The van was now in the place that Theo wanted it to be. The boss man came down out of his office when he had been called that the red gargoyle had been caught once again.

Brooklyn was lifted out of the van, unconscious still. Theo now saw him. "Long time, no see, Brooklyn. You are not getting away from me again. This time, you're going to get quite a good punishment for escaping me. I'll find your purple female soon enough and I will have that baby of yours." Theo proclaimed with an evil smirk. "Get him on the table. I have big plans for him."

"We didn't get the other female. The blue male with him was fighting off our other men." One of the men explained.

"I don't care about her now that I have the red male back." Theo stated. "I'll worry about her later. Knowing that the purple female was pregnant, no doubt she won't leave their hideout. I'll catch her again one of these days, but the male is mine to keep now."

The men got Brooklyn to a big metal table, and he was tied down on his back. His arms and legs and tail were all clamped down in shackles so he couldn't move. His wings were shoved underneath his body weight.

Now all they could do was wait for him to wake up. Theo wanted to see the look in his eyes when he woke up to see him again.

Broadway got Venus back to the castle. "This is our home, Venus." He declared with a smile. "Now I need to find the others and call Goliath home to tell him about Brooklyn. I'll find Angela. She'll take care of you."

Venus followed him inside to where he eventually found Angela in the library reading. "Angela, I'm home. And I found a guest out there on patrol." Broadway declared.

Angela got up off the couch. "Okay. I'll see to her, but where's Brooklyn?" she asked.

"He got taken by the men who were after Venus. I tried to find him, Angela. I was too late as we got split up." Broadway explained.

"What?! Do you know who they were who took him?!" Angela cried out loud.

"No, I don't. I'm sorry. But I'm gonna call Goliath and we'll find him. But here, Venus sure could use your help." He then ran off to his room to get his headphone.

Angela didn't think Broadway could care about Brooklyn again, but here he was saying he would call Goliath to get the clan looking for him. He would also need to tell Lex of what was going on. He would be needed most of all.

Angela then turned to the new female. "So, you're Venus?" she asked.

"Yes. I am not what I appear to be. I was a former human mutated into this form." Venus explained.

"By Dr. Sevarius?" Angela guessed.

"Yes. How did you know?"

"Because he made clones of my clan and mutated some other humans into cat-like mutates." Angela declared.

Venus also had a look at the shape of Angela's belly. "Are you pregnant?" she asked.

"Yes, I am. And now, my mate is missing. We'll have to socialize later." Angela stated.

"I doubt you'll be allowed to help search for him in your condition." Venus said.

"I hate being pregnant sometimes." Angela snarled angrily.

Broadway notified Lex that Brooklyn was missing. They called Goliath and he and Hudson reported back home. Bronx had been with Lex.

The males of the clan would look for him. Angela had to stay and look after Venus. There just wasn't much room for pleasantries right now.

Brooklyn soon woke up in the warehouse. When he came out of the drugs more, he said, "Where am I?" He saw what looked like a warehouse. Then he noticed that his limbs were all tied down in shackles. He knew this was trouble. He began to squirm to test the bonds.

"Don't bother struggling about, Red." That voice sounded familiar as it came out of nowhere. Brooklyn stopped moving. Then the man who had captured him months ago came into view.

"Theo!" He growled.

"In the flesh." Theo grinned maliciously at him.

"What do you want?" Brooklyn demanded.

"I want you, to pay for what happened when you escaped me those months ago. And I will find your female later on. I will get my baby gargoyle." Theo remarked insanely.

"You had no right to force us to mate, Theo!"

"Well, you see, your kind are not easy to come by, so yes, I think I did. If you had refused to mate with her, I would have still inseminated her anyway. And that was how I got her pregnant anyway when she was found to not be pregnant the first time after you two did mate." Theo explained.

"And perhaps it will be even better to lure the female out of hiding when she hears that her mate is dead." Theo said in a worrying statement.

Brooklyn's eyes widened. He didn't want to die. He had a child on the way. He had a mate that was waiting for him at home now. "No, don't do this, please." Brook pleaded.

"I have a good punishment for you, Brooklyn, was it?" Theo stated.

"Please, let me go." Brooklyn pleaded.

"I don't think so. Bring it in." Theo called out. Brook also looked down and saw one of the strongest men bringing in something. When he saw what it was, that made him struggle all the more.

It was a big hammer!

"Wha- what are you going to do?" Brooklyn asked in a scared tone. A good hit in the head would kill him instantly. His breathing picked up and he could feel his heart speeding up.

"This is your punishment." Theo replied. "I know I'm going to enjoy it." He grinned maniacally.

"No, please! Don't do this!" The red gargoyle squirmed.

Theo had told the man where to hit the gargoyle and the man was thrilled to do it. He began to raise the hammer high over his head.

Brooklyn knew now that he may not be around to see his child grow up if it was what he thought. He closed his eyes in fear. But it wasn't what he thought.

Brooklyn felt the blow of the impact onto his body good and hard. He cried out in incredible pain as he felt the hammer make a good impact deep in his stomach. "OOF! AGGGHHH!" He cried out good and loud.

He instantly tried to curl on himself but couldn't. He bared his teeth in pain and his eyes were shut tight too. Brooklyn felt the deep nausea that rose inside his stomach. It knocked the whole wind out of his system and now he was trying desperately to breathe.

"Did that feel good, Brooklyn?" Theo asked in a sick manner.

Brooklyn could barely hear him through his pain, but he shook his head.

"That's where you're wrong, Gargoyle. It definitely felt good to me." Theo said.

Brook wanted to say, "Well, you weren't the one getting the blow to your… stomach!" He winced.

He thought about why this had happened. Sure, a punishment had been thought needed from the escape a few months ago but that wasn't necessary. To hurt him like that was cruel. But then, many humans in the city still thought gargoyles were evil. But in truth, it was quite the opposite. Ones like Theo here.

Brooklyn hoped this evil man never got his hands on Angela or his child. He was panting hard from the blow to his stomach. The nausea inside him was intense.

"I think another good blow should suffice for your punishment." Theo said.

Brooklyn opened his eyes. "Oh! Oh… please… NO!" He rasped. He tried to move but couldn't because it hurt too much.

The big man moved at him again. If it came down in a different place though, like his chest, it would likely kill him for sure!

Brook could only look away and wait for the worst to come. The hammer came down on him again, in the same place. He cried out again. Tears came to Brook's eyes. His eyes glowed too from the shock of the pain. The blows had been deep in his guts. Brook knew he wouldn't be able to move much for a while, not while he was in this much pain. But he would gladly take it to protect his mate and child.

"Now, are you going to tell me where that pretty female is?" Theo asked.

Brooklyn shook his head no.

"Do you need raping again to tell me what I want to know?"

Brook shook his head no, desperately. Theo then came up to him and he put a hand onto Brooklyn's belly, making him gasp and freeze. "Does this hurt?" Theo mock asked as he pressed into his belly.

The red male winced and whimpered. He tried moving his body to get Theo's hands off of him. He had no right to do this to him! He just wanted to go home. And this had all started just for him and Broadway rescuing a new female.

It was possible that the new female could have been his new mate given time if Angela had still been with Broadway, but that wasn't the case now. He sure hoped his clan would find him or escape on his own when his stomach stopped hurting enough.

Why did he, Brooklyn, have to fall for so many rejections and failures, plus captures? But most of the time, they were concentrated more on Goliath, being the leader and all. But Brooklyn couldn't be far behind considering he was the Second in Command.

Brooklyn was deeply concerned of what Theo was going to do to him next. He also feared getting that shock collar back on his neck again. So far, he didn't have one on. But if he ever got out of here, he might have to do something about Theo. He knew the man would stop it nothing to get what he wanted. Too many scientists were like that when it came to breeding certain creatures.

"While capturing that other female, I might have considered breeding you with her too, Brooklyn." Theo declared.

"Ugh! No. I wouldn't… do it." Brooklyn rasped.

"Like I said, artificial insemination. It can come in handy a lot more than you think. After I got fresh samples of sperm from you." Theo smirked.

"No!" That made the red male struggle again. He didn't want to be raped again. "I won't impregnate any female against their will! And not any female who isn't my mate!"

"But just think of how much you could spread your genes around with the insemination of different females." Theo proclaimed.

"That's not how it's done with our kind. One mate and our offspring. Stop forcing this on us!" Brooklyn exclaimed.

"Oh, I get it. It's just done out of love, huh?" Theo guessed.

"Yes. Now let… me go!" Brooklyn growled. He winced from a powerful cramp from the nausea in his belly.

"You're too valuable a specimen to let go, Brooklyn. From what I've seen of your clan mates, you are the one that looks the most exotic. Would have been nice to have a female that looks like you, but we needed the first female we could find for my project to take place. I hope the baby inherits your beak and horns." Theo explained. "But who knows? You might have made a son or daughter that will look like you."

Then an idea came to him. It was to protect Angela and the baby.

"Unfortunately, the baby didn't survive." Brooklyn lied.

"I somehow doubt that." Theo replied, crossing his arms.

"I mean it, Theo. Angela was in an accident while outside our home once and while it was still early. She got hit in the stomach by an enemy and the baby was killed." Brook exclaimed.

"She shouldn't have been fighting period while pregnant." Theo retorted. "Why would you let her go out in her condition?"

"She wanted to go out with us. She didn't know anything would happen. Pregnant females are a handful sometimes. We couldn't stop her." Brooklyn went on bluffing. But that was true about being a handful with the hormones and such.

"If she lost the baby, then me breeding you with the other female would have been possible. But then, I can make the pregnancy happen again if I find her." Theo theorized.

"No, you can't!" Brooklyn yelled.

"Can't I? Oh yes, I will, Brooklyn." Theo grinned evilly.

"You're sick, Mister." The red gargoyle stated.

Theo hated to be insulted. He walked up to the prone gargoyle, and he pushed down on Brook's bruised belly.

"AGGGH!" Brooklyn winced in pain.

"Aw! Did that hurt? You insult me and I can make something else happen that you won't want to happen, Brooklyn. Just consider that a warning." Theo warned him.

Brooklyn glared at the man, feeling the pain, and taking the warning seriously. 'Oh, please find and get me out of here, guys.' He thought to himself. 'Make this moron pay for hurting Angela and me.'