It's here! Chapter 1 introduces these characters... Not Telling! You will have to read it to find out, I hope you like it.
I opted for a Fictional Town with several elements based off or directly from towns across New Zealand (which will be referred to as NZ from now on)
Thanks to those who submitted and to those that got the parts, Congratz!
Alright let's get this show on the road.
Enjoy
Warning: Contains swearing
DISCLAIMER:I do not own HOTD or any of the characters in this story besides those I created myself.
Chapter 1: Beginning? Or the End?
In the town of Fool's Hope, a fair haired girl was rummaging through the pantry of a restaurant in hope of finding some extra supplies. "None of this edible anymore, maybe that house I passed this morning has something left" she muttered to herself in frustration as she gathered her things in preparation to leave. She had a semi-heart attack when she looked out the front window of the store at the horde of Infected strolling along the road, "Back exit then" she thought whilst sneaking to the rear exit of the building.
She opened the rear door quietly and took one step out "Fuck" she said as five zombies turned their gaze upon her. She immediately ran for the alley way exit that leads into a Multi-story car park, burying her brass knuckles into the face of the zombie that stood in her way.
She managed to dispatch another one of the zombies chasing her by the time she had reached the second level of the car park. "Ok three left" she thought as she turned around, unsheathing her dagger-like knife "I can do this" she said psyching herself up for a fight. When the first zombie rounded the corner she buried her dagger into its temple, then took a few steps back to prepare for the second, but tripped on a crushed Red Bull can, landing hard she lost her grip on her dagger. The second zombie was on top of her before she knew it; she was only just managing to keep its mouth from taking a chunk out of her face. In such a state of panic she didn't even notice when her attacker went limp until she saw the knife sticking out that back of its head. After she pushed the corpse off of herself, she watched as a tall man with auburn hair effortlessly tripped the last zombie sending its face straight down at the kerb, obviously snapping its neck and rendering it harmless.
The brunet then turned to the girl "Are you alright? They didn't get you did they?" he asked as he extending his hand to help her up. "I-I'm g-good, I think" she replied, the brunet pulled a slightly confused face at her accent and said "Russian?" "Huh... yeah the name's Darlene Zlatka and thanks for saving my hide" she replied "Ahh don't mention it" he said "Anyway come on let's get out of here, before more of those bastards show up" he continued. "Hey! Wait! What's your name?" she asked "Ahh yeah the name is Cale Harris" he replied.
After collecting their gear, Darlene followed Cale back to the restaurant she had just looted "I've already checked this place, its empty" Darlene stated "I'm the reason it's empty" he replied as he closed the rear exit of the building and climbed the ladder behind it.
Once they had both reached the roof, Cale announced sarcastically "Welcome to my humble abode" "Nice home, a sheet of tarpaulin Duct taped to the side of an electrical transformer" she joked "I do my best" he replied. "So you were up here when I was inside?" Darlene asked "Yea, if you didn't swear earlier I probably wouldn't have noticed" he replied. "What have you got in the way of food Mr Saviour Man" she joked "Canned peaches, canned peaches and guess what? More canned peaches" Cale replied as he opened a tin and passed it to Darlene.
As they spent the rest of the afternoon chatting idly about their past experiences, a connection grew between them as if they had known each other for years. Cale learned that Darlene is the sole surviving heir of the Russian Zlatka Mafia and Darlene learnt of how Cale survived with Alice Clark, the way he described her made it sound like she was an Impure Goddess of Death.
Around lunch time the next day, Cale and Darlene were cutting through the garden of a house "This is the place?" Cale whispered "Yea, I bet you first watch on it" she replied "You're on!" he grinned. The two sneaked up to the rear door of the house, Darlene tried the door "Fuck locked" she muttered "Jesus a Mafioso who is halted by a locked door" Cale teased as he Duct taped the window and smashed it, then reached in and unlocked the door and said "Voila".
Darlene gave him the cold shoulder as she entered the house with her dagger at the ready, Cale followed suit and closed the door behind him. They split up to check each room for inhabitants after they finished they met by the front door and then it opened.
"Holy Shit!" Cale gasped as he and Darlene jumped back guns at the ready, what they saw was two wide-eyed teenagers who looked like they had just shat themselves. The male of the two put himself between them and the female, "We don't mean any harm, just let us be and we will leave" the boy said confidently.
Cale and Darlene both noticed something outside they turned to each other and nodded, Cale pulled the teens inside signalling them to be quiet whilst Darlene silently pulled the door closed behind them.
It took the teens a few moments to realize what was going on, after they figured it out the two looked at the strangers trying to get a grasp of what was happening outside. After a few minutes Darlene's tensed shoulders began to relax as she saw the horde move further away "Ok you two, my name is Darlene Zlatka and this guy's name is Cale Harris" she said.
Sensing that the recently named strangers bear no ill will to them the girl introduced herself "My name is Mizuke Fellis and this is my brother Grayson"
Boom! Chapter 1 finished, I hope you like it and sorry that it isn't much longer, but from now on I will be trying for a minimum of 1-2k words and an update speed of a chapter every 2-3 days (minimum of one per week)
It's likely you don't understand the "Impure Goddess of Death" yet as Alice Clark's Info has not been shared, but I promise you, you will know soon enough
I can almost guarantee that you cannot guess what is going to happen next chapter.
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