Chapter 3 Keep your enemies close, but your friends closer

"Sir I would like to get to know this Assassin a little bit better." Demon said with a creepy smile on his face.

"No Demon you may not rape him." Reaper replayed with a long sigh.

"Why not?"

"Because, you don't rape other cats…or kill them."

"I do that all the time.'

"I know, and I am trying to teach you not to do that…remember the time when you pin down Yin?"

"Yes."

"If Cloudfur wasn't there we will be dead, not only you but the whole Sandclan."

"I just wanted to see what flavor she was."

Reaper shivered at Demon words then said. "Last night there was smoke at Fireclan…I don't like what is going on and Greenleaf is to scare to talk to me…I want you to go on patrol and take Jose will ya? I don't trust you out there alone in the forest."

"Yes master." Demon said with a creepy grin and back away to find Jose. Brick came up to Reaper and said not looking back. "I don't trust Demon, how is it that he became deputy?"

"Don't worry Brick; I am sure that I am going to outlive him."

"I hope so; I can't bare the clan to be ruled by that…freak."

"Agreed, carry on with your duties."

"I am not doing anything though."

"Well get your little furry but off the ground and find some fresh kill why don't you?" Reaper said with a little bit of an annoyed voice. Brick simply nod his head and walk into the forest, he could tell that Reaper was not in the mood for games, to many things have been going wrong in Sandclan and they just cant seem to repair them self's since Killer had left. They got no kits, but a lot of strong warriors, a medicine cat that wont talk to her leader, and a threat of an attack happing at anytime without warning and destroy there whole clan. After looking at the clouds for a little bit Reaper went inside the medicine cat den and saw that she was walking back and forth checking her inventory. "Anything that I should know about?"

Greenleaf quickly look up to see her leader and in a scared voice she said. "No…nothing at all…just checking what I got that's all."

Reaper sighs then walk right over to Greenleaf to where his muzzle almost touches hers then in a soft voice he said. "I know there is something wrong, you can't hide it…and what is going to happen to our clan if the medicine cat can't talk and cats start to die?"

Fear in Greenleaf eyes she could not hold it anymore, she jerk her head away from her leader eyes then said, "I had saw, what I did not want to see, I saw death…blood…bones…at Star Trees there will be blood, and so…so….much death in one battle, the old will fight against the young and the youth will fight against anyone who is at least three times there own size…and there trust will be put to the limit."

"Why didn't you tell me this before?"

"I…I…I was too scared, it couldn't be real, and no cat is that evil…are they?"

Reaper sigh for a moment then watch a few flashbacks on his old leader, Killer. Then he said with a clam voice showing no fear or no emotion at all. "I have known Killer, and now we are dealing with his son, things are different now, but we will get thru this."

Greenleaf eyes filled with tears and hope at Reaper words, and then she ran over to him and stuffs her muzzle deep inside his chest.

Out in the forest Demon and Jose was out patrolling, they herd prey but not what Demon has been hoping for; they got to the edge of their border and was looking at Nightclan. "I wonder how they are handling the situation." Jose said staring off into space.

"I don't know, nor do I care, as long as there are cats in there, I will be just find." Demon then had a creepy grin on his face and Jose shivered.

"There is something wrong with you, come on lets head back to our camp now."

About half way back to the camp Demon smelled something that made him happy, a little bit too happy for Jose. "Ok, if you are really that happy, go over there away from me and go to town."

"I can smell them."

"Who?"

"Assassin."

Out of nowhere Demon and Jose got attack and quickly got pined to the ground, while Jose was trying to break free Demon was smiling and laughing, not long Assassin came out of the shadows. "Hello."

"Why hello there…want to have some fun?" Demon said still laughing being pin down.

"Uh…no thanks…I came to spare your lives, if you join me you won't die, if you don't, well you are going to die."

The two cats who were pinning Demon and Jose to the ground let them go, "We just can't leave Sandclan you know…we grew up in that place." Demon said while getting up.

"Fine, you are the deputy are you not?"

"Eye."

"Well then, let's say that your leader died in a fight, and then you will be not only the leader of Sandclan but a part of my clan as well."

"K…K…Kill master?"

"I am your master now."

"B…but master, killing the old master will be like trying to kill Shadow, it is just not possible."

"Killer killed Shadow."

"B…b…b…I can't do it master."

"Yes you can Demon, I know you can…if you do there will be a special gift for you."

"Really!" Demon's head suddenly shot up and his ears prickle at the sound of the word "gift."

"Yes really, now what do you say?"

"I'll do it!"

Jose couldn't believe his ears, he knew that Demon could easily be trick into doing anything but killing Reaper was something that he could not stand. "Well how about you?" Assassin said turning his head to face Jose.

"I rather die."

"Suite your self then." With out another word Assassin walk away and his two bodyguards started to attack Jose, in the battle Jose was calling out Demon's name to help him out but he got drag away by the sound of his new master voice and Jose was left to battle these two fierce cats by himself.

Back at the camp Reaper saw Demon come back from his patrol but Jose was not there. "Where's Jose?"

"Oh…uh." With his head held down and not looking at his old master's eyes he said. "He's dead."

"What? Show me where."

"Yes Reaper."

No master? Reaper thought as Demon showed him the way to where Jose dead body was, once there Reaper could strongly smell Assassin, and two other cats, but as he search the battle area he notice that Demon was untouched, and he could smell his scent as well, so why was it that he manage to escape untouched and Jose was dead? When Demon himself loves the smell of blood, but he kept all of this to himself and with a slight nod Demon pick up Jose body and brought him back to the camp. Once there the cats all gasp at his dead body. Jose was not from Sandclan, and he always showed up in the most bizarre situations, he was well known and respect among the clan even though he was not much of a fighter. Once Greenleaf saw Jose dead body she was almost a ghost and when she look at Reaper he could tell that this was not going to end well.