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.

over the radio that five people were killed on the western mountaintop by a lightning strike, three others were

other person shrugged and spread his hands helplessly as spoke

is dangerously low, the helicopters can only be used in the

to fly to the

He sighed, and continued.

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

small groan, and complaining, spoke again “With a majority of the world’s oil being

The other soldier laughed.

the Americans to purchase the equipment necessary, then we can refine all the fuel we need!” The

eight people come from a wealthy

be troublesome if

cut in “What’s the problem? Just get rid of them.” The soldier then lowered his voice as he continued “The commander said that if the Americans don’t pay today, we’ll

outlets globally, and the Americans

where Charlie was hiding in the shadows,

woman.” the soldier said “I haven’t yet had the taste of a western

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

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