I heard mechanical beeping and small clinks of objects touching metal. I moaned and turned my head, which felt as if it were going to explode. 'Vat happened…' was all that flashed through my mind. I heard someone walking over to me and take my hand, stroking it. I then heard a man say, "Vake up, child." I shook my head. No. No I didn't want to wake up. I didn't know where I was, or why, and I wasn't going to listen to a strange man who woke me up. I began to fall back asleep when suddenly an alarm clock went off next to me and my eyes snapped open. I yelled in pain as a bright light flooded my sight and I quickly turned my face away, clenching my eyes shut tightly. I heard the man gasp and quickly begin apologizing, saying 'I'm sorry, child, I'm sorry, I'm sorry…." And the lights dimmed down. I sat up slowly and looked around; I could make out part of a…laboratory? But everything was blurry.
"Vhere am I..." I asked the man, who had busily rushed over and held something out to me. I took the object and saw that they were glasses. I blinked and put them on, and I could see everything clearer. I looked at the man and found he was inches from my face. I jumped and fell off the metal table I had been lying on. I got ready to hit the floor but someone caught me and lifted me back to my feet. I looked behind me and there was a giant of a man with a captain's hat on which shadowed one eye. I quickly moved away from him and backed into the other man. I was surrounded.

I turned and looked at the one who woke me. He had glasses with at least eight lens on each side, an insane smile and chin length hair. He wore a small shirt that exposed his stomach and grey pants. The shirt was attached to the pants by straps, and covering the shirt was a white trench coat covered in blood. The one who had caught me was tall. Even taller then I and I was over six feet. He also wore a trench coat but his was green, closed and had a turtleneck like part that went up to his mouth. He had bits of dark blonde hair sticking out from under his hat and the bill of the hat was turned sideways, casting a shadow over his left eye. He had no emotion on his face, just a constant glare like look, whereas the other man was smiling madly.

I looked behind me and saw a door and I slowly began backing towards it. Suddenly I bumped into someone. The one who had woke me was there…as was the one who caught me…who now…I turned around and saw a little boy. But this wasn't a normal little boy. He had ears like either a werewolf…or a cat. He wore a strange outfit. A shirt with many pockets and very short shorts. His socks were pulled up to mid calf and he wore small shoes. He had his hands behind his back and a small feral grin crossed his face. I began to back into a dark corner and yup. You guessed it. ANOTHER ONE. I was tired of this. I sighed and turned around and my eyes widened. There was a little fat man with glasses and wearing a white suit standing behind me with a donut in his hand which he was happily munching on.

'Velcome Rip Van Vinkle! I see you haff met effryvon." I glanced back at the three I had met before. I then looked back to the fat man.

"Vhere….am I…?" I asked cautiously. I wanted to run at the moment, but I decided not to. I looked down at my clothes, wondering if I was dressed the same as them. I wore a white suit shirt, a red tie, black suit pants and brown shoes. I blinked and saw a few of the buttons were undone at the top of the shirt, and part of my chest was showing. I went wide eyed and quickly closed the shirt, buttoning it up. The fat man laughed, I heard the child giggling and the crazed one apologizing once again, but I knew he was laughing too. The tall one didn't laugh, for that I was grateful for and I turned, but my gratefulness was then taken back when I saw him smirking. I glared and turned back to, what I guessed, was their leader when he began speaking again.

"To answer your question, und any other you might haff, you are in ze Zeppelin. Und who ve are, ist ze following." He took my arm and turned me to the lot behind me. He extended a chunky arm and pointed to the crazed man. "Zis, ist Dok.He ist ze von who voke you, und he ist ze von who made you, along vith ze others." Dok was grinning, looking me over as if to make sure I was perfect. I covered my chest. The leader then pointed to the giant. "Und zis ist Captain. He ist my right hand man. My bodyguard." Captain merely nodded, the smirk from earlier long gone and he looked away. Well....he wasnt too bad. At least he wasnt insane like Dok...."Und finally...ve haff Schrodinger." I guessed it was the child and I looked around, but didnt see him anywhere. Then I heard someone clear their throat and I looked over to the leader, who was petting the bo---Schrodinger...I looked to the otther two who both looked somewhat jealous. Well...at least Dok did. I looked back to Schrodinger who had pasted on an angel face. Pure and innocent. I guessed he was the suckup of the group.

"'Alloooooooooo!" He said in a high cute voice, putting out his hand with a face like...well...too hard to describe but as best as I can put it..."nn!!!" I took the childs hand and he shook it, as if he knew me but hadn't seen me in years. I pulled my hand away and nodded.

"Hallo..." the leader cleared his throat and I looked over (and down) at him. He put on a grin and put his hands on his hips, looking as if he were more important then the rest of them put together, which I figured he was.

"I, am Major. Velcome to ze team. Schrodinger vill escort you to your room, Captain vill provide you vith your weapon und Dok vill..." he looked me over "Get your clothing finished"

"My clothing finished...?" I looked down. The clothes seemed normal to me...I decided not to ask anymore. I watched as the Major nodded and walked past me and out the door. Schrodinger followed closely behind him, and I looked back to Dok and Captain who were watching them. I jumped when Dok clapped his hands together and both Captain and I turned to look at him. Dok grinned, looking me over, with a face of pride.

"Ja....ja...ja...JA!" He said happily and ran over to a cabinet. I watched him as he pulled a black suit jacket from the cabinet and looked at it, nodding. I looked over at Captain, who looked back at me and blinked, then went to the other side of the room where there was another table. Dok ran back to me and held out the jacket. I looked at it. Normal suit jacket...six buttons on the front, four on each sleeve...I shrugged and took it, putting it on. As soon as I buttoned it, my entire upper body was constricted under the jacket. I gasped and looked down, seeing that the jacket was so tight, from a sideview I'd be passed off as a male because I had no chest now.

Dok laughed and clapped happily. "WUNDERBAR!" He went around me in circles, looking over the outfit while I struggled to get comfortable in the jacket. Suddenly Dok shrieked, (I thought it was a girl) and a large musket was thrust at me from the shadows. I looked at it, then looked up at Captain who was holding the musket out. It was big. Bigger then me, big. But it was a beautiful gun.

I took the rifle and looked up at him, smiling happily. I somehow...lost all my worry about what may happen to me and I wasn't scared any longer. "Danke" I said to him. He said nothing, but his hand rose and he held it out to me. I blinked and looked at what he was holding. Bullets. But they weren't normal bullets, they were skinnier and longer. I shrugged, thinking 'They must be made special for ze gun...' I took the bullets and he turned and walked out, still staying silent and I could tell he was going to major. He -was- the bodyguard after all. I looked over at Dok, who was holding his chest. Captain must have scared him when he came out of the shadows so suddenly. I laughed quietly and thanked him for the outfit.

Dok's eyes gleamed, sparkling happily. "Ja. You are velcome, my child." I blinked, not knowing why he kept calling me his child. I let it slide, knowing I should show at least a small amount of respect to the one who had woken me. Schrodinger appeared beside me and in his childish voice he asked,

"Ok. Let's get you to your room." He took my hand and pulled me out of the laboratory. I looked back at Dok who had made himself busy by cleaning up his tools. When I turned back, I walked into someone. I looked at the woman standing in front of me. She was carrying a scythe and had tattoos on the right side of her face. One side of her face looked completley different then the other. She was wearing what looked like a tight black bathing suit with baggy pants over them. Her hair was cut short and spiked up like a man's and she had a cigerette in her mouth. "Ahhhh! Big Sister Zorin!" Schrodinger exclaimed, going over and hugging her.

Zorin smirked and looked down at Schrodinger, messing up his hair "Allo kid..." she looked up at me and blinked, looking back to Schrodinger. "Who is zis?"

Schrodinger smiled and said, "Another one of us. Dok and Herr Major's army found her. So they brought her back to help us. Isn't she neat?" He was talking as if I weren't standing there and as if I weren't even a living thing. Which...technically I wasn't. I was a vampire, one of the living dead.

"Nice to meet you. I am Zorin Blitz. You can call me Zorin. Or as the little one here calls me, 'Big sister Zorin'" She put out her hand. I took it and shook hands with her. Her grip was powerful and my hand throbbed after she released it, but I showed no sign of it.

"Nice to meet you, too..." I replied happily. I looked at Schrodinger who had already started to walk away. I glanced at Zorin, who seemed to have zoned out and blinked, then ran after Schrodinger, leaning the rifle against my shoulder and placing the bullets in the suit pocket. Schrodinger led me to my room and I walked in. When I turned back around, he had disappeared. I sighed and closed the door, walking farther into the room and looking around. I saw a coffin in a dark corner of the room and I went over, opening the lid and looking inside. It looked comfortable...and I was still tired. I leaned the rifle against the wall and removed my glasses and jacket. I slipped off my shoes and climbed into the coffin. As I was about to close the lid, the same alarm clock appeared next to my head. I blinked, looking at it. It was multicolored and the back set had a smiley face on it. Altogether it looked like a bear...I shrugged and closed the lid, slowly falling asleep to the ticking of the alarm clock. Everything seemed alright...