Campaign 1: Agony Zone

Part 2: Streets

Will was sleeping peacefully, dreaming he was surrounded by big bright piles of money, when he received a kick on his foot. Jerking awake, he saw Leona standing over him, saying, "Wake up, sleeping beauty." Leona moved to the table with the weapons on them. Here was an Assault Rifle, a Combat Rifle, a Combat Shotgun, an Auto Shotgun, a Sniper Rifle, Dual FMG9's (Another weapon by me) a Machete, a Baseball Bat, and Medpacks.

Klaus landed upon the stuff like they were Christmas toys. He placed himself between the two shotguns. "Should I pick this one? Or this one?" he said to himself, and then picked the Combat Shotgun, "Yeah, this one is cooler."

Trevor himself had a tough time picking, and grabbed the Dual FMG9's. Leona picked the Combat Rifle straight off the bat, and Will went with the Sniper Rifle. Leona looked back at the guys, and said, "All right then, let's go."
Leona opened the back door, and they all found themselves in an alley. Leona looked around, and saw both ways of the alley had Infected in them. Leona motioned them to be quiet, whereas Klaus ran out, screaming, "Guess what savages?! I have a CHAINSAW!" Leona looked around, and saw that the Chainsaw she had kept with her, had been taken by Klaus. Without her noticing. Klaus completely massacred the Infected in the alley, but more came, attracted to the noise of the chainsaw. He just kept on tearing through them, until all 30 were dead. (Klaus's Brain Reporting: WHOO! High score!)

Leona said, "All right, now that we are done with that, how about we STAY QUIET?" Klaus said, "Oh right!" and saw the chainsaw now had only a quarter tank left. He quickly got together with the others. Klaus asked Trevor, "SO, Trev, you said yesterday evening that you were Australian, right?"
"Yeah."
"SO…what brought you here?"
Trevor looked at Klaus, and said, "See, I came here for university, I had gotten online permission. My dad said I could get a better future here, just like my uncle. Of course, I got here one day before the first infection occurred….."

Klaus said, rather sympathetically, "Ooooooh…..um….. sorry I asked…."
Trevor said, "Oh no, it's okay. It's my fault really. I never said to dad to let me go to an Australian university. I just agreed with him. I wonder if my parents are worried….this whole Green Flu thing does seem like a global concern, if not country wide. News of it should have reached the rest of the world by now."
Klaus said, "You know, this reminds me of a manga idea I had. It was about this guy who went from Europe to Turkey for sightseeing, only to get stuck in the middle of this sudden alien invasion that starts. So he has to fight his entire way with the help of-"

Will said, "Klaus, now just isn't the time."

Klaus said, "Now come on! I don't see any Infec- oh wait here they come."

Truly, a group of Commons, with one being Armored, was rushing towards them. The group opened fire, and got most of them, except the Armored whose armor knew no limits, until Leona shot it directly at the only part vulnerable, the unarmored legs. The zombie fell, and before he had a chance to rise, Leona came over and shot it directly at its exposed neck to finish it off.

The four went on, and cleared out more Infected, when a tongue wrapped itself around Leona, and pulled her towards a wall of a butcher's shop, and then up it. Leona screamed, "SMOKER!" Klaus saw the Smoker who was sticking his head out of a window and pulling on Leona with his tongue. Klaus said, "I'll save you!" Trevor said, "Klaus! The effective range of your weapon is-"

Klaus fired five shots. All of them out of range.

"Shorter than most other weapons….."

Will fired a single Sniper shot which hit the Smoker right in the head. He burst into a cloud of smoke, and Leona got released. Getting up, she said, "Thanks."

Going more down the road, Will asked, "So Leona, what's the plan here?"
Leona said, "Well, Klaus said yesterday there was another evac centre at the park. But I'm pretty sure what happened to the evac at the mall happened there too. SO, there is a small change in plans."
Everybody looked at her.

"We're going to the radio station, see if we can radio help."
Will looked at the others, and said, "I still think we should go to the park directly." Trevor said, "Yeah, I think I'll go with Leona's plan. What if the escape vehicle has been destroyed? We might as well be able to radio in another one for help in case CEDA isn't sending in another one."
A Hunter came out of nowhere and tackled Trevor to the ground. Leona quickly kicked it off before it could do any damage, and Klaus emptied 4 shells into the Hunter, even though one would have been enough.

The four came to a very tall fence, clearly imposed by CEDA. Leona said, "Well, looks like we're taking a detour." She started to move, when they heard the crying noise. Leona stopped, and said, "OK, who just cried like a girl?"
Trevor and Will looked at Klaus, who said, "It wasn't me."

Will spat, "Well, who was-"

Trevor said, "SHHH!"
"Why?"
"(Whisper) Look!"
The others saw what he was pointing to. A woman was passing up ahead. She was crying, and was wearing faded denim jeans, a torn black shirt, and had very long claws. Trevor said, "I remember what Leona said yesterday regarding the new zombies. And I remember each description and each name. That is definitely a Witch."

Klaus said, "Aww… looks like she needs a hug."
Klaus ran off towards the Witch, while Leona shouted, "KLAUS, DON'T!"
Klaus came to the Witch, and said, "Hey, no need to cry. Do you want a hug?" The Witch suddenly growled. Klaus backed away, saying, "Whoa, calm down, I only asked…." The Witch turned towards him, and Klaus saw her face contorted to anger, and then she screamed, and held out her long claws, clearly intending to kill him with it. Klaus turned around, saying, "AW CRUD!" And ran in full speed, shouting, "OK OK THIS WAS A HORRIBLE IDEA!" The Witch was catching up, when Klaus ducked and Leona whacked her on the head with her baton. The Witch stumbled, and diverted her attention to Leona. Now Leona said, "Wha….it didn't drop!" The Witch brought both of her claws down, but Leona blocked the attack with her Combat Rifle. Despite the Witch's weak appearance, she was obviously much stronger than she looked. Leona was now on her knees, when Trevor shoved the Witch from behind her. The Witch turned around, but Trevor and Will both fired at the monster in full speed. But the Witch wasn't slowing down, and now turned to them. Leona fired at the Witch, and Klaus also shot at the Witch, who was getting shot from three sides. Finally, she died.

Will said, "OK Klaus, that was probably the stupidest thing you have ever done."

Klaus said, "Nah, the stupidest thing I have ever done was attach headphones to a loudspeaker and turn the volume to full, without realizing that I hadn't attached the headphones at all. And I did this at the dead of night, so you can imagine how angry my parents were."
Trevor said, "Heh, you ain't the only one who ever did something stupid and your parents were pissed at you."
Leona said, "Uh, ladies, we have a radio station to get to."

The four followed Leona, while eliminating more Infected along the way. Then Leona said, "Well, looks like the entire part of the other side of town has been fenced off. No way in, no way out. Any suggestions?"
The three looked around, when Klaus went to a car, saying, "I know! We can hotwire this car, and slam it right through the fence, and get to the other side!" He said, sitting on the hood of the mentioned car. "Pretty good idea, huh?" He said, and tapped the hood of the car.

And the car alarm went off. Klaus jumped off the car, with Will shouting, "Boy, you are attracting more zombies than you are killing!"
Klaus noticed something inside the car's broken window. It was a Pipe Bomb. He grabbed it, confused as to what exactly was it. He said to Trevor, "Hey Trev, what is it?" Trevor took the bomb, and said, "Well, looks to me like some kind of….pipe…that's…..also looking like….a bomb?"
Klaus said, "Pipe bomb?"
Trevor agreed, "Yeah. That."
The horde came in, and this time with a few new faces. One zombie was wearing a gas mask, and soldier attire, along with a bullet proof vest. Another one of the zombies was wearing a waist coat and looked burnt in certain areas. But that wasn't the alarming part. The alarming part was he was having a satchel on his side, and a Molotov in his hand. The zombie pulled out a cigarette lighter, lit the Molotov, and screamed, "BURN!"
The group panicked as the Molotov was thrown at them. Leona and Will ran one side, while Trevor and Klaus the other. The Molotov missed them, but spread a fire, keeping them separate. Everybody opened fire at the Infected, with Leona saying, "Will! Take out that Molotov throwing one!"
"I know! What does it look like I'm doing?"
As Leona covered Will with her Combat Rifle, gunning down the Infected, Will aimed carefully. Many faces were passing in the sniper scope, but there was only one he had to shoot.

BANG!

The Molotov zombie got shot directly in the head, stumbled backwards, and then fell on his satchel, causing a huge explosion of flames, engulfing nearby Infected. Leona shoved back another and shot it along with four others, when the Soldier Uncommon Infected got to her. As she had predicted, the vest meant he was protected from her bullets. Even more alarming was that he was wearing armor on his legs and arms too, so she shot at the gas mask, which also turned out to be bullet proof. More Infected kept on coming, when Trevor said, "I have an idea!" He pulled out the Pipe Bomb, but Klaus said, "Trevor! That thing has a fuse!"
Trevor pressed a button on the Pipe Bomb. The fuse lit on its own.

"Never mind!"
Trevor shouted, "Fire in the hole!" and tossed the bomb. It emitted a loud beep, which the Infected turned their attention to, even the Soldier. All of them ran after the bomb, which beeped faster, bounced a little more, and then came to a standstill. The Infected surrounded it, and started kicking the bomb and stomping on it, when it blew up, killing all of the Infected and the Soldier.

Moving around the fire, everybody got together, with Leona saying, "Trevor, smart thinking! How did you make that?" Klaus interrupted, "Hey I found it!"
Will said, "Come on, let's go."
Moving further along the length of the fence, the group saw no opening. However, there were Infected on the other side of the fence too, so the fence was now practically useless. The Infected saw the Survivors on the other side of the fence, and ran towards it, trying to grab them. Then they started climbing it, despite the fact the fence had barbed wire on top of it.

Some of the Infected got stuck in it, and struggled violently, but others got through while having chunks of skin torn off. The Survivors backed away, and fired at the Infected, and managed to kill all of the climbers.

Trevor said, "I don't think we can get past the fence, we're gonna need something to cut it." Everybody thought carefully, when Klaus said, "I Still have the chainsaw!"
Leona turned the idea off, saying, "No, we shouldn't waste it."
"Oh…"
"Hey," Will said, "What about that hardware store? It might have something."

Everybody saw the mentioned store, and Leona said, "Smart thinking, Will." She went to the shop, with Trevor following her, when Klaus said, "Hey Will, let's check some of those other stores out."

Will said, "Me? Search with you? Yeah, you're better off on your own." And he followed Leona. Klaus said, in a mock French accent, "Parbleu! I shall do this myself!"
And, of course, the first store he decided to check was the Seven Eleven.

Trevor saw a baseball bat lying on the ground, and picked it up, while leaving the chainsaw on the floor. Even though he preferred bladed weapons, Leona had said not to waste the chainsaw. Besides, it produced plenty of noise.

Klaus slowly entered the Seven Eleven, and looked around. There were several Infected around the store, with a few of them holding shopping baskets, and others pushing trolleys. Apparently, they had turned Infected right in the middle of their shopping trip. Klaus batted own down, and another spotted him, giving out a roar. The others turned to the source of the noise, and saw Klaus.

"Oh man….I can do this…. I can do this…. Besides, these things are like ragdolls!"
The Infected (10 in total) charged. Klaus batted one down, and kicked another one between the legs, causing it to sink to its knees, and not move again. Klaus turned around, when two Infected came in front, both of whom he knocked out in one swing (Klaus's Brain Reporting: DANG I'M GOOD.)

Klaus took a left turn, and headed for where the smoothie machine was. One of the Infected jumped and tried to grab him, but missed, and fell on the floor. Klaus turned and kicked it's head, which flew through the air and hit another Infected in the face with so much force, it killed it. Klaus now had to deal with 4 more. Backing away slowly, he batted one down, then the other, when the third dodged his attack, and swung it's arm, hitting Klaus. Klaus stumbled a little. The Infected weren't exactly physically strong when attacking alone. He batted it down, when the last one tackled him to the ground, and was about to get it's spit in his mouth, when Klaus shoved it off, and beat it down with the bat. Breathing a sigh of relief, he turned to the smoothies machine, when he heard a gurgling noise.

He turned and saw the store manager, who had turned into a Boomer. He then aimed the bat carefully, tossed it, and ducked behind a stand. The bat hit the Boomer right on the bulk of his stomach, and exploded, sending blood and bile everywhere. Luckily, Klaus didn't get any of it on him. He turned to the smoothie machine, and saw the cups had been covered in bile.

"GROSS! Luckily, I'm a boy of the young generation," he said, and placed his mouth directly below from where the smoothie would come out, and pressed the button. The smoothie came and entered Klaus's mouth for 15 seconds (He savored every second) when the machine ran dry. Klaus got up, saying, "Ah…..beautiful hydration…" And then said, "BRAIN FREEZE!"

He heard a clapping sound. Looking outside, he saw Leona, Will, and Trevor standing, with Leona and Trevor clapping.

Leona said, "I'm impressed."

Trevor said, "Man, you killed all of those things, and a Boomer, with a baseball bat! And you didn't attract more attention than you needed to!"
Will gave no comment.

Klaus left the Seven Eleven, and asked, "Got the bolt cutters?" Trevor presented them saying, "Here they are. Let's cut to the other side." As they went forward, Klaus asked Will, "So…for how long were you guys standing there?"
Will replied, "We came in just as you started fighting ten of them."

Trevor cut through the fence carefully, and finally cut a hole large enough for all of them. First he went through, and Will was about to go in, when Leona said, "Ladies first." Will and Klaus both tried to get in, when Will shoved him back, saying, "Hey! Elders first." Klaus went through last.
Now they were in the residential zone. Passing past the houses, and the streets, and eliminating Infected here and there, they came upon a sight they would never forget.

It was one of those election stages. Here and there were balloons, a kids bouncing castle, and a turned over food stand. Chairs were littered here and there, and even the stage had blood on it.

Leona said, "I remember….they said Trump was coming to get votes to become President again. He did it despite the Green Flu spreading…"

Klaus said, "You mean Trump is nearby?" Then he reached out for the chainsaw on his back, saying, "Man, can't wait to make a grea….hold it…." Klaus rubbed his back, where the chainsaw was supposed to be.

"I left the chainsaw back at the Seven Eleven!"
Leona said, "Well, no point in going back for it. You'll have to look for another secondary weapon." She looked amongst the chairs, and saw smears of Boomer bile on the chairs. She turned around, saying, "Guys, Boomer was here."

Will looked behind them, saying, "If that thing pukes at from behind us, I will literally show no mercy."
Trevor commented, "Do you ever show mercy to ANY of the Infected? All of whom you regard as criminals, since because of them your money has become worthless?"
Klaus looked amongst the mess, and saw an Auto Shotgun lying on the floor. He said, "Nah, I already have a cooler one." Then he looked at the other things lying on the ground. They included bullet shells, UMP's, Sub Machine Guns, blood, Shotguns, and Pistols, an Assault Rifle and then he saw the Magnum. Picking it up, he felt how heavy it was, and said, "Oooh…..big pistol."

Leona looked amongst the mess, and looked up. She said, "Get a load of this!"
Everybody turned towards what she was looking at and saw it. It was Donald Trump himself. He was a Boomer. Klaus said, "I call dibs!" He aimed the Magnum, But Will was the one who fired, and poor Trump burst like a bubble.

"Hey! I called dibs!" Klaus said angrily, to which Will remarked, "Exactly. I did it to see your face, and it's totally worth it."
Suddenly, the roar of the Infected was heard, and another Horde charged, this time containing several zombies in police uniforms, Armored and Hazmat Infected. Everybody fired wildly, killing many Infected. Will bumped into a table while slowly moving back, and saw a Molotov and Pain Pills on it.

Grabbing the Molotov, he lit it with the convenient lighter he always kept with him, and shouted, "Fire in the hole!" He tossed the Molotov, which exploded and burnt many of the Infected…..except the Hazmats.

"Those zombies are fire proof?!" Klaus moaned, and then shoved back one of the Hazmats, and then blasted it with the Combat Shotgun. As the fire cleared away, the Survivors saw a new Uncommon Infected.

This one was carrying a huge, metal riot shield.

"I'm…..guessing bullets won't penetrate that…." Klaus said, and didn't shoot, the first smart thing he had done. Even though the Riot Shield Infected was pretty slow, it was obvious any coming attacks from the front wouldn't hurt him. Leona then said, "Idea."
She ran up to the Riot Shield. The Riot Infected put his shield out of the way, as he tried to hit Leona with his hand, but Leona not only dodged it, but shoved it back. The Riot Infected lost his grip on the shield, and Leona hit her baton on the exposed neck.

"So let's see," Trevor said, "First, an armored zombie, and then an armored zombie with a shield. Yeah. I'll say, there's stuff out there worse than this." Will replied, "Ya think?"

Leona then saw the safe house sign, which was pointing right. She said, "I see the safehouse sign. Let's move!" The four continued following where the sign had pointed, when Trevor halted. Leona turned and asked, "What is it?"
Trevor said, "I…. I'm getting the feeling…..something's following us…."

He looked back, but saw nothing. And suddenly, a high pitched shriek pierced through the air, and the roar of the horde followed. Trevor shouted, "Something….something is giving our position to the others!"
The horde showed up out of houses, and out of streets. Everybody fired wildly at the Infected, and Klaus shouted, "SMOKER!" Will saw it and fired, popping the sucker before he could snare anyone. All the infected had been dealt with, but Trevor said, "That thing which gave our position away must still be hiding!" He then ran off in the direction they had come from, and looked behind wrecked cars, and dumpsters. Leona ran after him, saying, "Don't look for it alone!"
Trevor then turned and looked behind a jeep, and saw it. It was a female young adult, wearing a black tank top, torn dark blue shorts, and she was crouched on the floor like a Hunter. Her hair was in a pony tail, but some of it was coming in front of her eyes. She had very sharp claws. The Infected girl turned to Trevor, growled, and jumped. Catching his head between her legs, and with an amazing feat of strength, the Infected first put her claws on the ground, and swung Trevor through the air, and directly on his face on the ground (OUCH!). The Infected then jumped on his back, and tore at his back with her claws, with Trevor screaming in agony, "AAH! GET IT OFF ME!"

Leona shoved the Infected off, but she simply performed a back roll in the air, and landed on her feet, growling again. She then jumped on top of the jeep, then jumped and grabbed a street pole, swung herself around it, and let go, doing the same thing she did with Trevor to the aged police officer. But before the Infected could land any damage, Klaus fired the Combat Shotgun, until she dropped. Klaus looked at it, and said, "Huh…she looks kinda cute!"

Leona got up, rather dazedly, and saw Trevor, who was groaning. She looked at the bleeding Trevor was suffering from where the Infected had slashed. Taking off her Medpack, she said, "That looks bad, I'll patch you up."
With the accuracy of a doctor, she patched up the injuries with bandages, and Trevor got up, saying, "Yeah, that's better…."

Klaus looked at the Infected, and said, "So…she was giving away our position? Like…. Tracking us?"
Trevor said, "The Tracker….yeah, that sounds like a good name for her."

"And what about that zombie with the molotovs?" Klaus asked, "I came up with…. Burner! What do you think? He was shouting, 'burn,' and all that."

Will said, "Hey guys, I see the safe house, come on."

Everybody ran to the safehouse quickly, and as Klaus ran inside in last, Leona shut the door, and barred it. Klaus said, "Whoo! Safe!"
TO BE CONTINUED
The Tracker, the Burner, the Soldier Uncommon and the Riot Shield Uncommon Infected and this campaign belong to me. The other Infected belong to Valve. Which everyone knows.