."
"I-I just thought I heard someone say hello…" Elisa replied.
"Where?" Matt asked. "I didn't hear anythi-"
The little voice called out to the two detectives again.
"Hello…"
Elisa heard the little voice say hello again. She spotted a tiny figure standing by a bench.
"There, over there Matt.." Elisa said, directing his attention to the small figure. "See that figure right there?"
Matt saw the tiny figure standing on her own by the bench.
"Oh, now I see it Maza.." he said.
"Hello?" Elisa called out to the figure.
"Hello!" the voice called back.
Elisa took a few steps closer to reveal a little girl with olive skin with freckles dabbed on her cheeks, curly brown hair with a dark green bandana with teal dots on it, a chipped front tooth (like Lincoln Loud's chipped tooth) and a gap in her mouth, and cerulean blue eyes. Her clothing was consisted of a 'Goosebumps' themed shirt, teal pants and brown sneakers and around her wrist was a shark tooth bracelet.
It was Peyton, all by herself in the dead of night.
Elisa gasped in shock.
"Maza? Maza!" Matt called out to Elisa. "What is it?"
"Oh my goodness it's a child." Elisa said as she started to rush over to Peyton.
"What?!" Matt said, now in shock as well.
"Hello?!" Elisa called out to Peyton.
Matt started to called out to Peyton as well.
"Hello? Kid? Kid! Hey kid over here!"
Peyton turned to the two detectives that rushed over to her.
"Hi, I'm Peyton.." she introduced to the detective. "..Can you please help me?"
"Well hello Peyton.." Elisa said with a sincere smile. "What do you need help with sweetie?"
"Where are your parents?" Matt asked.
"That's the thing…I don't know where they are…" Peyton said to the detectives.
"OK…Peyton, I want you to tell me everything that happened up to right now.." Elisa instructed.
Peyton nodded and stammered at first before she started to explain what happened to both detectives.
"I-I was playing in the p-p-park and t-they said they forgot to g-get groceries and told me t-that they were going to the supermarket just two blocks away…" she explained. "…They told me that they were gonna be back in a few minutes and-and to stay in the park till they got b-back, a few hours later I-I called them to make sure they were OK with one of the calling stations and-and they said they were coming back b-but then they hung up so I sat on this bench here.." she motioned to the bench they were standing by. "…I kept waiting and waiting and when I tried calling again they didn't answer me a-and now I don't know where they are.."
Elisa and Matt looked at each other and back at Peyton. They certainly couldn't leave a seven year old girl in Central Park in the middle of the night all by herself.
"Peyton. Come with me, my partner and I will take you to the police station and you can ask a few questions to the captain there.." Elisa said.
Peyton hesitated at first but then grabbed her Lion King duffle bag and followed Elisa and Matt to the police car and drove off to the police station. Peyton felt so small in the giant seats in the police car as they were driving by. She passed the time just looking out the window, looking at the passing cars and tall skyscrapers.
"Maza, what happened?! You and Bluestone were supposed to be scouting Central Park…" a voice said on the radio.
"Maria, we have bigger issues, me and Bluestone are bringing in a little girl with some questions for you." Elisa said to Maria through the radio.
"….A-Aright, have her come to my office as soon as you two get here.." Maria said.
"Will do Maria.." said Matt.
Elisa hung up the radio and turned back to Peyton who was busy watching the busy cars and trucks passing by them. She felt sympathy for the little girl.
"Don't worry Peyton," Elisa reassured. "We'll find your mom and dad and everything will turn out OK.."
"..O-OK.." she said quietly.
Elisa smiled and turned back to face the road.
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9:20 P.M.
Peyton sat in front of Maria's desk with Elisa standing behind it, she swung her feet gently in anxiety.
"Alright sweetheart, I'm just gonna ask you a few questions…what's your name, date of birth and address…"
Peyton replied, "M-My name is Peyton Elizabeth Gordon, my birthday is May 24th 1987 and my address is 1175 Park Avenue in the Briarwood Building in apartment number 865.."
Maria typed that in her computer along with her skin tone, eye color, height, where she goes to school, and her zip code.
"Alright, now dear, tell me exactly what happened up until the moment that Elisa and Matt picked you up.." Maria said to the girl.
Peyton explained everything to Maria, and she listened as she typed all the information on the computer. She then asked if Peyton had any family members living in New York, Peyton replied no to her. She did have other family members but some lived on the farther side of the country and others lived far from near New York.
"Maria, my brother Derick.." Elisa said to Maria. "..he can watch her for the time being."
"Are you certain?" Maria asked.
"Did I stutter?" Elisa replied with a smirk.
Maria sighed and eventually gave in.
"Alright Maza, you win." said Maria as the information was being printed out. "We'll send in search parties for Ms. Gordon's parents in the morning and we'll call you for any updates.."
Peyton smiled, scooped up her duffle bag, and walked out of the office with Eliza by her side.
As Elisa called Derick to explain what was going on with Peyton, the girl looked out the window and rested her chin on her arms as she thought about how everything would turn out fine once the cops found her parents…..or would they?
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(Well, that's the end of part one of the prologue! This is my 1st ever Gargoyles fanfiction and I can't wait to see how the story will progress in the end. & I apologize for the lack of updates on my other stories. School's been making me nuts I didn't have the time to sit down and type. Anyways, Read and Review and no hateful comments plz!)