History Fanfic / TwoStep

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** [[spoiler: 'Say hey, Daisy Mae. How many children have died today?']]
** [[spoiler: 'Turn the page, wash your hands.']] Same arc, arguably: [[spoiler: 'Hope is just a word with a hole in it.']]
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: In 'The Catalyst' (chapters 38 and 39), Nick basically goes into full on crazy commando mode as he ends up working himself free of his ziptie restraints during a sample-taking, kills the doctor who has done nothing but help him by strangling her with his IV line, slashes the throat of one guard with a scalpel, shoots two more, and THEN purposely infects one of the shot guards with his blood as she was begging him for help. Oh, and with a SlasherSmile on his face, too. 'Crazy' doesn't ''begin'' to describe it.]]

* ChekhovsSkill: Gregory's noisemaker technique to get rid of zombies comes back into play when [[spoiler: Nick uses it to draw out all the zombies so the military will be forced to shoot the zombies instead of him and the boys as they escape Washington D.C.]]

* CrazyEnoughToWork: Nick's plan for getting out of Washington, D.C. [[spoiler: Infiltrate a military encampment, disable six of their seven Hummers, hotwire and steal the last one, and then pick up and escape with three kids and a dog?]] Sure, why not?

* DecoyProtagonist: Christopher and Amanda are introduced before even Nick is. [[spoiler: But Christopher doesn't last too long before getting infected. And after Amanda tries to kill Nick, he leaves her for dead, as he probably infected her on accident already.]]

* DontYouDarePityMe: Nick might be half-blind and starving to death, but he doesn't take well to sympathy. [[spoiler: Giving it, on the other hand...]]
* DownerBeginning: The story begins with Christoper and Amanda [[spoiler: walking down a road piled with dead bodies.]] They were stuck on their yacht for a month and had no idea how far the Infection had spread, or the damage it had done.

* EyeScream: Only exacerbated by the fact that [[spoiler: Nick got the wound by saving Coach's life.]]
* EvilGloating: Luke did this to Terrance. [[spoiler: And Kyle did this to Nick.]]

* [[spoiler: GreatEscape:]] The entire four-part, four chapter arc called "The Catalyst."

* HiddenDepths: Nick, while never quite dropping his grumpy stoicism, still became attached to his dog and [[spoiler: two of]] the three kids from Washington- a huge change from his attitude in the game.

* IWillFindYou: [[spoiler: In Chapter 42, Ellis finally finds Nick and takes him to the saferoom Nick has been trying to reach for months.]]

** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Kyle. Barratt comes after a very close second, but his extremely abusive behavior can be just be barely excused for his fear of being infected by the carriers, and well as attempting for subduing the captured carriers so they won't fight back and potentially infecting someone. Which leads too . . .
*** JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler: In-Universe, Barratt warns Dr. Sijan about the dangers of trusting carriers, and of more importantly, never turn your back to one. Unfortunately for Dr. Sijan, she did just that. ]]
* JustAKid: Spoken by Nick after Sean [[spoiler: saves him from dying of a bullet wound.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Kyle. He drugged Nick, threw Rob out to the snow and abandoned him and sent Nick off to a CEDA/Military research facility, which is basically a FateWorseThanDeath for carriers. He was last seen getting ready to go to Maine to find the safezone Ellis and the others were in, as Nick told him there's a safezone there. Kyle's plan is to find other carriers there to pick up and give them Nick's fate.]]

* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Barratt seems to be ESPECIALLY fond of doing this to people after he's tazed them. [[spoiler: Kyle did this to Nick after he woke up from a drug-induced sleep, doing some EvilGloating about abandoning Rob and describing what will happen to Nick when he is taken to the research facility.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Along with the above KickThemWhileTheyAreDown trope, Barratt also has this tendency to not to refer carriers not by name or gender pronouns, but by their designated numbers and "it". Cue him being infected by another carrier he was beating to death and turned into a zombie. To push the karmic justice even further, Nick started to refer zombie!Barratt as an "it" as he made his escape from the facility.]]
* LeftForDead: [[spoiler: Nick does this to Amanda early on after she tries to kill him.]]

* MercyKill: Nick to [[spoiler: Christopher]], when [[spoiler: he inadvertently passes the zombie virus to him.]]

* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: Except for the zombies. Nick is struggling to overcome a handicap and not starve to death, while actually seeking out other people, as opposed to his 'lone-wolf' attitude at the start of the game. Also [[spoiler: after Terry's death.]]

* SlasherSmile: [[spoiler: Nick gives one to the female guard he ended up shooting as she was begging for help...shortly before infecting her with his blood.]]

* ThrowTheDogABone: In chapter 28, after all the shit Nick's been through the past twenty eight chapters, the gods above must have smiled on him, when he [[spoiler: finally, ''finally'' gets laid by a fiery red head.]]

* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: Chapter 23.]] May induce shock and profuse crying.
** [[spoiler: Chapter 33. "I will fucking KILL YOU, Kyle."]]
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Nick angrily asks Coach and Rochelle in the epilogue why they left him behind in North Carolina.]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Nick apparently has a fear of water [[spoiler: from nearly drowning on a cruise ship]] and a 'really-he'll-piss-his-pants' fear of Witches. [[spoiler: For good reason.]]
* WordOfGod: The author has stated that in canon, [[spoiler: Amanda becomes a witch after she is abandoned.]]
** [[spoiler: And what happened to Rob, seems pretty ambiguous, right? Maybe he made it out okay!]] [[IWillWaitForYou Nope.]]

** There's also the unnamed Carrier who [[spoiler: infects Barratt after a struggle]], known only as "909."

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[[caption-width:300: Yes, this is [[BadassInANiceSuit Nick]]. After a sunken boat, an encounter with a Witch, and a separation from his teammates, that is.]]

* HotMom: Elaine may have gray hairs and is older than Nick, but he admits she still has a strong and youthful look about her.

A [[Left4Dead Left 4 Dead 2]] fanfiction by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1586803/Disrupted-Original Disrupted Original]] that takes place after the ending of the game. Apparently the survivors were slated to be brought to [[AllThereInTheManual a fleet of cruise ships]]. The author takes this idea and runs with it, having the cruise ship crash and/or sink into the ocean. The game's party of four becomes separated from each other. This story follows Nick as he tries to reunite with them.

This fanfic is now complete, at 43 chapters.

It can be read [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5984812/1/Two_Step here]].

* ArcWords: [[spoiler: 'Say hey, Daisy Mae. How many children have died today?']]
** [[spoiler: 'Turn the page, wash your hands.']]
*** Same arc, arguably: [[spoiler: 'Hope is just a word with a hole in it.']]
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: In 'The Catalyst' chapters 38 and 39, Nick basically goes into full on crazy commando mode as he ends up working himself free of his ziptie restraints during a sample-taking, kills the doctor who has done nothing but help him by strangling her with his IV line, slashes the throat of one guard with a scalpel, shoots two more, and THEN purposely infects one of the shot guards with his blood as she was begging him for help. Oh, and with a SlasherSmile on his face, too. 'Crazy' doesn't -begin- to describe it.]]

* SnowballFight: Issac tries to do this with Sean but instead Nick with a snowball. Few seconds later, Sean throws a snowball at Nick, this time intentionally. Cue CrowningMomentofFunny.

* [[spoiler: ShootTheDog: For one brief, shining moment, it seemed like Nick was finally, FINALLY going to make it to the safezone. WITH Rob in tow. And then Kyle happened.]]

*** JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler: In-Universe, Barrat warns Dr. Sijan about the dangers of trusting carriers, and of more importantly, never turn your back to one. Unfortunately for Dr.Sijan, she did just that. ]]

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Kyle. He drugged Nick, threw Rob out to the snow and abandoned him and sent Nick off to a CEDA/Military research facility, which is basically a FateWorseThanDeath for carriers. He was last seen getting ready to go to Maine to find the safezone Ellis and the others were in, as Nick told them there's a safezone there.]]

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Kyle. He drugged Nick, threw Rob out to the snow and abandoned him and sent Nick off to a CEDA/Military research facility, which is basically FateWorstThanDeath for carriers. He was last seen getting ready to go to Maine to find the safezone Ellis and the others were in, as Nick told them there's a safezone there.]]

* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Barratt seems to be ESPECIALLY fond of doing this to people after he's tazed them.

** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Kyle. Barratt comes after a very close second, but his hatred and bigotry can be just be barely excused for his fear of being infected by the carriers. Which leads too . . .

** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Kyle

** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Barratt

This fanfic is now complete.

* IWillFindYou: It is yet to be seen whether or not Nick does reunite with Coach and the others.

This fanfic is still in-progress, at 30+ chapters.

* YouAreNumberSix: After being taken into the research facility, Nick is "C-315-024" or just "315".

* MoralEventHorizon: Gregory shooting the traincar full of children. Kyle kidnapping Nick and [[spoiler: abandoning Rob.]] Even Nick himself seems to dance around this line with some of the things he does. [[spoiler: He finally crosses it when he goes full on AxCrazy on those at the research facility.]]

** [[spoiler: 'Turn the page, wash your hands.'

* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: In 'The Catalyst' chapters 38 and 39, Nick basically goes into full on crazy commando mode as he ends up killing the doctor who has done nothing but help him by strangling her with his IV line, slashing the throat of one guard, shooting two more, and purposely infecting one of the shot guards with his blood as she was begging him for help. Oh, and with a SlasherSmile on his face, too. 'Crazy' doesn't -begin- to describe it.]]

* WordOfGod: The author has stated that in canon, [[spoiler: Amanda becomes a witch after she is abandoned.]]