The Man Behind the Gun

Chapter five

Harry helped the little girl and her mother to calm down and rest in the enlarged strange tent, while Gordon made food for the newbies and Hadrien, Eric watching him as he joined him. "If I may ask, what are your powers?"

"I am not a Mutant, Sir, nor is Harry. He is both of a different race, or better said, we are humanoid aliens."

"Pardon, but is this a joke?"

Gordon turned towards Eric, and rose an eyebrow questioningly:" Sir, do I look like I am joking? You are a Mutant, you have powers of your own, so tell me: Do you really think that only your Planet was able to bear Intelligent Species?"

The male Mutant had his eyes wide in shock and scolded himself for he knew that the chance for Humans to be the only intelligent creature in the Universe was small to really impossible. "Prove it, then. Prove to me, that you two are from a different realm!"

The Alchemist sighed, and nodded, calling Harry to come here, but in a language only he and the Teen could understand: the tongue of the dead.
Eric watched interested, as the two spoke in a speech unknown, and as both turned around to face him, Harry's hair turned white, together with his skin and eyes, and the same happened with  Gordon, both showing off what Eric believed to be their true form, their Grimmreaper Forms.
A form only to be able to get carried by the Master of Death, and of Homunculi, creatures born without a soul.
Harry was glad that the elder was around to teach him, for death would have never told him that he could do that.

"You two really are... Aliens?"

"Yes, of sorts. Our Planet is in a different dimension, so it's more like Travelers. Our kin is what you would call a WItch or Witcher here. Strange for sure, but it is as it is."meant Harry, gifting the man a nice polite smile. "We are on the run from our past, my past: I was a hero on the other side, but was betrayed. Gordon helped me flee, and this is why he is with me now. Your world is our home now, and it will stay this way, should you be alright with that." They both turned human again, and Eric looked over to his wife and daughter, that were watching the men's interactions, and the Metal Bender gulped heavily, as he got captured in the Aliens' Gaze again."Are they able to follow you till here?"

"No."

"Then I shall allow it, and protect your secret as if it was my own."

Harry and Gordon smiled, and food was served: A delicious Stew.
Two hours later, they changed Location, in the name of Safety, again.