"Ms. Watson, are you okay?", the soldier asked.

"Yes. I am fine.."

The feeling of defeat is heavy, but I must face that fact and move forward. If I don't then who will?

"Looks like you really ruined his entire body..", the soldier said.

I nodded in response, since my feelings are still mixed.

The soldiers double-checked if Jack's body is still active, but there were no signs of response after checking the pulse and stabbing his skin with a knife.

I stood up and wore my cap which I picked up on my right, then the soldier went up to me and asked about Jack's body.

"Ms. Watson, are you certain that the body over there is Jack the Ripper?"

"Yes, I am certain. Why is that?"

"I don't know but.. The body of that person suddenly started to rapidly decay.."

"What?"

I checked the body after the soldier told me about the scenario. And when I saw it for myself, the body went from looking fresh into a decayed substance. And it released the most disgusting smell that I've ever smelled...

"Ms. Watson, are you really sure that that's Jack?", another soldier asked.

"I don't know..."

I pretended not to know but in truth, I do know what's happening on the body.

The body was not the Reaper's own body, because it was just possessed by Jack. And that body was used by Jack for a month. But even though it was used for a month, I'm fairly certain that it was living but the heart was barely beating. And after Jack left the body, the body rapidly started to get decay since it finally followed the physics of an ordinary dead body.
The soldiers are confused but I just followed the atmosphere, they don't need to know everything..

"Ms. Watson, Chief Joseph wants to talk to you.", a soldier behind me said.

I nodded and followed the soldier, which he leaded me to an armored vehicle. And inside were mostly supplies but there was a telephone.
The soldier that was on the vehicle gave me the telephone as soon as I arrived, and after putting it on my ear, the Chief's voice was heard from the other side of the line.

"Ms. Watson, the Amelia's that you ordered Jhon to gather together, finally regained consciousness.", the Chief said.

"Phew.. That's good news Chief.", I said as I sighed.

"It is, but how did you do this? Like, we thought that the bodies of these women have already..."

"I'll answer your questions after I'm finished here Chief, it looks like the soldiers here needs some assistance. And we still have to check the abandoned house to see if Jack left some things there.."

"I see.. Then I'll talk to you once you've completed your task. But once again, good job Ms. Watson."

"Thank you Chief."

The line cuts off after I gave my thanks.

I gave the telephone back to the soldier that was on the vehicle and left to check how things are going.

The body was disposed on the other vehicle, so that CSIs could check it on their lab. Meanwhile, the soldiers were checking the surroundings to see if Jack had any other people or allies. But after checking for a while, the soldiers found none and they signaled that everything is clear.
After the soldiers checked and double-checked everything, I told everyone to gather around as I walked towards the middle of the area.

After everyone gathered around, I, then gave the instructions.

"Alright, listen up, the Chief ordered me to do something for you guys. He ordered me to check Jack the Ripper's hideout to check if he left anything there."

I told them that the order came from the Chief, because if it came from me then they wouldn't follow my command. Even though I'm a high-ranked detective, these soldiers are still above me and they will not follow orders from someone like me. Unless, if the order came from the Chief himself.

After telling them the instructions, they asked me where Jack's hideout is and I lead them there.

After arriving at the hideout, the soldiers immediately scattered the outside of the abandoned house and some went inside with caution. I, on the other hand, just went inside calmly since I know that Jack was always alone.

The soldiers and I searched around on the ground floor before searching the 2nd floor, but we found nothing on the ground floor so we proceeded to the 2nd floor.
The other rooms were locked so the soldiers had to break it and they also found nothing.
The room that I was interested in was the room where Jack and my other self, first interacted with each other.

After entering the room, the candles were still lit up as I last saw them and the rocking chair was still on the middle and so as the broken barricades on one specific window. Although, there's one thing that I didn't check on this room..

"Let me see what's here.."

I approached a certain area on where a cabinet is located.
The cabinet is the only thing that I haven't checked yet, and it's located on the upper-right corner of the room.

After getting close to the cabinet, I was hesitant on opening it because I'm afraid that I might release something.

"It looks like horror movies got to me now huh...", I said to myself as I chuckled a little bit.

I cleared up my mind and decided to open it without fear. After opening it, nothing seems to be out of the ordinary. But as I looked down, I saw a card. A tarot card.
I knelt down to check it with my phones flashlight before picking it up. And after checking it, I picked it up from where it's placed.

"Nothing seems weird on this one...", I said as I checked the front and back of the card.

The tarot card was labeled as Fate, but I couldn't really describe the image.
I've done a research on Tarot Cards as I was making the duplicates of Jack's Amelia Cards. And it seems like the original Tarot Cards have long gone, and the cards that we have on today's era are just man-made cards but with the prayers of some God, what's labeled on the card will become your destined end.

After checking the front and back of the card repeatedly, I noticed a slight open on its corner.

'I guess this is a fake one..', I thought to myself.

I took the open on the corner and slid what seems to be a cover of the label Fate. I continued to slide it up by 3/4 of the card, and what's revealed on it was just a white card.

"I guess I worried a bit too much..", I muttered to myself.

I continued to slide it open, and my feelings of relief immediately turned into fear as soon as I saw what was written on the middle.

'Your Fate is sealed, Watson.', is what was labeled on the card.

"Wha-What is this...?", I asked.

My feelings of fear bottled up inside me, but I tried not to get overcomed by it and decided to stay calm for now.

After calming myself down, I checked the card once again.

It seems like what's labeled here is no joke. And after knowing that Jack is an actual Reaper, I can't take this as a prank nor a joke. But showing fear might be the thing that he wants from me, so I have to stay calm as usual and investigate this later..

I decided to put the card on my pocket and stood up. And then suddenly as I stood up, the soldiers showed up in the room after they finished searching the other rooms.

"Did you find anything Ms. Watson?", the soldier asked.

"Nothing. There's nothing strange in this room besides the creepy rocking chair..", I said.

I can't afford to let the soldiers know about what I just found. If they do, they'll take the card away from me and investigate it on their own. But, I guess if they do investigate on the card then later on their investigation they'll just conclude that it's some kind of joke and drop it.
And since the card is meant for me, then I should the one to hold it and investigate it..

It took some time but the soldiers finally finished searching around the room. And they concluded that nothing is suspicious on the house and they told me to report it to Chief later on, even though the actual order came from me..
But I'll let the Chief know anyways, since I'm going to have to explain to him how I figured out everything and did all of this.

While I was on the middle of thinking, a soldier suddenly came close to me and said..

"Ms. Watson, I suggest that by morning or by tomorrow morning, we should destroy the house."

"Why so?"

"I remembered that this house once belonged to a family of a brutal murderer."

"How can you be certain about that?"

"I used to live on this area when I was about the age of 12, and I had a friend which lived on this house once."

"You said this was once owned by a murderer right?"

My suspicions began to rise as the story kept on going..

"Yes, it is. And there was an event that occurred one night, and the family of my childhood friend were found dead on specific places. And my friend, was never found on the house.."

"What do you mean? Are you saying that.."

"Yes.. This might be a theory of mine but I think that my friend before killed his entire family."

"His? Was he a male? What was his name?"

"He's in fact, a male. But I can't remember his last name. But coincidentally, the first name of that kid.. Was Jack."

After the soldier told me the name of the kid, I felt the chill from my spine rising up and my hair follicles stood up as well..

"Are you sure about that story..?", I asked.

"Yes. I am certain of it. You can investigate it if you want, but the case was dropped down after they concluded that the child was nowhere to be found and decided that the child was dead."

If fate does exist then there might be a reason as to why Jack the Reaper chose this place as his hideout, or maybe it was just a coincidence. But what I'm more surprised of is that, they concluded the case but they never destroyed the house..

"That's just my suggestion Ms. Watson, it's up to you and the Chief to decide."

After the Soldier told me the odd story, he left and joined the others.
The soldiers left the place and they proceeded to go back to their own base and not our department.
And I decided to go to the department instead of going back to my apartment.

The story that the soldier said might be a coincidence, or I wished it was..
But if it's true, then there's now a reason as to why Jack appeared to me as a Grim Reaper.