Hey guys Price here and welcome to the Prologue to my Assassin's Creed and Zootopia Crossover. Not sure what to call it, since Zoossassin's Creed seems stupid. May have to go with that though. Yes, Judy and Nick are both Assassins, but are also still cops as well. May have to make up characters as Templars, unless you guys have ideas. So yeah, I now have five ongoing Zootopia stories. So what? Sue me. Don't, actually. You'd lose. Okay, I'm blabbering. Sorry. But yeah, I have five Zootopia stories to attend to total, and I also have Rebirth and A Pack Divided, but those are going on hiatus for now. Sorry. I'll take some inspiration from Syndicate for the occasional name and event(and maybe the ending. Or is it the halfway mark? You'll have to wait and see)), but otherwise it's all original. Also, in this AU, Bogo is the Mentor. Anyway, I think it's time to get...onto the story!
Somewhere around midnight Sunday July 10, 2020, Precursor site Delta
Judy slowly lowered the body of the Templar she'd just slipped her hidden blade into, Nick doing the same next to her. They entered a large room to see their target: Templar Grandmaster Clawford Bearrick. Judy signaled Nick, and he leapt onto a raised platform on the right side of the hall while she did the same on the left side. They made their way to the opposite end of the chamber. Nick looked at Judy and she jerked her head. He leapt, hidden blade sliding out with a barely audible snick.
Somewhere around ten AM Tuesday December 5, 2016, Precinct One
Judy Hopps walked into the bullpen with her partner, Nick Wilde. They sat down in their own chair at the front left table. Chief Bogo entered with the usual fanfare of hooting, shouting, and table banging. Judy flinched, her extra-sensitive ears laying back to try and minimize the cacophony. Nick did the same in her peripheral vision.
"Settle down!" Bogo shouted, Judy and Nick both grimacing lightly. Bogo announced a few things, gave orders, and had the monthly parking duty joke with the rabbit and fox. They fell for it every time, and this was no different.
They left with their orders, a "patrol" in Savannah Central.
They entered the cruiser, excited to finally have a target after months of quiet.
"Hey Carrots, you remember when we realized we were both Assassins?" Nick asked, Judy blushing lightly.
"Yeah. What about it?" She asked, thinking she knew where it was going.
"You just kiss pretty good, that's all." Nick answered, Judy sighing. Not that bad, at least.
"If I remember correctly, you kissed me." Judy retorted, both glad and slightly saddened by the fact that they were able to keep up their jokes and playful barbs despite what they did for a living. Aside from being cops, at least. She sighed, reminiscing amusedly.
Midnight Tuesday October 28, 2015, Rainforest District
Judy pulled up her peaked hood from the seclusion of the shadows, her all black outfit blending seamlessly into the darkness provided. Her target, a white furred wolf, entered the clearing she stood watch over, Judy smirking lightly. This would be too easy.
A few seconds later, more mammals followed, Judy's apprehension growing with every increase in numbers. She waited for a few more moments before she slowly climbed down the tree she was on. She stood on the very edge of the clearing, still undetected.
She tensed her legs to dash forward and claim the life of another Templar when a flash of reddish-orange filled her vision for a second. When it cleared, a creature who was dressed similarly to her, except with orange clothes and red highlights, plus the occasional splotch of green, stood over the body of the Templar. Her eyes widened in disbelief, then anger. She was the only Assassin she knew of in Zootopia, so that meant this mammal was a freelancer with similar equipment and clothing style. The mammal said something to the Templar, who growled out something in return, then looked at the mammals that had surrounded him when he'd slain her target. Four had their backs to her.
With a barely audible sound, she activated her hidden blades and dashed forward, stabbing the two closer Templars in the back of the neck, just under the skull. She then sliced the throat of the far right Templar, rolling backward and leaping to be behind the last of the four, stabbing it in the chest when it turned.
"There's two!?" One of the Templars shouted, everyone looking at her. The freelancer took the opportunity to dash to the side and slice open four throats before anybody realized he'd moved. Judy, however, was confused. The other was clearly a freelancer. She was the only one who'd been taking out targets since she'd arrived, so she didn't know how they'd mistake the other mammal as an Assassin. It wasn't until the other mammal had done a spin kick that she saw the Assassin's symbol on a sash around the mammal's waist.
The other mammal was quick to get close to her, though she was reluctant. His fighting style was very different from hers, though it was suspicious the mammal seemed to know her weaknesses and strengths, proven when they capitalized on her weaknesses and seemed to counter them with their own strengths.
Judy dodged a claw swipe, the freelancer rolling over her back as she ducked, stabbing the Templar in the throat.
Soon, the Templars were dead, and Judy and the mystery mammal stood back to back. They apparently had the same idea at the same time, and both spun quickly and activated hidden blades, the tips barely touching the throat of the other mammal.
Judy stood still for a few seconds in thought, then retracted her blade and spun, intending to kick the mammal in the head. The freelancer retracted their blade and blocked her kick with a forearm, Judy blinking in surprise. She lowered her leg and brought it under her.
"It seems I'm not the only Assassin here." Judy said, the other mammal recoiling a step at her voice.
"Fluff?" The mammal asked, Judy's eyes widening.
"Nick!?" She shouted, both of them tearing off the other's hood. Judy's ears flicked up, nose twitching in surprise as the hood came off of the other mammal, revealing her partner on the force, Nick Wilde, standing there.
"What are you doing here!?" They both shouted, then pausing. "Why are you dressed like that!?" They tried again, frowning when they both said the same thing.
"Fluff, why are you dressed like an Assassin? Better yet, why are you fighting like one?" Nick asked, Judy raising an eyebrow. She tapped the symbol on her waist, Nick placing his head in his paw. "So I'm not alone. Great. Now I have to worry about you during our day and night jobs." He said, Judy scoffing at his remark.
"You mean I have to worry about you!" She said, Nick rolling his eyes.
"Oh just shut up." He said, suddenly grabbing her shoulders and pulling her into a very...very passionate kiss. Judy stood still in shock for a moment before relenting. It wasn't that bad, at least.
After breaking it off, Nick panted lightly, looking away sheepishly. "Sorry." He said, Judy blinking.
"For what?" She asked, Nick looking at her her in shock.
"You mean you...aren't disgusted?" He asked, clearly surprised.
"Hard to be disgusted when you've been a Pred Chaser your whole life." She said, as if it was common knowledge that he should know. Nick stood there, maw agape in even more shock at her remark.
"You mean you're..." He trailed off, as if trying to find the right words.
"Attracted to predators? Yes. Yes I am. One hundred percent." She answered, Nick smiling lightly at the remark.
"But...what about what happened when you were nine?" He asked, immediately regretting it. She hadn't told him, and he just revealed he knew about it. Great. He was so dead.
"You mean with Gideon? Oh please, that was...good." She said, though sheepishly. She seemed to realize her mistake a moment later. "I mean good in that it helped me get over my instinctual fear!" She added, Nick raising an eyebrow.
"How?" He asked, though he suspected he knew the answer.
"I met you. Whether it was by chance or otherwise, what happened is why I met you." She said, Nick scoffing at the sappiness of the statement. "It's true! What happened added subconscious bias on top of my instinctual fear, and that's why I followed you into the ice cream parlor! My subconscious bias and instinctual fear made me suspect you were up to no good!" She explained, then gained a look of thinking. "Well, I suppose you were but that's besides the point."
"...Wow. Didn't think of it that way." He said, his surprise at the truth evident on his face. Judy smirked.
"So...how did you know what happened when I was nine?" She finally asked, Nick cringing at the absence of apparent anger. Whether it was good or bad would depend on his answer, he knew.
"When I found your file a few weeks ago, it mentioned it under a list of possible problems. Surprisingly, it was higher on the list than your gung ho attitude and competitiveness." He said, unable to hold in the last remark. "Sorry."
"For looking at my file? It's open to partners, so they know who they're working with. You shouldn't apologize for being curious." She said, absentmindedly pulling her hood up when she felt liquid touch her head. "Though I am curious why you kissed me. Not complaining, but why?" She asked, tilting her head a tad bit.
"I don't know. Seemed right at the moment." Nick answered, sighing. "Though if I had to hazard a more precise guess, I'd say it was more out of relief and fear. Relief I finally knew what you were hiding from me, and fear that I may just lose you. It seemed more real than when we became partners." He said, mood suddenly somber.
"If it helps, know that I don't plan on taking unnecessary chances." She said, making Nick raise an eyebrow. "Don't even say it."
"What? That I worry about you?" He said, purposefully saying what Judy knew he said to get on her nerves.
"Never mind. Let's just go and report to Bogo."
Twelve PM Wednesday October 29, 2015, Precinct One
Judy entered Bogo's office, followed by Nick. Bogo stood behind his desk, looking at something they couldn't see.
"Hopps. How went the assassination?" He asked, somehow knowing it was her.
"Without a hitch, sir." She answered, looking at Nick.
"Well, except for one thing." Nick said, Bogo visibly stiffening.
"I see." He said, turning to face them. "Let me explain." He said, Judy hopping up onto his desk from the chair in anger.
"No! How could you keep this from us!? Me and Nick are partners! You don't just keep these kinds of things from partners who are supposed to trust each other with their lives!" She shouted, forgetting he was both the Chief of Police and the Brotherhood's Mentor.
"If I recall, you both agreed to keep it from the other as well." Bogo said, voice deceptively calm.
"And if we hadn't, we wouldn't have almost killed each other!" Nick suddenly shouted, paws slamming Bogo's desk. Bogo ignored the paw slamming in his surprise.
"Explain." He said, Judy going into a long tirade about her setup, the time she took to make sure everything went smoothly, and then how Nick had ran in unannounced and almost ruined everything. His ears flattened at that, though ignored it in favor of listening to the compliments she gave. His ears flattened upon his head further at the mention of how they'd both spun and had blades to the other's throat, leaving out his shut-up kiss and their dialogue afterwards.
"So, and we've thought about this the whole time on our way here, and we've come to the conclusion that we deserve to know why you decided to keep it hidden." Judy said, crossing her arms stubbornly.
Bogo sighed. This was not how he'd wanted to tell them.
"I didn't want to tell you like this, Hopps, Wilde." He started, Nick scoffing.
"Better this way than making us find out the hard way." He said, Judy shivering as she realized what he'd meant. Better this way than letting them find out by killing the other.
"I suppose you're right, Wilde. I kept it hidden because, one, I do worry about my officers, if I don't already make it obvious. I didn't want this to weigh on your conscious'." He said, Judy lightly tapping her foot in irritation. "Two, because I knew you'd act like this." He finished, Judy merely narrowing her eyes.
"Whatever do you mean? We're being so nice and civilized about it." Nick said, Judy glaring at him. She sighed and hopped down from the desk.
"Come on Nick. We're done here." She said, opening the door and walking out. Nick looked at Bogo almost apologetically, like he was reluctant to leave without apologizing. He held up a finger and opened his mouth, then seemed to think better about it, and pulled out a blood stained feather without a word and placed it on Bogo's desk, then turned, walking out the door and quietly closing it.
Nick waited until they were in the cruiser before he spoke.
"What the hell, Judy!? You could have just cost us both our jobs and, quite possibly, our lives if not our positions in the Brotherhood!" He shouted, Judy at least having the decency to look ashamed. "I agree with you, really, but you can't just do that!" He exclaimed, Judy looking away quietly. Suddenly, a thought struck here and she let out a laugh. "What's so funny?" He asked, curious despite his anger.
"This conversation. What just happened in Bogo's office. It all seems like something you would do, and I'd be the one reprimanding you. But instead I freak out and you have to reprimand me." She explained, Nick only giving a ghost of a smile.
"You're right. That is funny. But this is serious, Judy. I just can't think about what Bogo might do or else I have a panic attack. So, for once, I'm going to be serious for the rest of the day. I have to, because this requires it." He said, Judy pouting lightly. Then she looked up and to her right when she noticed Nick was holding his right paw over his side, and horror overcame her regret.
"Nick, why are you holding your side?" She asked, afraid of the answer.
"Huh? Oh, no reason." He said, paw not moving, though his voice sounded distant, almost tired.
"Nick..." Judy trailed off, grabbing his paw and throwing it to the side. She blinked. There was nothing there.
"Gotcha!" Nick said, Judy letting out a small, but dark, chuckle. Nick looked at her with apprehension. "Carrots, what are you thinking about?" He asked, scared for his safety.
"I am gonna destroy you tonight."
Alright! That does it for this Crossover, now called Zootopian Assassins on and Assassins of Zootopia on AO3. I hope you guys like it. It was fun to write. If you see all AC easter eggs, good for you. Leave them in a review if you think so, and I'll say whether or not you are correct. I'll make it easy if not. One from AC Revelations and one from A Night to Remember in AC Syndicate. I will be leaving random little Easter Eggs, so an AC fan from the beginning will know most, if they've played all the games. Well, console games, at least. I couldn't resist the WildeHopps. I wanted to have it be canon only at the ending, but I'm too trashy to say no. Sorry. Wait, why am I apologizing for WildeHopps? Who knows. And yes, I took the term Pred Chaser from the story The Pred Chaser's Itch, though I forget who wrote it. Anyway, I'll see you guys...next update. Word Count: 2,755