It was a strange dream. I wandered across a wind swept plain. Snow blowing across my field of vision obscuring everything in a cold white blanket, it made me shiver. And the strange things I dreamed of in the snow! A giant creature that was like a tailless scorpion, only winterized with white fur. These things burst out of the ground like trapdoor spiders!

Next on this alien landscape came what only I can call Gemstone Cities. Full of crystalline spires, as if they had been carved from glass or ice. These cities had been formed by no human hand and had an eerie Lovecraftian feel to them. Cold light making a rainbow of colors as it passed through the prism-like walls. I expected to see strange tentacle creatures. I had to make do with strange shaggy buffalo with to many limbs.

It was strange and familiar at the same time. I didn't like it and tried to push my self awake. It seemed that there was some resistance at first…

The sent of grapefruit. That is what I noticed was the sent of grapefruit. Then I heard them talking. About someone. About me?

"It seems to be all in order sir. Everything is still in place, they haven't performed an insertion." Says a voice that I can't name.

"So, you are telling me that he is uncompromised?" The Colonel asks.

"That is correct sir. The subject shows no sign of tampering. It's still Williams." After a moment's pause the unnamed voice warns, "He should be coming around fairly soon sir."

I feel a nudge on my shoulder. Then more grapefruit. With that I open my eyes. I see a face looking down at me. A human face with blue eyes, not a hint of silver to be seen.

"How do you feel? Any light headedness or nausea?" Blue eyes asks. He begins to shine a penlight into my eyes.

Squinting in the light I respond "Fine, except for the light in my eye." I smile to lighten up the comment. I never thought I would see this many noninfected people again. 3 of them!

"Enough of that, Olsen. We have to prep him for his part of the mission." Abernathy commanded.

My part was fairly simple. It just shrieked danger, but it was simple. I had to play Judas Goat for the local seekers. I just have to lure them out into the country side to an ambush. I even have help. The girl from the hotel desk is a changeling too. She's good, she even fooled me.

It seems that in the past several infected women had turned up missing. The local Seekers suspect that there is a wild human responsible. The UP is a lot of timber though. It's the Big Woods. They haven't had a lot of luck finding the suspected humans, or missing souls either.

Our plan is simple, Abernathy is going to have a couple of his boys' rough us up and then we drive to the hospital with a story of her being attacked. And a description of a suspect that tried to drag her into this shanty… It might work. Even on seekers.

The next evening finds me driving like a madman, I'm pushing this old van for all its worth. Swerving a bit as I whip blood out of my eyes, I think my arm is broken too. Abernathy's man was diligent.

As I streak into town a flashing light appears in my rear view. So I pull it over. A cop car pulls along side. It's a SUV still marked as belonging to the Marquette County Sheriff's Department. As I make that out they hit us with a spot light blinding us.