Left 4 Dead

by Colonel Liam

The streets of north America had been ravaged by a deadly virus, now only a fraction of humans remain in a war against brainless killing machines, Bill, Zoey, Louis and Francis are just some of the people trying to escape the city and find salvation in a world where they have been left 4 dead. Will they escape or succumb to the green flu?

40. Chapter 40 The Train Tunnel

Chapter 40 The Tunnel

Authors notes: time for the spooky tunnel, enjoy :)

The group walked forward in dead silence as they pushed through the tunnel the light from the mouth of the tunnel quickly disappearing, as the room they were in got darker and darker very quickly. Zoey being unnerved by the silence and darkness that now surrounded her as they pushed through the tunnel, breathing and groaning all around them signalling there was infected close by. The group fired as way as said infected came into view, most of them I didn't stumbling around the various pipes and abandoned trains that were everywhere inside the tunnel obviously left when the infected hit. There was now two paths the team could take, left down the main tunnel were they was many infected or right on top of a train car that was quite and unpopulated with ill people. "Spilt up to cover more ground we might found more useful supplies" Bill said quietly as he motioned for Francis to follow him left down the main tunnel, "alright Zoey let's go this way" Louis said climbing on top of the train and dealing with the commons that were scattered about.

Bill and Francis fired away at anything that they knew wasn't Zoey and Louis, dropping them like flies as they progressed down the dark tunnel, commons charging at them every soo often but none being a significant threat to the too hardened men of the apocalypse. Zoey and Louis on the other hand were more cautious being sure to kill their enemy from a distance to make sure they weren't put in any real danger, the two of them jumping down once they were past the train and back onto the main tunnel not finding anything of real value. The 2 of them regrouped with the other 2 men as the four of them created up the tunnel hoping it was wasn't miles long, unfortunately for the 4 of them infected ahead had other ideas. A large group came charging forward but Francis was quicker throwing a pipe bomb further down the tunnel, this turned out to be a terrible decision however as when the bomb exploded a loud roar echoed off the tunnel walls. The bomb had exploded near a tank which came charging into view roaring at the survivors, "god damnit!" The biker cursed as the tank punched him square in the stomach sending him flying back down the tunnel.

The other 3 survivors frowned as they began to unload on the large infected who tossed a large slab of debris a them in an attempt to stop them but they moved out the way as they continued to fire. Francis gingerly climbing to his feet, grunting in pain as the wind had been knocked out of him, he grunted regaining his composure as he eyed the tank down angrily, pulling out a Molotov as he watched the monster chase his friends down. "Go to hell!" He yelled engulfing the beast in flames as the Molotov exploded on it, it roared in pain turning to face the man who had his fully loaded shotgun in hand, the beast yelled at the top of its lungs as it began to charge down the tunnel intent on killing the man who had burnt it. Francis could feel the ground shaking under his feet as the beast came closer and closer the other 3 firing carefully not wanting to hit there friend, he lined up the crosshairs a she began to unload. The beast grunting in pain as the many pellets punctured it's meaty form, it came closer and closer, before it gave up, not able to stand anymore damage it collapsed to the ground in a bloodied flaming heap at the bikers feet.

The group looked shocked as Francis walked over the beast, grunting in satisfaction as he did so, "yeah, ain't nothing that can't stop us" he said cockily as Louis cheered Zoey laughed and Bill nodded his appreciation. "There's a safe room juts beyond a train up ahead let's keep moving we are almost there" Bill said not wanting to waste any more time in case more infected came along. The group didn't waste time navigating over the derailed train cars as they killed anything they saw as an enemy, "through there" Louis said pointing to a room beyond the tunnel through a busted down wall where a safe room could be seen. The group entered, closing and sealing the door behind them as they took a moment to catch there breathe, "Francis you ok son?" Bill asked as the biker grunted putting a hand to his bruised stomach. "Ain't nothing I can't handle" he said putting a thumb up as he downed some pills giving to him by Zoey nodding his thanks, "alright then we'll take a 10 minute break and then get ourselves moving.

Zoey noticed the walls of the safe room were bare with no messages left behind by other survivors, then she noticed on a whiteboard a message left behind by other survivors written in large black ink. ECHO was the word, "i guess this evac echo is the last place standing around here huh" she said, the men nodding, "if we keep following the train tracks they will lead us to a farm, where we can make contact with the military to get to echo" Bill explained. "We've come this far, and its really the only option we've got, so let's do it" Louis said as the rest of the group nodded.

End chapter

Authors notes: I'm happy to say it seems people are enjoying the story soo far, and I'm very confident I'll be doing a story of the seconds games events as well, which I hope you will enjoy as well. With that being said thanks for reading and I will see you all in the next one.

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