Apocalypse Rising Page #3

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I beg you, use the power

of the Stone to vanquish

the satanic evils of this world

once and for all.

It will be done.

Or we will die trying.

On behalf of the Order

of the Enlightened,

you have our eternal thanks,

Father.

May God be with you, my child.

The fate of humanity

is now in your hands.

You are a chosen one.

You're so kind, Father.

But your knowledge of who

now possesses the Stone

poses a risk to us all.

If caught,

we could be exposed.

I'm sure you understand.

Understand what?

Why I have to do this.

Aaah!-

- [knife puncturing]

Shira...

what have you done?

The serpent has been released

from its prison.

[zipper unzips]

[moaning]

Now, where did you say

this head came from?

- Up?

- Way, way, way, way up.

There's no true up or down

in the universe.

India already knows that,

my sire. She's a scientist.

"Sire"? Do you keep him

around for breeding?

[India]

Never mind where it came from.

What did you find, David?

This must be a joke, right?

They don't joke around much.

[sighs]

If you say so.

Human beings have

23 pairs of chromosomes.

Two X chromosomes, female;

or one X and one Y, male.

India already knows that.

She's a scientist.

Thanks, Thora. At this point,

I feel like there's more

I don't know than I do know.

It's all right, I think

all scientists think like that.

But wouldn't it be boring

if we already knew everything?

Good point.

Continue, Doc.

Can somebody just

get it out of here?

Come here, Father.

"Father." So it is a man?

Good, 'cause I can see

the X and Y chromosomes.

Okay, let me explain.

Now, that's a gross

simplification.

The X and Y chromosomes do

actually resemble the letters,

hence the names,

except in this sample.

The X and Y chromosome pair

isn't a pair at all.

It appears there's another line

linking the two together.

Like that.

I've been thinking of it

as the N chromosome triplet,

based on the shape it makes.

It's not an N chromosome.

It's a Zed,

Our people have found

the Zed chromosome triplet

in every zombie sample

we've ever looked at.

Zombies.

Arrrgh. India...

I'm coming for your brains!

Brains! Brains!

[smacks table]

This is ridiculous.

They don't walk around with

their arms out and shuffle.

They're fast.

And they rarely speak.

What they do do is chase you

down and eat your limbic system.

Eh... sorry.

[Beset]

Don't... apologize...

Doctor.

She wants to procreate with you.

[sighing]

Everybody can see that.

Phoenix and I...

are... procreating...

right now.

Well, don't you?

Sh-sh-sh-sh-sh...

she's very intuitive.

She's got the ability

to see...

when those are ready to

procreate...

before they even know.

It's what you call...

a special talent.

[Beset gasps]

Don't be embarrassed.

It's... perfectly normal.

You two better hurry.

Neither of you

are getting any younger.

And your mating vestibule

will dry up soon.

[sighs deeply]

Well, thank you, Beset.

We will take that

under consideration.

- Uh, we will.

- Oh! My God.

I meant to say... Forget it.

What do we do

about the zombies?

You really think

there's zombies?

Well, of course not.

But there's so much

we don't understand.

- [Beset sighs]

- What are you grinning at?

The two of you... mmm...

it makes me remember

the first time Phoenix...

and I mated.

You two should commit

to each other

and procreate...

right now. Ahhh...

Stop saying that, okay?

There won't be any procreating

going on here.

Except for that.

Okay. We asked you

to run some tests

on some people in this area

that recently died.

Did you do that?

I did. I mean, it was

a bureaucratic nightmare

to get the permission,

but, yeah.

- What did you find?

- Well, I haven't looked

at the results yet.

You see, it takes time to isolate

chromosomes and pair 'em up.

But I knew these people.

They were all patients of mine.

Well, this is...

was my father.

Please check the results

so you know

this is not a joke.

You had a chance to get ahead

of this thing, unlike we did.

I'm a physician.

What are you?

[laughs]

What am I?

I'm the best fighter

on the a base

staffed with men and women

trained to save

this civilization.

All the Ratheans

you see before you

are the only survivors

of that effort.

We're trying to save

your civilization.

Pull your head

out of your ass.

Give him time.

He hasn't seen

what we've seen.

We don't even know

if it will happen on Earth.

It's already started.

Faulty test results.

[laughs] I am not impressed

with the intelligence

of beings on this planet.

[chuckles] No wonder.

They only use

10% of their brains.

Nine point six.

Twelve point eight.

[David groans]

They all show

the same thing.

The 23rd chromosome pairs

haven't quite joined up

to form the Z triplet yet.

But in each case,

there are thin strands

connecting the chromosomes,

indicating the process

is already underway.

You got to tell people

about this.

There still may be time

to save your people.

Are you insane?

Do you even hear

what you're saying?

Even if I can convince them to listen to your

ridiculous story, what good is that gonna do?

All you have to do is get people to

stop hurting and killing each other.

Then they can focus

on stopping this.

Oh, yeah. Let me just

tell everyone that.

I'm sure they'll stop

being mean to each other.

I'll bet that's why

we were drawn here.

We were... supposed to give you

information

that could... save you.

He Who Watches

works in mysterious ways.

You need to dig up all the

non-skeletonized human remains

and burn 'em.

Cremation is the only way

to be safe.

- Yeah.

- Yes?

Yeah. Sure, let me just

get right on that.

- No problem.

- [laughing]

[Beset moans, sighs]

So what shall we do?

[Beset moans]

Procreate?

[chuckles]

Ahhh... ahhh...

[India] Lights out.

Good night, everyone.

[all] Shokai.

There was a messiah

on this planet.

- What is that?

- Like a god.

Well, He Who Watches,

or part of him, apparently.

He was born right here

in this region of the world.

Of all the places

we could have landed,

we landed at almost

the very same spot he lived.

Do you think

that's a coincidence?

You know I don't

believe in coincidence,

and neither do you.

I feel like I'm supposed

to do something.

You are. Sleep.

They killed him.

Some of the same people

who followed him.

One of his friends

betrayed him for money.

It's such a tragic story.

They tortured him.

Humiliated him.

And nailed him to a tree

on top of a hill called Calvary.

Calvary means "Skull" here.

And you know the part

that scares me the most?

Three days after he died,

he came back from the dead.

Like a Zed?

Did he eat their brains?

He should have, after they

betrayed him and killed him.

I don't know. I didn't

get that far in the book.

Let us read it tomorrow.

Together.

I'd like that.

Good night, friends.

Shokai, babe.

[water roaring]

[distorted, cacophonous sounds]

[no audible dialogue]

Why did they

do this to you?

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