Cold Winter Ch.4
Merry-Go-Round Snow Falls Down.
A Left 4 Dead Story By:
The snow was falling heavy now over the silent road filled with crashed cars, only the breaths from the two infected could be heard between snowflakes and dashing around the cars to get further ahead. The Smoker hold on tightly to the Hunters hand, not thinking about letting it go as he lead the way away from the abandoned apartment buildings they had escaped from a few days ago as the Tank had attacked them and the survivors were getting close.
After some more hours of running the Smoker finally slowed down, letting the Hunter catch his breath as he sat down in the soft surface of snow.
"Just a minute Sven… I have to catch my breath" He said softly as he tried to do the said thing while the other still hold the Hunters hand in a firm grip and looking around if he would spot something suspicious but to his relief he didn't. He looked down at his comrade, seeing how he was struggling hard for his breathing and almost felt ashamed of himself for making the other run for two, three days in a row. He knelt down to look closer at the Hunter; just to make sure he wasn't injured or worse since no one knows what could happen even if they were always on the run.
"Take your time" Sven gave a gentle smile as the Hunter looked up at him and after a while smiled back. Ever since a few days ago the Smoker couldn't help that his heart always skipped a beat when seeing the Hunter smile, it made him so happy since Hunters never smiled in particular; unless they were going really crazy like some times when they got badly hungry. He almost shivered to the thought and stood up again still holding the others hand who was now a bit confused to the sudden mood change but kept quiet and stood up as well.
They walked for a while in silence, both in their own thoughts or was it just that they didn't know what to say to the other?
After some more time of silent walking they came to a more open area, the Smoker saw some cars and it seemed to be a parking lot and further away there was a gate and fences. He got suspicious since he wasn't familiar to this area, it looked kind of familiar but the snow was hiding much of what could have been seen to recognize it fully and it bothered him.
When Sven looked at the Hunter he saw that he seem suspicious as well but not in a normal way, the other almost looked scared or even terrified.
Seeing the Hunter like this made Sven worried, what could make the other so scared? Had he been around here before? What had he gone through? Sven looked ahead again to see if any survivors or other infected where close but lucky enough there was none and he couldn't even smell anyone close that was hiding. When he started to walk again he felt that the other wasn't moving with him, he looked back to that terrified face again.
The Hunters body was shaking now, worse than ever and it made Sven more worried.
"Rex..?" He asked and walked closer to the other to see his face better but the Hunter just looked away and shakes his head. Sven blinked a bit in confusion at the others behavior, Hunters never acted like this since they were never afraid of anything.
"Fast and agile, this Special Infected will growl and scream to inform you of his presence."
Sven thought of what one of his old friends had said about the Hunters, they were almost the worst kind of infected since you never know where they will attack from and when. They just scream in a shriek like tone before the pounce down their targets and then rip them apart.
"Listen for the distinctive growl the Hunter makes when crouched and ready to pounce."
"Sven? Are you listening to me..?" Sven came back from his thoughts and looked at the Hunter, Rex had managed to calm down his shaking but he was still looking scared.
"I don't want to go in there…" The Hunter confirmed after a while which he had tried to say a couple of minutes ago when The Smoker was deep in his thoughts. Sven blinked confused at the words he had just heard and looked around, he saw the gate and it seemed to lead inside a park or something in that direction. He started wondering again about why the other didn't want to go inside. If they kept going they would be completely away from the survivors for at least some weeks.
When the Hunter was about to speak again he felt how he got pulled in his arm by the Smoker and lead towards the gates, he started to squirm with his hand and struggle to get free. He absolutely did not want to go into that park not now, not ever again.
Last time the Hunter was there it was only a big blood bath to be exact, infected and Survivors came from everywhere, hiding in alleys or in trash or anywhere and it was freaking him out to be honest.
When they got to just in front of the gate the Smoker stopped and looked at Rex with a firm gaze, locking it with the Hunters.
"If we want to be safe we have to go through it understood?" He said in a gentle but strict voice which almost made the other more scared. The Smoker gave a gentle smile after a while and pulled the Hunter into a tight hug, holding him there for a while. The Hunter instantly felt more safe and sound in the arms of Sven and he snuggled closer to get the slight amount of warmth that the other had. The snow was not making it easy to stay warm and this was just what Rex needed right now, to really know that Sven was still with him and that he could always feel safe with him. The bad thing was that Rex started to feel very tired because of the warmth from the Smoker so he could almost fall asleep at any second.
Sven had counted on this, which the Hunter would become tired and fall asleep in his arms which would let him lift up Rex bridal style and carry him inside through the gates without any hesitation. Even though he felt a bit ashamed of himself for doing this it was to keep Rex safe and that was most important right now no matter what would happen to him.
The Smoker walked around for a while still carrying the Hunter in his arms, he tried to find a place safe but so far had not succeed. He saw normal looking infected surrounding the area of the old carnival but lucky enough they were to brain dead to even think of attacking which made Sven sigh in relief. After walking for another twenty-thirty minutes he found an old and damaged looking safe house close to the big water slide, it looked like it would hold but, the question was if there were survivors in it still. Sven carefully walked over and checked inside and was happy to find it empty and managed to get inside through the damaged door.
We'll be safe here for a while, he thought and sat down in one of the corners and hugged Rex in a warm embrace, he smiled slightly when he felt the breathing of the other.
The Smoker yawned slightly and felt his eyes getting heavy, after some time he fell asleep. He awoke some time later, he didn't know how long he'd been asleep but he woke up when he started to feel a bit cold. Sven got shocked and panicked when he noticed Rex was gone and flew to his feet and ran out from the old safe house, Where are you?, He was getting more worried and walked fast as he looked around for any traces of the Hunter. He kept going and stopped after a few more steps and sniffed the air, even though it isn't as good as Hunters scent range it had to do and he felt something, it was a familiar scent but it wasn't Rex it was someone else.
He managed to calm himself a bit, If I'm scared it will only make the most deadly infected to hunt me down…I don't have time for this!, He thought and greeted his teeth in irritation.
Suddenly he felt himself being pushed down on the ground from behind and he made a painful groan as he was pulled away and inside a tent. He gave another irritated sound when he sat up and looked over his shoulder towards the one who had dragged him inside.
His eyes widened in shock.
T-The hell?.., Rex looked down at the Smoker who was staring at him and almost laughed nervously.
"I'll kill you Sven! I told you I didn't want to come here!" The Hunter said in a high irritated tone and Sven just blinked. Rex was almost shaking from anger and greeted his sharp teeth. He grabbed Sven by the collar of his shirt and pulled him up close to his face and growled angrily. Sven blinked more before he smiled, stood up and leaned closer to give a light kiss on those inviting lips that looked so delicious.
The Hunter jerked and moved away blushing and growling more, Sven chuckled a bit since the growl sounded to him more like a whimper.
"Sorry but we have to go through if we want to get to the other side." He said and smiled.
Rex just kept quiet and glared at Sven for that move he had made; he had completely forgotten why he was angry in the first place.
To be continued~
Sorry for such a short chaptor : (
I promise to make it up in next chapter but I'm very busy with other fanfic projects!
Hope you guys enjoys it anyways!