Chapter 2
As the sun began to set, Elisa waited for the gargoyles to awaken from their stone sleep. She couldn't help remember the girl she had met, she never saw her before. And she heard that accent before... but she couldn't put her finger on it.
The stones started cracking as the seven gargoyles awaken from their stone sleep with mighty roars.
Goliath took a step towards Elisa and noted the detective in deep thought. "Is there a problem Elisa?" he asked "No... I'm fine." She answered. "Are you sure?" he asked "Yes... it's just..." "Just?" "Never mind Goliath, it's not my business." She told him "Are you sure?" "Leave the lass alone." Hudson told Goliath as he headed into the castle.
"Goliath, we're heading off to patrol now." Lexington told his leader. Brooklyn stared at Broadway and Angela, a pang of jealously went through his heart, he was happy for his rookery brother. Goliath gave them a nodded and Brooklyn watched as the two took off.
Lexington turned to Brooklyn "Brooklyn...?" he called and the red gargoyle turned to the short olive gargoyle "Are you coming?" "Yeah..." he said and took off in the opposite direction with Lexington right behind.
"What's wrong with Brooklyn?" Elisa asked Goliath.
"I don't know." He answered "By the looks of things and the way he looks at Angela and Broadway... he's heart broken." Fox said climbing up the stairs with Alex in her arms.
xXx
Kyla doubled over howling in pain as the change began. She fell to her knees, catching her breath.
An hour later, she watched as people walked by, she envied them, she'll never get to do hang out with friends anymore, watch movies, or do all the things she loved to do . . . she was forced to hide in the shadows.
She slowly crept through a darken alleyway, rubbing her ivory arms, trying not to cry. She sniffled and wiped at a tear.
Kyla was trying to avoid humans until dawn, she was thankful that the next that was a weekend, enough time for her to do her homework and get some sleep. She leaned against one of the buildings, wiping at her falling tears. She was focused on her thoughts and emotions that she didn't hear the footsteps coming up to her.
She sniffed and tried to keep her shoulders from trembling, her wings drooped and she turned her head to the sky and heaved a sigh.
A noise caught her attention, fully alert, she turned to the noise and heard a cat yowling, she relaxed. A trash can crashed to the concrete ground and she turned frighten, as men walked up to her. Kyla turned the other way, attempting to run from them, she stopped when she saw that more were coming towards her.
Kyla's heart was caught in her throat as her eyes swept to the men surrounding her. To Kyla's horror, her eyes fell on their weapons, she trembled with fear. Kyla tried to get words out of her mouth, but her brain wasn't working and she was having difficult getting air to her lungs.
Kyla saw the hate and fear in their eyes and tried to come up with someway to get out of this... alive. "Destroy the gargoyle!" one screamed and the others agreed. /Ga- gargoyle?!/ she thought in bewilderment. They raised their weapons and Kyla finally managed to find her voice. She screamed.
xXx
Lexington and Brooklyn glided above the building watching for crime. Finding nothing, Brooklyn landed on top a building, he sighed. Lexington landed next to him, concern for his rookery brother "What's wrong Brook?" he asked.
Brooklyn shook his head "It's nothing Lex…" he told him "There is… what's wrong Brooklyn?" Lexington asked again.
Brooklyn sighed again "It's just… well… Angela…" "Angela?" Lexington wondered "I'm happy that Broadway and Angela are together… but… that's the second time that I was put down…" "You're talking about Maggie aren't you?" "Yeah…" Brooklyn sighed "I wish there was someone else… another female gargoyle… even a human…" Brooklyn said.
Lexington knew how Brooklyn felt. "Well, there's nothing here, let's get back." Lex told the red gargoyle.
Brooklyn nodded, they both spread their wings, ready to head back to the castle, when they heard a scream. The two gargoyles turned to each other and heard another scream.
"That sounded close…" Lexington began "Come on, we need to rescue someone." Brooklyn said taking his mind off his loneliness and focusing on saving someone's life.
xXx
Kyla screamed again. She ducked to avoid a blow to the head. She sat, pressing her back against the wall, watching in fear as the humans cornered her.
A small whimper escaped her lips as sweat trickled down her neck.
The humans raised their weapons again and Kyla screamed again but also waiting for a swift death. Two roars were bellowed from above, they turned their heads up and watched as two gargoyles jumped down.
xXx
Brooklyn and Lexington watched as group cornered someone. At first, they thought it was a gang, when they realized it was the Quarrymen. "What are they doing here? And who do they have cornered?" Lex asked "I don't know…" Brooklyn answered, brows furrowing.
They heard the scream again, and fury ran through Brooklyn. The two gargoyles' eyes glowed white and with a roar, they jumped down. The Quarrymen were surprised at first, but went and attacked them. Brooklyn grabbed one by the arm and tossed him into a dumpster, Lexington knocked one down with his tail and kicked another one.
Sooner, Brooklyn and Lexington knocked most of the Quarrymen down, the last remaining ran away.
"That was easy." Lexington said. "Yeah… let's check this human out." Brooklyn said and they turned to the one they saved.
xXx
Kyla watched as her attackers turned their backs on her and attack the new comers. She sat there, blinking in awe as her rescuers defeated the humans and watched as the remaining two ran off.
She watched them go and turned back as she heard her rescuers talk "That was easy." She heard one say. "Yeah… let's check this human out." The other said and they turned to her.
/Oh no, oh no, oh no… what to do? What to do? What would they do when they see me??/ Panic, Kyla used the brick wall to slowly stand back up, keeping her hands on the wall, she watched them turned to her with wide frighten eyes. Her eyes widened and she gasped at what she saw.
She saw them gawk at her, she wasn't sure what to do, her head began to buzz and she felt faint. "Are you ok?" the shorter one asked. She couldn't think, she didn't know what to do, so her brain did it for her, she blacked out and fainted.
xXx
Brooklyn and Lexington turned to the person they saved, expecting them to be human but was dumbfounded at what they saw. A white female gargoyle, with long reddish hair, dark green terrorized eyes, long ears, two horns formed on her brows turning to the sides, allowing room for two ram like horns to curve behind her ears, curve downwards, and curve slightly forwards, her tail swept around her feet, her wings had two claws at the end, the inside were light grey.
/She's… beautiful…/ Brooklyn thought to himself, breathless.
Lexington snapped out of his trance and asked "Are you ok?" they were taken by surprise when she fainted. Brooklyn ran over to her and caught the gargoyle girl before she hit the ground.
The olive and red gargoyles stared at the stunning ivory gargoyle and Brooklyn brushed some stray hair from her face. "Where do you think she came from?" Lex asked Brooklyn "I don't know… but I think we should bring her to the castle… Goliath and the others would probably be interested in seeing her." Brooklyn told the olive gargoyle.
Lexington nodded. They climbed up the building, Brooklyn went slowly, using one talon hand while the other held the mysterious gargoyle. Once they were on top the building, they spread their wings and glided back to the castle.
xXx
Angela and Broadway landed on stone castle, Goliath and Elisa were waiting for them "Nothing out of the ordinary father." Angela reported. Goliath nodded and turned to watch for Lexington and Brooklyn.
An hour later, Broadway caught sight of them "There they are!" he called pointing at their direction. Angela squinted "I think Brooklyn is carrying something…" she said "I wonder what it can be." Elisa wondered. Lexington landed first, excited "Goliath! You won't believe what we found!" "What?" Goliath asked "More like, who." Brooklyn answered as he landed.
Elisa gasped and the other three gargoyles stared in wondered at the white female gargoyle in Brooklyn's arms.
"Where did you find her?" Broadway asked. All the gargoyles, Elisa, Fox, and Xanatos were inside the castle, the female gargoyle was lying on a couch "Some Quarrymen had her surrounded… we didn't know she was a gargoyle until we beat them and turned to her." Lexington answered.
"Did they knock her out?" Angela asked "No, she fainted." Brooklyn replied.
Elisa stared down at the unconscious gargoyle, she bit her lower lips "What is wrong Elisa?" Goliath asked "She looks familiar… like I met her…" Elisa told him "How?" Hudson asked. Before Elisa could reply, the ivory gargoyle stirred and groaned.
xXx
Kyla stirred and groaned, she placed a talon to her face and blinked at the bright light. She knew she wasn't at the alleyway anymore, she wondered where she was "Are ye alright lassie?" someone asked.
Kyla's eyes widened as her eyes focused to light and saw six gargoyles and three humans staring down at her. She gasped in surprise and sat up. She looked at each one of them "Oh my god…" she whispered "You're ok… you're among friends here…" Brooklyn reassured her.
"Where am I?" she asked, looking around the room "You're in my home." Xanatos answered "What be yer name lass?" Hudson asked.
Kyla bit her lower lips wondering if she should use her false name… or her real name. Her eyes scanned the gargoyles faces and fell upon Elisa's /Oh no… Ms. Maza… what is she doing here?/ she wondered
"Do you have a name?" Lexington asked.
She sighed, she might as well tell them "Ay- aye… I do… I'm… Kyla Dana…" she told them "Dana? Are ye Scottish?" Hudson asked "Aye… both my parents are…" she answered. Elisa stared at her, eyes wide in surprise "Your accent… it's familiar…are you Kathy Stevens?" she asked.
Everyone turned to the detective and turned back to the gargoyle. Kyla cast her eyes down in guilt, released a sigh and said "Aye…" "How can you have two different names?" Broadway asked puzzled "One of them is false." Fox answered him "Aye… 'Kathy Stevens' is false… Kyla Dana is my real name…" she whispered. "Why would someone like you need a false name?" Xanatos asked. Kyla kept her lips from trembling and answered "After an accident a year ago… I had to leave my home and start a new life…"
"Accident?" Lexington asked a little suspicious. Kyla nodded and a small smile appeared as she laughed bitterly "I wonder if those 'Religious' freaks are still looking for me in the City of Angels…" "City of Angels" Angela wondered "It's another name for Los Angeles." Elisa explained "So you're from California."
"Aye… I had to get away… everyone was afraid of me… I didn't want… to hurt anyone…" she said slowly "Did you hurt someone by accident?" Brooklyn asked.
Kyla's eyes widen and a small tremor ran through her body as the horrid memory came back.
FLASHBACK
Her friends were screaming, people around her were screaming and staring. A few were staring in fright and others were praying.
"Oh god, oh god, oh god… why now? Why? WHY?!" she demanded staring at her talons.
"Oh my god… Ky- Kyla… what are you?" one asked with wide terrified eyes. Kyla couldn't even tell them. Then she heard someone shout "Demon!" Panic and chaos followed, people ran screaming. Kyla felt a sharp pain between her wings, she gave out a cry and turned to see someone throwing rocks and pebbles at her.
He threw another at her, she turned to avoid the blow, in a nervous panic, her tail swept around the man's legs. He stumbled back, trying to catch his balance, failed and fell backwards into the street. A scream brought her attention back as a car tried to stop… but couldn't.
END FLASHBACK
Kyla gave a startled cry and buried her face in her hands. "I… I don't want to talk about it…" her shoulders heaved. Brooklyn pitied her and placed a hand on her shoulder.
xXx
Goliath was in deep thought "What could she possibly have done to make her run away?" he asked Elisa "I don't know, but I can check out her background and possible newspaper from L.A. a year ago." Elisa told him and Goliath nodded.
xXx
Brooklyn watched as Kyla rubbed at a worn spot on her tank top. He handed her a glass of water. "Here."
Kyla looked up and gave him a warm smile "Thank you." Taking the glass from his hand, she took a sip "I can never get used to this…" she said "What?" "Turning into a… gargoyle every night." "Turning? What ye be talkin' about lass?" Hudson asked "From dawn to sunset I am human… from sunset to dawn… I'm a gargoyle." She explained.
The gargoyles stared at one another, they knew one gargoyle that was able to do that… Demona.
"How did you come to such a fate?" Angela asked. Kyla instead asked her own question "Do you all have names?" "I'm Lexington." Kyla stares at the short gargoyle "You remind me of a little brother." "I'm Broadway." "Don't mind him, he's always eating." Angela told Kyla "I'm Angela by the way." "My name is Hudson." The old gargoyle introduced "You sound like a father or grandfather." "This here is Bronx."
The dog like gargoyle stood up on the couch and panted "Oh, I never thought that there would be a dog like gargoyle." She said and scratched Bronx's head. "And I'm Brooklyn."
"I realized that you… male gargoyles have names from around here." She said "We didn't have names, Goliath was the only one that did." "Well, you all couldn't pick better names."
"What about um…" Kyla hesitated "The owner and the other lady?" "David Xanatos and my wife Fox." Xanatos introduced "How is our guest feeling?" Fox asked "A little better… but astonished." "Astonish? About what?" Broadway asked "Seeing real gargoyles." "We're surprise that you didn't run screaming when Lex and I saved you." Brooklyn replied.
"I was taken by surprise when the two of you rescued me. But it's because my great grandfather and grandpapa told me stories of gargoyles in olden times… I always thought they were stories."
"That's an interesting name, 'Kyla' does it have a meaning?" Xanatos asked.
Kyla thought about it and laughed "Aye, it does. My mother told me that she named me 'Kyla' because it means 'lovely'… which was fine by my father 'cause then he gets to call me 'Kyle' which has the same meaning." Brooklyn mentally agreed with them, it was a nice name for her.
Goliath and Elisa came up "It's almost dawn." He announced. "Dawn?" Kyla blinked "I've been here that long?"
As dawn approached, Elisa and Kyla watched as the gargoyles waited to go into their stone sleep. Brooklyn turned to Kyla "Are you going to stay?" he asked "Stay?" she asked quizzical "Stay here… until the sun sets again." Brooklyn explained. She looked at her feet and answered "I don't know…"
Brooklyn looked sad and stayed that way as the sun settled on the gargoyles.
Kyla doubled over, screaming in pain, as her wings withered and were sucked into her back, her tail shorten until it disappeared, her talons turned into normal hands and splitting into five digits, her ears shorten, horns shrank back into her head, her teeth dulled, her feet went back to normal and her tough skin soften back into human.
Kyla fell to her knees, a wave of nausea hit her, she crawled a bit away from Elisa, and vomited.
Elisa watched as Kyla changed from gargoyle to human. She couldn't believe it and yet she could. She watched as Kyla turned a slight grey and as she vomited. Elisa headed over to her "Are you ok?" she asked.
Kyla nodded and wiped her mouth "Aye… sometimes… I get a little sick after the change takes place…" she explains.
She rubs her arms as she got "It sure gets cold a lot." She stated "I guess you'll get used to it… living in a warm country and all." Elisa said "Are you going to stay? I think Brooklyn really wants you to."
"I can't… can you tell him… when he wakes up that I'm… sorry." Kyla asked. Elisa wasn't sure, but finally nodded. As Kyla headed down the stairs, Xanatos stopped her "Are you leaving? Don't you want to stay for an early breakfast?" he asked she shook her head "I shouldn't be here… I shouldn't have given my real name… I'm sorry…" "Quite all right, if you change your mind, you're always welcome here." He beckoned Owen over "Show this young lady out the castle and down."
"Yes sir." And took off, Kyla followed after him.
Once outside, she looked left to right and headed left. She stopped and looked up at the castle, looking for the red gargoyle. "I'm sorry Brooklyn... goodbye..." she whispered.
Kyla cast her eyes down and headed back to her home.
As the sun began to set, Elisa waited for the gargoyles to awaken from their stone sleep. She couldn't help remember the girl she had met, she never saw her before. And she heard that accent before... but she couldn't put her finger on it.
The stones started cracking as the seven gargoyles awaken from their stone sleep with mighty roars.
Goliath took a step towards Elisa and noted the detective in deep thought. "Is there a problem Elisa?" he asked "No... I'm fine." She answered. "Are you sure?" he asked "Yes... it's just..." "Just?" "Never mind Goliath, it's not my business." She told him "Are you sure?" "Leave the lass alone." Hudson told Goliath as he headed into the castle.
"Goliath, we're heading off to patrol now." Lexington told his leader. Brooklyn stared at Broadway and Angela, a pang of jealously went through his heart, he was happy for his rookery brother. Goliath gave them a nodded and Brooklyn watched as the two took off.
Lexington turned to Brooklyn "Brooklyn...?" he called and the red gargoyle turned to the short olive gargoyle "Are you coming?" "Yeah..." he said and took off in the opposite direction with Lexington right behind.
"What's wrong with Brooklyn?" Elisa asked Goliath.
"I don't know." He answered "By the looks of things and the way he looks at Angela and Broadway... he's heart broken." Fox said climbing up the stairs with Alex in her arms.
xXx
Kyla doubled over howling in pain as the change began. She fell to her knees, catching her breath.
An hour later, she watched as people walked by, she envied them, she'll never get to do hang out with friends anymore, watch movies, or do all the things she loved to do . . . she was forced to hide in the shadows.
She slowly crept through a darken alleyway, rubbing her ivory arms, trying not to cry. She sniffled and wiped at a tear.
Kyla was trying to avoid humans until dawn, she was thankful that the next that was a weekend, enough time for her to do her homework and get some sleep. She leaned against one of the buildings, wiping at her falling tears. She was focused on her thoughts and emotions that she didn't hear the footsteps coming up to her.
She sniffed and tried to keep her shoulders from trembling, her wings drooped and she turned her head to the sky and heaved a sigh.
A noise caught her attention, fully alert, she turned to the noise and heard a cat yowling, she relaxed. A trash can crashed to the concrete ground and she turned frighten, as men walked up to her. Kyla turned the other way, attempting to run from them, she stopped when she saw that more were coming towards her.
Kyla's heart was caught in her throat as her eyes swept to the men surrounding her. To Kyla's horror, her eyes fell on their weapons, she trembled with fear. Kyla tried to get words out of her mouth, but her brain wasn't working and she was having difficult getting air to her lungs.
Kyla saw the hate and fear in their eyes and tried to come up with someway to get out of this... alive. "Destroy the gargoyle!" one screamed and the others agreed. /Ga- gargoyle?!/ she thought in bewilderment. They raised their weapons and Kyla finally managed to find her voice. She screamed.
xXx
Lexington and Brooklyn glided above the building watching for crime. Finding nothing, Brooklyn landed on top a building, he sighed. Lexington landed next to him, concern for his rookery brother "What's wrong Brook?" he asked.
Brooklyn shook his head "It's nothing Lex…" he told him "There is… what's wrong Brooklyn?" Lexington asked again.
Brooklyn sighed again "It's just… well… Angela…" "Angela?" Lexington wondered "I'm happy that Broadway and Angela are together… but… that's the second time that I was put down…" "You're talking about Maggie aren't you?" "Yeah…" Brooklyn sighed "I wish there was someone else… another female gargoyle… even a human…" Brooklyn said.
Lexington knew how Brooklyn felt. "Well, there's nothing here, let's get back." Lex told the red gargoyle.
Brooklyn nodded, they both spread their wings, ready to head back to the castle, when they heard a scream. The two gargoyles turned to each other and heard another scream.
"That sounded close…" Lexington began "Come on, we need to rescue someone." Brooklyn said taking his mind off his loneliness and focusing on saving someone's life.
xXx
Kyla screamed again. She ducked to avoid a blow to the head. She sat, pressing her back against the wall, watching in fear as the humans cornered her.
A small whimper escaped her lips as sweat trickled down her neck.
The humans raised their weapons again and Kyla screamed again but also waiting for a swift death. Two roars were bellowed from above, they turned their heads up and watched as two gargoyles jumped down.
xXx
Brooklyn and Lexington watched as group cornered someone. At first, they thought it was a gang, when they realized it was the Quarrymen. "What are they doing here? And who do they have cornered?" Lex asked "I don't know…" Brooklyn answered, brows furrowing.
They heard the scream again, and fury ran through Brooklyn. The two gargoyles' eyes glowed white and with a roar, they jumped down. The Quarrymen were surprised at first, but went and attacked them. Brooklyn grabbed one by the arm and tossed him into a dumpster, Lexington knocked one down with his tail and kicked another one.
Sooner, Brooklyn and Lexington knocked most of the Quarrymen down, the last remaining ran away.
"That was easy." Lexington said. "Yeah… let's check this human out." Brooklyn said and they turned to the one they saved.
xXx
Kyla watched as her attackers turned their backs on her and attack the new comers. She sat there, blinking in awe as her rescuers defeated the humans and watched as the remaining two ran off.
She watched them go and turned back as she heard her rescuers talk "That was easy." She heard one say. "Yeah… let's check this human out." The other said and they turned to her.
/Oh no, oh no, oh no… what to do? What to do? What would they do when they see me??/ Panic, Kyla used the brick wall to slowly stand back up, keeping her hands on the wall, she watched them turned to her with wide frighten eyes. Her eyes widened and she gasped at what she saw.
She saw them gawk at her, she wasn't sure what to do, her head began to buzz and she felt faint. "Are you ok?" the shorter one asked. She couldn't think, she didn't know what to do, so her brain did it for her, she blacked out and fainted.
xXx
Brooklyn and Lexington turned to the person they saved, expecting them to be human but was dumbfounded at what they saw. A white female gargoyle, with long reddish hair, dark green terrorized eyes, long ears, two horns formed on her brows turning to the sides, allowing room for two ram like horns to curve behind her ears, curve downwards, and curve slightly forwards, her tail swept around her feet, her wings had two claws at the end, the inside were light grey.
/She's… beautiful…/ Brooklyn thought to himself, breathless.
Lexington snapped out of his trance and asked "Are you ok?" they were taken by surprise when she fainted. Brooklyn ran over to her and caught the gargoyle girl before she hit the ground.
The olive and red gargoyles stared at the stunning ivory gargoyle and Brooklyn brushed some stray hair from her face. "Where do you think she came from?" Lex asked Brooklyn "I don't know… but I think we should bring her to the castle… Goliath and the others would probably be interested in seeing her." Brooklyn told the olive gargoyle.
Lexington nodded. They climbed up the building, Brooklyn went slowly, using one talon hand while the other held the mysterious gargoyle. Once they were on top the building, they spread their wings and glided back to the castle.
xXx
Angela and Broadway landed on stone castle, Goliath and Elisa were waiting for them "Nothing out of the ordinary father." Angela reported. Goliath nodded and turned to watch for Lexington and Brooklyn.
An hour later, Broadway caught sight of them "There they are!" he called pointing at their direction. Angela squinted "I think Brooklyn is carrying something…" she said "I wonder what it can be." Elisa wondered. Lexington landed first, excited "Goliath! You won't believe what we found!" "What?" Goliath asked "More like, who." Brooklyn answered as he landed.
Elisa gasped and the other three gargoyles stared in wondered at the white female gargoyle in Brooklyn's arms.
"Where did you find her?" Broadway asked. All the gargoyles, Elisa, Fox, and Xanatos were inside the castle, the female gargoyle was lying on a couch "Some Quarrymen had her surrounded… we didn't know she was a gargoyle until we beat them and turned to her." Lexington answered.
"Did they knock her out?" Angela asked "No, she fainted." Brooklyn replied.
Elisa stared down at the unconscious gargoyle, she bit her lower lips "What is wrong Elisa?" Goliath asked "She looks familiar… like I met her…" Elisa told him "How?" Hudson asked. Before Elisa could reply, the ivory gargoyle stirred and groaned.
xXx
Kyla stirred and groaned, she placed a talon to her face and blinked at the bright light. She knew she wasn't at the alleyway anymore, she wondered where she was "Are ye alright lassie?" someone asked.
Kyla's eyes widened as her eyes focused to light and saw six gargoyles and three humans staring down at her. She gasped in surprise and sat up. She looked at each one of them "Oh my god…" she whispered "You're ok… you're among friends here…" Brooklyn reassured her.
"Where am I?" she asked, looking around the room "You're in my home." Xanatos answered "What be yer name lass?" Hudson asked.
Kyla bit her lower lips wondering if she should use her false name… or her real name. Her eyes scanned the gargoyles faces and fell upon Elisa's /Oh no… Ms. Maza… what is she doing here?/ she wondered
"Do you have a name?" Lexington asked.
She sighed, she might as well tell them "Ay- aye… I do… I'm… Kyla Dana…" she told them "Dana? Are ye Scottish?" Hudson asked "Aye… both my parents are…" she answered. Elisa stared at her, eyes wide in surprise "Your accent… it's familiar…are you Kathy Stevens?" she asked.
Everyone turned to the detective and turned back to the gargoyle. Kyla cast her eyes down in guilt, released a sigh and said "Aye…" "How can you have two different names?" Broadway asked puzzled "One of them is false." Fox answered him "Aye… 'Kathy Stevens' is false… Kyla Dana is my real name…" she whispered. "Why would someone like you need a false name?" Xanatos asked. Kyla kept her lips from trembling and answered "After an accident a year ago… I had to leave my home and start a new life…"
"Accident?" Lexington asked a little suspicious. Kyla nodded and a small smile appeared as she laughed bitterly "I wonder if those 'Religious' freaks are still looking for me in the City of Angels…" "City of Angels" Angela wondered "It's another name for Los Angeles." Elisa explained "So you're from California."
"Aye… I had to get away… everyone was afraid of me… I didn't want… to hurt anyone…" she said slowly "Did you hurt someone by accident?" Brooklyn asked.
Kyla's eyes widen and a small tremor ran through her body as the horrid memory came back.
FLASHBACK
Her friends were screaming, people around her were screaming and staring. A few were staring in fright and others were praying.
"Oh god, oh god, oh god… why now? Why? WHY?!" she demanded staring at her talons.
"Oh my god… Ky- Kyla… what are you?" one asked with wide terrified eyes. Kyla couldn't even tell them. Then she heard someone shout "Demon!" Panic and chaos followed, people ran screaming. Kyla felt a sharp pain between her wings, she gave out a cry and turned to see someone throwing rocks and pebbles at her.
He threw another at her, she turned to avoid the blow, in a nervous panic, her tail swept around the man's legs. He stumbled back, trying to catch his balance, failed and fell backwards into the street. A scream brought her attention back as a car tried to stop… but couldn't.
END FLASHBACK
Kyla gave a startled cry and buried her face in her hands. "I… I don't want to talk about it…" her shoulders heaved. Brooklyn pitied her and placed a hand on her shoulder.
xXx
Goliath was in deep thought "What could she possibly have done to make her run away?" he asked Elisa "I don't know, but I can check out her background and possible newspaper from L.A. a year ago." Elisa told him and Goliath nodded.
xXx
Brooklyn watched as Kyla rubbed at a worn spot on her tank top. He handed her a glass of water. "Here."
Kyla looked up and gave him a warm smile "Thank you." Taking the glass from his hand, she took a sip "I can never get used to this…" she said "What?" "Turning into a… gargoyle every night." "Turning? What ye be talkin' about lass?" Hudson asked "From dawn to sunset I am human… from sunset to dawn… I'm a gargoyle." She explained.
The gargoyles stared at one another, they knew one gargoyle that was able to do that… Demona.
"How did you come to such a fate?" Angela asked. Kyla instead asked her own question "Do you all have names?" "I'm Lexington." Kyla stares at the short gargoyle "You remind me of a little brother." "I'm Broadway." "Don't mind him, he's always eating." Angela told Kyla "I'm Angela by the way." "My name is Hudson." The old gargoyle introduced "You sound like a father or grandfather." "This here is Bronx."
The dog like gargoyle stood up on the couch and panted "Oh, I never thought that there would be a dog like gargoyle." She said and scratched Bronx's head. "And I'm Brooklyn."
"I realized that you… male gargoyles have names from around here." She said "We didn't have names, Goliath was the only one that did." "Well, you all couldn't pick better names."
"What about um…" Kyla hesitated "The owner and the other lady?" "David Xanatos and my wife Fox." Xanatos introduced "How is our guest feeling?" Fox asked "A little better… but astonished." "Astonish? About what?" Broadway asked "Seeing real gargoyles." "We're surprise that you didn't run screaming when Lex and I saved you." Brooklyn replied.
"I was taken by surprise when the two of you rescued me. But it's because my great grandfather and grandpapa told me stories of gargoyles in olden times… I always thought they were stories."
"That's an interesting name, 'Kyla' does it have a meaning?" Xanatos asked.
Kyla thought about it and laughed "Aye, it does. My mother told me that she named me 'Kyla' because it means 'lovely'… which was fine by my father 'cause then he gets to call me 'Kyle' which has the same meaning." Brooklyn mentally agreed with them, it was a nice name for her.
Goliath and Elisa came up "It's almost dawn." He announced. "Dawn?" Kyla blinked "I've been here that long?"
As dawn approached, Elisa and Kyla watched as the gargoyles waited to go into their stone sleep. Brooklyn turned to Kyla "Are you going to stay?" he asked "Stay?" she asked quizzical "Stay here… until the sun sets again." Brooklyn explained. She looked at her feet and answered "I don't know…"
Brooklyn looked sad and stayed that way as the sun settled on the gargoyles.
Kyla doubled over, screaming in pain, as her wings withered and were sucked into her back, her tail shorten until it disappeared, her talons turned into normal hands and splitting into five digits, her ears shorten, horns shrank back into her head, her teeth dulled, her feet went back to normal and her tough skin soften back into human.
Kyla fell to her knees, a wave of nausea hit her, she crawled a bit away from Elisa, and vomited.
Elisa watched as Kyla changed from gargoyle to human. She couldn't believe it and yet she could. She watched as Kyla turned a slight grey and as she vomited. Elisa headed over to her "Are you ok?" she asked.
Kyla nodded and wiped her mouth "Aye… sometimes… I get a little sick after the change takes place…" she explains.
She rubs her arms as she got "It sure gets cold a lot." She stated "I guess you'll get used to it… living in a warm country and all." Elisa said "Are you going to stay? I think Brooklyn really wants you to."
"I can't… can you tell him… when he wakes up that I'm… sorry." Kyla asked. Elisa wasn't sure, but finally nodded. As Kyla headed down the stairs, Xanatos stopped her "Are you leaving? Don't you want to stay for an early breakfast?" he asked she shook her head "I shouldn't be here… I shouldn't have given my real name… I'm sorry…" "Quite all right, if you change your mind, you're always welcome here." He beckoned Owen over "Show this young lady out the castle and down."
"Yes sir." And took off, Kyla followed after him.
Once outside, she looked left to right and headed left. She stopped and looked up at the castle, looking for the red gargoyle. "I'm sorry Brooklyn... goodbye..." she whispered.
Kyla cast her eyes down and headed back to her home.