101 Subduing the Mutator Dog (1/2)
Day 3 – 4:07 PM – Citta Italia Main Road, Citta Italia Pvt. Subd. , Molino III, Bacoor City, Cavite
The cold wind blew while Mark sat on top of the MB Sprinter. His pupils were dilated and his senses were all opened. He kept on staring at the row of houses to the north as if his sight penetrated through them. Huge movements could be detected by him along with the faint stomping sound of the concrete coming from that direction.
They were about to pass through the last branching street. After that street was a short bridge that goes over a creek and the closed gates could be seen even further. Mark knew that the Mutator Dog would appear at that last corner as it was its last vantage point to attack. Pulling out the radios once more, he ordered.
”All vehicles! Overtake us and head for the gates first! That huge dog is going to attack at any moment!
Odel! Reduce the speed and we'll be on the tail of the group! We'll counter attack after the other vehicles passed through that bridge!”
After giving out his orders, the vehicles immediately went into formation. There was no hesitation aside from the newcomers as they all knew that only Mark's group would be able to handle the situation.
Still, all of the survivors on the other vehicles could not help but feel even more nervous. They could see the closed gates on the distance. Once they reached the gates, they would have no choice but to stop. And that situation would be grave for them with the threat of the huge dog behind their backs.
Inside the MB Sprinter, Sundra and the clumsy woman could not help but feel the cold sweat on their backs. They knew nothing about Mark's group aside from having a connection with Carlo and being their saviors. The two women could not understand how these people could think of making that three meter tall dog as a pet. To them confronting that monster was just suicide.
Just as expected, when they passed through the last branching street, a three meter tall shadow jumped over a two story house. The huge dog landed just behind the MB Sprinter with a loud stomping sound. Frightened yelps could be heard from the survivors inside the vehicles when they heard the sound when the Mutator dog landed.
It snarled as it landed behind the convoy. The loud snarls it made gave everyone chills on their backs. Unfortunately for the dog, Mark saw through its plan and his vehicle was the one at the tail of the group. His simple order saved several lives since if the convoy continued on the same formation as before, the vehicle that should be behind would easily fall into the fangs of this animal without being able to fight back.
TSST! TSST! TSST! TSST! TSST!
The moment the Mutant Dog started to chase, Mark immediately unleashed several bullets. Unfortunately, it seemed that the huge dog could already distinguish the muffled sounds coming from his assault rifle. Given how higher the senses of animals compared to humans, it could discern the sound even from a distance. The moment that the first shot was released, the dog immediately jumped to the side making the bullets hit nothing but air. Nevertheless, it made the dog late to start its chase. Mark also noticed that the wounds he inflicted this dog had already healed. There were still traces of blood on its fur but there were no wounds to be found.
The convoy passed over the bridge and soon reached the closed gates at full speed. Without any other choice, the whole convoy stopped. Upon the stop of the convoy, the police immediately went out their vehicles except for those who were injured from the dog's attack before. They immediately went into position to protect the other vehicles while two of them went to open the gates. However, the two people who were about to open the gates stopped abruptly. They could see several infected wandering on the other side of the gate. However, what worried them wore was that further in the distance, they could see nothing but silhouettes of the infected lurking around the area.
Behind the convoy, the black armored vehicle stopped horizontally blocking the road. After that, Mark jumped down from the roof while Abbygale and Odelina came out of the vehicle. The three immediately went to block the Mutator dog lagging behind due to Mark's interference.
As the survivors on the other vehicles were not informed, they were surprised that Mark's group planned on confronting the huge dog. They were all confused to what they had to do so. Furthermore, they were baffled to why the female driver of their vehicle also went out to confront the dog. At that moment, under their watchful eyes, the female driver removed her jacket and the tank-top she was wearing revealing a black tube swimsuit covering her chest. The woman then hurriedly threw the clothes she took off into the vehicle.
”Odel, what are you doing?”
Mark asked with a confused expression. He could admit that Odelina's body shape looked good but it was not the time to display that.
”Master, you said that we will go all out. If I put on my armor while wearing those, the clothes will get ripped apart.”
Mark nodded. He remembered that time that she lost control, she was partially clothed and on the video, she was practically naked after Freed saved her. He then noticed several wounds on her lower back. It was the place he managed to shoot her that night.
”It hasn't healed yet?”
Mark frowned as he looked at the wounds he inflicted to his servant. Noticing where he was looking at, Odelina let out a helpless expression.
”Master, I'm not like you whose broken bones could even get fixed after several hours of sleeping. Also, my recovery is already fast.”
”Papa! Papa! The doggie is already watching us!”
Mark did not manage to reply to Odelina anymore as Abbygale was tugging forcefully at the hem of his jacket.
Actually, even if he was looking at somewhere else, he was carefully monitoring the emotional intents of the dog in front of them. It did not dare to come over immediately as it was baffled for their existence. Even if the majority of the emotional fluctuations of the Mutator dog were occupied by fierceness, Mark could still faintly discern its intents. However, he could not deny that his head felt heavy and was hurting too much.
The huge dog was slowly stepping forward towards the three in all cautiousness. It was confused to why these puny humans had the guts to block its path but it was also feeling danger from the three for no known reason. Nevertheless, the dog's bloodthirsty nature won and it started to attack despite the danger it felt.
As the vehicles were now stopped and the dog was running straight towards their direction, the ferocious face of the dog was clearly seen by the survivors watching this time. The scene gave them a huge levels of fright specially the four survivors from the commercial center and the two who were saved from WCRonalds. The newcomers really felt fear for the three who were facing the huge dog without a hint of fear.
Facing the ferocious charge of the dog, Mark aimed his gun and unleashed a barrage of bullets making the dog jump back and forth. Mark carefully shot this time while estimating where the dog would land after jumping making several bullets hit its body and made it retreat back while spurting blood.
TSST! TSST! TSST! TSST!
At the same moment that Mark shot, Odelina's body started to get covered in her grey bone armor while Abbygale beside him shot off with inhuman speed. Her sudden burst of speed not only shocked the newcomers but also the huge dog. Before it could even wail in pain, Abbygale reached the spot below its head and jumped. The wail that it was about to let out was swallowed back as the little girl jumped over two meters high and unleashed a ferocious kick towards its chin.
BAM!
Abbygale's attack caused the three meter tall dog to stagger backwards a step. The kick was powerful but was not enough to make the dog fall.
Infuriated, the dog forcefully recovered and its head moved forward aiming to swallow the little girl that had yet to fall down back on the ground. Abbygale's face turned sour as she could smell the unpleasant breath of the dog attempting to swallow her.