"I see. It would have been preferable if he'd come to me and said something about helping you do this, but I will let it go, just this once," Goliath replied, wanting the females to be completely comfortable and cared for. Elisa spotted Goliath and waddled over to the giant gargoyle, hugging him around the waist when she got to him.
"Hey Goliath, how have you been?" Elisa asked, smiling winningly.
"I am doing very good my Elisa, if a bit irritated. Yourself?" Goliath replied with a smile, large harms hugging her carefully.
"A little tired, like always, but exercise is good for me and the babies," Elisa replied with a grin. Goliath's overprotectiveness thrummed to life in an almost pained flutter against his heart. Goliath scooped Elisa up easily, much to her chagrin.
"You need rest my love," Goliath said, nuzzling the top of Elisa's head. The dark haired detective's anger melted in an instant and she smiled up at him.
"I'm fine Goliath, really. Lex and Brooklyn have been doing most if not all of the work and Angela and Roe have been helping as well." Elisa replied with a gentle grin. Before Goliath could respond, Roe danced passed him, singing along with the song that was on his disc-man, sweeping happily.
"When did he get that?" Goliath asked, still cuddling Elisa, but sufficiently distracted from Elisa being tired. Angela had come up and ended up answering her father on the subject.
"Roe found it, along with an old Harley Davidson. Lexington fixed the CD player, but both of them fixed up the bike together. That's why they'd become so close, was when they were fixing the bike up. We didn't find out about it until he found that disc-man that he adores music." Angela replied.
"So that's where the bike came from. But how can they drive it?" Goliath said.
"Roe got his green card when he was fifteen. Then he asked me how to teach him how to drive. He got his license last year, even payed for it himself and the for the tags on that bike. I don't know where he got the money for them, but he has them," Elisa responded.
"Green card?" Goliath asked, looking down at Elisa.
"Its what people need if they move to the state from another country, well, if they choose to permanently live here. Its basically asking to legally transfer from one country to another," Elisa replied easily.
"I see," Goliath replied.
"Do we need green cards?" Angela asked, curious.
"Maybe H.A.M would settle down when they realize we're legal. You Americans love to get pissy about illegal immigrants," Roe supplied. Lex and Brooklyn snickered, before the red gargoyle became really nervous.
"Sorry I ditched out on my duties Goliath. Lex need help in helping them." Brooklyn said sheepishly.
"So I was told. Next time Brooklyn, inform me of it first." Goliath replied. Brooklyn gave him a sheepish grin.
"I understand Goliath, it wont happen again," Brooklyn responded, sheepish grin widening.
"Like that's going to happen," Lex said with a snort.
"Hey!" Brooklyn said with a whine, the others laughed, glad for this little moment of happiness. The clans joy had increased in the past eight months, partially because of their clans growth, and partially for the peace that had been in abundance. Gargoyle haters had been surprisingly calm, though several did pop up and did try to spread their hate. Other crimes happened as well, and Elisa was itching to get back on patrol and help her partner Matt. Though the full peace didn't last as long as they hoped. Two more weeks had passed, and Lex, Rome, and Broadway had been on patrol on the upper east side. The three were talking and joking with each other, actually at ease. Their easy glide was interrupted by a loud scream from a women.
"There's our bat signal," Lex said with a grin. The other two groaned at Lex's reference (yay Batman). The three descended as quickly as their wings aloud them. As soon as they landed, they set upon the attackers, fighting as best as they could. As the fight began, the women that had been attacked, vanished like a fog in the morning breeze. Broadway was the first to notice this bazaar occurrence.
"The women's disappeared," The aqua gargoyle said, surprised.
"What do you mean 'disappeared'?" Rome yelled, dodging an attack.
"She was an illusion," Lex snapped, being able to recognize magic almost instantly do to watching Alex all the time.
"Of course she was an illusion, we had to get your attention somehow," One of the men three attackers said. He was a tall man with short black hair, tan skin and dark eyes. In all honesty, he looked like a younger version of Peter Maza, Elisa's dad.
"What do you want?" Rome asked, slightly nervous. This scene was obviously drenched in magic, and magic made Rome very nervous. Anther man stepped forward with a grin. He had the same coloring as the first man, but his hair stopped at his rump. Both wore jeans and tee-shirts and tennis shoes.
"We search for the sentinel mother that belongs to this city, and possibly to your clan," Long hair answered rather calmly. A short haired blond came behind both darker skinned men. He was about to talk, before his nostrils flared and he was on Lex, inhaling deeply.
"Odin above, you smell like my little sentinel mother. Where is she, please, tell me, tell us," The blond said, after he pulled back. His green eyes were huge and wanting. Lex just stood there, staring at him in surprise, very freaked out that a stranger just smelled him.
"You wont stop until you meet him will you?" Rome asked.
"No, we wont," Short hair replied, nodding in agreement once.
"Fine," Broadway snarled, not at all happy about any more magic users in the city.
"Go to the central park, east side, by the lake. We'll bring our sentinel mother," Rome supplied and the three were ready to launch.
"Wait, what do we call you three?" Lex asked calmly from his position on the wall.
"I am Coyote," The short haired man replied.
"Raven," Long hair supplied.
"Loki," The blond responded.
"The tricksters? Coyote we've heard of because you met our friend Elisa, but the other two are new," Lex asked, kind of confused.
"There's more?" Broadway whined.
"More?" Loki asked, blond brow raising. Coyote bobbed his head, recognizing Elisa's name.
"They met the Puck several years ago, or so I'm told," Rome replied honestly. The other two gave him a glare.
"The Puck? How is he?" Coyote asked, tilting his head.
"Don't know haven't seen him since this one incident that we had with him," Broadway replied evenly.
"That's not what I heard. I heard he was sealed in a human guise he was using," Raven replied, just as evenly, though it did sound a way more icy then it should have been.
"It's not like us mortals would keep track of any of the third race, as they tend to think we're not important enough to talk to," Lex replied back, just as icy. The Other just nodded, surprisingly agreeing with Lex.
"Hmm, why do you want to meet our sentinel mother?" Rome asked, on hand digging deeper into the wall.
"None of your goddamn business mortal," Raven snarled. The three gargoyles at each other and nodded.
"If you want to see him, be nice, if you don't, we'll make sure this little meeting doesn't happen," Broadway snapped back with a glare. Raven's face smoothed out from the snarl. It's not like they couldn't find him, it was just a better idea to get along with the sentinel mother's clan.
"Lets get to the park," Broadway said quietly, but just loud enough for everyone to hear.
"Make sure the sentinel mother meets there, we really need to see her," Loki said, almost desperate.
"He," Lex said, finally snapping and correcting the fey.
"What?" Loki asked, blue-green eyes boring into Lex's dark amber eyes. The other gargoyles cringed slightly.
"He prefers to be called a 'he'. It makes him feel more comfortable," Lex replied, not flinching under Loki's gaze.
"Oh, I see," Loki's dark look relaxed. In a matter of moments, the three tricksters disappeared, probably off to central parks lake.
"Oh great, now Puck's gonna murder us 'cause we're gonna get Roe kidnapped," Broadway groaned out, almost letting loose a yell.
"Why do we have to bring Roe at all?" Rome asked as they began to climb the walls around them.
"Because the Fay's will whoop our collective asses if we don't bring Roe. We'll have Goliath and Brooklyn come as well, as leader and second in command," Lex replied evenly, if a little put out. Moments later, the three were gliding to central park with Broadway calling with the mini microphone and ear piece. Goliath was the first to answer and was updated on what happened. The leader gave a deep suspicious sigh before he said anything.
"Fine, we'll bring Roe, but I'm telling Owen about this," Goliath said with a groan in his voice.