Disclaimer: I DO NOTown the Left 4 Dead Games or their characters... However! My main characters are of MY creation and NO ONE can take them! Not even Valve!

A/N: This is the reformatted version of chapter 1 seeing as the fanfiction site hates me... Anyway, this should make your reading a lot easier. Same as last time, I'm a noob when it comes to writing about blood, gore, action etc... So please go easy on the criticisms and flames. This is also my first attempt at a L4D fic so details may be a bit sketchy here and there...

Also, a quick warning to all readers…

THIS IS NOT FOR THE WEAK HEARTED!!! THERE WILL BE A LOT OF BLOOD, GORE, ZOMBIE GUTS ETC ETC… IF YOU'RE SUFFERING FROM A HEART CONDITION OR DISLIKE GRAPHIC EXPLANATIONS OF BLOOD AND GORE, THEN PLEASE DON'T THIS FIC!!!

Chapter 1: Following the Trail...

Fairfield City… A once live metropolis now swarming with the undead… People would find kind of silly that this once beautiful city was now a mess of crumbling buildings and dead corpses that had a thirst for blood… 'The army's already given up on us… They've just left us here to keep those… "Things" fed…' thought Danny as he walked through the corpses that littered the streets, occasionally stepping on their decomposing skulls just for the heck of it. In truth, the only reason he was following this trail was so that he could find a new safe house with ammo. Running a hand through his shaggy dark hair, he let of a sigh as continued to walk down this trail of destruction, hoping that he would be able to get out of this hell hole and into the safety of a safe house. Rounding a corner, he slowly walked into an alley that was littered with even more corpses that the street. Noticing an open door to his left, he shone his flash light in… Only to see a dead Witch's eyes staring back at him. Jumping back with shock, he quickly pulled out his pistol and riddled the corpse with hot lead… 'It's dead… Good…' he quickly thought to himself as he quickly holstered his pistol and continued to follow the trail.

Coming out to another street, he was surprised to see more dead corpses crushed by a car. 'Shit… A Tank was here…' Taking extra caution, he slowly pulled out 'Hades,' an ornate tri-barrel shotgun that could do more damage than anything the Army could throw at it. 'Tsk, tsk, tsk… Shame on them,' he smugly thought to himself as he attached his flashlight to 'Hades' and ventured into the alley. Upon turning a corner, he was quite surprised to see the corpses of hundreds of Common Infected bunched up in piles. To add to his shock, the corpse of a Tank was also lying under a bunch of steel girders. 'This is new… Survivors that can actually beat a Tank and a Witch in one go… Impressive…' he thought to himself as tried to find a way out of this dead end. To his luck, he noticed a gaping hole in the wall next to the Tank. Being extra sure to crush his foot on the Tanks skull (or what remained of it) before continuing into the lit corridor of the apartment.

Taking light, slow steps, he slowly began to make his way through the maze of corridors and debris as he somehow managed to not run into a single Infected... 'This must be my lucky day,' he thought to himself as he rounded a corner and walked right into the bloated stomach of a Boomer. Looking up from the bloated stomach of the Boomer, Danny could've sworn the Special Infected mutated face was giving him a malicious smirk. "Aww hell..." he muttered under his breath as the Boomer prepared the puke on him. However before it could, Danny quickly shoved him away before whipping out 'Hades' and letting it off right into the Boomer's face, causing it to explode and cover him in blood, guts and bile...

Pulling away from the remains of the Boomer in disgust, Danny quickly began to scrub himself clean of the Boomer bile, swearing under his breath as he heard the horde coming. "Thanks a lot..." he said to the Boomers corpse as he began to run away from the screams...

Running up a stair well, Danny quickly started to make his way to the roof, hoping he'd be able to escape onto another building. The screams got louder as he continued to run like his life depended on it (which it did). Before he could reach the roof, he stairs ahead were barricaded, causing him to swear as he quickly turned and started to run down the corridor. By now he could hear their footsteps and snarls. Taking a quick glance back, he could see the shadows of the Infected on the walls, making him will his legs to go faster. He rounded another corner only to find his only exit blocked by rubble.

"YOU'VE GOTTA BE FUCKIN WITH ME!!!" yelled Danny in frustration as he tried to find a new way to escape. Hearing the horde come even closer right now, he quickly threw himself behind a door and locked it before starting to barricade it with everything he could get his hands on. No sooner had he shoved the last piece of furniture in place did the horde start pounding on the door, doing everything the could to break through his barricade.

'Hope this thing holds...' he thought to himself as he tried to find another way out of the room... As the screams of the Infected slowly started to die away as he ventured deeper into the room, his ears picked up another sound...

The sound of loud moans...

To say Danny wasn't shocked would be an understatement as his dark eyes widened to the size of saucepans. 'Are you fuckin kidding with me!?!?' thought Danny as he started to hurl every swear word he knew to God... Taking a deep breath, he quickly calmed himself as he tried to figure out how he would escape a room which by the sounds of it, had a Witch with him...

'Maybe she's in a different room...' thought Danny as he slowly made his way forward, trying to ignore the fact that the wails were getting louder and louder...

As he rounded a corner, he saw a window that looked like it had a fire escape attached to it... The grin on his face grew so wide that it nearly covered his whole face... Until he looked down and saw a red figure sitting right in front of the window, crying...

The grin on his face quickly disappeared as one word started to echo in his mind...

'Fuck'...

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