First left 4 dead fanfic, please review if you like 3

Chapter 1

The streets were dark and quiet as fog covered the early morning light, it had been five weeks since the first 'infected' walked into the hospital complaining of headaches, the country had gone into melt down and quarantines where put into affect. But once the quarantines were in place they had forgotten about the people who were immune but eventually more and more cities and towns became infected and the safe zones became fewer and far in between.

"You'd think there'd be less of these bastards at some stage." Nick's voice was no more then a whisper as his hands fiddled with his shotgun.

"I just wish we could get some information on what is happenin' out there." Rochelle replied taking a quick glance up either side of the quiet road.

"Hey guys I see one!" Ellis whispered while crouching down behind the house just in front of them.

The other three crouched down beside him taking a look at the infected for themselves; it was a lone female staggering up the street with a slight limp.

"I could shoot it." Coach murmured as he held up his sniper rifle keeping his index finger on the trigger.

"We run the risk of more coming after us then." Rochelle replied once again checking up and down the street.

"Oh come on it's one." Nick encouraged, way too confident in his ability.

"One can turn into many very quickly." Rochelle said sharply turning her glance towards Nick.

"Look there is a safe house just two houses down; we kill it then run there?" Ellis asked casually looking down towards the 'safe house'.

"In comin!" Coach warned as he lined up his shot and roughly pulled the trigger.

It was a perfect head shot as the bang rang through the empty town; the infected female stumbled forward before collapsing onto the ground. The group got to their feet as they ran carefully towards the 'safe house' a loud group of growls echoed down the empty streets.

"Run!" Nick yelled out as the horde of zombies coming towards them became visible.

The howling sounds the horde made were terrifying as they bolted towards the safety house, Nick pulled open the large metal door and jumped inside first followed by Rochelle then Ellis with Coach not far behind that, Nick slammed the door shut and quickly locked in as the horde banged on the door.

"I told you so." Rochelle puffed as she lent up against the brick wall in the safe house.

"Rest up; we'll leave at night break when it quietens down." Coach called out as he took his gun off of his shoulder strap.

"Best secured safety house I've ever seen." Nick commented taking in his surroundings.

"I think I hear something guys." Ellis flashed his torch down the empty hallway of the safe house.

"Better check it out; we've had infected get in here before." Nick pulled out his touch and nodded slowly at Ellis.

"Call us if you run into anything the two of you can't handle." Rochelle placed her gun next to Coach's as she relaxed.

Ellis led the way down the empty halls; the sounds of soft crying became clearer as the small light from the touch led the way. The two boys came to the end of the hallway as a single door was left; Nick put his hand quietly on the door handle as he sent a nod to Ellis. Ellis pulled out his pistol as he lent up against the door, Nick swung open the door as Ellis shined the light around the room with the pistol in his hand.

"Don't shoot!" A girl cried out as she looked up at the two males terrified.

"Are you immune?" Nick yelled while holding the shot gun in her face.

"Nick come on man get it out of her face." Ellis called out uncomfortably as he put his pistol down.

"Are you immune?!" He yelled again pushing the shotgun more into her face causing her to cry out more.

"Yes!" She cried loudly as she hid her face in her hands.

"More people to get in my way." Nick sighed turning around sharply and leaving the room quietly.

"You okay?" Ellis asked kindly moving towards the girl huddled up in the corner of the dark room.

"Yes…" She spoke so quietly Ellis could hardly make out what she had said.

"How long you been here um…" Ellis paused for a moment as he looked at the girl in question.

"Aurora…" Her voice was still unstable, still in shock as she looked up towards Ellis.

She was beautiful, her long midnight black hair touched the carpeted floor while sitting in length as her crystal blue eyes stared right into Ellis' country blue eyes, she looked young as her ripped blue jeans and 'rock star' shirt seemed to give her away.

"Ellis." He sent her a smile just before sitting down just in front of her causing her to jump a little.

"I'm… from here… How is it out there?" Ellis could tell she was still fairly new to this whole 'zombie' thing.

"It's pretty dead out there really." He joked making himself laugh at his 'wit'.

"My family were out there… they told me to wait here for someone... I think that was a week ago…" Aurora pulled her legs up to her chest as she huddled herself into them.

"Wait only a week?" Ellis' eyes widened in surprise as he stared at the frightened girl in front of him.

"Ellis' sweetie Nick said you ran into…" Rochelle walked into the dark mayhem disturbed room before setting her eyes on this girl in question.

"This is Aurora Ro, been here bout' a week she says." Ellis replied turning slightly to look at the tall dark skinned woman.

"What were you waitin' for girl?" Rochelle questioned before she cocked an eye brow.

"My family… They told me to hide here when the outbreak hit here about a week ago, I asked them why they wouldn't come with me but the 'zombies' began to attack and I just ran…" Aurora spoke in a soft voice as silent tears rolled down her soft pale cheeks.

"It only hit here a week ago?" Rochelle's voice volume rose a little in surprise.

"Yeah… We thought we were safe." Aurora replied shifting uncomfortably, almost like she was trying to get more into the corner of the room.

"What are we going to do with her then?" Coach asked just outside the room, thinking about all the options in his head.

"Leave her here." Nick replied cold heartlessly slugging himself against the wall.

"Guys we can't just leave her here." Ellis sounded defensive as he turned to look at Nick.

"How old are you sweet heart?" Rochelle asked sweetly, ignoring Nick's comment.

"Nineteen…" Aurora answered taking in the four first figures she had seen in a week.

"Can you use a gun?" Coach asked humbly from the doorway.

"I know all the basic information on how to shoot… but I've never done it before." Aurora answered another question, pulling her a little more out of her shy persona.

"Good enough!" Ellis grinned at her just before passing her his pistol.

"She's just going to get in the way." Nick complained with an uneasy edge to his voice.

"I wont I promise… please I don't want to be alone anymore." Aurora pleaded quietly, looking over towards the well dressed man stained in blood.

"Whatever, I'm going to rest up before we leave." Nick grunted angrily before pushing himself off the wall and making his way back down the dark empty corridor.

"You can come with us sweetheart but you gotta' keep up." Rochelle kept her voice calm and in control as she smiled sweetly at the young girl.

"Where are you guys heading anyway? Last I heard the 'Safe Zone' not far from here went down three days before we got hit… They are moving in a group… They seemed so organized…" The other three stared at her, forgetting that she would be the one most informed about what the hell was going on.

"You need to tell us everything you know." Coach almost ordered as he walked into the boarded up room.

"Well first we heard about it on the news… about four weeks back, the government said they had everything under control and the areas were secure, turns out its air born and the whole country has gone under quarantine. Three days before we were hit the safe zones were getting destroyed and there were only two left." Aurora recalled the information as she hugged herself in distress.

"Which two?" Coach was getting worried and they could all tell.

"Two heavily guarded Military bases... at either side of the border… Apparently they are wearing gas masks because not all are immune…" She looked at the three standing in front of her as she saw their faces drop just like their survival odds.

"That's not going to go well; what if one gets sick and then that base goes to hell?" Rochelle sighed heavily running her skinny fingers through her loosely tied up black hair.

Aurora looked at the three drawn out figures, they looked starved and in need of a long sleep. The infected outside could be heard roaming the streets and occasionally banging on the safety house doors, she pulled herself up of the floor and rubbed the back of her neck.

"Would you like me to make you something to eat?" She asked shyly avoiding eye contact.

"You got anything?" Coach curiously question, he rubbed his slowly disappearing stomach.

"My family stocked food around here a week before infection came here; there are also warm blankets in the storage cupboard, I'll go make some… You guys rest." Aurora answered quietly before making her way quietly out the door.

"I'll come with ya'!" Ellis grinned goofily at Rochelle and Coach before following her out of the door. "Hey Aurora one time my buddy Keith and I…"

"I don't know if this is good Coach." Rochelle sighed deeply as the other two exited the room.

"Less and less safety zones, more and more zombies getting hungry? Yeah I know what you mean." Coach scratched the back of his bold smooth head before thinking again.

Ellis continued on his story about his buddy Keith as Aurora took him to the supply cupboard, she laughed at a few of his jokes but other then that she stayed quiet. She stopped walking and turned to a large metal door to the right of the main hallway, Ellis stopped talking as he watched her dig into the bottom of her jeans pocket for something.

"What ya doing?" Ellis asked curiously from behind her, he always wanted to know what was going on.

"Finding… the key… here." Aurora talked while she pulled out a semi large set of keys.

She flipped the keys individually through her fingers until she stopped at a small silver one; she placed it in the key hole, jiggled it a little then pushed the door open. Ellis' eyes widened as he looked into the room, there were shelves and shelves of food, blankets and pillows, medicines and batteries as well as piles of new clothes and some small generators.

"How did ya get all this stuff?" Ellis asked in amazement while stepping into the room stuffed with stuff.

"They knew it was coming… Everyone started to get the symptoms… everyone but me, so they worked together to set me up until help came… I think all those good people are one of them now." Aurora answered quietly strolling towards the shelves of food.

"Yo guys! This room has everything we'd need!" Ellis yelled excitedly down the hallways.

"I can cook you all something if you like." Aurora turned to face Ellis and realised he was looking at her already.

"You alright about getting out there by night fall?" He asked suddenly catching her off guard.

"Night fall?" Her breathing went a little ridged as she spun back around to hide herself.

"Is that a problem?" Ellis questioned curiously walking towards the strange new girl.

"I… I g…g…guess not." She stuttered nervously looking through all the food on the shelves.

"Hey don't worry we are a great group… we started in Savannah and made it all the way here in one piece." Ellis reassured her as best he could.

"See the generators? You can all power yourselves a shower…" She still spoke quietly defiantly still uncomfortable and in shock about everything.

"Oh man! A shower! You have no idea how happy you have made me!" Ellis' voice was enough to tell her how happy, he walked over to the generators picking one up.

"Bathroom is three doors down… Don't worry its heavily boarded…" Aurora gave him a small smile before turning back around getting everything she needed to cook with.

Ellis carried the rather heavy generators back down the dark hallways and into the small broken room the others were resting in, the sunshine broke through the tiny cracks in the heavily boarded up windows.

"Ya'll! We can have showers!" Ellis excitedly called out as he burst into the room holding the generators. "And Aurora has a pile of clean clothes in the supply room."

The group took turns taking nice warm showers, as the 'new comer' made them a large hearty and hot meal; there was steak, bacon, eggs, sausages and vegetables. She brought the plates out to each of them as they drooled at the smell of home cooked food. She told them she'd stay up and let the others sleep as she set up their beds and let them get too it, she then sat against the big metal doors that were the large 'safety doors' as four hours passed like a breeze.

"You right?" Ellis asked quietly out of nowhere causing her to jump.

"You should be resting Ellis." She replied in a shaky tone while leaning up against the door.

"I knew you'd be funny bout headin' out later tonight." Ellis replied making his way towards her.

"That Nick guy… He doesn't want me with you guys." Aurora sighed quietly while fiddling with her fingers nervously.

"If Nick had his way I doubt any of us would be with him, beside Ro that is." Ellis snickered to himself before sitting down against the door with her.

"I don't know if I can go out there… I mean I want to get to my brother but I don't think I can force myself to go out there." Aurora was shaking just like her voice sounded.

"Your brother?" Ellis questioned putting his hand on hers in an attempt to calm her.

"He's part of CEDA… He's in one of the last standing safety zones… I need to find him." Aurora answered softly looking down the gloomy unfilled hallway.

"I was readin' messages on safety house walls, lots of people blame CEDA."

"What could they have done? Honestly they…."

Aurora froze as a loud roar boomed through the empty streets of the outside world; Ellis raised an eyes brow at the girl as he watched her tense.

"Just a tank darlin'! Stupid things they are all crash and bash no brain." Ellis chuckled lightly, but Aurora still looked petrified.

"It's not like that…" Her voice was small, barely even a whisper. "He knows I'm in here."

Ellis gave her an odd look but it was replaced by a surprised one as she jumped to her feet and pulled him up with her, she roughly pulled him after her as she made her way to the others as quickly as her legs could take her. She swung open the door as it squeaked loudly showing that the door hinges were getting rusty, pulling Ellis in she slammed the door behind them.

"What the hell?" Nick jumped awake in an instant, gun at the ready.

"Aurora heard a tank and got freaked." Ellis replied a little confused rubbing his nicely shaped chin with his long skinny index finger and thumb.

"See that girl can't even handle hearing one." Nick spat angrily while glaring at the young girl as she pushed herself up against the door.

"It's… it's …. It's no…not like t…t... that." She stuttered as another loud roar echoed through the house like an earthquake. "He knows I'm in here… He's known for the last three days."

"These are brain dead zombies we are talkin' bout right?" Rochelle asked with slight sarcasm while watching the girl panic.

"I told you! They are changing… They are getting smarter, moving together, last contact with my brother he told me the take down of the safe zone not far from here was so well organised they didn't have a chance." Aurora's voice was panicked, she was pacing up and down the darken room.

"Brother?" Coach questioned inquisitively, Aurora could tell they weren't taking her seriously.

"He's in CEDA." Ellis answered for her, it may have been the fact that this was the first woman around his age that he had seen in four weeks but he was rather taken with her.

"CEDA is a joke." Nick snorted, pushing her to her limits.

"Don't you dare." Aurora growled lowly back at him stopping dead in her tracks.

Another loud roar ripped through the house, and then out of nowhere the house's core shook causing them all to stumble over each other. The thud that came along with all the ruckuses was bone chilling as Aurora's heartbeat quickened.

"What the hell was that?" Rochelle cursed pulling herself up off the dusty carpeted floor.

"It's the thing you call a 'tank'… he's been trying to get in here for the last two days…" Aurora quietly sighed, pulling herself up into a sitting position.

The others pulled themselves up off the dusty carpeted ground, Aurora stayed on the floor as another roar tore through the almost empty house and then another loud thud, the house shook violently and a mist of dust, cement and plaster board leftovers fell from the ceiling.

"This house isn't going to last much longer…" Aurora stated shakily looking up at Coach, figuring he was their 'leader'.

"We need more bullets, any in this place?" Coach's voice was so naturally 'boom volume' from being a coach that it caused her to jump.

"N… no… The…there is a gun shop fi…five blocks down… I have the ke…keys for the place b…b…but it's not going to be easy to get ov…over there…" Aurora stuttered out what was needed to be said as she stared up at the large coloured man.

"We need a plan to get to a safety zone."

"No right now we need a plan to get out of this town." Coach interrupted Rochelle just before another bang rang through their heads.

"The…there is a p…park… Its three streets away from the gun shop… It has large… very large drainage systems because it used to flood a lot here… it runs from the park all the way down to the edge of the town… Both entries have thick steel gates over the top of them and they are double padlocked… But I have the keys…" Aurora spoke up nervously as a small crimson blush ran across her cheek.

"That's a great idea!" Ellis encouraged her as he sent her a smile.

"Is there another way outta this house?" Coach question as another roar ripped through their ears.

"The side door at the end of the hallways." Aurora whispered as lack of confidence covered every word.

"Right we'll follow Aurora to the gun shop, stick together we'll work it out from there." Coach gave his orders picking up his Desert Rifle.

Aurora stood as still as anything while the other three passed her loading their guns to go out into the darken hallways, Ellis stopped in front of her before putting his hands onto her shoulder.

"Stick with me and you'll be fine, I got your back." Ellis let his optimistic side show while sending her a smile.

Aurora nodded in agreement then took a deep breath in before heading out of the safety of the small room that sheltered her for the passed week; she made her way to the front of the small group of survivors and stared at the large metal door that stood in front of them. Her hand was shaking as she lifted it up and placed it onto the bar wedged into the handle and the wall.

"Open the door or get shot." Nick threatened staring the young girl down.

"Stop it Nick." Rochelle snapped impatiently nudging him gently.

"Just go Darlin', remember what I told you." Ellis encouraged sweetly just before another roar echoed through the hallways.

Aurora nodded once again feeling confident with Ellis encouraging her, she pushed the metal out of the door throwing it onto the floor with a clang, and she shut her eyes tightly then pushed open the door. The cool breeze of the winter night hit her skin as she shivered but she didn't dare stop, she gracefully ran across the length of her backyard with her gun held tightly in her right hand, the others followed closely and silently behind her. She ran along the wooden picketed fence and out towards the street.

"Eyes peeled." Coach whispered out barely audible as he looked at each one.

Aurora continued to lead them towards the gun shop as silently as she could praying they wouldn't run into anything, she took them along all the backstreets she knew and all seemed quiet. Her hands were shaking so violently while she tried to stay as silent as possible, the streets were no longer how she remembered them; they were once bright and full of life and fun now just dead and disturbingly quiet. She suddenly caught sight of something just in front of the gun shop that made her stop dead in her tracks, it walked mindlessly around the street as blood stained its every inch, dark circles placed themselves baggily under each eye as its skin was a pale off grey color, Aurora felt her heart pound as her feet froze in place.

"Where is the gun shop?" Coach whispered ever so softly, holding his gun at the ready.

"J…ju…just behind…" Aurora barely got it out at all as she shakily dug into her front jeans pocket.

"Is it secure?" Rochelle questioned quietly as she held their behind safe.

"Y…yes… Ellis I need your torch for a moment." Aurora had her eyes set on the 'zombie' in the slight distance while shakily holding the keys out in front of her.

Ellis gently pulled her over to him, slightly behind a fence as he shined his light onto the keys, a bright red key stood out as she gently took it with her index finger and thumb and then nodded slightly to the rest of them.

"Go on, go kill it." Nick said roughly pushing her back out to where she had been standing before.

"M…m…me?" Aurora squeaked as her facial expressions showed just how terrified she truly was.

"Nick come on…" Ellis sighed out softly staring at the girl in front of him.

"Oh shut up she has to do it sooner or later so why not now instead of a life or death situation?" Nick spat back taking a few steps forward.

Aurora watched him in terror as he walked to the edge of the fence that sheltered the other four, he grabbed his flash light and shined it out over to the Zombie who in an instant snapped its head to see the light coming. Aurora gasped as its dead, hungry eyes loomed on her as her breathing became ridged and her whole body shook, the zombie bolted towards her growling as she just stared at it in shook.

"Aurora gun!" Ellis called out to her as Nick held him back.

Aurora pulled the gun up and pointed it towards the thing running towards her, getting scarily close. She put her finger on the trigger while her hands shook violently; it growled at her now inches away as Aurora quickly turned her head to the side and shut her eyes, roughly pulling the trigger three times as the shots rang loudly through her ears. Blood sprayed all over her as it collapsed onto it knees just in front of her, head hitting her knees causing her to kick it away instinctively; loud roars echoed down the empty streets.

"Gun shop Aurora go!" Coach yelled pulling the rest of them forward toward the front of the street.

Aurora bolted for the front door as she saw hordes of the infected coming towards them from the distance, she stood in front of the door as she slammed the key into its tiny keyhole, she heard the others shooting like crazy as the noise made her heart race more, she turned the key, then the door handle, and then pushed the door open waiting for the rest of them to get in and as soon as they did she slammed the door and relocked it, knowing that wouldn't do much. Her mind raced as she stood staring blankly at the door while loud bangs began to come from the door, Ellis pulled her arm as Coach and Nick put anything heavy they could find in front of the door; Aurora burst into tears as she turned and buried herself into Ellis chest as he gently put his arms around her.

"You did well sweetie." Rochelle called out calmly while looking sympathetically at her.

"Get over it princess, there is worse to come then that." Nick's hostility towards her was a little surprising to the others.

"Nick what the hell were you trying to prove out there?" Ellis said as his accent came out heavily in his frustration.

"That she is better off staying here and out of our way." Nick replied seemingly annoyed as he began to raid the gun shop.

"Nick stop it, she's only young and more people to help us aren't bad." Coach boomed glaring down the man in question.

"Whatever." Nick growled lowly picking up some ammo while he casually looked around the shop.

"Nick give the girl a chance." Rochelle cooed as she made her way over to him.

"If we get killed because of her, it's all on your head." Nick answered sharply, he pulled up his gun and with a quick thrust he smashed the glass that kept guns in.

"Hey Aurora, this one time my buddy Keith and I were daring each other who could last longest in a game of chicken with cars! Man if that Zombie was a car you would have kicked either of our butts!" Ellis joked casually as a gentle laugh went along with it.

"Come on ya'll stock up then we got to make it too the park, I'm guessin' it's gonna' be a rough trip." Coach called out in his leader type voice while picking up a magnum pistol.

They stocked up on guns and ammo as Ellis, Rochelle and Coach helped Aurora gear up once she had calmed down, they quickly explained how to reload and what each was best for.

"Tell me where this park is little girl, your too slow." Nick growled angrily at her while he loaded his shotgun.

"… Three streets down." Aurora answered getting a little annoyed at this out of the blue hatred.

"Don't cry this time precious." Nick shot another smart comment as he kicked down the back door.

"Wait a minute…" Aurora said quietly but Nick ignored her and exited the room.

Ellis gave her hand a little squeeze as she looked at him he gave her a small smile before letting go of her hand and following the others out the door.

"Kill all sons of bitches, that's my official instructions." Ellis wooed exiting the building out into the cold empty back streets.

Aurora held her new AK-47 assault rifle in the ready as she took a deep breath and quickly followed after them, Nick ran down the back ways off the street with his gun at the ready, as always.

"Turn!" Aurora called out sharply as she glanced over her shoulder to make sure nothing was behind them.

Nick ignored her willingly as he continued running, then out of nowhere she was at his side pulling roughly on his arm.

"Get off me!" Nick snapped sharply pushing her with great force which caused her to stumble backwards and fall onto her bottom.

"You may hate me Nick, but this is my town do what I say!" Aurora snapped right back before pulling herself up off the floor.

"Girl you can run!" Rochelle said a little too loudly as an echo of growls came from down the street.

"Go!" Coach called out turning around sharply to see the horde running towards them.

"Run ahead Aurora sweetie, light our way!" Rochelle called out turning around with Coach to shoot.

Aurora nodded as she ran off ahead but still making sure the others could still keep up with her, Nick was right behind her and Ellis behind him, Coach and Rochelle were at the back shooting the infected after them. The deserted park was coming into view as Aurora let out a small sigh of relief but continued running as fast as she could; the large drain was just behind the park which is where she headed as the other followed closely behind. She skidded on her knees as she pulled out the keys and flipped through them quickly.

"Ellis light!" She called out in a panicked state as Ellis quickly ran over to her and shined the light.

Aurora flipped through them as quickly as she could while her mind race, she found one key as she stuck it into the keyhole and unlocked one padlock. Rochelle, Coach and Nick shot infected incoming but they were getting surrounded and fast.

"Hurry up!" Nick yelled angrily shooting a female infected as he did so.

Aurora got the last small silver key as she quickly placed it into the key hole; they were getting dangerously surrounded as she quickly pulled off the last padlock and pulled up the large heavy steal bars. Aurora felt something slimy wrap around her waist and as she went to look down at what it was she was pulled backwards as she let out a scream.

"Get in!" Nick called out as he jumped down the hole, ignoring Aurora.

Ellis grabbed a hold of her soft pale hands tightly in an instant as the smoker attempted to pull her closer, Coach pulled up his Sniper Rifle and aimed his shot, he pulled the trigger as the smokers head exploded, causing a green gas cloud to take his place. Rochelle jumped into the hole followed by Coach then Ellis threw himself and Aurora into the hole causing them to crash to the concrete bottom while Coach slammed it shut, Rochelle putting both padlocks on while Nick shot some infected from inside.

"Through there." Aurora groaned out in pain from the fall as Ellis crushed her.

"You right darlin'?" Ellis asked sweetly pulling himself off of her.

"Super." She replied sarcastically feeling the reality of travelling with the group.

"You were just going to leave her weren't you?" Rochelle whispered quietly to Nick as he turned away from her.

"Let's keep moving." Coach called out climbing into the circular pipe that led to the edge of the town.

"Yes, I was." Nick whispered back before following after Coach silently.

Rochelle let out a small sigh but left it at that, she climbed into the pipe after Coach and Nick, feeling wet patches on her jeans around her knees as she moved silently down the pipe.

"Thanks… For saving me." Aurora said quietly looking at the handsome young man from Savannah.

"Can't let a pretty girl like you go out and die! How would we re-populate the world?" Ellis joked casually but grinned when he saw her blush a crimson red.

"L…lets… g… go." She flushed nervously as she quickly climbed into the pipe.