Brooklyn called Winston to come by and check on his baby the next night to see if it was okay, since there had been the incident the last night.

Winston was glad to come over and take a look at the baby. He loved seeing the baby gargoyle. It was so different from any other creature he had worked with before. This was a once in a lifetime opportunity.

The clan watched the man warily when he came over. Goliath stood in the exam room with his second in command. Brooklyn was on the exam table, waiting.

"Okay, let me get this fired up here." Winston declared.

"Wait. Before you do anything else, there's something I have to know. We have to know." Brooklyn spoke up.

"What?" Winston asked.

"The real reason I asked you over here is because I had an incident last night with some old enemies. They had me kidnapped during the day, and last night, I nearly lost my baby and my life." Brooklyn explained. "The big question is, who knew I was pregnant and to tell them about it?"

Winston was shocked. He didn't know anything about that, but he knew his team did. Did one of his team tell someone else? He would find out.

"No, Brooklyn. I haven't told anybody else." he denied. "But maybe there is another certain party out there that knows you were pregnant because they did it. You have said you don't know who the father of your baby is, I mean the other father. They might have wanted to frighten you."

"Even if that is true, we won't let anything happen to his baby." Goliath spoke up.

"Of course not. I am your friend, guys. I want to see this baby make it to term and have a life too." Winston agreed with them. "If you're worried about it, then I need to take a look at it. Did they manage to do anything last night?"

"Sevarius poked a needle in me and got a DNA sample." Brooklyn replied.

"Anton Sevarius? Yeah, I've heard of him. He's a maniac. Yes. Let's get a look at your baby, Brooklyn." Winston stated.

Brooklyn looked up at Goliath, and his leader nodded. He then laid back. His belt had to be loosened up now with the swelling.

Goliath watched as Brooklyn loosened his loincloth a bit. He didn't reveal anything private, but it was pulled down some. This would be the first time Goliath was witnessing an exam on Brooklyn's baby.

Winston put the gel onto Brooklyn's stomach and he applied the wand. He began moving it over the swelling to try to find a good look at the baby inside its parent.

Brooklyn tried not to worry about the gooey feeling he was having on his stomach. He tried to distract himself with looking at the computer screen.

"Okay, now we have a good image right there." Winston stated.

The image was brought into focus and Brooklyn and Goliath could see the baby gargoyle. Winston moved the wand over the swelling and examined each part of the baby. He also played the heart to make sure it wasn't stressed.

Goliath could see the baby was almost like a perfect image of its father.

"I really don't see anything harmful done to the baby, Brooklyn. It seems perfectly healthy." Winston confirmed. "But perhaps I should take some of the fluid to examine for any abnormalities."

"No!" Brooklyn exclaimed. "Not again!"

"Brooklyn, I promise, I'm not doing it for greedy reasons. Just for the health of your baby." Winston assured the scared gargoyle.

It was just that Brooklyn didn't want to be poked again in the stomach with that sharp needle. And not so soon.

"It might be for the best, Brooklyn." Goliath said.

"It's too soon for it. I can't take it again so soon. That hurt last night." Brooklyn stated.

"I promise I would do it gently. The sooner we get it over with, the better, Brooklyn. Please." Winston asked for permission.

"I'm sure it's fine." Brooklyn said.

"But it's not worth taking unnecessary chances. I promise I'll be careful." Winston said again.

"Alright." Brooklyn sighed reluctantly.

Winston was glad he had caved. He went over to this bag and retrieved a six inch long needle.

Goliath could see why his second was afraid of the needle.

Brooklyn took one look at the needle and he didn't want to imagine feeling it going inside him. Not again!

"Alright, Brooklyn, I know you don't like this idea, but alright, I won't do this tonight to give you a break, but I will need an assistant technician to give me a hand in this properly. I will expect this amniocentesis tomorrow night. I know someone who can help me out in this, and don't worry, they're trustworthy." Winston explained. "We'll make it as quickly as possible, but I do want to make sure nothing is wrong with the baby."

Brooklyn could sigh in relief that he wasn't getting it tonight after all. But tomorrow night would be something to dread. Winston used a sterile cloth to wipe his belly off, then he was allowed to sit up.

"I still don't want to do this." Brooklyn admitted.

"I know, but it's best to avoid bad health for the baby." Winston said. "Brooklyn, until after your procedure tomorrow night, do not eat or drink anything for the rest of this night or after you wake up tomorrow. I'll be by at 9 to get the procedure done."

"Alright." Brooklyn agreed reluctantly.

The two gargoyles left the hospital wing to do what they were going to do for the rest of the night. At least they had their proof that Winston wasn't part of the posse that was sent to harm his baby.

Brooklyn went to talk to Fox about the procedure.

"Fox, did you ever have a am- whatever done on you while you were pregnant?" he asked curiously.

"Yes, I did. You mean the amniocentesis? I know it's not a pleasant feeling, but it's necessary to make sure the baby doesn't have any health issues." She stated.

"I just had a needle jammed in me last night. I really don't want it done again." he said.

"This time should be different, as it's not being done by a maniac." Fox assured him.

"True. But it still makes me feel uneasy." Brooklyn replied, placing a hand on his stomach.

"It's understandable. But if he's truly your friend, you'll trust his judgment." she said and went about her business.

Brooklyn was still nervous about it.

…

Winston spoke to his team the next day and asked one of the women on his team if she would assist him on the amniocentesis. Her name was Gloria. She gladly agreed. She was liking this project as it was, but she wasn't part of any evil side.

She was a woman who stood 5'3. She had blonde hair and green eyes. She had worked on things like this for over fourteen years and loved this job.

…

The next night, as promised, Winston and Gloria came to the castle to do Brooklyn's exam. She was introduced to the clan and they welcomed her.

Brooklyn did think she was beautiful, but he knew why she was there. He put a protective hand over his stomach. He wasn't looking forward to this.

The clan wanted to know what was going to happen and they were all concerned about the welfare of Brooklyn's baby.

Winston explained what would happen and that he and Gloria would take real good care of Brooklyn and his baby.

This time, it was just the two human doctors and Brooklyn in the hospital ward. They needed as much space as possible to work.

"We'll be right outside, Brooklyn." Angela told him. He nodded.

"I still don't want to do this." he said.

"We know, but go on." Goliath urged.

"Here goes nothing." Brooklyn took a deep breath and went in. The others could only wait.

Brooklyn got on the exam table and laid down. He pulled his loincloth down as instructed. Winston cleaned off his stomach to sterilize it. Gloria was mainly just the assistant. She had all the tools ready to use.

Both humans made sure their hands were clean and put on the gloves needed. A sterilizing oil was put on Brooklyn's belly to sterilize it further for the needle. His head rested on a couple of pillows. He kept his hands on his chest.

The ultrasound wand was prepared too. Winston began to try to find the spot where he was going to take some of the amniotic fluid. Brooklyn couldn't help but look at the screen to see his baby.

"You're not going to poke the baby too, right?" he asked.

"No. I'm just making sure to find the right spot so I don't touch him or her." the man said.

Brooklyn could relax at that. The preparations went on. Soon, everything was ready.

Winston held the wand in place once he found a suitable place to collect the fluid. He now had the needle and he very gently poked it into Brooklyn's skin. Brooklyn winced. "Sorry." the man said.

The needle went further in still and finally made it to the fluid-filled sac. Winston pierced the sac and held it there. Gloria then added a syringe on top of that and she began to draw up some of the fluid.

Brooklyn didn't want to look, but he did look for a moment to make sure they weren't drawing in blood instead. But he saw some pale liquid being drawn in.

After that, the needle was safely and gently removed and Winston made sure to clean up the small wound. It was all done.

"You'll be fine."

"I just never thought I'd have to do something like this. None of this happened to the females back in my time in Scotland." Brooklyn said.

"Yeah, but back then, even human mothers didn't have that kind of prenatal care." Gloria pointed out. "At least to this day, you can have far better prenatal care, and you being a male that's carrying is a bit unexpected, but it is exciting."

"Yeah. Once you get past however it happened." Brooklyn mumbled. He now a small bandage on his belly from where the needle had gone in. He rubbed at it. He knew it would heal in stone sleep. There would no doubt be some bruising the rest of the night. He was just happy it was over.

Winston would plan to call him tomorrow and tell him of any issues.

…

After waking up the following night, Brooklyn took the bandage off his belly and rubbed it. He was now having to sleep in his room. Owen would come in nightly and clean up the mess. This was just one of the safety measures for him.

Dinner was being prepared by Broadway. Brooklyn made the call to his friend. He had to find out the results or else he wasn't going to be able to eat.

"Good news, Brooklyn. Your baby hasn't suffered anything traumatic from the ordeal, and the fluid showed the baby is perfectly healthy." Winston gave his friend the good news.

Brooklyn let out a big sigh of relief. "That's good."

After that, he was able to go to dinner with a clear conscious. The clan was waiting to hear from him too. At the stage he was in the pregnancy now, his appetite had returned and he wasn't sick anymore. He was glad for that. He was now in his 15th week.

At dinner, the clan asked if there were results.

"Yeah, Winston said that the baby is perfectly healthy and didn't sustain any trauma from the ordeal with Sevarius and Demona." he stated.

"That's good." Lex said.

"We can only hope that nothing else like that happens while you are pregnant." Goliath said.

"Me too."

As they proceeded to eat their dinner, Brooklyn's appetite could rival Broadway's at this point. He was grabbing almost everything on the table and eating it vigorously.

"You might want to slow down, lad. You'll make yourself sick again." Hudson said.

Brooklyn did try to slow down, but the food just tasted so good. He had been famished tonight. His tastes had changed a bit, but he was trying to also make up for all the times that he couldn't eat.

After dinner, the clan went on a patrol while Brooklyn stayed home. He had Bronx for company. He wished he could be out there with them. Staying home while there were innocents in trouble just wasn't like him. But he had no choice. He couldn't chance something happening to the baby. It was only for a few more months.

Goliath and Angela went to aid Elisa and Matt on the upper east side with a burglary. Lex, Broadway, and Hudson went patrolling on the west side.

Brooklyn went to the TV room to see if there was anything interesting on. He was real restless. Bronx laid down beside the chair and appeared to fall asleep. The red gargoyle put his left hand down on the gar-dog and stroked him. It relieved some of his emotional state as he flipped through the channels. He could only wait for the clan's return and he hoped nothing happened to them out there.