Left 4 Dead

by Colonel Liam

The streets of north America had been ravaged by a deadly virus, now only a fraction of humans remain in a war against brainless killing machines, Bill, Zoey, Louis and Francis are just some of the people trying to escape the city and find salvation in a world where they have been left 4 dead. Will they escape of succumb to the green flu?

1. Chapter 1 The beginning of the end

Author's notes: Hello everyone and welcome once again to another story by me this time we look into the beginning of the green flu outbreak in a playthrough of the first instalment following the lives of Bill, Zoey, Francis and Louis, I hope you all enjoy reading as much as I enjoy writing and thank you for taking time to read my stories.

Chapter 1: The beginning of the end

FAIRFILED 2 WEEKS AFTER FIRST INFECTION

The streets of Fairfield had become a deteriorated zone, blood, bodies and death lingered the in the streets and dark alleyways of the night time city had been ravaged by the green flu, now only a fraction of the human population remained in north America, 4 cones of light shone brightly in the pitch black blackness of a dark backstreet alley as 4 survivors came walking through looking in all directions for any signs of danger.

The first of these survivors was the leader Bill the old aged war veteran who donned green military attire and a beret to boot, his face full of greyed beard and his weary eyes and aging face illuminated by a cigarette that hanged from the left side of his mouth, he held an m16 assault rifle with a certain degree of professionalism a knife in a holster at his side and the teams first aid kit on his back. He stalked forward in a quiet march as lightning and thunder occurred overhead.

Behind him was the youngest member of the ragtag group of four the young college girl named Zoey, she wore a plain white short sleeved shirt with a red track jacket over the top with jeans and converse on her feet, her rather short hair tied into a neat but worn down ponytail and her weary green eyes scanning all around for any signs of the enemy, in her hands she held 2 m1911 handguns one with a barrel mounted flashlight. On her back a sack with a depleting amount of canned foods and bottles of water, she walked with a nervous skip in her step as she tagged along behind the aging war veteran in charge of the expedition.

Behind her was the black man Louis, who was your typical over positive office worker with office slacks and a plain smart white shirt and tie to add, his bald shaven head accompanied by a surprisingly confident looking gaze, in his hands he held an uzi machine gun and on his back was a night stick which he had looted from a police officer that had no further use for it. "Stay positive guys ive got a good feeling about this" he said trying to raise morale but looking downcast when he received no response.

Finally brining up the rear was the tall cocky biker Francis who grunted in response to the over positive man in front of him, donning a leather jacket over a plain white shirt, with tattoos covering his arms and chaps as well, grunting to himself about what he thought of the man leading the expedition would make Bill less then happy to know what he was thinking. None the less he stuck with the tight formaton they had made knowing there was strength in numbers, in his hands he proudly held a large pump action shotgun and on his back he had a sack full of beer bottles and rage and crowbar slung over his shoulder, he continued to have less then positive thoughts as he shone his flashlight all over the alley looking for any signs of danger.

Bill suddenly gestured for the team to halt with a wave of his hand as he knelt down in front of a pile of corpses, "aint seen anything like this before" he said as he swirled a green coloured fluid from one of the corpses in 2 of his fingers, lightning flashed overhead and thunder boomed as the man stood again,"jesus don't let that stop you from smearing it all over yourself" Francis retorted causing him to scowl and turn to face the man in question. "They're changing" he said wiping his fingers on the taller mans leather jacket, "god damn it Bill it stinks ugh" the biker retorted in disgust causing a chuckle from the office worker, the quietness around them was suddenly disturbed by a haunting sound, loud tortured sobbing could be heard from somewhere nearby. They all turned around to learn that the source of the noise was coming from behind a door built into the wall of the building of the alley there were in, "someone is still alive" Zoey said quietly as Bill carefully walked forward and pushed the door open making the crying louder as they stared into the darkness of the room. "Over there" Bill said nodding as Zoey switched on her flashlight and the both began to walk forward into the room, "hello?" Zoey called out as the crying continued, the source of the noise being obstructed by a table in the back of the room, the moved closer a crouching figure finally coming into Zoey's beam. "It ok we are here to help..." Zoey said raising her light before lightning flashed and Bill forced the light down, the lightning revealed the room momentarily revealing several severed corpses against the wall and that the source of the crying was not human, Zoey gasped as they stared at a thin wraith like figure that had pale grey skin and had bloodied razor sharp claws covering its face as it wept to itself. The figures body trembled as it rocked back and forth.

Outside Louis and Francis were suddenly alerted as figures began charging down the alleyway snarling and screeching as they came closer and closer, Francis began to fire his shotgun as Louis ran into the room where Bill and Zoey were, "THER'YE COMING!" he shouted as his flashlight shone on the face of the wraith woman, he then gasped in terror, the figure suddenly snapped up screaming loudly as it began to rise from its spot on the floor. "Run like hell!" Zoey shouted running for the door as Bill fired a round off as the banshee gave chase screaming in fury, as Bill slammed the door shut Louis pushed himself against it as several bangs were heard before a greyed arm broke through and began flailing around looking for a throat to tear out. Louis screamed as he began to unload on the appendage as his 3 colleagues began to fire at the approaching common infected, "how do you like that!" Louis shouted as the arm finally fell its owner succumbing the storm of bullets, "stick together!" Francis shouted blasting 2 common infected nearby to pieces. Suddenly a loud shriek occurred behind them as a long gangly figure stood on a rooftop above them, suddenly something shot from its mouth and Bill cried out as the appendage wrapped around him causing him to drop his m16 as he was dragged away, Francis turned around, and aimed up firing at the figure which screamed as its body imploded the appendage unravelling from Bill as he fell to the ground. He stood over Bill firing at 2 commons as the old man climbed to his feet handing his back his assault rifle, "merry Christmas" he said jokingly as the other 2 continued to fire at the approaching infected, finally Zoey pulled a grenade form her belt and pressed the button, "fire in the hole!" she cried tossing the device forward which began beeping.

The device began beeping and all the common infected turned around and began rushing towards it, the group of 4 took cover and suddenly with a loud bang the device went off spraying blood mist and body parts into the air, it was then that a helicopter went overhead Louis looking up and shouting as he began chasing after the chopper, "DOWN HERE WERE NOT INFECTED!" he shouted as a hooded figure stalked him from above as he ran out onto the main street. "Damnit" he cursed as the chopper left the area apparently never seeing him or his friends, the hooded figure then latched onto a traffic light eyeing Louis down, it then screamed as it jumped from its place and landed right on top of Louis. The man began to cry out as the creature began slashing away at his chest drawing blood, suddenly Zoey rammed into the creature knocking if off and firing bis handguns rapidly each bullets piercing the infected before it fell with a whine onto the back of a car, Louis climbed to his feet as the alarm of the car began to blare out angry screams and shouts of fury rose up to meet it as Bill and Francis emerged. "Ah this is gonna get bad" Bill said as shadows began to emerge from all over the dark alleys and from around the corners of other streets, all 4 of them stood together as the infected began to swarm them, it seemed that everything was going to hell in a handbasket real fast as the infected came at them from all directions.

Suddenly a loud roar rose up above the crowd as a car came barrelling towards them crushing every infected in its path, they looked forward as a behemoth of a creature began charging toward them smashing and crushing every infected who stood between it and its targets, "run or shoot?" Louis asked as they began to slowly back towards the alleyway, "RUN OR SHOOT!" Louis repeated much louder, "both" Bill suddenly said legging it back down the alley. The behemoth roared as it gace chase the group firing over their shoulders as the infected gave chase, "get to the roof" Louis said as a ladder leading to the roof of an apartment stood right next them as he and Zoey began to climb up, Francis turned to look back the way they came as Bill unloaded on commons as the other 2 climbed to the top. "Come on, come on!" Francis said as the beast came into view roaring as he began to fire shotgun repeatedly before he cried out as the beast slammed him into a wall, it boar down on him as Bill unloaded a full mag on it causing it redirect. It roared slamming into a wall and throwing a chunk of debris up at Francis who was now climbing the ladder. Bill reached the bottom of ladder as an infected's head exploded next to him, "go ill hole them off!" Zoey cried from the top of the ladder as Bill began to climb, the best also began to climb the whole staircase beginning to break and crumble under its mighty weight.

Bill made it onto the roof as Zoey kept firing at the best as it climbed higher and higher, finally the staircase began to give way and Zoey yelped as she fell towards the edge dropping one of her pistols to the ground below, the staircase finally released from the side of the building and Zoey cried out as she ran towards the rood, "FRANCIS!" she cried as the man in question grabbed hold of her falling arm. The beast roared in defeat as it fell to the ground below buried under the rubble of the staircase the infected screamed and shouting as they were now cut off from their prey, Francis finally pulled Zoey onto the rooftop as her, Louis and Francis all collapsed to the ground breathing heavily. "We made it, I cant believe we made it!" Louis said, "son we just crossed the street... lets not throw a party til we are out of this city" came Bill's, sharp cold response. The war veteran walked towards the other side of the rooftop they were on lightning another cigarette , he grunted as he stared down at the mass of infected on the street below them as the rain began to pour down on their heads, he then sat down on another part of the roof sighing deeply, they really had been left 4 dead...

It was only the beginning for them...

End Chapter

Authors notes: Well there you have it the first chapter of left 4 dead, as you all know I finished the first story I wrote a tale of survival and am also working on war for planet earth, I will be working on both that and this story so please bare with me if uploads are not that common, with that being said thank you for reading and comments and reviews are always welcome.

Goodbye :)