"Come on Bri!" Isabella begged as she gave her older sister her infamous baby kitten eyes while holding up her Xbox controller. 

Zack rolled his eyes at her and chuckled. "I'm down if you wanna play Bri." He said quickly, smiling at the blond girl in front of him. Brianna looked at her younger sister and her boyfriend, both of them obviously wanting to play a game judging by the looks they were giving her...

Always the more responsible one, Brianna sighed before placing her hands on her hips. "Fine..." She agreed, pointing directly at her sister before grinning. "But only if we get some high levels!"

The short memory ended as abruptly as it started as Isabella regained consciousness, standing up dizzily. She tried to move her left arm but couldn't and almost immediately doubled over in pain. 

Fuck! What the hell- 

It all came rushing back to her in a second. She remembered riding the lander back to the main building and being forced to run upstairs due the amount of zombies pouring in from every direction. From there she had run through the gate on the roof, trying to get to the chalk outline on the wall where she could buy ammo for her upgraded M16, but didn't make it that far...

So many zombies were coming at her as she tried to enter the room before Speed Cola, picking off a few while dodging others, she fought her way down the stairs knowing the hole in the wall would be her only escape. She pulled out her Thundergun quickly and turned around, blasting the zombies behind her with the last shot in her weapon. Turning to jump through the hole, she realized she had missed a zombie that was behind a wall as it scratched her in the back, making her fall instead.

Isabella crashed to the ground, landing on her left shoulder as she screamed in pain while hearing the sickening crunch of bone breaking. 

Fuck... I'm dead... She thought desperately while struggling to stand. She grabbed her Skullcrusher with her good arm and ran as the zombies continued pouring out of the building behind her. 

Thank you Treyarch for creating Stamin-Up! Isabella rejoiced mentally as she made her way towards the stage, stopping now and then to turn around and slaughter the undead via decapitation. Racing up the steps, she made it to the back wall, preparing to make a stand there. 

The dark haired woman reloaded her weapon quickly before pouring the rest of her ammunition into the approaching horde. They were getting closer and closer... But then she noticed something that was hovering and glowing green... 

Taking a few steps forward, she reached out and touched it, resulting in a creepy voice.

"INSTA-KILL!"

"Hear that freakbags? You're gonna die!"

Isabella looked up and smiled as she saw Dempsey and Richtofen running towards her while taking out numerous amounts of zombies. She shot the last couple of undead around her, using up the last of her ammo, as she threw her gun to the side and leaned against the wall, gripping her left arm. Tank made his way onto the stage, killing the zombies that followed him while Richtofen ran around at the bottom of the stairs, gathering them into a group.

"Hahahahahaha! DIE!" The doctor shouted as he threw a grenade into the crowd, resulting in a large explosion of blood and flying body parts.

The amount of zombies swarming in slowed until the point where it stopped all together as the last corpse fell to the ground, silenced by Richtofen's MP40. 

This really hurts... Isabella thought, feeling a little lightheaded as she slid down the wall behind her, taking a seat on the cold concrete floor. She watched Dempsey run up to her, a look of concern on his face, as he asked the question she was dreading answering.

"What happened?!" He said in a rush, kneeling down next to her while noticing the pained expression on her face. "You okay?" Richtofen was right behind the American, as he jogged up just in time to hear her response.

"I fell out of a building." She said, feeling dumb already. "Oh, wait..." She paused, really thinking about it. "A zombie pushed me..." Isabella went on, deciding to go with that explanation while looking at the two confused men. 

"What an asshole, right?"

Tank snorted. How the hell can she make jokes at a time like this...

"Ve should find a safe place vere I can take a look at zhat." Richtofen advised, gesturing towards Isabella's arm.

Isabella thought for a moment before coming up with a plan. "I have an idea." She said as she held out her good arm, letting the Marine help her to her feet. 

"We should launch the rocket-"

"How is that gonna help us?!" Dempsey interrupted, as he stopped Isabella from picking up her empty air cannon, bending down himself to get it for her. She frowned, not used to having someone doing things for her but chose to let it go. It was the least of her worries at this point. 

"Well, if you had let me finish..." She began, looking at the blond man who was impatiently waiting for her to continue. She rolled her eyes. "If we launch the rocket it'll open up Pack-A-Punch..." 

Pointing to the Thundergun in Dempsey's hands, she continued. "You can upgrade that... Get full ammo for it... You know, cool stuff like that."

"Oooooh!" Richtofen squealed, "I can upgrade mein MP40! Wunderbar!"

Isabella nodded before glancing back at Dempsey, grinning and raising an eyebrow.

"Alright," Dempsey agreed, not really having a choice in the matter. "Let's..." He trailed off realizing that he didn't know how to launch the rocket, as he looked at Isabella for advice. She laughed, wincing in pain a bit from even the slightest bit of movement. 

Richtofen noticed how much her shoulder seemed to be bothering her and was a bit worried. If it was something serious she wouldn't be able to hold a gun for quite a while. She would, in all seriousness, be a disadvantage to their team. A liability that would require constant protection...

"This way..." Isabella said, leading them towards the main building's roof unaware of what, or rather who, was up there waiting for them.

...

Back in Shi No Numa...

...

"Welcome to Awesometown! Population: 1. Me." Zack bragged after silencing three hellhounds in a row with his EPC WN. 

Brianna was backed up against him, facing the other way, shooting down dogs with her upgraded Galil. She looked through the scope and grinned as she sprayed laser bullets into another hound causing it to explode in ball of flames. 

"Fetch this puppies!" She yelled while cooking a grenade and throwing it, taking out another hell dog.

"Speed Cola... Is honorable." Takeo said while grinning as he downed the fizzy drink, feeling it's effects immediately. Reloading his ray gun quickly, he unleashed deadly accuracy on the dogs, killing the majority of them before anyone else could.

"Let's all bow before the mighty Japanese warrior! Asshole." Nikolai slurred sarcastically, upset that he didn't have anything else to kill or drink at the moment.

The last dog fell to the ground, its head blown to pieces by a round from Zack's gun as he winked at Brianna, making her blush as she smiled up at him, grateful he was at her side. Everyone reloaded as he moved forward to touch the glowing box of ammunition hovering in the air. 

"MAX AMMO!" A voice shouted as they looked down to find all their clips full.

The fog in the room began to dissipate as Takeo realized the sun was close to setting, bringing slight relief from the undead for another night.

"The dishonorable have been vanquished." He said calmly, taking a seat against the crates by the Speed Cola machine. It was starting to get dark out and one of the only sources of light in the room came from the eerie glow of that particular machine. 

"For now..." Nikolai said, getting comfortable as well. Leaning against the wall, he looked through his small backpack thingy searching for any type of alcohol, finding nothing until his hand grasped a glass bottle in the bottom of the bag. He pulled it out excitedly, until he realized what it was. Damn cherry vodka. Not bad but... Not very er, manly...

Shrugging he lifted the bottle to his lips and took a generous swig, while Brianna's eyes widened from across the room as she recognized the bottle he was sipping liquor from instantly.

"Where did you get that?" The blonde girl asked, speaking up while panicking slightly, fearing the Russian soldier's answer. "Have you seen a girl named Isabella by chance?" She finished quickly, waiting for the Soviet to respond.

Nikolai looked up from his drink and into the face of the young woman asking him the question, a frown returning to his features when reminded of Isabella's disappearance. As well as the absence of his other two teammates. But how did this other girl know her? That's when it hit him. 

They look so similar... He thought, putting together all the pieces of the puzzle in his drunken mind as he stared at her green eyes, reminding him of someone else with eyes like those. They must be-

"Isabella-san is fighting with our other comrades..." Takeo stated, interrupting Nikolai's thoughts and hoping that the demon they were fighting only separated their party into two groups. "How is it that you know her?" He finished, curious of their connection to the strange girl.

Brianna took in a deep breath, calming down a bit now that she knew her sister was alive out there... Somewhere. Trying to stay positive, she glanced at Zack who nodded at her and smiled, as she faced the two men who were waiting for answers from the newcomers before beginning to speak again.

"I'm her sister..." She started out hesitantly, "And we're not really from here..." She added, trailing off and mumbling that last part a bit.

"We were brought here as well," Zack added, speaking more confidently than the woman sitting next to him. "I don't know why... But apparently, this is our destiny."

Takeo nodded, understanding completely. Nikolai shrugged and continued drinking. Brianna sighed as the Japanese soldier and her boyfriend began chatting it up like they were best friends. Bri snuggled against Zack's shoulder as she closed her eyes, hoping that she would be reunited with her sister soon.

...

Back at the Cosmodrome...

...

Isabella, Dempsey and Richtofen were making their way up the stairs to the roof when suddenly, lights started flashing and the ground began to shake. A few mechanical beeps were heard before a monotone voice filled the speakers around them.

"Initiating launch protocol. Systems check, online."

What the hell?! Isabella thought, taking off towards the roof. Tank and the Doctor fell behind slightly, both of them wondering how it was that she could move so fast. 

"Wait up!" Dempsey shouted, sprinting as fast as he could up the stairs, trying to keep up.

"Status update, complete." The announcer continued, as the countdown began. "5... 4... 3... 2... 1..."

Isabella rounded the corner from the stairs to the roof just in time to catch a glimpse of someone running through the gate. "Wait!" She shouted while chasing after them. "Come back!"

"Warning, launch in progress." 

The rocket began to take off, making the ground tremble beneath them and filling the air with clouds of smoke and dust, as Isabella pursued this mystery man all the way down the steps to Pack-A-Punch easily with the aid of Stamin-Up. 

Favorite perk ever... She thought with a grin as she closed in on who she was chasing.

"Hey!" Isabella shouted, only a few steps behind him. "Wait up!"

He must not have known how close she was because he jumped while simultaneously turning around in shock, causing him to trip over his own feet.

"Aaagghgghdddajkgljdff!" He yelped, falling and rolling multiple times before crashing and burning a final time in a tangled heap. Sliding to a stop at the bottom of the hill near where the box was currently located, he felt around on the ground for his weapon as Isabella jogged up to see if he was alright.

"You okay?" She said quickly, concerned for the stranger. "That was quite the fall-" 

Isabella stopped, as she yet again, had a gun in her face. What the fucking fucks?! Why me? She thought, genuinely irritated.

"Don't come any closer!" The young man panicked, backing away as the hands he was holding his gun with shook a bit.

"Wait! I'm not your enemy!" She said, waving her good hand in what she hoped was a non-offensive gesture. Richtofen and Dempsey had finally caught up and wasted no time in pointing their guns at the, now very scared, young boy who had threatened their teammate.

"Better drop your weapon now boy." Dempsey growled at the dark haired male in front of him, Galil at the ready.

"Ja," Richtofen joined in, chuckling and aiming his sniper rifle at the man's head. "You vouldn't vant mein finger to slip on zhis vould you?"

"Just lower your weapon..." Isabella said calmly as she tried to reason with him. "We don't want to fight you." She looked him over, seeing through his dark messy hair and noticing his eyes right away. A bright blue that reminded her of a certain Marine...

"And you don't want to fight them..." She added, gesturing behind her while shrugging, only guessing how angry they both looked at the moment. He looked up at her suddenly, interrupting her thoughts and meeting her gaze while lowering his MP5K. The other two men lowered their weapons as well, still looking a little agitated, as the stranger cleared his throat.

"So eh, sorry for the bad first impression..." He said, scratching the back of his head and laughing nervously. "I'm Johnny," He coughed, clearing his throat again and continuing in a deeper voice than before. "Johnny De Luca."

"Well that's great and all..." Isabella said, truly not expecting this turn of events. "But what the hell are you doing here?"

Johnny frowned, obviously confused by her question. "Uh, I live in a town not too far from here..." He explained, pointing towards the main entrance. "I really only come here to get guns and supplies to bring back."

"Have you seen anyone else here? A blond girl... About my height?" She questioned, getting her hopes up once more only to be let down again.

"The only fine lady I've seen around here is you..." Johnny answered with a smile before sending Isabella a flirtatious wink.

"Tch, whatever..." Isabella rolled her eyes before stomping off towards Pack-A-Punch, not casting the younger man another glance as Dempsey and Richtofen followed suit.

Denied! Dempsey thought, laughing to himself as he watched Isabella walking in front of him. He chuckled a bit, grinning as he remembered he was going to pack a punch his Galil. Ooh-Rah! It's gonna be awesome!

Johnny sprinted to catch up, a worried look appearing on his pale face at the thought of being left behind for zombies to munch on. 

"Hey wait for me guys!"