Bren looked at this strange visitor who seemed to struggle in the water
"Now that is odd" Bren thought as the man swam to shore panting, Bren also noticed that his hooded sweater despite all the thrashing didn't leave his head, nor did it reveal his face.
"You ok?' Bren asked helping he man out of the water.
"Been better, so what year is it?" He asked and Bren didn't know what to say
"Uh its 2012 AJ (After Java)" Bren said confused
The man was silent and then screamed
"NOTCH DAMN IT I WENT TOO FAR BACK!" He cried out
"What are you talking about?" Bren asked
The man turned his head looking at Bren, at least Bren assume he was looking at him
"…ok long story short, I'm from the future, I used a time machine to go back 10 years, but it went way off and sent me back 200 years into the past. Damn it" He said holding his head like he was face palming.
"200 years from the future?" Bren asked confused, he didn't know if should believe him
"Yes I'm from the future, I'm Mike" He said extending his hand
"Bren" Bren said shaking his hand, Mike looked around
"Wow, never thought I'd see a forest outside of a nature dome" He said looking at the trees and seeing the nearby birds
"You don't have forests?" Bren asked and the man shook his head
"Nope we….wait no I shouldn't tell you about the future, I might change it, that's time travel 101…damn it if they find out I'm going to be in even more trouble than I am already in" He said
"Calm down, what do you mean more trouble?" Bren asked and the man let out a sigh, "Alright let me just say that I'm kinda a wanted man, it's because I made….well something…." He said rubbing the back of his head, "I rather not talk about it"
"I see…so can you get back home?" Bren asked
"…yeah I kinda can't, I kinda stole the device to send me back….and it was an older model, one way" He said
Bren didn't know if he should trust this man and began to shuffle back
"Wait don't go, I know I sound like a bad guy, but…ok I'm kinda a bad guy, but I'm not going to hurt you" He said grabbing Bren's arm, Bren stopped and then asked, "Then what did you do?"
Mike looked down and said, "I got caught up in the wrong thing…let's put it that way, look I can help you, I am good with different machinery, and I can building many things" He said trying to convince Bren he was serious
Bren let out a sigh, "Fine, but I'm watching you" He said leading Mike back to the town but then Mike turned back and said, "Wait I need my stuff"
"Stuff?" Bren asked and Mike held up a water logged pack
"Came with me from the future, nothing too big but enough to help me set up shop" Mike said checking them, "Ok I should be able to build some basic machinery with the right tools I got here" He said to Bren.
"Ok" Bren said leading him back to the Town. AJ was milking Mia while Nick was chopping down some nearby trees. Gale and Ryan where nowhere to be seen.
"Hey guys, where is Gale and Ryan?" Bren asked and AJ said, "They went further into the woods to find fresh meat"
"Who's this?" Nick asked setting down his axe to see the new comer
"Guys, ok you may not believe me but this is Mike, and he is from the future" Bren said straight up.
Nick and AJ were silent, thinking Bren found some more Chateau Romani or something worse.
"It's true" Mike said reaching into his pack, he found what he was looking for; it looked like a mechanical flintlock to them.
"This is my personal laser gun" He explained, everyone was confused
"Laser?" AJ asked
"Yes laser, it is a light beam focused into a focal poi…" Mike looked at all of them, they had a confused look on their face so he sighed and said, "Magic"
Everyone let out an "Oooh"
"Right, so what my gun can do is destroy rocks without needing a pick axe, like this" He said pointing to a large boulder next to a tree, he took aim with the pistol and fired, a red beam of light shot out and the rock was destroyed.
"By Notch…." Bren said surprised, this was impressive all right.
"Yeah, can't do it too many times, no way to recharge it" He said
"Recharge?" Bren asked
"Uh give it more magic, I need to build devices to hold power to put into this, or else it won't fire any more…uh kinda like gunpowder with your flintlocks" He explained
"Oh I get it" AJ said, "You need magic powder to fill it up, well we have a wizard who could help" He said and Mike didn't know what to say
"I only said magic so I don't need to explain myself…but even kids know that magic isn't real" He thought and said, "Uh yeah, so my name is Mike" He said extending his hand to them
AJ shook his hand, "I'm AJ and that's my friend Nick" Nick held his hand up and nodded his head
"The other people in our group are the pirate Ryan and our wizard Gale" Bren said to him, Mike was confused
"Uh Pirate?" Mike asked
"Captain, he washed up on shore, he is harmless" Bren explained
"Ok" Mike said, he was a little unsure but if Bren said he was ok, he guessed it was ok
The scene moves away from this part of the group and then in the woods where Ryan and Gale were, they were hunting for something fresh to eat, Ryan was carrying a dead rabbit that they were able to catch and snap the neck of but that was it.
"See anything Gale?" Ryan asked looking around
"No, and keep your eyes peeled for more creepers, if there was one, there must be more" Gale said holding his up in case something jumped out
"I know, I'm not daft" Ryan said pulling a branch aside but then he jumped back, he saw a large spider and it saw him, it let out a stance where it stood on its hind legs and flared his fangs"
"Blast it" Ryan said jumping back; Gale took his place and held his wand up, "Hey Ryan, think Spider is edible?" He asked
Ryan looked at the large fanged spider that refused to move, "Think so, we might need to stew it" He said
"Good" Gale said flicking his wand and muttering a few words, he fired a small lightning bolt right into the spider's face; it let out a small shrill shudder and fell forward dead.
"Alright I'll carry it" Gale said using his wand to lift up the spider but then he noticed something and said, "Oh Notch…."
Ryan looked at him, "What?"
Gale pointed behind the spider; it was a single egg right in the ground.
"Oh…so that's why it didn't attack, it was just protecting its egg" Ryan said, he took off his hat and putt it on his chest, "Sorry miss spider, we didn't know" He said to the dead spider and Gale walked to the nest and looked at it, it was a freshly made one, but the spider wasn't laying eggs, so it must have brought this one to this new nest.
"I'll take the egg, might as well or else the spider will die alone" He said picking up the softball sized egg and putting it into his robe
"You sure you want to do that, what if it turns on you?" Ryan asked
"Perhaps it will, but we killed the spider for just defending its nest" Gale said picking the spider back up with his magic and leading Ryan back to the town
"Right….curse my soft heart" Ryan muttered following him back.
Back with Bren, he was showing Mike a free house.
"So I know it's a little wrecked but we are working on it" Bren said to him
"Don't worry about it, I think I can handle this" Mike said looking around, a little dusting, some new machines in here and he would have a decent workshop
"Err but do me a favor, if you come across any strange minerals while mining, let me know, I might be able to identify it for you" Mike said setting down his personal pack.
"Ok and I'll introduce you to the others when they get back ok" Bren said and Mike nodded his head and Bren walked out.
Mike waited a moment and then went into his pack and pulled out a small device and pressed a button, a voice spoke, "Mike, your mission is to arm the nuclear device, and destroy the Epsilon Camp. Failure is not an option…"
Mike turned off the device and let out a large sigh saying, "…if only I knew that was the wrong thing" He said to himself and then he heard a knock
"Sorry to bug you, but they just came back" It was Bren's voice
"Alright I'm coming out" Mike said putting the device back into his pack and walking out, he saw in the middle of the old town square a man in a robe and a main in what he identified as a pirate captains coat cutting apart a spider and putting it into a large caldron.
"Uh spider?" Mike asked
"Don't knock it till you try it" Bren said, though his voice indicated he was unsure about that as well.
"Hey guys, this is the guy I was telling you about" Bren said to Ryan and Gale
"I'm Mike" Bren said to him
"Captain Ryan" Ryan said
"Gale" Gale said as he used his magic to stir the water without a spoon
"So you really are a wizard" Mike said looking at this
Gale cocked an eyebrow, "Well according to Bren, you have a tool that uses magic, so I don't see why you are surprised"
"Well I don't use that kind of magic" Mike said quickly lying
Gale didn't say anything instead going back to work on making the stew.
"Hey Bren, got something to show you" Gale said going into his robe and drawing the egg
"The spider was defending her nest" He explained
"Gonna try and hatch it?" Bren asked
"Well, all wizards have their own magical pet, figure I might as well try a spider. Better than some who think they can tame a creeper" Gale said with a light smirk on his face. Bren could only imagine how that ends up.
"We'll call you when dinner is ready" Ryan said as he added some of the rabbit meat he was cutting up into the stew.
"Thanks" Bren said going back to the mayor's building and pulling out a book to read while he waited.
Over with AJ and Nick they were sparing with some wooden swords Nick made, obviously they were working up a good sweat
"So AJ, think this mike guy can be trusted?" Nick asked sending a thrust at AJ who turned and sent a swipe into Nick's shoulder
"Well if Bren trusts him, I think we can trust him" AJ said as Nick blocked that swipe
"I don't know, it's kinda hard to trust a man who claims he is from the future" Nick said swinging down at AJ who jumped back
"But why lie about that?' AJ asked as they crossed swords
"…I don't know, that's what confuses me" Nick said as they both jumped back and sheathed their swords
"Let's head back; dinner should be ready…think spider will be good?" He asked
"I don't know I'm just thankful I saved some of last night's steak" AJ said and Nick gave a small smile.
Dinner was finished and they had their bowls ready for the strange new meal.
They all at the same time took a spoon full of spider rabbit stew, a pause….and then they all spat it out.
"Ok…who has steak left?" Was all Bren could asked.
Character Info
AJ
Age 19
Occupation: Mercenary
AJ unlike his best friend Nick grew up with a happy family. When bandits came and destroyed his town, he and Nick stood together to become mercenaries. AJ is far more optimistic about situations then Nick but isn't afraid to stand firm.
Interesting Fact: AJ while growing up helped his parents with agriculture and found he had a green thumb, he also impressed his town by improving the town water mill and therefore better flour was made.
Actors Seen in this episode.
Bren T. Hunter: Played by Bren Tenkage
Nick: Played by H3LLHOUND308
AJ: Played by SloanRangers1
Gale: Played by Gallum14
Ryan: Played by KanjoLuBoku
Mike: Played by metalgod095
AN: In case you didn't get it, Mike is from the Technic mod of Minecraft.