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Chapter: 4

Time: Thursday night before the speech . . .

"YOU WHAT?!" Busuzima fumed as he heard the latest report from MARS

"I had to let them get away" MARS calmly re-stated as he bandaged his arms from his previous melee with Uriko "she had reinforcements"

"YOU COULD HAVE AT LEAST FOUND OUT WHERE SHE LIVED!"

"Well SOREE, but I did spend the entire day messing with Neptune's mind that I forgot to find out the essentials, OKAY?"

"IT IS NOT OKAY! WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO NOW!?"

"Well I did at least get the fact that Neptune has an older sister that works at a hospital"

"And how's that supposed to help you?"

"Well I'll just go over to that hospital, find out from some staff working there and I get the address"

"Now why didn't I think of that?"

"Cause you're a punk-rocker wanna-be who spends his entire life mutilating dead bodies, that's why"

"Don't diss your master, idiot!"

"Bah, forgive me lord-ship, I was feeling smart that moment"

"Never mind that, now GO and get that address"

"JA! And I'm going!" MARS then finished bandaging himself, rolled his sleeves forward, retrieved his and headed for the door.

"Oh and MARS, remember that tomorrow is Friday"

"Okay" and with the next phase of his mission in mind, MARS entered the busy night streets . . .



The hospital hallways were empty and clean, not a soul in sight then a scream of pain echoed through the hallways as a security guard collapsed to the ground, clutching his leg with his face contorted with pain. MARS calmly walked over to the fallen man as a purple, whip like object that was embedded in the guard's leg retracted back into the covers of MARS's sleeves. The guard struggled to face the attacker as he struggled to un- holster his sidearm before MARS plucked it out of his hands.

"You stupid little-" Then a slab of duct tape was slapped over his mouth. MARS just gave a little smirk.

"Just think of it this way: at least I didn't run you through while your back was turned" The hunter then threw a karate chop on the disabled man's neck, rendering him unconscious. Once again walking down the endless halls of the hospital MARS then suddenly ducked out of view. Hiding behind a wall, he saw a nurse carrying a stack of files disappearing into a room dimly lit only by a lamp stand.

Ah, so that is where all the files must be, the address for Neptune's house should be in there . . . bah, I'll have to waste the nurse as well. Pity, she looked rather pretty . . .MARS then straightened up and strolled over to the room, humming a little tune as he went.



Danielle rubbed her eyes as she stared at the mass of reports needing to be filled, even at this time of the night. She and her friends drew straws to see who would take the late shift for the night; she obviously drew the short one. The nurse just sighed and prepared herself for the long night. Then she heard a knocking at the door. Looking up she saw a man smiling from the door as if the he won a lottery.

"Excuse me for interrupting your work, but my name is Mars" He walked forward with his hand outstretched "And I require a bit of a favour from you Ms. . . . Kaysley" MARS continued after squinting at the name tag for a moment. Danielle shook his hand for a moment with a rather untrusting look. This guy isn't acting normal, gotta be careful Danielle then snapped back to attention as she continued to listen to the MARS as he continued rambling on with his back turned without paying attention to whether she listened at all.

"Anyways, I need access to the nurse's information files that talk about her age and address and all that crud . . ."

Danielle narrowed her eyes as she suddenly suspected something. "I'm sorry, but we can't give that information out publicly"

"Really and why is that?" MARS kept his cheerful face on as he turned to sideways to face the doctor.

Danielle kept her face straight. "They are private files only used when the board requires to contact them"

"How about this: I can either kill you and then get the files or you can hand them over and we live happily ever after, what do you want?"

Danielle got out of her desk and glared at the man "Look, you don't know who your dealing with, so just please leave before I have to call the cops" MARS's grin then turned into a frustrated frown as he began to leave. Then suddenly he swirled around and threw out a straight punch, hoping to catch the doctor behind her by surprise. Instead all he got was a foot flying up into his jaw. Clutching his mouth in surprise and pain he received three more blows to the gut before jumping back in momentary retreat.

MARS nursed his chin with one hand for a moment before smirking back at Danielle who was staring him down as she got into a stance. MARS just raised an eyebrow in surprise.

"I thought that doctors were supposed to aid the injured, not cause injury"

"That's what they always say" Dannielle retorted as she kept her face straight. MARS just snorted before dashing forward. Trading blows with each other with fist or leg, they nimbly dodged or blocked each blow until MARS caught both of the nurse's fists, drew them towards him, causing her to stumble forward. MARS then swung his foot into the side of her head before following with a double-handed swing into her gut, making her double over. Before he could continue, Danielle charged forward, catching him in with her arms and continued to carry him until she smashed him against a metal cabinet. MARS then smashed his fist against her neck making her cough up some blood before releasing him.

Snarling with rage, MARS swung wildly, in which Danielle ducked under before raining several blows to his head. Staggering back from the headaches echoing through his head after each punch, MARS then got a knee to the gut before Danielle threw an uppercut under his already damaged jaw, sending him to stumble back against a cabinet before collapsing to the ground, the hat covering all signs of movement on his face as he looked downwards to the ground, apparently unconscious.

Danielle looked at the fallen, unmoving man. Breathing heavily for a second before she walked over to the phone to call the police. Suddenly she heard movement behind her, then a voice.

"Congratulations, you have officially pissed me off to the high heavens" an inhuman voice emanated from behind her

Spinning around, Danielle faced MARS again, only to have a hand grip her face hard. Using his full force, MARS lifted her off the ground, suspending her from her face as she struggled to break the grip. The shadow from MARS's hat covered his face his pupils were no longer visible; instead his eyes were completely purple with a same coloured smoky substance flaring from his eyes, MARS almost looked like a supernatural spirit. After several seconds of painful waiting MARS announced his plan

"I think I'll hurt you now" Then suddenly, several purple bolts of electricity collected around her head. Soon enough Danielle started to gasp and choke while her eyes rolled into the back of her head, she twitched wildly and her hands hanged limply. MARS just smiled with pure cruelty towards her before he tilted his head back as he felt and heard all her thoughts that he was absorbing from her memories. He felt her dreams and hopes, her nightmares and memories of her friends. Soon enough there were so many purple bolts around her head that they suddenly exploded with energy that enveloped the nurse's head. MARS released the grip on her head leaving her to fall limply to the ground as smoke poured from her eyes and mouth.

So, Ms. Kaysley is an ally of Neptune's . . . now that is know where Neptune lives, I best be going MARS was about to go when he looked back at the twitching heap that was Danielle Kaysley. Sighing for a moment he walked over to the phone and dialled up a number.

"911, what's the emergency?"

"There has been an accident out side of the public hospital, some nurse got mugged, send some one over immediately"

"Just stay where you are, we'll be right over"

"Right" MARS then carried Danielle outside of the hospital. After laying her down on the sidewalk and searching for whatever valuables she had on her, he swirled around neatly on his heels and left the hospital back to the warehouse for the night while his purple aura that surrounded his eyes disappeared into the quiet night sky . . .

A/N: Bah, NOW I have made MARS too powerful . . .Oh and Danielle is far from dead, just in the state of artificial coma