I look up from my guitar, tears soaking my face.
"N-Nick is it really you?" The girl says, still crying.
"Oh my.... Ashley you're alive!" I managed to get out.
I hadn't seen Ashley since high school, she was one of my best friends before i met my wife.
My wife... I can't bring myself to say her name, not since what happened.
"Nick i thought you were in prison? I thought you were dead!" Ash said, obviously scared.
"I don't want to talk about that, how did you make it here, i thought there was a horde coming! What did you do?" i was afraid of the answer, i don't want Ash to have to do what i have done.
"Nick, its horrible out there, but they aren't smart. I simply smashed a car window, the alarm drew them away long enough for me to make it in here. Nick unless we can find another way out, we are trapped here."
"Oh fantastic, I'm trapped in a safehouse surrounded by fucking zo-" i was cut off by a hard slap across the face.
"Don't you remember what i told you about swearing mister?" Ashley said with an amazing amount of sass.
"Sorry....."
"Okay well anyway, i guess we can wait it out, theres plenty of food. Also, how did you find your way here, there's like no signs or directions to here." i asked
"Well, honestly, i heard singing and a guitar, ao i followed it here. I realized it was your voice, and i was hoping it really was you. So thats when i lured them away, and made it in here. Nick, if it wasn't for you, i'd be dead right now." Ash said, tearing up again
"Ash..." was all i managed to get out.
The Next Morning
When i woke up, i got up and looked around
'Wait... Where the hell am i- right. This shithole still.' i thought to myself.
I wandered over to the door and looked out.
'They're all still dead, Nick, filthy and dead.' i thought.
I leaned against the door and looked out.
'My Kingdom. My Kingdom Of The Damned. I am Lucifer, i rule this kingdom.' i let out a small chuckle at my thought and grab a pack of cigarettes laying on the table next to my jacket.
'Oh shit, clothes!' i thought to myself, grabbing my jacket and pants, i got dressed and lit my cigarette and grabbed my guitar.
I started strumming the tune to Johnny Cash's Hurt and begin to sing along.
As soon as i start singing, i notice Ash start to wake up.
"Aw what the hell, Nick, isn't it like 6 in the morning?" Ash said, feigning annoyance
"You know you love my singing, sweetheart" i said sarcastically
"Fuck off. And don't call me sweetheart!"
"Ooh someones angry in the morning" i say.
I change the tune to My Immortal by Evanescence, and Ashley gives me a dirty look.
"One thing i hate about the apocalypse, theres no FUCKING coffee" Ashley said, almost yelling.
"Calm down, I'll tell you what, get dressed, seriously you're only wearing your underwear, and them we'll go rummage a store. I saw a Wal-Mart just about a mile down the road. Okay pumpkin?' i say.
She gets dressed and i grab my holster and ammo belt, and we head out, in search of coffee. We run into a horde of zombies, so we hide in the back of a van. What we soon realize, the van is a damn Wal-Mart delivery van.
I see Ashley's eyes light up in awe at the racks, canned foods, Apples (some still fresh), beans, and most importantly, COFFEE.
Thankfully, Ashley left most of her things in the safe room, so her backpack is empty. We fill the pack with as much food and Coffee as we can, and head back to the safe room. Thankfully, when we got out the horde had passed.
"Hey i think i remember a camper or RV in the lot of the Wal-Mart, wanna stop by there sometime?" i asked
"Sure, why not?" Ashley responded, more perky now.
We returned back to the safe room, and it seems noones been there. 'Wonderful, we're still the last ones alive.' i thought. I lied.
*BANG*
"ASHLEY!"
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Fighting For Survival (Left 4 Dead 2 Fanfic)
FantasíaNick, having just escaped prison, and having his first encounters with the undead and their specially mutated counterparts, fights through the infested city with nothing but the weapons he can find and his trusty guitar.
