Charles awakes from his sleep and sees that he is not in his bed at home, but instead he is in a room he does not recognize. he found himself in what looked like a large test tube like something out of a sci-fi horror film. he then noticed that he was surrounded by a strange fluid like substance. whatever it was, it was doing something to his body and Charles felt a strange pain course through his body and he felt a cold blackness that seemed to creep all the way down to his soul. he first tried to remember how he could have gotten there, but he had no memory of how he had been taken to this place. he looked around his surroundings and saw several strange creatures who he then recognized as the Vitus, the alien species that was at war with humanity. they must have been responsible for his predicament, and Charles wanted more than ever to escape and find what these foul aliens were doing to him. 

he tried to free himself of the tube, but the glass was very strong and hitting it did nothing. he kept trying to break free and every time he failed, he would grow every frustrated with the glass. he soon got really angry and to his utter shock, his body released a powerful glowing wave of dark red lightning which blast apart the tube and electrocuted the Vitus standing close by his now destroyed tube. the liquid spilled everywhere, and Charles felt wet and cold once he was free of the tube. but regardless of that, he was free and he needed to figure out what was happening. he had just made lightning erupt from his body which was something he thought of as impossible, but he had done it. he looked around and then heard commotion from another part of the place he was. he quickly ran to where he heard the noise and saw a couple human, one looked to be partially on fire while the other was at first an animal, then turned back into a human. Charles guessed that these kids were also effected by whatever these aliens had subjected them to.