Hello fellow readers! As you know, I'm new to the world of , so please be gentle while reviewing... This story was originally a comic that a friend & I were working on. So sit back & prepare to laugh a lot!
Claimer: The friend I mentioned & I own the 4 OC's in this fan fic. They are named(& appear in this order) Charlie, Indie, Wilber(Ollie), & Rayn
Disclaimer: I do NOT own the "Left 4 Dead" franchise, game series, or characters from Left 4 Dead/ Left 4 Dead2, VALVe does...
Also, i give credit to Isismasshiro on deviantart for the Merchant
Ch #1: Welcome to Savanna
' Where am I? What's going on?'She thought to herself breathing heavily, her mind was racing as she jolted up from the hot asphalt, as it was getting hotter by the minute. While her eyes were adjusting to her surroundings, she realized, she wasn't in Chesterton anymore, she wasn't even near Indiana! Last thing she remembers was meeting up with Indie at the school,but then everything got fuzzy after that... Scanning her surroundings, she realized, she was placed in the middle of an abandoned highway, complete with numerous, dusty cars loitering the road lazily. Getting up, she realized she wasn't alone. Across the street was a group of people scattered, some laying down, others were stumbling aimlessly. They were obviously infected with the green flu. She cautiously and quietly passed them, trying not to draw any attention to herself. Noticing they weren't much of a threat, she quickened her pace, still keeping as quiet as possible.
After wandering a couple of hours, she came across a small town called, Savanna,Georgia. When she got closer she noticed a strange man wearing a hood that covered a navy blue bandana on his head, the bandanna covering his mouth, a torn up backpack over a faded trench coat, with duct tape strapped onto two places on both sleeves. He was standing there at the city limit. As she approached the strange man, he greeted her lifting the side of his jacket, to reveal survival gear needed for the zombie apocalypse, ammo was strapped over his hoodie onto his torso, & a pair of straggly sweatpants patched with duct tape. The strange man uttered in a rough dry voice, as if he was a heavy smoker, "Well, waddaya buyin'?". She stopped & looked at the man carefully up and down as if he was, suspicious?
After looking at the supplies she replied, "Well I really like the boomer bile...But I think that I'll probably be needing that med kit sooner than I'll expect...This is a difficult decision on an empty stomach..." She finally murmured. The Merchant muttered back,
"I'll throw in some sugar for free, if you pick the bile & the med kit...". Putting on his best bargaining face, or at least she thought
She agreed, but then noticed a grenade launcher protruding out of his backpack. Ogling the item, with excitement in her eyes, she asked if he could throw in the grenade launcher. How much is that Grenade Launcher? She wandered...
"Sorry, I ain't authorized to sell that to minors...", he retaliated.
"I'm Frickin' 18!", she squealed, starting to show anger in her youthful face!
"Really now?", brows raised upward in surprise.
"Yes, what're you implying?", now she was fuming with her eyes narrowed and brows furrowed in a scowl. Her fists were starting to clench into little balls.
" Nothin", trying to ease her temper...
After a little begging and some bargaining, she made off with the Grenade Launcher, the Boomer Bile, Med Kit, & sugar at a reasonable price.
"Thank you Mr. Wandering Merchant!", She cooed while smiling as if she was a youthful child again, opening up her birthday presents.
"No!... Thank you young lass...", as he bowed with great gratitude.
"While she was walking away, she turned back and realizing her ear was pierced, she thanked the strange man. "Thanks for the Ear piercing!", she squealed in joy
"I didn't do that...", the man now looking confused...
Her emotions changed from joyful to horrified. Her face changed to a mix between scared and confused...She dropped the grenade launcher."WHAT!", her face grimacing into shock
In a thoughtful stance, stroking the outline of his chin,"He claimed, you had that before we met..."
"WHAT!", her eyes widening even more
The Merchant sniffed the air, replying. "Also, you don't smell like the other ones..."
She lowered her head and turned, trying to hide herself. She sniffed her armpits and breath, "Wait, do I smell..?"
Continuing to stoke his chin thoughtfully,"No, you just smell different, almost familiar..."
Starting to get a little creeped out, she replied "Oooookay then um...Do you know a way out of here?"
The man replied "I just saw a Red head pass by a while back...I think she'll be a couple streets that way...", Pointing towards an abandoned hotel not far from where they were currently.
"Well, that's not what I asked, but thanks, I guess... Good luck out here..."
Shortly after the run-in with the Wandering Merchant, She headed towards the hotel that the merchant had mentioned earlier. She saw the girl that the Wandering Merchant was talking about! The girl was indeed a red-head, Auburn maybe? Since it was a warm day, her hair was tied back into a messy, loose bun. Over pale skinny frame, she wore a loose black and purple tank top, almost as if it was a dress, with a black bra poking out the top & sides. Barely seen under the girl's top was a pair of black short-shorts, dressing her feet were a set of flip-flops with a peace sign set right above her toes. With a screech of joy, she unintentionally glided through the air, landing right on top of the girl. The two girls crashed onto the ground, the girl that had been pounced started, preparing to brace death. When the blows didn't come, she turned towards a familiar tear-filled face.
The girls' eyes widened in disbelief,"Charlie?"
Charlie looked down at the girl, her eyes filled with tears of joy & sorrow streaming out of her infected, gold eyes.
"Indie! I'm sorry that I pounced you like that! I don't even know where that came from, I didn't even know where I was, & I thought you were dead, & I can't find Mom, or Adam, & everyone else, & I'm worried they got eaten, & that creepy Merchant said I smell, & I don't remember what happened before I woke up here! WAAAH!", ranted Charlie, gasping occasionally for air.
Indie looked up at her, sighed, & said in a soft, facetious voice, "Good to hear Charlie, really, I'm ecstatic...Would you mind? Will you Please Get Off Me Now..?"
With a whimper, Charlie rose up off, her dear friend, with a weak, "OK..."
Now reunited the two best friends, Charlie & Indie made their way to the entrance of the towering building known as "The Vanna". The hotel looked about 8 stories tall & most of the main entrances were boarded up from the outside.
Indie inspected the boarded "wall" before coming to the conclusion, "There's no way we are getting in through this entrance..."
Charlie further inspected the building, coming across a red metal door with a symbol of a house on it.
"Hey Indie! Take a look a what you missed!"
The door relieved a furnished room with chairs & a fold out table with 4 Med Kits,& a pile of ammo (possibly left by the military or CEDA) sprawled across it. On the right side of the room was a counter covered with guns (also possibly left behind), a pile of old used sleeping bags carelessly tossed behind it. Next to it was a small mountain of canned goods, some of which were already empty.
Indie had a major poo-brain moment, she replied "Of coarse I'd be the only person on the face of the earth to miss this room, but that's why I have you!", poking Charlie teasingly.
Charlie smiled a toothie grin & replied, "Yep, I bet that you were lost hopelessly without me..." Elbowing Indie in the arm
"I'm surprised that I made it all the way to Georgia without your mad navigation skills!", Smiling back
The girls laughed as they entered the room & closed the heavy metal red door, latching & blocking it with one of the chairs.
OK! I wonder what will happen to Charlie & Indie in the next part of the chapter! Will they find other survivors? Or even make it to the evac's in time? We'll find out next time...