The Charismatic Charlie Wade

He landed in a small courtyard, with only three dilapidated adobe houses.

Charlie used his reiki to penetrate and search the buildings for signs of life, only to find them empty.

He crept through the courtyard and between the homes, slowly making his way towards the center of the village where the four helicopters were parked.

Charlie figured Zoey and the other hostages should be detained near them, as the position would be the most heavily defended and hardest to escape from.

As Charlie crept towards another courtyard, edging along one of the house walls, he heard the sound of footsteps not that far ahead.

Quickly pulling back, Charlie concealed himself behind the first courtyard wall.

He immediately saw two middle-aged soldiers wearing desert camouflage, casually holding their guns, and chatting with each other as they walked towards his hiding spot.

Charlie was surprised to hear them talking in English instead of Arabic!

Due to the constant influence of western military forces over the last decade (through training and guidance provided by European and American military instructors, as well textbooks and manuals) English became an almost unofficial second language amongst the various government and paramilitary groups within Syria.

Even though Charlie was unaware of this, speaking English was very common amongst these groups.

three others were injured, with two of

person shrugged and spread his hands helplessly as spoke “It would be impossible for the commander to grant that

dangerously low, the helicopters can only be used in the most pressing

can’t be wasted just to fly to the

He sighed, and continued.

the government hasn’t begun an offensive against us, otherwise our helicopters and tanks would be usable for at most

spoke again “With a majority of the world’s oil being in the

The other soldier laughed.

refine it! The commander wants to use the ransom money from the Americans to purchase the equipment necessary, then we can refine all the fuel we need!” The soldier then snorted “I don’t know if those damn Americans are willing to pay the money

eight people come from a

be troublesome if

soldier then lowered his voice as he continued “The commander said that if the Americans don’t pay today, we’ll just film and execute the

media outlets globally, and the Americans will

two soldiers stopped close to where Charlie was hiding in the shadows,

said “I haven’t yet

don’t know if I’ll ever get this opportunity again!” He then let out a depressed sigh, “It’s

soldier gave him a lewd smile and nodded, “Yeah, but I like that black-haired chinese