Page 33 of Expecting The Unexpected

“What do you mean, Pipit?” Khall asked gently.

Shrugging, Elijah answered, “You already know that most humans don’t even believe in the paranormal world, although that shit’s changing a bit with all the shows of ghost hunters, caught on camera shows, and stuff, but still, even if we think it may be true, we don’t really know, and when faced with the truth... well, I can tell you from personal experience it’s mind-blowing. Anyway, what little we do know is taught to us by those kind of shows I mentioned, or movies, and let me tell you, Gargoyle movies do not show you in a good light.”

“How so?” Krerr asked.

Shrugging, Elijah answered, “I don’t know if I’m going to get it right, because trust me, those movies were really, really old. Rise of the Gargoyle and Gargoyle Wings of Darkness are just two movies that come to me. Each depict vicious beasts attacking and slaughtering innocent people. These movies show your kind ripping humans apart limb by limb, and some depict you feasting on human flesh.”

“Then there’s the documentaries,” Mason said. “I watched one a while back, and it talked about how people thought the gargoyle was the soul of the condemned. Because of the sins they committed, they were turned to stone, to show others what could happen to them if they went down an evil path. Then you have the ‘all gargoyles are demons’ or devils...”

“But there are still others that do believe the gargoyle is a guardian of the gates of the gods’ church.” Bryant said.

Nodding, Elija replied, “True, but those believers are few and far between.” Looking at Hron and the others, Elijah said, “The point is, Gargoyles are not depicted as you truly are, so if you add in the teachings of those kids from all those years ago to their children... the kids that I’m sure saw just how their family was slaughtered... no matter the reason... well, I have a feeling that many of them learned real fast how to hate the Nakaka.”

“But wouldn’t these ancestors have to have true knowledge of our existence? How could they? We haven’t been out in the world in centuries... well, not really,” Hron questioned.

“I don’t think it would be a problem to make them believers,” Doctor Oleander softly said.

“How so?” Hron asked.

Shrugging, Doctor Oleander replied, “If the shifters that were involved in the attack kept in touch with the children of the attacked, and the ancestor children know or have seen a human shifting into an animal, it isn’t a far stretch to believe that a gargoyle was real.”

“But why wait hundreds of years to start the war all over again?” Groth asked in confusion.

“Maybe they weren’t ready for some reason. Maybe, because they feared us... or maybe it took them that long to find us. We have been in hiding for over two hundred years. If you ask me, they needed a way to find us and somehow it happened,” Krerr said.

“The Sorti,” Turq muttered.