The United States had suffered another devastating blow before the wounds from the demons' massive invasion had even begun to heal.
The Rampaging Beasts emerging from remote forests and mountains across the country caught everyone off guard.
At first, the military stationed across the United States could barely handle the damage caused by just a dozen or so Rampaging Beasts and Giant Rats. After suffering massive casualties and losses, they could still kill them.
But when Rampaging Beasts began appearing in large numbers across the nature preserves of Illinois, where Chicago was located, people started to break down.
People here weren't as tough as New Yorkers, and they didn't have all kinds of superhumans living among them.
Everyone knew Manhattan Axe had gone to Washington. But when a few Giant Beasts appeared, a cuddly-looking panda led several enormous little buddies into the fray and took care of them, guns blazing.
The legendary Female Wolf Rider had been so infuriated by her mount's unruly behavior that she'd stopped showing up. New York didn't seem to be in too much trouble, either.
The two young heroes, Spider-Man and Green Ranger, even had time to help out neighboring New Jersey.
The flaming Captain America and his three companions had dealt with the rat infestation in New York City.
His methods had drawn protests from a bunch of kids in Hell's Kitchen, but he seemed to be enjoying himself.
When a mountain lion the size of a double-decker bus leaped from the roof of a skyscraper onto a Warthog attack fighter and "shot it down," the people in downtown Chicago completely lost it!
A bus full of models raced down the street, with a terrifying-looking Mole chasing close behind.
It should have been kind of cute, but after going berserk, it had turned into