"Alex you'll want to check this out" toothdee said.

Alex came over to toothdee and looked at the computer screen in front of her. On the screen was an aerial view of an area of the world. But there was also a dot on the map, indicating that a signal was being transmitted from this location.

"This signal just popped up" toothdee said "it's a distress beacon, but we don't know who sent it or why. But that's not the strangest part, can you guess where this is?"

Alex focused on the image, he noticed a large gray building where the signal was coming from. Around the building were massive waterfalls, with the structure sitting just on the edge of the falls. A long roadway lead away from the building and disappeared from view.

"Is that the cliffside asylum?" Alex asked

"Bingo"

"Ok, that's definitely weird"

"I don't know what to do. We should investigate this, but I don't like it. Why is there a distress beacon coming from asylum? That place is abandoned."

"Well, despite the danger, there is no other way to find out what's going on unless we go there"

That's just what alex did. Within less than an hour, alex was standing on the road outside the asylum. A storm was brewing and a few drops of rain fell down from the sky. Alex had on a gas mask to protect himself from any harmful particles that could be inside. As alex neared the asylum he saw police tape and signs on the doors of the asylum.

The signs said things like "no entry" or "condemned".

Alex cut open the lock and entered the building as his radio came to life.

"Alex-ex" toothdee said in a distorted voice. "We-were losing your *static* transmission *crackle* must be the sto-storm."

"You sure?" Alex said. "The storm doesn't seem to intense"

"*static*"

"Great, looks like I'm on my own"

Alex looked around the entrance to the asylum, everything was covered in dust and it was very dark. Alex flipped on his flashlight and started heading deeper into the asylum. He had a tracker on him that would tell him when he was getting closer to the beacon. This place was getting more creepy by the second, and Alex kept looking around him, feeling like he wasn't alone. The tracker lit up as it recognized that alex was getting closer to the beacon. He didn't know the specific way to get closer to the beacon, the entire building was a maze filled with dark corridors.

As alex turned down a hallway he saw what he thought were 2 flashes of light. He didn't know what was causing those flashes, but when alex turned his flashlight in the direction of the flashes, he saw that there was a metal object sitting where the flashes were. The object must have reflected some light and created the flashes.

Alex continued towards the beacon, with his tracker continuing to light up and beep as alex got closer. He noticed claw marks and paw prints in the dust on the walls and floor. The claw marks could be explained because of the history of this place, but the footprints, not so much. Also the prints and scratches looked new, which wouldn't be the case if the marks had been made a while prior. The prints might have been new because maybe a homeless person was using the building as a shelter, but that still didn't leave any explanation for the claw marks.

Suddenly Alex saw what he thought was movement at the end of a hallway. Shining his flashlight at where he thought the movement was, alex noticed that the dust was floating in the air.

"Hello?" Alex called out.

No response.

Maybe it was a homeless person that was hiding in the building and fled when alex came near.

He continued to the heart of the asylum and came across a mechanical device. Upon closer inspection, the device was the beacon. As alex examined it, he couldn't find anything that told him who the beacon belonged to. As alex wondered who had called him here, he gazed forward in the room and saw a body, He examined it. It was a female white tiger in a university sweatshirt, lying face down on the ground.

His eyes widened, he remembered seeing this white tiger dead on the ground at the university. He quickly ran over to inspect the body closer, but when he moved closer the tigers eyes opened and she jumped up on all fours. She lunged at alex and pinned him to the ground. Alex kept her at bay by pushing her upwards with his rifle. Then he mustered enough strength to push her off and punch her in the head, knocking her out. It was a savage animal, but how? Weren't all these animals killed by the gas? Alex saw them lying dead. Unless...

Alex realized what happened. The blue gas was night howlers. An airborne version that was modified to make animals appear dead, then turn them Savage. That's why no one realized before that these mammals were still alive. Then he realized that the white tiger was not the only animal in the building. Those flashes he saw before, they were eyes. The movement that kicked up dust, it was a savage animal. The paw prints and claw marks, were from the animals as well.

Alex had to escape, and do it without killing any animals. They were just innocent people in the wrong place at the wrong time. They didn't deserve to die. Alex quickly ran out of the room and sprinted down the hallway. A savage wolf appeared and jumped at alex, but he quickly dodged the attack and punched the wolf in the head. He kept running and jumped over a savage bear that was in front of him. Alex ran though the lobby and slammed the locked door and continued to run on to the bridge.

"A-lex" toothdees voice came through over the radio. "Do you read *crackle* us? Someone is J-J-J-J-Jaming our *static,* coms"

"I read you. I need an immediate drop of non lethal weapons and containment gear"

"It's on *static* it's way-ay"

Those doors would not hold back the savage animals forever. Suddenly a large missile struck the ground near alex and imbedded itself in the pavement. The sides of the missile popped off and revealed a cache of no lethal weapons. Sleeping gas grenades, a tranquilizer rifle, a pistol that fired stunning electric shocks. Alex grabbed these weapons and also grabbed some containment equipment, such as a lock that would hold up to any threat.

The savage mammals busted through the door and started running at Alex, who Started engaging with the rifle and pistol. He downed the first mammals and then continued to fall back. Reaching the gate, alex shut it and put the lock on. That would keep the savage animals contained.

"Alex can you hear me?" Toothdee said, this time with no static.

"Loud and clear"

"Oh thank god. Someone was jamming our coms but we don't know who. What did you find out with the beacon?"

"Man do I have something to tell you"