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 12: attack of the Avengers
The soft wind blowing through the window had awoken Steven as he got up and stretched his tired muscles. Looking around he could see that he was in Quatre's room. Getting out of bed the young hyena made his way over to the bathing room. Since living in the desert is harsh; water is scarce so all people use it sparingly. But thanks to technology there is a way of taping water out of the air. The bathing pool was a welcoming sight to the young demon as he plunged head first into the spring. Indulging himself in the cool water the hyena began the long process of cleaning himself off scribing every part of his body. When he was done he cleaned the long blonde mane of hair on his head. Getting out he shook himself dry and grabbed a towel to dry his hair. He then gone to the mirror to look at himself and was surprised by the length of his hair. It is all the way down to his feet touching the floor at the very tips. A soft scent filled his nostrils as Steven turned to find Quatre by the bed getting some clothes for the boy. He carried also in his hand a brush. "Can you do me a favor?" Steven asked, "Yes what is it?" Quatre inquired, "Can you cut my hair it seemed to grow a little too long for my tastes." He said and Quatre was happy to comply.
Some time later Steven began to admire himself in the mirror at the new hair cut his hair is not up to his ears but still retains that wild look to him. He smiled a toothy smile that got many people nervous because of the length of his canines. He then walked outside to the desert his staff in hand. From the rooftops of the base Abdul and Rashid talked about the boy as he gone to find something to eat. They watched as the hyena decided to attack a herd of camels that where grazing nearby on a patch of bushes. It was hard to find them in the desert but to the hyena food is food as Rashid saw him pounce on an unsuspecting youngling and began to devour it. "That boy is strange," said Abdul, "Indeed but he is not human after all and I would not call him a boy by normal standards he is a few hundred years older then us," said Rashid, "So master Quatre was telling the truth then about the so called Shadow assassin." replied Abdul, "Indeed he was telling the truth especially about this boy after all no child would possess skills to the extreme nor can he transform into a Hyena at will." Rashid said with a slight smile on his face, "The boy Steven seems to be like a child though his age is the give away I can't believe that someone in the past would do that to such a child or children for that matter." He sighed, "No one deserves much treatment," "You are thinking of Master Quatre are you?" Abdul said and Rashid nodded, "He is like the abused little brother to us Maganacs and we just took in another of the abused children in one even more abused then Master Quatre. For Steven had lost more then family he had lost his humanity," Rashid whispered but Abdul caught that phrase. He then turned again back to the boy who was busy consuming his kill while the other Camels have long since vanished into the dunes of the desert. On the other side of the Tower Quatre watched the demon consume the camel and could not help but think about the recent event surrounding him. In a few weeks he will be reunited with a friend that he has not seen in over five hundred years I wonder what it would be like when they meet. From what I heard from Wufei Justin is just as much a trouble maker as Steven especially when he is hungry and on the hunt. They are just children who had their families taken away from them as well as their humanity taken away. These children never got the chance to grow up normal and even if they did they would not have escaped the war at that time. I guess he in a way is a lot like Duo trying to hide his bloodied hands behind a smile or he does not understand at all the lives he has destroyed. He thought as the desert winds began to pick up and flow through his hair letting the blonde mass dance in the wind. He sighed again, then again he does know of the deaths he caused in the past and is trying to live with them. Maybe that is why he is protecting me I have noticed this out of all the people here. He is very protective of me and won't let no one hurt me like the day Marik accidentally hit me with the wrench while working on Sandrock Steven sent him to the medical unit. I had to explain to him it was an accident but I guess he is getting use to his powers. Without the transmitter the world is a whole new place to him. As I watch him eat I can see that he has accepted that part of him. But the thing I get from him when he sleeps and what he told me about his dreams is really disturbing. I can see him training with that other Hyena Shenzi was his name I guess even dead demons will not rest till justice is done. I bet right now that all the Shadow Assassins will want answers to the many questions that they have about our world. Steven is already being tutored my Leila my niece who is a school teacher and he has proven to be very smart as well lets just hope that he does not fail on that one. He sighed again as he let his mind drift to further thoughts he turned his head to see Rashid and Abdul also watching Steven eat his kill his Hyena form tearing into everything not leaving a single bone untouched. A comm. Beeped and Quatre jumped out of his thoughts to answer his cell, "Preventer Sandstorm here?" he said, "Oh good Quatre I am finally able to reach you," said Lady Une on the other line she sounded severe. Quatre nodded his head in time, "What is it General?" he said, "I hear you have a Shadow Assassin in your custody now?" she said, "Yes I do his name is Steven the hyena," replied Quatre, "Excellent we have two now and the Avengers only have one. Did you by chance get in contact with Yuy yet?" she said, "No why has something happened to him?" gasped Quatre, "He has not reported in on time from the colonies and I fear we have a problem on hand." Une replied, "Not like Heero at all," Quatre said, "It is unlike him to not report on time no matter the circumstances for all I know he could be capture by the enemy." He could see Une nod on the other end, "I am just wanting to check that is all what is the progress of your Assassin," she said changing the subject, "Steven is healthy he is now eating he is only a child which one does the enemy have?" he questioned, "Moro no Kimi the adult of the group and the most powerful but a recent report by Justin told us that something is not right with Moro." Inquired Une, "Has something happened to Moro or is it just from the restraint charms on her," said Quatre, "No from Justin's latest report on Moro's attack he said she smelled male," "Male?" Quatre questioned, "Ask Steven about it he might know something that Justin might have missed." She said, "Une out," and with that the phone hung up. The blonde sighed as he turned to look at his charge finishing up the last of the camel leaving nothing. Getting up he stared at Quatre his cold blue eyes shown brightly in the sun gave the eerie glow that sent shivers down any man's spine but not Quatre he knew that look it is of a sated hunter and it was time to turn in. Quatre turned away from Steven as he lay on the sands to digest his latest meal. Turning towards the fortress Quatre began to walk towards his office his mind in a turmoil at the reports that Une gave. So Steven was not the only one that noticed the difference in Moro I felt it as well with my empathy. The only thing is, is that the aura that Moro was projecting was somewhat familiar as if I knew Moro before. But Steven said he smelled of a male when the reports stated that Moro is a female. His mind continued to think as he automatically found his office and entered the sparsely furnished room. It only held one desk and many books on a single shelf with a huge window that showed the outside. It was air conditioned which made Quatre feel a little better. He sat behind his desk and began to file papers for his company the Winner Corp. He then stopped to gaze at the picture of his friends during the war. It was Trowa's sister Catherine that did the photo of all of them. The pictures are in two frames one with just the pilots and the gundams in the back ground and the other is of all of them before the latest war. That was two years ago this war has lasted longer then the previous two. Quatre pondered he then picked up the one with just the pilots to gaze at all of them. During the years the boys grew in size and filled out a lot. Trowa being the tallest of the group at a height of 6'8 next on the list was Duo at 6'5 then came the other three at 6'3 and in Heero's case 6'4 and a half. He smiled they where all short during the war but time sure made up for it. Sighing Quatre put the picture down and filed through the papers to make sure nothing else went wrong. His sisters where running the company now but some things had to be done by him or needs his approval first.
Several hours went by when Quatre finally finished the papers and he rubbed his sore hands. Having a company to run was sure hard business but to him he managed fine. But then he felt something that did not belong it was a coldness that he normally would feel when something was not in its proper place.
Rashid was on the tower overlooking the desert when Quatre came up to the top. "Master Quatre," he nodded, "Something is wrong," he said and Rashid nodded, "Yes your demon friend sensed it too something is not right." Replied Rashid just then Rashid's cell phone rang. "Rashid here," he said and Quatre listened in to the conversation. The leader of the Maganacs hung up after about a few minutes of conversation. "Communications said that an emergency signal has been sent to here from Preventer's headquarters saying that it was a signal from Heero." He said, "Heero?" Quatre jumped, "He has been missing for a long time," it was then that Rashid played the message.
"This is Preventer....ro......re..st....sist....at....ny...7....han.....shadow...." Quatre was stunned by the sound of Heero's voice it was stressed and weak as if he took a beating. "I can't make out what he is trying to say it is broken up," said Quatre and he was stunned that the image of Heero was badly blurred due to the communications delay. He saw a flash of while that was constant on the screen then nothing.
MEANWHILE IN CIRO AVENGERS BASE VALLEY OF THE KINGS EGYPT
A lone figure huddled in the prison cell he was naked and badly beaten he was bleeding in several areas but he knew that his failure meant severe beatings from his masters. They where not pleased that he was trying to call for help in the outside world and had punished him badly. He was not pleased at all for he tried to kill himself many times only to be stopped by the master. "I don't want you to kill yourself yet my Hanyou for as long as you carry that demon within you she must be asleep so she can be easy to control." He did something that he had not done in a long time he began to shed tears. He was broken and battered his soul consumed with despair. He was a wild spirit unstoppable by anyone not even the armies of Oz or the White Fang. Yet here he is now lost to the world his friends probably thought of him as dead and lost to them. He lifted a clawed hand through silky silver on his head his hand moved down to his pointy ears and his eyes gazed down at his hands. They where once human hands now they are claws, the claws of a monster that had ripped thousands no millions to pieces and consumed their flesh and enjoyed it. He was ashamed to turn into such a cannibal that was what broken his spirit his body forced him to do something that his mind refused to do and that was eat. He turned back to the strange memories that he had with the other in his body. The other ever since he was placed there was always asleep never to wake his masters have done that to him. His mind continued to wonder to the sleeping spirit a monster more dangerous then him one that had killed billions and consumed their flesh a true demon. Yet as he looked into its mind he found that the demon was not so evil after all. His master could not control this monster so they used him as a medium to control the demon so that way it can't awaken. He grew even more afraid of the monster within him his heart also felt something else for it pity. Yes that was it pity for it was once innocent till it was changed then it went on a rampage killing all because the master said so it was forced to obey the masters will. But its suffering is more then his will ever be. He was raped, experimented on, beaten but he knew it was nothing compared to the demon within him. She had suffered more then him and will stay in sleep till someone can awaken it. He heard voices in his head again and knew who they where they where the ghosts that come to bother him and make him train. They do not train like the humans made him do but worse but they help him maintain his sanity. They kept him alive and filled him with hope and so he listened to them both. They told him to be patient and so he shall.
Steven lifted his head up the winds blowing in his direction from the distant desert. His ears poised and listened for the slightest of sounds coming from all directions. He could see Quatre discussing something with the one they call Rashid but it was not that the Steven heard. Turning from that direction he headed towards the wind. He could smell the burning fuel and heard the crashing footfalls of something big. Crawling to the top of the dune the shadow assassin peered over the dunes. Having keen eyesight was essential to a demon and Steven was no exception he gazed at the distant horizon and found what he was looking for. They where mobile dolls that he could tell from what Quatre told him by their shear size and bulk they are the pilot less mobile suits that do nothing but destroy. Running back as fast as his legs could carry him Steven made his way back to the base. Quatre felt something was wrong when he saw Steven running at full speed across the sands towards the base. The hyena demon then leaped into the air to land gracefully on the rail. "What is it Steven?" Quatre said when the alarms went off, "Everyone Mobile dolls have been sighted about three miles south of the base all personnel evacuate base. I repeat all personnel evacuate base and prepare for attack. All mobile suit pilots report to hangar immediately." Said the communications person on the overhead when the alarms blared. That was all the jump that Quatre needed to race down the hall towards his newly rebuilt gundam Sandrock. Rashid stared at Steven, "You better get to safety young man for it will get ugly," he said before racing off leaving Steven to himself. "No I fight for Quatre he my only master," Steven said as he got up and grabbed his staff.
The mobile doll troops marched along the sands of the desert awaiting to get at the Maganac base. They began to open fire from afar off and where met with return fire from the mobile suits within. The mobile dolls consisted of Virgo's 1 and 2 models as well as mobile torsos suits. The giant robots began to spread their shields to protect themselves as well as fire back. They where met by two heat shotels being slammed against them. A gundam coming out of the fire and hot sands in their place. "Damn these Avengers they sent only mobile dolls this time," screamed Abdul who was slicing others off with his beam saber and shooting at the far off ones. "What are they thinking Master Quatre," questioned Rashid, "I do not know," Quatre replied for he had never seen a strategy like this send out a mass of mobile dolls against the one base then it dawned on him. "The mobile dolls are a distraction the real troops are in the base," he said and turned the Gundam around to head back to the base.
Steven was fighting off as many mobile suits as he could with him and his bow staff. With his demonic strength he is able to defeat many mobile suits but still size was a problem and an advantage. The problem was that Steven was not doing enough damage with just his weapon and his claws and the advantage was that the suits have a harder time aiming at him. Steven's speed also helped for it prevented them from further targeting him as he darted through their legs. A blast from another suit brought Steven to his senses as he turned to find Quatre and the Sandrock gundam fighting off the remainder of the suits. But because they are only the gundam it was not able to handle that many suits. More began to pour in from the dunes and left them both at a disadvantage. To the hyena's horror he saw as Sandrock was hit and felled. More powerful serpent suits began to fill the scene aside from the usual Leo's and Aries suits and several gun tankers helped too in bringing down the mighty gundam. Anger began to course through Steven's veins as he gripped the handle of the staff in his hands. A deep growl began to form as his eyes flared red. Twirling his staff around he began to glow as a very strong wind began to form. The sands began to gather around the demon as he summoned up his power.
Quatre fought off thirty suits at a time but soon as reinforcements showed he was in deep trouble. Getting up he was bombarded again by missiles and he could feel himself fall to the ground. He could not get up as a metal foot pressed on the chest of Sandrock and held him in place. "Well gundam we might get out chance to avenge the deaths of the loved ones that you killed," said the pilot before cutting off the line. Quatre stirred as he tried to get the controls to move but the foot continued to pin him in place. It was then that he clutched his heart in pain. He could feel it anger and pure rage filled his heart but it was not his to begin with. "Steven?" he said as he felt a rise in power.
Steven ran as fast as he could to his master dancing past bullets, lasers, and missiles and he glided his way towards the fallen gundam. Dark energy rose as his anger grew watching his master being pinned by the large suit as it continued to fire at it. "LET MY MASTER GO!" he roared as he leaped into the air twirling his staff and began to swing it down. "DIAMOND SAND STORM!" he yelled and released a huge amount of power at the mobile suit. The wind and sand that where blowing around him condensed and shot out.
Quatre watched through the monitors as the mobile suit was suddenly slammed by the force unlike anything it has ever encountered. The slam hit him square and sent the serpent flying into a dune where it exploded with a brilliant light. The blast did not stop there it traveled till it hit ever single enemy suit in its way till there was nothing left. He sat in the cockpit amazed as Steven slowly floated down to the ground his blond hair dancing in the wind. He landed on Sandrock's chest and walked up to the head where he sat on the shoulder while the mobile suit slowly began to rise. It was then that Steven leaped off the mobile suit and ran into the dunes and from scanning with his sensors Quatre found another group of suits waiting.
The Maganacs where too busy fighting off the mobile dolls to help Quatre out when a sudden explosion filled the scene. Sand and dust filled the air and the suits where currently unable to do anything. Surprise filled their ears as a few more suits began to explode.
One of the dolls turned to find a pair of claws slashing right through it and down the middle. The Maganacs turned in surprise to see a giant Hyena leaping from the dust cloud and land before the mobile suits. A grateful Rashid waved to the Hyena who only chirped a reply and attacked the next group of dolls. The hyena again leaped into the air and transformed back into its humanoid shape and twirled the staff that it called up. Powering up again Steven unleashed the full power of the wind bow staff, "DIAMOND SAND STORM" he called and sent the winds directly into the rest of the dolls destroying them all.
SPACE COLONY L1
"Report," said Mark as one of his men came online, "Mission failure sir it seems that there was a unknown anomaly there sir," said the man on the screen, "Explain," said Mark Ellison, "Well sir we have been defeated by a young boy with unusual powers," Mark only gave the man a cold stare telling him to go on. "He changed into a monster and killed half our troops and eliminated the rest with some powerful sandstorm," with that he sent the footage to Mark who smirked, "Report back to base if there is any soldiers left with draw as well," "Yes sir," said the soldier as he hung up leaving Mark still smirking. So it appears we have a Shadow Assassin at that base eh that base was a key element to getting at the capital mobile suit factory in Baghdad. Ever since I started this little war with earth again all weapons have been coming back online including the incredible mobile suits. But now that I see it so are the gundams the most powerful of them all. No matter my plans will succeed after all I have not only the most powerful demon in the world but the most powerful pilot under my control. He smirked as he read through the files on one called Heero Yuy.
The base was not damaged that much so what was damaged was easily repaired. But the watches are doubled the normal amount given time so that the enemy could not sneak up on them like last time. Steven was on triple alert for his heightened senses proved useful. In the times since he was on watch many suits tried to attack them again but only successfully taken out the communications systems. He glanced to the east hoping to see some help come through on the desert winds. His ears picked up the sounds of a camel coming from the grunts and strain that the animal was taking he could tell that someone was coming and by the smell of it no one friendly.
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 12: attack of the Avengers
The soft wind blowing through the window had awoken Steven as he got up and stretched his tired muscles. Looking around he could see that he was in Quatre's room. Getting out of bed the young hyena made his way over to the bathing room. Since living in the desert is harsh; water is scarce so all people use it sparingly. But thanks to technology there is a way of taping water out of the air. The bathing pool was a welcoming sight to the young demon as he plunged head first into the spring. Indulging himself in the cool water the hyena began the long process of cleaning himself off scribing every part of his body. When he was done he cleaned the long blonde mane of hair on his head. Getting out he shook himself dry and grabbed a towel to dry his hair. He then gone to the mirror to look at himself and was surprised by the length of his hair. It is all the way down to his feet touching the floor at the very tips. A soft scent filled his nostrils as Steven turned to find Quatre by the bed getting some clothes for the boy. He carried also in his hand a brush. "Can you do me a favor?" Steven asked, "Yes what is it?" Quatre inquired, "Can you cut my hair it seemed to grow a little too long for my tastes." He said and Quatre was happy to comply.
Some time later Steven began to admire himself in the mirror at the new hair cut his hair is not up to his ears but still retains that wild look to him. He smiled a toothy smile that got many people nervous because of the length of his canines. He then walked outside to the desert his staff in hand. From the rooftops of the base Abdul and Rashid talked about the boy as he gone to find something to eat. They watched as the hyena decided to attack a herd of camels that where grazing nearby on a patch of bushes. It was hard to find them in the desert but to the hyena food is food as Rashid saw him pounce on an unsuspecting youngling and began to devour it. "That boy is strange," said Abdul, "Indeed but he is not human after all and I would not call him a boy by normal standards he is a few hundred years older then us," said Rashid, "So master Quatre was telling the truth then about the so called Shadow assassin." replied Abdul, "Indeed he was telling the truth especially about this boy after all no child would possess skills to the extreme nor can he transform into a Hyena at will." Rashid said with a slight smile on his face, "The boy Steven seems to be like a child though his age is the give away I can't believe that someone in the past would do that to such a child or children for that matter." He sighed, "No one deserves much treatment," "You are thinking of Master Quatre are you?" Abdul said and Rashid nodded, "He is like the abused little brother to us Maganacs and we just took in another of the abused children in one even more abused then Master Quatre. For Steven had lost more then family he had lost his humanity," Rashid whispered but Abdul caught that phrase. He then turned again back to the boy who was busy consuming his kill while the other Camels have long since vanished into the dunes of the desert. On the other side of the Tower Quatre watched the demon consume the camel and could not help but think about the recent event surrounding him. In a few weeks he will be reunited with a friend that he has not seen in over five hundred years I wonder what it would be like when they meet. From what I heard from Wufei Justin is just as much a trouble maker as Steven especially when he is hungry and on the hunt. They are just children who had their families taken away from them as well as their humanity taken away. These children never got the chance to grow up normal and even if they did they would not have escaped the war at that time. I guess he in a way is a lot like Duo trying to hide his bloodied hands behind a smile or he does not understand at all the lives he has destroyed. He thought as the desert winds began to pick up and flow through his hair letting the blonde mass dance in the wind. He sighed again, then again he does know of the deaths he caused in the past and is trying to live with them. Maybe that is why he is protecting me I have noticed this out of all the people here. He is very protective of me and won't let no one hurt me like the day Marik accidentally hit me with the wrench while working on Sandrock Steven sent him to the medical unit. I had to explain to him it was an accident but I guess he is getting use to his powers. Without the transmitter the world is a whole new place to him. As I watch him eat I can see that he has accepted that part of him. But the thing I get from him when he sleeps and what he told me about his dreams is really disturbing. I can see him training with that other Hyena Shenzi was his name I guess even dead demons will not rest till justice is done. I bet right now that all the Shadow Assassins will want answers to the many questions that they have about our world. Steven is already being tutored my Leila my niece who is a school teacher and he has proven to be very smart as well lets just hope that he does not fail on that one. He sighed again as he let his mind drift to further thoughts he turned his head to see Rashid and Abdul also watching Steven eat his kill his Hyena form tearing into everything not leaving a single bone untouched. A comm. Beeped and Quatre jumped out of his thoughts to answer his cell, "Preventer Sandstorm here?" he said, "Oh good Quatre I am finally able to reach you," said Lady Une on the other line she sounded severe. Quatre nodded his head in time, "What is it General?" he said, "I hear you have a Shadow Assassin in your custody now?" she said, "Yes I do his name is Steven the hyena," replied Quatre, "Excellent we have two now and the Avengers only have one. Did you by chance get in contact with Yuy yet?" she said, "No why has something happened to him?" gasped Quatre, "He has not reported in on time from the colonies and I fear we have a problem on hand." Une replied, "Not like Heero at all," Quatre said, "It is unlike him to not report on time no matter the circumstances for all I know he could be capture by the enemy." He could see Une nod on the other end, "I am just wanting to check that is all what is the progress of your Assassin," she said changing the subject, "Steven is healthy he is now eating he is only a child which one does the enemy have?" he questioned, "Moro no Kimi the adult of the group and the most powerful but a recent report by Justin told us that something is not right with Moro." Inquired Une, "Has something happened to Moro or is it just from the restraint charms on her," said Quatre, "No from Justin's latest report on Moro's attack he said she smelled male," "Male?" Quatre questioned, "Ask Steven about it he might know something that Justin might have missed." She said, "Une out," and with that the phone hung up. The blonde sighed as he turned to look at his charge finishing up the last of the camel leaving nothing. Getting up he stared at Quatre his cold blue eyes shown brightly in the sun gave the eerie glow that sent shivers down any man's spine but not Quatre he knew that look it is of a sated hunter and it was time to turn in. Quatre turned away from Steven as he lay on the sands to digest his latest meal. Turning towards the fortress Quatre began to walk towards his office his mind in a turmoil at the reports that Une gave. So Steven was not the only one that noticed the difference in Moro I felt it as well with my empathy. The only thing is, is that the aura that Moro was projecting was somewhat familiar as if I knew Moro before. But Steven said he smelled of a male when the reports stated that Moro is a female. His mind continued to think as he automatically found his office and entered the sparsely furnished room. It only held one desk and many books on a single shelf with a huge window that showed the outside. It was air conditioned which made Quatre feel a little better. He sat behind his desk and began to file papers for his company the Winner Corp. He then stopped to gaze at the picture of his friends during the war. It was Trowa's sister Catherine that did the photo of all of them. The pictures are in two frames one with just the pilots and the gundams in the back ground and the other is of all of them before the latest war. That was two years ago this war has lasted longer then the previous two. Quatre pondered he then picked up the one with just the pilots to gaze at all of them. During the years the boys grew in size and filled out a lot. Trowa being the tallest of the group at a height of 6'8 next on the list was Duo at 6'5 then came the other three at 6'3 and in Heero's case 6'4 and a half. He smiled they where all short during the war but time sure made up for it. Sighing Quatre put the picture down and filed through the papers to make sure nothing else went wrong. His sisters where running the company now but some things had to be done by him or needs his approval first.
Several hours went by when Quatre finally finished the papers and he rubbed his sore hands. Having a company to run was sure hard business but to him he managed fine. But then he felt something that did not belong it was a coldness that he normally would feel when something was not in its proper place.
Rashid was on the tower overlooking the desert when Quatre came up to the top. "Master Quatre," he nodded, "Something is wrong," he said and Rashid nodded, "Yes your demon friend sensed it too something is not right." Replied Rashid just then Rashid's cell phone rang. "Rashid here," he said and Quatre listened in to the conversation. The leader of the Maganacs hung up after about a few minutes of conversation. "Communications said that an emergency signal has been sent to here from Preventer's headquarters saying that it was a signal from Heero." He said, "Heero?" Quatre jumped, "He has been missing for a long time," it was then that Rashid played the message.
"This is Preventer....ro......re..st....sist....at....ny...7....han.....shadow...." Quatre was stunned by the sound of Heero's voice it was stressed and weak as if he took a beating. "I can't make out what he is trying to say it is broken up," said Quatre and he was stunned that the image of Heero was badly blurred due to the communications delay. He saw a flash of while that was constant on the screen then nothing.
MEANWHILE IN CIRO AVENGERS BASE VALLEY OF THE KINGS EGYPT
A lone figure huddled in the prison cell he was naked and badly beaten he was bleeding in several areas but he knew that his failure meant severe beatings from his masters. They where not pleased that he was trying to call for help in the outside world and had punished him badly. He was not pleased at all for he tried to kill himself many times only to be stopped by the master. "I don't want you to kill yourself yet my Hanyou for as long as you carry that demon within you she must be asleep so she can be easy to control." He did something that he had not done in a long time he began to shed tears. He was broken and battered his soul consumed with despair. He was a wild spirit unstoppable by anyone not even the armies of Oz or the White Fang. Yet here he is now lost to the world his friends probably thought of him as dead and lost to them. He lifted a clawed hand through silky silver on his head his hand moved down to his pointy ears and his eyes gazed down at his hands. They where once human hands now they are claws, the claws of a monster that had ripped thousands no millions to pieces and consumed their flesh and enjoyed it. He was ashamed to turn into such a cannibal that was what broken his spirit his body forced him to do something that his mind refused to do and that was eat. He turned back to the strange memories that he had with the other in his body. The other ever since he was placed there was always asleep never to wake his masters have done that to him. His mind continued to wonder to the sleeping spirit a monster more dangerous then him one that had killed billions and consumed their flesh a true demon. Yet as he looked into its mind he found that the demon was not so evil after all. His master could not control this monster so they used him as a medium to control the demon so that way it can't awaken. He grew even more afraid of the monster within him his heart also felt something else for it pity. Yes that was it pity for it was once innocent till it was changed then it went on a rampage killing all because the master said so it was forced to obey the masters will. But its suffering is more then his will ever be. He was raped, experimented on, beaten but he knew it was nothing compared to the demon within him. She had suffered more then him and will stay in sleep till someone can awaken it. He heard voices in his head again and knew who they where they where the ghosts that come to bother him and make him train. They do not train like the humans made him do but worse but they help him maintain his sanity. They kept him alive and filled him with hope and so he listened to them both. They told him to be patient and so he shall.
Steven lifted his head up the winds blowing in his direction from the distant desert. His ears poised and listened for the slightest of sounds coming from all directions. He could see Quatre discussing something with the one they call Rashid but it was not that the Steven heard. Turning from that direction he headed towards the wind. He could smell the burning fuel and heard the crashing footfalls of something big. Crawling to the top of the dune the shadow assassin peered over the dunes. Having keen eyesight was essential to a demon and Steven was no exception he gazed at the distant horizon and found what he was looking for. They where mobile dolls that he could tell from what Quatre told him by their shear size and bulk they are the pilot less mobile suits that do nothing but destroy. Running back as fast as his legs could carry him Steven made his way back to the base. Quatre felt something was wrong when he saw Steven running at full speed across the sands towards the base. The hyena demon then leaped into the air to land gracefully on the rail. "What is it Steven?" Quatre said when the alarms went off, "Everyone Mobile dolls have been sighted about three miles south of the base all personnel evacuate base. I repeat all personnel evacuate base and prepare for attack. All mobile suit pilots report to hangar immediately." Said the communications person on the overhead when the alarms blared. That was all the jump that Quatre needed to race down the hall towards his newly rebuilt gundam Sandrock. Rashid stared at Steven, "You better get to safety young man for it will get ugly," he said before racing off leaving Steven to himself. "No I fight for Quatre he my only master," Steven said as he got up and grabbed his staff.
The mobile doll troops marched along the sands of the desert awaiting to get at the Maganac base. They began to open fire from afar off and where met with return fire from the mobile suits within. The mobile dolls consisted of Virgo's 1 and 2 models as well as mobile torsos suits. The giant robots began to spread their shields to protect themselves as well as fire back. They where met by two heat shotels being slammed against them. A gundam coming out of the fire and hot sands in their place. "Damn these Avengers they sent only mobile dolls this time," screamed Abdul who was slicing others off with his beam saber and shooting at the far off ones. "What are they thinking Master Quatre," questioned Rashid, "I do not know," Quatre replied for he had never seen a strategy like this send out a mass of mobile dolls against the one base then it dawned on him. "The mobile dolls are a distraction the real troops are in the base," he said and turned the Gundam around to head back to the base.
Steven was fighting off as many mobile suits as he could with him and his bow staff. With his demonic strength he is able to defeat many mobile suits but still size was a problem and an advantage. The problem was that Steven was not doing enough damage with just his weapon and his claws and the advantage was that the suits have a harder time aiming at him. Steven's speed also helped for it prevented them from further targeting him as he darted through their legs. A blast from another suit brought Steven to his senses as he turned to find Quatre and the Sandrock gundam fighting off the remainder of the suits. But because they are only the gundam it was not able to handle that many suits. More began to pour in from the dunes and left them both at a disadvantage. To the hyena's horror he saw as Sandrock was hit and felled. More powerful serpent suits began to fill the scene aside from the usual Leo's and Aries suits and several gun tankers helped too in bringing down the mighty gundam. Anger began to course through Steven's veins as he gripped the handle of the staff in his hands. A deep growl began to form as his eyes flared red. Twirling his staff around he began to glow as a very strong wind began to form. The sands began to gather around the demon as he summoned up his power.
Quatre fought off thirty suits at a time but soon as reinforcements showed he was in deep trouble. Getting up he was bombarded again by missiles and he could feel himself fall to the ground. He could not get up as a metal foot pressed on the chest of Sandrock and held him in place. "Well gundam we might get out chance to avenge the deaths of the loved ones that you killed," said the pilot before cutting off the line. Quatre stirred as he tried to get the controls to move but the foot continued to pin him in place. It was then that he clutched his heart in pain. He could feel it anger and pure rage filled his heart but it was not his to begin with. "Steven?" he said as he felt a rise in power.
Steven ran as fast as he could to his master dancing past bullets, lasers, and missiles and he glided his way towards the fallen gundam. Dark energy rose as his anger grew watching his master being pinned by the large suit as it continued to fire at it. "LET MY MASTER GO!" he roared as he leaped into the air twirling his staff and began to swing it down. "DIAMOND SAND STORM!" he yelled and released a huge amount of power at the mobile suit. The wind and sand that where blowing around him condensed and shot out.
Quatre watched through the monitors as the mobile suit was suddenly slammed by the force unlike anything it has ever encountered. The slam hit him square and sent the serpent flying into a dune where it exploded with a brilliant light. The blast did not stop there it traveled till it hit ever single enemy suit in its way till there was nothing left. He sat in the cockpit amazed as Steven slowly floated down to the ground his blond hair dancing in the wind. He landed on Sandrock's chest and walked up to the head where he sat on the shoulder while the mobile suit slowly began to rise. It was then that Steven leaped off the mobile suit and ran into the dunes and from scanning with his sensors Quatre found another group of suits waiting.
The Maganacs where too busy fighting off the mobile dolls to help Quatre out when a sudden explosion filled the scene. Sand and dust filled the air and the suits where currently unable to do anything. Surprise filled their ears as a few more suits began to explode.
One of the dolls turned to find a pair of claws slashing right through it and down the middle. The Maganacs turned in surprise to see a giant Hyena leaping from the dust cloud and land before the mobile suits. A grateful Rashid waved to the Hyena who only chirped a reply and attacked the next group of dolls. The hyena again leaped into the air and transformed back into its humanoid shape and twirled the staff that it called up. Powering up again Steven unleashed the full power of the wind bow staff, "DIAMOND SAND STORM" he called and sent the winds directly into the rest of the dolls destroying them all.
SPACE COLONY L1
"Report," said Mark as one of his men came online, "Mission failure sir it seems that there was a unknown anomaly there sir," said the man on the screen, "Explain," said Mark Ellison, "Well sir we have been defeated by a young boy with unusual powers," Mark only gave the man a cold stare telling him to go on. "He changed into a monster and killed half our troops and eliminated the rest with some powerful sandstorm," with that he sent the footage to Mark who smirked, "Report back to base if there is any soldiers left with draw as well," "Yes sir," said the soldier as he hung up leaving Mark still smirking. So it appears we have a Shadow Assassin at that base eh that base was a key element to getting at the capital mobile suit factory in Baghdad. Ever since I started this little war with earth again all weapons have been coming back online including the incredible mobile suits. But now that I see it so are the gundams the most powerful of them all. No matter my plans will succeed after all I have not only the most powerful demon in the world but the most powerful pilot under my control. He smirked as he read through the files on one called Heero Yuy.
The base was not damaged that much so what was damaged was easily repaired. But the watches are doubled the normal amount given time so that the enemy could not sneak up on them like last time. Steven was on triple alert for his heightened senses proved useful. In the times since he was on watch many suits tried to attack them again but only successfully taken out the communications systems. He glanced to the east hoping to see some help come through on the desert winds. His ears picked up the sounds of a camel coming from the grunts and strain that the animal was taking he could tell that someone was coming and by the smell of it no one friendly.