(Outside the facility, ten people were preparing to launch an attack. They all wore black
uniforms and visors, hiding their faces.)
"Okay, are we all ready?" one of the men asked. He was obviously the leader, as all of the
others immediately jumped to attention and saluted him. "Yes, all ready," they responded.
"Good, let's get those poor kids out of there. Hopefully we can save them all, but for the
ones who were slaughtered, well, their revenge is about to be meted out."
As Danielle was about to head off to her fate, the glass doors of the facility were blown in,
sending the guards at the door flying into unconsciousness. "What the..." the receptionist
said, only to recoil as, faster than blinking, three guns were pointed at her head. The
soldiers from before had entered the building. "Everyone stay quiet!" one of the men
shouted. We're going to get you out of here. The Courts just ruled that transforming you
into animals, no matter how human, and robbing you of your lives was a federal offense.
We're going to return you to your families as soon as we can, and hopefully we can save
some of your fellow citizens before it's too late. I swear it, as long as I live. For I am Marcus
Rigby of the Covert Operations Division of the FBI!
"FBI?" Danielle asked. "Why would they want to help us? Wasn't it the government's idea to
start this program in the first place?" Marcus, hearing her, turned to face Danielle and
Alex. "That is largely true miss. Unfortunately for the government, a small group of people
in every sector decided to stage a coup de tat, and now the government is completely
under our control. Now get out of here before those freaks in white coats decide to take
matters into their own hands." Rigby delivered this narrative while drawing two pistols out
of holsters on his hips and moving to face the doorway. "Come on, let's go!" Alex shouted,
practically dragging Danielle toward the door. But she resisted him, wanting to see what
would happen next.
"What's the meaning of this?" Dr. Hellstrom asked, coming out of the back room after
several youths ran out of the room, forgetting their clothing in the process. Several of the
soldiers with Rigby helped them into spare uniforms. "Well well well, the cobra rears its
ugly head. Well unfortunately for you Gilliano Hellstrom, your project is being shut down.
These children will be freed, and after we have dealt with you, we will seize your stores of
antidote and try to reverse the changes you have done to the rest of these fine people."
Rigby said. "Don't you even try that boy!" Hellstrom yelled. "We're trying to salvage the
food chain! What are we going to eat when all of our livestock are gone?" "Well Doctor"
Rigby said, a slight glint in his eye. "I guess we'll be eating you." So saying, he went over
to Hellstrom, kicked him in the head, and fired a dart into his neck from his gun. His
comrades did the same thing to the receptionist, and several other scientists scattered
around the building.
"Grrr, what have you done to me?" Hellstrom asked. Rigby replied, "We have given you a
taste of your own medicine. You see, we were well aware that taking away all of the
livestock would cause serious problems, so we decided to return the curse upon the
witches who cast it. Let me see, in about five minutes, you're going to become a fine
specimen of a...."