GUNDAM WING: SHADOW ASSASSINS
PART 2: STEVEN THE HYENA DEMON
Demon type: Hyena
Abilities: Able to endure extreme climate changes, last for long periods of time without water. Highly adaptable to new conditions, mischievous though not as much as a fox but is equivalent to one. A remarkable thief and pickpocket and able to break into the most secure of places. Approach with extreme caution for is highly agitated when around strangers.
Weapon of choice: Wind bow staff DNA originated from: Shenzi
CHAPTER 11: THE HYENA AND THE MAGANACS
The hot desert heat was what kept Quatre aware that he was still alive and about to die anytime. But as the days gone past he felt himself getting better as the poison left his system. On the back of the Hyena making their way across the desert he was in desperate need for water. The Hyena sensed this as well and was following his nose to the scent of water. The Arabian was very surprised at the speed that Steven traveled in the African country side. It was easy to avoid detection by enemy mobile suits thanks to the demon's speed. Quatre was just getting the hang of the ride when Steven stopped. Quatre hopped down a saw what it was that made Steven stop. It was an oasis that stood right in front of him. Walking towards it he gently cupped his hands and drank from the refreshing waters. Steven in his human form settled to eating scorpions and snakes that came near the pool before drinking himself. I would be hungry and thirsty too traveling nonstop at high speeds for such a long period of time. He thought to himself as Steven continued to drink till he was sated before changing again, "You should rest Steven it was a long journey and you need it." Quatre said out of concerned for they Hyena demon. "I can do fine," he said, "Rest," Quatre ordered and the Hyena replied by laying out on the hot sand and closing his eyes for a while he felt the hot sun on his skin begin to burn. Man am I going to get one mean sunburn when I wake he thought before passing out.
It was some time later when the sun began to set that Steven woke up Quatre by nabbing a snake the somehow got near the Arab. Leaping up Steven held the snake before letting it go in the sand by throwing it. Changing back into his animal form Quatre boarded the Hyena before it took off into the night. Being dark made the Gundam Pilot think of home in space the ever present darkness of space. The race under the sand also brought on another memory of a story one of his sisters told him. "I wonder what it would be like to be an Arabian Knight?" he whispered and Steven grunted running on into darkness.
Dawn settled on the lands far to the east just outside of Africa the land known as Arabia with its vast deserts stood forbidding to anyone who cross it. To the Maganacs and anyone who lives in this desert on their constant travels this is home. Rashid head of the Maganac Corps stood tall as he scanned the desert for his long lost friend. Ever since the attack in Africa Master Quatre had disappeared and he feared for the worse. The sun began to rise out of the darkness and caressed his face with its light. He closed his eyes and welcomed the warmth that it gave to him. He then bowed his head to the south and began his prayers to Allah in the direction of the city of Mecca. Once his prayers where said he gazed in the direction of the distant dunes. He then began his other duties when his radio clicked to life. "Rashid here," he said, "Sir we found something heading in our direction very rapidly," said another Maganac, "Is it a mobile suit?" he asked, "No sir it appears to be a large animal sir traveling at 370 miles an hour sir." He said and Rashid knew that something was up, "There is no way in hell that an animal can travel that fast." He said as he drew out his binoculars and turned to the direction of the distant dunes to the west. His binoculars did not see anything at first till he then saw it. It was a dark cloud making its way over to them with in its shadow stood another shadow running towards them. Zooming in closer he could make out the outline of an animal alright. "Sir shall we open fire," the radio said, Rashid then caught something on the animal's back. "No hold your fire get me a medical team NOW!" he said as he still could not believe his eyes.
Quatre held on as Steven ran towards the building running very fast now but not full speed as the demon knows that will kill him. He thought it was strange that a Hyena could travel so far and so fast but he had to remember that this was a demon. Demons are different then normal creatures so Hyena demons are travelers he concluded to himself. As they ran over the dunes it was then that he noticed the base ahead of him. Quatre recognized it immediately as the Maganac base. Telling Steven to slow down was an understatement to Quatre as the Hyena slowed down greatly but still was going pretty fast for him. The Base itself was on a hill so that way they can keep an eye out for invaders and enemies alike. Quatre smiled at this and it was then that he noticed Steven putting a little more speed into his run. At the base where some spikes for show and it was to Quatre's horror as he knew what the hyena was up to. "Steven stop you will kill us if we go between those." He said but the hyena did not listen instead he ran down the dune and up the hill smashing his shoulder against the spikes sending Quatre screaming upwards. (Sounds familiar, remember San from Mononoke Hime,)
Rashid was the first to respond to his masters screams as he saw Quatre flying though the air after being shot off from that beast. To his surprise when Quatre did not make the top of the wall and fall another form caught him and sailed to the top. Rashid was too shocked to register what just happened when the form landed safely in front of him. "Master Quatre are you alright?" he inquired aside from being badly sunburned the Arab was not harmed at the least. "No Rashid I am fine thanks to Steven," he said turning to the boy and it was then that Rashid noticed the boy's nudity. He immediately took off his shirt and gave it to the boy to put on. Steven also sensing what he was intending also complied. It was then that men came carrying guns and Steven acted. He leaped into the air and delivered a flying kick to the face of one of the men. They in turn tried to fight back with the demon who leaped from the wall to the floor of the base. He then grabbed a pole from the wall carrying a flag and began to twirl it around. "Steven stop they will not hurt you they where just worried about my safety that is all." Quatre's voice spoke over the wall and the demon complied. "Put down your weapons he thinks you are a threat." He said again and the Maganacs dropped their weapons.
Steven wore some of the clothes the Maganacs gave him which where a little too big for his small size. The demon began to walk around the base sniffing at different and new things to him. This amused Quatre a lot at seeing the demon be more of a child then his actual age. The demon continued to play with the staff that he had found in the base and to many proved to be quiet the warrior. He practiced with several of the Maganacs tried to get the best of him but he proved too much for them. Rashid watched as the boy demon took out all his men plus the mobile suits in one sweep. He was impressed by the boy's actions too completely hyper and innocent at the same time. This boy has a strong fighting spirit one that rivals Master Quatre's. Master Quatre said that this boy is one of the shadow assassins and I don't blame him after what I saw with him. The wind blew though his beard and spiky hair. I bet this child can even put the gundam's to shame. He thought to himself as he watched Quatre walk up to the boy with a live snake in his hand. "Here Steven I know how much you like live things and I thought I would bring you a little snack that I caught in the cellar." He said and the Hyena stopped what he was doing to regard the blonde before examining the snake. It was still alive but by the way Quatre held it is with expert precision. The snake withered and tried to get away its rattle going 280 with warning but Steven caught it with lighting precision and devoured it. The other Maganacs looked on in disgust that such a child could eat something so raw. "Master Quatre can't you teach this boy to eat some REAL food?" Abdul said with a little bit of green on his face. "I am sorry but you must remember that Steven is not a human but a demon. Demons do not eat normal food at least not all the time." He said remembering when Steven stolen some candy from the cook. Then he remembered all the trouble the little Hyena caused his poor men. But they have been in top shape since then. He smiled at the fact that his men have quite the workout with the monster. As they moved away from Steven towards the medical unit to work on licking their wounds Steven stood and turned to Quatre. "Did I hurt them badly again?" he asked and the Gundam Pilot nodded his head. "How many times do I have to tell you about controlling your powers Steven," he said with a stern voice, "But Steven is board and wants a real challenge." He said, "Well you don't have to worry I just got word that Wufei and a friend of yours is going to be here in a couple of weeks." And with that Steven began to lighten up, "Justin?" he said, "Yes don't you remember the fox demon Justin he is a friend of yours isn't he?" he asked and it was then that Steven's eyes became misty. Justin it has been so long since I last saw you and the others I saw something like Mart but it was male and it smelled wrong. I want to know how you and the others are doing. He thought as he stared at nothing not even noticing Quatre waving his hand in front of his face. The demon's eyes came into focus again as he regarded his new charge and cast his eyes down. "What is wrong Steven?" he said, "I miss all my friends," he said bluntly. Quatre felt the tears form in his eyes as he bent over and hugged the startled youth. "I know what it feels like to be alone I have lost my family in the war and the Maganacs is all that I have left." He said and this also made Steven think about a few things. Letting go of Quatre he raced into the building and came out again this time with a photo. "Is this your friends," he said holding up the picture of five boys all in front of some mobile suits. "Yes that is my friends they are like family to Me." he said a hint of sadness in his eyes, "What is wrong Quatre?" Steven asked him as he saw his friend's eyes begin to water. In the time Steven got to know the blonde Arab he came to find that his friend was a bit on the famine side not at all gay but famine. In his time people would have called him a Fag but Steven knew better he was all male even when he sees him checking them out. It is just that he is the only boy among 29 sisters. Now Steven would have drawn his conclusion about his parents until he found out that they where all test tube babies. Hanging his head low the demon decided to go to one of the watch towers to do some thinking. Leaping from roof to roof the demon made his way to the top of he building and over saw that he claimed as his domain. Quatre was stunned that Steven would do that but he figured that the demon did deserve some time to think. He walked up the stairs leading to the watch tower that Steven went to. When he got to the top he could hear sobbing of some sort coming from the bent form of the demon. "Steven?" he said and the Hyena turned to him. In deed he was crying and Quatre could tell from the puffiness of his face to the tear streaks in his eyes. "Steven what is wrong?" he said hugging the boy close like a brother would do to a younger sibling. "Steven saw dreams remember what Shenzi said very sad." He said and Quatre was taken by this. "What dreams?" he inquired, "Steven had dreams, dreams of other like me but he dressed in funny clothes he train Steven when Steven sleep. When I was sleeping before I met Quatre I dreamt of him. He taught me things about myself he taught me what to hunt and how to eat. He even taught me how to use my powers and how to use special staff." He said, "Special staff?" Quatre asked, "Yes he said that staff channels Youki demon powers to staff to make it perform magic." He said and Quatre was stunned, "Why are you telling me this?" he asked and the Hyena hugged the blonde closer to him. "Cause you are Steven's brother now you take care of me as I have watched you." He said and it was then that Quatre realized what more of a child Steven actually is. He remembered that the boy was taken from his family and forced to be a killing machine only to be changed into something else. His eyes filled with tears at the realization that this boy would never be able to have a normal life ever again. His hands gripped themselves into fist as he fought the urge to go on a rampage. He then remembered what happened the last time he went out of control and it was also then that he heard a soft purring sound. Quatre looked down to find the boy asleep in his arms. Picking him up he made his way down to his quarters and placed the boy on the spare bed. Picking himself up he walked out of the room a soft smile on his face as he closed the door. Pleasant dreams Steven.
TBC
Demon type: Hyena
Abilities: Able to endure extreme climate changes, last for long periods of time without water. Highly adaptable to new conditions, mischievous though not as much as a fox but is equivalent to one. A remarkable thief and pickpocket and able to break into the most secure of places. Approach with extreme caution for is highly agitated when around strangers.
Weapon of choice: Wind bow staff DNA originated from: Shenzi
CHAPTER 11: THE HYENA AND THE MAGANACS
The hot desert heat was what kept Quatre aware that he was still alive and about to die anytime. But as the days gone past he felt himself getting better as the poison left his system. On the back of the Hyena making their way across the desert he was in desperate need for water. The Hyena sensed this as well and was following his nose to the scent of water. The Arabian was very surprised at the speed that Steven traveled in the African country side. It was easy to avoid detection by enemy mobile suits thanks to the demon's speed. Quatre was just getting the hang of the ride when Steven stopped. Quatre hopped down a saw what it was that made Steven stop. It was an oasis that stood right in front of him. Walking towards it he gently cupped his hands and drank from the refreshing waters. Steven in his human form settled to eating scorpions and snakes that came near the pool before drinking himself. I would be hungry and thirsty too traveling nonstop at high speeds for such a long period of time. He thought to himself as Steven continued to drink till he was sated before changing again, "You should rest Steven it was a long journey and you need it." Quatre said out of concerned for they Hyena demon. "I can do fine," he said, "Rest," Quatre ordered and the Hyena replied by laying out on the hot sand and closing his eyes for a while he felt the hot sun on his skin begin to burn. Man am I going to get one mean sunburn when I wake he thought before passing out.
It was some time later when the sun began to set that Steven woke up Quatre by nabbing a snake the somehow got near the Arab. Leaping up Steven held the snake before letting it go in the sand by throwing it. Changing back into his animal form Quatre boarded the Hyena before it took off into the night. Being dark made the Gundam Pilot think of home in space the ever present darkness of space. The race under the sand also brought on another memory of a story one of his sisters told him. "I wonder what it would be like to be an Arabian Knight?" he whispered and Steven grunted running on into darkness.
Dawn settled on the lands far to the east just outside of Africa the land known as Arabia with its vast deserts stood forbidding to anyone who cross it. To the Maganacs and anyone who lives in this desert on their constant travels this is home. Rashid head of the Maganac Corps stood tall as he scanned the desert for his long lost friend. Ever since the attack in Africa Master Quatre had disappeared and he feared for the worse. The sun began to rise out of the darkness and caressed his face with its light. He closed his eyes and welcomed the warmth that it gave to him. He then bowed his head to the south and began his prayers to Allah in the direction of the city of Mecca. Once his prayers where said he gazed in the direction of the distant dunes. He then began his other duties when his radio clicked to life. "Rashid here," he said, "Sir we found something heading in our direction very rapidly," said another Maganac, "Is it a mobile suit?" he asked, "No sir it appears to be a large animal sir traveling at 370 miles an hour sir." He said and Rashid knew that something was up, "There is no way in hell that an animal can travel that fast." He said as he drew out his binoculars and turned to the direction of the distant dunes to the west. His binoculars did not see anything at first till he then saw it. It was a dark cloud making its way over to them with in its shadow stood another shadow running towards them. Zooming in closer he could make out the outline of an animal alright. "Sir shall we open fire," the radio said, Rashid then caught something on the animal's back. "No hold your fire get me a medical team NOW!" he said as he still could not believe his eyes.
Quatre held on as Steven ran towards the building running very fast now but not full speed as the demon knows that will kill him. He thought it was strange that a Hyena could travel so far and so fast but he had to remember that this was a demon. Demons are different then normal creatures so Hyena demons are travelers he concluded to himself. As they ran over the dunes it was then that he noticed the base ahead of him. Quatre recognized it immediately as the Maganac base. Telling Steven to slow down was an understatement to Quatre as the Hyena slowed down greatly but still was going pretty fast for him. The Base itself was on a hill so that way they can keep an eye out for invaders and enemies alike. Quatre smiled at this and it was then that he noticed Steven putting a little more speed into his run. At the base where some spikes for show and it was to Quatre's horror as he knew what the hyena was up to. "Steven stop you will kill us if we go between those." He said but the hyena did not listen instead he ran down the dune and up the hill smashing his shoulder against the spikes sending Quatre screaming upwards. (Sounds familiar, remember San from Mononoke Hime,)
Rashid was the first to respond to his masters screams as he saw Quatre flying though the air after being shot off from that beast. To his surprise when Quatre did not make the top of the wall and fall another form caught him and sailed to the top. Rashid was too shocked to register what just happened when the form landed safely in front of him. "Master Quatre are you alright?" he inquired aside from being badly sunburned the Arab was not harmed at the least. "No Rashid I am fine thanks to Steven," he said turning to the boy and it was then that Rashid noticed the boy's nudity. He immediately took off his shirt and gave it to the boy to put on. Steven also sensing what he was intending also complied. It was then that men came carrying guns and Steven acted. He leaped into the air and delivered a flying kick to the face of one of the men. They in turn tried to fight back with the demon who leaped from the wall to the floor of the base. He then grabbed a pole from the wall carrying a flag and began to twirl it around. "Steven stop they will not hurt you they where just worried about my safety that is all." Quatre's voice spoke over the wall and the demon complied. "Put down your weapons he thinks you are a threat." He said again and the Maganacs dropped their weapons.
Steven wore some of the clothes the Maganacs gave him which where a little too big for his small size. The demon began to walk around the base sniffing at different and new things to him. This amused Quatre a lot at seeing the demon be more of a child then his actual age. The demon continued to play with the staff that he had found in the base and to many proved to be quiet the warrior. He practiced with several of the Maganacs tried to get the best of him but he proved too much for them. Rashid watched as the boy demon took out all his men plus the mobile suits in one sweep. He was impressed by the boy's actions too completely hyper and innocent at the same time. This boy has a strong fighting spirit one that rivals Master Quatre's. Master Quatre said that this boy is one of the shadow assassins and I don't blame him after what I saw with him. The wind blew though his beard and spiky hair. I bet this child can even put the gundam's to shame. He thought to himself as he watched Quatre walk up to the boy with a live snake in his hand. "Here Steven I know how much you like live things and I thought I would bring you a little snack that I caught in the cellar." He said and the Hyena stopped what he was doing to regard the blonde before examining the snake. It was still alive but by the way Quatre held it is with expert precision. The snake withered and tried to get away its rattle going 280 with warning but Steven caught it with lighting precision and devoured it. The other Maganacs looked on in disgust that such a child could eat something so raw. "Master Quatre can't you teach this boy to eat some REAL food?" Abdul said with a little bit of green on his face. "I am sorry but you must remember that Steven is not a human but a demon. Demons do not eat normal food at least not all the time." He said remembering when Steven stolen some candy from the cook. Then he remembered all the trouble the little Hyena caused his poor men. But they have been in top shape since then. He smiled at the fact that his men have quite the workout with the monster. As they moved away from Steven towards the medical unit to work on licking their wounds Steven stood and turned to Quatre. "Did I hurt them badly again?" he asked and the Gundam Pilot nodded his head. "How many times do I have to tell you about controlling your powers Steven," he said with a stern voice, "But Steven is board and wants a real challenge." He said, "Well you don't have to worry I just got word that Wufei and a friend of yours is going to be here in a couple of weeks." And with that Steven began to lighten up, "Justin?" he said, "Yes don't you remember the fox demon Justin he is a friend of yours isn't he?" he asked and it was then that Steven's eyes became misty. Justin it has been so long since I last saw you and the others I saw something like Mart but it was male and it smelled wrong. I want to know how you and the others are doing. He thought as he stared at nothing not even noticing Quatre waving his hand in front of his face. The demon's eyes came into focus again as he regarded his new charge and cast his eyes down. "What is wrong Steven?" he said, "I miss all my friends," he said bluntly. Quatre felt the tears form in his eyes as he bent over and hugged the startled youth. "I know what it feels like to be alone I have lost my family in the war and the Maganacs is all that I have left." He said and this also made Steven think about a few things. Letting go of Quatre he raced into the building and came out again this time with a photo. "Is this your friends," he said holding up the picture of five boys all in front of some mobile suits. "Yes that is my friends they are like family to Me." he said a hint of sadness in his eyes, "What is wrong Quatre?" Steven asked him as he saw his friend's eyes begin to water. In the time Steven got to know the blonde Arab he came to find that his friend was a bit on the famine side not at all gay but famine. In his time people would have called him a Fag but Steven knew better he was all male even when he sees him checking them out. It is just that he is the only boy among 29 sisters. Now Steven would have drawn his conclusion about his parents until he found out that they where all test tube babies. Hanging his head low the demon decided to go to one of the watch towers to do some thinking. Leaping from roof to roof the demon made his way to the top of he building and over saw that he claimed as his domain. Quatre was stunned that Steven would do that but he figured that the demon did deserve some time to think. He walked up the stairs leading to the watch tower that Steven went to. When he got to the top he could hear sobbing of some sort coming from the bent form of the demon. "Steven?" he said and the Hyena turned to him. In deed he was crying and Quatre could tell from the puffiness of his face to the tear streaks in his eyes. "Steven what is wrong?" he said hugging the boy close like a brother would do to a younger sibling. "Steven saw dreams remember what Shenzi said very sad." He said and Quatre was taken by this. "What dreams?" he inquired, "Steven had dreams, dreams of other like me but he dressed in funny clothes he train Steven when Steven sleep. When I was sleeping before I met Quatre I dreamt of him. He taught me things about myself he taught me what to hunt and how to eat. He even taught me how to use my powers and how to use special staff." He said, "Special staff?" Quatre asked, "Yes he said that staff channels Youki demon powers to staff to make it perform magic." He said and Quatre was stunned, "Why are you telling me this?" he asked and the Hyena hugged the blonde closer to him. "Cause you are Steven's brother now you take care of me as I have watched you." He said and it was then that Quatre realized what more of a child Steven actually is. He remembered that the boy was taken from his family and forced to be a killing machine only to be changed into something else. His eyes filled with tears at the realization that this boy would never be able to have a normal life ever again. His hands gripped themselves into fist as he fought the urge to go on a rampage. He then remembered what happened the last time he went out of control and it was also then that he heard a soft purring sound. Quatre looked down to find the boy asleep in his arms. Picking him up he made his way down to his quarters and placed the boy on the spare bed. Picking himself up he walked out of the room a soft smile on his face as he closed the door. Pleasant dreams Steven.
TBC