Chapter 29: Worse by the Second

-The Dog Park-

Diesel squeezed his fat head through the hole of the soft dirt above him. His tail waved profusely upon realizing where he was. "What do you see up there Diesel?", Dolly called.

"We're at the dog park!", Diesel gleefully answered his body movements showing visible hints of excitement. He heaved the rest of his body out the hole while everyone else after hearing the word "Park" almost trampled over each other leaving the underground tunnel.

The last to step out taking a deep breath of fresh air were the two eldest siblings Dolly and Dylan. "Well at least everyone's occupied.", Dylan sighed with relief.

"Yo D-Dog!", A fox wearing a white t-shirt and camo shorts waved down the two dalmatians.

Dylan and Dolly turned to the fox. Dylan suddenly was swooped up into a tight painful hug from behind. "Oh hey Roxy...", Dylan nervously greeted with a fake smile. Dolly held back laughter as to avoid embarrasing her brother.

"Say where's the Humie?", Fergus asked. "Humie" is a nickname that was given to Aaron by Fergus awhile back. It's basically Human and Bestie put together in one word.

"He's been kidnapped by that evil witch Cruella de Vil.", Dolly remembered. Fergus froze while Roxy dropped Dylan from the painful hug she had him in after hearing the name of his captor. "And so have our parents. And now we need help getting them back."

Fergus thought about it for a moment before turning his attention back to the two Dalmatians. "Alright just give me the down low and I'll see what I can do.", He stated.

Splash!

" *Cough* *Cough* ", I could feel a sudden wet sensation across my body. The young boy who I recognized as Hunter stood before me with a bucket like he'd just got done pouring something on me. The only difference this time was his hair wasn't tied up, but it was messy and down to his shoulders.

"Morning Sunshine...", A woman I thought I'd never see again welcomed sitting in a chair spoke to me.

"M-Mom...", I muttered in fear. She chuckled and called Hunter. "Go and retrieve those puppies like we've told and make it fast. It's almost midnight Chop! Chop!"

Hunter hurriedly left the room leaving me with my abusive mother. I tried to stand up, but felt my hands restrained to the back of the wheelchair I was seated in. "Where's Delilah and Doug?", I asked in an aggressive way.

"They're on the second floor with De Vil.", Mom answered taking a sip of tea.

"Where's Anna?"

"She's with her little boyfriend."

She must be taking about DJ. I'm glad they're both ok. Hopefully those two can find a way out of here together. "How are you not in jail? The cops arrested you.", I panted.

"Well when you're a government official like myself everything always goes in your favor. I'm one of the best american scientist there is to date as well.", She casually explained.

"What do you want with me anyways? I thought you hated me and wanted me out of your life forever?", I asked.

"I do hate you. You and that fucking father of yours, but you're more useful to me alive at the moment. You're nothing, but a key ingredient for my first step to achieving world domination.", She calmly retorted.

"I would never help you or De Vil you crazy bitch!", I spat in my defense.

"I know you won't that's where this comes in to play.", She got up from where she was seated and pushed the wheelchair I was in towards a window. She had me facing into a room that had three seperate clear containers filled with a red bubbly liquid.

"What...is that?", I questioned.

"That...is the key to success. You see while the time that we were away from each other I've decided I would get back into my biology and DNA studies. Inside those containers are a virus, but not just any virus. This virus I've made myself can turn you into a literal monster once it gets into your bloodstream. It infects your genetic code and morphs it into something sinister.", She told me.

"What does any of that have to do with me whatsoever?", I questioned.

"I don't want to give it away before the time comes. I've said too much to that nosey little sister of yours.", She mocked which greatly pissed me off.

"Where's Dad?"

She smiled and pushed my wheelchair a foot away from a flatscreen tv plastered on the wall. She used a shiny black remote and switched the televison on.

The screen displayed a dimly lit room that was all too familiar to me upon examining it. It was the same room me and Anna saw on the news where those five police officers were murdered by that monster spider.

The only difference this time was the room was covered in webbing. My father was seated in the middle of the room his head hanging low. He must still be knocked out. "I'm pretty sure you've heard about that spider that's been running around London.", Mom wondered.

"Hold the phone...is that thing here because of you?", I asked with shock.

"I guess you could say that. That's exactly how I know the virus works. I injected the poor thing with my personal little concoction and it works!", she replied happily. Deep inside I had a feeling that the thing wasn't here by accident. "Soon there will be another monster rampaging through the streets of London."

She said it in such a hinting way as if hinting at a possible event in the future. I wonder what kind of monster she's talking about?

-To Anna and DJ-

"There's gotta be something around here that could help us.", DJ muttered to himself as he and Anna rummaged the room they were held captive in.

"I found a screwdriver.", Anna pointed out holding the tool out for her friend to see.

"What could we use that for?", DJ asked. Anna took in her surroundings. She couldn't pry the door open with it, She can't break a window since they're were no windows at all, but once she saw a vent on the wall a few feet away from them an idea sprouted into her creative mind.

She got to her knees in front of the vent. Using the tool she unscrewed all four nails that held the vent into the way. She used all her strength to pull of the covering of the vent. She smiled once see realized the vent was big enough for them to crawl through.

"Follow me through here.", She pointed to the open vent before climbing inside. DJ was stunned by how quick she was able to find a way out. Her survival skills were definitely top notch. It's almost like everything is going in her favor.

"Smart girl.", DJ thought impressed by the young girl's actions. He eventually crawled into the air duct himself following after Anna who was surprisingly fast and agile for her age. He made sure to keep up behind her.

"Ok here's the plan. First thing we'll do is get Aaron, Second then we save our parents, and third we get the heck out of this terrible place as quick as possible.", Anna announced.

"Sounds like a plan.", DJ nodded.