Zootopia- monsters and animals
Hey guys! So I didn't get much writing done today, it was more of just editing what I already have, although I plan to binge write with any free time I have at home considering I'm close to catching up with what I'm currently writing!
Well I suppose a burst of chapters every update does that haha!
It's worth it though, the best part of my day lately is when I finish work or wake up and seeing a ton of notifications about more people following the story or even me! And the reviews are coming in even more which I love. (seriously, it lets me know if I'm doing good or not, keeps the motivation up as well which means more binge writing.)
Speaking of reviews and such I got confused as to why they aren't showing up. Apparently other authors are having the same issue but hopefully it's resolved soon.
Anyways! Here's the latest set of chapters. Enjoy, review and all that good stuff.
*Disclaimer: Zootopia belongs to Disney. I do not own Zootopia or any of it's characters.*
*The base, shower room*
"STOP IT! STOP IT! MAKE IT STOP!" Adrian screamed out as he bashed his head against the floor, the bathroom tiles cracking under the force of it. His whole body felt like it was on fire, not even the ice cold water coming out of the shower was soothing. He was in absolute pain, it felt like something was trying to viciously claw its way out of every inch of his back.
The door slammed open as Dwayne and Karter entered the shower room and moved to Adrian.
"Adrian what the hell's going-" Karter couldn't finish as he stared down at Adrian, steam was coming off his body and one of his eyes was bleeding.
Dwayne grabbed Adrian and tried to get him up but Adrian struggled. "IT HURTS MAKE IT STOP! OH GOD JUST MAKE IT STOP!" Adrian screamed out in absolute agony.
"Adrian! Calm down man!" Dwayne said as he shook Adrian by his shoulders. Dwayne rarely every used the fox's name, it was reserved for when he seriously needed to get through to Adrian.
Adrian tried his hardest to calm down but everything hurt so bad, it was like he was on fire and being torn apart from the inside out.
"Make it stop please." Adrian sobbed before he started whimpering.
Dwayne inspected Adrian's eye. Fully red and bleeding. It was exactly like when he had faced Shao Long.
Dwayne had a fairly good idea about what was going on. "Karter, get Leon and Kate. Tell them we needs to get A-Dawg some meat stat! You and Janelle stay and help." Dwayne shouted as the gopher ran out the door.
"NO! NO MEAT!" Adrian pleaded struggling to get away from Dwayne, he didn't want to eat anyone else he just wanted the pain to go away. Adrian was forced to calm down when Dwayne back handed him so hard he saw stars, Dwayne grabbed his face and forced Adrian to look him in the eyes.
"Ya either eat some poor sucka or ya go savage and eat one of us, WHATS IT GONNA BE!?" Dwayne roared at Adrian hoping the point would get across.
That one thought washed over Adrian like an arctic winter, he didn't want to hurt his friends, but if he didn't eat he would regardless.
Karter and Janelle soon joined them and as Adrian's pain intensified he began to lose his reasoning, they struggled to keep him down.
"Damn it how long does it take to nab one stupid G.E.O.!?" Janelle shouted as Adrian almost swiped her face with his claws before she pinned him again.
Karter cursed as one of Adrian's legs got free and kicked him in the chin. "Adrian I swear to fuck!" Karter angrily shouted as he pinned Adrian's leg again.
It took nearly an hour for Kate and Leon to get back, they were both bloody and banged up. As soon as they entered the room Adrian tried to charge them but was promptly pinned by the other three animals before he could get close enough.
"FOOD! BLOOD! BLOOD! FOOD! MEAT! HUNGRY! STARVING! HUNGRY!" Adrian roared nonsensically as his mouth foamed and the three animals struggled to keep him down.
"Tell me ya got what he needs!?" Dwayne shouted as he contemplated breaking Adrian's arms to keep him down.
Kate threw several large chunks of bloody meat to the ground and Adrian broke free. He grabbed the meat and began to viciously tear into it as if he hadn't eaten in years and had just been handed a gourmet meal.
Leon shook his head in disbelief. "What the hell happened to him?" He asked turning to Dwayne for an answer.
"From what I can tells ya it's da change man. He reached the mid-point before any of us so I guess dis is what we all got ta look forward to when it happens." Dwayne answered.
"I am so not looking forward to that." Janelle stated as she observed Adrian, he had slowed down in his feeding and was taking his time now, although he still seemed savage. "How many more times are we going to deal with this? And will it get worse?" She asked staring at everyone else.
No one really knew the answer to that. From what they knew no animal had reached the final stage yet. There had been rumors and such but no actual sightings or names.
"Well my vote is we start investing in chains and sound proof foam, who's with me?" Karter pitched in trying to ease the tension in the room. Everyone groaned in annoyance except Kate who actually nodded.
"No, that's actually a good idea." Everyone stared at her in disbelief. "Come on guys think about it, if he keeps going like this eventually someone's bound to get eaten, if we can keep him locked up when it happens then we just grab him some food and ride it out. Plus if we make records of it maybe it'll help when we reach that point to." Kate explained. Everyone actually realized how reasonably sound her argument was. They could minimize the danger while learning more for their own eventual changes.
It was two birds with one stone.
Everyone turned their attention back to Adrian as he groaned and leaned his back against the nearest wall. His muzzle, chest and paws were covered in blood. His eye had stopped bleeding.
"What… What happened?" Adrian asked groggily.
Leon knelt beside him and put Adrian's arm around his shoulder. "You were about to go savage again but luckily we got some meat in you." He stated as he helped Adrian to his feet.
Adrian groaned as he tried to remember what had happened. "I remember… being in the shower. Everything just… just started to burn really bad. Turned the water down to arctic cold then… pain." Adrian tried to remember past Dwayne shouting at him but couldn't remember anything else past that.
"Where'd the meat come from?" Adrian asked idly.
Leon gave a dark chuckle. "A few very generous donations, knew that killing would leave a bad taste in your mouth, no pun intended, so we took a bit of time getting large amounts from various individuals. Wasn't hard to find them at this time of night." Leon explained as Adrian nodded lazily.
"Tired." Adrian groaned.
Leon shook his head and helped Adrian back to his room. When he got Adrian in bed he made his way downstairs where the others were.
"He should be fine, just needs some sleep." Leon explained as he grabbed a beer from behind the bar.
Dwayne lit a cigarette and inhaled deeply.
"I thought you quite" Janelle said idly as she took a sip of water.
Dawyne gave a tired laugh. "Ones good every now and den. Besides aftah this shit I needs it." He took a few more puffs before he shook his head. "I really hope dis doesn't last long. If any of us starts changin now I doubt we'll be able to handle it." Dwayne stated before extinguishing the remains of his cigarette.
Everyone nearly jumped in surprise as rap music started blaring. Dwayne stumbled to get his phone out of his pocket.
"Hehe… uhh sorry guys, gotta take this. Alex! Hey baby, Nah I ain't busy." Dwayne excused himself and went over to the couch so he could talk with Alex, apparently the two had hit it off although nobody was really sure what they were.
When Dwayne ended the call he grabbed a drink from the bar and was all smiles. When he started humming to himself everyone started getting worried.
"Uhh Dwayne, you ok?" Janelle asked cautiously.
Dwayne looked up and smiled. "Oh nevah betta! Talked ta Alex and got some great news! Apparently one of her… business associates got his paws on some very nice weaponry. And she agreed to let us have our share for dah operation." Dwayne stated excitedly before gulping down his drink. "She's bringing it in tomorrow for dah meetin." He added quickly.
"Sounds good but what about Adrian?" Kate asked. "Think he'll be ok for the meeting?"
Dwayne nodded. "I think he'll be fine. Afterwards we'll take him on a hunt, get some eats in him so no repeats of tonight happens again." He stated which put everyone at ease.
Dwayne just really hoped Adrian would be ok, he didn't want to think of the consequences otherwise.
*The next morning*
Adrian was greeted with a rude awakening as he was pulled out of bed and landed on the floor. He got up ready to tear apart the asshole who decided to interrupt his sleep but quickly calmed down as he saw the black and white tiger standing in front of him.
"You have some serious balls kid. I said six in the morning, every day. Yesterday was an exception but it's almost six thirty." Shao Long said, clearly irritated at Adrian's tardiness.
Adrian rubbed his head and groaned as he tried to stand up but staggered. Shao Long grabbed his shoulder to keep him steady.
"Hey you ok kid? You look really rough." Shao Long asked now fully concerned. Taking a closer look he saw that some areas of the fox's fur were crusted with dry blood.
Adrian gripped his head with one paw trying to make everything stop spinning. "Yesterday… changes started happening. Went savage… Needless to say I feel awful." Adrian explained as he tried to regain his sense of balance.
Shao Long actually looked surprised by this. "You mean the mutation?" He asked curiously.
Adrian nodded as he finally found his balance and was able to stand on his own.
"I was in the shower and my whole body started to burn, felt like I was on fire. Then it felt like something was trying to tear itself out of my back. After that I blacked out and found everyone around me, they managed to get me some…" Adrian didn't finish but Shao Long understood. It explained the blood.
The tiger let out a heavy sigh as they started walking out of the room and into the downstairs area, it was going to be a very long day. The tiger kept his paw on Adrian's shoulder in the event he stumbled. Shao Long sat Adrian at the bar and pulled some bags out of his pocket. After he had boiled some water he mixed the contents of the bags in a mug along with the water and handed it to Adrian.
Adrian eyed the concoction suspiciously. It smelled awful and didn't look to great either.
"This isn't going to make me beeline for the bathroom right? I think I'll trip over myself and puke everywhere before I even get close." Adrian said seriously.
Shao Long just laughed. "Don't worry, it'll taste like absolute shit but should make you feel better. You won't need to get up at all just finish the drink." He stated as he waited for Adrian to drink the concoction.
Adrian took a deep breath for courage before taking a generous gulp of the drink. Adrian nearly spat it out as the vilest of tastes etched itself into his taste buds. "Good god what the hell is that!?" Adrian stated as he debated clawing out his own tongue to rid himself of the horrid taste.
Shao Long laughed again at the fox's reaction. "Couple of herbs and other remedies that you really don't want to know about. But trust me you'll feel right as rain after you finish it."
Adrian shuddered at the thought of drinking more of the vile liquid but knew Shao Long wouldn't let him leave until he finished it. Mustering up every ounce of will power Adrian brought the mug to his mouth once again and downed the remaining contents as fast as he could. Adrian coughed several times and felt like he was going to puke, he was handed a glass of water which he swished around in his mouth a few times hoping to rid himself of the taste.
After a few more glasses, and a series of insults, the two animals began training. It went much like last time, exercises, stretches, and mimicking. After several hours during the middle of a spar some of the others showed up. The two animals stopped to see who had arrived.
Jack and his group were among the animals that had arrived early. Adrian was happy to see Casey among them and she gave him a friendly smile as he grinned at her. Training stopped as everyone else showed up.
The meeting proceeded like last time, they talked strategy and made a few revisions as Alex brought in the weaponry she had secured.
Three crates worth of weapons and armor sat in the main area as they took stock. Several electric guns of various types, electric blades, grenades, stab and blunt force proof armor the list kept going. Everyone took an interest as they examined the weapons while Adrian idly observed. He wasn't really interested in using weaponry as he relied on his own abilities but something did catch his eye.
Adrian opened a sleek metal case to reveal a set of what must've been over three hundred throwing knives. They were all of the same design and were incredibly thin, like they could be stacked on top of each other and still remain fairly slim. They were all roughly the size of a switchblade. The blades were almost rectangular, the exception being the tip which was slightly pointed. Whoever thought these would make good throwing knives must've been drunk or out of their mind. But still the weapons intrigued him.
"Those were just some extras my associate threw in. I don't really see much point in them as they aren't electrical." Alex explained as she noticed Adrian's interest in the weapons.
Adrian picked one up and was surprised by how heavy it was. It wasn't exactly heavy but heavier than he had expected. He tossed the blade in the air and easily caught it, right afterwards he tossed another in the air… and then another one… and another one… and another one. This continued until he was juggling maybe ten of them at once.
Jack stared in amazement as Adrian was juggling a set of ten throwing knives without any apparent difficulty. From what he knew Adrian had never touched a weapon before in his life, although he'd been exceptionally good with his hands and had good reflexes so maybe that made up for the lack of experience.
"How the hell is he doing that? And where can I learn?" Amanda asked in complete amazement.
Adrian added a few more knives to the mix before a thought came to mind. He caught all of them before throwing them all up into the air at the same time. He quickly grabbed a few out of the air and threw them at the dart board hanging on a pillar. Grabbing several more he threw those at the dart board and continued until he ran out of knives.
When he was done the knives made a perfect circle in the center of the dart board and he was satisfied with the results. They wouldn't make for a good offensive weapon but would definitely work as distraction.
Adrian turned his attention back to the other animals but was greeted by wide eyes and dropped jaws. Even Shao Long looked surprised! Adrian smiled sheepishly as he grabbed the knives from the dart board and put them back in the case.
"Ummm would it be ok if I took some of these?" Adrian asked still slightly embarrassed.
Alex shook her head to bring her back to her senses and lifted the case out of the crate before handing it to Adrian. "They're yours. But seriously how did you do that? Were you raised by the circus or something?" She asked still amazed by his skill with the weapons.
Adrian gave a nervous laugh as he took the case. "Never held a knife a day in my life. I just thought I'd try it out." He answered honestly.
Dwayne shook his head as he crossed his arms. "Boy, Yah bettah be careful with dem knives. No jugglin around me. And ya owe me a new board!" Dwayne stated as he pointed to the dart board which had several indents from Adrian's display.
After everyone had gone over the weapons the animals did quick sparring matches. Adrian wasn't sure if he'd be able to handle it considering how he had nearly lost it last night, but as he sparred against some of The Monsieur's escorts his worry quickly diminished.
After the plans were made everyone went off to conduct their own business respectably. Jack however stayed behind so he could have a word with Adrian.
"I was wondering if we could talk." Jack asked almost sounding nervous.
Adrian shrugged. "I've got time, what's up?" He asked curious as to what the cat wanted.
Jack really struggled to find the words for this, he had thought about it a lot since Adrian had gone berserk a few nights back and hoped this wasn't too big of an invasion of his privacy.
"Well… I was wondering, and this is going to sound really weird, if I could have a sample of… your blood." Jack said as he smiled sheepishly while Adrian stared at him in disbelief.
"Come again?" Adrian asked in complete shock that he'd been asked for a sample of his blood.
"Well it's… It's due to the fact that you went savage the other day. One of our lab workers can actually calculate how much more you'd need to… eat before you reached your final stage. And I think if I got her to look over your stats then maybe there would be less risk of you going wild when we execute the operation." Jack explained hoping it sounded fairly reasonable.
Adrian thought about it. He was surprised someone was actually able to calculate the mutations growth and if they could figure out how much more he needed to eat then maybe he could double his efforts and reach the final stage before they faced Ogre!
"Alright, I'll give you my blood… on one condition." Adrian stated.
Jack raised his brow in curiosity. "Trying to bargain? Ok I'll bite, what's the catch?" He asked playfully.
"I want to see it for myself, whatever this lab worker uses to show it I want to see. I'd rather have someone explain it to me firsthand rather then get second hand info." Adrian stated seriously.
Jack nodded, it was a reasonable enough demand. Hell even he would make the same demand!
"Alright sounds good, so let's get that- What the hell are you doing!?" Jack asked in disbelief as Adrian took out one of the knives and was about to slice it across his paw.
"Getting your blood sample." Adrian said puzzled as to why Jack was freaking out.
Jack shook his head and pulled out a syringe. "I meant with this!"
"Oh" Was all Adrian could say.
It took a second but Jack was able to get the blood sample and carefully placed it into a container to keep it from breaking.
"I'll let you know as soon as the results are in. Say, are you busy today? My wife and I were thinking of getting lunch before our second shift starts and were wondering if you'd join us." Jack offered casually.
Adrian shook his head. "Sorry, I actually have plans today." It was a lie, he would've taken Jack up on the offer any other time but after last night's episode… Adrian planned to be reclusive for the next while until his body sorted itself out.
Jack nodded accepting Adrian's answer, a hint of disappointment as he did. "Well, maybe next time." He said before saying goodbye and taking off.
Adrian sat on the couch and tried to relax, he felt bad refusing Jacks invitation but he couldn't risk going out like this. If he went wild it would be Jack bringing him down. Adrian actually had to constantly remind himself that Jack was a special officer. It was difficult, the cat was nice, he treated Adrian like… Family.
Adrian actually straightened up as he thought about that for a second.
Jack had been nothing but comforting and helpful, anytime they clashed in arguments during the last two meetings Jack was still supportive and almost protective of Adrian. And the way he had let Adrian eat him and helped calm him down afterwards… He could only imagine it as something family would do for each other. And when they talked there was always an underlying sadness in Jacks tone that barely slipped out occasionally. As he thought about it several dots started to connect and a horrifying possibility crept into Adrian's mind.
As he tried to deny it several reasonable answers or explanations would come to mind that made his theory make even more sense.
Adrian rushed out the door hoping to catch up to Jack. He wouldn't get any answers just by thinking about it, he had to ask Jack himself. When Adrian got out of the building and looked around he didn't see any cars, everyone was long gone.
As the possibility stayed in Adrian's mind feelings of guilt, dread and horror spread through his body.
"Oh fuck." Adrian whispered.