I do not own any of the characters of Left for Dead or the game…..if I did I would not have left Bill die and I would be making one uber bad ass movie
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Previously on EDEN
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"I ain't gonna lie I'm hurting real bad"
"Come on let's get outta he…." Rochelle was cut off by a hooded figure that had launched itself at her. The hunter started slashing at her chest ripping through her shirt and skin. "Get it off of me! Get it off!" Rochelle let out a blood curling scream and Ellis felt her blood splash across his face. He tried to knock the hunter off but it had its claws in her, its claws were literally in her, embedded between her ribs. Rochelle coughed up blood and Ellis hacked at the hunter finally decapitating it. Rochelle was bleeding out and Ellis tried to find the strength to pull her and himself up. Coach and Nick ran toward them, Coach pulled Ellis up and Nick carried Rochelle. He tossed another Molotov and dragged Ellis towards the safe house sign. They finally saw it, about a block down the street. When another horde came up blocking their path. Coach threw another pipe bomb and Nick tossed a Molotov after it. They were three houses away when another horde appeared. That was also when a hooded figure leapt above them and landed on a car with a growl. Another hunter and a horde.
One thought occurred to Ellis "we are fucked"
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Ellis grabbed his pistol and aimed at the hunter before it could strike but its leg extended and kicked his gun out of his hand. It reached into the hoodie pocket and pulled out a bile bomb. Since when do hunters carry bile bombs? Coach was about to shoot the hunter when Ellis pulled on his arm and made his shots go wide. The hunter turned and threw the bomb at a charger that Ellis had failed to notice. The horde diverted its path and attacked the charger.
"Run" yelled the hooded figure Coach supported Ellis while Nick carried Rochelle to the safe house once the four of them where inside the faux hunter tossed a few molotovs at the horde that was still attacking the charger. It ran in with them and helped coach bolt the door shut.
Everyone was breathing heavily from the adrenaline rush and the run, the first person to stand was the hooded figure. It pulled down its hood and revealed a mass of black hair framing a feminine face.
"If you want to save the girl get your asses up and follow me, you'd better hurry, she's bleeding out."
She rose and led them up a flight of stairs to a room. There were three beds with white sheets and a cabinet with medical supplies. Nick lay Rochelle down on one of the beds while the girl riffled through the medical supplies.
"Who are you?" asked coach
"An immune survivor like you, if you know what blood type she is get it from the fridge over there."
"You still haven't told us your name" Nick said as he rifled through the fridge.
"my friends call me triple A, my name is Alexandra Althea Azrael" she said as picked bits of cloth and rubble out of Rochelle's wounds. "I prefer the name Thea but triple A seems to stick, hook the blood up there and grab one of the needles from there. You, big man, get me some scissors." She cleaned Rochelle's and gave her a shot of something. After hooking her up to the IV drip and blood she began stitching her up.
"I don't like it when people hover over my shoulder so treat your cuts while I finish. Except for you, you lay down so I can have a look at your ribs."
Ellis obeyed and looked around, the place was relatively free of graffiti and the walls looked like they had recently been painted, the whole place was clean. He stared at her as she worked on Rochelle, he hadn't noticed when she had out on surgical gloves or the apron. She was putting Rochelled skin back together like it was a puzzle or quilt. When she was done there were still patches of skin that were missing. She put something in a petri dish and began wrapping Rochelle's chest. When she finished she close a curtain around Rochelle's bed and moved to leave the room. Nick grabbed her wrist on stopped her.
"You haven't told us how she's doing"
"If she survives the night she'll be fine, if not…" she shrugged her shoulders and walked off.
"I don't trust her" he grumbled
"I don't either, but she just saved our lives and fixed Rochelle up better that any of us could. And we don't really have much of a choice."
"Check out those gloves" Ellis pointed on one of the trays.
"I use those to blend in with the hunters," Thea came back in and tossed Nick and Coach a beer. "the palm of the gloves have a strong magnet that lets me hang from poles and other things without slipping, the claws are made out of Titanium and help me crawl up walls." She opened Rochelle's curtain and closed it behind her.
"What are you doing?"
"Changing her out of her clothes, chill mafioso, I'm not gonna mess with your girl, I don't swing that way."
"She's not my girl!"
"Sure she's not"
She opened the curtain and everyone saw that Rochelle was tucked in snugly. She'd gotten a little color in her skin. She popped open a soda and chugged, let out a loud burp and tossed the can.
"So…. Whose got dibs on the first shower?"
Nick let out a frustrated growl "I want some answers, now cupcake"
"Sure thing stinky, I was going offer you guys a shower, some beds and then answer all your questions over dinner, but… if you want to be bad guests"
"Ma'am we're much obliged, and if the offer still stands we'll take that shower and save the interrogation for later, and did I ever happen to thank you for saving our lives?"
"You didn't and your welcome….. don't call me ma'am, I'm barely old enough to drink. Now once you guys are washed up you can come downstairs for some food, I left some clothes in the bathrooms downstairs for you Mr. Mafia and in the upstairs bathroom for you Big Dude."
"My name's Nick cupcake, get it right"
"You can call me Coach kiddo" Both men, but coach ruffled Ellis' and Thea's hair before leaving. Thea's expression softened a little with the kind gesture.
"Well ma'am I'm going to wait for a shower," Ellis got up to leave but Thea stepped in his path. For a moment Ellis was struck by how tiny she was, she couldn't be more than 5' 3". Her small fingers grazed over his chest and waist. "Uh muh eh, ma'am" With a swift motion she lifted up his shirt. "Woah there miss" She glared at him.
"You have two broken ribs, and I wouldn't surprised if your sternum was cracked."
"Aw shucks ma'am I'm fine"
"Really? Well prove it, take off your shirt."
"Fine" Ellis grabbed the edge of his shirt and lifted his arms up, he managed to get them as far up as his chest when he felt a sharp pain, he paused and tried to continue but the pain got worse. He felt Thea's hands easing his elbows down again. She looked at him with her dark green eyes with a soft expression. There's nothing I can do for broken ribs but give you pain pills and help you with some breathing exercises so that they heal right. We have to cut that shirt off and give you a button down. Try to keep your back straight for as much as possible and your chest up." She reached over for the scissors and cut along his chest. "Do you thing you can manage your pants?" Ellis started to bend to unbutton his pants when she stopped him. "you have to try not to bend over or crouch for a few days ok"
"Yes ma'am"
"Don't call me that, I'll be right back."
Ellis managed to unbutton his pants but they wouldn't slide down, so he kicked and shimmied. He heard a low laugh from Rochelle's bed. "You alright Elle"
"I feel like I'm in the sky"
"I guess you're still loopy from the drugs eh"
"It's nice, Now I know why my neighbors smoked so much"
Ellis continued to shimmy to make Rochelle laugh.
"You look like a fool Ellis"
"Yes ma'am I certainly do"
"I'll say" Ellis turned around and saw Thea leaning against the door frame holding a robe. At that moment his pants decided to fall, along with his boxers. Thea's eyes turned into saucers for a moment before she remembered to turn around. Ellis covered his jewels and Rochelle laughed.
"Ellis, hun, you have the cutest buns I have ever seen!"
Thea held the robe out to Ellis and he shuffled, with his pants still around his feet to get it. He put on the robe as quickly as he possibly could, but with two broken ribs he wasn't moving very fast.
"Ok, I think I'm decent now."
Thea picked his pants off the floor and tossed them in a nearby basket. She went over to check on Rochelle and injected her with more drugs.
Now then, why don't you wash your hands and help me with dinner.
"Yes ma….um Thea"
Thea smirked, "we just might be friends Ellis"