Chapter 27 The Greenhouse
Authors notes: 27
The group had been on the roof in the greenhouse for around about 2 hours now, Francis and Louis were quietly conversing as they ate some beef jerky while bill was cleaning out his new rifle, Zoey asleep in the corner using her jacket as cover as her shoes sat by her side. Suddenly everyone looked in up in surprise as a low rumbling engine sound could be heard coming closer, before suddenly a large plane of some type flew directly over the heads rather low in the sky. Zoey yawning as she stood up slipping her shoes back on and putting on her jacket on as well, "that plane is most likely heading for the airport if we wanna any chance of getting out of this city I say we head there too" Francis said. Louis and Zoey nodded their agreement as Bill looked out towards the rooftops they were on adjacent to the greenhouse, there was infected in the path ahead quite a lot, it was going to be a rough journey but it was their current only plan of action. "Alright then let's do it, stay together, Francis take the point" he said, Francis nodded cocking his shotgun as he opened the door that lead directly into the greenhouse where there was plants everywhere, "this way kids" he said jokingly as he began to push through.
As expected the infected screamed in rage at the sign of their presence and began to mindlessly charge forward straight into the waiting shotgun of Francis which sent them flying back in pieces. He lead them out onto a rooftop where they were noticing a plank of wood leading down to another rooftop and inside a apartment building. "Down there" he said firing at any commons in sight sending some of them toppling over the edge to a late grave, he laughed as countless infected were knocked back over the edge by the blast from his shotgun. They crossed over the planks and down onto the next rooftop pushing their way into the apartment as a hooded figure watched them while clinging to the side of an apartment building. Proceeding through and clearing out the commons Francis could see a hotel building down in the street below, "that's the harbour view hotel if we head there, there is a safe room" he said. "Sounds good to me let's do it" bill said, Francis lead the way out onto a rooftop where a ladder ahead provided access towards the hotel. Unfortunately a bucket load of infected came charging down from the ladder, the team opened fire blasting back the commons in their path.
Louis yelped as a hooded figure jumped from the rooftop behind them and missed him by mere inches, screaming in fury as it raised its claws and slashed for the mans throat also missing by inches. Zoey took notice of the creature and realigned her aim, blasting its head into mist and fragments, "sweet baby" Louis said as Francis and bill cleared out the last of the horde. "Alright let's get up that ladder" Bill said as he climbed up ensuring the way forward was clear at least for the foreseeable future. Bill could see from the elevated position that infected were all over the street outside the harbour view hotel including what looked like a boomer next to ana alarmed car. "Zoey think you can blast that boomer without hitting the car" he said quietly as Zoey looked down her scope aligning her aim with the bloated figure. She held her breath as she fired popping the infected menace with one clean shot, as expected the infected in the immediate vaccinate rushed to the bile emanating from the boomers exploded body. Bill chuckled as he watched the infected claw at each other trying to rush at the bile scent as it drove them insane, "alright then, let's get down there and into that hotel" he said jumping down onto a lower roof and inside a smashed open window into another apartment.
As they navigated down the stairs through into a corridor Zoey couldn't help but wonder about everything that had happened to them soo far and how unlucky the group of 4 had been with getting rescued. Helicopter crashed after pilot turned infected, truck clot blocked outside of riverside, riverside had been overrun and then the slaters welcomed them aboard just to hijack their supplies before dumping them off again. She took a deep breathed and closed her eyes as she hoped more than ever there was a pilot with a working plan at the airport, she wanted nothing more then to get away from all the infected. She reopened her eyes as Bill jumped down into the street and began clearing out the various common infected still left after the boomer explosion drove them all crazy, Louis also aiding him as he and Francis also jumped down. Zoey sighed before also jumping down into the street, the ash that coated the ground on the bottom of their shoes as they entered the front of the harbour view hotel.
Francis quickly spotting a safe house in the kitchen, once everyone was inside, the door was slammed shut, Zoey immediately sitting on one of the various tables in the kitchen they now resided in. Louis joining her and starting a quiet conversation as Francis looked out the door ahead of them, Bill lightning up another fag as he sat contemplating their situation. "We wait here for 10 minutes then we continue on to the airport we don't know how much longer the plane will be there if we don't get a move on" he said. Francis scowled audibly as he saw many infected out in the path ahead, something was telling him that getting to the airpot was not going to be just a simple walk...
End chapter
Authors notes: thanks for being patient with me while I tried to get these written and released as soon as possible, I'm thinking that once I have completed this story I may do one for the campaigns of the left 4 dead 2 survivors as well, let me know what you think of that idea and I will see you all in the next one.
Goodbye