The Reborn Young Master's Guide to Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse UNEDITED VER

Chapter 1: The Betrayal

I groaned in pain as I smelled the strong scent of bleach and antiseptic. I felt nauseated and light headed.

I was laying down on a hard, cold table. My arms and legs were strapped down. My mouth felt dry and on further inspection, I realized it was taped shut. With limited motion, I turned my head to look around the room. It seemed like I was trapped in some sort of lab and I was the subject to some crazy experiment.

The lab in which I was located was very clean and very very white. Hanging on the wall on the far right was a clock that was painted a pearl white color. It seemed very out of place in the lab. The walls, floors and even the table underneath me seemed to be the color white.

It was eerily quiet except for the sound of the clock.

Tick tock...tick tock...tick tock...The clock seemed to mock me.

Just what in the world was going on?  I thought to myself.

I tried to break free from my bindings but to no avail. No matter how much I tried to break free, I couldn't. After a long struggle, I stared helplessly into the ceiling, squinting at the bright lights.

Panic slowly creeped in my heart like a thief.

The last thing I remembered was protecting Rene during our most recent mission. Rene was my older half sister as well as the 1st and only daughter of our family, the Greyson family. Rene was only 3 years older than me and was a famous doctor even before the apocalypse. Rene was a renowned genius. She graduated medical school at the young age of 20. She had her own tv show until the outbreak occurred when she was 21 years old.

Now, armed with the rare light ability that is capable of healing, she was hailed by all as a Saintess.

Compared to me and Kyle, we were nothing. Kyle and I were Illegitimate sons who were constantly beaten and bullied by the Greyson's until I too awoke a rare ability: lightning.

Lightning was one of the strongest abilities serving both as defense and offense.

But Kyle...my heart squeezed in sadness.

My older brother, my identical twin, Kyle died in the first few days of the apocalypse.

Our mission was to gather more medical supplies, samples and data from the hospital to aid in the progression of the cure for the zombie virus. The hospital was infected with about 500 zombies.

During the end of the world, this hospital: Saint Ana Claire, was the first hospital to come in contact with patients that were infected with the zombie virus. Thus, it had valuable research papers, samples and data about the early zombies.

The mission was a rank S mission, and our family, the Greyson family urged me to partake in it to ensure success and the safety of Rene. Our group was made up of me, Rene and 5 other ability users.

Although Rene rarely came on missions, S Rank at that, Rene told me she needed to come and gather some zombie samples.

What happened to Rene? I hope she is okay. I thought.

Just then I heard the sound of heels resonating throughout the hall.

Click clack...click clack...

A woman of about 23 years old sneered down at me. The woman was wearing a long white lab coat and was holding a clipboard. Long blonde hair pulled in a high ponytail, red plump lips and eyes as red as rubies, this woman was my one and only half sister, Rene. Her expression was distorted into a creepy grin, very different from how she usually looks.

Was this really Rene? I thought my older half sister was kind and caring just like a saint but was she really just a white lotus hiding her true self?

Shock flashed through me like a lightning bolt. When I looked at her cold, taunting gaze, I realized how naïve and stupid I was.

Before the apocalypse, It was always 1st and 2nd older brother, Rene and mother who bullied me and Kyle just because we were illegitimate children. Only James and my loyal butler Tristan treated Kyle and me like humans.

I thought Rene finally changed for the better but I guess I was totally wrong. Rene was just hiding her true self from me to obtain what she wanted from me: my rare lightning ability.

I knew that she wanted my ability without her even saying anything. The looks that I perceived were admiration from her were actually looks of jealousy that I was able to have such a strong power.

I wiggled around frantically like a worm trying to escape. Opening my mouth to scream, only a muffle voice came out. I widened my eyes.

"Poor little brother...you are so stupid!!!" Rene laughed at me.

"Mmmh...mmmh!"

"Ahhh...I forgot you can't speak." She yanked out the duct tape from my mouth, smirking at me in victory.

"Why...why are you doing this?" I finally got out.

"Why, you ask?" Rene asked me. "Because it is simply unacceptable that a half breed like you can have a rare ability. Even if you are father's son you are nothing to our Greyson family."

Did father know about this?

Rene looked at me like she knew what I was thinking.

"Everyone was in on it my dear little brother." Rene said, smiling.

My heart pounded in despair. It was believable that my 1st and 2nd older brother was in on it as well as mother but father?

Father was usually a passive man. He knew that Kyle and I were getting bullied, but even so he never did anything about it. But when things went too far, he was always the first to step up.

"The Greyson family wants your ability and to do so we must kill you to obtain your crystal core."

When one becomes a zombie or an ability user, our brain will shrink to the size of a golf ball. Then it will harden, forming a crystal. If a normal person eats a crystal core, then they may be able to gain that power but it is highly unlikely. If they do gain power from such means, there is a risk that they are not going to have the chance to rise up in ranks and stop their growth potential. An ability user however, can. If they eat crystal cores from zombies that have the same power as them, it can help them level up. An ability user can eat crystal cores that don't have the same power as them, but it is a game of chance on whether or not their body can handle it. Besides, the only way to gain another ability besides the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th awakening day which is indicated by black rain is the crystal core from an ability user, not a zombie.

Thus, they wanted my lighting core and to do so means my death.

Betrayal...That word tasted bitter in my mouth.

My fear dissipated and I accepted my fate.

There was no reason left to live. Kyle is dead...James is dead...and Tristan...I grinded my teeth in frustration. My beloved twin Kyle, 3rd older brother James and Tristan, my loyal butler all all died to save me. But for what? Was I really that important, that special?

My heart hardened into steel, unfeeling. If there is a next life, I vow to protect those close to me and to take revenge on my so called family: The Greysons.

Especially this white lotus, Rene.

"Rene, there is a special place in hell just for you. I swear, if there is a next life, I will destroy the Greyson family and take my revenge. Everything you did to me, to Kyle, James, and Tristian I will return it all back to you and the Greysons tenfold!"

Rene just smiled at me.

"That is never going to happen little brother."

She took out a syringe from her lab coat.

"Good riddance little brother." She said as she inserted the needle into my arm, making my world go dark. The darkness welcomed me.