A/N: Chapter 3 has arrived everybody! And boy, have things gotten crazy since chapter one. Eli has just told Judy and Nick that his real mother's name is Laurie Strode, a survivor of Michael Myers' babysitter murders on the Halloween of 1978. And was the firstborn child of Laurie's second marriage, but Eli never knew who his father was (probably Ben Tramer). Bailey and Sophia are planning a fun Howl-O-Ween together, and so is Russel with his two friends to go to the Howl-O-Ween dance, and trick or treating too! Michael also just killed five more animals, including officer Delgato, and a runaway Dawn Bellwether, as well as an innocent convenience store worker, and two mechanics just to take one of their jumpsuits to replace the one with knife and gunshot tears. Now, we get to see the story continue! Enjoy!
Nick and Judy had just parked their car outside of the Dinoco gas station where the bodies of all five of Michael's vicims were discovered by the backup that Delgato had just requested before being murdered. They saw two coroners vans parked outside the gas station's garage and watched as two bodies were wheeled into the first one before it drove off.
"Another murder? This close to Howl-O-Ween?" asked Nick.
"Dispatch said it was multiple bodies this time, Nick. One of them just happened to be Dawn Bellwether" Judy told her partner.
"I think I feel more sorry for the other guys than I do for Bellwether" Nick told her. Bellwether stirred up so much hate and political uproar that Zootopia almost fell into chaos, an anti-predator regime all because of her plan to make prey supreme in the eyes of all animals who lived in Zootopia. Nick was happy Bellwether was put away after that case was closed, but he secretly wished she'd get the death penalty all because of how much pain she put him and his predator friends through.
"Nick, that's not very nice" Judy reprimanded her partner by lightly slapping his chest with the back of her left paw.
"Carrots, she's a criminal who poisoned innocent predators to have public opinion turn against them. If anything, whoever murdered her did everybody in this city a favor" Nick stated. Judy understood where Nick was coming from, but she still wouldn't wish anything horrible like that happened to anybody, no matter how serious their crimes were.
"Don't tell the chief I said that" Nick whispered to Judy.
"No need. Because I just heard everything" said a voice who was standing right behind them. It was chief Bogo, the head of the ZPD, and Nick and Judy's boss.
"But, as much as I agree with you on that, we've got work to do" Bogo said as he began walking with the two of them inside the garage.
"So, what's the situation?" asked Judy.
"Five bodies, each one brutally stabbed to death. One of them just so happened to be Dawn Bellwether, but another body was discovered right next to her's in the female's bathroom. It was Delgato" Bogo told her. Judy and Nick gasped and went wide-eyed at this. Delgato was a very good friend to both Nick and Judy, she even defended Nick against some specist animals during his first week of working on the force. Now, hearing that she was murdered really hit the two of them where they lived.
"H-How did she die?" asked Judy. The coroner, a snow leopard came in next to Bogo to answer the question.
"Her spine was severed in two. Possibly looking at the result of a bear-hug based on how the body was oddly bent when we first discovered it. Also, we found a bloody fire-ax sitting right next to one of the toilets. We found Delgato's blood on the blade, the killer struck her jugular with it before finishing her off " he said, holding up the ax by it's handle, with the blade covered by a plastic evidence bag. Nick then looked over at the wolf mechanic whom Michael had murdered and began to snicker.
"Is it sad or funny that this poor guy died in his underwear?" asked Nick, trying his best not to burst out laughing.
"Nick! This poor wolf was murdered and you're laughing about the fact he died wearing just his tighty whities?" asked Judy, with a slightly harsher tone than before when talking about Bellwether deserving her death.
"I tend to find humor in morbid situations often. You guys should try it sometime" Nick told her.
"Zip it, Wilde! Hopps is right, this is not funny" Bogo scolded. The coroner then cleared his throat and spoke to them again.
"We found that he was originally wearing a pair of navy blue coveralls like his co-worker we just wheeled out of here, only he was stripped before he was beaten on the head with a hammer and then stabbed with a screwdriver. Three times to the chest, four times to the back" said the coroner. Nick then looked and saw that his teeth were all missing as well.
"What happened to his teeth?" asked Nick.
"We found those sitting on the floor inside one of the stalls that was right next to where Bellwether's body was lying. We also discovered a set of coveralls sitting next to one of the vehicles they were working on before they were killed. The fabric was stained in blood and had a lot of tears and holes in them" the snow leopard answered.
"Dude couldn't have just visited a tailor? Or bought a new set from TarGoat like every other mammal?" asked Nick, which earned him glares from Bogo, Judy, and the coroner. Nick raised his paws in defense before saying 'Kidding' and then talking seriously.
"Were there any other victims besides Bellwether, Delgato and these mechanics?" he asked.
"Only one. There was a dingo working the front desk of the convenience store, fifteen stabs to the chest with a screwdriver, we found it just resting on the floor near the candy aisle of the store" the coroner replied.
"Do we have any security camera video of the perp committing the murders?" Judy asked.
"That we do. Follow me" Bogo said before leading Nick and Judy inside the convenience store and then to the back closet where the security guard would usually work. Sitting at the desk was officer Fangmeyer, a tigress who was married to officer Wolford. And the two of them just adopted a human baby together whom they have named Rosalie. The tiger was working the controls of the security camera monitors.
"Fangmeyer, show Wilde and Hopps the footage" Bogo told the tiger.
"Yes sir" she said before rewinding the tape before showing slow motion footage of Michael entering the station.
"This is the guy. Suspect appears to be human and about 6'5 feet tall, and I can't really seem to get any distinguishable marks or see his face because he's wearing a mask" said Fangmeyer.
"Looks like the latex has aged quite a bit, it's turned a light shade of gray too" Nick said as he observed the mask's features.
"I can't even see his eyes. The camera can't even see through the eye-holes" Judy said. The four of them watched in slow motion as Michael stabbed the dingo repeatedly and then left his body slumping and bleeding over the front desk. Judy then began to notice something.
"What happened to his left hand? It looks like two of his fingers are missing" she asked.
"From the looks of it, it looks like a shotgun blew them off" said Nick in reply.
"I think you may be right. They do show the signs of being blasted with a firearm. Shotgun, maybe?" Fangmeyer replied. Judy's eyes then went wide and she tapped her partner's shoulder.
"Nick... you remember that story that Eli told us this morning?" asked Judy.
"You mean about that Michael Myers guy? why?" Nick replied, confused as to where she was going with this.
"That guy looks EXACTLY like how Eli described what Michael looked like. And I think that's the same mask he wore in 1978 when he murdered those babysitters" whispered Judy.
"What are you two talking about?" Bogo asked, inviting himself in to their conversation.
"Sir. Our son told us about a human who murdered four people on Howl-O-Ween of 1978, the human in this picture looks exactly like how he described him to us" Judy explained to her superior. Bogo's eyes went wide at the sound of this and then took a look at the screen and watched as how Michael looked up to the camera and tilted his head sideways while staring into it's lens.
"Where's your kit now?" asked the buffalo.
"At school. Why?" Judy answered.
"If this really is whoever your kit was talking about in his story, we need to absolutely confirm that it's him. Sign him out of school for the day and send him to my office so I can ask if this really is him" Bogo ordered.
"Yes sir. We'll head towards the school right away" Judy said with a salute and pulled Nick by the wrist back towards their car.
"Fangmeyer, take a still-shot of the killer on the security tape and print it out" said Bogo to the other officer in the room with him. She nodded and began typing away to take screenshots of Michael to print out. The buffalo then exited the room and pulled out his cell phone and began scrolling through the contacts until he then got the idea to call the ZPD academy to ask Major Friedkin to bring him Walter Cruz, a human who was once a former LAPD officer in the human world, but now was training at the ZPD police academy to join the force. He then pressed down on the contact picture and put it up to his ear.
"Friedkin, it's Bogo from Precinct One. We've got a really bad situation going on, and I need to talk with Walter Cruz. Can you send him over to my office immediately please?" asked Bogo. Friedkin agreed she would do that, but also recommended that another trainee, a hare named Jack Savage accompany him to the precinct since he showed just as much potential and promise as Walter did.
"If you say he's qualified for the predicament we find ourselves in, send him too. We're going to need all the help we can get" said Bogo before hanging up and putting the phone back in his pocket. He then walked back into the female's restroom where he saw Bellwether's body, which still had a large shard of glass sticking out of her chest, her eyes still open, being placed inside a body-bag and zipped up before being wheeled into the coroner's van.
At West Mamalia Middle School, Eli was sitting in Zootopian History class. He was doing his best to pay attention and take notes on everything the teacher was saying, and also began filling in all the blanks on a worksheet that was just given to them the minute all students walked in through the door. Whenever Eli had some free-time in between periods, he would work on a detailed sketch of the William Shatner mask that Michael Myers wore in his sketchbook.
"Who can tell me the name of the historical legislation that authorized the creation of Zootopia?" asked the teacher. Eli then hid his drawing back under the worksheet and then raised his hand.
"Yes, Mr. Hopps" the teacher said, pointing to the human boy.
"Um, it was the... Lemmingana purchase, when president Thomas Jackalson purchased the land from Napoleon Badgerparte in the year 1801" answered Eli.
"Very good, Eli. And correct, it was the Lemmingana purchase that authorized Zootopia's construction" the teacher replied. Eli then went back to taking notes before he saw something outside through the classroom window. He noticed someone that was wearing the exact same coveralls, and mask as Michael Myers was standing outside, staring into the classroom from the other side of the street, right behind a large elm tree. Eli then turned away for a brief minute and wrote another answer down on his work sheet before he looked back up again to see Michael was still there, staring at him.
"Mr. Hopps? Mr. Hopps!" the teacher called out, snapping Eli out of his concentration on Michael's staring. He then turned over to face his teacher.
"Sorry, yes sir?" Eli asked.
"Your parents are here to pick you up early for today" he said.
"Oh, yes sir. I'm sorry" Eli said before packing his books and notebook into his backpack before looking out the window once again. Michael wasn't there anymore, even though Eli swore he was there just a few seconds ago. The human boy then handed his completed work-sheet to the teacher and then left the classroom to go to the office where he knew his mom and dad were probably waiting for him. Once he got there, he opened the door and saw that sitting on two large soft-padded chairs, Nick was holding a bag from 'Shark-Shack Burgers' in his left paw.
"Hey mom, hey d-dad. What's with taking me out of school e-early?" Eli asked.
"Well, your mom and I remembered that we didn't get a chance to make lunch for you today, so we picked you up some Shark-Shack on the way here" Nick said before handing the bag to Eli.
"We didn't just come here to bring you food, sweetie. The chief wants to see you" said Judy.
"Why? Am I in trouble?" asked Eli.
"No, of course not. It's just... you remember that story you told us this morning? About Michael Myers?" asked the rabbit. Eli began getting a bad feeling, and suddenly, he felt his heart drop to his stomach when she continued to speak.
"We have reason to believe he's here. He's already murdered six animals, including two ZPD officers" Judy said. Eli's face went pale, realizing that Michael Myers really was watching him outside school, and it wasn't some hallucination or someone playing a Halloween trick on him.
"I know it's scary to think about, sweetie. But listen, as long as Nick and I are around, Michael's not gonna get anywhere near you" Judy reassured him.
"Come on. Buffalo-butt's probably waiting for us" Nick said as he walked out of the office.
"Nick! I've told you at least a million times now not to call our superior that! It's disrespectful, and rude" Judy scolded as she walked out of the office holding Eli's hand while walking to their police cruiser.
The final bell had just rung, and Russel had just walked out of his last class for the day, holding a large pumpkin in his arms while he walked. After he walked past the front sign of his school, he heard two voices calling out for him. He turned around and saw that Roger and Erik were running towards him.
"Oh, hey guys. Sorry I didn't wait for you" apologized the human boy.
"It's no problem" said Erik.
"Where'd you get the pumpkin?" asked Roger.
"Oh, I bought it from the office. Only costed about five dollars of allowance money. I figured maybe Ethan would wanna carve a jack-o-lantern tonight before I have to go trick or treating and then go to the dance afterwards" said Russel as he walked, holding the pumpkin against his stomach.
"Aw, you're such a good brother" Erik complimented his friend. Russel was very close with his foster baby brother, Ethan. You could barely separate the pup from the human whom he saw as his hero and role model, he always wanted to be near him no matter what.
"Yes I am" Russel said with a smug look on his face.
"So... have you decided what you're gonna dress up as for Howl-O-Ween yet?" asked Roger.
"No, not really. Since we were all going to the costume store together once all our classes were over, I figure I'd just look around until I find something that I see myself wearing" Russel told his hippo friend.
"Hey guys. I feel like that guy over there is watching us" Erik said, getting their attention.
"Who is?" Roger asked.
"That guy, right over there. Standing right next to those garbage cans" Erik said, pointing to the person he was looking at. It was Michael Myers, staring directly at the three of them.
"It's probably just some drunk guy wandering around in some Howl-O-Ween costume before some huge party or something" Roger suggested. Russel, on the other hand, was weirded out by him.
"That is so weird" Russel said while staring at Michael.
"What is?" Erik asked.
"He look EXACTLY like Michael Myers" said the human, not knowing that it actually was Michael staring at them.
"Are you sure?" Roger asked, remembering the conversation they had on the way to school this morning.
"Yeah, he's got the same coveralls and the same William Shatner mask that Michael wore on that night" said Russel, taking in every detail of Michael's clothes.
"A what mask?" Erik asked, confused as to what Russel meant.
"William Shatner, in the human world he was a famous actor who was known for playing the main character on a TV show called 'Star Trek'. One year, a hardware store received a shipment of masks that looked exactly like his face, and they hadn't even been painted yet, they just stayed pale white while all the other masks got shipped out. Michael broke into that very same store and stole one of those masks" Russel explained to his friends.
"It kinda looks old, rotten, kinda grey looking too" Roger said while he stared at the mask that Michael donned on his face.
"Well, the mask was latex, and it's been forty years since that night. I figured the mask would look a little aged and rotten" Russel replied.
"Hey! You can't be drunk and wander around a school-zone!" Erik called out to Michael.
"Yeah! I got a cousin who works for the ZPD so why don't you get out of here before I call the cops?" Roger taunted. After a few seconds, Michael walked away and into the backyard of another animal's home.
"See? I told you, it was just some stupid drunk person" said Roger.
"Wouldn't it be weird if it actually was Michael Myers?" Erik suggested.
"Then we'd totally be screwed according to everything Russel's told us about the guy" replied the hippo.
"You guys are crazy. That guy could have been dangerous" Russel piped in.
"Okay, what if he was dangerous? What do you think he was gonna do?" Erik asked.
"I don't know. If it actually was Michael Myers he'd slit us up and our names would be in the obituaries" Russel answered.
"That's the last thing I need to happen. Especially near Howl-O-Ween" Roger said. The three friends continued to chat until they reached their destination, 'Spirit Howl-O-Ween'. This store was the busiest store around Howl-O-Ween time, they sold costumes of all kinds for all different species, including humans. The three then entered the building and began searching for the perfect costumes for the dance.
Inside the back of Major Friedkin's police cruiser sat Walter Cruz, the first human ever to join the ZPD Academy, and his classmate and friend, Jack Savage.
"What do you think he wants to see us for?" asked Jack, having no idea what was going on.
"I'm not sure, but according to 'Fur-Book', six mammals have turned up brutally murdered. A lot of humans are playing the 'Maybe Michael Myers is back' card" Walter said holding up his phone to his friend. Jack on the other hand looked absolutely confused.
"Who in the literal Hell is Michael Myers?" Jack asked.
"Well, back in the 70's, he broke out of a mental hospital fifteen years after he killed his older sister when he was six years old" Walter began, which made Jack shocked.
"That little boy killed his sister?" the hare asked.
"Yeah" Walter replied. He was told about Michael Myers and his infamous babysitter murders on the Halloween of 1978 back at the Los Angeles Police Academy in the human world, they used the incident to train new officers. Walter then continued to tell the story.
"After he broke out, he returned to his hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois. He killed some innocent mechanic to steal his coveralls, and then broke into a hardware store and stole an unpainted latex William Shatner mask, and an entire cutlery of knives too. Then, he murdered two teenage girls who were babysitting some little kids, as well as one of their boyfriends. He almost came after Laurie Strode, but she managed to survive because his own psychiatrist shot him six times" Walter said. Jack groaned and crossed his arms as his ears went droopy in frustration.
"Great, everybody's gotten riled up over a stupid ghost story?" asked Jack to himself in a sarcastic manner.
"Michael didn't die from those bullets. He's survived a metal knitting needle to his neck, and a knife to his stomach. He even had a coat hanger jabbed into his eye, which turned the eye lifeless and pale blue" Walter added. Now Jack was scared again, and at the same time impressed at how one human manages to survive things like that and not die.
"Wow. So, what happened to that Laurie girl?" Jack asked.
"She became a reclusive hermit living in the woods, miles outside of Haddonfield where her friends were murdered. She kept living in constant paranoia, fearing Michael would escape again one day and come back for her" said Walter. Jack then felt sympathy for the poor girl.
"And for her, it's even worse because people started making up some rumor that Michael was her brother, and that he was only coming after her because he wanted to kill off what remained of his family" added the human.
"That is just wrong. They didn't have anything better to do than make up lies about someone being related to a serial killer?" asked Jack.
"That's how some people were in the 1970's, busy-bodies who loved to get involved with other people's personal business" said Walter. They remained silent for a while, until Jack and Walter saw that they had parked in the garage meant for all cruisers belonging to ZPD personnel. Friedkin got out the driver's seat and opened the back door to allow the hare and human out.
"Follow me. The chief's office is on the third floor, so we've got a few flights of stairs to climb" Friedkin told the two of them before they started to walk up towards Chief Bogo's office.
A/N: Wow, Michael Myers is a name that just sinks into the brains of every single human being who's ever come to Zootopia, almost every single human being in Zootopia knows who Michael Myers is. Not to mention, Michael has started stalking not only Eli, but Russel as well, probably stalking his next prey. Next update, Eli tells the story of Michael Myers to Chief Bogo, who doesn't believe in such things as the boogieman. Please review, thanks!