Setting 3 years before Nick join's the police force.
Nick POV
Zootopia with all of its different regions is a wonderfully diverse place in the day time no more so than central park which acts as the tourist hub for all of Zootopia. There are carnival rides, restaurants and a large forest with winding trails woven between the trees making for a wonderful walk. This made it really popular for the Zootopia residents for couples to take long walks and for families to let their kids experience the outdoors, but come sundown you no longer found the happy children running, nor couples picnicking, for come sundown the running game begins. Consisting mostly of predators the running game consists of 4 teams of 4 with the sole goal of surviving the night, each team starts in a different area and actively hunts the other teams down while getting hunted themselves. While no firearms are allowed any other weapon from clubs to machetes can be used to kill the other teams. These games while highly dangerous were very very lucrative which was why on this night we find nick approaching the gates of central park at sundown. As nick approached the gate he looked to his left to see a weasel leaning against a tree smoking a cigarette "dangerous place for a civilian this time of night" The weasel hissed, barely looking up from his phone. Nick shrugged the comment off and continued into the dimly lit park. Nick decided that night that he would wear darker clothes to help blend in somewhat he wore black khakis and a black coat as well. Along with tightly laced sneakers he also carried a very sharp switchblade just in case. Nick didn't come to the game to participate more so for the betting involved, this was his first time so he didn't plan on getting to into it. Nick approached the raccoon that appeared to be the one taking the bets. Nick walked up, "Id like to put 1000 down on the blue team nick said'. The raccoon pulled a large Bowie knife and placed it at nick's throat, "not so fast growled the raccoon, you want to bet you first have to run, you make it through the night you can bet as much as you want" the raccoon re sheathed the knife and nick exhaled looking the raccoon in the eye "deal" nick growled. Good replied the raccoon "follow me i'll take you to your team". Nick's mind started racing "what the fuck did i just agree to" he thought, "maybe i can just hide or something until morning"... his thoughts were interrupted by loud yelling between a mountain lion and a rottweiler " i'm going to cut your fucking head off tonight you fucking bitch!" The mountain lion yelled. "Is that so" replied the rottweiler, "Once i finish you off I may just go pay your girlfriend a visit, She still working that corner down by the tit bar?" The rottweiler retorted. "Hey hey hey you guys" the raccoon cut in "save it for the game". The yelling animals fell silent and returned to their respective teams, the blue team consisted of the mountain lion, two foxes and a cheetah with a nasty scar running down his face. The red team which is the one nick was placed in had the rottweiler along with a mean looking black panther and a female fox which kept stealing glances at nick making him increasingly nervous. There were two other teams as well one green consisting of four hyenas snickering amongst themselves, and one yellow consisting of a cougar, a timber wolf a raccoon and a tiger. The tiger wore a necklace that appeared to consist of teeth probably around 10-15. Nick glanced around nervously, and leaned over to the female fox " what are we supposed to do now? She whispered back "what are you stupid now we pick our weapons. A large lion wearing a bulletproof vest stood up on the ledge of a fountain and growled out "good evening, chose your weapons now for the team with the most members left at the end wins", $5,000 apiece. Laughter and clapping rose up from the steadily growing number of onlookers. Alright then the lion said, teams get in position and let the game begin.