Brooklyn had been feeling sad that the alien friend he had made had had to go back to his world of Thra. It had been for his own good. It had been SkekSil the Chamberlain. He had been part of a group of evil reptilians who had taken over the planet of Thra called the Skeksis. The Great Conjunction had been nearer when Brooklyn helped him return to his home world.

Brooklyn fell back into his old routine. Try to do his duties as a Second in Command of the Manhattan Clan. He so longed to find a mate of his own. That special female had to be out there for him somewhere. He just wished he would find her, or her to find him already. But great things happened in reward to those who wait.

The clan had benefited in different ways while the Chamberlain had been here on Earth, but they were glad they weren't on edge anymore. But the Xanatos' were grateful to him for saving their son, Alex. Goliath was grateful to him for saving Elisa from Demona.

But, unknown to the clan, in the secret lab of Dr. Anton Sevarius, he was currently growing a new creature in a test tube. He had gotten some of the Chamberlain's DNA before he had been saved and was using it to grow a new Skeksis. This would have been something that the Skeksis would have found very interesting indeed, especially the former emperor, SkekSo and more so for SkekTek the Scientist.

The Skeksis had tried to reproduce their own kind but had always failed in the land of Thra. But here on Earth, Sevarius had found a way around the regular way of reproduction. He was growing him the same way as the way he made the clones. There was also a tad of gargoyle DNA as well.

The new Skeksis looked like his 'father' the Chamberlain in every aspect, except for clothes, which he wore none at the moment. The hair feathers that were on the head, neck, and back were black. There were no spikes on the back right now. This young Skeksis was also being grown using accelerant. Sevarius had no idea how long a baby Skeksis would take to reach adulthood, but he was going to grow him up to a certain point before letting him come out and be raised from a youngster.

Sevarius remembered that Demona had called the father Chamberlain. Quite a royal household title rather than a name. But Sevarius had an idea on what he was going to call this little one when the time was right.

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Six months later, the little Skeksis was released from the test tube. He might have been the size to an equivalent of an eight-year-old human child, but he looked more lizard-like with a bird of prey's kind of face. He also had a marking of a smile on his face. He had teeth too. Spikes were still nonexistent on his back. The Skeksis child also had green eyes.

Everything on him was wet right now after having been released from his test tube, but his nursery. Sevarius came up to him.

"Ah! You are one fine prize indeed, little one!" Anton sneered.

The new 'baby' Skeksis opened his eyes for the first time to see a bright new world and he was hearing a voice for the first time. His body was really weak for the moment. He used his arms to push himself up to a sitting position.

"I see you can sit up. Let me introduce myself. I am Dr. Anton Sevarius. And you need a name. I think I will just call you Chamberlain after your father. It seemed to fit him, now you." Anton proclaimed.

"Hm?" The kid looked at him strangely.

"You have a whole new world to discover here, little one." Anton said. Demona had no idea of his project.

Chamberlain had begun to imprint on Anton as his 'father.' The evil man would teach the young Skeksis many things of what he knew, but he had known nothing of what Skeksis actually were.

Little Chamberlain would become easily stressed under all the tests he was given with exercise, reading, and writing. He had started to learn talking nearly right away. His voice was that of a kid's, and soft. He also had a signature whimper like his dad had.

"You better stop doing that. It could give away your position if you were to ever need to hide from enemies." Anton explained to him.

Chamberlain then learned to stop whimpering. He would still ask a lot of questions. He was ever so curious about the world he was living in. But he didn't like being kept in a cage either. He also hated the other strange humans that treated him like a test subject.

The young Skeksis tried everything he could to get out of this horrid cage he was kept in every night. He just had to move about. There was something in his nature that was calling him to freedom.

Chamberlain had learned his way around much of the building when he had been shown around the building, but on his next take out of his cage to the exercise part of the facility, the little Skeksis knew he had had enough and that was when he bolted for it. It was in the evening. The humans escorting him called into their radio that the subject was escaping, and the alarm went off.

He ran through much of the facility trying to find a way out of this horrid place. He got scared of that sound and kept on running, bolting through any door he wasn't familiar with and making sure to stay away from the humans, knowing what they were capable of after a few tries before. He didn't want to be darted again.

Soon, he managed to make his way to the edge of the building, and he made a mad dash out a door that led to the outside world. Little Chamberlain had never been outside before and the sights, sounds, and smells were all new to him, but he knew he had to get out of here. He heard footsteps behind him and ran out the door. He would have time to enjoy it later once he was far away from this place.

He banged into some trash cans but got up and kept on running. He was that desperate to get away. He also ran into the street and there were cars that also saw him too, honking at him, scaring him. It made him jump out of the street. He soon dashed down alleys and tried to stay out of sight.

Sorry this first one is so short but so much will happen in the next chapter. I had been thinking of a new story to continue a friendship legacy of Brooklyn and Chamberlain ever since I rewrote the first story. I changed some things a bit in the first story to make this one possible. And so, a child of Chamberlain becomes part of the Manhattan Clan. Hope it's enjoyable. Reviews are always welcome. No flames please.