Arachnoextinction Chapter 38: Chapter Thirty-Eight - It’s Mammoth Time

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There was so much hair on this mammoth; I didn't even want to think about how bad it sheds. Its coat was dark, mud-brown, and right now soaked from whatever liquid was in the tube with it. The mammoth had a huge snout that hung so low that it was almost touching the ground. The mammoth swung the tusks at the smaller spiders to force them to keep their distance. The mammoth didn’t seem to be interested in the spiders for the most part; it was focused on taking a few steps and shaking off the liquid. Watching the mammoth shake its fur brought me back to watching Clifford cartoons with my son. How the heck did anyone take care of a dog that size? The mammoth was as long as Spiderzilla, but quite a bit taller. The mammoth's tusks were about half the length of the spider. They were sharp enough to slice through thick concrete or most types of metals. Once the mammoth fully left the tube, it blew a triumphant call that sent the spiders into a frenzy. They began jumping around the room, hissing and jumping all over the place. I could see, and almost feel, the power of the mammoth behind each step as it moved toward Spiderzilla, eyeing up its possible foe. Spiderzilla hissed again and tried to shuffle around the mammoth to get behind it, but the mammoth was too quick for Spiderzilla. Its feet moved much too fast for any creature that size. It was able to turn its body to keep Spiderzilla in front of it. "This mammoth seems completely unnatural, how can anything that big move with that speed?" Karen asked. "Everything that has happened today has been believable and easy to explain by simple science, but this mammoth is something else. I can't believe my eyes," I said. "Dave is quite the specimen," Dr. Kale said, wiping a proud tear from his eye. "Dave? You create a super mammoth… and name it Dave?" Karen asked. She raised an eyebrow, and her lips were pushed to the side in uncertainty. "He's my best friend," Dr. Kale said, happy tears now streaming down his face and he was nearing the point of bawling. “Besides Dr. Gale.” “Pass,” I said. "I couldn't care less about the name or the romantic relationship it has with Dr. Kale, it needs to kill some spiders. It is still greatly outnumbered," Darren said. One of the smaller spiders jumped at Dave. Without looking away from Spiderzilla, Dave's trunk lashed out at the spider like a whip, crushing the body of the spider in midair, obliterating it in one hit. The legs of the spider fell harmlessly to the floor, while tiny bits and pieces of spider remains showered the other spiders. The spider frenzy came to a screeching halt. The spiders looked at Dave in silent fear and respect. "Dave is awesome," Justin said. Spiderzilla released a high-pitched screech and rushed Dave, who lowered its tusks and lunged at Spiderzilla. Spiderzilla was able to jump clear of the attack, but Dave kept charging, slashing at Spiderzilla no matter the moves it made to evade him. Dave's relentless attack drove Spiderzilla to climb up the wall and out of the reach of Dave's tusks. Dave stomped the ground in frustration, wanting Spiderzilla to return to the ground. "He does that when he's not ready to stop playing," Dr. Kale explained. "Does he think they're playing?!" Darren said. "Yes, despite his size, Dave is quite young. He's toying with the giant spider-" "Spiderzilla," I interrupted Dr. Kale and walked away from my position by the computers. The group gave me a crazy look, like I'm the weird one. "I named it Spiderzilla in my inner monologue that I have always going on. It will just make it easier for me and the readers if we can all call it one thing. Plus, it's getting annoying describing how big these spiders are and finding different adjectives to use for their size- just use Spiderzilla. Trust me, I'm a doctor." "Okay… umm, right. Dave thinks he and… Spiderzilla… are simply playing. Dave is actually less than six months old, just with the body I engineered for him," Dr. Kale said. In the midst of his tantru