Little Tsu: Hey everyone. Last time on the Orphan Chronicles, Nia had finally been taken away by the mysterious men that have been after her causing Brooklyn to panic & worry for her safety. Goliath, now finally realizing just how dear the little human was to his right hand, finally offers to help in the rescue along with having the rest of their clan assist.

This will be the stunning & epic conclusion of the very first two-shot within this series.

Enjoy!

Experiments, Rescue, and Change

I honestly couldn't believe this was happening. I can't really blame Goliath for any of this, but I still never should have left her side for even just a moment. Now those humans that had killed her parents have taken her. I can only fear the worst on what they plan on doing to Nia. Clenching my eyes tightly closed as I stand there away from the others while Goliath explains to them what has happened and what we all plan on doing, I feel tears prick at the corners of my eyes; threatening to fall as my claws became tightly fisted at my sides.

Please...

Just be ok Nia...

As I thought about this, I was soon snapped out of it at the feel of a taloned hand resting upon my shoulder. Glancing up as I open my eyes, I found that it was Goliath who stood there behind me. He actually had an almost sympathetic look in his eyes. Most likely because of my own expression. "...Goliath."

"Come...We are leaving now to search for your little human companion...We will be splitting up into groups though in order to cover more ground." Keeping my gaze on him, I already had a feeling about how the groups were going to be due to our overall talents, but he spoke up anyways as he dropped his hand from my shoulder and turned halfway around to look at the others. "Hudson, you will be coming with me during the search. We will be covering the east and south ends of the city. Broadway; you and Bronx cover the north and Lexington; you'll be with Brooklyn, covering the west end. No matter the outcome of our search tonight, we meet back here before sunrise. Now go."

I could only nod lightly at this in compliance before we all seperated and myself along with Lexington quickly glided off in search of where Nia could be. After all,...we didn't have much time before the sun would begin to rise. Half the night had already passed since dusk occured so at best, we only had about five hours left...Maybe a little bit more if we're lucky enough. Either way, we had to hurry.

As we searched though, it felt like we had covered almost every inch of our end and still no sign...Not a single clue in sight that would give us any insight at all towards where my little human had been taken. Beginning to become frustrated, I finally land on the edge of a roof and perch myself there as I glanced around almost desperately. Lexington landed at my side and I knew that he could easily see how uneasy and worried I was...That my fear over what has possibly become of Nia was quickly beginning to escalate.

It was only then that he suddenly spoke; the words that came from his mouth catching my attention instantly. "Hey, aren't those some of the humans that had taken Nia?" Quickly jerking my gaze down and into the direction that my friend was pointing in, my eyes widened a fraction as I spotted a few shady-looking male humans in black. They seemed to be glancing around themselves as if to make sure knowone was around before they entered the building in front of them. "Think we should follow them? That could be where they had taken Nia."

Glancing at Lexington, I nodded my head, but then thought of something. "You go and find the others Lexington. Let them know that we might have found where Nia is and bring them here as fast as you can. I'll go on ahead and see if I can find her."

Lexington nodded his head as his eyes narrowed slightly. "Be careful then Brooklyn. I'll be back with the others as quickly as I can." With that, I watched him quickly leave before I leaped down to the ground below and hurried across the street. Rising up onto my feet, I glanced around carefully before grabbing the door in front of me that those humans had gone in through and ripped it off its hinges. I had probably already caused too much noise with that, but there was no sense in keeping in down now as I quickly rush inside and down a winding stairway that seemed to lead me underground.

Upon arriving at the bottom, I slowly rise up again and gaze down at the corridor before me that held a number of doors that were entrances to different rooms. Now I just needed to find out which room it was that was holding her. Taking a step forward down the shadowed hallway, I suddenly halted at the sound of rushing footsteps ahead of me. It was then though, that I heard shots being fired, causing me to quickly crouch down on all fours to dodge them as those strange metal things that the humans called 'bullets' rushed by me overhead, making loud clanging noises behind me as they hit the wall and stairs instead.

Growling darkly as my eyes began to glow completely white, I rush towards the humans that were still firing at me; quickly dodging each shot as I ran and bounced off of the walls, taking down each one of them once I got close enough. My tail lashed out as I did so, knocking some of the humans back, and sending them crashing into the wall behind them before they collapsed to the ground in pain. Upon disarming them as I snapped each of their metal weapons with my talons, I continued my search, hoping that I wasn't too late to save Nia...Maybe I should have killed those humans back there, but...I don't wish to ever be seen as a killer in my little human's eyes; to have her suddenly fear me...

As I searched each and every room, I was rather relieved that I didn't run into much more trouble, though I admit that I panicked a bit upon opening the door to one room because it held so many humans. "...Definately wrong room." I quickly closed the door before locking it in place from the outside with a weapon that had been near me from my latest attacker that I had taken down.

While the humans were trying to get out of there, I quickly hurried further down the corridor, hoping that I wouldn't run into another room like that. As I searched though, something made me quickly come to a halt. Rising up, I glanced around, thinking I might've been imagining things, but then I heard it again...It was a soft, pained whimpering sound. I could barely hear it, but I reconigzed it instantly.

Nia!

Finding the door that I heard it coming from behind, I hurriedly ripped open the door, and rushed inside, only to come to a fast halt as my eyes widened at the sight before me. I was in some sort of lab and there were some humans in white coats that had stopped their work to glance over at me in what seemed to be surprise. However, it was what they were surrounding that caught my attention so suddenly.

Floating inside of a glass containment-looking thing filled with glowing blue liquid was none other than Nia, who was curled up into a ball...But something was different about her...She suddenly looked older now and she didn't even look human anymore. Her once lightly tanned skin was now a pale sky blue while a long tail with three tiny nubby spikes at the end on either side of it. She also had a pair of large wings folded up behind her and a pair of smaller wings attached to her lower back. Her ears were larger and more pointed in a fashion, identical to my own and a pair of large grey horns just above her ears, curving upwards along with what looked like six tiny horns along her forehead; three each just barely above her tightly closed, but shuddering eyelids. Even her feet and hands were no longer human, but every bit like a gargoyle. The only thing that showed my that this was indeed my Nia, was her orchid hair that stood out, though it was longer now to just below mid back from the looks of it.

"...Nia."

Seeing her looking like this now; looking only a few years younger than myself instead of like a little human girl, finally made me snap as my eyes began to glow white again and I let out an angry snarl. Taking a step towards the humans that were around her, I saw the fear that suddenly washed over their faces, but I didn't care anymore. They were going to pay for what they did to my Nia. "What have you done to her?" The humans quickly scattered and tried to escape out the back, but I quickly caught one of them and threw them into a nearby wall.

Stalking over to them as the human tried to get back up, I reached down, and grabbed them by the front of their coat; slamming their back against the wall as they just hung there off the floor while I snarled at them. "What have you done to my Nia? Answer me!" My glowing eyes were narrowed in a murderous fashion. I was honestly beyond furious right now and was feeling a strong urge to just kill this human for causing her any sort of pain.

The human was shaking slightly in pure fright in my grasp and his hands lifted as they desperately grasped onto my wrist as if to try and break free. "I-I-I was only doing what was instructed of me. We...We were finishing up with our experiments on our test subject th-that we had started when she was s-still a b-baby." The human let out a half cry of pain as I added more pressure to him against the wall, growling darkly at what he was telling me. "We...were trying to see if it was possible...To fuse humans with the DNA of animals...Or in this one's case, of Gargoyles. The...The fusion of humans and animal had been a success and they took on appearances similar to your own kind...We wondered why...it hadn't worked for this one at first though, but...i-it was because the...c-cells were...asleep. Th-They were lying dormant i-inside of her till she b-became of age so we...a-accelerated her aging process t-temporarily to the point where...th-the cells...awakened...She's now...a-about thirteen i-instead of...eight."

At hearing all of this, it only seemed to make me all the more angry. How could these humans be so heartless as to do this to a human child?...To put her through so much torture? "...You did so much to her...You ruined her life as a human. Made her an experiment!...You humans even killed her parents just to try and get her back!"

"I-I'm s-sorry..."

Narrowing my glowing eyes into mere slits, I growled deeply. "...Sorry isn't good enough." Just as I raised my free talons above me to strike a killing blow on the human in my grasp, I was suddenly stopped by another taloned hand grasping my wrist. Quickly turning my furious gaze onto the one who stopped me with a snarl, I found myself staring up at Goliath. The others were there too. However, I didn't let it deter me from my current plan and glared up at my leader with my eyes still glowing. "Let me go Goliath! This human deserves every bit of pain for what he did to Nia!"

Goliath merely gazed down at me with a hardened look in his eyes before shaking his head and pulling me away from the human, forcing me to drop him. I could only watch as the human managed to get up despite the pain he was already in and flee. Seeing this happen, I quickly manage to yank my wrist free of his grasp and turn around sharply as I glare up at him; my eyes no longer glowing white. "Why did you stop me Goliath? Why didn't you let me kill him and instead allow him to get away?"

"Killing that human will not change things Brooklyn. It will only make matters worse in the end. Right now, what matters is Nia. You came here to save her, correct?"

Slowly relaxing at hearing this, I realized that he was right. I had allowed my rage get the better of me and forgot about the true reason why I came here in the first place. Shaking my head to clear my thoughts, I quickly hurried over to the container and pressed the button that was on the computer next to it, causing all the glowing liquid to drain out at the bottom; lowering Nia slowly to the floor of the container. The second the glass began to rise though, I leaped up onto the floor that she now layed upon in a squatted position and reached out with a hesitant hand as I caressed her cheek with the back of my talons. "...Nia?"

The moment I softly spoke her name, her face seemed to scrunch up faintly in pain, but then relaxed a few seconds later as her eyes slowly began to flutter open, revealing those intense, bright magenta eyes that stood out like a beacon to me. "...B-Brooklyn?" At hearing her say my name, though admittedly softly in a weak manner, I couldn't help but visibly relax as I was filled with relief. Her voice sounded older now, but it still held that innocent tone to it even though it no longer sounded like that of a little child.

With my eyes softening at this, I allowed a smile to cross over onto my features as I continued to caress her face. "...Yes Nia...It's me...I came to save you...We all did. I...I came to bring you home." Seeing her glance up at me with heavy lidded eyes, I spied a tired, yet weak smile grace her features, causing my heart to almost skip a beat. Snapping out of it, I carefully shift a bit and picked her up gently into my arms as I cradle her against my chest with the side of her head resting tiredly against my shoulder. "...Lets go home Nia."

Rising up onto my feet slowly, I carefully got down to the floor and glanced towards the others before nodding my head lightly to them, letting them know that she was alright and that it was time to leave now. As we made it outside and leaped up into the air as we glided off, catching a breeze with our wings, I glanced down at the sleeping Nia within my arms. She looked so different now...Those humans had made her into a gargoyle like myself and the rest of my clan and she was even older now. However,...despite how much different she looked now,...she was still the same in at least one way.

...She was still my precious Nia.

End.

Little Tsu: Well, that's the end of this two-shot. What'd ya think everyone? Were ya'll shocked?XD

Anyways, there had been a reason behind Nia's strange hair & eye color & well, this was the reason. Please make sure ya review on what ya thought about it & I'll see ya next time.:3

Oh yeah! Please check on my profile for the link that'll show how Nia looks now.

Doesn' she make a pretty gargoyle?^^