Closely related to Mars they looked very similar, distinguishable only by Ares’ long hair and his typically less-contained more-mischievous expressi...n. ‘Ares, why are you here?’ Morrigan gasped out. His head lowered. ‘Jase fell. Tanaka killed him. It was a long fight and I thought my champion would win but the rage in young Tanaka…it is down now to him and your Keelin. I came to find you and I heard some of your words. Lucifer warned me.’ ‘Warned you? What does that imp know of the Tournament?’. Do you understand?" Yes. I will remember everything when I wake up."I used the three count to wake her up and watched for her reaction. At first she looked confused but then her eyes got big and she looked at me with surprise. She picked up her gown and headed for the door."I need to think about what you have done to me. I need to be alone for a while."I watched her go and wondered what would happen next. Would she scream and cry and make a scene? Would she tell Mom or Dad and get me thrown out. Staring at her, I stepped into the future and stopped. It looked and felt like a warm Summers day with a gentle breeze wafting gently around us. Kira let go of my hand as I stood there wide-eyed and open-mouthed as I looked at this new world with tall white towers and spires as far as the eye could see glistening and gleaming under the light from a huge tangerine sun that sat high in the sky above us. But it wasn't the Sun that I was staring at. It was the pale blue half crescent whose dayside. The cavalryman tried two more times to get nearer to Fort Reno but ran into redoubts, occupied trenches and sentry posts at every turn. Between the alert guards, tangled limbs of dozens of felled trees blocked their way. Finally the rebel scout gave up, turned eastward and found the Brookeville Road. The sun pounded on them. Talk seemed to melt away. The horses' heads drooped and their ears flopped."Seemed awful young, that first soldier we first met," Wainder said when they stopped for a warm.