Chapter 2
Flight
After spending the night in the safe room and most of the day resting up it was dusk before we were ready to move on. In the safe room we found the odd weapon lying around there was a simple pump shotgun two Uzi's and a hunting rifle with mounted scope. Callum took the shotgun the younger two the Uzi's and since I was the best shot and could handle myself with pistols anyway I took the rifle. We stocked up on ammo took a med kit each and got ready at the door. I told the other three to wait a moment before opening the door. I readied the rifle pulling the bolt back and snapping it back in place to load the first round. I looked through the scope and checked for any stragglers and only shot two zombies. Loading another two rounds into the rifle chamber I open the door. "Tom?" asked Callum "Yeah?" "Where did ya learn to shoot like that anyway?" "Army cadets mate I learned to fire rifles assault rifles and pistols." I replied grinning. Continuing along the street I took out a smoker on the roof above me and a boomer both with a single rifle shot. After a little while I saw the most beautiful girl I've ever seen backing into the street firing a pistol at a ,horde following her. I let my instincts take over and before my three followers knew what was going on I had started to walk straight at the horde firing my pistols at them and dropped most of it in two clips and Callum got the stragglers with the shotgun. "Hey thanks a lot but who are you? Are you with the army?" Asked the girl who looked about sixteen herself "Don't worry 'bout it I couldn't let a beautiful thing like you get killed and the names Tom used to be an army cadet but not anymore this is my old uniform, and these are Callum, Dom my bro and Josh." I said as I said she was beautiful I noticed her cheeks turn a slight shade of red and she smiled at me and nodded to each other the other three as I introduced them. "And might I know your name miss ..?" I asked "Zoey" she said looking at the floor clearly trying to hide a blush. She wore a red hooded jacket and blue skin tight jeans and her dazzling and long flowing dark hair was tied into a ponytail. "Nice to meet you Zoey we better save our hospitality for later though we gotta get moving" I got 4 nods in response and we continued on up the street. I was curious about the new addition of our team and asked what her story was and how she got the pistol in the first place as I could tell she was new to the whole shooting thing and just ran from somewhere looking for a place to hide. "Well it's not the nicest story ill tell ya but to cut a story short I had to kill my parent as an infected found its way in and attacked them first my mom turned and went for dad but he took his pistol" her hand twitched at the mention of the pistol and her voice was becoming shaky "He shot my mom down to save me and gave me the pistol and told me to kill him before he turned and ... I did" she finished and a single tear rolled down her cheek. "God that's awful" said Dom clearly shocked. "Don't worry about it girl" I added "I'm sure it was for the best after all I would put a bullet in my own head if I started to turn." That seemed to cheer her up a little and she gave me a small smile. "And there ain't nothing to worry 'bout now you've got us we're your family now" I finished and hugged her to comfort her. She looked up into my eyes and I realised how beautiful hers were. I broke the hug and turned to Callum. He was wearing his black suit and white shirt I could've sworn he looked like some I know. Then it hit me this girl she must be from the game I love so much. It was like the world of left 4 dead had somehow found its way into our world and we were stuck in the middle of it. "Callum I just thought I'd let you know you look like Nick and if you look at this Zoey girl you will see something about her is familiar" I whispered to him just so he could hear me. "Are you serious?" he said. "Yeah and I'm sure the others are here to" I replied. Callum just realised himself what was going on and in his trail of thoughts he bumped into a car setting the alarm off. We heard the distant roar of the horde. "Agh shit Callum watch what you're doing" I shouted to him over the noise of the incoming horde. Zoey hid behind me but readied her pistol all the same Callum pumped his shotgun chambering a shell the younger ones stood back to back with their Uzi's and I Strapped my rifle to my shoulder and drew my pistols and cocked them ready to let some blood fly. The next thing I knew there were zombies everywhere and I was unloading bullets into them like mad. Brains splattered the walls and roads around us. Zoey was quite accurate with her pistol considering she was new to this. Callum was blowing the hell out of half the horde himself with the shotgun that was until he needed to reload so Josh covered him while he put more shells in. Dom was firing the Uzi with deadly accuracy I gotta ask where he learnt to shoot like that if we make it out of this alive. It was then I felt a claw in my side and I fell to the floor but despite the pain carried on firing to cover Zoey as she helped me up. I saw my attacker and realised a witch must have been nearby. I fired my last pistol round of that set of clips at her and nailed her in the head. I reloaded a carried on with the horde. We managed to make it to a safe room without too much trouble. I sat down on a makeshift sofa and began to bandage myself up. Dom was panting Josh reloading the guns and Callum looking at the young pair a thanking them for the help. Zoey came and sat next to me and snuggled into my shoulder as I finished patching myself up. She whispered something about wanted to talk to me and to meet her in 'her room' after the others were in bed. She yawned a fake yawn and announced she was going bed the others soon followed, after I finished barricading the house and double checked to ensure nothing would get in including a tank and went to Zoey's room. There she was sitting on the bed waiting for me. "Hi Zoey" I said "hi" she replied "So what's up" "I wanted to thank you for saving me earlier" she said "And to ask what you were talking to Callum about." 'She saw him looking at her' I thought to myself "Well there is no point lying to you I guess so will explain" I told about the game and how I always played as Zoey who exactly like her and Callum was Francis Dom was Bill and Josh Louis. I told her how I something like this would happen but it seems the game has come to life. "So you're telling me I'm just a character from a game?" she asked with a confused look on her face. "No you're real alright and so is all of this but it seems a bit of a coincidence that it all seems exactly like left 4 dead" I replied. She still seemed confused but accepted my answer anyway. I stood up to leave but she grabbed my wrist. "Yeah" I said "Why do you insist on being called Tom Dom and Josh But Callum stays Callum" "Well during a horde attacks it's easier to use shorter names" "So what are your full names then" "Thomas Dominic Joshua and Callum of course" I finished "Ok well call me Zo then" she said seductively with a smile and a wink. "Ok then 'Zo'" I said laughing "Now you get some sleep ill take first watch you know in case anything gets in." She smiled again and lay on the makeshift bed and fell asleep as I left the room and went down stairs. As I sat in the so called 'kitchen' waiting for the morning.
