07.08.98; 20:14 Police Station:
Elisa looked around, standing before Chavez's office and waited.
where is he? she thought and absently touched the slight arch in her Bomber Jacket. this will be complicated enough
Luckily the person she waited for turned around the corner just in this moment.
"Hello Matt." she greeted him.
"Hi ex-partner." Matt Bluestone greeted back "Sorry for being late."
"No matter." Elisa replied "I know you have a lot to do by coordinating your team."
"Much paperwork, but the last weeks it was calm." Matt said and noticed at once how Elisa's smile became hollow. "What is it?"
"We better go in." she told him, doing so by herself.
Noticing her both detectives entering, Chavez looked up from her desk.
"There is something I have to inform you about." Elisa began after Matt had closed the door behind his back.
"About what?" Chavez asked, looking surprised to Maza who made a decision.
She opened the pocket of her jacket and revealed two balls, both shinning in slight green. Before Matt or Chavez could ask anything she threw the balls to their feet...
Green smoke covered their heads faster than they could turn away and faster than they could wonder about it, it had disappeared, alike with the remains of the balls.
"Is everything ok?" Elisa asked them, sawing how Matt stumbled a bit and propping him by grabbing his arm.
"Whoa..." Matt exclaimed "This was real?"
Elisa nodded, taking of her arm from him and looked to Chavez.
"A friend of the clan undid Demona's magic by them and me." she explained "As he gave me these balls to undo the spell by you."
Matt massaged the temples of his head as if he had head aches, trying to get in his mind what had happened.
"The victims?" he asked, still a bit confused.
"I checked the obituaries," Elisa explained "under the names I recognised stood that they died by accident... seemingly the spell worked completely."
Matt nodded while his captain stayed unmoved.
"Detective Bluestone," Chavez told, him, looking up from her table. "would you leave the room I and Detective Maza have to talk."
Matt exchanged a look with his ex-partner and nodded, leaving the room quickly.
When it was just they two, Elisa turned her look to Chavez who studied her.
"Please sit down." Chavez ordered.
Elisa didn't respond, but followed the order, sitting down in the uncomfortable silence.
"How long have you known about this?" Chavez asked her.
"Three nights," Elisa explained "but we..."
"And who undid the spell?" her captain asked, not going in on Elisa's explanation.
Elisa waited a second, not knowing if Puck would accept her to reveal this.
"A magical being who is close to the clan." she finally said.
"You don't tell the whole truth." her captain replied. "As you never have coming to the gargoyles."
Elisa stayed silence, knowing that it was better to say nothing now.
"I know that you know the gargoyles longer than you told me." Chavez said "Maybe since your disappearing?"
Elisa stayed calm.
"I first met Goliath shortly before the attacks on the Cyberiotics centres." she revealed. "And I was it who showed them a place to live on the clock tower."
"I need not to remind you on the fact that you have brought all officers here in danger through this decision, have I?" Chavez asked.
Elisa shook her head, knowing she meant the destruction of the Clock Tower by the hunters and near destruction of the police station, not to speak of the injuries most of her colleagues had had to suffer.
"So you became close with them." Chavez noticed "And their leader."
Elisa winced, looking in her captain's face, trying to guess if she had found out already or was just guessing.
"I'm member of the clan." she explained "And I'm Goliath's mate."
"Mate..." Chavez whispered, as to assure herself "this means you are married by gargoyle law?"
Elisa nodded, even when she knew it was more subtle than just the transfer of a marriage in human terms.
"This explains most." Chavez noticed, leaning back in her chair.
"If you mean I had forgotten my duty I..." Elisa began, wildly, standing up from her place.
"Hiding the existence of possibly dangerous creatures," Chavez counted "lying to a superior officer, allowing them to make terror in the city..."
"They defended the city." Elisa defended her clan.
"They chased thieves as if they would be their prey," Chavez replied "Not to speak of the material damages they caused while you helped them."
Elisa stayed silent so Chavez continued.
"They were no worried citizens going on patrol." the captain noticed "And you are a cop, you have sworn to protect this city by uphold the law. If everyone would handle the law as you did the streets soon would be red by these ones murdered by self-justice. This is NO attitude I allow any of my officers."
"You have to decide if you are on their site or on that of the law." Chavez explained.
There was silence while Elisa looked in Chavez eyes.
"Is this all?" Elisa asked with somewhat of a dry mouth.
"I want to hear everything you learned about the gargoyles until now." Chavez demanded.
Elisa nodded.
"I met them four years ago when I investigated the incident at Xanatos's castle.." she began.