The gargoyle clan was a force for good, no matter how bad things got. They just did their best to protect the city, despite everything going on for them, with the Quarrymen around and everything, which meant they had to be really careful, more than before.

Brooklyn had been feeling quite down these days. Everyone seemed to have someone but him in the clan. He had his job of second in command, but there really was nothing else special going on for him. He had hoped to win Angela's heart, just as he had tried with Maggie, but it wasn't meant to be. Angela had chosen Broadway instead, and Maggie had chosen Talon.

Lex was almost always babysitting baby Alex now, or playing with technology.

Broadway spent time with Angela when he wasn't cooking. They spent time in the library the most, or went out on dates when not on patrol. Brooklyn hated patrolling with them. It made him feel jealous.

Goliath had his human friend, Elisa as his new mate.

Hudson was the oldest and had been without a mate for so long and didn't want another. He had Bronx to hang with the most.

Even David had Fox. And Owen also watched Alex too.

Sometimes, Brooklyn thought about leaving the clan, but surely, he would find a mate of his own someday, when the time was right. He was so lonely. The clan was so small and it needed some new blood in it. And the only other female around was his most hated rival, Demona. There was no way he would ever go to her. He would never trust her again after she had used and betrayed him.

The clan had one of its rare nights off to do nothing but what they wished to do with themselves. But Brooklyn just wasn't finding much pleasure in finding something to do to enjoy himself.

With little to do, he decided to take a glide around the city to just stretch his wings and get some air. He wouldn't pass up protecting the humans either if it came to it. Little did he know that he was being watched. They had been watching for him for several nights...

He flew closer to the lower buildings to hear of anything happening, and it wasn't long before he began to hear a woman screaming. He wasn't about to let this lady be harmed. He went to where his ears led him.

A blonde lady had run into a dead end alley, and there were several men ganging up on her, wanting to take her purse, and to hurt her.

"No! Don't hurt me!" she cried out in terror.

Brooklyn was watching from up above and didn't like what he saw. He landed behind them. "You should do as the lady said." he stated.

"Mind your own business, freak!" one of the gang shouted back.

"That's it!" Brooklyn snapped, and flared his eyes white and let out a roar. He held his wings ready too.

When they saw they had a gargoyle behind them, most of the punks took off. But one tried to charge Brooklyn, and he grabbed the man and threw him into a bunch of garbage cans, which then made him take off down the alley.

Brooklyn let his eyes return to normal. "That was too easy." he said before turning to the lady behind him.

"Are you alright, ma'am?" he asked gently.

She was sitting on the ground and there was this red demon asking if she was alright. "No! Stay away from me!" she shouted in fear.

"I won't hurt you. You're alright now." Brooklyn said gently, trying his best to not look intimidating. He tried reaching a hand out to her.

"Stay away!" she shouted again and slapped him with her purse, and ran up the alley.

He ducked his head away and she had struck his shoulder. Humans. But, just as she ran past the entrance, there was an exclamation, "Get the monster!"

There were a bunch of hooded humans, sounding like men, with their hammers.

Brooklyn knew he was in trouble. "Quarrymen!" He knew he had been set up. This was what made them so easy to lure in.

He tried to run, but was tripped when a net just came out of nowhere and entrapped him in it. He fell to his knees. He struggled in the net, trying to get loose. He glanced up fearfully at his captors.

One of the humans had his hammer raised, when suddenly, the hammer was ripped from his grasp.

Brooklyn was shocked at first, but thought it was one of his clan first. But when he saw who it was and heard her voice, he knew there was more trouble ahead.

"Great. Things just went from bad to worse." he mumbled.

Demona fought the Quarrymen off, saving him. But when she came up to Brooklyn, she saw that he was giving her a hateful stare back.

"What do you want, Demona?" he demanded.

"Oh, but that's for me to know, and you to find out." she smirked at him. Then, she pulled a gun out of her belt.

Brooklyn saw the gun and thought she was going to kill him for a moment. She had been wanting to do so for a long time. If she killed him, there would be no second in command, but Broadway, Lexington, or Angela would all make good seconds too.

Demona fired the gun, but what came out was a dart that hit him in the left shoulder, not a bullet.

Brooklyn cried out and held his shoulder. He still knew he was in trouble. His vision got blurry and finally, blacked out on him.

She had her chosen male. Demona smiled. Him being in a net made this a lot easier for her to carry him back to her hideout.

….

Once she got him there, Demona and Sevarius got Brooklyn out of the net and tied him to a low bed. It was near some equipment that would be used later.

Brooklyn was spread eagle-out of his limbs. His arms and legs were tied down securely in shackles. His tail was too. Then, Demona untied the belt that held his loincloth in place. Getting a proper sample was needed.

Demona knew how to make that happen, even while Brooklyn was out. But so did Sevarius.

A semen sample was taken. Sevarius examined it. There were plenty of good swimmers in there.

"I think you've chosen your male well, Demona." Sevarius said.

"Good. Now, for my part." she grinned.

Days ago, Demona had had Sevarius make her ovulate with some hormones and an egg had been removed from her reproductive system. Now, it was ready to be fertilized.

The egg was moved onto the slide with Brooklyn's sperm. Through the microscope, the fertilization was observed. It didn't take long.

When the cells began to divide, it was time to freeze the zygote, as it was now, and not quite an embryo yet. It had to be frozen until what had to be done was done first.

After the egg was put into the freezer, the two of them got to work on the surgery they were going to give Brooklyn. Demona watched his vitals while Sevarius did the surgery. Everything was ready.

….…

A few hours later, Brooklyn finally began to stir.

His head felt groggy, and he tried to put a hand to it, but found he couldn't. He felt his hands and looked up. His hand was tied down above his head. The same with his other one.

Brooklyn tried to squirm in his bonds. He didn't see anyone in sight at the moment. Fear began to take hold, but when he moved too much, he was rewarded with a powerful jolt of pain in his stomach.

"Agh!" he grunted in pain and it made him stop moving.

He tried to breathe, and he raised his head as far as he could to see what was wrong with him. He could feel pain in his lower belly, that was patched up with a bandage over it. He could feel his whole lower belly was throbbing.

"What's going on? Where am I?" Brooklyn asked.

Then, a shadow stepped into the dim light in the room. "You're in my lab." the man greeted.

Brooklyn looked up. His eyes widened in fear. Sevarius had done something to him! "Sevarius! What do you want?! Let me go!" he demanded.

"I wouldn't say you are in a position to be demanding anything, uh, Brooklyn, is it?" the man teased.

Brooklyn tried to hide his fear. "I'm not giving you any of my DNA without a fight!" he snarled, but winced from his pain.

"Oh, but that part's come and gone." Demona now stepped into the light.

"Demona!" he snapped and squirmed, but was stopped by his bonds and stomach. He cringed. "What… what… did..."

"What did we do to you?" Demona finished.

Brooklyn nodded weakly, but glared.

"In time, it all will be revealed, but not now. The final phase is tomorrow night." she stated.

"What… phase?" Brooklyn asked. He wanted to know what they were going to do with him tomorrow night.

"You'll find out later." she replied.

Brooklyn didn't trust either one of these maniacs. And already, they had done something to hurt his stomach. He had had no idea his night was going to turn out like this.

"The part two plan is tomorrow night, first thing." Demona said.

"What… is it?"

"Nothing to concern over until we know for sure if it's a success." Sevarius spoke up.

"What… did you… do to me?!" he shouted and he felt a jolt again.

"Something special. You'll be fine." the man said.

"Let… me… go!" Brooklyn growled.

"Not in your condition. And not at all. You see, Brooklyn, you are part of a big dream coming true soon." Demona proclaimed.

"Think again, Demona. I want NOTHING to do with you!" he exclaimed. "And I want… no part of your dreams. Just get… me out of here!"

"That's just your fear talking. You are going to be doing something special for me, whether you like it or not." she warned. "Leave him be to rest. Though he won't be fully recovered until tomorrow night."

"You can't leave me… like this!" Brooklyn yelled to his captors as they walked away.

He tried his luck in trying to get loose of the bonds, just as Lex had with Alex a while ago. But these ones were too strong, and Brooklyn didn't have his full strength at the moment, with being injured.

He couldn't help but wonder if his clan had noticed he was gone yet. It was getting close to sunrise. At least he wouldn't have to put up with a bandage over him for some time. But the big question would be; would his captors let him go at all? And what had they done to him?

Brooklyn definitely wasn't in a condition to travel at the moment. He had had a surgery done, but it didn't change the fact that he wanted to just go home himself. He would awaken tomorrow night healed from his stone sleep, but it all depended on how deep the wound had gone too. He might be a bit sore tomorrow night.

He struggled some more, and the bonds were as strong as ever. He could only lay there, panting hard.

His stomach hurt, badly. They obviously hadn't given him any pain medicine. Brooklyn wanted so much to hold his belly, and turn into the fetal position. He was stuck lying here flat on his back. He hoped he would be able to escape tomorrow night.

…..

Around sunrise, the clan began to gather for their getting to their sleep spots, but there was no sign of Brooklyn.

"Has anyone seen Brooklyn?" Goliath asked.

"No. Not for hours." Lexington replied.

"I think he went out for a glide." Angela said. "But it was hours ago. I thought he would be back by now."

"I hope he finds a safe place to roost with all the dangers out there right now." Goliath stated.

"You know Brooklyn is very capable, Goliath." Hudson said. "He knows to find a safe place if he can't get back by dawn."

"He better have a good reason." Goliath said. He was just concerned.

They all got to the roosting places and turned to stone as the sun rose.

…..

At Demona's place, Brooklyn turned to stone sleep too. Demona turned into a human for the day. She went to bed for the morning hours.

Sevarius had gone along with Demona on her plan, but he also had a second plan. While she was sleeping, Sevarius went behind her back and did something else that Demona didn't expect.