G.I. Genie Ch. 04

Catherine's face held compassion as she looked into my eyes. "They have rules also, they would not do that without telling you. They had a few things to remind me of before I came back. They also could feel your anger, so they hurried."

"I was fearful that I had failed you Catherine, just like I had when my family was killed. I..." I stopped. There was no sense in saying this when I knew that she didn't feel the same way.

Then again Catherine's face held hope and something else. Thing is, I couldn't really tell what it was, I really didn't know much except war and killing. It was what I was trained for, what I was good at.

I guess Catherine could see the pain on my face, "You haven't let me down, master. If anything, you have saved me from that, I thank you. Are you hungry, master?"

This brought a smile to my face, lately she seemed to know how to lighten my mood. "Actually I am. What do you say to Italian?"

"Any particular place?" She asked. "I know of a place in Rome."

I thought about it, I hadn't been to Italy in a few years. "Sounds good to me," I said as she smiled, then snapped her fingers.

A moment later, we were at an outside café on the outskirts of Rome. The picturesque setting seemed perfect.

Hell, even the waiter that came out was good to see. Finally, I truly relaxed for the first time all week.

"So, no matter how long we are gone, we appear at almost the same time as when we left?" I asked.

"Yes, master, it is always that way unless you wish differently. Though there cannot be two of you at the same time, you may observe but not interact," Catherine explained to me.

Hmmm I thought this could make for some very interesting trips back. We finished our meal as I complimented the chef.

I was thinking of going back when I thought, what was the hurry? I looked at Catherine a moment, then nodded.

"I'd like to go to a few places, though I want you beside me. No more of this disappearing when we get there, OK?" I asked.

"I am sorry, master I thought that it was what you wanted. I now know the difference, though I will ask more than I usually do," Catherine said.

Good I thought she has learned, "I have always been interested in historical battles," I said.

Catherine was listening closely as I thought about it.

"I have always wondered about the battle of Waterloo in Belgium. Yes, I would like to go there," I told her.

"Anything else, master?" Catherine said, about to snap her fingers. I thought about it, then shook my head, then remembered too late as we appeared in a tent. I forgot to tell her I only wanted to observe.

I saw Catherine sitting in a corner smiling at me. I was about to ask her to let me observe when Napoleon Bonaparte walked in.

I had to hold my mouth closed as the man walked up to me. "So, Michel Ney, Prince. Are we prepared to defeat these dogs that wish to crush France underfoot?" He asked.

For a moment I was afraid to actually speak, then nodded, "we will do all that we can."

"Good it shall be a great victory at Waterloo. We must teach them that France is not a weak nation," he said, then saluted me about faced then left.

OK, I thought, this wasn't good. "Catherine, I only want to observe." I said as beside me the real Michel Ney appeared.

Much better, I thought, as I watched the man plan an attack, one that would succeed. I knew that he'd secure a victory. Though against England, Prussia, the Netherlands, Brunswick, Hanover and Nassau, Napoleon was doomed.

I mean really 73,000 against five armies. 120,000 in one, 68,000 in another. Then they were backed up by 50,000 of the Prussian army.

I looked over to Catherine, "alright, let's go," I told her.

She looked at me with a smile and said, "Yes, master, where to?"

Hmmmmm I had to think a moment, that was a good reason. I really didn't feel like going back to the base yet. There wasn't really anywhere in the US or Europe that I wanted to go. Wasn't that hungry, then I thought, "can I see where you are from?"

For a moment her face dropped, then her smile returned as fast. "Of course, master, though there like you did here, you can only observe. Are you sure master?" She asked.

This made me hesitate for a moment, was that fear I saw on her face? OK, now I wasn't so sure if I really wanted to go. Unfortunately, Catherine took no answer as a confirmation, and we were there in a moment.

I blinked as I saw what appeared like a modern third world marketplace. I looked around, finding Catherine huddled against me, ok this was not good.

"Alright, take us to the camp," I said as she sighed, then snapped her fingers.

Right after we left, there was a huge crack of almost thunder. A moment later where we had stood, a male Jinn appeared. At first, he had a confused look on his face, then a look of evil crossed his features.

His hand snapped out as he ripped another male to his face. "I can feel that she was here, where is that bitch? She is mine to use 'til there is nothing left. I will breed her 'til she is dead!" He then sniffed the air, "ah she has a master, of no concern from what I can feel. Good, I need a human to kill, to warm up on."

More than a few people were shaking when the evil-looking male suddenly popped out of sight.

In the Jinn realm, the same two that had watched Catherine and me were looking at the evil Jinn.

"So it appears that it has started far sooner than we thought," the Jinn councilor said.

"Yes," Catherine's father said. "As you said, I hope that her master can release her of the curse."

"Let us hope that he can," the first Jinn said.

"It may take longer than we wish, especially with them moving through time," Catherine's father said.

"That may be true, though we both know that he will do all he can to find her. Plus, I am afraid that he might disrupt me the way he is going. We would have to step in if that is th case. It would take the entire council," the first Jinn said.

"You mean to tell me that we may have another Jinn war as we did so long ago?" Catherine's father asked.

"Yes I am afraid so, though this time, he won't have th support he had back then. The only thing is, if he defeats her master, he may gain even more power. That I am afraid we can not allow to happen," the first Jinn said.

"We must prepare for the unlikely hood that he can actually do everything that he wants to happen. At least this time we have the advantage of knowing that he is coming," Catherine's father said.

"Yes, there is that, though the loss of life that it may bring needs to be avoided as much as possible. We need to advise the king and the great Jinn as soon as possible also," the first Jinn said.

Both the Jinns were in discussion for a few more minutes, then they both left. One to talk to the Jinn King and the other to contact the great Jinn.

Catherine and I appeared back in my hut, only a few seconds, it seemed, after we had left. Thankfully, my new aid appeared a few minutes later with the info I had requested.

I knew what she'd said to me, that the next spy had to be higher ranked. The problem was I wasn't that highly ranked, so that I could readily accuse a higher rank.

I spent the next few hours roaming the camp trying to get a bead on just who it might be. I sighed as I made my way back to my hut. I noticed that Catherine was no longer beside me, looking back, I saw her staring at a Captain.

Shit I thought, this was going to take some serious evidence to get this guy. I mentally called Catherine to me, then asked her if that was the spy. "I'm not sure, master, he feels like it, though he doesn't. I know strange, sorry master."

I sat to think about what she had said, was it possible that he knew but couldn't say? I nodded yes, that I could see that there was some type of blackmail involved.

I started to go through everything that they might have on him. I looked over to Catherine, "I need you to get all that you can on him, the more, the better."

"Give a moment, master," she said, then concentrated for a moment. Finally, she nodded her head as she snapped her fingers. Almost immediately, a small pile of files appeared on my desk.

I just shook my head at what was there, obviously someone was trying to limit the evidence as much as possible. I rubbed my chin; this was getting harder and harder. I had a feeling that wasn't boding well.

I sighed this was going to take a while even with as little as there was. I thought that it was going to be a long night 'til I started to run across a businessman's name a lot.

There were horror stories out there about military suppliers that would do anything to keep their contracts. Yeah I thought, contracts that brought in money in the trillions.

The further I got into what Catherine had given me, the angrier I got. It seemed that the sons of batches were sacrificing soldiers and their lives, all in the name of profit. I was seething now, almost unable to see much but red, 'til Catherine put a hand on my shoulder.

"Master?" she said quietly. I looked up into her face, seeing an extreme look of worry. "Master, are you alright? I can feel your anger, it's like a wave."

I quickly calmed though the worry was on her face. "I'm sorry Catherine, what I am seeing is a businessman getting those of us here killed. They are doing it all in the name of profit and money."

"So the one I saw isn't the one who is actually doing this then?" Catherine asked.

I shook my head no, "the one here is being blackmailed to look the other way. I imagine the man's family is being threatened."

I sat there a moment, then as I was looking at Catherine an idea started to form. Then a thin smile started to dominate my features. Why the hell not? I had a genie that could do almost anything.

I then started to out the plan that was growing with every minute that I thought about it. At first Catherine was a little confused 'til I started to go over each part. After half an hour she, too, was smiling at the underhandedness of it.

The next day, a rather rich looking man in a limo pulled up to the headquarters of Entrant Inc. A rich looking man and absolutely gorgeous woman got out going in. They were quickly led to an elevator, whisked to the top floor.

They were met by the owner and CEO of the company. They shook hands then got down to business the rich looking man wanted to invest several billion dollars. This, of course, had the owner perking up as he readily agreed.

The owner had researched the rich man to make sure things were on the up and up. Therefore, the man went into this with every certainty that it was legit.

The man and woman then exited the building, entering the Limo. A mile away, the limo stopped then disappeared. The man and woman then changed appearances. I looked at Catherine breathing out a sigh.

"Well, that's the first part done, we've baited the hook, let's see if he bites," I told Catherine.

Back in the Entrant Inc. office, the CEO was on the phone to another businessman. The CEO was talking to another military supply company. "Jeff, it's Ron, yes. I've got another idiot investor. Yes, this one appears to be as dumb as a brick. I've got his number, no so far, only a couple of billion. I think I can get another ten out of him."

The CEO went on for a few more minutes then started to call a few others that were in the scheme with him.

All the businessmen got together that night. They then decided just how much they were going to try and take the new investor for each.

They all laughed at the perfect scheme that they had. Eventually, they'd have to quit with the military before the US government got involved in their business. Then, one of them laughed that wasn't really a problem, as they had several senators and congressmen on their payroll.

Oh yeah, Entrant's Ceo said, their in-pocket government types would just form a committee that would stall. Eventually, the concerned parties would lose interest and they would win. They all laughed that's how they had gotten as rich as they had in the first place.

I, of course, was listening in thanks to Catherine. Shit I thought, there was a lot of money in this room. Plus, there were supposed captains of industry here. Taking down all of them might be impossible, but we could try.

First, I needed to deprive as many of them as he could of their vast fortunes. He'd already started on that though, he didn't feel it was enough.

No, most of them needed to go to prison without their money, to get them out or make life easy for them.

The more I thought about it, the more I just wanted to make them all as poor as possible. Though they all needed to pay for the many lives that they had sacrificed just for profit.

Most of the ideas I came up with I rejected immediately. They either didn't exact enough revenge or left them able to do this again.

I knew that, no matter what, Catherine would help me to exact revenge upon them. The furthest idea I had, was for all their money to just disappear. I knew though, that an extreme investigation would ensue, I felt I would be found out.

I knew that Catherine could fix almost anything though, for some reason, I wasn't feeling that good about that plan.

Finally, I asked Catherine what she thought about all the plans I had. At first, she was deep in thought, then she started to suggest ideas that I hadn't thought of.

Unfortunately, none of them seemed plausible, true If I had magic, then yeah. The way she was going, I would have to depend on her completely. I shook my head, I wasn't that used to it yet.

The harder I thought, the more stressed I started to get. There had to be something. Then I snapped my fingers, that just might work! I outlined what I had come up with to Catherine, a small smile lit up her features.

She then snapped her fingers as what I wanted started to go into effect. I then gave her a second and third target after I saw just how rich all of them were.

I laughed as I could only imagine the shock of all parties involved. I was also hoping that the fallout from these beginning acts would be as far-reaching.

Catherine and I went back to my hut she had set up something, so I could watch what was going on. I hoped that this would put a serious pain on all of them when we were done.

While I was relaxing there, an aide came in with a planned raid that the commander wanted. I looked it over, seeing that this was a cluster fuck at the least. I knew from the way it looked that we would be walking into a death trap.

I started to look for alternative routes, the most likely ambush points. I shook my head, no matter what we did we were dead to a man. I went to see the commander, noticing that the captain Catherine had mentioned was nearby.

I waited for a very long time actually having to walk away. I walked in and immediately started to write. I explained all that I had seen and suspected. I outlined what I wanted to do and what I feared, what would happen if I carried it out as it was.

He looked up at me for a moment after I was done. Then he sat there thinking about it, true I had helped to rid the camp of spies. This, though, was a little more than he thought possible.

I then outlined what I had so far about a certain Captain, though I still needed more for a conviction. I suggest a trap to capture the man, to give him false attack plans to see what would happen.

Again, the commander eyed me for a few minutes, then nodded it couldn't hurt to try. If it was unfounded, then no harm, no foul.

My team and I moved out, heading in the general direction that the plan indicated. Not far from the camp, we turned in an entirely different direction.

We weren't far from where we were supposed to be when we stopped. We peaked over the dunes to see at least a hundred of the enemy waiting for us to appear.

I started to curse when I knew that I had been right. Damnit! They had gotten there pretty damn quick. I had several machine guns set up, looking down into their midst.

Catherine appeared a moment later, pointing out that the first group had more back up. A lot more than we had a chance to defeat.

Again, I cursed as I pointed out the two groups. I moved back down the dunes to my radioman. I had the location of the enemy given to air support. Then I gave the second group, which was a second ambush.

We waited almost a half hour after bugging out as far back as we could. We had just hunkered down when several of our jets streaked over.

I knew that the enemy was shredded when the jets went at them full force. I was hoping that they got most of them so we could continue.

We were surprised when about twenty broke over the dunes a distance in front of us. I smiled as we started to mow down the few that escaped.

We thanked the pilots then made our way to the scene of the slaughter. Oh, yeah I thought when I saw the many bodies and parts that were tossed all over the place.

I had the men go through all the bodies to see if there was any intell on them. We did find a few cryptic messages, though nothing too damning. We decided to push on there was no way these men had traveled that far.

True enough, we were about to top another dune when Catherine appeared. She warned of the enemy camp below us.

I and a few others crawled to near the top, I scanning the camp below. Again I started to curse when I saw several men in what appeared to be cages. I went back with those that had gone with me were mad as hell also.

We started to plan knowing that the camp was short, at least a hundred. At least we hoped that they were from this camp and not another.

I had all the men rest up as it wouldn't be dark for several hours. I then got on the radio with our camp, letting the commander know what had happened. I also let him know what we were going to try and do.

He was silent for a minute as he weighed what we were doing. "Your strength isn't that strong, you want to wait for back up?" He asked.

"I'm not sure if that is advisable. I am sure that they are going to start missing their men. I'm afraid that they might bug out if we wait too long," I said.

I knew I was right when Catherine appeared, nodding her agreement. I sighed, I hated being right most of the time, especially in situations like this.

She even suggested an attack that would have fewer people killed. I thought about it was a good plan though, I was afraid it would put us in more danger.

I considered everything before I had us move out at sunset. I was hoping that we would actually succeed again getting men back was always good.

The tall, sandy blonde woman looked around as she walked out of the hospital. Her last episode hd done more than give her a major headache. She'd had memories for the first in a long time.

There was an accident that she was in, two people were killed, though she couldn't recall their names. She remembered that she had a brother, a brother she hadn't seen in many years.

All she knew, he was as tall as her, had the same sandy blonde hair and his name was John. Anything more than that, caused her head to hurt.

It suddenly hit her the man that was in the picture that had been moved that was her brother. It had to be why else was there a picture of all of them together?

Damnit! She was almost there, so long she had nothing and now just a tidbit. No, she had to push to get more, she had to.