Chapter 405: Pig Teammate
Coming down from the main tower, Alicia stared at the convoy of jeeps that had just returned. After the whole ’incident’, they had changed a few things around at the New Dawn Sanctuary, including a dedicated military section.
Adam had refused to change buildings, but it didn’t really matter. Most of his experiments had expired, and now things were a lot more stable.
The Captain of Team A held up his hand when he spotted Alicia, and the entire procession came to a quick halt.
"Alicia," he called out, hopping out of the vehicle before it had even managed to come to a complete stop. His voice was a lot softer than when he was speaking before... but that was also due to his relationship with the Second In Command of the Sanctuary. "I’m back."
"Welcome home, Alexander," smiled Alicia as she looked around. "Were you successful?"
"Oh yeah," replied the man as he waved his arm toward the rest of the jeeps. "We found an abandoned homestead about five miles out. The majority of it had flooded, and we lost a few men to the gators, but the inside was a gold mine. In fact, we weren’t even able to take half of the stuff with us. We need to go back tomorrow to get the rest."
"That good?" murmured Alicia, her eyes lighting up at the idea of all those supplies. She might be very well off, given her current circumstances, but the gnawing hunger that she had experienced in her past life made her more than a little greedy for supplies.
"Better," smiled Alex. He was about to raise his hand to stroke her cheek, but he quickly dropped it before anyone could see the motion. "We have hundreds of eggs, all water glassed so they are shelf stable, not to mention the canned goods, including premade meals. There was an entire room dedicated to just freeze-dried stuff. I wish you could have seen it."
"I wish I could have, too," replied Alicia, her eyes constantly scanning the jeeps as if she could already see the supplies. "Tomorrow, I’ll go with you."