Author's Notes: Hello peoples, this is my first story on this site, but it's certainly not the first story in my mind. I would love to hear feed back. I've been working on this story in my head for years now, ever since I became obsessed with the CoD: Zombies series. This is a prelude to another one of my stories, so basically it's a backstory to another story (sort of). Hope you all enjoy!
Untoten Kreuzung
Chapter 1: There are always beginnings, and always ends
Rune stared at the outside through the window, looking at the town that she once knew. It was now a shell of its' former stature. People no longer walked on the sidewalks, cars didn't drive past on the highway, and children didn't play in the yards. It was empty and lonesome, save her and her new comrades.
They'd found her in a hospital not far from her home, stuck in a coma. When they entered her room trying to hide from zombies she awoke to their voices. She recognized them almost immediately and explained the events she remembered leading up to this undead plague. Once she got her bearings she led them out and took them to her town.
There were four of them, all men, and she knew them from a video game. She contemplated the chances of how on earth they ended up here, but was glad that they did. What game you ask? Well, "Call of Duty: Zombies", of course.
Each of them sat in a chair, or in the Imperial Japanese's case, stood near the door. His name was Takeo Masaki, he held a quiet demeanor, but had plenty of discipline to go around. On the couch, though very uncomfortably, were an alcoholic Russian, named Nikolai Belinski, and a headstrong US marine, named Tank Dempsey. In the chair across from them was the psychotic Nazi doctor, Edward Richtofen.
She couldn't have been happier to be stuck with them.
"Get yer foot off my foot ya drunken bear." Dempsey barked at Nikolai. At that remark she frowned. She was almost never happier.
"I can't help it you know it hard for me to control legs when sitting down. They just flop down and don't move, like first wife." He replied to his American comrade.
"Well then sit somewhere else before I cut one of those legs off." Dempsey threatened.
"All right, all right, jeez. Who pissed in your bowl of soup this morning?"
After the little conflict Nikolai did find another place to sit, on the floor, but it was better than watching two men fist fight, or was it. Anyway, back to Rune's thoughts. She'd stopped looking out the window and turned to the blank TV screen.
"Let's see if anything's on right now." She pitched.
She got up from her chair and pressed the "on" button for the TV and did the same for the sound system. At first it was just a black screen, like it had been for the past thirty minutes. Rune picked up the remote and pressed the guide button, and skimmed through the channels. After a few minutes of channel surfing she stopped on the news.
To her surprise when she did a broadcast was playing, but as she feared it was 'that' broadcast. A suited man, with slick black hair was seated at the news table with the American standby screen behind him.
"We urge all East Coast citizens to evacuate immediately and make their way to Nashville, Tennessee. All Midwest citizens evacuate to the Jefferson City or Kansas City areas. All West Coast citizens evacuate to Sacramento, California or Phoenix, Arizona. This is not a drill, this is an actual emergency and these are the precautions you must take in this time of crisis. Take only what you need, leave everything else behind. Once this crisis is over your belongings will still be there. Take your families and head to the appropriate evacuation destinations. For those unwilling to evacuate I offer these words of advice, "Good luck, and God be with you." I repeat this is not a drill, this is an emergency. We urge all…."
Rune switched the channel and sat back down. She hung her head with shame and sadness.
"They left without me? How could they leave me in a hospital to die at the hands of those undead freaks!" she cried and threw the remote into the kitchen where its' back popped out and the batteries flew every which way.
"I bet they're the dead ones now. It's been two weeks and those hold out cities must have fallen by now." She assured herself.
"What makes you think that?" Tank asked. Rune lifted her head and moved her chocolate brown hair out of her face.
"Don't you ever watch zombie movies, city hold outs don't last long, especially if some of the inhabitants are already infected."
Richtofen sat up a bit more in his chair, clearly intrigued by what she was saying.
"So zhis is an infection zombie virus? In our dimension it vas a radiation sickness ordeal." He commented, and Rune nodded.
"It's a virus called Solanum. It was originally thought to be a cure for cancer, but turned out to be a vicious virus. It only takes 24 hours to kill you and afterwards it takes over your brain's controls and makes your body its' host." She explained.
Takeo looked out the door's window for a moment and then returned to his old pose. Rune sighed with a mix of boredom and disbelief.
"You guys wanna play a game?" she asked.
"What kind of game, charades?" Nikolai replied
"No, a video game, I promise you guys will like it."
All of them except Takeo looked at each other. Tank shrugged his shoulders.
"Why not, could be entertaining?" he pitched.