Revived Unit
It's been a whole month since Judy arrived in Australia with Nick. She enjoyed her little 'vacation' as she got to know the Himarashis' a lot more. She's even gotten to know more about Conduits during her stay.
*Knock Knock* Judy slowly opened her eyes, then stretched in the bed. She sat up and saw Nick come in, with a bouquet of flowers in his hand; he walked over and sat down next to her.
"Morning Carrots." "Morning Nick." Judy said as she stifled a yawn, she looked down to the bouquet of flowers; then Nick held up the flowers to her and said.
"Here's ya breakfast, Carrots" "Aw, thanks Nick." She said before shoving her face into the bouquet. She munched on the flowers and said.
"Wow, this is really good!" "You can thank Debra for that." "How come?" "They're from her flower garden." "What?! Nick!" "Its fine, I asked before I took some and she was cool with it. Actually, she even made the garden for the herbivore kids that play around her place." "Well…If she's fine with it, I guess it's okay." She continued to munch on the flowers and Nick said.
"Today's the day we go back huh?" "Yeah. Hopefully nothing goes wrong." "It really shouldn't, so don't worry your fluffy little butt about it." "I'm not worrying." Judy says with a bashful smile, she looked over at Nick who was just smirking at her and he said.
"I guess I'll leave ya, to get ready. We'll be leaving as soon as you're done." "Right, I'll try not to take too long." Nick nodded, got up and walked out. Leaving Judy to finish off her breakfast then she got in the shower. After she was done; she walked out and found Debra Himiarashi sitting on the sofa in the room that Nick and Judy stayed in.
"Oh, Miss Debra. Do you need something?" "I just want to talk with you is all, so please. Sit." Judy walked over and sat next to her on the sofa. Debra then said.
"Look Judy, I just want to say. I'm proud of you." "For what?" "For opening your mind to the possibility, that not all conduits are bad." Debra praised the doe, as Judy sat there with a light blush on her face she continues.
"I know of your past encounters…And how the first encounter wasn't easy. I'm glad you were able to see and learn of our somewhat culture!" She finished off with smile and a chuckle; Judy sat there looking at the ground and added.
"It's not hard with your family making feel so at home. I never would even have thought; you guys were Conduits." "Conduits do walk a tight rope, after all with how all the other Conduits out there are making a ruckus. It's not hard to see why a lot of mammals hate us." "Well I hope one day that you no longer need to hide who you are."
Debra quickly and swiftly hugged the little doe. In response Judy hugged her back.
"Just so you know, you're now a part of this family; and we'll help out your family farm." "You don't have to do that!" Judy exclaimed in embarrassment, while the old woman just laughed a bit and released her hold on Judy.
"Please, I've been helping a lot of other families since I was seventeen. My family is more than happy to give a lending hand." "Okay then, I can guarantee that they'll appreciate the help." "Then I'm glad." They parted, and Debra gave a wistful smile, which was soon interrupted when a knock at the door was heard.
Debra made her way to the door and saw a familiar face, upon opening it.
"Ciel?" She asked, making Judy to peek around her to see a tall teenager. With short fuzzy black hair, three blue streaks and spotting glasses. He walked in and she saw he was dressed decent, wearing a long sleeved light blue shirt, black jeans and what looked like combat boots.
"Miss Debra. Sorry for the intrusion." "No that's quite alright, can I ask why you're here?" "Oh, could i request to talk with Mr Wilde? Lucius wants to recruit him." "Oh..." She sounded surprised by this information, but Debra then continued.
"I'll go fetch him for you then. Best behave around Officer Hopps." She teasingly smiled then walked out, leaving Judy and Ciel alone. The boy walked over to another couch and sat down opposite to Judy. The tension in air was noticeable between the two. Judy decided she would be the first to, break the awkwardness.
"Hi, I'm Judy-" "Judy Hopps, ZPD's first rabbit officer and solved the Night howler case three years ago." "…Yes. That's right." She softly laughed in an awkward manner, leaving the silence to engulf the room once again.
"Um, so what I assume you're a Conduit." He nodded, taking off his glasses and cleaning them with a cloth.
"What type of power do you have?" "I have two if you can believe it." "Must be exciting." "Yeah it kinda is, I can do stuff like this for example." He snapped his fingers and suddenly saw a creature appeared on table. She saw it was a Creeper from the game Minecraft, a game she used to play a lot in her teenage years.
The creeper notices Judy, hissed and exploded once it got close to her. She giggled a little, amused on what type of power this would even be.
"Digital powers, allows me to make holograms and such." "Then what would the other one be" Ciel just simply pulls out a few pieces of paper and held them in the palm of his hand. Suddenly the papers started to shift and fold itself.
After it was done, he puts the origami down on the table. Judy saw it was a rabbit figure. The teenager snapped his fingers and the rabbit figure got up and started moving around the small coffee table. It started doing push ups and doing laps on the table, Ciel then made a sword and it started to learn how to fight.
It was like a sentient being! Judy then looked at Ciel and saw he was controlling it, amused by this Judy laughed softly.
"Paper is mighty dangerous." She joked, this did grant a toothy smile and a stifled laugh from him. The door opened, and Nick walked in to see them both.
"Welcome, Mr Wilde." Nick sat down next to Judy and asked.
"So, I was told you wanted to talk?" "Yes, for a chance in a lifetime Officer Wilde." "Look I've never been a man of religion, so I'm afraid your lord and savior isn't for me." "No, I can assure this isn't some religious recruitment." Ciel said while trying not to laugh. Nick just wore his smirk, while Ciel gathered himself and said.
"I want you to join my organization." "What is your organization?" Ciel took of his glasses and explains.
"It's a group of conduits, who want to help make the world a safer place. We help communities and stuff." "Is that all?" "Not much I can say about…But there is this one thing." "What?" Now intrigued, Nick leaned closer as Ciel smirked.
"As of now, we've been locked in battle with another group." "Bad?" "Of course. They're known as the first sons; they were once an old group back in the 1877." "Debra…never mentioned this." "Because no one really knew who they were; they're a secretive group. But this latest adaption is quite…Loud, for the lack of a better word." Ciel leaned forward put his hands together, fingers intertwined.
"So why do you want me?" "Our leader was able to get information about your little, awakening of your powers. So, he decided that if you were able to shoot him so quickly…Maybe he had spot for our crew."
Nick started to let what he said sink in…if he was able to shoot…His mind flashed back to the moment with the teen conduit. Did he just shoot a leader of conduit group…Something about that fact, didn't sit right in his stomach.
Ciel noticed the uneasiness, so he grinned and said.
"Not to mention he's the grandson of Debra Himiarashi." "Was…Is he-" "Yes, he's Lucius. Don't worry he doesn't hold that against you." Oh great, not only did he shoot a leader of a group, he shot his best friends son. He looked at Ciel and asked.
"Why was he in the city then?" "You've heard of the Ray Sphere, right?" "Yes." "Well, let's just say the First Sons made another one; but this one being modified." "You're saying they wanted to set off the bomb." "Bingo!" Ciel smirked putting his glasses back on and making dead eye contact with the Fox.
"Since they modified it, we were afraid they made the blast radius a bit crazy. So, Lucius wanted to go in and retrieve it…But…You know the rest." Nick's grip tightens on his legs.
"So why did he want me to join?" Ciel just softly smiled and answered.
"To be fair, I'm not sure why. I assume it must be because of your results of your tests in the academy." "I guess that would make sense." "Of course, it would. But I think he just wanted to get to know you more, since ya know. After your night with Angel." Ciel winked and Nick blushed, his face and the tip of his ears becoming red like a tomato.
Judy confused by this just looked at Nick, but she was smart so only one thought came to her mind. She decided to ask Nick later.
"Okay…I-I see she wasn't shy telling him these things." "Who knows, but I for one like your skills. The perfect person to be a part of our group." "Glad to know I'm good candidate." Ciel nodded then explained.
"But of course, the decision is up to you. I'll let you think it over." With that said, the teen walked out of the room and left Judy and Nick to discuss this.
"You think we should trust them?" "Not sure, If Lucius is the leader then I guess we can." "You think so?" Judy questioned, Nick just simply nodded.
"I do, the Himarashis' are known for being a good people." "You think that's enough reason?" "To be honest, I kinda want to see him. If he's Angel's son then I know once I die, she'll torment me for not helping." He quietly laughed to himself, and smiles.
"Then I support your decision, and I want to see Lucius too. Want to see the boy who finally put you in your place." "*whistles* You wound me carrots~" They both quietly laugh, Nick then gets up, opens the door and tells Ciel his decision.
"Alright. I'll join." "Great. Now we already have someone going down to the ZPD, to discuss the situation and have a partnership." "So, my choice would've been invalid either way?" "I suspected you'd say yes anyway…But I have other things to attend too, you'll meet our ambassador once you get there. Bye for now." Ciel waved goodbye as he walked away.
Nick got out of the room and waited for Judy to be ready, once she was; everyone in the house traveled to the train station. Debra hugged Nick tightly, saying goodbye and Judy too received a hug from the Aristocrat.
They parted, and the two mammals got on the train. The winter air was still present in the train as they rode it back to Zootopia. Judy stayed close to the fox, as he now has proper control of his power. He was able to radiate heat off him.
The train finally arrived, they got off and walked all the way to the ZPD. Nick stared at the entrance, his heart racing, but only slightly. He took a deep breath and put his paw on the handle, he opened it and the both walked in.
Being greeted by the one and only Clawhauser. He gasps at the sight of them and happily says.
"Nick! Judy! Welcome back guys!" He quickly got up from his desk and gave them both a hug. He released them and quickly asked Nick.
"So is it true! Are you really a Bio-Terrorist?" He whispered the last part; just in case not everyone knew in the ZPD. Nick held out the palm of his hand, and medium sized fire formed in his hand. The fat Cheetah stared in awe; he couldn't believe Nick was one of 'them'. He softly giggled and was bubbly.
"That is so cool!" He softly exclaimed, while Nick now got a bashful smile.
"Ah it's nothing special." He closed his paw and Judy butted in and asked.
"Does Chief Bogo need to talk to us at all?" "Hm? Oh yeah, a teenager just strolled in and went to his office. Although another kid not long came in after her with white hair, but quickly left. Said they had important, Conduit business." The duo went upstairs, standing at the chiefs' door. Judy knocked, then Bogo responded with.
"Come in." They did so and there waiting, was Bogo and a teenage girl. Possibly 17 or 18, she was just standing by Bogos' side. Her hair was brown, light pink and possibly white. The left side being brown, while the right was hard to tell which of the other two colors it was. They walked further, and Bogo greeted them both.
"Wilde; Hopps. It's good to see your safe." "Thanks Chief!" Bogo nodded with a soft smile. The teen stepped forward and Bogo introduced her.
"I want you both to meet Annie. Annie Keenan. She's a representative of a Conduit group." "Nice to meet the both of you." She says with a smile, as far as first impression go. It was alright, she seems reserved and nice.
"I was sent here by my boss, he wanted me to escort you to your first job back at the force." They looked at Bogo, who just simply handed them a file that was sitting on his desk.
"Last week, a raid took place in the station. They stole the device that was found on the scene of your run in with the Bio- Conduit." Nicks' mind instantly flashed him the Ray sphere. He opened the file and looked what was in it.
"We've been trying to find a lead on anything. Who they were, why they even wanted that to begin with. Nothing showed up, that is until Annie and a white-haired boy. Strolled up to my office, explaining the whole situation. The First Sons, everything. We've been waiting for you to come back, since Mayor Lionheart, the idiot. Announced that Wilde was now a Conduit."
Nicks' heart dropped, what the hell! Bogo saw his panicked face and quickly says.
"Trust me, I wasn't for the idea as well. But we were able to defuse the situation a bit, we got the public to believe that you're not a threat. But to really seal the deal, we need you to bring in some people." "Those being?" "The same people who stole that 'Ray sphere'. So, the leader, and his two representatives wanted to come and help you."
Judy and Nick looked at Annie, who just simply waved at them with a smile. Judy waved back, and Bogo says.
"You and Wilde should go and meet up Mr Himarashi, I expect he is waiting for your arrival." The duo saluted and walked out with Annie, they reached the parking lot and she says.
"Alrighty! Let's get going, I'll drive us in my car." "Where exactly are we going?" She just shrugs, lamenting.
"Hell, if I know, Lucius doesn't really tell me. Although I never bother to read any of my mission assignments. But oh well, I honestly don't give two shits! As long I can keep beating up bastards, then I'm completely fine with it." Judy and Nick were confused by the sudden change of personality. She seemed like a quiet girl, but here she is. Personality did a complete 180.
"Well, let's get a move on. Hop on in!" She gleefully says as she got in her car, the two friends got in the back. Watching and drinking in the city's surroundings. Nick was lost in his thoughts, how was he going to deal seeing Lucius?
Not really a good way to go about it anyway. He just shot him like a month ago, not to mention he did it because he was Conduit. But if he was specifically asking for him to come and join, does that mean he forgives him. He soon felt a paw touch his and looked to see Judy. It's gonna be awkward.
"Start out with a joke." Annie abruptly says, earning Nick and Judy to give her a curious look. She chuckles and says.
"I like it when someone starts out with a joke. I did with Lucius, and now we're friends. I think he knows there is gonna be weird air, so just start out with something funny." "Great I'm being put on the spot." Nick half jokes, Annie laughs a little and then continues the conversation.
"You'll be fine once you get to know him. He's not bad, just blunt." "How blunt?" "Apparently like his mother, as I've heard from miss Debra." Nick just looks back out the window. Staring at the blue sky, a few minutes passed they were already nearing their destination. Judy and Annie were getting along, despite her 180 personality change she was quite okay.
"Ah, there they are." Annie says out loud, Nick moves forward a bit to see them. He saw three people, the first one he recognized was Ciel. He was wearing a dark blue trench coat, black gloves, denim jeans and boots. He still had his glasses on and his hair was a little messier than from what they saw, in their first encounter.
The next was a small girl, with long, bright brown hair and green eyes. She was wearing a cream colored sweater, with tiny jeans and boots. She was sitting on a chair, and then they saw the man they were meeting. Lucius. He had shining white hair, he's eyes a bright purple-pinkish color. He mainly wore a lot of black. Black Jacket with short sleeves. Finger less arm gloves, black jeans and black boots. He also had a purple henna patterns to the jacket and his arm gloves.
The car came to a stop, the three standing at their own vehicle. Nick, Judy and Annie exit the car and walk up to leader. Nick tensing up for the first time in a while, Lucius walked up to him and the first thing Nick said was.
"Sorry for your loss, who died?" Nick just stands there, holding a grin and seeing Lucius' face, giving the red fox a blank stare.
"I-I-I'm so sorry! I just-" Lucius suddenly laughed, cutting off Nick's apology. The teen just simply laughed, Nick started to nervously laugh. He couldn't really tell if he was doing the thing that his mother use to do, if someone offended her, she would simply laugh it off. Then proceed to sucker punch them in the face.
"That…That was good." "T-Thanks." "So…You're the fox that shot me point blank. I'll admit, takes guts to shoot down a Bio-Terrorist." "Well to be fair, you were about to finger bang me." "Oh god, no. Never say that again." The teen says while holding back a laugh.
"So anyway, I assume you've been briefed about your assignment?" "Yes. We're ready to help take these mammals in." Judy answers, Lucius nods with a blank face and looks towards Annie.
"You ready for this mission, Ann?" "Yep, what's the door made of?" "Regular steel, try not to go too crazy." Judy and Nick get a little worried when they see her whisper, yes excitedly while fist bumping the air. But Lucius grins and looks towards Ciel, saying.
"Alright, get ready and take Ann with you. I'll fill in the rest." "Don't overload their brain." "No promises!" Ciel just slightly shakes his head with a half-smile, then suddenly wings appeared from his back. A set of two made of paper and another set that was digitally made to resemble angel wings.
He flew up in the air and Annie jumped up and grabbed his leg. They both flew off to abandoned building. The duo just looked at Lucius, who just simply says.
"Something called a 'dash ability' basically just a dumb down word, that we evolved to use our powers for movement." "Then why keep calling it Dash Ability?" "I guess it just stuck. Anyway, how much of the First sons do you know?" "Ciel explained the brief history of them." "Good, then what I need you two, to do is wait here." "A stake out." "That and an ambush. The five of us will do our best to take these people in."
Judy and Nick nodded, understanding perfectly.
"Then we question them to get more info on their plans." "Precisely, but the thing is we don't know if these are just common foot soldiers or someone higher up. Trust me, it's a bloody miracle we even got the info to find out that this is one of their places to meet up." "So how long are we gonna wait?" "Not sure honestly, but your cops. You've done stakes outs that probably lasted for a quite a while, I'm sure you can find something to do as your waiting for our signal."
Lucius felt a tug on his jacket, he looked behind him and said.
"Oh sorry, I forgot to introduce someone, this is my little sister. Say hello Aylene." The small girl hid behind and peaked out to say.
"'Ello." "She's a little shy, but once she's comfortable around you. Get ready for a personality flip. Anyway, you don't mind if she stays with you two, right?" "No, we don't mind it at all!" Judy answers again, Lucius just stepped aside and lightly pushed her sister to them.
"Great, I'll be waiting up in the water tour. Remember, we move on Ciels' signal." "Gotcha." Nick confirms, Lucius just simply nods then runs off in high speeds. Completely covered in fluorescent colours and leaving a purple trail behind. Judy kneels to Aylene and says.
"Hello sweetheart. My name is Judy Hopps, and this is Nick Wilde." "Hi..." She shyly replies, while using her hair to hide her face.
"Oh no need to be shy, we don't bite." "I-I know that." "Then how about you and I wait here, while Officer Wilde gets us some food. Do you want anything special?" "…Hot Coco, and a bag of chips." "Okay! Nick mind going to get the ladies some food?" "Of course, what kind of gentlemen would I be if I didn't." They both snicker and Nick quickly orders food and comes back. They got comfy for the long wait, finishing their foods and Aylene goes to sleep.
Which was sudden for the most part, but Nick and Judy just simply waited in the car. Gossiping like hens, discussing what the future might hold since Nick is now a Conduit. Hours passed, with no sign from these first sons. Nothing from Lucius or Ciel either. Of course, since they were getting tired. The Topics got a little questionable.
"You think Clawhauser might be gay?" "Do I think that? Yes, as much as I think the earth is flat." Judy does a muffled snicker and just playful pushes him, they looked out towards the empty factory. The rust covering the building, telling the world it's been untouched for many years and most likely still will be.
"What you think is gonna happen?" "Hm? What do you mean Carrots?" "Like…" Judy furrowed her brows, squinting her eyes. It was clear she was thinking, of what to say.
"Like what happens with the public now knowing you're a Conduit. Now we have a group of Conduits, coming out of hiding to announce that they're working with the Police. I worry what people are gonna do." "Look, we don't need to worry about. As far as I'm concerned, Mayor Lion heart is…Well he's not the smartest but he is good at getting people on his side." Nicks' attempt at comforting the doe was futile, as Judy just looked at him with worry in her eyes.
"I guess you're right, but I just can't help but think something's going to go wrong." Nick looked off into the distance, she did have a point. He's a fox and now he's a Conduit fox. That is just begging for trouble in on itself; yet Lucius seemed smart. For teenager he's leader a group of Conduits, he looks calm and collected.
So maybe he's convinced some people to be okay with this; oh boy Nick just hopes so. He really does.
"Yeah, I know how you feel. But let's try to be positive. Maybe it's won't be so bad." "I hope you're right." Silence soon engulfed them, they sat in the car just staring at the building. Looking back out the window, Nick yelps and jumps back as he sees Lucius. He's holding a bag from Mc'Crickets, and a Snarlbucks bag.
Nick opens the door and scoots over, Lucius comes in and shuts the door behind him as he sits down. Putting the two bags on the dashboard, he starts handing out food and drinks. Nick and Judy thank him for the food and start eating.
"So, Lucius, tell us about yourself." Judy asks, she was little curious, meeting the son of the famous Angel. He takes a sip of his drink, and just says.
"What do you want to know about?" "Firstly, why you, a teenage boy is running a group of Conduits?" "Oh, that's an easy one. I wanted to help people. Mother always helped people of all races. Animal or human, she knew she couldn't help everyone…But she did her best to help the people that could be saved. Yet of course, she's-." "Stubborn?" "Exactly."
He smiles, chuckling to himself and taking another sip of his beverage. Nick then asks.
"Tell us, I assume you guys operated in secret. Why start announcing yourself to the world? You do know how Conduits are seen in the world right?" "It was a long-term plan, to go public about our group. We started out small, then it grew over the past few months. We made it about like, three years ago. We just kept growing and we did more to help. Helping with droughts, destroyed towns, homeless people all that jazz."
Lucius sighed, running his fingers through his hair. Judy looked back toward Aylene and says.
"I forgot to ask, how old is Aylene?" "Seven." "That's young, for her to be around this type of stuff." "Meh, she's a smart kid. She knows what she wants, and she knows that she's meant to stay out of danger. Yet she always wants to be around me." He looks back at her, and lovingly strokes her hair. Aylene smiles as she sleeps, seemingly her dreams are now a lot happier.
"But as I said, she's smart. A prodigy, she'll be safe." "Can I ask something?" "Shoot?" "Who was this person that killed…Angel." "…His name is Kenny, our father supposedly had a mental snap, but I know what happened. I was there the day he did too…It was a few days after Aylene was born. I'm not sure on the details on why he did it…But I know for a fact it wasn't due to some mental illness."
The duo saw the malice on his face, but he regained his calm composer and said.
"I've never liked him to be honest. He seemed off to me." "Sorry." Nick apologizes, this grants Lucius to raise an eyebrow and asks.
"Sorry for what?" "Your mother, asked to me to be your godfather. I just ran away, and never came back after we…" Lucius stared at the red fox, he sighed and finished off his drink. He got out of the car and says.
"It's alright, pretty sure you have a good reason." He smirks, Nick just blushes, oh god it was mothers' smirk. The one where it's like, 'oh I know what you meant and, or did.'
"I'll be going now." "T-Thanks for the food." "No probs." He closes the door and goes back to the water tower. Nick sits there, with a massive blush, Judy now thinks she has a good idea now, she asks.
"Remember earlier today, when Ciel came?" "Of course." "What does he mean by, your night with Angel?" He blushed, and he avoided eye contact.
"We made out." "Aww! Nick, you two did become a thing!" "Shush! It's really embarrassing!" She giggled, Nick sat there covering his face.
"Yes, we did. It was a few days at least. But I ran away." "Why?" "Because I thought she could do better…Not to mention it is pretty weird for a human and an Animal to…be a couple." Judy saw his eyes, sadness filled them, shame was another she saw. She held his paw and says.
"It's okay, I don't think weird." "You don't?" "Of course not, I mean sure it's not accepted in public…But form what you tell me Nick…She's seems really important." Nick smiled, his eyes were soft, and he nodded.
"Thanks, she was." "No problem Nick, I have your back. Always." He smiled and just then they both saw Aylene. Getting up out of her sleepy state and saying.
"Hello." "Hey, sweetie. How was your sleep?" "Good." She reached over the sit and grabbed Nick's coffee. She took a sip and smiled with her eyes still closed.
"Mm, good. Didn't know we had the same tastes Dad!" Nick was a little surprised at what she said but decided to play along.
"Well, your father is quite the man of many weird tastes!" "I bet you don't like spicy food." "I'm all for spicy food, thank you very much." He acts to be hurt by her statement, Aylene just giggles and sips on his coffee one last time and says.
"Please, I could be a lot worst to you Father. I'm pretty terrible to my big bro." "Now Sweetie, be nice to your brother he does well for this family." Aylene just laughs and smiles at Nick. He smiled back, and she says.
"A lot of people get a little uncomfortable with me calling them dad. I see you're an actor as well?" "Best of the best!" "Hehe, thanks for the . I'm going to go back to sleep." "But you just woke up." "Nighty night."
With that, she was back to sleep fast. Nick chuckled, and Judy just laughed softly at the scene she just witnessed. It was kinda amusing to see Aylene, with such an adorable innocent voice be sassy and have , they waited. The night only seemed to drag on as Judy and Nick sat in their car. But they soon hear their radio go off, scaring them and waking up Aylene.
"Everyone, they've arrived! Get into positions. Nick and Judy, please flank around the back." "Got it!" Nick and Judy get out, while Aylene stays in the car.
They both reach the back entrance and go through, keeping low and hiding behind crates. They got to safe location on a second floor; they peeked over the rails. Seeing four mammals in red cloaks, talk about trying to not look suspicious.
"We got visual on them." Judy whispers into the radio, Ciel was the one who answered and asked.
"How many? I didn't see an exact number." "Four. All dressed in red cloaks." "Armed?" Judy looked at Nick, he was watching them. Seeing if they had anything threatening. It wasn't long before they pulled out the same strange orb that Nick saw a month ago. The Ray Sphere. No guns though; Nick looked at Judy and shook his head and said.
"No guns, but they brought the Ray Sphere." "Alright! Better than we expected!" Annie whispers with excitement, Lucius then says.
"Keep up your guard, let's play safe." Ciel puts their plan into action and says.
"Alright, Nick and Judy open fire on my signal." Judy aimed her gun, which she was unfamiliar with a real gun. Nick aimed his hand at them and closed one eye.
"Three." Judy squeezed the trigger slightly, getting ready for the kickback of a real gun.
"Two." Nick slowed down his breathing, embers fell out of his hand.
"One…Go!" They both opened fire, Nick was able to cut off their escape but using a fire wall, with a blast from his hands. Judy was able to back them in a corner.
From Lucius' perspective, he had a clear shot on them. Although he lost track on one of the cloaked men. He signaled Ciel and Annie to move in. Annie quickly ran in and shoulder barges the door down in one move. She manipulates the metal to make a rod and throws it, nearly hitting one of the men.
Ciel barges in through the glass ceiling and made barrage of digital faceless soldiers, he then made a sword and ran at them. One of them revealed to be hiding a weapon and shoots at Ciel; luckily for him, Lucius shot a glass shard which expanded into a shield.
Lucius also shot a few burst rounds at the men, this did cause them to panic. They tried to run but were cut off by Nick; he smirked and rushed them. He tackled the hippo in the back and then Annie threw another rod at a mammal, but the rod caught the Zebras cloak and pinned them to the wall, Ciel got out a stack of card like paper and threw it at one of the cloaked men. An Elk was wrapped in a paper cocoon. Lucius was able to snipe out the Goat, he was knocked out and neon rope suddenly appeared on him.
The group looked at their victory. Annie being the first one to scream out.
"BOO YEAH!" Soon Lucius jumped in through the roof, landing on his feet. He shivered for a bit and then walked up to the group.
"Nice, went all according to plan." "I'm glad it did, it was little easy though don't ya think?" Ciel slightly complains, Judy and Nick just looked at the two. It was a little weird seeing teenagers discuss strategy, but it's nice to see that they're still teenagers when it comes to certain stuff.
Annie gathers the four mammals and sets them up in a line. She binds them with metal and Lucius says.
"Must be pretty humiliating that you got your asses kicked." "Piss off." The Zebra says, with annoyance in his voice. The teen just smirks and replies with.
"You have the right to remain silent. I hope you understand that you'll be taken down to the ZPD and be asked a few questions." "We won't tell you shit!" The Hippo says, Lucius just ignores their hateful comments and turns back to Judy and Nick, congratulating them.
"Nice job guys! A successful mission." "Thanks." "You guys did great." The two get freaked out, once they hear the tiny voice behind them, they turn around to see only Aylene.
"I thought you were gonna wait in the car?" "I did! I just came in when the sounds of fighting we done!" She argued, Lucius just pats her sisters head and says.
"Sure, you did." She puffs her cheeks up and turns around. Lucius turns to the rest and says.
"Great work guys. This should prove our worth to follow orders and that we're trust worthy. Nick and Annie, please get them ready for transport. I'll call up Bogo and tell him that our assignment was a success." Lucius was gonna walk off, until they heard the Zebra say.
"Nick? Nick Wilde? Oh my god!" He laughs, Nick just looks at him perplexed and before he says anything, the Zebra cuts him off.
"Come on! It's me, your friend from the Scouts? Don't you remember how we put a muzzle on ya, you fox." Nicks' eyes slowly widen, he took a step back. Staring in disbelief. The Zebra laughs.
"Yeah, there we go! Now you remember me." He says with a smug voice. Nick starts to tremble and his ears droop, softly saying.
"M-Mike." "Yeah it's me." Judy grabs his paw and says.
"Nick focus on me. It's okay, don't worry about him." He couldn't hear her, everyone saw him on the verge of a panic attack. His breathing starts getting erratic, his vision starts blurring and his eyes unfocused.
"You're a Conduit now! Fuck that is amazing! Another reason to make you look like a shifty lowlife!" "Shut up!" Annie says bluntly, kicking him in the head. He groans but persists.
"A shifty lowlife fox…That's all you were and all you'll ever be." Judy tried to catch Nick as he fell to the ground. He started coughing which turned into throwing up, and at this point Judy was freaking out. Many of her brothers and sister went through panic attacks. She stayed vigilant and tried to get him to calm down.
"Nick, please listen to me! You need to breath. I just need you to focus on me." Again, he didn't hear her. His vision was getting darker around the edges, slowing creeping in. His whole body trembled violently, he held himself as his face was basically in the dirt. Tears going down his face and saliva pouring out of his mouth. She was gonna try again but suddenly Aylene crouched in front of him.
Placing her hands on his face. He looked at her, staring at her as his breathing was still uneven. Aylene smiled and starts to hum a tune loudly. It soon reached his hears. Something calming, something that reminded him of his home. With his mother, and the Himarashi family, Angel. His breathing started to slow down, his eyes were now focused, but the tears still fell
He felt a fuzzy paw on his. He looked to Judy and remembered the new life he now has. Judy showing up the most in his memories. He starts to calm down, his muscles relax, and his breathing was normal. This went on for a few minutes before he finally calmed down.
He quickly wiped away the tears; Lucius then walked up to Mike and did a full force kick to his torso.
"It's people like you, I despise. I hope you're just a pawn in the First Sons plan, and when they're done with you. Out to the streets you go." He didn't say anything, he just looked at the recovered Nick and saw the hate in his eyes.
"Please, they need me! But I wouldn't care if I died either way." "That can be arranged…" Nick coldly says while staring in anger at Mike. Everyone stares at him with shock, and the old scout group looked at him in fear. Except for Mike, he just grinned and eggs Nick on.
"Is that so? You honestly think you have the balls to kill me!" Nick marches towards the grinning Zebra and holds him up by the collar, yanking up to his face and threatens him with his eyes being bloody red.
"Don't you dare tempt me!" "Please, Nick we both know you don't have it ya." "Nick! Put him down now!" Judy yells out, but Lucius stops her from going to him and says calmly but with a hint of worry in his voice.
"Nick, calm down. Violence won't solve a thing." Nick just stares at Mike, who's still holding his chestier smile ever so lightly.
"Go on, do it…If you think you can." Nick just stares at him, an idea soon formed in his head. If he kills Mike right now, not only would he get payback for what they did to him all those years ago. The interrogation would go more smoothly, who knows. Maybe the others would spill what they know to them right on the spot, but then there's the fact he'd be a killer.
Just proving to the world he's a monster, and of course he… He doesn't want Judy to look at him as a villain. His mind soon flashes him Angel and his time spent at the Himarashis'.
"What's it gonna be…Fox." He just stares at him, already knowing his decision.
