Hey y'all. So I heard of the new Beta DLC Cold Stream and decided to write this! Hope you like it :)

Cold Stream

Chapter 1: A Rescue Gone Wrong

"Holy shit, we actually made it," Nick said, panting heavily.

"I know. I can't believe it myself," Rochelle added.

"Hey, this reminds me of the time-" Ellis started.

"Damn, Ellis. Does everything remind you of a Keith story?" Nick asked in annoyance.

Coach, the group's leader, watched the other three from the other side of the helicopter. He knew that this meant a lot to them. After almost a month, the group was finally heading to safety. That bridge was hard to cross, but that didn't stop them all from trying. Coach felt proud that they had all made it this far.

"We should get some sleep," he said to the other three. "We've had a hard time out there, so we're gonna need it."

Nick, Ellis and Rochelle nodded in agreement, and soon, they were all lying on the floor of the helicopter, fast asleep. Well, all except Nick, who was lying wide awake, even though he was feeling exhausted. He had a strange feeling that their troubles weren't over yet. He thought about voicing his thoughts to the others, but he decided to let them sleep. Who knows how long it's been since they've had a decent night's sleep.

"I'm probably just being paranoid," he muttered under his breath. "I gotta get some sleep."

With that, he turned over and fell asleep, that funny feeling never leaving his body.


Ellis was the first to wake up. He frowned. He couldn't have been asleep for too long. Suddenly, he felt the helicopter dip. He frowned again.

"We can't be there yet," he muttered as the helicopter gave a violent lurch. Seeing that the others were still asleep, he decided to check what was going on in the cockpit.

He got up and knocked on the door of the cockpit.

"Hello?" he asked.

No answer.

"'Scuse me, sirs?" he asked again.

No answer.

Frowning slightly, he opened the door and looked in. He found himself face to face with not one, but TWO Hunters!

"HUN-" he managed to yell before one of them pounced on him and started clawing his chest.

"GET HIM OFF!" he screamed.

Of course, the noise woke up his teammates. They immediately sprang into action.

"GET HIM OFF ME, DAMMIT!" Ellis screamed again.

Nick quickly knocked the Hunter off of Ellis and shot it in the face with his shotgun. The second Hunter, obviously angry at the death of his fellow comrade, screamed and lunged at Nick. Before it could pounce on him, however, Coach pumped his own shotgun and shot it in the chest. The Hunter gave a dying screech and the corpse fell to the floor, twitching.

Before they could celebrate, however, the helicopter gave another violent lurch and it dipped once more. The group seemed to realize that the Hunters were their pilot and co-pilot.

"Shit! Who knows how to fly a helicopter here?" Rochelle asked.

No-one raised their hand.

"None of you?" Rochelle asked desperately.

"Sorry, little sister," Coach responded.

The helicopter dipped again.

"But I'll try to keep it airborne," he added, rushing into the cockpit and trying to control the descending vehicle.

Nick, meanwhile, was trying to patch up Ellis. But with all the lurching and dipping the helicopter was doing, it was very hard to do so.

"Nick, this ain't gonna work!" Ellis exclaimed. "Wait 'till the chopper's in the air again!"

"That might not happen, Overalls!" Nick snapped. "We might crash!"

"An' if tha' happens, then the First-Aid Kit woulda been a waste," Ellis responded logically.

Before Nick could argue, the helicopter tipped to the side, causing everyone to fall over to the tipped side. Ellis and Rochelle hit the wall. Nick wasn't so lucky. He tumbled right out the door of the helicopter!

"NICK!" Ellis and Rochelle yelled in unison, dashing to the door.

They found Nick hanging on the edge for dear life. Ellis and Rochelle each took one of his arms.

"Nick, let go of the edge," Ellis ordered.

Nick hesitantly obeyed. Ellis and Rochelle quickly pulled him back in just as the helicopter tipped again, this time, to the other side. The three hit the wall on the other side.

"I can't get it under control!" they heard Coach yelling from the cockpit. "I'm gonna let go of the controls and once I say so, everyone go into the back of the helicopter and make a huddle! I'll join y'all when I can!"

They waited.

"NOW!" Coach yelled.

Everyone immediately followed Coach's instructions. Once they were in a huddle, Coach came running out of the cockpit. They made space for him and he quickly took his place among the group.

As the helicopter spiralled more and more out of control, they held each other tighter. Coach muttered a small prayer while the others just listened and held onto the last scrap of hope they had left.

The helicopter crashed into the ground below, the world becoming black for the four survivors.

And there's the first chapter! What did you think? R&R please!

If you don't really get what's going on, just tell me in your review and I'll explain in an A/N next chapter.

Until next time
D-ZombieDragon