100 theme challenge: L4D2.
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11. Memory-
Nick had to admit it, he was amazed at how much Ellis could remember about his old life. Sometimes, the Keith stories drove him mad, but other times he just listened, marvelling at them while all he had was a few fading memories of people he used to know and places he had been.
"…And from that day forward Keith never visited no zoos or farms." Ellis chuckled as he finished the story, looking over at Nick to see him smiling. The sight made the hick smile even more to know that even if Nick didn't really care (from what he could see anyways), he appreciated his efforts to lighten the mood.
12. Insanity-
Sometimes, while watching Nick kill the infected, Ellis saw his eyes turn wild with his frenzied hacking at their bodies. When Nick had his axe in hand, this frightened him more than the zombies ever did.
13. Misfortune-
They all agreed it had been a bad idea to use that molotov near the gas station.
14. Smile-
Now and then, Nick would feel like the whole world was turning to shit, and all expectations of the human race rebuilding itself went straight out the window and into the hell beyond.
But when he looked at Ellis and saw that he was smiling, even when they were quite outnumbered, nearly out of ammo, and certainly had no med-kits left, he felt a surge of hope flow through him. Because Ellis smiled when he was happy, and that meant that there was still something to look forward to. He wasn't sure why, and he hadn't asked the hick what made him smile so, but whatever it was, it kept him going.
15. Silence-
Nick was quick to discover that that word didn't seem to exist in Ellis's happy little world.
16. Questioning-
The first night that the survivors had stayed together in a safe house was not the best night's sleep any of them had ever had, but it gave Nick an insight into the strange young man that had greeted him in the elevator. In the first 5 minutes, Nick's brain was hurting from the amount of information Ellis's rapid tongue had inflicted on it about himself, his family, his friends, the list just went on. He discovered though, that he only had to nod and agree at regular times to keep the hick contentedly rambling so he could slowly drift off to sleep.
That was, until he started asking him questions.
"So, Nick. What about'chu?" Ellis was sitting Indian style next to him, beaming up into his tired frown.
"…What?" Nick shook his head, collecting his thoughts. "Oh, well what would you like to know?"
"Well let's start at the basics, yeah?" Perfect. He looked as eager as a child in an amusement park. "Yer name's Nick, so I know that. How old are you?"
"I'm 35." Nick raised an eyebrow as Ellis chuckled.
"Sorry." Ellis stopped laughing and pulled a straight face. "Alright, where did'chu live before all this?"
"I can't tell you that." Nick folded his arms, looking back directly at the hick.
"Oh? And whys that?"
"Because it's a secret."
And Ellis laughed even more at this, muffling it into squeaks behind his sleeve. Nick really wished he hadn't, it was quite infectious, and had brought a smile to his own lips. When Ellis next spoke, his voice shook with laughter.
"Nick, w-we're in a zombie apocalyps-se. Why the hell should it eve-n matter?"
And the con-man rolled his eyes, though he was smirking lazily now, growing tired again.
"Your right, I guess it's just a force of habit."
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