Hi guys, sorry it took me an eternity to upload the next chapter. Let's just say life had other plans for me :) Anyways, I am starting to get a more clear idea of where I think this story could go as more chapters are uploaded. I have some big ideas for this story and would love to hear your feedback. Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 6

In the weeks that followed after Alex's arrival to Zootopia, he became accustomed to staying hidden in the city of mammals...at least from Jack's perspective. Every morning after Jack had left for work Alex would place himself outside on the fox's patio to get a scenic view of the rising sun, while he did enjoy the view Alex mainly stood on the patio waiting for his so-called "sense" to kick in and alert him of any trouble nearby. To avoid exposing him too much, Alex would stop any trouble that was within close range of Jack's apartment so that he could sneak back in the shadows. Even though he freaked out many animals, Alex found it funny to see the frightened looks on their faces(?) By the time Alex was done playing hero he would often relax in Jack's apartment learning all he could about his new environment. But as luck would have it, Alex's world was about to get even more complicated.

It was another slow Friday at the Bureau for Jack. He had walked into work to receive another mountain of paperwork that other detectives "failed" to fill out, he began seeing his lifelong dream as a place of punishment for his rookie mistake. After he finished the last of his busy work he dropped his head onto his desk. "Stupid paperwork," Jack said, he looked towards the clock and realized another day had flown by. Since the chief did not expect any paperwork until next Monday Jack quickly packed up and left the office. As Jack started leaving the building he thought about Alex, he knew he could not keep the kid in his apartment forever. Someone would eventually find out and when they do it would mean nothing but trouble for him and his tainted career. He groaned as he rubbed his temples in frustration. The fox knew he could not keep this secret up for much longer, he needed somebody to trust.

He walked back into his high rise apartment to find Alex sleeping on the couch, it still amazed the fox that this type of situation would happen to him of all mammals. As Jack shut the apartment door behind him the noise of the door shutting caused the boy to wake up from his slumber, he opened his drowsy eyes to find Jack standing near the front of the apartment.

"Long day at work?" Alex said, battling the need to fall back asleep

"Yeah" Jack muttered

"Hey, so have you had any luck finding any of your family?"

Alex shook his head.

Jack frowned at the kid's response, he knew Alex needed help in order to find his parents if he was going to overcome this problem.

"Hey kid," Jack said getting the boy's attention,

"Since we've haven't had any luck in finding your parents I'm going to ask a friend if he can help us out. He's super smart and if anyone can help us it would be him."

"I don't know about that, are you sure we can trust him?" Alex said in a concerned tone

"I'm sure, don't worry about it. He'll know what to do." Jack said trying to reassure the boy

Alex looked into the fox's eyes, he still felt vulnerable even after the tragedy that occurred the night he came to Zootopia. As he looked into the eyes of the vulpine he could see the sincere gaze he was giving, not having the mindset to challenge him he gave into his words.

"Ok, I trust you on this," Alex said

Jack nodded in response and looked into the kitchen to notice that it was late, he turned around and saw the boy yawn and sleep was beginning to take hold of him again.

"Well, it's getting late...I think I'll turn in for today." Alex said

As he turned and headed towards the guest bedroom he heard Jack call out to him,

"Goodnight Alex," Jack said

"Night Jack," Alex said, he then went into the bedroom shut the door behind him.

Once Alex shut the door Jack took his took out his phone and searched for Chris' phone number.

As his phone rang in his ear he walked around the living room of his apartment hoping that he would answer. He then heard a familiar voice in his ear,

"Hey. What's up?" Chris said

"Hey, Chris…" Jack said

"Do you have a minute to talk, it's important."

Alex laid motionless on the bed, a thousand thoughts running through his mind as the noises of a busy metropolis rang outside the bedroom window.

'I can't keep this up forever' Alex thought

'Someone's gonna find out soon, there's gotta be a way out of here.'

Alex thought hard for any way he could try to get home, but every option failed him. He was beginning to lose hope that he would ever return, he thought of his mother again. Her cold and lifeless body lying on the floor of their living room horrified him as he vigorously shook the gruesome image out of his mind. He remembered his promise he made to her weeks ago, that no matter the outcome he would return and set things right.

"WAIT...my laptop!" Alex thought to himself

He jumped off the bed and grabbed his backpack leaning against a chair next to the desk in the room. He pulled out his Macbook and hastily pressed the power button, praying that it would turn on. For a moment he stared at the dark screen in front of him, suddenly the laptop lazily came to life.

"Thank God!" Alex said softly

The boy quickly scrolled through the laptop looking for any way to contact Earth. He looked for any way he could reach anyone on Earth, he sent message after message to his friends and any family on his mother's side, but nothing went through.

"Dang it…" Alex muttered

He brought his hands up to his face and rubbed it in frustration. He lowered his head onto the laptop keyboard, not caring about the damage it would bring to his Mac. As he laid his head onto the keyboard he saw a mysterious file appear on his desktop.

"New Horizon Prototypes?" Alex said

He clicked on the file which led to a library of different inventions that contained blueprints for their creation.

"Cool," the boy thought

Alex saw inventions that he could only dream of, he could not understand how these files ended up on his laptop. New Horizon was a biotech company that has made astounding breakthroughs in medicine and technology that have helped millions around the world. He scrolled through the files more closely and discovered something else. As he looked closer Alex saw plans for multiple military-style weapons such as guns, formulas for gas bombs, and other funny looking guns and inventions that looked like it would be in science fiction movie. Alex could not comprehend how such confidential information ended up on his laptop. Nevertheless, there was not a single invention that could explain how he got to this crazy city, or how to get out of it. He closed the laptop and walked back to the bed. His eyelids grew heavy as sleep began to creep upon him, setting his worries aside the boy closed his eyes as sounds of the city rocked him to sleep.

Another day came upon the mammalian city, hundreds of mammals traveled through its streets like blood coursing throughout a body. Jack began another long day at the agency, as he made his way over to the mountain of paperwork stood tall on his desk he passed by the chief's office. Luckily, his office door was open slightly and could hear a conversation taking place in the office. Desperate to avoid his mountain of work, Jack leaned towards the opening in the door, curious about what was taking place in the office. As Jack's ears listened to the conversation he peeked slightly through the door opening to see Brian Whitetail, one of the senior agents at the Bureau. The brown furred, white-tailed, rabbit was dwarfed by the size of the bear. Nevertheless, it did not stop him from arguing with the chief whom he had known for a long time.

"Have you discovered any cause of their deaths?" the chief said

"Yes, forensics discovered multiple shards of metal in their bodies." Brian responded

"Shards of metal?" the chief questioned

"Actually, forensics classified them as "metal pellets," Brian said in return

The chief groaned in response, although he was trained to deal with cases such as these this one seemed unique compared to others.

"How many does this make?" the chief said

"This the fifth one in the last week." The rabbit responded in a quiet tone

"I want you to keep investigating this, you only report to me. If word gets out about these strange deaths who knows how the public will react. Understand?"

"Yes sir," Brian said with a serious manner, he then turned and headed for the office door.

Seeing the rabbit turn towards the door Jack quickly moved out of Brian's line of sight, walking past the chief's office towards his desk. 'Metal pellets' Jack said in his mind, 'this doesn't add up'. The fox was no stranger to gruesome murders but none so strange as this, he could not figure out how someone would be able to kill another mammal with shards of metal placed at random throughout their victim's body. He knew he would have to keep an eye out for anything suspicious out in public.

The fox then returned to his desk to conquer another mountain of paperwork. After he completed his work, he walked over to where Chris worked in the bureau. He walked past the main lobby of the ZBI over to where all the technicians and engineers worked, Chris worked as an engineer for the bureau. He was in charge of making sure their technology worked as well as coming up with new tech to help stay ahead of the criminal activity in Zootopia. The fox soon reached Chris' office and knocked on the door.

"Come in," Chris said

Jack opened the door to find Chris typing vigorously on his computer, he smirked at the scene in front of him. Jack always admired Chris' work ethic and his drive to bring justice to the world through his love of science and technology, it was something that helped them to form a strong friendship. The gazelle soon turned his head to see his friend before him.

"Hey, Chris," Jack said as he stopped in front of his friend's desk

"What's up Jack," Chris said in response

"I...uh have this…" Jack paused, unsure of how to tell the truth about Alex

Chris just stared at Jack, confused at his reluctance. Jack felt Chris' gaze send a wave of nervousness over him, how would Chris react if he told him the truth, that there was an alien living in his apartment. Would he laugh at him? Would he even talk to him if he found out? He could see Chris growing more confused at Jack's pause so he spoke up.

"I have this... family friend that's new to the city, and I was wondering if you could help me get him acquainted with the city," Jack said forcing the words out of his mouth

"Oh, where's he from?" Chris said

"Shoot," Jack thought

"He's from Bunnyburrow," Jack responded

"Really? Well, he has a lot of getting used to if he's from the burrows." Chris said with a chuckle

"When can I meet this guy?"

"Would right now be good?" Jack said

"Oh, well...I guess so. Give me a second." Chris said in response

The Gazelle soon packed up his office and left with Jack towards his apartment. Once they reached the apartment building Chris began to see that Jack was extremely nervous the closer they approached his apartment.

"Hey Jack, are you ok?" Chris said

"Yeah...I'm fine," Jack said with a smile, hoping that Chris would fall for it.

As the two arrived at Jack's apartment, Jack reluctantly opened the door as the two made their way into the fox's living room.

"Where's your friend?" Chris asked

"He's probably in the guest room, I'll go get him," Jack said as his nerves continued to rise.

Jack hurried to the guest room hoping to find Alex there, but to his surprise, he was gone.

"Alex?" Jack softly muttered

The fox looked around the room to find any trace of the boy but found nothing, he rushed into the bathroom and the closet to see if he was there, but came up short.

"Alex?!" Jack said in a louder tone

Suddenly he heard footsteps behind him, he turned and saw Alex standing in front of him wearing the same clothes he had always worn since he arrived.

"Oh, thank God," Jack said with relief

"Where were you?"

"I was uh, looking around. But don't worry I don't think anyone saw me." Alex said as he looked back at the opened window he jumped through

"At least...not anyone important." Alex thought to himself as he thought of the burglar he stopped earlier that day.

"You know you can't risk letting anyone see you. If anyone found out about you it would be the end of everything. Promise me you'll be more careful." Jack said as he closed the window

"Ok, I promise." Alex responded

"Good, remember yesterday when I mentioned that friend of mine that could help us?"

Alex nodded back to the Fox

"Well, he's here now and I'm not sure how he'll react to seeing you so try to be your best around him." Jack said

"Will do," Alex said holding a thumbs up towards Jack

The fox smirked in response as he and Alex made their way out of the room and into the small hallway towards the living room. Jack motioned for Alex to stay behind a few steps as he went to prepare his friend for what he was about to experience.

"Chris...remember how I said that this was a family friend that I was visiting," Jack said

"Yeah?" The gazelle said in a confused tone

"Well, he isn't exactly family, but he is a friend…"

"Jack, what's going on?" Chris said

"He means to say that his friend is not exactly from here. But out of the kindness of your his heart, he is helping me out." Alex interrupted as he stepped into the living room.

"Oh, and the name's Alex."

Chris stared in shock at the creature before him, he felt his heart pounding in his chest, he had never seen anyone like Alex before. He could only gaze at the boy, he tried forcing words out of his mouth but nothing. Seeing his friend in such a state of shock, Jack spoke up.

"Chris, I wanted you to meet Alex. He is what's known as a Human, he claims to be from another world," Jack said to his friend

The gazelle kept staring at Alex as he let Jack's information sink into his mind. Here was this strange furless creature standing in front of him and Jack is acting like he is completely normal. The more he thought about the reality that he was in the more he felt his heart began to race. His eyes quickly glanced at Jack and Alex and he tried to come up with a coherent sentence to say.

"I...I…" Chris muttered before he fainted before the human and fox.

"I'd say that went well," Alex said in a sarcastic tone

"Ya think so" Jack responded as the two went to place Chris on the couch to help him wake up from his state of unconsciousness.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please review, follow, and favorite! Since I am on break I will have more time to work on this story. I hope to have the next chapter up soon. Constructive criticism is welcomed. Merry Christmas!