Disclaimer: I do not own Dead Island. I have a copy of the game and the desire to mess with it.
AN: Wow! Thank you all for the wonderful reviews. It makes me happy to know people will actually read my stories lol.
"Claire": Thank you for the review. I know my writing skills aren't top notch but that's why I'm doing this so I can get better :). I thought I did alright with the character's personality. I don't Xian that well (Even though I played as her) so shes going to be kind of like the "Mother" Type I guess. Purna was a bit easier. Shes a bad-ass. Anyway I'm glad you like it.
Anyway on with the show.
Chapter 2
Xian woke to the feeling of warmth surrounding her. She blinked her eyes open, peering at the wall across from her. An arm was around her bringing her a feeling of security and warmth like nothing she ever felt before. Slowly she turned her head to see Purna spooning her, the other woman's breasts pressing into Xian's back. They felt amazing against her back and she sighed in contentment. She lay back down and closed her eyes once more falling asleep.
Hours later Purna awoke feeling something pressed against her front. She blinked away the grogginess and looked to see what it was. Xian was asleep pressed against the bodyguards chest. Purna gasped and almost shot back, but the look of peace on Xian's sleeping face stopped her. She's even more beautiful asleep. For once Purna's heart and mind were agreement ever since she saw the Chinese receptionist that first day here.
Purna sighed in aggravation. The VIP she was hired to guard was being his annoying dick self. "Check in Purna. I'm going to go party." He said to the furious bodyguard as he steered several woman away from her and the bags to the resorts finest activities.
"Fuckin' prick." She hissed under her breathe. She slung the backs over her shoulders the weight doing little to slow the woman down. She came up to the front desk with a Chinese woman standing behind it with a welcoming smile. "Here to check in for a Donovan Vargas." She said to the desk, though speaking to the woman.
"Certainly." If the woman was put off by Purna's tone she didn't show it. Purna just rested her elbow on the counter, head in her hand. She was in her bodyguard gear she acquired through her years as a cop. She was clad in black combat boots, camouflage cargo pants covered her long legs, knee pads covered her knees. The pouches were filled with spare pistol ammo clips. Her torso was covered in a emerald green tank top that showed off her toned arms, over that was a bulletproof vest, combat knife and ammo clips in pouches were included. Her arms were clad in black arm length fingerless gloves. Her pistol was in a holster on her right thigh. "Here you are. The key-card to the room. Miss Purna." the bodyguard looked up and opened her mouth to mutter a thanks, until she saw the woman. Her name tag read Xian Mei, and she was beautiful. Her hair was cut short and fell like a frame around her heart-shaped face. Her almond shaped eyes held so much kindness and warmth in them that it made Purna felt content just looking at her. She was dressed professionally, in red knee length skirt and white blouse.
"Thank you." She said softly; her anger completely gone. This woman just had an aura of serenity about her that just drained any negative emotions Purna felt. "Wait how did you know my name?"
Xian giggled, the sound made Purna shiver minutely. "Donovan Vargas has a bodyguard named Purna listed on here for a private room. If you are checking in for him than that must mean you are Purna." She said with a breathtaking smile. She typed in some on her computer again then handed Purna another key-card for her own room which Purna took.
"Smart and cute." Purna said with a smirk. The took the key-card and leaned her elbows on the counter getting a little closer to the blushing Chinese woman. "On the pamphlet for this place I hear there is a concert down on the beach. What say you and I go and have a good time." Purna asked seductively. She was pleased to see the shy smile on Xian's face and the flicker of her eyes showing nervousness.
"I...Thank you for the offer Miss Purna." The bodyguard smiled. "But I'm afraid I would be unable to, I have work you see." The smile dropped and was replaced with a frown.
"Hmm, too bad." She said. Purna stood up and smirked again. "Ever change your mind love..." She waved her key-card. "...you know where I am." She saluted with a finger and walked away with her bags to the elevator.
Purna shuddered a sigh and ran a hand down her face. "That could have gone better." She sighed again. "Damn it Purna your off your game. You invited a complete stranger to a dance...would if she isn't even gay?" She pounded her fist against her forehead harshly. Idiot. The elevator chimed its arrival to the desired floor. Purna stepped off and strode down the hall, her body full of confidence her mind not so much. She passed by people chatting, leaving their rooms, or otherwise minding their own business. Arriving at the room 650 she swiped the key-card and pushed the door open, flung Donovan's things into the room, shut the door, and strode away to her own room bags in hand. She berated herself for her behavior towards the attractive receptionist the entire way. She opened her door with the key-card, room 630, and stepped inside. It was nice enough for a resort hotel, but she was used to these things. A plus side to being a VIP bodyguard is she got access to amazing suites and rooms. This was sub par compared to some she's been in. Purna set her duffel bag on the bed and tossed her suitcase over to the closet. She would deal with those later for now all she wanted to do was lay in bed and think of the beautiful Xian Mei.
Now she was in bed with the woman. Purna sat up, the bedsheets sliding off her toned form and watched the other woman sleep. She felt like a creeper inside but she couldn't help it. Xian was just mesmerizing. The way her silky black hair curtained around her face, the way she lay a hand close to her face, fingers curled inward towards her cheek. The way she curled up like a cat. "She's so beautiful."
At that moment Purna heard screams from outside in the hallway. It was so sudden she yelped and jerked in surprise, falling off the big bed. The screams continued, waking Xian with a start. "What was that?" She asked still a little groggy from sleep. Purna didn't answer. She knew screams like this, they were ones of fear. Screams of life and death, something was going on this hotel and she couldn't just lay around doing nothing. She flipped to her feet and wrenched her closet open. Inside was her bodyguard armor. She quickly pulled on her black cargo pants and green tank top. Next she pulled on her combat boots tying the lasses. After putting on her bulletproof vest and securing her pistol did she answer Xian.
"I don't know Xian but it wasn't good...get dressed." She answered. Xian did as told while Purna added her fingerless gloves and CRKT Ultima combat knife. She adjusted a few straps here and there. When she turned around she gulped. Xian was naked from the waist up. She was tugging on a red skirt that showed off her legs, she had on a pair of thigh high nylons that made Purna want to just tackle the Chinese woman and worship those legs. "I'm going to check outside. Stay here until I come back...Somethings wrong." She said to cover up being flushed face. Purna stalked to the door and cracked it open, peering out in the hall.
The hall was void of life, the screams were coming from what sounded like down the hall. In that direction there knocked over suitcase racks, abandoned backpacks, briefcases, and storage backs of various types, as if people were in a hurry. Purna stepped out a hand on her gun. To her left was a dead of the hall with more rooms. One door was open with lights flickering from with in. To her right was the ext hallway, doors were shut and locked, if the red light was any indication. Down the hall lights shone off against the left hand wall, they flicker every few seconds. Purna saw shadows that resembled a person. What is going on? Purna thought. The bodyguard advanced towards the flickering light carefully, not letting her guard down. She slid her knife from its sheath from behind her back and held it up, the blade following her arm, edge out. If there was a criminal out there she wasn't going out unarmed.
She slapped her back against the wall and took a deep breathe then went around the corner ready for the worst. Not ready enough however. Purna's mouth dropped and her eyes went wide. She stood stock still staring at creatures that looked human. They were hunched over a prone form, the heads jerking around as if eating and squelching wet noises that made Purna cringe. The three human like beings were eating the prone form on the ground, a dead human. "What the fuck..." Purna breathed out quietly. Not quietly enough however. The three cannibals snapped their heads in the bodyguards direction. Purna gasped, their faces were rotted and half eaten away. As they stood to face her, she also noticed that one had his ribs showing and another was missing an arm from the elbow down. All three were in swimwear one woman and two men.
They let out an inhuman screech and charged her. "Shit!" Purna cursed and prepared herself. However before she could even move a blur ran past her and cut through the first cannibal, his upper half falling to the ground as his legs gave out. Purna was speechless, as the the figure attacked the other two without mercy. Next thing Purna knew the cannibal's were dead.
It was only then did Purna recognize Xian standing in front of her. Purna was absolutely gobsmacked. Xian was decked out in the red skirt, thigh high nylons and white blouse, now covered in blood, and a pair of black high heeled boots. She was holding a sword, cleaning the blade. "Xian?"
The Chinese cop looked up from her work and smiled her sweetest smile, as if cutting a human to pieces was a normal event in Xian's life. "Are you alright Purna? You were taking so long I was worried." She asked with a frown. Xian proceeded to slide the blade into a sheath in her left hand. The sheath was well made, covered in black and red colors. The sword was nice as well, the blade was a shiny silver as it vanished into the sheath and the hilt was also wrapped in black and red colors of cloth. The red was shaped like a diamond surrounded by the black cloth.
"What the fuck was that!" Purna screamed in her face. Xian flinched back, knowing full well what "that" was. Xian sighed. Then it dawned on the bronze-skinned woman. "Your no simple receptionist." She stated. There was no question in her accusation.
"I'll explain later. But...we should get out of here. There's sure to be more zombies about." Xian turned and walked down the hall to the elevators.
"Wait!" Purna caught and grabbed her arm. Xian flinched but managed to rein in her instinctive training. It was only Purna after all. "What do you mean zombies...you know what that was?" The distraught woman asked pointing behind her in the general direction of the blood filled floor.
"Purna please." Xian begged sadly. "I'll tell you what I know later but please we have to go its dangerous here." She pleaded softly, trying to get Purna on her side, they bonded quickly and she didn't want to see that be shattered by her orders of secrecy.
Purna folded her arms. "I'm not going anywhere until you tell me something. What is going on?" She asked firmly. The two woman stared at each other, Purna looking down on Xian, the other looking up.
Finally Xian sighed. "Alright." She paused and hugged herself. Purna was sure to hate for this. "I'm an undercover cop from China. I'm part of an all-female crime fighting squad. But mu superiors didn't train us for the front lines as they promised. They looked down on us. I all but begged for a chance for me and my squad to prove our worth. They told of us the island of Banoi. The Intel they had here was that some kind of infection was going around that turned humans into monster from the horror films, of modern and fantasy undead. Zombies." Xian turned to walk away, motioning for Purna to follow. The Chinese woman continued as the entered the available elevator. "They sent us here, my team and I, to take care of this. Find out what was going, and if possible stop it, then report back. They made it sound so easy. But now my team is in danger Purna, I need to find them. I'm sorry I lied to you but you must understand it was my orders, we were sent undercover, to not make this public. Can you imagine what would happen? The full blown panic? It wouldn't end well."
Purna was quiet the entire time and for a few minutes after she explained herself. "What else are you hiding? Was everything until now just a lie you had to live?" Purna questioned harshly. She hated lying. Yes she could understand the need for secrecy but she still didn't like it. She had a crush on this woman and it turns out she didn't even know her. She wasn't the shy and timid woman she meet at the front desk. She wasn't the motherly Chinese woman who was so kind to her. She was just a special forces cop. She didn't need to be protected or helped she was capable enough on her own. That made Purna feel useless. What good was she if she couldn't be what she was trained for? A bodyguard. Warriors didn't need bodyguards. Sniveling little fucks like Donovan did.
"No! I mean...yes I was undercover but everything I did prior to this wasn't an act! Please Purna you gotta believe me!" Xian begged.
"Tell me what else your hiding Xian! I know that wasn't everything."
The swords-woman sighed. "There is speculation that some people are immune to this thing. Those with O Negative blood are immune." the smaller woman looked at Purna, begging with her eyes to believe her. "That's all I know I swear."
O Negative blood? I have O Negative. Purna thought. This is a good thing right? "Fine I believe you. Let's go." Purna said coldly and walked past a sad Xian onto the ground floor when the doors opened. The lobby was destroyed. Carts lay sprawled across the ground, glass was shattered everywhere, the bodies of the dead lay in pools of blood, most half eaten. The thing that caught Purna's attention however was the living dead, stumbling around focusing on nothing looking for food. In Purna's anger the current events she brought up her pistol and fired several shots each bullet going through several zombies brains. Blood and brain mattered exploded across the ground as the zombies fell, permanently dead. "Hmph." Purna spat upon the ground at the closest one. "zombies huh." Purna muttered flatly. Xian came up beside her and watched with concern. She only nodded. "Do they have names? Types?" Purna asked as she walked towards the main doors.
"The ones you killed were labeled as Walkers. They stumble around looking to feed and spread the virus. Essentially they just...walk." Purna rolled her eyes. Walkers? How original. She thought sourly.
"Any others your secret group knows about." Purna asked still as cold as ice. She couldn't believe she got sucked in by a pretty face only to have been lied to. She like the shy ones, the mature motherly type. She liked being able to protect those she cared for, it made her feel important. Now...she didn't know what to think now.
The bodyguard was shoved from her thoughts by a piercing screaming that sounded more like a howl than anything. The two woman were outside now and Xian gasped at the noise. "Oh no." Xian grabbed Purna's hand. "It's the Infected run!" She yelled and took off. The howls grew louder and soon the women could hear loud and quick footfalls behind them. Purna risked a glance back. They were being chased by what looked like normal people. Their skin was smooth and normal, they didn't have blood on them. The only thing that gave them away were the lifeless gray eyes. They were fast! And to Purna's horror they were gaining on them.
"Shit. Move!" She exclaimed to Xian pushing her to run faster. Purna took potshots as she ran, hoping to hit their pursers. A couple rounds found their marks killing the couple, but the rest went wide and missed. Shooting while running wasn't very accurate. They turned a corner around the hotel building and, as fate would have it, right into the fists of several Infected. Purna grunted in pain as she fell to the ground. Not soon after the zombies jumped and bit into her flesh. Purna screaming in pain as her flesh severed and tore. She tried to fight back but she lost so much blood. Her body wouldn't respond. Is this it? I'm going to die just like that? Where is Xian...I hope she got away. Purna continued to feel her flesh rend and tear, she was being eaten alive and she couldn't stop it. With a long sigh her eyes closed and the world went black.
AN: BAM chapter 2! A little short yeah but I wanted to end it here. Cliffy's can be fun lol. See what happens next. (Cue Evil laugh.)
I would also like to say thank you all for your support in reading my stories and your great reviews. I'm trying hard to make sure everything is spelled correctly and that grammar is proper. I apologize if I suck in that area. Again thank you all.