Chapter 20

POV Tanya

Looking around the convoy from the top of the truck I've noticed that the people are somewhat avoiding me.

-a few hours later-

After awhile of sitting on top of the truck Claire seems to be walking in my direction after coming out of the motel.

Looking in my direction she says "Hey, got a minute?"

"Sure."

"LJ wants to talk to you for some reason."

"Hmm, really now? I'll humor him. However if he says anything disrespectful I will immediately end him."

"I- that's.. that's alright we've all said our goodbyes."

"Alright."

Jumping down from the top of the truck I start walking towards the motel with Claire following me from behind.

Arriving inside I've noticed that anything useful has been picked clean by the convoy.

In the middle of the room there's LJ tied up to a chair.

Walking in front of him I say "So, what do want LJ?"

"I-I want to serve you, in exchange I want you to help me! I've seen what you did to Alice and the other monsters!? I want the same!"

"Hmmm, why should I? You don't have anything to offer me."

"I- I will offer my soul!"

Smirking at him I say "You sure about that?"

"Yes!"

Claire standing by the entrance to the motel ends up saying "You can't offer your soul LJ that's impossible!"

Without looking behind me I end up saying to LJ "I accept your request."

Without wasting time I place my hand in a grabbing motion near his chest.

I end up using my spiritual pressure and magic to pull his soul out of his body.

After pulling out his soul his body goes limp which causes Claire to look at us weirdly.

While still holding onto his soul I start to slowly compress it.

Seeing his soul struggle to escape while screaming in pain made me smile maniacally.

After a few moments I end up compressing his soul to the size of a small ball.

Opening my mouth I throw the small ball into my mouth and start to chew on it.

"Mmm, thanks for the meal."

Claire this time asks "What did you just do Tanya? All I saw was you grabbing something from his chest while he went limp."

Laughing for a second I look behind me and say "I'm giving him exactly what he wanted, the ability to serve me indefinitely."

Looking back in front of me I start the process of turning him into a Grimm.

I just realized I never tested this ability on a human body before.

His body starts to twitch uncontrollably while his body slowly morphs into what I assume a humanoid Grimm.

Looking at the Grimm I've noticed it's standing at 6 feet tall with a bone mask that looks like a mixture of a Grimm and Hollow mask.

I've also noticed he's got bone claws as well.

"Interesting, I need to test this ability out more.. anyways go ahead and go into my shadow."

Seeing the Grimm bow it's head for a moment it starts to walking towards my shadow.

Turning around I was about to walk out of the motel only to notice that Claire has pulled out her gun and is pointing it towards us.

I end up saying "What are you doing?"

Which causes her to jolt awake and say "uhh, I don't know. I- I just had an urge to shoot."

She starts to put her weapon down.

"I see, well no matter. I believe I already mentioned that your guns won't do anything to me."

I start to walk out leaving Claire behind.

Before I can get too far away Claire speaks up and says "Hey! Wait! Look I'm sorry, I shouldn't have pulled out my gun like that. I don't know what came over me."

Looking at her I say "Don't worry about it, it's not the first time that happened."

Continuing to walk away I disappear from my spot to get back on top of the truck.

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-somewhere underground-

"Your positive it's her?"

"70% however Project Grimm is 100% too great a chance to pass up."

"If it is Project Alice she's been evading the satellite grid for years."

"I've rerouted the remaining satellites. We can reacquire the subject and she'll be unaware of surveillance. I can have a strike team ready within the hour."

"No, we'll establish a positive identification first.. one hundred percent. Same as project Grimm."

"The group she's with include known associates. The original Project Alice is vital to my research.. to the whole process of domestication. Her blood.. her genetic structure is the key. The long she's out there the greater chance we lose her again.. I can't risk that."

"That decision isn't yours to make.. You'll take no action until this matter has been discussed by the committee at the next scheduled meeting.. and doctor.. that's an order."

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POV Tanya

Sitting in the back on a truck with the group they start talking about what to do next.

"These transmissions are the best indication of life we've seen in months."

"Alaska?"

"We have to check it out, we can't just ignore it."

"Any idea what kind of journey that would be?"

"Yeah, a long one."

"And at the end of it? What? You have no guarantee there's anyone even alive up there."

"These transmissions say that.."

"They are dated 6 months ago. How many radio broadcasts have we responded to? How many times have we gotten there too late?"

"The transmissions say that there's no infection up there. It's isolated, safe."

"This convoy trusts me with their lives.. Theses people don't need pipe dreams."

"Maybe that's exactly what they need. Look at them Claire.. 6 months ago, there were 50 of us, then 40, now there's less then 30.. They're starting to give up.. They need some kind of hope."

-about 10 minutes later-

The convoy is all gathered up by the truck with Claire standing on the back on it.

"We have a decision to make. And it's too big, too important for me to make for you.. There's a chance there are survivors."

"Where?"

"In Alaska.. There is a chance, that the infection hasn't reached that far yet. But we don't know for sure.. So we have a choice. We stay as we are.. or we try for Alaska… For Alaska?"

Seeing the people raise their hands when she asked for Alaska.

"Alaska is it."

The people starts cheering while Claire gets down from the truck.

She walks to Alice and says "I hope your right." Before walking away.

Another few hours go by as the convoy starts setting up their perimeter for the night.

Grouping up once again we start discussing things once again.

"The food's virtually gone and the trucks running on empty."

"I've got half a tank of gas left. That's it."

"Chase?"

"Shit I don't even got empty. I've got enough for a 100 miles. Tops."

"If we're gonna make this trip we'll need to resupply."

"Yep."

"These are our options. The nearest safest bet is right here."

"No, it's empty. I tried that."

"Then. Well, maybe.."

"We could try.."

"Vegas. It's the only place we're sure to find gas and supplies."

"There's a reason for that. Vegas is too dangerous."

"Yeah, that place is gonna be crawling with them sons of bitches."

"We have drained every small town dry over the last 6 months. We have to hit a big city."

"She's right. Vegas, it's our only bet."

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-somewhere underground-

"We'll establish a positive identification. 100%. Take no action until this matter has been discussed by the committee.. Doctor.. That's an order…. The. Committee. Authorizes. Immediate. Action.. Release. Of. Vehicles. And. Personnel. Under. Command. Of. Dr. Isaacs.. That's. An. Order."

-Author's Note-

This is a somewhat shorter chapter then I normally would post but I didn't have a whole lot of time this week to write..

So I hope this chapter is alright for everyone!