"What..." Raye stepped backwards, a little dizzy, "To die list?"

"Yes..." Grell traced his finger along the notes. "She turned up rather unexpectedly, and when we had a look at her records... well... only the back pages of the book were filled, for a time we're not even in."

Raye stared, "Mina's going to die?"

"Friend of yours?" Grell snapped the book shut and returned it to his pocket.

"Yes..." She whispered... "And there's no chance you misread that... that's her name alright..."

Grell looked up, "Well, it's not for a good few days yet. We've got plenty of time to find her."

Raye took a deep breath and nodded, "Yeah. Yeah, we'll find her alright."

Grell yawned, "So, how does she know an angel? You're not an angel yourself are you?"

Raye blushed a little, "No. I'm no angel. I'm a Sailor Scout."

"You may as well tell me your a gonk, I have no idea what one of those is." He straightened out his waistcoat.

She sighed, "I'm princess of Mars. I'm sworn to protect the world from evil. I'm... I'm a sailor scout."

Grell laughed, "You'll have a hard job on your hands here!"

"And why's that?"

"The distinction between good and evil is... hazy." Grell smiled, "But enough about that." He linked her arm, "Let's go and find your little friend, eh?"

xxx

Grell walked swinging his hips rather, something Raye found rather endearing. They must have looked ever such an odd pair walking around like that, she thought.

"Erm... Grell... listen."

"Hmm?" Grell looked at her.

"I... I wasn't really supposed to tell you my name's Raye."

Grell frowned, "Eh?"

"I forgot I was dressed like this. I'm meant to be called Sailor Mars."

Grell raised his eyebrows, "Hello, Sailor!"

"No, no, no!" Raye unlinked his arm, it was harder for them to walk like that. "As I told you, I'm the princess of Mars!"

"I'm a grim reaper!"

Raye stared at him, "Yeah..."

"I reap the souls of the dying. I evaluate whether or not that person deserves death."

He had turned the whole conversation completely on its head, just to suit him, "Surely no one deserves to die!"

"On the contrary." Grell's sharp teeth glinted in his smile, "Surely no human deserves to live?"

Raye stared, "I'm human!"

"Ish." Grell shrugged and began to walk again, his death scythe resting over his shoulder. "Really, you're Martian."

Raye looked confused before running after him. "What do you mean?"

"If you're the princess of Mars, you're not Human are you?" Grell laughed.

Raye narrowed her eyes, "Well if you were born a man, you're not really a woman are you?" This wasn't so much of a question as a challenge. Grell stopped and glared at her.

"Touché." He smiled thinly, "Alright. If you say your human, you're human, but you're the first human I know to shoot fireballs from your fingers. So well done on that one!"

Raye was getting more and more annoyed. She just folded her arms and followed him.

She had to save Mina.

"How long will it take to find her?" Raye ran a little to catch him up.

"Not too sure. May be we can call in on Bassy on the way... mmmm..." Grell suddenly snapped out of his dream, "BUT DON'T YOU DARE GET ANY IDEAS! Bassy's MINE! You hear me?"

Raye stood there a little startled, "Sure... Don't you worry. I'll stay well clear of your Bassy..."

Grell snarled a little, "On second thought, let's just find your friend... Can't risk him falling for some little girl."

Raye smiled wickedly, "Wow. Someone's insecure."

Grell swung his hair round and walked off with his nose in the air. Raye just smiled, she was used to dealing with divas.

xxx

"The Library of Cinematic Records." Ami looked up and read the sign aloud, "Well, may be my friends will be in here. It's a library. That means it's a public building where anyone should be allowed..." She pushed the heavy oak doors open and shrieked. She ducked to the side, rolling out the way of the pruner that shot directly past her face. Scratching her skin slightly.

"Oh." the weapon shot back on to the stick, "Terribly sorry. You probably shouldn't come to places you're not welcome."

Ami crouched on the floor, breathing heavily from her close encounter with death, "Not... welcome?"

"Yes not welcome. You're not a grim reaper are you? You don't wear glasses." The man shifted his own glasses with the pruner's blade.

"No... but..." Ami stood fast remembering her mission, "Are you in possession of the Hope Diamond?" She demanded.

"No."

Ami was taken aback by the sudden response,

"Nor does it concern us."

"It would do if it were to fall in to the hands of the Negaverse!" Ami put her hands on her hips, glaring fiercely at him.

The man smiled very slightly. It was barely visible. "I highly doubt that."

Ami sighed, "Well. I am Sailor Mercury."

"I'm sure that's lovely for you, but really, I must get on. I don't want to have to work overtime tonight." He lightly tapped his glasses.

"No, wait!" Ami gave chase. He was just some posh guy in a suit, she needed his help and he was going to give it to her! "You have to help me find my friends!"

"I'm not a baby sitter. I'm a reaper, and I'm on my break. If you waste it there'll be trouble. I need to do accounts."

"Accounts?" Ami's ears pricked up.

"Yes, miss Mercury. Accounts." He stopped and looked at her, "Care to give it a try? May be then you'll understand how hard my job is."

"I'd love to." Ami clasped her hands together, suddenly all thoughts of the Hope Diamond were gone.

The man raised one eyebrow slightly, "My name's William Spears. In this office. I'll give you an hour. Any longer and I'll get in trouble, but you might do a quarter of it by then."

Ami rushed past him, "Thank you, Mr Spears!"

Will frowned, and yet again, adjusted his glasses, "Ronald. Analyse what the hell she is. She's no Reaper... but she's divine whatever she is."

"I'd say!"

Will sighed, "Not like that..."

xxx

Will stomped back in in a huff, "Sorry I'm two hours later than I was meant to be. I got caught up in a debate. But never mind that, Ronald. What is she?"

Ronald Knox looked at the data in front of him, "Well... you won't like this."

"What?"

"She's a princess."

Will looked at him, "A princess."

"A princess! Look!" He thrust her record book in his face, "From Mercury. And the problem is... she's like the other one..."

"The one who we'd accidentally turned the book around on so their life went backwards?"

"No! Not that one, the Mina woman. The one you sent Grell after, only... she's not going to die. From what her records say she's really intelligent, and has technology far beyond anything I've ever seen."

Will dusted Ronald out of the way and stared down at the page, "Ami... so her name isn't Sailor Mercury..."

"Well, according to this... part of her is... and part of her isn't."

"Anyway..." Will licked his lips, "She might come in very handy..."

He pushed open the door to the office and smiled warmly, "Sorry I'm late."

"No worries." Ami smiled sweetly, her voice sweet, "I got your accounts all done and dusted, and I started on these statistics you left here. Oh, and I did the pay book too."

Will's smile faded to a stunned sort of shocked stare. "What?"

Ami smiled nervously, "Is that wrong?"

"It usually takes me a good week, but it took a little girl like you 2 hours?"

Ami laughed, "I enjoyed it!"

"Did you." Will did not intend it to be a question.

"I don't think I could work in a place like this forever though." She sighed and looked around the crowded walls, filled with books, and the untidy surfaces strewn with pens.

"No. You couldn't. Well... thank you... I suppose that saves me some overtime... but I doubt you had any idea what you just calculated."

Ami shook her head.

Will just smiled thinly, "Come this way. Ami."

Ami stared, he knows my name?! Cautiously, she followed Will all the way through the library. He nodded solemnly to some people he past, and she noted the strange looks she got. She was the only person without glasses...

"Here." Will stood in front of a huge book case, "Your friend's record." One of the books on the shelf rattled slightly before flying off the shelf in to his hand. He flicked through the first few pages angrily, before turning to the back. "Her life begins at the back of this book. Care to explain."

Ami frowned, "Well, actually, I think I can." She took the book from Will and flipped to the back, "You see, Mina..." Ami paused, "It... doesn't say Mina was born... it's just blank pages."

Will shot her a glare and grabbed the book from her, "This was full just a moment ago... It said her whole life, just the wrong way round."

"Well, it's blank. Wait!" Ami grabbed the book from him, "Here!" She opened the book in the middle, where words were scribbling themselves neatly,

And because Mina was so unclean, she saw the light, and knew where to go. She suddenly knew what would bring her happiness, how she could stand out, instead of being one of five girls. Mina watched as he lowered her in to the light.

"What is this?" Ami held the book in dismay.

"She's your friend, yes?"

"Of course! She's one of us, we need her!" She handed the book back.

"Then," Will smiled, "You're going to need to learn to use one of these in less than four hours." He threw her a death scythe exactly like his, "We've got trouble. Angel Trouble. Let's get to work. Oh... and let's visit Pops..."