Prologue

"Ah...what..where?" Was all Thomas could manage opened his eyes. He was staring up at the ceiling of a moving van and his heart was racing. He couldn't see any light from where he was laying on his side. After taking a moment to regain himself he sat up feeling something wet on the back of his head. It was blood.

"Where am I?" Thomas said aloud again with less of a haze behind his words. Suddenly a bright white shined across his face. Thomas squinted slightly as he tried to make out the figure that was shining the light on him. "Hello?" Thomas asked, with a hard swallow.

There was no answer, it was only the bright white light between Thomas and whoever was behind it. The light then turned off to reveal two glowing crimson eyes. Thomas's eyes widened but he still mustered the strength to stand. No sooner had he done that did the van come to a stop. The figure came forward and grabbed him by the neck. "Who…. are... you...?" Thomas tried to get his words out. The figure didn't speak. Without he was slammed down on the ground and scanned on his left arm. He screamed in pain as he tried to fight off whatever was on top of him.

The figure took its hand off Thomas's throat and fastened something onto his neck,,locking it together. The darkness was so thick, he couldn't see what was being forced onto him. The figure then kicked opened the door and showed its face. It was some kind of robot or a drone. It picked up Thomas and threw him out of the van down a long rocky hill. He hit darn near every rock on the way down. Upon reaching the bottom, Thomas weakly forced himself to turn and look up the long hill. He watched the drone close the doors of the van and drive away. The stiffness in his battered body kept him from getting up again. Thomas slowly closed his eyes, feeling darkness take him, but not before hearing the faint echo of someone near. "What's that over there?" Asked a soft female voice. "Stay away him! He's human," Said a male voice. Thomas's vision was too blurry to see who was looking down at hm. "Hel… Help…. Me….." Was all the defeated teen could manage.

(Dream)

Thomas was chained to a chair while what he could only assume to be doctors were hooking things up to his body. "What are you doing to me?" He asked with a bit of fear in his tone. The doctors only smiled as were done hooking things up. They left the room while Thomas tried to get himself free from the chair but realized he was secured tight.

Without warning he felt a hard shock go through his body. "Ouch! Hey what's going on here! Let me out!" Thomas cried out. Another burning shock went through his body. "Help somebody!" He cried out again, but no one came to help. After a few hours of torture, he felt his energy begin to slip away.

Thomas panted deeply in his chair as he heard someone approach him. His head felt heavy, which made looking up an impossible task. He only heard a male voice. "He's the one, send him to the The Lantern District with the others," said a male deep electronic voice. Thomas's eyes fluttered shut as he passed out.

(Waking up from dream)

Thomas opened his eyes slowly as he noticed he was laying in a bed and inside some kind of large pod. He slowly sat up from the bed, but felt an immediate sharp pain in the back of his head. It felt like a slow stabbing sensation. As if to distract himself he looked to his right, noticing something on an end table. There was a plate with a pill on and a cup of fresh water. A note lay next to the water in a neat fold. He picked up the note and read it.

"Eat the pill and drink the water," Thomas read aloud. With added care he picked up the pill and downed it with some water. He noticed, much to his bewilderment, that he was wearing a collar. He set down the water and tried to take it off. A sudden shock went through collar "Ouch! What the hell?!" Thomas said to himself as he quickly moved his hands away. He noticed a bar code on his left arm with the numbers "62585".

On instinct the teen gently ran the tips of his fingers along them. It was tattooed on his body for god knows what. Suddenly he heard a crash that sounded just in front of him. Thomas looked up to notice a small female rabbit wearing a police officer's uniform and the same kind of collar that he was wearing was staring at him. Thomas was speechless at what he was looking at. Suddenly The rabbit spoke up. "Um Nick! He's awake!" Shouted the rabbit.

This Nick, a fox with a green Hawaiian shirt and tan brown pants also wearing a collar walked behind the rabbit. "Okay… Kid this might be a little too much for right now but I need you to stay calm and let's talk this through," Nick said trying to keep things calm. Thomas was scared out of his mind at the moment. 'Talking animals?' He thought to himself.

Nick held out both of paws in surrender as he attempted to approach Thomas. "Easy kid I just want to talk," Nick said in a calm tone. 'Fuck that!' Thomas thought and looked around for the door. It was just behind the two animals before him. Thomas jumped up off the bed and pushed Nick out the way then headed for the exit. "Judy grab him!" Nick shouted. Thomas jumped over Judy and headed out of the pod.

He ran out of the pod and into an open clearing where other pods, like the one he was in, were settled. Other walking and talking animals were watching him with slight curiosity. Thomas was so scared that he couldn't get his mind to think straight. This was bad considering he was usually very level headed. He stood there in the middle of the field as the other animals were watching his every move to see what he'd do. "Stop that kid!" Nick shouted as he stumbled out of the pod in an attempt to chase the teen in question. Judy was already running after Thomas who, in turn, started running again towards the forest ahead.

She pursued Thomas through the small area of forest until they came to the rock wall. Thomas stopped on his tracks as soon as he saw the pretty sizable obstacle. "Damn it," Thomas cursed as he tried to climb but kept falling down. "Hey wait! We don't want to hurt you!" Judy said in softer tone than Nick's had been as she slowly walked up to Thomas, who was still trying to climb. He gave up and glared at Judy. "Where am I?" Thomas said trying slow down his breathing.

Judy smiled putting her ears up. "Well you're in a place we like to call The Lantern District," Judy said with a smile. Thomas nodded in slight understanding. "Okay The Lantern District okay… Um…. how come you can talk?" Thomas asked. Judy was surprised by this as she walked up closer to Thomas. "What do you mean? Don't all animals talk where you're from?" Judy asked, already knowing the answer.

Thomas shook his head. "No. Only fake internet ones and in movies," He answered. Judy was still confused. "Well here..where I'm from. Everyone talks," Judy said with a smile. Before Thomas could open his mouth. Nick ran right up behind Judy. "Okay! Party is over! Can we please walk back home before the next care package drops?" Nick panted heavily, almost out of breath.

"Care package?" Thomas questioned Nick opened his muzzle to say something but then a jet flew over them and dropped a care package in the middle of the field. "That care package," Nick said as he started walking back towards the fields. Thomas stood there looking down at the ground. Judy turned to look at Nick and cleared her throat and called his name. "Um Nick," Judy said while tapping her rabbit foot. Nick turned and looked at Judy. "What?" Nick asked distractedly as he waved his arms in the air.

Judy nodded her head towards Thomas who was still standing there. The fox sighed and directed his attention towards him. "Look kid. You might as well just come with us. Because you're going nowhere here. That collar you're wearing will shock you if you try to take it off or if you try to escape and this is a giant crater with fences that has barbed wire on them," Nick explained before walked away. Judy looked at Thomas and chuckled. "Don't worry about Nick is just a little cranky since you pushed him. But he will loosen up," Judy said with a smile.

Thomas forced a smile and nodded. "But listen. You're the first human we've seen in six years and everyone might not be so welcoming at first but They'll get use to you," Judy said in a serious tone. Thomas nodded. "But what do you mean the first human in six years?" He asked. Judy crossed his arms and tapped her foot. "I'll explain more when we get back to camp and by the looks of the bar code on your arm. You seem pretty important," She gestured to the tattoo on Thomas's arm.

He looked at the bar code on his arm and covered it with his right hand. "Come on carrots!" Nick shouted. Thomas sighed as looked at Judy who forced a smile on her face. It wasn't as comforting as she hoped it would be. "We better get going," She said with a chuckle. Thomas nodded as he walked side by side with Judy. "So I didn't catch your name," She said as they walked together. "It's Thomas," the boy answered as he walked and Judy hopped beside him. "That's a nice name. My name is Judy Hopps and well... you already met Nick of course," She said with a smile. Thomas nodded before answering. "Yeah," He said putting his hands in his pocket.

XxTHOMASxX A/N: This is a remastered version all edited by my pal AtticusParker17 and this is now a collab with me and him. And let me tell you what! this is going to epic all the way!