Chapter 10: Chapter 3: Fate’s Second Punch Part 3

“You see you have no defense?” the man said looking at Zavier like he could show any indication that he understood. “I’m going to release you. Attack, run, or call for help, and I’ll snap your neck. Believe me, it’s less taxing than putting someone in a full body restraint.” With that the intruder dropped his arm and the glow dissipated. Zavier’s right arm immediately flew up and backwards, causing him to slam his back into the chair. Thankfully it was a padded chair. Zavier kept his gaze down on his right foot, where it had settled once he had been released. He needed to take his time lifting his face up to face his unwanted guest and give himself time to think of something to say. Despite waiting for a good five seconds and turning his head at the speed of a dramatic reveal in a movie, Zavier still came face to face with the man from last night with nothing but shock in his headspace.

“I’m going to ask you some questions.” the man said in a slow, controlled voice.

“I’m not friends with the Spider, your issue is with him.” Zavier blurted out.

“Who is Spider?” replied the intruder.

Zavier was now very confused. He needed to figure out how to appease this man to save his life, but he now had no idea why the hell he was at his house.

“The guy you attacked last night, who walked up to your car.” Zavier really hoped he was ringing some bells and this guy was not just crazy.

“He’s not one of yours.”

“No. We were buying drugs from him. We barely know him.” Zavier’s heart sank at the man’s reaction to this information. He looked very confused and had now appeared to be deep in thought trying to decide what he should say next. If this guy was just crazy and had some of whatever he used to restrain him earlier, Zavier might not survive much longer.

After a long half minute of silence the man made up his mind and spoke, “Who are you? Do you know the Poison Fang? Do you work with Shen?”

Zavier was now certain this man was crazy. His only way forward was to play along and convince him he was not involved in whatever was running through this guy's head. “Zavier, and no and no. I’m just a kid.”

“Why didn’t you fight back?”

“What do you mean?”

“You just thrashed around, you didn’t use any of your soul energy to break the binds.”

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Zavier didn’t know what to say. This was all batshit crazy and it just kept getting weirder. But the man somehow had him in a full body restraint without touching him. He had to be imagining it or gotten injected with something earlier. No matter the explanation, he had no way to protect himself as long as he had no understanding of whatever magic trick was played on him. At this point he had to be honest and try to get this man to rationalize letting him go.

Clearing his throat, Zavier tried to strike a sympathetic and understanding tone, “I don’t know what soul energy is. And I’m not involved with it at all. I’m sorry I distracted you from whoever you're looking for.”

The man shot Zavier a pissed off smile. Oh shit. Zavier braced himself as the man opened his mouth. “Don’t get too familiar. You’re not getting out of this by pretending to be my friend. You are the cause of my predicament, that much is certain. But you seem oblivious and if you’re faking that as well, I’ve finally met a man who can lie to me.”

“Explain to me how I caused your trouble and I’ll try to help you. If you need a place, there are shelters-”

The intruder interrupted, “Do not patronize me. You are a well of soul energy. I’ve never seen someone with so much without it being expressed. But everyone here seems to have no idea how to use soul energy or that they have it in the first place. This is indeed a strange place.” The intruder briefly paused his ramble and looked with great uncertainty out of Zavier’s window. “Where are we?”

“You’re near Seattle, man.” Zavier now had genuine concern for this man. Despite his actions, he seemed more confused than violent.

“The planet is called Seattle?” the man responded.

“No, the planet is called Earth.” Zavier was helpless to not let out a chuckle with this response.

The man immediately turned with catlike reflexes toward Zavier and gave him one of the most intense stares Zavier had ever received. Zavier was paralyzed with fear. The confused man was gone and the violent intruder appeared to be back.

The man and Zavier held eye contact for a non-trivial amount of time. Zavier could hear the man’s breathing rate and volume increase as he tried to gather himself. Right as his breathing reached a crescendo and Zavier braced for almost anything, the man returned to his prior level of calmness. His expression changed to a solemn one as he spoke, “If what you say is true, it begins to explain this place. I just cannot bring myself to believe you.”

There was another round of prolonged silence. Wanting to steer the conversation towards a non lethal exit for the intruder, Zavier opened his mouth to speak. The man cut him off before the first syllable. “You seem to be unaware of your abetting of my enemies, which makes you their victim. Which makes us sharers of the same misery. Which makes me your ally whether you accept me or not. My name is Yafu and I would like you to help me go home.”

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