The following night, Brooklyn was healed from the wound in his belly. He gladly took the bandage off and Winston gave him and Kat an exam to make sure they were both alright. Brooklyn's stitches had fallen away with the stone skin, so he had no wound in his belly anymore.

Kat had survived her first full night.

Brooklyn was glad to be able to move about again as he pleased, but he was still a little sore from last night. Just that his joints had been so used to the weight of his child. Now it was gone and a little shocked. But now, he was out of bed for sure and feeling like eating. He was ready to have his own first meal again that he wouldn't have to share.

Kat was fed from a bottle tonight first to get her used to it.

"So, are you going to continue breastfeeding her?" Fox asked him.

"I just feel it's a male thing. No. I'm not. It was just for last night to get the antibodies into her." Brook said.

"That's good." she agreed at least.

"Alex is welcome to meet her anytime." he said.

"Thanks. Later on." Fox stated.

…..

At dinner, Brooklyn was happily eating all the food he wanted to. His daughter was sleeping off her formula meal, but for this first official night, he didn't want to let her out of his sight. She was on a blanket in the corner of the dining room. She had a diaper on, from just a human ego thing. Even if she didn't go to the bathroom in it. A hole had even been cut in it for her tail.

Everyone was glad that Brooklyn was having a fast recovery, but then, that's what it was for gargoyles usually. He would still stay in tonight.

Elisa was working tonight, but she called the building to tell him to have fun with the baby tonight.

After dinner, Alex was introduced to the baby girl.

"She so small." Alex stated in his little boy voice.

They all laughed. "Yes, she is. She'll be small for some time." Brooklyn said with a smile.

"When she can play with me?" Alex asked.

"It'll be awhile, big guy." David replied, picking up his son. "A couple of years at least."

"Aww! I want playmate." the boy whined.

"You still have us." Lex smiled.

David handed him to Lex. "Let's go play one of your favorite games." Lex said.

"Alright, Uncle Lexy." Alex laughed.

Lex took Alex to his room where they would play with his toys.

"Brooklyn, you can stay here for tonight. The rest of us are going on patrol." Goliath stated.

"Alright, Goliath." Brooklyn replied.

"Actually, lad, you can have the next full week to stay home and bond with her. And to make sure you fully recover from surgery." Hudson declared.

"Okay. Thanks." the red one replied. "I'm sure I'll be fine in few days though."

"We know, but since you just had Kathryn, you need some more time to bond with her." Angela added.

"We'll be back soon." Goliath said. The rest followed him.

Brooklyn and Lexington were both staying in tonight. Even Bronx was being taken out on patrol with them.

Brooklyn picked up Kat gently and took her into the TV room to watch some television. He would be doing a lot of things with her now. It was so nice to not feel weight inside his stomach anymore. He would now condition himself to lose the baby fat he had on him.

As he watched some favorite programs, he watched his daughter sleep peacefully, until it was time for her next feeding.

She woke up and started getting squirmy from inside her blanket. Kat started whimpering before it started to turn to a small cry.

"It's alright. Daddy's here." Brooklyn tried to comfort Kat. "What's wrong?" he asked. He knew he would have a lot to figure out from sounds that she wanted.

He checked her diaper, even though he knew even baby gargoyles didn't naturally go to the bathroom. All the body waste was thrown away with shed stone skin.

Then, remembering it had been a couple hours, she must have been hungry. He looked around cautiously, and knew what he could do. He knew he wasn't female by any means, but his body had responded to his pregnancy before.

He put Kat to one breast and tried to nurse her. If he were to do this, he would only do it in private. He felt too personal about it around anyone else. Kat latched on to him and suckled.

"Alright, Kat. I'll feed you like this sometimes, but only when we're alone together." Brooklyn stated.

Kat just went on nursing until she was full. Then, Brooklyn put a cloth over a shoulder and burped her, just like a human newborn. He had practiced while pregnant with this. He had felt her burp last night, so he was a little more used to it now. It took a little bit, but she burped.

Brooklyn knew that many of his old habits would have to change now that he was a father. He would always be willing to protect the citizens of New York from enemies, but he would be more careful now that he had a baby to take care of at home.

He went on letting her sleep and nurse the rest of the night until around sunrise. He would make sure to keep Kat in his room for now, but he did want to share the first sunrise outside with the clan real soon. Maybe next week.

…

The clan returned shortly before sunrise. They wanted to see Kat before they were to report to their bedtime spots.

"How did you fare with Kathryn tonight?" Goliath asked.

"We did good. It's hard to take my eyes off of her, she's so adorable. So… beautiful." Brooklyn admitted proudly.

"As any new father would think of his child." Hudson smiled.

Brooklyn just felt so happy. "Thanks, Hudson." he replied. He just couldn't be happier right now.

"It's time for sleep." Goliath said.

"You coming, Brooklyn?" Broadway asked.

"Not today. I just want to be with Kat." Brooklyn replied.

"Alright."

The others could understand.

"It might take him awhile to feel like being outside with us again on the ledges. Kathryn needs to kept hidden." Angela explained. "He won't want to leave her for a long time."

They all got to the walls and met the dawn. Brooklyn and Kat from his room.

…

Vincent had not been pleased about Brooklyn's escape so long ago, but he knew he would just want to be with them. He would just keep trying to get away no matter what, so he gave up the matter altogether. He would still continue to be a gargoyle admirer though.

….

Brooklyn had his first week of paternity leave after giving birth to Kathryn. After the first couple of nights, his stomach felt a lot better after the surgery.

Now that the first week was past, Goliath wanted Brooklyn to start his clan's duties again. He was to start assisting on patrols again, but most of all, exercising and training again.

Brooklyn hadn't had to do that sort of stuff for so long that yes, he felt out of practice with it. Goliath, Angela, Lex, and Broadway would help put him through his paces. Especially air acrobatics. It was time to get back in shape again for patrol, and just being a gargoyle away from the castle.

Brooklyn had a few hurt feelings, like he was abandoning Katie. His bonding hormones for her were still strong. But he had to learn to let go a little bit. He knew he could trust the others with her. When the clan would take him out for his training exercises, Hudson or Lexington was usually babysitting. Even Angela, but all the clan tried to take turns watching her. She needed to know they were all family.

After a few more weeks, Goliath thought that his second-in-command was ready for his real first patrol in many months. Brooklyn was pleased that his leader thought that he was ready again. He did want to go out and protect again, it was just still hard on him to leave Katie.

"She will be fine, Brooklyn. Kathryn couldn't be in more capable hands." Goliath said. "Come."

The red male kissed Kat goodbye. She was now in Angela's arms. "Stay safe." she said.

"You know I'll do my best." he replied. He turned to leave. "Daddy will be back soon, sweetie."

Kat cooed up at him. Her little hands tried reaching for him. Brooklyn wanted to take her back so badly, but knew he couldn't. "I have to go. Be good for Auntie Angela." he said softly and left without looking back. He heard Kat start to break down, but Angela started to calm her down.

This was so hard on Brooklyn to have to part with her anytime. He knew she could be a little handful sometimes when they didn't know what she wanted, but they all loved her nonetheless. By now, at three weeks past birth, they were all beginning to understand what her sounds meant.

…..

With her busy schedule, Elisa couldn't do much babysitting. But she was happy to drop by to see Kat too. Seeing how cute she was was making her think about wanting her own child soon. But being a police officer was a full time job too, as well as a way of life. It ran in her family.

Her own parents had managed to raise three kids, her being the oldest. But of course, her mother had not been a cop. Her father had been a cop, and had made it to being Sergeant.

Elisa just wondered what kind of a mother would she be while going on to be a cop? Cops could still be parents, but a full time job took a lot of time away from children raising. The gargoyles were all warriors and in the past, had managed to raise offspring. But, here, in modern day Manhattan, this clan had never raised babies before. The only one who had was Hudson, and his age was not in his favor.

The Trio had never been fathers, well, except for Brooklyn now, but he was only starting out. Angela had never been a mother, just as her own mother had never been around her growing up, nor had Goliath, her father.

If Goliath and Elisa were ever able to have a child together, it might take some magic to get involved to be sure. But then, Goliath would end up taking care of their child most of the time. Unless Elisa gave up being a cop. But being a cop was her life, aside from loving her friends.

Elisa knew that during a pregnancy, there would have to be many things to sacrifice. She would most likely have to resort to an office or desk job to just keep the bills paid. In the bigger stage of pregnancy, there would be no way she could handle big stressful action. She wouldn't be able to stop bad guys in that position.

This was just all stuff to consider. She wasn't really ready yet, but it was just consideration.

…

Broadway and Angela knew that they wanted to be parents one day as well. If something happened to Brooklyn, he had made them god-parents after all.

Lexington wanted a mate of his own too, but he was so busy with Alex lately being his little buddy that he wasn't lonely at this time. He also liked watching Kat too when it was his turn.

Alex admired the little girl gargoyle, but wished she could play with him.

Fox would also babysit when needed. She would watch her when and if the whole clan had to be out dealing with some baddies out there.

David was a real busy man running his own businesses. But he always made time for his own son every day. He had a look at Kat too when he could.

Hudson was more like a grandfather and spoiled the little girl so much. She was so innocent in his eyes. Of course, she was. But he knew that she would make a mighty warrior one day. He might not be around to see it, but he would try to live for as long as he could.

Bronx had been allowed to sniff and smell Kat by now, but Brooklyn was still careful about letting the gar-dog near her completely. He was a lover at heart always, but he could make mistakes without realizing. He just had to be supervised around her.

…

The patrol that first night had been a good one. Quite a few muggings. Brooklyn had missed it all, but there was nothing he liked better than coming home safe to his daughter now.

…..

Winston still came around to see Kat too. She was just a precious little thing to him. That's what he had wanted to see, and the clan had welcomed her with open arms. She was just the first step in a future generation.

Now, he knew that Brooklyn just needed a mate to be a mother to Kat. He hoped he would find one in time for the next breeding season. Lexington too. But he wasn't going to interfere in anymore surprises like this.

He was still a vet, and he had examined Kat's blood too. She was healthy and all, but she wasn't all gargoyle either. She still had human DNA in her as well.

One night, he was doing an exam on her, and Brooklyn had asked about it.

"Does her DNA have any clue as to who her mother is?" Brooklyn asked him.

"No, it doesn't, but it does show she is part human too." Winston replied.

At least Brooklyn could rest assured it wasn't Demona. But obviously, those men who had attacked him and Lex back at the beginning had used a human woman's egg, used his seed to fertilize it, and implanted it into his body. There was some woman out there that was Kat's mother, but he had no idea who it was. Maybe it had just been an anonymous egg? That was just a guess though.

"Don't let it get to ya, pal. She looks enough like you that most other gargoyles won't know she's part human." Winston declared, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"Yeah. I'll try not to. When our clones were still active, the only female, Delilah, she looked like a gargoyle, but had Elisa's DNA too. Sounded like her too. But she was still my worst enemy, Demona's clone. So, I have known what a gargoyle-human looks like. Not much different." Brooklyn explained.

"Have fun taking care of her. We can only guess at how fast or slow she'll grow up. But it'll be all worth it to have new life in the clan for you." Winston stated.

"Yeah. And I still want to find her a mother though." Brook said.

"I'm sure you will, in time."

"Thank you, Winston."

"No problem."

Brooklyn took Kat out of the exam room, ready to have her for tonight.

Winston packed up and left the building. He knew his friend valued time with his baby girl.

…..

Life would always have its harsh times in the lives of the clan, but now, with the gargoyles declared an endangered species, they could truly begin to live their lives as normally as possible. And there would be trouble for trouble makers trying to do away with them.

Brooklyn was glad that he had a daughter to enrich his life now. He wasn't as lonely having Kathryn to care for, but still longed for a special female of his own. And he was glad Vincent hadn't come after him again. He didn't want anything forced on him, as did none of his clan. He still preferred a gargoyle mate, but still would accept a human woman if she was willing to accept who and what he was.

He knew he would always have adult duties outside the castle, but he would always be there for his daughter when she would need him. His clan would do their best as well to help raise her, since she was the first baby gargoyle in over 1,000 years for the Wyvern clan, though now dubbed the Manhattan clan.

Someday, in the future, there would be more baby gargoyles. But it only took so long to have the eggs and the long ten year incubation. And there was always the chances of having done it how it had been done on Brooklyn. But that was something that the other males were not volunteering to do.

And Goliath and Elisa would plan on their own baby for the future too.

Life was grand in the castle for the Manhattan clan. They all wanted it to last forever.

The End

Sequel is in the making. This story just needed a closing. Thanks to all those who read it, especially to ChelleNorland and Missbelle, being the top reviewers!