Alex didn't have much time to process one thing, from another. The people who rescued him, and the family he had before had now welcomed him into their world.

Hunters they said.

He didn't know what it meant, frankly didn't all that much care as long as it took away from Zombies. He couldn't handle Zombies anymore. They didn't show him the pod rooms, but did tell him that most hunters had been recruited way before him. Some made it through trials. Some didn't.

He was kind of happy he didn't have to get here that way.

"So down this way, grab a weapon and then report for duty?" Alex smiled cheerfully at the other hunter who nodded. He gave them a thumbs up and headed down.

and down.

and further down.

and some more down.

and then a little more down.

"AH HA!" He jumped off the last step and then put his hands on his hips. "I have made it!" His gaze searched the dark cove for these so called weapons and only saw shining rune sort of things. He came closer to them and eyed each of the tablets though.

In the back of his mind, he felt a slow slither. Something against his skin. He shivered.

"Such a creepy place!" The weapons and their carvings were all so vast, and he wondered if he was like suppose to press against-

"Ssssssis way human...." the slither against his skin was now accompanied by a ambiguous voice. He shuddered and looked over his shoulder, around the empty room.

"Not telling me the way is not helping!" Alex returned, but he could feel something. Something reaching out to him? No, something that coiled around his hand. Something that slowly crawled up his arm the closer he got. His hand trailed over the tablet before it glowed and two handguns much like he had used as an officer appeared.

The slithering tightened and he closed his eyes, thinking that it'd be a major migraine on it's way before it loosened and there was another slow hiss.

"We are sssssorry, Alesssss." The voice whispered. "We are new to thissssss."

"Uh sure, who are you?" Alex stopped, "Where are you is my next question...."

"We are Azucena. We are Weapon. We are One." It hissed at him, "We are One, Bonded. I sssspeak through mind, and answer the call you give for battlesssss." The slithering started again and Alex rubbed his temple.

"Oh...OH s**t. Okay I get it! I GET IT. You are my weapon. You're in my head." He looked at the guns. "Okay. Cool." Alex laughed, "I thought this would be a lot harder."

"We make thissss easssy." He felt the slithering come to a rest and the guns disappeared, forming into two pins. "We ssssshall take thisss form. For when not being ussssed."

Alex placed the pins on his jacket and then patted them. "Cool. Imma call you Azu, by the way." Alex rose a brow. "Hey, while we are at it, what are you excatly?"

"We are one!" It repeated and there was a flash of an image of a snake's head....attached to anothers. The maws were huge. the image disappeared and Alex was left reeling.

"Oh man. That's cool." he patted his pins again and then headed back upstairs. He'd have to find Brie or October and see what they said!