Thailog had managed to successfully rescue Brooklyn when having been gliding out one night, spotting his red cherry being cornered by the always annoying Goliath.
And when Ravage had started to run away, Elisa had shot him with a dart, making him all woozy and pass out. Acting fast, Thailog swooped in, snatching Brooklyn into his muscled arms, taking off into the sky again since he didn't want the clan to take his cherry back.
When returning to Gen U Tech, Demona was there with her eyes wide in surprise at the sight of the unconscious Brooklyn with the dart in his bicep, Thailog having a frown on his face. "And what happened to him?" She asked, brushing some hair out of Ravage's eyes as Thailog placed him on a couch nearby, Ravage moaning in his sleep.
Thailog growled. "That Detective Maza shot our little Ravage with a dart." He snapped, pulling it out then throwing it away. He stroked Ravage's forehead, Demona kneeling down beside him, hating Elisa even further for doing this to their puppet.
Ravage eventually began to blink his eyes open, slowly coming out of the drug and saw his father above him, groaning. "F-Father… w-what happened?" He croaked, dizzy from the drug.
The black gargoyle stroked under Brooklyn's beak, shushing him gently. "Easy, my cherry. It was just a dart that hit you but you'll be okay. You're back home with us now."
Eyes fogging over from the trigger, Ravage then began to cry a little, remembering when seeing Goliath again for the first time. "I-I saw Goliath. H-he tried stealing me. But-but why does he even look like you?"
His eyes shifting a little, Thailog struggled to come up with an answer. "Well… we were brothers once, but we didn't get along. I hated Goliath for what he stood for and left to make my own clan with my Angel of the Night." He said softly, an arm around Demona's shoulder, who smiled back at him.
Hearing those words caused some small memory in Ravage, but he quickly shoved them down, wanting now to forget, more tears falling. "I hurt him, to keep him from taking me away. I never want to see them again, Father!" He sobbed, head in his hands.
Thailog scooped up his puppet into his arms, stroking his white hair softly, smiling in a sinister and comforting manner. "Shh… my sweet cherry. I know. You're safe with us. We will continue to take care of you."
Ravage moaned when the trigger word hypnotized him further, nuzzling into Thailog's arms, even feeling his wings around him. It made Ravage feel safe and secure, Demona giving him a 'motherly' kiss on the head. She relished in witnessing this once cocky second now being a needy little hypnotized puppet, smiling in an evil way.
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Back at the clock tower, Elisa was tending to Goliath's wounds, who was wincing and snarling in both pain and sorrow. His Second, his next in line to the leadership, had hurt him. He didn't think Brooklyn could get that lost.
Elisa had a saddened look on her face while she stitched up his scratches, which were pretty deep. And it was also about an hour to sunrise too.
Lexington sat there on the chair, finding it hard to believe that his brother was so far out of his mind that he would wind up hurting their leader, Bronx whining softly. He was missing the presence of the red gargoyle by them, wanting the Red Master back.
Broadway petted Bronx gently, looking over to Lexington and realized how empty their little group was now. They weren't the Trio without Brooklyn with them. And whoever had Brooklyn right now, Broadway wanted to rip his head off.
Hudson had a hand on Goliath's shoulder to help ease his pain, his eyes looking pained. "I know we'll find whoever messed up our Brooklyn and bring the lad back home safe. The real lad would never hurt anybody."
Goliath flinched again when Elisa did the last of the stitches, pulling the string out. "I just wish we found who had messed with his memories."
Lex then spoke up, "But we saw Thailog come out of nowhere and scoop him up. We have to get Brooklyn back from Thailog."
It made Hudson look rather furious at the idea that Goliath's clone would do such a thing to a young one, his hands balled up now. "No matter what it takes, we shall take down Thailog for what he has done. But we just have to figure out how to get the lad back safely without scaring or hurting him."
Broadway and Lex both looked at one another, knowing it would probably have to be up to them to snap their brother out of his amnesia. The green gargoyle's head was now filling up with may ideas on what kind of pain he could give Thailog for messing with Brooklyn.
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While back at Gen U Tech, Ravage was still struggling to get over his fears of being 'taken' by his old family again, sometimes a little jumpy in certain moments until Thailog decided he should get Ravage into doing some kind of activity with him, bringing Ravage to his side one day.
"My little cherry, I wish to do something with the diamond you liberated for me." Thailog purred gently, ruffling Brooklyn's hair who looked up at him in small fear, his eyes next clouding again from the control that was over him. "What?" He asked.
Thailog holds the gem in his hands. "I had an idea for this to show off my strength; by making the Coyote Diamond into a laser gun. And you can watch me make it if you like."
Ravage's eyes widened in surprise but excitement. "That would be great father!" He exclaimed, hugging Thailog who chuckled. "Well then let's get it going shall we? Your mother is out on some personal errands so we have some personal time for ourselves." The dark clone soon guided Ravage into his own room in Gen U Tech that Severus made for him, he and Demona had already gathered the tech they needed to make said weapon.
Thailog had Ravage sit down on a chair while he pulled out some of his equipment from when he had Brooklyn steal them, beginning to work on his new weapon that he figured would come in handy. Ravage rocked a little on his chair, watching his father work hard on the gun which excited him quite a bit, knowing that this though would probably take some time to make.
Soon right before sunrise, Thailog had finished at least half of the gun by now, showing it to Ravage whose eyes brightened. "Well, what do you think of it so far my dear cherry?" He purred.
Ravage grinned as his eyes clouded. "It is… really cool father…" He said in his tranced way, right as Demona returned for the day too, finding them there.
She smiled at the gun. "I see you've been doing a special project." Demona greets, going up to Thailog, hugging his shoulders along with kissing her 'son' on the head. Thailog nods. "Yes Angel. This should help us conquer anybody."
The empty headed red gargoyle jumped a little in his excitement, wanting to take it out for a test run whenever it was done being built. "What are we going to use it on Father?"
Thailog gives a little chuckle but not to sound too evil. "I decided… to use it against Xanatos. To show him how strong I am. And you will help. It will be one of your really big tasks for me, to join in taking down that billionaire human…" He said, Demona smiling at the thought, hoping she too can join in, wanting to see the look on Xanatos' face and his eyes filled with pain.