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Chapter 1: The beginning
The story starts in late 2007, a white Labrador retriever had gone missing from a nearby animal shelter, the dog was let out by the staff to do his business, but he the shelter was near an interstate highway, so there was a lot of traffic.

The lab, named Cooper, ran off to investigate the freeway as he was curious about the noises he heard often on it, he ran off so fast in fact, that the staff knew nothing, and when they went to look for him outside, it was like he was gone without a trace.

When the white lab made his way onto the multi-lane road, it ended exactly as one would have expected it to.

The collision hit Cooper so hard that it sent him flopping over the guardrail, and the poor pup tumbled into the muddy puddle below.

The driver that hit Cooper couldn't find him because the pup was completely submerged in the muddy underpass, so they just took off and left him for dead.

However, Cooper resurfaced one dark, overcast day in April 2008.

Oliver Martinez, chief of Vermont State Police was driving home, however, he could not see Cooper wandering out onto the road as the sky was severely overcast with a light sprinkle of rain and the overhead lights had mysteriously gone out.

Route 4 is an interstate highway/roadway that goes from West Rutland to Clarendon and Wallingford, it is a long roadway surrounded by tall, thick grass, it is a two laned interstate, it has a bridge the goes over a nearly flooding creek named "Otter Creek".

When Oliver did finally see Cooper, he couldn't stop in time because he was speeding, 75 miles per hour, just 10 miles per hour over the maximum limit.

Oliver applied the brakes, but the car just skidded and slid forward because the brakes had locked in place, even though his car had anti lock brakes, and he was certain that the ABS warning light would be displayed on one of the gauges if there was anything wrong with the system!

Oliver ended up repeating the mistake Cooper had to endure all those long months past.

The impact of the police chief's car caused Cooper's body to flop around as the car screeched to a halt.

Martinez got out of the car, concerned for the lab's life.

As soon as he got out of the heated car, the air felt as though it were 40° Fahrenheit even though it was a summer day, but yet Oliver felt as though his blood were slowly boiling, his blood was also rushing through his veins, yet it also felt like it was slowly thickening!

He started to feel an inexplicable feeling of incredible dread, then, he heard the howl from the creature he'd hit.

The howl was far from the pained cries of a cuddly animal.

Chief Martinez then turned towards the guardrail and saw the demon Labrador.

The beast that took on Cooper's form stood up, it's fur was so matted with mud it looked painful, with patches of it missing!

Parts of his tail were missing, so much of it had rotted off that it was left a little stub with some exposed dark green tissue!

The beastly dog was dreadfully skinny, so much so that his ribs protruded outward so much that they threatened to pierce his flesh!

Cooper's paws were practically nonexistent, they had been mostly ripped up and overtaken by massive claws that had deformed and split their flesh!

Cooper's teeth had elongated to resemble rows of needles, there were too many to count, and they were all too long to be contained!

Each tooth was drenched in a mysterious yellow substance flecked in black!

The needle sized teeth were covered in what looked like pieces of old, dried on meat!

Cooper's left eye was just a swollen, black, lifeless orb resting in the socket!

Some fur had rotten off the top of his snout, revealing dark green tissue behind his nose!

Cooper's right eye socket had rotten so much that it had caved in on his skull, revealing more dark green tissue along with a little pink mush that Oliver assumed was his brain matter, his right eye was also a black, lifeless, swollen orb, it simply dangled out of the rotted socket.

The beast charged at Martinez, snarling and snapping it's jaws of yellow and black boney needles!

Martinez drew his gun and raised his flashlight, he turned the flashlight on to get a better shot at the undead zombie/demon dog.

However, as soon as the light hit the undead beast's body, a foggy white mist began to roll off his form as he started to whimper and whine in pain.

As chief Martinez held the light on Cooper, pieces of his flesh started to violently bubble and boil, each one inflated like a balloon until it erupted with a violent whoosh of steam!

Cooper's flesh kept bubbling and boiling until it erupted with steam as he howled and turned away in pain, leaping over the guardrail and tumbling into the muddy overpass!

Oliver looked down over the hill, but Cooper had already disappeared into the muddy overpass!

The undead dog had escaped, however, he was far from forgotten.

Legends of Cooper still spread throughout West Rutland.

The townspeople have generally accepted the reason for Cooper appearing like he did on the interstate to be possession by an otherworldly force, one which is very aggressive and delights in slaughter.

Why it chose Cooper, however, is unknown, completely surrounded by rumor and speculation.

However, some people have the idea the demonic force is quadrupedal, while some people have the idea that it has a preference for canines, while others say that it is confined to possessing only canines.

Some people people who have heard the theory of the force having a preference to canines and of the force being confined to possessing canines have gone on to ask why it chose Cooper instead of another dog, like say, a pitbull.

One thing is generally accepted as fact about it though, the idea that the demon Labrador is very real, and that it is still out there, hunting to this day.

Chapter 2: Middle road
This takes place on the 4th anniversary of Chief Martinez's encounter with the beast.

The weather was severely overcast, rain was pouring down hard, it almost threatened to flood the interstate and wash the cars off to the sides and median, it had been raining like that for two weeks, however, no one knows why, although, it is speculated that the undead white lab is responsible for this supernatural rain.

A young woman was driving down route 4 at the speed limit of 65 miles per hour, however, she came across an odd looking white Labrador.

Now Ashley was going at 65 miles per hour despite the roads being wet and slick because she wanted to get to the Cumberland Farms in Wallingford for her first day on the job, she wanted to get to work early so she could make a good impression after a successful interview.

The Labrador she came across was of course Cooper, but the young woman, 19 year old Ashley Alfonsi, didn't know this.

Ashley got to the decline of the hill headed for the deceleration lane to Wallingford when she saw a white Labrador in the road, she tried to press the brake pedal, but the brakes did nothing as the tires skidded and hydroplaned on the wet pavement.

Ashley checked her left sideview mirror to see what she'd hit, but the body of the lab was mysteriously gone.

Suddenly, Ashley heard a loud shatter of glass with a sharp, intense pain in the back of her neck.

Ashley screamed in agony as she turned around to see Cooper.

The undead lab had jumped into the car through one of the back windows.

The Labrador was the exact same as the encounter with Oliver Martinez.

His left eye was still a lifeless black orb in the socket, while his right eye was still a black lifeless orb dangling out of the rotted socket.

His teeth were still like needles, and they still were yellow with flecks of blood and small morsels of old, dried on meat.

He still had the same claws as well.

His tail wagged around as he pushed the claws in further.

Ashley was going down the hill, but she was so focused on getting zombie dog off of her that she wasn't paying attention to which pedal her foot was pressing.

Ashley's foot was standing on the gas instead of the brake, causing the car to speed up.

First it went to 70, then to 80, then to 85 miles per hour.

Ashley made a panicked right turn at the merging curve, the car still going at the same speed.

Ashley then steered right again as the car came to the end of the deceleration lane, which merges with the middle road in Clarendon, Ashley tried to turn the steering wheel back, but the tires were already off the pavement and just skidded even worse on the wetter grass.

The car ended up going down the hill sideways, the lack of traction causing the car to roll over until it hit into a telephone poll.

Luckily, it just hit the right passenger's side, and the airbag and seat belt inflated, preventing a very serious injury.

Cooper was thrown out of the car, but was still determined to get his kill.

The demon dog ran at the car and Ashley unbuckled and opened the car door.

Stumbling out of the car, Ashley was next to the John Deere dealership.

However, Ashley passed out due to a minor concussion.

The undead creature. jumped over the wrecked car, and bit down into Ashley's throat, killing her.

The beast's needle like teeth were not strong enough to rip out Ashley's throat, but with enough bites, they turned Ashley's throat into weak mush, causing her head to fall off and roll into the tall grass below.

A salesman at the tractor dealership saw what was happening and could not believe his eyes, he ran at the undead demon with a revolver and a flash light, the light hit the demonic zombie dog's fur, causing it to howl and run off down the middle road in pain as his flesh bubbled, boiled, and erupted with a violent release of steam.

When the salesman turned to where Ashley's headless body was, it was mysteriously gone.

The headless body of Ashley would resurface in November of the same year. 