Before I start this off, I want to thank Zoofan for helping me out getting this somewhat hard chapter out. He's an awesome guy, and has been very supportive of this fic every since the start. If you like this story, be sure to send him a thanks.
Sitting in the Camaro, I slowly opened my eyes as I looked around. The aftertaste of Hemsen's blood was still in my mouth, making me almost vomit in my lap. Rubbing my eyes with my thumb and index, I slowly looked around me. I was on a countryside, and had turned off the road to take a nap. Groaning, I brushed off the dried blood of my fur as I opened the window of the car, breathing in the fresh air as I turned on the radio. A familiar tune of Jack Broadbent's "Gone, Gone, Gone," started playing. Looking over at the glove box, I leaned over and opened it, finding a pack of Purrlboro cigarettes, and a lighter, a pair of sunglasses and some documents for the car. Sighing, I mumbled "Screw it," grabbing the pack and locking a cigarette in between my lips as I lit the tip, inhaling the tobacco as I put my entire arm out of the window, singing along to the song as I pulled out the phone I stole from the wolf, groaning as I typed in Nicholas's number, lifting it to my ear.
"Nicholas here," He mumbled, as I froze slightly, removing the cigarette from my lips.
"It's me," I said, hearing him spitting out whatever he was drinking.
"Where the fuck have you been?! You went dark when you went after Hemsen, I thought you got yourself killed," He literally screamed, making me rub my eyes.
"Right now I wish I was dead, Nicholas. It's been hard, man.. I.. Nevermind," I interupted myself, looking away, knowing he wouldn't believe me.
".. Right. Whatever happened to you, you better get back here. You know your buddies? Nick and Judy? They're THIS close to file a missing person report. If anyone was worried, it was them, man.," He said, sighing.
"Alright, alright, but listen, Nicholas.. I am.. In no shape to meet them," I said, directing the mirror on the car on myself, looking at my face covered with cuts and bruises from the last week. "I got pretty fucked up," I said, sighing.
"You don't have a choice, either that or have a missing person report on you, they went as far to come over here and chat with us. They're actually pretty nice," He said, leaving me quite speechless.
"... Right, I'll figure out something," I said, starting up the car as I shifted into gear, driving up on the road, driving down it. "Oh, and Nicholas. If you see Hemsen, any of his thugs, or anything connected with Emily Corp, stay away as far as you can from it, alright?," I said, shoving the cigarette back into my mouth and taking a long drag from it. "They're bad people. Have a good one, and take care. I'll see you back in the garage," I said, before hanging up, throwing the phone on the passenger seat.
We're going for probably the only time change POV, cool? Cool.
POV: Sam.
Slowly waking up, I felt myself leaned against a window. Opening my eyes, I looked around, seeing Milo in my lap, purring slightly as he sleeped. Smiling slightly, I put a hand on his ear and gently petted him. Looking up, I found myself in a car, with Pantera sitting in the drivers seat with a troubled look. Looking over at the back seat, I saw Kane sleeping, who looked completely knocked out. And Isaa- Wa-
".. Where's Isaac?," I asked, looking over at Pantera, which only made him close his eyes tightly.
"I... He didn't make it," He mumbled in a shakey matter.
".. W-What are you talking about?," I asked, worry starting to grow in my stomach.
"I.. We got out.. And Hemsen was right behind us.. Isaac was carrying you, but he fell over..," He mumbled, looking away. "He made Isaac turn savage. I didn't have a choice..," He said.
".. Pantera.. What did you do?," I asked, my paw slowly turning into a fist.
".. I left him behind with Hemsen.," He said, obviously very depressed.
"YOU LEFT THE ONE THAT HELPED US OUT OF THAT HELLHOLE BEHIND?!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, rage boiling within me. Pantera jumped, closing his eyes as a tear rolled down his chin.
"I.. Had no choice.." He whimpered.
Looking down at Milo, I saw him looking at me with a terrified look on his face. Sighing, I grabbed him and put him in the back seat as I looked over at Pantera as he wiped away a tear. Rubbing my eyes, I couldn't help to be teary eyed either. Poor Isaac.. I couldn't even bare to imagine what was happening to him right now with that twisted group of people.. All alone at that.
"I think he got away," Kane said from the back seat, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
POV: Isaac.
Grunting, I shifted up, as the sound of the V8 made me get goosebumps. I was just exitting the countryside, and heading into Zootopia, the familiar streets being a welcome change as I slowed down, stopping at a red light. I was closeby to the park by the frozen yoghurt frenzy. Grabbing the sunglasses from the glovebox, I quickly slipped them on, rolling down towards the garage. Hearing a buzz from the phone, I picked it up.
"pickd the bike up the day u went missing, back in the shop, btw- fuck u for makin me worry- slick"
Chuckling, I tossed the phone onto the seat again, looking around me. Entering the park, I parked my car nearby, seeing the part I was at the last time I was here was closed off. Mumbling, I walked in the park, looking around me, seeing multiple posters of my face, with a big label that said "MISSING" under it, aswell as a phone number underneath it. Frowning, I slowly tilted my head as I grabbed the paper and looked closer.
"Hello! Sir! Have you se- Ma'am! Have you seen this wolf!," I heard from behind me, making me slowly turn around, seeing Judy and Nick- Handing out papers, in their police uniforms. "Please.. I beg you," Judy pleaded, looking for anyone to accept the paper. Looking over at Nick, I saw that he had locked eyes with me. Slowly taking off my glasses, I looked towards them. Nick simply dropped his papers, making Judy look down at them, then me, dropping her papers aswell.
"Where the hell have you been?," Nick asked me as he walked towards me, as Judy followed. As they closed in, I presumed that the two got a better view of the injuries dealt to me. They both looked at my facial injuries, as I frowned.
"Hey guys," I mumbled, smiling slightly, as Judy slowly covered her mouth.
"What happened to you?," Nick asked, as they walked up to me.
"I.. Uhm, hit some rough times," I lied, smiling slightly. "I just.. It's.. I can't explain it," I said, looking away.
".. We'll find whoever did this to you, I swear," Judy said, like any other police officer.
"That wouldn't be needed," I said, frowning as I sighed. "You wouldn't catch them, either," I said. "Oh, and thanks for the invite to the party. The food was real nice, say hi to mom and dad from me," I mumbled, as I put my hands in my pocket.
"Isaac, stop changing the subject. You've been gone for a week and a half, then you show up with blood on your clothes and cuts and bruises all over you. What happened?," Judy said, looking up at me with puppy eyes. I looked down at my coat, sighing as I saw drops of Hemsen's dried blood on it, groaning as I kneeled down to their height.
"I got kidnapped and was sent to a prison where they kept me and day after day tortured me until I snapped, broke out with four other inmates and probably killed more then a dozen buffalos, that enough for you, Judy?" I asked, looking at her as I lifted my eyebrows. Both of them looked at me in silence, not sure if I was serious or not. Keeping a straight face, I turned, walking off and leaving them speechless as I walked towards back to the Camaro. Opening the door, I simply slid inside and slammed the door close. Looking over at where they stood, I saw only Nick, looking around for Judy.
"So, where were they?," She asked from the passenger seat, making me groan as I grabbed onto the steering wheel.
"Get out of my car," I growled, tapping impatiently on the steering wheel.
"Woah, aggressive. Listen, Isaac, the only way you're going to get me off you is if you show me wherever they took you. I want to help you," She said, looking at me. "Plus, I will arrest you for grand theft auto if you don't," She gave me a smirk, making me groan.
"You're going to have to make place for me too. Carrots, I sit in front, I'm way too big for those back seats," Nick said, as he leaned onto the car, causing Judy to sigh, and jump over to the backseats, bouncing slightly on the black leather.
"Alright, one, stop leaning your weight onto the car, matteblack scratches easy. Two, don't jump in the seats, in makes 'em look torn quicker. Capisch?" I said, only getting slight nods. Groaning, I started the car, reving the engine as I turned around, and with regret started to drive back in the country side, looking over at the two.
".. Why're you doing this?," I asked, frowning as I grabbed the sunglasses from the glovebox, putting them on.
"Because I believe you, Isaac. We're going to go to the bottom of this, just like we did with the night howler case," Judy say, confidence in her voice. Hesitant, I shook my head. I knew that they had taken on them before, even if they weren't aware of it. But this.. There were murderers on this case. Cold blooded people. Getting the thought of my head, we turned out on the country side. Continuing on the road, we soon enough came to the place, as I recieved chills. As we escaped on a rainy night, I couldn't get a good idea of what it looked like. But it was basically a big factory, with a green warehouse behind it. Getting a slight buzz from deep in my chest, I grunted, the feeling only being temporary. As we parked infront of the factory, we all stepped out and looked up at the size of it.
"So.. This is where they held you?," Nick asked, looking over at me.
"Yep. This is it. The last place on Earth I'd like to return to," I mumbled. "Listen, we're going to have to sneak in a-" Looking over to see the two, I found them walking towards the entrance. Groaning, I rubbed my forehead in frustration, and started to look around myself. A ladder lead up all the way to the roof of the factory, and if one wanted, they could easily slip in through a nearby window. Hrmh. Walking over, I grabbed onto the rusty ladder, testing my weight on it. If I could get up, Nick and Judy could.
"They're denying us entrance, Isaac. We can't come in, even if we filed a.. Warrant," Judy said, looking at the ladder as I nodded once to them ascending up the ladder, coming up pretty high before I could get access to any windows. Leaning out and peaking through the closest window, I quickly fell back as I saw workers sit by their computers. Heading up, I heard the sound of Judy and Nick following me. Almost at the top, I looked inside, seeing a dark room, with a desk and some file cabinets.
"Hey, I'm going to smash the window. You guys alright with that?," I asked, looking down at them.
"You're doing what?!," Judy yelled.
"Go for it," Nick shrugged. Slamming my elbow into the glass, it easily broke, as I hopped in, looking around me. Light thuds was heard as Judy and Nick jumped in after me, as we started to look around the room. On the desk, a sign with the name EMILY ANDERSSON sat proudly on it, with a gold finish. Causing me to shudder, I continued to walk over to the cabinets.
"Check the cabinets, any documents that involves Milo, Peter, Kane, Sam, me, or any kind of experiments, we take 'em," I said, frowning as I opened the cabinets, going through the files.
"Who're those people?," Judy asked as she opened a cabinet.
"The people I escaped with," I said under a mumble, going through the documents, pulling out a file on what looked like Peter. Opening the document, I quickly read through it, tossing it on the ground. "Found one," I mumbled, before I heard Judy yelp out, making Nick poke his head out from one of the cabinets, and perk his ears up, walking over to her, and mumbling something as they simply stared in horror at the documents. Walking over to them, I scooped them up, and looked at the title.
ISAAC DEENEN PROGRESSION DOCUMENTATION
Was written on the head of it, as I gulped, slowly turning the pages, seeing multiple pictures of myself, being exposed to the tortures they put me through, and pictures of my bloody body after the torture. Groaning, I put it aside, looking at them.
"Now you know what they did here," I simply said, scooping up the documentations of Pantera, and putting that, and the documents about myself in my coat. "Hey," I said, snapping my fingers to get their attention.
"Those.. Monsters.. They," Judy stuttered, as I kneeled down next to them.
"We have to get out of here, Judy, it's not like the owner of this office is is going to be away forever. Come on," I said, causing her to look up at me as tears welled up in her eyes.
"I'm so sorry," She mumbled, before walking over to the window, her ears dropped low and resting on her back. Nick looked up at me, putting a hand on my shoulder as I smiled slightly, nodding once as we walked over to the ladder. Heading down the ladder, we all sat down in the car, as an awkward silence was ensued. Fishing my paw down into my pocket, I took out the ID's I had fished from the shelves in the cellar, handing them to Nick.
"What's this?," He asked, as Judy looked over his shoulder, both of them going through the ID's.
"Every single person that was captured and held in that place. Me and the others were the only ones who got out, I don't know if those people are even alive," I mumbled, frowning as I started the car.
"Can we just get out of here?," I begged.
".. Isaac, whoever did these sick things to you will be held accountable. I will make sure of it," I head Judy say, as I started to pull out of the parking lot of the factory as I mumbled a "Yeah..,".
POV: Sam.
After a long argument, I got Pantera to turn the car around. We were going to turn back to that damned place, and we would pick up Isaac. We couldn't leave him behind. Despite the complaints of Kane, we sped down the road towards the factory. As we had stopped to refuel and all take turns to rest, we weren't that far away. Closing in, we saw a matteblack musclecar pull out from the factory. Looking over at Pantera, I nodded once.
"Follow that car!," I half yelled, as Pantera slammed the pedal down, following the car.
POV back to Isaac.
Looking in the backing mirror as we exitted to the road, I saw a white car with Emily Corp initials shift down and start to followed us. Only being able to make out what looked like a white wolf, I widened my eyes.
".. Oh no," I mumbled, as I slammed the gas down, causing the tires on the car to lose traction for a moment, before the loud straight piped V8 kicked all of us back in our seats, as I started to attempt to escape the car.
"What are you doing, Isaac?!," Judy screamed from behind me, as she almost fell out of her seat.
"We're being followed by the doctor," I yelled, shifting up a gear. As we sped down the countryside, a pair of what looked like a family of dears crossed the road. Seeing me speeding down the road, the dad instinctively grabbed his kids and threw himself off the road. Slamming the breaks, I lost complete control of the car, trying my hardest to get back traction as we spun around, before coming to a stop, I slammed both of my paws on the steering wheel, grunting in frustration as I looked at Nick in the passenger seat next to me, who looked at me like I was crazy. Sighing, I gripped the M1911 from my coat, before turning towards the door.
POV: Sam.
As the driver of the car saw us, he started to drive like a maniac. He had almost ran over a family of deers, and was now standing on the side of the road. Getting out of the car, even though Pantera protested, I ran towards the door, ripping it open as I yelled at the top of my lungs.
"Where's Isaac?!," I panted, looking at the driver as I froze.
POV: Isaac.
Sitting there in silence, I watched as Sam breathed heavily, leaning towards the car with shock on her face.
"Hey, uh.. Could you.. Put the hand of the car? The black scratches rea-" I was interupted as she ripped me out of the car, and hugged me, making me lift my hands up as my lungs was crushed by the tight hug.
"I'm so sorry we left you behind! Pantera said we had no choice.. But I..," Sam pleaded, as I swore I felt tears soak my coat.
"Aw, milky. You do care!," I joked, before hugging her back lightly, as we stood there for some time, as I looked over her shoulder, seeing Pantera, Milo and Kane sitting in the white Emily Corp car, awkwardly so. As I patted her back, I slowly let go.
"Wait, so why are you driving that car around? And why are you coming back?," I asked, looking down at her.
"We.. We got away with that car. And we came back to get you.. I felt like.. We couldn't just leave you there," She said, looking up at me. "But what about you? Why are you here?," She continued.
"I was grabbing some documents to run these bastards into the ground," I mumbled, smiling.
"So.. Are you two a couple?," I heard Nick yell out from the Camaro, causing me to realize that I had my hands on her hips, and she was leaning on me. Widening her eyes, she quickly backed up from me, putting her hands in her pockets.
"What? No, nothing like that," She quickly said, as I heard footsteps from behind us.
"Hey, Isaac.." Turning around, Pantera was standing infront of me, with guilt screaming in his eyes. Crossing my arms, I examined him, along with Kane and of course, Milo, who sat on Kane's shoulder. "I want you to know that I'm sorry for leaving you behind, but you went savage. With Hemsen right behind us.. I just acted fast," He said, as I nodded.
"Yeah, I know. I don't blame you, Pantera. Everyone got out, one way or another. You did the right thing," I said, a recieving a reassuring face expression from Pantera.
"Sorry to interupt you guys, but can we just exchange some words?," I heard Judy say from behind us, taking out a notepad as she looked up at me. "You too. I need you all to go into detail in what they all did to you," She said.
Sighing, me, Pantera, Kane, Sam and Milo exchanged looks, before nodding.
It took a couple of hours. As I pulled the Camaro off the side of the road, I looked over towards Judy and Nick, talking with Pantera. Judy had probably used over three pages on me alone to get a description on what they had done, the vibrations, everything. Examining them, aswell as Kane, with a pair of aviators, leaned against their car, with a cigarette in his mouth, attempting to light it with a zippo. Sighing, I grabbed the pack of cigarettes and the ligher from the glove box, exiting the car and quickly walking over towards Kane, throwing him my lighter, recieving a mumbled "Thanks,". Lighting his cigarette, he leaned back on the car, inhaling deeply as I sat down next to him.
"Maybe it's finally over," He mumbled, sitting down next to me as he handed me the cigarette. Waving it off, I grabbed my own hesitantly, lighting it. "Maybe Emily, Hemsen, Ludvig, all of them, will get what they deserve," He continued. Adjusting my pose, I frowned and lit the cigarette.
"I don't know, Kane. I hope you're right. A couple of weeks ago, I was working for Hemsen.. Then he does this to me.. This must be the strangest month in my entire life. And I lived a weird life, man," I mumbled, tapping the cigarette with my index finger as the ash from the remains of the cigarette fell to the ground. "But I can't help to feel like they won't go away that easy, Kane. Until they're in jail, or dead, I would watch my back," I said, looking over at him, only getting a nod.
"Are you two serious?," I heard Sam say, looking up at her, I saw her look at us with a face of dissaproval. "You escaped a corrupted corporation that tortured you, then you slowly kill yourselves?," She asked, putting her hands on her hips, shaking his head.
"Hey now, you make a good point, but I think that me and Isaac deserve some slacking," Kane said, smiling up at her as I simply shrugged at her.
"Making your lungs collapse isn't slacking, Kane," She said, as we slowly looked at eachother, sighing as we both tossed the cigarettes away, recieving a smile from Sam.
"There you are," She said, before walking off to Judy and Nick. Looking over at Kane, I saw he was visibly annoyed, making me chuckle. I could definetly get used to this.
SCREECH!, I heard, as a van sped down the road, making me widen my eyes. Standing up, I saw the Emily Corp on the side of it, making me back up, and hiding behind the car Kane was sitting next to. As he was about to do the same, I heard a kick from the doors of the van, as multiple footsteps exitted the vehicle. Hiding behind the car, I heard all of my friends, including Judy and Nick, yell out.
"STOP! GET DOWN ON THE GROUND!," Muffled voices yelled, as the sound of combat boots made me flex my ears. Slightly leaning over, I saw not buffalos like Emily's normal guards, but what looked like canine animals, wearing full on white and black tactical gear, with EMILY CORP written on the back of their vests. (Basically imagine CELL Troopers from Crysis 2,), holding down everyone with Assault Rifles. Blinking, I looked around me, grabbing a hold of my M1911, realizing that I didn't have enough bullets. Swearing beneath my breath, I looked back out, seeing a familiar Hyena step out of the van, with bandages wrapped around his shoulder. Smirking, I watched him walk out, holding his shoulder.
"Now, I know that you all know Isaac Deenen. He's the reason that most of you are down on the ground right now. And I know also, that he's around here, probably hiding behind a car," Hemsen said, making me rub my eyes in frustration. "So, come out here, or I will personally be ending all of these guys. Doesn't matter, mutt, I'll do it happily," He said, as I frowned at him calling me mutt. Hearing Hemsen sigh deeply, I heard him start to walk around, as multiple clicks from the guns were heard, making me tense up. "Mutt, don't make this hard. Hell, we'll release your shitty friends that left you behind. Sound like a good deal?," He said, making me stop. Pondering, I opened my eyes in realization, grabbing the cigarette pack out of my pocket, and grabbing a pen from my coat, quickly writing down a combination of numbers, before hesitantly stand up, and walk out from hiding behind the car, getting the attention of the animals in gear to lift their assault rifles at me, causing me to sigh, putting my M1911 to my head.
"Let 'em go, Hemsen. I'm coming with you, but not until I see them go," I mumbled, lifting my eyebrows. "Of course, we can have it another way," I continued, lifting the M1911 further and putting my finger on the trigger.
Chuckling, Hemsen lifted a hand up, signing to the canines in gear. All of them lowered their weapons, and helped my friends up, pushing them aside. With my free hand, I tossed the keys of the Camaro to Nick. Catching them, he looked up at me, his face expression dropping, as his eyes started to widen in realization.
"No... No, you can't take him back," Judy said, attempting to walk towards me, only to get a rifle butt in the stomach. Nick ran up to her and helped her up, carefully watched by the soldiers. "You can't.. I saw what you did to him..," She groaned, holding her stomach.
"It's alright, guys. Pantera, get in the Camaro with 'em. It'll be a tight fit but it'll work.
"You kidding me, Isaac? We're not going to leave you aga-" Sam was interupted by Hemsen.
"You guys sound like a pair of great friends, but seriously get the fuck out of here before we gun you all down and take Isaac," He mumbled, a lit cigar in between his claws. Attempting to argue, she looked over at me. Simply shaking my head, she seemed to get a frown on her face, turning sharply to walk towards the Camaro, with the rest hesitantly following. As Nick and Judy walked back towards the car, it seemed like Judy broke down, and cried on Nick's shoulder. Shame. I wish I never met them, then I'd never cause them this harm.
"Well mutt, that was really touching. Seems like you guys got really close. Something happening between you and Sam?", Hemsen teased me, making me frown as I put the pistol up further towards my head, making him lift a hand to calm me down. "Alright, there, there, not going to fuck with you that much anymore. Get in the van," He said, before I was suddenly grabbed by the guards, as they forced the gun out of my hand. I groaned as I was thrown into their van, and forced to lay on my stomach as they stepped on my back to keep me down. The van was soon enough packed with these soldiers.. No.. They had to be mercenaries.. Either way, Hemsen entered last, putting my own gun towards my head as the smell of his cigar pierced my nose.
"You're going to get reaaaaal fucked up today, mutt," He mumbled in my ear as I could just feel the sickening presence of his smile. Feeling the van starting, we were soon enough on the move, as the mercenaries in white started to chat with eachother. The standing ones got off my back, making me inhale sharply from the relief. One of the mercenaries kicked me in my face, murmuring a "Shut up...". Looking up, I saw that the van had an direct opening to the driver's seat. Pondering on an idea, a foot stepped on my head, slowly whoever pushed his foot on me put his weight on it, slowly crushing my head.
"... Thinking of something, are we, mutt?," Hemsen growled. Pushing his foot down heavier, I groaned, as adrenaline started to pump through my body. "You're not going anywhere in a long time, Isaac," He grinned, I could feel it. Frowning, I rolled over, making him trip over me. Before he could fall over, I slammed a fist up in between his legs, making him fall backwards and grasping his crotch, coughing. One of the mercenary lifted his AR. Grabbing it by the barrel, I pointed it up, as he fired off a good five rounds, making my ears ring. Before the other mercenaries could do anything, I jumped towards the driver's seat, and pulling the handbreak, causing the van to lose complete traction, and go right off the road, heading directly towards a tree. Colliding with it, I slammed into the windshield, flying out into the field infront of us.
"Oh, hohoho, maaan,", A faint voice laughed, as I slowly started to regain consciousness. Looking down at my paws, they were completely torn up, and bleeding. Attempting to adjust my position, I was met by pain striking down my left leg. Grunting, I looked down at it, and saw left pant leg completely damp with blood, and torn up at some places. Grunting, I rolled onto my back, looking up at the blue sky, slowly bleeding out. My vision blurred, and I started to mumble for myself.
"Well, what we got here?," A dark voice in a typical "hood" accent said, walking up towards me. Turning my head, my blurry vision caught a small, white dot approaching me. Slowly, I regained my senses and the animal infront of me started to become visible. A fennec fox, with a black shirt on.. And a pair of sunglasses. Kneeling down, he looked at me. With blood on his shoes and a small pocket knife in his hands, he started to give me a cocky smirk, before I fell unconscious once again.
