Gordon and the Gargoyles
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Chapter 2: Thrill of the Hunt for the Pack
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It's been a few days since Peyton has met the gargoyles and became the newest (and youngest) member of the Manhattan Clan and since that night, things have begun to look up for Peyton. She now had a home with Elisa Maza, her older cousin and her aunt were moving in from Wisconsin to New York City and were gonna live two apartment buildings away from Elisa's, she got two new pets, a green and teal colored lizard she called 'Scales' and a new frog in which she named 'Seymour Jr.' in honor of her first frogs memory, and now she started doing home schooling and she had a very nice tutor named Mrs. Christina that came to Elisa's apartment in the morning and teach Peyton till early afternoon (she only did Reading, Math, Science and History) which was fine with her and the best part was that she would start in September and end in May, so basically she started summer break early and she got less homework too, which was a relief for her cause she hated the amount of homework her second grade class gave her. Things couldn't get any better for her. Her life was turning around for the better, yet she still missed her parents and first frog and she often visited their graves once and a while whenever she could, and she still came up to see the gargoyles as well. Life couldn't get much better for her, especially now that Xanatos was in prison.
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7:38 P.M.
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The sun was setting in the colorful orange sky. Almost night time.
Elisa, Owen and Peyton got out of the elevator and walked up to the castle.
Instead of her causal wear, Peyton was wearing the same outfit that she wore when Elisa first found her in Central Park after a really fun gymnastics class.
Peyton then said to Owen, "Mr. Brunette, it's kinda crazy to think that we're being allowed back up here after Elisa put Mr. Xanatos behind bars."
"Mr. Xanatos is the not the sort to harbor a grudge Ms. Gordon," replied Owen, "And he wouldn't dream of denying you two the opportunity of seeing your friends."
Peyton smiled before rushing up the tower steps that lead to the highest turret where the gargoyles were still in their stone sleep.
Peyton checked the time on her Rugrats themed watch, "Not long now.." she thought.
The sun was setting and the seven year old was antsy with excitement to see the gargoyles again.
"C'mon…..C'mon…." she said to herself impatiently.
Finally, the sun had set and the world fell into darkness as the Gargoyles awakened with a series of roars, Elisa and Peyton took a small step back so they wouldn't hit by any of the rocks. Peyton smiled widely as she was now used to their awakenings by now, but she remembered what it was like in the beginning only a couple of days ago.
"If you'll excuse me." Owen excused himself and left.
Goliath got off of his pedestal.
"Elisa, Peyton, What a pleasant sight to great us as we awaken." he says to her.
"Well it's a slow night and I was in the neighborhood." Elisa shrugs.
The rest of the gargoyles got off their pedestals.
"C'mon Bronx!" Peyton called to the large beast. "Come here boy!"
With no hesitation, Bronx leaped onto Peyton and licked her face. Peyton giggled and laughed for a while before she got up and pet Bronx's head.
"Hi guys." she greeted.
"Good to see you again, wee lass," Hudson gave a quick wave and leaves.
"Catch you later," Brooklyn said as he ran pat Goliath, Peyton and Elisa and flew down with the Lexington and Broadway and Bronx followed Hudson down stairs.
Elisa let out a laugh and told Goliath, "They're in a hurry."
"What's the big rush Goliath?" Peyton asked the giant gargoyle.
Goliath smiled at the two and told them, "They are fascinated by the things they see on the television. Every night they rush to turn it on. But welcome to our home. Especially now that Xanatos has been defeated and this castle is truly ours once more."
Elisa's smile turned into a frown when she said, "That's what I wanted to talk to you about. You know that Xanatos was only convicted of receiving stolen property."
"Convicted?" Goliath asked.
"Yeah, it means that certain people are accused for doing a specific crime and that's what Mr. Xanatos was sent to prison for." said Peyton.
"Right," added Elisa "But he only got a six month sentence and were lucky it wasn't suspended, his lawyers probably might get that time cut down. The point is that it's not safe here for you guys."
Goliath's brown eyes narrowed and asked Elisa, "What are you saying?"
"I'm saying that you'll need to find a new place to sleep during the day." replied Elisa. "A new home Goliath."
"No!" Goliath exclaimed, his brown eyes were glowing white and he opened his wings. "This castle is our home."
Elisa whispered to Peyton, "Why don't you go down stairs and join the other gargoyles Pey…"
Peyton whispered back, "OK, I was gonna grab something to eat anyways."
With that, the little girl walked down stairs to see what the other gargoyles were up to, but she heard Goliath say, "…worry too much Elisa, Xanatos was defeated, we are safe here."
Peyton wondered, "What did Elisa mean by finding a new home?"
She shrugged off the thought and headed to the kitchen to get some food.
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9:12 P.M.
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Peyton was dancing and singing along to a Fresh Prince/Jazzy Jeff song on her orange radio in one of the spare rooms in the castle.
She sang:
"And then she lost her mind and did the ultimate
I asked her for Adidas and she bought me Zips
I said, "Mom, what are you doing, you're ruining my rep!"
She said, "You're only sixteen, you don't have a rep yet"
I said, "Mom, let's put these clothes back, please"
She said, "No, you go to school to learn not for a fashion show"
I said, "This isn't Sha Na Na, come on mom, I'm not Bowzer
Mom, please put back the bell-bottom Brady Bunch trousers
But if you don't want to I can live with that but
You gotta put back the double-knit reversible slacks!"
Brooklyn, Lexington and Broadway heard Peyton singing from the castle halls.
Lexington and the others went inside the room to find Peyton dancing along.
"Hey Pey!" Lexington called out to the seven year old.
Peyton stopped dancing for a minute and turned off the radio.
"Hey guys!" Peyton greeted. "Uh…how much of that could you see and hear?"
"Ears like ours don't miss much." said Brooklyn. "But great dance moves."
"Thanks." Peyton said. "So, what's going on?"
"The Pack's at Maddison Square tonight!" Lex exclaimed.
"Oh, I remember watching The Pack!" Peyton told the trio. "I went as Fox for a Halloween party at my old school."
"Cool." said Brooklyn.
"So, since The Pack's here tonight, we were wondering if you'd wanna come." said Broadway.
"Sure." said Peyton. "Sounds great!"
Broadway picked up Peyton and put her on his back, "Then c'mon, let's go."
"Wait, isn't somebody gonna tell Goliath?" Peyton asked.
Hudson stood before the trio, "I'll tell him when he gets back."
The trio and Peyton nodded and left.
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10:30 P.M.
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The flight was quick to Maddison Square, the four were early but it was just as well as they watched the people filling in.
"You sure you don't wanna sit with the other people Peyton?" asked Broadway.
"You kidding? A view like this above everyone? These are the best seats in the house!" replied Peyton.
They waited a half an hour till Lexington asked, "Isn't it time for the show to start?", his ocean blue eyes were gleaming with excitement.
Brooklyn told the little gargoyle with a calming gesture, "Relax, it'll happen."
Peyton told the trio, "I also heard that they're doing autographs and photo ops after the show. I'm gonna get an autograph and send it to my cousin. She's moving here in a few weeks."
"Sounds cool." said Broadway. "But what are you gonna give 'em to sign?"
"These drawings I made a while back." said Peyton as she took out two drawings she made of two of the members of The Pack. One was of Dingo and the other was of Fox. They looked exactly like them, the trio was impressed at how amazing her drawings were.
"They look exactly like them!" said Lex.
"How'd you draw these?" asked Brooklyn astonished.
"I remember collecting some trading cards of them when I lived in Colorado and I just used the ones of Fox and Dingo for reference." replied Peyton.
"I like 'em." said Lex.
Suddenly, the lights dimmed and an announcer's voice spoke up, "Ladies and Gentlemen. Please welcome the Pack!"
Smoke blew from the stage and when it cleared the Pack was standing there.
All the young gargoyles and Peyton's eyes gleamed with excitement as the Pack went on the stage.
They then saw the Pack getting 'attacked' by the evil ninjas.
"Oh no. It's the evil ninjas!" The crowd began to 'boo', before it turned to cheers as the pack fought them and were winning.
The announcer continued, "The ninjas don't fight with honor like the Pack does."
"Wow, look at that!" said Lexington, captivated by the show, along with Peyton, Brooklyn and Broadway.
Two of the ninjas rushed to Dingo together, "Teamwork, that's the key."
Brooklyn rubbed his chin in thought, "These guys are alright."
Lexington nodded and looked down again with gleaming ocean blue eyes, "Yeah! Wouldn't it be great to meet 'em?"
"That'd be the best thing ever since, well maybe, stuffed crust pizza!" replied Peyton to the little gargoyle.
The Pack defeated all the ninjas and the crowd went wild as they chanted, "Pack, Pack!"
Then, Brooklyn, Broadway and Peyton stood up-Brooklyn stretched and yawned while Broadway rubbed his belly, "Well, show's over and I'm starving. Let's go."
"Hey, Brooklyn, can you fly me down to the autograph station?" Peyton asked.
"Anything you want kid." Brooklyn replied with a smile and Peyton got on his back, carrying her drawings in her sketchbook (which she made from a green composition notebook).
Brooklyn turned to Lexington who hadn't stood up yet. "You comin' Lex?"
"Uh, later. You guys go ahead."
The two gargoyles nodded before they flew off with Peyton on Brooklyn's back.
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5:25 A.M.
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After getting her drawings signed by all the members of the Pack with photographs, stopping at the post office to send the drawing of Dingo to her cousin via Messenger, the two younger gargoyles and Peyton made it back to the castle for dinner before the gargoyles turned to stone.
"Here Broadway." Peyton said as she offered him a sandwich. "It's peanut butter and banana."
Broadway took a huge bite out of the sandwich and smacked his lips together, peanut butter was all over his lips.
"These are great." replied Broadway with a mouthful of the sandwich.
Peyton giggled as she handed another sandwich to Brooklyn before she made sandwiches for herself and Lexington when he came back.
"Glad you like 'em Broadway." replied Peyton.
"What makes this, um, peanut butter so sticky?" asked Brooklyn as he took a bite of his sandwich.
"Well, chef's secret." replied the seven year old.
"Brooklyn, let me ask you something." said Broadway with his mouth full.
"What Broadway?"
Brooklyn turned around only to find Broadway with his mouth still covered in peanut butter and his stomach with a large smug of peanut butter and his claws covered with peanut butter and banana bits, both of his cheeks were stuffed with two sandwiches.
"Does this look weird to you?"
Brooklyn's eyes popped out a little when he saw the state of the aquamarine fat gargoyle.
Peyton only giggled and poured him a cup of milk.
"Here Broadway, wash it down with milk." she told him.
Broadway gulped down the milk.
Peyton then poured three more glasses for Brooklyn, herself and Lexington and put the little gargoyle's sandwich and milk in the fridge.
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6:01 A.M.
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The gargoyles and Peyton (who was eating her peanut butter and banana sandwich) waited and looked around for Lexington as dawn approached.
Goliath looked around, worried, "Where is he? It's almost dawn and he's still not back."
Hudson shook his head, "He always cuts it to close."
Broadway (who had all the peanut butter cleaned off of him) suddenly yelled, "There you are!"
Lexington landed and they all went over to greet him, however, Goliath only frowned and asked gruffly, "Where were you?"
Lexington smiled at him and told him, "I made us some new allies!"
Brooklyn's green eyes widened as he came closer and asked, "You don't mean the Pack?"
"No way." Peyton said in shock and disbelief as she ate.
"Yes way Peyton." Lexington said firmly, "And they're just like us. They defend the innocent and they do it on television.
"You let them see you?" Goliath asked, deeply displeased.
"Y-Yes. I did." Lexington said, refusing to back down. "And why not, you made friends with Elisa and Peyton."
"That was different." Goliath insisted.
Hudson looked out at the sky and pointed, "This argument will have to wait till nightfall lads."
Both Goliath and Lexington frowned as they got close to each other and Goliath pointed at Lexington sternly, "This isn't over."
The sun came up and they all turned to stone, Goliath and Lexington stayed in their same positions.
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5:45 P.M.
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After a long morning of homeschooling before the weekend begun and a long day of playing in Central Park while Elisa worked, Peyton went up to the castle and read Journey to the Center of the Earth as she waited for sunset for when the gargoyles would awaken.
The instant they awoken again, Lexington and Goliath were still at it with each other as if they never went to sleep that dawn. "You bet it isn't." Lexington growled at the giant gargoyle, "Why is Elisa different? These guys are defenders of the realm just like she is."
"He may be right Goliath." Hudson said in sudden agreement, "I've seen them on the picture box. There are constantly attacked by these 'evil ninjas'."
Broadway jumped in as well, "Maybe they could use our help."
Lexington shook his head, "Look, it's not like I revealed all our secrets, I'm not stupid. They don't even that we turn to stone during the day, they don't even know where we live. Look, will you please them before you judge them?"
Brooklyn said thoughtfully, "I think if anyone would understand us like Peyton does, they would to."
"We can't hide from the whole world up here. There are kindred spirits out there like Peyton is, but we got to look for them and we got to give them a chance." Lexington pressed. "Or else, we'll always be alone."
"Alright, take me to meet them." Goliath finally conceded. The trio smiled widely before Goliath continued, "If it's safe, we'll arrange introductions for the rest of you."
Hudson and Bronx left for down below.
"You coming Pey?" Lexington asked.
"Sure." replied Peyton. "You guys could use some back up."
Peyton slipped her backpack on her and climbed on Goliath's back as the two gargoyles flew to the studio where the Pack was.
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9:30 P.M.
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It wasn't long before Goliath, Peyton and Lexington were outside the warehouse. The three made their way deeper into the warehouse and looked around the dark room.
Peyton shone her flashlight around the area.
"I don't like this." said Goliath as he looked over the dark room.
"Still no sign of the Pack, Lex." said the seven year old as she shone her flashlight everywhere.
"They said they'd be here." said Lexington in worry.
Suddenly a light was thrown on them and Peyton had to cover her eyes moment before she could see again, then a grenade exploded smoke and the three fell back.
"It's a trap!" Goliath yelled as he, Peyton and Lex ran away from the bullets.
They then entered a dark corridor and they were then ambushed by Hyena who slashed them with her sharp claws, Goliath and Lexington roared before the little olive green gargoyle ran off to catch Hyena.
"Lexington!" Goliath called out.
Peyton and Goliath ran after Lex down the corridor to a series of different traps. Goliath carried Peyton in his arms as they evaded the traps.
"Cowards!" cried Lexington. "I thought you fought with honor!"
They managed to get through the traps but then two doors slammed in between them.
"Welcome to the gauntlet." said Fox's voice through the intercoms as the doors came closer between the two gargoyles and Peyton. "Normally the traps in here are illegal, but we juiced them up a little just for you three."
Goliath punched the steel doors and ripped them open and threw a giant contraption of some sort through the wall and crashed the wall open, then he, Lexington and Peyton jumped out and landed in another room.
"The roof!" cried Goliath. "Hurry!"
Peyton quickly climbed on Goliath's back as they climbed up to the roof.
"Let's get outta here before something else happens." said Peyton as she held on tight.
The Pack saw the two gargoyles and little girl escape through the roof and fly off.
They landed safely on a rooftop and Peyton slide off Goliath's back.
Peyton looked at the view of the city.
"We lost them." Peyton said with a breath of relief.
"I can't believe it!" Lexington cried, "They attacked us!"
Goliath saw a scratch mark on Peyton's left elbow.
"Peyton, your elbow."
Peyton looked at her elbow.
"Oh, it's just a small scratch." she replied to Goliath as she scrambled into her front pocket of her skirt and took out a teal bandage and a bottle of Benadryl cream. "Nothing but a little Benadryl and a band aid would help."
As Peyton tended to her small injury, she heard Lex cry out, "…Why?! We're not their enemies! They're no more than animals."
Goliath growled, "Worse than that. An animal hunts because its hungry, these hunters do it for sport."
"That's why my mom became a vet." added Peyton. "She helped and healed the animals, not kill them."
Lexington made a frustrated motion with his hands, "I'm never trusting anyone like the Pack again."
There was a short silence before Goliath perked up and wrapped Peyton protectively his arms and wings as an explosion threw them. Goliath stumbled back and Peyton held onto him and grunted from the sudden movement. After the purple gargoyle stabled himself he released Peyton and took a few steps forward.
"Lex!" Peyton yelled out.
Peyton watched as a rope caught Goliath, before he turned quickly and grabbed the little gargoyle also releasing him just near the edge, long enough to stretch out his little wings.
"I'm OK." Lexington growled.
Peyton climbed onto Goliath's back and off the two gargoyles flew. She hung on to Goliath tight as her heart raced. The two gargoyles turned to a corner and then the little girl saw the power lines get cut by Jackal.
"Look out!" she yelled.
Goliath and Lexington went to swerve but still got caught by them as the energy arched through their bodies. Goliath faltered in his flying, but remained conscience. Lexington also faltered in his flight as well, but unlike Goliath, he was not able to stay afloat and began to fall. Goliath rapidly moved Peyton onto his shoulder and caught Lexington before grabbing onto the building near him.
They hurried up to the edge and Peyton slide down Goliath's shoulder but a messed up, female laugh was heard before another explosion. They were thrown off the roof and Goliath managed to grab onto Peyton and held her close before he hit the ground with Lexington and went unconscious. Peyton landed on the street underneath Goliath's wing and got up and saw blood on the pavement.
"There goes another elbow." she thought.
Peyton gasped and saw the two unconscious gargoyles, "Goliath! Lex!"
She tried to shake them awake but it was no use, she then checked their pulses.
"Still breathing." she thought. "That's a relief."
The Pack circled around Peyton and the two unconscious gargoyles.
"You OK there kid?" asked Wolf to Peyton in an innocent voice that could fool anybody.
"You get away from me." Peyton said in while backing up and standing in front of Goliath and Lexington.
Peyton stood in a fighting stance in front of all of them.
Fox went closer to Goliath when she heard two kids calling her and the other members.
"Hey look!"
"It's the Pack!"
"We love your show!"
The two kids went up to Wolf with bright eyes and wide smiles.
"Can we get your autograph?"
"How'd you do all those stunts?'
The two kids went on and on with questions.
"They are our adoring public." said Fox while rolling her eyes.
"Perfect timing." added Hyena sarcastically.
Soon enough, Lexington and Goliath began to gain consciousness.
"What are those things?" asked the boy.
Peyton turned around and saw Goliath and Lexington come up.
"Goliath! Lex!" Peyton exclaimed as she ran up to hug them. "You guys are OK!"
"Susan, Billy," called their mother. "Come away from them."
"There shooting a movie or something, you'll get in the way." added their father.
"Get back." said Wolf, "These are dangerous monsters by the evil ninjas."
He grabbed Susan and Billy and placed them by their parents.
"We'll protect you." said Wolf.
Obviously, he was acting.
Wolf rammed into Goliath and put him in a head lock.
"Take that you beast!" he yelled, in show.
Lexington leaped onto Dingo when he threw a disk that erupted into light and momentarily blinded him. As he was regaining his sight, he had blocked himself from getting hit with various small objects that the brother and sister were throwing at him. His anger was already at a dangerous level, he growled at the kids, "Stop it!"
They ran off to their parents and then Lex turned around back to his attacker.
Goliath knocked Wolf to the ground when he got up almost instantly and punched Goliath back. He fell next to a fire hydrant. Peyton ran over and pulled one of the caps off, it let out the water spew out and the large gargoyle diverted it to Hyena and Jackal.
Peyton brushed off her hands when she heard Goliath say, "Hold onto me Peyton."
Peyton gripped onto him tightly as Goliath and Lexington climbed up the building. She buried her face in his chest when a wave of shock rippled past them but that didn't slow them down as they quickly slipped over edge and away from view. The three ran into a maze with all different kinds of gargoyles, she felt like she was in a giant thicket filled with them.
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Peyton (who now wore peasant like clothing) ran across the large green and thorny thicket behind the two gargoyles.
As she ran, she saw all the gargoyles and felt like as they were moving with them as well, roaring, squealing and snarling at them as they ran.
The little girl gasped softly as she saw all the gargoyles looking at them as if they were about to eat them alive as she and her two friends ran to escape the pack of rouge barbarians behind them, riding on large ragged and savage animals, a fox, a wolf, a dingo, a hyena and a jackal, the barbarians were close on their tail, the girl shook off the thought and caught up with the two gargoyles.
They all found temporary hiding places among some gargoyles who had not awoken from their stone slumber.
"Now what Goliath?" Peyton whisper-asked Goliath while panting.
Goliath turned to Peyton and Lexington, "Wait till one of them is alone. Then we'll strike."
Peyton nodded and remained quiet.
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The three didn't have to wait very long as Hyena fell a fare distance between the others. Goliath reacted quickly landed on her, hard. Sending her into unconsciousness instantly.
Then, Jackal rushed over to his sister but Goliath sent him into unconscious to. Fox and Wolf made a run for it but Goliath rammed into them, sending them down to a room with a photographer and three swimsuit models.
One of the models was grabbed by the arm by Fox and she pointed a gun at her, "Relax and we'll get through this."
As Fox was holding the model hostage with her gun, the photographer was snapping pictures of her and Wolf.
Peyton even snapped some photos with her camera for evidence for the police and then rushed out of the building to make a quick phone call.
She took out her green flip phone and dialed Captain Chavez.
"Captain Chavez," said Peyton. "Get the officers, we got ourselves a few runners….It's by that modeling place a couple of blocks away from Broadway, I'll leave pictures for evidence….OK, thanks a lot."
As Peyton hung up the phone and quickly stored it away in her backpack, she saw Lexington being tossed by Wolf and caught him as the two fell back onto the concrete pavement.
"Thanks Pey.." said Lexington as he got up.
"Don't mention it." replied Peyton as she brushed herself off.
The little gargoyle helped Peyton up as they saw Goliath fighting Wolf. The battle was over within a few minutes with Wolf and Fox unconscious on the streets. Goliath made his way to Lexington and Peyton ran over two the two gargoyles as the police sirens were blaring towards them.
"I called for some back up," Peyton explained to Goliath and Lexington. "And they got pictures for evidence."
"Then we will leave our foes to them." said Goliath as he placed a hand on Lexington's shoulder. "Come, we do not have much time."
Goliath picked up Peyton by the arm and placed her on his back as the two gargoyles flew off back to the castle.
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6:29 A.M.
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When they finally arrived back to the castle, the first thing Peyton did was place another teal bandage and Benadryl on her other elbow and then she met up with Goliath and Lexington. Goliath stood on one of the terraces while Lexington sat on the other, Peyton stood between them on the balcony of the castle.
"I feel like a fool letting the Pack trick me into luring you there." sighed Lexington.
"Because of who we are, we have to be cautious about trusting strangers." replied Goliath.
"I was so totally wrong!" exclaimed Lexington.
"Don't feel that way Lex," said Peyton as she wrapped the little olive green gargoyle's arm in a hug, "You're still kinda new to the city and its people, I get it, I was like that when me and my family first moved. My dad always told me to be aware of strangers and stuff like that."
"Yeah," said Lexington to the little girl. "But I thought they could be trusted! I thought they wouldn't attack us, I thought they could be our new allies like you are, b-but I was wrong."
"No Lexington, you were right." said Goliath. "We can't hide from the world, we must live in it. We must search for allies like Peyton, kindred spirits. And sometimes, we must take chances like we did tonight. To do otherwise, we are to remain forever alone."
Lexington smiled at Goliath and replied, "It's nice to know that there're still some heroes left."
"You got that right Lex." Peyton smiled.
Brooklyn and Broadway landed at the castle and Hudson was coming up with Bronx by his side.
"We just watched the news!" exclaimed Broadway with wide cyan blue eyes.
"The Pack's been arrested!" added Brooklyn, "They have photographs of Fox holding a woman hostage!"
"Those photos were provided for the police, curtesy of yours truly." said Peyton as she was beaming with pride.
Goliath smiled at the olive skinned seven year old.
"I thought they were the good guys." said Hudson. "Maybe we shouldn't believe everything we see on television."
"Yeah," replied Peyton. "I think that'd be best."
Hudson smiled at Peyton before he and the other gargoyles went to take their places on the pedestals. Bronx quickly got on Peyton's chest and gave her face a few licks before rushing off to his pedestal.
Peyton stood at the top of the terrace of the castle and watched as the gargoyles turned to stone as morning approached New York City.
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(Welp, that's the end of chapter two everybody! Hope you all enjoyed it! Read and Review and no hateful comments plz!)