Epic Left 4 Dead Action

On Tuesday night my gaming group and I had an epic 6 1/2 hour play through of No Mercy on Expert. Half of this time was spent on the finally alone. That night I went through the full range of emotions- I, laughed, I cried (only a little), I was scared and finally I was relieved to get out of that hell hole and reach safety. Unfortunately, one of my friends had to leave and we were left to complete the finally with two AI characters (Francis and Zoey). Though we thought it was hopeless, decided to try anyway and guess what... it actually worked. I will attempt to explain what happened using the thoughts of the characters (in italics), spoken lines, stage notes/narration (bold) and screenshots taken after the fact. Enjoy the story!

Setting the stage: It is just before dawn on a stormy night and the survivors are tired and a bit shell shocked from a long night of fighting and after Zoey's lobotomy they didn't think there was much hope... still, in these times, a little hope was enough. After all they could give up and die as cowards or fight like hell and die as heroes. They chose the latter. We open this scene in the radio room on the roof top.

Louis: [answers the radio signally the nice man in the news chopper that goes around rescuing people to come and rescue them] "Hello? Nice man in the news chopper that goes around rescuing people? Sup dude, we aren't infected and want you to pick us up"

Nice Man in the news chopper: "Yeah dog I'll be there soon call me back in a minute I'm a little busy makin' some dinner. Oh and by the way when you call back again a whole bunch of zombies will come after you because it makes the your life more intense. K bye"

Louis and Bill: Man I really don't want to die. I hope we don't screw up and die because we've been fighting for a really long time.

Zoey and Francis: Well I really don't know what to do so I'll stand in your line of fire

Zombie 1: ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR [So begins the terror. The survivors decide to hold out in the radio room with automatic shotguns and make it through the first wave of zombies]

Zombie #1 is angry (and hungry for brains)

Louis and Bill: Wow! were really doing it. Die zombie scum. Click Bang! Boom headshot! lets stay alive.

Nice Man in the news chopper: "Hey I'll be there in like 10 min and oh by the way a Tank is coming soon"
Louis and Bill: Tank! Ok we need to run up on the roof of the radio building and then start kiting the Tank around the hospital roof and turn occasionally to shoot it. Hey this is working pretty well. Whoa he almost got me... ok I'm still alive. Hooray its dead run back to the radio room. [The tank dies but Zoey are Francis weren't as lucky as Bill and Louis one can only imagine there dying thoughts.

Zoey: Ooohh, shiny is that a quarter over there. Maybe I'll go and look...UUUGggggghh [Dies]

Francis: Man I wish I had a new vest. I really like vests, you could see I love thee... [Dies]

Louis: "Bill lets get into this closet and melee like there is no tomorrow... because there isn't if we die"

Salvation, in closet form

Bill: "Ok I'm getting in... Ow don't hit me zombie bastard...ok i'm in." [quickly decides to heal without telling anyone but somehow both survivors survive the attack. Even some boomers decide to puke on them but they both live and have ample health]

Nice Man in the news chopper: "Hey I'm almost there but a second tank will spawn before I get there"

Louis and Bill: "Run!" I guess we'll use the same strategy as before, yeah good its working, I think its almost dead.

Louis: "Bill, run and don't look back, he's right behind you. Keep running!" [Bill keeps running but eventually Louis gets knocked down... but have no fear because Bill is very close by.]

Bill: "Get off my friend tank punk!" [Pumps tank full of lead and it dies before killing Louis. He quickly gets his friend up and they get on the helipad running towards where the chopper will land. They can hear it they know it is close]

Awww. They look kind of cute when there not trying to kill you.

Louis: "Throw a pipe bomb" [They both throw pipe bombs at the same time for some reason but as the rescue vehicle opens its doors Louis has a siezure and falls off the helipad]

Bill: I gotta get in there, I gotta get in, ok the doors just opened. JUMP! I made it come on Louis [He didn't notice that Louis had fallen, but luckily Louis wasn't injured and made it on the rescue chopper, they all lived happily ever after the end... until the next time that they have to escape from another zombie infested town.]