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Chap.18
She took of her coat and handed it to Elisa, and she stood in front of us, eyes starting to fill with pain and sadness. They were such raw emotions. Something shimmered in the air around her, and slowly we could see she was changing. Her hair was tossed around by an unseen wind, and she looked eerie as hell. She closed her eyes and let her head lean back. A misty sort of fog wrapped itself around her and we could dimly see her shape shifting to that of something else. She whimpered softly, and even from when I was standing I could hear bones shift and creak, along with things popping and slithering into place. She twisted and turned, and wings sprouted form her back and she yelped. Finally it was over. The mist cleared away, and there before us, laid a gryphon.
She was a deep russet red with a few odd white streaks here and there. Her claws were wicked looking, and she seemed to have some trouble getting to here feet. She even had that strange mark that tam did on one of her fore legs. Elisa was standing there with her hands over her mouth, her eyes big. Goliath looked like someone had hit him with a brick, Hudson looked surprised. Lex looked awed, and Broadway just looked stupefied. Tam, ah, the gryphon, looked at us and nodded. She sat and waited for out verdict. Elisa reached out, and tam held very still, almost like a stone, and when Elisa stroked the top of her head, she looked relived, but still very sad. "Oh my..." Elisa whispered, stunned like the rest of us. Halloween indeed. I just looked on. I couldn't say anything even if I wanted to. The gryphon looked on too. "What else can you do?" asked a very pensive Hudson. The gryphon sighed and stepped away for us once more. This time it was faster. I think that this way was worse than the other. She had changed into a tiger. Then she changed again. A common house cat three more times she demonstrated her ability, a bird, a dragon, and lastly…a gargoyle. She collapsed on her knees and she stayed in gargoyle shape. She supported herself with her arms, and she was trembling slightly. She looked so tired and worn. She stood on shaky legs and Elisa rushed over and helped steady her. Her clothes seemed to adjust to whatever shape she wore, no matter what it was. However if it was animal clothes gave way to fur, feather, or scale. In her gargoyle form she was whiter than alabaster, with hair that was red as a fire. Her wings looked like a bats wing, and she was just a small bit shorter than I was.
Then she started to explain. "I can do any shape, as long as it isn't human, and it's alive. It has run in my family for generations, and we think that it skips sometimes. The theory is that it judges who is worthy for it, and if they are" she motioned to herself "this is what happens if not, they end up like my Aunt, null and un-gifted." "Your aunt…why does she want to be rid of you?" goliath asked sternly. Tam looked sadder, and she turned away slightly. "She is the one who killed my parents. She had also gotten more than a few others of my family out of her way. If she could she would take over Xanatos Enterprises, and create a world that lived on war, destruction, famine, and every bad thing that came out of Pandora's Box. I want to be able to take back my company and give something to those who need it most, whether it's a job, family or friend, I want to be a better person than she." Well, that explained quite a bit. "How come she hasn't been caught or at least investigated?!" was Elisa's' outraged question. "Money and influence." Was all tam said.
Ruthless. That's what came to my mind after all that. Her Aunt was scary, and she needed to be dealt with. But the problem was how? She changed back to her human shape and damn near passed out, but Elisa gave her a quick shot of emergency coffee, and they left. I heard the bike roar to life, and I listened to it fade away into the night. "We knew she wasn't human lads, and she trusted us. What do you think she is thinking about us now?" Hudson asked with a reserved sort of tone. We looked at each other. "I'll bet she's thinking that we'll reject her and turn her in." "Treat her as someone different." Lexington and Broadway put in sadly. "More than likely she hates herself…I believe that we handled it very badly." Goliath said with a certain amount of wisdom and many years worth of experience, I knew we had hurt her, and I just couldn't believe what I knew about her as a person to feel that way. She was strong, loyal, and she cared for all not just a single person or thing. Then I thought harder. She hadn't wanted to reveal that, but why? Perhaps she thought that it would endanger us somehow? Or she just liked having her secret? I sighed. I was going to have to as her, or have Lex ask her…he was around her more often than not. Oops…not supposed to go there…the little green monster of envy always came around when I started down that path…why couldn't she like me, maybe even love me back? Yeah, Tam I liked you, maybe even loved you, but you had made this so very clear you were not interested. Hence the reason for all this pain I was starting to feel.