Here's Chapter Six of Lauren. Please note that I do not own Gargoyles, only my title Character.

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Elisa Maza and Matt Bluestone pulled up beside the wrecked limo and jumped out, guns drawn as they took in their surroundings. Looking down the alley, Matt let out a shout as he saw someone trapped within a net and he and his partner raced forward.

Their eyes widened as they drew nearer and recognized the man who was currently restrained.

"Oh my God.... Owen!" Elisa quickly pulled the metallic netting off of the man, and helped him to his feet. "Are you okay? What happened?!"

The man frowned deeply as he unconsciously brushed off his clothes. "It was what is left of the Pack. Wolf, Hyena, and Jackal. They have taken Miss Lauren." He held up the note Jackal had dropped beside him. "It seems that the siblings want Mr. Xanatos to provide repairs, while Wolf merely wants another chance to fight Goliath. Mr. Xanatos has until sunrise to meet their demands."

Elisa frowned. "I don't like the thought of Xanatos giving those two nut cases any help, or letting Wolf take another crack at Goliath. But on the other hand, I don't want to think of what they'll do to Lauren if he doesn't."

He nodded stiffly, adjusted his glasses and then pulled out his cell phone. Dialing a few numbers, he spoke into it. "Mr. Xanatos, we have a problem."

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Her kidnappers brought her to an old run down building by the docks, depositing her in a large cage in an interior room. The beast that had been carrying her simply tossed her inside and she let out a cry of pain at the landing.

The beast smirked slightly as he looked at her. "What's the matter? Can't deal with a little pain? I'd be more than happy to put you out of your misery." He licked his chops. "You look good enough to eat."

Lauren's eyes went enormous, wondering wildly if he meant that sexually or seriously, and didn't know which possibility disturbed her more.

The woman came up beside the wolf man and clinked her fingers together in that chilling manner. "Heheh. What's the matter? Is the Wolf-Man scaring you? I know I wouldn't mind giving you a few cuts myself just for the hell of it!"

The girl was now pressed into a corner, her eyes wide as she took the two of them in. They both took a step toward her, but the male cyborg pulled them back.

"Wolf, sister, need I remind you that we can't make our demands without a hostage?" he asked, sounding more than a little annoyed.

The woman snarled and glared at him. "Don't push me, brother! I owe Xanatos some payback!"

"And I'm hungry, Jackal!"

Lauren's eyes went enormous as it clicked into place for her. "Wolf? Jackal?" She looked at the woman and her jaw dropped as she finally recognized her. "And Hyena! You guys are from The Pack!!"

The woman smirked. "So, you finally recognize us, do you?"

She could only stare in shock. "Oh my God.... what did you do to yourselves?"

Jackal snorted. "We merely took up your uncle on his offer for an upgrade of our choice. Wolf-Man here simply decided to take a different sort of upgrade than we did... having his DNA altered, while my dear sister and I opted to have cybernetic implants."

She stared at them in shock. "You mean... David Xanatos did this to you?"

Hyena laughed harshly. "Boy, I have a feeling your dear uncle David didn't bring you up to date on a lot of things, did he? I think you're going to have to have a little chat with him! And yes, he did offer to do it and yes, he did do it for us."

Lauren shook her head in shock. Even if what they said was true and her uncle had given them the offer, she couldn't imagine anyone in their right mind willfully doing this to their own bodies. Someone would have to be completely nuts to have their bodies riddled with cybernetic machines or having their humanity ripped from them genetically.

She opened her mouth but then shut it again, shaking her head mentally. She stopped herself before she could stupidly say I can't believe I used to have a crush on you, to Jackal. Given the fact that he seemed to be the only one even remotely concerned with her immediate well being, for whatever selfish reasons, she didn't want to risk that he would use that statement as an excuse to rape her. Obviously, he and his sister were both absolutely nuts. And if she had to hazard a guess, she figured that whatever genetic changes Wolf had undergone had caused his mind to go to a more primitive state. So she had to be very careful what she said or what she did if she wanted to get out of this in once piece.

"What exactly do you want from my uncle? And what.... what are you going to do to me if you don't get it?" she asked, most hesitant about knowing the answer to the last question.

Jackal smirked at her. "My sister and I have been having a few... issues with our accessories, and Wolf just wants a rematch with Goliath."

She stared at them. "You guys know the gargoyles?"

Hyena let out one of her harsh laughs. "Are you kidding? They're the ones who had us thrown into prison in the first place! I want to have another crack at them myself!" Her grin turned psychotic. "And if your dear old uncle doesn't deliver..." she chuckled and rubbed her metallic fingers together again. "... then there won't be much left of you."

Wolf went to Hyena's side as he let out a chuckle of his own. He revealed his claws to Lauren and grinned. "Make sure you leave enough of her for me, Hyena. I'm hungry."

Jackal let out an aggravated sigh. "I can see I'm going to have to be the one watching her, or we won't have a hostage at all."

Lauren didn't like the thought of having any of them keeping an eye on her, but she guessed Jackal was better than Hyena or Wolf. She just decided to sit quietly in the corner of her cell as Jackal pushed the other two out of the room and made himself comfortable in a chair outside the now locked door.

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Elisa and Matt gave Owen a lift back to the Aerie Building and joined him to speak with Xanatos and Fox inside.

Xanatos did not look happy at all. "Owen... tell me what happened!"

Owen went into detail about the events surrounding Lauren's kidnapping and then sighed as he got to the end of his narrative. "Unfortunately, the metallic netting must have had traces of iron within its make up because I was unable to revert to my normal form. Otherwise I would have been able to prevent the kidnapping from taking place. I give you my most profound apologies for this failure, sir."

The CEO sighed. "It's not your fault, Owen. We just have to find a way to fix this situation and get Lauren back home safe and unharmed." He cleared his throat slightly. "What were their demands?"

Owen wordlessly handed over the slip of paper that had been left with him and Xanatos frowned looking at it. "Hmm... While I don't think Goliath would mind a rematch with Wolf, I will not arrange any repairs for those two after what they did."

Elisa frowned deeply at him. "You mean you would consider it if they hadn't kidnapped her?"

He smiled at her. "I didn't say that, detective. However, we do have a limited time frame to come up with and execute a workable plan."

Matt frowned. "How long did they give you to comply with their demands?"

Owen looked at him. "If their demands are not met by sunrise, they will kill Miss Lauren."

Elisa scowled. "Just great." She frowned, thinking for a moment. "How long until sunset?"

Fox looked at her watch. "Three hours." Then she moaned. "I hate this! Both Hyena and Jackal are sociopaths, and since Wolf had himself mutated, his own state of mind is questionable. Lauren must be terrified! We should have known something like this was going to happen!"

Xanatos frowned. "We won't make that mistake again. When we get her back, we'll sit her down and come clean on my past exploits."

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Lauren had been sitting quietly in her corner on the floor for the past few hours, alternating between glancing at the now cybernetic Jackal who was looking bored sitting in his chair, to glancing at a window and trying to guage how long it would be before the sun went down. She was ignoring the ache in her hip as she started taking in her surroundings a little more critically, trying to determine what tactics her uncle and the gargoyles could use in rescuing her. And if there were any ways she could anonymously help them to do so.

The window was an obvious entry way. It was high up off the ground, but for a gargoyle it would be easy to gain entrance to the room from the outside. The window was outside of her cage, unfortunately, but it didn't really matter. There was no way she herself would have been able to crawl out of it anyway. From the size of the window, she had a feeling that if they were to use it as an entry, either Lexington, Brooklyn or Angela would use it. There was no way Broadway, Goliath or Hudson would ever fit through a space that small.

The room had been gutted except for the cage (which had probably been placed there by the Pack themselves), the chair Jackal was sitting on, and... She blinked, looking above Jackal.

Right above Jackal was a wooden shelf, held up by metallic supports jutting out at an angle from the wall, holding a pile of neatly stacked bricks. They had probably been left there years ago by construction crews. The supports looked sturdy enough, but Lauren thought that if she used her power, she might be able to break one of the supports and send the load crashing on top of the Pack member. She didn't know how badly that would hurt him, but surely it would be great for a distraction at the very least.

"I read about you in the newspapers," Jackal said, breaking the silence and making Lauren jump slightly. "Is it true you killed your father?"

Lauren felt herself becoming annoyed again. "You would think that, being a former celebrity, you would know to not believe everything you hear or read. The press screwed some of the details up. He was my step-father, and yes, I did."

He turned to look at her, and she felt a shiver race down her spine as she took in his cybernetic eye. "Strange. Looking at you, I would never have pegged you as a killer."

She sighed a little irritably. "It's called self defense. If I hadn't killed him, he would have killed me."

He smirked. "I can respect that. I can't tell you how many times I've toyed with the idea of offing my old man."

Definitely a sociopath, she thought uneasily. She decided it would be best to change the subject. "How long until sunset?"

He shrugged. "About an hour. Why?"

She allowed a small smile to come to her face. "Oh, just wondering how long it will be before the gargoyles and my uncle come to rescue me."

He frowned at her now. "And what makes you think they'll come at all?"

She frowned right back. "One of two things are going to happen. One, my uncle will give in to your demands, and Wolf wanted a rematch with Goliath. So if that happens, they're coming. Two, my uncle doesn't give in to your demands and they just come here to get me out of here and smack you around. Either way, they'll be here."

Jackal smirked. "Maybe you're right. But the question is... can they rescue you before I kill you?"

Lauren didn't answer. Because truthfully, she was wondering that herself.

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Immediately upon awakening, the Gargoyles were informed of the days events.

Brooklyn scowled. "Great. Like the kid hasn't been through enough with her former home life, now she's in the hands of those lunatics."

Angela looked very concerned while Lexington looked as if he was ready to jump into action, eager to take another crack at the Pack. "We have to do something!" they said as one.

Goliath frowned, thinking for a moment. Then he looked at their benefactor. "Xanatos... do you know where they are?"

The billionaire looked at the ransom note and nodded. "They're in an abandoned warehouse down by the docks. They have the address written down here. I can easily have my satellite systems give us a detailed aerial view of the building, and I'm sure Owen can find the necessary blueprints detailing the design of the building."

Goliath nodded. "Do it. We'll come up with a plan to ensure Lauren is brought back unharmed."

Elisa nodded. "We don't have much time. Let's get to work."

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