Chapter 20

A.N. Since the last trip between the safe zones was so short, I decided to add this one right after… Especially after it took so long to update this story.

Disclainer: I do not own Left 4 dead.

The others still seemed a little down trodden as we walked past the house, so I spoke up, "Did I ever tell you guys about the time me and Ellis filled up water balloons with our own-"

"Oh god no!" Amanda shouted, "Please don't finish that sentence!"

"What!?" I shouted back, getting the attention from the rest of the group, "I was going to say cherry cola! What the hell? That stuff is sticky and better for pranking! What did you think I meant?"

Amanda blushed and looked down. I thought she was going to leave it at that, but she surprised me, "Whipped cream," she said.

I took up a thinking pose, "Naw. It's an interesting proposition, but the majority of it would be air, so it would be more difficult to pop."

Suddenly, another one of the survivors shouted at me, "Hey! How can you be joking at a time like this? We were just told that the safe zone was breached! We could all be killed and you're talking about pranking?"

Another man spoke up, "Wait a minute! You're the guy who actually told us that the area was breached!" he narrowed his eyes, "We haven't seen a single zombie since then! How do we know this isn't one of your pranks?"

I was aghast, "Why would I joke about something so serious?"

The man was not moved, "I'm starting to think that this is all just a big joke!"

His action made the others huff in agreement, and the soldiers stopped too.

"No!" I shouted, wide eyed, "They did get in! We have to leave to safety!"

"Oh, please!" one of the survivors said, "I'm staying here to wait! I don't like the idea of moving so much!"

I frowned, "Can I at least have my gun back?"

A soldier huffed, "Sorry, not allowed."

Josh stepped out of the crowd, "I'll escort you," he said, then turned back to the other survivors, "Is there anyone else who wishes to join us?"

Unsurprisingly, Eric and Amanda stepped out and we all turned to leave, but we were stopped by one of the soldiers, "Josh, are you sure about this?"

He nodded and we left.

We walked a few ways down the street until Josh led us to a manhole cover. Eric looked livid and Amanda looked reluctant, "I'm not sure about going through the sewers again. Maybe it's not too late to go back?"

Suddenly we heard cries and gunfire from further back.

"Nope! Too late!" I said, "Let's hurry!

We ran down into the sewer and crawled up on the other side to a lot full of cars. I looked over all of them and paled. The only ones without alarms on were the vans. I could see the flashing lights. I motioned toward the others and we slowly crept through the maze of cars until I stepped on a can and fell over, landing on a white car.

The alarm began blaring, and the shock caused me to fly backwards and I landed on another white car and activate that alarm. I moved to try and sneak away, but that damn can got in the way again and I accidentally kicked it into another white car. It bounced off and landed on each white car until it ended with every white car blaring.

At first, I was wondering why it only hit white cars, but the appearance of zombies crawling over fences reminded me that I didn't care. We ran as fast as we could, trying to get up the ladder nd we made our way across the bridge. I nearly broke down in tears when I saw the helicopter waiting for us at the end of the bridge.

My tear ducts were not given respite by the fact that the soldiers on the copter were leaning out and gunning down the massive horde that was chasing us. We all made our way into the helicopter and I kissed the floor of the copter before gagging and spitting out the window.

It looked like we were finally safe. Once the copter took off, I began crying dramatically and doing the shuffle.

Eric rolled his eyes, but he couldn't hide the relief he felt behind his indifference, "Dork." He said.