Disclaimer: Valve © owns Left 4 Dead 1 & 2. All I own is Alex, Anna, Carl and Max.
Chapter 1: Introduction
It all started as flu, nothing big, until people started killing each other. Let's started from the beginning, my name is Alex Bachelor and this is my journey.
It was December 3 and my birthday, it was also 9 am. College was having a week off due to some flu; I think they called it the Green Flu. I was just admiring my parents' presents. They both like to send in their gifts early. My dad gave a katana while my mom gave me a black miniskirt, a pair of black jeans, a black tank top, a black T-shirt and a pair of black earrings. My parents have been divorced for about a year now. It all started with me acting tomboyish and liking weapons and other violence things. My mom thinks that I should be a cute, innocent girl while my dad thinks that I should be who I am. After a few talks and arguments it slowly became fights. Then they got divorced. They share custody of me. Mom gets one week and so does dad. But right now it's college so I am alone. Not completely alone since I still have my friends.
Anyways back to my presents. I decided to try the jeans and the T-shirt. I then looked myself in the mirror. I am roughly 5'7 feet tall. I have short, straight, black hair with bangs covering my forehead. I am slender but not that much. I have blue, almond-shaped eyes, courtesy of my dad. My face is pale and I have thin lips. I also like light black lipstick and black make-up. Although a lot of people criticize me about being a Goth, I don't care. This is the way I am and if you don't like it then scram.
I decided to do a samurai pose with my brand-new katana. I have to say, I look pretty badass. Just as I was admiring myself, the phone rang. It was my friend Anna Lovegood. Anna is really cheerful, optimistic and friendly girl, but you DON'T want to see her when she gets mad. She likes wearing anything that's colorful and shiny, unlike me. She is roughly as tall as me. She has long straight hair straight hair in the style of bangs. She also got her hair dyed so she is a blonde. She is very slender as to say sexy. She has large brown eyes that when she pouts, they see to stare into your soul. She face has a rosy color to it and her lips are a little thicker than mine. Her parents are enjoying a vacation together in Riverside. Don't ask me why they picked that place.
Most people just don't understand how we're friends. She's friendly and cheerful; I'm sarcastic and let's just say I'm not as cheerful as Anna. She likes colorful clothes; I like plain black and purple. She's none-violence (except when she's mad and trust me when I said you DON'T want to see her get mad) and I can get pretty violence, some might call it sadistic.
"Hi Alex!" she said in her cheery voice. Sometimes I wonder if she ever has a bad day.
"Hi Anna, so what's up?"
"I was wondering if you could come to my dorm today; I don't like being alone." It was one person per dorm.
"Sounds good, why don't we go out or something?"
"NO!" she practically screamed through the phone right into my ear.
"Whoa. Take it easy. Why don't you want to go out? You're always the energetic one."
"I don't want to catch the flu." she said in a fearful voice.
"Okay, okay. I'll stay in the dorm with you." I said, trying to cheer her up.
"Good! How about now you come right now?" Wow. That worked fast.
"Um, okay I guess. Want to see my present?"
"Yeah sure, bring them over!"
"Okay, see you there."
"Okay bye."
"Bye."
I decided to put all my presents into my backpack; don't ask me how. Grab a can o Pepsi and my katana and walked out of my dorm and downstairs. Our dorms are two different buildings marked with letters. Mine is on the second floor at building A. Hers is on the third floor at building B. So as you can see we're not that far away, just a few minutes of walking.
Once I got out of the building a few people screamed, yes they screamed, probably from seeing the 'sadistic' girl walking out of her dormitory and carrying a katana. Ha! The looks on their faces were priceless. Then it didn't get so cool when someone started dialing 911 thinking I have finally lost it. After a couple of minutes of assuring them that I am not going to kill them I continued walking.
Once I got in front of building B, people started screaming again; yes I'm popular for being 'sadistic'. After redoing the events of calming down other students, I walked up the stairs to my friend's dorm. I knocked twice. The door burst open with a very cheerful girl hugging me, very tightly. If anyone saw us, they might think we're lesbians. After all, nearly everyone is wondering how we're friends.
"You're here!"
"Anna can't breathe." I managed to choke out.
"Oops. Sorry." she said blushing.
"It's alright. So aren't you going to let me in?"
"Oh yeah, come 'on in."
We spent the couple of hours just playing around and gossiping; although Anna was the one mostly doing the gossiping.
"It's noon; want to go get something to eat?"
"But what about the flu, what if we get infected?" she asked, fear in her voice again.
"We'll be fine." I assured her.
"Okay, so where do you want to go?"
"Anywhere I guess."
"Then how about that restaurant where they have the salad bar, I heard they have a good price?"
"Okay, then let's go."
"Wait a moment. Let me go change."
She came out a few minutes later wearing a pink miniskirt and a light blue shirt.
"You look good."
"Thanks."
Then we left the dorm. When we left the building I could swear that people we're staring. I don't know why though. When we reached the place I have to say it does look nice. The sign reads "Larry's Salad" in cursive. There were clean glass doors and windows. The tables have a single rose in the middle. All in all, it's okay.
After we picked a table and sat down, a waiter approached us. He had a weird grin on his face.
"So what may I get you TWO ladies?" he said the word TWO in a singsong voice.
"If you're applying what I think you are, you better stop" I said with a menacing glare.
"Okay then what will you two has?"
"I'll have the cheeseburger."
"A cheeseburger, that's what you're ordering?" Anna asked.
"Yeah, I like it once in a while."
"Okay then I'll have the tuna salad."
"But there's a salad."
"So?"
"Never mind, you can have the salad."
"Is that all?" the waiter asked.
"Yes."
After we ate, we paid the bill and left. On the way back to Anna's dorm, we saw a weird-looking man. He was swaying and bumping into things. Anna has to be the Good Samaritan and asked if he's okay. Next thing you know, he lunged at Anna and tried to bite her. I quickly looked around for anything to use as a weapon. I saw a pipe and used it to smash the man's head. After that, we ran all the way back.
Once we got back to Anna's dorm, she had a worried look on her face. I asked her what's wrong. She said that she's just worried if we're going to become those things. I told her we're going to be fine. She also asked me to stay with her because she's afraid those things will get her. I decided to stay with her.
After more gossiping and playing games and looking at magazines for hours, we both went to sleep at 8 pm. Very early right? Well, doing the same things for hours and take the wind out of you.
The next morning after we took turns taking a shower and ate breakfast, we heard a broadcast saying that there will be an evacuation at the mall because the infection's getting worse and spreading. We are to take a bus to get to the mall. Anna decided to grab a few of her PSPs (Yeah she has like 5 of them or something) and a few snacks and water bottles. I grabbed my katana and my clothes and also the snacks, etc.
On the way to the mall, some big, speeding truck slammed into us from nowhere. I blacked out almost instantly. I woke up with Anna shaking me. I looked around and nearly everyone was dead. The only people alive were, well for starters me, Anna, Carl the bus driver and Max, some nerd in the other classes.
Carl is 6'1 feet tall. He has short, black, spiky hair. He has a strong build. He has green eyes that were neither larger nor small. His face and body has a tan. His lips are thick. He is wearing a blue jean and a black shirt with graffiti writings on it. You're probably wondering why he's allowed to wear that. Well I don't know and everything I ask him he changes the subject.
Max is 5'5 feet tall. Yeah he's shorter than me; he's also very thin and I once asked him if he eats like a girl. Ha! Everyone was laughing and his face was priceless. Although I started feeling guilty when everyone kept teasing him about it for about year, I mean once is enough but a year? He has short, black, curly hair. He has blue eyes and pale skin. He also has thin lips. He was wearing a green polo shirt with brown jean.
"Is everyone okay?" Carl asked.
"No, apparently not if you haven't noticed, nearly the whole bus is dead." I replied considering I have a major headache.
"Okay fine. I suggested we continue to the mall. It's not that far."
"Okay" Anna and I both agreed.
"But what if we run into those things?" Max asked with feared.
"Ha. Scared much? Don't worry I'll protect you." I said with a smile and while rubbing his head. I don't why I did that. Maybe I was feeling guilty about the 'You eat like a girl' comment.
"I think we all should take a weapon." Carl said.
"I got my katana." I proudly said.
"I got my baton." Carl said.
"I have this butterfly knife." Anna said with a smile.
"When did you get a butterfly knife?" I asked with a confused expression.
"I got it for my last birthday."
"Okay that leaves you Max." Carl said.
"I guess I'll just have this pipe." He replied shaking.
"Okay everyone ready?" Carl asked.
"Yes."
"Then let's go. I lead the way."
And with that, we exited the bus and descended into the world of madness.
Special thanks to Clac234 for the advice on writing for which I decided to rewrite this chapter.
