Gustavo was walking all around his exhibit as his new legs were better suited for running and that was new to him. It was as if he had unlimited stamina and Luren was on her phone trying to find out what had happened. She was calling her friends, her family and the polices, but she was not getting any service.
"Damm it. Wait for me."
She looked at Gustavo who looked like he was built for battle and she had felt she had to be around him. She was definitely not happy as he could eat her at any moment. Suddenly multiple roars, hisses, and snarls were heard all around as the animals that had succumbed and the ones that lives were starting to break out of their enclosures.
Their instincts were going wild and they began to have a total free-for. The survivors would grow stronger by eating their foes and the losers would perish. Gustavo suddenly felt a desire and felt his hunger spike and he charged at the wall of his enclosure. It was made of solid stone, but he rammed right through it like it was nothing.
Lauren was shocked he could move that fast and ran after him. Most crocodiles could run at about 20 miles as an hour in short bursts, but Gustavo's new body let him reach speeds up to 32 miles and he was charging right into the thick of the fight.
Gorillas, lions, tigers, armadillos, hippos, jaguars, hyenas, and even wolves were all in a huge free-for. Some looked like mutated monsters and yet the alive ones looked like they were built for war. A Gorilla was standing upright and looked to be made of pure steel fighting tooth and claw with a huge male lion that was as black as the night.
Shadows rushed off the lion and Gustavo's eyes began to glow red and his black body began to have a luster like metal and his claws and fangs began to release a green fluid and he rushed at full speed at a huge jaguar that looked as big as a bear and on fire.
It charged right at him and soon both creatures were caught in a massive fight. Its huge-burning claws burned through his armored scales and yet Gustavo's own claws, spikes and ferocity were making him take the lead. With every wound, it received a toxin was spreading through its body and soon it froze just enough for Gustavos's jaws to clamp down on its head.
With a sick crunch, its skull caved in and Gustavo began to shake it and ripped off the head, and swallowed it. He left the body and rushed to the next challenger a huge rhino that was covered in spikes and made of rocks. It was as big as an elephant and its horn shined.
Luren was watching from a distance as she was too scared as this was nothing like she had ever seen. She had grown up at this zoo and she knew a few of the animals here and when she saw the Jaguar die it hurt. As she watched as more of them died it was heartbreaking as a few were born at this zoo.
Gustavo's tail began to smash into the ground and he charged right at the rhino. It charged right at him and both creatures running at each other was a sight to watch. The alive animals moved out of the way, but the mutants were just rushing on instinct.
Gustavo and the Rhino turned them into a paste and before both animals met, Gustavo jumped over it and rhinos cannot turn on a dime, but he could. He clamped down on its back leg and his teeth shined and pierced through the stone and hide and began to pump toxins into the rhino melting its insides.
It roared in agony, but Gustavo began to do the famous death roll and ripped off a huge chunk of flesh, and swallowed it. The rhino no longer could stand and collapse and he was not one to miss his chance. He rushed at its head and clamped down on the prize, its brain.
He shook his head back and forth and ripped off the head. He began to eat it and soon it was down his gullet. The rest of the living animals fled and the infected rushed after them. Some of them stayed and rushed at Gustavo. He simply swung his tail and cut them in half.
He soon began to feed on their bodies and the thing was the infected could only infect another creature by bitting so him eating it would be just fine. Lauren could never have imagined she would have been seeing this. Soon Gustavo had his full and left the area to Lauren.
She saw him heading right for her and closed her eyes expecting to be eaten. She felt a blast of air hit her and she opened her eyes and saw she was looking right into Gustavo's eyes. They were only about a foot apart and she got a closer look at his new body.
She reached out and ran her hand on his snout feeling the scales had a feeling like metal. She also saw the battle scars he had all though out his body from his fights just now and they seemed to be healing.
"What am I going to do? I am dreaming right now, hallucinating." She began to pace back and forth in shock as she tried to find a reasonable reason for this. He just watched the weird human and he felt the brains of the creatures he ate being broken down in his gut.
He had a strange feeling like the more he ate the clearer his thought became. He began to walk away and when Lauren realized he was leaving her behind she ran up to his side. She was moving faster than any human and she only realized.
"Did I become Captain America or something? This is too weird don't you think?" She was trying to distract herself from her thoughts and she was talking to him again. He was looking for his pond and when he found it he entered the water.
He rushed to the depth's to relax and Lauren was left alone and a bit afraid. She looked down at the water and she could make out his body even though the water was murky. She sighed as he left her alone. She looked around and pulled out her phone calling her dad once more.
She once again got static and she sighed and sat down waiting for Gustavo. She did not know why she felt the need to stick with him, but she felt safer around the croc than alone. If there was one animal she did not want to run into it was the polar bear here. She had a feeling if she ran into it alone she would be a meal.
While she was thinking of a way to get out of here without being eaten and taking Gustavo with her the rest of the world was in shambles. Most of the humans that got infected were dying left and right and the rare few would survive.
At the moment each Infector could cover an area of a hundred miles and as such there were few places clear of the infection. However, some of the worst places were the sea as the infectors could cover a larger area in water. At the moment the sea would be one of the worst places to be.
US White House.
An infector fell right on the white house and as such the president and his family died on impact. The army was without leadership and all around the world, the infectors were spreading the infection. As it was the early stages once the infection arrived nothing could stop it.
North Korea and South Korea, Russia, China, Germany, Britain, and many more countries had multiple Infectors fall on them. There were thousands and yet as the infection progressed more and more would be produced. One of the lucky countries was Italy where not one Infector fell on it. Sadly for it, it would not remain safe for long.
All around the world, the surviving army personal had to deal with the infected, and more than once world leaders would abandon the people for their personal bunkers. They might live for now, but the virus spares no one.
As for Gustavo and Lauren they were one of the lucky ones as Gustavo and Lauren had genetics that was better than most. Gustavo managed to achieve the beginner metal and poison affinities even if normally most creatures in the first stages of infection only get one.
Lauren did not know it, but she too had managed to get two affinities, but unlike animals that just knew instinctively what to do, she did not. She was running blind and was stuck waiting for Gustavo to leave his pond. As for the croc himself, he found that he rather be on land and began to swim up to the surface.
He walked on land and looked at Lauren. She looked up as he was out of the water.
"Hey, we can't stay here forever. We got to go and I guess look for help or a safe place to stay. Wait, do you even need help?" If he could he would sigh, but he did not care. He found that staying here would not get him food and he knew that much. He began to leave his enclosure once again and this time she walked next to his huge head.
It was kind of odd seeing a huge mutant crocodile and a woman walking side by side, but here they were. As they walked most animals already left the zoo as staying here would not be beneficial. Even the herbivores like the deer, antelope, zebras, and the rest left as well.
Lauren looked at Gustavo and began to walk ahead. She began to walk to the entrance of the zoo and he followed her to leave his home for the first time in his life. He began to feel the excitement.
Along the way, they did not run into any animals as most of them left or hid. Lauren just hoped they did not run into the polar bear as she had no clue what it would have turned into. If it fought Gustavo she did not know if the croc would win and she rather play it safe.
When they got to the exit she looked at the croc and sighed "I am freeing a super predator right now. I can't believe I am letting you out like this, but what choice do I have. Let's go."
He walked out of the zoo and looked all around and the new sites with interest. He did see anything but buildings. As they walked out Lauren had a weird idea and jumped on his neck. She was lucky he did not have spikes on his neck and he felt it was odd.
"Sorry, but you will be faster." He just began walked and ignored it. He looked all around and did not know where to go as this was the first time he explored. Suddenly he felt Lauren shaking in terror and he looked at what she was so scared of.
A huge hoard of infected humans, animals, and everything in between was rushing right at them. Most of the animals had already run away or had been eaten and Gustavo was no exception. He began to flee as fast as his body allowed it and Lauren held on for dear life.
She hoped he could outrun the hoard and if it was before he would have been caught and eaten, but his new body was made for running.
"RUN RIGHT!" He did not have the time to even try to think, but he did just as she said. Lucky for him the beginner stages of the infection made that the hoard was just a bit slower than normal.
Lossing the hoard was not hard, but what came after was. She had him stop at a store and she jumped off.
"Please, stay here." He just ran faster than he had ever run he was not one to complain and he laid down waiting. Lucky for him, his mutated body could deal with fatigue better than ever.
As for Lauren, she entered went to the front door and she did not know wh, but she kicked down a wall into the store. She did not have time to ask questions and she grabbed a few backpacks and stuff them with food for her and a few supplies she would need.
She had to pack as many supplies as she would need and the good thing was that the store was closed. As she packed Gustavo was being watched by a few people who had the same idea as Lauren to pack supplies.
They had no intention to pick a fight with him, but they also needed supplies.