1 The fourth kind

*blop*

The warnings stoped ringing. 'WHAT?!" He said jumping from the seat, standing up. Looking around, beyond the glass that formed almost the entire upper part of the machine, he perceived that was in the midle of a forest and the machine was right in front of a small cave in a steep mountain.

"Fuckfuckfuck..." Said Rafael, holding his head. There was a small panel to his right, the same panel that would accept any choosen date and that started bipping and showing red warnings. Getting closer to look, the screen was doing some flicks but he managed to read:

'Warning, failure of both 45,9 EHz Phase-Shifted Tachyon Emitter Array. Turn off your FC1000 and contact our support service, or see the repair guide stored under your chair.'

Quickly turning around and looking under the chair, he found a book with hard cover and without name. At the same time, the door of the time machine automatically opened, scaring Rafael despite him knowing that would happen and only worsenning his panic. "Fuck, calm down." He took some deep breaths and opened the book.

[INTRODUCTION

Congratulations on your rental of the FC1000!] He read but kickly buffed: "No! Where is the repair instructions?!". He started passing the pages until he finally found it.

[REPAIR GUIDE

The FC1000 cannot be repaired.]

"..." He stoped moving. Rafael began to feel dizzy and the book slipped from his hands. "WWHAAT THEE FUUCK??!!" Screamed while looking aimlessly forward. At this moment, he heard some movement outside and a high pitched noise. Turning aroud, he searched the origin of this noise but didn't find anything. Fear started to mix with the panic.

'This can't be happenig! How will I go back? There must be something...' Rafael thought while picking up the book on the metal floor but, before he could open it, he heard noises outside again like if someone was talking. This time, he stepped out of the time machine and concentrated, trying to tell the direction or see where the sound was coming from. Finally he saw, around 20 meters from him, behind some bushes and a tree, there was a small head looking at him but it quickly hide behind it.

"Who are you?! I saw you!" Rafael shouted and took a few steps forward but then 2 kids appeared out of their hiding spot and began to run away. Seeying the kids, Rafael felt some relief knowing that he wasn't trapped in a time period before the existence of people.

"Hey! Stop!" He said preparing to run after them but stopped. A man with brown hair falling on his face, wearing some dirt dark yellow shirt and brown pants stepped out of his hiding place, near where the kids were, with a bow and arrow pointing at Rafael.

"Halt! Who are you?!"

Rafael stoped in place, concentrating on the threat before him. He was looking a bit downwards because the height difference between the cavern entrance and the ground of the forest.

'For fuck sake! Why is this happening?' He thought while making a serious expression, but didn't say anything.

"Wha...Where are you from? You're not from our village!" The man said but Rafael noticed that his voice was different. It wasn't strong and decisive anymore but actually sounded somewhat afraid.

"Calm down, I'm from a distant place. I was traveling but got lost." He couldn't just say that he was from the future. There was some periods in history that the company producer of the FC1000 warned about the danger of telling the truth to the original residents of that time line. There was lots of people that said they were hunted and almost killed (some where) by the locals, church, kingdoms and dynasties after revealing they came from the future.

'Why is he shaking?' Rafael noticed that the man was somewhat pale and shaking but didn't know why.

In the man's vision, Rafael was a young man with black hair, around 1,80 meters tall, wearing some strange black leather pants, white coat with long sleeves decorated with blue lines and details and also wearing what looked like dark brown boots. He was holding a book and didn't look afraid of him. Also, it looked like there was something strange behind him, something he had never seen or heard anything like before.

'This man isn't like most. These strange clothes and the book he is holding only means that he is a noble or a merchant. But why was he shouting? Where are his guards? If he really is someone important, then... I'm dead... No no no. Now that I've threatened this noble or whatever he is, if I let him go he will kill me and my family! I can't let my family die!'

"Hey, calm down ok? I don't want troub..." before Rafael could finish, the man released the arrow. It made a small arc while flying and almost hit his leg if he hadn't sidestep at the last second.

"Stop! I'm not an enemy!" He wasn't expecting the man to actually shoot him. 'Why in the ancient times they always resort to violence?' Rafael though but the man was already preparing another arrow. He sighed and began to walk to the man's direction.

"No! You're not going to kill us!" The man said while pointing the bow to the supposed noble. 'He is closer now. He won't be able to dodge this time.'

Rafael was less than 15 meters from him and was still walking towards him. 'What? Why is he still walking? Aaahh, just die!'