Other Gargoyles-verse: Hospital: Checking Up

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The ability to travel freely and unmolested in the modern world was a new enough concept to be novel to Goliath.  For Elisa, it was nearly heartbreaking.  She'd lost this world.  She held no reservations about the fact that she'd become a Gargoyle.  Though she had lost much, her relationship with Goliath, the Clan, and the lives she'd help save more than made up for it.

All the same, being able to simply walk through a human hospital and get only the occasional odd glance (some of which was no doubt due to their resemblance to the very human Goliath and Elisa Maza of this world), was a miracle indeed.

"Hope ah, Lex is okay..." Elisa said.

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"Okay. Um, it's this way." He lifted his hand, then let it fall and turned to lead them along the hall and into a room not too far down it.

The bed was propped up at the head, with the table over it and a small pile of designer toy boxes sitting on it, but Lex's face was turned toward the darkened window. His face was thin and pale, and it was very clear at just a glance that he wasn't fully out of danger yet.

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Goliath had already seen Lex before, of course, but this was Elisa's first time.

"Oh, Lex..." she whispered, while Goliath placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder.

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The young man turned his head at her voice, then went wide-eyed with shock. "What... what happened?"

His voice was barely more than a whisper, and a little slurred. Franklin nearly fell over at the sound of it.

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"You're awake...!" Elisa mouthed. "I... I'm not the one you know, Lex. I'm from a difference universe."

Goliath, meanwhile, though surprised by Lex's awakening, reached out to steady Franklin.

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His brows drew together as he tried to understand what she was saying. It was getting easier as the days passed... except he wasn't sure about the 'different universe' part.

"I told you he was," said Franklin, lowering himself into a crouch and wiping his eyes. "You talked!"

Lex looked at him, then back to the gargoyle versions of his foster parents.

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Both Elisa and Goliath smiled. "It doesn't matter," she said. "Your being awake is the important thing."

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Lex's answering smile was a little lopsided, and his dark eyes were quizzical and confused, but they brightened slightly as Hudson came in behind the visitors and walked over to see him.

"Ye've guests, lad, will ye no' greet them?"

Lex looked at him and frowned.

Hudson sighed. "Family from elsewhere."

A deeper frown.

Hudson jerked a glance at Franklin, hoping that Lex would understand.

And incredibly, he did. Some little bit of nerdish knowledge seeped back into his injured brain and he understood the 'I'm not the one you know'.

"Oh," he whispered.

Hudson started and stared at him, then laughed out loud with delight.

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"See," Elisa said. "This is why he's the smart one."

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"Aye," said Hudson gruffly as Lex looked at her again.

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Elisa's skin darkened just a little as she flushed from the curiosity from Lex.

"It's a... long story," she tried to explain.

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"I'm here. You ready, Frank... lin." Elisa walked in, then stopped short and blinked, one hand on her belly as she took in the visitors and her 'son' sitting on the floor looking overwhelmed.

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Oh God.

She should have expected this. She really should have. Goliath had told her he'd even met her counterpart in this universe when he was here. Even knowing though, didn't prepare her for the sight of herself the way she'd once been.

She'd be lying if she said she didn't occasionally think about what life would be like if she'd remained human. There were still things she missed, but she'd gained just as much.

Goliath, true to form, noted her initial distress and placed his strong hands on her shoulders, a comforting presence.

"Er... hey," she managed.