« Okay, you can do this, no stress, just go in and ask for an application paper. Piece of cake, easy-peasy, right?"
Li is standing in front of Precinct One, debating wether or not he should enter. Finally, he walks in and…
"Welcome to Precinct One! How can I help you?"
Is greeted by an overly excited cheetah.
"Hum, hi. I was wondering if I could have an application paper please. Wait a minute, is he gawking at me?"
"Yes of course, just let me find it… here we go."
Benjamin hands the papers to Li and giggles.
"You can fill them in the seats right here."
"Okay, thank you."
Li heads for the seats and plops himself down. As he stares at the papers, he thinks back of what got him here…
A week ago
"So, what are you gonna do?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, you're back in Zootopia, and there are few martial arts centres. Maybe you could, I don't know, apply as a teacher?"
"I don't know."
"You know, my sister works for the ZPD…"
"Your point being?"
"You still have your captain rank, right? Why don't you apply for the ZPD? You will have a captain rank and you'll have some action."
"I don't know, but I'll think about it. Promise"
Present day
Well, here I am again. Let's see… Name, age, height, weight, social security number, physical conditions, species, occupation or former occupation. Wait, what's that? If transferring from the ZA, point out your rank, platoon, ID number and section within the ZA. Well, rank... Captain, platoon... 52nd, ID number... now where did I put them? He reaches inside his pockets and takes out his tags. Okay, lets see... NZM 504 17 5200, and finally, National Zootopians Marines Corp. All done.
He comes back to the front desk
"Here, all done."
"Okay, just let me send this through to the chief… If you are accepted, we will send you a letter to give the date of the start of the training. You should get it in about a week. I hope we'll be able to see you again!"
"Likewise, goodbye mister…?"
"Clawhauser, Benjamin Clawhauser."
About a week later
"Amalia darling, would you be so kind to get the mail please?"
"Of course mrs Walker."
"What do we have here, junk mail, junk mail, bills, bills, and… ZPD? Li! Your letter has arrived!"
Li runs down the stairs, he can't help but feel a little nervous, what if they didn't accept him?
"Let me see he opens the envelope and starts reading aloud dear mister Walker, we thereby inform you that you have been accepted to take part in the training to become a ZPD officer. But seeing as you have are an ex-Marine, we will take extra tests to see if you fall in a SWAT officer category. Concerning your captain rank, it is to the discretion of the Police Chief to see if you will retain it. The next training session will start in three days from now. The directions and address are enclosed. We hope to see you soon… he pauses I DID IT!"
After about an hour of dancing and other celebrations, They share dinner and Li goes up to starts packing.
Two days later
After an hour-long drive to the outskirts of Zootopia, Li finally arrives to the training camp. There are track course, a few block-like buildings and, of course, the infamous weather-zones training parcour.
"Well, this is gonna be fun."
"Can I help you?"
Li is greeted by a jet-black panther wearing a police uniform
"Yes actually, I'm here to take part in the ZPD training…"
"Okay. Right this way then."
The panther guides him to one of the block-like buildings and explains to him the rules of the training camp. Soon enough, they arrive at the dormitories, there are already a few mammals here: a bear, a cheetah and a golden retriever. The first two are lying on their bunks and the third is writing something at one of the four desks.
"Guys, this is the newest recruit he turns to Li this is where you're gonna live for the next six months, try and get comfortable"
He then strolls out and closes the door. An awkward silence sets
"What's your name?"
"Walker, Li Walker."
The cheetah shifts on his cot to face him
"I'm Daniel Mendez, the one at the desk is Sammy Worthington and the bear is Nicolaï Vasilevitch."
The bear got out of his silence "I'm from Medved."
Medved is a city in the northern regions of Animalia. It is mostly populated by bears and other tundra animals.
"I heard about it. Got a friend who live here."
The retriever, seemingly thrilled by the arrival of a new member got up and shook Li's hand.
"It really is a pleasure to meet you!"
"Hum, same?"
"Where are you from, if you don't mind me asking? I just arrived from my parents farm in the Meadowlands district."
"Well, I'm from Zootopia, born and bred. But I just came back from a long trip to China, it's my mother homeland."
The three of them then looked expectantly at the cheetah still lying on his bunk, waiting for an answer to an unspoken question.
"Fine, I'm from Mexico, but I lived my whole life in Zootopia"
Then there was a ringing
"That's the dinner bell, you should leave your stuff here for the time being. You can unpack after dinner."
"Okay, thanks"
As Li started walking towards the mess, he wondered what will these six months will bring.
"Well, lets go again."
Hey guys, Dragon here. I've got a very important request. Could you guys tell me if you want me to write Li's training or do like Judah's in the movie? Tell me in the reviews.
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