Mio, Gwen, Regina and Marallda were walking on a quiet street that had a hospital at the very edge of it. It's was around 10:35 AM, the morning sun shone beautifully, and the sky was as blue as usual. As the four girls walked side by side, Gwen explained "The hospital is at front, which means you all would have to go on without me.". Mio then asked "Are you really that unwell? It can't be that bad.", Regina then explained to Mio "You can't just say that to someone who just said they aren't feeling too well. That's wrong.", Marallda also added "Nice work, Mio.". Mio replied with her voice slightly raised "Oh, come on. I was just saying.", Gwen replied "It's fine. I have a mild stomach ache and my left arm doesn't hurt that much. It will only take a few seconds to get out of the hospital.". The girls were infront of the hospital, Gwen was already about to enter through the door "I'll see you all in fifteen minutes, you can go on without me.", Regina then waved "Sure, see you then.", the girls walked forward. Meanwhile in a dark room filled with a few bright lights and with the higher ups sitting on round tables that spiraled upwards, Rimeta stood at the middle with the bright lights shining on her. She had a straight but uninterested look on her face, one of the higher-ups asked "Rimeta Destera. We saw your fight against Tendra Katakuri in the gladiator rounds. Indeed your skills are admirable, but all that doesn't matter when you lost via forfeit.". Another higher up that happened to be an old lady also added "Giving up like that is a risky move, Rimeta. Why do you think we placed you in the assassination exams to begin with?", Rimeta replied, hands in her pockets "You made me participate in the assassination exams for me to test my skills and see how good I am.". One of the higher ups that happened to be a male replied "Wrong. You were kept there because we knew you had the power to win whatever opponent you faced. You acted selfish by giving up like, you had no regards for the people who kept you in to win.". Rimeta kept quiet for a few moments before speaking "....I'm sorry.", a female higher up who seemed to be in her early fourties replied "That's besides the point.". She proceeded to clear her throat before asking "So? Have you taken care of the assignment?", she asked. Rimeta then asked "What assignment?", the female higher up clicked her tounge "Don't play dumb with me you brat. The assignment of taking out Marallda Balsary, the gravity manipulation user, and Gwen Star.". Rimeta replied "Oh, that. Unfortunately I haven't had time, and I don't think achieving that would be possible. Even if you sent an assassin after those two, those assassins would die. Since you watched my match, you should have also seen the one Marallda Balsary had against Yuki Nerlavan. Her controll over gravity has grown in a terrifying manner.". A male higher up who seemed to be in his fourties then said "Shut up and no more excuses. Your task was to kill her. If you can't complete a simple assignment such as this, then you're just another failure child.", Rimeta popped a vein on hearing this "Excuse me?", she asked as her gaze almost turned violent. That same higher up then explained "No more excuses, we want her dead. Marallda Balsary should be killed before Saturday, judging from what we saw her perform in the gladiator rounds, she's too dangerous to have around. Do I make myself clear?!". Rimeta glared at the man for a few seconds "How about I blast your head off?", she thought to herself before answering the question "Understood.". A few minutes go by, Rimeta had just walked outside the building of the higher ups. She gritted her teeth and proceeded to bang the wall out of anger "STUPID OLD GEEZERS!!", she exclaimed with annoyance. Rimeta proceeded to calm down and then walked off "I know a mission's a mission. But asking me to kill someone who's my age mate and hasn't done anything wrong to me is just messed up.", she said to herself as she walked away. Meanwhile, Gwen had just walked out of the hospital, she had a bandaged wrapped around her left arm, as well as holding a medication on her right arm. Gwen thought to herself "Well, looks like the reason why my arm was hurting was because I had injured it on a previous mission and the wound had started to take effect. Luckily for me, I noticed it untime and went to treat it. As for my stomach ache, it's probably what I ate during the fireworks festival. Well whatever, I'm just glad I'm okay.". Suddenly, Gwen jolted with shock, she had sensed a familiar presence. It was the same presence she felt during the gladiator rounds, she looked forward and saw a bright yellow haired girl walking past the hospital enterance on the street, this girl was Rimeta. Gwen's eyes widened, she ran to the enterance of the hospital "HEY! WAIT!", she exclaimed while calling out to Rimeta. Rimeta stopped for a moment and looked back at Gwen "Um, can I help you?", Rimeta realised that she was looking at Gwen. Gwen took a moment to catch her breath before looking at Rimeta "You, you're the one who fought Tendra back at the assassination exams gladiator rounds. Aren't you?", Rimeta replied "Yeah, I was. Is there a problem?". Gwen the asked her again "And your ability is some kind of light based ability, isn't it?", Rimeta kept quiet for a moment before answering Gwen "I don't see how my ability matters here. Are you okay?". Gwen looked at Rimeta for a few seconds, she remembered how she fought against Tendra at the gladiator rounds, she also remembered how she fought a masked assassin who had the same ability similar to Rimeta. After remembering all of this, Gwen took a sigh of relief "I'm sorry, i acted stupidly just now. I didn't mean to call you out of nowhere and interrogate you like this, I'm really sorry.". Rimeta replied "It's fine, I don't really mind.", she continued to walk forward "Have a nice day.", Rimeta said as she waved to Gwen while walking forward. Gwen took another sigh again "What the hell is wrong with me? Am I really that paranoid?", she asked herself before walking to a separate direction. As Rimeta walked forward "Her eyes glanced backwards. Gwen Star, a female member of the Star family. She's the second person im too kill after Marallda Balsary. Her ability is simple energy amplification on her body parts. She is extremely skilled in combat, and she's very good at using weapons. My guess is that she has the ability to understand the use of any weapon she comes In contact with.". As Rimeta kept walking in her own direction, she clicked her tounge "I know orders are orders. But asking me to kill someone who's practically from the same city of yours, just because she's too strong or isn't proficient enough is just psychotic to the core!".
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