Power

Chapter XV

"Where'd you find this guy?" asked Barg strapping the body to one of the tables in the med tent.

"We found him next to water, off a cliff," said Charlie in a calmed and happy voice.

"You sound excited," said Isaac.

"How often do you find pretty much dead bodies!" Charlie said even more excitedly.

"Charlie what's wrong with you," I said alarmed as Charlie creepily turned his head to face me. Then he abruptly smiled and then stopped smiling.

"Nothing really. Its just that when i find a body it can mean two things. One the body is either an alien or is someone like me, like you two or Two, the body is a human that will help us out," said Charlie.

"And if it's neither," asked Isaac.

"Oh then we wipe their memory and I deliver them to the nearest town," said Charlie as he watched closely for the body to start moving. Soon enough as if on Charlie's call the body started to move and it quickly realized that it was strapped to a table.

"Oh great. The first thing I wake up to is three assholes and an alien," said the guy as Barg looked down at himself followed by Charlie and Isaac. I instead looked at the guy. He had a pale face and it was speckled with the mud that didn't get wiped off. Then I noticed his eyes, which at first looked like he had fire in them but then the colors settled on a bright red.

"Charlie, he looks like one of us," I said as I looked over at Charlie who was sitting on the ground, crying.

"He called me an asshole," he wailed. Then I looked at Isaac who was right next to Charlie, trying to calm Charlie down.

"Hey," he said calmly, "He didn't mean it, did you."

"Oh, I meant it," said the guy with a smug face. Then Charlie got up and walked up to the guy. Then he pulled out an energy bow and loaded an arrow, aiming right at the guys face.

"TAKE IT BACK," Charlie yelled at the guy.

"Ok, jeez fine, you don't have to aim at me," said the guy, "I take it back ok."

"Ok, now you tell us what you remember," said Charlie.

"This was my forest you know. It was completely unoccupied. All I did was go down to the shore to take a nap and I wake up to three guys who try to threaten me with a magical bow," said the guy.

"Ok, now tell us your name," said Charlie.

"Why should I?" Asked the guy.

"You will tell us or an arrow is going straight through your face," said Charlie angered as he drew back his bow.

"Ok, ok, fine," the guy exclaimed, sounding a bit more frightened, "my name is Ivel. I got here a few months ago running from a helicopter of the IPSF. I guess they didn't like me too much. Then I escaped them by hiding in the bushes near the edge of the forest. The IPSF stopped following me and I think they lost my trail, so I made this place my home, and you guys broke in and took it."

"Well then you shouldn't take naps," I retorted to Ivel's remark.

"Yeah, whatever, can you let me out of the cuffs now?" Ivel asked.

"No," said Charlie simply.

"Why?" Ivel asked, not believing that he couldn't be let go.

"First off you called me an asshole. Second you need to stay here until we find something for you to do in camp," said Charlie, "Which reminds me, you guys don't have a job to do here." Charlie pointed out.

"Well what do you have in mind," I asked.

"I have no clue," said Charlie blankly.