Die Today, Live Tomorrow
Chp 3
Proper Noun
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This chapter maybe a little chopped in all but I had to paste in a middle.
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I have been sitting on the roof of the precinct for over three hours with these binocular stuck on my face. I know it's a long shot, but it's the only thing I can think
to do. I'm not going back Xan Tec and I'm to awake to go home. I am not crazy. I saw living breathing gargoyles two inches from my face I had actual
conversation with one. With a sigh I let the binocular fall on the ground next to my empty coffee cups and stretch my legs. I pace the large parapet keeping my
eye sight just above the city lights.
How insane is all of this. I could be in way over my head, he almost took my arm off. Goliath could have killed me. Oh, great I'm on a first name basis. I walk
back to my spot, run my hands throw my hair, when I look up the carved stone gargoyle mounted on the window ledge of the building across the street is still
looking at me. Ever since I started coming up here a year ago ,he has been crouched over there with that stupid smile. Reminds me of the Mona Lisa. He's
watched me curse this city to high hell and back, It's seen me cry, it's seen zone out for hour on end, even from the ground I can feel that stupid little smirk of his.
" What are you waiting for? Get up, fly your ass over here and tell me to my face what you think." I yell across at it.
My cell phone rings, making me jump. I grab it up from next to the chair and answer it. " Yeah."
" Who are you yelling at?" Matt ask in amusement. I feel the blush hit me in the face and look over the edge. Matt is standing on the curb looking up at me.
"I.... I was...I was on the other line before you called." Yeah! Good one.
"Ok." He says, more for my sake, I can tell. " What happened at Xanatos's and what were you doing there anyway? And...."
A brisk wind hits me in the back strong enough to blow my hair over my shoulders. I turn around and forget to breathe when my eyes are met with Goliath's
black ones.
" Matt," I barely say. He obviously didn't hear me because I could still hear him chewing me out. " MATT, I will call you back." I hang up the phone and set it
back on the chair. The others land around me in a sort of circle. I think I'm trying to move but nothing is happening, but I don't feel scared, just unbelievably
aware that I'm surrounded by six creatures. The red one and the elder one walk over to Goliath and say something that puts a frown on his face directed to me. I
feel something cold and wet on my finger and look down. The four legged one that jumped me before was sniffing me. I knell down on one knee and he lets me
rub him, he sounds like a hoover sniffing following whatever scent from my hand to the breast of my jacket. He starts rubbing up against it, I try to push him
back but I'm laughing to hard. The big blue one walks over to us puts a hand over the other mouth and pulls him away. "Sorry, he gets carried away." He shy says.
The little yellow one is standing behind, I stand up and pull the watch I found earlier from my pocket. " It this yours?" He gives a fang full smile and grabs it.
" I thought I lost it. Thanks." He says strapping it on his wrist.
" Your name wasn't on the carte. What is it?" I ask, glancing over to the other three, who have come to some kind of conclusion and are walking over to where
we are.
" We don't have names." The red horned one says.
" Except you?" I say looking at Goliath. He gives the others a nudge with his head to give us room. Goliath doesn't leave much room between him and me which
does leave much room between my back and the brick rail " New Yorker's don't do well with intimidation." I say.
He takes the hint steps back. " I followed you here to thank you for helping me and my clan. My brother thinks that you work for David Xanatos and this is
another trap to gain our trust."
At the mention of his name I cross my arms and shake my head in disbelief. " Goliath, I have nothing to do with whatever you think Xanatos has planed. The
destruction from last night made me wonder about what he was doing." I told him. I find it easy to forget he's not suppose to be real.
The red horned one comes behind Goilath. " He attacked first, we had no choice." he explained
the big blue one come up also. " We didn't mean to hurt anyone."
" I know," I reassure him. " It's....."
From inside the attic clock room, the squeaky door announced an visitor. I held my hands up, quieting everyone and softly tip-toed over to the open door letting
out to where we all were.
"Elisa?" Matt's voice echoed from inside the dusty dwelling. I whispered a curse, ran back over, and started pushing Goliath and the others around to the side of
the parapet. Goliath wings flared open. In a frantic move I placed a hand on his chest, causing him to look down at me questioning. " Calm down, big guy,"I
whispered. " It's just my partner." Behind me the chair I had been sitting in hit the brick floor.
" Maza, you still open here?" Matt yells.
When I twirled around looked over to see the four legged one licking up the last of my coffee.
" HEY," I yelled-whispered. "You...Ah, Bronx!" It just came out but, His head shot up, ears perked. So I said it again." Bronx, get over here." I wave. He
listens to me ( Thank God.) I damn near stuff him in with the others. We quietly moved around to the back, I could hear the cracking of Matt climbing the
wooden stairs up to the outside.
" Elisa?" He asked surprised to find no one. I should have gone back to get rid of him but I have the strongest feeling that they'll leave. Whatever Matt has to say
can wait.
"Come on." I whisper waving them over the edge. " Fly way." Goliath is now standing to my left looking over the edge as if gauging something.
"We can not fly." He informs me.
I must have looked at him like he was stupid because he sighed impatiently, flared his wings and stepped up to the ledge. " We can only glade." He answered me.
"Same difference, let's just go." I say reaching up to him. The others have taken the plunge over, I see them catch the wind under their wings and ride the
current. I can hear Matt about to find us. Goliath reaches down and lifts me up to him. " Hold on." He tells me.
I took me about 30 minutes to open my eyes. I hadn't realized I had my head buried in his shoulder until he asked with something meant and made me look to what he was talking about.
He told me they had been here in Manhattan for about two months. They had been waiting for Xanatos to teach them about this island but he had avoided the
subject until last night when they wanted to explore on their own. Xanatos attacked them when they came back to the castle. I took them to Central Park, I
figured no one would be stupid enough to jump us. I must of answered a thousand questions for them all. Goliath and the elder gargoyles walked a foot behinds
the rest of us listening to what was said.
" Why did you call him Bronx earlier?" The red horned one asked me. I told him to hold on, ran to the nearest news stand and bought a map. I unfolded it on the ground and labeled out where each of them had been reported seen. The little one thought it was neat stood up and informed everyone with a high chin that he would be named "Lexington." He walked over to the dog-goyle placed his hand on it's shoulders and in a mock knighting ceremony claimed him " Bronx." The red one knelled down next along with the big blue one and were deemed " Brooklyn" and "Broadway." It was hard for me not to laugh after wards. Every other word out of their mouths were each others name. In the spirt of new beginnings the elder one looked at the map with his good eye and pointed back to the river where he was spotted, thought it over and choose
"Hudson." Goliath even smirked at the proud way he said it. With a nod, Goliath finalized it all.
I got the impression that I was being evaluated by the look in his eyes. It is easily mistaken for intimidation, It took me three hours to realize that. Any questions I have will have to wait because Lexington's watch just went off and they are leaving. They don't give an explanation, only ask if I need them to take me back. When I tell them I'll be fine, Goliath hesitates a moment but disappears with the others. I realize what time it is and thank God that I go to work late tomorrow.
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It took me three days to find them. I got anxious and went back to castle Wyvern. I figured when you can go anywhere else you can go home. Only the case
about Wyvern's ownership was what I was met with at the door. Now it's up to me to explain everything.
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