I'm sorry that this took so long! x_x I've just got so much more writing to do…I've got my summer homework, and also my novel, which I plan to publish…I'll be a young and awesome published author, like that Christopher Paolini guy! :3 Plus, I've got a lot of cleaning and such to do…and stuff… lol well, anyway, I'm sorry but these updates are going to come a bit slower than the older ones, because I'm seriously putting more effort into these chapters! x_x Also, please be aware that I've accepted ALL of the OCs that have been submitted, and I'm not accepting any more. But you can be sure that if you gave me one, I'm going to use them, all in good time…I wanted to introduce more in this chapter, but I only got to mention a few new ones…oh, and also! The order that the OCs appear in the story doesn't have anything to do with what order I received them in! I'm just debuting them when they fit best. :3 So, sorry for making you wait so long! D: Pluuus, one last thing. I made one more OC for the bad guys team, just to try to even things out a bit more…aaand that's it. Soooo, we've got all of our OCs, yaaaay! :D Well, anyway, enjoy the chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own Left 4 Dead or Left 4 Dead 2 or the characters in Left 4 Dead 2 in any way, shape, or form! I only own Taunter, Noir, Tai, the personalities that I have given to the already existing special infected, and the plot of the story. Commander of the Rabbids owns Sam. Sorrowsnow owns Calli. Zipper Whippersnapper owns Jeffry. Foxstar-Nukiu owns Valery. Coheed17 owns Claire. Breaking Ground owns Mike. Scorpion 123456 owns Clawer and Healer. TwilightSymphony owns Cole and Gina. MirrorDemonNema owns Angel. Uros Osium Tokker owns Alan. Kynmarcher17 owns Hammer. Dance in the Moonlight owns Ivy. ZombieFreak owns Mauler. KrystalDot owns Jojo. Dodgerjoey owns Eric. Tyrant Wolf owns Shawn. Awsomedacious1 owns Lurker.

The disclaimer is like an ameba…it just grows and grows and grows…sorry if I've forgotten someone! Disclaimers are hard when you have this many characters! XD And OCs who haven't shown up yet will show up soon! I promise!

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The sounds of battles could still be faintly heard as Noir crossed the rooftops once he had gotten up the fire escape and away from the other group. He wanted to go back to where everyone else was as fast as he could, and couldn't help feeling a bit more at ease when he saw Gina coming over from another roof.

"How'd it go?" she called to him.

"Really good, actually," he said, once they had walked over to each other. "They were total idiots, as expected. They walked right into my trap, of course. How are things over with everyone else?"

"Well, Cole is fighting some guy with a gun or something…" Gina sighed. "He's most likely going to get himself shot or something."

"Well…that's to be expected," Noir replied. "He's going to get in way over his head some day."

"True."

"Hey, guys!" came a sudden shout. Noir and Gina both looked down at the street, wondering exactly who it was that was calling them.

"Tai?" Noir asked in surprise. "When did you get here?"

"Just now," Tai called back up to them, his short brown hair getting blown around by a slight wind that passed by. "Mauler and Jojo are pretty far behind, since Jojo kept on getting distracted, and Shawn's a bit farther ahead of them. Lurker was with me, but he said that he didn't wanna walk with me anymore. I don't know why, though."

"Yes, I wonder…" Noir said sarcastically. "I mean, really, your constant talking is just so interesting. Who would ever not want to walk with you?"

"Him, apparently," Tai gave a bit of a laugh. "So, it sounds like there's fighting going on or something. Do you guys need some help?"

"Well, not us in particular, but some of the others might need a little help. And Cole is going to be pissed that you're all so late."

"Well, better late than never, right?" Tai grinned up at them. "Anyway, I'm gonna go help everyone else!" He started off at a run, eager to find everyone else, apparently.

"Hey, wait!" Noir shouted after him. Still, Tai didn't stop, and soon rounded a corner. "Idiot! He doesn't even know who we're fighting yet!"

"That is so like him," Gina sighed. "Come on, let's go see if Cole's gotten himself into anything he can't handle."

"Fine. I just want to finish this stupid fight already."

…...

Most of the groups from the alleyway had managed to meet up. Alan and Calli had been the last ones to arrive, having had to retreat from Alan's battle with Cole due to all of the cover having been burned up.

"Is everyone here?" Smoker asked, looking around.

"I'll count," Boomer said, and began a head count, to make sure that everyone was present. "We're…well, we're off by three."

"Mike and Jeffie are still off somewhere…but they're probably fine," Valery said. "I mean, Mike is fast enough to get away if they have to."

"Who else is missing, then?" Sam asked.

"Where's Taunter?" Calli posed her own question. All of them looked around. She was nowhere to be found.

"Ah, crap!" Hunter shouted. "That creep Cole is probably…oh, no way! No way!"

"Well, what are we going to do about this?" Smoker asked, urgency edging his voice.

"I can follow her scent…I think…" Hunter said, heading for the entrance to the alley they had all gathered in. "With all the smoke in the air, it'll be kind of hard, but I'll try!"

"Good luck!" Healer shouted after him.

"I'll go try to find Mike and Jeffry then," Sam said, also heading out of the alley.

"Let's just hope that they can find them…" Valery said quietly.

"For now, let's set up a perimeter," Smoker said. "I want two people on watch at every entrance to the alley, and at least one watching the roofs. I'm not going to risk any more injuries. And I'm not going to let Cole and his goons get the best of us."

…...

Cole had made his way back up to the top of the building, confident that he had just won a fight. Things had gone in his favor, and they had retreated, after all. So, it was his win.

"Oh. So you didn't get shot," came a voice, and Cole turned to see Noir now on the same building as him, with Gina following behind.

"No, I didn't get shot," Cole replied. "I didn't even come close to getting shot. Those guys had no chance against me, anyway. They just ran away like babies."

"Either way, a few more from our team have arrived," Gina commented. "Tai is here now. And apparently Shawn and Lurker are close behind."

"What about Mauler and Jojo?"

"Apparently, Jojo keeps getting distracted, and Mauler can't leave him alone."

"Ugh, god dammit, Jojo," Cole sighed in exasperation. "I mean, that's the one thing I didn't factor into the plan. Jojo being distracted. And there's only one reason for him messing up my plan so bad: He's a dumbass. And there's no accounting for dumbass…ness."

"Uh-huh…so, you have a plan, right?" Noir asked. "I mean, you weren't just expecting to scare them enough to make them go away…right?"

"Yeah, of course I have a plan!"

"Do you even know where they all are now?"

"…No, but I have a plan, dammit! Well, whatever, at least another member of the team is here. Where is Tai, anyway?"

"He ran off to 'help' people," Gina replied. "Without even learning who our enemies are."

"Ugh…" Cole groaned in annoyance. "What am I going to do with all of these morons?"

"Maybe you should have thought of that when you recruited them," Noir remarked. "But they're not leaving now, so you can just blame yourself if you want them gone. Now are we going to find those other guys or not?"

"Alright, alright!" Cole said quickly. "Geez. Let's wait until the rest of our team gets here. Then we'll attack again."

"But by then, all of the ones that we're trying to chase out of town will have had time to prepare, too!"

"Well, can you think of a better idea?"

"I bet I could."

"Then why don't you?"

"I don't feel like it! Don't tell me what to do!"

"Guys," Gina interrupted them, tired of their bickering. "Let's just go find Hammer, Ivy, Eric, and Tai, then decide what to do. How's that for a plan?" Both of the other two paused.

"Fine," they both said in almost perfect unison. They looked at each other for a moment, then turned away.

"Whatever," Noir added. "Let's just get going already."

"Oh, and Noir, did you paralyze that girl for me?" Cole asked.

"Yeah, it was easy."

"Then, where is she?"

"Find her yourself."

"…Brat." Cole frowned at Noir, who had already started following Gina as she made her way down from the roof to try to find the others. "Really?" He didn't get a response. "…Really?"

"Yeah. Get to it."

"Fine, I'll see you guys later," Cole grumbled, choosing a different path to get down from the roof. "Geez."

…...

"I still have no idea where we are…" Mike looked around. "Do you know, Jeffry?" Jeffry shook his head, and Mike took another look around, trying to get their bearings. He had been in such a hurry to get Jeffry off to safety that he hadn't been paying attention to where he had been running to. "Hm…" Overhead, he suddenly heard a sound, and they looked up to the roofs above.

"There you guys are," Sam smiled. "Took me a while to find you, but it's okay."

"Oh, hey, Sam," Mike replied. He seemed pretty glad, and Jeffry was smiling gently, too. "Man, I'm pretty glad to see you. We were sorta lost."

"Well, just follow me, and I'll show you the way back."

"Sounds good. Oh, and thanks."

"No problem. Come on, let's head back."

…...

"Hellooo?" Tai called, making his way into a new alley. "Geez. Where did everyone go? It was all loud and stuff just a little while ago…Anybody here?"

"Who's there?" came a response, and Tai looked around.

"Uh…it's me, Tai," he replied. "Are you a new member of the team or something? Where are you?"

"Down here," came the reply, and he looked down to see a girl lying on the ground.

"Whoa, are you okay?" he asked, walking over to her.

"I've been better…" she replied. "I got paralyzed. Are you with Hunter and everyone?"

"Hunter?" Tai asked, guessing that he must also be a new member of Cole's team. "Uh-huh. Do you need some help? I could get you back, if you want."

"Sure, that would be helpful," she replied. "And since you're on our team, I know that I can trust you. Boy, am I ever glad to see you!" Tai reached down, pulling her up onto his back with some difficulty, losing his balance slightly, then righting himself.

"So, what's your name?" he asked.

"I'm Taunter," she replied. "And you said that your name was Tai?"

"Yup. The one and only," he chuckled a bit, beginning to walk down the alley. "I'm not really all that well known on the team yet…I'm still pretty new."

"Yeah, I haven't seen you around before."

"Still, I'm going to work my hardest to help out."

"I'm going to, too. Wow, you seem really nice."

"Really?"

"Yeah! Wanna be friends?"

"Sure!" After going down the alley a bit further, a hooded Infected suddenly jumped down from a roof, landing in front of them.

"Oh, Hunter!" Taunter said, seeming happy. "You're okay! That's great! How's everyone else?"

"Fine…" Hunter said slowly. "Uh…Taunter? Who is he?"

"Oh, this is Tai," she replied. "I got paralyzed, and he was helping me out."

"So, is this the guy you wanted to find?" Tai asked.

"Yup, looks like I'm all set. Thanks, Tai!"

"You're welcome!" Tai grinned, handing Taunter over to Hunter so suddenly that Hunter stumbled a bit. "Well, I've done my part. I've gotta get going."

"Aren't you coming with us?" Taunter asked.

"Nope, I still have some stuff to take care of. Well, see ya!" Tai took off down the alley, waving all the way.

"Bye!" Taunter called after him. There was a long pause.

"He…didn't do anything…weird…right?" Hunter broke the silence.

"Weird? I don't think so? What do you mean by weird?" she asked.

"Uhh, nothing," he said quickly. "Come on, let's head back. Everyone was really worried about you. We're all okay, and you're the last one we had to find. Besides Mike and Jeffry."

"What happened to them? Are they okay?"

"Don't worry, Sam's out looking for them. For now, let's just get back, where it's safe."

"Okay, let's go."

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Lol…I must say, that that one line that Cole said about dumbasses was actually a tribute to one of my fav animes, Air Gear… XD Sadly, I didn't think up the line, just tweaked it a bit… ^^; I just thought that it would totally be something that Cole would say! XD So, yeah, Funimation owns their dub line from that one Air Gear episode. But I tweaked it, so it's not plagiarism. :/ Well, anyway, I hope that you liked the chapter! Anyway, question time! This time, the question is for both teams! :D

Alright, here it is…Do you think that Tai would actually be dense enough to help the wrong team again? XD

Ohhh Tai…lol he did the same thing that I probably would have done, if I was in his position XD Anyway, see you guys next chapter! :3