Author note:

First of all this story happens in a AU universe where Nighthowler case went a little differently (will be explained in story) so thats just for heads up if thats not your thing.

There is also going to be violence, drugs and suggestive themes. Nothing too over the border, but i felt best to go with the M rating on this story.

This is going to be my second fanfic and first longer one. We'll see how long it gets as we go. As this is my second work and English is my second language, there will be mistakes but ill do my best. Every review and constructive criticism is welcome. Thats the only way to get better!

Oh And be prepared to wait for new chapters. Im sorry about this but i have other things to attend to and im a slow writer. I make this at my own pace and it might take some time.

Chapter 1

Our story begins with a fox in a old industrial building, between desert and jungle districts. The building had been used as a storage for merchandises before they were loaded in trucks and shipped to all the waiting customers. Consumers, all the normal mammals working at their regular jobs, living in small apartments, shopping in Lambl and hunting for the best discounts. Our foxes loyal customers, who were looking for a way to forget their problems, at least for alittle while at the time.

The building had red, faded brick walls and remains of three loading docks in one side, with big garage doors that were long ago jammed shut. Rest of the building was equally decayed. Windows that circled around it had all been boarded shut, most with glass broken. There were graffitis and other smudges all over the building, like old abandoned buildings in a remote locations tend to get. On other side of the building there was one smaller metal door. An old and rusty one, but surprisingly sturdy looking, with a bull dressed in a black suit standing right next to it. Not something you would expect to find near a building that looked like it was abandoned a century ago, but the building had its secrets, which leads us back to your fox.

At the top floor of the building.

*Groaning*

Opening his eyes, he looked at digital clock on a night desk. It was well past noon. Only few hours before first customers would start wandering in. The room he woke up in was a bit odd environment. The roof was high up and full of metal beams with few old and broken pipes crossing in between. Walls were lot nicer thought. Modern looking wood paneling with white and warm brown color theme made the room look fashionable, as long as one didn't look up. There was a bar counter in one corner of the room, with a wide range of different liquors, glasses and mixers. A mirror polished black piano sat next to the counter on a white rug. The fox living here couldn't play it for his life, but it was an item that mammals who want to make a expression of a certain social class needed to have, right? Few meters from the counter were also a huge bed, expensive looking, made from carved brown wood with white sheets. It was made for bigger mammals, maybe size of a elephant. One of the walls were almost covered out from sight with a huge TV. Two big leather sofas and a black table right in front off it. Third wall of the room had four doors on it. A restroom, bathroom, dress room and office. All equally modern and with same warm color theme. Last wall was fully made of glass with a big double door on it. It could be darkened remotely to opaque, which it was at the moment, letting only a little light through.

He threw his covers off and sat at the edge of his bed, looking blankly at nothing in the dimly lit room.

'Another day... Guess i should get dressed.'

He thought getting up to his feet. He slowly walked at one of the doors in the room and stepped through it into a dress room which was full of different clothing. Many suits with different colors, casual outfits, few hats, shoes, everything a mammal needs. He looked at the high mirror hanging on the wall at the end of the room. He was naked, fur a bit shaggy from the night before. Taking a brush from a stool nearby he quickly brushed himself, taking some extra care with his tail and decided to take a dark black suit with a white shirt and a bloodred tie for the day. He took his time dressing up, looking at the mirror every now and then. One must look presentable after all.

Stepping out of the dress room he took a quick glance around the main room of his apartment. There were small female antelope and a female lynx still laying on his bed under the covers, just feet or hand sticking out at some places, maybe bit a off an antler right next to a pillow. Deciding not to bother about that and having everything he needed with him, he headed for the big glass doors and stepped out of his personal quarters into a balcony looked over inside of a nightclub. Right now a sleeping one.

There were two bar counters and a dj booth. The dj, a fruit bat called timothy, fast asleep behind his desk. The club was build in a way that it had lot of different elevations, dance floor being in the center and lowest and everything rising up from there. There were no booths, but corridors and small quiet spots could be found all around the club for little privacy. These were formed from cleverly made furnishings that made the club look like it was in a forest. Few of the staff members were cleaning the glasses or the counters and making everything ready for the night.

On the right side of the balcony there was a spiral staircase downstairs to the club floor. A wolf in a black suit and a earpiece was standing next to the stairs, looking a bit bored.

"Take care of the 'entertainment' i left in there, Zeke. Im going out."

The fox said while going past the guard. The guard that was called Zeke just nodded and disappeared into the living quarters. It seemed like the order didn't startle him, well he was professional after all, used to do different errands for his employer.

When downstairs, the fox walked towards the only exit and entrance to the club, nodding to few of the staff members but not really paying any attention. There was lot going on in his mind. He needed to check on some rumors about a new drug he had heard about and maybe even pay a visit to mister Big, if his usual informant would be a dead end. When he got outside, he walked through a overgrown path that started from the door, leading to a street nearby. It wasn't a long distance, but all the trees and bushes almost completely covered up the fact that there was building there, only the top part just barely visible from the street. There was a red convertible parked on the street and with a flick of a hand the fox remotely opened the roof and jumped on the black leather seat starting the car. A low rumble filled the air.

"I missed you, babe."

The fox cooed to the car smiling widely and pushed the throttle a bit. Car came alive straight away.

*bruhm bruhm*

"I love you too! But lets get going, we don't want to be late from our meetings."

The Fox put in on the first gear and car lunged forward tires squealing, quickly disappearing into the corner of the road.