The fight with the Pack took most of the rest of the night. The clan was away for a long time. Chamberlain got hungry again and went to Xanatos' office. He asked if he could have some more food.

"Sure." David said and led him to the kitchen. He got some lunchmeat out of the fridge and poured it onto a plate. Then he gave it to the Skeksis.

Chamberlain gobbled that stuff down. "Hmmm, good stuff. What is it?"

"Chicken." David said. "Best in town."

"More."

"You still hungry after eating a pound of that?" The man asked.

"Yes!"

"Ok." Then he fed him some fish.

Chamberlain ate that up too. His appetite was growing.

"That's enough food Chamberlain."

"I'm still hungry. Skeksis are always hungry!"

"I'm sorry, but we need to save some of our own food for later." David said. "That's enough and I mean it." He walked out of the kitchen.

Chamberlain sat there, feeling odd. He began to go looking for more food. He saw where Xanatos had gotten it out of. He opened the door and he felt instant cold. When he touched something, it was cold! He dropped it.

Sure the other foods had been cold, but he had never gotten it out of a cold compartment before. He shut the door. Maybe that was enough for now. He just wished Brooklyn would come back.

Soon, they all did come back just before sunrise. There was enough time to round up Chamberlain after being treated for some wounds.

Brooklyn had a cut on his right arm. It was bandaged. He found his friend in the TV room. "Chamberlain."

Chamberlain muted the TV and looked around and glared. He was upset that he had been left alone again without much explanation. Then he saw the white wrapping on Brooklyn's arm with red showing through.

"You wounded?" Chamberlain asked.

"Yes. There was a big fight downtown with some enemies known as the Pack. They are very dangerous and formidable opponents for robot humans." Brooklyn said. "The one called Hyena did this to me with her saw. Everyone else got a little injured too. And thank goodness its so close to sunrise. It'll heal these wounds right up." Brooklyn explained.

Chamberlain got up to get a better view of the bandages. His friend's arm was bandaged from his hand to his elbow. Some blood shown through it. The TV was turned off as they went to join the others for the sunrise greeting.

When they got up there, indeed, Chamberlain saw that all the others had an injury. The wounds were all bandaged. This was the second injury though that he had seen on Brooklyn.

The gargoyles were glad to turn to stone this time. Chamberlain went to his new room to sleep the day away. He didn't think anything like that would happen ever. But he had yet to see this world outside the castle.

It was one thing for Chamberlain to go outside or be banished from his home back on Thra, but here on Earth was very different. Brooklyn was trying to tell him that. His kind might be the more dominant race on Thra, but not here.

When the Skeksis awoke later in the afternoon, there was still some time to watch some TV before sunset.

It was another sunny day. Chamberlain was used to getting some Crystal energy in the middle of the day too. He hoped he could live without it. He had already found something thanks to Brooklyn to fill the boredom in the day for something to do.

But as he was headed to the TV room, he was stopped by Xanatos. "Hello Chamberlain." He said.

"Hmmm, hi." SkekSil replied.

"I assume you are headed to the TV room?"

"Yes. Just till sun goes down."

"I see. But there is a favor I need to ask of you." David said.

"Hmm?" Chamberlain gave him a questioning look.

"Since you may be staying here, and you don't turn to stone like the gargoyles do, I have to request that as long as you stay, you should take a bath." David said.

"Hmm? Bath?"

"Haven't you ever had one?"

"Been long time." Sil said.

"Well, while staying here, we want you to be clean. We can help you take one if you need help. Don't worry, just us guys will be there." David said.

"No! No bath! No one in there with me!"

"Then you can't stay, unless you stay outside." David ordered.

Chamberlain growled at him. "Fine!" He turned on him and left. He didn't want any part of a bath.

He walked up to the tower and waited for sunset. It was awhile. But soon, the gargoyles woke up.

Once they were awake and stretched, they all took their bandages off. Chamberlain looked at Brooklyn's arm and there wasn't even a scar! Only Hudson seemed to still be feeling the affects.

As they were about to head off on patrol, Chamberlain pulled Brooklyn aside. "I need to talk."

"Ok. But Goliath is about to give off patrol orders." Brooklyn said.

"Humans want me to take bath." Sil said.

The gargoyle's eyes lit up. "A bath? Why?"

"I not turn to stone like you. As long as I stay, they want me to take bath." Chamberlain said.

"They just want you to be nice and clean, that's all."

"It not easy taking all these robes off and on all the time." Sil said.

"I could help you. If you want to stay here, then you should do as instructed." Brooklyn said.

"If I not take bath, he makes me stay outside."

"He can't do that. I know you like to be indoors a lot. Us gargoyles evolved to live outside on the other hand. So we could handle it if he was ordering us to stay outside."

"I don't want bath!"

"I know, but we have to make the best of the situation. I can excuse myself from patrol if we want to get this done and out of the way." Brooklyn said.

By the time Brooklyn came back, the others were already gone. Hudson and Bronx were staying this time. Goliath was still there though.

"Goliath," Brooklyn began, "Chamberlain needs me here tonight to help him with something."

"Very well Brooklyn. I know you have to help take care of him to become one of us." Goliath said and he left the castle too.

"Thanks." Brooklyn said. "Now, let's take care of this."

Brooklyn led the Skeksis to a bathroom. There were no security cameras in the bathrooms. They could take their time.

First, Chamberlain needed to get out of his robes. He would do it himself.

Brooklyn watched as his friend got undressed. Sure, he had seen his friend in smaller rags, but this he hadn't seen before!

Chamberlain was extremely skinny. A little chubby in the stomach. And he also had some real small breasts too! Probably part of his 'female' anatomy. And aside from his head, Chamberlain did look like a lizard overall.

Brooklyn tried to keep from staring. He turned on the water. He plugged up the tub so Chamberlain would be able to soak in it. The water was warm.

Once it was ready, he poured some soap in and it began to get all soapy. The water was still running. Brooklyn told his friend to get into the water. "Its going to be warm Chamberlain."

The Skeksis was wary of all the water and suds. But he climbed in when he felt it was nice and warm. He sat down. His whole body got wet. His hair getting drenched too.

Brooklyn backed off to let his friend wash himself. He had given him a sponge to use to wipe all the dirt off.

And A LOT of dirt came off of him!

But soon, it was over. Chamberlain got out of the tub and Brooklyn handed him a towel to dry off with.

Chamberlain did feel kind of refreshed after his bath. But it would take awhile for his hair to dry.

"Chamberlain, maybe we could also wash your clothes too." Brooklyn stated.

Sil's head snapped toward him. "No! Bath bad enough!"

"Ok!"

The weather was heating up. Then Brooklyn suggested, "If you want to, you could not dress in all the robes. Just be in the ones when I first met you. That would keep you cooler. We'll keep your top robes in your room."

Chamberlain was starting to feel the heat. "Ok."

Chamberlain put only the 'rags' back on himself. Now he would be cooler, but he had made sure to cover his middle body up as much as possible. He would take his top heavy clothing back to his room, but now at least he was clean.

Now since Hudson was watching TV, Brooklyn and Chamberlain wanted something to do besides wander the hallways. Chamberlain was getting hungry, so they went to the kitchen to grab some food.

Once they were done eating, Brooklyn said, "Hey, I know you have only been here for a couple of days now, and to reward some of the progress you have made, how about we get out of here?"

Sil's eyes widened. "You mean leave?"

"For a little while, yes." Brooklyn replied. "I don't want to take you to anywhere that has a lot of humans. Central Park should be empty this time of night. That could be a good start."

"Getting out sound good to me." Sil said. "Bored here."

"I just have to tell someone since the others aren't back yet." Brooklyn said.

Chamberlain followed him as he headed toward the nursery. He hadn't been in there yet.

Brooklyn poked his head in and saw Fox with the baby in her arms. He knocked. "Come in." She said.

"Um Fox, I just came to say that Chamberlain and I were headed to Central Park for some excitement." Brooklyn said.

Fox looked at him when he said that and turned around.

Chamberlain was just peeking his head into the room. But he saw the baby. Not that he was going to do anything. He was just waiting.

"Alright, but get him out of here!" Fox ordered.

"Ok!" Brooklyn grinned sheepishly and ran out of the room at her shout. Chamberlain backed out too. He knew she had meant him.

On the way to the way out, Chamberlain asked, "She not like me."

"She's just protective of her son is all. He was already kidnapped once. Lex risked his life to save him and could have been killed himself." Brooklyn explained.

Chamberlain knew what he meant. Though had never had offspring of his own before, but he knew what it meant to protect something that belonged to you.

Soon, they were on an edge to the castle. Chamberlain looked down. "We've flown before, but I never been this high up before."

"Its okay. I'll do the gliding. You just hold on." Brooklyn said and he now lowered himself down. He had his wings ready, though just relaxed.

Chamberlain took his place on his back and grabbed onto his shoulders. He rested his chin on Brooklyn's left shoulder. He took one look over the city and closed his eyes. Simply looking when they were about to take off just didn't go easy on him.

Brooklyn raised himself back up and with a hunch and a leap, he jumped. Chamberlain felt his feet leave the ground. He really hoped he wasn't going to fall off. He held on with all the strength he had in his arms.

The humans felt relieved that the Skeksis was going to be gone for a little while. Fox held Alex in her arms watching them head toward the park.