War of the Gods

Reanimation

Five hours passed, they arrived at the where the lightning was striking. "A tall building, villain stereotype number seven," Greg said. "To be fair, all villainous stereotypes are used with gods," Guillermo said. They walked in, every door in the building was opened, although, it was empty. "Why does it feel so empty in here?" Star asked. "It feels deserted, like, there's no one left," Guillermo said. Greg walked into one of the rooms, he saw torn up papers, ripped, almost burnt clothes. "Something isn't right, if it was deserted, everything would be gone," Greg said. Guillermo followed him in. "What do you make of it?" Guillermo asked. "I don't know," Greg said. "But, it smells like death." Greg looked around. "There's gotta be a basement or something, like, a hidden room," Greg looked around the room. "Guillermo, get the girls," Greg said. "I'm on it," Guillermo went and grabbed Star and Aries. They came back, and Greg stared at the walls. "Did you find anything?" Star asked. "I'm not sure, but, I have a feeling something's in here," Greg said. "Hey, try this," Aries said, and handed Greg a ripped shirt, one he recalled vaguely familiar. "This is her shirt," Greg said. Greg looked around, and found a wall with odd coloring, almost like it had meant to be that way. "There it is," Greg walked up to the wall, and pushed on it. It opened to a staircase, leading down. "Let's go," Aries said. They walked down, silent as a mouse. 'She's here,' Greg thought. They got down the stairs, and they couldn't believe their eyes. Blood, splattered on the floor, corpses, hanging from the ceiling by their wrists. "I thought gods were more merciful," Guillermo said.
They stopped dead in their tracks, after they saw her. They saw Natalie, in a open casket. She was covered in blood, and her eyes were dark, with blue eyes. "It can't be," Greg said. Greg walked up to Natalie, and touched her face. "You know, I can't feel it," she said. Greg jumped back, the others stared in shock. "Natalie, what happened?" Greg asked. "I died, but, they brought me back," Natalie said. "Are you alive?" Star asked. "No, they called it reanimation," Natalie said. "My body and my mind is back, but, not my soul," Natalie explained. "Like a zombie?" Guillermo asked. "Not exactly, zombies are living dead, I'm just an empty vessel that was supposed to pass on," she walked up to Greg. Greg hugged her, "I know you can't feel this, but, I've missed you," Greg said. Natalie smiled, then looked over at Aries. "Who's the girl?" She asked. Aries almost fainted. "Natalie, that's Aries," Greg said. "What, she's only a baby, how is she that big?" Natalie asked. "It's too complicated, long story short, I'm Aries from the future and a different timeline," Aries said. Natalie walked up to Aries, and hugged her. Aries started crying, "I know this isn't entirely accurate, but, I've wanted to meet you for so long, Mom," Aries said. "I've wanted to see you for a while now, my baby," Natalie said. Greg walked up, but, he backed away, and went with the others. "Greg, aren't you gonna go up to them?" Guillermo asked. "No, this is their moment," Greg said, as he smiled. "Greg, how exactly was she reanimated?" Star asked. "I'm almost positive that the gods are behind this," Greg said. "Hmm, Natalie, do you have any idea where the gods went?" Greg asked. Natalie thought, and then she found a map on the floor. She looked at it, and saw a giant circle on an island off the coast of... "Bermuda," she whispered. "What?" Greg asked. "They went to Bermuda," Natalie said. Everyone fell silent. "Damn it," Aries whispered. "Okay, we need to leave," Greg said. "Greg, Bermuda is gonna take a while to get to, not to mention, The Bermuda triangle," Star said. "Oh, don't tell me you believe that shit," Greg said. "There have been cases proving its curse," Guillermo said. "Oh, not you too," Greg said. "The Bermuda triangle?" Aries asked. "Jesus, you guys are wusses, let's get going." Greg and Natalie busted out laughing. "What?" Aries asked. "There's no mistaking it, you are definitely our daughter," Greg said, as he looked at Natalie, who thought the same thing. "Alright, let's get going," Greg said. They leave the building, and drive off toward the harbor. "So, Nat," Greg said. "Yeah?" She answered. "If you're reanimated, and if we ended up 'cashing in' earlier, would that have been considered necrophilia?" Greg asked while snickering. Natalie slapped him on the arm. "You ass," she said. Guillermo, Star, and Aries started laughing. 'This is gonna be a fun ride,' Greg thought.