Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Valve concepts or characters excepts for OCs.
Take note that not everything written in these texts are canon or true, its fanfiction for a reason
Chapter 2: Around every corner
As Rex was running down the alleyway he noticed a huge, thick red metal door. His instinctive thoughts on the situation was that he was in dire shape and need of rest. He'd spent the day mowing down infected just to be left for dead by his own people, as he was jogging to the door he heard the ear deafening screach of a hunter that made him stop dead in his tracks.
"Just as I was bout to hang my feet up and call it a night." I said under my breath.
"Here kitty, kitty, kitty come out and play nice with me." I say trying to taunt it.
As he says that it jumps off the roof landing in the direct sights of Rex's modified AR-15 chambered in a 50.beuwulf. Rex was taken back by its bravery or foolishness.
He decided to walk backwards towards the door slowly waiting for it to pounce.
"What's the matter little fella superhero landing bust your knees on impact, how about we do this Australian style go knives only, I know you ain't got a knife but you got a set of mini blades on each hand." I said trying to adapt to the close quarters of the alleyway. I reached for my Kukri but when I did something fierce did something to cause an explosion a block away diverting the hunter's attention enough to make him forget about me.
"Guess he had other plans for tonight. Lets barricade this place up and oh shit." I was stopped mid sentence by the worst of any survivors fears, a Witch. She was sitting in a corner covering her ears.
What Rex didn't know was that she was very well aware of his presence and had plans for him.
"What do you seek from my home human." Her voice echoed as she stood up and looked into my eyes with her crisom red.
"I was going to seek refuge here since I've been ditched but since you're already occupying it I'll leave for ya." I said trying to avoid losing a limb.
"You go now you'll be torn limb from limb by hunters and smokers alike, it's best that you stay here. Anyway its not like i'm going to bite you, shit bad joke sorry." She said voicing thought and making bad a joke that was bad in taste.
"Ok I see that I am now stuck here, now if you don't mind me i'm going to clean my armour, weapons and then sleep." I said trying to calm myself from the fact that there is a Witch in the room.
"You can do that as long as you don't aim them at me." She said in the calmest of voices?
"Why would I shoot, in the briefings and documents I've read about you and your varient of S.I. you're incredily strong and durable, but you are an anomaly so I see you as valuable for all I know you could hold the components for a cure or you could make some sorta... Zed hierarchy like a hive or something. But what do I know I ain't nothing but a fucking expendable meat shield for missions." I said.
"What do you mean by meat shield for missions?" She questioned inquisitively.
"I was evacuating civillians to pier 45 where I thought everyone including my squad who was guarding the main complex would get a ride out to safety. I was told to hold the area for 15 minutes until evac arrived. I kept radioing in to check in and after I lost a man to a smoker dragging him away I demanded that we got an update, then he told us we were nothing but a distraction for them to escape, when I heard that I lost my control and told him he is a dead man and if he isn't brought to justice, I'll kill him myself and then left till now since my whole squad got decimated." I said holding back rage while looking at the picture of my old squad.
"I'm sorry to hear that you were abandoned by your own team." She said with actual sympathy, it was the nicest thing I heard since the time I had friends.
"And i'm sorry that you couldn't get evacuated, you would have had a chance at a new beginning." I replied trying to show that I cared.
"I'm going to sleep here if thats ok." pointing to the couch.
"Me casa is su casa or something like that I don't know what that saying is, sweet dreams soldier boy." she replied grinning slightly.
Author's note: That was the best I could think of with half my brain throbbing painfully.