Rebirth in the Apocalypse: Third Time's a Charm



"See, told you," said Commander Huang Nian Zu as he descended the steps into the basement of the convivence store. "Completely empty."

"You were right," I said with a smile, not even bothering to hold it back anymore. I stuck my hand into the black cargo pants that the boys always seemed to make me wear and pretended to pull out a chocolate bar. Opening it up in front of the man, I took a large bite. "There was absolutely nothing down here. But now that I am convinced, we can head out any time."

Practically skipping up the stairs, I paused long enough to give Liu Yu Zeng a kiss on the lips before heading out into the middle of the road. I finished off the rest of the bar, licking my fingers clean, before looking around me.

To my front was a forest, to each side was a road, and behind me stood the gas station with all of the military members lounging around outside, waiting for their next order.

'One last thing to do,' I said to Wang Chao. 'Keep the military calm… if you can.'

'Will do,' replied Wang Chao as he, Liu Wei, Liu Yu Zeng, Chen Zi Han, and Commander Huang Nian Zu came out of the convivence store. 

Satisfied that the military was not going to fuck up this next part, I tilted my head back and roared. I wait for the answering call, but instead, I saw the Beta of the new horde exiting the forest in front of me while the other zombies remained swaying in a single line at the forest's edge. 

"What the fuck!" was shouted behind me and I sighed. Turning to look at the members behind me, I saw that each one of them had their guns up and ready to shoot. Well, if they shot first then I would let the zombies just eat them. I could consider it to be an act of self-defense.

"Shut up, guns down," growled Wang Chao. I saw the Beta staring off in the direction of the military, his swaying intensifying until I could feel the blood lust coming off of him. Fuck my life.

I let out a sharp, piercing whistle, trying to bring his attention back to me. But when that didn't work, I sighed. 'Let me out,' the new voice said, practically purring with excitement. 'I can do what you can't.'

For a second, I was almost willing to let the voice take control, but then I was worried that I might never be able to come back, that I might just turn into a voice inside the head of someone else.

Letting out a frustrated breath, I let loose a bloody aura of my own. Closing my eyes, I could feel my flames dancing around my feet, ready to go out and play. Four flames shot out of my hands, and I could only assume that they were rushing to the guys, I could feel the flames' desire to be closer to them. 

There was a yelp of fear behind me and another yelp of pain, but I didn't bother to look to see what was going on. My purple, pink, and blue flames continued to pour out of me, creating an outfit of pure fire. The Beta, sensing a danger close to him, shot back towards the treeline and turned to look at me. 

I snarled at him, baring my teeth and flames, and pushed my dominance to him. 

I watched as he dropped his head first. Then, after a bit of a fight, his shoulders hunched down, forcing his upper body into a bowing position. 'Not enough!' hissed the voice inside of me in glee. 'More!'I think you should take a look at

I pushed even further and watched as his knees bent and dropped to the ground as the weight of my supremacy forced him to lay practically flat on the ground. He turned his head towards me and let out a whimper.  When the sound was echoed, I turned to look at the line of zombies just inside the forest and saw that they were in a similar position to the beta. 

I snarled again, reinforcing the fact that I was the Alpha of our pack before backing off just enough that they could get to their feet.

"We are leaving," I said as I looked at the Beta. I didn't know if he understood me or not, but I figured I might as well try. "You will follow. Understand?"

"Yesssss," the Beta hissed as he looked down at the ground, refusing to meet my eyes. 

"Good."

I spun around and walked over to where the boys were standing, not bothering to look back and see what the zombies were doing. I knew that they were now my horde. They would have no choice but to obey. 

"What happened?" asked Liu Wei. "I haven't seen you have to go that far before. Not since the Alpha battle had you even come close."

"Someone here attracted their attention and they are hungry," I said as if it wasn't that big of a deal, but I could feel the drop of sweat rolling down the back of my neck with the effort that it took to make them submit.

'Good job,' hissed the voice quietly. I completely ignored it, my mind on the next problem at hand. In fact, not only did I ignore the voice, but I also didn't notice the feeling of acceptance and a click inside my body as if another puzzle piece had fallen into place. All I knew was that I felt lighter than I had before, more in control. 

"Ready to hit the road?" I asked. The boys hummed in agreement, and all of a sudden, there was the sound of engines approaching the station. Spooked, the military raised their guns once again.

'Are you ready to hit the road?' came Cerberus' voice inside my head. The five vehicles came to a stop just behind me and the guys as if I had called them to me.

"Where the hell were you guys, and why didn't I notice you were gone?" asked Liu Yu Zeng as he climbed onto Lin.

"Because you are an idiot. I thought we have already established that fact."