A/N: In the last update, the weaponized nuclear reactor core and the fuel in the Bat's tank created an unknown chemical reaction that transported Batman through time and space into an unknown universe (Zootopia, but he doesn't know that yet). And the Bat crashed, causing a lot of public uproar across the city he had now found himself in. This is where we left off, what's in store for the Dark Knight now? We'll find out, enjoy!

Precinct one of the Zootopia Police Department was talking non-stop about what was on the news this morning. Something about a UFO or possibly a military experimental aircraft crash landing out of the sky and into the streets of Savannah Central. Some of the ZPD's officers who were just about to leave that night were asked to stay late to help investigate the scene of the crime and to collect the wreckage. It was on the tip of every mammal's tongues until Chief Bogo had entered the briefing room.

"Alright settle down everyone! Take your seats, we've got serious matters to discuss" he ordered. All officers present fell silent and took their seats.

"I've got two items today on the bulletin. But first, I'd like to point out that today is the two year anniversary that one of our best officers, and our first fox Nicholas Wilde has joined our team" Bogo said. All eyes were on the red-furred fox and clapped for him, but the one who clapped the most was his partner, Judy Hopps.

"Congrats, Nick" she whispered with a soft smile, which Nick returned.

"But... who cares?" he added rhetorically. Every officer in the room chuckled, and Nick rolled his eyes and returned his focused gaze towards the front.

"First off, I'm pretty sure everyone saw what happened on the news. Several different videos of what happened have been going viral and gaining massive popularity on ZooTube. The biggest one, the one with twice as much reviews as the music video for Gazelle's 'Try Everything' happened to pick up something else" Bogo said as he walked over to the light switch and slightly darkened the room before pressing a button on his computer, allowing the projector in the back of the room to turn on and start playing the video.

"Everyone pay attention to the vehicle just before it touches the ground" Bogo instructed as he clicked an option that would make the video play in somewhat of a slow-mo speed. All the officer's eyes widened to see the pilot's seat of the vehicle jettisoning from the front and the pilot unbuckling himself before growing a set of wings to glide safely down on top of one of the buildings. Once Bogo paused the video, he resumed his briefing.

"This video not only caught the entire crash, but it also managed to spot an unidentified mammal dressed in black motorcycle safety armor and a mask in the shape of a bat jumping out of the unidentified aircraft just before it crashed. We need to apprehend this mammal and find out what his intentions are before somebody else does" Bogo said before shutting his laptop and deactivating the projector, as well as turning the lights back on, which caused some of the other officers so cover their eyes and groan.

"Ah buck up, you're police officers, not vampires. And lastly, we've had sixteen murdered mammal cases. All of them were criminals ranging from graffiti vandalism all the way up to homicide. Each victim either stabbed repeatedly, or have had their throats slit ear to ear" he described, causing some of the officers to cringe at the thought, as well as the sight since Bogo had lifted the screen up to reveal photos of each dead body found in the morgue, totally naked covered up by only a blanket.

"Only few have managed to escape the murderer. All four surviving suspects were either released on good behavior, or have served their sentences. Due to this they are totally hysteric and are under witness protection" Bogo continued. Now all the officers were talking quietly amongst themselves about how serious this is, just one encounter could turn any potential victim insane. Irritated, Bogo shouted.

"Order! Order!" everyone stopped whispering and looked back up to their superior wide eyed.

"Thank you. Anyways, despite the survivors nearly losing their minds, they managed to describe their attacker as tall, wearing metal gauntlets with spikes on the knuckles, the right gauntlet having a blade that can elongate or shorten in and out of the gauntlet with just a flick of the wrist. He also had hardened Kevlar plates on their chest and abdomen with some metallic silver spray paint covering them, providing a bulletproof shield. Apparently, they also said they had a cloak on that was tattered up at the bottom, as well as a hood over his head, covering up his facial features. And lastly, they said he had on a mask that looked like a hockey mask combined with a skull" Nick swallowed a lump in his throat at the sound of what this murderer looked like. Judy couldn't help but have a shiver go down her spine too.

"This murderer/vigilante calls himself the 'Phantasm'. And one of the witnesses recalled him saying in a dark and eerie voice 'Your angel of death awaits' just as he was about to stab them before the survivor escaped" Bogo continued before he pinned up a police sketch that had the Phantasm's mask on the front covered by his hood.

"Both this mysterious mammal who was flying the crashed aircraft and the Phantasm are ZPD's top priorities right now. I'm going to split you up into two separate teams, one will be in charge of hunting down the Phantasm, and the other will be looking for our mysterious bat-dressed pilot" the chief explained before he began assigning teams. The first team had been composed of Nick, Judy, Francine, Fangmeyer, and Grizzoli. Team two was made of Delgato, Higgins, Wolford, McHorn, and Snarlong.

"Team one is in charge of the unidentified pilot, team two tracks down the Phantasm before he takes another victim. You are to split up, and go with a partner in your own separate patrol cars. You'll cover more ground that way. Dismissed" Bogo concluded. Now all the officers were out of the briefing room and went either use the bathroom or get their morning cup of coffee before going to the garage and getting in their cars.

"You know, Carrots, I had my fingers crossed we'd be put on the Phantasm case" Nick said as he got into the shotgun seat of the cruiser he shared with Judy.

"I had my fingers crossed we wouldn't" Judy said after letting out a sad exhale. Nick was slightly shocked to hear that his partner, the one who helped him change from his con-artist ways to becoming one of the best officers in the ZPD wouldn't be put on a murder case as big as this one. Especially since they solved the 'Night-Howler' case together.

"Did my ears deceive me, or did Judy Hopps silently beg not to take a certain case I'm sure she could handle?" Nick teased.

"It's not me I'm worried about Nick, I'm worried about you. You heard Bogo say that the Phantasm only targets and kills criminals. And it doesn't matter weather that criminal's served time, turning a new leaf or not, they still kill them. I'm just worried that the Phantasm will come for you because of your past" Judy said looking to her partner with sad violet eyes that glistened and looked like she was on the brink of tears.

"Carrots, he's not gonna get me" Nick said and was about to say something else but Judy cut him off.

"How do you know that, huh? How can you be so sure he won't try and kill you when you least expect it? I'd never forgive myself if you were killed all because of what you used to be" Judy said with her voice shaking. Now, Judy let a few tears down and sobbed slightly, despite how hard she tried holding them back, they still escaped her lips. Nick began feeling guilty and pulled her in for a hug.

"Judy, Judy, shh. Calm down, Carrots. Nothing bad's gonna happen to me, and you wanna know why?" asked the fox with a reassuring and comforting tone. Judy looked up and sniffled slightly as her friend hugged her.

"Because I had the best officer in the world to guide me, tutor me, showed me I was so much more than a fox. It's because of you I'm determined to do things like this that could possibly be the end of both of us. But as long as you're right beside me, I'd stare death in the eye every day just for you" Nick told her. She smiled and wiped her tears away before breaking the hug and sitting back straight in the driver's seat.

"You're right, thank you. That really helped a lot" Judy said as she started the car. As the engine roared, Nick gave a smile and wink at his partner, which she returned before driving off out of the garage and into the city to look for their assigned target.

Many hours went by and now it was about seven PM in the city. Several preteen animals, predators and prey alike coming out of Savannah Central Middle School, leaving their homecoming dance. Each of them were chatting and laughing away with their friends as they walked home together or split apart from the others to go home. Batman had been watching over the whole city day and night, and kept a lookout for any crimes in progress to stop. He had dealt with a few armed robberies in a couple restaurants, stopped vehicular warfare in the streets, and took down a few muggers all without being seen by the public eye. This city may not have been Gotham, but it was still a city that deserved a watchful guardian of their own, and stitching up the stab in his skin and suit that Talia had left before he was sent to this world of which he knew very little about, only that animals have evolved to act like humans and predators and prey coexist together. As he looked down at the school he noticed two wolves stepping out of their old looking junker truck and began following two students that had just left the dance, one being a 13 year old female Egyptian Mau cat, the other being a 14 year old male Red Panda.

"Well well well, lookie what we got here. Two love birds out having a night on the town, eh Paulie?" the first wolf said getting their attention and pulling out a butterfly knife and flipping it around to reveal the blade. The sight of the blade got the two kids scared and began backing up against a brick wall of an alleyway.

"Oh yeah. Don't they look like a cute couple. What do you say we give them a reason to scream? What do you say, huh Larry?" the other wolf said pulling out a gun and loading it up. Both the kids whimpered in fright.

"Please just leave us alone, we don't have anything" the Red Panda said shaking.

"You're lying! I know parents give their kids some money whenever they go out to movies, school dances, sleepovers, and whatever it is kids do these days. So don't you dare lie to me, or I'm gonna cut that tongue of yours right out your muzzle" Paulie threatened putting the blade against the poor Red Panda's cheek, causing him to whimper, as well as start to cry.

"And what about you, Missy? What have you got?" Larry asked pointing the gun right at her belly, causing her to whimper and let out a few tears as well.

"I swear! Neither of us don't have anything!" she pleaded. Larry's gun began dancing upwards to the cat's throat and pointed to a small gold locket in the shape of a heart.

"What about that? You don't need this little trinket do ya?" he taunted placing his paw on the chain and yanked it right off her neck.

"Give me that back! That was my grandmother's locket! She left that to me before she was cremated!" she begged, trying to reach for the locket but Paulie's knife was now pointed to her throat and he snarled at her.

"Back where you were, or you die right here in front of your little boyfriend" he threatened.

"Just leave us alone! We didn't do anything to you, please just give her the locket back and we won't call the police!" the panda boy begged now crying and sobbing loudly.

"Oh I know you won't, because you'll be dead" Larry said pointing the gun right in between the boy's eyes.

"Marcus, no!" the cat exclaimed. Just as the trigger was about to be pulled, something had struck his paw and was stuck right in the middle. Larry now screamed loudly in pain and dropped the gun. The impact of the gun's fall caused a bullet to escape it and blow out the bulb in the streetlight that illuminated where they stood.

"Larry, you okay buddy?" Paulie asked as Larry plucked what hit him right out of his now bleeding paw.

"What in the name of Sahara Square is this?" Larry muttered to himself as he gazed upon a razor sharp piece of metal in the shape of a bat. A loud noise was made and both wolves and their captives looked to see a trashcan tipped over and trash spilling out all over the pavement.

"Go check it out, I'll guard the lovebirds here" Paulie said handing Larry his knife and bent over to pick up the gun that had been knocked right out of his hand. When Larry entered the dark end of the alley he was completely invisible to his friend in the shadows. A minute of silence had passed until Larry's screaming broke it.

"Larry! Larry! What's wrong!?" Paulie called out, no answer came. Groaning then was heard and Paulie looked up to see Larry hanging upside down from his hind-paw tied to the bottom of a metal fire escape ladder that was bolted to the building's wall.

"Oh my God! Larry! You alright!? Answer me!" he yelled. No response came, he was unconscious and he had a bruise on the side of his head and a black eye. Soon he began pointing the gun all over the alleyway and began shooting at wherever a noise was made.

"Come on! Get out here and fight you coward! Where are you!?" he called out.

"Here" a brooding voice whispered. Paulie turned around shouting to see Batman standing right behind him and punched him right in the rib-cage and breaking his wrist that held he gun, causing the weapon to land on top of a bag full of garbage. Batman repeatedly punched the wolf until he was backed up against a dumpster and gave one final kick to Paulie's hind-leg, breaking it and causing him to stand on his knees. Whimpering in fear and pain, Paulie looked up at his attacker.

"W-Who are you?" he asked in a terrified and brittle tone. Batman grabbed Paulie by the collar of his shirt and lifted him up towards his face.

"I'm Batman" he said before head-butting him hard and rendering him unconscious. After he tossed the unconscious mugger on top of the dumpster he walked over to the two preteens.

"I believe this is yours" Batman said as he opened up a small storage compartment on his belt and took out the Egyptian Mau's locket that Larry had took and handed it back to her.

"My grandmother's locket, you took it back" she said as she now held it in her paws. Once she had her stolen belonging back, she hugged her date and cried into his jacket.

"It's alright, they're gone now Mary. Everything's okay" Marcus said in a comforting voice. Just at Batman was walking away, Marcus noticed and turned his head towards his and his girlfriend's savior.

"Wait! There has to be a way we can repay you" Marcus said, grateful that Batman had saved them. All he did was stop walking and turn his head back to them.

"You'll never have to" Batman said before pulling out his grapple-gun and shoot it up at one of the buildings, allowing himself to be carries upwards into the air and out of their sights. Marcus then saw that Batman left one thing behind, and that was his Batarang still lying on the sidewalk with a small stain of Larry's blood on one of the razor sharp wings. He picked it up and held it tightly in his paw smiling as he looked up to the night sky.

Meanwhile, Nick and Judy were still in their car driving down the street. Nick was asleep and snoring gently while Judy was still wide awake and focused.

"Nick, wake up" Judy said shaking her partner awake out of his peaceful rest. Nick grumbled and rubbed his eyes as he stood up straight and looked to his partner with sleepy eyes.

"Hey, what time is it?" Nick asked.

"Seven thirty. We clock out in thirty minutes" Judy said.

"Oh, right. How long was I asleep?" Nick replied.

"Not long, just for forty-five minutes" Judy answered. Her ears began twitching as she began hearing a young voice call out 'Officer' over and over. She pulled over to see Marcus calling out to her and waving his arms to get her attention.

"C'mon Nick" she said getting out of the vehicle and went up towards him.

"What's wrong? Everything okay?" asked Judy, trying to be as gentle as possible. She saw Marcus' eyes were red from crying and so were Mary's.

"We were getting mugged by some wolves but... he saved us" Marcus explained pointing at the injured and unconscious Larry and Paulie.

"You're seeing this too, right carrots?" Nick asked, Judy only nodded.

"Who? Who saved you?" Judy asked.

"Batman" Marcus whispered handing the Batarang he left behind to Nick, who took a look at the weapon.

"Well Jude, I think we found a clue to our mystery mammal" Nick said, not taking his eyes off the weapon.

"Clawhauser, this is Judy. There was a robbery in progress but the suspects say that someone that called themselves 'Batman' had beaten the robbers and rendered them unconscious. Send an ambulance over to 5242 Mint Leaf Drive to pick them up. We're on our way back to the precinct in a few minutes" Judy said into the radio before she opened the back door for Marcus and Mary to get in before they began driving back to the precinct.

"So he has a name huh? Batman" Nick said. He handed the Batarang over to Judy who stared at it a little bit before she put it in her pocket and resumed driving down towards the station.

A/N: Even when he's not in Gotham, Batman's always looking out for others who need his help. Now that he's caught the attention of Nick and Judy without a doubt they'll be hearing and possibly seeing more of him. And as promised, the villain has been revealed as the Phantasm. More to come in the next update. Please review, thanks!