'that dream....is that my past'

Mars weren't quite sure, but it felt like it might be the case

'...this is the second i have had this dream... whatever it is i don't like it'

Mars reached down and touched his stomach he could still feel the the burning rage inside himself and after calming down a little he decide to brave the forest night and go down to the river and wash off grabbing his bone sword on the way out off the cave

'it's really clear out...'

he felt a little better when he vent out off the cave and looked up at the countless stars and the 2 pale moons that was s.h.i.+ning in the sky, lighting up the clearing making easy to see even if it was the middle of the night

'maybe i should just watch the stars for a bit... nah, i really need to wash this sweat off...'

even if he could somewhat see in the starlit night Mars still decided to transform his eyes giving him significantly better night vision

'there that's better'

after spending a little time getting used to the change in brightness Mars vent into the forest while keeping somewhat alert

'now that I'm actually listening there sure is a lot of animals around'

straining his ears a little Mars could hear insects chipping away and small animals moving around in the bushes and the surrounding trees as he moved towards the river until he suddenly stopped and tightened the grip on his sword

'what's is it this time... it's not a spider... but it sure moves quietly...'

he closed his eyes and focused on the thing that was moving closer

'it's in the trees... it might be a snake... but where is it'

faced with a potential venomous animal Mars raised his alert slightly while he lowed his stance ready to doge at a moment notice while narrowed down the exact location off the snake

'...just a little closer... now!'

Mars opened his eyes and kicked off the ground and jumped to the side while he slashed at the place he had just been standing and felt his sword pa.s.s though the snake that had pounced at him from a tree above slicing it in half, and quickly stabbing it in the head with his sword ending it's suffering

"well that was easy... it's not even a magic beast"

feeling a little disappointed by the lack off a core Mars continued walking towards the river after he cleaned his sword with his flame, and after walking for a few minutes he arrived at the river and quickly found he wasn't the only one that had decided to visit the river at night

'is this the same heard from back then?'

Mars saw a heard off about 50 horned horses and observed them for a few seconds before his skill activated while he looked at the horse with 3 horns

tricorn

male

cla.s.s: unknown

a mythical creature only spoken about in legends about the age off G.o.ds

'that's the first time it's ever shown unknown...'

Mars was a little surprised by the response from his skill but pulled himself together when one off the unicorns spotted him and alerted the rest of the heard as the leader that had 3 horns jumped into the air and floated mid air as it flew over the river stopping as it was halfway over as it watched Mars with cautious eyes

"okay let's play this cool"

Mars stabbed his sword into the ground and raised his hands up as he stepped out off the brushes

"i don't mean any harm I'm just here to wash off..."

the unicorn watched Mars for a few tense seconds while he did his best to look harmless, until it gave a nigh and lost interest and went back to the rest off the heard as Mars let out a sigh off relief

'looks like i can finely wash off...'

Mars was more than a little relieved that the unicorns didn't attack him as he had no confidence in fleeing from, much less fighting a herd of flying unicorns

'well let's not push it to far and get done with this quickly'

Mars threw off his shorts and slowly vent into the cold river and quickly washed off while a little wary of the heard off unicorns and after he finished he quickly put on his shorts and quickly left the river after he picked up his sword, breathing a sigh of relief when he saw they weren't following him as he vent back to the clearing and into the cave while he was careful not to wake up Victoria that was still sleeping and laid down on the bear hide and closed his eyes and vent to sleep...

Mars opened his eyes and once again found himself dreaming once again

"this is starting to get annoying..."

he looked around the cell like room and discovered there was a few changes from last time he dreamed, most noticeably his arms and legs weren't in chains anymore and the pillar in the middle of the room had disappeared, but that was the less important details Mars's attention was caught by something else

"...well this seems rather ominous... or rather excessive"

on one of the walls was a a digital clock that was showing 156 days, 18 hours, 36 minutes and 21 seconds, furthermore it was counting down as he stood and watched it

"...this can only be for one thing, the time until my execution..."

Mars stood in a daze for nearly a minute as he watched the clock counting down before he mentally began to curse the s.a.d.i.s.tic piece of human garbage that got the idea not only to put death row inmates in isolation but to also blatantly display the countdown until their death on one off the only 4 walls they could look at

'well nothing is going to change form looking at this... besides this is a memory I have already been killed and reincarnated'

Mars lost interest in watching the clock on the wall and began to look around the small cell, but quickly got bored as bides the clock on the one wall and himself that was nothing in the cell at first glance

"the walls feel... wait this is new"

as Mars reached out to touch the wall he discovered his hands and fingers was covered in a mitten like extension off his orange bodysuit

"what's this for?"

Mars examined is hands or rather the gloves for a little time, but didn't find any apparent use for them besides making it harder for him to use his hands

"well whatever...wait it feels like there's something on my face too"

Mars reached up and touched his face and found his mouth and chin was covered with some sort off gag that sealed his mouth

"but i can still speak... so why the gag?"

he was once again puzzled, but decided not to think to hard about it and looked around the cell again for something he might have missed

"there really isn't anything in here... well besides the obnoxious clock"

just as Mars wondered what to do a light in the roof of the cell suddenly turned on and a robotic voice sounded out in the cell

[FEEDING TIME, PRISONER MOVE THE INDICATED LOCATION OR STAVE FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS. BE ADVISED THAT SUICIDE BY STARVATION IS NOT POSSIBLE AS ALL VITALS ARE MONITORED CLOSELY]

Mars saw a footprint like spot on the ground lit up clearly showing were he should stand if he didn't want to starve, after hesitating for a few seconds he moved over and steeped on the indicated spot, and as soon he stepped on the spot he felt the floor sink slightly

"wh--"

the moment the floor sank other parts of it move up around his feet as it was liquid keeping his feet firmly in place meanwhile the roof of the cell opened up as metallic arms reached out and restrained his arms gripping them so tightly that he felt his bones cracking slightly

[PRISONER CONFIRMED, PREPARING MEAL CELL... 2% COMPLETE, ESTIMATED TIME REMAINING 134 MINUTES]

"your kidding me right!?"

Mars gritted his teeth while he endured the pain from the cold metal arms that held him in place while cold sweat formed on his forehead

"this is just plain torture!"

while he knew that this was a dream, that didn't make the pain he felt any less

"you know what f.u.c.k THIS"

Mars started to struggle trying to get out off the bindings, but quickly found it futile as the robotic arms didn't move a inch, but that wasn't even the worst part

[PRISONER STRUGGLE CONFIRMED, STARTING PACIFICATION...]

"s.h.i.+---"

Mars really wanted to curse however the gag on his mouth suddenly tightened shutting his mouth, while the body suit he was wearing tighten, now sticking to his skin tightly

'...is nothing going to happen?'

he was tense for a few seconds, but since nothing seemed to happen he lower his guard slightly, until suddenly the color on his neck started to beep

*BEEP*

'what now---'

as Mars was about to question the strange beep a high electric current suddenly shot though his his body, tensing every muscle in his body as the electric current raged his body making him nearly pa.s.s out from the pain as his jerked from the electric shock for nearly a minute before the electricity finely stopped leaving him in a daze or sometime before the robotic voice spoke up again

[PACIFICATION COMPLETE, RESUMING MEAL CELL PRODUCTION...]

as time pa.s.sed Mars lost track of time as the clock had disappeared when he was restrained, until finely after what felt like days or even weeks in mind numbing pain the robotic voice sounded out again

[MEAL CELL PRODUCTION COMPLETE, INSTALLING...]

2 robotic arms reached out from the ceiling one of them carried a metal cylinder the size of a finger while the other opened up a spot in the color that was locked around Mars's neck, while the other quickly inserted the metal cylinder in the color

[MEAL CELL INSTALLATION COMPLETE]

Mars just barely registered when the retains let go of him as he felt down on the floor drenched in cold sweat but he barely had any time the catch his breath when suddenly the pain he felt form his arms intensified making him finely pa.s.s out from pain