Hello everyone and welcome to my second story, the first one being a small push, (shameless plug) which this is not related to other than being a zootopia story. So it's been a while sense I wrote anything because I have started streaming now, intrested in watching then follow me on Twitter at @NefastheFoxx to find out more. Also don't be afraid to ask any questions or say hi. Now that I've said that let's get to my story which will contain some over the top action and BAMFOC, I hope that you enjoy.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ZOOTOPIA OR ANY OF IT'S CHARACTERS
The lighting crashed in the night as rain poured from the sky over the large security prison that was my home, now and possibly forever. My fate had been tied to this hell hole when my plans to dart the predators and turn the prey community against them failed and was unconvered. Now I spent day in and day out trapped here, the past three months had been unbarable, constant threats and assualt had come my way from predator inmates and no one really cared or did anything to stop it. I was a monster in their eyes, they could only see me as a beast that was using fear to keep myself in power. That was not why I did it, I knew how many prey mammals grew up bullied and belittled by the predators, and I was going to make a city without that.
All mammals could see was a power hungery sheep trying to victimize predators to place myself in power and so now here I was, trapped like the wild beast I had tried to save us from. The lighting cracked again, light flashing through my barred window and lighting some of way lied outside my cell up. I was tired and sore, but like most nights I was unable to fall asleep. I sighed and rolled over on my small cot, this cell was my only solace as I was deemed "to dangerous to stay with other inmates". The idea was truely insane, sure a few mammals had gotten hurt but it was all for a greater good. A city of peace that would grew and thrive without the need of predators.
"Miss Bellweather would you happen to be awake", a voice thick in a southern accent asked from right outside my cell. I jumped slightly in response, then felt red hot anger build up at the darring of some guard to call out to me in the middle of the night. "Go away and leave me alone, I am not bothering anyone" I sourly replied back.
"Now miss Bellweather is that any way to be toward someone who worked real hard to come and visit you" the voice asked. My heartbeat went wild as my mind started to whirl, there had always been a thought in the back of my head that someone, someday would send someone to end me. I shivered, but I was going to hold my ground, I promised myself I would never let anyone treat me like a meek lamb ever again. I sat up and finally gave my reply "If you are here to kill me, then come in and get it over with" I said bravely.
There was a slight chuckle, another flash of lighting and I caught a slight glimpse of who was outside my door. The smiling muzzle was that of a brown coyote, I did not have time to see what he was wearing but I did notice the large bowie knife on his hip. "Miss Bellweather my time is far to percious to go kill mammals that need to die, no I am here to offer you a deal, and should you accept you'll be free". His words had me taken aback, from what he said I could tell he was an important mammal with enough skill to break into a maxium security prison just to give me an offer.
Setting up, I crossed my legs and stared at the dark area where the coyote was standing outside of my cell, "well mysterious coyote can I get your name before I hear anymore"? There was another chuckle that followed my question before he spoke, " now, now miss Bellweather, thats slightly rude to go asking personal questions before you have agreed to our bussiness venture". He was acting overly polite but not a part of it felt false or forced, it just seemed he was this way.
I crossed my arms and stared bleakly at where he was located, "maybe so but I don't do bussiness with those I don't know and I could easily yell for the guards and have you arrested". I waited to see what affect my threat would have on this strange coyote, I wanted to get him under my hoove, force him to release me and I was not above black mail to do it. Finally he sighed, "miss Bellweather do you think I would be so foolish as to let there be any chance that a guard or another prisoner would over hear or catch us". I swallowed hard as the implactions of what he was saying sunk in, " it's just you and me Miss Bellweather, but dont worry I am not threatening you, it's just a mutally beneficial bussiness offer".
I sighed as I realized that I had no upper paw in this conversation, "very well coyote, whats your bussiness offer that you broke into a maxium security prison to present to me". There was a soft chuckle, "well you see miss Bellweather I am a simple predator, with the simple to desire to see this world set right". I swallowed hard again as I was in jail for what most mammals would consider the complete opposite of what he claimed to want. "Now I understand that you were trying to pin the world against us predators, and while I do not appericate that, buried deep in your actions you were helping us achieve one of goals". His words puzzled me, for a good stretch of months I had the majority of Zootopia's prey population up in arms against predators, how could that of helped him in any way?
"If you are confused miss Bellweather I understand, as you must understand that this world is not the way it should be, there is to much wrong and broken, and I intend to fix it". With no clear understanding of what his underlying motives where, this explanation of his sent shivers down my spine. "We predators have strayed to far from our true role, and thats why prey fear us so, if you help me we can both have what we really want" he said. I could feel the cold chills wash over me, part of what he said scared me and part of it gave me hope that things could be changed, I just didn't know which one he was leaning more toward. "So what is it that we both want" I asked, another flash of lighting showed me his form, which was now smiling.
"Well miss Bellweather we both want this city to grow and become the city that it has the potential to be, a place where predator and prey live together, but divided into our own roles". The part of me that liked what he was saying grew stronger the more he talk, it seemed less like he was a power hungery predator and more like he had a past akin to mine. "I think we can come to some terms, if you would only tell me what you want from me coyote" I asked him. "Well isn't it simple miss Bellweather, we need a few of your contacts, and your assitance with several matters, thats all really". I considered what he said to me, it felt more tempting the more he spoke, but I still was not completely sold on this idea.
"If I choose to help you, what will I get in return exactly" I said. He scoffed, "other than a true utopian soceity, that every mammal can thrive in, and your freedom from this cell and these walls"? "You see once our work is done the prey population will need a leader, some mammal to guide them through the changes they will be facing". I was taken aback by what he said, but it pushed me more toward helping him, not because of the power gain but because he was willing to offer me to be equal and respected. If this coyote was really a mad mammal bent on gathering power and harming the prey population, he would not offer us a position of power.
I grimmaced as my decision was made, even though he seemed trust worthy and like a true supporter of the real soultions for Zootopia, I would need to keep an eye on him. I sighed, "very well coyote I will help you" I said, the door to my cell instantly opened. I was shocked that he already had the door unlocked and ready to open, the buildings lights also flicked on behind him giving me a good chance to fully look over the mammal before me. The coyote had light brown and bronze fur, his outfit was a tan brown almost military designed suit, other than his Bowie knife he also bore a ancient looking six shooter on his other hip.
The coyote gave a polite bow, pulled the door open and held it for me, " allow me to introduce myself miss Bellweather, I am Daimon Lee Castor, your savor and your new bussiness partner, lets get you outside shall we" he said polietly as he took lead. We walked down the walkway, in every cell the prisoners were out cold, and all along the path were guards also deeply asleep. Noticing where my eyes was looking the newly introduced Daimon spoke up, "we took extra procaution to make sure that every guard and prisioner were asleep so we could speak, also the camera's have been on a loop of the past nights". My eyes went wide as I took in everything that he had just said as I tried to figure out how he managed to accomplish all of this with out anything going wrong.
My eyes darted up to him as we walked down the stairs toward the main floor, "umm Daimon" I said neverously. "What is it miss Bellweather" he said extermely politely, but without ever looking away from the way he was walking. I normally was not afraid to deal or talk to predators, but most predators could not disable a maxium security prison on the outskirts of Zootopia, walk in and question a top inmate, and leave with said inmate as they pleased. "I just want to know how you were able to pull all of this off", he gave a slight chuckle as he continued walking forward, drawing closer to the door.
"You will see soon enough miss Bellweather, but to give you a short explantation, I have a few very talented friends who work with me toward making this world better". These words once again sent chills down by my spine, I would work with this coyote, but I could not trust him forever so when the time was right I would leave him and find a new city, if he wanted Zootopia he would not find me there. I gulped strongly and said confidently as I could, "I am glad that you have a small orginazation, I could probably find my old friends from before I went into jail to help as well".
"Oh miss Bellweather we already know where your friends who avoided the police are, but before we appoarched them we wanted you on our side to help convence them". He continued to speak "once we get to where we are currently staying at, we can give you their numbers and have you speak to them for us, along with your help we need a few of their talents too". I mentally scoffed as I knew that more than anything he probably ment Doug, the chemist who refined the Night Howler's as well as dosed all the mammals. I did not really know much about Doug's past from before I helped him, I saw his potental and kept him from going to prision in return for his aid. What a boon his aid was as well, it was mainly his idea to use the Night Howlers as he had been playing around with it for some time.
We drew closer to the exit of the building, the guard behind the door was fast asleep, head on the table drooling and snoring. Daimon moved to the door, pushed it open and held it for me, waiting politely for me to exit the building, I followed his prompt and exited. Outside down the walkway under the streetlights in the dark, stormy night was a large limo, Daimon moved in front of me, openning an umbrella for us to walk under. "Come miss Bellweather lets get you to the car, we have some of your old clothes waiting for you, as well as a nice meal". For the amounts of fear that Daimon had caused me, he was very polite and well mannered, I didn't trust him all to much but he did seem to have my best intrest in mind.
I stayed close to Daimon's side as we walked down, there was the soft scent of his musk coming from him, predators always had this wild smell clinging to them. It was a smell that disgusted me, it always brought on thoughts of the vicious beast they were, deep down in their ancestory. I really did not like having to work with one now, the same way I hated playing Lionhearts little meek sheep, but I knew it would pay off. We strolled up to the back door which Daimon grabbed and held open for me, "go ahead and climb into your new life miss Bellweather, make sure to say hi to your new partners as well", and with that I climbed into the dry insides of the limo.
Inside was another mammal, it was a large black wolf in a gray hoodie typing away at a laptop, earbuds in his ears, bright green eyes and quite a few peirceings on one ear. He looked up to me from his laptop and smiled, "hello there, my name is David" he said in a polite and innocent tone. "Umm hello" I said somewhat unsure of what else to say, he smiled again before speaking up. "It is my job and pleasure to be your guide into our little group Dawn, I spent the last four weeks preping where you will be staying". This confused me as I was certain that my new bussiness partner would want me as close as he could keep me so that he could watch me at all times, however whatever place he did set up for me would probably be bugged.
The wolf named David continued to talk saying, "it's a nice three bedroom apartment in the town of junction, ya know where all the mammals on bussines from up north enter from"? I shook my head yes as he went own, "place is set up nice, you have your own security system, we'll keep you stocked on supplies, mammals will be looking for you after this get away, oh I should probably introduce our other member" he said suddenly. I looked around in confusion as the limo started our departure, David gave a youthful laugh, "right here Dawn, say hello to Shadow".
He pointed foreward and following his finger I noticed a small mouse I had failed to see before. Squinting I took in its details, obviously female and somewhat old, the mouse had plenty of grey in her coat and hair, she was dressed like a slob, black sweatpants and a black tank top. Her small eyes looked tired and she seemed somewhat rigid, but knowing that Daimon and his group kept a small mammal such as her around instilled some confidence in me about the group. She did not speak up, or introduce herself, instead it was David who spoke up for her. "Sorry about that, Shadow doesn't talk, like at all, she just does what she can and is nice to have around".
My eyes narrowed somewhat, it sounded like this group may just of brought in some small mouse to graner my trust. "So Dawn, we are on our way to a meeting spot to do bussiness, oh almost forget here", he said as he reached at his side and pulled up a brown bag. A very delcious smell began to fill my nose as he offered it to me, "Daimon said that prision food isn't what our partners need to have on their stomach as we talk bussiness, so we got a to go order of a veggie burger from this nice little place outside of town". My manners and suspicions went out the window as I grabbed the bag and started to dig through it to get to the source of the delicous smell. Once I got the burger I near instantly had it opened and was taking a bite, I could of almost cried at the flavor that washed over me, all I have had the last three months was bland mush.
David chuckled again as I started to devour my burger, "I like your apatite Dawn, and when we get to our next stop we have a hot shower and a change of clothes waiting for you". I nodded as I was finishing up the first half of my burger and digging into the second half, "also the meeting should be short, you won't be over at your new place tonight but we do have you a personal room set up". I gulped down the last of my food, breathing slightly heavily from how fast I had eaten it, "so you plan to change Zootopia" I asked trying to gain more information. David gave a slight shrug, "change it after we have the city under our lead, sort of what you were doing", I furrowed my brow as I did not like that comparasion. David misread my expression saying "do not worry Dawn, soon the city will be as it should be and you will be a leading a part of it", I frowned looking out the window toward the lights that once marked my cage. I sighed, I knew this would not be in my favor, but they got me out and I would play the part until it was my time to take over, just like with Lionheart.
As the car departed deeper into the dark and farther from the prision I turned to David and started playing my self up. "Well gee David I am glad to have met all of you, it was so nice that you freed me and I am more than happy to help". David gave a pleasent smile eating up the act I was feeding him, after all the high and mighty Judy Hopps did not figure it out till I had shown up at the museum to head them off. "So David can I ask you one silly little question" , "of course Dawn I am at your service" he replied. I fed him an innocent smile, "so does this group have a name" I asked trying to see if I might of heard of their activaity before I was imprissioned. "Yes we are called Kingdom, a simple but grand name really" My mind knew that name but I could not place it.
I chatted with him as we continued our ride, trying to build his cofidence in me, the first step in my return to power, and revenge on that foolish bunny cop...
So thats the first chapter everyone, I hope I did well enough to grab your attention and prepare you for what I have in store! So first off a few notes, for those who did not read my last story I am typing all of this on the app, which is not the best format but is the only way I can write it. Next my work schedule has changed and I get two days off, one at the begining of the week, the other at the end of the week. That coupled with work at home, and I want to spend a lot of time writing each chapter means these will be slow releases. Again don't forget to follow me on twitter @NefasTheFoxx, I do stream with a buddy but currently on a bit of a break. Lastly thank you to everyone who read this chapter and hopefully you liked it, I have a long story planned out that will have lot's of twist and action, I hope you're all looking forward to it. Until next time, and thank you again!