Took a major writer's block with everything I was writing and it's only been in the last month since I started being able to get back into the swing of things. Many changes happened to me in the last 7 months; moved, hubby's 40th birthday, moved in with a friend and his 2 kids (harder to write when there's 2 kids bugging you). But I'm now back and hopefully I'll stay that way for awhile. Anyway enough babbling, here is the latest installment. Thank you ShadowTeenGirl for giving me a boot in the rear :)

Breakout (end of October)

Somewhere under the city a group of Quarrymen gathered. The gathering happened once every three days, reporting of their progress. What was left of the original group led by John Castaway were not impressed by the new ways but if the end result would lead them to the defeat of the Gargoyles, then so be it. However there were only a handful of the original group who were not yet in jail. The others who were gathering up were a new group of people who believed Gargoyles should not be in New York City.

At the front of the group, leaning against a large support pillar, stood the new leader of the Quarrymen. No one ever saw his face as he always kept it hidden under the mask. Unlike Castaway's uniforms, the new Quarrymen uniforms were black accented with a yellow belt. In the middle of the belt was the Quarrymen logo. The group literally looked more like Japanese ninjas then American Quarrymen.

Seeing everyone had arrived, the leader pushed himself away from the pillar to address everyone. "You have all done a splendid job," he announced.

"How can you say that?" questioned a male. "Some of us have been arrested."

"Unfortunately some had to be sacrificed for the sake of the plan," the leader responded. "It was my full intention to have some arrested. We can not operate properly if someone of us couldn't be imprisoned."

"I don't understand. You come in here reorganize the Quarrymen under your leadership with the same intent but with a different twist than before. And we don't even know your name only to call you 'Captain'."

Behind his mask, Captain smiled. "Everything will come out all in due time. For right now I wish for my name to remain in the dark for the simple reason of spies and for those who were captured cannot expose me. All they will be able to give the police is 'Captain'."

"So you're putting the cops on a wild goose chase?"

"Until I put my plan into motion," Captain nodded. "And soon everything will fall into place."

"What sort of plan?" a woman piped up. With everyone in uniform and masks it was too hard to tell who was speaking. Captain really didn't care either, only words were said.

"One that isn't any of your concern" Captain answered. "You're only concern is to stop the Gargoyles. They need to be distracted at least for my full plan to take place. And I have just the idea for that."

With a turn to his right a hooded Quarrymen woman, stepped out of the shadows. She stopped just in front of Captain and faced those in front of her.

"A small group of you are going to do a jail break and not for those who were captured but for a few in particular who have been in jail since before the Castaway was taken into custody. With this jail break, it will cause enough of a stir for Captain to make his move.

"Those chosen, will be given some new devices to help you out. These devices have never been used before but have already had successful tests. The plan is flawless and will work to our favor. The security guards will not know what happened until it's too late. Now, listen up and this is what you'll be doing."

Captain then began giving out his plan and who would do the job. He was selecting five men to do it and the men chosen were the shortest of the entire group.

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Deep in the maximum-security prison on Rikers Island, a new level had recently been built. The level was specifically built for the simple reason of some of the major freaks. It currently housed three occupants out of twenty different cells. The occupants were known as Jackal, Hyena and Wolf. Of course everyone knew that wasn't their real names but their stage names from when they were part of a TV series called 'The Pack' created by Xanatos. But since they had been drastically altered, their given names no longer really applied. Those people were now dead to the world. Their fingerprints were non-existence and two of them no longer had actual blood flowing through their veins. Scientists had been trying to figure out how they were changed and still be alive. The third one, Wolf, he still had blood but it wasn't his own. His human blood was now a cross between his own and that of a wolf, giving him the appearance that he was now. He was also made stronger. All three each had their own room to be sure there was no escape.

"This is pissing me off!" Wolf yelled suddenly, slamming his fists against the wall for the tenth time that day. Not even a dent showed. What metal was made for the walls? Whatever it was, it worked to keep the three members of the pack in jail.

"So what else is new?" asked Jackal as he sat on his cot, using his extendable eye to try and find a weakness for his bars. So far he had no luck, but he wasn't about to give up. "You've been pissed since the day you were picked up on the day the Gargoyles were discovered. And you've been in here ever since."

Wolf growled, turning his hard gaze to the cyberotic man. "Why don't you just shut up Cyber-boy? You and your sister are crack heads to begin with. I don't know what Fox ever found in you."

"Hey!" Hyena snapped. "At least we didn't have our blood change. You know for a fact they are trying to find a cure for your change. They will never be able to cure us, which is the reason why we chose this form."

It didn't take the three long before they were arguing, saying on who was the best. While the three argued, two other inmates were having another one of their arguments yet again. The two had separate cells, though they once were cellmates. It take security long to learn that was a mistake and gave them each their own cell. The two were known as Anthony Dracon and Tomas Brode. They were three levels above the Pack. Anthony often went by the name of Tony.

"I think you're crazy!" Tomas yelled from across the hall. His Jewish accent still quite strong.

"You think I'm crazy?" yelled Tony. "Look in the mirror. You're the one who came to America in the first place to try and rein on my Turf!"

"That's not crazy. What's crazy is thinking someone is after a police woman."

Tony's brows furrowed. "Why does that surprise you? This is New York. Here, anything is possible. Hell, look at those three prisoned down below! Jackal, Hyena and Wolf, they were once human."

"Ya and my question for you is where the hell did you learn such a tall tale."

Tony crossed his arms, giving a smug look. "I have my sources. Just remember not all my men are in jail, unlike yours. I do have some loyal men outside these walls. They hear things and report them to me and when it comes to Detective Maza, I always get the juice when it comes to her."

"Maza? She's the one who put me here."

"That's right." Tony snorted. "She's one cop who does her work and does it well."

"Are you praising her?" Tomas asked.

Tony turned his eyes to the foreign man. "And what's it to you? Soon you'll being transferred out of here back to your own country to stand trial for who knows what."

Tomas snarled, turning away. It was his way of saying conversation is over. Whatever more Dracon had to say, he ignored it. He wasn't going to go back to his country. If he was sent back, there would be nothing left for him. He would be put to death as he already had pending charges put against him. It was one of the reasons why he fled his country, that and the cursed Gargoyles spoiled his plans.

Just then two masked men wearing black showed up in front of each of their cells. They weren't any of Tony's men, that was for sure. One of the men stopped in front of his cell and looked at him.

"You wish to extract your revenge on the Gargoyles?" he asked at the same moment the second one stopped in front of Tomas's and asked the same question

"Who are you?" Tony asked.

"I'm the one asking the questions, not you. If you don't wish to get out, then by all means don't bother answering but if you do want out, we can get you out before anyone actually notices until it's way too late."

Tony's brow rose. "You think you can break me out without drawing attention? I like to see how."

Behind his mask, the man smiled. "That's what I wanted to know." He stepped closer to the prison bars, holding something in his hands. "Take this and put this on your arm."

Tony looked at the small arm device in question. "What is that?"

"To some people it's a known fact magic does exist. Well let's just say between science and sorcery this is the perfect 'get out of jail' free card."

Tony looked beyond the man to see the other man was giving Tomas the same thing. What was the angle of this deal? "Ok. You have me curious," Tony said to the man. "But why me? Why now? What's the catch?"

"My you're full of questions. The answers to your questions will be answered after getting out. Now, if you want this take it and put it on and then walk through the bars. This will also allow you to walk unnoticed through the prison and no one will see you, not even other inmates.

Tony's eyes widened in surprise. From the time he was a child, he never believed in magic. He even stopped believing in Santa Claus back when he was four years, when his parents had split up. Tony was from a long line of mobsters who always owned the town, but now Dracon family name was lost, even his own grandfather was arrested but he too was released on bail when Tony was. But luckily for his grandfather, he didn't try stirring up trouble again like Tony did but continuing his 'protection' racket and finally got an airtight cause to be left in prison. Not even his cooperate lawyers were able to bail him out this time.

But since meeting the Gargoyles, Tony realized magic did exist or at least used to. He was sure there were scrolls or books on real magic but where to find them… that was another matter. But it would appear the men wanting to help him and Tomas out of prison knew where to find magic and apparently had some magic on them.

While being in jail, Tony began to do some reading… reading up on ancient Scotland, where he was able to learn where the Gargoyles, Maza's friends, were from. And he was able to learn many stories and legends, including about Oberon and his children. There actually was only one reasonable explanation for the reason why the devices were said to have the ability they do. The men wanting to help were actually Oberon's children.

Taking the arm device, Tony placed it on his wrist and soon did exactly what the masked man wanted him to do. He found he was easily able to walk through the bars like they weren't even there.

"Amazing," Tony breathed. "Now, this is an interesting jail break."

"It sure is," Tomas answered as he too now was out of his cell. "Now, I can break your neck."

The man standing beside Tomas, growled. "You two will not be fighting each other or the devices will fall off and you'll be caught."

The one who helped Tony began to walk away. "Follow me. We have a couple more inmates to break out."

Tomas and Tony began to follow the first masked man as the second one took up the rear. It didn't take Tony long to see they were going down further into the prison, below the surface where the special cells were located.

"What are we doing?" asked Tony as they walked down the long twisting stairs to the final level.

"Like was already said," the second masked man said. "We have to get a few more inmates. The plan will only work if the Gargoyles are separated trying to search for you."

"You mean we're being used as bait?" snapped Tomas.

"In a matter of speaking, yes," the first one responded. "But in the means of how you live your new found freedom, the choice is yours. There is a bigger plan in the works and the Gargoyles are needed to be distracted for the main plan to work and trust me, you'll enjoy it."

Tony stopped walking. "You're the ones after Elisa Maza."

The first man stopped and looked Tony. "You are as smart as they say. You figured it out."

"What does Maza have anything to do with this?" Tony demanded.

"In all do time. But for now, need to get her winged family out of the way. They will be too busy to witness her be taken from them."

"And what do we call you, since I know now you are the one calling the shots?" Tony stepped forward to the man.

"You can call me Captain and that is all you need to know. Ask any further questions and that arm device will fall off and the alarms will go off. I can control of those and each one given has it's own frequency."

Just then three more masked men arrived through a door. "We'll have to take it really easy," one said. "There are four guards through that door and three watching the prisoners."

"They are taking extra precaution as I suspected," Captain replied as he pulled out three more armbands. "We'll take out the guards simultaneously and then speak to the prisoners."

"Dracon, stay close to me. I will not allow the two of you to fight while my back is turned," Captain commanded. He turned to the one who was standing behind Tomas. "Fin, you'll watch Tomas to be sure he doesn't do anything foolish."

Fin nodded. "Yes, Captain." Fin knew he would be needed elsewhere at the same time but he would have easily been able to do two things at once.

With the plan laid out, the seven men walked through the steal door to see exactly what was already told to them. Four guards were indeed on the other side of the door. One was sitting at a desk, watching three monitors. Another one was sitting in front of a cell door, which led to the main cell area. The third and fourth were sitting at a table and anyone could see they were just back up. Just beyond the cell door were three more. One for each occupied cell.

As Captain continued to walk through the hall, passing each guard, he could hear arguing going on between the three prisoners. Each one of his men stopped walking to stand beside each guard, getting into position. Finally getting into the main cellblock, Captain walked over to the nearest guard and then commanded for Tomas and Tony to go to the other two. This was now where Fin had to watch and do at the same time.

Finding this very interesting, Tomas went to the furthest one away as Tony went to the one in the middle. Captain looked at the two freed inmates. "Now, be sure to knock them out quickly."

At the sound of his voice, Wolf, Hyena and Jackal stopped their argument, taking notice of two inmates and one man in black. Neither of the three spoke as they could see no guard was able to see what they saw. One guard did notice their silence.

"What are you three suddenly so quiet?" he demanded.

"Now!" Captain shouted.

With wide eyes, each one watched in fascination as each guard was suddenly kicked in the side, being pushed into the wall, knocking them unconscious.

Seeing the job was done to his satisfaction, Captain laughed. "Everything is working according to my plan."

"Plan? What plan?" Wolf demanded. He soon saw four other men in black walk straight through the cell bars to the cellblock. He gasped in surprise.

Captain turned his hooked head towards Wolf. "Just to help you three and these two to escape just so you can cause trouble for the Gargoyles."

"I will NOT be used as a pawn for someone's pleasure!" Wolf snapped.

"No? Not even to get even with Goliath, the strongest Gargoyle alive?" taunted Captain, knowing that was Wolf's greatest wish right now.

"Ok… You spiked my interest," Wolf lowered his voice. "So why the elaborate plan to have us be your pawns?"

"That's a good question," agreed Jackal.

"He's after Elisa Maza, Goliath's friend," Tony answered.

"The police Detective?" Hyena blinked. "That's original."

"The Detective and Goliath are engaged," Captain announced.

"Wh-at…" Wolf was completely floored with that one.

"I think I'm going to puke." Hyena gave a look of disgust at the same time Jackal felt like doing the same.

Tomas gave a sickly look as Tony just rolled his eyes. "I had a feeling that was going to happen. They are often too close to one another."

"You might think it's disgusting but it's really not as disgusting as you think," Captain argued. "She will NOT marry him!"

"I don't care what you say," Jackal snarled. "Just the very topic is making me sick! So drop it!"

"I agree," Wolf folded his arms. "We will kill them before they can even make such a pact. Let's just get out of here! So how do we pry tell get out of here?"

"Through the front door," Fin smiled behind his mask. "How do you think we got in undetected?"

"And how do we get out?" asked Wolf ignoring the snide remark.

"With these." Captain handed each Pack member the same device he gave Tomas and Tony.

Fin explained how they were used and soon everyone made their way back to the surface and right out the front door without anyone able to see them. They were loading into hovercraft when they could hear distant alarm sounds, meaning a jailbreak. This one was going to be a great one for the police to solve… that is if it would ever be solved.