Last of the "At What Cost" series unless anyone is interested in why Alice ends up, well you'll find out if you read the chapter.
647. Priceless
In a warehouse in London, crates were floating in the air. One popped open and the contents floated down to Alice so she could inspect them.
"No. No. Definitely not." She said as various items floated by and returned to the crate.
"This looks promising." She plucked a vial full of blue liquid from the air. She shook it, white sparks swirled through the liquid and it turned purple. She put it back in the air and it floated over to a table full of other mysterious items.
"Is any of this of equal value to Bree?" George asked from a safe distance in order to avoid being hit by a flying crate.
"Of course not!" Alice exclaimed.
"Then what's the point of all this?" Fred asked.
"None of these are worth the whole, but they can be used to buy the parts, and once we have them all we just have to put them together." Alice explained.
"What are you talking about?" George asked.
"Heart. Body. Memories. Soul." Alice barked out. "All parts that make the whole."
"So what equals the value of a human soul?" Fred questioned.
The crates all fell to the floor. Alice sighed.
"I haven't figured that out yet." She answered.
Weeks later, Alice was looking worse for wear. She was covered in cuts, scrapes, and bandages, missing half an eyebrow, and had one arm in a sling. The twins, who were not only startled by her condition, but were also surprised by her sudden reappearance after she had disappeared for several weeks, could only stare in disbelief.
"I finally did it!" Alice cackled, pushing Bree through the doorway.
Bree stumbled and George caught her.
"Bree?" he questioned softly.
"Hello George." Bree replied, smiling. She found herself being hugged from both sides by the twins.
"But how?" Fred asked. "We went through every warehouse your Aunt and Uncle own, and went artifact hunting with Bill and we still couldn't find anything to trade for your soul."
"Alice took care of it." Bree stated.
"Yeah, about that Bree, you and I are going to have to avoid going to Japan for … well forever really." Alice interjected.
"I don't even want to know." Bree muttered.
"I'm sorry." George said. "I never should have said what I did."
"It's fine." Bree replied.
"No it's not." George murmured. "It was cruel and insensitive and I wasn't thinking. I could never be happy without you and" Bree put a finger to his lips to shut him up.
"You never would have been happy without Fred either." She said. "I love you and I want you to be happy."
"You really don't deserve her." Fred said.
"I know." George replied.
Alice collapsed from exhaustion behind them.
"… We're going to have to do something about that." Bree pointed out from the middle of the still ongoing group hug.
"In a minute." Said George.