Left 4 Dead 3 – Bloody Suburbia: 1 – The Suburbs

James and Tommy, holding their wits close against their chests, walked through the silent streets it was eerie, a sense of fear still hung freshly in the air. They had stayed in the shadows, terrified by what was lurking around every corner, hpoing that it was just an empty houses look stone dead, bar a couple that had silhouettes in the wondows that they daren't look into to deeply.

Tommy was confused at what had just happened when he and James had left the appartment. It felt like a dream, only that the fear was so dominant. James didn't talk much, probably bacause he was scared. Even then though, he was quiet. Way too quiet in such a situation.

"You ok?" Tommy asked,
"What?" James replied a little stunned.
"Are you alright?" Tommy asked again,
"Yea, I'm ok. Are you?" James asked in return

Tommy thought about this, he wasn't really. It was better to lie and be positive however.

"Same, I'm ok I guess"
"Good"

The pair reached the end of the alleyway, the only exit was out on the main street. They were cautious when they creeped out onot the street.

The street was a scene only depicted in horror movies. Bodes lay sprawled on the ground, limbs missing. Blood covered the walls like fresh coasts of paint, left unfinished by the painter. It wasn't pretty, and it was about to get a lot worse.

Out of the corner of his eye, Tommy saw a few bodies on the ground wriggle. He instantly snapped his Shotgun on to the pile. James did the same, slightly slowly slower but still with the same focus. Four or five bodies sat up, puppet like in their movements. One grolwed and spat up fluids onto the ground. Tommy almost threw up aswell. The bodies turned around, as thought they were assesing their surroundings. They then snapped on to James and Tommy, as though they had caught their scent. They scrambled up to therin feet and, both unexpected to James and Tommy, let out a blood curdling scream that made James fall back in horror. The bodies caught locked on to the movement. Then they ran.

Tommy was quick to react; he fired a shotgun shell into the first attacker who stumpled back. James had pulled out his pistols while he was on the ground and fired two rounds into the seconds face, kiling it instantly. More bodies were converging on the sounds of gunfire. Soon James and Tommy were being pushed back through the alleyway.

"We have to do something!" Tommy shouted over the noise.
"I know what to do, follow me" Replied James, who has gotten to his feet.

Quickly, James kicked the front zombie in the chest; it stumbled back and knocked the rest of the pack over.

"Run, quickly!" James called. Then he was leaping over the stunned caracces.

Tommy followed; he was amazeda t the agility of the middle aged man. The bodies were recovering as they leapt over them. The pair turned around to fire shots occasionally as they ran across the street, their pursuing attackers never waning. More had join the hunt, screaming in an inhuman roar. It couldn't have been real, but it was.

Tommy and James didn't dare go down the side streets, it was too dangerous. They had to stay out in the open, tryng to gun down as many of these things as possible. The buildings around them lay cold and dead, except one at the top of the street. It had a safe glow pulsating from it.

"That building up ahead, it's a checkpoint" James said.
"A what?" replied Tommy, wondering what that was?

Military Checkpoints were the last safe haven for survivors. Two hours after the infection hit, the US Army set up these checkpoints to hold non infected people. They were held there until they could be transferred to a safer location.

It was becoming harder to stay running. James hadnt run like this in years and it hurt every step he took, but he had to be strong. Tommy was right behind him, firing shotgun rounds into anything that moved. They were relentless, as thought they were starved. Thestreet seemed to turn into a sort of funnel, cordened off by tankers, trucks and army cars. Tommy realised the tactic. They were funneling them into the smalles area ten gunning them down. The Machine Guns on the top of the trucks made that clear.

As thought they were being expected, the guns started as soon as they had got inside the bottle neck shaped area. The screams were blanked out by the heavy gunfire. The creatures behind them dropped as the bullets hit them, body parts flying. The blood spurted over the army veicles, covering them in a thick red coat. The pair reached the door of the office building, they were safe…. For now!