Rebirth in the Apocalypse: Third Time's a Charm



"The best that I could come up with was 'fuck it'," I said with a smile on my face. I was sure that Wang Chao wouldn't understand the reference that I was trying to make. Hell, I didn't even know if there were cowboys in Country K, but it was still a damn good quote to use for this situation.

"Fuck it?" he confirmed, unknowingly following the script.

"Yeah. Jump into the water, find a zombie, and figure out how to kill it. You know, fuck it," I continued with a shrug of my shoulders.

"Sure," replied Wang Chao with a smile. "In some weird way, that almost makes sense."

"I try," I said with a big smile. 

But all joking aside, I had no idea how I was going to be able to pull this off. I needed to find a single zombie. And yes, I knew how hard that was. Then I needed to make sure that I could try fighting it without any other zombies coming to help. 

On top of all that, the only thing that I knew killed a zombie dead was fire. Not the bullets, the flechettes, or whatever was fired from an underwater gun, not a harpoon, not a net, and not a mermaid's trident.

Fire. And last I checked, fire didn't exactly work underwater. 

I also didn't know how I was going to get the zombie out of the water to be able to burn them. Maybe if I threw one up high enough, and called the purple flame, then it could destroy the zombie before it touched the water again.

And doing all this in the middle of the East Sea was not going to be easy. Humans were not aquatic for a reason.

There were two situations in that we came out on top. The first is if I could defeat the Alpha and take his horde as my own. The second is if I or one of the boys was able to take the flames from the zombie while still underwater. 

Yeah, no matter what, it was going to be a shit show. Thus the 'fuck it' plan.

My anxiety was on the rise again as I thought through all the possible situations, so Wang Chao, ever my hero, took me by the shoulders and led me to the fourth shop. Liu Wei, Liu Yu Zeng, and Chen Zi Han were already waiting for me, the door open.

Walking inside, I saw nothing but a sea of surfboards. With a nod, I took them into my space. I had no idea how they would be useful since I had never surfed a day in any of my three lives, but I knew that they floated. 

Anything that kept me on top of the water and not under it could only be a good thing. 

I also took the bathing suits, UV protective clothing, hats, and sunscreen (because you can never be too careful). And yes, I even threw in the brochures. In fact, I could have taken all of the shelving, but I was nice enough to leave it still screwed into the floors.  I think you should take a look at

Turning around, I rose to my toes and gave Liu Yu Zeng a kiss. "Where to next?" I asked as I waited on the little porch for the other guys to come out. 

"That should be the last one," he said as he pointed to the last shack in this line. I was sure that there would be more further down the beach, and I would go and take what I needed from them too, but I needed to implement the fuck it plan soon. 

The sun had not begun to set just yet, but we were only a few hours away from dusk, and I didn't want to step foot into the water then. If the actual sharks didn't get you, the zombies would. And if I had learned anything from Shark Week, it was always the 'one last swim' when you were attacked. 

Have you noticed that? It was never, "It was my first swim," no, that would be too easy. Instead, all the victims say the same thing. "We were planning on leaving but just wanted to go in for one last swim."

It was like the sharks heard that sentence and knew that that might be their only opportunity to try that particular delicacy.

Sorry, end of rant, I promise.

But yeah, no entering the water at dawn or dusk. Let all the apex predators fill their stomachs first before I jumped in. 

I shuddered at the thought of jumping into the wide-open water. But if my men were going to do it and it was dangerous, I would follow them just to watch their backs. 

Once Wang Chao and Liu Wei made their way over, the five of us went into the last hut on this section of the beach.  Once again, we walked into the small lobby with a front desk with a cash register on it. In fact, it looked so much like the first shack that I actually had to leave and look down the line to the first one to make sure that I didn't accidentally screw up and enter the wrong shack.

"In the back," shouted Chen Zi Han, and I re-entered the hut. I had no idea what this one sold, but hopefully, there was something there for me.

"What do you think?" asked Liu Yu Zeng as soon as I passed the desk and went into the back. Behind the door was what I could only describe as a grown man's playground. And that was probably the reason why all four of my men were running around like kids in a candy store. 

On one side of the good-sized back room were maybe 20 or so skidoos… sorry, my Canadian was coming out. Sea-doo… jet-skis? Whatever they are called.  Outside of those were a few underwater jet skis, a few hoverboards, an aquatic fly board, and some sea scooters.  Essentially every man's wet dream when it came to water toys. 

Now, I would fully admit that everything back here would be beneficial as long as it didn't get hit with the EMP. 

"You're taking these too, right?"