That night, when the guys awoke again, Goliath was told that Elisa was there at the castle. He hurriedly went to check on her.

Anything they had felt in ways of possible injuries were all healed now. Broadway went to go get Cagney. Elisa would stay here at least for a few days.

Dr. Sato came by to check on his patients. Sil was still asleep, but doing fine.

Elisa was up with Goliath.

"How was Chamberlain, really, Dr. Sato?" Elisa asked.

"He had a really bad concussion. You have one too. You might have been released too soon."

"I feel well enough to be up, but resting."

"Well, also to account that his arm is broken and a wounded side. He had a head wound too." Sato explained.

"He sure took a lot to save me and Alex." Elisa said.

Goliath was glad that his love was still alive.

Then, something came out of Elisa's thoughts. "Goliath, do you really think that it's wise that Sil stays here?"

"What do you mean, Elisa?" Goliath asked.

"I mean that there continue to be threats to him all the time. I know the same thing happens to you, but you are of this world. He isn't. Do you think it might be better to send Sil back to his home world?" Elisa suggested.

"You might have a point there, Elisa." Goliath agreed. "But we will need to talk this over with the clan and Chamberlain too. We need to get him at least well enough before he goes back."

"Yes. We'll do that at least."

….

Hudson and Angela returned to the castle and there was a happy reunion among them all. Broadway returned with Cagney. He took him to Elisa's quarters. At least this way, he could still be with Elisa and be fed and watered.

Broadway and Angela spent some time together just being lovers making up, missing one another.

Lex went to check on Alex. He wanted to make sure he was okay from what he had heard.

Brooklyn went to check on Sil, to see how he was doing. He wasn't in the infirmary bed, so he went to his room. He knocked and went in.

Sil was in his bed, still sleeping.

Brooklyn gently nudged him awake. "Hm?" he mumbled.

"Hey, we're going to be eating soon. Do you want something? Or want to get out of bed?" Brook asked gently.

Sil tried to gather himself first. "Mainly just want to sleep." he replied.

"You should eat something first." Brooklyn insisted. Then a growl from his stomach erupted. It was telling him how famished he was after not eating for so many days.

Sil heard it too. It made him smile for sure.

The red gargoyle was embarrassed and patted it. "Says I haven't eaten for so long." he blushed.

"Yes. Alright. Coming along, but just can't move like before at moment. Still hurt a lot." Sil stated.

"It's understandable. Here, I'll help ya."

Brooklyn helped him to stand up. His legs still worked fine. It was just his side that bothered him the most, other than being off balance with his arm in the sling.

Broadway and Owen were now cooking up dinner right now. This would be the first meal as a clan in over a week's time. They were all so ready for it.

Sil and Elisa were going to be eating at the table too. They just had to watch how they felt. Small meals would probably be better for them at the moment. Of course, even for the four males who had been taken. They didn't need to get sick.

The food was soon done and served. They weren't going to patrol tonight. It was solely a night to relax and come together again.

Sil was amazed he even felt hungry at all. He still wasn't happy about how his situation was.

Goliath and Elisa looked at each other and smiled. She leaned into him and whispered, "Perhaps this is something that should be discussed tomorrow night. Give Sil a little more time to feel better first."

"Okay." Goliath replied. They separated on that and went about eating their food.

…..

Everyone would usually take good-sized portions of food once it was served, but tonight, everyone enjoyed the food that was before them, but just didn't eat in the biggest portions. Not even Sil.

Sil's stomach was still a little fidgety from his ordeal. He didn't want to eat a whole lot. His head still ached too. He would need some more pain meds before long. His side throbbed under the bandages. His arm still hurt too. It felt awkward only eating with one hand, but he had no choice at the moment.

Brooklyn watched his friend eat his food carefully. He wished he had been here when Demona had attacked. He wanted so much to give her a piece of his mind.

The others were also watching how Sil and Elisa were both eating their food. With both of them having had concussions, they both had to be watched for the next few days.

Dr. Sato would check in every day with them to see how they were doing.

Later, after the meal, Elisa's parents came to see her. She was in her room there at the castle. She didn't want to be out of bed very much.

Diane and Peter Maza were ever so grateful that their oldest child was still alive after what they had heard happened to her. She just needed to be off her feet as much as possible. Her parents stayed a few hours, but let her get her rest by dawn.

….

Chamberlain still didn't feel good quite a lot. But tomorrow, Goliath told his clan that there was something that had to be addressed, and it concerned their Skeksis friend.

Brooklyn had a bad feeling about this. His leader had a most serious tone in his voice. They all wondered what it was about that concerned Sil?

…..

The next evening, just after sunset, Goliath gathered the clan in the library. They were going to talk without him first, to see that they all agreed first, and they might need the numbers to convince Sil.

The Xanatos' and Owen were there too. It needed to include them as well, at least to hear what the concern was.

Sil was currently still asleep. He hadn't been active much during the day, save for the bathroom and a couple of snack times.

"As leader of the clan, I have gathered you all here tonight to discuss our friend, Chamberlain." Goliath began.

"Is is something bad?" Angela asked. "Has he done something he shouldn't have?"

"No, Angela. Not that I know of. That's not what this is about. Given the continued threat of humans and Demona, it might be best to send him back to his home world. He would be safer there from them. I know we face threats like this everyday, but we are native here. He isn't. After what happened to the Trio and I all last week, we can't let the Illuminati, or any other humans get their hands on him again. It was already bad enough when Sevarius got to meet him with Demona's help. Do you all see my point?" Goliath explained and asked.

"Yes, I see what you mean, Lad." Hudson agreed.

"But he came here to get away from his own kind, Goliath." Brooklyn said. "They banished him before. They only accepted him back temporarily because of me."

"You said there was only eight of his kind left? Well, he would just be safer in his own world, Brooklyn. I know you are concerned about him, but he is better off there. We have all come to understand him as well as we have and appreciated him saving our lives and protecting us. I am just doing this for his own safety. Do you understand?" Goliath explained.

Brooklyn glanced down. "Yeah, I understand. This just seems so out of the blue, Goliath. I mean he has turned into a valuable asset to the clan. He can help protect the castle during the day when we can't. He saved Elisa and Alex. And us before." Brooklyn explained. "Why make him go back now when he's been here so long? He's adapted well to our world and been open minded about it. This is practically his home now."

"Brooklyn, we get that you care about him. But this isn't his native world. That last fight with Demona nearly killed him, and me. We don't know all there is to know about Skeksis health and anatomy. Dr. Sato even told he that he can be a little uncooperative at times. He gets grouchy about when he has to be poked with needles and such. His moods are unpredictable. But I also think Demona and Sevarius will keep trying to get at him. It would be safer to send him back." Elisa explained her thoughts.

"But only someone immortal can touch the icon to open up the portal." Lex spoke up.

"I shall help on that part this time. I'll gladly help send him back. He's earned it." Owen said. "I may need Alex's help though, Sir. You know my situation."

"Yes, I know. If you can help Alex learn something new and not too dangerous, then you have my blessing." David stated.

"But wait, Sil's not well enough to go home. He needs to recover first." Brooklyn said.

"Yes, we will let him get well enough first. It will be a few weeks yet. I just wanted all of us to be in agreement first. We will talk to him about it in a few days. We aren't just going to spring it on him and just take him back. We want him to know ahead of time so he can be ready." Goliath declared.

"Sil might also be more sensitive to our winters here too. We know how cold it can get here." Elisa said.

"The cold don't bother us, Elisa." Broadway stated.

"No, but it does to humans and it does seem to affect him." Fox said. "I noticed."

"Dr. Sato mentioned to me that if Sil's arm is well enough in a few weeks, he might let him use a brace on his arm instead of a cast. That might be easier to use the rest of the recovery. The weakest of the injury just needs mending first." Elisa said.

"And his side injuries to heal too." Lex added.

"Yeah, he did lose quite a bit of blood from it." Owen pointed out. "He has his blood transfusion given back too. Once he goes back to his world, there will be little evidence he was here."

The clan took a glance at him. It was like Owen was wishing he was gone already. But it would be mostly true, other than how Sil had left lasting impressions with them all.