"Those faces! God, I just love the face of shock when outside animals see us for the first time. Almost addicting." Ruby said in a teasing, soft tone of voice.
Nick gulped. "I k-knew it. Mutants are behind all of this."
"A bunny and a fox. Prey and Predator. Enemies by nature. I can already tell you two are close." Ruby started to slither closer to Judy and Nick.
"Don't move!" Judy aimed her sniper rifle to the snake.
"Ye scared huh? It's good to be scared, yeah." Sebastian's right claw pressed a button on his stick.
"Where is our squad?!" Nick asked loudly.
Sebastian pointed his stick to the side. A black curtain lifted up. The rest of the Z-Squad could be seen inside a huge empty mine cart. A thick, bulletproof glass separating them from Judy and Nick.
"Get us out of here!" Bella shouted as she banged her fist on the glass.
Judy got angrier. "Get them out of there right now!"
"Hmmm. So are you and that fox boyfriend and girlfriend?" Ruby started to laugh.
"Stop laughing and do as I say!" Judy demanded.
Ruby coiled her body around itself. "I take that as a yessss." Her thin, long, fork tongue slithering out of her mouth.
Nick pointed his weapon towards Sebastian. "Do as she says!"
"Make us." Sebastian said simply.
"If you don't, we will tranquilize you!" Judy shouted out.
Ruby simply smirked and kept her body coiled. Waiting for the right opportunity to strike.
Nick's ears turned as he heard somebody running up from behind. He quickly turned around and began to fire his Carbine daze assault rifle. "Behind us!"
Judy's eyes focused on Nick. A split second later, Sebastian pointed the stick towards Judy. A black rock flew out from the stick. Before she knew it, her sniper rifle got shot out of her hands.
Like a loaded piston, Ruby's body uncoiled, shooting herself towards the bunny.
Naturally quick on her feet and with the aid of her battle suit, Judy shifted her upper body to the side. Ruby missed her golden chance to quickly take down her opponent, but she has a backup plan just in case. The end of her body quickly wrapped itself around Judy's arm as she landed on the ground. All of this happens less than two seconds.
Nick took down a rather large Salamander that attempted to do a sneak attack behind him. Sebastian swung the stick at the side of Nick's head. This knocked Nick to the side and made him drop his gun.
"Ha! This right here is goin' to be easy pickings!" Sebastian spun the stick with his left claw while walking up to Nick.
"T-That hurt.." Nick said to himself as he rubbed his cheek. He looked up, seeing the stick about to slam down on him.
The fox managed to grab the stick just in time. Nick's body began to shake. Even with the battle suit multiplying his strength, he could barely keep the stick from going down more.
Judy was also struggling to hold her ground. She and Ruby were having a tug-a-war as one is attempting to pull the other closer. Ruby, however, is still stronger than Judy and her battle suit as Judy was starting to get pulled in.
"You're tougher than you look, bunny. But once I have my whole body around you, it's all over!" Ruby said as he looked back at Judy.
"EP target!" Both Judy and Nick said at the same time. The shoulder mounted gun aimed towards their opponents and shot a pellet out.
The spore cloud quickly engulfing the snake and the chameleon, forcing them to pull back from attacking.
Judy quickly went towards her sniper rifle and aimed towards Ruby. To her dismay, however, the snake wasn't there already.
"W-What?!" Judy started to panic a little as she kept changing her aim to find the snake. All of the sudden, the snake wrapped her tail around Judy's legs, causing the bunny to fall to the ground.
"Goin' to take more than that to stop me!" Ruby's face got very red due to the reaction of the electric spore cloud.
Judy began to get dragged. Her metal covered fingers planted into the hardwood ground. "N-Nick help!"
"Judy!" Nick attempted to run to aid his partner, but Sebastian's stick went in front of his neck. He then got pulled back until he was between Sebastian and the stick. His hands were the only thing keeping the stick from making contact to his neck. Nick's feet lifting off the ground afterward.
"Got to hand it to ya both. You two are just full of tricks and surprises!" Sebastian's face is also red, just like Ruby's.
Using all of her might, Judy pulled her lower body forward, making her do a half flip on the ground. This caused Ruby to fly forward and lose grip on Judy's legs.
Sebastian's eyes focused on Ruby flying towards him. Too slow to release Nick and move out of the way, Ruby slammed head first onto Sebastian. Sebastian's grip on Nick was release, sending the fox crashing into a table at the side of the room. As Nick got up to join back into the fight, his hand pressed down onto a red button.
The mine cart started to move down its track. It came to a complete stop at the room where Bogo and the other officers were held up at.
Buford and Otis turned to see the glass on the mine cart break off on its own. The entire Z-Squad jumped out of the cart.
The rest of the ZPD officers cheered at the sight of the elite teams. Buford and Otis made their way towards the Z-squad and behind them were 80 other reptilians.
Bella looked straight up at Otis while Nico looked up at Buford. Each group staring intensely at one another.
Lur smirked down at a group of large lizards while Alex crossed his bulky arms over his built chest.
"Wanna do this the easy way or the fun way?" Bella asked.
Buford and Otis said nothing and kept staring down at the Squirrel and Sheep.
"I think they want to do it the fun way." Alex said.
A coy smirk appeared on Bella's face. "Good. I've been itching to show them what ZPD can do!"
Both groups went after each other. Loud battle cries echoed in the area.
Bogo, who was tied back up to a wooden pole and still in a straight jacket, felt helpless as he could see the epic fight.
"Hey, whoever is behind me, think you can push the pole forward?" Bogo asked.
A female Kangaroo name Amber Smith answered back. "I think so."
The Kangaroo placed her feet onto the pole and used all her strength to make the pole lean forward. Bogo did the rest as he pushed forward, thus making the pole lift off the ground.
The Cape Buffalo set his sights to one of the large snapping turtles and ran forward as fast as he could.
"Rahhh!" Bogo loudly roars as he pushed the end of the pole to Otis's chest.
Otis pressed his large hands on the side of the pole. His feet digging into the ground as he was being pushed to the pit. More ZPD officers were getting out of their poles and straight jackets. Some of the officers helping Bogo push off Otis.
Buford attempted to attack Bogo from behind but got tackled by Lur.
"Nah homeboy, you're under arrest." Lur pulled out handcuffs and attempted to flip the turtle over.
With a quick show of strength, Otis managed to not only stand back up while wrestling Lur but pick up the polar bear above his head.
"W-Woah, ay put me down! Need help, guys!" Lur struggled to get out of Otis's hands.
Alex heard the plead for help and got onto his fours. He shifted around the other animals fighting. Otis saw the tiger coming and threw Lur to him.
Alex quickly ducked, letting Lur fly pass him. When he got close to the turtle, he swung his right paw. His claws left five red scars on Otis's cheek as he backed up.
The white Siberian tiger bared his claws and fangs to Otis. "Plenty more where that came from, pal."
Bogo and other officers managed to push Buford down into the pit while also helping Lois, Helix, and John get out.
Buford landed on his feet and slowly turned around. He could see Joe finally getting out of the battle suit. The crazed grizzly bear recognized the large turtle whom knocked him out and growled loudly. Buford didn't show any signs of fear as he actually ran up towards Joe.
"He's attacking first?! That thing is crazy!" Lois couldn't believe her eyes.
The officers helped Bogo and John out of their straight jackets.
"Joe will be able to handle him. We need to focus on arresting these criminals" Bogo said as he cracked his neck. He and the other officers joined into the fray.
Nick got kicked through the wooden door. The fox bumped onto Jake, making the horse lean forward to the large white lizard he is fighting. The lizard saw the opening and delivered a mighty uppercut to Jake, making him fall back to Nick
"Kind of wish I had just one more minute without you around, Nick." Jake said as he wiped the drop of blood from his mouth as he pressed his back to Nick.
"Heh, missed you too." Nick's face was somewhat bruised up with a cut on the top of his right ear. "Think could hang me around for just a minute?" Nick asked.
Jake could tell Nick was struggling with his fight and nodded. "Yeah."
Judy jumped back and landed next to Bella. She had some cuts and bruises on her face as well. The bunny pressed her back to the squirrel and handed the sniper rifle to her. Bella quick shot three lizards that attempted to rush her. While this happened, Judy reaches back to grab the duel wield dazing pistols from Bella's holster. She shot out two daze bullets from the gun. The pellets instantly shocked and paralyzed two other lizards.
"Enemy, nine o'clock!" Bella said quickly.
Judy turned quickly and let her left foot slam onto the side of a Gecko's head. Judy than duck, the weight of the sniper rifle on her back as Bella quick shot another lizard.
Nick, Jake, and even the white Lizard looked at both females, completely amazed by the teamwork they just displayed.
Sebastian and Ruby slowly came into the main room. Sebastian pointed the stick towards Nick while Ruby hissed at Judy. Jake focused on the large white lizard while Bella turned her focus on a large pink salamander going to her.
Each opponent staring at one another. Just waiting for one to make the first move. Bella had the honor of such as she aimed the sniper rifle towards Ruby and fired a shot. The dart stuck into the snake's skin, but Ruby lunged forward anyways with her mouth while open, baring her fangs to Judy.
"T Target!" Nick said as he pointed his wrist towards the snake. Before the dart could be fired, his hand got smacked down by Sebastian's stick. The dart barely missed Ruby. He then smacked the daze pistols from Judy's hands.
The salamander got his long tail wrapped around Bella's leg and he attempted to drag her away.
"EP target!" Bella shouted. The shoulder mounted gun fired at her opponent. The round spore hit it's mark, quickly engulfing the salamander in a thick electric spore cloud.
The salamander screamed out and covered his eyes, but his tail didn't let go of the squirrel's leg as he pulled her in closer.
Jake and the white lizard were exchanging heavy blows to one another. One not letting the other have the advantage.
Judy was barely managing to keep Ruby's mouth from closing in on her head by having her hands keep the snake's mouth open. She could feel Ruby's long body starting to coil and squeeze around her and the battle suit.
"Enemy contact and extreme pressure detected. Utilizing defensive measures." Said Judy's suit computer.
Her suit increased the strength output to match Ruby's. Quickly thinking, Judy grabbed the snake's head and headbutt it. Ruby had never felt that type of pain in her life and she quickly slithered away from Judy to recover. Judy, on the other hand, felt quite dizzy and got onto her right knee.
"How can I hit him when he keeps swing that darn stick?!" Nick said to himself as he kept dodging the long stick that Sebastian freely swung.
"Yes, keep dancin' for me!" Sebastian laughed.
"Fighting suggestion. The opponent is a long range fighter. A downfall is that opponent can't correctly defend itself at short range." Said Nick's suit computer.
Sebastian raised an eyebrow. Through his laughter, he couldn't clearly hear what the computer said. "Hm? What did that thing just say?"
Nick saw Sebastian get distracted for a second and went forward in one large step. Sebastian couldn't react in time as the fox slammed his right fist deep onto his stomach
"G-Guhhhh!" The tall chameleon held his gut and slowly walked away from Nick.
Nick quickly went to Judy to help her up. "You okay, Carrots?"
"Y-Yeah. I am fine now." Judy replied.
"No, you'll not be fine now! Look at what you did to my head!" Ruby yelled out. A bump grew on her forehead.
Judy slightly laughed at the snake, which only annoyed Ruby even more.
"That's it! I will not take you both as prisoners. Both of you are dead!" Ruby hissed loudly.
Sebastian stood next to his companion. "Calm down, Ruby. You lose focus when you get angry. But you are right... they're dead meat now."
Nick stood up straight with Judy. Both sides ready for the second round.