Hey! Sorry for the short chapter but I didn't want to skip this ep, cause it's me, and it wouldn't work well putting it in the next chap. So, enjoy!

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ZabuzasGirl

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Cool! Is there another chapter for this story?

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Hailey sat with a novel on the couch while Brooklyn, Lexington and Goliath sat scattered around the tower with various books, magazines and newspapers. She grinned, silently cheering before it fell, face saddened. Lexington's voice suddenly cut into the scene, "The scrolls of Merlin are being taken to the Metropolitan Museum for further study! Do you think the scrolls were really written by Merlin?"

"Wouldn't that be incredible?" Elisa asked Goliath.

Hailey hummed and nodded her answer. Arthurian Legends had always been interesting, reading about them from Merlin's point of view would be amazing.

Brooklyn looked up from his magazine, "He was a wizard, right? Like the Magus."

"A white wizard of the fifth century." Goliath nodded, "If you're interested, the library downstairs is full of books about him."

Broadway chomped on a sandwich, "Why stare at marks on a page when you can rent the video?"

Hailey looked utterly offended, "Rent the video?"

"They aren't marks on a page when you know how to read." Lexington scoffed, pulling a magazine out from under a sleeping Bronx.

Broadway turned his head up with a frown, "Well I can't read and I don't think I'm missing anything."

Elisa smiled amusingly while Goliath frowned slightly. Brooklyn glanced over his shoulder, "Uh-hu, ignorance is bliss. Right Hudson?"

Hailey shook her head as he flipped through channels, "Ugh, leave me out of this. It's time for celebrity hockey. Come 'ere Bronx."

Bronx stood, ran up the steps then plopped down next to Hudson's chair—not even looking at the TV.

Hailey shook her head, "If you want, I could teach you Broadway."

He jumped down from his perch, "No way, I don't want to spend hours staring at a white page with just words."

She shook her head with a smile, "Most the time you don't even see the words, or page, Broadway."

His face scrunched, confused, "Yeah, whatever."

Goliath turned to them, "Let's go, I don't want to chance the scrolls being stolen."

Hailey squinted out the clock tower window, "Hey, were the scrolls supposed to have an air escort?"

Goliath frowned, "No, I don't believe so."

*O*

Hailey laid upside-down on the couch, reading. Something heavy landed outside and she tumbled over the side in her haste to stand up. Brooklyn walked in and quickly asked, "Has Broadway or Hudson come back?"

"No, why? Something happen?"

He frowned, "The ship was attacked and now their missing. I'm heading over to Xanatos' to help Goliath and Lexington."

"Take me with you."

"No!"

She glared, "It's not like you're fighting him, he's not even there!"

Brooklyn blinked, "H-How do you know that?"

She rolled her eyes, "It's their yearly meeting, happens at this time every year."

"Hailey, I-"

She grabbed her jacket and zipped it up, "The next words out of that beak better be 'I'm taking you with me' or else I'll just run on over to the tower."

Brooklyn glared but scooped her up, "I am not taking the fall for this when Goliath gets mad."

"You don't have to." She smirked.

The landed on the castle and they ran inside, running into Lexington first. "We've already searched the upper floor, Goliath went down to the lowest level to search."

Brooklyn nodded and she left to search one of the middle levels.

They searched for hours, finally reconvening at Xanatos' office a half-hour before sunrise. Lexington sighed, "Goliath, they aren't here and the sun's about to come up."

Hailey glared at Owen's knowing face, "Spill."

He raised an eyebrow but remained looking at his newspaper, "All of Mr. Xanatos' vertical landing and takeoff craft are in the shop. But you might try Macbeth."

The Gargoyles all reacted, Goliath the worst, his eyes wide in horror, before quickly leaving. "Brooklyn, take Hailey back to the clock tower and meet us at Macbeth's mansion."

"Uh, Goliath-" He started but Goliath cut him off, looking straight at Hailey.

"Do not try to come with us, not against Macbeth."

She sighed but nodded, "Alright."

"Thank you."

*O*

She paced the tower while Elisa kept a close ear to her radio. She stopped and glanced out the window, black night turning a deep blue of dawn. Elisa put a hand on her shoulder, "I'm sure they're fine."

She hung her head, "I-I know, it's just, Macbeth worries me."

"More than Xanatos?"

"…I don't know, I least I know David…I don't with Macbeth and-"

Elisa stopped her and said softly, "Hailey, look."

She looked up and saw the clan landing, "Broadway, you're ok!"

Brooklyn frowned, "No love for me?"

She half-heartedly glared, "Wait your turn."

Goliath walked past them and handed the scrolls to Elisa, "Here, they are not magic spells but just as interesting."

Elisa smiled and took them, "Thanks, the researchers will be happy to have them back."

Broadway and Hudson turned to Hailey, "Ah, lass? Ya mind if we ask a favor of ya?"

She smiled and laughed, "No. What is it?"

Broadway scratched the back of his head, "Could you, teach us to, read?"

Her face was blank for a second before she grinned, "Sure! Of course! Uh, what made you change your mind all of a sudden?"

Hudson took his perch as the sun began to rise, "A, revelation of the magic of those scribbles you call words."

Hailey laughed as they froze, Lexington face aghast while Goliath smiled and Brooklyn hung his head, even Bronx looked amused. She patted their shoulders, "Sure guys, I don't mind."