I'm back! Its been too long, I had sort of a writers block with this story so I went and finished my other story that I had been working on for 2 years... But since thats finished, then I can finish this one, I got my motivation for it again. For a bit anyway. After all, I am playing L4D after a long, long while.

Enjoy!

~ZombiesXBrainzz~

Chapter 2: Sewer Rats

The smell of sewer wafted through the air, "It smells like a goddamned sewer in here." I said, grabbing ammo off of the table,

"This must be the sewer drainage pipes." Louis said,

"How the hell do you know that?" Francis asked,

"Interesting true story: In 1975, the local township d-"

"You know what? I just found out I don't care! Lead on." Francis was right to cut Louis off like that, I don't think anyone wanted to hear his boring ass history lesson.

I looked down at my torn up shoes, "I'm not about to be trudging through shit with holes in my shoes." I said as I took my backpack off, "I've got to have shoes somewhere in here." I always carry an extra pair of shoes in my backpack, usually they are my volleyball shoes, but I digress, they weren't being used for volleyball anymore. The shoes fell on the ground with a thud, "Perfect." I threw my old shoes aside and put the others on,

"Wow, you're actually willing to get your shoes dirty." Louis said,

"I'd rather have dirty shoes than have shit on my feet."

"Man, let's get out of this sewer before I throw up." Margo said.

We walked out of the door and shot at the zombies running through the nasty sewer water, "Is there a chance that there's a rescue where we don't have to traverse through a sewer to get there?" I asked,

"Probably not." Francis said,

"Seriously though, screw this."

We climbed into a side tunnel, a smoker appeared in the hole above us and grabbed Justin, "It's got me!" He yelled.

Francis killed the smoker with a single shot of his shotgun, "You alright?" I asked as I helped him up,

"Yeah, I'm good, thanks Francis." Justin said,

"No problem man." We headed down deeper into the sewer.

The area opened up to a large open area, "Down that ladder." Bill said. I looked down the ladder at the sewer water down below,

"We have to cross through that?" I said in a disgusted tone,

"Unless you see another way around it then yes." Bill said as he climbed down the ladder.

I thought about it, maybe there was a way around, I looked down again, there wasn't, "Well shit." I started down the ladder.

Justin grabbed a bottle of pills, "I cant believe people would just leave pills behind."

"They were in a rush to get away, you cant remember to grab everything when you're in a hurry... Trust me." I said as I grabbed some ammo, "Especially when you're leaving through the sewer tunnel." Behind me I heard Francis shooting at something, "What the hell?"

"There were zombies over there so I took care of them." Francis said, I glared at him, "What?"

"Oh nothing, we should probably get going if we want to reach Riverside by today..."

"Whatever." Francis turned around. He stood at the edge of the platform, "Who's going down there first?"

"You are Francis." I said as I shoved him into the sewer water below, he splashed around in the water,

"Agh what the hell?!"

I stood over him and laughed, "Thats a good look for you Francis." I climbed down, "Gross..." I groaned, I guess it wasn't the most disgusting thing to touch my body since the zombies came around.

The others followed me up a ramp into another tunnel, it opened up to a large open area where a floodgate was raised, "If we get out of the tunnels, it'll be too soon." Margo said, climbing down the ladder,

"For real." I agreed and followed behind Billie. The smell was almost unbearable, it was like the stink was permanently embedded in my brain, "So how the hell do we go about getting out of here?" I asked.

Louis looked around, "We'll have to lower that platform." He climbed up a ladder. On top was an area with a bridge that led to a button, Louis walked over and pressed the button, "That'll seal the lock."

The floodgates started to lower with a deafening screech and an alarm bell to follow, "Oh shit..." I said as the zombies started running through the tunnels. There was a plethora of sounds coming from just about everywhere and the echo didn't help much, I couldn't hear anything, like the Smoker that was standing right across from me. I only noticed him the moment his tongue wrapped around my ankle and pulled my legs out from underneath me, I fell hard on my back and got the wind knocked out of me. Quickly I gathered my bearings and flipped myself over to try and grab my gun but the Smoker started dragging me towards him, "Shit! Guys!" I yelled as loud as I could over the commotion. I grabbed the edge of the step and held on for dear life, it was not in my best interest to get dragged into this shit... literally! The Smokers strength, however, far exceeded my own and I was pulled away and landed with a face full of sewer water. I wasn't under too long before I was no longer being dragged, when I looked up I saw Zoey offering me a hand,

"You alright?"

"No, I just ate shit... Literally." I grabbed her hand and she helped me up,

"The gate's down, lets go!" Margo said.

We crossed over to the other side, "Aria, hold up." Francis said,

"What?" I turned to him,

"I think you have a turd in your hair." He laughed,

I glared at him, "Real funny coming from the guy who is more full of shit than this entire sewer system." I heard Zoey, Louis, Margo and Bill chuckle in front of us,

"Good one." Justin said.

While Francis was busy shutting up Zoey and I checked a small room, "You two should just make out and be done with it." She said,

"Shut up Zoey, he gets on my nerves, and nothing about him is attractive. He's ugly straight down to his attitude." I said as I opened a first aid cabinet, only to find it empty.

Zoey grabbed some ammo, "Well, if the question comes up about repopulation, we're very limited on who we can choose."

"Gross! I'm not repopulating the earth with anyone... I am not mother material." She gave me a look before there was a knock on the door,

"You okay in there?" Bill asked,

"Yeah, we're coming." I said, opening the door.

There were two tunnels we could go down, "Which one do we choose?" Justin asked as he shot a zombie that was running at him,

"Well, we could split up and see which way each tunnel goes." I said,

"That sounds like a bad idea." Margo said,

"Well I don't hear anyone else coming up with anything."

"I'll just go and see where this tunnel goes." Before anyone could object she took off down the tunnel,

"Margo!" I called after her but she disappeared into the darkness, "That girl's gonna get herself or someone killed before we can get rescued." I rolled my eyes,

"Shit!" I heard Margo's voice echo off the tunnel walls. Following it was a roar and the echoes of what sounded like I giant vehicle driving by, "Tank!" She yelled, appearing from the darkness.

We all pointed our flashlights down the tunnel, sure enough charging behind Margo was a giant beast, it looked like something straight out of a horror movie, "Scatter!" I yelled to the others. Louis, Justin, Francis and I went back towards the floodgates where we came from while the others went towards the other tunnel. The tank turned towards us without hesitation, "Shit!" I said as I shot at it.

Francis got in the way of the Tank's punch and flew through the air, he grabbed the railing before he could fall into the sewage below, "I could use a hand over here." He said,

"Hang on!" I said as I kept shooting. Before anymore damage could be done the tank was killed, I walked over to where Francis was still hanging on, "Hey Francis, how's it hanging?" I smirked,

"Help me up dammit!"

"Alright alright, sheesh." I grabbed his hand and pulled him back over, "You okay?"

"If I didn't know any better, I would think you actually cared about my well being." He smirked,

"I did for a second, but then I remembered how much of an ass you are, and now I don't care." I regrouped with the others.

We decided to go down the tunnel that Margo didn't go down, which led to another room. I looked over and noticed a tunnel to our right, "Uh...Margo?"

"Yeah?"

I pointed to the tunnel, "Is that the tunnel you went and checked?"

"Yup, it definitely is."

"So we could have gone either way?"

"Good to know huh?" She smirked,

I rolled my eyes, "Let's just get out of here."

Bill led us up a broken stairway which worked as a ladder. Zoey took a deep breath, "Aah, fresh air."

I breathed in too, "I swear the stink is going to be embedded in my brain for the rest of my life." I said as I climbed out the window into the night, "Careful of the woods guys." As we walked along the side of the building a Hunter leapt from the trees and over our heads, missing us by a few feet. Billie turned around and shot it dead, "Nice one Billie." I gave her a smile,

"Thanks." She smiled back.

We rounded the corner into a parking lot, "Safe house just ahead." Louis said,

"Perfect." I smiled, a safe house meant I could get a chance to rest even if it was just for a second. Bill broke the window out and we climbed in.

The safe house was just ahead of us, "Into the caboose." Zoey said, Francis let out a laugh,

"Really Francis?" I raised an eyebrow,

"What? She said caboose."

"Just get in the damn safe house." He went into the train car and I followed behind him, locking the door behind us.