Chapter 3

"Alright now I'm really lost," Catherine said. "Tell me what's so special about my brother." She sounded skeptical but still concerned.

Quartre smiled. "Well let me put it this way. Why would the scientists choose you? It would be easy to just pick up some random kids to do their dirty work if that's all they needed right? But that's not what they needed. For their missions they needed something different, stronger. The five of us were not genetically enhanced as we my have been lead to believe we were different from the rest from the start."

"What are you saying?" asked Duo.

"I'm saying that none of you are entirely human."

"That's impossible," Wufei stated simply. "If we weren't human wouldn't we notice?"

"Do you think that the doctors would want us to know what we are? Controlling us to begin with would be difficult but it would have been far worse if we knew what we were. Not to mention they didn't need the special individual powers just the strength."

"So we're all vampires?" Trowa's voice came in.

"No," Quatre said. "Each of you is different."

"Well quit stalling, I for one want to know what I really am." Heero demanded tired of the long explanations.

"Alright," Quatre said with a small laugh, "no point in waiting any longer. Heero, you come from a long line of hunters. Duo, you're a necromancer. Wufei, you have strong telekinetic. And Trowa…I'm not even sure what you are."

"What do you mean?" Catherine's concerned voice cut it for her brother.

"Well Trowa wasn't the original pilot destined for heavy arms. The original Trowa Barton I know was a werewolf but I haven't been able to determine where your past lies."

"That's not surprising," Trowa calmly said, "I'm not even sure where I came from."

"How do you even know all of this?" Duo asked, rather chipper after learning what he really was.

"A combination of things. Reading auras, observing your behavior, digging through the files and logs kept by the scientists."

"Well then how come you don't know anything about Trowa?" Relina asked, chiming in for the first time in the conversation.

"He was new to the program. A last minute replacement. I'm sure the doctor knew what he was otherwise he would have been turned away. And Trowa, your aura…it's very difficult to read like a mixture, a jumble of things. But everything's mixed into one. I was tempted to say that you're a shape shifter but the pieces of the aura are too intertwined, in shape shifters each piece from each form is very distinct but yours…"

"You don't know I understand." Trowa's cool green eyes watched Quatre.

"What about us," Relina's voice came quietly from her lips.

"You and Catherine are both witches. Both from very different lines but still witches. Relina, your magic relies more on inner sources where as Catherine's relies on drawing energy from the elements and world around her."

"Well this is great, we all find out that we aren't who we thought we were and now we have to go on some stupid 'quest' to slay the big bad vamp then." Catherine was clearly upset as she stormed out of the room before Quatre could respond to her remark.

"I'll go with her." Relina left the room.

"Wow she's taking this well," Duo said, "I'd be ecstatic if I were her. Getting to have powers and stuff. I can't wait to see how mine work."

"Wait. How are we going to know how this works? How do we use our skills?" Heero questioned. "And why didn't Catherine and Relina know what they were?"

"Well, one is borne a witch but they wont know it unless they are told and taught to use their magic. I only knew what they were after reading their auras. As for you guys…" Quatre disappeared and reappeared in an instant holding out a set of disks, "these are the files I took from the doctors. They should explain the basics of your skills and how to use them from one extent to another. After that it's up to you to figure out how to fully use your talents. Now go and learn what you can."

Each pilot took a disk and began to leave. "Trowa, could you stay for a moment?" Quatre called out as he was exiting.

"Trowa if you would like me to there is one more way that I could try to find out what you are."

Trowa nodded, "What do you need me to do?"

"Just give me your wrist and relax." Trow did as he was told and Quatre pierced the flesh of his wrist with his razor sharp fangs. Quatre tasted the blood and let it roll over his tong looking for some clue, a trace of what his friend might be. He then found what he was searching for. Quatre pulled his mouth away and took in several deep breaths. He took one look into Trowa's deep green eyes and vanished.

OoOoOoOo spooky ending. Ok not really. Yeah so this chapter was a lot of talk but there will be more action later I promise so let me know what you think!