Gordon and the Gargoyles
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Chapter 6: Facing the Edge
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3:30 PM
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*crackling*
*roaring*
"…Woah.."
Peyton closed her video camera and looked up at another girl who seemed a year older than she was.
She had her reddish-copper hair up in a large ponytail supported by an orange scrunchie and at the front left side of her hair, were two orange hair clips. She had big light green eyes and was missing one of her back teeth at the top. She wore a blue bracelet on her left wrist, a yellow tank top with two small holes at the bottom left corner, navy blue shorts, white socks, and a pair of pink vans.
Meet Oliva Grace Banks.
The girl Peyton looked up at after closing her video camera was her eight year old cousin from her mom, Katelyn's, side of her family. She moved here from New York a week ago with her mom, Peyton's aunt Emelia for, once again, a new start in life after moving from state to state.
You see, ever since Peyton's aunt and uncle got a divorce when Olivia was only two, they had to move to different states but Liv didn't mind, she loved exploring what each state had to offer, but as for her mother, however, she needed a job to pay the rent and provide for Liv, so, she started doing double shifts at the jobs she got, leaving Olivia to take care of herself, and gaining her a sense of responsibility and independence. Of course, she did try to help her mom in any way she could, whether it would be making her meals, get her clothes that she was gonna wear for the day, even getting up early in the morning to start the day.
Now, when Liv heard that she and her mom would be moving to New York City, she was SO excited to see her cousin again and the best news of all was that her mother was going to apply for a job as a fabric sewer and the company gives out great amounts of pay. So, they packed their things, and started to renew their lives once again.
It's been only a week and now Liv LOVES it in the Big Apple and now attends Peyton's old school and lives two blocks away from Elisa's apartment, so they saw each other every day now, which was much better when they were little and they saw each other on special occasions and holidays.
As Peyton was putting away her video camera, Olivia asked her, "Do they always roar like that when they wake up?"
"They sure do!" replied Peyton. "It's cool right?"
"Yeah!" Olivia said smiling. "I really can't wait to meet these guys Pey."
"Oh, you'll love 'em." Peyton said. "They're….they're the greatest things that ever happened to me."
"Just like coming here and living here's the best things that happened to me and my mom in a long time since the divorce happened." Olivia replied. "Oh, and mom's doing great by the way. She got a job at a sewing factory a few blocks away."
"Cool." replied Peyton.
"Yeah," replied Olivia. "This is gonna be great, since I live two blocks away from you now, we get to see each other every day after I get out of school!"
"I'm glad you moved to New York, Olivia." Peyton said smiling at her cousin.
"Me to." replied Olivia.
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5:55 P.M.
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Peyton and Olivia parked and locked their strollers at the bike rack at the exact same time Elisa pulled up with her car.
She was carrying a small TV set with antennae's and a remote.
"Hi Elisa!" said Peyton.
"Hi Ms. Maza." Oliva said politely to the police officer.
"Hi girls." Elisa huffed as she carried the TV set.
She reached for the door knob till a voice pipped up and said, "Need some help?"
Elisa, Peyton, and Olivia looked back and saw a man approach them.
He had red hair, blue eyes, and pale skin. He wore a large beige trench coat underneath a suit with a green tie.
"Worried about missing the light show tonight?" the man replied as he opened the door for Elisa.
"It's a gift." replied Elisa. "I'm just stashing it here till I'm off shift."
Peyton saw the man and recognized him.
"Mr. Bluestone!" Peyton said, rushing over to him and wrapping his waist with a hug.
"Peyton! Long time no see! How've ya been?" he asked, ruffling her head and bandana.
"Awesome! Living with Elisa's the best!" she replied. Peyton turned to Olivia to introduce her,"Mr. Bluestone, this is my cousin Olivia. She just moved here with my aunt."
"Well, pleasure to meet you little miss." Bluestone said offering her hand, the eight year old gladly accepted and shook his hand.
"Nice to meet you Mr. Bluestone." replied Olivia.
Elisa went inside but Bluestone noticed that she dropped the remote that came on top of the TV set and picked it up for her.
"Oh, uh ladies first." Bluestone said as she held the door for the two little girls and they went inside to follow Elisa while Bluestone followed behind them.
*in the French Narration Voice* 15 minutes later..
"Is it sunset yet?"
"….not yet."
"Dang it."
Olivia and Peyton sat on a wooden bench which lead to the entrance to the clock tower.
"…So," piped up Liv as she swayed her legs back and forth, "What's going on in there?"
"Captain Chavez is assigning Elisa a partner since she doesn't wanna loose her." explained Peyton, "especially after she accidentally got shot."
"Oh, so who's gonna be her new partner?" Liv asked.
"I couldn't make it out but I think it's gonna be Mr. Bluestone or Officer Morgan or something." said Peyton.
"Who's Offic-"
"Evening ladies."
The girls looked up to find Officer Morgan with a box of doughnuts and a cup of coffee in his hands.
"Whoo, that coffee's got some zing in it d'night."
"Hey Morg!" said Peyton.
"Hello Officer." greeted Olivia.
Soon, Elisa and Bluestone came up to the staircase and the girls.
"Look no offence, I'm sure you're a good cop. But I don't need a partner and I don't want a partner." said Elisa.
"Hey, I understand." replied Bluestone. "Problem is, you've got a partner. Me. Guess we just have to make the best of it."
Elisa sighed and said, "There must me some kind of conspiracy going on to make my life difficult."
"Wouldn't surprise me." retorted Bluestone.
Elisa looked at her watch and told Bluestone, "Look, I have some business to take care of. Alone. I'll meet you outside in 20 minutes. C'mon girls."
Peyton and Olivia hopped off the bench and followed Elisa up to the clock tower.
"Oh, uh Olivia right?" said Bluestone. "Look, Captain told me to give you this."
He handed a NYPD badge to Olivia and told her, "She said as captain of the NYC Police Department, welcome to the neighborhood."
Olivia's light green eyes sparkled at the sight of her new badge.
"Wow.." she gasped. "Thanks Mr. Bluestone."
"You're welcome kid." replied Bluestone.
"Liv, c'mon!"
"Coming!"
Olivia walked up the stairs to follow Peyton and Elisa.
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6:50 P.M.
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"So, Aunt Emi said it was cool for you to come up here?"
"Yeah, mom's at the job interview tonight so she left me here with you."
Elisa opened the door and let the girls in. Inside the room was a basement like door. Elisa pulled down the door and caused a ladder to come down with it.
Seeing the TV stand, Elisa sighed and said, "You'd guys better appreciate this."
She picked up the TV and started for the clock tower.
"They will. C'mon Liv," said Peyton as she took Liv's hand in hers, "they're up here."
Olivia and Peyton climbed the ladder and opened the small basement like door. Liv popped her head up and just like Peyton had said in her letters and phone calls, there were actual, real life, gargoyles.
Within the clock tower, Hudson sleeps in his recliner, Broadway cooks in the small manmade kitchen he set up, Lexington plays with a remote control car he found and repaired, Bronx chews on a rubber chicken toy, and Brooklyn lounges on one of the wooden ledges as he read a magazine.
"….Wow." Liv whispered. "You weren't kidding. They are real."
"Told ya." Peyton replied.
The girls climbed up the ladder while Elisa stayed behind, being carefully with the TV in her hands.
Broadway noticed and walked over to her. "Let me help ya with that Elisa." he offered, taking the heavy TV set in his talons.
"Thanks Broadway." thanked Elisa. Elisa dusted off her hands and didn't make a move when she almost got ran over by the toy car Lex was playing around with. "Hey!"
The cop spied Lex with the remote that was controlling the car.
"Neat toy huh?" Lex said cheerfully. "Peyton found it for me and made a few repairs on it."
"Yeah," Elisa chuckled. "Slow it down before I give ya a ticket."
"..Hey you guys."
The five gargoyles looked up to find Peyton standing beside on of the gears with Olivia beside her.
"Hi Peyton." said Brooklyn looking up from his magazine.
"Hey Pey." said Broadway with a mouthful of soup.
Hudson yawned and stretched in his recliner and said, "Good to see you wee lass."
Bronx barked happily at the sight of Peyton.
"Hey Peyton." said Lexington as he looked up from his toy car. He soon noticed Olivia. "Who's your friend?"
Peyton looked at Olivia who was standing shyly beside her younger cousin.
"Oh, um…guys, this is my cousin Olivia." Peyton introduced. "She just moved here with my aunt."
Olivia looked at the five gargoyles with wide eyes and shyly said, "Um..hi there. Peyton's told me a lot of amazing things about you guys. Now, uh, I'm kinda bad with names so don't tell me who you guys are and let me guess."
Liv pointed to Brooklyn and said, "Your Hudson."
She pointed to Lexington and said, "Bronx."
The eight year old pointed to Bronx and said, "Lexington."
Olivia pointed to Broadway and said, "Brooklyn."
The girl pointed to Hudson and said with uncertainty, "and…Broadway?"
"Uh…you're kinda close." said Peyton. She then turned to the gargoyles and said their names by order. "The one with the scar is Hudson, the red one's Brooklyn, the light blue one's Broadway, the little green one's Lexington, and-"
Bronx pounced on Peyton and licked her face.
The olive skinned seven year old said in between laughs, "And this big guy here's Bronx."
Bronx happily whimpered and let Peyton get up and the girl petted his head and behind his fin like ears.
"Oh, but it's nice to finally meet you all." said Olivia, smiling sweetly.
"Any friend of Peyton is a friend of ours lass." said Hudson with a smile.
Olivia smiled back and lowered down to Bronx to try to pet him.
"It's OK, he's very friendly." said Peyton reassuring the eight year old, "he like's it best if ya pet him under his chin."
Olivia placed her hand under Bronx's chin and gently started scratching it. Bronx sniffed Liv's arm as she petted him and the gardog slowly started getting to know her and grumbled happily in response. Peyton giggled and said, "I think he likes ya Liv."
Olivia giggled and rubbed Bronx's head. She then turned to Peyton and asked, "Hey, didn't you say there were six gargoyles?"
"Yeah, where's Goliath?" Elisa asked.
"He's down in the library." replied Broadway as he and the others fumbled with the TV set, "you guys gonna stay for breakfast?"
"Sure!" the girls replied.
"No thanks." said Elisa, "I gotta get back to work soon."
"C'mon Liv." said Peyton. "Wait till ya see the big boss and grand daddy of the whole clan."
The girls started down the ladder with Elisa.
"Wait, he's a grandpa?"
"You know what I mean."
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8:02 P.M.
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"Goliath?"
"Hellooo? Goliath, you in here?"
Elisa, Olivia, and Peyton walked across the empty library to find the large gargoyle.
"Woah.." said Liv, lowly. "I can't believe you guys have the whole library to yourselves after hours. You could read any book you want and not haf'ta check it out."
Liv soon bumped into Peyton and the seven year old motioned her to look behind one of the bookshelves.
The eight year old looked behind the bookshelf and her light green eyes went wide and she let out a soft gasp. Sitting on one of the stools and reading a large book underneath the moonlight was the biggest….and surprisingly most beautiful, creatures she ever saw. A lavender skinned, black haired, giant gargoyle.
"Wow.." Liv whispered, "He's even bigger in person."
"Told ya." Peyton whispered back.
Elisa walked up to Goliath as he read his book and asked, "What are you reading?"
"Dostoevsky." he replied, not looking up from the book.
"Yeah? Who's it buy?" Elisa asked, jokingly.
Goliath looked up with confusion.
Elisa chuckled and replied, "Kidding."
"H-Hey Goliath." Peyton said as she walked up to the lavender beast.
Olivia followed behind her and stood with a straight face.
"Peyton, I didn't see you there." said Goliath with smile. He then noticed Olivia next to her and asked, "Who's this?"
"I-I'm Olivia Mr. Goliath..sir. Olivia Grace Banks b-but you can call me Liv for short. I'm Peyton's cousin." introduced Olivia. "…Y-Your huge."
Goliath chuckled and held out his talon, "Pleasure to meet you Olivia. Any friend or relative of Peyton's is a friend of ours."
Olivia shyly took her hand into Goliath's talon and shook it.
She then noticed the large window and looked outside.
Peyton did the same thing.
"Wow…" said Liv with a huge smile. "You can see the whole city from up here. Hey look, there's the top of the twin towers!"
"Yeah," said Peyton. "And I see a bit of Hudson River."
"Hey, check out that building up there." said Liv, pointing to Xanatos's skyscraper.
Goliath and Elisa looked out the window and saw Xanatos's skyscraper where the gargoyle's former home still stood.
"Goliath?" said Peyton, "You OK? What's up?"
The gargoyle sighed and replied with a growl, "Xanatos. He stole our ancestral home and drove us into hiding. And I was unable to prevent it."
Elisa frowned but understood what Goliath meant, "Hey, look on the bright side. You didn't lose a castle, you gained a library."
"Yeah, I mean who else has a library in their house that's as big as this one?" Peyton said smiling.
Goliath growled as he saw Xanatos's skyscraper and bent the book, "This is his century, his world, his time. We are outcasts and strangers living in a strange land. We have no hope in regaining what is rightfully ours."
Elisa sighed and said, "You're right, it's a lousy deal, but Xanatos won't stay on top forever. What goes around, comes around Goliath. I wouldn't want his karma."
"If only I could make him feel what I feel now." sighed Goliath.
Peyton turned to Olivia and whispered, "Liv, I think Broadway's finished with that food he's making, wanna go check?"
"Sure." Liv retorted softly.
The girls rushed up the stairs and out of the library.
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8:34 P.M.
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*grunt*
"..Ow…"
Olivia drank her bowl of soup as Peyton was fumbling with the wires behind the TV set Elisa brought up.
"Hmmm…", Peyton hummed. "OK, try it how Hudson."
"Well it's not a six foot screen but I hope it'll do." said Elisa with a shrug of her shoulders.
"It's a grand gift lass, Thank you." said Hudson. "And thank you for making the repairs Peyton."
"No problemo." said Peyton with a smile.
Brooklyn flipped through the channels till he saw Xanatos on one of the programs.
"Xanatos!" Goliath growled.
Olivia looked at the TV screen and asked Peyton, "So, that's the rich guy you told me about?"
"The one who brought the gargoyles and the castle over here, yeah." Peyton replied.
Brooklyn turned off the mute button to hear what was going on.
A man wearing a blue suit said, "This is Travis Marshall at the Museum of Modern Arts. One of the worlds most priceless jewels, the Eye of Odin, is being donated by David Xanatos for his private collection." The camera zoomed in to showcase the eye. The Eye of Odin had a huge blue pearl in the middle, surrounded by golden ornaments, giving it the illusion of looking like an actual eye.
Travis then said, "This is quite thee act, Mr. Xanatos. The Eye is worth millions to just give it away."
"Well Travis," started Xanatos on the TV. "I just felt the Eye should be shared with the world instead of being locked away in my personal museum. Besides, it's a great tax-right-off."
"A grand gesture from a man who knows grand gestures." replied Travis.
He couldn't take it anymore.
Goliath growled and ran out of the clock tower.
"Goliath!" called Peyton. "Goliath wait up!"
Peyton ran after the giant lavender beast.
"Hey! Wait for me!"
Olivia ran behind her to catch up with Peyton and Goliath.
The others stay behind, away from Goliath and his rage.
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Meanwhile, at the Museum of Modern Arts
9:25 P.M.
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A security guard walks across the halls of the museum, checking the doors and making sure they're locked up tight. The guard kept on walking and stopped to look at 'The Screamer' painting. He chuckled and said, "You and me both, pal."
Suddenly, the alarms go off and the guard pulls out his flashlight and rushes to what's going on. The guard soon opened the doors and points his flashlight to the criminal. Only, the criminal was not the typical masked burglar wearing a striped outfit, instead was a tall red and metal machine.
Down below, Elisa and Bluestone stared at the dark figure in front of them. "Police! Freeze!" Bluestone yelled out as he aimed his gun at the creature.
Elisa looked at the machine and shrunk her eyes to get a clearer picture . To the cop, it looked almost like Goliath, and as always she got the feeling of something not being right. While Elisa was figuring out who the figure was, Bluestone got a steady aim at the figure.
The metal machine ignored the police's command, opened a pair of metalic wings, and flew off with the blast off its jetpack.
Bluestone aimed carefully at the creature and got ready to fire. Elisa noticed and tried to stop him from shooting, "NO!" she cried out.
Too late.
The bullet shot out of the gun. Elisa looked up and feared that Goliath may have got shot down, but instead, the two detectives saw the bullet bounce off the figure.
Bluestone placed his gun back in his coat pocket and turned to Elisa and asked her, "Why'd you try to stop me?"
"Hey, uh, who knows what that thing might've been. It might've blown up when it hit." Elisa lied.
"Yeah, OK. Maybe you're right." Bluestone said, a bit embarrassed. "So, any ideas on who or what I was shooting at?"
"Not a clue." replied Elisa.
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Olivia's Apartment
6:03 A.M.
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Olivia and Peyton climbed up the fire escape to the window of the eight year old's bedroom after a long night of finding Goliath.
They've had no such luck all night long.
The girls panted after they're long climb up, Olivia flopped onto her bed while Peyton flopped onto the orange fuzzy rug that laid in Liv's new room (along side a bunch of empty and unpacked boxes).
"Sucks that we couldn't find Goliath." Liv sighed.
"Don't worry, let's see if we got better luck tonight." Peyton said. "So, what'cha think of the guys so far?"
"You were right Pey." said Olivia. "They are amazing. Although, why did Goliath storm out like that?"
"Probably still has that grudge against Xanatos or something." replied Peyton. "I gotta get moving, I'll come by and get cha tonight."
"OK." said Olivia. "See ya later cous!"
"Right back at ya prima!" replied Peyton as she headed out the window.
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12:30 P.M.
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The door of Olivia's apartment was locked shut by a woman with apricot skin, messed up redish-brown hair that had a pink headband on it, and milk chocolate eyes with bangs underneath. She wore a lavender t-shirt under a Aztec pattern short jacket, jeans that went up to the knees, dirty gray socks, and black sneakers. Slung over her shoulder was a olive green purse.
This is Olivia's mother and Peyton's aunt, Emilia, or Emi for short.
"Olivia!" she called out. "I'm back!"
The eight year old poked her head out from the refrigerator. She had just gotten up from a long nap she took in the morning.
She smiled and said, "Hi mom!"
Emilia and Olivia hugged. Emilia sighed and said, "Sorry I was out so late. I didn't think the interview could go out until 5."
"It's OK mom." said Olivia. "So..what's it like at the fabric place?"
"I think it's great hon." replied Emilia, setting her purse down on the countertop of their new kitchen. "The head is super nice, and they give great pay to. About the hours though, I might have to work on the night shifts sometimes during the week."
"Oh.." replied the eight year old,"..um, that's OK mom. I understand."
"Great." said Emilia.
"C'mon," said Liv. "I got lunch ready."
"You made lunch for us?" Emilia asked, surprised.
Olivia took two plates and two cups from the fridge and placed them on their new dining table. The plates contained two sandwiches with grapes and a twinkie. One sandwich was a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and the other was a club sandwich with turkey, tomatoes, lettuce, bacon, and avocado. In one cup was a glass of milk and the other held some water.
Emilia smiled at the food in front of her. She let out a laugh as she ruffled her daughter's hair and said, "How did I get so lucky with you?"
"I know it's not much, but I knew you'd be coming home hungry." said Liv.
"Well, I appreciate it hon, thank you." Emilia replied as she sat down next to her daughter and started eating her sandwich.
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6:34 P.M.
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"There's money for take out, numbers are on the fridge, and I'll be back by morning. Call me if you need anything. Love you!"
Emilia quickly kissed Olivia's head.
"Love you mom!" replied Olivia. "Good luck!"
"Thanks honey." replied Emilia.
With the close of the door, Olivia sighed and sat on the couch and turned on the TV an flipped through a dozen channels till she got to the Disney Channel. The eight year old smiled when she heard the Tailspin theme song play on the screen.
*in the French Narration voice* Two Hours Later..
Olivia fell asleep after watching Tailspin, Ducktales, Darkwing Duck, and Goof Troop on reruns with some Subway take out.
*thump*
*thump*
*thump*
Olivia opened her eyes, rubbed them, stretched, and yawned as she hopped off the couch to find out what the noise was.
She opened the window and saw three tiny rocks upon the window sill.
"Huh?" she said as she picked up the rocks.
Another tiny rock hit her on the forehead.
"OW!"
"Pst! Liv! Liv, down here!"
Olivia looked down to find Peyton on her scooter.
"C'mon! Let's head up to the clock tower." The olive skinned seven year old said.
"Oh, yeah!" said Olivia. "Be right down!"
Olivia rushed to her bedroom, wrote a note, grabbed her scooter, placed the note on the kitchen counter, and hurried down the fire escape to meet up with Peyton.
"Let's move!" exclaimed Peyton.
Soon, the girls were off to the clock tower.
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8:05 P.M.
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Peyton and Olivia parked and locked their scooters outside the police station and rushed up the stairs that lead to the clocktower. On the way up Peyton could hear Elisa saying, "..So, there you have it. Someone's impersonating you Goliath."
Peyton pulled the attic-like door down and the two climbed up the ladder only to find the gargoyles (including Goliath) and Elisa.
"Goliath!" Peyton cried as she and Liv ran over to where Hudson's recliner was.
"Where were you?" asked Peyton. "Me and Liv were looking for you everywhere last night."
Goliath sighed at the two and said, "I only needed some time to think…I apologize for the outburst last night you two."
"No biggy Goliath." said Peyton.
"So back on the subject on Goliath's impersonator," said Brooklyn. "Do you think that it's possible that there are other gargoyles alive out there?"
Elisa shook her head. "You guys are tough but not bulletproof. I heard Matt's slug bounce off metal."
"Xanatos's robots." Goliath growled angrily.
"There's a gargoyle robot clan?" asked Olivia in surprise.
"Yeah." replied Peyton, "Xanatos made 'em himself."
"The Steel Clan? But I thought we destroyed them all." said Broadway
"We did." replied Goliath, "Xanatos must have made more of them."
"It makes no sense." started Hudson. "Why would Xanatos donate a jewel to the museum then have it stolen?"
"Something's not right here." said Peyton. "Obviously he's up to something with the robots, and whatever it is it ain't good."
Goliath pondered for a few minutes and orders, "Hudson, you and Bronx guard our new home. The rest of you come with me."
Olivia is about to ask if she could come to till Goliath said, "Even you Olivia."
"Yes!"
Goliath, the trio, Peyton, and Olivia started to walk up the stairs. Elisa acted fast and rushed up the stairs and got in front of the lavender gargoyle.
"Where do you think you're going?" Elisa asked.
"To deal with Xanatos." responded Goliath with a growl.
"Hold on, I wouldn't take the chance of being seen if I were you." Elisa added, worryingly. "You're not very high in the public opinion polls right now."
"No Elisa. No more hiding. Xanatos will have to answer to me for this." said Goliath, as he gently shoved Elisa and walked passed her.
The trio and the girls walked behind Goliath.
"This is so exciting!" whispered Olivia to Peyton. "I only known these guys for a day and already I'm helping out on a mission."
The girls made their way to the balcony of the clocktower and Peyton climbed onto Goliath's back.
"Hop aboard kid" Brooklyn said as he kneeled down and lowered his wings for Olivia.
Olivia said, "Thanks, um,…Brooklyn?"
"Right." the red gargoyle replied.
The eight year old climbed onto Brooklyn's back and then, the four gargoyles glided off into the sky as Elisa watched on.
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"I've never seen the city up this high up before Brooklyn!...OK, maybe I did see it during the plane trip over here. Wow, the people look like ants down there."
Olivia smiled in wonder as she held on tight to Brooklyn.
The eight year old soon spotted a large gray ancient like building in front of her.
The clouds soon cleared away to reveal the gargoyles former home….the castle that stood above the clouds.
"Wow…" gasped Olivia. "It's even bigger in person."
"Xanatos! Two O'clock!" cried Peyton as she looked through her binoculars.
Goliath and the other gargoyles landed on the castle grounds safely and unseen, Peyton and Olivia then slide off Goliath and Brooklyn's backs.
From down below, Xanatos was already looking at them with a smug expression. Goliath took the girls into his claws and glided down to the courtyard while the trio stayed on one of the turrets.
"Xanatos!" cried Goliath as he came down with Peyton and Olivia standing by his sides, "You've gone to far! First you steal our home and now you steal our very identities!"
Xanatos shook his head and replied, "You've got it all wrong Goliath. I'm the best friend you have in this world."
Goliath growled, his dark brown eyes glowed white in rage. He let out a loud roar as he said, "No you're not! Elisa, Peyton, and Olivia are the only human friends we have here!"
"Who's Olivia?" asked Xanatos.
Peyton motioned her head to Olivia who was standing to the left of Goliath.
The eight year old looked at Xanatos and shyly retorted, "H-Hi.."
"Now," said Xanatos as he changed the subject after a five second silence, "Let's try and focus on the bigger picture Goliath. I've got a research facility upstate where you and your friends will be comfortable and protected."
"WHAT?!" Goliath, Peyton, and Olivia yelled.
"It doesn't seem like a difficult choice for me. Stay here in the city where you'll be hunted down like animals or be my guests and a safe haven. Wha'd ya say?"
"No way José!" said Peyton as she stepped up a little. "I've only known these guys for a month now and my prima here's only known 'em for a day! They can't leave the city!"
Olivia looked at Peyton and only replied, "..What she said."
Goliath said nothing but let out a huge roar at Xanatos, broke a lamp post, and ran back to the trio.
"Uh..it was nice meeting you Mr. Xanatos.." Olivia said shyly as she scooted away and her scoots turned into a run to catch up with Peyton and Goliath.
"Let's go!" Goliath retorted.
Brooklyn put Olivia on his back while Broadway put Peyton on his back and then the trio glided away from the castle to catch up with Goliath.
"You're taking this way to personally!" Xanatos yelled at the fleeing gargoyles.
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4:20 A.M.
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The four gargoyles were gliding above the city scape with the two youngsters on their backs (literally on their backs).
"So what happened?" asked Brooklyn as he broke the silence, "Did Xanatos admit he was-"
"I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!" Goliath yelled.
"What's his problem?" Lexington asked.
Broadway shrugged his shoulders.
"Is he gonna be OK?" asked Olivia.
"I think so." replied Peyton. "Let 'im have some time. Lex told me he learned that the hard way one time."
Suddenly, a red light shot through the sky and Goliath fell with a yell and crashed and held onto a TV satellite.
"GOLIATH!" Peyton cried out, but before Brooklyn could glide her down to help him, more lasers were being fired at the trio and the two girls. Peyton and Olivia held on for their lives as the trio tried their best to dodge the incoming beams that were coming from the new steel clan.
"It's the steel clan!" Lexington exclaimed.
Down below, another steel gargoyle flew down below to Goliath, who happened to quickly recover from the hit. He called out to the five youngsters, "WE'VE BEATEN THEM BEFORE, WE CAN BEAT THEM AGAIN!"
The steel clan shot lasers all over the place as they tried to get the trio, Peyton and Olivia. One of the metal gargoyles aims his laser at Broadway and Peyton and fires, making the fat aquamarine beast plummet down to the rooftops with Peyton holding on tight.
"BROADWAY! PEYTON!" Lexington exclaimed.
The little olive gargoyle glides down fast to help the two but was to busy to notice a steel gargoyle behind him, the creature aims his laser at Lexington and fires, causing the little gargoyle to hit the roof unconscious.
"LEXINGTON!" Liv cried while holding a tight grasp on Brooklyn.
Down below, Broadway and Peyton rolled onto the rooftops and crashed into a brick wall, Peyton landed safely due to her landing in between the aquamarine beast's legs and hitting his stomach. As Broadway helped Peyton up they noticed Lexington plummeting down.
"Oh no, I'll get him!" Peyton said as she held her arms out to catch Lex, but as the little gargoyle landed in Peyton's arms, the girl got her shirt caught on a broke roof railing, Peyton looked down at the city and gasped in fear.
"Not again!" she thought.
Unfortunately, Peyton's shirt didn't hold them very long and suddenly she heard the collar of her shirt ripping apart, but at the moment when it looked like Peyton was going to plummet down to the city below her (again), Broadway grabbed Peyton's shirt by the talon and pulled her and the unconscious Lexington to safety.
Peyton placed Lex down gently before she caught her breath.
"Thanks Broadway." she panted with relief.
"Don't mention it." he replied.
Up in the air however, Brooklyn and Olivia were still trying to deal with the steel gargoyle in front of them.
"Hold on kid." said Brooklyn as he rolled over the air and landed on the steel gargoyles back. The red gargoyle tried to decapitate the metalic beast but he was electrified by the wiring system.
"Brooklyn!" exclaimed Olivia as Brooklyn was knocked off by the steel gargoyle.
She looked down at the city.
"Uh oh.."
Suddenly, Olivia saw herself and Brooklyn falling. Holding onto the gargoyle with all her might, Oliva squeezed her eyes shut and screamed as she falling out from the sky. The red gargoyle and the eight year old landed on the rooftop with a loud crash, but before they can actually get whacked with the actual rooftop, Goliath caught them both in his talons and landed them down safely.
Olivia panted as she stood up on her two wobbly legs. She fixed her long ponytail, trying not to look like she'd been through hell and back and barely lived to tell the tale.
As Olivia was fixing her hair, Broadway jumped onto the rooftop, carrying Lexington's body with Peyton on his back. Peyton leapt from Broadway's back and rushed over to help the barley conscious Brooklyn stand on his own feet as Goliath went on to find more steel gargoyles.
Unfortunately, (for the Manhattan Clan), the steel clan found them first and began gliding towards a brick wall that was behind Goliath and the gang. The brick wall that once stood up tall behind the gargoyles, tumbled and landed on top of the Manhattan Clan. The steel gargoyles hovered over the pile of bricks, waiting for any movement.
Lexington, (who was still gaining his senses), saw the steel clan waiting for them. He asked, "Hey, we're still alive. How come?"
"It's like their waiting for something." said Brooklyn as he regained consciousness.
"What for?" Peyton asked, adjusting her glasses, "What the heck do these tin-man bozos want?"
"Maybe they waiting on that Xanatos guy to lead them back to the clock tower." Olivia stated.
Goliath growled at what Olivia said before about Xanatos's plan and got out of the debris of bricks while the others did the same. Both the girls, brushed themselves off and Peyton spat out a tooth.
The seven year old picked up the tooth and groaned, "Aww…that was my good molar." Peyton placed the tooth in the pocket of her skirt.
"But why would Mr. Xanatos wanna get rid of us?" asked Olivia, brushing dust and dirt off her yellow tank-top.
"Yeah." added in Broadway, helping Lexington onto his feet, "Why not just kill us in person?"
"Because Xanatos doesn't want to destroy us, he want's to abominate us!" said Goliath in anger.
Lexington analyzed three of the steel clan gargoyles and gave them a little inspection. He said, "He must be controlling them by radio like that toy car I have." the olive green gargoyle held himself up.
"Yeah? So what do we do now?" Brooklyn asks.
"Well, we can't stay here and we can't go back to the clock tower," said Goliath in a low tone for the clan to hear. "What time is it?"
"4:45 in the morning." replied Peyton as she checked her Rugrats wrist watch.
"Not long till sunrise." added Goliath as he inspected the battlefield.
"We can tackle them again." said Broadway, holding up his fist.
"No way," said Peyton. "They seem a bit tougher to punch than last time we saw 'em."
"Yeah," added Olivia, "And that red one over there looks like its gonna give us a tough time to."
"We'll continue the fight somewhere else." Goliath said suddenly. He got up from the ruble and runs towards the ledge. "Come," he ordered as Brooklyn placed Olivia on his back and as Broadway placed Peyton on his back.
Soon, the four gargoyles were gliding in the air in a particular direction. The steel clan noticed and followed them.
"Where are we going Goliath." asked Lexington as they were heading south.
"There," Goliath replied, pointing down to a small island where the Statue of Liberty is.
"Hey, I know where that is!" said Olivia.
"You do?" asked Brooklyn.
"Yeah, that's Staten Island." replied Olivia, "I was learning about the Statue of Liberty at school."
"Woah." gasped Peyton, "It's even bigger in person.."
Peyton then spotted something colorful and rubbery in her pocket. She took it from out of her back pocket.
It was a plastic pack containing over 200 helium balloons in different colors.
The seven year old looked at the pack and then at the water below.
She smiled a mischievous smile for she then had a brilliant, spectacular idea.
Broadway noticed her smiling.
"I know that smile." he said. "Whatcha thinking about?"
"I was playing with Bronx earlier this week by blowing up these balloons and letting him catch them." said Peyton, showing the trio the pack of balloons.
"Bad time to planning a birthday party Peyton." said Lexington.
"It's not for that silly goose." Peyton replied. "I learned in science class last week that water causes electric stuff like robots for example to circuit and shortwire.."
The trio and Olivia then followed Peyton.
"I see what you're saying." replied Brooklyn.
"Great." said Peyton, "Let's fill up these bad boys. I got an idea."
*in the French Narration Voice* A Half and Hour Later…
The gargoyles and the girls landed on the empire state building and began to wait for the steel clan to show up.
Time to put the plan into action!
Peyton passed out four full plastic shopping bags to the trio and Olivia and kept the fifth shopping bag to herself.
They soon stood beside Goliath as they waited for the steel clan.
Suddenly, there was the sound of wooshing in the air.
"Oh my god, this was it!" thought Peyton.
Soon the steel clan were circling around the head of the statue and got prepared for battle.
Peyton smiled a determined smile and turned to the trio and whispered asked, "Remember the plan."
The trio and Olivia nodded and got ready. The eight year old got onto Brooklyn's shoulders and Peyton did the same on top of Broadway.
"You five take the others. I'll handle their leader," ordered Goliath.
The red gargoyle began to fire a laser at them and soon, round two began. All of the gargoyles are in the air like a swarm of bats and began gliding in different directions.
Brooklyn, Olivia, and Lexington take on one of the silver steel gargoyles while Peyton and Broadway took on the other.
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Peyton (who was now wearing a dark green cameo uniform and dark green soldier hard hat), aimed her large cannon with Broadway next to her (who was wearing an aqua blue cameo uniform and light aquamarine soldier hard hat) and they began to take aim at the silver fighter jets who were flying around, firing and exploding everything on the warzone.
"Status men?" said Peyton over a large walkie-talkie.
"Helium Canon 2 Checking in." replied Brooklyn on the other end.
"Prepare to fire. On my mark." commanded Peyton.
"Rodger that General Hop-Along." replied Olivia.
The three gargoyles and the two girls then began loading their cannons and crouched down low so they wouldn't be seen.
"Hold your fire.." said Peyton softly. "Steady men, steady…"
A steel fighter jet was charging for Broadway and Peyton's position and…
"FIRE!" exclaimed Peyton, ducking and covering her ears as Broadway fired the Helium Canon, causing a red water balloon to explode out of the cannon and blast at the jet's face.
The fighter jet short circuited for a while, but it wasn't enough for that jet to unleash the entire army.
"Double Time!" exclaimed Peyton.
Quickly, Peyton hopped on Broadway with whatever amount of water balloons she could carry and soon, Broadway glided into the sky and met up with Brooklyn, Lexington, and Olivia (who were wearing cameo uniforms and soldier hard hats in their respected colors) and with a mighty blow, they began attacking the steel fighter jets with everything they got.
(A/N: Just imagine "When the Saint's Go Marching In" in the style that Veggietales used for "Josh and the Big Wall" playing in the background.)
*SPLASH!*
*SMASH!*
*CRASH!*
*KABOOM!*
Blue, Yellow, Green, Pink, Orange, Purple, and White water balloons filled the air and sounds of splashes and explosions filled the air. Even the gargoyles got in on the action by spitting out water like a geyser would.
They tumbled, rolled, duck, dived, dodged, bobbed, and whieved in the air avoiding to get hit by any other fighter jets.
"FIRE ONE!" exclaimed Olivia as Broadway spat out water.
"FIRE TWO!" exclaimed Peyton causing Brooklyn to do the same.
"It's as if they wanna play follow the leader!" exclaimed Broadway.
"Then these guys better keep up!" exclaimed Peyton.
Peyton whistled and shouted, "HEY! HEY YA OVERGROWN METALHEADS! OVER HERE!"
The fighter jets then speed towards Broadway and Peyton. The aquamarine gargoyle tucked his wings together to make him go faster with Peyton holding on tight. When Broadway felt the fighter jet behind her, Peyton rolled off Broadway and landed on top of the steel fighter jet, grabbing onto the wings to control it a bit and make sure its not off track.
Broadway plunges down further, heading straight for the parchment notebook of the statue. Then, at the last possible second, Broadway glided up. Peyton controlled the wings of the plane and jumps off of it and Broadway catches her as the plane crashes into the parchment notebook, exploding in the process.
"Thanks deputy." said Peyton, climbing onto Broadway's shoulders and hi-fiving him.
"Don't mention it general." replied Broadway.
They soon meet up with Brooklyn, Lexington, and Oliva on the torch and watched as Goliath was battling the large red steel fighter jet.
(A/N: I love writing imagination sequences!)
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Goliath manages to grab the red steel gargoyle from its waist and holds on tight. "No machine. You will not get away from me that easily," Goliath reaches to the two pipes connected to the button in the middle of its chest. He tried to claw through them and but the weight of the two gargoyles makes them drop to the statue's head.
The red gargoyle took out its built in laser but Goliath reached for it and tore it apart. The two engage in the casual fist fight. The lavender gargoyle hit the red gargoyle in the face twice but couldn't get a third punch out of him because the robot grabbed tight of Goliath's wrist and flipped Goliath onto his back.
They then continue to fight street style, using kicks, punches, and for their cases, their tails.
"Give it up dumpster-face!" said Brooklyn as he, the other gargoyles, Peyton, and Olivia dropped down to the head and surrounded the red gargoyle. Goliath and the others began to walk towards the red gargoyle. The girls scowled at it, weapons in hand as they cornered the giant metal beast.
The red gargoyle turned to look for its minions, but finds them smashed to ashes. He turns back to see the gargoyles and the youngsters almost on top of him. Seeing it has no chance of winning, the red gargoyle starts it engines and flies off.
"That's right! You'd better run!" exclaimed Peyton. "Look's like the night's won gang."
Similtamiously, the trio and the girls flipped their water balloons to the top, blew off the top as if it were a gun, and placed them in their pockets.
Olivia soon sees a police helicopter flying towards them.
"Guys, look." said Olivia, pointing to the helicopter.
The others noticed the helicopter.
"We must go, quickly." said Goliath before the helicopter could find them.
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6:01 A.M.
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The flight back to the clock tower was silent and they managed to make it with minutes to spare. Hudson came out of the tower with Bronx and smiles to see the gargoyles and the girls return.
"Tired, I presume," said Hudson as he gave them all a smile. He and Bronx were watching the news of the whole crime. Even though they didn't really see any fight going on, they did see shilloettes of gargoyles.
"Well, at least they didn't really see you guys." said Olivia. "So, I guess it's a win-win situation. Right Bronx?"
Olivia turned around to see Bronx sniffing Olivia's back pocket of her shorts.
"He only want's me cause of my shorts?" asked Olivia.
"No, Livy." replied Peyton while laughing. "He wants the cookie in your pocket!"
Bronx looked up at the girls with a smile while a Subway cookie bag in his mouth.
"Well, I hope you like Raspberry Cheesecake Bronx." said Olivia, petting his head.
The rest of the gargoyles laughed.
"It was laborious, but it was worth it. We won our home." Goliath smiled.
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7:08 A.M.
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"Want a lift Peyton?"
"Yeah!"
Peyton and Olivia placed their bikes on the bike rack outside of Elisa's apartment as they ran to Emilia's minivan and drove off.
"So, how'd it go mom?" asked Olivia.
"Well, the boss said that I looked like I was the right kind of gal needed so…I got the job! We're staying here permanently Livy." said Emilia.
"Really?!" said Olivia with a big smile. "That's great! We're gonna be like neighbors!"
"Yeah!" exclaimed Peyton, "We don't have to wait till holidays to see each other anymore!"
"I think we deserve a celebration." said Emilia. "What do you girls say we grab breakfast at Denny's?"
Both the girls cheered and hugged each other.
"So, you girls wanna tell me what you did last night while I was out?" Emilia asked.
"Oh, we just watch movies all night." replied Peyton.
As they passed the clocktower, both the girls looked up and saw the statues of Goliath and his clan.
They smiled.
"Y'know what?" thought Olivia. "I think I'm gonna like it here after all.."
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(Wow….I promised this ages ago! I'm so sorry everyone! I wrapped up high school and started college a year ago so I was a busy bee! But I swear to you that the next chapter will make everything better! Read, Review, and no hateful comments plz! Also, I'm having trouble logging into my old account so this is my new account and yes, I will be able to continue writing this fanfiction and many more stories on here.)