Snowball's lungs couldn't take it anymore. He ran around the corner to catch his breath. A bunch of animals ran where they thought Snowball was. "Man," he tried to speak. "What happened to everybody? They all got rabies or something!" He slowly hopped towards the cannibal cats and dogs in the building, following them to see what they would do next.

"I told Tattoo to meet me here today! Where is he?" Just then, he saw Tattoo. He was in the crowd of the mass savages. He was just like them, too, with a fresh bite mark on this back, black-ish eyes, then the signature foam dripping from the mouth. "Oh, that's where he is. And that's Fat Dog!"

He could recognize that pet from anywhere. The big, brown, furry dog that lied to him for being hardcore. "I can't believe Fat Dog was affected! I know where Tiny Dog is, I gotta tell him." He hopped away fast. He was as confused as anyone about what was going on, but he knew it was an epidemic in the building. And it was growing fast.

…

The four dogs were at the front doors of the building. "Are we going in… or no?" Mel asked. That was a question on every dog's mind. If they stayed outside, they'd be safe from the virus, but they wouldn't be able to help. If they went inside, they'd be in danger, but they could help. "I think…" Max began. "I think we should go inside."

Everyone looked at him. "Why?" Gidget asked. "Because," Max said. "Everyone is almost either eaten or one of them. We're the only ones left, and the only ones left who can help." They went to the ladder. "I don't understand," Buddy says. "I go up the ladder to see you, then go down after seeing what happened to Chloe, go to the front door, then go back up the ladder to go into Max's apartment. It's about as confusing as what's happening with the other animals."

They got to Max's apartment. Duke's bloody ear was still in the middle of the room. "There's the ear," Max pointed out. "You say it just came off easily?" Gidget asked. Max nodded. A knock then occurred. A fast knock by a small creature. The dogs backed away. "Oh great!" Max exclaimed. "One's at the door!"

That's what they thought, until it started speaking. "Tiny Dog! Tiny Dog! Are you home?" "Wait. I know that voice," Max said. "Snowball?" "Yes! Yes! Let me in before I become a snack!" Max unlocked the door and opened it. Snowball hopped his way through the door. Max closed the door and locked it back up.

"Well, this is happening, ladies and gents! Pets are eating other pets and humans! My friend was taken from me, and Tiny Dog, I'm afraid that Fat Dog was-" "I know," Max said before he could finish. "And I'm starting to think that he was probably the first one who got whatever this is. Nobody in the building had it until Duke started acting crazy and I let him out of the room."

"Wait, you let Fat Dog out of the room when he had a contagious thing going on?" Snowball asked while getting a little angry. "Maybe," Max replied. Everyone now looked as angry as Snowball. "So you're telling me that the real reason every pet in the building is infected… is because of you?!" Max had to think about it. "I… I guess so."

"Bad dog! Bad dog! Bad dog!" Mel shouted while running around in circles. "That's a little offensive, Mel, and I'm not a bad dog! I just did what I had to to not end up like all the pets outside!" Max told him. Everyone shook their head. It was unforgivable, but it's not like they wouldn't do the same.

"Guys, a human's coming into the building," Snowball said. The dogs rushed over to the window. "Oh no. Katie!" Max shouted. Everyone howled and yelled for Katie to leave. They banged and scratched on the window. "Katie is gonna end up like Chloe's owner! We have to do something!"

They got out of the apartment and looked downstairs. The vicious beasts were eating something unknown as Katie entered the building. "Duke," Katie said. "Is that you? How'd you get out of the room?" She approached Duke and the other man-eating things. The pets upstairs were doing nothing except looking at what was happening in shock.

"Duke, you have to come back to our room, okay?" Katie started noticing that Duke seemed different. Max couldn't take it anymore. "Katie! Don't trust him!" That's when the other pets started saying she shouldn't trust him, either. Katie saw a bunch of dogs barking at her, and Max was one of them. "Max? How did you get out?"

Katie only noticed the dogs barking at her upstairs, who looked upset, but didn't notice Duke until… Bite. The dogs upstairs gasped. "Ooh, right in the hand!" Buddy said. "No! Katie!" Max shouted. Katie was bitten by Duke. Her arm was bloody and the bite mark was almost the same as the ones on the other animals. "Ah!" She tried to hold back the tears. "Duke! Bad dog! Get upstairs now!"

Duke growled. The animals behind him walked up to Katie. Their mouths were foaming non-stop, their eyes were now as black as buttons. They cornered Katie from every side possible, then striked. She screamed in agony as the animals bit her on every part of her body before eating through her skin, then her insides.

"N-No…" Max stuttered. He lay down on the ground and started crying. Everyone looked at him and felt deep sorrow. "Max," Gidget said. She sat next to him and stroked his fur. "It's gonna be okay. Katie's in a… She's in a better place now." Max looked up at Gidget. There were tears still in his reddish eyes.

The animals were done feasting on Katie's remains. They spotted the pets and ran after them. "Forget it, run!" Max ordered. The dogs saw the predators and followed Max into his apartment. They got inside once more and shut and locked the door. The carnivores outside scratched at the door again. "That was a close one," Mel said.

"Now… Did anyone get bitten or scratched?" Snowball asked the others. They all checked everywhere on their bodies, and no marks were anywhere. "We're good," everyone said, all except for Mel. Mel looked happy over in the corner where he was, just wagging his tail. "Mel? What about you?" "Oh," Mel finally responded. "Yeah, I'm good!"

"Then what's that?" Gidget pointed out. Mel turned around. There was a little claw mark on his back, that was a little deep for being called "just a scratch." "Everybody move!" Snowball yelled. Every other dog backed up. "He has the virus!" Snowball moved Mel away from the others. "I… I do?" Mel looked a lot more concerned now.

Snowball pushed him into the closet. Then, Snowball shut the closet door. "Wait, we're just gonna leave Mel in there?" Max asked. "He can't breathe in there! He'll die!" "We have no other choice, Tiny Dog! It's either him or us!" Snowball yelled back. Max sighed. He was just losing everybody today. And it was all because of this stupid thing going on.

"Uh, guys, can I come out now? I'm starting to feel sick," Mel asked. He scratched from the inside of the closet. This was followed by coughing. And then silence. "Man, he's dead now," Buddy thought aloud. Scratching happened again in the closet, but this time, it was more loud. Mel started banging on the closet door now.

"Okay, he's not dead," Buddy thought aloud once more. Then it was silence. "Okay, he's dead." Snowball hopped over to the closet and opened the door. Mel was on the floor. He wasn't moving or breathing, but it was a good thing, because foam flooded the floor from his mouth and his eyes were kind of black. He was one of them.

"Well," Snowball said. "That just happened." All seemed lost, until they heard another knock at the door.