"Reanimator" was Ethan's favorite film, despite the fact that the film was released long before his birth, and three years before the birth of his father. Ethan called this movie a "classic" and anyone who said the movie sucks was Ethan's kind of enemy.

Ethan was so imbued with the film that when he got his own cat, he briefly named him "Rufus" after the black cat from "Reanimator". Rufus was a black cat with yellow eyes, to Ethan he was like Edd to Ringo. This cat was a comfort to Ethan after he started having nightmares, but that didn't stop Ethan from getting addicted to drugs.

But one day Rufus died... For Ethan, it was grief and depression, and the only way out for him was to look at the memory of his pet "Reanimator". With a good supply of cola and coke, Ethan sat down to watch a movie. It is not known what was going on in his head, but he decided to resurrect his cat like in the movie. Ethan had already made his own version of the Reanimator serum using his blood with radiation, but had never used it. Therefore, he did not bury his cat in advance, but put it in the refrigerator, and then carried it to the basement, where he had a laboratory, since his parents did not allow him to use the kitchen for experiments.

- Toby, come to me, I'll show you what you'll be delighted with. - Ethan said on the phone, preparing the serum for the cat.

*Some time later*

- Ethan, are you there? - identified Toby, looking for his cousin (for reference, Toby and Ethan are half-cousins, since Annya, Toby's mother was the half-sister of Edd, Ethan's father), and immediately found him. He fought off his cat, which grabbed him on the back:

- Bitch, you're mad. - Ethan growled in anger, and unhooked and threw Rufus into the wall. Zombie animal hid from his master.

- Do you have a gun, Tobyas? - Ethan asked seriously. Toby shook his head.

- No ... Papa does not give me a gun with him, only when he taught me how to shoot ...

- Damn, then we'll have to fight back as best we can ... - the unfortunate Reanimator took the bat and, together with Toby, began to approach the place where his former pet hid. The zombie cat lunged at Tobias to scratch him, but Ethan shot the cat into the wall and broke his back.

- Oh, fuck... What have I done? I wanted to subdue him and show him who the daddy is, but not kill him or break his back ... Fucking cocaine ... - Ethan grabbed his head. - We'll have to start all over again...- He walked over to his desk, and leaving the cat there, took out a bottle of liquid from his mini-freezer that was the same color as Ethan's eyes.

- What is it? - Toby asked.

- What is it?! Psychotronic weapons, got it? You should have seen "Reanimator" to understand the essence of what I'm doing. - Ethan said irritably as he drew liquid into a syringe.

- Well, actually, I also watched your "Reanimator" but do you know what he prepared his serum from?

- Well, he didn't seem to talk about the composition. And my version of the serum is made from my own blood. - Ethan walked over to Toby.

-Ah… like your blood is so radioactive that it can revive corpses?- he began to think

- That's it. Ethan said and injected the serum into the cat.

- Ethan, have you ever tried it? - Toby asked.

- Nope. Today is the first time. Although... I think if I start doing the same things as Herbert West, then the first test subject will be... Your father. - Ethan replied. After a short pause, he changed the subject. - about Rufus, don't expect any tango. His back is broken and I have to straighten him some more.

Then the zombie cat stirred, and everyone noticed that the cat's eyes turned green, although they were yellow during life.

He meowed.

- It worked! - Ethan screamed in delight. The cat looked at its owner and then at Toby.

- Well, the experience was a success. - Ethan turned to Toby. - Toby, I'm begging you, don't tell your father about this... They'll definitely put me in a mental hospital, and I'm still out of my mind...

- Okay I will not! - Toby spread his arms. - I don't know if it's worth telling Mama about it, but I'll think about it... And about my father; Ethan, after that hair incident, my father forbade me from contacting you for a week, and lately he has been trying to keep me in an iron grip and keep a close eye on me ... I'm scared if he finds out about what I tell you with friends and then what I tell Mama... He can kill me and others... Papa has already threatened that if I do something seriously wrong, he will ... Kill Mama ... But she is like a mother to me, and if she is gone already ... I won’t survive this ... It will also happen if you, Max and Theo will be killed... I promised that I would protect everyone who is dear to me from my father, and if he makes me kill you... I will kill myself too... Let him know that he is the most terrible father in the world...

-Oh…- Ethan darkened. - Toby, your father... A real beast... Don't worry, we'll think of something... If anything, I'll use my Reanimator serum on him, since I haven't used it on living people yet. Now Toby, you better go, if your father finds out, then we are fucked, but I still want to live, just like you.

- Good. So long, Ethan. - Toby disappeared behind the door.

- So long, Toby...- Ethan watched Toby leave and was left alone with his cat. - no, Rufus, this world is definitely rotten ... Our Red Leader is a complete bastard.

And then Rufus, out of nowhere, said:

- Yeah, dude, you're talking.

But... Whether it was because of the drugs, or because of something else, but Ethan went crazy about this and from the secret that he kept.