2024-10-25 15:16:45The Silverview airport is full to the brim. It's the busiest airport in the busy city of silver view. Movement had been restricted because of the war and it's now that the airport has been reopened to the public.
As the people wait for their flights to be called, they gather around the television as the newscaster has the latest news on the war that has been raging for a while. “Information reaching us from the military says that the war has come to an end and the country of Westland remains victorious against the enemies…” The loud roars of victory push against the walls as people hug, shake and jump together to celebrate this great victory. “....Thanks to no other than the country's super soldier, popularly known as ‘Mars’, for his impressive skills. He is the hero of the war, but sources say that Mars has been missing since the day he bravely saved the country. Mars is presumed to be dead….” The celebration dies down and now with a gloomy look on their faces, people start to talk about Mars. His picture is displayed on the screen.Its Gray in his military attire, but he has a mask over his face. That's because of how dangerous and crucial his mission is in the army. Only top military officers and the top level clearance government officials know his face. He is a super soldier, but his official identity is never revealed. Not even his fellow generals know his real name. They only know him as Mars… He is highly classified, but that didn't stop them from plotting against him… “Oh good lord, do you think that Mars is dead?” “No, he is not! He is the greatest soldier that this country has ever seen! Maybe he is lost and can't recall his memory…” Grey enters into the place through the entry section. He has nothing with him except a small bag that he has slung over his shoulder and a walking stick. He is very different from what he used to look like in the army and the picture of him displayed on the screen. Gray has dyed his hair black, grown out his hair and has grown out his beard to a goatee. His walking stick is to aid him, since he has suddenly become blind and has left the army. He is now a blind veteran. Since the entire country and the army thinks that Mars is dead, Gray has gone back to his identity. His wife and family know that he is a soldier, he left them four years ago to fight in the war, but they don't know that he is Mars. Now he is a blind soldier who has returned home after the war, but that won't stop him from figuring out why the president and the generals in the army tried to kill him…. Grey walks towards the exit, he is very slow and uses his sticks to find clear ways or else he is going to fall. The war is over and he brought this country victory, but his honor has been stolen from him. Now he has to live a low and quiet life. Grey flags down a taxi and gives the driver quick verbal instructions on where to take him to. Grey is married. He has been married for five years now to a very beautiful woman that he loves with all his heart. He needs to go and see her and also see his mother too. They have to know that he is fine now. The drive lasts for almost thirty minutes and the driver drops him at the address. Gray manages to make it to the gate and he knocks on it. He is expecting his wife to answer the door, but it's a man who does. Gray is confused, what's this strange man doing in his house? “Hey, what are you doing in my house and where is my wife?” Gray frowns. The man is smoking a pipe and he glares at Gray for interrupting him. “Hey, mate, my master bought this house from a young woman four years ago. If she is the one you are looking for, I guess you go somewhere else!” He bangs the door rudely in Gray's face before walking away. Gray sighs. He doesn't have a phone, but it's a good thing that he has his wife's phone number stored in his memory. He finds a phone booth, it's a good thing that he has mastered the art of using the phone even though he is blind. He dials her number and gives her a call. He is relieved as soon as she picks up. “Hello?” Her voice is exactly the same. He pauses for a while, he feels emotional about returning back to her. “Hello, Wendy? It's me. Your husband, Gray.” He expects her to burst into tears of joy and scream with happiness, but that doesn't happen. All he hears is his silence. He looks at the phone in confusion, did the call end? Why is she so quiet? “Hello? Wendy? Are you still there?” She heaves before answering, “Meet me at the Royal restaurant in ten minutes. Don't keep me waiting.” Her reply is rude and short. She hangs up on him. Gray has never been this confused in his life. What's wrong? Why has his wife changed her manner of speaking to him and why has she sold his house and asked him to meet her at a restaurant?!
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Nevertheless, Gray is going to give his wife the benefit of the doubt. Wasn't she crying when he had to leave the city and go back to the army? They were just freshly married, barely a year. She was worried about what he would eat and how he would survive in the harsh weather of the war zone. She didn't know that he is the mars! The greatest soldier the country has ever had… surely she still loves him, she might just be in a bad mood and that's why she sounded pissed off on the phone. He grabs his walking stick and checks his old wallet. He has a few coins left, surely it will be enough to take him to the restaurant..He manages to stop another taxi to take him to the restaurant to meet his wife. When he gets to the flashy restaurant in the heart of the city, he feels intimidated. He can't see, but he can hear the expensive cars drive past him. This is the elite part of the city. He manages to go to the door and after the security makes sure that he truly is here to meet someone,
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Gray thinks that this is a joke. It has to be because that's the only way he can make sense of his wife handing him divorce papers after meeting him after years. His jaw is on the ground, but she sighs with impatience as she pushes it towards him. “Are you stupid as well as blind? Take it!” She orders. “Wendy, what's this?” He wonders, feeling around for it. “Divorce papers, you dummy! I don't know what I was doing with you in the first place. How did I fall for a loser like you?” She hiss. Gray is dumbfounded because he didn't used to be this broke. He was worth a few hundred thousand dollars and he spent all his money on Wendy, but now that she is seeing him in such a terrible state, she has forgotten all the good things he has done for her? Wendy looks around and adjusts her glasses. Oh God, don't allow any of her friends to be here, or worst still, her new rich boyfriend, Mateo. Immediately after Gary left for the army, she was scouted into a modeling agency that shot her i
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Oh, crap! Three of them look so mad that their very expensive shoes and suits have been stained by Gray! A common blind man! The other customers look away with fear, not wanting to be involved in this. By the suits that these boys are wearing,they can tell that they are attending the Silverview royal college; only the richest people attend such school. That means that these boys are spoiled and this lame man would regret bumping into them. “Who is this fool that seems to be just as stupid as he is blind?!” One snarls. “Look at what he has done to my Gucci shoes!” Another hits Gray across the chest with a heavy thud, Gray struggles to keep his balance. “What do you have to say for yourself, fool?!”Gray is ashamed because of the attention he is getting. There are so many people in the restaurant and they are all looking at him with disgust. He just wants to pick up his walking stick and leave. The manager rushes and grabs Gray by the arm. He can't believe that Gray just ruined
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Who is this incredible woman who is brave enough to stand up for Gray in front of these people? She is no other person than Alice Yashin. The lady who Gary trained into becoming a high level class military assassin! Did she just watch and see these good for nothing men try to put their hands on her boss? Because he is now blind? Everyone in the restaurant gasps. This barbie looking lady just held this man's hand like it was a brick of wax! The man, ashamed by this act, pulls his hand away and lets out a small, embarrassed chuckle. “Oh, look at that! I almost hit this pretty lady. It's a good thing my reflex was good enough to hold back myself.” Alice sighs as she pulls her hand away. She has red lipstick and very high shoes on her feet. Her leather coat gives her a very chick, but badass look. She turns around and helps Gray to stand straight. She takes his walking stick from the ground and hands them back to him. “How dare you people try to embarrass him? Do yo
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Alice is so angry right now. She has just sat in he car and heard all the wrong that everyone has been doing to her boss since he stopped into the city. Especially his wife! Gray Lance is a hero! If not for him, they will still be locked up in their houses and hiding under their beds with the fear of war. Why are they treating him like this? Because of the accident that left him a blind, they are now treating him like trash?She can't believe that even his wife, Wendy is on to this! She has never met Wendy before, but she has helped Gray to pick out the best diamond necklace for her. Gray loves her very much and used to spend so much on her. But she has turned against him because he was away for just a few years?! What a bad wife! “Sir, do you want me to deal with her for you?” Alice asks with a pained look. “Just give me the order, sir, I will go around the city and make sure that all of these people pay for all their sins against you! Especially Wendy Lance.” Gray smiles at her
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The security men are confused. Has their boss suddenly developed muscle pull and is that why he is on the ground? Surely, he is not bowing down to a man in a threadbare suit and an uneven beard? A blind man!!Look at the car the fellow and his friend are driving. A jeep that was released years ago, not even the latest version. ( The car is not even from a luxurious company)The only cars that have driven into the estate as the most expensive ones that will be seen around the city. They are imported and even have customized plate numbers!But this is clearly not what they think it is. Because their boss, the manager, is trembling as he bows again and again. Suddenly, the security men see that they are in trouble. “Oh, Mister Lance, you have gone without contacting us for four years now and you didn't tell me that you will be coming into the estate!” The manager says. “I would have prepared your house and cleaned up the place! I would have gathered the resident to come and welcome you
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“Please, sir, please don't allow our stupidity to cost us our means of livelihood.” They beg in tears. But the manager is not going to have it. What are his boss going to say when he finds out that these security insulted the man that single handedly took the royal gates estate out of debt? “Do not beg me, pack your filthy things and leave! More reasonable people will be here to take your place in ten minutes!” The manager huffs. The men sees that they don't have any hope with their boss, so they turn to Gray, the man that they have offended. “Sir, please, have mercy on us. Please, miss, we didn't mean to insult both of you, that was very foolish of us.” They weep. “We will personally come to your house everyday to help you with chores and errands, since you are blind!” Alice throws her head back and laugh, she loves the way karma's quick to bite them in their asses again. “Isn't the car the oldest that has ever been driven to this estate? Didn't you say that we were thieves?”
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Alice holds her hands over her face, she is shaking with a burst of happiness for her boss! She cried when she thought he was dead and she cried even harder when she thought that he was now with a disability. Imagine such a strong man becoming blind, becoming dependent on people, but alas! It was all for show! He walks over to the kitchen and brings some champagne and glasses. Something to calm her down. She is so shaken by the news that there are tears in her eyes. She drinks some of the wine and places her hand underneath her nose. “I know, it's a lot.” Gray chuckles. “But you never told me anything sir.” Alice shakes her head. “I would have helped you.” “Alice, I didn't tell you anything because that could get you into trouble. They tried to kill me, you would have died if you knew about my plan.” Alice sighs as she drinks some more. He is telling the truth though, she might be so skilled in combat and is also a trained soldier, but the truth is that the military and the go
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All the Generals of Westland are dead, throwing the president into a fit of rage and sorrow. He calls for a press briefing and for ten minutes straight, the whole nation watches as the president cries his heart out on live national TV. How can he not cry like a kid that dropped their ice cream in a park? He just lost the leaders of his army! He blows his nose into his handkerchief and shakes his head when one of his assistants offers him to quit and do this on a later date. “No, the world needs to know what the Mars has been doing! It's safe to say that the masked man has turned into a terrorist!” He yells into the microphone. “Do you all hear me? Your hero has turned into a terrorist! He killed the Generals of the army like they were nothing, and what does that tell you people? That this country is under attack!” The journalists look at each other, before leaning forward even more. “Mister president, can you speak about the news that the Generals were found with questionable
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William almost drops a few tears when Gray told him that. He gets to kill those good for nothing sons of bitches?! “Yes, sir! Are you kidding me?! I will be the happiest person to be the one to kill all those wicked men!” William rejoices. He is so happy that he doesn't even know when he hugs his boss! Gray doesn't take offence to this, he knows that William is just being happy! William wipes the tears from his face. “William, look at me, this is the most serious thing that you have ever done in your life, are you sure that you can do it?” Gray asks. “Yes, sir, I can do it! I will use everything that I have to make sure that this is done well!” William says. But Gray is still very serious, he places a hand on William's shoulder. “You are going to put on my uniform, you are going to wear my mask, and you are going to kill all of them. Is this too much pressure for you? Tell me, and I will get someone else to handle it…” Williams lips parts. Will he get to wear the Mars' uniform?
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William doesn't know what Gray wants from him, when he drives him to the park one evening. He has been waiting for the almighty Mars to send him on a mission, but he has spent weeks in the house, sometimes helping Miss Yashin around at the office too, but he hasn't done much. He has decided to keep himself very busy by going to the gym for hours, and helping Stacy around the house. He has been very restless, because he wants to kill and repay all the evil that was done to his family, but the Mars has been very calculative and slow with his plan. He didn't ask for any progress, out of respect and fear of the Mars. He was starting to feel impatient, but he calmed himself as much as he could….Then the strange day comes when the Mars asks him to pack a bag, and he drives them to the park. They get out and take a walk, around the running kids and relaxing adults. William notices the way that Gray's eyes are expressionless, and that makes the anxiety inside of him grow even more. H
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Gray smirks, even when it seems like his secret has come to light, and he should be panicking. “You think I am the Mars?!” He cocks his head. “Of course not.” Mateo says. “That's not exactly what I am saying, you see…” Mateo pauses his sentence to pull a chair and sit in front of Gray. “You are not the Mars, but you work for him, you are his… puppet and he makes you do his dirty work. That's the only way that he keeps being mysterious and keeps slipping through my fingers, because you are his doppelganger. You put on his mask, and do some of his dirty work for him…” Mateo holds his breath, he feels very happy with how he has dismantled this situation. “Wow.” Gray claps his hands slowly, shaking his head with a fake impression. “Are you mocking me right now?” Mateo squints. “I mean, that's a very creative mind you have there, for you to think that I, the man you haven't thought much of, is the one who has destabilized the country.”Mateo feels a hot rush to his face, maybe he d
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Of course the president hates that Mateo has not been able to keep his side of the promise, he doesn't even hesitate to give Mateo a piece of his mind. He is at the office, and he is scared that his assistant would hear, so he gets into the bathroom and shuts the door. “Mister president, if you can just give me a minute or two to explain myself.” Mateo runs his hand over his forehead. “Please, I don't wish to waste any of my time with you! How dare you, Mister Mateo?! You want to make me the laughing stock of the country?!” He blasts. “Sir, please give me a minute –” “The Mars is still out there, acting with a mysterious air around himself, and I have to explain to the people why he is still free– defying me!” “Mister president, please!” Mateo begs. Can this man just stop screaming for a while and let him get some few words out! He hits his hand against the wall and his face contorts with suppressed anger. “Sir, I didn't say that I wasn't going to kill the Mars for you, I only
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Stacy's face goes red immediately, she knows how men are, and how they would never accept that they are having such a problem. Wendy falls to the ground and wails some more, and at this point, Stacy has to put aside her difference with her cousin and gets down on her knees to comfort her. “I'm so ashamed to tell even my mother about this, not even my friends! Mateo doesn't even want to go to the hospital with me, and I have just become even more and more depressed!” She cries. “Wendy, stop crying, please. Everything is going to be fine, okay?” Stacy rubs her back. “How do you get Gray to listen to you?” She sniffles. “He even kills for you, but not Mateo. He is always angry, and I don't know why.” “Men are different, and it's not your fault that Mateo behaves the way he does.” Stacy sighs. “You will be fine.” “Fine?” Wendy snorts. “Mateo's mother just slapped me yesterday and told me to give her a grandchild, or she is going to kick me out!” That's a lie, the only person who
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After thinking about it for a while, Wendy decides that she is going to pay her dear cousin a visit. She drives to the house and even bought some baby stuff as gifts. When she gets to the house, she parks her car a distance away, because she wants to make sure that Gray is not in the house. She is still very scared of him. She ducks when she sees him and when he drives away, she grabs her gift and gets to the front of the house. She presses the bell and waits. Stacy opens the door, looking white and tired. She pulls her lips together in worry as soon as she sees her cousin. “What do you want, Wendy?” “Geez, what did I ever do to you?” Wendy asks. “I came here bearing gifts and you are being so rude towards me?” Stacy won't allow her to gaslight her, so she holds the door in her hand and won't even move an inch. “You can't be here, Wendy. I don't want to talk to you, I don't think there is any reason for you to be here, so I want you to leave.” Wendy sighs. Of course Stacy
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“I can't believe Gray. He has turned into a devil and killed those people in our living room!” Wendy wipes her tears. “What are we going to do with the two dead bodies now? What are we going to tell your parents? We should tell your parents, we can't allow this to slide.” She is stroking his hair, but Mateo shrugs her away and gets up to his feet. “Are you dumb, Wendy? Can't you see how dangerous of a man he is? It's your fault that he found out! If not, why did he even come here in the first place?!” Wendy winces as she takes a few steps back and blinks. “It is my fault? I didn't tell him anything! He just guessed that you were behind it, he doesn't have any evidence to defend his claim.” Mateo holds his hand over his forehead, he is breathing steam out of his nostrils. “I have to take care of this! I have to get rid of those bodies before they start to stink the place up!” He walks out of the kitchen, and Wendy lets out a sigh. She looks at her hands, they are still shaking f
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Wendy holds her hands over her mouth and let out a blood curdling scream. She is not screaming because Gray has just killed two more people in front of her, no, she is screaming because he has just soiled her expensive carpet with blood!“That's an expensive Persian carpet!” She yells. “What's wrong with you, Gray?!” “What the fuck, Gray!” Mateo shouts too. “Have you gone mad?” Gray moves the gun to face them, and they immediately freeze as soon as they see that. “Gray, don't.” Mateo raises both of his hands. “Maybe you should ask me if I am crazy again.” Gray says calmly. Wendy is now tongue tied. She has seen Gray use guns many times, and she knows that he can kill them if he wants. “Gray, please, don't do anything crazy. Please, you don't want to hurt us.” Mateo is not begging, he has a gun on him almost all the time– he even has one now– and he reaches to grab it, but Gray fires another shot. It leaves a smoking hole in the wall, very dangerously close to his face. Mate
