Brooklyn woke up a few hours later with a terrible headache. "Oh, my head." He said as he put a hand to his head to rub it. He had a big bump on it too. He then noticed the bars of a cage that surrounded him. This wasn't good.

Then he remembered, the baby! He instantly looked down and saw his belly was still swollen, but he was worried for his child more than anything right now. Was it still alive after being possibly squished inside him? He knew he would need to have his belly examined when he got free of here.

Brooklyn rubbed his belly. "Please be okay," he pleaded. Then he looked around. He saw he was in a lab someplace. There was a surgical table in the room among cutting tools. He gulped at seeing those. Those could be used to cut the baby out of him! That's why he couldn't let his enemy know he was pregnant. But he couldn't let his soul take over his body either.

But Coldsteel was also at a disadvantage: He needed someone who knew sorcery to do a spell to put his soul in his body, and the Grimorum was gone forever. And there was Demona. She possibly knew a spell that could do something like that to him. He hoped that that she-devil wasn't working with her long-lost dead rookery brother again.

Brooklyn went up to the bars to see if they were electrified. He put a talon finger to the bar and ZAP! Yep, it was electrified. The red gargoyle also couldn't risk being electrified either. He had enough to worry about.

Then there was the voice again. "Well, well, well. My little guest has finally woken up." Coldsteel greeted him, coming into the room coldly.

Brooklyn glared at him. "You can't have my body, Coldsteel." He stated in a firm voice.

"And why not? You are going to give me back my life, and when my brother and sister return, they will never suspect me of being in your body." Iago proclaimed.

Brooklyn had his wings caped around himself so the cyborg wouldn't see his rounded belly so easily. He gulped. He put a hand on his belly in worry for his baby. "But don't you remember how you got out of my body? It took a spell from a magical being to make it happen."

"That's alright. I will find Demona to help. She could be just as helpful." Iago declared.

Brooklyn gasped in fear.

Iago was loving seeing the look of fear on his victim's face. "You shall be my guest until I do find her. Shouldn't take much."

"She's not so easy to find." Brooklyn retorted.

"Oh, I know where to find her. I've seen and followed her before on her nightly rounds." Coldsteel mentioned.

Brooklyn didn't like the sound of this. 'Please don't bring her back here.' He pleaded in his mind.

"You aren't going anywhere until my deed is done."

"Look, you can't do this to me! I will not let you get away with this!" Brook yelled.

"And how are you going to stop me? The power in those bars is way more than enough to fry you to death if you try to break through them." Iago retorted. And with that, he left him alone.

Just the thought that Demona would even agree to do this to him as well made tears come to his eyes. But he knew that she would probably love to do something like this to him. She knew that he hated her with a passion ever since her betrayal of him a long time ago. He also didn't want her knowing about his baby. She would probably want to get it away from him too.

Brooklyn wished he could just break down the bars and get out of here or call his clan and they could figure out a way to get him out of here. He wasn't going to risk the baby's safety with the bars. All he could do was sit down and wait for what happened next unfortunately.

…..

Coldsteel went looking for Demona and he was spotted by Broadway and Angela.

"Where is Brooklyn?!" Broadway demanded.

"I'm not going to tell you anything." Coldsteel replied. "He is mine now."

"You haven't harmed his baby, have you?" Angela demanded.

That got Coldsteel's attention. "What baby? I didn't see a baby on him."

"Oh great. You shouldn't have said that Angela!" Broadway scolded his mate.

"Sorry." Angela replied but she was just concerned that it just came out.

Coldsteel knew he needed to head back and investigate what the female had said. He got violent right away with the both of them and knocked them out on a rooftop. Then he flew back to his hideout. Finding Demona could wait.

…

The couple woke up to not knowing where Brooklyn was but had seen Coldsteel. They had been so close to finding him, but now, Angela had blown Brooklyn's secret by accident.

They both went to report back to Goliath.

….

Brooklyn was humming a little tune to his baby while waiting for whatever was going to happen. He had felt his child's movements by now and knew it was alive. He smiled, tears in his eyes.

Then, there were footsteps again. Robotic. Brook knew his fate was sealed if Demona was with him. It was Coldsteel again, but he was alone. Where was Demona? Good, she wasn't here. All the better.

"I ran into some of your clanmates, oh red one, and I got to hear some most interesting news." Iago declared.

"And what's that?" Brooklyn glared at him while asking.

"I heard you have a baby. That would be an even more intriguing proposition. I wouldn't have to take your soul at all. I could start over in a new body." Iago proclaimed.

Brooklyn gasped and growled threateningly at the robot. "There's no way I'm going to let you harm my baby!" he yelled angrily.

"And just where is this baby of yours?"

"I'll never tell you where it is!" Brooklyn retorted angrily. He put a hand over his belly, and Coldsteel saw him do it. This surprised the cyborg male. Males didn't get pregnant.

"Oh, I think I figured it out, Brooklyn. You're pregnant with it, aren't you? But how did that ever happen? Male gargoyles don't carry eggs." Iago stated.

"That's none of your business how it happened! It's my child!" Brooklyn snarled fiercely, cradling his stomach.

Iago had to get the red male tied down so he could examine him more closely. He went to open the cage door and Brooklyn instantly tried to attack him. But he punched him in the face, knocking him down onto his back. Then he coiled on him again, making the red one gasp again. He pulled the Second to the table, where he tried to put up a struggle as he was forced onto his back and tied down. He had tried to not wrap his coils too tight on him.

Iago had a look at the red male and he instantly saw the results. Brooklyn's stomach was rounded. "Hm, no wonder you looked more filled out compared to the last time I saw you. Last time, you were a scrawny thing." The robot declared.

Brook was not impressed with the compliment. He squirmed. "Let me go!" he ordered angrily.

"Oh no, no, no. You are staying until I find my sister and she puts me into this developing baby, or you." Iago proclaimed.

"Go stick it up your a-!" Brooklyn growled.

"And I will be in your egg." Iago declared proudly.

"After laying it, I would shatter it before I would let it hatch into you!" Brooklyn snapped.

"And that's why I'm going to take over your soul, so I can finish carrying the egg and be its parent." Iago smirked evilly.

"No!" Brooklyn softened for a moment. "NO! I won't let you do this!" He squirmed.

Coldsteel was pleased with his reaction. Taking over Brooklyn's soul was better to him. Being in an egg would take too long to hatch. He would just take on the responsibility of being the parent. But then, the whole clan would take care of it, not claiming it as to who the real parent was. But right now, he was still intent on getting Demona to create a spell to get him out of this robot body. He left Brooklyn there on the table, squirming.

If he could just break these bonds on his limbs he could get out of here before the cyborg came back. But he knew where Brooklyn lived. It had been his home once before too. The bonds were too strong though.

Brooklyn sobbed as he felt movements from the little one. "Oh, I've got to get us out of here, little one." He said. Right now, he could only bide his time.

….

Coldsteel went to Nightstone Unlimited. He looked until he found his sister, Demona. He had no romantic feelings for her and yet, they were more suited for each other with evil natures.

Demona was shocked when a robot that looked like her evil brother came into her lab. "Brother? What do you want?" she asked.

"Dear Sister, from the time we have known one another, you still cast spells, am I right?" Iago asked.

"Yes, from time to time." Demona replied.

"Well, Sister, here is a proposition. I want a mortal body again and I have captured a target. If you would cast a spell to get me into his body, I can make it worth your while." Iago explained.

"And who's the body belong to?" Demona demanded.

"The red male, the young male known as Brooklyn." Iago replied.

That startled Demona. She had been trying to live in peace with the clan for quite a while now, thanks to her daughter.

"Do you not know how to cast a spell to put my soul into his body?" Coldsteel declared.

"Oh, yes, I believe so." Demona replied. "I just need to find the spell first."

She looked up a spell and put it in her bra top. Coldsteel was pleased that she had it. He led her back to his hideout. She didn't expect to find Brooklyn tied down already.

"Get away from me! Let me go!" Brooklyn exclaimed in fear. He was really worried about his child more than himself, but at the same time, he had to take care of himself in order to take care of the little one inside his belly at the moment.

"I also heard that he's carrying an egg inside him. See how the belly rounds about?" Iago pointed.

Demona was stunned to hear and see that a male of her former clan was actually carrying a child. She saw the belly and looked into Brooklyn's pleading eyes. He shook his head.

"Please, Demona, don't do this." Brooklyn pleaded. "I don't want him to take my child's soul."

Demona was in favor of more baby gargoyles joining the world, but this was really unexpected, as it wasn't their breeding year.

"I am going to take over your body, not the baby's." Iago retorted.

"But… no…" Brook struggled. He looked up at the blue female. "Please, help me, Demona."

"And why should I do that?" Demona asked, crossing her arms. She had a firearm on her hip.

"Please, save my baby. You wouldn't hurt an innocent baby gargoyle." Brooklyn begged her.

Demona knew this was a good opportunity to get in with the clan's good side if she saved their Second-in-Command. "No, I wouldn't. No matter how it's come to life, it's still a gargoyle." She stated.

None of the clan knew where Brooklyn was and it was getting close to sunrise soon.

Demona had never known that the red male was pregnant. Angela had never told her. But then, her daughter had told her that he had been kidnapped and been taken to Nevada. It must have been quite a journey and to be pregnant on the way. From the look of him, his belly was still rather small.

"How far along are you, Brooklyn?" Demona asked.

"Ugh! Five months!" Brook struggled in the cuffs.

"One more month then before it's ready." She said.

She had no idea. "Yeah, whatever, I just want to get out of here." Brook stated.

Iago stayed while preparing for the spell to take place. He couldn't wait. Brooklyn would be likely put into the robot while Coldsteel was put into his body unless Brooklyn's soul stayed dormant permanently.

Demona went to look at the spell she had found. Brooklyn trembled in fear.

"Perhaps I should wait to do this, Coldsteel." Demona admitted. "It's too close to sunrise."

"I see." Iago said.

Demona was looking down at Brooklyn's belly when she suddenly saw something move against the skin. She was curious and put one of her hands on top of his belly, making the red one flinch. Then she felt a kick at her hand. Her eyes widened.

She looked at the pregnant male, shocked.

"Please don't tell him," Brooklyn whispered. "Yes, it's a live one."

Right now, Demona didn't have the hardened look in her eyes like she usually did when he saw her. Angela had been a good influence on her. If she could help him escape, he just might be willing to work to forgive her.

A little bit later, Demona was reading a spell from the page. Brooklyn feared the worst and he shut his eyes. He would hate this female forever now! But wait, the spell she was casting sounded familiar.

Demona had remembered the spell from what she had cast on Goliath those few years ago and then she cast it at Coldsteel. He screamed in being shocked that he didn't know what this spell had done to him, and the next moment, he was a puppet for Demona, at her mercy.

She then went to the table and to Brooklyn's astonishment, he was staring at her with widened eyes. She let his cuffs go and he was free. He stood up, rubbing his belly.

"As payment for saving your life, Brooklyn, you will stop attacking me on sight. And I also decree that I get to see the baby after it's born." Demona decreed.

Brooklyn had doubts about that. "It's my baby. I won't let you take it from me!"

"I didn't say that. You are to let me see it. Is it a deal?" Demona demanded.

Brooklyn was still doubtful but he replied, "Deal. And what's to become of him?"

"He shall become my servant back at my home. Go home now, Brooklyn." Demona ordered. "You shouldn't be out and about in that condition."

"I wasn't. He kidnapped me from my own home!" Brooklyn retorted.

"Oh. Well, he won't be a threat to you anymore." Demona replied.

She let him go. He spread his wings and flew out the exit to go home. He saw that he was in Little Tokyo Town. He would get back to the Eyrie Building as fast as he could, but with the way the sky was lighting up, chances were he wasn't going to get back tonight.

The clan was likely looking for him and they wouldn't have found him. Things would be sorted out when he got home. Brooklyn found a building to land on and he made sure to hide himself good. He didn't want to risk being seen after what happened with Ray.

Demona called her company for a moving van and truck to take Coldsteel to her business. He would now be her servant. Hopefully, he would never snap out of it. He could be useful around Nightstone Unlimited.

I figure Demona would remember the spell she cast on Goliath from the Temptation show.