As of this chapter the story will officially begin to take off, so sit back, relax, and enjoy the soothing sounds of 88 Fingers Eddward... Oh and enjoy the chapter too.

Jimmy watched the dog chew whatever it was eating for a moment as he made his choice. He still couldn't see what the dog ate, and that disturbed him the most. Ultimately, he decided to slowly back away, he knew better than to interact with a stray animal, it could have a disease.

As he backed away, Jimmy accidentally stepped on a twig, the cracking sound caught the attention of the dog. It's appearance was absolutely morbid, which both terrified and sickened Jimmy.

The dog had patches of skin on its face rotting, it's eyes were a sick yellow and it's pupils were red. Just like the boy that went to the Nurse's office back at school. Jimmy screamed as he ran away as fast as his legs could take him.

'Why oh why must I be so out of shape?! Now of all times!' Jimmy thought to himself. "Sarah!" He screamed, trying to call out for the one person he put his whole faith in.

Back at the cul-de-sac, Double D had picked up Eddy from his house and they were then heading to Ed's house. Double D wanted to tutor his friends so that they could he prepared for the exam when they went back to school.

Double D rang the doorbell to Ed's house, Sarah was the one who answered.

"Hello Sarah, we were wondering if Ed was home. We were planning to study for our finals together."

"Ed's not here, he ran out of the house saying that he was gonna go see your friend Matt." Sarah answered.

"Now why on earth would he go visit Matt?" Double D pondered, until the fact finally came to him. "Oh he wants to go see that comic book!"

"We'll that's Lumpy for ya'." Eddy groaned.

"I'll never understand Ed's attraction to comics. Thank you Sarah." Double D said, but Sarah stooped the two before they could leave.

"Hey, have either of you seen Jimmy by the way? I haven't seen him since school let out."

"I'm sure he's out pickin' posies or something." Eddy said as he dragged Double D away and closed the door.

Sarah rolled her eyes as she went to go call Jimmy. The phone at Jimmy's house rang but nobody was answering it. Jimmy's dad was still at work while his mom was out buying groceries.

Jimmy ran through the streets, even going through the roads several times to avoid the seemingly rabid dog. Cars honked at the Jimmy, but the terrified boy was too intent on getting away from the beast, he didn't seem to notice the cars honking at him.

Jimmy ran back on to the sidewalk, running passed various stores, apartments, and other buildings. Jimmy saw an alleyway coming up and got an idea. He ran into the alley and saw a fence, he climbed up the fence as fast as he could. Once he hopped over the fence the dog entered the alley as well.

Jimmy thought that the dog would be unable to follow him and would turn back, allowing him to get a quick sigh of relief. The beast snarled at Jimmy and ran at him with full force. Jimmy still backed off as he was still rather close to the fence. He ended up running away as fast as his legs could carry him when the strange dog ran through the fence and shattered the metal chain as if it were nothing more than tissue paper.

The chase continued all over again, exhaustion was beginning to catch up with him, but adrenaline kept the young boy running. He pictured the dog attacking him, it was chewing on his retainer, which was coated on a thick, red liquid. Jimmy was brought out of his trance by another beeping car horn. He looked in the direction of the car, which was only several feet from him. Out of instinct, Jimmy leaped away from both the car and the dog with the last of his strength, he heard the car's tired screech and then hit something, a squishing sound resonated and caught the attention of passerby's.

"Are you crazy?! I could've hit you, kid!" The man said, getting out of the car that almost killed Jimmy.

Jimmy gasped for breath and clutched his chest, all that running exhausted him. The attention of Jimmy and the man was turned to the dog, which had been run over and beheaded by the car.

What horrified the both of them was that the dog snarled at them, though it couldn't move. The snarls grew weaker and weaker as the dog lost blood until the dog finally died. The combination of the horrifying dog, the adrenaline, and all of the running and climbing Jimmy did finally took its toll on his body. He threw up and then passed out.

Jimmy was beginning to wake up, he saw familiar figures and colors, they were his family, Sarah, and the man that almost hit him. Jimmy's mom immediately hugged him as he woke up, she was in hysterics.

"Oh my poor baby, mommy's here!" Jimmy's mom cried.

"What happened?" Jimmy asked.

"I brought you here after that whole episode with that weird dog." The man explained. "The name's Christensen by the way, Keenan Christensen."

"T-thank you Mr. Christensen." Jimmy said, he noticed that his mouth felt strange.

"Ah, I see you've noticed!" The doctor announced. He handed Jimmy a mirror, Jimmy was shocked to see his headgear was now removed, he now had normal, pearly white teeth!

"Woohoo! This is great!" Jimmy cheered, he and Sarah celebrated Jimmy's teeth. As they did though, everyone heard a loud crash followed by the screams resonating from the lower floors.

"What in the world?!" The doctor said in shock, several security guards ran to check on the cause of the crash while another entered the room everyone was in.

"We have a Code Red, everyone must exit the hospital immediately." The guard said.

Everyone helped Jimmy back up to his feet and rushed to the elevator which was powered down. The lights soon shut off immediately afterwards, leaving the hospital lit only by the exit signs and any lights powered by batteries.

"Damn, whatever's going on must have affected the generator! We have to rely on the stairs." The doctor said. The group rushed downstairs, thankfully they weren't too high up in the hospital. They all arrived at the lobby and managed to see what was causing the chaos. There were people that had the same condition as the boy in the nurse's office.

They were charging at the guards, trying to bite them in any way. The guards forced the strange people away. Eventually the guards were left with no choice but to use their weapons, thankfully the group were able to escape the hospital before any bullets were fired.

As the group made their escape, the Kanker sisters were trying to watch TV, but the sound of screaming made it difficult for them.

"Ugh, can't they just be quiet!" May groaned.

"They're gonna wake up Mom..." Marie said in a worried tone. The three sisters began to hide when they were footsteps rushing down the stairs.

It was a woman that had long hair like May, but it was a deep red color like Lee's. Her face resembled Marie, and she wore a white blouse and jeans. She was carrying a shotgun...

The Kanker's mom kicked the door open, aiming her shotgun.

"I thought I told you damn Jehovah's Witnesses that I-" she shouted, but she stopped when she saw people of neighboring trailers being attacked by the same people who were attacking the hospital.

The Kankers' mom immediately shut the door.

"What's outside, mom?" Lee asked, seeing the panic in her mom's face. She had a gun, but there was no actual ammo inside, it was only to scare people away.

"Girls, you might need to get out of the house for a while. It's going to get a little heavy here..."

Lee looked at her sister's and then back at her mom...

What should the Kanker sisters do?

Option A: Go find safety with their friends.

Option B: Stay with their mom.

Make your choice...

Things are about to get kind of heavy, thanks for reading this chapter. Stay tuned for the next one!