Chapter 1: Tough Arrival

Once the team awoke, nothing was correct. To start, the moon was whole, and not broken. Then, there was the place they were in. It was a disaster area, buildings on fire, cars broken down, crashed, and also burning. In fact, it seemed almost half the city was on fire. And the most unsettling thing about it all was the fact that there was no one around. Not a single living person was to be seen, aside from the occasional missing limb, or other body part none of them could identify. And something told them they didn't want to know.

"What even is this place? We're definitely not on Remnant anymore." Weiss said.

"Anyone else's creepometer going bananas right now?" Yang asked.

"To the max right now." Ruby said.

"We're not going to learn anything by standing around. Maybe we should look around. This place might well be a ghost town." Blake said.

"More like a ghost city." Yang said, this time actually not trying to make a pun. They went inside a wrecked building, but nothing was to be seen. Then, they heard gunfire, as well as screeching. Not of Grimm, but of... something else. They also heard shouting. People shouting. The team then rushed to the noise to see four people, one armed with an assault rifle, another with an Uzi, another with a shotgun, and the last with two pistols, fighting off a stampede of other people. Though, something was off about them. Their skin was pale, and their teeth rotten, their clothes torn and they ran like savages. This happened in an alley, and the girl with the pistols threw a strange device, which beeped and flashed, seeming to distract the people and make them rush for it, the device later exploding.

Just then, a helicopter flew over, the black man in the dress shirt ran after it, shouting "Hey! We're down here! We're not infected! Down here!" But if the helicopter pilot heard him, he didn't care. "Dammit." The man cursed. The team came up to him, but as they did, a hooded person leaped with extreme speed and pounced on the man, using his claws to rip his flesh. The team decided to act, Ruby shoving off the person and Blake shooting the person with Gambol Shroud, the man bringing the fatal bullet.

However, the person landed on the trunk of a car, which unfortunately started the alarm. "Oh, this is about to get bad." The old man of the group said, reloading his M16. Then, the same demonic screeching filled the city. They looked out the street to see most likely thousands of those things charging for them. The team didn't really have any idea on what was going on, but they knew it was bad. As they drew their weapons, there was another noise. One of roaring.

A super huge creature slightly resembling that of an ape threw a car, smashing a gate and a good few of those things.

"Run or shoot?" The man, who they later learned was named Louis, asked. "Run or shoot?!"

"Both!" The old man yelled, everyone running down an alley, firing their weapons at will. The ape seemed to just take the bullets like they were nothing, which worried them. Soon, they found a fire escape.

"To the roof!" Louis exclaimed.

"Go go go!" The biker guy said, aiming his shotgun as everyone else went up.

"You guys go! I'll help him!" Ruby said, putting Crescent Rose into shotgun mode. Once the beast came around, they fired as fast as they could, but it still charged through their bullets, even Ruby's bullets which were much stronger than the biker's. It then slammed then into a wall. Ruby was about to put Crescent Rose into scythe form when the old man fired his rifle at the beast, which caught his attention on him. It slammed a wall, narrowly missing the old man. It then threw a rock at the fire escape, Ruby and the biker narrowly dodging it. They climbed faster, for fear of their lives. The girl up top fired her pistols, killing a creature that would have gotten the old man.

"Go! I'll hold them off!" The girl yelled, killing a few more of the creatures. The beast then started climbing after them. The old man climbed with surprising speed, narrowly avoiding the beast multiple times. The girl continually shot it, but soon had to jump. However, the platform began to give out and gave her little to jump from. "Francis!" She exclaimed as she began to fall, but the biker quickly grabbed her arm as the beast fell to his death. Yang came over and helped her up with the biker, everyone catching their breath.

"We... We made it. I can't believe we made it!" Louis said.

"Son, we just crossed the street." The old man said, lighting a cigar. "Let's not throw a party until we're out of the city."

"Okay, hold on, can anyone explain to us what in the flaming hell is going on?" Yang exclaimed.

"Where have you been, under a rock? It's the goddamn vampire apocalypse." The biker said.

"They aren't vampires Francis. They're zombies." Louis said.

"Right. Zombies." Yang sighed. "Just our friggin luck."

"I guess it's better than... non-zombies." Weiss said.

"Still, it feels wrong killing them. They were people before." Ruby said.

"I know how that feels. But right now, in this city, it's kill or be killed." The girl said.

"Ah, looks like we're in luck. Weapons and first aid kits." The old man said. "Louis, let me patch your wounds. That Hunter must've done a number on you."

"Yeah. Just a scratch." Louis said, but the wound looked much more serious. "It doesn't hurt as much as it looks."

"I hope so. You lost quite a bit of blood." The old man said.

"So while we're patching Louis, you said, right? While we're patching him up, why don't we introduce ourselves? I'm Yang." Yang said.

"I'm Francis." Francis said.

"My name's Zoey, and that's Bill." Zoey said.

"I'm Ruby, and this is Weiss and Blake. Together, we're team RWBY." Ruby said.

"And yes, it does bring some confusion." Weiss said.

"Good to know. Well, you seem like alright enough people." Francis said.

"Thanks. Same to you, I guess." Yang said.

"Alright, I think that'll hold you for now." Bill said.

"Thank Bill." Louis said, getting up.

"Looks like we're ready to go." Yang said.

"But where do we go?" Francis asked, just as the helicopter from before came flying over.

"To any survivors that can hear this: proceed to Mercy Hospital for evacuation. Repeat: proceed to Mercy Hospital for evacuation." The pilot said.

"Mercy Hospital, I guess." Yang said.

"We can take the subway tunnel to Mercy. There's an entrance not far from here if I remember the streets right." Bill said.

"We should be ready for worse. Everyone grab a weapon." Zoey said.

"Might as well." Weiss said, taking an Uzi, as well as Blake. Ruby and yang took the pump shotgun.

Bill unfortunately lost his gun while the Tank was chasing them, so he took the Uzi as well. Francis and Louis grabbed ammo for their weapons and everyone grabbed a health kit.

"Alright, locked and loaded and ready to kick some undead butt." Yang said, cracking her knuckles.

"We can't take the fire escape down, so guess we'll take the harder route." Zoey said.

A/N

Hey guys, hope you enjoyed this chapter and, to extension, the start of this story. I'm going to try to stick to the normal L4D storyline, but I'll try to bring in my own twists to the story. For those that read Sonosublime's interpretation of the L4D maps, you know what I'm talking about. If not, I actually really recommend you read it. It is very interesting. Anyway, until next chapter.