A/N: Mrs. Otterton has become the fifth member of the faction, and they have learned of the mysterious 'New Embassy' formed by Mayor Lionheart after the war. Judy was able to make contact with her father and explain everything that happened only for Stu to say nasty fox stereotypes about Nick, doubting his status as a warrior and Judy's lover. But Nick and Judy find comfort in each other and cuddle with one another for the night (something those of you who ship Nick and Judy together would make you melt with feels). Now the quest to find the new embassy begins. Enjoy!
(Nick's P.O.V.)
Knocking on the door snapped me out of my sleep. My eyes opened to show me Judy snuggled up against my side, she was smiling in her sleep and she had her jacket off, probably on the floor, showing off her shirt with some dried zombie blood splatters on it. And her head was leaning against my chest where my heart would be, she was breathing lightly in her sleep listening to my heartbeat. The knocking got slightly louder this time and I looked to the door.
"Who is it?" I called out gently, not wanting to wake Judy up. She was a tough fighter, she deserved some rest for once.
"It's Mrs. Otterton! Mr. Big wants to see us outside the shelter in an house. But he says we can load up in the armory before we do" she told me.
"We'll be out in a few. Just give us some time" I called back before looking down at Judy who was still sleeping, even with our voices filling the air. I decided to wake her up by gently running paw paw from her neck down to her back gently. She started to giggle in her sleep and she opened her eyes halfway to look back up at me.
"Good morning, cutie" Judy whispered as she placed one paw on my chest where two cut scars I gained during the war were placed, just right below my collarbone, it felt nice when she touched them, it was like the stinging that normally happened whenever my scars got touched wasn't even there and only Judy's gentle and somewhat tickling touch was all I felt.
"Good morning to you too, whiskers" I said with a gentle purr in my voice. After that little greeting, we both got up and went to the bathroom at the same time to brush our teeth together. It felt very nice, like we were a couple living together in a house and there weren't any zombies outside our door. As soon as the morning hygiene matters were over with, Judy put her jacket on and the shotgun back on her back, while I removed my pants and put my clothes from yesterday back on, putting all the weapons back in their proper casings.
"Ready?" Judy asked me. I just nodded right after I put in my second clip filled with bullets in my pistol and walked in front of her to open the door. Mrs. Otterton, Clawhauser, and Gazelle were all waiting for us.
"Morning, Nick. I saved you a muffin, and one for Judy too" Gazelle said handing over two muffins. I have the blueberry one to Judy while I helped myself to the banana muffin.
"Alright, let's load up at the armory and then we can exchange the information with Mr. Big after that" I ordered and walked over to a small closet with a metal door and saw a lot of clips, guns, swords, all kinds of weapons I couldn't even name. I took about twelve clips and put them in my belt for my pistol and grabbed about fifteen boxes of bullets meant for Judy's double-barrel.
"Here, they were on the shelf right where all the clips were kept" I said handing her the boxes, she took them blushing and began loading them into her belt right around where her tomahawks hung. After we just got out, Gazelle, Clawhauser, and Mrs. Otterton came in, taking the exact same amount of time we took to get armed up.
"I've got enough arrows to last me at least three weeks" Gazelle said holding up about a hundred arrows in her pouch where her arrows were kept. Clawhauser got five large belts that looked like they fit into a Gatling gun, I remembered that in the back of the car we got from Yax was a Gatling he got as a gift. We still had to go back and get the car, or else we'd be going nowhere in this forsaken wasteland.
"Everyone armed?" I asked. They all just nodded as Mrs. Otterton exited the armory with clips for her pistols. Now that everyone was armed we walked up the stairs to the outside of the shelter. Mr. Big, Raymond, and Kevin were waiting for us.
"Alright, Kevin has a map of the whole city with a red line drawn on it. That line will lead you to exactly where the new embassy is. Raymond has a blank map I want you to draw a line on that leads to this other sanctuary" Mr. Big told us before snapping his claws and signaled Raymond to give me the map. Once I had the map and a red marker in my paws, I saw a red dot that showed where we were and I traced the marker's tip down to where the Mystic Springs Oasis was and handed it back to Mr. Big.
"Thank you. Give them the map, Kevin" Mr. Big ordered and handed the map to Judy, who was right next to me.
"I wish you all the best of luck. The sooner that traitor is caught and a counterattack against the zombies is fully planned out and executed, the better" he told us.
"We won't let you down" I said before signaling the others to follow me. The house we stayed at before wasn't too far, so we walked down the icy street to get to the mansion.
(Normal P.O.V.)
Once they had gotten to the mansion, Judy and Nick took the front seats while Mrs. Otterton took the back with Gazelle and Clawhauser.
"You up to navigate?" asked Nick handing Judy the map.
"No problem. I got this" Judy said taking the map and opened it up. The keys were still in the ignition and Nick turned it.
"It'll take at least a few hours before we can get there. Probably sundown by the time we drive up to the compound" Judy said as she analyzed the map.
"We still have enough gas to make it there. We can refuel by the time we get there too, probably got enough gas fueling the generators that maybe they can spare some for our tank" Nick said as the car began moving and driving down the road, running over a few zombies that were frozen on the road and breaking them into shards.
"Don't forget, the traitor is our number one priority, we find them, make them take us to Mrs. Otterton's husband, and then we make them answer for their crimes" Nick said, reminding to Mrs. Otterton he was keeping his promise to help her find her captive love, which made her smile knowing Nick was serious about doing his job and keeping his promises.
Many hours have passed since they first left the house, the gas tank was now close to empty and they were almost at the very end of the rain forest district. Clawhauser, Gazelle, and Mrs. Otterton were now asleep in the back, while Nick and Judy struggled to stay awake.
"How much longer?" Nick asked in between a massive yawn and rubbing his tired eyes. Judy was about to speak until she saw a giant metallic three story building that looked similar to what an observatory would look like, with a large brick wall surrounding it, probably about five feet high.
"Guys! Wake up! We're here!" Judy shouted, waking the backseat passengers awake. Nick drove up closer to where a metal gate was as well as a booth with a wolf security guard was.
"Look alive soldiers. We're about to be in the presence of the new embassy" Nick said calmly and tapping his claws on the steering wheel, watching as the wolf got out the booth and towards the driver's seat window.
"Name?" he asked.
"Nick Wilde, Mr. Big sent us" Nick told him.
"Right, we were told you were coming. I'll open the door for you and you can just leave the car in front and I'll get someone to refuel and tune it up for you" the wolf said before Nick gave him a smile and a 'Thank You'. The door was now opened and Nick drove forth up to the front doors which looked like double doors only they were made from grenade and gun resistant metal, only very wealthy animals of high power could afford vehicles and house improvements like that.
"Yep, this is definitely the place" Judy said as she put the map in the glove box. Nick got out the car with the others following, rain began pouring on them and getting their clothes slightly wet. Nick walked to the doors and opened one of them, letting his fellow soldiers go in first while he followed behind. The minute the got inside, they were greeted by a noble looking African lion, a tiny stressed out looking sheep, and a large cape water buffalo wearing a police uniform.
"Nick Wilde?" the lion asked.
"Yes sir, these are my faction members. We've fought and worked so hard just to get here" Nick told him. The lion held his paw out to the fox to shake.
"Mayor Leodore Lionheart. I've heard a lot about you ever since the new embassy went into hiding here" Lionheart said while Nick took the paw and shook it back gently.
"It truly is an honor to be in your presence, sir. Chief Bogo of the ZPD at your service" the buffalo said saluting Nick.
"Assistant Mayor Dawn Bellwether, it's nice to meet such a heroic and brave animal who fought in the war" the sheep said tilting her head forward a little.
"It's an honor to meet all of you too. This is my second in command, Judy Hopps, a brave and clever bunny who saved our butts on multiple occasions. She came to the city wanting to join the ZPD but the zombies had other plans" Nick said introducing Judy first. Bogo saluted Judy and she returned the salute back.
"After all Mr. Big told us, and fighting alongside a veteran in the war against the zombies, you're on the right track to being one of ZPD's greatest" Bogo said. Judy smiled and felt happy inside, the one thing she always wanted was just ahead when they took the city back.
"Thank you, sir" said Judy.
"No, thank you" Bogo said dropping his salute.
"This is Benjamin Clawhauser, former ZPD officer who was outside the city when the war happened, but came back to help us fight, great with a gun and golf clubs. Pop singer Gazelle, great with a bow and arrow, and Mrs. Otterton, stayed in the city to find her husband when whoever let the zombies out kidnapped him" Nick explained about each warrior in the faction.
"An honor to meet you all. Mr. Big said you wanted to help us plan a counterattack against the zombies" Lionheart said.
"Our resources has been disappearing and have been growing thin, probably because of the traitor. But now that we have a war veteran in our presence, we might have a good chance at taking the city back" Bogo piped in after Lionheart spoke.
"We have more than just that reason to be here. Judy has a case she'd like to plead to you" Nick said looking to Judy and nudging her forward softly. After a deep breath, Judy cleared her throat and spoke.
"The zombies have invaded the Burrows. The day I was about to leave for the city, my hometown was invaded by undead animals that were disfigured in some way, they were zombies" Judy had said. Lionheart, Bellwether, and Bogo had looks of shock and horror on their faces, exchanging them with one another.
"The Burrows is one of the areas outside the city. Half of the uninfected population was evacuated to areas outside of the city, yet somehow zombies showed up and started attacking innocent bunnies" Judy continued.
"I don't understand, how could this have happened?" Lionheart asked.
"I think I might have a pretty good idea" Bogo piped in, all eyes looked to him.
"What day did you leave for the city?" Bogo asked Judy.
"I left the twelfth of this month, and today's the fourteenth" Judy answered.
"In the back of the building, we have several aircraft parked. Mostly helicopters. And we also have large metal storage containers that used to be used for shipping, but now we just use them for storing food. On the twelfth, one of the helicopters was missing from the back, the guards were passed out where they stood and heavily sedated with large amounts of morphine. There was a pile of food on the ground, the crate that kept them locked up was missing, we can only assume it was the traitor who did this, using the crate to store massive amounts of zombies and use the helicopter to carry it onto either the train tracks or the shore of the Burrows" Bogo explained funny.
"An airlift, of course!" Judy shouted in anger.
"We never knew what they did with that helicopter and crate until now. The next day we found both items back where they were" Bellwether piped in.
"It looks like we're gonna have to catch the traitor first before we can focus on a counterattack" Nick said.
"Agreed. Meet us at the briefing room on the third floor in an hour, until then... fell free to look around and eat something, you've earned it" Lionheart said before leaving the room with Bellwether and Bogo. Judy knew that now was the time to get even more serious than before, until the traitor was caught, Zombietopia would be Zootopia again for good.
A/N: some shocking revelations were made in this chapter. Bogo also mentioned that Judy is worthy of being a ZPD officer, even though in the movie he had serious doubts about Judy, but in the zombie apocalypse and Mr. Big and Nick saying good things about her, he's willing to give her a chance since she's proven herself as a warrior. So what's the plan of attack to take down the traitor? Find out in the next update. Please review, thanks!