Judy Hopps was on her first day as a member of the ZPD. She had finally accomplished her childhood dream, graduating valedictorian of her class, and was on her first assignment… as a meter maid in Downtown Zootopia. Despite feeling like her talents were being squandered, Judy was determined to surpass the expectations of Chief Bogo and managed to get 201 parking tickets issued before noon, double the initial quota.

Part of Judy still wanted to be out there helping with the missing mammals' cases, or at least doing some sort of crime fighting. Judy quickly pushed those thoughts aside; she had joined the ZPD so she could help the city legally and fantasizing about her superhero double life would get her nowhere. And just as she was thinking, a commotion from across the street got her attention.

"Hey, watch where you're going, Fox!" yelled the driver of a truck as a Red Fox in a green Hawaiian shirt strode past the vehicle. The fox looked sneaky, looking to either side before entering a building. Suspicious, Judy followed him into the building, a mechanic's garage called "Galactic Repairs."


The interior of the building was the typical car repair place, with lifts and tools of various sizes to accommodate for the many animals and vehicles of the city. The place also had a retro feel to it, with many 80's neon designs and memorabilia in the waiting room of the building. The song "Come and Get Your Love" by Redbone playing from the radio.

The fox Judy was following was currently talking to a mammal working on the underside of the vehicles in service, though they were hidden by where the fox was standing.

"Look Wilde, I would love to help you, but as you can see, I'm kind of busy at the moment," said a gruff voice from underneath the car.

"I'm sure Finnick would be fine waiting a bit longer," said Nick Wilde, the fox, as he looked at the image on the side of the van.

"Actually, I'm sure he WOULD," said the voice from underneath the van, pushing out on his dolly to face Nick. He was a raccoon with brown fur and rust-red eyes, wearing an orange mechanic's jumpsuit with black accents. "And I'm sure you've got bigger fish fry with Miss Cop behind you."

Judy visibly froze as Nick turned around to face her, wearing a look of a kid with their hand stuck in a cookie jar, before relaxing into a half-lidded smirk. "Well hello, Officer Hippity-Hop. How are you today?"

Judy quickly returned to normal, not sensing any danger. "Actually, it's Officer Hopps, and I was just making sure everyone was ok after that… altercation outside."

"Oh? The guy with the truck? I'm fine officer. Nothing I'm not used to," said Nick.

Judy sighed in relief, glad that she got out of that awkward situation. "You know, it just burns me up inside when mammals have backwards opinions about Foxes. I think you're just a misunderstood guy."

Nick looked at the bunny and said, "Well, it's nice to meet someone so non-patronizing. How about we take this conversation outside and have it over some ice cream?"

"Um, sure! I need to take my lunch break anyway," Judy said, though in her mind she couldn't help but think of this experience as Nick hitting on her. "How about we reintroduce ourselves. Officer Judy Hopps."

"Nick Wilde, salvager," Nick said, shaking her hand.


As the two of them walked outside, Rocket Raccoon couldn't help but shake his head as he wiped the grease from his hands. "Old Star-Lord is gonna ring that girl of her optimism. I almost feel bad for her, if she wasn't judging Wilde that is."

Just as Rocket finished cleaning, a Fennec Fox came into the garage. He was wearing a black bowling shirt with green shorts, a scowl plastered on his face. "Yo, Rocket. You got my ride all fixed?"

"Just got done, Finnick," said the raccoon. "You should really keep this baby in better condition. Do you know how hard it is to get ash out of the transmission? What are you doing, street racing in the Nocturnal District?"

Finnick gave Rocket a glare that made the raccoon flinch, fire seeming to be burning behind the fox's eyes. "What I do in my spare time is for me to know, and you to fix up." The fox then got into his van, and rolled down the window, "And Rocket? Next time you see Nick, tell him he needs better tastes in music."

And with that, the fennec flipped on his shades and turned on the radio, the speakers blasting rap music as he drove out of the shop.

"Geeze, that guy needs to lighten up, and that's coming from me," said Rocket as he turned to go upstairs. He was going on break, and he knew a certain sentient tree that needed watering.


Author's Note

Here it is, True Believers! Chapter One of the first arc, based around a superhero retelling of the Zootopia movie.

For those that haven't read Zootopia Heroes: Origins, Nick is Star-Lord and Judy is Spider-Woman/Spider-Gwen. Check that story out for some backstory on both.

Currently the Guardians of the Galaxy are living in Zootopia, with Galactic Repairs acting as a front for their team. We met Rocket here (and had a mention of Groot), and we'll be meeting the rest of team in future chapters.

Finnick was also here, but there's something going on with him…

Anyway, Next Time: Judy will be starting her first official case, but not before suiting up to catch a certain Weasel…