Human to Gargoyle Chapter 21
Outside the room there were others watching us out in the hallway through a transparent part of the wall. Elisa was back and she was watching us with sad eyes. They could see us, but we couldn't see them. Elisa was drinking some water and Goliath as he was wearing a thoughtful look on his face. It looked like he was thinking quite hard on something.
Goliath and Elisa both noticed the Xanatos family coming toward them, but didn't say anything as they approached these two. None of the other members of the clan were anywhere in sight of the castles infirmary. They all had other things on their minds and plenty of things to do this night.
"Greetings, Goliath," said Xanatos.
Goliath merely grunted and nodded his head at Xanatos in reply.
Fox moved over to stand by Elisa carrying young Alexander in her arms. "How long has he been in there," she asked, staring at Brooklyn sitting at the side of my bed.
"He's never left her side," answered Goliath. "Brooklyn won't go on patrols with his friend like this."
Elisa let out a laugh when she heard this come out of Goliath. She said "Oh, they are most definitely more than friends, Goliath, especially after what we just witnessed here."
Elisa was right on the mark with this one. A few minutes ago before the Xanatos family arrived in the infirmary they had seen everything which occurred though they couldn't hear anything that was said. Goliath and Elisa could clearly see all of the affection and love passing between Brooklyn and I. They had a clear view of all of the passion in our faces and the kissed we shared inside. They viewed the argument, but not what had transferred. They were pleased to see the argument was passed over and replaced with the affection of our love. Not long after the nurse had returned and sedated me. Then I returned to sleeping again.
"Yes," said Goliath, "I guess you're right."
Xanatos turned his attention over to Elisa. "What news do you have for us, Miss Maza," he asked.
Without hesitation Elisa gave all of them the information she had learned outside. "Well I have good and bad news to give you," she said.
Xanatos said "Well then let's hear it."
"The bad news is that nearly half of the Quarrymen we had captured three days ago have been released," said Elisa.
"What," Goliath exclaimed.
Fox said "This is terrible. How could the courts just let them go like that?"
"They didn't," said Elisa. They all now looked at Elisa in surprise and she quickly explained. "The ones which were released got out on bail. The courts would've kept them imprisoned if they could, but they honestly couldn't do anything about it once the money for them was paid. Fortunately, for us the prices for the bails of the rest of the Quarrymen that remain are quite high. The courts have made sure the most dangerous of the one captured won't be able to leave as quickly as the others."
Fox said "There is something David and I would like answered, Elisa."
"As do I," said Goliath.
Elisa said "Go right ahead."
"Fox and I heard from some of my agents that the Quarrymen are made up of assassins, mercenaries, and bounty hunters these days. Is it true," said Xanatos.
Nodding, Elisa said "Yes, it's true. When we put the ones we had captured through a background check we discovered their identities and what their occupations were. Turns out many of them already had warrants for their arrests before this happened. Even though we weren't able to capture many we were lucky to capture the ones we did."
"This is a good sign," said Goliath, confidently nodding his head at the idea. "It shows that Castaway is losing the confidence of the people in the city. This can be very useful if this is drawn out into a battle."
Fox said "What about the good news, Elisa? What about the other piece of information you have for us?"
A wide smile appeared on Elisa's face when this was asked of her. She said "Yes, I do have good news and you are certainly going to like this."
"Out with it, Elisa," urged Goliath.
Grinning, Elisa said "Yoshi Sagara has been sentenced to twenty five years in prison with absolutely no chance of bail."
"Yoshi Sagara, you mean Sata's father," questioned Goliath.
"That's exactly who I mean, Goliath," said Elisa.
Smiles came onto the faces of Goliath, Xanatos, and Fox.
"Excellent," said Goliath.
"This is fantastic," said Xanatos.
Fox was the only one who seemed to be a bit worries about it. She said "Wait if he gets a parole or is released on food behavior."
Elisa waved away Fox's concern, saying "That's already been taken care of a restraining order has been made. If he gets within two hundred feet of her when he gets out of prison he'll be arrested again. Also, since he's a known killer he'll be watched constantly even when he gets out."
Then a voice came out from behind them, saying "What if he does try to claim her again?"
They all turned in surprise to find Brooklyn standing somewhat behind them. He had come out unnoticed by any of them. Alex giggled and stretched out his small arms toward Brooklyn. Brooklyn came over and took Alexander into his arms much to the boys delight. Brooklyn smiled down at the child in his arms. After a moment he then looked back up at Elisa.
"Well," he asked.
"Not to worry about, Brooklyn, once she turns eighteen her father won't be able to put a claim on her. As of right now she's completely free of him," Elisa assured Brooklyn.
Sighing in relief, Brooklyn said "That's good Sata will be extremely happy when I tell her this and everything else you have told us. She was very upset about her father shooting her. He almost killed her."
Goliath said "We know that, Brooklyn, there's nothing to worry about anymore. She and her father will have nothing more to do with each other after this."
Brooklyn let out another big sigh and looked through the transparent part of the wall to where I was sleeping. As he did so a very important thought came into his mind. He asked "What about when she's healed? Where will she live? The Quarrymen know where Sata stays she can't go back there."
Everyone there could tell he was worried by the sound of his voice. It caused them all to re-think things too.
"That is a problem," said Elisa, tapping her chin.
Goliath said "There has to be someplace where she'll be safe."
They all went into deep though trying to think about where I could go and even little Alex was trying to help out too.
"Here," said Alexander.
All looked to the boy in surprise.
"What did you say, Alex," asked Brooklyn.
"Here," said Alex, grinning.
Raising a brow ridge, Brooklyn asked "You mean here in the castle?"
Alex nodded his head seriously, yes.
Snapping his fingers, Xanatos said "Hey now that's not a bad idea. After all we do have plenty of room here for her to stay."
Fox was in agreement with her husband, but Elisa was shaking her head, no, at the idea.
Elisa said "I'm afraid that won't work."
Xanatos and Fox had a hard time understanding the reason why.
"Why is that," asked Fox.
Explaining herself, Elisa said "Sata still goes to school and even with her graduating this year she'll have to keep going in and out of this place in order to go. Any Quarrymen looking out for her may get suspicious and start to investigate."
Goliath was now nodding his head in understanding along with Brooklyn. They both got what Elisa was saying a few seconds after each other.
Brooklyn said "So the Quarrymen may trace Sata's whereabouts back here."
"And with her us," said Goliath.
Elisa said "That's exactly what I'm saying."
Xanatos said "I admit it could definitely cause problems for us if they found out where you were, but we could easily work around such hindrances."
"And how exactly would that be," questioned Elisa.
Fox and Xanatos then went into explanation of how they could work this. They had multiple exits, entrances, and cars they could use in order to keep people off of my trail. With those in use it would be difficult for someone to think I'd be going there back and forth regularly.
By the end of it Elisa was reluctantly nodding. She said "If you're able to pull that off than I'll it. If Sata agrees to do so then we'll have to move her things in carefully so no one notices anything."
"Of course," said Fox.
Looking at her watch, Elisa said "I'd love to stay here more, but right now I have to be somewhere." With this Elisa started moving down the hallway for the elevator at the end. She needed to go down a few other hallways to do so.
Goliath called "Elisa!"
"I'll be back," she said, turning down a separate hallway and moved out of their sight.
Brooklyn looked back at me asleep on the bed, saying "I should be getting back to Sata." Brooklyn handed Alexander back over to his parents, but not before giving him a small hug first.
As he was handed back to his parents Alexander let out a big yawn. It was time for him to go to sleep.
"Come along, son, time for you to go to bed," said Fox. She then proceeded to take her son down to his sleeping quarters with Xanatos following them close behind.
Goliath remained where he was with Brooklyn. My beloved was about to walk back into my hospital room when a familiar voice stopped him in his tracks.
"Excuse me, Brooklyn."
Brooklyn and Goliath turned to find Owen coming up the hallway toward the two of them.
"Yes, Owen, what is it," asked Brooklyn. He said this quickly it was obvious he wanted to be back ar my side before I woke up again from my slumber.
Owen went past Goliath and up to Brooklyn. He said "I just thought you might like this back." He then took something he was carrying, unnoticed by the two gargoyles, from under his arms and held it out to Brooklyn.
Brooklyn looked down at the object to see what it was before taking it. When he did so the impatient expression he was wearing turned into a much softer one. What Owen was holding out to him was the picture of my Okaa-san holding me as a tiny little infant. Brooklyn took the photograph from Owen with a grateful look on his face.
"Thank you, Owen," said Brooklyn, "I'm sure Sata will be very happy to see this again especially after what she's been through."
Owen said "That's what I thought." He then turned his attention over to Goliath. "Hudson would like to have a word with you, Goliath. He's waiting in your quarters."
Nodding, Goliath said "All right." He then spoke to Brooklyn. "Will you be all right down here?"
"Yes," answered Brooklyn.
Without further delay Goliath left the infirmary with Owen to find Hudson while Brooklyn re-entered my hospital room. I was out cold and couldn't really hear anything, but Brooklyn quietly closed the door as if not to wake me up. Once that was done Brooklyn walked over to me and saw back down on the chair set up beside my hospital bed. The whole time he didn't take his eyes off of my face. To him my face looked so lovely and peaceful when I was asleep. He placed the picture of Okaa-san on a small table beside the bed. He got comfortable in his seat knowing he was going to be there for a while. Brooklyn was going to keep up his vigil at my side for as long as he needed to.
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