So I didn't see any Gideon fics...or many fics at all and Jai Courtney is great, so...GideonXOC! I don't own I, Frankenstein. Reviews, favs and follows are always appreciated ^_^ Enjoy!

"Keziah, what is it?" Ophir asked the thin, pretty gargoyle who stood in the doorway of the church, looking out onto the steps.

She turned back to look at him with concern in her eyes before stooping down and picking something up in her arms. "Leo."

"What?" he questioned, raising a thick eyebrow.

Keziah turned back into the church with a small bundle cradled to her. "That's what this note says. Leo." she looked anxiously at Ophir. "What should we do?"

"Bring it to Leonore." he said after a moment. "She'll decide."

The woman frowned, but agreed, hurrying after Ophir to the Queen's throne room.

"Majesty," Ophir bowed before entering hurriedly. "We found a child on the steps."

Gideon was quick to scoff, "So? This is no place for a human child."

Leonore silenced him and bid Keziah to bring the child. "Leo?" a small smile formed on the Queen's face. "That is a name given to an angel who thwarts demons."

"Majesty, we cannot keep a human child here." Gideon grumbled from behind her.

She turned slowly, bouncing the baby gently in her arms. "Oh, but this is no human. This is the child of a gargoyle and a human. How interesting."

"My Queen-" Gideon started, but was immediately cut off.

"We will keep the child." Keziah smiled in relief. "She will learn to fight, learn what it means to be a gargoyle, even if she is only half of one."

Gideon shook his head and crossed his arms in annoyance. "And you, Gideon, shall watch over her. Be her guardian."

"What?!" he started in shock as Keziah and Ophir hid laughs.

"And you two," they instantly straightened up. "Are to train her once she is old enough. Until then, take care of her. Raise her to know the rules, teach her our ways and teach her of the demons."

There was silence.

"Understood?"

All three gargoyles nodded solemnly, "Yes, your majesty."

"Good."

Three years later

"Leo!" Ophir shouted down an empty corridor. "Leo! This isn't funny! Get back here!"

An out-of-breath Keziah came to stop beside him, shaking her head. "She has to have gone this way."

"Maybe she's gone back to her bed?" Ophir offered hopefully.

An impish giggle echoed through the halls and proved him wrong. "Damn." he muttered as they both took off running, following the sounds of Leo's laughter.

Just as Ophir was about to walk into a room, Keziah grabbed his wrist and pulled him back, putting a finger to her lips and nodding for him to look.

He peered around the doorway and watched in amusement as Gideon played with the tiny child. "Where could Leo be, hm?" the rugged man asked, pretending not to notice the giggling girl hiding under the table.

"Is she...behind the curtain?" he whipped back the thick, blue curtains and smiled at the sounds of giggles from under the table. "How about...behind the weapons rack?" he jumped over to the rack with a goofy exclamation, making Leo giggle harder.

"Or maybe...under the table!" he shouted, leaping to the floor and grabbing her quickly as she squirmed in his lap, giggling and yelling.

After he'd finished tickling the dark haired, tan little girl, he frowned at her. "Shouldn't you be with Keziah and Ophir, getting ready for bed?"

She pouted and crossed her little arms. "But, Gideon-"

"Uh, uh. It's late, little angel." he sighed, picking her up and standing. "Let's get you to your room."

Keziah grabbed Ophir and tugged him around the corner as Gideon walked the other way with a still giggling Leo, trying to wrestle herself from his arms.

Four years later

"Leo, come on!" Ophir groaned as Keziah, Levi and Barachel laughed. "Come down from there!"

The small girl had grown some. Her dark locks had grown down to her shoulder blades, her courage had only gotten stronger, as had her skills, temper and wits.

She was currently up the scaffolding of the training room and refusing to come down. "Why, Leo?!" Ophir cried, pacing underneath her. "Why do you only do these things when I'm training you?!"

"It's not you!" she giggled sheepishly.

He threw his hands up, "Well then what is it?"

Slowly, she pulled a familiar looking blade out from somewhere and grinned as if she already knew how much trouble she was in.

"Oh." instantly the laughter stopped and Levi, Barachel and Keziah winced.

Ophir paled, knowing he would be blamed for this even though it had been Leo who'd stolen the weapon. "Maybe he hasn't noticed yet." Keziah offered soothingly.

"What I want to know his how she manages to steal them so often without him instantly knowing." Levi grumbled, crossing his arms.

"Leo, you have to put it back!" Ophir hissed, clearly getting nervous.

She shrugged, "But it's a game."

The four gargoyles shared a look before turning back to the child near the ceiling. "What do you mean, it's a game?" Keziah asked calmly.

"I steal them and see how long it takes him to notice. If he really wanted me to stop, he would've said something by now."

They really couldn't argue with her logic on that one. "LEO!" everyone in the room cringed and scattered, leaving the girl on her own in the situation.

"Yes?" she asked innocently as a fuming Gideon stomped into the training area.

He narrowed his eyes and pointed accusingly at her. "Don't you, 'yes', me. You know exactly what you've done, little demon."

She shrugged and dropped down to the floor in front of him. "Do you mean this?" she held out the shiny blade and he made a swipe for it.

"Hey! You know the rules, you've gotta catch me first." Leo grinned before taking off running down the hall, her giggles ricocheting off the walls.

10 years later

"Leo! What. Did. You. Do." Keziah gasped, slapping one hand over her mouth and staring in shock at the young woman.

She shrugged, standing up from the chair and ruffling her now boyishly short dark hair. "What do you think? Pretty cute right? Pixie-ish."

"Oh, Leo...your beautiful hair." Keziah almost whimpered.

The teenage girl frowned. "Are you saying it's not beautiful now?"

"Well, of course it is..but..."

Keziah was cut off by Ophir, "Shit! Leo, no! You picked the absolute worst day to pull something like this!"

"I think it's the perfect day. Long hair gets in the way of fighting." Leo mumbled, picking up her gear and sliding it into place.

Ophir groaned loudly and clenched his fists. "You have to fight in front of the Queen today! What were you thinking?!"

"I was thinking-"

Keziah smirked and cocked her hip to the side, cutting Leo off, "About Gideon."

Leo's tan cheeks darkened and she quickly hurled a dagger to imbed itself in the wall next to Keziah's head. "I was not! Gideon is just a-"

"Devilishly handsome, wonderful warrior with strong arms and an alluringly rugged personality? That is how you put it, isn't it?" Ophir grinned wickedly, ducking as Leo sent another dagger flying.

"I knew you were eavesdropping, you little rat!" she shouted, tackling the taller man to the ground as Levi and Barachel walked past laughing quietly.

"She's getting a little too hard to handle, eh Ophir?" Levi snorted over his shoulder.

Ophir groaned, pushing Leo off. "You have no idea."

"Hey! Enough goofing around, Leo. You're going to be late." Gideon snapped, towering over both the girl and Ophir who were still sprawled on the ground.

Leo leapt to her feet and flushed bright red, straightening out her clothes. She heard Gideon suck in a sharp breath and then he reached forward, taking her face in one hand and running the other through her short-cropped hair.

"Well, I don't imagine the Queen will like it, but it seems more practical for fighting." Leo felt a surge of pride and looked down with a small smile.

Gideon yanked the two daggers from the walls and handed them back to her. "Come on, little angel, time to go."

Leo's heart pounded in her chest. Since she was only half gargoyle, there had been a lot of debate over whether or not she should receive her Tabard. Gideon, of course, had been her greatest supporter, not that Leo knew that.

As they walked towards the Queen's hall, Gideon watched the young woman. She was half human and no one knew how long she would live. She'd grown so much since they'd found her on the church steps and he couldn't help but notice how much of a woman she'd become over the years.

Her bright golden eyes had quieted to being honey-colored, her dark brown hair had turned nearly black, she'd become thick with muscle and breasts and hips. Gideon swallowed roughly and snapped his eyes back to look ahead of him, trying not to stare at the beautiful young woman beside him.

They stopped outside the hall and she turned to face him nervously. "Who do you think I'll have to fight?"

Gideon watched her calmly. "It doesn't matter. You've been training since you were six. You can handle this and you'll get your Tabard."

Leo nodded and slid her fingers over the dagger in her thigh strap.

"Go on." he nodded to the doors. "They're waiting."

The girl pressed shaking hands to the great, wooden doors and gave a good push. "Leo," the Queen spoke kindly, gesturing towards the center of the room. "I have heard many praises of your skills in combat."

Leo stepped anxiously to the middle of the floor. "And I have decided that there is only one warrior worthy of your fight. Only one warrior who can truly prove that you are a gargoyle."

Her heart hammered in her throat and she could feel herself start to sweat. "Gideon, step forward."

Leo's heart stopped. That wasn't fair. Did the Queen know? Did she know about Leo's little crush? Is that why?

Gideon stood before Leo with a blank face, refusing to show any emotion. Leo barely heard the Queen's order of, "Begin." before Gideon sprung into action.

Leo let out a small yelp, leaping backwards, flipping off of one hand and landing several feet away. She slid a dagger from her thigh and flipped it nervously in her hand, waiting for Gideon to move.

He slowly slid his blades from his back and watched her carefully, the two of them circling, waiting for the other to move.

In seconds, Gideon sprinted forward, slashing upwards. Leo narrowly avoided his blades and flung a dagger at him, slicing open a bit of his upper arm. He winced and she had to fight the urge to ask him if he was okay.

The gargoyle narrowed his eyes and swung both blades at her torso, which she immediately blocked with a larger dagger, but struggled to keep him from cutting her.

She growled and swung her leg up to kick him sharply in the side, using his moment of weakness to disengage and leap back while throwing another dagger that slit his forearm open.

"Stop." the Queen called and both Leo and Gideon instantly froze. "Gideon, you aren't challenging enough. You know what to do."

"Majesty-"

She cut him off. "If she is to earn her Tabard, we must know she deserves it."

Gideon turned back to the small woman and frowned, stone slowly sliding over his body and his robes quickly transformed into giant, stone wings.

He charged forward, giving Leo only enough time to leap out of the way and land on her stomach painfully. She let out a sharp scream as his blade slid quickly over her abdomen. She scrambled to her feet and hurled another dagger at him, but it just bounced off.

Leo had never fought any of them when they were in their stone form, and she didn't know what to do. He charged again and all she could do was throw her arms up in front of her and yell.

Suddenly, a blindingly white light shone from behind her and enormous, white marble wings burst from her back, sending her shooting upwards.

There was a collective gasp and the Queen stood from her seat in shock. Gideon transformed back from stone and gaped up at her.

The only sound was the whoosh of Leo's beautiful, strong wings keeping her in the air. Then, a slow clap thundered in the silence and everyone turned to look at Queen Leonore.

"Congratulations, Leo." she beamed as the young woman let herself down slowly. "And welcome to The Gargoyle Order."