A HALF AN HOUR LATER.
RITA'S APARTMENT...

"S, So let me get this strait..." A now revived Enrique stuttered, nibbling some pepper steak nervously as he stared at the two gargoyle, who were promptly scarfing down all the Chinese food like there was no tomorrow, his eyes still wide and his face pallid. "You two were put under a spell... a magic spell... that put you to sleep. And another gargoyle lady..."

"Demona." Egor supplied, popping a whole egg roll into his mouth.

"Pig!" Ebony snapped.

Enrique rubbed his face, his head still aching from when it hit Rita's coffee table. "Demona... right... Woke you up with some more magic and brought you here to NYC..."

"Right," Ebony answered, flipping a strand of black hair back. "But she turned out to be a mega bitch and just wanted us so we could like, help her kill EVERYONE, so we left her and joined Goliath's clan. And that where we have been ever since..."

"Stuck sitting on our ass's" Egor muttered darkly in mid-chew.

A minute of silence filled the room. The two humans, brother and sister by blood, staring at the gargoyles, who where brother and sister by clan... Enrique ran a hand over his bald shaved head and wished desperately for some Don Q... "Okay... well, that has to be by far the WIERDEST story I have EVER heard... and I've heard some wild ones..." Enrique sad, looking up and smiling weakly... "But there you are, sitting right in front of me, so it must be true."

Egor nodded, grabbing the last carton of fried rice. "So what now?" he asked, glancing at Ebony.

Ebony shrugged. "I guess we should call the clan, tell them where we are... that we are all right..."

Rita perked up immediately. "How 'bout me and Enrique take you there! Enrique has his SUV... and it's got tinted windows! We can drive you there and meet the rest of your clan!"

Ebony grinned. "That's a great idea! You can meet everyone there! The trio would love you!"

Enrique stared at his little sister in shock. "More monsters?! Rita, you're kidding, right? Even with my Explorer, they'll barely fit! Especially Greeny!"

"Hey!" Egor snapped, feeling insulted.

Enrique shrugged apologetically. "Sorry man, but I don't drive eight foot gargoyles across town every day... and that car is new!"

Ebony sniffed, rolling her eyes. "It ain't like we'll wet the seats."

"Plus, I was able to fit in Rita's car, and that thing is like a Micro Mashine!" Egor argued.

"That's true," Rita said, nodding and playfully shoving Enrique on the shoulder. "Oh come on Enrique! It'll be fun. It isn't every day we get a chance to chill with Gargoyles!"

Enrique rolled his eyes. "Yea, lets have a few beers with some huge monsters that talk, I can't think of anything funner."

Ebony's eyes glowed bright blue and a snarl ripped through her throat. "We are NOT monsters!"

Enrique blanched. "Okay, okay! Sorry! I'll take you."

Rita laughed and gave her brother a hug. "Yes! Thank you! Lets Go!"

A HALF AN HOUR LATER.
CASTLE WYVERN...

"DAMMIT! Where are they?!"

"Elisa, my love, you must remain calm!"

"Fuck calm! I want them back here right now! So I can KILL them!"

Brooklyn watched in a mixture of amusement and shock as Elisa stormed past him, her hair a mess and her eyes glowing like those of some cat out of hell. If that wasn't funny then Goliath was downright hysterical. Brooklyn's 8-foot, muscled bound leader was reduced to a stammering simpleton in shock who was constantly following his human "mate" (for lack of a batter word) around, constantly trying to stop her from wringing her own neck. Never had Brooklyn seen Elisa look more frightening... or that worried. It would have been funny if it weren't that shocking. "Um, Elisa, just chill. You acting like you're on a super dose of PMS or something!"

The look Elisa gave him could have melted steel. "That is NOT funny Brooklyn." Elisa snapped and began to pace the floor again, something she had been doing ever since the sun had set. "Why haven't they called?! They should have called us by now! The sun set a half an hour ago!" Elisa shrieked. Suddenly Elisa spun around to glare at Goliath, who had a face of absolute dread. "Goliath!"

"Yes, my love?" Goliath stammered.

Elisa shoved a finger onto Goliath's chest. "You listen to me and you listen good! When those two get back I want them grounded! Do you hear me? Grounded! They are to never set foot outside this castle ever again! I want them scrubbing toilets, do you hear me?!"

Brooklyn snorted. "I think they heard you in Jersey Elisa." Brooklyn stated but then spun around and ran for his life, Elisa suddenly screaming even louder then before about his lack of discipline and concern for his clanmates, chasing him and waving her revolver in her hands.

Broadway and Lexington watched as they zoomed down that hallway, their eyes filled with mystification. "Boy, I really hope those two come back soon!" Broadway muttered to Lex.

Lex nodded. "Yea, for Brooklyn's sake!"

MEANWHILE.
RITA'S APARTMENT...

"Okay, tell me again." Enrique said, eyeing the dark gray gargoyle that called herself Ebony, who was obediently seated and buckled up in the back seat of his new Ford Explorer. "How are we going to get inside without anyone knowing?"

Ebony rolled her eyes. Oh Brother. "It's simple. I've done it lots of time! I'll cast an invisibility spell that will cloak us from sight, we walk out of the parking house, walk into the lobby, pass the guard and go in the elevator. Simple!" Ebony snapped, rolling her eyes. "I explained this like a thousand time all ready!"

"Well 'scuse me lady," Enrique snapped. "But some of us ain't used to magic just yet, okay?!"

"Oh hush up and keep your eyes on the road!" Ebony snapped back.

Enrique looked skyward, rolling his eyes. "I cannot believe this!" he yelled, "A huge black demon from the middle ages is telling me how to drive! Your worse then my mother!"

"Oh shut up!"

Egor and Rita glanced at each other and sighed in unison.

MEANWHILE.
BACK AT CASTLE WYVERN...

"You know, I don't blame them for wanting to leave." Brooklyn announced.

Seated with Angela and Broadway in the kitchen, Brooklyn was well into his favorite food in the world: A turkey club with mayo, glancing at his clanmate's faces as he ate.

"Why do you say that?" Angela asked.

"I don't know... just feel sorry for them I guess. They have been cooped up here pretty long. It ain't fair."

Broadway took half of his meat-lover's pie and stuffed half of it into his maw. "Whadda mean?" he asked, chewing.

Brooklyn shrugged. "I don't know. It's just that when we first got here Goliath let us explore the city. Sure we were thirty-five at the time, but Ebony and Egor are not that young! They survived on their own in Ireland. Who is to say they can't handle New York City?"

Angela sighed and took a sip of her Apple cider, nodding. "That may be, but they are still pretty young. They're just twenty-six! That's young! And this day and age is a lot different then the one they came from. The world is a lot more advanced. There is still is a bunch of things they don't know about."

Brooklyn nodded. "Yea, yea, I know. But I still think that they should at least be able to go out and explore a little, with an escort if you must. They got bored and desperate. That's why they left, right? I bet you'd do the same thing if your where in their position."

Broadway shook his head. "I don't know Red. Goliath told them to stay here. He's the clan leader. If they are going to learn on how to live like a clan then they have to learn to follow orders. If they can't follow a simple order, who's to say they are mature enough to handle themselves on their own in the city?"

Brooklyn swallowed and glanced at his clan-brother. "Oh come on Broadway, don't you feel bad for them at least? I'd get bored too if I had to stay here all day, do nothing but read...

"I like to read." Angela interjected, frowning. "Father was right to tell them to learn more about this New World. If not, then how can they ever go out there. They have to know things about this world if they are going to defend it."

Brooklyn said nothing and stared into his sandwich.

That was when the intercom beeped and Owen nasal voice met their sensitive ears. "Excuse me sirs and mistress, but I believe we may have a problem. The elevator is going up but the camera's show that no one is inside.

Brooklyn, Broadway, and Angela all looked at each other, the three of them knowing who it was. "Ebony." The three said in unison. Brooklyn leaping to his feet and thundering down the halls, Angela and Broadway right behind him. "Everyone get to over here! Ebony and Egor are back!" Brooklyn yelled and was soon met with the sound of approaching footsteps.

Angela glanced at Brooklyn as she ran alongside him, her eyes meeting his. "Ebony must have used one of those spells of hers on herself and Egor to hide them from the guard and the people on the street. Like the time they first came here, remember?"

"How can I forget?" Broadway muttered, "It isn't everyday you meet a Gargoyle that can turn herself invisible."

Soon the entire clan was there, waiting and staring at the slowly approaching elevator, their eyes all on the glowing number board... Brooklyn glanced at the others, interested to see their expressions. Elisa surprisingly did not look insanely enraged, just relieved that the two had come home. Hudson and Goliath both wore stern faces, but neither could hide the gratitude that they two hatchlings had returned. Everyone one else just waited.

With a DING! The doors opened and the clan was met with a surprising sight. Two human strangers where standing with Ebony and Egor, who both looked abashed and proud at the same time. "Hoooooly Shiiiiit!" rasped the human on the left, a short, stocky female with funky red hair and breasts the size of volleyballs. The tall, muscular male human with the bald head muttered something in Spanish.

Everyone starred.

The female was dressed in brown leather pants, boots and jacket, her C-Cup breasts barely covered in a bright red, bikini-like top. The male wore a black muscle shirt, brown old bomber jacket and Levi's pants. It is a rare occasion that a human can an affect on gargoyles but Broadways eyes quickly becoming the size of bowling balls the minute he caught site of Rita Sanchez. Her brother seemed to be having the same affect on Angela. Enrique had always prided himself on his body. Although he looked like a stripling compared to Egor and Goliath, Enrique still looked buff, his shoulders wide, his arm thick and strong.

It was then that the female human leaped out of the elevator, dragging the male out but the hand, a happy grin on her face. "Hiya! I'm Rita! So your Ebony's and Egor crew huh?"

"It's 'clan', Rita." Egor muttered, a look of terror now on his face. Goliath didn't look to happy.

"Right, clan!" Rita said, nodding and smiling, her brother standing next to her, his face whiter then printing paper. "So which one of you's is the leader, Goliath?"

Goliath tried hard not to look mystified and managed to execute a small bow. "Er, greetings. I am Goliath. How do you know Ebony and Egor."

Not seeing Ebony's and Egor's little waves of warning, Rita smiled brilliantly and replied. "Oh, we met last night. Ebony and Egor stopped a bunch of dicks from robbing some poor old lady, but Ebony got shot on the shoulder..."

"SHOT?!" Elisa yelled, her eyes going wide.

Rita paused and nodded to the detective. "Yea, shot, so I toke 'em to my place so they could get cleaned up and have a good place to, erm, sleep."

Hudson shook his head. "I hope the lass and lad were not very much trouble ta ye..."

Rita blanched but smiled, her dark eyes dancing. "Trouble?! Hell no! They behaved and have good manners, shit, I was impressed! It's so cool to even be able to talk with 'em!"

Hudson smiled at last, indeed the entire clan was grinning (except Goliath who was glaring at Egor and Ebony with a deathlike intensity), obviously happy to have at last made some more new human friends. "Sound like an interestin' night lass," Hudson said, grinning. "And how did de lad get involved?" the old Scottish gargoyle asked, nodding to Enrique.

Enrique cleared his throat, looking rather sheepish. "Uh, I went to her place for a little visit and... uh... saw them, uh, wake up..."

Brooklyn laughed ou loud at that. "I bet that was an experience! Ain't every day you see two statues come to life!"

Enrique grinned weakly despite himself. "Yea no shit man, mira, is there any chance I can have a beer? It's been a weird evening!"

The trio laughed and led the young Puerto Rican to the kitchen, talking amonst themselves. Meanwhile Angela, glancing at the stern faces of Goliath, Hudson and Goliath, beckoned Rita forward. "Why don't you come with me Rita? I can show you around the castle."

Rita glanced at the three dour adults and nodded hastily. "Sure, sound great." Rita said and turned to seeEbony and Egor's faces of terror and smiled apologetically. "See you two in a bit, huh?" Ebony nodded and slowly the two young hatchlings turned to face their clan leader and Elder.

Goliath cleared his throat, his stony face stern. "Last night was an interesting night?"

Egor grinned sheepishly, putting his hand behind his head, blushing dark green. "Uh yea, you can say that..."

Ebony stepped forward. "Goliath, it was my idea. It's just that I was so freaken bored and Egor wanted to come with me to protect me, and I said sure... so whatever punishment you give, give it to me, uh... okay?"

Hudson nodded. "That's very noble of ye lass... but he broke the rules and much as ye did."

"But why must we stay here all the time?" Ebony whined, a month of being stuck away at home finally bubbling over into furious annoyance. "Can't we leave the castle with an escort or something?"

Goliath grinned. "We can discuss that after your punishment is over. You are to go to the rookery and you are going to stay there for the rest of the week. No TV, no computer and no CD player. After the rookery you are to stay in the library for the end of the month."

Ebony rolled her eyes. "Gee, that sounds like such a change in our routine, don't it Egor? Can you remember a day we DIDN'T go to the library?" she snarled darkly.

Goliath nodded, surprisingly not offended. "After the month is over we will discuss you leaving the castle with an escort. It is time you begin to learn about this world first hand."

Silence reined, the moments of stunned silence passing slow. Then Ebony emitted a joyous squeal and lept onto her clan leader, hugging him and Hudson tightly. "Really Goliath, you mean it?" Ebony asked, "You not pulling my tail, are you?"

Goliath and Hudson shared that same paternal smile and nodded. "Aye lass, tiss true. Ye'll be able ta leave with an escort."

Ebony and Egor yelled out and hugged each other. "At last! Thank you!" Ebony squealed.

"Now to the rookery, the two of ye."

"Aaaaaaawwwwww!"

THE END!
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