Gargoyles
Gargoyles Story
BrooklynXOC
LexingtonXOC
Awakening Part 3
Mariarosa: Woooo chapter 3 alright, yeah! Okay enjoy! Oh and this one's a little longer then the others, don't expect all the other chapters to be just as long, this is probably gonna happen every once in awhile.
Disclaimer: Please refer back to chapter 1, thank you.
Recap: Back down below the female detective looked up at the black officer spoke to her, "What do you think that was all about detective?"
"I don't know but I'm going to find out." She said with determination as she looked up at the clouds that blocked the view of the castle way above.
As soon as the invasion was over the gargoyles all decided to re-explore their old home that was given new modern upgrades. The four young gargoyles traveled to the kitchen, the pots, pans, everything was so new to them and it intrigued them. "All look at all this stuff, it's fantastic." The green one exclaimed as they looked around.
"Aye but what is all this stuff for? These metal pots, are they for cooking?" The female asked looking around not noticing the large one walking up to a large metal door and opening it.
Inside was a huge walk in freezer with all sorts of foods, the large one gave a gasp or surprise, happiness, and excitement then started raiding as much food into his arms as he could carry. Not really noticing that one of them was missing, the green one closed the freezer door, "hey!" The large one shouted then started banging on the door, "let me out! It's cold in here!"
"We'll save you", said the green one as the remaining three outside rushed to the freezer door.
"You push and we'll pull", the red one said to the large one inside. They all grabbed the handle and pulled as hard as they could while the large one inside stood back with the food still in his arms and rushed towards the door about the ram it. He was going so fast that he didn't notice the three had opened it already causing the large one to crash into them and sent them and the food flying.
The female groaned, "Get off yer all heavier than two fat cows ready for the slaughter." After which there was a big mess and the old one came in to straight the young gargoyles out. They walked back out into the open air of the castle with the night breeze blowing across their bodies.
"A fine mess you made of that kitchen lads when I heard that crash I thought that -"
"Look", the green one interrupted the old one as he pointed up towards Goliath with a young woman with long black hair with a blue tint, her skin was a bit darker than Xanatos, and her eyes were brown. Her clothes weren't familiar to those of a woman; instead they looked like men's clothing, a pair of jeans, a black shirt, and a dark brown jacket. "Goliath's talking to that human."
They all looked confused and as they got closer they heard her speaking with Goliath. "So a thousand years ago you were betrayed by the one human you trusted", she looked up at Goliath, "does anyone else know about you?"
"Only the man called Xanatos, he's brought us here." As Goliath answered her question the gargoyles all appeared around her, the old one next to Goliath who was standing next to the beast gargoyle, and the four young gargoyles behind her all keeping an eye for anything suspicious.
"This can't be happening…" She said looking around at all the gargoyles that made their appearance.
The red one got real close to her and sniffed the air around her, "is this a new friend, Goliath?" He asked a little uneasy with this new human.
"Boy I hope so", she replied in a soft whisper to herself.
"This is Elisa Maza, uh, detective?" It was easy to tell that he wasn't familiar to what a detective was or what they did.
"Second class NYPD", she said showing them all her badge.
"What exactly does a detective do lass?" The old one asked while the others kept examining her.
"What is a detective? And that other stuff ye said? NYPD?" The female asked.
"Well, uh", she started out looking for the right way of putting things, "when somebody does something wrong I find out who and arrest them. As for what I said, I'm a pretty high ranked detective for the state we're all in, NYPD, New York Police Department."
Even though she explained the others continued to start at her with confusion still unable to grasp what she just explained fully. "Who says what's wrong?" Goliath asked after her explanation of her job.
"Well, we have a justice system: laws, penalties, assessments that the people decide."
"You mean the humans decide", Goliath said then walked over to the tower's edge over looking the city below and the others follow them. He turned to Elisa and spoke to her, "you have to go now." He ordered once he caught a glance at the fading night sky.
"Wait, will I see you again, I'd like to know more about you", she stepped towards Goliath, "look you saved my life so I owe you. Let me help you understand this city you need to know how it works."
He looked over, away from Elisa at the city, "if we are to defend the castle I suppose we need to be prepared for whatever's out there." The others nodded in agreement to his statement then he turned back to Elisa. "Very well."
"Good, tomorrow's my day off; I'll meet you in the afternoon at -"
"After dark", Goliath said with some force incase she tried to argue back.
She just gave a small chuckle at his forcefulness and tossed her hair over her shoulder, "why am I not surprised? Okay here after dark." She negotiated with him, a smile on her face.
"No, not here", he looked over the ledge again, "over there on that roof top." He pointed to one of the many tall buildings roof tops.
"Why there?"
"Why were you sneaking into the castle?"
"A good detective trusts no one."
"That's one thing we have in common." Elisa nodded and headed for the staircase back down.
After she left the gargoyles all stood together when the old one spoke up, "it seems that much has changed from what we knew."
"Yes, and if we are to survive in this new world we need to learn about it and the humans who rule here." As soon as he finished he heard his name being called and looked down to see Owen beckoning him to come over, even though the sun was coming up soon Goliath went down to see what the blonde haired man wanted, after which he disappeared back inside.
"What could Xanatos want now; does he not know of our stone sleep during the day?" The female asked annoyed by the fact that this human was always messing with her leader.
"Who knows lass, let's just wait for Goliath to return and then get some sleep when the sun rises." When Goliath did finally return they all took their positions and slowly turned to stone as the sun rose indicating that morning had arrived.
The sun was setting at least and the gargoyles all awoke from their stone sleep escaping from their stone skin with loud roaring yawns and the stretching of their limbs and wings. The young gargoyles went to the edge of the tower when Goliath approached them from his high perch. "Where do you think you're going?"
"To explore the city", the red one explained and looked towards Goliath; "after all we can't spend the rest of our lives in the castle."
"He's right; if we're going to live here we've got to know all about this city: its people, its devices -" The green one explained their plans to Goliath but was interrupted by the large one.
"Its food!"
"Also we can learn about other places, this city seems to be divided, we can learn landmarks and plan out routes in case any of us get lost and need to get back to the castle quickly." The young female helped explain to their leader.
"Oh very well, the four of you may explore but stay close to the building and stay out of sight." All four nodded in agreement and took off into the night sky to explore their new found home.
As the four looked around the city from above they decided to stop on top of a library with fake stone gargoyles just admiring the views around them. "I've never seen so many wonders." The large one said.
"Look", the green one pointed at a motorcycle that was riding in the street and got all excited. "Oh I-I've got to see how it works." And then took off after the motorcycle.
"Wait!" The red one tried to stop him but was a tad too late as the green one glided right next to the man and the motorcycle.
"That idiot, Goliath will have our wings if he finds out about this; we have to bring him back before that man spots him." The young female said getting ready to jump off the ledge and after the overexcited green gargoyle. But before she could take off the green gargoyle startled the driver, the driver hit the curb and was sent flying and skidded across the ground, he was so scared that he as soon as he got back on his feet he ran off leaving behind his motorcycle.
"Wait, come back!" The green one cried after the fleeing man.
"Goliath said not to let anybody see us." The red one scolded the green one.
"I didn't mean to let him see me; I just wanted to look at his machine." He put the fallen motorcycle back up and got on it like how he saw the man riding it.
"Be careful", the large one said a bit uneasy with the machines of this new world they woke up to.
"I-it looks easy enough", the green gargoyle replied as he pumped the gas then hit the gas pedal which sent the machine flying through the street with the poor gargoyle hanging to the handles for dear life, the others chased after him but the motorcycle was heading towards a wall.
"Oh no…LOOK OUT!!" The young female shouted to her clan member, he let go of the handles and as he gently glided back down they watched as the motorcycle crashed into the wall and burst into flames.
"Maybe we better not tell Goliath about this." The red gargoyle suggested.
"Ha, ya think Goliath would kill us if he were to found out that we were spotted and destroyed someone's machine." She explained as she continued to watch the flames dance around the damaged motorcycle.
Soon sirens were heard in the air and the young gargoyles all looked at each other, "we should get outta here guys." The large one suggested as the sirens slowly got louder.
"I agree, let's go", the green one said and together they all climbed back to the library and set off to explore some more of their new city home. As they continued their little adventure they spotted a pretzel cart but the large one smelled the food first and rushed down scaring the poor vendor. The large one proceeded to eat all the pretzels and after they were all gone they took flight again with the large one eating the last one in his hand.
"These are great, you should try some."
The red one glared at him, "we would have if you hadn't eaten the whole cart full."
"Next time, leave some for us will ye." The female said as she flew next to the large one. "It does look good; maybe the next time we explore we can get some of our own instead of ye eating them all." He gave a sorry look then the three of them landed on a nearby roof top, they all looked over waiting for the green one when he gave a crash landing, hitting the wall upside down then sliding down to his side.
He gave a grunt as he fell to his side and sighed, "this is a big city my wings are tired."
"Mine too", the red one agreed as he placed a hand on his left shoulder and made his wings move a little. "And it's a long way back to the castle." He said as he looked over the edge of the roof top they were on. The female groaned a bit in pain as she stretched her wings a bit, the red one glanced at her then looked back down to see a human male standing on the sidewalk with a hand in the air shouting.
"Yo taxi!" The yellow cab pulled up besides the man, the man opened the door, got in, and they drove off.
"Hmmm", the red one said to himself as he placed a hand under his beak in thought. Soon they were all inside a building's entrance as the red one looked out for the familiar yellow cab.
"Are ye sure this is a good idea?" The female asked.
"Sure I'm sure, if that human could do it why not us?" He saw the yellow taxi coming towards them, he stepped out put his hand in the air, "Yo taxi!" He shouted mimicking the man he saw. Instead the car screeched as it made a sharp turn and drove the opposite direction, they all sighed in disappointment, letting their wings droop.
"Looks like we walk", the large one said.
After resting their wings for a bit they continued the way home in the air, getting there just before the sun was beginning to rise. "It's aboot time you lads came home." The old one said as he greeted them home with the gargoyle beast.
"This city is a fascinating place." The red one explained for their late coming.
"There are underground tubes with giant metal snakes -" The large one said.
"They have lights that turn night into day…" The green one said.
"There are signs that are lit up in bright colors -" The female said.
"Huge metal ships -" The red one said as he raised his arms and wings up to emphasize how big the ships were.
"Metal carriages with no horses…" The female exclaimed.
"- and all kinds of food!" The large one finished.
The old one held up his hands with a smile on his face, "have ye seen Goliath?" Then his smile disappeared as he saw the young ones look at each other then turned back to the old one.
"We'd thought he'd be back by now, it's almost dawn." The green one said with a worried look on his face.
The old one looked worried and rubbed the beast's head, "aye that's what worries me."
"There's no time to look for him, do ye think he's okay?" The female asked worry dripped from her voice as she looked over.
"Aye lass, Goliath can take of himself…" He turned away and said quietly to himself, "…I hope…"
The sun soon rose and they all went to their perches to go into their stone sleep for the day and waited for night to fall again.
At last the sun went down and the gargoyles woke up stretching from their sleep feeling rejuvenated again. As they stepped down they looked up at Goliath's perch to see it still empty. "Don't worry lads, he'll be back we didn't survive a thousand years sleep just to lose him now." The old one said wrapping his wings around him like a cape.
"I hope you're right", the red one said looking over the edge and the gargoyle beast whined then the red gargoyle got excited again, "look!" He exclaimed pointing in front of him which caused them all to rush over and see large wing span flying through the night sky and large moon towards them, they all had relived smiles on their faces on seeing their beloved leader. As soon as Goliath landed questions and voices were heard, "where were you?"
"We were worried about you", the large one said.
"Are ye okay, Goliath?" The female asked.
Goliath stood up straight, "it appears we have enemies." He stepped down and wrapped his wings around his shoulders, "given what happened I wish you had accompanied us last night Hudson." He said to the old gargoyle.
"Hudson?" The red one asked in a confused voice while the other young gargoyles looked at him with confusion as well.
"Aye, it's my name and what would you make of it?" He asked towards the large one, the green one, and the female. Who had smiles on their faces when he turned to them; he also wore a playful smile on his face when he questioned them.
"It's a fine name", the large one said backing up with his hands in front of him smiling.
"Hudson, ah I-I like it." The green one said also keeping his smile on his face.
The female giggled, "it's a nice name, uh, Hudson." She said trying it out.
"We should choose names too", the red one suggested, "names that suit our new lives here."
"Oh and what might they be?" Goliath asked with a playful smirk on his face as well.
"Hmmm…"The red one was thinking, his hand on his face and his eyes looked up, "Brooklyn…I'm Brooklyn", he said pointing to himself.
"Broadway", the large one said.
"Oh uh Lexington, do you like it?" Goliath and Hudson smiled at each other.
"What of you lass?"
"Hmmm…" The female thought to herself, "Madison Square Garden is the name of this place here in our new home…Ye may call me, Madison."
Goliath beamed proudly at them all, "they're all fine names", he looked at the gargoyle beast, "I guess he'll need one as well now."
"Oh I got one for him too", Brooklyn said hitting his hand with the bottom of his fist. "From now on you're Bronx." Bronx huffed and walked away leaving Brooklyn stunned.
"Oh ho I think he likes it", Lexington chuckled. Then they all heard someone clearing their throat and looked over to see Owen appear at the doorway with his usual stern, cold look and without words spoken between him and the gargoyles Goliath followed him to Xanatos. The gargoyles conversed with each other waiting for Goliath's return, when he did he returned with someone everyone thought was dead, his mate, the clan's second in command. They all rushed towards her happiness filled them to know that another of their clan had survived Bronx rushed towards her and started licking her face in joy.
Questions where being thrown in the air, "lass is it really you?"
"How is it possible?" Brooklyn asked but was still very happy to see her.
"How did you…?" Broadway asked but stopped short a little.
"I will answer your questions later", she said petting Bronx, "it's just so good to see all of you again." She stood up and faced Goliath, "my love I must ask a favor of you."
"Anything", Goliath said to please his long lost love.
"Xanatos has told me of the disks that was stolen from him."
"He wants our help in retrieving them."
"Yes, I think we should help him out of gratitude for reuniting us if for nothing else." She said bring his hand to her cheek.
"I agree and perhaps by helping him we can rid ourselves of the humans that hunt us." Goliath said holding his mate's hand in his and kissing it. "Besides, with you by my side I can do anything." She smiled sweetly at him.
They all went into Xanatos' office and watched the television screen in wonder while Xanatos talked. "I explained the strengths and weaknesses of each fortress and given you what I think are the best plans of attack. Only your speed and strength can stand against their defenses."
"We will take the air fortress", Goliath said as he looked at his mate, "you three will breech the tower", he said pointing to Brooklyn, Broadway, and Lexington.
"Cool", Brooklyn said all pumped up for action.
"What?"
"It's a new word we learned last night", explained Broadway.
"It indicates a positive response", Lexington explained to Goliath.
"Uh, er, Hudson the underground base is yours but take Bronx and Madison with you."
"I'm perfectly capable of -"
"Take them with you, he needs the exercise and I don't want anyone doing these missions alone, so take Madison with you." Hudson agreed with a small smile as Bronx gave a small friendly growl and Madison nodded in agreement too.
"Be careful, all of you, humans are much more dangerous in these times."
"Come on then", Hudson said and everyone followed him outside, as the others flew off to their missions Madison turned to Hudson and Bronx.
"Are ye ready, Hudson?"
"Don't treat me like an old gargoyle, lass there's still plenty of fight left in me."
"That I know all too well", she jumped off the ledge with Hudson carrying Bronx right behind her as they disappeared into the night sky towards the underground fortress.
Mariarosa: TBC yup I'm basically gonna keep writing TBC for awhile, now all the gargoyles, well almost all, have finally been named. Please read and review and keep an eye out for the next chapter.
