Progeny

Chapter 9

Two weeks later, at 17 weeks, Elisa was doing her job one night when she received a call from an anonymous source that said that there was a big gang of robbers going to rob the natural history museum that night for many pieces of jewelry and other valuable pieces of history.

Elisa didn't take this lightly and she called Goliath. If there was a big gang robbing the place, it would take nearly the whole clan to take them down.

Brooklyn was in his room reading his book again when the leader came and said, "Brooklyn, we are all going to go to the Natural History Museum to assist Elisa with a possible robbery."

Brooklyn looked up at his leader. "Do you need me to come?"

"No, Brooklyn. With Hudson coming, you can stay here and look after things. I'll leave Bronx with you." Goliath said. "And you are not coming in your condition."

Brooklyn hated the limitations that his pregnancy made him have. "Alright. Be careful."

"We will." Goliath declared and left the room.

Brooklyn sighed. "You sure are taking all the fun out of missions for me, Little One." he said to the baby. He gave his belly a rub. He went back to reading his book.

All of the clan but Brooklyn and Bronx went to the history museum as instructed to see about a possible robbery while the red second in command was stuck at home.

While he was reading the book this night, after Goliath had left, Brooklyn began to get some weird fluttering in his stomach. It made him pause in reading. He had never felt this feeling in his belly before. He had been reading about the possible stirrings of his baby's first movements that he would be able to feel. He had wondered what it would feel like. He might have been starting to feel Junior now.

The thought of it brought a smile to his face. Not even female gargoyles ever got to feel their babies move when they were pregnant because they were inside eggs. Brooklyn knew he would be the first gargoyle to ever feel his child's first movements and without an eggshell!

But outside, someone set up a bomb near some of the bedrooms. Suddenly, the alarm went off in the castle, and even Brooklyn and Bronx were on alert. What was going on? Bronx was just beside his bed, whining. Brooklyn pushed himself up.

"Come on, boy. We need to check out what's going on." Brooklyn stated. Bronx was in agreement and followed his red master.

There was a sound of a helicopter and Brooklyn began to pick up the pace, the gar-dog following. Bronx started growling. They were heading toward the Xanatos bedroom area. Then, they heard an explosion and it nearly toppled them both over because it shook the building.

"Hurry, boy!" Brooklyn ordered and they both ran faster.

Some commandos had jumped into the room and David and Fox did the same thing as before; trying to defeat these maniacs and trying to keep their son protected. They couldn't have known this would happen.

But this time, a huge net was shot out of a gun and it entrapped both of the parents. It knocked them down.

"What do you want?!" David demanded angrily.

Owen then burst into the room and he was shot with a stunner gun, making him fall to the ground.

"I'll make this easy, Mr. Xanatos. Tell me where the red gargoyle is and we can be on our way." The lead man demanded to know.

"I don't know what you're talking about. Now let us go!" David ordered.

"Perhaps your innocent little son can persuade you." The man picked up the scared, crying child.