(Thank you for reading! Disclaimer: I DO own Ellie, she being my OC but I do not own any of the people mentioned except for myself (Space), and Hitan owns herself and Danika. So now onto some info..Deidara is Ellie's boyfriend, and Ellis is her older brother. Ellie comes from the world of Left 4 Dead 2, where in my version it follows the campaigns but with the two groups combined, and no, Bill doesn't die. Ellie's parents were killed by zombies, which is mainly why she fears them, being only 11 when they were killed.)

~Ellie~

People were a little on edge, at first it just seemed like bad luck when Havok nearly fell to his death in Space's room, but when Gambit faced his fear of being trapped and Danika showed herself to have newly white hair as well people started to wonder if "luck" had anything to do with it. A few people are scared, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't. Havok never leaves Banshee, Lucy, Space, Hitan, Tina, Blink, or my brother's side. A lot of people are travelling in packs now, whether it be just instinctively or because they feel safer. Death is planning more "trips" (actually missions) for his family so they'd be away from the house. He says that more things just keep popping up, but I know it's because he thinks something's wrong with this whole castle. Francis won't leave Danika alone anymore, following her around like a guard dog and will snap at anyone who talks to her. I've seen Francis paranoid before, but never this badly...

In my room, I sat alone, it was dinnertime and everyone else was eating and like most days I finished early. But something felt wrong in my room, and it was almost enough to propel me away. Sitting in front of my make-up table, I looked through the mirrors at every corner of the room, making sure no one was behind me. A loud noise made me jump and spin around in my chair, and I felt frozen fear come over my body when I saw the closet start rattling. Standing up slowly, I back into the make-up center, trying to put as much distance from the closet as possible. This couldn't be happening...not again...roars erupted from the closet, making me flinch, but I couldn't move or scream. A tank...how the hell did a tank get in my closet? The bag of guns lay in the corner of the room nearest me, but the fear kept me there. A tank...a tank...Bill always said to keep our guard up just in case...I didn't listen, so is this what I'm going to get? What if it realizes it can break the doors? Runs towards me? Get a grip! I can't let what happened last time happen again...the last time a locked tank was in our way...

"Are you sure, kid?" Bill asked questioningly. My big brother nodded the same wide smile on his lips. The tank roaring inside the train car made me shake nervously.

"Maybe someone else should do it..." I murmured the others hardly able to hear me.

"Why? He offered! Go on Ellis!" Rochelle encouraged. Before passing me he held my hand and squeezed tightly, giving a "I'll be okay" smile. He went up the ramp leading to the crashed train wreck and I held my gun at the ready, but every second felt like minutes and every minute felt like hours. Finally he yelled "Get ready!" and yanked the door back, revealing the big pinkish mass that rampaged towards Ellis as soon as it was free. Before anyone could blink, the beast sent Ellis flying out of sight, only his yells were heard. I couldn't believe what just happened. My brother was gone.

"ELLIS!" I screamed, about to run after him, find him, but the tank started to run towards me. I heard the orders of the others to get back, but time suddenly slowed down. The tank was slowly coming towards me, but I couldn't move, just stared at it come towards me. When I saw the tank begin to raise its beefy arm, I raised my arm to protect my face but it wouldn't help. Before it managed to hit me, it fell to its knees, and died right in front of me. Breathing deeply, I turned without thinking, and behind me Ellis stood with question in his eyes; gun raised and still aimed at the tank that could have killed me.

Pulling myself together, I gave my brain firm orders to run for the guns, but I was already too late. I heard the CRACK followed by the CRASH as the now splintered pieces of the door flew. I stared once more at the tank, roaring its defiance as it came towards me. Before I could take another step a huge arm met contact with the left side of my arm and head, knocking me to the wall next to the guns. In just seconds my brain remembered the bag and I grabbed it, crying as the sudden pain jolted through my body as I moved.

"Ellie?" finding the first gun I could get a hold of I whipped around and raised the pistol, but before I could squeeze the trigger my boyfriend stood with his hands raised and shouting "DON'T SHOOT!" Realization flew over me and I drop the gun immediately.

"Tank! Where'd the tank go?" I spoke quickly and urgently, trying to stand to make sure it wasn't trying to sneak up behind Deidara.

"A tank..?"

"Yes! It broke through the closet-"

"The closet?" he looked behind him, and I did too, and was amazed to find the closet door was completely intact. He turned his gaze back to me and narrowed his eyes critically at my hair. "Are you trying to copy Rogue? 'Cause if you start calling me "sugah" I'm going to-"

"Copy Rogue? Why would you think that?" I suddenly felt drained of energy and spoke softly but desperately, still scared for our lives that the tank was still around. Without another word he helped me off of the ground and lead me back to my make-up center, where from underneath my hat was a fluffy tangle of white hair where my light brown bangs used to be. Disbelieving, I took off my hat and sure enough, all the way to the roots the light brown hair was replaced by bright white. My hands to my mouth, I began to scream and back away from the mirror, and Deidara tried to comfort me while trying to understand why I was screaming. But he didn't understand, whatever hit Havok, Gambit and Danika, it hit me too.