Left 4 Dead

by Colonel Liam

The Virus took everything, people, animals, normal society all gone within a few days... now four remained abandoned in the city of Fairfield surrounded by the enemy... now with minimal options left the old Vietnam vet would see to it that his party gets out of the city and beyond any threat that stood in their way... they were his responsibility... to the last breathe...

4. Chapter 4 Back to the Streets

Authors notes: while I am of course sticking to the cannon content of Left 4 Dead I'm trying to make this feel as realistic as I possibly can and I hope you can all see that as well, anyways here we go with chapter 4.

Chapter 4: Back to the streets

The flight of stairs lead them out to a large generator room above the subway tracks that looked as though it would get them back to the nearby streets, directly ahead was a large metal door with a power switch next to it that was currently red. The room was currently dark as the power was off and the door was closed, Bill could see high above on the second story a door that lead out to another part of the building nearer to the streets, "we need to power up this room to get that door open" he said as the rest of them looked around for an area they could defend themselves in. Francis spotted a locker room to the right that was relatively concealed minus one part of the floor having a hole leading back to the room below, "we can hole up in there when the horde comes and blow the fuck out of them" he said as Bill liked the sound of the idea.

"We can use these two gas cans to create a temporary guard around us" Louis said as he and Zoey held one each, "get yourselves over there, I'm starting this shit show" Francis remarked as the rest of them quickly hustled over to the room, dropping the gas cans on either side of the open doors and windows. Francis looked back getting three nods that the rest of his team was ready before he flipped the switch and the light on the panel went green and the lights flickered on as the generators rumbled loudly as the powered to life, Francis ran back sitting in the front with Bill while Louis and Zoey nervously sat behind. "Francis light that can up the second you see those bastards" Bill said gruffly as the biker silently nodded as the smashing of windows could be heard from nearby followed by screaming and shouting from unpleasant figures rushing to their location, Francis did as he was instructed as the first of the horde came rushing into view igniting his can on the left side and engulfing that side of the area in flames which burnt the mindless beasts charging through it to a crisp.

Bill and Louis opening fire and also igniting the other can as more came from above most likely alerted while they were mindlessly stumbling around the Main Street nearby, Zoey paused for a moment frowning in fear as she could hear the all too familiar sick coughs of a sick being nearby before she cried out in terror as something long wet and rubbery wrapped around and started dragging her down towards the hole. But Bill was quick on the draw, grabbing her mid fall and slicing the tongue with a knife as it's owner gave an inhuman shriek of pain, Louis fired down the hole at the gangly figure but it hissed aggressively moving out of sight into the darkness as Francis continued to fire at the horde as the fires from the cans had begun to expire. Zoey and Louis regained their composure as Bill joined the biker gunning down the horde as the fires had now stopped entirely, Bill could see the door had fully opened and was ready to make a move, "when I set this off run to the door!" He yelled lighting the pipe bomb and tossing it to the other side of the room as he took off running for the door as did the others.

They reached the top of the stairs right as the explosion went off showering body parts and blood mist high into the air at the top of the room before all collapsing back down to the blood soaked floor below, "damn that shit is effective" Louis remarked as Francis pushed through the door motioning it was clear as Zoey and Louis followed him in, Bill made to follow only to recoil in shock as a tongue smacked into the wall next to the door with a sickening thwack. He raised his rifle firing a burst at the smoker hiding behind the generator but it simply hissed and moved quickly out of range back into the cover of darkness coughing as it waited to strike again at a moments notice, Bill simply shook his head and closed the door behind him in the small office room they were now in, "careful smoker running around out there" he remarked as they nodded.

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They searched carefully through the rooms in the building as Francis and Louis had found themselves down a flight of stairs, Francis blasting away three idle common infected before they even noticed he was there, Louis spraying down another that came charging for them and planted itself into the wall before succumbing to the bullets. Checking two bathroom stalls nearby Francis had managed to obtain some more pills and another Handgun from a dead body which he happily gave to Louis, the man being more then happy to accept an extra fire arm no matter how big it was, above them Bill and Zoey entered what looked to be a meeting room with chairs and desks everywhere.

Zoey pointed out a green locker in the room which was sealed, she flipped it open revealing a box of explosive ammunition and two pipe bombs inside, she placed the ammo box on her back for safe keeping and use at a later date while Bill took the two Grenades, "supplies are supplies and we need them" he said quietly as Francis and Louis were now out on the Main Street. "Look man, there is a safe room up there in that pawn shop!" Louis said excitedly, "amen to that" Francis remarked as much to their surprise the helicopter from earlier suddenly flew over head making his way down the street, "anyone who can here this proceed to the rooftop of mercy hospital for evacuation, when you get there call me on the radio, I'll fly you out of this mess, the military has a safe zone up north, I can fly out of this mess!" He was saying as he quickly disappeared from view again flying over a burger tank next to the pawn shop.

Bill and Zoey emerged at a window looking down at the other two men, "you hear that old man?" Francis said as the man nodded, "yeah, least now we know what to look for when we get there" he said, "Bill safe room down there in the pawn shop" Louis said pointing as Bill looked down the street seeing searchlights on the roof of the building in question, "alright then let's get down there" he said. He and Zoey then jumped down into the roof of a van to get to the ground level, following the other two men up the street where Bill could see more infected including one in a dark blue coloured hazmat suit, he and Francis took them out quickly as Zoey noticed the hazmat zombie drop a jar of green fluid on the floor.

"Zombies in hazmat suits what's all that about?" Louis remarked as Bill picked up the jar examine the liquid as he swished it around, "that is a CEDA operative, obviously the suits didn't stop them from getting infected, this stuff is boomer puke in a jar" he explained as they all recoiled in disgust, "it will be useful if we encounter anymore large groups a good distraction if you like... here don't spill it on yourself" he muttered to Francis handing the disgruntled biker the Jar who gingerly placed it on his holster as Louis chuckled lightly.

Passing into the pawn shop Francis spotted the safe room as Bill and Zoey checked out a corner shop to the their right finding some canned beans and a bottle of water which they placed in the backpack Louis had on, they entered the safe room one by one and as Louis was about to enter a sickening Thwack occurred as a long rubbery appendage hit the wall to his right causing him to gasp and swing around and fire his Uzi. To his shock he couldn't see the offending smoker anywhere, "Bill looks like we've got a smoker on our trail" he said, "roger that, come on in, next time he shows his ugly face he won't be soo lucky" the old man said as Louis entered the safe room closing the door behind him as Francis pushed two wooden crates in front of it securing the door was sealed tight behind them.

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Once inside Zoey and Francis sat down on a baggy old green couch while Bill sat on a wooden table, Louis simply relaxing on the floor, "there's a radio in here, but it sure as hell ain't picking up anything..." he said sadly as Bill simply shook his head, "don't matter we have our objective and we are gonna get there before the sun comes up if we can... we've spent two god damn weeks trapped in this city and now we have possibly the last road out of town and we ain't backing out now" he said sternly reassuring everyone their mission was clear. "Rains starting to get pretty damn heavy out there" Francis remarked as they looked out the door ahead into a dark alley they would venture into to continue to the hospital, "rain or no rain we have to keep moving, we ain't gonna just sit and wait to die son" Bill said his tone broking no argument, "we rest here for a few minutes then we get the hell back out there" he finished lighting up another cigarette and taking a long drawn out puff...

End Chapter

Authors notes: Not the longest chapter but the next one leading into the gas station and warehouse should be a bit longer, with that said thanks for reading and I will see you all in the next one.

Have a great day