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
DISCLAIMER: I APPLOGIZE TO THOSE OF YOU WHO THINK THIS IS NOT THAT GREAT OF A STORY DUE TO GRAMMAR ERRORS OR LACK OF SOMETHING. I INTENTIONALLY HAD IT PLANNED TO HAVE MORE IN EACH CHAPTER BUT SCHOOL, WORK AND BABYSITTING GETS IN THE WAY SO YOU ARE STUCK WITH WHAT YOU GOT BUT I WILL TELL YOU NOW THAT I WILL PLAN TO PUT MORE DETAILS IN THE NEXT FEW CHAPTERS UNLESS SOMETHING ELSE COMES UP.
RECOVERY AND REUNION
Three days since the attack at the crack of dawn a distant plane was heard above the fortress. Justin having been assigned guard duty was on watch as the plane opened its rear and a mobile suit began to fall. As it fell another fell with it and Justin's heart went out as he saw someone that he had not seen at all in over five hundred years. The suit made a landing and by judging by its looks Justin could tell it was another gundam. The boy's dark red almost black hair flowed with the breeze as his tail flicked back and forward. The tiger and the gundam landed and Justin gave a long howl and it was replied with a roar. Quatre and Wufei along with some of the Maganacs came to investigate to find a small tiger demon with the Heavyarms Gundam behind it. The gundam then raised a hand and was greeted by having the hangar door open. The tiger on the other hand bounded up to the wall and transformed into its human form. The boy it had become hugged Justin and Quatre had to smile at the reunion. When they parted he took in the appearance of the other boy. Compared to Justin this boy was clearly smaller by a half an inch though not as thick in build as the fox. Where Justin was of heavy set yet not chunky enough to be considered obese by rather well muscled Jimmy was slender though not very skinny. His thinner build was also noted to Wufei. He wore the traditional Chinese robes of a fighter. His slited green eyes fit him perfect with his cat like appearance. Jimmy had his tail coming out form behind him as well just like Justin. Justin with his Preventers uniform was distinguishable among the two for having to work with Wufei. The thing that the two pilots also noticed about the other boy was the stripes on his face and in his hair. The light brown mixed with black stripes gave the boy a clown's look. But from looking at it they almost thought it was tattoos almost. Trowa had to silently laugh at himself for unlike Justin; Jimmy was free to do as he pleased without the restraint of the rosary around his neck to restrain him when he gets out of line. Quatre was the first to greet him with a hug. "Trowa it has been so long since we last did a mission together." Said Quatre and Trowa gave a silent nod and hugged Wufei as well who returned it like wise. "I take it that Jimmy is the third Shadow Assassin," said Wufei and Trowa nodded, "He is well disciplined by the Buddhist monks that found him." He said and the two pilots laughed at that while the boys where catching up on old times.
"So that is Trowa you are with?" Justin asked Jimmy and the tiger nodded, "Yes he said that is not his real name but he took it from someone else after they died. He says that he has no name so he took that one." Replied Jimmy and Justin laughed, "Well he is strange since he has bangs that defy gravity how he does that or is that just some future thing." Said Justin and Jimmy shrugged, "I know he uses a lot of hair gel for I can smell it on him so I guess he uses that much to defy gravity." And with that the two demons laughed out loud this got the attention of the humans nearby. "What are you two laughing at?" Wufei said out of curiosity and was hoping that his little fox friend would stay out of trouble. "Oh nothing just wondering what kind of hair gel that Mr. Barton uses to keep his bang up." Said Justin and with that the other two burst out laughing and Trowa had to blush in embarrassment to the amusement of his friends.
The dark chambers of the Cairo base was eerie quiet save for the foot falls of a very angry Kagura as she marched down the hallways. Her footsteps where full of lead as she made her way to the communications room. She was not happy at all for her master was not going to be pleased when he finds out that she failed in her latest mission. The image of Mark Ellison filled the screen in front of her as she came closer and shut the door behind her. "You have failed didn't you," he said in a cool tone that made Kagura's blood run cold with ice. He knows she thought, "I got the feed from one of the mobile dolls that you have failed. No matter you did not anticipate the coming of another Shadow Assassin." He said and Kagura flinched as she felt the stinging of the cut on her face. Though she was a demon the wound still hurt and it was going to take awhile to heal. She did not like it at all especially when she felt a grinding pain in her chest. When she glanced up she saw a smirking Mark holding a beating heart in his hand. "Now, now Kagura you know the price of failure." He said and she felt the pain increase, "Yes I know sir but please forgive me how was I suppose to know about that annoying fox and the gundam that showed up." She said, "You are a demon you where suppose to pay attention to your surroundings." He said and Kagura was filled with pain. He then released his hold on the beating heart and retracted it in his hand letting Kagura fall to the ground in pain panting for air. "Next time you will not be so lucky." He said and the communications died.
In the hospital room a lone figure began to stir in his sleep. Slited blue eyes opened to the world only to focus on two small figures by his bed. Turning his head Steven's eyes began to fill with tears at the sight of his lost companions. "Justin, Jimmy?" he whispered but it was loud enough for them to hear. "Yes it is us," said Jimmy as he grasped Steven's hands, "How are you feeling?" he asked and Steven gave a hoarse laugh, "I feel like shit," he said, "You where lucky that Wufei and I saved you or else you could have died," said Justin. "Justin last time I saw you, you where making a lot of trouble half way around the world." Said Steven, "Now look at you fat ass you have become a man for you are not teasing me like you normally do." He said, "What did you say!" Justin yelled which caught everyone's attention as they turned to the outraged demon, "I was wrong you are still the same," said Jimmy laughing and Justin stopped himself and blushed at the embarrassment of the teasing he got. His tail began to wag very violently at his reaction and he quickly stiffened it. Steven got the idea and began to laugh his heart out along with Jimmy and eventually Justin caught on and laughed as well. "So the only thing now is to find Charlie and Mart." said Jimmy, "Um Jimmy something is not right when it comes to finding Mart." said Steven, "What do you mean?" Jimmy asked sounding confused, "Did a dog demon attack you like it did to us," Justin asked, "Yea it did but it was a male not a female and it does not have Mart's scent." He said, "Um Jimmy did it occur to you that, that happens to be Mart." said Justin as a matter of fact. "No," said Jimmy, "Then you are an idiot." Said Steven, "When she first attacked me I smelled her scent as well as another the smells where confusing." He said getting serious, "I mean Mart normally does not smell like that and from what I could tell it was not the same; more of a wild confused animal then Mart." he said. "Care to explain it to me," said Jimmy and Justin both. "Well why don't we start with Justin and his story." Said Steven as he got up further from bed but flinched when he felt the pain of previous events. "Well from what you are telling me is a bit confusing itself. See when I first fought Mart her smell was totally female." Said Justin, "But she was out of control and it was then that I figured out that she was not freed from the transmitter." He said, "When I fought her again not to long ago before I met up with Jimmy her scent had changed somewhat. She was no longer smelling like a female but a male and her motions were more controlled. But there was the fact that her scent was diminished replaced by that of a male scent. This scent had a lot of fear on it as if it where badly beaten." He said stating the fact. Steven nodded at this, "I smelled it too when I first awoken in Quatre's arms." At this statement the other two snickered, "No he was not pulling the moves on me he was protecting me from Mart." at this the smirks disappeared, "Mart tired to kill us but Quatre protected me and in return removed the arrow that had kept me asleep. When I woke up I found Quatre in trouble so I fought Mart. It seems as if she where nothing but a robot. But she still lost and was easily wounded but still she lost." Said Steven, "That is unlike Mart normally she would fight till she is dead." Stated Justin with his finger on his chin, "I mean come on Mart is a fighter and would not give up easily unless she is dead." He said and the others nodded. It was then that the door opened to allow Quatre, Wufei, and Trowa into the room to check up on Steven. "What has been happening that has the three of you so wrapped up in here for nearly and hour?" said Quatre smiling, "I know you tried to catch up but Steven needs his rest." He said and the other two nodded and where escorted out into the living room. The two demons having already eaten where seated on the reclining chairs on one side allowing the three gundam pilots to sit on the couch. The Television set was damaged due to the attack but a new one was on its way to be replaced. In the middle was a worn out table that held and ashtray for those who smoked as well as several drinks and some smoked meat. "I hope you demons eat smoked meat since the Maganacs are a little uncomfortable about seeing you eat raw meat." Quatre stated to them and the two nodded, "It is close to raw meat but we can eat it and not get a stomach ache over it later." Said Jimmy as he began to eat some of the meat and eating it very slowly to savor the taste. "Not as good as home when it comes to smoked meat but still good," said Justin and Jimmy elbowed him softly to show that it was impolite to say something like that. Trowa raised an eyebrow at that, "What where you discussing with Steven that gave the three of you such grave faces?" he said his green eyes piercing the two slited ones. "Well we where discussing the changes in our friend." Said Justin as he gazed to the floor his eyes suddenly found his feet interesting. Wufei raised and eyebrow, "What sort of thing was that," he said coolly, "Um the fact that Mart changed gender all of a sudden." Said Justin, this got the pilots to perk up at that last comment. "You mentioned this Mart a lot who is she?" Quatre asked, "She is the dog demon that the Avengers have with them. It seemed as if she is still under their control." Said Trowa coolly eyes still not leaving the demons, "Yea it is true Mart is not who she is anymore all because of those bastards. They did something to her that made her a boy," cried Jimmy as his tail began to thrash and hit Justin who grabbed it and held it causing him to yelp in pain. "Will you cut that out Jimmy shit I act more disciplined they you," he hissed at the tiger. Turning to look at the three he began his explanation. "You see we where discussing that and every attack that Mart had with each of us. You see we know Mart's attack pattern for she is usually and out of control fighter meaning she is unpredictable. But lately we where able to predict when she would strike at us and hit back. That was baffling us for some time not only that but the change of her scent as well from female to male. Don't get me wrong her scent is still there but the smell it had before is repressed somewhat as if her real self is buried." He said, "Can you describe her smell to us." Said Wufei intrigued that his protégé is very observant. "Jimmy why don't you explain," said Justin as he snacked on some smoked meat. Jimmy sighed giving everyone a good view of his pointy teeth as he began to explain. "Mart as you know smells female but a little bit more masculine because of body type. Her smell that sets her apart form everyone else is that she smells of the winds on a hot sunny day. Her scent is that of the ocean and the clear skies. The smell of the earth when the sun is rising in the morning and the smell of a hunter ready to catch her next prey." He said leaving very stunned people looking at him, "What?" Jimmy said and Justin burst out laughing. "Jimmy where the hell where you found at a monastery," Justin laughed and Jimmy blushed, "Yea that was where I was found." He said and Justin stopped laughing. "What don't tell me you became a monk?" he said and Jimmy shook his head, "Nope can't demons are not allowed to," and the other nodded in agreement. "So what is it about that smell that made you on edge," said Quatre breaking the hearty chat. Both demons turned to the other three pilots, "Well what we told you is true as how a demons smells things compared to a human. Our senses are a hundred times better then humans so we can define smells better then humans can. And we just gave you our best description of Mart's smell that we possibly could." Said Jimmy as his eyes wondered around the room. "Ok then next question," said Wufei, "What does the other smell, smell like?" he asked, "It smells of death, blood that was not suppose to be spilt, of ash, grease, oil, machines. This one smells of gun powder and sweat of long years of fighting and endless crying of a heart gone cold. He smells of things recycled and not of nature." Jimmy said which caused the others to look at him oddly. "You said this one did not smell natural?" said Trowa, "Yes he smells of something that was not out in the wind long enough." "I see," he said, "From what you described to me it seems as if this one was a soldier from the colonies." The two Shadow Assassins gave him a strange look and the silent pilot gave his opinion. "For starters the way you described gun powder can only mean that he was either a soldier or a gunsmith. But when the next phrase the one where you mentioned sweat and fighting to me it tells me that he was a soldier." He stated and the other two pilots gave him odd looks as well. "I did not know you could analyze something like that Trowa." Said Quatre as he and Wufei glanced at him with skeptical looks on their faces, "I was trained in this sort of thing," replied Trowa. "Where was I?" he said to no one in particular, "Right, from your first description that tells me he was a soldier that has been fighting for a long time." "That does not explain how you knew he was from the colonies?" claimed Wufei, "Actually the next part does recycled air not the smell of the wind." He said and the other 'O' him, "See when they described someone from earth it usually refers to the smell of the area they are from a fresh smell. But anyone from the colonies would not have that smell am I right?" he asked and the boys nodded. "The colonies recycle the air so it is fresh even with the plants that give oxygen." This the pilots agreed on. "Then there is a part that got me baffled the one where you said that he smelled of death and blood that was not supposed to be spilt. He has a deep sadness he is not willing to share. From what you said it was not meant to be that the innocent got in the way and was killed by accident. That smell of Ash gave that part away. That shows that something happened like an explosion where innocent people where killed. The last part the part about grease and machines that could only mean that he piloted a mobile suit or had been around mobile suits." At that last statement the others where lost, "Did I get that right?" he asked and the boys nodded happily, "If I didn't say any better I would say that you are a demon just like us." Said Justin happily as he bounced around the room, only to be slammed down by Wufei when he said the magic word.
For the next few days Steven recovered from his ordeal faster then the pilots could remember thanks to Wufei's healing spells they where baffled that he could do such a thing but did not question it further. As for the two shadow assassins Jimmy and Justin the two just kept a look out for more enemies. The hot deserts did not help the two at all for they much preferred the forests and high mountains to the hot desert terrain. As it is much the boys did not like the sudden silence at all and wanted action. A month after Steven's recovery the group met in a secure room where it was checked for bugs and spies of all sorts. They gathered around a large table with Quatre being the host in the far front. "What are we going to do about the remainder of the Shadow Assassins?" he asked and Trowa raised his hand. "I have no idea but we still have to find Heero as well," he said and at this Wufei agreed, "Avengers security is getting harder and harder to break into without Heero's help but the problem is no one has seen or heard from him in over a year since this all started." Wufei voiced his facts. "Something is not right at all," said Quatre as he stood up, "I mean ever since Heero disappeared the attacks by Moro no Kimi and the Avengers as grown since then and it has become harder and harder to keep this war from destroying innocent people." He said, "It has started again," stated Jimmy, "What has started?" asked Wufei, "The slaughter of all human kind." The rest of the room remained silent for the rest of the meeting.
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
DISCLAIMER: I APPLOGIZE TO THOSE OF YOU WHO THINK THIS IS NOT THAT GREAT OF A STORY DUE TO GRAMMAR ERRORS OR LACK OF SOMETHING. I INTENTIONALLY HAD IT PLANNED TO HAVE MORE IN EACH CHAPTER BUT SCHOOL, WORK AND BABYSITTING GETS IN THE WAY SO YOU ARE STUCK WITH WHAT YOU GOT BUT I WILL TELL YOU NOW THAT I WILL PLAN TO PUT MORE DETAILS IN THE NEXT FEW CHAPTERS UNLESS SOMETHING ELSE COMES UP.
RECOVERY AND REUNION
Three days since the attack at the crack of dawn a distant plane was heard above the fortress. Justin having been assigned guard duty was on watch as the plane opened its rear and a mobile suit began to fall. As it fell another fell with it and Justin's heart went out as he saw someone that he had not seen at all in over five hundred years. The suit made a landing and by judging by its looks Justin could tell it was another gundam. The boy's dark red almost black hair flowed with the breeze as his tail flicked back and forward. The tiger and the gundam landed and Justin gave a long howl and it was replied with a roar. Quatre and Wufei along with some of the Maganacs came to investigate to find a small tiger demon with the Heavyarms Gundam behind it. The gundam then raised a hand and was greeted by having the hangar door open. The tiger on the other hand bounded up to the wall and transformed into its human form. The boy it had become hugged Justin and Quatre had to smile at the reunion. When they parted he took in the appearance of the other boy. Compared to Justin this boy was clearly smaller by a half an inch though not as thick in build as the fox. Where Justin was of heavy set yet not chunky enough to be considered obese by rather well muscled Jimmy was slender though not very skinny. His thinner build was also noted to Wufei. He wore the traditional Chinese robes of a fighter. His slited green eyes fit him perfect with his cat like appearance. Jimmy had his tail coming out form behind him as well just like Justin. Justin with his Preventers uniform was distinguishable among the two for having to work with Wufei. The thing that the two pilots also noticed about the other boy was the stripes on his face and in his hair. The light brown mixed with black stripes gave the boy a clown's look. But from looking at it they almost thought it was tattoos almost. Trowa had to silently laugh at himself for unlike Justin; Jimmy was free to do as he pleased without the restraint of the rosary around his neck to restrain him when he gets out of line. Quatre was the first to greet him with a hug. "Trowa it has been so long since we last did a mission together." Said Quatre and Trowa gave a silent nod and hugged Wufei as well who returned it like wise. "I take it that Jimmy is the third Shadow Assassin," said Wufei and Trowa nodded, "He is well disciplined by the Buddhist monks that found him." He said and the two pilots laughed at that while the boys where catching up on old times.
"So that is Trowa you are with?" Justin asked Jimmy and the tiger nodded, "Yes he said that is not his real name but he took it from someone else after they died. He says that he has no name so he took that one." Replied Jimmy and Justin laughed, "Well he is strange since he has bangs that defy gravity how he does that or is that just some future thing." Said Justin and Jimmy shrugged, "I know he uses a lot of hair gel for I can smell it on him so I guess he uses that much to defy gravity." And with that the two demons laughed out loud this got the attention of the humans nearby. "What are you two laughing at?" Wufei said out of curiosity and was hoping that his little fox friend would stay out of trouble. "Oh nothing just wondering what kind of hair gel that Mr. Barton uses to keep his bang up." Said Justin and with that the other two burst out laughing and Trowa had to blush in embarrassment to the amusement of his friends.
The dark chambers of the Cairo base was eerie quiet save for the foot falls of a very angry Kagura as she marched down the hallways. Her footsteps where full of lead as she made her way to the communications room. She was not happy at all for her master was not going to be pleased when he finds out that she failed in her latest mission. The image of Mark Ellison filled the screen in front of her as she came closer and shut the door behind her. "You have failed didn't you," he said in a cool tone that made Kagura's blood run cold with ice. He knows she thought, "I got the feed from one of the mobile dolls that you have failed. No matter you did not anticipate the coming of another Shadow Assassin." He said and Kagura flinched as she felt the stinging of the cut on her face. Though she was a demon the wound still hurt and it was going to take awhile to heal. She did not like it at all especially when she felt a grinding pain in her chest. When she glanced up she saw a smirking Mark holding a beating heart in his hand. "Now, now Kagura you know the price of failure." He said and she felt the pain increase, "Yes I know sir but please forgive me how was I suppose to know about that annoying fox and the gundam that showed up." She said, "You are a demon you where suppose to pay attention to your surroundings." He said and Kagura was filled with pain. He then released his hold on the beating heart and retracted it in his hand letting Kagura fall to the ground in pain panting for air. "Next time you will not be so lucky." He said and the communications died.
In the hospital room a lone figure began to stir in his sleep. Slited blue eyes opened to the world only to focus on two small figures by his bed. Turning his head Steven's eyes began to fill with tears at the sight of his lost companions. "Justin, Jimmy?" he whispered but it was loud enough for them to hear. "Yes it is us," said Jimmy as he grasped Steven's hands, "How are you feeling?" he asked and Steven gave a hoarse laugh, "I feel like shit," he said, "You where lucky that Wufei and I saved you or else you could have died," said Justin. "Justin last time I saw you, you where making a lot of trouble half way around the world." Said Steven, "Now look at you fat ass you have become a man for you are not teasing me like you normally do." He said, "What did you say!" Justin yelled which caught everyone's attention as they turned to the outraged demon, "I was wrong you are still the same," said Jimmy laughing and Justin stopped himself and blushed at the embarrassment of the teasing he got. His tail began to wag very violently at his reaction and he quickly stiffened it. Steven got the idea and began to laugh his heart out along with Jimmy and eventually Justin caught on and laughed as well. "So the only thing now is to find Charlie and Mart." said Jimmy, "Um Jimmy something is not right when it comes to finding Mart." said Steven, "What do you mean?" Jimmy asked sounding confused, "Did a dog demon attack you like it did to us," Justin asked, "Yea it did but it was a male not a female and it does not have Mart's scent." He said, "Um Jimmy did it occur to you that, that happens to be Mart." said Justin as a matter of fact. "No," said Jimmy, "Then you are an idiot." Said Steven, "When she first attacked me I smelled her scent as well as another the smells where confusing." He said getting serious, "I mean Mart normally does not smell like that and from what I could tell it was not the same; more of a wild confused animal then Mart." he said. "Care to explain it to me," said Jimmy and Justin both. "Well why don't we start with Justin and his story." Said Steven as he got up further from bed but flinched when he felt the pain of previous events. "Well from what you are telling me is a bit confusing itself. See when I first fought Mart her smell was totally female." Said Justin, "But she was out of control and it was then that I figured out that she was not freed from the transmitter." He said, "When I fought her again not to long ago before I met up with Jimmy her scent had changed somewhat. She was no longer smelling like a female but a male and her motions were more controlled. But there was the fact that her scent was diminished replaced by that of a male scent. This scent had a lot of fear on it as if it where badly beaten." He said stating the fact. Steven nodded at this, "I smelled it too when I first awoken in Quatre's arms." At this statement the other two snickered, "No he was not pulling the moves on me he was protecting me from Mart." at this the smirks disappeared, "Mart tired to kill us but Quatre protected me and in return removed the arrow that had kept me asleep. When I woke up I found Quatre in trouble so I fought Mart. It seems as if she where nothing but a robot. But she still lost and was easily wounded but still she lost." Said Steven, "That is unlike Mart normally she would fight till she is dead." Stated Justin with his finger on his chin, "I mean come on Mart is a fighter and would not give up easily unless she is dead." He said and the others nodded. It was then that the door opened to allow Quatre, Wufei, and Trowa into the room to check up on Steven. "What has been happening that has the three of you so wrapped up in here for nearly and hour?" said Quatre smiling, "I know you tried to catch up but Steven needs his rest." He said and the other two nodded and where escorted out into the living room. The two demons having already eaten where seated on the reclining chairs on one side allowing the three gundam pilots to sit on the couch. The Television set was damaged due to the attack but a new one was on its way to be replaced. In the middle was a worn out table that held and ashtray for those who smoked as well as several drinks and some smoked meat. "I hope you demons eat smoked meat since the Maganacs are a little uncomfortable about seeing you eat raw meat." Quatre stated to them and the two nodded, "It is close to raw meat but we can eat it and not get a stomach ache over it later." Said Jimmy as he began to eat some of the meat and eating it very slowly to savor the taste. "Not as good as home when it comes to smoked meat but still good," said Justin and Jimmy elbowed him softly to show that it was impolite to say something like that. Trowa raised an eyebrow at that, "What where you discussing with Steven that gave the three of you such grave faces?" he said his green eyes piercing the two slited ones. "Well we where discussing the changes in our friend." Said Justin as he gazed to the floor his eyes suddenly found his feet interesting. Wufei raised and eyebrow, "What sort of thing was that," he said coolly, "Um the fact that Mart changed gender all of a sudden." Said Justin, this got the pilots to perk up at that last comment. "You mentioned this Mart a lot who is she?" Quatre asked, "She is the dog demon that the Avengers have with them. It seemed as if she is still under their control." Said Trowa coolly eyes still not leaving the demons, "Yea it is true Mart is not who she is anymore all because of those bastards. They did something to her that made her a boy," cried Jimmy as his tail began to thrash and hit Justin who grabbed it and held it causing him to yelp in pain. "Will you cut that out Jimmy shit I act more disciplined they you," he hissed at the tiger. Turning to look at the three he began his explanation. "You see we where discussing that and every attack that Mart had with each of us. You see we know Mart's attack pattern for she is usually and out of control fighter meaning she is unpredictable. But lately we where able to predict when she would strike at us and hit back. That was baffling us for some time not only that but the change of her scent as well from female to male. Don't get me wrong her scent is still there but the smell it had before is repressed somewhat as if her real self is buried." He said, "Can you describe her smell to us." Said Wufei intrigued that his protégé is very observant. "Jimmy why don't you explain," said Justin as he snacked on some smoked meat. Jimmy sighed giving everyone a good view of his pointy teeth as he began to explain. "Mart as you know smells female but a little bit more masculine because of body type. Her smell that sets her apart form everyone else is that she smells of the winds on a hot sunny day. Her scent is that of the ocean and the clear skies. The smell of the earth when the sun is rising in the morning and the smell of a hunter ready to catch her next prey." He said leaving very stunned people looking at him, "What?" Jimmy said and Justin burst out laughing. "Jimmy where the hell where you found at a monastery," Justin laughed and Jimmy blushed, "Yea that was where I was found." He said and Justin stopped laughing. "What don't tell me you became a monk?" he said and Jimmy shook his head, "Nope can't demons are not allowed to," and the other nodded in agreement. "So what is it about that smell that made you on edge," said Quatre breaking the hearty chat. Both demons turned to the other three pilots, "Well what we told you is true as how a demons smells things compared to a human. Our senses are a hundred times better then humans so we can define smells better then humans can. And we just gave you our best description of Mart's smell that we possibly could." Said Jimmy as his eyes wondered around the room. "Ok then next question," said Wufei, "What does the other smell, smell like?" he asked, "It smells of death, blood that was not suppose to be spilt, of ash, grease, oil, machines. This one smells of gun powder and sweat of long years of fighting and endless crying of a heart gone cold. He smells of things recycled and not of nature." Jimmy said which caused the others to look at him oddly. "You said this one did not smell natural?" said Trowa, "Yes he smells of something that was not out in the wind long enough." "I see," he said, "From what you described to me it seems as if this one was a soldier from the colonies." The two Shadow Assassins gave him a strange look and the silent pilot gave his opinion. "For starters the way you described gun powder can only mean that he was either a soldier or a gunsmith. But when the next phrase the one where you mentioned sweat and fighting to me it tells me that he was a soldier." He stated and the other two pilots gave him odd looks as well. "I did not know you could analyze something like that Trowa." Said Quatre as he and Wufei glanced at him with skeptical looks on their faces, "I was trained in this sort of thing," replied Trowa. "Where was I?" he said to no one in particular, "Right, from your first description that tells me he was a soldier that has been fighting for a long time." "That does not explain how you knew he was from the colonies?" claimed Wufei, "Actually the next part does recycled air not the smell of the wind." He said and the other 'O' him, "See when they described someone from earth it usually refers to the smell of the area they are from a fresh smell. But anyone from the colonies would not have that smell am I right?" he asked and the boys nodded. "The colonies recycle the air so it is fresh even with the plants that give oxygen." This the pilots agreed on. "Then there is a part that got me baffled the one where you said that he smelled of death and blood that was not supposed to be spilt. He has a deep sadness he is not willing to share. From what you said it was not meant to be that the innocent got in the way and was killed by accident. That smell of Ash gave that part away. That shows that something happened like an explosion where innocent people where killed. The last part the part about grease and machines that could only mean that he piloted a mobile suit or had been around mobile suits." At that last statement the others where lost, "Did I get that right?" he asked and the boys nodded happily, "If I didn't say any better I would say that you are a demon just like us." Said Justin happily as he bounced around the room, only to be slammed down by Wufei when he said the magic word.
For the next few days Steven recovered from his ordeal faster then the pilots could remember thanks to Wufei's healing spells they where baffled that he could do such a thing but did not question it further. As for the two shadow assassins Jimmy and Justin the two just kept a look out for more enemies. The hot deserts did not help the two at all for they much preferred the forests and high mountains to the hot desert terrain. As it is much the boys did not like the sudden silence at all and wanted action. A month after Steven's recovery the group met in a secure room where it was checked for bugs and spies of all sorts. They gathered around a large table with Quatre being the host in the far front. "What are we going to do about the remainder of the Shadow Assassins?" he asked and Trowa raised his hand. "I have no idea but we still have to find Heero as well," he said and at this Wufei agreed, "Avengers security is getting harder and harder to break into without Heero's help but the problem is no one has seen or heard from him in over a year since this all started." Wufei voiced his facts. "Something is not right at all," said Quatre as he stood up, "I mean ever since Heero disappeared the attacks by Moro no Kimi and the Avengers as grown since then and it has become harder and harder to keep this war from destroying innocent people." He said, "It has started again," stated Jimmy, "What has started?" asked Wufei, "The slaughter of all human kind." The rest of the room remained silent for the rest of the meeting.
TBC