As he was face down on the operating table he could feel the doctors poking and working on back. Even if there was a lot of morphine in his system he hates being asleep due to him being scared he will die. Then after about five more minutes the knife was finally out. But something wasn't right. It was not the only thing in him. There was also seven shards of glass smashed in the same area. One after another the came out some barbed, others fine, and one double pointed. Then came the stitches Mathew had to get seventy in total. But before he could be stitched up he felt tiered. He closed his eyes as he started to see a white light. He saw his grandparents and his father who was killed in a wreck months earlier.

Outside on the physical world the doctors were panicking. His blood type was rare and they had no donors for it. They saw his co workers gathered in the lobby and a nurse ran out to ask if any of them had that blood type. Then as if a miracle a young blindingly white tiger raised her hand and volunteered to give some blood. Mathew woke after a few hours and the doc finished stitching. Mathew was then told was told to take it easy for about four weeks. He was wrapped in gaze ,given pain killers ,and was sent on his way. His badge and all his valuables he had when he came in were given back to him then he walked to the main doors. As he was leaving he noticed two things, one it was dawn and the second the whole ZPD was there waiting.

"Well I have been jabbed with needle, stabbed , shoot at, and fell asleep on an operating table. But there hasn't been a 999 in my career and I plan to keep it like that." Mathew said getting everyone's attention as he walked out. The department looked over to see him standing there smiling.

"Man you had us worried but why are you in only the bottom half of your uniform?" Nick asked as Judy looked away but peaked back at him hiding a blush.

"The top has been stained with blood and torn to hell. That knife wasn't the only thing to get me." Mathew said with a shrug." Hey chief Bogo you think I can order a new uniform?" Mathew asked the buffalo.

"Yea we can get one in a day or two. You still got you badge?" He asked noticing he can't wear it at the moment.

"Yup and all my other things I had. Are in this bag. Wait, Fuck they took my knife! I'll be back." Mathew said growling noticing his knife was gone.

Mathew went over to the doc that worked on him. He noticed Mathew his were blazing red with anger.

"My knife was made of a single solid steel piece with nylon wrapped around it. Were did you put it?" Mathew growled walking closer as the doctor backed away.

"That is the blade we removed sir we put it in a dish along with the glass. I was just about to toss it but here." The doctor said raising the blade by the loop that acts as a pommel.

Mathew grabbed it wiped the blood stained piece off on his pant leg and returned it to its sheath. With his knife back he lightened up. The smiled nodded and left back to his friends leaving a terrified doctor in his wake. He got back to his friends who were giving him a confused and slightly scared faces.

"Hey what's wrong? I don't have another knife in my back do I?" Mathew joked which earned some laughs and smiles from his co workers and friends.

"Welcome back Turner." Bogo said with a slight smile happy with his new worker's attitude.

"Good to be back. But I don't know were I was can anyone clue me in?" Mathew said with clear confusion.

"You died mid operation. That was because of blood loss so one of us had to donate and it happens to be your new partner." Benjamin said with a sad voice but brightened up on the second part.

"Wow I died? That's bloody awesome! Anyway before I get distracted again who is my new partner?" Mathew said disregarding the fact that he died but he was sure to repay that someone who had saved his hide.

"Yea your new partner is Angelina Arctic. She donated quite the amount to save you." Fangmire said as he carried the girl over and standing her in front of him and opposite Mathew.

"I take it your Angelina?" Mathew asked seeing that she did not like being in front of everyone.

"Yea." Was the reply she gave as she looked away a blush really clear on her muzzle.

"Well anyway who stabbed me?" Mathew asked as he looked to the chief.

"He is a weasel named Duke Weaselton and he has a grudge against Carrots." Nick explained as Judy looked nervous as if he wold run around the lobby guns blazing at any moment.

"Well I know whose through the I'm going to rip out next. We're is he held?" Mathew asked cracking his knuckles as his coworkers looked rather uneasy.

"You aren't serious are you?" Bogo asked.

"Course not well anyway what time is it?" Mathew asked seeing that he didn't have his watch."

"Nine o'clock in the evening on the twenty second." Nick said checking his phone.

"Well out for a few hours okay well I got to go unpack expect me at work tomorrow." Mathew said waving his hand behind his head as he walked out the door.

"Well that is one strong mammal your lucky Angela." Judy squeezed like a school girl.

"Ya I'll be happy to work with him." Angela said rather quiet.

"Hey guys take a look at this." Nike said rather surprised at what he was looking at.

The whole department gathered around him and what they saw or rather heard amazed them all. On Nicks phone was a band called mirror image playing a song with a rock style. The song itself was something called Living on a Prayer. But they all noticed one thing they all looked like Mathew. But they also noticed they were good. Real good. After the song the singer walked forward and introduced himself. What he said impressed everyone. His name was Mathew Turner and his brothers were Mario on guitar, Mark on Drums , and Mason on the keyboard and together they were mirror image and rightfully so.

"Wow that's Mathew. I didn't know he could do something like that!" Angela exclaimed after hearing her partner's voice.

"Guys look at the date it was sung only one year ago.!" Nick yelled over the talking officers.

"Wow just wow." Judy said unknown to them Mathew heard the song being played and he walked back in.

"Ladies and gentlemen you have seen a man that died moths ago." Mathew said freezing the whole crowd . "But then again I never really gave up on the music world." Mathew said looking off into space.

"Why did you leave?" Angela spoke up.

"Joined the force pulse the fame got old. The guys and I still play sometimes." Mathew said thinking.

"Really you still play? You are really good." Benjamin gushed.

"Yup look up the songs knocking on Heaven's door, Sweet Child O' Mine, TNT, Highway to Hell, It's my Life, And many more me and the guys preformed all those. But we can always pick up were we left off. We all live in Zootopia now and can preform on the street." Mathew explained as he walked out with the other officers on his tail.

"Really wow but when can you do it?" Angela asked.

"Whenever we have time so Sunday if I can get everyone together then we see were it can go." Mathew explained. He pulled his phone out and searched through his contacts. Till he found his brother's numbers. He called each one and told them to get ready to rock in the park next Sunday.

When he finally got home he found his brothers standing in the hallway by his room. He would have mistook them for attackers if they didn't look just like him and wearing the jackets they were all given to wear. After brief niceties they went into the apartment to start planning the gig. He called Benjamin who said he would have posters all over Zootopia in one day.

As the hours rolled by the gig was all planed out and ready to go. They planed out the smallest details. They planned to sing their biggest hits. They included Sweet Child O'Mine, Never Stop Believing, Knocking on Heaven's Door, and Paradise City. He also told Bogo of his plans and asked if he could tell those on patrol tomorrow which included himself to post the flyers they had printed. He agreed and told him that he was expecting a show. Mathew told him he was going to give him one.

At about one in the mourning the wolves went home to gather their instruments. Mathew lay on his bed tiered out both mentally and physically. So he closed his eyes and no sooner he was out. The buzzer to his alarm went off in what seemed like minutes. He tried to wipe the sleep from his eyes and got up strolled over to his chest, retrieved his suit case took a field outfit out went to the bathroom cut the bandages off and showered to wake himself better. He saw dirt and dried blood wash down the drain. Then he shook the water from himself and put on his uniform. He was also told to take his riot gear with him. So he folded his claw proof and bullet proof armor. He also took his helmet which could have splatter proof face mask attached or need it be a gas mask. Packed them away in his bag which he shook out minutes before hand.

He then walked down the sidewalk when he saw a familiar rabbit walking not rive yards away. He took advantage of the crowd and walked faster. He reached his target and with one motion lifter and turned her so she looked directly in his eyes. She was shocked for a minute but soon got over it.

"What's up Peter Cotton Tail?" Asked Mathew in a mocking voice. But he smiled anyway.

"Nothing much. What's up with yourself? Heard you are carrying all your riot gear." She said as Mathew sat her on his stuffed bag.

"Yea chief said I need it in my locker by today or it will be meter maid duty for about one week. Hey there are a pack of cigarettes in one of the drink pockets of my bag and lighter in a metal box grab it for me please." Mathew pleaded as Judy put her hand in the bag to find an iron box with a inscription of a microphone on it. Judy handed it over and he pulled a cigarette out and lit it. He took one toke on it before blowing a spinning smoke ring.

"You should not smoke you know?" Judy said more than asked.

"Yea that is why I smoke one pack in two months. They help ease the nerves." Mathew said nonchalantly.

In five minutes they got to a café. Mathew ordered a coffee,carrot juice, and dozen doughnuts. He paid the cashier then handed Judy the carrot juice. They walked down to the station five minutes early. Mathew didn't see Benjamin at his desk so he placed the doughnuts down grabbed a marker and wrote "Thanks Benji" and dropped Judy off in front of the Bull Pen then went to his new locker. He placed his things in an orderly fashion grabbed the anti claw armor put it on then went into the Bull Pen singing a bit of Dream On. He opened the door and stood for about one minute before Bogo came from his office holding stacks of papers in his hand.

"Sit now we have three things on the docket. Number one we have a rockstar among us." He pointed to Mathew and Mathew stood nodded and sat back down.

"Number two we are going to spread these flyers to advertise his next gig and we are all invited by his own orders." The officers really liked that.

"And finally number three for the past days we have found dead mammals. Predator and prey alike. They have all been killed in a clean execution fashion. We are to bring the killer to justice as fast and efficiently as possible. Any questions?" Bogo roared and Mathew raised his hand.

"What is it Turner?" Bogo asked annoyed.

"They were all killed by a gang called The Pack. They have been everywhere. We had three cases in Alpine County before I came here. I arrested a leader on my fourth year in the furce. Then on the day I was to say a speech and accept a reward. The rest Hopes and Wilde know."Mathew said as the rest of Officers looked on in shock and puzzlement.

"That all Turner?" Bogo asked.

"Yes sir." Was Mathew's snappy reply.

"Very well you know your positions and were you are to patrol today so let's get a move on!" Bogo said handing out the flyers to the officers as they passed.

As Mathew received his and was walking out he thought he saw the chief mouth thanks. He passed through the lobby to see Clawhouser munching on the doughnuts he received. And handing out flyers to the people that came to him as he took their complaints. Then out of the corner of his eye his saw somebody pull a gun out of his jacket. Mathew walked cautiously to the side resting his hand on his dart gun as discretely as he could. The mammal didn't notice him. Then the shot rang out.

"Everyone on the ground now!" Came the orders but before he could do anything the dart made its way into the animal's arm.

Mathew rushed over kicked the gun away and cuffed the man. He then dragged him off to a holding cell. After he got back he saw that everything was back as it was. Only this time the people took much notice of him as he walked passed to his squad car. He could hear whispers of "That's the man who saved us." Or "isn't he one of those mirror image guys?"

He got to the car to see Angela sitting on the hood. He smiled and hopped into the driver's seat. He turned on the radio on to listen to the rock station. But right after he did he heard an announcement that made him smile.

The voice said." Good morning Zoooootopia today we have some good news. The band Mirror Image will play in the park in the city square this Sunday! What's more is that the lead singer Mathew Turner is now one of Zootopia's finest and just stopped a shooting at the ZPD!" Now in his honor we are playing one of his songs Living on a Prayer." Then as the music played Mathew started singing making Angela guck in awe at his vocals.

They got to the pace they were to patrol that day to see a coyote sparky painting on a wall. Mathew sighed and got out walked behind the teen and tapped his shoulder. He saw in the teen's eyes that he was scared. But then he saw admiration.

"Wow it's you! I can't believe that I am standing in front of the best rockstar that Zootopia has ever seen!" The teen said as he smiled.

"Ya it's me now mind telling me why you are painting on the wall?" Mathew asked slightly curious of what he was painting.

"Oh that I have the permission of Lionheart to spray the walls with the backdrop of the climate here is the certificate." He said holding up a peace of paper.

"Okay this is great and all but I still have to ask Lionheart if it's legit or not. It's nothing against you but these things can be faked easy anymore. Can you take a seat here till I get this in." Mathew said with a slight frown.

"Yea okay I understand." The teen said not giving Mathew any trouble.

"Okay." Mathew said smiling at the break he got.

When he got into the car he radioed Bogo and asked him if the teen's statement was true. The answer made Mathew happy. The statement was true and the teen was aloud to do what he did. Mathew then got out and told the teen he was in the clear and wrote down a pass for any future trouble regarding the painting. He sighed his name on the paper and handed it to the teen then he asked something that made the boy beam. He asked if he could paint his name on the wall. The teen said yes and Mathew took up a paint stick shock it, and signed his name on a leaf. Then he stepped back thanked the boy and continued his rounds with Angela.

The rest of the day was quiet and they posted all of the flyers. Then they got into the car and this time Angela drove them to base. That day was Wednesday only four days were left for practice. They did their reports and left for home. Mathew went to a local bar for a beer. And maybe a game of pool. As he stepped in he noticed two things it was a karaoke bar and that Nick and Judy were there. As soon as he noticed them they noticed him. Nick flagged him down and told him to take a seat. He sat ordered a draft and they told him to sing. He agreed told the owner that he was singing Dream On. The owner said okay and Mathew climbed on stage as the owner read out his name and the song he was performing. Most of the bar turned in surprise as Mathew started the song. The opening music started and Mathew took a breath then started with the same voice he used when he first preformed the song.

Every time when I look in the mirror

All these lines on my face getting clearer

The past is gone

It went by, like dusk to dawn

Isn't that the way

Everybody's got the dues in life to pay

I know nobody knows

Where it comes and where it goes

I know it's everybody sin

You got to lose to know how to win

Half my life

Is books, written pages

Live and learn from fools and

From sages

You know it's true, oh

All these feelings come back to you

Sing with me, sing for the years

Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears

Sing with me, just for today

Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away

Yeah, sing with me, sing for the year

Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear

Sing with me, just for today

Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away

Dream on

Dream on

Dream on

Dream until your dreams come true

Dream on

Dream on

Dream on

Dream until your dreams come true

Dream on

Dream on

Dream on

Dream on

Dream on

Dream on

Dream on

Sing with me, sing for the year

Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear

Sing with me, just for today

Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away

Sing with me, sing for the year

Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear

Sing with me, just for today

Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away.

After he finished the crowd was shocked then they erupted into applause. He took his seat next to the famous officers and drank his beer with a smile. Judy was the first to talk.

"Mathew that was perfect just like you sang when you first preformed!" Judy exclaimed with a huge smile on her face.

"Yup that was the goal. Now I've still got to unpack see you two tomorrow." Mathew said with a sorry smile.

"Oh well see you tomorrow then." Nick said rather down.

With that Mathew paid his bill and left for home. He got home at seven o'clock and he was beat but he had a goal. He packed his things into drawers and shelves. Then at nine o'clock he finally got to bed which he fell on grateful for some rest.