*Authors' Note* Meh. Sorry about the last chapter I put up. A few more reviews would be good too. No flames kay? I'm new to this, so chill.
And I so totally forgot to put up disclaimers for the other chaps so here it is:
I do not own any of the Disney Gargoyles and never will. Bow to the Mouse peeps.
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Chap.10
We had awoken to the sounds of the city. Horns and bustle were the mains things, but there was something more now: a new shop had opened and it was owned by some strange girl, who had named it The Claw and Fang. We were curious. So we flew on over to check it out, and there she was, making it work. We were all impressed, and we let them work. We watched with interest, and we were even more surprised when she took on the first customer herself. She knew what she was doing that was for sure. It was around midnight when they closed up shop. We followed them back to the apartment and decided to see how it went. Hudson said he had never seen something move that fast, when it came to things like this. We were all very surprised to see it going so smoothly. We landed just as they opened the door. Matt and the boys were snoozing, which we thought had been cute. Elisa had a huge smile on her face as she ran to let us in. she and Goliath shared their embrace, and then she proceeded to tell how we managed to do it. Tam just kept smiling the whole time, blushing slightly and editing what Elisa said every now and then. "So why did you name it the Claw and Fang?" Hudson asked curiously. She got a little nervous at this point. "Ah, no reason, it just seemed to work I guess." She was hiding something. But we didn't press the matter. Suddenly we heard shouts and curses coming towards the door out in the hallway. "Hey girly, come out, come out, wherever you are!" laughter followed. She stiffened and growled. Growled. "Yeah, come on, we know you're here somewhere…" Goliath shoved Elisa behind him, and I went to stand in front of her, when the door burst open and ten or so thugs streamed into the apartment. "You!" one of them spat. "Us" I snarled back. "Get the monsters!" and fighting ensued. We were trying to keep the women safe, but it seemed Tam didn't need protecting, neither did Elisa. Tam was using street fighting, when we heard the sound of guns being readied. Matt must have heard because he was keeping the boys out of the way and safe. Tam was enraged and she was sending them running with broken bones and hurt in many places, some way to tender for my liking. She was deadly in her own right though: she had one dude, pinned underneath her, and she was growling at him, and beating him to a bloody pulp. Hudson went to her and took the guy from her. I swear she pouted. Hudson snarled at his captive. "Why have ye come here?" "Girly owed us!" Hudson shook him and the smell of fear increased. "Ye made a mistake there laddie." Tam huffed her agreement. Hudson tossed the guy down the stairs then. He came back dusting his hands. "Good riddance." We turned to Tam then. She looked at all of us, and sighed. Torn and ripped in places her clothes were falling apart. She swayed and said "well that went well guys…." And she went to the door and put her ear against it. She did the shut up motion to us, and we held silent. It seemed like a very long time before she sighed and said "Good. They're gone." We looked at her quizzically. She shrugged. "I could hear them, and I wanted to make sure they were gone before I relaxed even the slightest inch." We could understand that. Then one of her brothers spoke out. "Sissy?" he was scared. "Are the bad people gone?" she walked over to him quickly, and gave him a very secure hug. "Yes. And had they come within two feet of you and your brother, or if they tried to shoot at you, I would have beaten him to a bloody pulp, and I would have put him in critical condition for three months." Her brother nodded and stepped away so she could talk to Matt. We knew she was serious, when she said that she would have seriously hurt the guy. I guess that no one else had stood up for them and as the fact that they were her brothers, well, that just seemed to strengthen that protectiveness. She loved them that was for certain. I don't think they realized how much she would do for them. Matt then went back to room and came out with Cale in hand, and he took one of Roy's hands and they left. We looked at her. She shrugged. "I don't trust them not to try again, so they are going with matt. But that was already decided earlier so this is no big thing. Anyway, they'll be safer that way." We all nodded. It was a sound idea. He could always pass them off as his nephews. And so they were safe, now it was just Elisa, Tam, and us. We talked till the sun was near rising. "We'll see you tonight miss, and we'll talk further." Hudson said. I nodded to her, and she dipped a small bow to us, and we took off for home.