So Loona, Liam, and Tobias, in their human disguise, got into the pickup truck to travel to Colorado City in Mohave County, while Angela and the children, also in their human disguise, travel to Page in the dusty silver mini-van.
Because the front seats of the pickup truck are bench seats, Liam, Loona, and Tobias were able to sit in the front together. Liam was driving, Tobias was on the opposite side of the pickup truck, and Loona was between them.
Passing by Fredonia, after driving in silence, Liam asked Loona: "How are you feeling?"
At that, Loona bitterly replied to Liam: "My mouth still has some soap, thanks to your wife."
Liam calmly defended Angela, stating: "I know that Angela can be ... well, a bit strict in her discipline. But she only did it to create a positive environment for the children. Angela, along with me, wants to ensure that our children are raised to be healthy, have self-control on themselves, and be able to do what they like to do without the caste hierarchy restricting their choices. That's why we chose to live in the United States for it is a free country. Not trying to be patriotic, by the way."
Liam then noticed Loona's leg shaking, and her growing restless, so he asked Loona: "Are you feeling ok, Loona?"
Loona shakes her head in response.
"Do you smoke and drink alcohol regularly?" Liam inquired to Loona.
Loona nodded her head in response.
Liam finally realized what was happening, so he explained: "I think that you're experiencing withdrawal symptoms. With smoking, the symptoms first appear 2 or 3 hours after the last intake and last around 3 weeks. Symptoms include cravings, anger, anxiety, depression, trouble sleeping, hunger, and so on. With alcohol, symptoms first appear 6 hours after the last drink, peaking at around 48 hours and usually improving within a week. Symptoms include anxiety, shakiness, vomiting, and so on."
Loona asked Liam: "Holy ... uh, poop, how do you know all of that?"
Liam replied to Loona: "Well, Angela studied at Northern Arizona University to become a nurse and she used to tell me all about diseases and illnesses and their symptoms. So ... I guess that knowledge did really become handy in this case."
"Stop the truck." Loona irritably asked Liam before gagging.
"Why? Are you 'kay?" Liam inquired.
"JUST STOP THE BLOODY TRUCK!" Loona demanded.
So Liam pull the truck over and Loona, leaning over Tobias, open the door and vomited outside of the truck. Tobias just sat there, feeling awkward and concerned.
Closing the door after she was done vomiting, Loona sit back on the seat, feeling sweaty. "Yep, the symptoms are kicking in. Won't take long, though." Liam commented.
26 minutes later
As they were about to enter Colorado City, Liam advised Loona: "Now, this town is home to three Mormon fundamentalist sects. Compare to the more mainstream Latter-Day Saints, these sects are more strange. Along with its cousin Hildale just across the state border, you may see some strange residents, both in physical appearance and behavior. Stay with us and avoid the locals, for Satan knows what they can do to you. Clear?"
Loona nodded her head in response.
They pull up at 305 Garden Ave. The house was simply a ranch-style house with a garage attached to it.
When the pickup truck have been turned off by Liam, a 60-year-old stock Black man wearing blue long overalls, red and white sneakers, and a black cap came outside.
"Ah, Mr. Garcia, we meet again." the man remarked to Liam.
"Indeed, Bill, indeed."
Liam and Bill shake each other's hands in greeting. Bill then turns to Tobias and waves at him. Tobias waved back in response.
Bill then shift his attention to Loona and inquired to her: "Huh? Who are you, young lady?"
"Loona." She quietly replied to Bill.
"So, you are here for ... getting the papers?" Bill asked Liam.
"Yes, we are. It's part of our ... job." Liam responded.
"Come on inside, then." Bill leads them through the door to his house when Tobias asked Liam: "Can I stay in the truck, pa?"
Liam sighed and explained to Tobias: "Son, I understand that you have some reservations about the outsiders beyond our family. But you can't stay isolated from them forever. At some point, you, along with us, have to deal with them. I know how you were treated in school but don't allow that to isolate yourself from society. Give it a try. You're not a failure socially. You're only a failure socially when you stop trying."
Tobias was silent for a short while before responding: "'kay, pa."
As they enter Bill's house, Loona looks around and notices a couple of fundamentalist Mormons staring at her suspiciously. So Loona, as quickly as she could, enter the house.
After closing the door and ensuring that the blinds are covering the windows, they transformed into their demonic forms. Bill is revealed to be a wendigo demon, with a skull moose head with bloodshot eyeballs in the eye sockets, decaying flesh, and fur on the body, only covered by his clothes. Loona was a bit freaked out by his appearance.
"Relax, Loonie the young ... hellhound? I don't consume demons except for my own kind but I still have an insatiable hunger, so every Wednesday and Saturday, I often travel to colonias in the south to ... satisfy it, if you know what I mean."
Liam asked Bill: "How the identity papers are going?"
At that, Bill responded: "I completed the Social Security Card and birth certificate, but I need to do an ID Card for Loona."
"Good." Turning to Loona, Liam said to her: "You can go to the living room. Take the birth certificate and Social Security Card with you."
"And do you have a phone, Loonie?" Bill inquired to Loona.
"Yeah, I got this phone." Loona showed Bill her hellphone. At that, Bill opens his drawer and pull out a yet-to-be-used iPhone 13. Loona was confused.
"Take this. If you were to use your usual hellphone, the locals could get suspicious of you and you could get exposed. Make sense?"
Loona nodded his head in response, then entered the living room, with Tobias following her.
Loona was sitting on the couch, setting up now her iPhone 13 to be used. Tobias was sitting near her on the recliner.
"So..." Tobias began awkwardly. "... what do you usually do while at work?"
At that, Loona, though feeling slightly dizzy from her withdrawal symptoms, replied to Tobias: "I work as a receptionist and a portal opener. You?"
"Well, I-I usually assist pa with har-harvesting cabbages, melons, and potatoes. We often take them to local groceries in F-Flagstaff."
"Ok. Do you go shopping often?" Loona inquired.
"Sometimes. Either to get some seeds for the crops or to get the essentials. What about you?"
"I go to Stylish Occult to get the latest fashions. I pick the most stylish and good in tast—" Loona paused and notices Tobias seemingly not paying attention.
"Hello? Are you even listening!?!" Loona became indignant at Tobias.
"Sorry, I was thinking about how to improve the cultivation of crops and how to grow them better. And whether we should grow more types of crops."
"Well, maybe we could talk about the restaurants that we usually go to. I usually go to a local cafe in Imp City or WackD—"
"I don't like to go to restaurants because they are for lazy people. I would rather eat what was grown at our property than—"
"Is that all you can talk and think about? Just crops and farming?" Loona asked in a pissed-off tone.
At that point, Tobias went silent, not knowing how to respond to Loona. Then Liam enters the living room.
"Follow me, Loona." Liam requested Loona.
At that, Loona got up and follow Liam to the garage. In the garage were white wallpaper, a camera, and a stool. Bill was standing behind the camera.
"'Kay, transform into your human disguise, take a seat, and say cheese. 'Kay, Loonie?" Bill said to Loona.
Loona nodded her head before transforming into her human disguise.
After taking her seat, Bill said to her: "'Kay, say cheese!"
SNAP!
"'Kay, all done. This won't take a while. Good thing that I was able to infiltrate the ID Cards manufacturing companies during the nineties to be able to pull this off." Bill commented.
Liam then turn to Loona and said: "You can go to the living room. While there, have a look at the birth certificate and Social Security Card. That way, when asked, you can tell consistent details about yourself to those questioning."
So Loona returned to the living and took a look at the birth certificate. The birth certificate states that she was born in Lakewood, Jefferson County, Colorado on June 1st, 1999. It states that her name is —
Lucy Nelson?
"Why did they use a different name for me?" Loona asked herself.
At that, Tobias answered: "Uh, may-maybe they thought that your name sounded a bit ... d-d-demonic, so they use a different name that sounds more hu-human."
Liam came in and said to Loona: "Oh, and I almost forgot to give you a cover story. Here are the details." Handing a paper to Loona, Liam returned to the garage.
Loona sat back down on the couch and start to read the paper. It reads:
Cover story:
You are Lucy Nelson, daughter of Benjamin Nelson, a family friend of ours. Your father was having problems with your attitude, so we agree to take you in to improve your attitude and to give you experience. You went to Green Mountain High School but drop out before doing Grade 12.
Loona and Tobias then waited for a few more minutes before Bill and Liam enter the living room. "Here's your ID card, Loonie." Bill said to Loona.
Loona takes the ID card from Bill and notices that the card looks exactly like the ones found in Colorado.
"Yeah, I am good at making ID cards that are practically indistinguishable from genuine ones. How's Steve, by the way, Mr. Garica?"
"Well, Steve is still devastated from losing Geri, his friend ... with benefits. We are also sad as well, for Geri assisted Angela with giving birth to our children."
"And what about Andy? Have you heard from him?"
Wait. Who the fuck is Andy?
"Well, Bill, Andy is making good progress in recovering psychologically from his experience in Mater Hotel during his teenage years. That traitorous Imp lady's methods of 'purging' his inner evilness really mess his mind. It had been eight months since he moved to Battle Mountain up in Nevada. He spoke to us last week and we learned that he made his first human friend. We're really glad that he's recovering."
"Happy to hear about it, Mr. Garica. Pleasure doing business with you." Bill shook Liam's hand.
"Same here, Bill." Liam replied.
After that, Liam, Loona, and Tobias, now in their human disguise, exited Bill's house and got into the pickup truck. As Liam starts the pickup truck, a 75-year-old elderly lady knocks on the window.
Rolling down the pickup truck window, Liam asked: "What do you want."
The elderly lady replied harshly to Liam: "I just noticed this young lady looks like a horn. Prophet Warren teaches that women should not wear skirts that are above the knees."
"Well, I'm not a fundamentalist Mormon. So don't tell me what to do. She's here with us because her father was having problems with her attitude back in Colorado, so we agree to have her with us."
"And? I don't give a fuck whether you're a Mormon or not. Women should not wear like that. I wouldn't be surprised if she got raped because of that."
"The fuck you say to me, you cunt!" Loona became enraged at the elderly Mormon woman.
"This is 'Merica, I can say whatever the fuck I want. If you have a problem, why not you —"
"Shut the fuck up," Bill, in his human disguise, demanded as he hold a shotgun pointing at her. "Leave them alone, or else I will blow your fucking head off."
The elderly lady looked at Bill and, turning to Loona, called her: "Horn." Then she left the scene.
Preparing to depart Colorado City, Liam said to Loona: "Sorry about that crazy conservative lady. When we get home, I will show you the jobs that you will be doing."
