Talon's Point of View
I sat in the chair, my head hanging and my wrists tied behind my back. {Could this get any worse?} I thought to myself. I had lost the love of my life, been captured by the police, and now the only bird I was starting to trust had just been sent to be killed by his own father. And, to make matters worse, I still had to face the judge when this whole fiasco was over.
A gunshot startled me back into reality. I have to get out of here! I began wriggling around, trying to worm my way out of the ropes. I chuckled as I found a string of rope. I pulled on it and the ropes began loose. Crowe was terrible at tying knots. Soon enough my ropes were loose and I stood and looked around the room. There were no weapons. I need to find to something that can help me out.
I heard rapid footsteps coming my way. Quickly ducking behind the door, I peeked out the tiny window. It was Seanix! He quickly ducked into another room; possibly where the lion officer was being held. I opened the door and ran out towards him, trying to regroup with him. The sudden click of a gun made me freeze.
"Stop. Right. There."
I knew that voice. It was Kevin Featherworthy himself. I slowly turned around. My heart sank. I stared down the barrel of a gun.
"We can still work together.." I said slowly, trying to avoid having a bullet driven into my chest.
"Yeah. Right. You're working with the police now. That can't happen." Kevin said, the peacocks eyes narrowing as his blue feathers wrapped around the trigger of the gun. {I can't die..Not at the paws of my own boss.}
"Please..I can help you!" I said. Kevin was about to say something, when suddenly he glanced past me.
"He's getting away!" Aiming the gun over my shoulder, he shot the gun. Whipping my head to look, I saw Seanix and Delgado running away, Delgado clutching his arm and Seanix limping from a wound in his leg.
As Kevin fired another shot, I clenched my hands and lunged at him. I grabbed his wrists and pushed him back,
"You won't hurt them! You already killed my fiancé, I won't let you take these guys away!"
"You barely even knew them for a week! How can they be your friends?!" Kevin demanded, glaring into my black eyes.
"I don't even know them that well. But I know they mean well. I won't let you kill your son!" I shrieked as I shoved the blue and green peacock to the ground. Kevin turned on his back and pulled the trigger. I fell back, pain radiating from my collar bone. I glared at Kevin.
"I didn't want to do this. You my best assassin. Y-" Kevin was cut off by a roar in the distance. I looked behind me; Delgado was wrestling with Eagel. But suddenly the tame collar around his neck went off, bringing the lion to his knees. Kevin grabbed me and slung me against the nearest wall.
"Don't try anything stupid."
I didn't reply. Slumping against the concrete wall, I looked at my collar bone. Blood trickled down my chest and stomach, staining my black feathers crimson. I looked up. Kevin was striding over to Delgado, loading his gun. Just as Kevin held the gun to the lion's forehead.
{I am going completely and utterly insane..}
"Stop.." I rasped. Kevin froze. {I'm dead..I crossed the line. This is the end..} My heart began pumping about a thousand miles an hour.
"What did you just say, Talon?" Kevin seethed at me.
"I said. Stop." I said, standing and leaning heavily against the wall. "Do not hurt them."
"Oh?" Kevin asked, redirecting the loaded gun at me, "And why shouldn't I hurt him?"
"Because. You are a killer and a monster. I watched as you ordered your lackeys to kill my beloved. I watched as you allowed your own henchmen to beat your own son within a hair of death. I will not watch you kill another animal. I am finished."
Kevin was silent with shock. I felt the confidence growing within me. Then a smug smirk grew on his beak,
"Oh? How are you going to do that? If you make some cheesy, heroic speech, you must have something to back you up, right?" He said, holding his gun in his right wing.
"I k-"
"What was that, buddy?" I froze. Something cold pressed against my head. The click of the gun safety behind me only confirmed my fears. "Something about heroes?" Johnathon Crowe suggested, holding the gun to the back of my head.
{This is it. Now or never. Time to stop this madness..}
Kevin hissed, "Fire.."
Talon ducked down, just as Crowe pulled the trigger. The gun exploded, and Kevin shrieked in pain. The next few moments were a blur.
Talon whipped around, tackling the smaller black bird and pinning him to the ground. The gun fired again, but Talon wasn't hit. He wrestled John until he managed the slam the crow against the wall. Talon yanked the gun from his feathery hands. Without a second thought he shot the crow.
His heart pumping in his ears, Talon whipped around. And, for the first few moment, he finally knew what was going on. Johnathon Crowe lay dead on the ground, Kevin lay unconscious on the ground, and, in the distance, Seanix lay bleeding on the ground, and Delgado had passed out from shock.
{What..have..we..done..}
Talon looked at Kevin, his blue and green feathers stained red. He aimed the gun. {These are for all those animals. And Lindsey.}
Talon pulled the trigger, killing the mastermind. He looked at the gun in his wings.
"What did I just do.." He stared at Kevin and Johnathon. He stalked down the hallway, half-staggering, half-walking, and looked down at Seanix. The white peacock. Talon felt a tear streak down his face.
"Thanks for the wild ride." Talon didn't know whether Seanix was dead or not. And honestly, he didn't want to know. Talon walked around the corner sullenly. Only to bump into a wall of feathers.
That 'wall of feathers' was none other than Winston Eagel. Winston turned, a bloody cane in his wings. Talon gazed up at him, a saddened look in his eyes. The large bald eagle frowned.
"You were, and still are, my best friend in this crazy operation.." He said.
"I don't care anymore." Talon's gaze lingered on the cane for a little bit, and looked Winston in the eyes, "Please.."
{Lindsey..I'm sorry. I love you, so much.}
Winston stared sadly at Talon, "The final animal on the.. list.." He slowly passed Talon's body, and walked out of the building. Kevin Featherworthy had turned his life upside down. Winston used to be a normal aviary member of Zootopia. But when he was dropped from his job, Kevin had approached and offered for him to join him in a 'revenge quest'. Winston never knew it would go this far.
Just as he exited the building, 4 wailing police cars and an ambulance pulled up to the building. Less than two seconds later, Chief Bogo leapt out of the car, taser in one hoof and gun in the other,
"Where are Featherworthy and Delgado?"
"In..Inside." He said. All of the animals in the police cars and ambulance ran inside. One of the hippo officers ran up to Winston and cuffed his wings. He was escorted to the police car. To be honest, he preferred this. He didn't want to see their reaction when they saw the scene inside.
Pain. Pain Everywhere.
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Heart rate monitors.
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More Pain. Darkness. Cold.
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I am dead. I must be.
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I can't hurt this much and still be alive.
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More heart rate monitors.
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Can I open my eyes?
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OW! More pain! God, that hurts.
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Everything hurts. My hip hurts, my head hurts, my shoulders hurt.
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Can I die? Can all this pain kill me?
Ok. Let's start over. I am Seanix Featherworthy. I am a ZPD Officer. My mother is alive. My father is a murdering mastermind. Delgado is probably dead. Talon is probably dead. Chief Bogo and the other officers didn't get here in time. I am the sole survivor of this mess, it seems.
Is my father dead? Truly dead? Did Chief Bogo kill him? Did my father kill Talon?
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I need to wake up.
Seanix was met with the brightest of lights. The heart rate monitor beeped to the left of him. To his right, his mother sat, snoring softly with a book in her lap.
"M..M..Mother.." He croaked out.
Instantly his mother woke up, glanced at Seanix, and put her wing over her beak in happiness.
"My baby..What happened? Are you alright? You didn't kill anyone did you?" She barraged him with questions.
"Mom..it hurts.." He winced, grabbing her wing.
"I know, Baby, the doctors are trying to heal you. Tell, me baby, how did all this happen?"
"Mom..When Dad was in the car crash..He..He didn't die. He lived."
"What?! But..but.."
"I know. I faced off with him. He is still alive. I don't know if one of the officers killed him or not."
Seanix scanned his mother's face for a reaction. Her eyes were watery, and her beak was frowning. Seanix felt tears running down his feathered face.
"I'm so sorry, Mom. I tried m-"
"Shh, it's ok, sweetie." His mother gently hugged him, careful to avoid his shoulder and head injuries.
Seanix hugged her back.