WARNING THIS STORY CONTAINS: Violence, Zombies, Gay Romance, not very crazy!RichtofenxNikolai, slight TakeoxDempsey and slight if not full blown incest between two brothers (more apparent in the upcoming chapter three). If any of this you don't like, do not read, do not comment, and just leave now. Otherwise enjoy the story.

"Run fastah! Zey are gaining!" Richtofen yelled as he and two Wehrmacht soldiers, Chadrick and Barrett Haff ran away from a horde of zombie scientists and guards. Both are brothers Chadrick being tall, well built, blond hair, blue eyes, the perfect German soldier. And Barrett is rather small, thin, chocolate brown hair, and emerald green eyes. That is all Richtofen noticed of them before they were running at full speed through Der Riese, a testing facility, trying to escape an experiment gone very wrong. While Chadrick cut down any zombie with his STG-44 that got in their way Barrett covered their rear with his MP-40. And Richtofen blasted anything that got through them with his Walther PPK. When Barrett finished off the pursuing zombies they stopped, huffing and puffing from all the running.

"Ve can rest for ze moment… I vill come up vis a plan." Said Richtofen as he walks over to a window and opens it to get fresh air. As soon as he does sounds of gunfire, screaming, explosions, and a slight metallic smell flood his senses. Chadrick did a quick sweep of the area, occasionally putting a round into a still breathing zombie, then when he was finished, made his way over to his brother who is slumped against a wall across from Richtofen. Barrett is shivering slightly, his lip quivering as he holds back tears. Chadrick eases next to his brother and drapes an arm around his shoulders.

"Are you alright?" Barrett cuddled up to his older brother, taking comfort from his touch.

"I had to kill zem… all mein friends…" A deep sigh came from Chadrick; he then pulled his younger brother closer to him (if it was possible) and kisses his helmeted head.

"I understand. I… I had to kill Hans as vell…" Barrett's' eyes shot up at that. Hans is… well… was Chadricks' best friend since basic training. They were almost inseparable…

"Chadrick… I am zo sorry…" Chadrick nodded solemnly and rested his head on his brothers', pushing his helmet up a little in the process. Richtofen took in the sight for a moment before returning his gaze out into the courtyard. The gunfire and explosions have almost all become silent by now, but by the look of the shambling forms occasionally seen through other windows or shadows as they pass a light or a fire, it wasn't promising in the favor of the living Germans. He then looked across the courtyard to a large structure/tower where a single Teleporter waited, by the looks of it, on standby. The problem being all the zombies that would be attracted to the large power source, but it's the only way out aside from the others but those are still prototypes and would most likely just teleport them somewhere randomly, but the one working one could not transport all three of them. That would take careful calculations and balancing of energies that would take too long.

Of course Richtofen had no quarrels with him escaping and leaving these two to die but something deep inside him told him that sometime later, they will be needed. And since this feeling has kept him alive so far, he is willing to listen to it. But how to get through all the possible zombies…

"I've got it!" He suddenly shouted, startling the two brothers. "Ze vundervaffa DG-2!" He then rounded on the brothers. "I need you escort me to ze science lab." Seeing as he was the highest ranking person there at the moment they had little choice. They untangled themselves of one another and got up, readying their weapons.

Progress was slow as the zombies seemed to become more and more numerous the further they went into the facility, at one point zombie dogs started appearing through unnatural anomalies followed by a loud banging sound. They survived and made hast to the science wing of the building, and upon arriving were met with about sixty former scientists now zombified. During the fighting Richtofen yelled.

"Vait here, I vill return!" And then took off down a hallway leaving the brothers to defend themselves in the experiment chamber. When there was a lull in the wave of zombies Barrett was practically sobbing as he had killed even more people whose faces he knew. He fell to his knees.

"Nein… nein more… I cannot take it." He then turned his grief riddled eyes to Chadrick. "Big brozer, make zem stop… please make zem stop…" After sweeping his STG in an arch around the room, Chadrick knelt down next to his brother and pulled him close with his free arm but kept his other hand on his weapon. Barrett sobbed into his brothers' chest, beyond scarred. Of course he had killed before on the western front but now he was being forced to kill the people he worked with, the people he befriended, it was too much for the eighteen year old.

Before any soothing words could be said however, screeching came down from a darkened hallway to their right. Chadrick immediately put himself in front of his brother, took aim, and pulled the trigger.

*Cli-chuck*

Chadricks' eyes went wide, the gun had jammed. He was about to draw his sidearm when a slightly high pitched voice screeched.

"Get down!" Immediately Chadrick threw himself onto his brother, knocking them both to the dirty ground just as a bolt of lightning flew through the air they had just occupied and slammed into the running zombies. The electricity arched between the running zombies in the hallway, illuminating it for a few seconds before it became dark again followed by the pungent smell of burnt flesh, cloth, and hair. The brothers lifted their gazes to their savior, Richtofen, who stood in another doorway with a large grin on his face and an even larger, and glowing, weapon in his arms.

"Did you miss me?" Neither said a word as the got to their feet. Chadrick, after much yanking on the cocking mechanism, freed the jammed bullet from his STG. They then followed the doctor back the way they came but about halfway through, they took a left through the medical wing which was, in general, a horror movie nightmare with zombies getting up from beds, banging coming from the metal cabinets in which more zombies were trapped. By the time they were out Barrett was a nervous wreck, Chadrick being the only thing stopping him from putting his pistol to his head and ending it. Richtofen, however, was not as concerned as frustrated at Barrett but did not voice it. Even if he didn't have his PhD he could tell that Barrett being force into one traumatic situation after another was having a huge effect on him. He was surprised that he hadn't ended it already, and a part of him was wishing he would, just so the sobbing would stop. But then the other brother would probably take his own life as well leaving Richtofen alone, so it was a necessary nuisance.

Soon enough they came to the door that would lead them outside, so it was now the time to break the news. After only getting about halfway, Chadrick began yelling.

"Vat do you mean only vone can go zrough ze teleporter? Vat about us!" Richtofen frowned at the interruption.

"It vould take too long for me to recalibrate ze machine. Time ve do not have. Besides, ze controls are on ze zird floor, ve vouldn't make it. Und ze pad only has half power, ze svich is somevere I do not know. Zere is no more time!" Chadrick was about to yell at Richtofen when Barrett placed a shaky hand on his arm.

"Brozer… let him go." Both were shocked at Barrett. "Please brozer…"

Chadrick was speechless but nodded. Richtofen sighed but Barrett turned to him next.

"Und you vill return for us." It was an order that left no questions to be had. "Svear on it." Seeing that there was no other way he nodded.

"Ja, I svear to return." Satisfied Barrett checked his ammunition then lead the way into the courtyard with a new look of grim determination in his eyes.

Bullet and electricity bolts flew everywhere along with some grenades they had picked up along the way. Zombies, blood, and zombie body parts were flying everywhere as the group made their way to the transporter pad. Upon arrival Richtofen ran up to the controls and began looking at an indicator screen for any-and-all nearby receiver pads as the Haff brothers covered him from the incoming zombie horde. After pressing in the coordinates and other information required, a beeping noise of confirmation sounded over the shooting and yelling, signaling that the transporter acknowledged the information and was awaiting to be activated. Richtofen was halfway to the pad when he looked back at the brothers. Both of them fighting a losing battle as he made a cowardly escape. A moment of mental deliberation later, he made a decision. He rushed over to Barrett and, while he was quickly reloading, shoved the wunderwaffa DG-2 into his grasp. Barrett nodded, and dropped his MP-40, and began shooting lightening at the zombies. Richtofen picked up the MP-40, took an extra clip from Barrett real quickly then dashed into the teleporter.

The last thing he remembers seeing is the zombies coming at both brothers in a huge mass before he teleported.