Other Wings
The next several days passed relatively peacefully in San Francisco. 'Seymour' continued to spend time with Jade and the fillies, enjoying the antics they got up to - both well behaved and prankish - while studying all the more about the modern world and seeing what he could adapt to his magic. Valmont waited for contact from Hsi Wu before engaging the next stage of Demon release to avoid drawing undue attention to him at the wrong moment. And without further activity in that regard, urgency somewhat subsided in the city.
However, the interest in the antics of the Brotherhood wasn't limited to one city, or those directly connected. Higher powers were concerned with the events, and had selected agents to perform their own investigation in that regard. As a result, a hypersonic VTOL private plane was en route to San Francisco from New York, moving almost completely silently on the most advanced magitek engines available. The plane piloted itself, and had only two passengers.
One was an older man with dark brown hair, mustache, and beard, dressed in a plain blue shirt, grey slacks, and a grey jacket. He sat in an exceptionally comfortable chair sipping a glass of something deliciously expensive as he let his brown eyes shift between his company's latest financial report, a book he was reading for pleasure, reviewing the written instructions he had received for this trip, and his travelling companion who was pacing back and forth. "You know you can take a seat and relax, don't you?" he pointed out urbanely, his calm voice exquisitely disciplined.
His traveling companion turned towards him, his eyes glowing white. Where the one sitting was plainly human, the one pacing obviously wasn't. Clad in only a long loincloth and belt, he bore a passing resemblance to Hsi Wu's demon form...but where Hsi Wu was wizened, this being was anything but. Easily topping eight feet in height with an entire body rippling with thick muscle, at first glance one could easily think he was a statue carved from stone that had somehow come to life...which wasn't far from the truth. The massive bat-like wings on his back continued to shift uncomfortably around his long black hair that hung straight down his back. "You know I do not like being confined," he growled out, his voice deep and gravely, pitched at a tone that sent a pleasant shiver down the spine of anyone listening. Even when plainly angry and uncomfortable, he had the air of a natural leader, much like his companion. "I do not understand why I had to ride."
"And if you could glide from New York to San Francisco in a single night, I would have let you," the man responded readily. "But we're on a tight schedule for this, and we both have reasons why we'd want to be there and back sooner rather than later, don't we?"
The gargoyle turned his face away and returned to his pacing. "I do not understand why you insisted I come with you, Xanatos," he declared irritably. "You have no need of my protection."
"On this trip I actually have no need of protection, Goliath," Xanatos responded calmly. "What I do need is magical assistance from someone I trust and respect who is not bound to me, and assistance from a legal representation." He gave his companion a firm look. "While not a police officer, you are an officially sponsored mystic vigilante."
Goliath merely grunted in response to the comment about his legal status. "You trust me?" he mused curiously.
"Of course I do," Xanatos responded immediately. "You're painfully honorable, a genuinely decent person, and have an excess of compassion despite your form giving you natural inclinations towards viciousness in battle. Despite our professional clashes, when going into an unknown situation there's no one I'd rather have at my back."
Goliath stared at Xanatos for a time, surprised. After a time, he crossed his arms. "I admit you've been easier to deal with since you became a parent. I can certainly respect you, even if I still only trust you as far as I can throw you."
"I've seen your throwing arm," Xanatos teased with a chuckle. "I'll take that as a high compliment."
Goliath rolled his eyes. "My only interest is the report of a gargoyle sighted in San Francisco by day," he murmured softly. "I'll let you deal with the rest."
"As you will," Xanatos allowed, returning to his papers.
It wasn't long after that when the jet came to a halt in the San Francisco skyline in the middle of the night. It came down perfectly on a helipad at the top of Valmont's building, not even disturbing a single piece of paper. Valmont himself waited at the roof access, having known who was approaching. "David," he called out gently as Xanatos approached. "It's been a long time, my friend."
"I've been busy, V," Xanatos responded, clasping forearms with the man. "Among other things, I'm a father now."
"So I've heard," Valmont confirmed. "Did you receive my gift?"
"Well chosen," Xanatos agreed. "You always did have good taste."
Valmont glanced up as Goliath approached. "And who's this?"
"This is Goliath," Xanatos introduced. "An associate of mine."
Valmont smirked.
"Yes, our relationship was somewhat adversarial early on," Xanatos admitted with a chuckle. "Make all the jokes you want."
"I don't need to," Valmont allowed. "Welcome, Goliath. Do you need anything special for your stay here?"
"Merely a space of roof for while the sun is above the horizon," Goliath responded simply. "Until then, the answers Xanatos sought."
"About that, David," Valmont commented, turning back to Xanatos. "Your message said you needed to discuss something with me, but I still don't know what."
Xanatos shrugged. "I've been getting pressure from my father-in-law," he explained, a simple sentence that immediately made Valmont tense. "He wants me to investigate whoever's behind the release of the Demon Brotherhood, to make sure whoever's behind it isn't some fanatic and actually knows what they're doing. I figured since Shendu first arose here in San Francisco recently, you'd know who was behind it if you weren't involved yourself."
Valmont chuckled nervously. "About that-" His words were cut off as he heard the roof access open.
"Why aren't you in bed with me, Valmont?" Bai Tza purred as she stepped sleepily onto the roof, still shadowed from sight. "Is this meeting really so important?"
Xanatos raised an eyebrow at Valmont's flush. "And you used to tease me about 'falling for love's trap'."
Valmont shrugged. "I guess I just had to find the right woman." He beckoned Bai out onto the roof. "Dear, this is my old friend David Xanatos. I told you he was coming today."
"I didn't expect 'today' to mean 'just after midnight," Bai grumbled a bit petulantly. She then stepped out of the shadows with a smile as water solidifed over her body into a thin kimono. "Charmed," she murmured softly as she held out a hand.
David accepted the hand and bent to kiss it. "It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Bai Tza," he greeted, having deduced her identity. "Your words explain my friend's involvement, and the rest explain how you were the woman who finally trapped him in love. I must say, though the legends told of your skill, power, and ruthlessness, they represented but a poor shadow of your beauty."
"There's two of you now?" Bai Tza suddenly asked Valmont.
Valmont and Xanatos both chuckled. "I'll take that as a compliment," they stated in stereo.
Noticing Bai's speculative look Xanatos' way, Valmont chuckled. "He's happily married, dear," he pointed out dryly.
"Such a pity," Bai murmured, making Xanatos chuckle nervously.
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Woo! Gargoyles! Anyone else found themselves humming the opening theme to the show as you read on?
No but it does make me want to watch it again.
With every additional crossover, that giddy feeling I get when reading this story grows. Must be a nightmare keeping track of them all though...
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Not really. Rather easy to keep track of.
Okay, this is getting more interesting!
I'll need to bring popcorn for the next ones, if this keeps up!
I'm pretty sure everyone had a nerdgasm when it was revealed who that chiseled voice belonged to along with his rock solid build.
Let's see if Valmont is gonna use his own Xanathos gambit here...
You know... I just realised the play on history the creators did when making the series. David Xanathos and Goliath.
I didn't recognize Xanatos at first but Goliath was near immediate and Xanatos came with. Great chapter, immensely looking forward to what's next. Especially if Xanatos tries one of his famous gambits.
I have but one thing to say about the introduction of Gargoyles into the story.....
"Oh HELL YES!"
And there's the twist I never saw coming. Oh my.
question do jake and goliath work together or do they have separate sections to patrol?
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Goliath is a lower rank, and specifically limited to New York. Jake handles all of North America.
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The AmDrag is magical authority, Goliath is sponsored magical vigilante...
Think of it as how Captain America works with non military law enforcement....
Or Spiderman, in the less of a menace times....
Why should Valmont or Xanatos be intimidated by Halcyon Renard, or what interest could he have on the Brotherhood?
...unless you are talking about Oberon, but he isn't Fox 's father.
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Exactly. Jake is SHIELD, Gargoyles are X-Men.
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No, but he is married to her mother.
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I'd think Goliath would be limited specifically to Manhattan Island by his own choice, but hey, why not the whole of New York City?
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I assumed this meant Oberon. And he sorta counts as a father-in-law, given his wife Titanya is Fox's mother and Fox and Alexander both are blood to Oberon's Children.
Kinda makes sense that he'd take interest in the situation with the Demon Sorcerers, though - they'd be just as bad as his own mother, if not worse. Mab was a crazy little thing according to Greg Weisman.
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Also, Oberon is a member of the Jade Council, as the chief representative of the Fae and Wild Magic.
Old lord. Perhaps the only human that could match Valmont in wits. And they're old acquaintances. Consider who Xanatos is officially working under, this could be either very good or very bad for the Chan's.
It's like you're turning this into a mashup of all the cool urban-fantasy series you couldn't manage to fit into their own PWNY stories. It's great; all we need for a certain Chicago-based wizard to guest-star and it'll be perfect!
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...Chicago based wizard?
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That would be Harry Dresden, protagonist of the Dresden Files book series. It's a fairly lengthy series, but definitely worthy of your time.
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He is talking about Harry Dresden, protagonist of the, currently, most famous urban fantasy book serie.
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Oh.
I wish people would quit asking me to include that. I've never heard of it.
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... I can't believe I missed that for all these years...
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hay Tatsurou
Gargoyles are being of Wild Magic right. So is Oberon also their representative of Jade Council by being of Wild Magic.
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That's a real shame. Jim Butcher Is a top-tier fantasy author. All of his stuff is pure gold, and I think you'd get a kick out of it.
Not to mention some events in his books would not have looked the least bit out of place in one of your own stories. The polka-powered zombie T-Rex springs to mind.
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Not exactly.
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...wat?
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Exactly what I said.
The magical authorities in the Dresdenverse have a standing ban on using necromancy to raise undead minions, but apparently it doesn't apply to fossils, and, while I haven't read that particular book yet, apparently he needed a lot of muscle fast and Sue the T-Rex was right there.
Also something about zombies needing a steady beat to trick them into thinking their heart's still going. Polka was an unconventional choice from what I hear, but whatever gets the job done.
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Ah, Sue is such a great character. And let's not forget about Bob, the talking skull who's entirely too interested in carnal relations.
Wow. It's funny, I was actually just imagining Xanatos as a PWNY parent yesterday, possibly for Starlight because temporal shenanigans. Does this mean I'm psychic now?
Are we going to see Harry Potter walking around in a future?
Because of COURSE Xanatos and Valmont know each other
Oh my goodness, Goliath and Xanatos? This world just keeps getting crazier.
Some pretty big non-Chan fish are sticking their noses into the Demon Sorcerers issue. That could cause some interesting developments if they proceed upon the original 'Conquer the World' plan.
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It would be like me asking to see the new Orleans based Ms. Anita Blake or the Tulsa based Zoey Redbird....
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That just blew my mind!
I was wondering if the Gargoyles would show up
Xanatos is an awesome character from an awesome show...
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Another good example of Dresden craziness is getting into a sword fight Santa over leadership of the Wild Hunt.
To Tatsurou:
If it sounds interesting there's a very good MLP/Dresden crossover on the site called The Dresden Fillies. It's what got me into MLP in the first place.
Also are you the one who wrote the "Hsicret" stories on fanfiction.net?
I wonder when will Goliath will meet the CMC?
I had a little trouble identifying Xanatos at first, but when I heard about the bat wings on Goliath everything fell into place... and I had an appropriate geek out. Looking forward to more.
Keep up the great work. Deus tecum.
huh, two sort of evil bad guys, first Valmont and then Xanatos, all we need is a three more who start with a W, Y and Z, and we'll have a little alphabet crew.
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like this....
I kinda had figured who it was that was being talked about when it was described of the amount that the guy was perusing while enjoying the flight and WHERE the flight came from not to mention the KIND of jet that was being used but the description of Goliath told me I was right. Then you stated names.
Really, Xanatos could have kept talking about Goliath and his honor and integrity and it wouldn’t have been brown-nosing, it would still have been strait up facts.
SO looking to see where and how this goes. Especially since that insufferable grandfather of Fox’s has taken note of things.
I love how this story in particular crosses over not just with JCA, but plenty of other shows, as well
Bai Tza, though.
8233751 No, but I read Xanatos and Goliath's lines in their respective voices.
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I hope the demon sorcerers get the clue that if they try to take over the World they will meet far more resistance then they can handle.
Plus only the Brain is allowed to takeover the World.
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DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA DUN DUH DAHN DUN DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH DUN-DAN-DUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
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It also doesn't really fit with the theme. Dresden files is in the vein of supernatural rather than Saturday morning cartoon.
On an unrelated note, I actually went to check out American Dragon and I couldn't even get through the first episode because of how cringy the dialogue is >.>
Gargoyles now, huh? This story's turning into Comes a Crossover. @_@ :P XD
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Holy hell your right! just NOW took notice!
You know, for all that they both play the villain in their respective shows, being friends with David Xanatos is a strong mark in Valmont's favor here. It's painting him as more of an anti-villain criminal boss than your typical bad guy. The sort of villain that is better to have around in the long run because they don't go overboard, try to avoid collateral damage, and typically keep worse characters from getting out of line.
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But, IS it more trouble than they can handle, or just more than they expected? That's kinda the point