I look around and see that I'm on top of a building. I walk to the edge and lean over it. I see smoke coming out of the windows a couple floors down. "I hope Calhoun didn't do that" I say to my self, I look to my right and see a door leading off the roof. To the right of that I see a table with a couple pistols on it and an axe leaning on the side of it. I walk over to the door and open it. Behind the door is a stair well leading down. I enter and walk down the stairs. I reach the floor below. I see a pile up of chairs and desks blocking the next flight of stairs. I sigh and walk to the door to enter the floor I'm on. I open it and cover my nose from the stench that comes out of it.
I see several people slowly walking around some are even limping. "hey have you guys seen a blonde lady in black armor?" I ask. One of the people turn and look at me. well I thought it was a person, their skin is a shade of greenish grey, they have blood around their mouth and their clothes are ripped up. "oh well great" I say to my self. They start running at me screaming. I pull out my pistol and shoot them in the head. The shot attracts the others and they start running at me as well. I keep shooting at them killing many. I'm about to shoot the next one but I'm out of ammo. I remember the pistols up stairs so I slam the door shut and run back up the stairs. I reach the roof and grab all the pistol clips. I place them in my holster.
I hear the door break so I close the one leading onto the roof. I back up and aim my pistol at the door. The "people" start breaking down this door. I prepare for them to smash through it. But before they do I hear more gunfire from the other side. They stop smashing on the door and the gunfire stops. I lower my pistol and walk over to the door. I jump back when it flies open. I aim my pistol back at the door. I see a man with a yellow shirt and a blue and white truckers cap standing there with an assault rifle.
He lowers his gun when he sees me standing there. He looks down the stairs. "see I told y'all another new person showed up" he says placing the barrel of the gun on his shoulder. "well great just what we need another person to look after" I hear another guy say. The guy in the yellow shirt looks back at me. "don't mind him kid my names Ellis" he says walking over to me. He extends his hand. I grab his hand and shake it. "I'm Josh," "well Josh what the heck are you doing here?" "I'm looking for my friend shes blonde has black armour and is carrying around a futuristic assault rifle". He snaps his finger and kneels down next to me. "so your that kid she was looking for" he says placing his elbows on his knees.
"Oh great so she's here then?" I ask. He nods and stands back up. "yeah she came barrelling through here yelling your name," "okay so where did she go?" "she left the building and went running through the city" I run over to the edge of the building and jump onto it. I place my thumb sideways on my forehead to shield my eyes from the sun. I scan the city for Calhoun but she's no where to be seen. I sigh and hop off the ledge. "this place is huge she can be anywhere" I say walking over to the door. "aw cheer up buddy we'll help you look" Ellis says patting me on the head. The door opens. A lady wearing a pink shirt and blue jeans walks onto the roof. "Ellis what is going on?" she asks.
He gestures down to me "kids looking for his friend" he tells her. she kneels down next to me. "aw don't worry sweetie we'll find them" she says it like shes talking to a baby. I sigh and cross my arms. "okay I get it I look like a kid but trust me I'm far from it I've killed dozens of people I'm married for christ's sake!" I say showing them my ring. "you've killed people?" she asks standing up. "they tried killing me first" I tell her uncrossing my arms. "okay then" she says walking back to the door. I look up at Ellis and he's rubbing the back of his head. "yeah kid you might want to keep the killing people thing to your self" he says. I nod "yeah your probably right" I say walking to the door. "okay well let's go find your friend I guess" Ellis says following me. we walk down the stair well and enter the floor below. I see the lady in pink leaning on a wall, a guy in a white suit pacing up and down the hallway and a large man in a purple and yellow shirt with light brown pants leaning on the window sill looking at the city.
The man in the white suit spots us and walks over. "is this the guy that was on the roof?" he asks. Ellis nods and stops walking. "he's the guy that blonde lady was looking for" Ellis tells him. "well great so we have to help him find her" the man says crossing his arms. "you don't have to" I say. "but we are going to" Ellis says crossing his arms as well. The man in the white suit sighs and kneels down next to me. "alright kid my names nick" he says as he reaches out to shake my hand. I shake his hand.
"'my names Josh" I tell him. I look around him to the other two. The one on the window sill stands up straight and walks over to me. "you can call me coach" he says. I nod "alright coach" I look over at the pink shirt lady. "my names Rochelle" "okay so Ellis, Rochelle,Nick and coach it's good to meet you all" I say smiling. "okay now that we got the pleasantries out of the way can we go find this chick" Nick says turning around and walking down the hall. I look up at Ellis and he begins following Nick. so I do the same. We get to the end of the hallway and turn left. I see an open elevator door. I watch as the others walk in. Ellis turns to face me "come on kid" he says waving his hand towards him. I look back at the stair well to the roof then back at Ellis.
He waves again. "we don't got all day squirt" I hear Nick say. I sigh as I make my way to the elevator, I enter the elevator and turn around to face forward. Ellis presses the button for the bottom floor. The doors slide shut and the elevator starts moving down. The closer to the bottom floor we get the more intense the heat becomes. I wipe my forehead with my arm. "that fire sure is hot" Ellis says. My vision becomes blurry and I feel like I'm going to throw up again, I grasp my stomach and keel over. Ellis kneels down and places a hand on my back. "geez kid are ya alright?" he asks. I nod my head as I stand up, "I'm fine just a little tired" I tell him. He gives me a disbelieving look and shakes his head. "alright what ever you say" he says standing up. I swallow the little bit of vomit that almost escaped my mouth and shudder. "that's nasty" I say to my self.
I stand back up and wipe my mouth with a shaking hand. "okay were almost to the bottom floor" Ellis says cocking his rifle, the elevator stops but the door doesn't open. I wait, "why isn't the door opening?" I ask. Ellis shrugs. "doors probably stuck" he tells me. I sigh. "okay so we have to pry it open than?" I ask. Ellis nods again and steps towards the doors. He places his fingers in between the doors and starts pulling, he grunts as the doors slowly open up. The doors are opened enough for me to squeeze through so I wiggle my way through. I get through the doors and almost fall into some fire. Some one grabs my collar and pulls me back. "careful buddy" I hear Ellis say, I look up at him and give him a weak smile, "thanks" I say as I stand up straight and brush my self off, Ellis nods and walks to the left. "well we oughta get outta here" he says gesturing for me to follow him down the burning hallway, I shake my head "you're kidding right?" I ask as I cross my arms, he turns around and shakes his head "the way outs this way" he says pointing with his thumb down the hallway. I sigh and follow him down it. Along the way to the exit we run into a couple of the, what Ellis calls "zombies".
Fortunately they seem to handle the zombies easily killing them quickly, so I'm not having to put in a lot of effort, we make our way through a burning kitchen but when we get to the other side we are greeted with a room full of zombies. Ellis, Nick, Coach and Rochelle take them out with ease. We walk through the room and towards a large metallic red door with a bar going across the front it. Ellis run up to it and removes the bar. He opens it and starts waving us in, "come on people get in here" he yells at us.
We run over and enter the room. Ellis closes the door behind us. I look around the room and see some guns and first aid kits on it. I walk over and take a look at them, "well these ain't exactly top notch but they'll do" Ellis says as he picks up a shotgun, "so where do you think my friend is?" I ask everyone. "she could be any where" Nick tells me, I frown and look out the door to the outside, "don't worry kid we'll find her" Ellis says walking up next to me, I nod my head and walk up to the door. I get ready to open it, but before I do I look back at the others, to make sure they're ready.
They look back at me, Ellis nods his head, I take the bar off the door and kick it open. A group of zombies immediately spots us and charges. I pull out my pistol and try shooting, forgetting that I didn't reload when I was on the roof, I sigh and push the button to release the clip. The clip falls to the ground and I put another one in. I aim again but I see that Ellis and the others have already killed the zombies, "wow that was fast" I say as I put my pistol back in my holster. "yeah we got pretty good at killing those things" Ellis tells me while he reloads his gun. I smile and start walking down the pathway to the road. I see a dark green tent at the end of the pathway, I pull out my pistol and aim it at the entrance of the tent. I slow my pace and steady my aim as I near the tent, "hello is anyone in there?" I ask. There's no response so I stop walking and holster my pistol. "anyone in there pip squeak?" I hear coach ask. I shake my head. "I don't think so" I tell him. I start walking to the tent again.
I stop at the entrance, I peek inside and turn my head to look around. I see a grey skinned person with long white hair curled up in the corner, I hear her crying, I walk up to her and kneel down next to her. "hey lady are you okay?" I ask. I hear her start growling so I back up a bit. Her growling gets louder and she starts sitting up. I back out the opening of the tent and stop outside. "what's in their?" Ellis asks me. "I have no idea" I tell him. He walks over to the entrance and looks in. He quickly backs out and turns around. "witch" he tells us as he walks away. I tilt my head and "what's a witch?" "just know that she's something you don't want to mess with" Nick tells me.
I look back at the tent entrance and back to the others. I shrug and follow Ellis. He leads us down the road and to a door on the side of a building. He puts his left hand up signalling for us to stop. He slowly opens the door and peers inside. He looks back at us and nods. He walks through the door and into the building. The rest of us follow him in. "so how big is your game exactly?" I ask. "pretty big but it shouldn't take too long to find your friend" Rochelle tells me. I sigh. "well I'm not to sure about that" I tell her. "why not?". "well it's never really that simple with my friends" I tell her. "well don't worry she'll turn up eventually" she tells me. We walk through the small cement room to a set of stairs on the other side.
I look down the stairs. I see a couple zombies wandering around. Before I get to do anything Ellis and the others are running down the stairs shooting them. I smile and shake my head. "you know you guys are alright" I tell them. Ellis looks up at me and gives me a thumbs up. I run down the stairs as they open the door to the street. They aim their guns as they slowly walk out. I shortly follow. I pull out my pistol and begin aiming. So far it looks like the coast is clear. We walk down the street under an overpass and a couple broken down cars.
We get off the street and hop over the metal divider. We continue walking through some bushes how ever on the other side of the bushes is a group of zombies waiting for their next meal. Which unfortunately could be us. The zombies spot us and run over. We begin firing taking down the zombies, at first we were doing fine until I see Nick get grabbed by something long, he gets yanked back into the bushes. I run in after him. I spot him struggling. He's being restrained by a skinny zombie with a bulging neck.
I'm not sure what it is exactly but there is some sort of gas leaking from this zombie, "shoot it!" Nick orders. I aim at the zombies head and fire. It falls down, letting go of Nick in the process, Nick brushes him self off. He looks at me and nods. "thanks squirt" he says while he picks up his gun. "no problem" I say as I turn and walk back to the others. I get out of the bushes and see the others reloading. Bodies scattered around them, a pool of blood forming and an over whelming stench that doesn't seem to go away.
I pinch my nose shut. "how can you guys stand that smell?" Ellis shrugs "kinda just got use to it" he tells me. I shake my head. I look around and see a garbage can on the other side of the road. Ellis points to it and walks over. "alright people over this thing" he tells us. We climb over and jump down on the other side. I look to my left and see a sign with the words "ceda evac" on it.
"who is ceda?" I ask. "oh some sort of government unit that was supposed to be helping us" Ellis tells me. Ellis leads us to a building on the side of the over pass with some stairs leading up to it. We walk up the stairs and head over to the door that's there. Ellis goes to open the door but it gets blow open, Ellis gets knocked back by the blast and falls to the ground. I pull him away as a couple bullets fly out of the door. I look up at the door and see a couple zombies fall out of the doorway. I hear someone grunting and I see Calhoun fly out of the door. I glitch over to where shes going to hit the ground and catch her. Well try and catch her but really I just softened her landing.
She stands up right away and picks me up and puts my stomach on her shoulder. "come on soldier we are leaving" she tells me. I look back at the doorway and see a gigantic, well I don't really know what it is, I watch as Ellis and the others shoot at it. "go on kid we got this" Ellis says as he's shooting the gigantic beast. Calhoun turns back towards the giant garbage can and starts running, "oh your not really going to let those guys fight that thing alone are you?" "yes I am they we have to get back to the others" she tells me. I roll my eyes and sigh. I look back at the others. "thank you!" I yell. "any time kid" Ellis yells back.
Me and Calhoun make it back to the burning building and run inside. We run through the bottom floor and make it to the elevator. Calhoun runs into the elevator and presses the button for the top floor. The elevator doesn't move. I hear Calhoun sigh. "looks like we have to take the stairs" she tells me. I shake my head. "that would take too long lets do it my way". I grab her arm tightly and start glitching up. In no time we have made it to the top floor. We run up the last bit of stairs to the roof. We run onto the roof and stop outside the portal. "alright lets get out of here" Calhoun says walking into the portal. I look back at the city. Then back to the portal. I walk into the portal. Every time I enter this place the lights get brighter, Giving me a massive head ache. I blink rapidly and look around for Vanellope and the others. I spot them sitting on a bench not too far from me. I smile and walk over. Vanellope spots me and jumps up. "great now we can go home!" Vanellope says. I nod. Vanellope grabs my hand and pulls me to the exit.