Hey y'all. Had this idea in my mind for a while now. Hope you like it :)

Disclaimer: I don't own Left 4 Dead 2 or any of the characters. Wish I owned Ellis, though...

Edit: I recently recieved a message regarding me using the lyrics for the song in one of my fics. To be honest, I've made many songfics in the past and I've never had an issue. Those who have read my stories from day one would know that. However, I don't wanna risk getting banned, so I'm gonna be removing the lyrics from ALL of my songfics, and replace them with a line where they can be imagined to be instead. I will still say what song inspired me to do the specific fic, but no more lyrics. Don't wanna take any chances, so thanks for understanding :)

Livin' The Dream

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A man in a white suit and blue button-up shirt wandered through the streets of New Orleans, gun hanging loosely from his hands. The jets zoomed above him, dropping bombs all around him. He looked up, his dark green eyes scoping the sky above him and the ruined city around him. As the bombs continued to fall, he straightened up, tightened the grip on his gun and continued his journey towards the bridge on the other side of the city.

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The man's name was Nick. He was the only one left of a group of four. His friends were all picked off one at a time. Even though the death of his friends was tearing him up on the inside, on the outside, he tried his best to keep a poker face, hiding his true emotions. Even though it had only been a couple of months, the whole group had learned to tolerate each other and they soon became attached to each other. But Nick did not cry. In his mind, he believed that grown men didn't cry. That didn't stop him from feeling depressed, though.

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(Flashback)

Rochelle had been first. Back at the docks, a Jockey had jumped on Ellis and led him towards the edge of the pier. This left Ellis hanging onto the pier for dear life. A horde had appeared at that time, so the team got separated. Coach and Nick were outside the entrance to the city, while Rochelle was still on the pier, making her the closest to Ellis. By the time she had managed to get to him, he was hanging by one hand. She sprung into action and quickly pulled him up. Coach and Nick were trying to fight their way back to Rochelle and Ellis, in a desperate effort to reunite the team. But they weren't quick enough. A Charger came out of the horde and charged towards Ellis. Rochelle pushed Ellis out of the way and took the Charger blow herself. Unbeknownst to her, instead of there being a guard-rail behind her, there was open sea. The Charger took her right off the edge and into the water.

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Ellis had immediately dived into the water, searching frantically for Rochelle. He eventually found her still in the Charger's giant hand. He pulled her out of the dead Charger's grasp and swam towards the surface. When he broke the surface, Coach helped him out, while Nick took Rochelle and began chest compressions. When she was unresponsive, Nick pushed harder, trying his best to get her to cough up all the water in her system. She remained unresponsive. Nick put two fingers against her neck to find a pulse. There wasn't one. He leaned back and stared at Rochelle's body. Behind him, Coach whispered a small prayer, while Ellis just looked sadly at Nick and Rochelle's body.

"Nick," he tried to say.

"Shut it, Ellis," was the response. "This is your fault!"

"Nick!" Coach yelled.

"No, Coach it was!" Nick snapped back. "If he had noticed that damn Jockey, he probably wouldn't have been hanging off the pier, and therefore, wouldn't have put Rochelle's life in danger!"

Ellis just stood there silently, tears forming in his eyes.

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Coach had been next. In the next horde, they hadn't noticed the Witch wondering around nearby. Nick and Ellis heard the Witch scream and realized at that point that Coach was not with them. They ran towards the screaming, but the horde was blocking their way. By the time they had made it to the source of the screaming, it was too late. All they found was the unrecognizable corpse of Coach. They both stared at the body for a long time.

"Guess you're goin' to blame me for this, too," Ellis said sadly.

Nick just stood there for a moment before answering.

"No, Ellis. Look, remember all that shit I was saying?"

Ellis nodded.

"I was just joking, alright," Nick finished.

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Just when Nick had thought that things couldn't get any worse, he lost Ellis. This time, a Tank had barreled out of one of the buildings and charged towards them. Ellis had immediately thrown a Molotov, setting the Tank on fire. The Tank roared angrily, and flung a piece of concrete towards him. He dodged easily. The Tank roared again and charge towards them once more. Nick and Ellis ran backwards, shooting at the Tank as it barreled towards them. Eventually, the fire and the bullets had started to slow the Tank down. But as it was dying, it swung a fist out towards one of the parked cars. The car flew through the air, right towards Nick! Nick knew that he wouldn't be able to dodge this, but just as he was about to let the car squash him, a strong force from his side suddenly pushed him out of harm's way.

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Nick looked up and saw the car that was meant to be the end of him. From underneath the car, an arm was outstretched towards him. A tanned arm with a very familiar tattoo, that is. At that point, Nick realized that Ellis had sacrificed himself for him by taking his place. He stood up and looked at the car sadly.

"I'm sorry, Ellis," he whispered. "I'm so sorry."

(End Flashback)

(Lyrics)

As Nick continued his journey, he realized something. He realized that he wouldn't have gotten this far without his friends. He realized that they each cared for him in their own way. At this realization, he decided that he was going to keep living, if not for himself, then for his fallen friends.

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Song used: Livin' The Dream by Uncle Kracker

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Until next time D-ZombieDragon

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