I don't own the Gargoyles. They belong to their respective creator. Once more, I'm sorry that I rushed the story, but I felt it was time to end it. Or, at least get close to that point.
Chap 33 Brooklyn POV
I woke to the sound of the city in an uproar. I still felt the awful darkness surrounding me but I wanted to know what was going on. I went to the news station. Her face lined the screens and her name flew from everyone's lips. She had gone forward from the shadows that hid her. She had stepped into the light and took back everything she had to hide from for the past year. She was Briar Tamwood Mysteria, and she was now the owner of a multibillion dollar company. She had yet to bring her brothers out, but Artemis LaBery was right by her side and getting her instated legally and swiftly to the rest of her life. She had begun this at sunrise. Her face gave nothing away, but it told me everything. She was hiding it, and she was hurting just as much as me.
I flew back to the tower and hid well, and I just sat and looked out at the world.
The night passed on into day and night came again. I was found, buy Goliath and not a word was said. Just a long steady look that I couldn't face. I talked, never looking at him, but he seemed to understand. Or so I hoped. The others found me eventually and nothing was pressed. I didn't care if I died or if I stayed, but in Elisa's words
"If I have to force feed you and give you medication so be it! But I will not lose you, and neither will your clan!" and that was that.
I was hollow though inside, but I tried for my clans' sake to put on a good face. It worked eventually I suppose. Lexington would barely talk to me, and I understood why. So did everyone else. Time came in went to days and then onto weeks.
Chap 34 Tamwood POV
Time was passing, but I really didn't notice. I had a business to run, decisions to make, and these things just numbed me further. I made my base in New York, but everywhere I looked made me think of him and that was the last thing I wanted. My brothers still saw the gargoyles and Elisa, and I wished I could see Elisa too, but I couldn't slip away or disappear for a short while. I had a penthouse to myself, but it was lonely and my old shop was warmer and much more welcoming. The USA was in shock, and all those who had crossed my path at some time or another, we just as surprised to know I had been so close and yet so very far away. It was almost amusing. But it wasn't enough. Every now and then I sent off a small message to Lex to see how things were and to make sure….well…just to check up on them. That's all. Reporters clamored at my door, as did potential business partners and share seekers. I seriously considered getting a really big pair of guard dog with equally big handlers to with them. Maybe that would scare some of them away….
Things were just finally settling and I was just starting to ignore certain feelings and memories. And as it always has a habit of doing, things got turned upside down and inside out.
Chap 35 Lexington POV
I grumbled softly to myself. They were so pigheaded sometimes! But I understood the hurt and pride inflicted on both sides. Much better than most others I think. I was watching over little Alex Xanatos while Fox was out when it hit me. I needed them to see each other again! Maybe if I somehow made them mad enough to confront each other…maybe then things would start moving again…I chuckled mischievously. Alex caught my mood and giggled right along with me. I think I should go have a talk with Elisa, Talon, and Matt…they would most certainly wish to help with this…
Chap 36 Brooklyn POV
Days turned into weeks. Time felt slower that sap in the dead of winter. I sighed and set down the book I had been trying to read with little luck. I looked out the window, winter was just setting in and we were going to have the first snow any day now. I still thought about Her. Parting like that, it hurt. To have found someone who had loved me, and I her, but having screwed it up so badly I doubted anything could happen now. Lex talked with me constantly, but only things that were neutral or things he knew were safe to talk about. He was, I suppose, trying to help me, and for a little while it worked. Her brothers were growing big now. They kept Matt busy and Elisa too, and we all laughed when they discovered a hidden talent for playing video games with us. They were pretty good too. They were completely opposites and they sometimes acted like Her, but not so much. They spent the evenings if they could with her. However her company had taken damage when it was in her Aunts' hands and She had work to do. Hudson hated the cold more than anyone else, but he usually watched the tower now. Bronx had decided that the cold was a good thing, but I could still catch him moping sometimes. I wanted to go to Her and say I'm sorry till my tongue bled, I wanted to see Her smile again, I wanted a lot of things. Goliath was wise to this but not a word or look was given. I think he understood that if anything were to happen I or She had to make the move.
Chap 37 Lexington POV
When I talked with Brooklyn, he seemed happier, but then that smile would fade and he'd go back to brooding or sulking. Sometimes it was just about enough to make me beat his think head into the wall. But I'd sigh and continue to think of a way to get them together again. Tam sent rare check-ups and I'd smiled and send her whole pages upon pages of everyday things that happened. I think they helped. She missed us greatly, I could tell, but work needed to be done. He old shop was flourishing and she occasionally visited them, but only if she could shake her various tagalongs and security. She had told me once that she'd like a pair of huge people and dogs to scare some of them away. I had to laugh. I had replied that I doubted that would work, they were after all, very determined. Her brothers were almost as good as me on video games, so I had to work to keep ahead. Tam would laugh when I told her this. She'd say "they too are meant for great things, but whether they be for good or bad, only time will tell." Her experiences had jaded her, made her wary and cautious of all things. Her work especially did this. The Xanatos and Mysteria pact had been doing beautifully and the profits were coming in, but they were being used to pay for damages and fix things so that everything was straight and on the narrow once more. But it was the same for her, I really wanted to pound some sense into that skull of hers, but it wouldn't do anything really…..it took a few more week but finally I came up with something. I went to Talon, Maggie, Elisa, Mat, Hudson, and Goliath. I told them what I had thought of, and they agreed, it was a good plan. Smiles were shared around, and I rubbed my hands together gleefully. This would be a masterpiece! I just hopped I wouldn't get my scrawny butt kicked for interfering….
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