The gargoyles roared inside my apartment, just as I landed in the middle of the street. People screamed around me. Of course. I was in the city. People were everywhere.
My shoulder throbbed, as it had absorbed most of the shock of the fall.
I managed to look up, counting six innocent people about to get introduced to gargoyles, plus more coming in from both ends of the street, along with the ones poking their heads out through the windows of my apartment building. They were all drawn to the noises and the sight of me crashing in the middle of the street.
“All of you, stay back!” I shouted, waving them all away. “Run!”
Some of them listened, and immediately darted away, while dialing 911. Others weren’t as fast, but at least they couldn’t actually see the gargoyles, from what I could te
