They soon arrived at the park. Chamberlain had learned to relax a little bit after they had been gliding for a little while. He did manage to look down again and saw the beautiful lights beneath him. He had never seen anything like it.

He felt Brooklyn beginning to go lower and began flapping his wings as they lowered to the ground. And it wasn't long before he felt his feet touch soft ground. He finally let go.

"So what do you think?" Brooklyn asked.

There were no buildings close by, but then he saw one that looked like the castle back on the skyscraper. "What's that over there?" He pointed.

Brooklyn looked. "That's Belvedere Castle. It's a landmark here in the park."

"Anyone live in it?"

"Nope. It's just a tourist attraction. Someone might have long ago. But not now."

Unknown to them, they had been watched as they were landing. The Quarrymen still patrolled the city. Finding this gargoyle and his companion was too good to pass up.

The two friends began walking along the path. Chamberlain did want to see that castle, but it was all the way on the other side of the lake and he wanted to walk for awhile.

The Quarrymen followed. They were getting their weapons ready to capture the two of them. Though they just wanted to get rid of the gargoyles, this new creature would make an interesting trophy, dead or alive. But unknown to them, if the Skeksis would be something of value to them, he would have to remain alive. If he died, his body would only crumble to pieces. But they didn't know that.

They were rounding the corner that was heading to the castle from the right, when Brooklyn suddenly stopped and felt that he had heard something. Chamberlain was trying to ask him something when Brooklyn whispered, "Shh! Quiet!"

"What? Never thought you do that to me."

"Shh! I think we're being followed." Brooklyn said. "I can hear something."

That was when Chamberlain did become quiet. He listened too, but Brooklyn had external perky ears and could hear better than him. Though he still had good hearing too.

Brooklyn scanned the area. He didn't see anything, but he had a gut instinct they were out there. He also had night vision.

Chamberlain couldn't see as well in the dark. Then, there was a shot that rang out!

"Get down!" Brooklyn cried out and he pushed the Skeksis to the ground.

It was a bullet!

Chamberlain cried out in pain when he fell to the ground. The wind was knocked from his lungs. He shook his head and panted. He looked angrily over at Brooklyn.

But now, Brooklyn was up on his feet, ignoring him. He was growling and his eyes were glowing.

Chamberlain had been knocked down behind a bush.

"What do you morons want?" Brooklyn growled.

"Why you of course, Gargoyle." SkekSil heard a new male voice. Then he heard, "Where is your friend? We want him too."

Brooklyn looked around and even straight at him. "Stay down!" He yelled. Then he attacked the humans in costumes.

SkekSil's anger at him lifted and he looked through the bush and he saw what he was doing. Evidently, he had yelled at him to stay down and hidden. But what could they want with him? Brooklyn had warned him. He stayed down.

Looking through the bushes, he saw some humans coming toward his location. He stayed quiet, but bared his teeth. He began moving into the bushes, staying low to the ground.

Two men were now standing over the spot and the Skeksis was gone.

Brooklyn wondered if he had moved at all. "NO!" He cried out.

Chamberlain watched as he took several humans out. But the two that were near his bushes had to be brought down! He prepared himself.

They got close to the bushes and knew he had to be hiding somewhere.

Just what Sil was waiting for. Using the move that Brooklyn had taught him, he stood up and growled in their faces, surprising them, but then, he also did the move as his last hope, he swung his tail out and tripped the two men!

They cried out as they fell to the ground and hit their heads, knocking them out or killing them, he didn't know or cared.

Then, there was another shot and Brooklyn was now in a net! He was on the ground, struggling to get out.

Chamberlain looked up and saw it. Then he saw one of them coming toward his friend with a knife! Most of the men had been knocked out. But there were these last 2 standing.

The man was going to kill Brooklyn! Chamberlain was not going to let that happen!

The big devious sneak that he was, he made his way behind the men and did the tail sweep again, knocking one down, and the man with the knife saw his chance to bag the new creature. But the Skeksis pushed into him so hard that he fell over too, but not before he felt some pain in his stomach.

The man went down and hit his head on a rock. It killed him.

Brooklyn watched him. His friend was a killer now!

Chamberlain came over and helped Brooklyn get out of the net. The red gargoyle was glad that he had helped him. "I'm glad that you saved me Chamberlain, but you did kill him."

"He was going to kill you." Sil said.

"I know, but we can't kill humans. No matter how dangerous they are to us. Then the humans will think we are monsters!" Brooklyn explained. "I said they were dangerous."

"I know you did." Sil panted.

"Chamberlain, are you alright?" Brooklyn asked.

Chamberlain now brought his left hand up from his middle. It was soaked in red liquid.

Brooklyn looked down and there was blood coming from a wound on his friend's stomach. "Chamberlain, you're bleeding!"

"It hurts!" He cried out and then he started to fall, but not before Brooklyn caught him.