Left 4 Dead: Gemini Strain.
Chapter X: My Dream Car! No Time to Celebrate – Russell
Russell spun the
corner into the safe room/vault and threw himself into the crowd of
zombies, disrupting them enough so that the squad could catch their
breath. He quickly curled into a ball and covered his head as the
zombies turned on him. After the pain of four or five hits he heard
the sound of gun fire. He forced himself up and grabbed the handle of
his gun, which was still slung across his back and, while twisting,
pulled the trigger. A burst of fire knocked over a few of the undead,
killed or stunned he didn't know, and as he fell he knocked down
more.
"GRENADE!"
Yelled a soldier, not a second later did an explosion rock the room.
Russell scrambled to his feet and quickly snatched up his glasses
that had fallen off. He looked around and assessed the damage, dust
lingered in the doorway that zombies continued to stumble through;
they were quickly taken down by gunfire.
"We
have to get out of here!"
Russell thought franticly. He readied his AUG-A1 in his right hand
and picked up a duffle bag full of ammunition in his left.
"Guys
let's get the dip up out this place!"
He yelled as he slung the bag over his shoulder. He helped a soldier
up and then waited for no reply; he sprinted out of the door.
Clear
of the dust he rushed down the alleyway screaming at the top of his
lungs, drawing the attention of the surrounding infected. Without a
moment of humanly hesitation they rushed after him.
"Not
the best idea!"
Russell continued to run, gradually getting slower, he did all he
could to keep them at bay. Blindly firing behind himself, knocking
over trashcans, taking recklessly random turns, he did it all as it
came into mind. He felt a thump on the duffle bag and stopped so
suddenly he caught himself off guard. Without thinking he sprayed the
area in front of him, once again emptying his gun's cartridge. Eight
zombies fell over dead.
Before he could catch his breath another
one hit him on his back.
Russell Spun around and hit it with his
AUG and then turned to run from the one's behind him.
He could
see the street not thirty feet ahead of him and an abandoned car with
the passenger door wide open sat in front of the alley's
exit.
"Fuckin'
Rx-7 bitch!"
Russell sped up, "Let
the keys be in it!"
He dived the last three feet into the car and clumsily slammed the
door shut behind him. He released the empty clip from his rifle and
let it fall, slamming a fresh one into its base. He fired out through
the passenger side window. He didn't let go of the trigger until he
was empty again. Nothing stood outside of the car.
Russell
quickly slid into the driver's seat, "KEYS!"
He let the duffle bag and his AUG sit in the passenger seat. He
turned the keys, the engine started, SHIFT, GAS, CLUTCH, SHIFT, and
he was speeding down the road. He changed gears up to third and
cruised at 43mph.
Time passed, the car's clock told Russ it was
early morning (1:17), time was running out, and so was his gas.
Every
now and then he hit a zombie or two that was caught off guard by his
high beams. Those were the only times he couldn't stop thinking about
Rahnesa.
"Maybe
I could've brought her with me-"
THUD
went a zombie that he had clipped.
"No,
she's not as fast as me, if she had come with me."
Russell shivered at the thought and resumed driving in silence.
He was driving deeper into the city when his luck changed in its
normal fashion. He saw a trio of people run across the road a ways
ahead of him and put their backs against a building, firing at the
horde that chased after them. He decided to just speed through the
horde, helping as best he could then continuing on his way, but a few
seconds before he hit the undead he noticed two of the
survivors.
"ROBERT!
ADAM!"
Russell ripped the E-brake up turning the car completely sideways.
He laid on the horn and closed his eyes a split second before the
collisions began.
