A large crowd had gathered in the plaza outside Chicago's United Center.
People had spontaneously surrounded the elderly, children, sick, and disabled, huddling together back-to-back to fend off the attacks of the frenzied rats.
Humanity had its shining moments, of course, but some cowardly men had buried themselves among the women and children like ostriches. Faced with the contemptuous looks around them, a few especially shameless fellows even glared back, acting as if they were ready to take on an entire nursing home.
When several Rampaging Hyenas that had escaped from the zoo came into view, the crowd stirred, then began desperately backing away, hoping to break into the United Center arena and survive.
The scattering crowd triggered a terrible stampede. A few courageous men stood straight and shouted, "Watch your step! Keep order!"
But who would listen to them at a time like this? As the crowd's defensive formation fell apart, the frenzied rats began inflicting casualties.
They were no bigger than dogs, but their sharp teeth could easily tear through human flesh...
A great many screams erupted from the crowd, further rousing everyone's will to survive.
The cowardly men who had been hiding in the middle of the crowd stopped caring about anything else. Relying on their physical advantage, they forced a path through the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled. They were responsible for half the casualties in the stampede...
Several disgusting-looking Rampaging Hyenas bared their teeth and lunged at the crowd. The injured from the earlier resistance and the stampede became their first targets.
As several brave men pounded on trash-can lids, desperately making noise to draw the Rampaging Hyenas' attention and buy the injured a chance to escape...
A Quinjet descended from the sky, and a torrent of bullets peppered the Rampaging Hyenas, punching one bloody