The man then pointed his gun at Goliath.
"Once we you're out of the way, we'll hunt down those other like you." Said the man.
Goliath then struggled.
"No, I won't let you." Goliath said weakly.
The man then chuckled.
"What makes you think you have a choice?" Asked the man.
Kyle then stomped on the guy's foot.
The guy who held onto him let got and clutched his foot.
Kyle later took down the man and quickly went over to the man.
He then pushed the man out of the way and his gun went into the bushes.
"Goliath." Said Kyle.
Goliath then got the men and woman off him.
Kyle later went over to Goliath to check for bruises.
The woman was shooting at them.
They soon ran into the trees.
The woman then went after them while till shooting.
Goliath then jumped off the rock and tried to glide.
But unfortunately the wind wasn't strong enough and put them back on the ground.
The woman tried shooting at them again.
Fortunately the wind got much stronger and Goliath glided away.
The woman tried to shoot again but the man stopped her.
"Cease firing, they won't get far." Said the man.
After the bike incident, the four decided it was best to try and find somewhere else to check out.
The group landed on a nearby rooftop with all three gargoyles stretching their wings while the red one also rotated his arms.
"Man, this city sure is big." Said The blue one.
"Yeah." Said The green one.
"Even with wings, it takes a while to get anywhere." Said The green one as he rubbed his arms.
"How do you humans stand it?" Asked the red one.
"Well, we don't walk everywhere." Replied Willow as she explained.
"Not all the time at least, some of us own cars or we take a taxi or a subway even." Said Willow.
"Any chance we can take this taxi back to the castle?" Asked the green one.
Willow gave a sympathetic shake of her head.
"Sorry guys, but I doubt any cabby in the city will take on gargoyles as passengers." Said Willow.
The red one sighed at that.
"Guess we better get to flying again." Said the red one.
They finally managed to hide under a bridge.
Goliath has trouble standing up.
"What is wrong with me?" Asked Goliath.
Kyle found the tranquilizer.
"This is what wrong, they pumped you full of something." Kyle said as he took it out.
He later found something on Goliath's shoulders.
He later took it out.
"And this is how they found us." Said Kyle as he took looked closely at the logo.
Goliath took out his hand.
"What is it?" Asked Goliath.
Kyle put the device in Goliath's hand.
"It's a radio transmitter." Replied Kyle.
"Some sort of magic that led them to us?" Asked Goliath.
Kyle took back the transmitter.
"That's one way of putting it." Replied Kyle.
"Looks like some kind of manufacturer's logo." Said Kyle.
"How did this transmitter get on me?" Asked Goliath.
"Good question." Said Kyle.
He soon a dog looking through the trash for something to eat.
Kyle then walked to it.
"Come here boy." Said Kyle to the dog.
The dog growled and bark at him.
"Easy, easy boy." Said Kyle in a calming motion.
The dog then got friendly and started to lick Kyle's hand.
Kyle later put the transmitter through the dog.
"Go on, go on." Said Kyle.
The dog later ran away.
Kyle went back to Goliath.
"There, let them chase rover for a while." Said Kyle.
"C'mon let's get out of here before something else happens." Said Kyle as he helped Goliath stand up.
The quartet arrived back at the castle just as the sky was beginning to lighten.
The red one set Willow down against one of the walls of the castle.
Hudson and the gargoyle dog came out to greet them.
"Hello lads and lassie." Said Hudson as they landed.
The trio landed and immediately began talking about the wonders they had seen all at once.
Their tales fascinated the old gargoyle.
Hudson held up his hands to stop them from talking.
"Have ya seen Goliath?" Asked Hudson.
"We thought he'd be back by now." Replied The green one.
"It's almost dawn." Said The green one.
"Aye, that's what worries me." Said Hudson in worry.
"This is Goliath we're talking about, right?" Asked Willow.
"I'm sure he'll be fine, even with that new friend of yours you've met last night." Said Willow.
The Gargoyles widen their eyes in surprise, how'd she know about that.
"I don't mind you lot having friends, but make sure I'm not forgotton." Said Willow.
The red one chuckled a bit before ruffling her hair.
"Deal." Said the red.
They were still walking around the park when the sun was going up.
Goliath then noticed it.
"Too late, I'll never make it back before sunrise." Said Goliath.
"Before sunrise?" Asked Kyle.
"Helpless, during the day no defence." Said Goliath as he near to the trees.
"I don't get it, what happens at sunrise?" Asked Kyle in confusion.
"You'll see." Said Goliath.
Kyle then noticed the goons coming close.
"Goliath, we gotta move." Said Kyle.
He then saw that Goliath was a statue now.
Kyle gasped at this.
Kyle then noticed that their getting more closer to them.
Kyle then went in front of them to avoid them detecting Goliath.
He later ran off in the other direction.
"There he goes." Said the man.
"Where's the beast?" Asked the woman.
"We'll track him later with the transmitter, get him!" Yelled/Replied the man.
Kyle then continued running and looked back to see if the goons are still on his trail, and they are.
He then ran into some kind of seating area.
He soon hid under the tables.
The goons came by and began looking for him.
"Fan out." Said the man.
They all began looking in each direction.
One of the goons were real close to Kyle.
Kyle then tripped him and grabbed his gun.
The others saw him and Kyle began running again.
The goons began shooting at him.
Kyle later shot back and actually hit one of them.
Kyle later went past the giant mushrooms without realizing that the woman was behind them.
She then tried to shoot but missed and hit the rabbit's head.
Kyle then ran into a lake house and locked the door.
He then began panting after all that running.
Kyle then looked around before holding the gun.
The goons were getting closer to the lake house.
Kyle then checked how many ammo was left, but sadly none.
He then sighed and threw it away.
"Great." Said Kyle.
The goons started firing at the door where Kyle was standing.
Kyle then ducked to prevent getting hit.
He then turned around saw gasoline leaking out.
He then ran out of the lake house before more guns began firing again.
Kyle just dived into the water just as it exploded.
The goons then looked around to see if Kyle was still alive.
Kyle then went to nearest pier and gasped for air.
Kyle then looked up and saw the goons were on the same pier with him.
This is not my day. Thought Kyle.
Kyle waited before grabbing the woman's feet and pulled her into the water.
The man saw Kyle running again.
Kyle then continued running until he met a bunch of rocks blocking his path.
The man was trying to find him and his hoodie.
The man then went behind the bushes to shoot but stopped when realized all that was there was a hoodie.
Kyle then tackled the man into a rock which sent his gun to fire at trees.
Kyle knocked the gun out of the man's hands.
The man then pushed Kyle off him and tried to tackle him.
Kyle managed to throw the man into the ground, rendering him unconscious.
Kyle was panting from all the running he did.
He then picked up his hoodie.
"Lot to go through for a piece of lawn sculpture." Said Kyle.
Kyle then went back to Goliath and made sure nothing happened to him.
Kyle stayed their until sunset.
Goliath's stone form was beginning to crack.
Goliath then appeared again in flesh and blood.
"Goliath, are you ok?" Asked Kyle as he stood up.
"Of course." Replied Goliath.
Kyle then looked at Goliath's shoulder.
That sedative seems to have worn off." Said Kyle.
"Sleep rejuvenates us." Said Goliath.
"You stayed with me throughout the entire day?" Asked Goliath both in shock and confused.
"Someone had to make sure those comic book rejects didn't find you." Kyle replies as he acts like It was nothing.
"Thank you, it is very possible that you saved my life." Said Goliath.
Goliath then took out his hand and Kyle took it and shaked.
"So now we're even." Said Kyle.
"I must return, they'll be worried about me." Said Goliath.
"I understand." Said Kyle.
Goliath then began walking away.
"So uh, later tonight?" Kyle said as he was hoping to learn more about the gargoyles.
Goliath turned around and smirked and nodded.
At the castle the other gargoyles awaken as well as they were stretching and yawning.
Willow came out to the balcony herself.
The red one hopped off his perch and was giving a small glance to the top of the tower where Goliath usually slept.
"Don't worry, lad, we didn't survive a thousand years sleep just to lose him now." Said Hudson.
Willow noticed the sight of a familiar figure approaching the castle.
Willow began pointing out to the sky.
"Look!" Yelled Willow.
Everyone turned and were grinning widely as Goliath returned home and landing amongst his clan.
Everyone greeted him warmly as they were gathering around him.
"What happened out there, lad?" Asked Hudson.
"Yeah, we were worried about you." Said The red one.
"It appears we have enemies." Said Goliath.
"Kyle and I were attack by the same invaders who attacked the castle." Said Goliath as he explained
"What?" Asked the green one in shock.
"Why?" Asked The blue one.
"I do not know." Replied Goliath as he was placing his hand on Hudson's shoulder.
"But given what happened, I wish you had accompanied us, Hudson." Said Goliath.
The other gargoyles and Willow all looked at Goliath confused.
"Hudson?" Asked Willow.
"Aye." Replied Hudson with a smile.
"It's my name, and what do you think about it?" Asked Hudson as he glared at the others.
"It's a perfect name." Replied Willow.
The red one suddenly got an idea.
"We should choose names as well." Said the red one.
"If Hudson's got one now, we can't be left nameless." Said the red one.
Willow chuckled as a smile came from Goliath.
"And what might your new names be?" Asked Goliath.
The red one hesitated for a moment.
"Brooklyn, I'm Brooklyn." Said Brooklyn as he pointed at himself.
"Broadway." Said Broadway as he smiled.
"Lexington." Said Lexington as he pointed at himself with a single talon claw.
"Do you like it?" Asked Lexington to the others.
Goliath and Hudson look at each other.
"They are fine names." Said Goliath.
"I guess he'll need a name as well." Said Goliath as he looked down at the Gargoyle Beast.
"Oh, I got one for him." Said Brooklyn as he kneeled down and scratching the dog behind his ear.
"From now on, you're Bronx." Said Brooklyn.
Bronx snorted before walking away which leaves Brooklyn confused.
Lexington chuckled.
"I think he likes it." Said Lexington.
After the gargoyles were all named Owen arrived and asked for Goliath to join Xanatos in the dining hall.
When he arrived, Xanatos greeted him warmly.
"I'm glad you made it." Said Xanatos.
"Willow and the rest of your clan were quite worried about you." Said Xanatos.
"What is it you summoned me for?" Asked Goliath as he rather get to the point.
"Right." Said Xanatos.
"There's someone I'd like you to meet, an old acquaintance, I do believe." Said Xanatos.
The doors next to Xanatos opened and a female Gargoyle stepped out.
She had blue/grey skin with bright red hair and a golden "crown" above her eyes.
Goliath gasped suddenly and was taking a step back in sheer shock.
"You, my… Angel of the Night, you're alive!" Yelled Goliath happily.
"Goliath, my love." Said the female gargoyle.
Xanatos moved away from the two gargoyles and was giving them the space they obviously needed.
They hugged each other tightly and wrapping their wings around one another.
Goliath stroked the female's red hair and for a second there was almost seemed to be tears in his eyes.
"My Angel, it really is you." Said Goliath.
"Oh Goliath, all the days I have dreamed of you and this moment." Said the female gargoyle.
They eventually released each other and though they continued to hold each other's hands.
The female then turned to Xanatos.
"I cannot thank you enough, Xanatos." Said The female.
"We owe you our happiness, you brought us together after all these years." Said the female.
"But, how is this possible?" Asked Goliath.
"You were shattered by the Vikings!" Yelled Goliath as he remembered seeing the shattered remains of the old clan.
"No, my love." Said The female.
"I feared for your safety, so I went to find you, but I lost my way and the sun rose." Said the female.
"But how are you still alive?" Asked Goliath.
"Still young." Said Goliath as he noticed she looks the same as he remembers her.
"I returned to the castle to find you frozen in stone." Said the female.
"I found the Magus and begged him to curse me as well." Said the female.
"I found her a year ago, and was fascinated, so I acquired her for my private collection." Said Xanatos as he was adding his part of the story.
"Then, after you and your clan awoke, I wondered if there would be a similar result from bringing her here and as it appears I was right once again." Said Xanatos.
Goliath smiled at the female and hugging her again.
"With you alive, I can begin to live again." Said Goliath as he sighed happily.
"As you said, you and I are one, now and forever." Said The female.
Goliath reintroduce the female to the rest one the clan.
The second they saw her they all were overjoyed and began hugging her or well in Bronx's case attacking her with a large doggy kiss.
Even Willow was shocked at the prospect of another gargoyle.
"How is this possible?" Asked Brooklyn with an overjoyed smile.
"I'll answer all your questions later." Said the female.
"Right now, it's just good to see you all again." Said the female as she smiled.
She stood up and faced Goliath once more with a serious expression on her face.
"My love, I have a favor to ask of you." Said the female as she stood to Goliath.
"You need only to name it." Said Goliath with a small bow.
"Xanatos has told me of property stolen from him during a raid on the castle two nights ago." Said The female.
"He seeks our aid in retrieving what is rightfully his. I think we should help him in gratitude for reuniting us, if nothing else."
Goliath nodded in agreement.
"You're right." Said Goliath.
"Perhaps, in the process, we can rid ourselves of the humans who hunt us." Said Goliath as he kissed the female's hand.
"Besides, with you by my side once more, I can do anything." Said Goliath as the female smiled.
The gargoyles gathered in Xanatos' office and after a quick explanation about what a television was Xanatos explained what had happened.
"During the raid, the thieves made off with three disks, each containing a crucial piece of information about my latest projects." Said Xanatos.
"Disks?" Asked Goliath.
"Think a magic talisman meant to hold information." Said Xanatos as he explained as he was holding up a blank disk.
"They look like this." Said Xanatos.
Goliath examined the disk then passed it around to his brethren all of who seemed fascinated with it.
Once it reach Willow Xanatos continued.
"Luckily, I have been able to discern their locations through the tracer program installed in them." Said Xanatos.
He typed a series of keys into the computer and bring up three separate images.
"One of my corporate rivals, Cyberbiotics had the disks hidden throughout the city." Said Xanatos.
"The first is in a research center on a small island in the bay." Said Xanatos as he showed them image.
"The second is hidden deep beneath the city in a well-fortified base." Said Xanatos as he showed the second image.
"The third and final is located on a floating fortress that flies in a set pattern over the city." Said Xanatos as he showed them the final image.
Goliath and the others were overthinking this information.
"What would you have us do?" Asked Goliath.
"These locations need to be hit simultaneously, so the retrieval of the disks will not be any harder than it has to be." Said Xanatos as he explained.
"I can provide you with what I believe to be the best ways to get into these places but it will be up to you to get out." Said Xanatos.
Goliath turned to the female.
"We will take the air fortress." Said Goliath.
"Brooklyn, Lexington, Broadway you three will breach the tower." Said Goliath.
"Cool!" Yelled Brooklyn in excitement.
"What?" Asked Goliath in confusion with a raised eyebrow.
Willow blushed.
"He got that from me." Said Willow as she explained.
"Cool is a word used to express a positive feeling, like excitement, joy, happiness, you know." Said Willow as she tried to explain as best she can.
"Ah." Said Goliath.
"Hudson, you and Bronx will take the underground stronghold." Said Goliath.
Hudson seemed a bit miffed about being assigned a partner.
"I'm perfectly capable of handling this on my-" Said Hudson before he was cut off.
"Take him with you." Goliath insisted. "He needs the exercise."
Hudson sighed and patted Bronx on the head.
"Please be careful guys." Said Willow with worry.
"Other humans won't be as accepting of you guys as we are, and they're far more dangerous." Said Willow.
Brooklyn looked over at her.
"You're not coming?" Asked Brooklyn.
Willow shook her head.
"I'll just get in your way." Replied Willow.
"But I'll be here when you get back, i promise." Said Willow.
"Well, come on then." Said Hudson.
"We don't have all night." Said Hudson.
With that, the gargoyles left the castle and setting out on their respective missions.
Willow watched them go and then wandered off to her room to occupy herself until their return.
The flying fortress soared high above the skies of Manhattan and parting through the clouds like a ship through water.
Trailing behind them was both Goliath and his mate glided towards the bottom of the ship.
Their attempts to reach it were hindered by the powerful downdrafts created by the rotors.
They fought against the currents as best they could and grabbing hold of a long antennae for support.
Maintaining a firm grip on the antennae Goliath used his claws to tear a hole in the hull of the ship, pulling himself inside the craft.
He then reached down to pull his mate in as well.
"The disk we seek with be heavily guarded." Said Goliath.
"If humans wish to throw away their worthless lives guarding it, that's their concern." Said the female coldly as she walked on.
Goliath blinked in surprise as he was caught off guard by her lack of feeling.
She glanced back at him but didn't seem to notice the surprise on his face.
"This way." Said the female as she was walking down the hallway.
After a short moment of hesitation he followed her.
They marched onward for a short while and then the sound of a pair of guns being cocked halted their progress.
"Hold it right there." Said a security guard.
Both Goliath and the female turned with the female with a confident smirk on her face.
"You won't fire those guns in here." Said the female as she was closing in on them with her eyes glowing red.
"You could damage the airship." Said the female.
"Don't bet your life on it, monster." Said The guard as he and his partner training their guns on her.
"My love, stop." Said Goliath.
"It's too risky." Said Goliath.
The female ignored Goliath's words and was jumping onto the wall before pouncing on one of the guards.
The other steps back in shock and attempting to shoot her.
Goliath ran forward and tackling his beloved out of the line of fire.
The bullet hit one of many pipes along the corridor's walls and filling the hallway with thick clouds of steam.
Goliath quickly used this to his advantage as he was carrying the female deep into the thick mist and disappearing.
The remaining guard ran into the mist and was looking around to try and find the two gargoyles.
Even as the mist faded and the two creatures were nowhere to be seen.
As he continued his search when his companion suddenly came flying out of an adjacent hallway and striking the wall right in front of the guard.
He barely had time to turn before he spotted the female stalking towards him with her eyes glowing bright red.
He yelped in fear and then a shadowed loomed behind him.
Teeth chattering and sweating like mad as he turned just in time to see Goliath's fist collide with his fist.
He fell hard and was knocked out cold.
"Come, we must hurry." Said Goliath as he was turning to continue onward.
"The gunfire may alert the others." Said Goliath.
The female grabbed both guards and hoisting them into the air before dangling them both over the hole in the floor.
Goliath's eyes widened and he grabbed her shoulder.
"What are you doing?!" Yelled Goliath.
"I am simply ensuring that they won't cause us anymore trouble." Said the female coldly.
"No!" Yelled Goliath.
"To kill in the heat of battle is one thing, but not like this." Said Goliath.
The female looked at Goliath then back at the humans in her hand with her expression unreadable.
After a few tense seconds she conceded by tossing the guards away.
"Your centuries of slumber have made you weak, Goliath." Said the female as she walked away.
Goliath watched her go with a sense of foreboding in his heart as he followed her.
Brooklyn, Lexington and Broadway flew toward the large tower in the bay.
It was surrounded by a well-fortified wall but the trio easily flew over it and landing on the roof with ease.
"Man, the magic in this century is so." Said Lexington as he began to find a proper word to describe it.
"So." Said Lexington as he still struggled.
"Cool?" Asked Brooklyn.
"Exactly." Replied Lexington.
"Well right now we need a way in." Said Brooklyn before his face brightened.
"There." Said Brooklyn as he pointed to something.
Everyone turned to see a steal hatchway leading into the building.
Broadway cracked his knuckles and grabbing onto either side of the door before tearing it off the frame.
"After you." Said Broadway as he was tossing the door over his shoulder.
The trio descended into the building with a landing in an empty hallway.
There was an elevator almost right next to their entry point which Brooklyn immediately pried open.
"Xanatos said that the disk was four floors down." Said Brooklyn as he was looking down the seemingly bottomless elevator shaft.
"But the elevator doesn't seem to be working, not like the one in the castle." Said Brooklyn.
"And the hole's too narrow to glide down." Said Broadway.
"Why don't we use this rope?" Asked Lexington as he was pointing to a set of four elevator cables dangling in the center of the shaft.
Nodding in agreement the three gargoyles jump out and grabbing onto one of the cables before sliding down.
Once they reached their desired floor Brooklyn hopped onto the ledge and began prying the doors open.
Lexington and Broadway remained clinging to the cables with the both of them sharing confident smiles.
"This is easy." Said Broadway.
"We'll have that disk and be home in time for supper." Said Broadway.
The doors finally open and revealing several armed guards on the other side with all of them aiming their weapons right at the trio.
"A late supper." Said Broadway gloomy.