Fortune City

Fortune City was a large fictional Las Vegas-styled resort city in the U.S. state of Nevada. It serves as a replacement of Las Vegas since its bombing in 2008. It was built to satisfy adult needs, being known famously as an “adult playground.” However, this paradise of a city was overrun by zombies due to an act of terrorism that led to its destruction in September of 2011. It will serve as the primary setting of Dead Rising 2 videos.
== Description ==
Fortune City was a more newer city built somewhere in the state of Nevada, serving as a replacement city for Las Vegas, which was overrun by zombies and incinerated in a firebombing in September of 2008.
It is considered a famous “adult playground,” where many citizens can go to enjoy a vacation full of gambling and other vices.
Fortune City was home to numerous casinos, notably the country-styled. Slot Ranch Casino, the Mexican-styled Yucatan Casino, the Atlantis-styled Atlantica Casino, the American-styled Americana Casino, and other small casinos, as well as two large shopping malls: The Royal Flash Plaza and Palisades Mall, an unfinished shopping mall: the South Plaza, an arena, and a large luxurious hotel.
Due to recent events of zombie outbreaks as well as rising infection rates, an emergency bunker shelter was built to ensure that any who survive can be safe until rescue.
== History (Canon) ==
=== Early History ===
Fortune City’s actual construction date is unknown, but considering that it is a replacement and replica of the fallen city of Las Vegas, it can be assumed that construction started the year after its fall, around 2009 or so, as some areas were shown to still be under construction and the buildings were relatively new.
Fortune City gained popularity for filling in Vegas’ shoes as the new “Sin City” of Nevada, full of gambling and alcohol. It was a playground where adults can indulge and enjoy their lives.
This somewhat devious harmony lasted for only a short period of time until its own fall in late September of 2011, just over three years after the fall of Vegas, when a terrorist attack led to zombies overrunning Fortune City.
=== Greene Outbreak/Fortune’s End, 2011 ===
September of 2011 marked the date of Fortune’s End, a notorious zombie outbreak that claimed the lives of thousands of innocent people as well as another city that fell to the parasite.
The outbreak began around the early hours of September 25th, 2011 when game show host Tyrone “T.K.” King disguised himself as fallen-from-grace motocross champion Chuck Greene and blew charges to the zombie pens located in the Fortune City Arena, not too long after an event of TK’s controversial show, Terror is Reality. In actuality, Chuck was in an elevator and was knocked unconscious during the explosion and he rushed to save his daughter, Katey, with the two barely escaping the arena alive. TK was hired by pharmaceutical company Phenotrans to start an outbreak to drive up their prices of Zombrex due to the amount of demand Zombrex will have after the outbreak ends with the amount of possible survivors being possibly infected.
A large number of survivors managed to survive the initial stages of the outbreak beginning, but only a handful made it to the government shelter alive, including Chuck and his daughter. However, Chuck was forced into action within the infested city due to Katey requiring Zombrex herself every 24 hours due to her infection from her zombified mother in Las Vegas to avoid zombification. If Chuck fails to do so, Katey would die and Chuck would allow himself to die during a zombie overrun. After arriving in the shelter, Chuck met C.U.R.E. leader Stacey Forscythe, who was in Fortune City to protest against the unfair and harsh treatment of zombies, but survived and made it to the shelter, offering to be his eyes in the city via playback cameras. After ensuring that his daughter lived another day, Chuck and Stacey finally watched the news and saw that Chuck was framed due to TK wearing his show outfit. Chuck realized that he was set up for the outbreak and that he needed to find proof or he will never see the outside of a prison cell again once the military arrive in three days time. If Chuck doesn’t get the proof, he will be murdered on the third day by an unseen attacker and if he is not in the bunker by this time, he would be killed by special zombies after being captured.
Chuck remembered that the reporter who mentioned Chuck - Rebecca Chang, was inside the hotel and he went to meet her. He struck a deal with her, who was hesitant in revealing her source as Chuck was a prime suspect, where if she was to help point out anything useful for Chuck to find proof of his innocence, he would be willing to give her an exclusive interview on his side of the story, which was what she wanted as she was chasing the big story. The two investigated the arena security office to view any tapes left behind, but TK and his minions got to the evidence before Chuck could to ensure that he would remain the suspect. Rebecca became intrigued by the situation after seeing that there was a scandal going on, even if there was nothing that could prove Chuck’s innocence. Back in the bunker, Chuck made a deal with the guard, Raymond Sullivan, where if he kept bringing survivors back alive, he was allowed to come and go whenever he needed, but if he was to perish, that was it for him, threatening to do whatever he needed to do if he misbehaved. Chuck, Rebecca, and Stacey agreed to work together to get to the bottom of the scandal.
The following night, Chuck and Stacey noticed a lead on some strange individuals moving equipment underneath the city in the service tunnels. As Chuck investigated, he recognized a figure who stepped off the service train - TK himself. Chuck accidentally revealed himself and fought off his mercenaries, chasing after TK’s train moments after. Chuck was able to board and survive the mercenaries, but failed to catch TK after he released the rest of the train cargo from the engine he was on and shot at him, which Chuck avoided.
After Chuck ensured Katey was safe from zombification, as Chuck relayed the news to Stacey and Rebecca that TK was the one responsible for the outbreak, an explosion shook the bunker and Stacey noticed people blowing open the casino vaults and making off with the money.
Chuck went to fight the same mercenaries who fought him back in the tunnels and stopped them from stealing the casino money. Chuck realized that TK set them up to steal money from the vaults and leave the city, eventually destroying a security van transporting the cash, stranding TK in the city longer. Rebecca was investigating the scene and realized Chuck’s innocence, deciding to have him meet her source in a nightclub in the Yucatan.
Around midnight, Chuck was called by Stacey to head for the nightclub as Rebecca might be in trouble. As he waited in the bar, the beautiful and sexy twins that TK had as his assistants, Amber and Crystal Bailey, confronted Chuck, either due to him being in TK’s way, for them to get richer off of Chuck’s demise, or because they truly believed he was responsible, but them assisting TK was the likely case. They locked Chuck and a tied up Rebecca in the club and tried to kill the former with katanas. However, Chuck stopped them and killed one of the twins, with the other swearing that he will never leave the city alive and committed suicide shortly after. Rebecca apologized for them being her source, but she overheard the twins talking, saying that TK has another chopper coming in tomorrow night and that he was getting whatever cash he can and fleeing the city before Chuck could catch and expose him, but since the two did not know where the chopper was coming in, they would have to watch for it atop the bunker around 8 pm the next night.
Chuck and Rebecca met on the rooftop of the shelter the following night and started watching for the helicopter. However, time passed and they were initially about to give up when the helicopter finally arrived, but it was about to land on the hotel rooftop. Chuck and Rebecca race to stop TK from getting away, eventually making it onto the rooftop, but TK acted quickly and tried to escape, but Chuck was able to quickly use a winch to ensure that the chopper would not fly very far before lowering it down further by pressing its button. After damaging it enough, the chopper finally crashed, with TK surviving a painful fall and an explosion, but falling into unconsciousness. Chuck and Rebecca carried TK back to the bunker and had him restrained by Sullivan until the rescue would come.
After Chuck saved whoever else was in the city and ensured that Katey had enough Zombrex to live until the military arrived, Chuck managed to make it back to the bunker to watch the military arrive. Just at 10:00 am on September 28th, the military arrived over the Fortune City drawbridge and arrived into the city to clean up and grab the survivors. However, although everything was going smoothly, with Rebecca recording from a nearby rooftop, green gas started to emerge from the sewers, which caused the zombies to stand on the grates to become specialized zombies that vomited acid blood and were harder to kill. Only one soldier survived the onslaught - Sergeant Dwight Boykin, who went into shellshock and drove underground, with Rebecca following suit in a panic and was captured underground. Back in the safe house, the main group was despaired by what they witnessed, with the group trying to figure out what to do as the rescue had failed. Sullivan mentioned that due to standard operating procedure, if the first rescue attempt fails, another attempt will be made in 24 hours, but only if it looks like there are any survivors remaining in the city, but if there are no signs of life or if the second rescue fails, a firebombing will be issued, where the city would be incinerated with anyone still inside it. Chuck went to save Rebecca and defeated Boykin, who blew himself up when he thought Chuck was a zombie that bit him.
Chuck and Rebecca miraculously made it back alive, with TK regaining consciousness, but refused to say anything about the gas, but revealed that someone (Phenotrans) gave him Chuck’s name and was assigned the job of starting the outbreak and framing Chuck in the process, as his past was perfect for it to seem like a terrorist attack made in an act of vengeance due to his wife’s demise in Vegas. With no other option but to wait and ensure that the bunker remains secure and the survivors still alive, the group discuss the gas, but in the midst of the conversation, everything went wrong.
In a sudden moment, the bunker underwent an emergency alarm and zombies breached through the security door that stopped the zombies from getting through, with the door panel being malfunctioned, likely due to tampering. Chuck ventured out into the overrun corridors of the bunker to grab the necessary tools to repair the panel and close the second emergency gate, with the survivors who have made it inside thanks to Chuck’s support defending themselves. Chuck was succeeded and ensured that the Safe House was safe again. However, Sullivan was nowhere to be found and TK got free. However, as he tried to find an exit, he was suddenly tackled by a stray zombie and bitten on the neck. Chuck was able to intervene just in time and killed the zombie, but failed to stop the zombie from infecting TK in an ironic twist. TK was restrained once again and Sullivan explained that he was knocked out and he just regained consciousness looking at Chuck. TK demanded that Chuck get him some Zombrex and in exchange, he would ensure that he would be set free.
Shortly after, Chuck, Stacey, Rebecca, and Sullivan watched in shock as the news reported that the military made it into the city and made it into the shelter, but found that it was overrun and everyone in it was already dead, and while trying to flee the city, they too perished in the outbreak. In reality, the military did not make it to the shelter alive and everyone in it was actually still alive, but the news was fabricated. As a result, the President ordered the military to dispatch firebombing jets to level the city around 7 am the next day. The group began to panic as they realized that if they cannot prove that there were still people alive inside the city, those who are presumed dead will actually end up dead. The group calmly assessed the situation and watched Rebecca’s tape of the rescue, in whicht he gas appeared to be coming from underground. Chuck prompted to go, which Sullivan tried to stop, but Chuck refused to sit still as he is aware that if he did not go, everyone is doomed. As so, if Chuck does not find the proof needed or does not finish everything on time, the city will be leveled with anyone in it being incinerated.
Chuck ventured underground and made it to a strange security gate and managed to get it open. However, the zombies that would have normally wanted to eat Chuck instead walked right past him into the doors, allowing him to walk through without problem. However, as he walked further in, he stumbled upon a lab full of queen bees, and an ear-piercing sound suddenly sounded, which stunned Chuck and killed the zombies by causing their heads to explode. After it was done, the queens that were inside the zombies were harvested for shipment. The guards noticed Chuck and he was forced to kill them in self-defense. Chuck made it to the control room and killed the two stationary scientists who had a laptop and a cellular device to call for help. Chuck looked on the computer and learned that it was Phenotrans who caused everything.
Chuck brought the incriminating evidence back to show the group and Rebecca correctly deduced that Phenotrans started the outbreak because it has been three years since the last one in Vegas and now people are not buying Zombrex like they used to, likely due to the infected slowly dying off overtime. And now that zombies are back and people are dying and getting infected again, they can create more Zombrex from Queen bees and sell it for a premium price. Chuck vowed to take them down, even handing Rebecca the phone to call her station, Channel 6 Action News to send help. Unfortunately, before the call could go through, Rebecca was suddenly shot in the forehead by Sullivan himself, who was on the Phenotrans payroll, explaining that Chuck and all of the survivors were supposed to die, with the outbreak being blamed on Chuck so that the Phenotrans would never be suspected, since the firebombing would dispose of any left-behind evidence. Sullivan took the laptop and the phone so that the survivors have no chance of escape. Before Sullivan could shoot and kill Chuck and Katey on the spot, Stacey stopped him from doing so, causing him to run away into the city and find a good spot to extract, with Chuck in hot pursuit with murderous intent.
Chuck chased Sullivan across the infested city until they both reached the top of the Yucatan Casino rooftop, where Sullivan prepared for his escape. He explained in a delusional way that Fortune City as well as the outbreaks that they have caused were sacrifices that had to be made to harvest more queens for Zombrex thanks to Isabela Keyes’ research. Chuck then became increasingly angry and swore to kill Sullivan after realizing that the Vegas outbreak was caused by Phenotrans and potentially Sullivan as well, believing him to be the murderer of his wife. The two men then engaged in a bloody and violent fight where one would be the victor and the other would die, where Chuck needed to win at all costs of Sullivan would escape with the evidence that could prove Chuck’s innocence and he himself would be left behind to die in the following explosion. Chuck won the battle, despite Sullivan getting assistance from a Phenotrans plane. However, before Chuck could kill Sullivan, the plane fired its cannons at Chuck, momentarily stunning him. As Sullivan prepared for extraction, he insultingly told Chuck “we’re the good guys, not you.” However, Chuck quickly handcuffed Sullivan’s harness to a bolted in pole and as the plane snagged his parachute, it ripped his body in half. However, although Chuck was unable to save the evidence as it was either dropped and destroyed or still carried by Sullivan’s upper torso of his corpse, the phone was dropped. Chuck used it to call Channel 6 Action News, telling them that there were still survivors in Fortune City and he needed rescue helicopters sent to the bunker now.
Hours later into the late morning, Chuck was airlifted back to the bunker to meet up with Stacey, who was carrying a sleeping Katey. However, Katey dropped her backpack. As the three boarded the helicopter to finally go home and escape the nightmare of Fortune City, Chuck noticed the missing backpack and went back to grab it, only to be grabbed by the forearm by a now zombified TK, who succumbed to the parasite due to Chuck’s intentional negligence and had somehow made his way onto the elevator and onto the rooftop. Due to TK’s strength as a zombie, Chuck struggled to get away as other zombies began to surround him in the elevator. Realizing that he would never be able to break free in time, Chuck tossed Katey’s backpack to Stacey, who watched helplessly, yelling for her to take care of her, resigning himself to his fate. As the elevator doors closed, Chuck was pinned to the floor by zombie TK, forcing Stacey to somberly leave Chuck behind and was able to escape Fortune City with a still sleeping Katey. However, Chuck was still alive but trapped in the elevator.
Hours later, Chuck was able to clear most of the elevator somehow, but still struggled to escape zombie TK. Due to his exhaustion, Chuck was pinned once again and before he could finally be killed, the elevator doors opened to the rooftop once again and a baseball bat smashed zombie TK’s head in, killing him once and for all. The man was revealed to be famous photojournalist and veteran zombie outbreak survivor, Frank West. He saved Chuck but after recognizing him, initially planned to leave him to rot or turn him in for bounty money. However, he revealed that he did not quite believe what he saw on TV, citing this as one of the reasons he came to Fortune City. Chuck revealed that Phenotrans were responsible for the deaths of Vegas and Fortune, as well as Rebecca, which Frank was shocked to hear as she was his partner in photojournalism for the past three years ever since the Vegas outbreak. Although Chuck was about to venture back into the city to find more proof, Frank stopped him, citing that “they’re going to blow this place to Hell any second,” making Chuck realize that if he went back inside, he would surely die in the firebombing, which was somehow postponed, likely to ensure that the choppers extracted everybody. However, Frank let him in on intel about a facility west of the city limits in the desert. Frank allowed Chuck to come but threatened to kill him if he had anything to do with the outbreak, much to Chuck’s frustration.
With Chuck and Frank being the last survivors to make it out of Fortune City alive, the outbreak became known as Fortune’s End and it was presumably firebombed shortly after, according to an epilogue message. In addition, the events of Fortune was proven to be caused by Phenotrans thanks to the evidence put forth by Stacey, presumably posthumously exonerating Chuck for the crimes since he was declared missing or dead since his last sighting. However, Chuck made it back to civilization a free man, and the ashes of Fortune City blended back into memory as another city lost to the parasite, like many after it.
=== Legacy ===
The survivors of Fortune City, including Chuck, Stacey, Katey, and even Bibi Love had their own stories to tell about their time in the city. During the Los Perdidos outbreak in 2021, ten years after Fortune’s End, Diego Martinez mentioned how they should have had things under control since the outbreak, with a museum being built for dedication to the memories of Willamette and Fortune City. Chuck even brought up his perspective of Fortune City to Nick Ramos.
== Greene Outbreak (Non-Canon) ==
=== Ending B ===
In Ending B of the main story, Chuck failed to stop Sullivan from escaping with the evidence or ran out of time to locate the evidence. As scheduled, the military arrive in fighter jets and proceeded to drop the bombs onto the city, destroying all organic life within it. Everyone still inside the city was killed.
=== Ending C ===
In Ending C of the story, Chuck failed to clear his name and managed to keep his daughter alive. As he awaited military rescue and his imminent arrest after with Katey and Stacey, gunshots rang out in the halls of the bunker. As Chuck went to investigate, he was suddenly shot twice in the chest and killed by an escaping Sullivan, with Katey and Stacey dying moments after. The city was destroyed a couple of days later in a similar fashion as to how it went in Ending B.
=== Ending D ===
In Ending D, Chuck was captured while he was outside when the military arrived. As he was held captive, the military began to clean up the streets but the Humvee they were in suddenly stopped and as the doors opened, Chuck looked out in horror as the gas zombies made their debut, with Chuck and the military likely perishing as a result. The city was leveled two days later.
=== Ending F ===
In Ending F, Chuck went into a catatonic and blank depression state after he had failed to save his daughter from zombification. On the day the military was due to arrive, Chuck only stood in silence as he held and looked longingly at Katey’s backpack, with Stacey attempting to comfort him but to no response from Chuck. After doing so, Stacey noticed the bunker was breached and tried to close and lock the door, but failed to do so and retreated as zombies broke in. Chuck did nothing to stop the zombies from pulling him down to the floor and eating him alive as Stacey watched in horror. The city was leveled two days later.
=== Ending S ===
In Ending S, which is an alternative good end to the story but revealed to not be canon, Chuck gave TK Zombrex before he killed Sullivan. Instead of reuniting with Katey and Stacey on the rooftop, they were nowhere to be seen. Chuck returned to the now empty bunker and found Katey’s discarded backpack on the floor of the security room. Chuck spent the next few hours looking on the monitors for any signs of Katey and Stacey, and suddenly heard TK’s voice coming from his Transceiver. TK then revealed that he got free and captured both Katey and Stacey and that he was about to put in “overtime” work for TK, where he had to get him some party favors and evidence and in exchange, he might consider letting them go alive.
Chuck searched the city for the items TK requested and was fruitful in doing so. TK then told him to meet him in the Arena to discuss terms and conditions. However, TK went back on his word and ambushed Chuck, tasering and knocking him into unconsciousness. Chuck reawakened suspended over the arena floor full of zombies by his feet, while Katey and Stacey were being slowly lowered into the zombie crowd, while TK got on the loudspeaker and insulted Chuck. Chuck managed to get himself free and climbed up the rope to reach the upper catwalk. After successfully doing so, Chuck used the crane lever to raise Katey and Stacey away from the ground, but since TK noticed Chuck climbing upwards, he stopped him from raising them further and kicked the lever. The two then engaged in a final confrontation on the catwalk, with Chuck being forced to juggle between survival, killing TK, and ensuring that Katey and Stacey do not go too low as to avoid them getting eaten.
Chuck managed to finally incapacitate TK but before he could raise the girls, he was suddenly grabbed and nearly strangled by TK, with him repeating his famous line, “You gotta be willing to risk it all if you’re ever really gonna-,” but before TK could finish, Chuck hurled him over the catwalk railing and sent him falling to his death, finishing with “win big!” He then raised the girls up and embraced the girls, saying “it’s over, we’re going home.” The three then held hands as they walked away together to escape the city. A zombie then jumpscared the player as it screamed.
== Off the Record of Fortune’s End (Non-Canon) ==
== Fortune’s Endings (Non-Canon) ==
=== Ending B ===
Frank neglected TK and did not give him Zombrex for his bite. After killing Stacey in the Uranus Zone, he returned to the bunker via the helicopter to grab TK and bring him to justice. However, as he called the elevator, it opened to TK having fully turned into a zombie, grabbing Frank and hurling him to the ground, where Frank struggled to keep TK from biting him. The helicopter pilot noticed the multiple zombies that were piling out of the elevator and slowly began to approach the helicopter. Not able to save Frank without putting the remaining survivors and himself at risk, the helicopter pilot decided to take off before they would become overwhelmed, trapping Frank with TK. As Frank continued to struggle against TK and (presumably) about to be bitten on the neck, the other zombies began to surround the two as Frank showed no signs of escaping. The city was firebombed after, with there being no mentioning of Frank having made it out alive.
=== Ending C ===
In Ending C, it played out the same as it would in Ending B of Chuck’s story, where the military arrive on schedule and drop the bombs on Fortune City, incinerating it and anyone left alive inside. If Frank failed to stop Stacey, she is the only survivor to make it out in time.
=== Ending D ===
Frank failed to discover the truth behind the true culprit of the outbreak and could not find proof of CURE’s innocence. He ultimately decided to remain in the safe house until the military comes. Frank poured himself a cup of coffee in the cafeteria, but suddenly heard gunshots coming from the corridors. As he looked outside, he noticed the attacker, presumably Stacey, and he was suddenly shot in the head by the attacker, falling backwards and lying dead on the floor. The city was leveled a couple of days after.
=== Ending E ===
Much like Ending D in Chuck’s story, Frank was captured by the military upon their arrival and chose to keep him tied up and escorted in the Humvee. Although he was not viewed as the culprit, the soldiers did not take too kindly to Frank for his photojournalist career. However, the Humvee suddenly stopped, much to the soldiers’ confusion and opened the door to the green gas piling in, with the gas zombies presumably killing everyone, including Frank.
== Locations ==
=== Platinum Strip ===
* Fortune City Arena
* Americana Casino
* Fortune City Emergency Shelter
=== Silver Strip ===
* Yucatan Casino
* Slot Ranch Casino
=== Fortune Park ===
* Atlantica Casino
* Royal Flush Mall
* Fortune City Hotel
== Gallery ==
== Trivia ==
* In every possible ending, Fortune City is destroyed off-screen. However, the fates of the survivors change, whether they die in the shelter by an unseen attacker, by the firebombs, or by zombies, or they escape.
* In the non-canon game, Off the Record, the city was made larger by adding new areas and events.
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