****Castle Wyvern, 2025

Dancing light momentarily emanated from the science lab, from which a young hybrid then stepped out of walking flat on her feet and her wings limp and dragging. Her head hung from exhaustion and a small depression, she was reluctant to face the clan and her parents for her mistake.

When she finally decided to face it with her head held high with self assuring confidence, she suddenly once again bumped into a living brick wall around a corner from the lab.

She again plopped to the floor as a deep voice chuckled, "Some things never change."

Again she stared high up to the commanding presence of the clan leader, her father, Goliath.

In some ways he had not change, he still had deep shadowy lavender skin coloring and long dark sable hair, which had only gone slightly grey at his temples, his craggy features bore some crow's feet at his eyes. He was also still powerfully built like an iconic hero god and his dark thundercloud wings were elegantly cloaked around him like royalty. In place of his brown loincloth he now wore form fitting trousers like from a police officer's uniform with a specialized utility belt which held a small broad dagger on his left hip; thick straps crossed his massive chest in an X pattern with a special stylized badge in the center of his chest and the straps connected to silver shoulder guards. He wore high-tech armbands similar to Brooklyn's own, and his right eye had three parallel scars going down from his brow ridge to his jaw line, yet his eye was still a deep onyx and still functioned perfectly.

He held his hand out for her, which she took a bit grudgingly.

"Hi, Dad," was all she said.

"We need to speak."

"I know," she said with a hardened jaw, "But I'm tired of being humiliated in front of the entire clan. I promise I won't ever run again, but my scapegoat complex has to stop, I'm tired of it."

Her father gave her a sober look as he said, "Perhaps you are right. I was indeed too harsh with you and just allowed my anger to cloud my judgment. What happened with that training machine was an accident but it doesn't excuse my harsh words with you. I never wanted you to fear me, for I have ever only tried to do what I thought was best for you, just as I promised."

Small tears watered her eyes and she laughed as she said, "And here I thought you just wanted to make my life a living hell."

A laugh and tears were shared as father and daughter become enveloped in a double embrace. He also took notice of her injuries, the nick and cuts on her lower legs, the burn on her left side and a small cut on her cheek.

"Did you mean what you said about me?" she asked when they finally parted, his large hand gently cupping her cut cheek.

Goliath smiled as it took him a moment to remember what she meant.

"Yes, I very much did, and you are so much more, my precious daughter, my beloved Destiny."

With her father's brawny arm wrapped lovingly and protectively around her shoulder, they made they made their way into the castle corridors, the young adolescent thinking how lucky she truly is to have a father like Goliath and a big family that cared about her.

She also vowed in the back of her mind to never run from her problems again.

End of Episode 4