Disclaimer: I DO NOT own The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody. All I own is Mark and his mother.
"You're the Grim Reaper?" Cody asked.
"What's the Grim Reaper?" Zack asked.
"The Soul Harvester, the controller of death, me," Mark said.
"So, you cause death. That's cruel," Zack said.
"Hey, with over population you should be thanking me," Mark said back to Zack. "And I've seen the population grow over the past 2000 years," Mark said.
"How old are you?" Cody asked.
"About 6,000 years old," Mark said. Cody looked surprised. "Now, if you excuse me, I have a soul to deliver to judgment," Mark said. He took out the white smoke from the scythe that came from Mr. Donovan's body and put it in a jar.
"What is that?" Zack asked.
"Mr. Donovan's soul. He's marked down for hell on my list. To much violence, never good for the soul," Mark explained. With hi scythe, Mark opened a portal, which led to flames, and let Mr. Donovan's soul into it, and he closed the portal.
"Cool," Cody said. "So you know when everybody's going to die and whether they're going to Heaven or hell?" Cody asked.
"Yep, any more questions, because I got a long list?" Mark asked. Zack and Cody nodded more. "Great, I need a chocolate," Mark said. He walked over to the candy counter.
"One chocolate," Mark asked Maddie, handing her a dollar.
"Sure, you new?" Maddie asked.
"Yes, my family just moved into a suite on the twenty-third floor," Mark answered.
"Great, have fun," Maddie said, giving Mark his chocolate. Mark ate it, and took his briefcase and headed for the door.
"Where are you going?" Cody asked.
"Park. Some old guy feeding pigeons, and then I have to make a few stops at the hospital," Mark explained.
"Hold on, let us come with you," Cody asked.
"You remind me of a hyperactive puppy, never leaving it's master," Mark said. "Fine, but don't tell anyone about this. It's not a rule, but it's how I work, got it?" Mark asked.
Zack and Cody nodded yes.
"Good, tell anyone about this, and I'll knock off a decade or two for both of you. Now hurry, I can't afford to give anybody anymore extra minutes," Mark said. And he ran towards the park.
They saw an old man feeding the birds. Mark took out his scythe and the old man's soul left him, leaving him dead.
"OK, this guy is meant for Heaven," Mark said, and he let the souls ascend to the sky.
"Now, I have to make one quick stop at the road," Mark said.
"What for?" Zack asked.
"Car crash," Mark answered. They saw two cars ram into each other, and one exploded, and two souls emerged from the wreckage, one went for the sky, one went down into the flames of hell.
"Now the hospital," Mark said, looking at his list. At the hospital, he collected four souls, all for hell.
They arrived back at the Tipton in a few hours.
"Zack, Cody, where were you?" Carey asked.
"With our new friend Mark. He's our new neighbor," Cody answered.
"Welcome Mark. Zack, Cody, did you do your homework before going wherever with Mark?" Carey shouted.
"I did," Cody answered.
"I didn't," Zack answered. Carey took him back to their suite.
"I never saw the use in school. All the souls are too young to reap, just barley sprouting," Mark said.
"You see plants for a harvest, I see humans," Cody said.
"Exactly," Mark explained.
"So there really is a Heaven and hell?" Cody asked. Mark nodded yes. "I told Zack, he said all that stuff is nonsense (A/N: Not to offend anybody, I believe in Heaven, hell, and God too.)," Cody said. "Can you tell me where I'm going and when I die?" Cody asked.
"No," Mark said.
"Where's Zack going?" Cody asked.
"Can't tell you," Mark said. "It's all confidential. You'll find out someday," Mark told Cody.
"What about your mom, was she a reaper too?" Cody asked.
"No, my dad was, but he and my mom divorced. So therefore he couldn't be a reaper. To be a reaper, you must be married at 7,000 years old. My dad was 8,500 so he couldn't be a reaper. So exactly in one thousand years, I have to get married, or I'll lost this job," Mark said. "I was thinking about her," Mark said, pointing at Maddie.
"Then Zack will hate you forever, he loves her," Cody said.
Then, Mr. Moseby came around.
"Cody, don't turn our new guest into a demon too," Mr. Moseby said. And then he left.
"Don't worry about Mr. Moseby, he'll be gone in two months," Mark said.
"Why?" Cody asked.
"Smoking," Mark said.
"Mr. Moseby doesn't smoke," Cody said.
"Not in the hotel. But he smokes a lot at his house. Too much. He'll just stop breathing, and that's when I come in," Mark explained.
"That's harsh," Cody screamed.
"It's the reaper law. Everybody must die eventually. Whether it's Mr. Moseby, Zack, you, Maddie, and London," Mark said.
"How do you know about London?" Cody asked.
"She had a portrait of herself put in the lobby, how could anybody who walks in here not know her?" Mark asked.
"True," Cody responded. Then, all of a sudden, Mark disappeared into thin air. He left a note. 'See you tomorrow.'
