CHAPTER ONE
It was a bright sunny day when Dominique destine arrived at work. The day earlier, she had been in a business meeting when the news report aired. She nearly chocked on her morning coffee when she saw the video playback of the disaster that was averted by goliath's clan that morning. She was quite surprised at how the people were reacting to the recent exposure of the gargoyles to the public; she was baffled as to why they were being accepted so peacefully by so many people. Although she had to admit that there were still those who harbored hatred towards them. "In any case at least this hasn't affected my work" Dominique thought as she arrived at the cross walk towards her building. she had decided to walk to work today to try to relieve some of the stress that had been placed on her since the meeting, it seemed that the members of her allied company were somewhat startled with the news that the gargoyles existed and had demanded an explanation from her as to why they had not been informed of their existence prior to the news report. "damn them, goliath if I lose this business deal because of your "love" for these humans I will hunt you down for all eterni-" her thoughts were cut off as a man suddenly collided head-on with her and knocked her to the ground. "What are you doing!" she shouted as she pushed the man...or rahter boy off of her. "It was just like these humans to interfere with everything that took place in her life" the boy looked at her "are you alright?" he asked in a seriously concerned tone. As he said this the rage inside of Dominique peaked and she slapped him "alright! Alright! you have the nerve to ask me that after you pounce on me like that!" the boy looked shocked "but ma'am I was- " she cut him of "you were what trying to get me killed I swear if I wasn't late for a business meeting I'd have you arrested!" she finished her little speech and headed into her office building leaving the unknown boy behind her " humans get more insane everyday" she thought as she headed into the elevator and into her meeting.
That night, Dominique or demona as she was called after the setting of the sun, was taking a small flight through the city to clear her mind. For her being a human for the better part of the day accumulated a lot of stress and flying was always the best cure. The freedom of being able to fly unhinged through the sky always gave her a sense of calm no matter what her day was like. This night however her midnight glide over the city was interrupted, when she heard the sound of someone on a megaphone "people of new York! Hear me! These demons from hell must no longer be able to live amongst us! These gargoyles, these hell spawn will bring about judgment day! " that was it demona had had enough "first they make me late for my day job and now they this " she thought angrily as she swooped down on the man who was saying the outrageous speech, when she landed on the roof of the building where the man was protesting, she stayed in the shadows at first, she was about to make her move when a figure approached the man and began to converse with him, with her advanced senses she listened in "hey, john don't do this. " john punched the younger man in the chest, the boy doubled over in pain. "no, you don't know how monstrous they are! " the man screamed, the other man whom demona realized was a teenager suddenly tried to grab but it seemed that "john" was the stronger and in a quick flash the boy was thrown over the side of the building. "No! "Demona called out as she dashed out from her place in the shadows and without a second thought dived over the side of the building, she caught the falling boy, "you" she exclaimed as she caught him "it was the same boy from that morning the one who had knocked her over. she flew back up to the roof of the building, when she reached it, she quickly laid the boy down and walked towards the other human "you will stop this, do you understand?" the man was clearly scared to death he nodded fiercely before running to the door leading to the stairs, wetting his pants in the process. "Mmm" demona turned to find the boy awake and leaning against the wall, "you saved me, thank you" at this, demona's eyes widened as it hit her; she had just saved the life of a human. "I'd better go before I start being any nicer to him " she thought as she went the edge of the roof and was about to leap when she heard a soft voice "wait, please" hearing that tone of voice reminded her of something, she turned around and walked over to the boy "who are you?" she asked calmly "kyle, my name's kyle" he looked at her without any fear in his eyes which was surprising considering he had just been pushed off of a 65 story building and then saved by a living breathing gargoyle "thank you, for saving me...you didn't have to..but i'm glad that you di-ahh" he stopped as pain shot through his arm, demona went against her better judgment and helped the boy with his arm, it wasn't broken but there was a large cut down one side, she bandaged it with a peice of his shirt. she didn't know exactly why she was helping this human so much, but inside she knew the truth, she was helping him because in a way he remined her of herself, back when she was on her own after the vikings destroyed the gargoyle clan. "there, it should be healed by the end of the week" "thanks..i..was wondering if you would..." demona looked at him quizically "if i would what?" the boy looked nervous which was to be expected after what just happened, but demona realised that he was nervous for a different reason "i...would you talk with me?" "talk with you? "yes, not about anything personal but...its just been a long time since i've actually talked with someone, and right know i'm kinda stuck here so.." "i shouldn't, it would just get us more attached to one another and i can't risk that. " demona thought to herself, but the pain she remembered going through in the past wouldn't let her leave this child alone, the least she could do was to talk to him for an hour. "alright what did you want to talk about? " for the next few hours they talked at first demona couldn't wait for it to be over but after a while she found that she was enjoyiing herself, it had been generations since she had been able to talk so openly with anyone. and being able to do so was pleasing. after talking for a while about who they were she had learned that the boy's name was kyle he worked at a small resturant that was surprisingly close to moonstone unlimited, she told him her name and a little about herself, after a while she had run out of things to talk about so kyle suddenly, started to talk about his day.
"so, i was walking to the bank to cash my paycheck when i saw this woman walking out into the street, it didn't look like she was paying attention or else she would've noticed the truck, "hump, humans, they never can focus on simple things, like remembering where you are." demona thought, as kyle continued his story "so she just walked out into the street totally oblivious to the truck that was speeding down the street, " "and what did you do?" demona asked intrigued " well, i ran and tackled her to the ground, i almost got hit myself in the process. but you know what pissess me off? I save her life and she hits me, then she threatens to arrest me! I just can't believe the people in this city sometimes. you know I wish she was a little more like you" demona hid a look of shock "more like me? how so? "well, your kind and understanding, and even if you did have a crappy day before hand I doubt that you would've tried to arrest me for saving your life." kyle sighed "look, I'm sorry this is probably boring to you anyway I-" he suddenly stopped talking and looked at his watch. "you should go." "why?" "demona it's almost 3 in the morning, sun rise is in an hour." "damn" demona said as she got up to the edge of the roof again."how could I have lost track of the time like that" she thought to herself as she prepared to jump. "wait! Demona turned to face kyle. "yes" "could we talk agian sometime?" she thought about it quickly "sure, i'll meet you on the roof of you resturant in two days." she said hurridly as she lept from the roof and glided swiftly towards her home. "wow," thought kyle but he quickly shook his head "no way , she's out of my league.
END CHAPTER ONE.
CHAPTER TWO
The next morning, as demona/dominique was getting ready for her usual ride to work she was thinking about her talk last night with kyle she thought extreamly hard about that morning when he saved her trying to remember what really happened, and the more she thought about it the more she realized that he was right, she had walked out into traffic, being so caught up in her thoughts if it wasn't for kyle, "well, I would still be alive but, there would be a lot of explaining to do about how I survived getting nailed by a truck in broad daylight" then she thought about what he had said about her, "you know, I can't believe that a person could be that greedy, and arrogant. not only did she not realise that I had saved her life but she threatened me for it!" his words rang through her head as she got into the limo. "I should do something for him...what!" she thought to herself "where did that come from? I can't possibly have thought that...I..hate humans.. don't I?" and thus started the inner conflict between demona's past hatred of humans and her newfound feelings towards this human boy named kyle. By the time she arrived at the office she had made a decision. "fine, I'll repay him for saving my life she told her conscience. but, this is the only time I'm going to help a human." she spent the rest of the day doing her normal work schedule, that night she, flew over to the resturant where kyle works. It was starting to rain when she landed on the roof of the building. in truth she didn't actualy know why she had come to the resturant, at first she just wanted to see if kyle was telling the truth, and to plot the best route there from her office. However when she arrived as saw kyle leaving, as she watched him she began to feel the need the make sure that he got home safely, so she followed him.
"god, work sucks" thought kyle as he started to near his apartment, as he turned a corner he saw a group of men standing at the other end of the allyway that he needed to cross "crap, dealers" kyle turned around to exit the ally only to find another group blocking the way, he was trapped "damn, and theres too many of them to fight off. " kyle turned and ran towards the the back door of the resturant but, when he reached it it wouldn't open "shit! it's locked!" kyle turned to face the gang of drug dealers "hey, man why are you running? we just want to talk." kyle looked around for somthing to use as a weapon, saddly the only thing availible was an old broom. never the less he grabbed it and stood in a defensive position. "come on!" kyle shouted "oh great kyle that really sounded threatening" he thought to himself. strangly enough the men started to back off, and after a moment they all turned and ran away. kyle walked off of the porch and sighed "well, glad thats over." sensing somthing was behind him kyle swung the broom like a bat towards what ever was behind him. smack! the broom stopped as if it hit somthing, "you know its dishonorable to attack an ally in battle." kyle suddenly realised who it was and sighed in relief "demona, thank god" he now realised why the gang had run away. "what are you doing here?"he asked tossing the broom away "saving you" "besides that" "i wanted to see what your place of buissness looked like." kyle noticed the rain was starting to really come down hard." hey, would you like to..." "yes" "would you like to come to my apartment, i mean, were soaked and..we could use a place to dry off... and .." demona obviously noticed that he was stumbling with his words "alright." kyle smiled "really! great." kyle started to head towards the street when he stopped "you know what, maybe you should fly up to roof and i'll let you into the room that way, i don't really think that it would be a good idea if.." demona nodded "i'll meet you there" she said as she lept onto the side of the building and began climb. kyle ran into his apartment and started his hike to the roof.
as demona ascended to the roof of kyle's apartment building the conflict within her began again "why, am i doing this? i shouldn't be this attached to a human. but, he is cute. WHAT, i can't. what is going on, why do i feel this way, when i'm around him?" demona sighed, she was stil beside herself as to why she felt the way she did. but, for whatever reason she decided to stay her course and meet kyle on the roof. when she arrived kyle was waiting for her. as they entered the building. demona immideatly noticed how small it was. "sorry its so cramped i haven't been getting much cash from the resturant, and i haven't really been able to find another job yet." kyle spoke as he walked into another room with a few boxes in hand. "oh, feel free to look around, i've just got to move this stuff, shouldn't take long." demona at first didn't really do anything but after a while cuiriosity got the better of her and she started to explore the small apartment. she stopped when she came to an unmarked door, it seemed that everyother door in the apartment had been marked by the landlord such as the bathroom, closets, storage rooms, and even guest rooms, but this door had nothing written on it at all. once again she tried to fight it but, her curiousity seemed to be winning alot of battles lately. as she stepped inside the room it was pitch black, but when she turned on the lights she gasped. the room was filled with pictures, magazine cutouts, posters, books, cds, videos, paintings, and sculptures of gargoyles. everything in the room was in some way related to gargoyle mythology, or to the recent events in New York regarding their exposure to the public. but one painting in particular caught her eye. it was the only one that had a cover over it. she walked over to the painting and was about to remove the cover when "i see you've found my archive." demona whirled around at the sound of kyle's voice. "where did you get all of this?" "i collected it." demona was slightly concerned, if he had all of this it could be that he wanted to make her part of his collection? "from?" "the internet, antiuqe stores, yard sales" kyle noticed her uneasyness "you can relax you know, i'm not insane, and i'm not obsessed either.." oh, is that right?" kyle raised his hands in protest "yeah thats right, its not like i brought you here to make you part of the collection or somthing crasy like that...its just that ...i.." you what? " i...ok, ok, i didn't collect this stuff." demona looked at the objects in the room and then back to kyle a little confused " then where did you get them?" kyle looked at the floor and mumbled "what was that?" kyle looked at her "i made them alright, thats why i can't afford a bigger apartment, i get jobs and i make the little action figures, and i do the paintings, but i get so attached to them that i just...i never sold anything that i've ever made." demona looked shocked "you made all of this?" kyle blushed again "yeah, well, everything except the movies, dvd's, and the magazines.everything else..well" as demona listened to him, she realised how she could repay him for saving his life. now all she had to do was think up a good excuse. "kyle, you said somthing about wanting to find a job?" "yeah.why do you know someone?" she nodded "actually i do. Have you heard of moonstone unlimited?" kyle's eyes widened "you mean THE moonstone unlimited?" "yes." "i'm a freind of the owner miss destine." kyle looked down again "you mean dominique destine, the woman that i saved yesterday. i doubt that i'd be getting a job from her anytime soon, and i don't really think that i would be able to stand working under her. kyle sighed look demona thanks for the offer but, i can't." "kyle, what if i talked with her maybe "no, look, i've worked with people like her before ok, people like that don't just change their attitude because their friends talk to them. a woman like that...i don't think i could stand to be around...thanks again though..for the offer." demona was stunned "it wasn't supposed to be like this, he was supposed to be happy about it, like any other person would be...but kyle isn't any other person and you know it." she thought to herself. "look its getting late...you can stay in the guest room if you'd like." she shook her head " i shouldn't. kyle, sunrise will be soon and i should be getting back." kyle looked saddened "oh, ok, i'll see you tomorrow then." "yes, tomorrow...goodnight kyle"" "goodnight demona" kyle lead her to the door and she left leaving kyle alone with his thoughts " i should tell her...tomorrow. yes, i'll tell her tomorrow.
END OF CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE