Only a day later, Mike arrived at the hospital to check on Chuck, feeling zero remorse towards others or the lives he'd take. He noticed Chuck through the window, still in a coma. At this Kira glared at him.
"How's Chuckie?" he asked, emotionless.
"In a lot of pain, no thanks to you."
" ...I'm sorry about your son,' he dryly apologized.
'Sorry?' Kira thought to herself. 'Since when does a killer like that apologize?'
"You think we're gonna forgive you now you said you're sorry?!" she scorned. "You killed my husband... now you put my son on a hospital bed!"
She slapped the assassin's face, but obviously he didn't mind the slap, as long as it would make her feel better. To him, it's basically a mild annoying bug.
"Why did you take this profession? Why are you a killer?!" she scorned again. But Mike wasn't affected by this... no emotion... no regrets... nothing. His blank face and those hazelnut brown eyes said nothing... absolutely nothing.
"It's what I do... and it's my calling," he simply replied.
"Haven't you caused enough damage to myself and to Kimi? You're nothing but a emotionless monster!" she yelled.
Mike said absolutely nothing, as he just walked away. He wouldn't feel guilty if Chuckie did die in his hands. Not just him, but his friends: Tommy, Angelica, the DeVille twins, Susie, Dil, Kimi... heck even their parents if he must.
Unknown to Mike, Kira planned to eliminate him. So she phoned Charlotte, who's a CEO of a new business of her own following her unemployment at Megacorp.
"Hello?" Charlotte asked.
"Charlotte? It's Kira."
"What can I help you with, Kira?" she asked, knowing it's most likely about Mike.
"I need a small favor. Do you know someone who's able to kill Mike for me?" Kira asked.
"Mmm... I might have a few people, back when I used to work in Megacorp."
"Good... Please do this for me... Mike needs to die. He's taken the lives of too many innocent people."
Charlotte agreed to assist her friend. "I'll see what I can do."
"Thank you very much," Kira thanked.
"My pleasure," she responded before clicking the line off.
A couple of hours later, Mike was seen in a crowded mall, blending in. However, two of Charlotte's hired guns were there as well at the hopes of finding him.
"It's like finding a needle in a haystack..." one of them said.
"Mrs. Pickles and Mrs Finster wants us to kill this Mike person. We can't underestimate him," the other one said.
Just as he suspected, the assassins were on to him. Not wanting to cause attention, he slipped through the crowd, and through the fire exits where he'd end up in the parking area. The hired guns were searching the parking area moments later... And without them knowing, Mike managed to get the jump on them, garroting them one by one after they'd split up. He examined their corpses. "I wonder who's behind this; trying to kill me with lesser assassins."
After he was satisfied they're both dead, a certain voice came through the earpiece.
"Do you have a problem? Report back! Did you get him?"
Mike noticed the earpiece and made a low "hmm" sound as he picked one up.
"What is it? Are you still there?"
He instantly figured out it was Charlotte. "Charlotte... your hired guns are gone; this is 9068!"
Charlotte was surprised at hearing his voice. "Mike? But I..." but she was cut off.
"You had your chance, Charlotte. Now get off my back, or I'll slit your throat!"
Charlotte was furious at this. "You think you can get away with killing every person you want?! You're a monster!"
Mike replied. "I only kill based on the contract given to me, but I will sacrifice others if I must, no matter who it is."
"We WILL find and kill you!" Charlotte told him, determined.
The hitman didn't even reply; he just threw the earpiece away and continued going down his way, infuriating Charlotte.
"What does it take to kill him?!" Charlotte raged.
"Char, you have no idea who you're dealing with..." Drew told her, calming her down.
Charlotte sighed. "Yes, with an inhuman monster. How do you deal with this kind of person?"
"How 'bout we all ambush him?" Drew suggested.
She turned him down. "No, he's too swift and deadly; he'd sneak up on us and pick us off while the rest aren't aware. He's called the silent assassin, ghost, myth, phantom... all that for a reason. And I fear that if I send more people after him, I'll be indirectly killing those persons, even if they're killers too."
She then proceeded to inform Kira about her failed attempt on Mike. This infuriated her at the news.
"What?! He's still out there?!"
Charlotte heavily sighed. "Yes... and now he'll be ready for any other mercenary or hitman. We can't keep trying, Kira; anyone we hire... we'd be sending them to their deaths."
"Only one solution; we take him down ourselves." Kira was determined. It would mean her death, but at least she'd die avenging her dead husband.
Kimi, who was by Chuckie's bed, overheard her mother's conversation. "What? Aunt Charlotte sent some hired guns after Mike and they failed?"
"Yes, Kimi-chan. And I fear he might kill us next without any hesitation," she answered.
"Unless we just stop," Charlotte spoke again. Kira left her mobile on speaker mode. "I know we all want to get him but if the hired guns failed, what chance do we have?"
"It's our only chance; plus, he sent the closest person I have to a son in a hospital bed," Kira blantly told her.
At that, Chuckie overheard the converasation as he chimed in with his suggestion. "I got a plan, Mom. Angelica and I'll take him from behind while the rest distract him... and we all gotta be armed."
His step mother turned him down. "...No, Chuckie, while I really want to take him down, I don't want you all to get exposed again. Last time he only incapacitated you; this time he might go for the kill."
Chuckie groaned, not liking to hear this, but he knew Kira's right; this is something only a pro-killer should do. Soon after, Chuck fully recovers and is allowed to go home when his friends visit him.
"Hey, Chuck. Feeling better?" Phil asked him.
He grinned. "Yeah, I'm good."
"Glad to hear... So, guys... any ideas on how to find and kill Mike?" Angelica chimed in.
"Several ones, but none that will allow us to survive..." Lil answered.
At this, an idea surfaced to Kimi's brain. " I do have an idea... we contact Jean-Claude to kill him."
"Jean Claude? Coco's assistant back in Paris?" Tommy asked, he and the others were shocked at hearing it.
"You want to kill Mike yourselves, but at the risk of getting killed? Besides, he also wants him dead too."
They all knew she's right. Mike wouldn't hesitate to kill them if he must.
"...Guess we'll ask him then." Tommy and the others agreed.
