Artemis opened her eyes, instantly alert.

Hearing the alarm on her phone with skull-sign on the screen and the date January 29, xxx4 in the reminder date, her heart became heavy.

It's today. At midnight, everything will change.

She's still feeling bad and depressed when she was taken in a warm embrace.

"We'll face it together. I'm here, my love" Xander kissed her tenderly, coaxing her to calm down.

"I love you.." Artemis murmured. Hugging her husband tightly.

"I love you too" a soft smile revealed his feelings. So what if they'll face Apocalypse again?

At least now they're together. They have beautiful children, they're fully prepared, and strengthen by the serum and spirit water.

"Don't you think that compared to last life, we have better chance of survival now?" soothing his wife's back, he revealed his thoughts.

Hearing this, Artemis finally calmed down.

Yes. Compared before. The situation now is 100..no. It should be 10,000 times better. What is she getting depress for?

"How's the progress of your soldiers? Did they succeed last night?" She sat down. Not letting Xander to get up with her.

He came back early this morning, he only slept for two hours and was awakened because of her alarm.

"Everything went smoothly than expected. Thankfully we have lots of toilet scattered in the base.." thinking of this, Xander's face turned funny.

Last night was totally hilarious. He and his brothers, after confirming everyone's safety, immediately ran out of the underground base. The smell is a little bit unbearable on floors 26-29.

Seeing Xander's sour face, she couldn't help but laugh. She remembers when she took the serum unprepared. Thankfully the toilet in the house was just a few steps away.

"Heh! You were like that too, in space" she teased "How about the Rings, Alexis and Zion?" she asked.

They've decided not to give the twins the strengthening serum, as to avoid accident. Anyway, since they're still fetuses up to present, they're being strengthen by the spiritual water.

"They took it, right after our return"

"Good. I hope we did not forget to prepare anything" she murmured, while scanning both hers and Xander's checklist. "Do we have enough boats and submarines?" she asked.

"Yes. Did you forget Timothy's supplies? Those are the most advanced vehicles, and I also purchased a lot. Don't worry"

"Do we have bees in space?"

"Yes"

"How about fungi?"

"Done"

"Do we have all species of animals?"

"Not all species, but we have all kinds. They'll develop themselves in the future"

"How about......

......... .....

•••

After thirty minutes of brainstorming, she confirmed the completion of the materials.

"Good" she nodded energetically.

Glad that his wife feels better, he again embraced her in his chest.

"80,000 soldiers under Calum will be arranged at the foot of the mountain. I played a little trick and managed to gather at least a forth of them. They'll arrive soon with their families. Be prepared.

We'll task half of them to gather supplies from North West East and South, and half of them will be stationed around the Mountain to guard and maintain order.

We'll offer job to some capable relatives with enough strength, then help us build walls around the mountain and houses for their families and some survivors.

While the five Rings and our 800 personal soldiers could also collect secretly, based on the list given in our last meeting. We'll keep them hidden and will only out them out as last resort" he reported.

"Hmm. That's just right. People will turn lazy when they see mountains of supplies. Let them work hard. Maintain a bit of sense-of-crisis so they could stay united. If they're too secured, they'll start to have colorful ambitions" she learned these from her past life.

When people are too comfortable, they'll have time to be greedy and gain evil thoughts. It's better to work then to death, hard enough so that they have no time to think of anything else.

"I listen to you" Xander kissed her temple.

"You sleep a bit more. I'll wake you up at lunch" she pushed him into the bed softly.

•••

At 9 o'clock in the evening, the table is full of dishes they worked together to prepare.

After everyone sat down, Artemis took out 10 bottles of Wine, Champaign, Whiskey and a few lady's drinks.

Thankfully Zion chose to eat in the room as he manipulate 5 computers to continuously send reminders to the public.

Xander and Artemis decided to welcome the End of the World like this. Also, to give their subordinates their gratitude for their hard work until now.

Xander raised his wine glass and offered a toast.

"Thank you for believing and supporting us. We'll face the era of Apocalypse together. We'll live and die together, until the end of the Apocalypse. Good luck to us all!"

"Good luck to us" clicking sound of glasses continue, but the real battle begun after that.

The table full of food was turned upsidedown in just few minutes.

Even Zion who walked down from the second floor looked at the crowd in horror.

The supposedly depressed mood, brightens a lot, making Artemis and Xander comfortable. Looking at each other, they smiled helplessly and tacitly joined the battlefield.

•••

At exactly 12 o'clock midnight, when the world is sleeping and unprepared, one of the two conjoined Villas is brightly lit.

They stayed in Xander's house because the reinforcement here is much intensive than Artemis'.

A lightning, followed by continues thunders sounded abnormally loud.

Immediately after, pea sized droplets densely fell on earth. It came strong and heavy, followed by a strong wind capable of bending a tree.

Artemis motioned to the subordinates to turn off the power source for awhile, as to not attract the thunder to their direction. All the bullet and shock proof windows and security doors were tightly closed.

Even the reinforced roof was surrounded by heavy chains as another layer of protection.

All the cars and movable items around the house, that could be carried by the wind, were all put into space.

"Are you all ready?" Artemis asked, while fixing Xander's waterproof raincoat.

"Yes!" Shakey voices responded to her.

To be honest, the people here still have a bit of hope that the Apocalypse won't really come. That's why seeing the accurate time and phenomenon, all these people's faces look complicated.

However, they really can't control this kind of thing, so they regained their composure and became more eager to complete the mission starting tonight.

They need to gather as much materials as possible.

Alexis was left in the underground base to supervise the people. During this mission, the soldiers need a leader to command them.

Xander and the twins were out into space after dinner. Xander and Artemis are very careful when it comes to the children's safety, so the space is the best option. It also gives them peace of mind while they're on this mission.

Getting an affirmative answer, Artemis nodded in satisfaction. Patting Xander's coat, she signaled him to start.

"Be careful outside. We'll meet in three days. Keep your phones on..and hide carefully. Don't remove your masks even when you're on break.

Did you bring the improved signal jammers and camera blockers Zion gave you?"

"Yes!" The five Rings replied. Of course they know how amazing this Jammers and blockers are.

The famous Maddox jammer could only block 1mile at most, but Zion's jammer could block up to 5miles of range. Most especially, it's pocket size, so it's very convenient.

Alright. See you then... Let's see who'll get the most materials..