Chapter 21 - Re:Establishing DC

With the year over and a new one beginning for us all. I call Bill, Lee, Abraham, Jack, Zae, Clementine, and JIm to my office. Which used to be the oval office for presidents of a now destroyed country. To talk about how we should fully rebuild D.C. and trade routes with those overseas. Because first off we haven't really made our own country manageable yet so thats priority number one! As if we can gain control of this ruined country we could do more things. However, to do so we must eliminate this "Pope" and his faction. Otherwise we face a repeat of that dream I had where they destroyed everything.

There may be spies and kidnappers already in the settlement though. So if we capture this pope character they may cause trouble. Thus we need to find them if they exist and erase those rats. For this I look towards Jack Frost and Zae as they could make something for this.

"First before we get to the main topic I had a very disheartening dream. Where this place fell and many of you died in battle. The myths weren't with us in it though so we've changed the course a little. However, at the end I was face to face with myself and a chimera. He gave me warning about a person who calls themselves the pope.

His name is Alexander Crossward, A tall black man with a red vest. No shirt with a long jagged scar on his ċhėst. His pants have a cross with a snake emblem on the pant legs. He wears deceiving dress shoes, as there's a gun mechanism in them. So be wary as he fights with kicking and a special tap dance that gives him crazy aim with a gun and blade mechanism likely."

Once I finished saying this a radio call came in about a large group arriving. With a man exactly as I described leading them here. Their at the east gate checkpoint of the settlement. With a look at everyone I make a choice about this.

"Jack please create something that can hunt down and erase any spies. Everyone else we must lure them to the still abandoned section. I'll be erasing them completely, but we need information from this man. So lets go and weapons ready at all times!"

With that rather rushed sudden decision everyone storms out of the office. Myriad ridding on top of my head for now. Jack making a swarm of ice rats that scatter looking for their targets. Once out of the white house I close up my trench coat, putting Myraid inside of it. As her head poked out of it from it, her ears and rubbing against my chin. Which he fur is pretty nice to feel so once this over I'll be playing with this little one. For now however the current task is a priority!

Arriving at the east gate of the settlement after twenty minutes. I tell the guard to open the gate and let them through. Upon the gate opening I see a group of fifty people walking inside. The man before me, the one who caused that hell. Smiles at me and introduces himself with a gaudy bow. That made me want to fuċkɨnġ kick his teeth in, even if he evaporates.

"Greetings! You must be this settlements leader I presume? Haha who.am I kidding you certainly are mr. Chimera. Your quite popular on the radio you know? Oh I almost forgot! Excuse my manners I'm Pope Alexander Crossward, I lead the new religion of Fallen. Pleasure to meet you mr. Chimera."

"Yea sure a pope, anyways follow me I'll take you to your area."

Without waiting for him or his group I start walking off. Towards the northern area of the still abandoned section of the settlement. While petting Myriad and feeding her some reindeer milk again. Crossward Walking up beside me and looking at Myriad who's feeding. His eye's have a dangerous glint in them though, however not for long soon. As he'll just disappear today along with his group after I get information.

"Thats an interesting pup you have there, never seen one like that! It looks cute and seems so beha-"

He couldn't finish his sentence as his hand that he tried using. To pet Myriad nearly got bit violently when he tried to. I caught her bottle as it nearly fell though and patted her head. Getting couple a very happy wafu's at it while her tail beat me. Inside of my trench coat, Crossward looks like he expects something. But I just ignore him and keep walking towards the location. That we finally reached after forty minutes of walking.

His minions quickly scattered and entered buildings. Where gun shots and screams followed suite afterwards. Before this dumb pope could do anything, I had violently pinned him. Breaking a few bones of his in the process and crushing his feet with my knees. A bone crushing and loud wet explosions of flesh resounding. While Crossward screamed out in pain with a few tears running down his face. To keep him alive though I had Myriad burn his wounds closed. After i got up off of him and looked around at the buildings.

To see Lee, Abraham, Bill, Jack, and Clementine coming out. Jacks building has a little frost coming out of it though. So my guess is he fired a ice gun he made which started freezing the area. Crossward seems a little confused though, as if he doesn't get whats happening. So I crouch down by him and look at him blankly. Myriad getting out of my trench coat and sitting by me.

"Mr. Crossward be honest who's your faction and why are you here? We already know about disappearances and strange helicopters. With the occasional radio chatter about moving the people who disappeared."

"I don't know what you're tal- AAAAAHHHHH YOU BASTARDS THAT WAS MY HAND!"

Jack impaled his left hand into the ground with an ice spike. Before showing up a pretty cool trick with his powers that I liked. Jack made multiple frost windows appear that played various scenes. Where various people even that guard all talked over radio's. About our friend here successfully getting inside the settlement. Before a small blizzard of snow knives shredded them. Crossward looked at this like he couldn't understand before eventually breaking. All his men were slaughtered, his factions spies all killed and found out, himself on deaths bed.

He ranted and raved about his organization that used to be the US army. How they used the people they abducted for experiments. That they are gonna destroy this place as its to large and a threat. Fort Chronicle however has been destroyed apparently but, the main cast and those I saved all survived. So without listening to anymore of this mans ranting I crushed his head. Under my boot and gathered everyone in the settlement. Where my plans quickly advanced once everyone learned of the danger. They quickly got to work on settings up faster around the settlement. Rick and company showed up later in the day though.

With everyone's help and my abilities we set up a working system. That connected about twenty settlements together within the next four months. While this all was happening though however, the Fenrir and Barghest hybrid occasionally showed up in a avatar. To check on Myriad and see whats going on. That during these four months I've managed to actually get some love in my life. As I never really tried to before but Laura, the darkness representative as I know her. Has been pretty fun to haveca couple dates with at times. Granted Jack and Santa would occasionally tease us on our dates.

Now I get someone who likely knows that she's a giant dangerous beast. Might scream at me about why I would date such a thing over a human. Its because I generally feel best around her and we do technically have a kid together. Granted with five others but still a kid together if you don't mind it. Along with the fact that Laura is one of the only creatures! that can be fine with my strength a normal person would explode if dated them! Also there are some myths about a human and mythological beast or fae falling in love. Which we sorta have over these months.

So someone can give me shit for this but I'm pretty happy. That I even put in more effort these days to finish my work up. So I can go find Laura's avatar and spend time with her. While playing with Myriad who's slowly growing up to be a big pup. Well In another four months the US will be fully in our grasp. Crossward's group has been razee to the ground wherever we find them. However, I know they still lurk around and that before I leave they'll attack.