[ Authors Note: Thanks for all the reviews, I never knew I would get so many, but when you're done reading this be sure to review and say your opinion, comment, or suggestion on this fiction. Most of you assume it was Garet, some think Ivan, you just have to wait and see. No one thinks it may be a trick of Mia or no one realized that Isaac acted a little out of character? Well, let me just stop typing this note and go onto the chapter. ]

Chapter Four:

Garet ran as fast as he could, as fast as those legs could carry his body- frame his eyes scanning left to right running throughout the entire town trying to find her, she did not seem to be anywhere. Citizens were walking down the streets looking at the various amount of stores like it was a normal night, but something had to be wrong she would never be gone this long unless something happened to her.

A high pitched scream echoed throughout the town by some woman probably trying to get some sort of help so she can escape from the trouble that she is in. Garet automatically assumed it was Mia and began to run in the direction of where the scream was emitted. He panted heavily as he ran quickly running out of breathe his stealth not being tied well to his waist shaking back and forth crashing into his right leg, he did not pay attention to that though he just wanted to find out what was wrong.

He stopped where he thought the scream had came from and looked at the buildings peeking through the windows to see if she is inside, but he looked behind him into a ally and saw a few shadows, one of them seem to holding some sort of person like a hostage, must be Mia.

Not trying to sneak onto them and do a surprise attack he ran down the ally the sound of his footsteps echoing getting closer to the people the shadows on the narrow walls seem to shrink, and there he saw a few bandits holding Mia for hostage taking advantage of her, her mouth taped shut her hands and legs tied tightly by several ropes. One of the bandits going through her backpack, which she must of brought along for some reason stealing whatever possession they thought were valuable, but he considered most of them junk as he did not realize they were mostly healing items, some are valuable though, luckily she did not have the valuable Mar's Star.

"Let her go!" Garet shouted spotting the group of five Bandits. He took his right hand gripped it around the grip of his sword and revealed it to them, the blade being so shiny the little light that the moonlight released reflecting off of it and onto the narrow walls.

"Why would only let her go for one item. If you do not give us that one item, then she will just be killed." One of the Bandits said taking out his sword as well, he probably being the leader of the pack.

"So, what do you want?" He quickly responded noticing he was outnumbered and if he had to fight all five of them at once he would have to resort using his fire Psynergy to defeat them, but he did not want such simple humans to know about them. "The valuable Mars Star of course. The star for the girl." He dryly responded eyeing the girl not caring if he had to take the girls life in the process, just as long as he got his way.

"Ivan, do you have any sort of trace of where they are?" Isaac asked as they just seemed to be running around the town aimlessly not remembering where the loud scream of Mia came from, but Isaac knew that Ivan could sense where they are by reading their minds. Even though he has that talent, Isaac just thought Ivan was driving him in the wrong direction recognizing some of the buildings they were passing as if they were going in huge circles.

"No idea, Isaac. We just need to find them soon, who knows what Garet or Mia could of gotten themselves into." Ivan responded looking at the several roads they could go down having to make this decision more than once already.

"Well we already tried those two paths, so we should just take that one." Isaac said pointing and immediately began to run having no idea where this road will lead him, just as long he goes somewhere new to explore.

The two stood in the middle of the road as they could hear the sound of Garet's voice, and he was talking to someone they did not recognize by their voice. They began following the sound of the voice, which led them to that narrow alley where they saw their two remaining companions Mia tied up and sitting in the corner of the ally, and Garet somehow getting in a sword fight with the five bandits and obviously losing as he was outnumbered.

"Isaac, you just try to help Garet, I'll free Mia and then do something to get ourselves out of here." Ivan suggested trying to think of a plan in his mind. Isaac quickly nodded and took out his sword charging at the Bandits.

Ivan ran over to Mia, bent down on his knees and took out a small knife just powerful enough to cut through the thick ropes, and then he ripped off the tape, where Mia immediately started to blurt something out.

"Saturos and Menardi hired them. They want the Mars Star. They were planning to kidnap one of us then using us as a hostage get the Mars Star and once they got it they would just kill the hostage. Luckily I got you three to come here in time, but we have to go soon as more of them may attack in a second, as they were suppose to meet somewhere, but I don't remember where, as I tried to get myself free." Mia said quickly, Ivan barely understanding what she was saying as she was in a rush also panicking at the same time.

"Garet, Isaac, move back!" Ivan said as he made a plan in his head of how they could escape. Garet and Isaac immediately jumped back and withdrew their swords joining their two friends, "Sleep!" Ivan shouted as he raised his two arms in the air, rings of psynergy surrounding his body glowing a slight purple aurora. A few seconds later a purple powder being released from his hands which slowly drifted to the bandits like a rain cloud the powder falling down on them slowly, where they were immediately knocked out into a sleep. The bandits fell on the floor on top of each other in a pile all being sound asleep. Ivan did a quick hand motion as the four ran out of the alleyway towards safety.

"Stupid fools. Couldn't even take out a plan correctly." Ivan thought to himself in a disgusted tone as he ran with his three companions behind him.