Author's Note: Hi! This is my new project! It's going to be a little darker than my first story and hopefully better. Forward is "complete" but open for continuation. But, I've been thinking about the story overall and what was conceived and thought about the character I created named Kimat. I thought he was poorly written. I'll be touching him up in my remaster of Forward but I wish to develope him more elsewhere. Plus, I wanted to explore a new side and angle of the amazing world of Zootopia. This is a side road next to the main one I have. I hope you enjoy.
I do not own Zootopia. All rights go to the amazing, creative team at Disney.
Chapter: Follow The Leader
Unknown P.O.V.
Today was boring. I had to sit at work with my dad all day. He worked at an office job and I almost got in trouble for using documents as paper airplanes. I couldn't help it as I was ancy and was bored. I wanted to go home and play video games all day and maybe hang out with some friends. Well, I lied on the friends part.
Right now me and my dad were walking through downtown in City Central. He promised me we would get ice cream since I behaved. Though he was kinda mad when I talked to the rhino who looked like his leader. He called him his boss or something? I don't know.. but my dad always said he wanted to keep this job and not go back to the one he had. Whatever that means.
My dad was never home at his old job. Sometimes when he did come home, he would have a broken antler, scratches, or a patch on his eye. If I was up really late and saw him he would always look away from me sad.
"Alright, where do you wanna go?"
I look up at him as we held hooves and began to think.
I couldn't remember much around Zootopia with all the shops. But all I know is that I really wanted ice cream.
"I don't know, just want any ice cream," I say almost hyper.
He chuckles which makes me smile and look up at him.
"Well let's just go to this one down the road."
"Okay!"
I began to move around happily at being able to have ice cream, my dad still holding my hoof.
"Alright settle down."
"Sorry. I'm just really excited," I say shyly.
I look around as we began to walk in the sunny day. I notice so many mammals walking around. It was busy.
Before I knew it, I was pulled to a stop as I turn towards where my dad was facing. It was a little mini ice cream shop with a hippo with a pile of ice cream in his mouth on the glass door.
I smile as my dad opens the door to the inside.
It was so cool. In both ways. In front of me was the all mighty glass window holding all the flavors of ice cream.
There was no line so me and my dad walked up to the counter where an elephant stood looking as bored as I was at my dad's work.
"Hey, excuse me, may my son and I get some Ice cream?"
"Alright what do you want?" My dad happily spoke, whispering down at me.
I look at the many colors and flavors and decide to pick the green one with little chocolate chips in them because green was my favorite color.
"Can I have the green one?"
"Do you even know what that is?" he asked looking at it.
"Please!" I beg and whine.
"Alright."
"Yes!"
"Ah, yes. I would like to have Mud sty chocolate and my son would like Mint."
I bounced up and down happily.
"eight- O - five." the giraffe said as he began to open the glass thingy from behind.
He took a long scooper with his trunk and scooped out a glob of green and put it on a cone. He then reached in for another green glob which made my heart explode in excitement. He scooped it out and stacked it on the previous. The giraffe put it over the counter and I bounced up and down, extending my arms up at it. It was lowered down to my level and I grabbed it and looked at it in awe.
Without much thought I took a long lick and tasted a sort of spiciness which was good with it's cold flavor. I took another and felt myself loving the taste.
"'Kay junior let's head out," he said looking down at me with a smile and ice cream of his own.
He pushed the doors and we exited.
"What do you say?" he said questioningly.
"Thank you!" I announce.
We began walking back down the road and I was now happy despite the boredom I dealt with today.
"Ah! Dad!"
I was jerked away. I felt myself get pulled back out of his grip and pulled into an ally. I droo my ice cream as I reached out for him.
"Hey!"
"Dad!" I call back, fighting the paws that held me.
I was pulled back until I see a gun poke out a side alley next to us and it was pointed at my dad's head.
I gasp.
"Dad!"
"Alright Clyde," My dad spoke, not looking over.
A wolf came from the alley and went behind my dad holding the gun at his head.
"You said you wouldn't disclose us and you did," The wolf spoke lowly.
"Look, I didn't mean to and I didn't know she would tell anyone."
"Your "wife" ratted us out and we specifically told you not to disclose anything about this organization."
"I didn't know she would leave me. She wanted to know what was happening and I told her. But as you can see I am the only one who's able to take care of my son."
"Yeah well because of your little spewl the cops will be on us, so this is just a little repayment for the trouble you've cost us."
Before I could question anything, my dad whipped around slapping the gun out of the wolf's paw which flew on the ground near me.
"Dad!" I shout trying to fight the paws as I kick behind me.
He punched the wolf with his ice cream which sent him crashing into the wall. My dad lowered his head and charged at the wolf. He hit the wolf and the wolf cried out before punching my dad in the side.
"Dad!" I call now using my antlers to head-butt backwards into the mammal behind me.
The wolf grabbed at my dad's antlers and took one and I heard a loud crack and my dad cry out. The wolf kneed up into my dad and he stumbled back. He pushed my dad into the wall and began kicking him in the side on the ground.
"DAD!" I shout as I begin to feel my eyes sting.
Red stuff was coming out of his mouth now as he coughed it a bit.
I look down at the white paw and then bite down on it. The paws released with a cry and I dived for the gun.
"Let go of my dad!" I shouted pointing it at the wolf.
I felt the gun ripped out from my hooves from behind and I was now grabbed again and locked this time.
The wolf now stood bent over, paws on his knees breathing hard
"I don't even know how you get a shirt on with those antlers of yours," he said.
He then caught a gun thrown from the mammal holding me.
"Stop!" I shout.
He pulled the top back before pointing it down at my dad.
"Clyde," a voice spoke.
The wolf stopped and his ears stood at attention with a look of fear.
"Sir?" the wolf questioned looking in the alley.
Out of the ally came another wolf with dark fur but wearing a white suit with a red rose in the front. This wolf looked more menacing than the other as he had a deadly expression. He had yellow eyes as he looked at the wolf who seemed to shiver.
"What did I say about instilling pointless vengeance on others?"
The wolf looked angry.
"But sir- No! What did I say!" The wolf shouted.
"That it will change you for the worse. And leave you empty," he spoke sadly.
My dad was still on the ground and he seemed to be sleeping.
"But this scum," he said kicking my dad on the ground making him groan.
"Dad?"
The wolf in the suit looks over at me and I felt a fear rush through me. Now that I could see both eyes he had one blue eye and one yellow eye. He seemed to look at me with sadness before angrily turning towards the wolf.
He all of the sudden spun the wolf around and slammed him up to the wall, holding his arms behind him.
"Why do you have to do this?" he said with his teeth bared.
"Because I was trying to help the organizat- ah!"
"This is not his fault. And the child did not need to be a part of this!" he spoke in a harsh sort of whisper.
He turned the wolf around again before grabbing his neck. The one on the wall clawed at the other paws as he looked to be choking. He was struggling as he closed his eyes and squirmed.
"Stop!"
He lets go of the wolf looking down as the wolf drops. The wolf scurried away towards the opposite wall holding his neck.
The wolf with the weird eyes looks at me before waving his paw away. Suddenly the paws on me released and I felt put on the spot at being suddenly free. The wolf approached and I felt myself stuck in place. The wolf was now in front of me as I look up at him in fear. He crouched down to be just below my eye level. He looked me straight in the eyes searching them and I looked back.
"I'm sorry you had to go through all this."
My nose smelled something I couldn't describe. It's like the taste I have when I brush my teeth sometimes.
I can't say anything. I don't know what to say.
"You shouldn't have to see that," he said looking down.
"The world is rather dark here."
He looked back uo at me.
"I'm sorry what happened to your dad I'll be sure to.. put these guys in time out."
"Here," he said softly.
He grabbed what looked to be a big stack of money that could barely fit in his paw and held it out to me. I looked at it then to him as he looks to me with a sad smile.
I reached out before grabbing it in my hooves.
"Go get you and your dad some Ice cream,"
He looked at me once more before he stood back up. He began towards the alley and a white wolf followed. The white wolf stopped at the other wolf on the ground and grabbed his arm before lifting him up. Borh wolves continued with the other hunched over as he walked. The other wolf with the suit was gone and I stood in silence.
Sprinting over to my dad I dropped down to his side.
"Dad?"
I shake him and he groaned.
I look behind me in the other ally and see the wolves were gone.
I didn't think wolves were as bad as others said. But I guess they were right. At least there's some good ones.