02x27 - Monsters

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GOLIATH: 1, 000 years ago, superstition and the sword ruled.

It was a time of darkness.

It was a world of fear.

It was the age of gargoyles.

Stone by day, warriors by night.

We were betrayed by the humans we had sworn to protect, frozen in stone by a magic spell for 1, 000 years.

Now, here in Manhattan, the spell is broken and we live again.

We are Defenders of the Night.

We are gargoyles!

NARRATOR: Previously on Gargoyles...

Avalon sends you where you need to be!

Gargoyles and humans must learn to live together again or it will never be safe for us in the outside world.

Goliath, I want to go with you.

I have to go. See the world.

Find my place in it.

And so you will.

I can't help noticing that Angela sort of looks like Demona.

Whose daughter is she?

Daughters and sons belong to the whole clan, Elisa.

It is the gargoyle way.

ELISA: Well, we're not on Avalon anymore.

Could this be Manhattan?

This is not Manhattan.

Goliath's right. It's too quiet.

[CHUCKLES] And the water's way too clean.

[GROWLS]

[BARKING]

Easy, Bronx.

What was that?

I'm not sure. It looked like it was made of metal.

-I don't see anything now. -It passed beneath us. It was huge!

[BARKS]

What do we do?

We go ashore.

We'll have a better vantage from there.

GOLIATH: The surface is unbroken now.

Whatever Angela saw, it seems to have moved on.

[SIGHS] We might as well do the same.

Return to Avalon and try once more to find Manhattan.

Wait a second. See those lights?

If that's a town, I can put in a call to Matt in New York.

He'll be able to tell Brooklyn and the others we're okay.

Go, Elisa. We'll wait here.

CAPTAIN: [LAUGHS] There you are, a darling Nessie for a darling little lass.

So that's where we are, the most famous loch in Scotland.

How about you? In the mood for adventure, lass?

Excuse me?

Nessie's been known to enjoy a midnight swim now and then.

My rates are low, and I even throw in a free camera rental.

I'm not really the adventuring type. But thanks just the same.

Hello, this is Matt Bluestone.

Matt! Oh, I'm so glad you...

-I'm not home right now... -Oh, great.

Please leave a message after the beep and I'll get back to you.

Matt, it's Elisa, I'm just checking in.

Tell my parents, Captain Chavez and all my friends in Brooklyn that me and the big guy are fine.

We're taking some vacation time and I hope to be home soon.

I'll explain everything when I get back. Bye.

Princess Katharine told us stories about the Loch Ness Monster.

Oh, can't we stay awhile?

We have to get home, Angela.

Besides, from what I've seen, what's going on here isn't much of a mystery.

ANGELA: What do you mean?

Check out that boat.

ELISA: For some people, monster legends are strictly business.

CAPTAIN: Twenty-four miles long and a mile and a half wide, in some places Loch Ness is 900 feet deep.

CAPTAIN: The first sightings date back as far as...

Oh, my gosh, I see it! I see the monster!

It's Nessie! She's coming right for us!

My guess? Nessie is just a submarine in disguise.

All the boat companies probably chipped in to give the tourists a thrill.

[ALL SCREAMING]

Nessie's out of sorts tonight, laddies and lassies, so, ah, we'll be heading back a wee bit early.

It's a show. Theme parks do this sort of thing five times a day.

[ALL GASP]

[GASPING]

Angela!

[ROARING]

Bronx, stay with Elisa.

[INHALES]

[ROARS]

[GASPS]

She hasn't come up yet!

Bronx, find Angela!

[BARKING]

[BUZZER SOUNDING]

SEVARIUS: Gentlemen, I'm disappointed.

Once again, you've failed to deliver Big Daddy.

Without his companionship, I'm afraid our current guest is not long for this world.

We almost had him.

We spotted him attacking a tour boat, and were moving in when we hit interference.

I'm tired of your excuses, Bruno.

I've a good mind to send you and your team back to Mr. Xanatos.

What kind of interference?

Gargoyles, Doc. They were aboard some kind of raft.

Gargoyles!

You're telling me you sighted gargoyles on Loch Ness?

Did you get a good look?

No. Something better.

We managed to catch one of them with the nets.

-It's just a small one. -My...

An adolescent female, no less.

Strong evidence we have stumbled onto an enduring family unit.

Standard procedure, Bruno, but be gentle.

Extract the customary cell samples, then put her in the grotto.

The grotto?

She did not drown. Angela is still alive.

[BREATHING HEAVILY] Of course she is.

We find that strange vessel, we find Angela.

A submarine requires maintenance and supplies.

It has to have a place to dock somewhere around here.

GOLIATH: Then we will keep looking until we find this place.

No matter how long it takes.

-[GASPS] -[ROARING]

I'm Angela.

If I seem a little nervous, it's because I've never been this close to a real live Loch Ness Monster before.

But I'll wager you've never been this close to a real live gargoyle either.

[WHIMPERING]

Guess that kind of makes us even.

BRUNO: So her name is Angela.

If it gets any more saccharine in there, I'm gonna put a finger down my throat.

SEVARIUS: Yesterday, I had to downgrade Nessie's condition to critical.

The isolation during the initial test period was having a dire effect on her.

All the indications were she would not survive another 24 hours in captivity.

But tonight, I am happy to report a most miraculous recovery.

Her vital signs are strong and she's eating again.

With a little help from her friend.

The young gargoyle fascinates me.

If Angela does belong to a new clan of gargoyles as I suspect, her DNA profile should prove most illuminating.

No one will bother you two here. I'll be back tonight to pick up the search.

At sundown, Elisa.

We can't afford to waste a single moment.

I don't intend to.

[BELL CHIMES]

Well, what do you know?

The Xanatos goon squad. Stocking up on supplies no less.

[ENGINE WHIRRING]

[GROWLING]

Stifle that irritating noise.

[GROANING]

[CHAINS JANGLING]

Not a heartbeat to spare.

[ROARING]

Oh, I know, I know.

How aggravating it must be to wake up in chains first thing in the evening.

Allow me to introduce myself.

I am Dr. Anton Sevarius.

Oh, don't be alarmed. She'll only be out for a few minutes.

Meanwhile, young lady, you have some explaining to do.

Bronx, you find something?

[BARKING]

To think I was ready to believe there was an unknown brood of gargoyles nesting here to protect the monsters.

Thank heaven for little girls.

And DNA markers.

What are you talking about?

Oh, spare me, Angela. The tests are incontrovertible.

You not only belong to Goliath's clan, he's your biological father.

You are his very own flesh and stone!

Goliath is my father? [GASPS]

Not that it matters.

What...

What're you doing to her?

SEVARIUS: It's a sonar tag.

Now that Nessie's condition has stabilized, we're sending her back into the loch.

Once she leads us to Big Daddy, we'll capture both of them.

Start a little creature farm.

With so much rich genetic material, the array of monsters I'll be able to spawn makes even my mind boggle.

You're the only monster here!

Well, I see you inherited Papa's short fuse.

[BUZZER SOUNDING]

And speak of the devil!

So that's it, an underground elevator.

But who pushed the down button?

Somebody who knows we're here.

SEVARIUS: Amazing deduction, Goliath.

I see gargoyle gray matter is as razor-sharp as ever.

Sevarius!

[ALL GASP]

SEVARIUS: That's Dr. Sevarius to you.

They say a man's home is his castle.

And what fun would a castle be without a dungeon?

Sevarius, your idea of fun would give Dr. Frankenstein nightmares.

Your submarine abducted a member of my clan.

I warn you, human, if any harm comes to her...

A bit late for fatherly concern, don't you think?

So let me warn you.

Angela is going with us on an excursion into the loch.

Should you see fit to abuse my generous hospitality...

Don't listen to him, Goli...

Angela! [GROWLING]

Well, it sounds like you get the idea.

It would be a pity to lose a gargoyle, but should Goliath become too rambunctious...

It'd be my pleasure.

[ROARING]

All ahead slow. We mustn't get too close.

[GRUNTS]

[BEEPING]

Well, this shouldn't take long.

I'm sure Big Daddy misses his Nessie-Wessie.

All right.

[CHUCKLES] That's as far as you get.

BRUNO: Where's the beast?

All right, back away from there.

[GROWLING]

ELISA: The particle beam must've sh*t clear through!

We'll be underwater in minutes.

How do we get out?

[STAMMERING] The mini-sub!

Hurry.

[ROARING]

Monster love. How touching.

Now how are we going to lure them close enough to catch?

I don't believe it.

[GASPS] There really are Loch Ness Monsters.

And they're heading toward Sevarius.

-Zoom in. -Why not?

There's nothing you can do.

Angela!

How long before our noble beasts are in taser range?

Thirty-five seconds.

[GRUNTS]

[SCREECHING]

[GASPS]

[ROARS]

Release the tasers.

[BEEPS]

[GROANS]

[BEEPING]

[BEEPING ERRATICALLY]

We're taking on a lot of water, but we still have enough ballast to make it to shore.

[GRUNTS]

Sevarius! Where's Sevarius?

BRUNO: Sevarius...

[ROARING]

Dr. Sevarius has more lives than an alley cat.

You haven't seen the last of him.

Maybe not.

But people around here have seen the last of these metal monsters.

Some creatures in this world are meant to remain legends.

You should've seen how lost Nessie was without Big Daddy.

I was glad when the family got back together.

GOLIATH: Me, too, Angela. Me, too.