Police Brutality
Chapter 1
Zootopia: a gleaming city, but not a city like any you've heard of. Imagine a world where humans simply never existed, never evolved into the world. Imagine a different species had to evolve and become the highly intelligent beings of the planet. Actually, imagine that all other species evolved to be so highly intelligent. That is the world of Zootopia. Many generations before, animals lived in fear. Predators hunted pray, and every day was a fight to survive. But one day, a few choice animals had a vision. A vision of a world where all animals coexist in peace and harmony, and any animal can aspire to be anything. And thus, the city of Zootopia was born. The very first city to be the center of peace for predators and prey alike, though the lives of animals were still dominated by the limits set by a social structure not unlike our own. That is, until one little bunny came along and changed it for everyone.
Judy Hopps, born and raised in her home town of Bunnyburrow, had always been different. She always wanted to make the world a better place, and so she did. With devotion, high spirits, and hard work, she was accepted into the Zootopia Police Academy, and graduated with honors at the top of her class, becoming the Zootopia Police Department's very first rabbit officer, but her happy ending was yet to come. The chief of police, Chief Bogo, was quite unhappy with her employment, and set her up for failure by assigning her a virtually impossible case. Beyond all expectations, this case led to her discovery of a savage outbreak in Zootopia, where it seemed the predatory species of the world were reverting back to their primal state and attacking other citizens of the world.
Officer Hopps, with the help of her new and good friend, the sly fox Nick Wilde, soon uncovered a vast scheme by Assistant Mayor Bellwether to make the world dominantly prey, and make all predators seem like nothing more than animals. With the case solved, and all criminals in captivity, all was well in the city, and Nick was even granted a job as Judy's partner under the ZPD. But this is the story you already likely know. This is not the story I am here to tell. For in the midst of the savage outbreak, a mysterious figure appeared in Zootopia, buying a property in Capitol City. A figure in the shape of a predatory Siberian Tiger, advertising his business to almost exclusively prey. That is where our story begins.
All was well in the city of Zootopia as many animals prepared to begin their week. Elephants prepared to head off to the ice cream shop, and the hamsters all made their way to the same building to do the office work no other animals had the patience for. And in it all, a little cotton tail rabbit dawned her ZPD uniform and headed out of her apartment to her assigned car. Waiting in the car for Judy was her partner in justice, Officer Nick Wilde, also her best friend and natural enemy.
"Hey Carrots, do you think Bogo will ever let us start work after the sun comes up?" asked Nick, as Judy hopped into the driver's seat
"Not likely, but it isn't that early," she replied, buckling herself in
With a shared laugh, they pulled out of the parking lot and made their way to the Zootopia Police Department. The morning was normal in HQ. Benjamin Clawhauser sitting at the front desk, eating a bowl of Lucky Chomps alongside a dozen chocolate Doughnuts, the usual stuff. The two friends simply passed it all by and made their way to roll call, to get their assignments for the day. They arrived only a few moments before Chief Bogo, so they had no chance to chat before the day's activities began.
"Alright, everyone in your seats," commanded Bogo, and without a moment's hesitation, each and every officer sat down quietly, "Thanks to two of our officers whose names I will not say because, frankly, I don't care, all missing mammal cases have been solved, so until another major crime has been committed, it will be quite easy going for all of us"
Nick couldn't help but chuckle at Chief Bogo's words. Almost the same thing every morning; there was always something he didn't care to say. The response by all of the other officers save for Judy was much less calm. They were all going wild over the news of their jobs being that much easier since the solving of the missing mammal cases just one week prior.
"Our assignments for the day are fairly simple," Bogo continued, silencing the room, "But before I hand those out, I should say we have been receiving numerous complaints about a new business on Weselton Way. The owner is evidently refusing business to most predators, but we are not going to put priority on those complaints because every business in Zootopia by law reserves the right to refuse business to anyone, but you should keep an eye out. Most of the complaints we are receiving aren't from the nicest of people"
This warning troubled Judy. She had just resolved a crisis of derogation against the predatory species of the world, and yet someone was still excluding them from business? That information didn't sit well with the little bunny.
"Alright, back to assignments. There's only one, really, and that is city patrol. Keep your ears to the ground, report anything suspicious, the usual. Hopps, Wilde, I'd like to see you in my office. Everyone else, get to work," Bogo finished, before walking out of the roll call room
"Oh boy, he must have found it," Nick whispered to himself, inaudible to anyone accept a certain bunny with excellent hearing
"Found what?" she asked
"Nothing!" he quickly replied, though his nerves were obvious
Together, the three animals wandered down another hall and into Chief Bogo's office, where they each took their respective seats. Nick seemed to be getting more nervous by the second, though he was doing a good job at hiding it.
"I have a special assignment for you two, but I need you to keep it under wraps," said Bogo
"Anything you need, Sir," Judy replied, very formally
"Parking duty," stated the buffalo, very bluntly
Judy let out an exasperated sigh, clearly frustrated by the given job. Nick, on the other hand, let out a sigh of relief.
"Oh, thank goodness!" He exclaimed
"What?" Bogo asked, clearly confused
"Oh, uh…I was afraid there were more missing mammals or something…I was just worried," Nick lied, somehow managing to fool the oblivious Chief
"Not at all. I want you on Parking Duty, but I want you to stay on Weselton Way, and see if you can find anything strange. I don't like what I'm hearing about that new business," Bogo explained
"Oh, alright. Not a problem, Chief," Judy replied enthusiastically
"Report back at the end of your shift, and give me any information you have," he commanded, before turning his attention to the files on his desk
"Yes sir," Judy said
Together, Nick and Judy left the room and made their way back out into the front room. Almost as soon as they were passing the front desk, a furious roar was heard from the office of Chief Bogo.
"Who on earth put this thing in my desk?!" Bogo shouted for the whole police department to hear
"Run! Go, go, go!" Nick exclaimed, laughing as he quickly ushered Judy out to their car
They were already driving away before Judy had time to ask, "What did you do?"
"I snuck a paw zapper in the bottom drawer of his desk," He replied, a wide smile on his face
After a moment of contemplating this action, they both burst out in uncontrolled laughter. Surely, it would be a long night for them if Bogo discovered the culprit, but they didn't care. To them, all was well, and it was just a good laugh. They then began their drive to the site of their "Parking Duty."
So, what do you all think of the first chapter? I know it's short, but I wanted to give it an easy-to-follow starting point. Nothing too knew, just the kickstarter of what I hope to be a good story. Leave a review, and I'll see you all in the next chapter!