Hello, True Believers! It's Time to return to the world of the Zootopia Heroic Universe, where our favorite Zootopians fight crime and save the world.
In the aftermath of the battle against Clockwerk, our heroes have gone back to their lives. Let us return to the city to see what's been going on…
In the city of Zootopia at the news building The Daily Bugle, the editors and reporters were hard at work getting new stories.
"Porker!" yelled a lion, bearing a striking resemblance to former Mayor Lionheart, "where are your pictures of Spider-Woman!?"
"I'm sorry Mr. Jameson, sir," said a pig wearing thick-rimmed glasses, "I'll get on it!"
"You better!" J. Jonah Jameson a shouted, "I'm not paying you to Lolli-gag around the office. Go!"
As Peter Porker ran off to go get pictures, Jameson got a call on his office phone.
"Hello?" he answered.
"Boss?" one the Daily Bugle reporters said from the other end, "I've just got a scoop on a battle happening at the docks between some of those super-powered freaks."
"Well? Get to reporting!" Jameson said, "I want it on my desk yesterday!
[***]
At the docks, an epic battle was taking place between the New Horizons team and a particularly annoying-
"Hey! You can't just gloss over my introduction!" said the mammal in the ridiculous awesome red and black suit- Wait did he just change my narration!?
"That's right!" said Deadpool, merc with a mouth and currently traveling through the multiverse, "I heard that another author was making a crossover and didn't include ME in the first story? We'll let me just say, fu-"
[Recalibrating story to block out any other potential fourth wall breaking story takeovers… we good? Good. Back to the story]
After a bit of technical difficulties, the New Horizons team continued their fight with Deadpool.
"Can anyone get a read on this guy?" Pamela said.
"He's not like any creature I've seen," Revali said, annoyed when Deadpool caught one of his arrows, "and certainly the most annoying one I've met."
"He's got to have a weakness," Vex said, trying in vain to freeze Deadpool in place.
"Oh I don't have one," the merc replied, "I've got a heeling factor, gun play, sword play, bomb play, and the power of being a fan-favorite superhero with one of the highest grossing R-rated movies of all time!"
The team just stared at the human in confusion. "All in favor of not dealing with this right now?" Vex asked. His teammates replied by nodding, with the team making a retreat to deal with Deadpool another day.
"Hey, author!" shouted the merc to the sky, "you can't just put me in a story for a cheap cameo. Come on, where's the big multi-part story arc, the meeting of the heroes the people actually care about? I mean, I'm not normally into anthros, but Judy Hopps is pretty-"
And thus the author sent Deadpool back to his own universe, vowing never to bring him back again.
[***]
Meanwhile, the New Horizons team arrived back at Horizon Labs, where they were surprised to find Judy Hopps, aka Spider-Woman, showing off her powers in the training room.
"Yeah, that's great!" said Peter Porker, taking photos of the bunny in action. "Jameson will flip when he learns that I got an exclusive interview with Spider-Woman for the Bugle."
"Well this is unexpected," Revali mused, "it's not every day that the city's number one hero shows up at our abode."
Judy swung down to the group for a landing, taking off her mask and drinking some water. "I wouldn't say I'm the most popular hero," the bunny said, a faint blush on her face.
"Well, according to the Z-Force fan site you are," Pamela said.
"It makes sense," Vex added, "you were the first to appear right before the surge of heroes we have today. Heck, we wouldn't have come together as a team without your inspiration."
"Oh, thanks guys," Judy said.
"Well, I would have," Revali said in his usual tone of arrogance.
"Weren't you training for the Olympic Archery team before joining Horizon," came an approaching voice. This new person was a Hyena with grey fur and black hair that had a purplish tint to it. Her hair was styled so that it went towards the back of her head down her neck, with just a few strands in the front that covered her right eye. She was wearing a purple tank-top and black windbreaker, with a device in her hands that looked like a speaker attached to the front of a gun.
"We-well," Revali stammered, "you were just some punk on the street before we brought you in, Kivuli."
"I'm not a punk, I'm a street artist," Kivuli retorted. The hyena turned to Judy and Peter, shaking each of their hands. "Shenzi Jasiri Hyena, but everyone calls me 'Kivuli'."
"So you're the new member replacing Hiro Type 6 on the team!" Peter said excitedly, "my friend Kamala is the head of the Heroes of Zootopia fan site, and she was going on about you at school yesterday."
"Glad to see that even us smaller heroes have their fans," Vex said, "How about we get a picture together for her?"
Nodding enthusiastically, Peter got the group together and took a photo.
"Kamala is going to flip when she sees this," Peter said. The pig ran off to go turn in his story at the Bugle. Unbeknownst to everyone, a spider from the genetics wing of Horizon Labs had escaped and decided to hitch a ride in the pig's bag...
Author's Note
It's good to be back!
Deadpool was put in as a fun way to start off this story. Just don't expect him to show up again.
Kivuli gets her names from two of the hyenas from the Lion King/ Lion Guard. Her powers are a mix between Lucio and Sombra from Overwatch, with a little bit of Jet Set Radio thrown in.
If you know Marvel, then you know who Peter and Kamala are.
On a side note, this story will be structured differently from the last story. While there will be at least one new chapter a week, I'll need YOUR help with the story. I'll be taking suggestions for chapters, so leave a review or PM with what scenarios, characters, and team-ups that YOU want to see!