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New Threats--Part IX
Mimi glared at Creed from her position of being chained to the wall. He was circling her like a vulture over a dying animal, considering exactly what to say. Mimi stared very hard at the floor directly in front of her, partially because she didn't want to speak to Creed and partially because she didn't want to look into his hideous face.
Finally, Creed spoke: "I've got a job for you."
Mimi remained silent, trying hard to ignore Creed, but his harsh voice was difficult to ignore.
"All you need do is tell me about your friends families. It's that simple."
Still, Mimi said nothing.
"Go ahead. Start with mothers, fathers, siblings… It's all the same to me."
Silence…
Creed sighed and stated: "don't make it harder than it has to be. If you want to remain alive, I suggest you do as I wish."
Mimi took a shuddering breath and whispered: "you can kill me, but I'm not going to tell you anything." She sounded much braver than she felt.
Creed considered what Mimi had said for a moment before replying: "fine then. I won't kill you" as he walked over to a small control panel.
Mimi furrowed her brow and looked at Creed wondering exactly what he had planned.
"But your friends on the other hand…" He paused, finger poised over a small blue button.
Mimi's eyes widened and she cried: "no! Don't hurt them!"
Creed smiled, knowing that he had struck a nerve.
"Then tell me what you know."
"I--I can't do that," Mimi insisted.
Creed moved his finger closer to the button and replied: "you know, wild dogs are a real threat. Especially if they're hungry. I've got a famished pack of dogs that would just love to uh…meet your friends if you catch my drift."
"But--"
"Tell me now or I release those dogs."
"I…"
"I wonder how long it would take them to hunt them down? An hour? Fifteen minutes?"
Mimi hung her head low and whispered: "I can't."
"Then say goodbye to your friends," Creed answered, pressing the blue button. An electrical hum sounded, followed by the snarling and snapping of a huge pack of dogs…
~*~
TK's condition was worsening more and more. He had begun to whimper and cry out in pain, but his eyes still had not opened once.
Matt had been forced to set his brother down on the ground, afraid that he would drop TK when he had started thrashing.
"What can we do?" Sora wondered, watching as TK tossed and turned.
"We can't exactly take him to the hospital. They'd only kill us all," Joe retorted.
Kari murmured: "I hear something."
"What do you mean--" Izzy started, but trailed off, also hearing it.
One by one, the children heard the sound. It was a loud snarling, baying noise. Dogs. And they were coming closer.
"Come on. We've got to get inside," Tai muttered. "Now."
Matt picked up TK, no longer worrying about dropping him at the moment.
The dogs were drawing nearer, but the children did not run. They were walking as quickly as they could, trying to make as little noise as possible to buy time.
There were no apartment buildings anywhere nearby, so there was no shelter immediately available and the dogs drew ever nearer.
And then the dogs appeared, insane, snapping and stumbling, driven by anger and hunger alone.
It was a pack of at least 25 dogs. Their eyes looked horrible, white lining the rims.
The children all began running at the same instant through an unspoken agreement. There was no way they could beat the dogs by force.
Matt was having the hardest time, as he was carrying TK and more than once he was afraid that the dogs would catch them.
The children were just beginning to pull away from the pack of dogs when another 25 dogs came at them from the front, quickly surrounding them and boxing them in.
One of the closest dogs lunged for Kari, but Tai pushed her out of the way, narrowly missing the jaws of the dog himself.
The dogs closed in coming closer and closer, some foaming at the mouth, but all had their eyes fixed on the children they had trapped.
Matt still held TK in his arms, but noticed that he had stopped thrashing. He looked down at him, worried and saw with a sense of relief that he seemed to be recovering. Already his skin had begun to return to its normal color and the swelling around the bite marks had gone down.
But his relief was quickly interrupted when a huge dog leapt at him, knocking him over and making him drop TK.
The dog rested its forepaws on his chest and Matt could feel its hot breath against his face. And its mouth was open and he could see its sharp carnivorous teeth coming closer and closer to his neck…