Rebirth in the Apocalypse: Third Time's a Charm



"Can we at least see them?" I asked as I watched Rip with Hades. The giant nodded his head as he came to his feet, never bothering to stop petting the cat for even a second.

"They might not like you," he said softly, so softly that I didn't think that the boys had heard him, but I definitely did. And I was definitely confused.

"What do you mean? They might not like us?" I asked as I walked beside the mass killer, not at all concerned. I mean, I was more upset over the fact that I only came up to his belly button than I was that he had probably killed everyone in this facility.

That reminded me, I would have to ask him how he managed that scene upstairs in the office.

"They made them, but they made them too smart. Then they weren't able to control them. I've been cleaning up after them for the past week. They are really temperamental," Rip said with a shrug as if he wasn't overly bothered with cleaning up after the latest mystery at this facility.

I think it was due to the lack of coffee, but it took me a few minutes to understand what he was saying. "The guy upstairs in the office," I started only to pause when I saw his head nod.

"He was nice, so when they ripped him apart, I put him back in his favorite place," Rip continued with a shrug. I turned around and widened my eyes at the guys who were following behind us. They shook their heads like they couldn't understand what he was saying any more than I was.

Maybe it wasn't a lack of coffee then.

"Could you explain a bit more?" I asked hesitantly.

"No," snarled Ripper and Hades let out a hiss as the giant was a bit too rough with his petting. Rip quickly came back and tried to soothe Hades. Luckily for all of us, Hades settled back done on the man's forearm and started to purr.

"They don't really like us talking about them," said Rip with a shrug of his shoulders. Coming to a stop outside of a door, he pointed towards it. "They should be in there. I think they have Doctor Yuan and Doctor Han inside. They didn't like them all that much. Hopefully, they will let me have the thighs again. I am getting a bit hungry."

And a hungry Rip was not someone that I really wanted to deal with.

"I'll ask them," I promised with a smile.

"If they let you live that long. I would say that you can tell them that you are friends with me, but they don't like Ripper," Rip scrunched his nose as he brought his face down into Hades' fur.

"Thank you, Rip," I said as I gave him a gentle kiss on the cheek. "Are you good staying here or do you want to come with us?"

"Stay here," growled Ripper. "Can't trust the outside. We stay here until the food runs out."

"Do you have enough food?" I asked, feeling a bit bad about taking all of the supplies upstairs if he needed them. I mean, I didn't feel bad enough to give them back, but I definitely felt a bit bad.I think you should take a look at

"Yeah, there are big freezers at the other end of the building that have a bunch of people sleeping in them. They look weird and don't taste the best, but they aren't bad if you add BBQ sauce," Rip said with a shrug.

Big freezers with people sleeping in them. I was going to assume that he was talking about a morgue in the building. But why would they have one of those?

You know what? I was just going to stop asking questions about this place. Every time I asked a question it got answered in a way I didn't see coming. And I was done.

This weapon research facility had a morgue. Sure, completely fine and normal. Not my circus, not my monkeys. We were going to get these bikes that Wang Chao wanted and then we were leaving. That's it, that's all, es total.

Wang Chao walked up to the keypad and entered the password. The light flashed red and the door didn't open. Confused, Wang Chao re-entered the code and once again, we were denied entrance.

"It is a different passcode," said Rip still concentrating on Hades. "And they changed it so that no one knows what it is."

"You mean you don't know how to open the door?" I asked surprised. I mean, for someone whose main personality was about 5 years old, he was incredibly smart.

"No," scoffed Ripper. "Why would I? That's their territory, I am not going in there unless they ask me to."

Who the Hell was so scary that even Ripper refused to have anything to do with them? 

Walking up to the silver metal door that looked like it belonged more on a garage than in a house, I knocked on it.

"What?" came a deep voice and my body broke out in goosebumps at the tenor. It sounded as if someone had just walked over my grave. I was paying too much attention to my own reaction that I didn't even notice Liu Yu Zeng stand up straighter, his gaze intent on the door that was between us and whoever just spoke.

"Let us in, little piggy," snarled Liu Yu Zeng in a tone that I had never heard from him before. I mean, was everyone losing their minds? Was there something in the air? What the fuck was going on?

There was a pause and the door opened from the bottom up.

Liu Yu Zeng walked in first, his black mist practically pouring out of him. Chen Zi Han was a close second while Liu Wei paused for a moment to adjust his glasses. Wang Chao stayed out on the other side of the door and waited for me to decide what to do.

"Is this what was calling you?" I asked hesitantly. When he nodded his head I took in a deep breath and let it out. "Well, let's hope they come with you, whatever they are."