Chapter 7
A.N. Having some free time at night, is making chapters a bit easier to write. YAY.
Disclaimer: I do not own the people of L4D. I only own my own characters such as Ma and Pa. I only own the story that comes out of my head, and the plot I put said L4D characters through.
Chapter 7
Plans
Phil was turning sixteen in only a few days, next week to be exact. For his sixteenth birthday he decided to prove his worth to his dad. Phil had always wanted to prove himself to his father, especially now that walkers had taken over the world. He wanted to prove to his father that he could take care of his sister if something were to happen. He wanted to show that he could make his father proud of everything he was. That's why he'd come up with the plan to get rid of Nick. He knew how much his father hated the slick bastard in a suit, and he'd decided to take it upon himself to get rid of him. Really the plan was simple, he'd ask Nick to come help him get rid of the walkers that had gotten into the garden through a hole in the fence. If Nick declined, he'd remind him that they wouldn't be there if it wasn't for his group causing such a mess the couple days before. From there he would lead Nick to the garden where the walkers he'd let in were, and then feed him to the walkers. It would make Pa proud, and he'd show that he knew how to deal with bad men. Phil was excited of his plan, and proud of how hard he'd thought on this. He knew how he'd escape, and make it look like Nick finally did what he was going to try and do only that morning, kill himself to walkers. Now it was time to put the plan into action.
Ellis could feel Nick's arms slowly wrap around his body, feeling the warmth of the others body wash over him. The almost innocent like kiss ended with both men watching each other in silence once more. It was like the night before, clashing emotions causing an off balance with the both. Nick couldn't tell if what he was feeling was just lust, or lust for a warm body against his own at night. One that cared for his, if only for a mutual feeling of wanting to hold another as well. Why his body had decided to pick the one person he didn't like, hell he had been on the verge of hating, he wasn't sure. Why his mind made him act the way he was, was also a mystery. All he knew was he regretted hurting the kid like he had, and now he wanted to make up for it.
Ellis watched Nick in stillness, thoughts racing through his head. Worried what was to come, and how he should be acting; he just didn't want Nick to do anything stupid. Pa already told him how Nick had caught trying to go outside, which wasn't what Ellis wanted. He just wanted Nick to treat him as a friend, or even an equal. Last night was the past or at least Ellis felt like it should be. That he should move forward, put the best foot first... something to keep the team together. Besides, it was obvious Nick knew what he'd done was wrong, so who was Ellis not to forgive him?
The two stood in silence, watching each other before Nick leaned in and kissed Ellis's forehead, one hand moving to play with the hair on the back of his head. "You look better without your hat." Nick muttered as Ellis blinked a couple times before closing his eyes. "Nah, normally people tell me to put it back on." Nick chuckled before he leaned back a bit. "I think you should keep it off more often."
Ellis looked at Nick, a slight tinge of red going to his cheeks. "Well uh.. thanks man." Nick smirked watching the red on Ellis slowly grow brighter. "What wrong Ellis?" He teased, fingers tightening in his hair. "Never been complimented before?" Ellis gulped feeling Nick pull his head back, continuing to watch the red spread on Ellis's fair skin. "W-what? N-no man that's …. What?" Nick felt like laughing, watching the effect he really had on the younger male just made everything worth it. Ellis closed his eyes biting his lower lip as Nick pulled his hair a bit harder, causing Ellis to bite harder. "I guess it was too dark for me to see how red you really get when you blush." Nick muttered watching Ellis still. Ellis shuddered shaking his head a bit, "Man lay off, I d-do not!" He squirmed slightly, trying to pull himself free. Nick used his free arm to pull Ellis against his body, he was getting close to losing it on the kid again. "Oh so it's just for me then?" Ellis opened his eyes a crack, looking at Nick the best he could. "Nick..."
He couldn't help it, he wanted to be able to stop himself but he just couldn't. Nick blamed the defenseless look Ellis gave him, the defeated and needy face, it made his head just swim in thoughts of things he could do. Things he shouldn't be thinking of doing, things he couldn't stop. Nick moved to act on those thoughts, Ellis closed his eyes tight, but the door slammed open before Nick could do anything. Phil walked in with his sister Sam who was sucking on a sucker, her long hair down instead of its normal up. "Nick Pa told me ta tell yeah to help clean out the garden with me. Ya'll rukus caused walkers ta get in." Nick let go of Ellis immediately, sighing softly in disbelief. "Seriously?" Phil nodded, so did Sam who made a loud crunching noise as she chewed on her sucker. Ellis watched the kids before going over and picking up the younger girl, who squeeled happily, even if ellis winced in pain for a moment. "I'll come with yall, it'll make it go by faster." This made Phil shake his head quickly in a no. "No Pa wants yeah somewhere else Ellis, Sam can take you there."
Ellis however shook his head, still worried Nick might just go run and hug one of the undead. "No Phil, I'll work on repairing the gate or what ever broke once we're done killin the dead." Phil watched Ellis and Nick walk out, swallowing slowly as he did. How was his plan to work now? He followed after slowly, before it dawned on him. If he startled a horde, and shot Nick in the middle of it, he could claim it was an accident, or even tell Pa the truth; either way he'd be proud, he just knew it. He raced after Nick and Ellis, smiling to himself and thinking how wonderful of a plan he'd come up with. Nick deserved it anyways, it was obvious he was about to hurt Ellis again when they'd walked in. A real man wouldn't hurt an already injured person, twice, in the same day. Nick had to be a heartless monster. He deserved what was going to happen, no matter what it was.
When they got to the back door to unbolt it, the group could see it was only a few walkers. "Now remember guys, no guns. It'll cause more to come." Nick patted Sam's head as Ellis set her down. "yeah no guns." Sam said waving a finger before running off, not wanting to watch. Phil nodded before opening the door up and letting the other two go first, axes at the ready. The walkers moved slowly through the garden at first, unnoticed of the group of people wielding axes approaching them. As they moved slowly foreword, there was a loud crash, as if someone had just hit a frying pan against something; which Phil had indeed done. He's used the metal skillet against the grill next to him on the deck. He looked at Nick and Ellis like it was an accident, while both men looked back at him as if he'd just grown two heads. They looked back to the undead, who snapped their heads up looking directly at them.
"Fuck." Nick muttered before running foreword and hacking off the head to one as it got closer. Ellis ran up beside him,, hacking away at the undead, and helping fight off more who where climbing over the fence. It was then that the door to the house burst open again, "What the heck?" Pa yelled seeing the horde of undead getting into his back yard. "Grab the guns Ma!" Phil's plan was working, he was handed a gun as well as his sister. The two began to shoot at the horde, attempting to get rid of them all and not startle a tank on them. Phil grabbed his sister pulling her behind one of the gates, so she would be out of the way. Phil looked back to see if Pa had come back, now was his chance. He took a steady aim at the duo hacking away at the undead. He watched down the scope, steadying his hand, then quickly pulled the trigger.
Nick hacked off an arm, before moving to hack the undead s head. Just as he swung, he felt a stabbing pain in his right shoulder. His whole arm felt numb, and the ax dropped, "W-what?" He looked at his arm slowly, then the ax, before dropping to his knees. "NICK!" Ellis yelled trying to get over to his friend. "Get UP man!" Nick shuddered in pain as he gripped the ax handle, and attempted to stand up once more. "NICK!" this time it was Sam, she dropped her gun and ran for him. She was fast, dodging each walker who tried to make a grab at her. "Sam NO!" Phil yelled, trying to snipe off each walker who tried to grab at his sister. Sam got to Nick, grabbing the ax he could barely hold in his good arm due to shock, and slamming it into the gut of an undead who was trying to grab him. "No. You. Don't!" She yelled as the walker fell, slamming it into it's head. Ellis joined her side, swinging his ax as fast as he could, trying to take out as many undead as he could. "Ellis, Sam, get down!" Coach yelled as he and Rochelle came out, carrying their assault rifles outside. Ellis grabbed Nick, and fell to the ground, Sam quickly following down. The rat-a-tat of the guns firing filled their air, undead dropping like flies around the three.
It was only a matter of minutes before the backyard was cleared. "Get him inside, Phil and Sam, fix that fence!" Pa yelled, Phil dropped his gun and ran to his sister. Ellis helped Nick slowly to his feet, noticing the large amount of blood soaked into the white shirt. "What happened?" he whispered looking at Sam and Phil before looking at Nick again, supporting the other as they walked. Making their way slowly back to the house. "We'll get you help man..."
End of chapter 7
A.N. Sorry it took so long. Laptop died for a while, but now I've got her back up and running.
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