Gargoyles:

The Wolf Adventures

Meetings, dates and

Quarrymen:

Part 2

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.

Previously on Gargoyles…

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.

*****

"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…

*****

"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.

*****

"Aren't you supposed to be dead?" Sharon asked.

"Only for half an hour!" Aaron protested

*****

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…

~Meetings, Dates and Quarrymen Part 1~

Aaron gasped as the statue that was once Delilah began to fall. He tried to grab her but by the time he got over to her it was too late!

"Oh… Bloody hell!" he moaned. He jumped off the balcony, going into a diving position as he fell.

The statue of Delilah was falling faster than Aaron could grab her, if I don't get her he thought she's gonna be gravel chips on the pavement!

He transformed into The Wolf.

*****

Little Emma Simpson, aged 6 and a half, lived five floors beneath Aaron's apartment. She had woken up earlier than usual to watch the Saturday morning cartoons before her parents woke up. She made her own breakfast (an overflowing bowl of cereal!), switched on the TV and sat down, turning the sound down so as not to wake her parents.

Her cat Felix rubbed affectionately against her leg as she stared blankly at the TV until the rising sun began to glare into her eyes. She gave a huff and walked over to the curtains and was about to pull them together, when something grey with wings fell past her window, she gave a gasp. A few seconds later she gave another gasp as a larger, furrier thing with red eyes shot down after the first thing. She gave a little scream and ran into her parents' bedroom.

"Mommy, Daddy!" she cried as she shook her parents up from their sleep "I just saw a wolf fly past my window!"

"That's nice dear" her mother said, eyes still firmly shut "now go back to sleep"

"But…"

"Do as your mother said, honey, we've told you before not to wake up so early to watch cartoons" her father said half asleep.

Emma gave up "ok" she sighed and quickly left and looked outside to see if she could see the creature again, before going back to bed.

*****

The Wolf slowly began to catch up with the petrified clone. Come on Wolf man, you can do it! He told himself.

He made himself fall closer towards the building and with a final powerful push from his wolf legs, jumped at Delilah and grabbed her around the torso area.

He moved to the side of the building and rammed his claws into the wall, holding the stone gargoyle under one arm, until he caught a ledge.

The Wolf dangled from the ledge trying to catch his breath. "Well… that was… fun" he gasped. He pulled himself and Delilah up onto the ledge and looked at her, fear shown obviously all over her face.

Man he thought, as he became Aaron once more why the heck was she so scared of me? He wondered as he pulled off his mask and looked at it, it was his Quarryman mask "Dammit" he sighed. He looked back up at stone gargoyle and looked closely at her face. It looked like Elisa's face but it couldn't be, he placed one of his hands over her brow ridges and stared, no… it was Elisa's face!

"What's going on here?" he said.

*****

Aaron's apartment

I wonder when Aaron will be home sighed Max I'm hungry!

Me too growled Outcast as he scratched himself behind his left ear I'm so hungry I could eat a moose!

Let's watch some TV Ace said as he gave out a yawn and turned the Television on with the remote.

As they all sat down and stared at the screen as The Wolf climbed in through the skylight, carefully placing down the statue of the gargoyle clone down first.

I used to own this town,

Now it's all turned upside down,

I wish I could figure out,

Do you think,

It's just a phase I'm going through…

"Guys turn that off!" The Wolf shouted angrily on hearing the theme tune from the familiar TV show "you know I hate that show!"

S-sorry Aaron said ace as he quickly turned off the TV.

The Wolf bared his teeth, he hated that show so much "That guy has no idea how good he's got it" he said out loud.

Yeah we know Mina said Now feed us! She demanded.

The Wolf became Aaron "okay, okay" he said as he got out their dog bowls and filled them with food, he then went back to looking at the statue of the gargoyle.

Outcast was about to eat his food when Mina cleared her throat ahem, aren't we forgetting something? She asked slyly. Outcast looked her with fear in his eyes and backed away from his bowl, which Mina greedily began to eat from.

Aaron looked at the statue of Delilah closely, covering up her brow ridges from time to time. She looked so much like Elisa it was unbelievable, but it was a gargoyle. "Guys do you know who this is?" he asked the dogs.

Her name's Delilah Max said I like her, she's fun!

"Delilah huh?" the werewolf exclaimed "maybe I should have a word with Elisa about this" And what she hasn't been telling me about! He thought

*****

23rd Precinct

Elisa was getting worried; no one had seen Delilah all night. Sharon thought that Delilah was with the clones but when they were asked the clones said they hadn't seen her either.

She and the rest of the mutates had searched for her everywhere before the sun came up but still they hadn't found her. They searched for her at Elisa's apartment, the castle, Elisas parents place, and heck they had even tried Demonas home, but to no avail.

Someone tapped her on the shoulder from behind, she span round and came face to face with Aaron "Oh Aaron it's you."

"Well duh." Aaron said sarcastically. But his face became more serious "Elisa can I talk to you for a sec—"

"Hey guys come and look this" called a male police officer to everyone else in the station.

Everyone including Elisa and Aaron rushed over to TV which showed a Woman with short brown hair and glasses, holding a microphone "This is Peggy Simons live from the scene as one of the largest drug shipments this reporter has ever seen was seized today by the police."

A few of the police officers in the station gave a cheer.

"The dealers themselves have also been arrested including wanted drug baron Keith Stanton" the camera moved over to a police car showing a man with gelled back black hair being put into the back of a police car. He didn't look happy.

"Which one of you did it?" he roared "which one of you snitched to the cops?" he shouted at some other people who were also being put into police cars.

"We didn't boss!" said one of them "we didn't tell anyone!"

"Well one of you must have, you were the only ones who knew about this!" the man accused.

"But it wasn't…!"

"Then who did? My dog?" he shouted sarcastically.

Ai! You is better be believing it fat boy! Laughed a voice that only Aaron could hear.

Aaron let a smile form on his lips.

The camera moved back towards the reporter who was now standing next to Captain Chavez "Captain Chavez, how exactly did you find out about this shipment?" the reporter asked.

"A few nights before I was about to get into my car to go home when I noticed something had been put under one of my windscreen wipers." She held up a piece of piece of paper "Someone had somehow taped a recording of the dealers making the arrangements for the shipment to come in," she continued "and they also for some reason left a piece of paper with just a red W on it."

"So you don't know who sent it you?"

The captain shook her head "sadly no, but if they're listening I want to say thanks."

Elisa pulled at Aaron's arm beckoning him to follow her. She led him into an empty corridor. When the coast was clear she spoke with a coy smile "Why do I get a feeling that you had something to do with this?"

Aaron gave a knowing smile "What me? Elisa, do you really think I could have something to do with this just because I can talk to dogs and happened to get some information from the guy's corgi?" he shook his head "Nope had absolutely nothing to do with"

They both laughed.

After a minute Aaron spoke again "So who exactly is Delilah?" he asked casually.

Elisa stopped and the colour drained from her face "Wh-what?" she asked slowly "Wh-what did you say?"

"Who's Delilah?" he repeated "You see there's this gargoyle in my apartment and she really does look like you and…" he stopped as he saw the look on Elisas face, it was a look between relief and terror. "What? Did I say something wrong?"

"Delilah's… at your apartment?" she said in disbelief.

Aaron nodded "Ah, so you do know about her?"

"Of course I do."

"And since she looks like you and seeing those other gargoyles in the labyrinth I'm guessing she's a…"

"Clone" Elisa said finishing his sentence. "Yeah… s-she was made by the same doctor who made the other clones, except…" she hesitated "except she was specifically made for Goliath's clone, Thailog, to be his perfect mate." That thought still sent shivers down her spine.

"Funny…" Aaron started "you didn't mention her when you introduced me to the other clones." There was a slight annoyance in his voice for not being told the whole story. "And why exactly didn't you tell me?"

"I…" Elisa started "What was she doing there anyway?" she asked quickly to change the subject.

The werewolf shrugged "I don't know, she was just there when I got back."

"Look Aaron can you take her back as soon as you get off work?" Elisa asked quickly, "I'll let Talon know where she is."

"But I leave work before sunset Elisa," Aaron said, "it was hard enough getting her back up to my apartment, I don't think I'll be able to carry her all the way back to the Labyrinth!"

"Well I suppose you could…" Elisas' eyes opened in shocked after fully taking in what Aaron had just said "…wait a minute, what do you mean getting her back up to your apartment?" Elisa gasped "Where was she before that?"

"Well she kind of… fell" Aaron said plainly "She took one look at me and fell off the wall just as she turned to stone, I mean I've petrified a couple of people in my time but this was the worst case ever!" He joked; he could see the fear swelling up in the woman's face "Oh don't worry, she's OK."

Elisa gave a sigh of relief. "Thank God for that, I think the reason Delilah was scared of your wolf form was because…"

"Wolf form?" Aaron interrupted "I wasn't in my wolf form, I just put wrong mask on, that was all."

Elisa looked at him confused "wrong mask? Aaron how many masks do you own?" Aaron pulled out the Quarryman mask and handed it to Elisa who gave a gasp "Aaron…" she said still staring at the mask "where did you get this?"

"From some weirdo who says his name was Victor T. Xaiver who claims he's the head of this 'Klu Klux Klan for Gargoyles' group… turns out I'm now a fully fledged Quarryman."

Elisa stared hard at him, her mouth opened wide "y-you're kidding right?" she said quietly.

He shook his head "Nope, these guys tied me up and pointed guns at me until I agreed to join, no thanks to you of course."

"What did I do?" she asked, still unable let it sink in that Aaron was now a Quarryman.

"Hey you're the one who ran amok in the station and attacked me!" he pointed out.

Elisa gave a shudder, she did do that, and it was one of the memories she didn't want.

One of the nightmares she kept having.

"I'm not complaining though," he said as a smile formed on his lips "After all what's more appropriate than the person they're trying to kill actually being part of the organisation itself!"

"They're after you as well now?" Elisa gasped

"Uh huh." Aaron nodded "though it seems this Victor guy really has it in for werewolves."

"Do you know him?" Elisa asked.

He shook his head "no, but I'm gonna see what I can find out about him." He said. They both stood in the corridor silently for a few minutes, until Elisa broke the silence.

"So will you take her straight back to the Labyrinth once she wakes up?" she asked.

"If you want me too." He replied. Elisa walked towards the door and was about to leave when Aaron spoke again. "Elisa… why exactly didn't you tell me about her anyway?"

Elisa bit her lip hesitantly "I've gotta get going Aaron" she said quietly "there's some things I need to do." She left closing the door behind her.

"Yeah I thought that was the reason." He sighed as he took in Elisa's body language.

He knew exactly the reason why.

*****

Aaron opened the door from the corridor a few minutes later with a bit more force than he meant to because a second later…

–WHAM! –

A woman gave a yelp followed by a thump. He quickly looked behind the door and saw Becky on the floor rubbing her head. A pair of sunglasses was lying on the floor next to her.

"Jeeze sorry Becky," Aaron apologised "I didn't see you there," he picked up the sunglasses and handed them to her "are these yours."

"Yes" she mumbled as she looked downwards, her hair covering her eyes and took the sunglasses from the detective.

"What's with the sunglasses anyway?" he asked as Becky stood up and turned away from him.

"It's… it's nothing" she said quietly.

Aaron's eyes turned to slits in suspicion and quickly turned her around before she could put them back on. He gave a gasp. She had a large black eye and a cut lip "Oh God!" he whispered "Who did this to you?"

"N…no one… I fell," she said quietly as she put the shades back on "I just fell."

"Like hell you did" Aaron exclaimed angrily "what did you fall on? A fist shaped object?"

"NO!" she shouted "I just fell OK!" Aaron could see a trickle of water run down her cheek.

The werewolf put a hand on her shoulder "Becky… if someone is hurting you, you should…"

"No ones hurt me Aaron! I keep telling you I fell!" she yelled as she slapped the hand from her shoulder "Just… just leave me alone!"

"Becky wait!" he called after her but she had already disappeared into the crowds of other police.

There's no way that falling over could have done that! He thought…

*****

Aaron's apartment, a few minutes till sunset.

Aaron had looked everywhere for Becky but to no avail. He wished she had told him what had happened.

He gave his dogs their tea, though Outcast said he would eat his later for some reason.

He had also stuck a couple of Pizzas in to cook. He decided that he might as well at least give her something to eat before he took her back to make up for scaring her!

He decided to stick some music on as well as he waited. He searched through his collection of CDs until he found the one he was looking for. It was his favourite singer.

Robbie Williams.

He put it in the CD player and stuck it on random.

He waited until he could hear someone play a piano.

H gave a short laugh when he realised which song was being played and before he knew it he was singing along to lyrics as a man began to sing…

I sit and wait…

Does an angel… contemplate my fate?

The sun began to set…

And do they know…

The places where we go…

When we're grey and old?

Darkness covered the statue of Delilah…

'Cos I've been told…

That salvation lets their wings unfold

Hairline cracks began to appear all over the clones' body…

So when I'm lying in my bed…

Thoughts running through my head…

And I feel that love is dead…

Pieces of stone began to fall off Delilah's body…

I'm loving angels instead…

She exploded from her shell with a scream.

Aaron instinctively turned the music off as pieces of skin showered everywhere. A few pieces hit Aaron in the face and some other pieces bounced off the dogs. Delilah's tail knocked over Aaron's table with the statue on it, which Aaron quickly made a dive for it and gave a sigh of relief when she caught it.

He looked up a few seconds later to see Delilah staring at him wide eyed. He got up quickly, putting the table back upright and then placing the statue back on top of it.

"Uh… hi" he said.

Delilah said nothing

"I'm Aaron and you must be Delilah?" he asked.

The gargoyle-human hybrid nodded as she took a step back.

Aaron could see this. It must have been the Quarryman mask that's done this. He thought "I'm sorry if I scared you" he took a step forward "I'm not going to hurt you if that's what you're thinking, I'm not a Quarryman… well, not a true one anyway." Delilah looked at him uncertainly. Aaron gave a huff "If I wanted to harm you I would have left you to fall yesterday morning when you turned to stone!"

The white haired gargoyle's eyes widened as she remembered what happened. She remembered that she had started to fall when the sun had came up, she thought she was going to die. But if she was back up here then that would mean…

She stared at Aaron "Y-you… you save me…" she said slowly.

The werewolf rubbed the back of his head with a sheepish look on his face "Well… yeah, I-I mean I couldn't exactly let you fall, I…" he stammered as the clone stepped closer.

"You… saved… me!" She said as a small smile began to grow on her face.

"Yeah well anyone would have done the same, I…mmffk!" Aaron exclaimed as Delilah grabbed him by the arms and pulled him into her embrace to give him a long… deep…. Kiss!

A minute later Delilah opened her eyes and released Aaron and backed away. Terror and embarrassment filling her eyes on realisation of what she had done. "I-I sorry," she stammered "I didn't mean to do that, I-I shouldn't have…" She stopped when she realised that Aaron wasn't moving

"Are… are you all right?" she asked.

Aaron didn't answer, but there was a strange far off look on his face and a gaga smile on his lips. Delilah waved a hand in front of his face "hello?"

"Gish." Aaron mumbled giddily.

*****

What did she just do to him? Wailed Max she's made him go all stiff!

I know what it is sighed Mina it's something terrible and yucky and disgusting and humans do it all the time

What? Ace asked.

It's a kiss

How do we get rid of its effects? Asked Max who was beginning to panic.

Like this! She grinned as she ran around to the back of Aaron and bit him in the backside.

"EEEEEEEOOWWWWW!!!!" Aaron screamed as he came out of his trance "MINA! What did you do that for????" he shouted as the corgi retreated laughing an evil laugh.

But Aaron gaze turned back toward Delilah who stared back at him. "D-did you just… kiss me?" he asked slowly. Delilah nodded shyly.

He didn't know what to say "um… wow!"

Delilah smiled shyly.

"Uh…why exactly did you kiss me?" he asked.

"You saved my life again, I just wanted to thank you."

"Again? When was the first time I… saved…" then he realised something "that gargoyle I saved from those people… that was you wasn't it?"

"Yes it was" The clone said softly. "I never thanked you for saving me that night."

"And I'm guessing then that it's been you whose been spying on me?"

Delilah could feel herself blushing "Yes." She answered as the timer on the cooker went off.

"Are-are you hungry?" he asked "there are some pizzas in the cooker if you want one"

"Pizza?" Delilah exclaimed as her eyes brightened "I like Pizza"

"Great!" Aaron said as he went into the kitchen area "I'll be back in a minute, just sit down and um… make yourself at home."

*****

Aaron rushed to get the pizzas out of the oven, almost forgetting to put the oven gloves in process!

She sure is pretty he thought to himself as he looked over in her direction to see that his dogs had started playing with her. She looked so much like Elisa, she sounded like her too… but she isn't Elisa he thought it was obvious since she was a gargoyle that she wasn't… come to think about he never did ask Elisa who else she was made from when he saw her. Maybe he should ask her…

"How about asking her for a date whilst your at it as well?" asked a voice from behind Aaron.

"What? Me? Ask her? I don't know, I…" Aaron's eyes opened wide in surprise and quickly turned around to look straight at a dark figure with glowing golden eyes. He dropped the pizza, which he was holding in his hands at the time. The figure snapped his fingers and the pizza stopped in mid air and floated back into the werewolf's hands.

"You should really be more careful," said the figure bossily.

Aaron set the pizza down on the work surface and quickly looked over at Delilah who thankfully hadn't heard anything.

"What the hell are you doing here?" he hissed.

The figure gave a shrug "Can't I check up on my favourite werewolf these days?"

"You could have chosen a better moment" he sighed.

"Eh, what can I say? I'm that kind of guy."

"So why are you here anyway?" Aaron asking taking another glance in the gargoyle clones direction.

"I was bored" replied the figure. "So are you going to ask her out?" he asked.

"What?" Aaron exclaimed, "I can't, I told Elisa I'd take her back. And besides I barely even know her."

"Well then get to know her." Said the figure matter-of-factly.

Aaron looked back at the clone "I don't know, I…" he looked back towards the figure but he was gone. That's just like him. Aaron thought as he picked up the pizzas.

*****

Oh boy pizza! Squeaked Max as he ran over to try and take a piece or at least that was what he intended to do before Ace grabbed him by the tail.

Oh no you don't rumbled the Great Dane. That's Aaron's food.

But I'm hungry! Wined Max I wanna eat what they eat!

"Um… guys could you do me a favour?" Aaron asked " Could I talk to our guest… alone?"

But…

Come on Max let's do what he says, we should give him some privacy for once. said Outcast.

I've got stuff hidden in Aaron's closet in his bedroom anyway Mina said.

They all trotted off into his bedroom with Ace dragging Max along by the tail But I wanna see what they're gonna do! wailed the puppy, before the door closed on him.

*****

"Pizzas up" Aaron said as he carried the two steaming Pizzas in "There's ham and pineapple and there's also pepperoni and mushroom."

"With green peppers?" She asked hopefully, but then gave a confused look. Why did I ask that? She wondered I've never tried green peppers before.

"Yeah it's got those." Aaron chuckled not noticing the confused look on her face. "A friend of mine liked those as well." Delilah took a piece of pizza and hungrily ate it, then she took another, and then another. Aaron watched her eat as he took a slice himself "You must be pretty horny…" Aaron said absentmindedly. Delilah stared at him "I mean hungry… you must be pretty hungry." He said quickly "yes… you must be pretty hungry."

Delilah gave him a coy smile. "Yes, I haven't eaten since last night." She replied. "You are from England aren't you?" she asked.

Aaron nodded his head "Yup, that's me, an English werewolf in Manhattan."

"Is it nice over there?" she asked.

"Oh yeah defiantly," he replied "Especially London, and before you ask, no, it is not constantly foggy there nor is it always raining"

"I would like to go there one day." Delilah sighed. I wouldn't mind going anywhere as long as it's not Manhattan.

They continued to eat in silence for moment before Aaron spoke again "Can I asked you a question?" he asked. The gargoyle gave a slow nod "Elisa told me that you're clone of her, but seeing as you're a gargoyle as well…"

"Her name is Demona." Delilah replied quickly "I'm made from part of her as well."

"Whose Demona?" he asked "Is she that purple one I saw…" he trailed off when he saw the warning look Delilah was giving "I'm guessing that's not her."

"No" Delilah growled "That's her daughter Angela." She spoke the other gargoyles name acidly.

"I take it you don't get on with her," he said, noticing the hostile tone from the clone.

"No, I don't" Delilah sneered.

"So…" he said trying to move away from the subject "If you're a clone of Elisa that would mean that she's you moth…" Delilah slapped a hand to his mouth.

"She's not my mother!" she screamed, her eyes glowed ruby red for the second time in her life. "SHE IS NOT MY MOTHER!" she released him from her grip on realising what she was doing and her eyes stopped glowing. She back away tears filling her eyes as she ran her hand across her scared face. "S-she's not my mother. Mother's don't do this to their daughters. They don't!"

Then he suddenly remembered what Elisa had once said to him when she was a werewolf. Because of your stupid test I've killed my daught…Friend! "Oh God!" he whispered as he looked at the distressed clone's face. "Oh my God your face" he said as he moved closer to her "Elisa did that to you… didn't she?" Delilah gave a tearful nod "Oh God… I'm sorry, this… this is all my fault, I-I didn't know that she'd…"

"It's all right" she said quietly "I know you did it to save her life. I just…"

"NO! That's not the point! If I had known that she would attack you, I… please don't blame her Delilah" he said quickly "She didn't know what she doing, she would have done it to anyone," he put his hands to his head. "She would have done it to Goliath if he had been there I… I just didn't know she would… would…" he felt a hand on his shoulder, he looked up to see Delilah smiling at him.

"I don't blame you" she said, "You only did what you did to her to save her life, and if that was the only reason you did it, then I cannot hate you for it." she gave a short laugh under her breath. "You made her human again as well… a lot of people are grateful for that. That includes me." She bent over to kiss him again but not before Aaron backed off.

"We… we should be getting back to the labyrinth." He said slowly "I… I promised Elisa I'd take you back as soon as you woke up."

Delilah moved away and looked disappointedly at the floor. "But I don't want…" she took a quick look at Aaron and a sly smile began to appear on her face as she remembered a game she saw the children in the Labyrinth once play. "All right," she said as she got up "I'll go, if…" she stood in front of the werewolf "…you can catch me."

"What?"

Delilah slapped a hand onto his chest knocking the wind out of him "tag! You're it!" she giggled as she ran out of Aaron's apartment through an open window and took off into the air.

"Hey wait you can't…" Aaron rolled his eyes. OK he thought. If that's the way you want it… he donned his mask and transformed into The Wolf "…then so be it!" he grinned as he followed the clone out the window.

*****

"But Mom I'm telling the truth I saw a werewolf I swear!" Said Emma Simpson trying to convince her mother again about what she saw the morning before as she helped wash up some dishes.

"Honey, you couldn't have, werewolves don't exist!" said her mother, obviously not believing her.

"But…" She protested.

"You were just imagining it dear." She said as she finished washing the last glass. "Now why don't you go and watch some TV while I go have a shower.

"OK." Emma sighed as she went into the other room and turned the television on.

It was only by chance that she turned her head to look at the window at the same moment as The Wolf fell past her window. "MMMMMOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!!!"

*****

Delilah felt glided over the city giggling to herself, for the first time in a long time she felt exhilarated as she looked over her shoulder to see The Wolf chasing after her. The thrill was indescribable as she swooped between two buildings.

She took another look behind only this time to see that the werewolf was nowhere to be seen "Where did he go?" she asked herself a second before the person in question climbed round the side of the building that the clone gliding next to and leaped at her.

They tumbled onto a nearby rooftop and rolled across it until they stop with The Wolf who was now Aaron on top of Delilah. He put a hand on her stomach "I guess I win." He said with glee. He got up and held out a hand, which Delilah gratefully took. "So are you ready to…"

"Take me to the park!" Delilah demanded quickly.

Aaron looked at her for moment. The desperate look in her eyes touched him. "You don't want to go back to the labyrinth do you?"

Delilah shook her head "It's not that it's just that…" She hung her head "I've lived down there for so long," she walked over to the side of the building and looked down at the streets below. "I've never fully seen all of this beautiful city, I've only ever been up to the surface a few times and that was only to the castle." She gave a sigh "I've always wanted to go to the park," she looked at Aaron and took hold of one of his hands "can you take me to see it?"

"Well, I don't know…"

"Please?" she whispered.

The male thought for a second before giving in "Oh all right." He said "But then we're going back, Talon will kill me if I don't take you back."

Delilah looked at him excitedly with a bright smile and kissed him on the cheek. She then had a sudden thought "Have you ever glided before?" she asked.

Aaron shook his head sadly "no, it's something I've always wanted to do though…" Before Aaron could protest she picked him up and unfolded her wings. "Hey what are you doing?" he asked.

"Well, you said you've always wanted to glide."

"Yes but…"

"Good." Delilah ran and jumped off the building.

Only one word passed through Aaron's lips "WOOOOOOOOO!"

*****

The Labyrinth

"Where the heck's Delilah?" Talon growled "She should have been here an hour ago!"

"Oh Derek." Said Maggie "Can't you leave her alone for once? At least we know who she's with this time."

"And that's why I'm worried." The panther mutate muttered. "I'm going to go see what's keeping them." He said as he began to leave the Labyrinth.

*****

Both Aaron and the gargoyle clone laughed as they glided over the city, darting between buildings and touring past the famous landmarks like the statue of Liberty.

It took them almost three hours before they eventually landed in Central Park, of course for obvious reasons they chose a more secluded path in the park.

They walked quite slowly as they walked around the path, as Aaron told Delilah stories of past werewolf heroes.

"…So the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood was a werewolf?" Delilah asked surprised when Aaron told her that the story was actually based on a true story.

"Oh yeah, one of our most famous werewolves that guy… well actually it wasn't a guy."

"It wasn't?" The clone asked curiously, hanging onto every word that Aaron said to her.

"It was actually Little Red Riding Hoods Grandmother." He chuckled.

"What?" The snow haired gargoyle exclaimed "But why would she try to steal goodies from her own Grandchild?"

"You know, I never did ask why she did!" Aaron chuckled "But I think she was one of the more trick playing werewolves."

"Oh?" And where exactly did you find out about this any?" She enquired.

"I… um…" he said nervously "You know I've completely forgotten where exactly."

They walked in silence after that, until Delilah wrapped her arm around Aaron's and lay her head on his shoulder and sighed "we're probably the only couple in the Park who don't have to worry about muggers. " she laughed before giving a confused look. Why did I say that? She wondered uncertainly.

However Aaron found the comment very funny "You know… you're probably right" he smirked. He looked down at the clone and looked deep into her dark brown eyes. She is beautiful he thought.

Neither of them realised that they had been spotted by a group of people.

*****

"I am so BORED!" moaned a woman with blonde hair as she and a group of other people walked through Central Park. "When the hell are we gonna go kick some gargoyle ass?"

"When the freaks show themselves up," said a male with blonde hair "We must have scared them off" he boasted.

"With that breath I'm not surprised." Muttered a woman from behind who wore a large hat and a pair of sunglasses.

"What did you say?" barked the man.

The bored woman grabbed the woman who had just made the comment by the front of the jacket. "I am getting so sick of YOU always making comments like that!" she snarled as she rammed her against a tree.

"Well why do you always have to think that your group is so great?" hissed the woman "You always think that the gargoyles are a threat to humanity."

The rest of the group stared at her with anger.

The bored woman slapped her around the face and shoved her onto the floor. "That's because they are!" she sneered "And it's talk like that's gonna get you killed!"

"And what are you gonna do Jess?" she asked, as she wiped her bleeding mouth with the back of her hand "Kill me? Kill your own sister?"

"Don't even…" She looked up and widened her eyes when she spotted through the bushes a gargoyle with white hair and a human wearing a mask walking on another path "…tempt me" a wicked smile crept across her mouth.

She pulled a phone and pressed the speed dial button.

"Xaiver." Said a cold voice on the other side of the phone.

"Boss, you'll never guess what we've got walking through the park." She said "We've got a gargoyle, and get this, she's walking through the park with a male human!" she said with disgust.

"I see…" he replied "And what does he look like this human traitor?" asked the voice of the leader of Quarrymen calmly.

"I don't know, he's wearing a mask."

"What kind of a mask?" snapped the voice angrily.

"It's black w-with a red W on the front."

"I thought so." The voice said crisply. "Do what you want with the gargoyle but bring me that human and once you kill him… that is if you can kill him, and bring him back to headquarters in less than half an hour of doing so. And make sure he's in one piece."

"Half an hour?" asked the woman "Sir, why half…?"

"JUST DO IT!" roared the voice before he slammed the phone down.

"Yeesh touch-ee." Said the woman. She and the other pulled off the backpacks they were wearing and each pulled out a Quarryman mask and parts of Quarrymen hammers, which they quickly assembled. "Heh heh, this Victor guy thought of everything." Said the woman now with a mask on her face and a nearly assembled hammer with add-on pure silver knife.

"Yeah." Chuckled a bulky male "Better pay and better gear!"

"Now it's fun time!" said another voice.

The lead woman looked at her sister "Don't you even think about running away from this."

"I wasn't." Sighed the woman who now had a similar mask placed firmly over her head.

*****

"The moon is beautiful tonight isn't it?" Delilah said.

"It is" Aaron replied "I've always liked full moons." They both sat down on a nearby bench. "So tell me about yourself." Aaron said

Delilah looked down at the floor sadly "There's… there's nothing to tell."

"There must be something you can tell me about yourself," he said.

Delilah shook her head "No… there isn't." she bit her lip.

"Why?" Aaron asked "Why isn't there anything to tell?"

"B… because I'm a clone."

"And that means… what exactly?"

Delilah turned away from the werewolf. "because I'm empty." She said sadly. "All I ever do is read and go on patrol down in the Labyrinth." She felt water begin to fill up her eyes. "I never had an interesting life like you and Goliath's clan…" She sighed. "…and I'm alone."

"No you're not." Aaron said seeing the unhappiness in the clone. "You've got lots of people who care about you. Talon, Maggie, Elisa…"

Delilah shook her head "No they don't, they don't care about me or the others as much as the originals." She rubbed the back of her neck and shuffled her feet. "All they ever see in me is a pathetic copy of two people who'll be more loved than I'll ever be."

"But you're not pathetic." Aaron exclaimed. "And you're nothing like Elisa." He said trying to reassure her. She may sound like Elisa he thought but it's not. He was right, the clone's voice was softer, more unsure than Elisas and the way she acted was nothing like Elisa. The way she rubbed the back of her neck and the way she shuffled her feet like that reminded him of how his dead friend Sarah acted whenever she felt low.

"But I am pathetic!" Delilah wept "I'm just a stupid, ugly, boring clone that nobody cares about!" she cried "Nobody!" She moved over to Aaron and cried onto his shoulder. Something in the back of her subconscious told her to say what she said next. "Only Thailog ever loved me! He made me feel confident, he made me feel special, he… he… he didn't make me feel like a freak…"

Aaron span round, his eyes blazing an angry red. He put his hands on Delilah's shoulders. "Don't… EVER! Use that word in front of me!" he growled. "Don't you see? You're not a freak! You're the most beautiful woman I've ever seen."

Delilah looked at him; a river of tears pouring down her cheeks. "But I'm not beautiful!" she shouted "Elisa is the beautiful one, I'm just a copy… a cheap forgery"

"NO!" Aaron roared "You don't get it do you? As long as you think you're not beautiful, as long as you think everyone hates you, then you will be alone. You'll just be the bride of Frankenstein's monster that you were made to be. "

"But you don't know what it's like to be alone!" She sobbed, "you don't know what it's like to be an abomination of science!"

Aaron lifted her chin so they could meet each other eye to eye. "I do know." He said softly. He held up one of his hands and transformed it into its wolf form. "See?" he sighed "I've been like this a lot longer than Talon and the others, I've had to go through too much pain." His hand became human again "I've had to put up with being attacked because of what I am, what I look like… being called things like Devil Spawn and Freak of nature and other things like that." He growled.

Delilah didn't know what to say. He was right, as far as Delilah could see all Aaron had was dogs for friends… she had more than that.

"Aaron?"

"Yes?"

Delilah gently took hold of Aaron's head and pulled him closer towards her "I don't think you're a freak." She said softly. She pulled up Aaron's mask just enough to reveal just his mouth and moved closer to kiss him.

She would have too if Aaron hadn't pulled back and let out a howl of pain as a bullet shot through his arm. He slapped his hand on the entry wounds and gritted his teeth at the pain.

"Your arm!" The clone cried "Who…?" she looked over in the direction that the bullet came from, her eyes opened wide in terror as she saw who were coming through the bushes.

Quarrymen!

Aaron looked over in the same direction as well. "Ah crap!" he moaned.

The lead female Quarryman held up the still smoking gun in front of her. "The next one will be fatal traitor!" she sneered. "How dare you betray your own kind by aligning yourself to this monster?"

"What?" Aaron said through the pain "you think she's my girlfr…?" A bullet shot past Aaron, millimetres from his head. "Oh that does it!" Aaron growled as he got up still clutching his arm. "Now you've gone and made me mad!" he transformed into The Wolf.

"You!" cried the female Quarryman.

"Me!" Sneered The Wolf stepping in front of Delilah protectively.

Two large Quarrymen stepped forward each charging their hammers. "Get him!" said the woman.

"Yeah get me!" The Wolf laughed. The Quarrymen and the werewolf charged at each other.

One Quarryman went flying at a tree and another was thrown into the crowd of Quarrymen.

"Idiots!" The woman screamed "Don't just stand there! All of you get him!"

The entire group of Quarrymen charged their weapons and ran at him. The Wolfs eyes widen "Gee would you look at the time, must be going!" he said before turning round, scooping Delilah up and running away.

"After them!" She screamed

*****

"Aaron why are we running?" Delilah asked after The Wolf put her down and started to run behind him deeper into the park.

"There're too many of them." He replied "We can't take them all on at the same time!"

"They went that way!" called the voice of one of the Quarrymen.

Both The Wolf and Delilah stopped in their tracks. "Now what?" The clone asked.

The Wolf thought for a second. "Up here." He told Delilah as he climbed a tree. Delilah obediently followed him.

The Wolf became Aaron again and tied a handkerchief round his wounded arm as he and the gargoyle waited for the group to catch up with them. "We need to pick them off one by one." He said as he glared at the group. He watched the group, looking for the strongest first. "If we take the strongest ones out first it'll be easier to take down the rest." He pointed to three large figures that were near some bushes and much further from the rest of the group "We dispose of those guys first, then those guys," he pointed to four more people "and that should leave those three over there." He pointed to the lead woman, a male and a slightly shorter woman. He crept down round the back of the tree. "You wouldn't mind causing a distraction would you?" he asked as he gave a sly smile under his mask.

"You've got it Wolf-man." Delilah replied.

"What?" Aaron stopped going down the tree and stared at Delilah "What did you just call me?" He asked quickly.

"Did-did I say something?" Delilah asked, unsure of what it was she said.

Aaron was silent for a moment before replying "No… no I guess not. It must have been my imagination." He pulled his Quarryman out of his pocket "This is what I want you to do…" he said as he told the clone of his plan…

*****

"Where the heck did they go?" Asked a skinny Quarryman as he and his colleagues searched some bushes. "I'm sure they went this way."

"Yeah I know." Replied a larger male. "They must be in hiding."

"You know this reminds me of a film I saw a while ago." Said the third Quarryman.

"Really? What was it about?" asked the first Quarryman.

"It was about these guys in a jungle and this thing was hunting them in the trees and…"

"Shut up Paul!" said the second Quarryman angrily "I don't wanna think like that at the moment!"

"Psst… Hey guys" said a female voice "Come over here." The woman stuck her head out from behind a tree wearing a Quarryman mask "I've found something." She had white hair coming out from beneath her mask.

"Really? And what's that sugar?" asked the second Quarryman with a grin.

"Come and have a look." She said seductively.

"OK…" said the first male as he and the rest followed her behind the tree "… and what exactly is…?"

– WHAM! –

That was the last thing either of the three remembered until the next morning after a large paw in the trees smacked them hard round the back of the heads.

"Not bad." The Wolf laughed as Delilah removed the Quarryman mask.

*****

"Did you guys hear that?" asked a woman with the second group of Quarrymen "I thought I heard something."

"Nah, you were probably imagining it."

"No not really," said a gruff voice "She just heard three of your comrades going to the land of Nod."

They all turned round and gasped when they saw The Wolf with his arms crossed. They instantly leapt at him with the knife ends of their hammers, but the werewolf dodged their attacks effortlessly. Except one who was lucky enough to cut him in the front of the leg.

The Wolf gritted his teeth trying to hold in a howl; he looked at the Quarryman who did the deed. "That knife's made of silver isn't it?" he asked. His eyes were blazing a fearsome red.

The Quarryman backed away and gave a nod nervously. "Uh… yeah?"

"Oh, right." The Wolf grabbed his leg and howled in agony "Ahhhhh! Silver! Oooohh it's burning my blood! Oh the agony, oh the pain! The Pain! The pain of it all!" The Quarrymen looked at each other uncertain of what they should do. "Oh, I'm melting, melting! Oh what a world, what a world!" He collapsed on the floor.

The Quarrymen stepped forward "Do you think it's dead?" a male asked.

"No, I'm not actually!" said the Wolf as he got up quickly and grabbed the nearest two by the heads and whacked them together knocking them out. He looked at the other two who were beginning to step back in fear ready to retreat. "You Quarrymen are real prats, you know that right?" he asked as Delilah did exactly the same to the still standing Quarrymen. "…As if silver really kills werewolves!" Delilah looked at him pleased at what she had just done. "And if I don't get an Oscar for that performance I'm really gonna get peed off!" He grinned.

*****

"What's happening out there?" Asked the lead female Quarryman "Why can't I hear the others?"

"I don't like this!" said the male nervously "I don't like it one bit."

The lead woman looked at the shorter woman "You go see what's happening." She ordered.

"What?" The woman exclaimed "But I can't..."

"Let's just call it a test of loyalty."

"But…"

"I SAID DO IT!" The lead woman screamed as she pointed a gun at her sister.

The woman looked hesitantly at the gun "Oh all right." She muttered.

*****

A few minutes later…

The woman held her Quarryhammer tightly as she stepped through the bushes until she tripped over a root.

"Damn trees!" she muttered "I wish they'd all…" she looked around for the hammer, which she quickly found. She reached out to grab it when a large furry foot with three sharp claws on it stepped onto it, breaking it in two. She looked up and screamed as she saw the huge werewolf staring down at her.

Before she had time to try and escape The Wolf grabbed her and held her up so they met eye to eye "Well, well what do we have here?" The Wolf asked. "A lone Quarryman… how about that?"

"P-please don't hurt me!" Cried the woman "I… I haven't done anything to you."

"Yeah you're right… EXCEPT TRYING TO KILL ME AND MY FRIEND!" He bellowed.

"Please! I…I…" The woman sobbed.

"Oh please!" The Wolf sighed "It's not like I'm gonna hurt you… I'm not a barbarian like you humans." he took hold of the woman's mask "Now let's see who you really are." He sneered.

"No!" She cried, but it was too late, The Wolf had already taken it off.

He gave a gasp "You!" he gasped as he stared at the woman.

It was Becky!

He stared at her in disbelief unaware of the two Quarrymen creeping up behind him.

"Wolf look out!" Delilah cried as she came into the clearing after dumping the three Quarrymen with the other four.

But it was too later as the lead woman charged her weapon and smashed the hammer part right in the lower part of The Wolfs spine.

The shocked Becky could actually hear the spine cracking.

The male stabbed the werewolf right in the back. And then in the arm. The Wolf gave out a cry of pain, dropping Becky and turned round and grabbed the two Quarryhammers as he lost the use of his legs. As he struggled for breath he broke the weapons in two before falling onto his back. Blood seeping out of him rapidly.

He looked up to see Becky running off as quickly as she could and then at the other woman who was pointing a gun at his head. "Say good bye… freak!"

"No one… calls him… a FREAK!" Delilah screamed as she lunged at the woman grabbed the gun before the Quarryman could fire at and crushed it with her bare hands.

She grabbed the woman and threw her at a nearby tree, knocking the evil woman senseless.

The male Quarryman raced over and helped her up "Come on Jess, we've gotta get out of here!" he said as he began to panic in case the insane gargoyle tried to get him too!

"N-no…" The woman said quietly "Gotta kill them… gotta kill them all!" The male helped the woman limp away quickly to lick their wounds.

Delilah didn't bother to go after them… The Wolf was more important. "A-Aaron?" she whispered "Can you hear me? Are you all right?" She knew that was a pretty stupid question to ask from the state he was in.

The Wolf became Aaron. "I can't feel my legs… one of my arms is going numb…got a punctured lung…I'm loosing blood rapidly… got a slight headache…" he tried to smile "…Other than that I'm just peachy." He fainted.

*****

Aaron opened his eyes groggily to look into the blurry face of Delilah "Uh…" he moaned "Where am I?" he asked as the world began to come into focus.

"You're back at your apartment." Delilah replied as she stroked his hair. "You've been asleep for quiet a while."

"How long?" he asked as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes.

"About two and half hours."

"That long huh?" Aaron said as he got up. He looked around to see he was in his bed, and his dogs were on the floor asleep. He couldn't help but notice Mina had a piece of green fabric between her front paws. He looked at his watch. "Holy cow, it's nearly morning!" he looked at Delilah "We'd better get you back to the Labyrinth."

Delilah said nothing but just nodded her head disappointedly.

*****

"I had a wonderful time tonight Aaron." Delilah said as she and Aaron walked down to the entrance of the Sanctuary.

Aaron stared at her in surprise "What? Really? Even with the Quarrymen?"

Delilah just smiled and nodded. She didn't have time to answer as they turned round the corner to come face to face with an extremely angry Talon.

"And where exactly have you been?" he asked the clone coldly.

"Talon!" She gasped "I… I was-was…"

"It's OK Derek she was with me." Aaron butted in.

Talons' gaze turned to Aaron "And you… You said you'd take her straight home." He growled.

"I did!" Aaron protested "It's just we had to take a detour to the park because we were attacked by Quarrymen and it took us ages to get rid of them."

Talons' eyes widened and turned back towards the clone "is this true?"

Delilah nodded her head.

Talon let out a sigh "Well if that was the case then I suppose I'll let you off this time."

Aaron looked down at Talons' left hand. It was wrapped in bandages. "Hey. What happened to your…?"

"Your corgi did this to me Aaron!" Talon growled "I went to your apartment to look for you and your damn corgi bit me."

Aaron gave a shrug "What can I say? She hates cats simple as that. Plus she probably thought you were an intruder."

Talon gave another growl. "Well thanks for bringing her back at last." He turned towards the clone "Come on Delilah the suns going to rise is a minute anyway." He turned round and walked though the door. Aaron spotted that Talon had a red patch of cloth sewn onto the backside of his clothes. That explained where Mina got that piece of cloth from.

Delilah stayed for a moment longer. "Aaron? C-could we do that again sometime?" She looked up at Aaron hopefully.

Aaron bit his lip and looked away and gave a sigh "Delilah I… I'm sorry… I don't know if it's a good idea… I… I just don't think it's would work out, it's too dangerous and you're a gargoyle and-and I'm a werewolf and it's just…" Aaron trailed off when he saw the disappointed look that Delilah was giving him. He could almost hear her heart break in two.

"I… I understand," she said sadly as she walked away, her head and wings drooped. She tried to bite back a tear but it was too late to stop it trickling down to the floor below.

It froze in mid air.

"OK, stop right there!" Said an angry, crisp voice as time stopped for everyone except Aaron. The dark figure appeared from out of nowhere. His usual golden eyes were now shining a brilliant red. "OK Aaron," he said as he stepped closer to the werewolf "Would you mind telling me exactly why you just said that?"

"Hey would you just leave me alone!" Aaron snarled.

"I will once you've told me why you've just cast her aside like that for no good reason."

"It just wouldn't work out." Aaron sighed. "I mean, look at her, she's got Elisas face, if I went out with her it would be like I'm trying to get Elisa back. And everyone including Elisa is going to hate me for that."

The figure just stared at him "… That's it?" He exclaimed, "That's why you've turned her away? Because you think that everyone's going to despise you just because you're going out with someone who looks a little bit like the detective woman?" He slapped Aaron round the back of the head with the back of his hand "Wrong answer!" The figure eyes cooled down to a light blue "Aaron I know you're in love with her… I know she's in love with you." His gaze softened "That poor girl's had a hard life, can't you just let her be happy for once?" He expression became more annoyed. "Aaron if you don't show your true feelings once in a while, it's going to be a bigger mistake than the time I made it rain for forty days and forty nights… not that I got any credit for it mind!" he growled.

Aaron was beginning to feel foolish now for what he said to Delilah.

The figure walked over to Delilah and tapped her frozen form on the head "She's got a great destiny Aaron, just like you." He began to evaporate "And let me tell you something for free Aaron…" he said "She is not Elisa… nor Demona…" The figures eyes faded away "…nor is she who she used to be…"

"Used to be?" Aaron exclaimed "Wait a minute what do you mean by…" Time started up again "…that?" Aaron looked at the retreating gargoyle "Delilah wait!" he cried.

Delilah stopped and turned round, tears rolling down her cheeks "Yes?"

"Delilah… I'm sorry…" he started "I didn't mean to say that I just…"

"That's all right." She said quietly "You don't want me… just like everyone else."

Aaron shook his head "No, no that's not true I do want you I… Oh, what the hell?" before Delilah could protest Aaron kissed her fiercely.

As soon as the werewolf stopped, Delilah looked at him with a happy smile "You… you do want me?" she asked, tears of joy filling her eyes. "You really want to know me?"

Aaron nodded his head "So… are you doing anything tomorrow night?"

The happy smile didn't move from the clones' lips "not really."

"Great." Aaron pulled away from the embrace "So I'll see you tomorrow then." He began to leave.

Delilah began to feel the tingle she always got just before she turned to stone. A wicked thought entered her mind "Aaron?" she asked, "are you doing anything today?"

Aaron shook his head "Not really why…?"

"Good!" Delilah said as she grabbed Aaron tightly round the arms and pulled him into a long kiss. Aaron closed his eyes as Delilah wrapped her tail around his leg and pulled her wings round him in a hug.

A few seconds later Aaron heard a crackling noise, still with his eyes closed he spoke "Is it me or have you just got colder… Oh no!" Aaron moaned as he opened his eyes to look at Delilah "You have got to be kidding me!" Delilah had turned to stone. A devilish smile frozen on her lips. He tried to move his arms but found that they were stuck tight. He tried to pull his leg out of her tail but still he was trapped "Oh this is just great!" he sighed. "Talon…? Maggie…? Sharon…? Anyone? Help?" But no one answered.

Not for a long time…

*****

Quarrymen headquarters. Later that day…

"IDIOTS" roared Victor as he rammed his fist down on the table "YOU STUPID FOOLS!"

All the Quarrymen who had been in the park were there minus Becky. They all shifted uncomfortably at the anger their leader was showing.

"B-but Sir we tried to…" said one of the males.

"Silence!" The leader snarled "Do you realise how much money I'm putting into this group? And what do I get as a result? NOTHING!" he bellowed. He glared at the lead female Quarryman "Which one of your men was responsible for calling the retreat?"

Before the lead woman could answer, the other man who had helped to nearly kill The Wolf spoke up "It was me sir!" he said.

Victor stared at him coldly. "I see…" he looked at the other Quarrymen "The rest of you may go, except you." He pointed to the man "You stay."

Everyone quickly left before he could say anything else, leaving the man with Victor.

Victor stood up and walked over to a glass tank and pulled from it a huge snake. "Tell me Quarryman, do you like snakes?" he asked.

"N-not really sir." The Quarryman said nervously.

Victor put the snake back in the tank, "That's a shame, I find snakes are one of the most perfect creatures. They're swift, agile and deadly." He walked over to a wall and typed in an access code into a panel. The wall opened up to reveal a table. On the table were two things, a belt with a V shaped buckle and another thing, which looked like a small laser. "Now my dear Quarryman, I was wondering if you could help me with an experiment." He asked, his voice was laced with evil.

"Wh-what k-kind of experiment s-sir?" he asked timidly.

"Oh nothing much." He said casually as he put on the belt.

The Quarryman stared in horror as the leader of the Quarryman removed his right arm. There was a hiss of escaping gas as Victor placed his arm on the table. It clenched and relaxed on its own.

The Quarryman could see it was a robotic arm.

Victor then took the blaster weapon and inserted it onto where his arm used to be. "Like it?" Victor asked "I made it myself… however I've had too repair it since I last used it a few years ago." He bared his teeth "So I'm afraid I need to see if it works properly still."

The Quarryman backed away in terror realising what this mad man was going to do.

Victor pressed a button on his belt and a blue light enveloped him. One moment he was wearing a grey business suit then next he was standing in a dark blue costume, He wore a cape and he had large armoured shoulder pads. His face was covered in a blue mask with a black visor that had a red line, which moved from left to right constantly. His mouth was showing through a hole that looked like that of a snake's mouth. Three yellow lightning bolts were sticking out from the top of his visor.

He looked down at himself and a wicked smile crossed his face "it's been along time since I've worn this." He laughed. His attention turned to the Quarryman who was about to leave in fear. Victor pressed a button and he disappeared then reappeared in front of the exit to the room. "What's your hurry?" he asked evilly and the Quarryman back away from him. "Don't worry this'll only hurt for a moment!"

"No!" begged the Quarryman as Victor aimed his blaster at him "Please n—" a bolt of blue light struck him.

One moment he was there… the next he wasn't except for a pile of blue dust.

Victor smiled to himself "not bad." He said "Not too bad at all." Victor turned his attention to a poster of The Wolf that was stuck up over the top of the table in the hidden room. "You've caused me a lot pain in my life Wolf." He told the poster, as a knife slid out of the blaster, and with one quick swipe, he slashed the poster in half. "But soon you, like the rest of the world will finally know the full wrath of Vortexx!" He looked down at the cut poster and began to laugh. "Hmhmhmhmhm…hahahahaha…AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!"

The End

Theme tune from 'Big Wolf On Campus'

'Angels' sung by Robbie Williams. Written by Robbie Williams and G. Chamers.