YES! I HAVE FINALLY UPDATED!

I am sooooooo sorry for not updating in such a very long time. Please forgive me

To OutlawKnight - I am so glad my story is what convinced you to write in the first place. That gives me such a wonderful feeling that my work has inspired people

Previously:

New Officer
"Are you sure this time he is an officer and not another decoy trying to get rid of the Gargoyles?" Matt asked.
"I went and did a background check on him and contacted his last posting. He was just transferred from the 6th Elm Precinct." Said Captain Chavez
"That's in Brooklyn. Who is he?" Elisa asked.
"Detective Ric Valance."
"He's known as one of the best Detectives in that area. How come he was transferred here? Wasn't he doing well over there?" Matt asked.
"How long will this last?"
"A week. He just needs to know the neighborhood. Why you're at it might as well introduce him to your friends so he knows the other side of the law enforcement."

Disturbance for the Clan
When Elisa turned back around, she gasped in alarm. "Goliath, come here."
Taking note the tone of her voice sounded urgent, he walked over. She was pointing to the opposite wall where he had stood a moment before hand. He followed her point and gasped. A message in red spray paint was written along her wall. 'You're mine Maza! Not his. I will make you my wife'.

Chill is in the Air (a month - October)

One would think living at the castle would make Elisa's job easier but she soon learnt that it was just as difficult as she would have when she lived in her apartment. Yes, things were easier now with her wanting to visit her extended family and them not have to worry about her when she wasn't around. But things were getting even more and more hectic. The weather was getting colder and the nights were getting longer. With the weather getting colder, when walking around on the parapets of the castle, Elisa had to wear warmer gear. But that wasn't the only thing that was going wrong. No one had yet been able to find any leads to what was stalking Elisa.

Nearly a month after moving into the castle, Elisa was just going into work when there was a letter waiting for her on her desk. Thinking nothing of it, she opened it. What she found was a horrifying note, which caused the squad room to turn to towards her as she made a scene about it. It was a threat letter, which knew she had moved into the castle and the person would kill her winged family.

Naturally, Captain Chavez was not one to take things lying down. She then demand her whole squad room if they seen anyone deliver a letter to any of her best officers. When she found no answer. She began to get worried. What was going on? She wanted to keep things quiet, only allowing certain officers to know.

It was broad daylight as Elisa was at the grocery store, shopping. Not too far away from her there was an undercover cop watching her. Since the letters started to appear, Chavez ordered a bodyguard for Elisa. Since from the time when Jason Canmore infiltrated the police department to get at Elisa, she didn't want to take any chances. Elisa hated the idea, but she knew it was important. The Police department's best detective was being harassed and no one knew why or where it was coming from.

As Elisa was shopping, she could not see who the unmarked cop was, nor did she try to look for him or her either. She wanted to appear as normal as possible. Though she knew the people who were watching her were from another police department. She was in front of the produce department, picking out some apples when someone came up to her.

"Fancy meeting you here."

Elisa gave a gasp as she turned to see the new police officer. "Ric," she greeted. "This is a surprise."

"What?" Ric said. "I can't go shopping during the day?"

Elisa gave a soft laugh. "No that's not what I mean. I'm meaning that I haven't seen you in the last few weeks since the last day you and I were working together."

"Oh." Ric gave a sheepish look. "Yeah. I have been quite busy. I never realized how much this part of New York is full of crime."

Elisa rolled her eyes. "Tell me about it. But it is safer than before, thanks to the Goliath and the others."

"Yes, they have been quite a big help. So they turn to stone during the day?"

"Yeah." Elisa looked at her clock. "Well I better get going. I have some things to do before they wake and I go on shift."

Ric smiled. "Of course. I'll see you around Elisa."

"Like wise."

Elisa turned away, deciding to grab a bag of apples and continue on to the vegetables and more fruit. Soon she went on to the rest of the store. When she was done shopping, she made her way to the Eerie building. She hated going to there but there was nothing she could do. At least Xanatos now had to keep his hands clean. When she went to pull into the underground garage, a car drove by her. She gave a sigh of annoyance. The car was an uncover cop.

Once she parked her car, she took her groceries and made her way to the elevator and up the tons of floors to the very top. She continued to her side of the wing and put her groceries away. She didn't have her groceries away five minutes when there was a knock at her door.

"The door is opened," she called as she continued to clean up around.

"Now this is a nice place," Matt said as he entered the room. This was the first time he was seeing Elisa's new home.

"Matt," Elisa said. "What brings you by?"

"You know why," he answered.

Elisa scowled as her hands slammed down on the new counter top. "You do realize that I hate this."

"You're not the only one," Matt said as he took a seat on the couch in the big room. "Man I think this is bigger than your old apartment."

"It is. Upstairs are the bedrooms."

"But this is a castle, how can a castle be built like this?"

Elisa snorted. "When Xanatos bought this place, the castle was in shambles. He had the castle exterior fully repaired to it's glory. But he had to use a lot of the bricks from the inside to replace what was damaged on the outside. So he was able to revert some rooms into very large rooms because of the lack of bricks.

"So every brick here is…" Matt's eyes bugged out of his head as he looked at the walls.

"Is over 1000 years old, yes." Elisa explained as she walked over to her partner. "But thanks to Xanatos and his money has had the bricks reinforced so a fire won't easily break out like they did back in the day."

"Things a wealthy man can do, to secure his home."

"Yeah. So would you like an early supper?" Elisa asked.

"Sure," Matt offered. "You want my help?"

"Sure why not."

By the time nightfall came, it was still an hour before the two cops had to report in. Elisa and Matt were so busy into the cooking they were doing, they had no idea they were no longer alone. The two officers had spent the last few hours of daylight prepping the food and now were in the process of cooking.

"What do we have going on here?" asked Goliath as he and Brooklyn walked into the room.

"Smells like breakfast," Brooklyn answered for Elisa.

Elisa lightly laughed. "See, I told you we were going to have to make enough for everyone." She elbowed Matt as he was beginning to get the plates down.

"Yeah, I guess your right," he moaned out from being poked. "So how many shall be having dinner with us?"

"Just myself and Brooklyn," Goliath answered. "The others have gone to the castle's kitchen for something to eat. And what brings you here so early Bluestone?"

Elisa and Matt looked at each other with a bit of shock.

"I thought you were going to tell him," Matt said, pointing to her

"I just never got a chance," Elisa answered back.

"But you were suppose to tell him. Captain Chavez even told you to tell him." Matt crossed his arms.

"I know… can we do this later," Elisa said through gritted teeth.

"Will someone tell me what is going on?" Goliath said with a hint of anger. His hands were up in the air and his wings were twitching to unfold from resting against his shoulders. The wings were draped on him like a cape.

Both cops cringed at the sound of Goliath's voice. Elisa sighed in defeat. She knew she had to tell him but she really didn't want him to worry any more than he already was. She stepped away from the stove, setting down what she had in her hand, allowing Matt to take over. She went over to a drawer, pulling out the letter she was given at the police station.

"A week ago, I was given something rather disturbing and Captain Chavez has already taken legal action."

Walking over to the big guy, she handed him the letter. Goliath scanned the letter quickly before a growl emitted from his throat and his eyes turned white. Elisa lowered her head. She knew Goliath was going to be angry.

"Why didn't you tell me this sooner?" he demanded, anger in his voice.

Elisa straightened her head. "Because. I knew you would just worry more than you already are," she snapped. "You can not protect me during the day and I need to have my own life. Cops in the past have been given threat letters before. We just tighten security and move on until we can find the perp."

"But you are the one person I care most in all of the human society. You will be my wife soon enough. I have a right to know, whether I like it or not."

"Goliath," Matt said as he turned. "Captain Chavez has already taken the liberty of beefing up security."

"How so?" the large Gargoyle asked.

"Elisa has been given around the clock bodyguards. The Captain isn't taking any chances. She even got some well-trusted cops to watch over her from another police station. When she is here, she is safest as Xanatos has top-notch security. But when she is out on the street, she has a bodyguard. She is even wearing a house arrest bracelet on her ankle so we can monitor her at all times if a cop can't watch her."

To prove the point, Elisa lifted her leg onto the end table, pulling up her pant leg, showing the bracelet. Goliath looked down to see it was indeed what Matt just explained. He looked up to Matt. "And you are here…"

Elisa placed her leg down and went back to the kitchen. "Since we're both working and he's my partner," she said. "He decided to show up here so I wouldn't be going to the police station alone to clock in."

"Good," Goliath explained, relaxing his muscles. "One can never be too careful. Now do you know that you are being watched?"

Elisa rolled her eyes. "Yes. But I don't know who they are. They are unmarked officers, uncover. I can have at least a sense of my freedom."

"Elisa," Matt said as he took the plates he pulled out and set them on the table. "You know we are trying our hardest to figure out what is going on. It is important to continue on like nothing is wrong." He turned to the lead Gargoyle. "That includes you as well. For us to catch the one who is doing this, you too also have to give Elisa some space."

Goliath growled, showing his teeth. He knew Bluestone was right. He had to allow the Police to try and catch the person who was threatening his Elisa. But if the Police couldn't do it, he would. He already had Demona and MacBeth looking into it though so far they had come up with nothing, but they were still looking. Goliath figured MacBeth was doing more than Demona.

Brooklyn remained quiet but he too was showing signs of worry for his friend. But he knew he couldn't really say much about it. It was Goliath's place to voice the opinion, not his. Besides Goliath was the one who was going to marry Elisa.

Soon everything was ready for the four to eat. Elisa and Matt opt for sitting at the table while Goliath and Brooklyn took the couch. The kitchen chairs would not be able to handle their weight. When dinner was over, the two cops decided it was time to get going to start their shift. Goliath went to his clan and had them split into two groups so one group would follow Elisa, his group, and Brooklyn would take another group to watch over the city.