To begin with the gargoyles belong to Disney and are not mine. My name is the Shadow Gargoyle, and this is my very first fanfic. I have always been told that I live in a fantasy world, and now I can put my ideas in Gargoyle stories. This is my first fanfic so please be gentle with the comments. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Future Surprises The gargoyles just finished another battle with Demona and her plans to destroy the human race. The gargoyles human friend, Elisa Maza, had joined them. Goliath was very displeased with the way they all were acting. The seven gargoyles {and Elisa} landed on the castle parpets. Goliath put Elisa down as soon as they got there, "I told you to go left not right, how many times do I have to tell you, before it actually sinks in that head of yours!" Goliath was glaring directly in the face of Brooklyn, "We defeated her, didn't we?! She did not do anything this time, so why are you yelling at me!" "Yes we defeated her, but think of how many lives you put at stake!" Brooklyn did not say anything but put his head down. Hudson put Bronx on the castle stones and walked over to put a hand on Goliath's shoulder," Ya don't have ta be so hard on the lad." Angela stood next to Brooklyn and took a step forward,"It was only a mistake, everyone makes mistakes all the time." "And just how would you know that?" He asked aqusingly. "Elisa told me", she said back. "Elisa told you!",he almost spat the words in her face before he turned to Elisa, "And just how much of this silly talk have you been telling my clan? Well..?" "Maybe you should ask yourself the same question!" she shot back staring at him defiantly in the face. "How dare you!" "You are the one who dares much to talk to your clan as you are now! If you keep it up, I wouldn't be surprised to see them leave!" She stood her ground, not even flinching when he yelled at her, and threatened her. Elisa had tears stinging her eyes so bad that eveything she saw was a blur. The other gargoyles just watched, wanting to say something,anything, that would get Goliath out of this mood before he hurt somebody. Bronx whined and looked back and forth between the two, and put his hands over his head and whimpered. "Get out of my castle now! I just wished that I have never decided to become the leader of this pathetic clan!" Elisa started heading toward the door in almost a run now. She had a mixture of emotions brewing inside her, but the most was angriness and hurt. She grabbed a hold of the old castle doorknob and swung the door open. She took a step inside and yelled back, "I thought we were friends! But it seems Elisa has made another mistake! What are you going to do?! Yell at me! Well ya can't because I am leaving! and with that Elisa burst out into tears and slammed the door so hard that it rung in the gargoyles' ears. The gargoyles just stared at what had happened before them. Brooklyn stood his ground a looked Goliath in the eye, "Elisa is right, we do not deserve to be treated like this." He motions for the others to come closer,"We are leaving." He jumped over to the balcony edge and turned to the others," Are ya comin, or not?" Broadway and Lex joined him, but it took Hudson and Angela a minute to decide. Angela, Hudson, and Bronx soon was next to Brooklyn. Just as they were about to leave Brooklyn turned around, " You did this to yourself." And with that they all jumped off the parpet. Goliath stood there watching until they were merely shadows in the horizon. He stood there, feeling sorry for himself and realizing what he had said. He just stands there trying to figure out what to do. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MEANWHILE......... Elisa hurried down the stairs to the room Xanatos gave her, as fast as she could. She quickly turned the key in the slot and opened the old wooden door. She quickly pulled an old tapestry aside to reveal a closet. The closet was filled with boxes of stuff that came from her old apartment. On top of the boxes sat an old black duffel bag. She took it out and turned to set it on the bed, but tripped over Cagney instead. She muttered somthing and picked herself up. She unzipped the bag and tossed it on the bed. Cagney, realizing that something was wrong hopped up to the bed to explore the duffel bag. Elisa ran over to her antique dresser and opened it up. She tossed clothes on top of the duffel bag, which also covered up Cagney as well. Cagney became very annoyed to have clothes on top of him got up and hopped to the old nightstand, which,in the process, knocked over her cell phone. Elisa had finished tossing clothes in and now was tossing a second pair of shoes in. She saw the cell phone and tossed it in as well. She tossed her labtop and then saw the locked drawer on her dresser. She took out her keys and unlocked it to reveal another gun and two cases of bullets, as well as a dagger that Hudson gave to her a few months back. She quickly tossed them in as well. Elisa saw Cagney and realized that she had almost forgotten him. She called him over and put him in the duffel bag as well. She unzipped it partway so he could stick his head out. Cagney was not to thrilled by this move but accepted it well. Elisa swung the heavy duffel bag over her shoulder and left, hanging her keys and a note to Owen that she would be leaving, on her door. She shut the door and moved faster down the stairs. About halfway sown she ran into Owen. "Good day, Detective." "Yeah, for you, maybe," she muttered almost silently. She nodded and walked past him. She got to the elevator and pressed the button marked 'LOBBY' and the doors closed. When the doors opened she got out and headed toward the front doors. She said good night to the night watchman and left. Just as she stepped outside it begun to rain. "Great. Just great" she mumbled sarcasticly. She sighed a long sigh and dashed out into the rain. She ran till she saw the sign to the parking garage. She walked inside and showed the guards her card. They nodded and let her through. She walked over to her car and unlocked the door. She slid in and turned the keys in the ignition. She turned on the radio as well. She pulled out of the gargrage and started driving to her apartment. She pulled into a desserted lot when she finally realized that she did not have an apartment any more. She thumped her head against the steering wheel. Just then something caught her eye, she turned her head over and saw a manhole. She then knew where she could go..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Where are we going to go now?"asked Lexington, looking a bit worried. Brooklyn suddenly stopped, he had not thought of that before. "What is wrong, Brooklyn? You do know where we are to go, don't you?" Angela had glided up towards him. "Uhh, yah, sure. We will just go where Elisa goes", he answered. He started gliding in the direction of her apartment. " Brooklyn, I hope you are not going to go to her apartment....," sid Broadway suddenly slowing his pace. Brooklyn stopped and turned around,"Yeah, why not?" "Well because you forgot one minor detail... she does not have an apartment anymore", Broadway said. Brooklyn slapped himself on the head,"How can I be so stupid and forget about that." "Uh lad...." said Hudson butting in the conversation," Maybe we should check the lass's brother's place. If anywhere that is where the lass might be." "Hey ya no what? I think we are on to something here", said Brooklyn satisfied. "Sounds like a plan", said Broadway, wearing a funny looking detective's cap. Angela giggled and took the cap off his head," Oh Broadway...." The clan glided off in search of a manhole. Lexington spotted one and begun to lead the way," If I think back, I would say that this tunnel should lead us there in about..3 minutes." Angela was walking close to Broadway when she stepped in something gooey. She looked down to see slimey mud stuck to her taloned foot,"Eeewww", she said picking off the mudd with her thumb and foreclaw. `````````````````` Elisa walked over to the manhole and snuck inside. She hopped down right into a pile of slime. "EEww, not again." She sighed. She was always jumping into the same pile all the time. As she was starting to walk, she saw some slime sticking on to her boot. She plucked it off and threw it behind her. Little did Elisa and ANgela know.. that slime was not ordinary, it was Fey. Not ordinary Fey, but from a different dimension.. Elisa continued on her path till she got to a large, heavy door. She walked over to the keypad and typed in a word. The machine activated,"THAT IS INCORRECT". Elisa groaned," Derrik, please remember to tell me when you change your password." She typed in another code, "THAT IS CORRECT. YOU MAY ENTER". The doors opened and Elisa stepped inside. `````````````````` "I think this door might be it," said Lexington walking up to a colored keypad. "i sure hope so. What door is this? 13?" Brooklyn said sarcasticly. "Very funny. I think this one is it", said Lexington already typing on the keypad. The computer flashed and the door started moving,"THAT IS CORRECT". "Got it!" said Lexington grinning at his clan mates. `````````````````` MEANWHILE Elisa walked in the lighted room and looked around. She almost jumped when Delilah walked up to her," Hi Elisa. Why did you come? You want to see Talon?" Elisa looked at Delilah and grinned," I see you have been working on your speech. Yes I would like to talk to my brother. Would you know where he is?" Delilah nodded," He is over there. He is talking to Magggiee." Delilah then walked ovver to the other clones in front of the tv. Elisa watched smiling saddly.. Angela and Delilah were the closest to kids, which she doubted she would eveer have. Thinking about Angela brought Goliath to mind, she quickly erased her thought. She walked over to her brother and tapped him on the shoulder. Talon quickly turned around,"Elisa! What brings you down herre?" He looked at her and saw her duffel bag "Elisa... what happened?" Elisa then remembered her duffel bag and dropped it to the floor. Cagney hopped out and hopped to a delapitated sofa. "Goliath is in one of his moods again... except this time we were the ones he was angry at. He blew up at me so I left. I have no place to go so I came down here." "You can always stay here Elisa. You can stay in the girls room with Maggie and Delilah. Delilah will be happy" "Thanks. I really did not want to come down here and just barge in, I am sorry for any inconvienience." "Hey we are glad you are here! The more the maerrier!" Talon grinned at his older sister. Just then the doors opened again. Elisa immediatly drew her gun and the others growled. The shadows move to reveal the rest of the clan. Elisa stood shocked and dropped her gun which clattered to the floor. Brooklyn waved," Uh.. Hi Elisa." "How did you find me! How did you know where I was! How did you know the code! How did you find this place!" Talon watched this all from behind Elisa. "We left when you left. Father is not acting like his normal self", said Angela walking up to her. "I got through the controls," said Lexington. "I kinda figured that ye would wander down to go to ye brother," said HUdson. Talon then decided that it was best he settle this," Angela you can stay with the girls and guys you can stay with the rest of us. The sun is rising, everyone to your rooms. Elisa Angela and Delilah headed to the girls door while the rest headed to the other door. Elisa walked in and flopped on one of the empty beds. Maggie came in and climbed on another. While Angela and Delilah climbed on the two pedastals in the center of the room. Angela and Delilah turned to stone while Maggie and Elisa fell asleep. Elisa dreamed that shewas older, in the future. She was a slave for Thailog. Brooklyn was a slave for Demona. Angela was evil and Broadway was her slave. While Lexington was used for test subjects. Bronx was pulling carts and the only thing that remained of Hudson was a gold statue that sat in a hall full of others that dare betrayed Thailog, Demona, and Angela. "I said I want my drink! Now!" said Thailog hitting her shoulder with a metal bar. Elisa fell to the ground. She nodded," YYYes sir." and she quickly got up and scampered to the kitchen. She ran directly into Angela who was in the cafeteria with Broadway. Angela was at a table with a whole bunch of food. While Broadway sat on the floor. Broadway was all skin and bone, he also had a couple of scars lining his arm and shoulder. Broadway was looking up almost pleading for some food. Angela looked down at him ,"Pittiful slave," and tossed down a piece of food about the size of a Parakeet's foot. Broadway grabbed it hungerly and shoved it into his mouth, slobbering and making all kinds of noises. All of a sudden Angela turned and saw Elisa. Elisa saw her and scamppered into the kitchen as fast as she could. Her shoulder was acheing dreadfully so she stopped in front of the many mirrors in the kitchen to look at herself. She gasped. What she saw was a scrawny thin gargoyle with sooty tangly black hair. She was half starved and there were scars lining her arm and legs. One of her wings was missing a Talon on the wing and there was a bandadge where it should have been. Her tail had a piece on the end cut off so it looked like her tail came to a sharp point. "What has happened to me...," she said as she put her arm down to grab the pitcher. Picking up the pitcher full of wine took almost half of her strenth. She remembered Angela glaring at her and decided to get back to Thailog. She ran as fast as her thin legs would carry her, careful not to spill the pitcher. She ran into the throne room and almost ran into the guards, Claire and Boris. They eyed her and let her pass. She walked slowly down the aisle of ninjas guards and quarrymen. There were a few stray hunters here and there as well. Boris called to Thailog and Demona,"she is right here! She just snuck in!" Elisa wanted to slug the creep but she was in a room full of her enemies and did not feel like fighting. She watched carefully as Thailog eyed her. She saw Demona sneering at her and her slave, Brooklyn, looking helplessly at her. She felt sorry for Brooklyn. His hair was cut tangled and sooty. He had scars all down his arms and legs. His tail was cut to a point almost like hers and was missing a talon on his wings as well. His eye had a traill of dried blood leading from it, as if his eye was bleeding. Like most of the others his teeth were whitish but was missing fangs. He was chained to the post of Demona's throne and was standing. Elisa climbed the stepps slowly and handed the pitcher to Thailog. He did not except it. Instead, he slapped chains on her arms and drug her forward. When he yanked her forward the wine in the glass sloshed over and onto Thailog. He growled and hit her. She was thrown backwards from the force of the hit and was thrown into Demona's throne. Demona snarled and kicked her in the back. Her talons got caught in Elisa's skin and her back started bleeding horribly. Thailog got more frustrated and picked her up."For that you shall go to the slve grounds for a day! Then maybe when you come back you will be on time and not screwin around!" He tossed her off the plattform and into the guards, Dana and Bruce. They took her to a shack outside the palace and slapped a purple color to her neck. They threw her into a pen and ordered her to work. Another guard with a nametag that said MALLORY on it gave her a pair of holey work gloves. She walked around till she thought that she found someone she knew. She searched close by and pretended that she was workin, just in case the guards were watching. She found a large gargoyle by himself lifting boulders and chopping them up. Elisa looked at him and thought that she had met him before. Then she remembered Japan and the other gargoyles. The gargoyle was Yama! She walked toward him. He saw someone walking towards him and emeidiatly stood up."I am doin my job" Elisa grinned when he saw that she was another gargoyle. He looked at her strangely and said,"Do I know you?" "Do you remember Goliath, Angela, and Bronx?" ********* TO BE CONTINUED ~Shadow ShadowGarg@aol.com