"Release the hounds."
Captain Reed issued the command over the roaring blizzard. The military loudspeaker crackled with static, and the blinding white halogen spotlight pinned Malcolm and Kira in the center of the frozen commercial plaza.
A cacophony of guttural roars echoed from the dark periphery of the square.
The Vanguard forces did not fire a single sniper round. The military commander relied on the mutated beasts to execute the deserter and secure the billionaire. The elite soldiers manipulated the beasts of Sector Seven with ultrasonic frequencies, herding the beasts into the kill zone like obedient attack dogs.
Three mutants burst from the surrounding alleyways. Thick organic bone plating covered their pale flesh, and jagged crystalline spikes protruded from their hunched spine
