[1] Apocalypse: Third Rebirth

Chapter 169: They Are Mine

"What are you talking about? Whose story this is!? That is bullshit! This is my life, this is my story and I will live it how I want!" I snapped. I could see my flames exploding out of me in frustration. The colors a complete contrast to the darkness.

"This is not your story," hissed the first voice. "And those are not your men."

I tilted my head back and burst out into laughter. But it was not the lighthearted kind. No, this was the laughter of someone that was pushed too far. The kind of laughter that had you locked up in a nice white room with a jacket that allows you to constantly hug yourself.

"Did you think that you were the only one to come back to the beginning?" asked the third voice. Where once I relished her gentleness, now it only served as nails on a chalkboard.

"Who?" I demanded, I needed to know who was the heroine more than I needed my next breath. And then once I found out, I would hunt her down and kill her.

"It doesn't matter," replied the third.

"She is just scared that you will go off and kill them," chuckled the first voice. "But after that pathetic display in the basement, I don't think she should worry so much."

"Then tell me, who are the heroes?"

"You already know," said the second voice. I gasped, feeling the tears starting to pool in my eyes. Closing them, I took a deep breath.

"They are mine."

"They aren't supposed to be," replied the third. "They were never supposed to meet you, in any of your lives. But your second one messed everything up. Two of them saw you."

"If they aren't meant to be mine, who cares if they saw me or not?" I snarled, refusing to let the tears fall, to give in to this overwhelming despair that I was feeling.

There was silence, none of the three voices rushed to answer my question.

"Why do you get all four?" demanded the first.

"Because they are mine," I replied, not even needing to think about the answer. I could feel Chen Zi Han and Liu Yu Zeng inside of me, their flames rushing around my own faster, in an almost frantic manner.

I had to leave, I had to get back to them. But how?

"Find the heroines, stop the apocalypse, save humanity," said the third voice. Although her softness remained, there was now an edge to it. "You cannot keep what is not yours."

"And that is where you are wrong. They are mine!"

*****

I sat bolt-upright and frantically looked around. I was starting to get tired of falling asleep in one place and waking up in a completely different one, but since this one had Chen Zi Han and Liu Wei on either side of me, I would take it.

Taking in a deep, calming breath, I laid back down between the two. But I had a problem...

I really needed to use the washroom.

Squirming my way down to the bottom of the bed, I sipped off like a big lump of jelly. Standing up, utterly proud of myself for not disturbing the two men, I opened the door and when in search of the elusive toilet.

"And where do you think you are going, little girl?" came a voice at the end of the hallway. I closed my eyes as the warmth and smell of Wang Chao enveloped me from behind.

"To the washroom," I replied, although, for the life of me, I couldn't remember why it was so important. I felt him chuckling behind me as I let myself sink into his embrace. "I'll show you where it is," he said. "Then we should talk."