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.

a lightning strike, three others were injured, with two of the three were in critical condition! The outpost requested an airlift

as spoke “It would be impossible for the commander

is dangerously low, the helicopters can only

just to fly to the mountaintop and back for two wounded

He sighed, and continued.

otherwise our helicopters and tanks would be usable for

spoke again “With a majority of the world’s oil being in the Middle East, it is ridiculous that we have

The other soldier laughed.

no way to 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

the eight people

if they don’t

first voice 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,

will be sent to all of the major media outlets globally, and the Americans will have to

to where Charlie was hiding in the shadows, and he watched as one rubbed his hands together

the soldier said “I haven’t yet had the taste

a depressed sigh, “It’s been three months

a lewd smile and nodded, “Yeah, but I like that black-haired