Zootopia Spirit Chronicles

Chapter 25: Island of Paradise and Sorrow

A/N: Worked reared it's ugly head again but stayed up late to churn out a new chapter. Also it's officially been a year since I started this fanfic! Thank you everyone who was been here since the beginning and the new comers who are reading for the first time! This is my first ever writing project that has lasted this long and I want to see it through to the end! As always comments and reviews are appreciated! They help keep me going! Thanks everyone for being so awesome and I hope you enjoy all the new twists and turns coming up!

A/N 2: The character of Boomer is an OC used with permission from my friend maddog197x

As soon as the boat landed on the island Alex immediately headed to check-in. The journey made him more sick than he thought. All he wanted to do was lay down and prepare for his presentation at the conference tomorrow. "Because he was the main presenter for his company he was given a room in the deluxe VIP tower. A separate building away from the main hotel. It was about 10 feet tall and was only for the very rich or the very important business executives. It was an honor to even get selected for the position but to stay in such a luxury suite was beyond words, it was a dream come true. He was given a special key card to get into the building and to enter his room and after saying goodbye to his friends he headed to his room and collapsed on the bed, throwing his suitcase across the room and sighing heavily, breathing in the nice clean smell of the sheets. The view outside was gorgeous showing off the tropical beach he could hear the nice relaxing waves of the ocean. Soon everything grew dark as he closed his eyes and he fell asleep lulled by the white-noise of the ocean waves.

It was the next day and Alex was awoken by the smells of the free gourmet breakfast being prepared a few rooms down, his sense of smell immediately picking it up. After taking a quick shower, putting on his nice business clothes and grabbing his things he headed to go grab some breakfast. He wanted a somewhat light breakfast so he just grabbed a few of the items from the breakfast buffet and headed down to the conference hall in the main hotel area. He checked his phone and there was a group chat message saying that everyone is meeting up in the morning to go to the beach started by Judy. So far Kevin, Sarah, and Benjamin Clawhauser accepted the invitation. Alex replied 'Sorry my presentation is today but I am free this afternoon after the luncheon.' Judy replied that they will all try to meet up with Alex in the afternoon. Nick and Finnick however replied to stop spamming them with text messages from the group chat since they wanted to sleep in. This turned into a spam war between Nick and Judy about how Nick needs to stop being lazy on vacation and how Nick wants to relax on a vacation. Alex chuckled but immediately muted his phone since it keep blowing up with messages.

The presentation went very well at the Technology convention, the application that he demoed showed a lot of promise since it was not only a game but also helped to promote education in the technology and engineering for children. Most however were impressed that a mostly prey species company chose a wolf as their representative or that a wolf was even one of the presenters at all. Predator species were rare in this field. After the presentation ended he was approached by a nicely dressed lion, an investor most likely, who shook his hand. "Hello my dear wolf! That was an amazing presentation! I'm Leon Kingsly head of the Savanna Industries, we deal in a variety of technologies, medical, automotive, manufacturing, etc... but we are very interested in going into the mobile frontier...how would you like a position at head of mobile development at our company?" he said in a pompous yet persuasive voice. This was another rare occurrence of a predator having a kind of career such as this but seeing he looked like more of a business mogul than someone interested in technology.

Before he could respond a smaller yet loud voice came from below him, "Tch... You don't wanna get involved with him..." Alex's sensitive ears heard it and looked down to see a mouse in a business suit, he helped the mouse up off the floor and put him on a nearby table so he can better hear him. "Thanks...my name is Vincent Squeak, you should ignore this big dumb brute and work for me doing something useful. You should help my company Mammal Medical...your capabilities could help develop medical technologies and save lives..."

Again before he could respond another pair came over to him, this time from one of Icicle Gaming's competitors Echo Games, a pair of consisting of a spotted hyena and a zebra. Echo Games was a much larger company that was global and one of the best places to work. "Heh you showed a lot of promise there kid...I'm Zack Stripes and this is my assistant Shawn Chuckles. We would like to provide you with an offer as well...you could stay in gaming and work in an environment that isn't as racially biased against predators. Give it some thought."

Alex was backed into a corner with three different offers, in the end he accepted their business cards and handed them his own. This was amazing...but would he leave his company to move to a different position? Icicle Gaming did look past his wolf physique and gave him a shot and now he was one of the best programmers in the company after about a year working there.

Soon it was time for lunch and Alex quietly grabbed some gourmet bug burgers with contained lots of high grade ingredients which tantalized his taste-buds. He was soon approached again by the lion who sat down at the empty chair next to him. "So...any thoughts on my offer? You would get some nice green coming your way..." he said in a calm manner.

"It's all so sudden...like I said earlier I need to think about it..." Alex said courteously.

"Got it...no worries but this offer doesn't last forever... Let me just give you some words of wisdom...don't trust that mouse... rumor has it that he is known for mistreating his employees...making them work long hours and treating them like crap...especially larger predators like ourselves... Anyway think about it..." he said before leaving the table to mingle with others.

Soon the mouse Vincent climbed up the table and talked to him offering him a similar offer. Alex mentioned what the lion said and this caused the mouse to scowl. "That bastard... he sure loves spreading lies...you see his company has a rival division that also deals with medicine and it rivals my own and he wants to bring me down... listen...do you really want to work for someone as underhanded as him? Also kid if you want money this would be way more lucrative than making games... Give it some thought..." The mouse said as he soon slid down the table cloth and walked away.

The two representatives from Echo Games showed up next. Alex wanted to relax but he figured this was all part of the business game...next time he might reject the offer since he had to deal with all these high pressure deals and powerful mammals. Surprisingly this one was less hostile then the other two and it was a friendly chat about gaming today and Alex found himself actually enjoying himself. Curious he asked Zack, the zebra, "Hey do you know what's the deal with the lion and mouse?"

Zack frowned and responded, "Those two are known to be super competitive...it's true there are rumors about the mouse Vincent mistreating predators but there are also shady rumors regarding the lion Leon... some say his medical division was involved in helping Mayor Lionheart hide out those poor victims last year during the Nighthowler situation... but it was never proven. Anyway...we need to get going...we have an appointment at the spa! Even if you don't take our offer let me know if you need any help! You seem like a good guy!" Alex nodded and smiled back as they left.

The wolf finished eating uninterrupted and checked his phone which had over 200 messages. Most of it was a back and forth war between Judy and Nick with Nick pushing Judy's buttons for laughs. Alex responded that he was done with his convention and that he can hang out for the rest of the day. Kevin responded that everyone was at the beach and to head over ASAP. Alex gulped...he hated the thought of walking around like that in public...mostly because of embarrassment over his body. He took some deep breaths and sucked it up...heading to his room to change to his bathing suit and head out.

Alex decided to stop inside the hotel to check out the rest of it, besides the large convention center, he saw there was a casino inside, a very large bar, various restaurants and stores on the first floor and basement levels of the hotel with the rooms on the 10 floors above him. There was also a large pool with a variety of slides. His destination was the beach which was close by but a familiar face caught his eye. It was Boomer, the defense attorney dong some swimming in the pool. Alex waved to the beaver who greeted him in return. "Hello Alex! Just getting some swimming done! What are you up to? Going for a swim?" he asked.

"Nah...just meeting up with some friends at the beach, I was just presenting at the convention just now and it stressed me out...I wanna go to back to my room and play some video games but I promised I would hang out with them..." Alex said honestly.

"Oh that technology convention? Wow you must be a pretty smart guy...I'm guessing everything went well?" Boomer said swimming closer.

"Hehe thanks... and yep it went well but it's stressful to deal with all those high powered business people...and I felt super nervous...how do you handle it in the courtroom?" the wolf asked shyly.

"It comes with practice...even I get nervous before a tough trail...just have confidence in yourself and things will go your way!" He said smiling as he kicked his feet in the water holding onto the side and looking up towards Alex.

"Easier said than done... anyway I'm just glad it's over. Nice seeing you again! Later!" Alex said waving to the beaver as he headed towards the beach.

It was around 3 pm and the beach was full of animals swimming and enjoying themselves. Alex was wearing a light zip up hoodie that was a light green color, a light colored choker, and his dark blue bathing suit. The hoodie was zipped up about half-way since it was so hot but he wanted to stay covered as much as possible. He saw Judy wearing a one-piece pink swimsuit running up to him.

"Alex! You made it! Aren't you hot like that?" Judy asked as she walked with Alex leading him to their spot.

"Hehe I'm alright..." Alex said shyly trying not to think about the heat or the fact that the sand felt weird to the touch. He saw Nick sunbathing on a lounge chair wearing his sunglasses. The fox somehow managed to find a swimsuit that was a near copy of his usual Hawaiian shirt. Kevin was making his cousin Benjamin swim in the water despite his weight. Sarah was busy fawning over Finnick making sure he was taken care of and chatting with him a lot as they sat on a towel together. Sarah seemed to like cute little animals a lot...but it was kind weird seeing her so weirdly talkative. Out of all of them Judy, Kevin, and Nick had the most athletic bodies due to their occupations and lifestyles, while everyone else besides Benjamin was average for their species.

Soon they all converged and greeted Alex, and somehow Alex was roped into being in a beach volleyball match. Apparently Nick and Judy had a bet to see who would win earlier and now it was time to see it through. They headed over to an unused beach volleyball net and soon the teams were decided. Finnick refused to play, mostly due to his small height but mostly due to his lack of interest. Nick however used his charm, with a bit of fast talking, to make him at least be a score keeper. The teams were Judy, Alex, and Sarah versus, Nick and the Clawhauser cousins, Kevin and Benjamin.

The first server went to Alex, he was nervous as he was being stared at by everyone waiting for him to server. "Just a heads up...like I mentioned a hundred times before...I am not the best at this...in fact...I suck...I hate sports!"

"It'll be fine...Alex just do your best! All you have to do is try!" Judy said encouragingly.

"Easy for you to say... fine...here goes..." Alex said as he wound up and severed the ball. The ball flew out of his paw with a sufficient amount of power. He watched it fly and hit the metal pole of the Volleyball net, then as if to spite him the ball bounced off the pole and bounced right into his face hitting him in the nose and knocking him to the ground, glasses flying off and landing in the sand.

Everyone was in shock and awe at what they saw...but eventually Nick and Finnick started bursting out laughing. "I can't believe it! This wolf is a riot! You were right Nick!" said the deep gruff voice of the Finnick. Kevin couldn't help but laugh a bit as well, what were the odds that would happen? Clawhauser looked concerned as did Sarah and Judy as they rushed over to check on Alex. The game was put on hold as Alex recovered, his nose started bleeding from impact.

"Such a pathetic display Alex...but you always sucked at sports..." said a familiar and menacing voice.

Alex turned to see the familiar, tall, and muscular dark furred wolf Jake walking up to him in a speedo. He scowled as he did, "What the hell are you doing here Jake?"

"Just landed on this island this morning thought I'd get a vacation in but it turns out they let omegas in here..." Jake said walking up and towered over Alex by a few feet.

"Take that back!" Alex said for some reason. Usually he wouldn't stand up to him but for some reason he felt braver? He wasn't sure but his heart was beating very fast.

"Make me runt! An omega wolf should obey their alpha!" Jake said pushing him a bit.

This made Alex snap...he felt his grip on the situation falling as his alternate personality took over. He didn't see it coming but it was slowly creeping up as he felt the helplessness against Jake. Alpha was now in control and he did not like being labeled an omega. The Alpha personality took of the hot restraining jacket and lunged at Jake wrestling him to the ground. Jake was surprised and taken aback by the sudden change in personality and the increase in strength Alex showed and was knocked to the ground. As soon as the shock wore off he was started at Alex's growling face...it looked feral like he was going to bite his face. Not wasting time, his police training took over and soon had Alex face down in the sand, escaping thanks to his stronger physique and police academy training. "Not bad runt...but you need to do better than that." Alex's arm was in a lock and no matter how much he flailed he couldn't break free.

Nick and Judy ran up to the two fighting wolves. "What's going on here?" Nick said wondering.

"Your buddy here attacked me...if I wasn't off duty I would cuff him..." Jake said smirking.

Judy ran up to Alex who was still growling on the ground, "Snap out of it! What's gotten into you?" the young rabbit said as she shook the wolf trying to bring him to his senses. Soon Alex's eyes became calmed as he stared at Judy's concerned face. "I...I don't know... I...just...felt like a different person...this happened before when I was with Kevin...I'm sorry..." Alex started crying and as soon as he did Jake let go.

"Feh...you deal with him Hopps and Wilde...tell him I won't go easy on him next time..." Jake said as he walked away.

Alex wiped the tears away as he coughed and gapsed for air, rubbing his bruised body.

"What was that about?" asked Judy.

"Yeah that wasn't like you howler... I mean I know he was a jerk but you don't have to snap like that..." added Nick. The two officers helping Alex up off the ground.

Kevin who saw the whole deal ran up to Alex, "Whoa for a second there it was just like when you beat me up...but I guess that ass was better prepared than I was..."

"Beat up Kevin? You?" Judy asked in shock.

"Well...you see during a training session with Kevin...something just snapped in me...just like now...it feels like something is taking over my body...I'm scared..." he said shaking a bit. "I'm sorry again Kevin..."

"No worries...like I said I'm not even mad about it, I'm just surprised you had it in you." Kevin said happily, this only added to Alex's anxiety about the situation. He didn't deserve a good friend like him.

"Something taking over your body...it's similar to other times that happened to you before sure but this actually happened in the real world...We need to keep a close eye on this..." Judy said thinking hard about the recent events. Her analytical mind working even on her vacation.

"Hey maybe you should go back and rest buddy you had a stressful day... Let's meet up for dinner later and Carrots can treat." Nick said concerned for Alex. Judy nodded in agreement before stepping on Nick's tail regarding the part he snuck in at the end.

Alex dried his eyes and headed back to his room. As soon as he arrived he laid on his bed screaming into the pillow wondering what the hell is wrong with him. Suddenly his phone vibrated, he checked it and found he had a new email. It was from Leon...he wanted to apologize for being so forceful and treat him to dinner, he wanted to meet in the lounge on the 2nd floor. Alex thought it was sweet and while he wasn't interested in the offer it would be rude to turn it down. It would also be good to find out more about his company. He replied to accept the invitation and heading down to the lounge at the specified time. The door was closed when he arrived and he opened the door, it was dimly light but he could see a bit thanks to the sunset shining through the window. Suddenly everything went dark..he felt a pinch in his skin. Alex looked down and saw there was a dart syringe in his arm...it looks like he was injected with something. An intense dizziness overwhelmed him...he fell to the ground growling...it was like something feral has taken over him. It wasn't the Alpha personality but it was like how he felt during the primal state he was in before. He couldn't concentrate...his grip on himself fell through as his vision blurred...and it all went black.