Dr. Sato soon arrived. He had an assistant with him. A woman called Sandy Hills. He listened to what happened first, then he took Brooklyn's vitals, and then he wanted to take an x-ray to find out where the jewel was. He didn't want to do just exploratory surgery.

Brooklyn was uncomfortable taking an x-ray lying on his back on the hard, cold table, but it had to be done. "Do you feel uncomfortable?" Sato asked.

"Yes, a little." Brook replied.

When the pictures came back, Sato saw what the problem was. The jewel had made it to the top of Brooklyn's duodenum. It was stuck there. But then, he saw something else, that was further into the small intestine.

When Sato showed the x-rays to the gargoyles and David so they would know what was going on. He pointed out that there were two problems that had to come out when he did the surgery.

Brooklyn was nervous that this had to be done tonight. Those men could have put that other thing in his intestine when they had operated on him before.

Since the clan knew what was going on with their Second in Command, and they knew he was in good hands with Dr. Sato, it was agreeable they could leave.

"Wait! Please, can someone stay with me?" Brooklyn pleaded in worry.

"Alright, but only until you're asleep for the surgery." Sato reluctantly agreed. "Make your choice."

"Maybe it should be Lex, since he understands more about science and all." Brook suggested.

"I'm not a medical expert exactly." Lex stated as he came forward to keep his brother company.

"Now that his choice is made up, I need the rest of you to step out, please." Sato declared. "And Lexington will join you when Brooklyn is out."

Lex stayed by the bedside as Sato got Brooklyn hooked up to an iv in both his arm and hand. He hated needles but knew he had to deal with it. Brook was getting scared. He had Lex hold his hand for comfort until Sato delivered the anesthesia in his iv. Brooklyn felt his eyes getting drowsy. Soon, he was out and that was when Lex was shooed out of the room.

"See you soon, Brook." Lex said. "Take care of him." He told Sato.

"I will." The doc replied. Now he could work in peace.

Sato and Sandy got Brooklyn's skin sterilized and a tube down into his lungs to make sure he would keep breathing normally during his surgery. He was also hooked up to a heart monitor. A sterile sheet was also put over Brooklyn's body to the specific location of the surgery. Then it began once they were scrubbed up and had their gloves on, along with all their needed tools.

Sandy kept an eye on Brooklyn's vitals while Sato began to cut into Brooklyn's stomach to find what needed to come out. He found a lump in the duodenum, and he cut it open. There, he found the diamond that the red male had spoken of.

For now, Sato laid the diamond aside and began looking for the second piece he had seen on the x-ray. It was much smaller and couldn't be seen with the basic eye. He had to refer to the x-ray to find out where that small device was to get it out.

"I wonder why Brooklyn would have swallowed the diamond?" Sandy stated.

"To protect it from bank robbers." Sato replied. "This is the missing diamond that authorities have been looking for."

This could be a breakthrough for the gargoyle. They could be rich upon returning the jewel. But then again, there were more than enough gargoyle haters in the city.

Soon, Sato found the little device in Brooklyn's intestine. It had involved a lot of feeling around for it before he could just cut into the intestine. When he pulled it out, it was just a hooked device. "What in the world could this thing be?" Sato asked himself.

Sato had gotten both items out of Brooklyn's peritoneal cavity. Now there was just waiting for sunrise and the healing that would take place.

Brooklyn was patched up and taken to a recovery room. He would be given pain medicine until dawn. Dawn itself was still an hour and a half away.

Sandy went out to tell the anxious clan how it all went. They stood up the moment she came out.

"How is Brooklyn?" Goliath asked in concern.

"He's going to be just fine." Sandy smiled.

The other gargoyles all sighed in relief. "How is the lad doing?" Hudson asked.

Sandy liked how the elder of the clan talked. Definitely a Scottish accent. "He has been taken to the recovery room. He's resting still and should come out of anesthesia soon. Hopefully before dawn." She explained.

"Can we see him?" Angela asked.

"Sure. Just keep him quiet and calm." Sandy said gently.

The clan all started to go back. Bronx whined. "No, boy, you stay here." Hudson declared. Bronx fussed but laid down. He wanted to go back too.

The clan all came to see the red male all tucked into the bed, sleeping peacefully. The tube was out of his throat and the iv had been removed from his arm, considering he would soon be stone. There were some bandaids on his arm from where the needles had been in him.

"Can we see the incisions?" Broadway asked.

Dr. Sato pulled back the blankets and there was a good-sized incision in the middle of Brooklyn's belly. Then he held up what had been inside him. The diamond and a techno device.

"I don't know what this little piece does, but the diamond is going to the police tomorrow to book the criminals who did this to him." Sato declared.

"Yes. They deserve to be punished." Lex put in.

"We are so happy you were available to save his life." Angela said.

"Thank you." Sato stated. "I'll take this piece back with me and have it sent to a lab to be analyzed to find out what it is."

"Wish we knew what it does right here and now." Broadway stated.

"It can't be anything good." Lex said. "I mean Brook is always careful with what he eats."

Sato and Sandy were only leaving after the gargoyles were stone. They would be back tomorrow night to check on Brooklyn and to tell them what the device was and what it did if it could be found out the next day.

The clan all took some seats around the room, waiting for their Second to wake up from the anesthesia. He started groaning around sunup but didn't get to wake up fully due to just the timing. At least the diamond and device were out of him before more harm than good happened.

…..

Elisa came during the morning hours to see about returning the diamond to the museum where it was stolen from. First, it had to go to the police station for prints and all that. Then it would eventually go back to the museum.

The techno device was analyzed in the lab to find out what in the world it was.

Later in the day, it was found out that the device was a poisoner. If any food had passed through Brooklyn's GI tract, it would have hit that poisoner and got poison mixed in the food that would have resulted in a bad stomachache. But it would be hard to know how much of it was deadly. It wasn't worthy to find out.