After a few days and nights of getting the rest he so desperately needed after the accident, Chamberlain began to feel stronger and he started to get out of bed more, and eating more as well.

Elisa was still at the castle as well, recovering. The two of them were in the same boat, in a way. Though she had gotten a little less injured than he had.

Sil only trusted Brooklyn to help him with his clothes really. While he had to be doing things one-handed, his friend was trying to be there for him as much as possible. He no longer wore bandages on his head, but there was a scab on his head from his hit.

After being gone for so long, the clan had just wanted to be at home for now. They would begin their patrols again soon, just needing to be at home when two of their friends needed them while they were in the critical stages of healing.

Brooklyn looked sullenly at Sil. He was trying to get back to normal as best he could, but he definitely wasn't happy being in a cast. He had to take it easy as he moved to not tear his side stitches either. They itched and he hated it.

Sil also began noticing how the gargoyle was looking at him. He got up the nerve to ask him about it.

"Why you keep on looking at Chamberlain like that?"

"You don't seem happy here." Brook replied.

"Am happy here, yes. Just not about injuries." Sil corrected him.

"I get that. I wouldn't be either."

"You heal faster than Skeksis." Sil said.

"Yeah, but even broken bones for us are no picnic. Some might require surgery to correct and if not done the right way, a limb or a wing may not work the same way again, even with stone sleep." Brooklyn explained. "Elisa did say not long ago that the doctor thought in a few weeks, if your arm gets past this critical phase of healing, then the cast can be removed and replaced with a brace instead."

"Hmm, sound good. Itchy, it is."

Brooklyn still wanted to tell him the other news. He seemed to be well enough for it.

"Sil, do you ever feel like wanting to go back to your world?"

Sil's eyes lit up. "Like this place better. More places to see and go. Not so boring here. Maybe someday, Chamberlain find different job. Would really like politic job. What really good at."

"I don't know if humans would ever allow that though. There are still plenty of humans out there that are still a threat to us even more than the Quarrymen were. Especially like the Pack. Well, what's left of them. And Demona and Sevarius. I don't think they're ever going to stop trying to get to you." Brooklyn explained.

"I not let them take me again without fight." Sil said. "But never met Pack."

"Believe me, you don't want to either. They were once humans too. You've seen Xanatos' robots. Well, they were humans who had themselves turned into robots and a mutated werewolf. Cars finished off Wolf, the werewolf. But Jackal and Hyena, a pair of twins, they are still at large. They are practically invincible with the technology that they are programmed with. We try our best, but we are barely even a match for them." Brooklyn explained. "But you have met one of them actually. Fox used to be one of them, until she married Xanatos."

Sil had had no idea. Brooklyn couldn't take it anymore. He was going to break the real news to him gently.

"Sil, I hate to tell you this, but Goliath had a clan meeting a few days ago with all while you were resting. It was about sending you back to your world. He thinks you might need to go back, for your safety." Brooklyn had to tell him. It had been eating away at him.

Sil's mouth remained in a frown.

"I wasn't the one that had the idea. I'm just telling you now what he said. Believe me when I tell you that I don't want you to go. But I don't want Demona being such a threat to you, or any other human for that matter." Brooklyn declared.

"And when was he going to tell me?!" Sil suddenly snapped.

"You wouldn't be going back in this condition though. Goliath was going to tell you in a few days. Well, this is a few days since he talked of it. We will make sure you're well enough to go back first." Brooklyn explained.

"Where is Goliath?" Sil demanded. He wanted to get to the bottom of this right now.

"He might be in with Elisa."

Sil barged off and went in search of the leader. Brooklyn followed. He knew Sil wasn't going to be happy about this when he found out.

….

Goliath and Elisa were just spending time together as a couple and then heard a knocking on their door.

Goliath got up and went to see who it was. "Who is it?" he asked.

"Chamberlain. Need talk to you."

The couple looked at each other worriedly all of a sudden, thinking he knew.

Goliath let him in. Brooklyn too.

"What this I hear that you want me to go back to Thra?" Sil demanded.

"Chamberlain, with what happened to us last week and what happened to you while we were gone, I thought it be best if you go back for your own safety. Demona and Sevarius won't give up on trying to get at you. We don't know all of what you can expect health wise here. And our winters can get very cold here as well. If you got sick, we don't know what to do for you." Goliath explained.

"Sil, we are doing this as your friends, to do what's best for you. We do care. You got hurt worse than I did, and we don't want this to happen again, and particularly, not from strange humans. Humans are far too dangerous to you, just as they are to the clan. But the gargoyles are native to our world. We just don't want anymore bad things happening to you." Elisa joined her love.

"Believe us, Chamberlain, this was a hard decision to come to. We weren't going to just force you to go back. It was going to be a civil talk." Goliath said.

"And what if Chamberlain say no, not want to go back?"

"Lord Chamberlain, we're grateful for all that you have done for us here. Helping and saving our lives in battle. But this last time was just a too close call. Babysitting Alex. All of us are grateful. We just don't want to see you harmed by anymore outside forces. There are just too many here that might deem you a threat. You are an actual alien to our planet, just as Brooklyn was on yours. The government would be much worse than a typical human hunter would be. But you look nearly like a gargoyle that they think you are one too. Please, just think about it. You aren't going back for a little while yet." Elisa explained to him the best she could.

Sil saw what Elisa was getting at. She was always easy to listen too when she explained something. Another thing that made her so trustworthy to the clan. Her honesty.

Sil sighed. "Think about it. Just have come to like Earth very much. Much more here than on Thra. Much more advanced uses here."

"But even if the others of your clan came here, Sil, humans would never allow you to take over as rulers. We've told you how they see us and they've decimated our numbers." Brooklyn said.

"Yeah, but you turn to stone in daylight. Skeksis not. Skeksis powerful. At least ones other than me. I could even be useful in making peace with humans. Know how to be persuasive." Sil stated. "Chamberlain always has been convincing to others."

"Maybe in some many years, but just not these days." Elisa said.

"Chamberlain, this is just for your own good. You will be allowed to heal and then you will need to go back. But do some more thinking on it why we are sending you back home to your world. It just isn't safe here for you. You have been a great friend and ally for us and appreciate it so much. You have had lasting effects on our lives. We won't forget you, but this is for your safety." Goliath got blunt.

"I think we better leave now." Brooklyn insisted. "Come on."

Sil glared at the leader on his way out.

"Hope we didn't hurt him too badly." Elisa said.

"Sure he'll get over it. I'm just doing what I think is best." Goliath said. He came back over to her.

…

"Still not want to go back to Thra. Gotten so bad there with limited food and such. Just know that if go back, Skeksis treat Chamberlain to bottom of order. General dangerous to me. Big rival."

"That's another reason we have to get you well before you go back. I'm sorry about the resources. You should have said something to them about that too." Brooklyn said. "I was there and saw it with my own eyes too."

"Will next time see."

…

The next night, Goliath and the clan went on a patrol for the first time since getting back home. They still would not abandon their protectorate. They had just needed a few nights to get comfortable with being around home after the big scare being away so long.

Sil didn't have time to speak to Goliath before the patrol. Hudson and Bronx were still at home though.

Sil went to speak with Elisa. He knew she was still here too.

He knocked on her door. "Come in."

"Elisa, need talk." Sil said.

"Hi, Sil. What about?" she asked.

He came further into the room and stood by her bed. "There was other thing that not mention last night. On Thra, where live, as one thousand rule coming to end there, life was dying there. No food, barely any water. Rain barely fall there. Thra once very pretty, but trines just take toll." he explained.

"But you said that a special event would make it all new again, right?" Elisa asked.

"Yes. Really need to go back for that, but not want to stay there permanent. Want to be here with friends." Sil said.

"Well, if you need to go back for the event, that's another reason you should go back. Despite the bad conditions there, I'm sorry on that part. But I think Goliath has made up his mind on this. He does care about you, but when you go back, it'll be permanent."

"Skeksis treat Chamberlain as lowly servant. Now want to stay. Just be there for Conjunction and come back. Be away for little while, but no more. Can't Elisa get Goliath to agree?" Sil pleaded.

"I'll see what I can do, but still, there are times that even I can't get him to change his mind on some things." she said.

"But you convince him of many things. He listen to you more than anyone." Sil stated.

"Yeah, he does. I set him straight on many subjects. Like I said, I'll see, but there are no guarantees right now." she said.

"Just try though." Sil said and left the room.

…

He went to the nursery to talk to the Xanatos family.

"Do you guys know of wanting to send me back to Thra?" Sil asked.

"Yes, we do, Sil. And we happen to agree with Goliath." David said. "It just isn't safe here for you. You'll be safer back there. At least away from the scientists and hunters here."

"Not safe from other Skeksis. They be mean to Chamberlain."

"Chamberlain, I found out what the Illuminati were doing to the gargoyles. I wouldn't want them doing the same to you." David got blunt.

"What you mean?" Sil asked.

"Goliath was brainwashed to kill a peaceful President, who was no threat. Broadway was tested against giant snakes and deep water. He almost drowned too. Lexington was tested with leopards and kinds of gases. Brooklyn was tested against extreme heat and cold, and sharp darts to see what he could tolerate. Do those sound like experiments you would want to be subject to?" David demanded. "Things like that could happen if the Illuminati ever caught you."

Sil didn't like the sound of that. He shook his head.

"Owen said that he and Alex would open the portal themselves." Fox said. "We are truly grateful to you for saving our son that night. That's why he is willing to do this for you. To turn into Puck and help Alex. You earned it, truly." She complimented him.

From all of what they were saying, was all the same thing, but when David brought up what had happened to his friends while they were gone, he understood now. He also remembered Lex's broken ribs from a hammer awhile back. He himself had been shot in the leg too. Yeah, it just wasn't safe for him here.

"Alright. Chamberlain understand. Will go back when time right." Sil gave in reluctantly.

….

Another night, Brooklyn and Sil were just by themselves. Then, the red gargoyle had a thought.

"Would your clan be more gentle toward you if they saw you were still injured?" he asked.

"If saw broken arm, maybe. Skeksis not kill Skeksis. But make fun of." Sil replied.

"Maybe we can get your arm to when it can just be in the brace and then you can go back." Brooklyn suggested.

"Yes. They need to see extent of injuries."

So it was agreed. Chamberlain would be going home in a few weeks back to Thra.