The clan was really worried about Brooklyn. If he hadn't returned in so long, it was obvious he had been captured. But who had done it?
By now, it had been over a week since they last saw him. They all hoped he was alright. They were barely home at all during their searching. They would find a little time to eat, but then they were right back out there looking again.
Elisa and Matt, and even the Mutates were helping look for him too. It had just been too long not knowing where he was.
…..
By keeping Brooklyn tied down on that table, it resulted in more sexual exploitation of him from his so-called mate.
He was also force fed every night too. Sevarius loved this part, but he had also participated in looking at Brooklyn's genetic material too.
As the man looked at the male's blood, he saw the hormones were taking place. The pregnancy hormone was there. He smiled evilly. He couldn't wait to do a lot more tests and everything else while this male was pregnant, as this way had never been attempted before.
….
Elisa and Matt were out patrolling during the day as well as night, but had to take some hours for sleep too. They were wanting to hear leads of Brooklyn being somewhere here in the city.
When they had to stop at a cafe for lunch, over a ways, they heard something that was strange.
Two men were talking about a gargoyle. That made them stiffen, and got up to go talk to these men.
"We don't act like cops, Elisa. We ask where this gargoyle is being held." Matt advised.
"Alright. I just know how desperate they are to get Brooklyn back." Elisa agreed.
They got to the two men. "Excuse us, sir. We'd like to ask some questions." Elisa said.
"Who wants to know?" the man demanded.
"Some people who want to make a bundle on gargoyles." Matt played along. "We couldn't help overhearing what you said."
The men said that their bosses had a red male gargoyle at Nightstone Unlimited.
"Thank you." Elisa thanked them.
They now had the information they needed.
That night, Elisa greeted her friends as they woke up.
"Guys, I have a lead on Brooklyn." she said.
"Where is he?" Angela declared, worried.
"Some men said today at the cafe in the park that there is a red male gargoyle at Nightstone Unlimited. That's the place he's at. Matt and I had to play along that we wanted a part of the action." Elisa explained.
"Then that's where we're going." Goliath replied.
Goliath picked up Elisa in his arms, and the five gargoyles left to go get their second in command back. Bronx was left behind to guard the castle. He whined as the gliders left him behind, again.
…..
Brooklyn was just about to be force fed again. Right now, he was fighting with the men to get him to open his mouth. He had even bitten one. That even earned him a bleeding wound across his left arm.
His loincloth had been placed back over his private area for the moment, but no doubt in his mind that Demona planned on more from him.
Just as a man got a hold of Brooklyn's mouth, there came a shattering of glass as one of the windows crashed inwards from another room. An alarm went off.
"What's going on?" Demona demanded.
"It appears the other gargoyles are here, Demona." a man exclaimed.
"That's just great!" she snarled.
In the other room, Goliath ordered, "Spread out and look for Brooklyn."
They all did as told.
Brooklyn kept on fighting. "GOLIATH!" he called out desperately.
Goliath heard him. He and Elisa went in that direction. The rest heard him too. They hadn't landed too far away from where he was.
When they got into the room, they saw poor Brooklyn tied to a table and some men trying to get him to open his mouth.
"Step away from him!" Goliath growled.
"Oh really? And what are you going to do about it?" a guard took his hands off of Brooklyn and took his gun out.
"Goliath! Help me!" Brooklyn cried out desperately.
The rest of the clan joined in and that was when the commandos started firing at the clan. Demona and Sevarius had taken refuge in another area of the building.
Lexington, being the smallest one, snuck around and was able to get to the table and release Brooklyn's cuffs.
It was the first time in days that Brooklyn could finally rub his skin again. "Thanks, Lex." he said. Then his loincloth fell to the ground as he got up, having forgotten about it. He covered himself with his wings.
Lex picked it up for him. "Here. Are you alright?" he asked.
Brooklyn put his loincloth back on. "My arm is bleeding." he said. He turned and showed his brother.
Lex took out a bandage and wrapped it around the wound. That was nothing though compared to what had been done over the past many days.
"Who did this to you?" Lex asked.
"Sevarius and Demona." Brooklyn replied, with sorrow in his voice.
Soon, the skirmish was over. Brooklyn was reunited with his clan at last. He hugged everyone, he was so desperate to be with them again.
"You can tell us later what happened to you." Goliath declared.
Brooklyn was so glad to be out of there.
As the clan left the building, Demona watched out of rage as they left with her chosen one. But he wasn't leaving alone. She would claim him back one of these days.
…
The clan got a ways from Nightstone before they came to land on a plain building. Brooklyn had managed to use his cramped wings to glide that far, but he couldn't anymore.
"Are you alright, Brooklyn?" Goliath asked.
"Yeah, I'm just glad to be out of that horrible place." Brooklyn replied. He was still in shock of being rescued too.
"What did they do to you?" Broadway asked.
This was the first time Broadway was showing concern for his wellbeing in quite some time.
"It was… bad… no… awful!" Brooklyn began, but his exhaustion of fighting with his enemies for so long and having almost no energy in his system made him get dizzy and he started to fall to the ground.
"Brooklyn!" Goliath shouted.
Broadway managed to catch him before he did hit the ground.
"What happened?" Angela asked.
Elisa came over to him. "It looks like he hasn't been fed much since he was taken. We need to get him home so he can rest and recuperate." she said.
"I'll carry him home." Goliath stated. He took the red male from Broadway. Broadway would carry Elisa home.
…..
When he was gotten back to the castle, Brooklyn was taken to his room. If he had been taken to the infirmary, he might panic at the sight of a lab setting when he woke up.
His clan grabbed chairs and gathered to sit in his room with him. They all would take turns. They were all extremely concerned for Brooklyn. He had been through so much pain in just a little more than a week.
Bronx had also welcomed back his clan. This was the first time he was smelling Brooklyn again. He tried to get him to pet him, but nothing. He whined. "Knock it off, Bronx." Goliath said.
Elisa went and told the Xanatos family that Brooklyn had been found and he was resting. David offered to get a doctor and examine him.
"It's hard to say what he's been through, but yes, he might need an exam." Elisa said.
A secret veterinarian friend of David's was called up and asked if he would come and see a gargoyle.
The vet, named Dr. Evan Trowsky, was more than happy to oblige. He had been waiting for such a special opportunity. This man was a Japanese type man.
Trowsky packed up his doctor supplies and drove to the Eyrie building. Owen welcomed him and he was taken to Brooklyn's room.
"Anything yet?" Owen asked.
"Nothing." Hudson replied. "The lad was sure scared out of his wits."
"Everyone, this is Dr. Trowsky. He is a doctor. He wants to examine Brooklyn and see if he's alright." Owen introduced the vet.
"And how do we know that he's one of the good guys?" Lex demanded.
"I am a P.I.T. crew person. I like you gargoyles. I would do nothing to betray your trust. So, what seems to be the problem with the red one?" Trowsky asked.
"We don't know yet. You can examine him, but we'll be watching." Goliath warned him.
The clan watched suspiciously as Trowsky took Brooklyn's blood pressure, heart rate, how his lungs were breathing, his stomach sounds, and looked in his eyes. He also looked at the wound on his left arm.
"The wound isn't deep. Just a few stitches." the man said.
"Those probably aren't necessary. He'll be healed at sunrise." Broadway stated.
The vet stitched the wound anyway. Then he bandaged the wound up again. "The wound will be fine, but whatever happened to him in other ways might be more damaging. Keep him quiet and let him rest for a few nights." Trowsky explained.
"They will. Thank you, Doctor." Elisa said.
"I could go further in examining him if possible."
"No. That's enough. Brooklyn is fine. You should go." Goliath declared. He was antsy to make sure his second woke up soon.
"Alright. Nice to have met you all." he said and was shown out.
The clan was glad to have met him too, but they were just wary of strangers right now. Brooklyn would have been too if he had woken up during his exam. But now, they had a doctor should anymore needs arise.