meetings dates and Quarrymen

by silverbolt1

Aaron meets the mutates, the quarrymen and a certain clone... enjoy(and please, please PLEASE give me feedback!)

1. Default Chapter

Gargoyles:

The Wolf Adventures

Meetings, dates and

Quarrymen

By Silverbolt

E-mail: Silverbolt2012@hotmail.com

The Wolf and Aaron Conners Created by Silverbolt

All the characters appearing in Gargoyles and Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles are copyright Buena Vista Television/The Walt Disney Company. No infringement of these copyrights is intended, and is not authorised by the copyright holder. All original characters are the property of Silverbolt.

Authors note: First off I would like to give a BIG thank you to everyone who took the time to send me feedback on my previous stories *Sniff* it meant a lot to me. Its people like them who kept me going. J . I also want to thank Ayamai, Sydney, Demelza, Demona Tiana and Carolynn Marie. But most of all Storyseeker who's constant yapping has brought me to the point of insanity. : P

Previously on Gargoyles…

The wolf creature looked at the gun still being pointed at him "you might as well put that thing away, I'm not going to hurt you"

Elisa kept the gun firmly pointed at him "and how do I know that…um…what's your name anyway?"

The seven-foot wolf laughed "call me 'The Wolf"'

~Full Moon Rising Part 1~

Elisa blinked her chocolate brown eyes a few times and stared at her hands. "I'm… Human." She whispered, as she touched her face. A smile beamed on her lips and she hugged a surprised Goliath. "Goliath I'm human again. This is wonderful…" She stopped and looked around. She saw Aaron making his way up the steps to the walls of the castle. "Aaron wait" she called.

Aaron didn't want to stop but he felt that she at least deserved an explanation.

"I thought you said that I couldn't be cured." She said, trying not to sound too angry.

"I lied." He said "sorry about that."

"But, why?" she said; really trying not to sound furious.

"Because I…well…I just wanted you to see things through my eyes." Somehow he didn't feel that was a good enough excuse, even by his standards.

"Uh-huh, and how may I ask did you cure me?" she asked sternly.

"Before I brought you back to life I took some of your blood to make a human mutagen."

"Then why did you never make one for your self?"

"My bloods infected with wolf DNA, trust me it wouldn't work!"

"So I won't turn back into a wolf any time soon?" she asked

"Nope" he said. At least…I hope not! He thought

~Full Moon Rising Part 5~

"Lies!" Delilah screamed "They're all lies!" She pointed a shivering talon at the detective. "You're a liar just like everyone else… You don't care about me." She turned her head away as she felt fresh tears form in her eyes. "Nobody cares about me." She sobbed. "Nobody"

~Talks~

London, four years ago…

It was raining hard, thunder rumbling and the lightning was blasting every few seconds. The Wolf was clutching his head, as he tried to get up, but his legs kept buckling. A man wearing a dark blue costume and cape was standing about seven metres behind him. He was missing the bottom half of his right arm but he didn't seem to care as wires were dangling from the part of the arm he still had. A twisted look was on his face. "You've caused a lot of pain in my life," he said slowly as he raised a gun in his remaining hand. "But now it ends with me as the victor." The Wolf was too dazed to realise that someone was standing behind him. "DID YOU HEAR ME WOLF? I VORTEXX AM THE VICTOR NOT YOU! AHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" He laughed a psychopathic laugh as he pulled the trigger.

*****

"Wolf look out" shouted a woman but realised that he couldn't hear her. With out even thinking for her own safety, she ran at the Wolf. He looked at her in a blurry vision and turned around to see three bullets heading his direction. He didn't have time to react but the woman jumped in front of him taking the bullets instead of him.

"SARAH NOOOO!!!" Sarah fell into his arms, three bullet holes in her back. He grabbed her and carefully placed her on the floor.

She looked up at him and gave a weak smile "are…are you all right?" she asked. The wolf nodded, "that's all right then." She said, almost oblivious to the fact that blood was seeping out of her.

He felt tears begin to form in his red eyes. "Why Sarah?" he cried "Why? You know that I can't-" she placed a hand on the wolf's mouth.

"Yeah I know, I know." She continued to smile "But he might have done something to you during that time." She looked into the eyes of the now human Aaron Conners as he pulled up his mask just enough to reveal his face "Hey I couldn't let him hurt you, Wolf man. You're the best thing that's ever happened to me, you're my best friend."

"And you my only friend!" he cried, "don't leave me!"

"I'll never leave you," she said as she closed her eyes "but I won't be there either." She tried to laugh but it turned into a vile cough. "Just look after that stubborn little bitch Mina for me." She opened he eyes one more time to speak but hesitated "I never wanted to tell you this Aaron but I… I love you…" her head fell to the side.

She died.

He laid her head on the floor "I love you too…" he whispered, as he rubbed away tears in his eyes.

"Oh boo hoo hoo!" sneered Vortexx "A tear comes to my eye and a bucket to my mouth." He said sarcastically. He had been watching the whole incident with sick pleasure.

Aaron pulled down his mask and still staring at Sarah's deceased body said, "You killed her… she was my best friend…" his eyes began to glow "…and you killed her."

"Hm hm hm" he laughed "she just got in the way." He pulled up his gun and aimed at Aaron "This time, I won't miss!"

Aaron turned round transforming into the Wolf as he did "I'll KILL YOUUUUUU!!!!!"

"COME ON THEN WOLF! LET'S FINISH THIS!" Shouted the villain as he pulled the trigger.

The Wolf dodged the bullets effortlessly now he had recovered, one or two hit him in the arm but he didn't care. He was too filled with rage to care.

The thunder rumbled as The Wolf lunged at Vortexx and slashed his face "AHHH!" he screamed as he clutched his face in pain with his hand. Dropping the gun as he did so.

The Wolf took this chance and kicked him in his belt. He knew what this belt had on it. He knew what it would do. Vortexx went flying and landed a few feet away from him.

Still clutching his face he looked down at his belt. The buckle part was hissing and wires were hanging out, a beeping could be heard. The psycho looked in horror and tried to remove it but it was useless with just one-hand "Fool! What have you done???" he said with sudden fear now present in his voice. "I-I can't get it off, it'll overload, my warp belts going to explode!"

He looked up looked up to see the Wolf looking at him with not a single sign on his face that showed he cared. He spotted his Blaster weapon with its' long knife still sticking out of the front on the floor next to him which had once been connected to his arm "Well if I'm going to go…" a wicked smile appeared on his face as he grabbed the weapon. "Then I'm taking you with me!" He picked himself up blood covering his face and staining his costume and dived at the wolf holding the weapon out in front of him, but the wolf was ready and quickly lay on his back and flipped the lunatic behind him using his feet.

Vortexx landed a couple of metres away next to the body of Sarah "Oh no" whispered the Wolf.

Vortexx got up and stared at his belt as a white glow began to envelop him "No!" he screamed "NOOOOOOO-" the light finally enveloped him and almost by chance a pillar of lightning struck him at the same time.

He exploded.

The wolf became Aaron again. He saw nothing, there was nothing left… Not even Sarah. He fell to his knees "Sarah…no!" he whispered "NOOOOOOO!" he screamed "NOOOOOOO!"

He may have defeated his darkest enemy.

But he had lost his best friend too…

23rd Precinct building, Present Day

It was raining. Raining like it had been for the past couple of days. Elisa sat chatting to Becky when Aaron came through the doors, soaking wet from his head to his feet. His wolf like hair style now dripping limply to the sides of his head. He did not look happy.

Elisa and Becky walked over to him trying their best not to laugh. "Wet enough for you Aaron?" giggled Becky.

Aaron gave her a cold glare. "If you must know…yes," he said glumly. "If there's one reason why I moved away from England it was because of that damn rain and now it comes down in buckets over here!" he squeezed some rainwater out of his hair.

"Ever thought of investing in a car?" Elisa asked.

Aaron gave a 'are you kidding I'm the Wolf I get here faster than any car!' look. But then he added out loud "I can't drive Elisa, never needed to, and besides you Americans drive on the wrong side of the road. I mean how dumb is that?" He smiled and looked at Becky "hey Becky could you get me a coffee? I'd get it myself but I'm afraid of water logging the machine." He joked.

As soon as she was gone Aaron's smile disappeared. "Bad day huh?" Elisa asked.

Aaron squeezed more water out of his hair "Bad day? This is probably the worst day in my life." He growled "first of all I break up a mugging and the woman who was being mugged gets me in the eyes with a pepper spray. The mugger gets away, it takes me half an hour to find my way back home and when I do I find that my dogs have broken into the fridge… again. And worst of all…" he sneezes "I think I've got a cold coming on!"

"Aw, poor baby" Elisa laughed as Becky walked back with two coffees and handed one to Aaron.

"Uh Elisa?" Becky asked quietly into Elisa's ear "could you just let me speak with Aaron for a moment by myself?"

Elisa looked at her unsure but nodded and walked away.

"Where's Elisa going?" Aaron asked.

"Um… sh-she's just got to check up on something." She brushed her hand through her ginger hair, she blushed "Aaron? I… I was wondering that maybe, you know, if you're not busy tomorrow night after work… I… I mean if you want to… " She hesitated which was a mistake as all of a sudden Aaron's mobile went off.

"Hang on a sec" he said as he moved away from Becky and answered the phone.

Becky gave a sigh.

"Hello?" he asked, his eyes widened as he realised who was speaking to him "I thought I told you not to ring me unless it was important!" he hissed. The person said something "What? Now?" he listened again "All right ten minutes, usual place." He turned off the phone, and looked back at Becky "Sorry about that, what were you going to say?"

Becky looked down at the floor "It-it doesn't matter" she sighed.

"Oh? All right" he said, he began to walk away.

"Hey where are you going?" Becky asked.

"Out" he replied.

"Do you want me to give you a lift anywhere?" she asked hopefully, maybe she would be able to get out of the station for once.

"No. it's fine it's not that far." He walked out of the station.

Elisa walked over when Aaron had left. "He acts a lot like a lone wolf most of the time doesn't he?" Becky said.

You got half of that right. Elisa thought

*****

"Please help me sister, don't let him take me away again!" Cried the Demona look alike "Please!"

Delilah was on the floor her hands over her ears "STOP IT!" she screamed "STOP TALKING TO ME, YOU'RE NOT REAL! I DON'T HAVE A SISTER!" she shut her eyes tightly "LEAVE ME ALONE!"

But no matter how hard she pressed her hands to her ears or how tightly she shut her eyes she could still see and hear the woman, looking deep into her cell as Thailog grabbed her again as he had done many times in the nightmare she was having right now. "No!" the woman pleaded "please no!" she screamed as Thailog grabbed her by the back of the neck and plunged a scalpel into her neck. "AHH---" she screamed until she stopped moving and everything went black.

Everything was gone.

Leaving Delilah alone in the darkness.

"Why didn't you save me?" whispered the others' voice "why?"

The clone felt tears rolling down her cheeks as she fell to her knees "I'm sorry!" she cried "I'm sorry" She didn't know why she was saying these things, she just did.

*****

"I'm SORRY!!!" Delilah screamed as she burst out of her stone skin, she fell to the floor and began to cry.

"Delilah?" asked a voice behind her. She turned around to find it was Malibu.

"M-Malibu?" she asked weakly through tear rimmed eyes.

The Brooklyn clone looked at her concerned "Why you cry?" he asked.

"Why you sorry?" asked Hollywood who came over with the other clones.

Delilah sat there trying to shake the nightmare from her memory "I-I'm fine" she said "It- it was just a bad dream… that's all." She got up and walked into one of the tunnels.

"Wait, where Delilah going?" asked Brentwood.

Delilah stopped and bit her lip, she was going to the surface to clear her head but she didn't want the others to know, none of them were allowed to go to the surface without one of the mutates and that was something she didn't want right now. "I-I'm going out on patrol." She lied.

"Want us to come with you?" Malibu asked.

"No" she snapped "I… I just want to be left alone!" with that she ran down the tunnel as fresh tears trickled down her cheeks.

*****

Aaron had walked into an alleyway and waited behind a Dumpster. At least it had stopped raining.

He checked his watch, he began to wonder where his contact had got to when…

OI, 'arry! Dat you? Asked a voice from the other side of the Dumpster.

Aaron's' trail of thought ceased "Yeah Ali it's me."

Password. The voice ordered.

"Password? What do you want a password for?" Aaron asked.

You might be being a spy, trying to act like me mate 'Arry to get dis fine powder I is got for 'im! The voice said.

"A spy? Ali how many people do you know who can speak to dogs?"

Just gimme it! It barked.

"All right, All right" It was just better to play along with this individual "Now what was it again? Oh yes. 'Monkey see, monkey do but dogs will always be better'" it was a ridiculous password but it was a doggie saying so he didn't question it.

Satisfied by it the voice walked round to Aaron Aaaiii! He said happily. It was a corgi… wearing sunglasses? Though the lenses had been poked out. He was draped in gold chains and he was carrying a bag full of white powder in his mouth. BOYACKASHA! He shouted Ali D is in da house!

Aaron rolled his eyes, this was one annoying dog, but it got him information so he wasn't complaining.

"Have you got the stuff?" he asked kneeling down on one knee.

Ai the corgi said as he sat down and dropped the bag on the floor I is got dis fine powder for me mate 'Arry C!

"Great" Aaron said as reached out to take the bag but the corgi took the bag back quickly.

I is not thinkin' me mate 'Arry should be having dis stuff just yet for I is wanting payment for me good work!

"What do you want?"

I is wanting you to bone me! The corgi said plainly.

"All right, all right, but make it quick" he pulled out a bag of doggie bone biscuit treats and held a few out to the dog, who eagerly took them and began to chew them instantly.

Mmm… dis is great! Rrrrrespect!

"Now can I have it?" the werewolf asked impatiently.

Ai, ai! The corgi replied through a mouth of biscuits.

"And the recording?" he added.

Right here. He held up his head and Aaron took off one of the chains from around the corgi's neck. He pocketed it with the bag of powder.

"Did you make sure you got him telling them exactly where the shipment is going to be?"

The corgi nodded yup, then your boys can come and get it and lock 'im and 'is mates up.

Aaron smiled and shook his head "I still don't understand why you is… I mean why you are doing this I mean he's your master isn't he?"

The corgi bared his teeth We dogs is not 'aving masters 'Arry! We 'ave feeders or walkers or strokers or rubbers but we do NOT 'ave masters! He hung is head I is not got dat sort of person. He sighed and 'is work is disrespectful, I don't like what 'e does… he looked back up and gave a doggie smile … dat and he never lets me 'ave me bitches over.

Aaron gave a laugh.

*****

Somewhere over the city…

Delilah glided over the city for a while, trying to clear her mind of the nightmares. What's happening to me? She asked herself why do I keep having these dreams? What do they mean? She kept pondering these questions in her head not noticing the updraft until it was to late.

She wasn't used to these sorts of things. She was never allowed out so she could never properly use her wings to their full potential, and she hated that.

She didn't mind living in the labyrinth it was just that… well she always had to stay down there all the time, never allowed to go out unless accompanied by one of the mutates. Never allowed to do anything for herself.

She tried to stabilise herself but found she couldn't so she had to land on the nearest building she could see. She landed badly (something else she hadn't practised in a long time) and walked to the edge of the building, rubbing her now sore backside and looked down.

The building she was on wasn't very tall so she was able to see the people below quite clearly, she watched them for a while just going about their business, laughing smiling, that sort of thing. She gave a sigh and put her chin on her crossed arms when she saw a family walk past. Two teenage girls, a woman and a man. She bit her lip as she watched as one of the girls gave her mother and then her sister a hug.

It was too much for the poor clone; she turned and jumped off the opposite side of the building, spreading her wings as she did so. She started to cry again.

*****

Underneath the building that the clone had just jumped off of, a group of four people were walking, two females and two males.

"…So he said, that's no gargoyle that's my wife!" only the person who said the joke laughed "hey what gives?"

"We've heard that one thousands of times Harry. Can't you think up something else?" asked the shorter of the two women.

"Oh you want something else?" he said wickedly "Hey Rebecca, what did you think?" the taller woman didn't answer "hey, what's the matter? Cat got your tongue?" he remarked nastily. He didn't have time to react as the woman punched him hard in the stomach. He fell to the floor holding his gut. "Uuuuh, you bitch what was that for?"

The other man stood over him "that was uncalled for Harry." He said angrily. He walked over to the other woman who was trying to comfort the one called Rebecca who was now crying against the wall.

"Hey Rebecca it's all right, it's all right," she said trying to reassure her friend "Harry didn't mean to say that." She glared down at Harry "DID HE?" She hissed.

Rebecca's' face was covered in the shadows. She was wearing a NY cap and a large scarf round her neck. She made some signs with her hands but both the shorter woman and still standing man understood perfectly what she was saying.

The shorter woman nodded her head in agreement "your right, he is a big jerk!" she laughed as she turned round and watched Harry slowly get up. She could see a weird smile appear on his face as he looked up at something.

She too looked up as a shadow swept across her face. She gave a gasp.

It was a gargoyle!

*****

Delilah's' lip trembled; she didn't want to see things like that. It was too painful; it reminded her of what she didn't have.

A family!

She remembered what Elisa said to her when she first awoke, the abuse she hurled at her and then transforming into that… creature.

She knew that Elisa never meant to hurt her… and she was willing to accept her as her daughter but that didn't mean the clone had done the same.

How could Elisa understand? How could anyone understand what she's been through?

Everyone else was normal. They had been born while she had been created. When she and Elisa had had their talk, she hadn't completely forgiven Elisa for attacking her. The things she had said to her still hurt when she remembered, the pain that had been inflicted on her, and the scars she still had on her face.

She touched her face, it still had the same marks running from the top left side of her face down to the bottom right. She had tried to hide the marks with every type of make up she could find but it was no use. The marks always seemed to keep reappearing through all the layers.

She felt ugly even though Sharon, Maggie, Angela and the other women had tried to reassure her that she was still extremely attractive, but it didn't work. And she didn't care what Angela thought!

Miss 'Goody-goody-everybody-loves-me-and-every-male-would-kill-to-have-me-two-shoes!'

She hated Angela because everyone accepted her, loved he. She was even accepted by Demona, yet whenever the poor clone had got within even ten feet of the immortal she was always given cold un-loving stares.

Even Angela knew what it was like to have a loved one, she could go out whenever she wanted whilst she was stuck down in the labyrinth everyday and night, never to find love.

But a bullet driving into her right leg interrupted her thoughts.

The pain was too much and she lost control.

She fell.

*****

"YES! I got it!" laughed Harry with glee as he lowered his gun and put it back in his pocket.

The other man grabbed his by the front of the T-shirt "what the hell did you do that for????" he shouted.

Harry pushed him away "It's a gargoyle! What do you think I'm doing Leo?" he snarled. He and the others watched as it fell. It was clutching one of its legs. "But it looks like I missed." He pushed Leo out of the way and ran in the direction of the falling gargoyle. He pulled something from his other pocket.

A mask…

A Quarryman mask!

He pulled it over his face and turned round to face the others who weren't doing the same. "Well?" he said impatiently "What are you waiting for? There's a gargoyle needing to be sent back to hell and you're just standing there!"

Leo hesitated for a moment but pulled out a similar mask and pulled it on as he followed Harry.

The shorter woman began to put her mask on when she turned and looked at the taller woman "Rebecca?" she asked, "Are you all right?"

The woman shook her head silently and made some hand signs.

The woman called Amy understood. "Yeah I know, Leo and me aren't to keen on this either," she put her hand on her friends shoulder "but this is the only way we can find the answers you're looking for." Rebecca nodded as she removed her NY cap and pulled her own mask over her face.

They both ran after Leo and Harry.

*****

Unknown to them an Irish Setter had been watching the whole scene from his upturned box home, in between some garbage cans in a dead end alleyway.

It decided to follow.

*****

The Labyrinth

Sharon walked down the tunnels of the labyrinth until she reached the living quarters of the mutates and clones. She had been looking for Delilah for some time. She was supposed to meet up with her to go on patrol but she never showed up so she had decided to go see what was keeping her.

None of the other mutates were there but the clones were… except for Delilah!

"Malibu, where's Delilah?" she asked the Brooklyn clone.

Malibu looked up at her "she go on patrol" he said.

"Who did she go with?"

"go by herself."

"What?" she gasped "Wh-which way did she go?" Sharon asked beginning to get worried.

Malibu pointed to a tunnel.

The mutates' eyes widened "oh no" she whispered. The tunnel, which the clone had pointed, led to only one place… the surface.

She rushed over and picked up the phone.

*****

23rd Precinct

Elisa sat down drinking a cup of coffee thinking about poor Aaron when a police officer called her. "Hey Maza, phone call."

She got up and took the phone from her "hello?"

"Elisa…"

"Hi Sharon" she said on recognising the voice.

"Elisa it's Delilah she- she…"

"Sharon what's wrong? What has happened?"

"She ran off, she's gone to the surface. I don't know where she's gone, I-"

Elisas eyes opened wide "Where's my brother and the others? She asked quickly.

"The-their somewhere else but I'm going to find them now." She thought quickly "c-could you look for her as well?2

"Sure" Elisa replied She probably hasn't got far she thought she may have gone to my apartment or the castle. She put the phone down and ran to her car.

*****

Delilah held onto her injured leg as she fell, she screamed and rammed into the back wall of an alleyway. She dropped onto some garbage bags.

A few minutes later she heard voices "There's the freak!" a male voice hissed. Her eyes flicked open and saw to her horror, four figures she hoped, like all the other gargoyles, would never see again.

Quarrymen!

She backed away into the corner of the alleyway trembling in uncontrollable fear as one of them walked closer towards her.

She didn't see that one of the female Quarrymen had her eyes open wide in shock.

Or a little dog running off.

*****

Pleasure doing business with you mate said Ali as he finished eating his biscuits, but I is got one more favour to ask of me mate 'Arry.

"And what's that?" Aaron asked impatiently.

I is wondering if you could ask your bitch Mina out for me

"Er… Ali I don't think she would want to go out with you I mean…" he trailed off as the corgi gave him a nasty stare.

I get it… I get it he said slowly it's 'cose I is ginger innit? INNIT? He barked you is doggist ain't you?

"What? No, Ali it's just she doesn't like going out with gangster wannabes that's all" Aaron said quickly.

Oh? Fair enough he said pleasantly. He walked away I is too cool for 'er any ways he walked pass the Dumpster come bitches he ordered.

Coming Ali said three female voices in union. The voices belonged to a Labrador, a beagle and a collie, which must have been waiting behind the Dumpster the whole time.

Aaron raised one eyebrow as the dogs followed after him. He may be able to talk to dogs but he would never truly understand them!

As soon as they were gone he decided that he should get back to the station, when a little Irish Setter rushed round the corner and bumped into him.

"Hey watch it!" he said angrily but looked closer at the dog "Snuffy?"

The dog nodded in agreement that's me, snuff, snuff, snuff! He replied happily.

Aaron smile, he liked this dog, this dog was much nicer "so how are you these days?" he asked.

Oh, not so bad he replied, he sounded like Michael J. Fox with a slight Irish accent been wandering around the streets, chasing cats, sleeping, looking for scraps of food, it's been wonderful, snuff, snuff, snuff!

"You know… you could come live with me if you wanted, my offers still standing." Aaron said as he pulled out the doggie biscuit treats bag again.

Ah, no, sorry, thanks for the offer but I prefer the street life, I'm sure you'd be a fine feeder but I'm quite happy with how I live, snuff, snuff, snuff! He looked up at the treats hopefully.

Aaron patted him on the head and gave the bag to him. He liked the way he said his name after each sentence, though it did get annoying sometimes.

Thanks Aaron you're a pal, snuff, snuff, snuff! His eyes brightened oh yes that's what I was going to tell you, there's a couple of people attacking a woman in an alley just down there… he pointed with his nose down the direction he had just come from I just thought I'd let you know, snuff, snuff, snuff! He ran off carrying the bag in his mouth.

The smile disappeared from Aaron's face as he walked out as well, donning his Wolf mask as he did so.

*****

Delilah backed away, she was helpless, her leg was hurting badly "p-please don't hurt me" she begged "I've done nothing to you"

"You exist, that's enough," said the Quarryman holding a gun. Delilah looked at the others behind him; she wondered why they weren't doing anything. "Say goodbye freak!"

"Harry no!" cried one of the Quarrymen with a female voice "we don't want to hurt her, we want—"

"I know what you and the others want and you're lucky I don't turn you guys in to the others, now shut up!" he turned back towards the gargoyle but found one of the others was standing in the way of his gun "get out of the way Rebecca!" The woman shook her head "I said move!" he snarled. The woman continued to shake her head and made signs "what's she saying?"

"She's saying… she… she's seen this one before?" said the other man uncertainly.

"Where have you seen her?" asked Amy.

The one named Rebecca shrugged.

Delilah was curious as well. Not many humans had seen her before, let alone a Quarryman.

"Oh who cares?" shouted Harry and pushed her hard against a wall, her head banging into it. He re-aimed his gun.

"I don't think you want to do that!" said a new voice calmly. They all turned round to see a man wearing a mask with his arms folded. "Little early for Halloween isn't it?" he asked with a smirk.

"Look whose talking," said Harry.

Aaron was smiling underneath his mask. The fool doesn't know who he's talking to does he? He thought. His gaze turned towards the woman in the corner. It was a gargoyle but her face was familiar. It looked like… no it couldn't be.

"Get lost man!" the Quarryman ordered, "this is none of your business."

"Maybe not. But personally I'm not to thrilled with four against one."

"Well then you can join it 'Gargoyle lover!'" he sneered pointing the gun at him.

"Harry no!" Amy cried trying to grab the gun from him.

Harry pointed the weapon towards her and then at Leo "SHUT UP!" he shouted, the two others backed away "I don't even know why I hang around with you people anyway!"

His gaze turned towards Aaron's mask "What the hell does that 'W' stand for anyway?"

Aaron laughed "It stands for…" his eyes began to glow a ruby red colour "…WOLF!" He transformed into The Wolf with a wicked smile "BOO!"

Amy and Leo backed away in fear. The Wolf didn't care about them, he could tell they didn't want to be here, it was the guy with the gun he wanted.

*****

Delilah looked in horror as the man transformed into a wolf. She backed away even more in fear, could this have been the thing that had turned Elisa into that… thing? She wondered

The pain in her leg shot through her even more. She had to control herself not to scream.

The werewolf was moving towards one of the Quarrymen, she looked down and noticed the Quarryman who had stood in front of her, now lying next to her rubbing their head.

Who was she?

*****

The two Quarrymen Amy and Leo backed away and without a second thought ran out of the alleyway.

The Wolf didn't care, he grabbed Harry and held him high above his head "wh-what the hell are you man?" he cried "WHAT ARE YOU????"

The Wolf lowered him down so they made eye contact "your worst nightmare!" he snarled. He didn't notice the man had slowly brought his gun up until it was too late!

The werewolf howled in pain as Harry unloaded the contents of the gun into his chest and stomach. He dropped him.

Harry didn't have any more bullets, he was defenceless. He did the only thing he could.

He ran.

The Wolf stepped slowly towards Delilah and fell to one knee holding his chest and gasping for breath "are… are you all right?" he asked slowly. His pupil-less eyes darkening. Delilah nodded uncertainly. "Good… 'Cause I'm not…" he fell onto his side and onto his back, moaning softly as blood poured out of him.

Delilah and the other woman stared at him for a few seconds but Delilah got up on her good leg and turned her back on him, about to climb the wall when a voice spoke to her in her head.

You're just going to leave him? It asked.

It's a werewolf! Delilah snapped back at her conscious.

But he just saved your life…

So?

So…? It said almost astonished by the response. He's dying! Don't you care?

NO! Delilah began to climb, she ran her hands into the walls first, and then her left leg but screamed and fell back onto the floor when she tried to dig her right leg in. she held it in agony until her hands were covered in blood.

All of a sudden she felt a tap on her shoulder, she looked up to see the remaining Quarryman remove her scarf from around her neck and gently pulled Delilah's hands from the wound and tied the scarf tightly around it. The clone looked at the woman "why are you helping me?" she asked, "You're one of them"

The woman finished tying the scarf round her leg and seemed to think about the question but just gave a shrug. She pointed at the wolf.

Delilah looked at him too. He was completely helpless. Maybe she should help him.

*****

The Wolf was bleeding heavily and his red eyes were beginning to fade.

"We… we need to put something over the wounds" Delilah said as she tore some off some of the excess scarf that was hanging from her leg. She placed it on some of the wounds but she wasn't covering all of them.

The other woman hesitated but removed her mask. She knelt down on the other side of the werewolf and pressed it onto the other bullet wounds. She continued to look down.

"Who are you?" Delilah asked quietly "do I know you?" Delilah gasped and backed away as the woman looked up "no!" she whispered "you can't be, it can't be you, it's not possible!"

It was the woman from her dream…

*****

Amy and Leo had run for quite a while before they both ran out of breath.

Leo removed his mask and put his shades back on. He looked around "Where's Rebecca?" he asked suddenly.

Amy looked behind as well "What are you talking about she was right…" she realised that she wasn't there "…oh no" she whispered.

*****

The woman had jet-black hair with strands of blood red hair mixed in.

She looked just like Demona only her eyes were brown and her eyebrows were thicker just like Elisas. Delilah's gaze turned to one of the woman's ears; she wore an earring very much like the gargoyle clones own. But then her eye caught her neck; it was covered in horrible scars.

The clone backed away on all fours in fear "no, you can't be real, you just can't!"

The woman looked at her with a puzzled expression unsure of what the gargoyle was going on about.

They continued to stare at each other, both unintentionally raising a hand to touch the others own when… "Rebecca!" cried Amy, she grabbed the woman by the arm and pulled her up. "Come on we've got to get out of here!" she and Leo ran back out.

The Demona human looked back at Delilah, showing a look in her eyes as if she was uncertain about leaving, before running off after Amy and Leo.

"No wait!" Delilah pleaded "Come back! Please don't go!" she tried to follow after her but another stab of pain jolted through her leg. She tripped over The Wolf; and she collapsed in agony.

*****

Elisa drove down the street in her car. She's not at my apartment, or the castle. she thought. So where is she…? Her eyes caught site of two people running into an alleyway. Her eyes widened at the site of what one of them was wearing on their face. "It can't be!" she whispered. A second later they came out again, followed by a third person whose face was darkened by the shadows but looked eerily familiar though she couldn't place where from.

She stopped at the side of the empty road by the entrance of the alleyway and got out. She was going to follow them when she heard a scream of pain coming from the alley.

She ran down to find Delilah, clutching her leg in pain. She ran over to her "Oh my God; Delilah, what happened?" she said helping her to stand up.

The clone looked into Elisas eyes and began to cry "I'm sorry, Elisa!" she sobbed, "I didn't mean for this to happen! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

Elisa didn't understand "Delilah what are you talking?" the clone pointed to The Wolf "Oh my god!" she gasped. She rushed over to him "Aaron! Aaron can you hear me?" she cried

His eyelids began to slowly flicker open to reveal half-faded eyes "Elisa…" he moaned.

Elisa looked up at Delilah who was clearly upset "help me get him to my car" Elisa said quickly. She tried to drag him to her car though it was useless dragging him by herself "we've got to get him to the Labyrinth it's closer than the hospital!" she told the clone.

Terror filled the young clones eyes "I-I can't! Elisa please, I'll get in trouble with Talon!"

"I promise you won't" Elisa said softly.

The white haired gargoyle nodded uncertainly but took one of The Wolf's arms.

As they pulled him to the car Elisa realised something "He's not going to fit!" and she defiantly wasn't going to tie him to the top of the roof! She knelt down and whispered in his ear "Aaron, can you change back?"

The werewolf's eyes flickered open "I'll… try" he closed his eyes again. Delilah watched in fascination as he became Aaron again, mask and everything.

Elisa opened the door and with the clones help pulled him onto the back seat. Delilah got in the back with him.

"Keep some pressure on him" Elisa told her. She got into the car and began to drive off "Delilah tell me exactly what happened."

*****

Delilah explained what happened in between sobs, except the part about the woman she encountered. "Elisa, why do you want to help him?" she sniffed "don't you hate him for what he did to you?"

Elisa looked at her through the interior mirror, looking at her own face, looking at the scars, understanding what her clone really meant. "Delilah he didn't mean for that to happen, he saved my life, without him I'd still be dead." She looked at the surprised look in the clone's eyes "he doesn't know about you, don't blame him for what happened."

Delilah looked at the bleeding man "he… saved your… life?" she whispered quietly.

"Daddy the dogs are laughing and calling me names again!" moaned Aaron.

"Oh god he's delirious" Elisa sighed.

Aaron opened his eyes and looked at Elisa, then his gaze turned to Delilah who had both her hands on his chest to stop the bleeding but it wasn't doing much good. "Two Elisas!" he giggled "I must have died and gone to heaven!"

Delilah didn't know why but she smiled.

*****

The labyrinth

Sharon had informed all the mutates, as well as Peter and Diane Maza who were visiting, of the situation and Talon hadn't taken it too well "she knows she not supposed to go out on her own!" he said angrily.

"That doesn't matter at the moment," said Diane "What's important is finding her.

" Elisas already up out looking for her but I doubt she'll have much luck" said Sharon.

The mutates all turned to leave but suddenly stopped and gasped "Oh my god!" said Maggie.

Elisa was walking in with a limping Delilah and carrying between them the Wolf whose chest was encrusted with dry blood.

"Help!" Elisa cried, "He's dying!"

"Aaaahh, Wombles!" the werewolf cried deliriously as he looked groggily up at the shocked mutates "Wombles! Their everywhere!"

Talons eyes turned to slits "Is that the thing who…?"

Elisa interrupted him "yes it is, please…" she cried, "he needs our help" she looked at her mother with pleading eyes.

Talon and Peter looked at each other. Peter nodded.

"All right" said the mutate.

Claw, Talon and Peter helped Elisa to carry The Wolf into the lab where luckily Dr. Goldblum was working at the moment.

"I don't mean to alarm anyone, but I'm rapidly loosing conscious—" he fainted

Delilah sat down silently and began to cry. Diane and Maggie stayed with her.

Sharon put a hand on her shoulder and knelt down and removed the bloody scarf. She applied antibiotic ointment before closing the wound with tiny strips of tape "this'll keep the wound clean until sunrise" she said, "it'll sting a bit though"

"I'm sorry," the clone cried after the mutate had rubbed the chemical into the wound "I'm sorry, I didn't mean for this to happen!"

"It's all right Delilah" Diane said soothingly trying to calm her down "I'm sure he'll be ok." But she had her doubts as Talon came out again. Eyes blazing.

*****

The Wolf was hooked up to a heart monitor and lying on a table, which was creaking under his weight. He was moaning weakly.

"We could have got him here sooner but there was a slight problem with him changing halfway through the labyrinth" said Elisa.

"Why do you want to help this… thing?" Peter asked in disgust "it turned you into a monster!"

Elisa hesitated "Dad, do you remember Aaron Conners?" she asked.

"Yeah, nice guy, until he abandoned you… wait a minute. Why are you asking me about him?" he asked suspiciously.

"This… this is Aaron."

Peter was silent for a moment, eyes wide open in surprise "well this explains a lot" he said dryly.

Dr. Goldblum looked up at Elisa, his expression grim "Ms. Maza, I'm sorry there's nothing we an do for him…" he said sadly "I'm afraid the wounds are fatal," his expression turned even grimmer "I'm surprised he's even lived this long."

The Wolf's eyes flickered open "Elisa…" he whispered weakly.

Elisa knelt down "Aaron I-I—"

"I'm dying, I know." he said, strangely smiling.

"No you're not." she said fighting back tears.

"Yes I am, you never were a convincing liar" he tried to laugh but coughed up blood.

"P-please don't die" she begged "please"

"I have to" he said as his eyes darkened even more.

"Aaron no!" she cried.

The Wolf gently held Elisa's hand and began to… laugh?

It wasn't a mad laugh, but a laugh as if this whole thing was a big joke.

The heart monitor began to show a continuous line as his eyes began to flicker, red to black. Red to black until finally… they remained black.

"No" the detective whispered "NO!" she brought The Wolfs limp paw to her face and rubbed it against her cheek and to everyone's surprise let out a wolf like howl. She put a hand to her mouth in shock.

They all turned to watch, as The Wolf became Aaron again. Bullet holes now in his T-shirt and his pupils dilated.

Elisa's father looked at his daughter and then at Aaron, his gaze softening. He removed Aarons mask to look at his face, and closed the dead mans eyelids.

Elisa let go of his hand and placed it gently by his side.

Dr. Goldblum covered him in a white sheet "I'm sorry" he told Elisa "there wasn't anything we could have done"

She nodded, biting her lip

They all left leaving her alone with Aaron.

*****

Elisa walked out ten minutes later to hear Talon shouting at her clone.

"You deliberately disobeyed my orders Delilah!" he shouted "and because of your foolishness someone is dead!"

"I-I…" Delilah stammered as she continued to cry.

"Derek, leave her alone, she didn't know this was going to happen" said his mother.

"I don't care, she went out without permission!"

"How-how could I not?" the clone wept "I-I always h-have to go with s-someone, I-I wanted to be alone for once"

"And you see what happened!" he bellowed "you hardly know what's out there"

"BECAUSE YOU NEVER LET ME OUT!" the clone screamed "you always think you everything! You know what it's like outside, you know what it's like to have a family and parents who love you, I don't!" she stood up and pointed a shivering talon at the mutate. "I'm always stuck down here acting like nothing but a baby sitter for the other clones. You don't know what it's like to be alone, to have no one to love… but I do, I do!" she ran out of the living quarters crying loudly.

"Delilah come back here!" the panther mutate shouted.

"Talon, leave it!" Maggie said angrily as she watched Sharon run after her, calling the clones name as she did so.

Elisa wanted to follow as well, but she was too upset to do so. She sat down in a chair her face in her hands crying softly. She felt a hand touch her shoulder, she looked up to see her mother "m-mom?"

"That wolf was Aaron wasn't it?" she said sadly.

Elisa nodded.

"He-he was my friend" she said quietly, "he didn't deserve to die, not by those monsters"

"What?" Diane looked confused "who were they?"

"The Quarrymen"

"The Quarrymen?" Maggie gasped "but I thought they had disbanded"

"I thought so too. Castaway is still in prison, so either he's running it from the inside or it's someone else pulling the strings" Whoever it is, they'll pay for this, vowed Elisa

"If they're back then the gargoyles are in trouble." Said Peter grimly.

*****

Sharon searched for some tie before finding the clone. She had hidden herself in a corner and curled up into a ball.

"It's not true, it's not true!" the gargoyle wept quietly to herself.

The mutate got closer to her "Delilah?"

The clone looked up with puffy red eyes "Sharon, I…" she burst into tears once more.

"Delilah are you all right?" she sat down next to her and opened her arms out invitingly. Delilah fell into them and buried her face in the mutates shoulder. "Delilah it wasn't your fault if that's what you are crying about" she said softly.

The poor gargoyle shook her head "N-no it's not that it's just I…" she broke down again in tears.

"Delilah please tell me" she said as she stroked the clones hair.

Delilah looked at her unsure if she should tell her the truth. "Promise not to tell any one?"

Sharon looked back at the clone and gave a reassuring smile "I promise."

She bit her lip "m-my sister Sharon," Delilah said "I saw my sister! She real!"

The female mutates eyes opened in surprise.

*****

15 minutes later…

In the darkness of the lab the body of Aaron Conners lay.

Two golden glowing eyes watched from the shadows as Aaron's own eyes opened and began to glow red under the cloth.

One of his hands began to move…

*****

Goliath, Angela, Hudson and Brooklyn had appeared in the labyrinth. Goliath was trying to comfort Elisa, Angela and Hudson were listening from Diane and Maggie about Delilah and Talon was explaining the Quarryman situation to Brooklyn. The brick red gargoyle looked at the blood stained mask that Elisa had handed to him. "It's a Quarryman mask all right." He said "damn it I thought they were gone for good!" he looked over at Elisa "I feel kinda sorry for that Wolf guy, even he didn't deserve that"

"Well at least he died saving someone." Said Talon "maybe I was to hard on Delilah. None of us knew that the Quarrymen were going to re-enter the game."

*****

"He saved my life once" Elisa said sadly "but when it came down to me, I couldn't save him."

"Did he have any family?" Goldblum asked.

She nodded "I think his foster parents live in England and he owns some dogs…" she thought about them for a moment, from what they had told her when she was a she-wolf Aaron was their best friend. Where would they go now? She didn't feel it was right to send them to another home, maybe she…

"But he turned you into a monster Elisa" Peter said.

"I keep telling you dad, he did it to save my life, I don't hate him if it was for that reason," Elisa replied "and he changed me back afterwards."

"Yeah Aaron was great" agreed a voice from the doorway of the lab "so cool, so handsome, so brave, and brown eyes so sweet you could scoop them out and serve with ice-cream."

They all looked up, mutate, gargoyle and human alike to see the person who had just made the comment. They all gasped.

It was Aaron!

*****

After Delilah had told Sharon about what she saw she refused to talk for quite a while.

"I saw her Sharon" she said finally "she's really real!"

The female mutate couldn't believe what the clone was saying "Delilah y-your saying you really do have a sister?"

The gargoyle nodded "I…I don't know how but it was her, I just know it was."

"Maybe… maybe you wrong, it could just have been someone who looks like her"

The white haired gargoyle shook her head wildly "no! It was her! She looked just like the woman in my dream, she even has an earring like mine" she gestured to her own earring "I know it sounds crazy but it was her I swear!"

"If what you're saying is true then we need to tell somebody"

The young clone shook her head "no, I don't want anyone to know, not yet, please Sharon don't tell anyone" she begged.

Sharon looked at her and gave a sigh "all right, I won't say anything for now, but just promise me you won't go out trying to look for her"

Delilah began to open her mouth to protest but shut it again when Sharon gave her a serious stare. "Okay" she sighed.

Sharon got up and offered a hand to Delilah "come on lets get back" she said softly.

The clone hesitated "but Talon will be angry with me" she whispered.

"We'll deal with it." said the mutate reassuringly

They began to walk back.

*****

Everyone stared at Aaron, whose arms were crossed and leaning on the side of the door with a cheeky grin on his face.

"Aaron?" Elisa whispered "you're… alive?" a smile appeared in her face and she ran over and gave him a hug "you're alive, you're alive!" she cried.

Aaron had a look of pain on his face "Air… AIR!" he gasped as he was finding it difficult to breathe because Elisa was unintentionally crushing him.

She let go looking embarrassed.

Aaron took in a couple of mouthfuls of air and rubbed his chest "Ow, that hurt." he looked down at his T-shirt to see it was blood stained and full of bullet holes "Aw, and this was a new one too!"

Everyone was staring at him. He had just come back from the dead and he was acting as if nothing had happened.

"Aaron…? You're alive!" Elisa said quietly.

The werewolf gave a fake look of surprise "I am? Thank my God for that!" he checked his watch "and bang on time as usual."

"But… how…?" Elisa asked in disbelief "you…died!"

"What? Oh the whole dying and coming back to life thing" he waved the comment away "happens all the time I—" Elisa slapped him round the face.

"Why didn't you tell me?" she shouted angrily.

He touched his reddening cheek "I was going to tell you it just slipped my…" his gaze turned to the mutates who too were staring at him.

"Holy… Elisa get back!" he jumped round in front of her and transformed into The Wolf, he stood in a defensive position. All the mutates eyes opened in disbelief.

Elisa walked round to the front of him quickly "Aaron it's all right these are my friends." She pointed to Talon "and this is Derek, my… brother. They're all mutates… like you"

"What?" The Wolf backed away in shock "That's Derek?" he looked back up towards the panther mutate "Oh man… I knew you were going through puberty last time I saw you, but this is ridiculous!" he looked at Claw and Maggie "How… Who did this to you?"

"A man named Sevarius did this to us." said Talon growling at the name of the scientist. "He turned us into monsters"

The Wolf put one hand to his head "Oh my God!" he said "Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!" he became Aaron again.

Maggie and Claw both gave gasps "How did you… do that?" Maggie asked.

"What? This?" he became The Wolf and then Aaron again. "It's easy… why are you asking—" then it hit him "you can't change back can you?"

Talon shook his head "no" he said sadly.

"Oh God! Derek you poor soul!" Aaron said in horror at the thought of being trapped as a monster.

Derek looked at him "it's not all that bad. I met my wife because of this" he smiled down at Maggie.

Aaron looked at the lioness and then back at Talon, the horror in his eyes softening a little "you're married?2 a sly smile appeared on his face "well done you old dog… um… cat!"

"Don't insult my sons condition Conners" snapped Peter Maza.

Aaron's face turned pale when he saw Diane and Peter step out "Uh… oh!" he began to shift uncomfortably. "Hello Mr. Maza. Mrs. Maza" he would rather be stuck in a room full of super villains than face these two people right now!

"So this is what you really are?" Peter said coldly "this explains a lot doesn't it."

"Yes sir" Aaron mumbled as he looked down at his feet.

"This is why you always stood up my daughter in high school?"

"Yes sir" he mumbled, still looking down at his feet.

"You were the one who turned my daughter into a monster?" his glare getting stronger.

"Y-yes sir, didn't mean to sir, won't happen again sir"

"And by doing so you saved her life?"

"Yes sir, no other way sir"

"And you were also the one who returned her to normal afterwards as well?"

Aaron looked up unsure of where Peter was going with this but nodded anyway.

Diane stepped forwards "then I guess we owe you our thanks"

A surprised smile appeared on the werewolf's face "thanks"

"Though I'm still not happy about what you did to Elisa in high school" Diane said sternly, prodding a finger into Aaron's chest. "You should have really told her what you were."

Aaron looked over at Elisa who was leaning against Goliath whose arm was wrapped around her shoulder. "I'm beginning to wish I did" he sighed.

Peter stepped forward and held out Aaron's' wolf mask "I think this belongs to you" he said. Aaron gratefully took it and put it in his pocket. "You know Conners my people believed that wolves were the most spiritual of animals."

"Oh?" He asked inquiringly.

"Though seeing you makes me wonder why." He smirked.

"Uh thanks… I think" Aaron said as his smile disappeared.

All of a sudden some one grabbed him by his arm and started to pull him back towards the lab. "Hey!" Aaron cried "Hands off!"

"Oh. I'm sorry allow me to introduce myself, my name is Daniel Goldblum" said the doctor "I'm helping to find a cure for the mutates… condition" He beamed a smile "you said you were a mutate didn't you?"

"Uh… yeah I guess why…?"

"Perfect!" Dr. Goldblum dragged Aaron off much to the werewolf's embarrassment.

"Some people have no respect for the newly resurrected" Aaron muttered.

*****

Some time later…

"Incredible" exclaimed the doctor as again as Aaron transformed into the Wolf and back again for the fifth time. "Simply incredible!" he pulled out a syringe "may I?" Aaron nodded and held out his arm, the doctor took a sample of Aaron's blood. He looked at it under a microscope. "Amazing" he exclaimed.

"What?" Aaron asked as he rubbed his arm.

"Your blood, it's incredible, I've never seen anything like quite like it" Aaron gave a frown. "Look." The doctor said.

Aaron looked under the microscope "so?" he said, "it's just blood"

"Yes but look at you werewolf blood"

Aaron looked "it's exactly the same"

"You don't notice anything usual about either of them?" the doctor asked

"No"

"What about this substance?" he said "those small orange blobs… your human blood is full with them. But then…" he gestured back to the wolf blood "…they're gone."

My blood absorbs those 'orange blobs' as you call them." Aaron said plainly "They're what change me"

"What exactly are they?"

"They're a mutagen" he replied.

"A mut… mutagen????" the doctor exclaimed "but how did it get into you?"

"I was bitten by a radioactive wolf" joked Aaron.

The joke fell flat.

"My father did it to me" he said truthfully.

"Your father?" Goldblum gasped "Why would your father do this to you?"

"To save my life!" Aaron growled at the obvious disgust in the other mans voice. He explained the story of his origin to him.

"Oh." Said the doctor after hearing it "I'm sorry, I didn't realise."

"It's all right" Aaron sighed.

"May I ask you something?" Dr. Goldblum asked. The werewolf nodded "did your father know anyone called Anton Sevarius?"

He shook his head "No, it's like I told Elisa, I don't know anyone one called Sevarius, and neither did my father."

"Hmm… I suppose you're right, it's just that before hand we believed that there was no one else who was able to make a mutagen. Though from what you've told me the serum your father made was for a completely different reason."

"My father only ever wanted to do good for people" Aaron sighed. "He didn't even want to use it on humans because of the effects, though this Sevarius seemed to want to do the complete opposite."

"Now he was a monster." Replied the doctor.

*****

Sharon walked into the living quarters, closely followed by Delilah.

Sharon cleared her throat to get everyone's attention. "Sharon" Elisa said happily "did you find her?"

The mutate looked at her confused, she's acting rather happy isn't she? She thought. "Yes I found her." On Queue Delilah peaked sheepishly round the corner, ready for Talon to start shouting at her again. But it didn't happen.

"Delilah!" said Talon "come here."

The clone walked nervously towards him "I'm sorry Talon" she said "I'm sorry for what's happened, and… and if you wish to banish I…"

"That won't be necessary Delilah"

"Huh?" Delilah said "but someone died because of me…"

"Delilah, it's all right," Elisa said, as she placed a reassuring hand on the clones shoulder "nobodies dead now"

Both Sharon's and Delilah's eyes opened in surprise. Delilah looked at Talon "but… but I thought you said…"

"It turns out that he didn't die, well, not for long at least"

"So you're not angry with me?" Delilah asked hopefully.

"I'm not as angry" Talon said "but I'm still angry with the fact that you ran off without telling us where you were going!"

"I just don't like living down here all the time" Delilah whispered.

"I know you don't" Talon said

"Talon maybe we can make a compromise" Sharon said.

Talon gave a curious look "such as…?"

"Delilah can go to the surface ever she wants to, but I go with her." She said plainly. She turned her head and gave Delilah a wink.

Talon thought it over for as minute "as long as she doesn't run off on her own again… I suppose I could allow it" he said.

Delilah beamed a smile.

*****

"… So anyway the serum in my bloodstream is dormant when I'm human," explained Aaron "it only reacts when I want to become The Wolf or if I'm badly injured or dead. That's how it works."

"So basically it makes you immortal?" Dr. Goldblum asked.

Aaron shook his head "I don't think so, I'm pretty sure I'd die if someone chopped my head off or something. Though it's never happened so I couldn't say for sure."

"Ah, Sharon" said the doctor as Sharon walked into the lab. "I'd like you to meet Aaron Conners, Aaron this is Sharon Nomura my assistant "

"Wo, another mutate?" Aaron exclaimed, "how many of you guys are there?"

"This is it." said Sharon. "Aren't you supposed to be dead?" she asked.

"Only for half an hour!" Aaron protested "it's not like it's a big deal or anything." He said as he absentmindedly picked up a glass test tube.

"About that Aaron…" Goldblum asked, "may I ask a personal question "what… what's dea—"

"What's death like?" Aaron said with a premonition of what the question would be. The doctor nodded. Aaron shrugged "it's all right I guess. I don't really remember what happens when I die."

"Oh."

"But it must be wonderful to be able to be able to die and come back to life like that." Sharon replied.

Aaron unintentionally crushed the glass tube at the comment, splinters of glass cutting deep into his skin. He gave a howl of pain. He grabbed his hand and gritted his teeth. "Oh god that hurts!"

"Oh no, Sharon go get something to—"

"Don't bother!" Aaron said.

"Mr. Conners you're bleeding…"

"And I said don't bother… I'll be all right in half an hour." He took a pair of nearby tweezers and began to pull out the larger pieces of glass out of his hand. "Might as well get the largAAAHHHH pieces out FIRSTEEEEEOWCH!" after doing so he took a piece of cloth and wrapped it round his hand. "There, that should be okay for a while"

Sharon and Dr. Goldblum just stared at him "Are… are you sure you don't want us to help?"

Aaron shook his head "I'm fine, like I said, in half an hour I'll be as right as rain again."

"Amazing!"

"Isn't it just…" the werewolf muttered under his breath.

"I'm sorry?"

Aaron gave a sigh "I had a friend once" he said, "her name was Sarah Williams, but she's dead now. She sacrificed herself to save me."

Sharon looked at him "But if you can't die, then why did she…?"

"Because she was afraid of what would happen if I did, the psycho I was fighting wasn't exactly going to wait around for me to recover." He gave another sigh "there's not a day when I don't think about her."

"I'm sorry to here that"

"Yeah…"

None of them realised that they were being secretly watched from a crack in the wall by a certain clone.

*****

Delilah had been listening to what Aaron had had to say for quite a while.

She had followed behind Sharon into the lab before hand but when she saw Aaron's face, she didn't know why, but her cheeks went red and she felt butterflies in her stomach so she had quickly left.

She had listened to Aaron's story about this Sarah woman and some how she felt… sad for him. Maybe I was wrong about this werewolf she thought is he… is he lonely too? She wondered.

She listened again to what else he had to say.

*****

"Your clothes transform with you I notice" said Dr. Goldblum "does the serum change them as well?"

He shook his head "no, that ability is a gift from a friend."

"He must be some friend if they can do that"

"Oh you'd be surprised." Smirked Aaron. He looked at Sharon "so… did this Sevarius guy do this to you to?"

Sharon turned her head away from him. "No…"

"Oh? Then who did?"

"I… I did it to myself."

"What?" Aaron's eyes opened wide "you-you did this to yourself? Why would you do such a thing?"

"I-I…" Sharon felt a tear trickle down her cheek. "I was angry, someone hurt my friends and I just… I just wanted to do something to… to"

Aaron put a hand on her shoulder and then raised her head so they both met eye to eye. "I understand… believe me I know how you must have felt. A guy can really do crazy things when someone they love gets hurt. And that is something I know first hand." He looked back at Goldblum "Show me everything you have on the serum which changed the mutates."

"Are you going to help us?" Sharon asked hopefully.

Aaron smiled "is Rimmer a Smeg head?"

Dr. Goldblum just looked at him blankly "Who?"

Aaron slapped a hand to his head "it doesn't matter, yes I'm gonna help." He looked at his cut hand "I'll do everything I can."

Over the next half-hour Aaron looked through the notes, the records, just about ever piece of research that Goldblum had collected.

All of a sudden he grabbed his hand and let out a gasp "uhh…"

"What? What is it?" Dr. Goldblum asked, but he too gasped as Aaron removed the bloody cloth just in time for them to both see the werewolf's hand begin to heal. The cuts began to seal themselves quickly and little pieces of glass pushed their way out of them. A few seconds later the hand had completely healed itself.

"I don't believe it."

"It gets pretty boring after a while though" Aaron chuckled. "If you want to see it again all I need is a knife and…"

"No, no! That won't be necessary, I'm sure." He said quickly "now about these notes, what do you make of them?"

"Amateur" Aaron said plainly.

"What? Y-you're saying this work is… amateur???"

Aaron nodded "this guy didn't know what he was doing. Look the transformation process takes to long and this stuff doesn't do anything but mutate the cells, see they don't heal them, and they bond permanently with them… though actually my dad had the same problem… except the one he gave me however…"

Did your father ever write the formula down for that one?"

Aaron shook his head. "I think it was a spur of the moment thing."

"But perhaps we could use your blood to make an antidote" the doctor said thoughtfully. "Perhaps we could make something that would reverse the change."

"It won't work" Aaron said matter-of-factly.

"What makes you think it wouldn't?"

"This mutagen has caused the cells in their bodies to think that they've always been like that, there's not a scrap of their original DNA in their bodies now."

"So you're saying… there isn't a cure?" Sharon gasped, terror filling her voice "We'll never be human again?"

Aaron smiled sadly at her "that's what your problems been all along, you've been searching for an antidote, something that would reverse the change you've got to take another path."

"I don't understand" Dr. Goldblum said.

"What we need… is another mutagen… a human mutagen!"

Goldblum slapped his head, why hadn't he thought of that before. But then he realised a flaw in Aaron's logic "how exactly could we do this? You said it yourself they haven't got any undamaged human DNA in them so there's no way of synthesising such a thing."

Aaron gave a sigh "I know, I know… but it doesn't mean I won't help you to try and find a cure. I mean there may be a way after all, we just haven't found it yet."

"Well that's why I'm here." Dr. Goldblum said.

Aaron's phone when off. He answered it "hello?" He pulled it away from his ear as the sound of angry dogs started blasting out of it. "Hey guys" Aaron said after the barking died down, then Sharon and the doctor heard whining and purring, Aaron understood it perfectly and nodded his head "okay, okay I'll get your treats, Ace, you too Mina." More barking "Okay and I'll get you a steak Outcast" more barking "no I don't think they do moose steaks around here, sorry." He gave a laugh "yeah all right and I'll get you a toy as well Max. I'll see you guys later" He turned the phone off and turned his attention back towards the doctor and the mutate. Both their mouths were open "What?" he asked.

"Were those… I mean did you just talk to… dogs?" Dr. Goldblum asked nervously.

"Yeah, sure why?" he got more surprised looks "Oh! Right I get it, yeah it's another one of my… gifts." He gave a pleasant smile. "I hate to leave you like this but they get really grumpy if they don't get fed before they go to sleep"

The doctor nodded silently.

"I'll come back tomorrow, and I'll bring my dad's notes. Hopefully they'll be of at least some help."

He walked out and pulled his mask onto his face as he did so.

"Well…" Dr. Goldblum started "this is going to make things a little more interesting around here" Sharon nodded her agreement.

*****

Delilah watched as Aaron left the lab from her crack in the wall. He doesn't seem evil she thought.

She didn't know why, but she began to follow him…

*****

"Aaron," Elisa said, "are you leaving so soon?"

"My dogs are in some real need of feeding, and trust me I don't want to die twice in one day, I hate it when that happens!" he ran off waving his goodbyes.

"Do you think he's realised that he's taken the wrong tunnel out?" Maggie asked.

"Nah" Talon smiled "I don't think he has."

Delilah walked passed quickly "And where do you think you're going?" Talon said sternly "I hope you're not planning to go out again!"

The clone shook her head "I'm… I'm just going to see the other clones Talon" she said sheepishly " I promise."

Talon nodded "All right then. Just don't leave again, understand?"

Delilah nodded again before walking down the tunnel.

Well she had told the truth in a way, the clones were down where the humans lived and that was where Aaron was going.

*****

"Aw hell, where the heck am I?" Aaron asked himself, when suddenly…

- WHACK! - Aaron stepped on a ball and went headfirst into a muddy puddle.

He let out a groan "where the hell did that come from?" he said out load.

"S-sorry mister." Said a kid. He looked up to see it was a girl of about ten staring at him. There were five other kids with her.

"What? Kids?" Aaron gasped "What are you kids doing here?" he asked wiping the mud off his mask.

"We live here" said another kid. "With our parents"

"Here?" he asked, "not exactly cosy is it?" as he watched a rat run past.

"It's our home!" said another kid, a boy about twelve "it's the only place we can live"

"Oh… I see" Aaron said quietly, he picked up the ball "do you want to be a little more careful with this thing?" he said as he tossed the ball towards the girl.

"Sorry, we were trying to teach Scraps to play fetch, but he just won't do it!"

Hey! You threw it! Said a voice Why should I go get it? Get it yourself for once you lazy humans! A small collie walked past the kids and stared up at Aaron.

"Well you could at least humour them," Aaron said.

"Huh?" said the kid "who are you talking to mister?"

"Your dog" Aaron said plainly.

A couple of "Oh yeah right" remarks came out of a couple of the kids' mouths.

"Yeah right mister" said the girl "come on sir I'm ten years old, you think I believe you can talk to dogs."

"Well…" Aaron said smiling, they were kids after all and if they lived down here with the mutates… he transformed into The Wolf. "As a matter of fact I can"

All the kids stared at him, with open mouths.

The next thing that happened surprised the werewolf. They ran but to him and stared bombarding him with questions.

"Wow, that was cool!"

"Can you do that again?"

"Are you really a werewolf?"

"What makes your eyes glow like that?"

"Is this real fur?"

"Can I touch your tail?"

"Are you a super hero? Do you fight super villains?"

They kept asking questions for five minutes, none of them realising that Delilah was watching them from her hiding place. Elisa didn't notice her either as she too watched the kids fire more questions at the surprised Wolf.

All the other gargoyle clones came from the opposite wondering what all the fuss was about. "What the…?" The Wolf gasped. "Haven't I seen you guys before?" he squinted his eyes "but… you look different."

"They're clones," Elisa said, walking up behind him.

"Clones? As in the sheep kind of clone?"

Elisa shook her head "no these guys were cloned way different from the way those sheep were." She looked at the surprised look on The Wolf's face "they're another experiment of Sevarius." She pointed each of them out "That's Hollywood, that's Malibu, that's Burbank and that's Brentwood."

"Yeesh, what else did this guy do?"

"He make other clone too" Said Hollywood "he make De—"

"Thailog!" Elisa interrupted before he could say the female clones' name "he made another clone named Thailog. He's an evil clone of Goliath."

"Man! Evil clones?" the werewolf laughed "sounds like a plot from a cheesy cartoon!"

"Yeah right" Elisa said. "Like this is a cartoon."

The Wolf became Aaron again. "Uh huh this is all very nice Elisa but I really need to get back home. My dogs are gonna kill me if I don't get back soon."

Elisa gave a laugh "okay." She gave him the directions to the surface.

"Thanks." Aaron said as he ran off and became The Wolf again. "See you at work tomorrow!"

"Bye Mr. Wolf" cried one of the younger kids, as they all waved their bye byes to him.

*****

Unknown to Aaron he became the Wolf just after he went past Delilah's hiding place.

She stared down at her feet. Why… didn't she tell him about me? She thought sadly.

*****

Aaron's apartment. Some time later…

Are you sure this is going to work? Said a voice

Of course it's going to work, it's one of my ideas. They always work! Snapped another voice. This one was female.

What about that time when I nearly got run over by that car? Said the voice again

You're right that one didn't work said the female voice again you were supposed to have got hit!

Shush… here he come now! Said another voice as they all heard a jangle of keys in the lock.

Okay on the count of three… said the female voice One… The door began to open. Two

"Hey guys I'm home" said Aaron carrying three large grocery bags. He closed the door whilst juggling the bags in his arms and turned the light on

THREE!

Aaron didn't even have time to say "What the…?" as three dogs and a wolf pounced on him.

DOG PILE! Cried the Great Dane as it landed on the surprised human. It was closely followed by a wolf landing on his back and then a corgi and finally a little black dog who clambered up 'Mount. Dog Pile.'

"Ace!" Aaron shouted at the Great Dane "Get off me you son of a bitch!"

Now Aaron, laughed the dog you know that doesn't insult us dogs. Our moms were bitches!

The wolf, corgi and puppy jumped off him and made a grab for the bags. Oh goody a chew! Squealed the corgi. Aaron you shouldn't have!

A squeaky thing! Laughed the puppy as he bit into it look it squeaks!

And my steak! Said the wolf Brill… it's nice and thick too

"Well, if you guys are really hungry" said Aaron slyly "look in the third bag"

More treats? The corgi said excitedly their mine! She snarled baring her teeth at the wolf and puppy.

They backed away, they knew not to get in her way. They watched as she rummaged in the bag.

The greedy corgi didn't even bother to check what she was eating, which was a shame because a few seconds later…

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! HOT! HOT! HOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!! She howled as she started running around the apartment in pain.

She had just eaten a couple of chillies.

MY MOUTH! OW! OW! OW! She screamed WATER! WATER! WATER!

All the other dogs just watched the humorous scene with great delight. The watched as she ran into the bathroom and began to drink out of the toilet bowl very quickly.

Ace got off Aaron "Well that'll teach her" he laughed. He walked over to the refrigerator and poured some milk into a bowl "Mina come here and drink this, it'll help"

The corgi ran over and started lapping it up. She looked very upset.

"Sorry Mina but you've got to learn not to do that sort of thing." The corgi gave a sad whine. He looked at he other dogs "so…" he said "any messages for me?" he asked.

Well there was one from a lady called, I think her name was Bisky… said Ace.

"Becky?" Aaron corrected him.

Yeah that was it, well anyway, this Becky person was leaving a message when Max goes and deletes it he gave a glare at the black puppy.

I'm sorry sighed Max I was trying to watch T.V. and I didn't like her talking. She went on for ages. So I tried to press the stop button, but I pressed the wrong button.

Aaron shrugged "Ah, don't worry about, it was probably nothing." He gave a yawn. "I'm going to bed, guys anyway." He walked to the bedroom, followed happily by all the others… except Mina, who had gone back to drinking out of the toilet bowl again.

*****

A red line appeared in front of Aaron. It moved from side to side.

An evil smile appeared under it.

"I'M COMING FOR YOU WOLF!" screamed a dark twisted voice "DO YOU HEAR ME? I'M COME FOR YOU!!!"

A blaster appeared out of nowhere.

"NO!" Aaron screamed "NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

The blaster fired, sending a beam of blue light at him.

*****

He woke up.

"NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!"

Ahh! Watch it Aaron cried Max as he fell off the bed.

Aaron put his head to his sweating forehead "S-s-sorry guys." He whispered.

He walked into the bathroom where Mina was still trying to cool her mouth down.

He splashed some water on his face and stared at himself in the mirror.

He can't be alive he thought. It was just a dream… it can't be real. It just can't!

*****

Over the next few days Aaron brought his father's notes down as well as some equipment. He discussed methods with Dr. Goldblum. They both ran tests on the two different types of mutagen. Learning from each other about the other kind.

He painfully discovered never to call Claw 'Tony' or to say that he was 'gggggreat!'

He brought his dogs down to show the kids, except Mina who refused to speak to Aaron after the incident with the chillies.

The kids enjoyed watching the dogs do tricks for them.

Max however became quite nervous around the clones after one of them 'accidentally' touched his 'special area' so Aaron had to explain that dogs don't like to be touched in that certain place.

He even tried to teach the clones how to play chess… well until he discovered that they didn't like loosing very much. He would have to remind himself to buy himself another chessboard some time.

Sometimes he could even swear that he saw a white haired gargoyle watching him but when he went to check there was nobody there.

Unknown to him Delilah was the one who had been watching him.

She couldn't explain why she kept staring at him, by all means she should hate him for what he had done to Elisa… and yet… and yet she didn't. The more she watched. The more she realised that this werewolf wasn't evil or vicious as she was led to believe. But a kind…gentle…dare she say it… handsome looking man.

She continued to stare when someone tapped her on the shoulder. She turned round and cried out in shock until she realised who it was. "Sharon" she gasped.

Sharon gave her a sly smile "you've been watching that Aaron guy for while haven't you?" she said still smiling.

Delilah shifted uncomfortably "n-no I haven't." she lied.

"you've been watching that guy for over an hour!" Sharon leaned closer "do I detect that somebody has a crush?"

"I-I…" Delilah felt her cheeks go red.

"So why don't you go say hello to him?" the mutate asked.

"I don't want to" she whispered.

"Well if you're afraid…"

"I'm not afraid." She growled. "I'm just taking my time."

"Uh huh"

"No really I am!"

"Sure." Sharon got up "So do you want to go to the surface?"

Delilah's eyes brightened at the question.

*****

Later…

"So this is where you saw her?" Sharon asked.

Delilah nodded "I was over there trying to stop The Wolf from bleeding when she tried to help." She hung her head "I can't believe it's true… I always thought that Thailog only made me… but I was wrong." She bared her teeth. For the first time ever she felt hatred for Thailog! He must have been the one who took her away. He was the one who stopped her from having a family…

"Well it looks like we're not going to get anymore clues here," said Sharon "maybe we should get back"

Delilah nodded sadly.

As they glided back to the Labyrinth Delilah spotted The Wolf racing across the buildings, she looked at Sharon who was a little in front of her. Before she could change her mind she turned round and followed him.

Sharon didn't even realise she was gone…

*****

Delilah stayed far behind the werewolf as she watched him climb a building up to the top floor.

After a few minutes she too climbed up.

As soon as she had made it to the top floor she peaked inside. She saw the now human wolf feeding his dogs.

She listened to what he had to say as he knelt down by one of the dogs, which was a corgi.

Strange she thought he's talking to it.

"Look Mina I'm sorry, but come on you were the one who didn't think to look before you ate!" The corgi barked at him. "What?" another bark "There is no way I'm gonna beg for your forgiveness." The Corgi barked and turned her face way "Oh all right…" he got down on his knees "Oh great Mina…" Delilah saw him cringe at these words "Please forgive me, I know not what I was doing. I beg for your mercy!" the corgi thought about it, walked up to him and gave him a lick on the cheek and barked some more. "Yeah I love you too."

Delilah didn't realise that Max the puppy had seen her and looking at her through the window. He barked his welcome.

*****

Aaron looked up "what is it Max?"

There's someone out there he said excitedly.

Aaron's eyes opened in surprise. But then he narrowed them as he slowly crept towards the window and began to slowly open it, transforming one of his hands into that of a Wolf's as he did so, just to be on the safe side.

He would have seen Delilah as well if the phone hadn't gone off. He turned round to look at the phone, which gave the clone the chance to escape. Aaron quickly jumped outside of the window onto the balcony but discovered that no one was there… well… not anymore at least. He looked over the edge but didn't see anyone gliding off.

Little did he know that Delilah had climbed to the other side of the balcony.

Aaron sighed and picked up the phone. "Hello?"

"The docks, tomorrow, midnight… come alone!" said a male voice sternly.

"What? Who is this?" but the other person had already put the phone down at their end. "oooookay! That was weird." Who the heck was that? He wondered

Oh, oh, oh a mystery, a mystery! Cried Max with glee. Are you gonna go? Are ya, are ya? Huh? Huh? Huh?

Aaron thought about it "I've just been told by some guy to go down to the docks… on my own… at midnight tomorrow, and you're asking if I'm going to go?"

You're right I'm sorry, you probably shouldn't you might get hurt and stuff

"Are you crazy Max?" Aaron exclaimed "If that's the case of course I'm gonna go!" he gave a wink at the dog.

*****

Delilah glided back towards the labyrinth, breathing a sigh of relief. At least he didn't see her, though she did feel disappointed in a way…

Hopefully Sharon would believe the excuse that she thought she saw someone which was why she turned up a little later than before.

Now she knew where The Wolf lived… maybe she could go visit him…

She decided she'd go there tomorrow night…

*****

The next night…

Aaron walked down to the docks and waited…

He hadn't told anyone about this meeting, not even Elisa.

What was the worst that could happen?

That was the last thing he thought before someone grabbed his arm and injected him with something that caused him too black out…

*****

Aaron's apartment…

Aaron had left some time ago, but when he left all his dogs were asleep.

Now there were only three dogs left. Mina had gone off on another one of her 'adventures'.

Ace was sleeping on Aaron's king sized bed, with Max and Outcast.

Max was lying on his back moving one of his back legs in the air while he bit a stuffed Womble toy. Cats! Evil Cats! They're everywhere! AAHH!

He bumped into Ace who in turn bumped into Outcast who fell off the bed with a bump. Ow! He moaned half asleep. He stood up and gave a yawn and stretched. Oh great now I'll never get back to sleep! He thought. But then he thought of something else. He quickly looked at Ace and Max to check they were still asleep, and then he went under the bed and pulled a videotape out from under it. He checked again to make sure they were still asleep and trotted out with the tape and turned the TV on.

He put the sound down to almost mute and slotted the tape into the tape player and pressed the play button. A picture came up with the discovery channel logo on it. The wolf pressed the fast forward button until he got to the part he wanted.

It showed two wolves in a snowy forest "And now as we can see the female wolf has chosen her mate" said the narrator.

Outcast's eyes brightened at the next scene Oh yeah he thought that's it; you're a bad bad girl!

*****

Mina poked her head through the doggie flap to the apartment, and looked to check the cost was clear. She went inside and pulled a plastic bag through the flap. She happily plodded along to hide the bag when she noticed Outcast watching TV.

She silently walked over and sat down and watched the TV for a while with interest.

After a few minutes she spoke She's faking it you know! She said slyly.

Outcast nearly jumped out of his skin AHHH! he quickly turned the TV off.

Well this is interesting stuff you're watching, every interesting indeed…

Um… would you believe I turned this on by accident?

Oh Outcast you know me, I'm not going to tell anyone… Promise!

What do you want?

Your dinners for a week she said plainly.

Six dinners

Six dinners and a breakfast, plus one steak.

What? NO!

Hey guys, guess what Outcast's been--

Okay, okay! Fine! Deal

Lovely the corgi said pleasantly.

-YAWN- hey what's all the commotion? Asked Ace as he and Max came out of the bedroom.

Oh nothing said Mina giving the wolf an evil look.

Oh boy! Squealed Max excitedly you've brought treasures! He said as he sniffed the bag that Mina had brought in. he tipped the bag to reveal its contents. Wow this stuffs the best yet!

Well what do you expect from 'Mina La Cref – Trash Raider!' She said proudly and cousin to the Queen's corgi two hundred and fifty times removed

I thought it was one hundred and fifty times removed said Outcast slyly.

Um… er… well… you see the families increased since last time I told you!

It's increased by a hundred since yesterday? Outcast grinned.

Shut up! She barked.

They all looked at the contents of the bag. There was pieces of pizza, hot-dogs, soup cans, bones, chocolate bar wrappers… the usual.

Hey what's this? Max asked as he picked up a video tape from the rubbish It smells funny

I don't know said Mina I just found it

Well let's put it in Ace said I like a good video

Hmm… I wonder what this is? Ace said as he took out Outcasts tape.

Oh it's nothing the wolf said quickly.

Ace put in the cassette. They waited until something came on.

Hmm… who's that woman I wonder? Said Ace.

Don't know replied Mina.

She must be very hot, see she's taking her clothes off said Max. Oh hang on, who is that?

It must be her mummy. Said Mina.

Oh yes, see it must be her bed time. Said Max.

They all watched for a moment.

That's usual behaviour isn't it?

Well... Maybe she's just chaining her to the bed... In case she falls off.

Yes… yes, that must be it, yes and, look, look, she's very hot too, look she's taking her dress off... Oh look! They all laughed happily. She's brought her a little present!

Yeah! Replied Ace

What is that, a sort of model of a moon rocket, isn't it?

Their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets with what they saw next WOW!!! They all cried.

What did she stick it in there for!?

Maybe she's trying to take her temperature.

Yes, that must be it, yes, yes, she's obviously ill, yes.

Well! That would be why she's so hot! Exclaimed Ace

Yes! Yes, of course. I mean, look at the poor little mite, she's groaning and thrashing around the place.

She's obviously got a very high fever... And that's why her mum's… sucking the poison out of her...?

They all leaned forward, watching the telly intently.

I wish I had a mum like that. Sighed Max

They all reacted in pain as they watched what happened next.

Yeah, that's right, thrash the fever out of her! Called out Mina.

She's saying something, Ace, what's she saying? Turn the sound up. Said Outcast.

Ace turned up the volume, but no sound is heard

Oh, no, I think it's mute. Said Ace sadly.

Well, you can lip read, Mina, what's she saying? said Outcast

You can lip read? Max asked.

Only a little bit replied Mina Now let's see… ah... Oh yes. Ooooh yes! Oh Yess! Oh Yes!! Oh! Oh! Oh! YES!! OOHH YESSS!! OOOOHH YESSSS!!! OOOOHHHH YEESSSSS!!! AAAAAaahhh...

Oh, good, she's calmed down a bit now. Sighed Ace.

Hang on, who's she?

That must be her… her Aunt. Replied Mina

Ohh.

She's very friendly, isn't she!?

I think they must be sisters.

Yes, that must be it... ye... No! Don't sit there!

She can't have seen her!

She'll suffocate!

OH!! I can't think that that's hygienic.

They all watched in fascination.

...Um...guys? Said Mina after a while.

Yeah?

Is it just me, or are they doing what I think they're… they all stopped talking when they heard a window slide open.

AHH! It's Aaron! Cried Ace

Quickly hide the stuff! they pushed the rubbish and the quickly ejected tape under the sofa and quickly pretended to be asleep.

They listened as someone walked in "Hello?" the person said. It was Delilah.

Hey… that's not Aaron! Said Mina which means… it's an INTRUDER! She screamed.

They all looked up from behind the sofa they don't look so tough said Max. They all ducked when Delilah looked over in their direction. I'm going to say hello. He said happily.

Max, no! They might eat you! Cried Mina. But it was too late Max had already ran up to her.

*****

Delilah looked around Aaron's apartment when suddenly something bumped into her. She gasped and looked down. "Oh" she exclaimed "A puppy." She knelt down and patted his head "Hello, my name's Delilah, what's yours?"

The Dog held up its neck to show her it's name tag, she read it "your name is Max?" she asked. The dog barked happily. It pulled at her jacket beckoning for her to follow as it ran behind the sofa.

"More dogs!" she exclaimed as she sat down. The corgi dog growled at her, "Well aren't you cute!" she said.

The corgi stared at her in shock. Delilah was supposed to cower in fear, not stroke her.

"You are so cute," Delilah said as she stroked Minas hair "yes you are, yes you are!"

Yes I am, yes I am! Replied Mina, she looked at the other dogs and bared her teeth and if any of you say differently I'll bite your tails off!

Max picked up Aaron's photo album and took it over to Delilah maybe she would like to look at this? He told the other dogs.

Delilah took it gratefully, "thank you" she said.

She turned the pages of the book, and read the newspaper clippings. One caught her eye.

'WOMAN STILL MISSING'

She read it and discovered it was the woman that she heard Aaron speak of, there was also a photo of her.

The corgi whined and pawed at the picture. Delilah looked at her confused, and then she looked at Mina's collar. It said 'if lost please return to Sarah Williams'

"Did you use to belong to her?" She asked. The corgi nodded. (Aaron had tried to get her a new nametag but she refused.)

Over the next hour Delilah looked through the album and playing with the dogs, who had all taken a liking to her… especially Mina.

Delilah looked at the clock on the wall "I guess I should go." She said, "I'm not really supposed to go out on my own," she told the dogs "but I told the other clones to say I'd gone on patrol with them tonight." She got up and began to leave.

*****

"Oh how sweet!" said a cool, crisp voice who had watched Delilah through the mists of his world. "But we can't have her leaving so soon. No, no, no!"

"Grrarf arf!" agreed someone else.

"You're right Amsum, perhaps it's time I played matchmaker!" The figure snapped his fingers. And a flash of green light appeared.

*****

Delilah started to leave when a mist began to come out of the golden eyes of the statue that Aaron kept on a table in the corner of his apartment.

It quickly spread over the apartment. Delilah gave a yawn, all of a sudden she felt so sleepy. She collapsed on the floor.

Hey what's wrong… -YAWN- with… her? Asked Max before he and the others fell asleep also…

*****

"Mr. Conners? Mr. Conners wake up."

Aaron opened his eyes groggily "Whut? Wh-where am I?" he said.

"Ah Mr. Conners at last." Said a voice.

Aaron's vision began to clear and he gasped in shock at what he saw.

He was tied to a chair and in had been placed in the middle of a room. There were people standing against the walls, they were all dressed in Quarrymen outfits.

He saw a large statue of Goliath in the far corner of the room.

His eyes then noticed a large emblem on one of the walls.

It looked like a circle with a moon inside it and a hammer with a sharpened end. He looked down to see a large chair with someone sitting in it but his or her face was covered in shadow. "Mr. Conners so good of you to join us" the person said with a cool male voice "I… apologise for my groups behaviour but you must understand we had to take precautions."

"What? Drugging me and tying me to a chair?" Aaron's eyes narrowed "Who the heck are you anyway?"

The man stood up and walked over to him. The shadows leaving his face to reveal a man with swept back brown hair and blue eyes which showed a sly expression. He wore a dark blue business suit and a black glove on his right hand. "Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Victor T. Xaiver, the new leader of the Quarrymen"

"Never heard of you." Aaron said.

"No, you wouldn't have, I'm don't exactly make myself known around here."

"What do you want?" Aaron said impatiently.

"Ah, of course straight to the point I see," he chuckled "I believe you are familiar with the gargoyles am I right and perhaps a certain werewolf?"

Aaron began to panic. Did they know who he was?

"I heard on the news that you were attacked by a werewolf a week or two ago, very unfortunate, but I'm so glad you are all right."

Aaron shifted uncomfortably with the look this man was giving him, it seemed… evil.

"I… was wondering if you would be interested in joining our group in the destruction of these freaks?"

"uh huh" Aaron said unimpressed. He had to restrain himself when the man used the word 'freak'. "I'm not interested"

"Oh but Mr. Conners if you're not with us then that makes you against us… please don't make me ask again."

"Look I—" Victor snapped his fingers, and several guns were pointed instantly at Aaron's head "Where do I sign?" he asked quickly "join the Quarrymen! Great idea, is there a dental plan?"

"I thought you'd see it my way Mr. Conners." He snapped his fingers and the Quarrymen put away their guns, two of them untied Aaron.

"Welcome Mr. Conners." The man smiled "To a new mission…" he held out a Quarryman mask out to him "A new weapon…" The leader picked up a Quarryman hammer. Except it also now had a sharp blade at the other end of it made of silver. "A NEW ORDER OF QUARRYMEN!" he charged the weapon and brought it down on the stone statue of Goliath.

Okaaay this guys a nut case! The werewolf thought.

The man calmed down "I think things are going to get very interesting from now on"

Yeah Aaron thought Very interesting indeed…

*****

Aaron left as quickly as he could, which wasn't for another four hours, as the man called Victor had given a long speech to the crowd of Quarrymen.

He they noticed that he was wasn't anywhere near the docks anymore. He was standing outside a seemingly abandoned Warehouse.

He let out a yawn "Why couldn't he have asked me to come earlier?" he muttered to himself, he checked his watch it was almost morning.

He walked away from the docks and thought about something he had asked Victor.

He had asked what he had against The Wolf, and he had replied that he and The Wolf had had some run-ins in the past.

Funny he thought seeing as how I've never heard of the guy before.

When he thought the coast was clear he ran into an alleyway and donned his wolf mask, or at least it was the one he meant to put on. Instead he accidentally donned the Quarryman mask he had been given. He transformed into The Wolf and made his way back for home.

*****

Delilah slowly opened her eyes What happened? She wondered. She looked outside and her eyes opened in fear.

The sun was coming up.

There wasn't time to get back to the labyrinth or anywhere else for that matter. Which meant she would have to stay here for the day. It seemed safe enough to do so.

She walked over to the balcony and jumped onto the wall, and tried to strike a posse.

She didn't realise that The Wolf had come up the other side of the building.

*****

Hello? Who do we have here? He wondered.

The Wolf looked at her for a minute before he became Aaron again. Is it me he thought or does she look like Elisa?

Not realising he was wearing his Quarryman mask he walked up to her. "Leaving so soon?" he asked.

Delilah turned round and screamed in terror when she saw the Quarryman mask.

She backed away and lost her footing, just as the first rays of the sun hit her.

She turned to stone.

She fell…

To be continued…