Hey, guys. I'm back with another fanfic crossover. This one is with Zootopia, and one of the best zombie pandemic story video games, The Last of Us. The first time I made a Last of Us crossover, my first fanfic ever, didn't really do well, so I got rid of it. But now, this time, I'm gonna tackle that again, for the better. Some of the major characters will be replaced with OC's, while minor characters will be the same, just turned into mammals. This'll focus on the characters of Zootopia, both canon and scrapped characters, set in the setting for the Last of Us, with elements from the movie and video game mashed together. There will be some parts of the story that I may need help figuring out, a little constructive criticism, if you will, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. So, without further ado, please enjoy.
Eleven-forty at night. A young blonde-furred vixen with blue eyes, wearing a tannish sweater and a flower-patterned skirt, was on the couch, watching the news. Her nine-year-old daughter, same blonde fur, but with green eyes, wearing her Gazelle sleep shirt and red pajamas, was napping next to her in her arm.
The door opened, and in walked a male fox with red fur and green eyes, wearing tannish pants, a green hawaiian shirt, and a blue tie.
"Gideon, I-" the fox said through his phone. "Gideon, listen to me. This guy is the contractor- This guy's the contractor, okay? I can't lose this job. I-I understand. Look, we'll talk about this more in the morning, okay? We'll talk more in the morning. Okay, see ya tomorrow."
The fox hung up his phone, sighed deeply, and looked to his wife. "Hey, Cassie."
"Hey, Nick." Cassie greeted her husband.
Lifting her kit into her arms, she moved over to the middle of the couch, so her husband could sit in his usual spot. The kit stirred awake.
"Hi, daddy." she murmured.
"Oh, sorry, Abby, baby. I didn't mean to wake you." said Cassie.
"No, mama. Thanks for doing so. We still gotta give him you-know-what." said Abby.
"Abby, please not now. I don't have the energy for this. It's late, like, way past bedtime late." said Nick.
"I think you'll be in brighter spirits when you see this!" Abby handed her father a card with a dinosaur in party hat, and a small, grey box.
The title read, "You're not a fossil... Yet."
Nick opened, and read the card.
"Dear Dad, You're never around most of the time, you hate the music I'm into, you literally despise the movies I'm into, and yet, you still manage to be the best dad ever. How do you do that? Luv ya, Pops. Happy Birthday!"
"Aw, that's cute." Nick grinned, and held the box up. "What's in this?"
"Open it, birthday boy." Cassie grinned.
Nick did, and inside was a brand new watch.
"Holy cow." Nick whistled.
"I know, right?" said Cassie.
"You kept complaining that your watch was broken. So, me and mama figured, you know. You love it?" asked Abby.
"Aw, girls. It's pretty, but..." Nick tapped on the watch. "I dunno, it's looks like it's stuck, or..."
"What?! No, it couldn't-" Cassie looked, and realized it wasn't broken. Just another fast one pulled by her husband, again.
"Oh, nice one, Slick." Cassie said, sarcastically.
"Hey, it's called a hustle, sweetheart." Nick grinned. "C'mon, you know you love me."
Cassie kissed Nick on the cheek. "Yes. Yes, I do." Abby giggled.
"You both bought this? Where did you two even get the money for it?" asked Nick.
"Where do ya think, Pops? Pawpsicles." Abby grinned. "Me and mama sold hardcore pawpsicles."
"Oh, good. Then, maybe you make start helping me and mama pay the mortgage." said Nick.
"Yeah, dream on." said Abby.
"Easy, kiddo. That's your dad your talking to." Cassie joked, which Nick and Abby giggled.
A while later, Abby had fallen asleep. Lifting her into his arms, Nick carried the kit to her room, and gently set her down on her bed. Cassie tucked her in, and kissed her forehead.
"Love you, baby girl." she whispered.
"See ya in the morning, kiddo." whispered Nick, patting her head.
Nick wrapped his arms around Cassie. "Well, I'll admit, this was a great birthday surprise hustle. Thank you."
Cassie kissed Nick, and replied, "Only for you, Slick."
Despite the rough day between work and all, Nick thought it turned around to a pretty good night.
...
It was a little after one o' clock, when Abby's bedside phone rang. Abby stirred awake, and answered.
"Hello?" Abby muttered.
"Abby! Honey, I need to get your mama and daddy on the phone!" It was her mom's younger brother, Gideon.
"Uncle Gideon! What's wrong?" Abby asked, the sound of her uncle's urgent tone woke her up, completely.
"I need to talk to your ma and pop, now! There's something-" The call suddenly dropped.
"Uncle Gideon? Hello?" Abby called, but no answer. She tried again, but no such luck.
Abby sat up, and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. "What was that about?" she muttered.
Abby walked out into the hallway. "Mom? Dad?" she called.
Walking down the hallway, she turned to her right to see light coming from her parent's bedroom. Abby walked inside to find her mother watching the news, again. Yet, her mother's face looked concerned.
"Mama? What's wrong?" said Abby.
"Abby? Why aren't you asleep?" asked Cassie, approaching her daughter.
"Uncle Gideon called, but the call dropped." said Abby. "Is something wrong?"
"No, baby. Everything's okay. Just, there's some scary adult stuff going on in the city, but everything'll be fine." Cassie tried to smile.
Abby glanced over her mom's shoulder to see the TV. "That's at the hospital, nearby us."
"Patients just keep lining up at the hospital. All doctors who work there are being called in to address the situation. The police are now starting to arrive at-" The snow leopard reporter, Fabienne Growley, was interrupted by a wolf officer, yelling to her in the background. "There seems to be a commotion going on, behind me-"
"Hey, lady!" yelled the officer. "Get outta here, now! We gotta-"
BOOM!
A sudden explosion came from inside the hospital, and the TV went to static. A sudden rumbling shook the house.
"Ma, what was that?!" whimpered Abby. To answer her question, another explosion was in view from the bedroom window.
"Oh, my God." whispered Cassie.
"Mama, I'm scared." said Abby. "Where's daddy?!"
Cassie picked up her daughter into her arms. "It's okay, baby. Mama's got you. We're gonna go find daddy now."
Cassie carried Abby down the steps, calling for Nick. "Nick?! Nick!"
From outside, police car sirens could be heard going past the street. The sound of Nick's phone came from the kitchen. Cassie seated Abby on the counter to answer the phone. It was a text from Gideon.
"Eight missed calls? Nick, do you ever use this thing?" muttered Cassie. "It says, 'Where are you, guys? Call me! I'm on my way, there.'"
Abby looked to see the newspaper from today was still there, where she left it for her dad to read, untouched. Abby, being the kid she is, thought it was full of boring stuff to read, but looking at it now, figured to help keep her mind together.
The head story was all about crops and the food items that were made from them, were being called back, on account of weird plant mutations coming from flowers called Night Howlers. There was also a story about a caribou being attacked in a fight with a mean polar bear, but Abby quickly looked away from that article, clearly not helping calm her mind.
There was a noise from the office, like someone was coming inside through the sliding-glass door. It was Nick.
"Cassie! Abby! Good, you're here! Are you two okay?" he asked.
"Nick! Holy smokes, where have you been?!" said Cassie, taking Abby in her arms, again.
"We're okay, daddy. Where were you?" said Abby.
Nick raced back into the office, and pulled out a black case.
"Cass, did anyone come in here?" he asked, not turning around to talk directly, as he opened the case to reveal a revolver pistol.
"No, who would come in here?" asked Cassie. "Also, how long have you had THAT in the house?!"
"Just... Don't go near the doors, okay?! Stay back there!" said Nick, loading up the gun with bullets.
"Nick, you're scaring me. What's wrong?!" said Cassie.
"It's the Coopers. Something's not right with them. I think they're sick." said Nick.
"What do you mean sick, daddy?"
A sudden bang at the sliding-glass door answered Abby's question. It was their raccoon neighbor, Jimmy Cooper, ramming into the glass, and snarling like he was mad.
"Jimmy!" Nick called. "Jimmy, it's me, Nick! Remember?!"
"Nick?!" Cassie said, fear in her voice.
"Girls, c'mere. C'mere." Nick got in front of his family, pointing the gun, towards the mad raccoon, as he broke through the glass.
"Jimmy, stay back! Jimmy, I am warning you! Don't make me do this!"
Nick's warnings fell on deaf ears, as the raccoon charged. Nick pulled the trigger, the girls screamed, and the raccoon fell. Nick moved his family into the dining room.
"Nick, y-you s-shot him." Cassie was shaking, shielding her daughter from seeing the awful scene in the office.
"Cassie, listen." Nick tried to calm his wife down.
"I saw him this morning, and he was just fine." said Cassie.
"Cassie, listen. There is something bad going on." said Nick. "Abby, look at me. Don't look in there. There is this sickness going around, causing mammals to go nuts. We're gonna be okay, but we need to leave. You both understand, right?"
Abby, at a loss for words, and terrified, just nodded.
"Yeah, we get it." said Cassie, now calmed, a little.
The family turned to see car headlights coming up their driveway, through the window.
"It's Gideon. C'mon, let's go." Nick led his family out the door.
From out of the car stepped Gideon, a fox with red fur, and red hair on his head, wearing a blue flannel shirt and jeans.
"Where the sam hell you been?!" asked Gideon. "You have any idea what's going on, out there?!"
"I got some notion." said Nick, as he helped Cassie and Abby into the back of the car.
"Wait, is that blood on your shirt?!" asked Gideon.
"It's not mine, let's just get outta here." said Nick, in a tone that made it clear, he wanted not to spend another second around the house.
"You gonna tell me what happened?" Gideon asked, as he and Nick sat up front, Gideon at the wheel.
"Later. Can we just go?" Nick pleaded.
Gideon backed up, and drove down the road.
"Hey, sis. Hey, Abby. How you girls doing?" Gideon asked Cassie and Abby.
"A little shaken, but we're okay." said Cassie. "Thanks for coming, bro."
"Can we listen to the radio, Uncle Gideon?" asked Abby.
"I don't think that's a-"
"Cass, we need to know where to what's going on." Gideon interrupted Cassie.
When Gideon turned the radio on, only static came through. Gideon hit the dash board in frustration.
"No cell phone, no TV, no radio. Yeah, we're doing great." Gideon huffed.
"Did they say where to go?" asked Nick.
"They said, uh... Army's put up road block's on the highway. No getting into Travis County." said Gideon.
"Then take Route 71, if we're gonna get out." said Nick.
"Right, 71's what I had in mind." said Gideon.
"Are we sick?" asked Abby.
"No, honey. We're fine." said Nick.
"How do you know?" Abby asked, again.
"They said it's just mammals in the city." said Gideon.
"But, didn't Mr. Cooper work in the city?" asked Abby.
"That's right, he did. But, we're fine, sweetheart. Trust me." Nick reassured his daughter.
"I do. But, how many mammals did get sick?" said Abby.
"Probably a lot. They say half the city's lost their mind. Some sort of parasite, or something." said Gideon. "Actually, I found one family of sheep in their house. They were all mangled-"
"Gideon!" Cassie stopped her brother, reminding him of Abby.
"Right. Sorry." said Gideon, as he turned down a dirt road.
"How did this even happen?" asked Nick.
"They got no clue. But, we ain't the only town." said Gideon. "First, they were saying, it's just the south. Now, they're going on about the east coast, and the west coast-"
Gideon stopped as they drove by a horrific scene to their right. An entire farmhouse lit on fire. The barn, and the crops were lit ablaze, too.
"Oh, no." whispered Gideon. "That's the Hopps' family farm. Hope Stu, Bonnie, and their kids made it out."
"I'm sure they did." Cassie placed her paw on Gideon's shoulder, in a comforting attempt, as the farm was out of sight.
"Wait. Up ahead." Cassie pointed up the road to a family of three beavers walking on the right side off the road. "Pull over, they might need help."
"Gideon, no. Keep driving." said Nick.
"They got a kid, Nick." said Gideon.
"So do we." Nick retorted.
"But, we have room." said Cassie.
"Just keep driving." Nick said, and Gideon did.
"Nick! We could've helped!" said Cassie.
Nick stared right into his wife's eyes. "You haven't seen what I've seen." Nick said, in a voice that made Cassie's fur tingle with fear. "Someone else'll come along."
"Oh, no, no." Gideon muttered, as up ahead, was a traffic jam. Rows of cars just piled on both lanes of the road, a hospital just to the left, with ambulances bringing in more sick and injured.
"Well, great. Everyone and their mother had the same, bright idea." said Gideon.
"Well, we should just back-track, and-"
An elephant got out of his car in front of the foxes, and yelled to the crowd. "Hey, come on, man! Let's go!"
Suddenly, a sick rhino in a hospital gown just came bursting out of the hospital, and charged at the rhino, impaling the elephant with it's horn.
"Holy crap!" yelled Gideon.
"Gideon, get us outta here." Nick said, with fear in his voice. "Gideon. Gideon!"
Gideon snapped out of it, and sharply turned, the rhino right behind them, as it hit the car, thankfully, not with it's horn.
"What just happened? What the CRAP just happened, back there?! You saw that too, right?!" yelled Gideon.
"Yes, we did!" said Nick. "Wait, turn here. Turn here!"
Gideon turned to the road leading to town square. Mammals of all species were running past them, in fear. An RV was blocking the way, except for a gap wide enough for the truck to squeeze through.
"C'mon, folks. Move!" Gideon tried to move, but stopped with a jerk, as mammals kept running.
"What are they running from?" Abby whimpered.
"We can't stop here, Gid." said Nick.
"I CAN'T DRIVE THROUGH 'EM, NICK!" shouted Gideon.
"THEN, BACK UP!" Nick shouted back.
"They're behind me, too!" said Gideon.
"Wait, look! The path's cleared! Go, move!" yelled Nick.
Gideon stepped on the gas, squeezing through, and out onto the intersection of the square.
"Look out!" Cassie cried, shielding Abby.
Another truck came flying to their right, and slammed into Gideon's truck, sending it onto it's side, and everything went black...
...
"Daddy? Daddy!"
"Nick?! Nick, honey!"
The first thing Nick heard when he regained consciousness was his wife and daughter's voices, and the first thing he saw was a sick leopard, tearing it's claws into a deer. Nick felt Cassie's paw on his shoulder.
"I'm okay. What about you two?" said Nick.
"We're okay, but I think my leg hurts." said Abby.
"How bad?" asked Cassie.
"Real bad." Abby winced.
Nick kicked the broken windshield out, crawled out of the car, and helped his family out. There was no sign of Gideon inside, meaning he must've already gotten out of the car. Suddenly, a sick fox charged at Nick, but Gideon appeared, and threw a brick at it's face, then stabbed it with a glass shard.
"Y'all alright?" Gideon asked.
"Yeah. Thanks, Gid." said Nick.
"We're gonna need to run." said Gideon.
Nick handed his revolver to Gideon. "Keep us safe."
Nick picked up Abby into his arms. "I got Abby, Cassie. Stay close, we gotta run."
"Okay. Abby, hold onto daddy, tightly." said Cassie. Abby nodded.
The family of foxes ran amongst the panicked crowd. From left to right, chaos was everywhere. Buildings were being blown up, and on fire. Cars and trucks were crashing. Sick mammals were toppling onto other mammals, attacking them.
"Daddy, those mammals are on fire. Why are those mammals biting them, like that?" Abby whimpered, terrified, and crying at the scary scenes happening around her.
"Abby, baby. Don't look at any of that. Look at daddy. Keep looking at daddy." said Cassie.
"Guys, get back! There's too many up ahead!" Gideon shouted over the screams. "Quick! Though that alley, over there!"
Gideon kicked open the gate leading to an alley. A sick zebra came charging out of the shadows, but Gideon quickly shot it down. "C'mon, move!"
The foxes ran down the alley, leading to the back of a restaurant. The family rushed inside, Gideon slammed and locked the back door, as several sick mammals came up behind them. Gideon braced against the door, as the sick mammals banged at it to get inside.
"Get to the highway!" yelled Gideon.
"What?! We can't leave you. That's not happening!" said Nick.
"Go! You and Cassie have Abby. I can outrun 'em!" shouted Gideon.
"Gideon?!" shrieked Cassie.
"We'll meet you there!" shouted Nick, as he grabbed Cassie's arm with his paw, held Abby in his left arm, and ran outside.
"Hurry!" Gideon called back.
Nick kicked the front door open, and ran down a hill, running down a dirt path, leading to the highway.
"Nick, we can't leave him! That's my little brother!" said Cassie.
"He's gonna be okay! I'll go back, and get him, once I know you two are safe." said Nick.
"Daddy! More sick mammals!" cried Abby.
A sick zebra and sick moose crawled out of a nearby crashed ambulance, and spotted the family of foxes. The foxes tried to outrun them up another hill, then, without warning, the sick mammals were gunned down. The family looked up to see a wolf in a military uniform, brandishing an assault rifle, with a flashlight attached to it.
"It's okay, girls. We're safe, now." said Nick. "Hey, sir. We need help."
"Stop." ordered the wolf.
"Please. My daughter has a broken leg." Nick pleaded.
"Stop, right there!" The wolf pointed his rifle when the foxes moved closer, now they moved back a bit.
"It's okay. We're not sick." Nick pleaded, again.
"Got a family of civilians in the outer perimeter. Please advise. Over." The wolf reported into his radio.
"Daddy, what about Uncle Gideon?" said Abby.
"I'm gonna get you and your mama to safety, then, I'll go back and find him. Okay?" said Nick.
"Sir, they have a little girl with them." said the wolf. "But-... Yes, sir."
"Listen, buddy. We've just been through a living nightmare." said Nick. "We just need-"
Nick stopped when he realized the way the wolf held his rifle.
"I'm so sorry." The wolf muttered.
"Oh, crap." Nick turned to run, but the wolf open fired. Gunshots ran out, and the foxes tumbled down the hill.
The wolf scrambled down, and fixed his sights on Nick, who pleaded not to be shot, when suddenly, the wolf was shot in the head, and fell. Nick and Cassie turned to see Gideon with the revolver. Cassie ran up, and hugged her brother, in gratitude.
"Oh, no." Gideon whispered, in horror. Nick and Cassie turned to see Abby on the floor, and in pain.
"Abby!" Nick cried, and rushed to her side.
Abby was crying and squeaking in pain. A bullet went through the right side of her abdomen, and she was bleeding fast. Abby was clutching her side, wincing at how much it hurt.
"Okay, move your hands, baby." Nick said, as he pulled Abby's hands off her wound, making her squeak, in pain. "I know, baby. I know."
Nick tried to apply pressure to the wound, but she was still losing blood.
"Listen to me, I know it hurts, baby. You're gonna be okay, baby. Just stay with me." Nick pleaded. "I'm gonna pick you up, okay?"
Abby squealed, when Nick tried to move her. "I know, baby. It hurts. C'mon, please. You'll be okay." Nick pleaded. Cassie and Gideon kneeled close to Abby's right side, numbed with fear.
"Mama... daddy... Uncle... I... love you..." Abby whispered, a single tear fell down her cheek, and she went limb.
"Abby! Baby!" Nick cried. "Don't do this to us, baby. Don't do this to us, baby girl. C'mon, please."
Cassie took Abby in her arms. "Abby, please. Please, baby girl, can you hear us? Abby..." Cassie sobbed. Nick soon joined in his wife's sobs. Gideon just laid a comforting arm on his sister.
That's when he felt the gun get snatched out of his paw. Nick and Gideon looked up to see Cassie backing away from the male foxes, her daughter in one arm, and the gun in her other paw, which slowly moved up to her head.
"Cassie, what're you doing?!" Nick cried.
"I can't, Nick. Not without Abby. I'm sorry." Abby sobbed.
"SIS, NO!" Gideon cried, rushing over to stop her, but it was too late.
Cassie pulled the trigger, and she was gone, too. Nick kneeled down to his wife and daughter's limb bodies on the ground, and held them both, sobbing.
"No! No, no, no. Please." Nick sobbed. "Oh, God. Please. Please, please, don't do this. Please, God."
In a single night, Nick lost his whole world, just like so many others.
...
"The number of confirmed deaths has passed over two-hundred. The governor has called for a state of emergency."
"There were hundreds and hundreds of bodies lying in the streets."
"Panic spread worldwide, as a leaked report from the World Health Organization showed that the latest vaccination tests have failed."
"With the bureaucrats out of power, we can finally take the necessary steps to-"
"Los Angeles is now the latest city to be placed under martial law."
"All residents are required to report to their designated quarantine-"
"Riots have continued for a third executive day, and winter rations are at an all-time low."
"A group calling themselves the Fireflies have claimed responsibility for both attacks."
"Their charter calls for the return of all branches of government."
"Cries of outrage and protest have occurred, following the execution of six more alleged Fireflies."
"You can still rise with us. Remember, when you're lost in the darkness, look for the light. Believe in the Fireflies."
...
~THE LAST OF ZOOTOPIA~
Well, guys. That's it for the prologue. Next chapter will see Nick being introduced as a smuggler, and meets up with the Fireflies, and Judy, the Fireflies' second-in-command, next to the Queen Firefly, Bellwether. Who will replace the character for Tess and Robert, I'll reveal in the next chapter. In this story, it will take place five years after the outbreak, instead of twenty, so to be faithful to the age of the characters from the movie. Meaning, Nick in this chapter was 27, but will be 32 in the next one. The five-year gap is inspired like the one mentioned in the upcoming sequel of the game. Leave a review, if you like, about the fanfic, or to express your hype about the sequel, 'cause I'm hooked.
I own nothing, except a few OC's. All rights go to original owners. No copyright intended. Stay tuned for the next chapter in this fanfic. Thanks.
P.S. I like to apologize in advance for any strong language featured in this fanfic, as it's progress continues. Also, if the title doesn't sound much, but the story's better than the title. Thanks, again.
