Rebirth in the Apocalypse: Third Time's a Charm



"That isn't even remotely helpful at all," I grumbled under my breath, wondering once again at the level of stupidity of the man in front of me.

"It was all we could go on without a working GPS. The EMP strike managed to take out the navigation systems, communications, and propulsion systems. Luckily enough the missile boats used diesel engines so while the propulsion systems were fried, we were able to create a new system that didn't rely on electricity to control the engines," admitted Huang Nian Zu. 

Leave it up to the military to be somewhat capable after an EMP strike.

"Can you find the device if you have a working GPS?" asked Wang Chao and I did a double take for a second. 

"I thought we were on the fence about the government having access to weapons of mass destruction and nuclear capabilities," I said as I raised my arm into the air. I mean, that was what we agreeed on after Liu Wei gave us the crash course on satellite weapons.

"I'm sorry," growled Huang Nian Zu as he stood up from his seat at the table and strolled toward me. "Do you question County K's government?"

"Yes, considering there is no central government right now," I replied. I mean, there were very loose, local governments if you considered the leader of any safety zones to be their own government. "We are more in the warring states period than modern day."

"The government is an unshakable entity," said the commander as he puffed up his chest. Liu Wei stood up from where he was sitting beside me on the couch and intercepted the irate commander.

"It was," I agreed. Hey, I was all for governments. Humans did much better with structure than they did on their own and the current apocalypse was a prime example of that.  "Now it's not."

"That's fine, you don't need to come then," said Hunag Nian Zu with a shrug as he looked around the room.

"Are you expecting one of the men here to agree with you?" I asked, somewhat curious. "Because that really isn't going to happen."

"Do you have any idea who he is?" scoffed the commander as he pointed to Wang Chao. "He practically controls every aspect of City A."

I nodded my head in agreement. "And Liu Wei is a prince of City H and second to Wang Chao. Liu Yu Zeng is the head of a Criminal Syndicate and Chen Zi Han is his enforcer. I am well aware of who each and every man in this room is. But you are missing the most important thing."

"And what is that?" sneered the commander.  I looked at him and smiled. "They are all mine. I control everything. You want their help? You ask me. Anything that involves them, you can bet your ass it goes through me first."

"Not possible," stuttered the commander as once again he looked around the room. Liu Yu Zeng simply shrugged his shoulders and gave his typical smirk.

"What can I say? We're whipped," chuckled Chen Zi Han as he threw the dish towel over his shoulder and smiled at the man.

"Wouldn't have it any other way," continued Liu Wei. 

The commander then turned to Wang Chao as if there was no way possible, he was going to admit to being 'whipped' by me. Then again, I really didn't think that they were whipped. Just smart. 

"What?" asked Wang Chao as a small smile appeared on his face.

"Do you agree with what they are saying?" demanded the commander, his eyes wide.

"Completely. But since I keep screwing up and agreeing to things that might get us all killed, I think I need a bit more training," said Wang Chao with a smile as he winked at me. 

I rolled my eyes. "You are fine as long as it doesn't involve the military. I swear it's like it is entwined into your very soul," I groused not overly mad. I didn't want to change who he was and the military was very much who he was. Now… taking it down a notch or 15 was a completely different story.

"I'll do better in the future," he promised as he stood up and came over to me. Giving me a soft kiss on my forehead he looked deep into my eyes. "I will do better in the future," he repeated and I could feel his sincerity. "Please don't give up on me."

"I couldn't even if I wanted to. I have part of your soul inside of me, remember?" I said with a smile as I pulled him down into a toe-curling kiss. 

"So, you are stuck with me for all eternity," he smirked before straightening and going over to stand beside the couch.

"Apparently," I said with a shrug, not bothered by that idea at all. "Now, back to you, Commander," I said turning my attention back to the outside. "You will have your bodyguards to get you back to where you need to be. But you will be doing it my way, so I suggest you don't fuck it up. We might, and I mean this as a very slight 'might' also help you once you get to the water. That is going to depend on my mood on the journey, so we are going to go back to the statement… 'Don't fuck it up'. Whether or not I let you keep a device that could wipe out what little remained of humanity will be something else entirely."

"You cannot prevent us from completing our mission," said Huang Nian Zu, and the man actually meant it.

Bless his little heart.

A small part of me was wondering if this was just a giant conspiracy thought up by some really smart Reaver to take over the world. I mean, the only beings that would be able to survive a nuclear attack would be the zombies. They would just regenerate. They wouldn't have any food outside of what could be found in the oceans, but apparently, it would be enough given the fact that zombies currently are doing quite well underwater. 

However, that would also mean that a Reaver would either have to go back in time or be reborn, create the Retrovirus, then the antidote to zombie-ism, and finally know about the space arms race that could bring about the complete downfall of humanity.

That could never happen… right?