I have Returned Chapter 36: Smart thinking, New Fur Coat, Tracking the Culprit and Fight
Hello everyone, I have returned! Not funny? Fine, have it your way, I have returned to type up yet another Chapter for this story just for you guys, a Human with a rather dark story and a dark secret emerges 6000 years after his world ended from biowarfare in a World War 3 scenario, to find out his World has changed and the new Animal Kingdom lives in peace, or does it? In the previous chapter, our main protagonist Jacob was shot in an assassination attempt at a ZPD press conference, he survived, but the extreme pain of getting shot triggered his Werewolf side to show itself and he turned right in front of Chief Bogo. And now, Jacob is going to hunt down whoever shot him and he's going to find out why he or she would do so...
Precinct 1, moments after the assassination attempt...
Chief Bogo was frozen in place after what he had just witnessed, first he saw Zootopia's first Human citizen get shot by what sounded like a sniper rifle and he thought that Jacob was going to die from his gunshot wound since it had penetrated his shoulder and through his back but Jacob, thanks to his healing abilities was able to heal his wound and acted like as if nothing had ever happened to him in the first place.
But secondly, the cost of having to use his healing abilities was that he would have to tale on the form of a Werewolf due to the extreme pain that was inflicted on his body and Chief Bogo was unfortunate enough to have witnessed Jacob through what looked and sounded like a very painful body transformation.
The squeamish sounds of bones breaking, growing and rearranging themselves along with his body packing more meat along with the sound of his screams, it sounded as if Jacob was on fire but he couldn't die so he screamed and screamed in pain as his body burned from the painful transformation.
But it gets better, Jacob's ripped clothes were still on the stone stage where the podium was and dried red blood was on his ocean camouflage hoodie and his pants were completely ripped to shreds due to the transformation along with puddle of blood underneath his ripped clothes since he was bleeding from his back.
Thankfully everyone was evacuated out of the building before they could see the horrific event Chief Bogo was unfortunate enough to witness and even more problems would arise as citizens would be very scared of having a Werewolf living among them.
Chief Bogo felt like he was scarred for life after he saw Jacob take on the form of a Werewolf, Jacob did tell them to look away so he could transform back into his Human form back at Cliffside Asylum so that they wouldn't be scarred by the transformation process. It sounded so disgusting that it would probably never leave his head and it would haunt him forever.
But the sound of Jacob's voice when he was a Werewolf, it would turn your blood into ice and you felt like you were being manipulated under his control as his deep voice pierced your soul like a knife through butter. The way Jacob said "Don't get in my way" was grade A horror movie material, he sounded a lot scarier than Chief Bogo when he was angry.
And Jacob's eyes, they were darker than blood and whenever you looked into them, you were looking into the eyes of a unnatural creature that could reduce you into mere bones and blood with its razor sharp fangs and long knife like claws. The sclera of his eyes were completely dark blood red with jet black pupils in the middle of them.
And right now, Jacob has ran off, Chief Bogo could only guess that Jacob is going to hunt down whoever tried to assassinate him and who knows what happens afterwards, either Jacob kills and eat whoever tried to kill him or knocks him unconscious and help put him behind bars for further questioning.
Chief Bogo would've been still frozen in place against the wall, sitting in front of where Jacob had been shot until his ears picked up the voice of one of his most valued Officers.
"Sir! Are you alright?" Jessica said as she ran up to Chief Bogo, helped him back onto his hooves and noticed the terrified expression on his face as if he had seen something horrible.
"Chief Bogo? Where's Jacob? What happened to him?" Jessica asked in a rather panicked manner at the end as she saw the pool of red blood and ripped clothes on the floor.
"He- he transformed right in front of me! It was so disgusting and scary and he was angry!" Chief Bogo shouted like he was insane and he covered his head with his hooves to show that.
"Jacob transformed? Oh no, he told me back in Cliffside Asylum that extreme pain can cause him to transform, and that he becomes a lot more stronger and possibly more dangerous because his anger is like a source of strength, did you see where he went?" Jessica asked worriedly as she feared that Jacob could risk getting him compromised or possibly kill someone.
"He ran out the doors on all fours, no doubt he's going to hunt down whoever tried to assassinate him but he could be anywhere in this city!" Chief Bogo said aggressively as he removed his hooves from his face and pointed at the front doors of Precinct 1.
Unfortunately, Chief Bogo was right. Zootopia was a very big city and Jacob could cover a lot of ground faster than any other Mammal in his Werewolf form since he practically has unlimited stamina in a painful rage but whoever tried to kill him was going to have a very bad day if Jacob catches him or her.
"Damn it! He might kill the culprit responsible if he catches him because he's angry! It'd take a miracle to find him now since he could be far away from here by now, wait a minute, where's his phone?" Jessica said as she walked over to Jacob's blood and searched his pants and hoodie pockets to find nothing in them, there was no sign of the phone in the puddle of blood which Jessica now knew the scent of.
"His phone? You got him a phone? That's great, but how does that help?" Chief Bogo asked as he walked over to Jessica who pulled out her phone and typed in her security password while hiding it from view of Chief Bogo of course.
"I have his phone number and he could still have his phone on him since his fur is very thick and long and I'd know because- I slept with him" Jessica said nervously at the end as she feared what Chief Bogo would say to her for being in a relationship while on the job.
"You slept with him? Do you love him?" Chief Bogo asked in a serious manner but he didn't sound angry at Jessica for what she had just told him.
"I do. I confessed my love to him yesterday and he loves me too as a matter of fact. I'm in love with a Human, something all of us thought were either extinct, mythical, dangerous and powerful but Jacob isn't anything like we predict Humans to be, he's such a brave and strong Human despite him having a tragic moment in his life when his world ended and he lost everything he loved. But he knows everyone he loved are in a better place now, and he just wants to start from scratch again. I don't care if you fire me, I won't stop you" Jessica said as she bended her head down in sadness and confessed her love to a Human to her Boss who showed her a look of no emotion.
Jessica was nearly crying at this point, but she felt something gently grab her shoulder and she immediately realised it was Chief Bogo's hoof that was grabbed her shoulder. She looked up at Chief Bogo who had a slight smile on his face like he was happy for her.
"I don't care if you love someone Jessica, even if he is a mythical creature, you're one of my most valuable Officers, don't tell anyone I said that. But back to the topic at paw, why is Jacob's phone so important and him having very thick fur?" Chief Bogo said as his tone changed from happy to serious while he let go of Jessica and got a hold of himself.
"If my theory is correct, while Jacob was turning into a Werewolf, his pants didn't rip off of him in time and the fur on his legs grew thick enough in time before his pants eventually burst and since our version of the Human phone 'the Google Pixel' has special little charger clips on the back of it so that you didn't need a charger plug to charge it, and since Jacob's pants were about to burst off his body, the phone would've endured enough stress on its body to release the clips from its back and they made contact with Jacob's fur on time. I hope that's the case anyways" Jessica said which sounded very confusing for Chief Bogo to listen too but he listened as close as possible.
"Okay... But how does this help us? Or heck, his phone probably fell off his leg since he was running pretty fast" Chief Bogo said coming up with his own conclusion for Jessica's phone theory.
"Let's say his phone is still stuck to his furry leg, I have his contact number and I have a phone tracking app on my phone that I used to help find my Dad's phone when he lost it as well as my Mom, it works perfectly and I decided to keep it should the occasion arise. And now is the perfect time to use it" Jessica said as she went into said phone tracking app and typed in her account name and password to confirm that it was her and she went to type in Jacob's phone number.
"Phone tracking? Be glad you're a Police Officer, else I'd have to bring you in unless you had a warrant to track someone's phone. This better be fast because someone's life could be on the line" Chief Bogo said as he nearly gagged at the thought of finding the culprit's mutilated corpse in a dark alleyway that was covered in his own blood.
"I only use this app for good just so you know, and let us see here, aha! Jacob is now 600 meters away from where we are standing and rapidly rising, I better get moving before he might kill the culprit" Jessica said as she began walking towards the hallways that led to the secret exit she and Jacob used to sneak into Precinct 1 earlier.
She felt Chief Bogo grab her by her shoulder again and she was forced to face him again.
"Jessica, thankfully Jacob has his phone, but can you call him? Maybe it'll calm him down a bit if he speaks to you and I doubt the culprit is going to escape such a deadly Animal like him with his advanced senses" Chief Bogo said as Jessica pushed his hoof off and looked at him.
"Good idea, and don't say the word Animal to his face. Unless you have a death wish" Jessica said as she began running and it wasn't long until she entered the first hallway that led to the emergency exit.
"I already know how threatening he is!" Chief Bogo shouted banterously as Jessica laughed in response as she ran as fast as she could through god knows how many door filled hallways until she finally reached the emergency exit door, quickly opened it by pushing down the bar handle and she rushed to her Zoovloret as fast as she could.
"I wish I had the endurance of a Human!" Jessica panted over her breath as she reached her car, unlocked it with her keys and quickly hopped into the drivers seat while dialing in Jacob's phone number on her contacts in hopes of calling him and calming him.
The dialing beeps played over and over for 30 seconds until Jessica heard someone answer the call.
"Jessica?"
Jacob's point of view, moments after he transformed...
Jacob ran on all fours through the revolving doors of Precinct 1 and panted everytime his forepaws touched the hard ground beneath him which he could barely feel thanks to his tough paw pads. No one could be spotted around the watering hole or in the surrounding area, Jacob guessed everyone was either evacuated out of the area in time before he turned or everyone trampled over each other the moment they heard a gunshot because there looked to be clues of panicked pawprints in the grass surrounding the watering hole.
"Whoever shot me can't be too far away, if they are, I'll catch up to them very quickly and make sure that they have a bad day" Jacob said grumpily to himself as he launched himself high into the air by jumping with his powerful legs and landed on the top of Precinct 1 with a soft landing to get a better view of the surrounding area to see if he could pinpoint where the supposed Assassin ran off too.
His nose began twitching at the smell of, antiperspirant?
"Antiperspirant, whoever tried to kill me likes to smell nice, and that will be the reason why I will find him, or her" Jacob said as he snarled under his breath as he picked up the scent and began following it around the roof of Precinct 1. He eventually came to a doorway that led onto the roof of the building itself.
"Okay, so that's where he came in and out, we want to know where he went after he came out after shooting me" Jacob said as he continued snarling and continued following the scent until he felt a sudden numbing all around his body and it was heavier in his arms.
"Uh body? What are you doing? Wait, my arm wasn't cream white last time I checked, what the fuck?!" Jacob roared to himself, he didn't care if anyone heard him roar because he couldn't be seen on the roof of Precinct 1 since no one was around the building itself except for the Officers inside who would either be in their offices or they could even be on patrol, that way they wouldn't hear an unnatural creature roaring.
Jacob stretched his arm in front of him and he saw that it was no longer covered by the thick night black fur he was very accustomed too, instead of night black it was covered in cream white fur that had a light yellow tint to it all the way to the tips of his sharp clawed fingers that actually looked very beautiful, his right arm was the same colour as his left with the same cream white fur with a light yellow tint on it.
"No, I must be seeing things, I gotta see myself in the mirror, that blue skylight right there, that'll do" Jacob said as he ran over to the blue skylight of Precinct 1 and looked at his reflection and hoped he still had his night black and snow white fur on him that he had grown so used and accustomed too.
He was wrong.
His body had completely changed his fur colour, the numbing in his body ceased after his legs were finished changing colour. Jacob, despite being shocked and surprised by the fact that his fur had just changed colour, he thought he actually looked a lot more handsome and tougher with the new fur coat that just appeared on his body.
The fur outside his ears were once night black and now they were a near dark ginger red colour that nearly matched his hair in Human form, the fur on the inside of his ears were snow white before and now they were the same creamy white colour with a light yellow tint along with a new beautiful looking dark grey strip going in and out both of his ears. His head was no longer covered in black fur but it was now a mixture of different colour furs, from his nose to the glabella between his eyes his fur was the same dark ginger colour as his ears that again nearly matched the colour of his hair when he was Human while his bottom jaw up around to the bottom of his nose to far as beyond his cheeks was creamy white as was the front of his neck. The fur from underneath his eyes, beyond his glabella and above his eyes was now a beautiful mixture of darker grey with some small white patches of fur which made him look rather cute looking. He appeared to have grown a slightly thicker mane on his back than he had before, showing off that he was an Alpha Werewolf despite the fact he didn't lead a pack but he was still an Alpha Werewolf. His broad shoulders were covered in the dark grey fur with small white patches as was the same on his back. His tough chest, built torso, sturdy lower back and the fur on the back of his legs were now the same creamy white with the same light yellow tint as his arms as some of the dark grey fur from his mane ran over his chest and stomach in a tribal swirl like fashion. The front fur on his bended Wolf like legs were the same darker grey with small white patches as his back mane which suited him very nicely. Thankfully his crotch was still furred over so he wouldn't have to worry of exposing his sensitive parts. His tail was creamy white (I need not say the tint again) and it was tipped with darker grey fur and his tail moved to its own accord. His clawed hind paws were now covered in cream white fur like most of his body and to be honest, Jacob actually thought he looked prettier and a lot less dull than his previous fur coat. It felt even softer than his other fur coat which made things even better for him.
But his question is how? How did his fur change colour in the first place? Could it be some secret ability that Werewolves have to have adaptive camouflage in certain environments? Or in this case, an urban environment?
"Well this is weird, but I've another task to focus on, finding the bastard cunt that tried to fucking kill me" Jacob said as he continued snarling under his breath and stopped admiring himself in the glass and went back to investigating the smell of antiperspirant near the door.
"I can see some pawprints, wait, no, hoof prints, small and even-toed ungulates. I'm going have to assume our assassin is some kind of Atriodactyla, a sheep or something else in the same family. Not Wolves hunting sheep anymore, this time it's Werewolves hunting sheep, who'd have thought?" Jacob said to himself as he focused his vision and he could see clues that no normal Mammal would see that easily, another perk of being a Werewolf thanks to a secret super soldier project that turned into a gas and infected him after New York and the rest of the world was destroyed oh so long ago.
Jacob hunched over and walked on all fours as he followed both the scent and the hoof prints on the ground until he came across something rather interesting.
About fifteen meters away from the door that leads down into Precinct 1 from the roof, there was a bullet cartridge that looked to have been dropped accidentally. It was a pretty long cartridge and the bullet was still attached to it, the same kind cartridge that would be used against tanks, armour piercing bullets fired from a high power sniper rifle.
"Jesus Christ, an AP shell, or armour piercing shell, a tracer is inside it and it's a 50mbg cartridge, good bullet to use against me and based off the sound of the rifle when fired, I'm going to have to assume it was some sort of Animal .50 cal sniper rifle somewhat similar to a Barrett M82. Wait a minute, the bullet is made of silver, useless but Jessica told me Werewolves are not in Zootopian or heck Mammalian mythology, this assassin has a lot of explaining to do when I catch him and silver is completely ineffective against me, Hollywood came up with that pathetic idea but at least I can walk in broad daylight and I can control myself. But more importantly, how does our sheep know that I'm a Werewolf? Is it that easy to notice? Or he's just plain clever or he has some sort of source that gives him the information he needs" Jacob said as he bent down closer and took a closer look at the cartridge, he didn't want to pick it up incase there was any hoof prints on it that could be vital for use in the Forensics laboratory incase he did not catch the assassin.
Jacob always thought aloud as it helped him focus more than listening to his inner voice since he found it more distracting than actually talking to himself.
"*Sniff sniff*, wait, I'm picking up another scent, this must've been a two man or mammal team. Hmm, smells like, cigarettes?" Jacob said as he picked up the after scents of a recently smoked cigarette which he thought smelt absolutely horrible. He began searching the area for the cigarette butt and he came out with nothing in the end.
"Whoever smoked cigars took the butts with him, smart. What's this? Another pair of prints, another ungulate print. That means both our culprits are in the Atriodactyla family so we have some clues there, and one of them likes to smoke cigarettes which makes things even easier, let's follow these prints and see where they lead" Jacob said to himself as he put some pieces of the puzzle together and made a reasonable conclusion.
Jacob, focusing his eyes onto the hoof prints that were practically invisible eventually came to a stop near the edge of the roof and it was a looooooong way down but even if he fell off he would survive and brush it off like it was nothing at all.
"No way our two assassins went through reception with a gun with them, and they'd get suspicious looks for having a big case with them that they'd probably be stopped and asked to open it and everyone would know what happens next. They must've left some clues around here somewhere since their hoof prints end here" Jacob said as he looked over the edge of the roof and found nothing to show that the culprits climbed up the building.
"Well either our sniper and cigarette buddies can jump high distances like I can, or they have jetpacks that nobody has ever heard about, no signs of burn marks and no Animal is known to jump over a 5 or more storey building so they must've climbed up the wall using a grappling hook and some rope, let's look around and see if they left anything" Jacob said as he hunched over again and sniffed the air if he could pick up the scent of metal or nylon.
"*Sniff sniff* aha, I smell some nylon alright and I can smell iron that is hidden in this air vent, sorry guys but I've got to rip this off" Jacob said as his nose lead him to an air vent that stood out of the roof and bended at a right angle, the fan could be seen spinning inside thanks to some conveniently placed lights inside the vent that Jacob could hardly squeeze himself into. He grabbed the vent by the grate and ripped it off like it was a sheet of paper.
Jacob reached his long arm into the vent and felt around for a bit until he felt something cold and sharp on his paw which didn't cause him to wince in pain since he was a Werewolf and he gripped whatever this strange object was and yanked it out as hard as he could and he was now holding a grappling claw which was attached to some rope that looked cut based off some rough markings at the edge of the rope and it didn't look long enough to scale the wall of the Precinct completely.
"A grappling hook, I was right. One way to infiltrate a building alright, must've snuck past the cameras and scaled the wall, thankfully there are none up here since hardly anyone would be able to get up here unless they became Spiderman, or Spidermammal in this instance. So, they used a grappling hook and hid it inside this vent when they escaped, meaning that they must've had another way to get off this roof after they attempted to kill me. They must've had a screwdriver with them to loosen the bolts that hold in the vent grate but why would they place their grappling hook in here? Maybe I'm missing something again" Jacob said as he looked over the grapple claw and he guessed that it was made using DIY materials since it didn't look like a proper grapple claw and the rope looked to have been cut in half using a sharp blade of sorts.
"Well, they must've had another grappling hook with them but why would they stuff it inside this vent? Couldn't they have just brought it with them? Either they had another grappling hook with them or perhaps they used a zipline, let's take a look near the edge again incase we missed something" Jacob said as he walked back near the edge of the roof and focused his vision to see if he could find any clues.
"Strange looking marks on the ground, something was placed here on a tripod and each end of the legs spread far from each other. This is no ordinary camera, this must've been a zip line" Jacob said as he looked in the most promising direction of where the zipline could've been fired at.
"3 directions they could've gone in, 1 is that they could've ziplined onto that cobblestone street filled with shops and apartments, 2 is that they zip lined onto that dark and suspicious looking alleyway and 3 is that they zip lined onto that roof on top of one of those five storey building. Okay, 1 is very unlikely because that streets would've been filled with onlookers who'd think two guys coming into the street by a zip line would look very suspicious. 2 is probably more worth looking at since it is on ground level and it isn't above the ground unlike number 3, so let's take a look at this alleyway and see what we find" Jacob said as he stepped onto the edge of the roof, prepared his legs and launched himself high into the air and managed to launch himself over the ZPD parking lot that was on the right side of the building if you stood in front of the building and landed easily near the alleyway.
"No one better see me like this out here, if they do they might call up a lynch mob and try to kill me or heck post me on the fucking internet on god knows how many animals copycat websites they have" Jacob said grumpily as he hunched over and walked on all fours into the alleyway that he chose out of the three options. He began focusing his vision onto the puddle covered ground and the poorly painted walls and his nose was filled the horrible stench of rubbish and God knows what else.
"Uh, one bad thing about having a sensitive nose, not every smell is nice. Let us see here, puddles, rubbish, a few homeless sleeping spots and graffiti, and this piece of cardboard looks like it was moved by paw or hoof for some reason" Jacob said as he covered his nose once he entered the alleyway and searched for clues until he found that suspicious piece of cardboard.
He lifted it off the ground and it was hiding a small hole that looked to have dug a few centimeters or more into the stone ground.
"A small hole, smell of galvanised metal off of it and the hole takes the shape of a irregular triangle so this is where our zipline was fired and it hit here, so this is certainly where our beloved sniper and cigarette buddies were when they ziplined off Precinct 1. These puddles aren't moving because of the wind, someone ran across them like they were in a major hurry and hoof prints show ungulates, sounds like our assassins alright, let follow these hoof prints and see where they lead us and I know that this is the one because I can smell the same cigarettes from the roof" Jacob said like he was working with someone and continue sniffing the air to follow the cigarette scent and followed the near invisible tracks that he could see on the ground.
The tracks then led right to a dead end in the alley which made Jacob growl in anger as he hated these kind of scenarios.
"Dead end, cliché moment alright. Let's look around for clues because there is no way I can allow these assassins to escape and try to kill me again with useless silver bullets. *Sniff sniff*, smells like rain, shit" Jacob said as his nose twitched to the smell of rain in the sky and he looked behind him to see some dark grey clouds in the sky that were slowly making their way across the Zootopian skyline.
"Let's see if we can get some clues before the rain gets here. *Sniff sniff*, rubber, smells like a car had a burnout before it sped off to god knows where, along with the smell of diesel fuel in the air. Tsk tsk, if you're going to want to hide from a Werewolf, you're going to have to cover your tracks or you'll be tracked down in a matter of minutes. Smells like the car isn't too far from here but I'll have to go by rooftop since not all the streets are empty" Jacob said as his ears picked up the sound of pedestrians walking and cars driving nearby. Jacob aimed his head towards the sky and prepared to jump up onto a 3 storey apartment building and launched through the air with finesse as he landed gently and perfectly onto the roof.
"I'll have to stay away from the edges or someone will spot me and scream like a banshee or worse, record me running and post me on ZooTube" Jacob said as he hunched over and started running on all fours on the roof he was on and thankfully the buildings were in a linear pattern so he wouldn't have to use his stamina for jumping over a street full of cars and pedestrians, not yet at least.
Running on fours wasn't a problem for Jacob since his arms and legs were nearly the same size as each other and due to him experiencing extreme pain from getting shot by an armour piercing bullet, his anger would make him stronger and potentially more dangerous as he is nearly left in a bloodlust filled rage. As Jacob continued running on the rooftops, he felt something vibrating on his leg which made him stop running instantly.
"What the hell? My phone? How'd it get stuck in my fur? And who's calling me?" Jacob asked himself as he saw that his phone was stuck to his fur because of the special charger clips that were on the back of the phone. Jacob grabbed his phone and he saw that it was Jessica who was calling him.
The primitive and flesh hungry thoughts disappeared from his head instantly when he saw it was Jessica who was calling, and now he felt very guilty for what he could've done to the culprits without thinking straight. He could've killed them!
Jacob swiped the green phone button and placed his phone against his ear and said "Hello?" and waited for a response.
"Jacob! You still have your phone with you! What are you doing?" Jessica asked with worry in her voice as she feared for Jacob's safety.
"Miraculously I still have my phone thanks to the little charger clips sticking to my fur but how did I not realise that? Right now, I'm tracking down the culprits responsible for attempting to assassinate me" Jacob said as he snarled lightly under his breath since, well he was a Werewolf and Werewolves would snarl when they speak.
"There's more than one culprit? How are you so sure?" Jessica asked in a demanding manner which sounded dead serious.
"I can see tracks that most Mammals wouldn't since I can focus my senses and see tracks that would be completely invisible to the naked eye, and my nose is a lot more powerful than yours and all that I know is that the culprits are part of the Atriodactyla family since they have hoof prints. One of them smells like antiperspirant and one of them smells like cigarettes and based off what I've just found, our two assassins had an escape vehicle and now I'm following its trail, and how did you know I had my phone with me?" Jacob said as he began walking again while being careful not to trip over anything as he did.
"Wow that's incredible! Okay, so they are both members of the Atriodactyla family, one smells of antiperspirant and one of them likes to smoke cigarettes, but how can you pinpoint where a car has gone? And I didn't know you had your phone, I just predicted that at first it was still with you and I was right when I used my phone tracking app" Jessica said as Jacob's ears picked up the sound of her walking.
"I'm not sure I should be thankful or scared of you. I have the car's scent, I'm able to distinguish one from the other and it uses diesel so it isn't going to get away from me that easily. I done some investigation on the roof of Precinct 1 and they dropped a bullet so you'll wanna run that through the Forensics lab whenever you get it and for some reason one of our assassins stuffed a grappling hook into one of the air vents but I took it out, and my fur changed colour" Jacob said in a normal manner like as if he didn't care as he vaulted over a small wall and onto the next building.
"I'm glad you're on our side with your super senses. I'll inform Chief Bogo about your discovery's but you scared the absolute shit out of him when you transformed in front of him. Did you say your fur changed colour?" Jessica said with confusion when she asked that question.
"Yep, I look even more handsome than I did before but I can't describe it to you now so you'll have to wait and see for yourself. As much as I would like to keep talking buy I can't because my nose says that the car is close so stay safe for me won't you?" Jacob said as he sniffed the air and predicted the car's location which smelt like it was around 400 or so meters away from where he was standing.
"I'll stay safe Jacob, just don't do anything bad to the culprits please because we need them alive. I wish I had super senses like you do" Jessica said jealously.
"I won't kill them, but I might incapacitate if they attack me first when I find them and I'll give them nightmares for years to come if the occasion arises" Jacob said in a dark tone which sent a cold shiver up Jessica's back.
"Just don't do anything too bad to them because we have to interrogate them and see if we can't find out who hired them and why" Jessica said fearfully which nearly melted Jacob's heart by how scared she sounded.
"I'll be careful, goodbye sweetheart" Jacob said as he waited for a response before swiping the red end call button.
"Goodbye boyfriend, go and catch some bad guys!" Jessica said as Jacob swiped the end call button and reattached his phone clips to his fur and made sure it was firm and stuck on his left arm near his padded hand.
"Alright, these guys aren't going to outrun me so I'll have to try and run at a steady pace to avoid having my phone falling off of me because if I do, Jessica will be very pissed off with me when she finds out" Jacob said to himself as he sniffed the air again and began running on two legs instead of four. He could still run pretty fast even when running on two legs thanks to his enhanced endurance.
"I'd be a great gymnastics instructor, but I'd probably scare all of my students into submission but it's an option for the future" Jacob said as he vaulted over another wall and jumped over an air vent that stood out from the roof.
(Like I'm going to bore you guys with the same parkour maneuvers. Let's do a time skip to when Jacob eventually reaches the Assassins shall we? Besides, it's already taking long enough to do this chapter anyways)
"*Sniff sniff sniff* they're close, 59 meters away from where I'm standing. I can hear them talking to each other, let's eavesdrop on them and determine how I am going to do this" Jacob said as he focused his ears in the direction of the voices from the assassins and stealthy ran towards the edge of the building where the assassins were in an alleyway near that edge.
"Did you see the look on that Human's face before I shot him?" a light and humoured voice said while he and another voice laughed after what he said.
"Yeah! That look when he realised he was going to die! I can't believe that Zootopia would welcome a Human into its borders. No one knows about the truth of the near extinction of Humanity over 6000 years ago" a deep and raspy voice said which definitely caught the attention of Jacob.
"How do you know that? These guys definitely have some source to tell them that amount of information" Jacob whispered to himself as he was now within 20 meters of the assassins.
"I know right? That Human lied to everyone with "I was relieved of my duties for my incompetence", bullshit if you ask me. Humanity was nearly destroyed by itself because of biowarfare and I have a feeling that there are more of them out there in the world somewhere" the lighter voice said which really got the attention of Jacob this time.
"I had to lie or else everyone would think I'd kill them in the future and I don't think there are any Humans left" Jacob whispered to himself quietly as he peeked over the edge to see who his assassins were.
They were both Rams, one of them had white wool while the other had light brown wool so that's what gives it away. They both had light brown keratin horns. The light brown wool Ram was wearing a white tank top with some red and blue logo on it around the stomach region and a pair of blue skinny jeans while the white wool Ram wore a jungle camouflage hoodie and pants with the same camouflage pattern as the hoodie. A white car that looked similar to a Toyota Corolla only it was called a Pawyota Clawrolla sat in the alleyway and the light brown wool Ram was sitting on the bonnet (hood) of the car with his arms folded while the other Ram was investigating the boot (trunk) of the car.
"Though something felt off about that Human, like he had slightly pointy ears for some reason, his fingers were a bit longer than I originally thought along with the fact that he was freakishly tall" the light brown Ram said with a confused manner.
"Yeah, and he wasn't wearing any shoes either. But he's dead now and that's what matters because Black Knight is going to pay us a good paycheck!" the white wool Ram said victoriously.
"Not wrong with my characteristics, and who is this Black Knight? Obviously not the Knight who prevents people from crossing the bridge in Medieval times but someone who uses a nickname no doubt" Jacob thought to himself as he carefully observed the assassins chatting to each other.
"Uh Woolter? Where did you put the grappling hook? I can't find it in the trunk" the white wool Ram said in a manner that showed he was slightly angry.
"Woolter? Okay so that's one of their names" Jacob thought to himself while locking that name into his head for later.
"I thought you were going to handle the grappling hook Jesse" Woolter said innocently as he took out a cigarette lighter and a cigarette and took a small drag from it.
"Jesse? Did these guys have their names taken from Breaking Bad? Or is it just a coincidence?" Jacob thought to himself with surprise since their names sounded similar to Walter White and Jesse Pinkman from the iconic TV series.
"No, I told you to- ah it doesn't matter, it's not like they are going to find us" Jesse said as he closed the trunk of the car and took out his phone and held it up to his ear, he was calling someone.
"I beg to differ, time to strike" Jacob said as he used his sharp claws to climb down the building and into the dark and wet alleyway, Jacob waited for the 2 Rams to turn around and thats when he would strike.
"C'mon, pick up already" Jesse scolded to himself as he grew impatient since whoever he was calling wouldn't pick up.
"Do you have good signal?" Woolter asked as he faced in the direction of Jesse, now Jacob could take action.
Sneaking up to the car, Jacob snuck to the other side of the car and stretched his long arms over to Woolter and grabbed him by his face and dragged him over across the hood of the car and incapacitated him. Jesse would not hear Woolter crying out because his ears were distracted by the sound of his phone dialing and Jacob was covering Woolter's head completely.
"Hello? Yeah, of course you saw it on ZNN, me and Woolter want our paycheck so-" Jesse said as Jacob snuck up on him and pounced on him without using his claws to avoid killing him since his claws were capable of cutting through anything.
Jesse screamed in pain as his face made contact with the concrete ground and he dropped his phone due to the total unexpectation of being snuck up on. He couldn't move because Jacob had very firm grip on him so he wasn't going to escape anytime soon.
"Hello? Jesse? Are you th-" Jesse's phone spoke out before Jacob crushed it with his heavy foot and he made Jesse turn his body around to face what had trapped him.
The moment Jesse saw what was holding him down, he literally started squirming and shaking at the sight of a massive Wolf holding him against the ground with his razor sharp fangs bared and his blood red eyes piercing his soul.
"What the fuck are you?!" Jesse screamed out in pure terror as he tried to free himself but Jacob held him down harder when he tried.
Jacob snarled angrily as he slowly bended his muzzle down onto Jesse's face and breathed his hot air into his face which made him squirm even more.
"You have a lot of explaining to do Jesse. Try to call for help and no one will witness you being reduced into nothing but bones..."
It took me so long to finish this chapter because I have school but right now I have a terrible dose of the cold and I'm sleeping nearly all the time because I can't sleep at night so I hope you guys understand what's happening right now. I won't stop, it might take a while to upload due to my drowsiness and I can't think straight because of that so if something feels off in this chapter then that's why. And yes, I know the Google Pixel doesn't have little clips on the back of it but I had to ass that detail because it makes the plot easier to understand and I hope you didn't get too scared when Jacob confronted the Assassins...
Be sure to leave a review when you are done reading if you want to see more, or Jacob will come after you and tell you otherwise!