Gargoyles
Gargoyles Story
BrooklynXOC
LexingtonXOC
Awakening Part 2
Mariarosa: Here's part 2 of Awakening, I hope you enjoy the depressing beginning of this dark dramatic show from the 90s!
Disclaimer: Please refer back to chapter 1. Thank you.
Recap: When nightfall came at last Goliath returned with the old gargoyle with horror stricken eyes as he saw the castle, "no…" But as he got closer he saw all the destroyed gargoyles and finally landed on one perch. "My Angel of the Night…" his voice was full of sorrow and then he stood up and roared so angrily it could be heard all around.
As Goliath's screams sounded through the air, the three young male gargoyles and the young female exited the rookery taking in the damage and destruction that lay before them, gasp of horror came from all of them. Goliath then descend down before them and asked in a sorrowful voice, "were anymore down in the rookery?"
"None", replied the large gargoyle, his expression of sadness mirrored those of his rookery brothers. "Only us…"
"All the humans are gone, taken prisoner most likely."
Goliath looked towards the night sky, "then we will find them", his eyes glowed white, "we will save the humans and we will have our revenge!" He said with anger and hatred, he headed towards the wall when the young female spoke up.
"Wait…Revenge? Why are ye asking if there were more of us down in the rookery? Goliath what has happened up 'ere?"
Goliath and the old one shared a look before either one spoke, "it looks like there was a betrayal…We are the only survivors of our clan lass."
"No…NO!" She rushed forward to where her mate usually perched himself only to find a pile of rubble. "NOOO!!" She screamed, tears poured down her cheeks as she gathered the stone pieces in her hands, "my love…no…You cannot be died." Her scream pierced through the night sky as she fell forward sobbing on what remained of her lost love. "Why? Why?! It's bad enough that there was betrayal but why did they have to take ye as well…Why the whole clan? My love…My brothers and sisters…" She continued to cry until she felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up to see Goliath through her blurry vision from her tears.
"Now you understand we must avenge our fallen brethren and make those who destroyed them pay." She wiped her face, her eyes glowing white and her expression harden to that of hatred as she agreed with Goliath to seek revenge. One by one they all jumped off the edge of the tall tower and flew towards the direction of the Vikings as the gargoyle beast ran beneath them since he did not have wings like them.
After flying for awhile they finally saw the fire from the Vikings camp, Goliath gave a mighty roar telling the pathetic Vikings of their nearing end for what they have done to his clan and mate. As the others landed Goliath headed a bit further to seek his prey leaving the others to fight the enemy soldiers. The young female landed in front of a small group trying to escape and hissed out as her eyes glowed, "no mercy for what ye have done to me clan and me mate you will pay! You will all pay!" She charged forward and attacked every Viking that dared cross her path. The old one fought with great skill stealing a sword from one of the enemy soldiers and using it for himself, the large gargoyle grabbed the roasting pig as he fought and ate at the same time. Some of the Vikings tried to escape but where blocked by the beast with his glowing eyes and deep threatening growls, he chased after them as they fled from him in fear. And the last two grabbed the Vikings and threw them away from the humans that were from the castle and soon the all the Vikings where running away while little Tom, the small human boy that tried to befriend the gargoyles, celebrated the gargoyles victory.
But then just as the fight seemed over out walked the Magus walked out from the cave's mouth, "you fools!" He shouted at the gargoyles, "She'd be alive now if you hadn't come!"
"What's he talking about?" The small green gargoyle asked.
But the Magus just continued as if he didn't hear the green gargoyle, "they would've ransomed us both but you invaded their camp and now -" He said while looking through the pages of his very thick book.
"What's all this? Where's the princess?" The old one asked as he stepped forward.
"Dead and could I but wield a sword I would send you all to join her but this will have to do instead." He said angrily as he pointed to something in his book, and then he started chanting in a language that none of the gargoyles could understand then a weird cloud of magic started to circle them, they all looked in awe and fear of what was happening. A familiar and yet strange sensation went through them as the cloud grew smaller and they all grew closer as a flash of bright light blinded them all…There where the once living, breathing gargoyles stood stone statues, something that should only occur when the night had ended. During which Tom rushed over to where Goliath was and told him that the gargoyles were in need of help. When Goliath rushed back he could not believe what he saw, the remaining members of his clan were stone at night.
"Stone…At night…" He grew angry again, "what sorcery is this?" He demanded.
"Sorcery indeed", the Magus stepped forward, his tone still angry and bitter, "and now you shall join them." He was going to cast the spell yet again when the princess walked toward the stone gargoyles which shocked him, "princess…"
"Oh Magus", she turned to him her voice soft and full of sorrow, "what have ye done?"
The Magus dropped his book which opened up to where some pages were ripped and fell to his knees, his hands on the book, "I…I-I thought you were dead your highness", he looked up, "I was mad with grief."
Goliath stomped toward him, "reverse the spell", he grabbed the Magus by the back of his cloak and screamed at his face while the Magus coward in fear, "Bring them BACK!"
"I…I cannot the page with the counter spell was burned", they both looked at the ripped book before Goliath dropped him right on top of it.
Goliath looked away sadly before turning back to his friends and gave a long deep sigh of loneliness, "now I am truly alone." The princess sadly looked from Goliath to the Magus before approaching him.
"Ye turned them to stone forever?"
"The terms of the spell were that they will sleep until the castle rises above the clouds." They both then looked to Goliath and the sleeping gargoyles incased in stone. After which they all returned to the castle and Goliath placed every single one of them on a perch.
"We've done ye a great wrong, Goliath." Said the princess in her sad voice.
"I know that no apology can be enough, Goliath I wish there was something I could do."
Goliath looked at them from over his shoulder, "what will you do now princess?"
"I'll take my people to my uncle's; it's no longer safe for us here."
"I have a request", Goliath said as he wrapped his wings around himself like a cape.
"Ye have but to name it", the princess said in hopes to make it up to Goliath in anyway she can.
"The eggs in the rookery will soon hatch", he turned to him again from over his shoulder, "they will need guidance."
"Never fear we will watch over them as if they were our own."
Goliath nodded and turned his head towards the Magus, "there is something you can do for me Magus, cast your spell one more time." They both looked at him in shock but soon up at the very top of the tallest tower just above the rest of the sleeping gargoyles there was Goliath also in a stone sleep.
1000 Years Later
The once proud Castle Wyvern now stood in ruins of time and there in front stood a man with long brown hair tied in a pony tail with a beard and mustache on his face. He wore a long black trench coat and warm clothing so that he wouldn't freeze with the cold Scottish wind blowing. "At last…Castle Wyvern…" He looked up admiring the view of the gargoyles on the tower especially the one at the very top. He rushed forward into the castle ruins, up the stairs to the top of the tower until he was right next to the stone gargoyle where he removed the growing foliage that was wrapped around the creature. "Magnificent", he turned to another man who appeared, this man had blonde hair, blue eyes, wore glasses and had a strict expression burned onto his face, "make the offer now Owen, this instant."
"May I say one last time Mr. Xanatos that the cost of this venture will be astronomical." He stated as he brought out his cell phone.
"Start hiring crews I wanna being as soon as possible." The now known Mr. Xanatos said to the blonde man, not caring for what he just said.
"It may prove difficult to find the necessary man power, this castle has a bad reputation, the locals consider it haunted." Owen said as he pressed some numbers and started to make the calls Mr. Xanatos wanted.
"You know the answer to that Owen 'Pay a man enough and he'll wake barefoot into hell'." And so the deconstruction and relocating of the castle to Manhattan, New York began. The castle was now located on top of the tall skyscraper way above the clouds that was Xanatos Corp. and as the sun started to set Mr. Xanatos stood right next to the stone gargoyle that was perched way above the others as if he was waiting for something to happen when the sun finally set. "Don't disappoint me." He whispered to the gargoyle next to him. When the sun finally set there was a chilling wind, and then a storm suddenly appeared, lightning, rain, and thunder fell all around them. Then cracks started to appear on the gargoyle, the sound of the stone skin cracking caught Mr. Xanatos attention as he watched with wide eyes the reawakening of the once great Goliath who gave a might roar as he stretched towards the sky with his arms and wings, his eyes giving the same white glow. Down below the same thing happened with the rest of the gargoyles, all were reawaken, stretching and giving might roar like yawns. Mr. Xanatos smile with pride, "yes", he said to himself as he watched the gargoyles wake up.
Goliath flew down to the rest of his clan, "you're awake, you're alive!" He cheered. He placed a hand on the old one's shoulder and his other on the large one's shoulder, "we're together again." They all cheered and celebrated as the green one hugged the beast but then looked confused when he looked over the edge of the castle wall.
Every one of them looked lost and confused of this sudden new location, "what's this?" "Where are we?" Stuff like that was shouted in the air. They kept looking around when the beast got tense and barked at something behind them. Footsteps were heard and out stepped Mr. Xanatos looking at them all.
"You are the one called Goliath?"
"Yes", Goliath answered cautiously.
"Excellent." They later all went inside the castle, the dining room where Xanatos explained to them what was going on.
"How long has it been?" Goliath asked this new human that appeared before them.
"This maybe a shock; a thousand years have gone by since the spell's been cast." The gargoyles' expressions where from shock, sadness, and several other emotions, "I learned about the castle and you seven from an ancient book that recently came into my possession. The Magus who cursed you wrote the whole story down in there." They all looked at the Magus's book, the same one he used to curse them to a stone sleep. "Now I'm sure you have questions."
The old one who was just as cautious as Goliath stepped forward, "how did ya break the spell?"
"It was designed to end when the castle rose above the clouds."
"The eggs in the rookery?" The green one asked.
"Gone I'm afraid", his answer wasn't something they wanted to hear, "you are the last of your kind."
"Why have you done all this?" Goliath asked, not understanding why this man would want to wake them up.
"I was fascinated by the Magus's story; I wanted to see if it was true and now that I know it is I want to be your friend. There is much we could do for each other
Goliath."
Goliath didn't seem too happy with his reply and didn't seem to trusting of this human at all, "such as…?"
"Well we -" Xanatos began but was cut off by the sound of a helicopter and looked confused. "I'm not expecting anyone", he walked towards the exit, "you'll be safer if you stay here." They all looked at each other as Xanatos left the room and followed after him. A helicopter appeared and five strange people came out, they all went in different directions, one headed straight for Xanatos and pointed a gun at him. "Whaddya want?" He asked the man who was threatening him.
"You'll know soon enough." The others appeared as they all pointed their guns at Xanatos who could only stand helpless to his attackers.
The Gargoyles were all standing in the darkness of the doorway watching the scene unfolds. "What's going on? Who are these people?" The red one asked looking up at Goliath.
"They're attacking the castle that's all we need to know!" The old one yelled, Goliath's eyes glowed white and he gave out a might roar then charged with the others right behind him.
"What the -" They started shooting at the gargoyles but Goliath was able to dodge most of the bullets and attacked the nearest guy shooting at him. But the man recovered quickly and tackled Goliath, as he was about to shoot again Xanatos interfered and karate chopped the gun out of the man's hands then flipped him over his back but the man recovered yet again. Xanatos tried to go for the gun but he was blocked by another one of attackers who was blocked by the large one.
The attacker just smirked, "nice mask", the large one growled as his eyes glowed white as he dodged the man's attack with a large dagger and threw him into the air with his feet.
The old one attacked the one closest to him but he pulled out a stun gun and shot it to the old one's chest, he received several watts of electricity through his body and fell to his knees but then the red gargoyle appeared and threw the man aside into a wall, "leave him alone!" He yelled.
The young ones appeared at the old one's side when the man threw a grenade at them, the green one caught it and looked it over but didn't know what it was so he threw it away behind them where it exploded and sent them all flying forward. Xanatos ran to a secret panel where he grabbed a large gun and back to where Goliath was fight, he aimed above the attacker's head and shot out a laser, burying the attacker under the stone. Goliath turned to him and in his own way gave his thanks; Xanatos smirked and aimed his gun at yet another attacker.
The green one cornered the only female of the group, "are you a Viking?" He asked her but she didn't reply, instead she shot at him, he ran off to the edged and jumped off, the woman followed him but didn't see him until he glided back up and tackled her to the ground.
Goliath was standing next to the old one as he spoke, "these weapons, we must be battling sorcerers."
"Even so, we will protect this castle it's all we have left." Goliath shouted.
Neither noticed the man above until he threw a grenade at them, "catch!" He taunted at them.
The red one was fighting one of the attackers who was trying to hurt him with a large dagger, Xanatos pointed his gun at the attacker and said, "Time to take the gloves off." But then he was tackled by yet another attacker making the laser hit the side of the castle instead of the initial target.
"What be this magic they are using against us?" The female asked the old one as she fought back to back with him.
"I'm not familiar with magic lass, just do your best and defend the castle." Then there was another big explosion that blew a hole in the wall, the smoke caused the gargoyles to go through it for fresh, breathable air and one of the attackers was being chased by the gargoyle beast. Goliath looked over from the staircase he was on when one of the attackers threw a grenade at him sending him flying over the edge, he tried to catch himself on a flagpole but it broke under his weight plus the speed he was falling and then he dug his claws into the building's side and breathed a sigh of relief that he was able to catch himself at last.
Down below a female detective was ordering people back as stone fell from above when she examined a near by slab of stone, "claw marks?"
On the second floor of the castle one of the attackers went into a room and then by passed security with some strange overriding device. Back to the others, the green one was fighting one of the attackers when he was suddenly pinned down, "Gotcha!" The attacker celebrated as the green one struggled, but was tackled off by Goliath who was able to climb back up. He held the man up to his face ready to hurt him very badly when another one of the attackers threw some sort of smoke bomb and two of the attacker rescued the attacker in Goliath's clutches.
The attacker that was on the second floor came out of the room and back up the stairs with a briefcase in his arms and held it in the air to show his comrades, "Got it!" He shouted to them. The other attacker who saw him shot a flare up into the sky where the helicopter came back and all the attackers boarded it, the attacker with the briefcase rushed them in. "Let's go, we got what we came for."
Xanatos looked over the ledge he was at and aimed his gun at the helicopter, "I don't think so." Just when he was about to fire one of the attackers spotted him and threw what would seem like a throwing star at him causing him to drop the gun and the helicopter was able to get away safely. The gargoyles all came behind Xanatos and watched the helicopter disappear into the night sky, until the red one spoke.
"I've never seen weapons like those before, a-and that flying creature that carried them off."
"A dragon without a doubt", the old one said.
The green one stepped forward, "it wasn't a dragon, it was a…a machine of some sort."
"Thank you, without you and your friends who knows what those thugs would've done." Xanatos said as he turned to face them.
"Someone I once trusted said the same thing to me and then destroyed my people." Goliath said to Xanatos, letting him know that his trust wasn't there quite yet.
"Hmmm I can see I'll have to work hard to earn your trust." Goliath just growled at him but Xanatos didn't really pay attention, instead he took out his cell phone and pushed some numbers, "Owen we'll need a clean up crew outside."
"Why were you attacked?"
"The richer you are the more enemies you have." Xanatos explained as he put his cell phone away. "And I'm very rich", he walked towards them, "Goliath this is your home as well as my headquarters I hope you'll considered working with me to keep it safe." Goliath looked around the castle and the sky.
"It's your decision lad but we've no where else to go." The old one said as he placed a hand on Goliath's shoulder.
Goliath sighed deeply, "this castle is our home no matter where it is been taken. We will stay here."
"Excellent", Xanatos said as he walked forward, "I know you've been used poorly by men in the past but all that is about to change trust me." He said while holding Goliath's hand in a business like gesture.
"You broke the spell of sleep that imprisoned us, Xanatos, and for that we are grateful but we will never trust humans again." Goliath explained.
"I can tell this relationship is something we'll all have to work at." Goliath just made a growl like release of breath to Xanatos statement.
Back down below the female detective looked up at the black officer spoke to her, "What do you think that was all about detective?"
"I don't know but I'm going to find out." She said with determination as she looked up at the clouds that blocked the view of the castle way above.
Mariarosa: TBC…ONCE AGAIN!!! LOL yeah, you know you love it so just sit back and wait for the next part. Peace out! Review please!!