I have Returned Chapter 38: Explosive Nightmares, Morning Talk and Reunited with a Dear Friend
I don't know how I got this idea for the first part of this chapter but it'll be a lot more softer and relaxing than the rest of the story.
You'll find out for yourself if you read it and maybe you'll like to see the more affectionate and loving part of Jacob when he finds himself protecting someone from harm.
And thank you for your reviews! All of you guys loving how Jacob is a badass when he's a Werewolf. Let's see if we can hit over 10 reviews in this chapter!
And if you've been thinking, no, Black Knight is not the Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail and to quote him 'it's only a flesh wound'.
Anyways, I'm going to try to make this chapter long because I like making long chapters but they take longer to make, let me know if you want the chapters to be long or short because I find it hard to know which ones you guys like most.
This chapter is over 10,000 words long! 10,000! This is one of the biggest chapters that I have ever typed up!
Leave your reviews! And let us begin...
Jessica's House, Savannah Central, 6:00AM
Jacob was never one to talk about the topic of dreams, being a Commander in the Irish Army before being assigned to the United States to assist Civil Defense Forces and Joint Task Forces didn't give Jacob a lot of time to think, all he cared about was one thing that his Dad taught him when he was a young man.
"Jacob, good men are defined by the choices they make, you promise me something, you do it, no matter the cost" was the same quote that Jacob would always hear inside his head when he slept, he wasn't a hero but he was determined to be remembered by the good things he done for his country.
That quote only worked over 6000 years ago when Humanity was the dominant species of Earth, now that Humans are critically endangered with only one breathing and living specimen in a new world populated by Animals that evolved from the result of the 'Last War that Humanity would ever fight' from Chemical Warheads striking every major city on Earth and killing off all Humans and burning most plant life, Jacob asked himself if he was a good man for surviving something that he shouldn't have survived.
He had such a heavy burden on his shoulders, if he was the last Human standing on what once was their home planet, would he survive a world where Humans are seen as creatures of myths and fables, described as dangerous, intelligent, cunning, unmerciful and would not hesitate in killing anyone that are unfortunate enough to cross their path?
A world that sees him as a freak?
Weird?
Strange?
A monster?
Maybe now the quote will make Jacob aware of the choices he makes, if he is the last man standing in the world, then he should at least try to show the new world that Humans are not what they are portrayed as in myths and movies, show everyone that Humans are more than warmongering warlords and are actually very smart and sensitive individuals just like everyone else.
Even when cuddled up with Jessica in her bedroom underneath the soft and warm covers of her bed, Jacob was always susceptible to having very bad dreams, he never had a peaceful dream ever since he lost everything he loved and its been haunting him ever since.
Despite appearing very tough on the outside, Jacob on the inside was nothing but darkness and pain, every single happy or emotional emotion that he had were completely absent from his mind ever since his life was ruined.
Happiness, friendship, kindness, pity, devotion, calmness and the one single emotion that Jacob really didn't want to let go of.
Love.
But he didn't want to show the world that he was weak, a world that crushed him if he even showed the slightest bit of emotion.
Letting go of all of these emotions twisted Jacob's mind, taking on the form of constant nightmares in his twisted mind that he got so used too at this point that he isn't even scared of them anymore, even the emotion of fear is absent from his mind.
He does not fear being killed because he knows that he technically cannot be killed by conventional weaponry or any other form of violence or just pure chance like falling off a ladder, he was almost invincible.
Almost.
Nightmare...
Jacob slowly opened his eyes but quickly closed them as he was met with bright light engulfing his vision, he covered his eyes with his hands and opened his eyes again, he immediately realised that his hands were covered in some sort of strange looking metal gloves.
He assumed he was wearing his armour but when he eventually managed to endure the sheer amount of light entering his eyes, this was not the case.
He was wearing something that looked like something straight out of a science fiction movie, more fictional looking than Kaizen.
"What? What am I wearing? Kaizen? You there? Kaizen? If this is a prank then you got me so can you talk? Dammit, Kaizen's gone. What the hell am I wearing by the way? Talking to myself, I've always been insane since I lost my life" Jacob said to himself as he sat up since he was lying down on his back, he got a better look at what he was wearing and he got a better view at where he was.
It was clear to say that his body was completely covered in armour since he could feel how heavy this strange suit was but weight was no problem for him to surpass, the armour on his legs looked very thick with dark grey paint covering most of his legs but white and red stripes ran along the sides of his legs, thick dark red kneepads covered his knees which had some scrape marks on them and he was wearing thick metal boots that were shaped more rectangular than curved to suit his feet, covered in armour plating that slightly stuck out of his metal boots like waves on a blue ocean. His arms were covered in the same dark grey, red and white armour with the same stripes on the sides of the arms, on his wrists were strange looking small red screens with a few wires seeping into his arms like they were some sort of wrist computers. The gloves he wore had metal coverings on each joint of his fingers and a strange logo was imprinted on top of the glove.
The logo in question was a black outlined circle with a white circle inside it, the letters RBAF were imprinted in red outlined with black and inlined with white. Jacob had never seen a logo like this one before and he wondered what RBAF stood for.
His torso was also covered in the same thick armour with the same shade of dark grey, complete with a metal built chest, a metal six-pack running down the stomach and red and white lines outlining the chest and abs to complete it. Small white logos could be seen on the left side of the breastplate but Jacob could not read them upsidedown, he did not know what he was wearing but he thought it looked pretty cool.
He also knew he was wearing a helmet that completely covered his head since he had a Heads Up Display in what he assumed to be the visor of his helmet, it seemed more advanced than Kaizen's HUD with graphs showing wind direction, temperature which was 20°C (around 70 to 80°F), heart rate of the user which was 74bpm, latitude and longitude of the landscape, a flat compass system at the top of the Display, heartbeat detector systems, power supply to the suit which was 99.8%, suit integrity which was at maximum as it showed a full layout of the suit on the left side of the Display and a Weapons list which consisted of wrist flamethrowers, grenade launchers be it fragmentation, stun or smoke grenades, a strange looking assault rifle that Jacob was unfamiliar with, a Tungsten Carbide bullet proof shield and what looked like some sort of Bazooka. This suit clearly had plenty of options to choose from and it had lots of helpful graphs for its user, though Jacob wished it had an AI system that he could talk too.
The sound of him inhaling and exhaling was equivalent to that of an astronaut, even though Jacob wasn't in space but he didn't really care since it sounded the same as it did with his other suit.
"Okay, this is actually pretty cool I must say. Is this a variant that my suit can change into? I sure hope it is because when I get Kaizen back I'm going to ask her if this is in her list because this is pretty cool looking. Where the hell am I anyways? Clearly in Dreamworld but let's role with it" Jacob said to himself, realising that his voice sounded slightly distorted to sound more like a voice coming out of a radio, just more serious with a hint of power in it.
Jacob began to look around where he was and he started to get a feeling a Déjà vu, he was on a Mainland beach that lied just over the river that separated the Zootopian Peninsula from the Mainland, Bunnyburrow would be located miles and miles away from where Jacob was as he had an excellent view of the city of Zootopia. It was beautiful in appearance but Jacob knew it was no Human city, it was a city created by Animals that behave like Humans. Ships could be spotted sailing on the calm blue waters surrounding the peninsula that the city stood on, even a few Cargo ships with dozens of containers onboard.
The weather was the usual Zootopian weather which was warm sunshine with ocean blue skies and the few occasional pearl white clouds that happen to be passing by through the sky, the big white burning ball of gas was feeling happy today and wanted to share that happiness with its neighbours on Earth with warmth and sunshine.
He couldn't hear anything at first but the sound of waves gently crashing quickly filled his ears, he gathered white sand in his right hand and let it blow away into the soft and warm wind which made him smile underneath his helmet.
"This is a pretty cool dream, pretty relaxing and peaceful unlike all the other nightmares I had and I seem totally okay with it for some reason, I just wish that Jessica was here but I can't share dreams like some sort of telepath. There's the bridge that the train crosses to get to the city, I sure remember hanging on underneath the train and seeing wreckage of the Orbital Charger Satellite in Sahara Square's sand dunes, good times" Jacob said as he kept looking around him and he spotted the same train bridge that the train he hid under crossed to get to Zootopia, right on cue a train arriving from the Bunnyburrow direction began crossing the bridge and quickly made its way towards the massive and colourful metropolis.
"Cool suit of armour, relaxing on a beach in good weather and I can relax at last. I should talk to Chief Bogo about giving me back Kaizen since she technically belongs to me and-" Jacob said as he was interrupted by the unmistakable sound of an air raid siren, this caused his heartbeat to accelerate as he could only imagine what was going to happen next.
His HUD started flashing red with the words "Caution: Impact is Imminent: Evacuate from area immediately" appearing on the Display which made Jacob panic.
"Impact? Impact from what? Shit! What the fuck is that?!" Jacob yelled as he spotted something on the horizon, a bright object appeared from behind the clouds and it left a long white trail of smoke behind it, it roared down towards Zootopia and Jacob could hear citizens screaming as they tried to flee from what was coming.
"Highly explosive MOAB identified, blast radius=50 mile range, targeted to impact in Downtown Zootopia, total annihilation of the city Imminent, over 10 million casualties estimated, electromagnetic blast shields activating" appeared in the HUD as the suit Jacob was wearing started to make a humming sound as Jacob could only watch the potential chaos.
"No, this isn't real! This isn't real! Wake up God damn it! Wake up Jacob!" Jacob yelled to himself as he tried to convince himself to wake up but it wasn't working, light blue streaks of energy started appearing out of his hands and stretched out in front of him, forming a dome shield that covered him and a small area completely in a light blue dome built up of hexagons.
Then, after the screaming fell silent, it happened.
The MOAB struck Downtown Zootopia, Jacob felt his ears go deaf slightly and he was forced to cover his eyes from the bright nuclear bomb like flash as the explosion flattened the skyscrapers and other buildings like they were dominos in the city, a massive mushroom cloud with black smoke and fire took the liberated the skyline and a blast wave flattened the apartment buildings, other structures like houses and shops and sent cars flying through the air like toy cars. The blast wave reached the water and caused a small tsunami to form which was nearly completely hidden from the black cloud that quickly made its way over the once clean turned contaminated water, the massive Cargo ships were flipped over and immediately sunk under the force of the blast wave.
Jacob's heartbeat and breathing accelerated as the massive blast cloud of dust and fire quickly made its way towards him over the water, he closed his eyes and prayed for the best as he braced himself should the blast wave either kill him instantly or send him flying through the air.
He felt himself being pushed back from the blast wave as the cloud now enveloped the shield done that protected him completely, Jacob could only watch the power system of the shield slowly drop as the blast wave pushed him when he still stood, leaving small trenches in the sand from him being pushed back.
Fire engulfed him but the strange bubble shield was still holding miraculously, Jacob had never seen technology like this before and it was completely alien to him. He knew Massive Ordinance Air Blast bombs could pack a punch but he never saw a MOAB actually flatten an entire city like a nuke, just without the radiation and the intense heat.
"Oh shit..." Jacob said as a piece of what once a cargo ship appeared from out of nowhere from the blast wave of fire and dust dust that surrounded him and that was enough to convince Jacob to wake up before he got squished.
End of Nightmare...
Jacob instantly opened his eyes and lifted himself off the bed, breathing heavily and quickly as cold drops of sweat rolled down his head. He quickly fell beck down into his pillow and calmed himself down by slowing down his breathing from what he had just seen.
"Slow and deep breaths, slow and deep breaths, it was just a nightmare Jacob, we've had nightmares for over six thousand years, no way in hell would I allow a fucking Massive Ordinance Air Blast bomb hit Zootopia, why the fuck would I even dream about that? And why was I wearing that strange suit? So many questions flowing through my head, no answers. Fuck you brain" Jacob thought to himself as he rubbed his forehead clean of sweat and eventually fell relaxed again. He realised that he was cuddling Jessica under the covers and she didn't seem phased at all from Jacob jumping out of bed from the nightmare he just had.
"Quite some time we had last night huh? I still feel a little bit sweaty and sticky but thankfully I am immune to all diseases, even the sexually transmitted ones" Jacob thought to himself as a warm smile appeared on his face as he looked down at Jessica who had her arms wrapped around his body just like Jacob did with her, he remembered the very 'intimate' time they both had last night, their clothes were a tattered mess on the floor and the smell of love was in the air.
He never thought he'd ever be having an intimate relationship with a Grey Wolf, he just hoped no one would accuse him of beastiealty but maybe those sort of laws didn't apply with animals so maybe he'd have nothing to worry about, other than the fact that he is a Human which is a creature that all animals are instinctively and physically scared of loving an animal, her probably have nothing to worry about.
Based off what Jacob's phone showed him when he reached his arm over to grab his phone off the nightstand, it was 6:00AM in the morning and it was still raining in Zootopia. Jacob's ears slightly moved to the sound of rain lightly hitting against the bedroom window, the sound of rain was a nice thing to hear in the morning and it would put you into some sort of soothing trance. Very little light was shining, the curtains leaving a dark blue tint on the floor of Jessica's room.
It was Jessica's last day of babysitting Jacob, tomorrow she'd have to go back to her shift at Precinct 1 and go on patrol or investigate a case of whatever the police do, Jacob wasn't an expert when it came to being a Police Officer, being a soldier and a high ranking Army Commander he had experience of but being a Police Officer, that's a major no no.
"I know I shouldn't have lied at the Press Conference yesterday but everyone would freak out if I told them that I survived World War 3 and they'd all think that I would put them all in great danger for being in Zootopia, maybe they'll find out themselves in the future and we better be ready should that moment come. Maybe I can catch a few more Zzz's, not the time to wake up just yet" Jacob said as he brought Jessica closer against his rather hairy body and placed his head atop hers, he eventually fell asleep again and thankfully he had no nightmares this time.
But this nightmare, Jacob decided that maybe it was important to remember and kept it inside his head for safekeeping...
3 hours later...
Feeling very warm and comfortable underneath the covers, Jacob's body clock as usual woke him up and he groaned in annoyance since he didn't want to wake up. Even being an Army Commander in the past, Jacob wasn't a morning person and preferred to sleep in whenever he could, he was just feeling a bit more happier that he had a nice warm and fuzzy body to sleep with.
He tiredly opened his eyes and closed them again, he opened them again and blinked a few times to at least stay awake for a bit. After squinting his eyes for a bit from the pixie dust in his eyes, he looked down at Jessica who continued cuddling against him, she looked very innocent and adorable even when she was cuddling with a presumed deadly creature.
He was glad that he didn't transform in his sleep, that'd be pretty awkward and funny since he'd take up the entire bed and Jessica would be on the bedroom floor. Using his more superior than Bunny hearing ears, Jacob listened in on Jessica's resting heartbeat which beated slowly at a resting pace.
Jacob would never feel cold even without the covers on his body, he had the Black Howler Project to thank for that since his body is constantly on fire inside but he'd gotten used to it at this point, even if he was naked in a snowy landscape, he wouldn't die of the cold since he would always be burning hot inside.
He knew he'd have to find himself a place in Zootopia at some point, there were many options that he'd think of but all of them wouldn't go well if he tried them, teacher? He'd scare the hell out of the children. Shopkeeper? No one would dare want to speak or even pass a look at him if he worked behind the counter. Chef? He wasn't the best when it came to cooking, but at least a certain man wouldn't shout at him about where's the lamb lamb sauce or food being raw since he was dead. Army Commander like he was in the past? Either all of his soldiers would be so scared of him that they'd never speak to him and just follow his orders or he'd be a one man army.
He'd worry about that when the time to act came, right now he wanted to focus on what was present, like getting out of bed and waking up Jessica, getting dressed, eat breakfast and maybe play some video games or watch some TV together? Perhaps some movies on Petflix? He'd have to see how things would go when it came around to that.
As much as he didn't want to, he lightly shook Jessica to wake her up and she responded by groaning in annoyance and cuddling even closer to Jacob which made him blush deeply and he couldn't help but snicker at the action that Jessica chose in response to him shaking her.
"Jessica, don't make me have pour water on your face to wake you up please" Jacob said as he shook Jessica and she annoyingly opened her eyes but she was happy to see Jacob again, she remembered the time they both had last night and she noticed that she and him still weren't wearing anything under the covers, not that it mattered but it was best to be aware.
"Oh you wouldn't do that would you?" Jessica asked in a tiredly but innocent tone as she put on a tired smile at Jacob, he gently rubbed her behind her ears which made her lean her head up in the direction of his arm just like a domesticated dog would when you rubbed them behind their ears.
"No, I only said that so you'd wake up my little silly Wolfy, and it looks like it worked" Jacob said as he booped Jessica on her nose which made her giggle as she twitched her nose in response to the surprise touch.
"Anyways, you feeling okay? You look like you buried yourself in snow after you had too much to drink" Jessica said with a hint of concern in her voice, Jacob imagined that he looked like absolute crap after waking up from his nightmare, his hair all messed and his face all sweaty and pale since he has slept longer in ice than an actual bed.
"Just a bad dream I'd rather not talk about okay? I've been having nightmares for over six thousand years so this isn't really a surprise to me" Jacob said as he sat up and stretched his arms up in the air and groaned in satisfaction as he felt some joints pop in his arms and back.
"Oh, I understand, sorry for bringing it up" Jessica said, feeling bad about commenting on Jacob's appearance but she wanted to respect his privacy, he had suffered too many losses and he just wants to forget about the past and move on. She is fascinated by how Jacob copes with the fact that he could be the last Human alive, but she is rather weary of leaving him alone incase someone would break into the house and try to kill but she also remembered that Jacob is unbeatable in combat and stabbing him or shooting him won't stun him at all.
"That's okay, you didn't know and that's understandable. How'd you like our little moment yesterday? Like how I play in bed?" Jacob said as he waved his eyebrows which made Jessica punch him lightly and laugh at what he said.
"You're far better than good, you sure know how to give a girl a good time, let's just keep this between us okay?" Jessica asked sincerely as she and Jacob got out of the bed and passed no remark on the two of them being naked, Jacob nodded in response to her request and they both went to put on a new pair of clothes, Jacob walked back into his room while Jessica fiddled through her wardrobe.
Jessica, being the heated Wolf she was, couldn't help but peek at Jacob a few times as they both got out of bed. It didn't disturb her that Jacob was made up of bare skin with his body hair not completely covering his body like most Mammals would, she actually thought he looked pretty visually appealing for a Human, especially with how fast he could go.
"We should do that again sometime, he's so perfect and he's so big..." Jessica thought to herself but shook those fantasies out of her head immediately and continued rooting through her wardrobe for a new pair of undergarments, a t-shirt and pants.
Jacob meanwhile was back in his room putting on a new pair of cotton boxers that fitted him perfectly, he still felt drained and sticky but he didn't care, he loved every moment of bliss and pleasure he and Jessica had yesterday and he'd do it again in a heartbeat. He eventually found a nice light green t-shirt with a white and blue geometry pattern on the front of it and a pair of digitalised urban camo pants.
As he put his clothes on, he couldn't help but think about Jessica and her body.
Even though she was completely covered in fur and her breasts and private parts are completely hidden, Jacob liked how soft and smooth Jessica's fur was, he also liked her tail which swished around in whatever direction it wanted and he often liked to lightly stroke it with Jessica's permission of course, but he had more important things to think about and push those thought about of his head.
"I wonder how Kaizen is doing, she said she was able to hack her fixing clock even in emergency shutdown so maybe she'll be back to her normal self sometime this week, I should ask Jessica about getting Chief Bogo to give Kaizen back to me, I said that before but no big boom this time thankfully. I still wonder where the hell those cruise missles that struck Fangser Park came from and why, maybe that Black Knight guy was responsible for it, if I ever find it, he has a lot of explaining to do" Jacob thought to himself as he finished fitting his clothes on and walked back into Jessica's room to gather up his old clothes and his phone, Jessica was now fully dressed and walked downstairs with him.
"I'll put these in the laundry okay? Yours stink of sweat" Jacob said humourously which made Jessica scoff back at what he said, Jessica walked into the kitchen while Jacob walked into the small pantry beside the kitchen which was separated from the kitchen with a door, placing their clothes and washing detergent in the washing machine, Jacob set the temperature, speed and time and left the washing machine to do its job as it revved up.
Jacob's nose slightly moved to the smell of eggs cooking and his ears slightly moved to the sizzling, his mouth started watering and he walked into the kitchen just to see what Jessica was up too.
She was frying two eggs on a frying pan and also some toast toasting in the toaster, Jacob hugged Jessica from behind and placed his head atop hers which made her laugh out at how silly he looked in the mirror beside the cooker, he watched the eggs sizzle and Jessica flipping them over and after a bit, he decided to get some drinks ready.
"Would you like a drink Jessica?" Jacob asked as he broke the embrace from behind and walked over to a nearby drawer to get some glasses, he looked back at Jessica and awaited a response from her.
"Yes, I've some Petsi in the fridge, I'd like some of that please. These will take some time to get ready so you can go sit in the living room and watch some TV if you want" Jessica said as she pointed at the fridge and Jacob walked over to it, opening the fridge and grabbing the copycat blue bottle, he opened it and poured equal amounts of the brown fizzy liquid into the two glasses and placed the bottle back in the fridge.
He brought the two glasses of fizzing liquid with him into the living, placed them on the glass table and he slouched down on the couch, moving around until he found a cozy spot and eventually he did. He grabbed the TV remote, pressed the power button and waited patiently for the smart TV to turn on.
Feeling his phone vibrate in his pocket, Jacob took his phone out and checked his notifications and was surprised to see nothing in his notifications.
"Huh, guess Phantom Vibration Syndrome is really a thing after all but why is the question" Jacob said to himself as he placed his phone back into his pocket and looked back at the TV which was now playing a morning cook show program, hosted by a rather overly excited looking Polar Bear with a white and blue striped apron on as he was in the middle of baking what looked like a loaf of banana bread.
"Sounds delicious but I'm terrible at baking Mr Polar Bear, been a while since I've eaten any fruit at all, what am I saying? It's been very very long since I've eaten fruit" Jacob said to himself as he began to browse through the channels which mainly consisted of talkshows and sitcoms, like Good Morning Zootopia and Zeinfield which made Jacob scoff at the copycat names.
"Let's see what ZNN has to say, or should I say the Clinton News Network? At least ZNN isn't so negative" Jacob said with fake anger in his voice as he switched to the ZNN news channel which had just begun the morning news reports with Peter Moosebridge and Fabienne Growley (that's the name of the snow leopard news reporter according to the Zootopia Wiki so I'm using it anyways!)
"Good morning from the newsroom, yesterday at Precinct one's Press Conference, news reporters and citizens attending got the surprise of their life when a real and living Human stepped onto the stage at Chief Bogo's request, it turns out that the Mammal underneath the name Blue Irons is actually a Human, a both mythical and long extinct species until today, this Human in particular has been on the run from the ZPD for three weeks after he made a sudden appearance in front of Zootopia Central Station in Savannah Central. Peter Moosebridge, you were there at Precinct one when this Human appeared on the podium, how did you feel when you saw a very alien Mammal appear right in front of you?" Fabienne said in a professional manner as pictures of Jacob standing at the podium with a rather nervous looking look on his face and a picture of the Navy blue suit of armour he wore when he first arrived in Zootopia appeared on the screens behind the two news anchors.
"To me, it was actually very strange and very exciting at the same time. Contrary to what pop culture tells you about Humans, this Human who's name is Jacob O'Reilly will tell you that you've nothing to be afraid of because he just wants to live his life peacefully. Based off the questions he was asked yesterday, he said that he never ate Animals in his life which proved that Humans did in fact eat Animals in the past but he did not, claiming he ate chicken and fish to get his protein. It was very easy to tell by the look on his face that he was rather nervous and I understood why he'd be nervous in the first place" Peter Moosebridge said professionally while Jacob nodded with appreciation that Peter actually listened to him yesterday and didn't give him a bad rep.
"I see, what else did he say yesterday? Anything worth mentioning?" Fabienne asked in an intrigued tone as Peter Moosebridge prepared to answer her question.
"The suit he wore when he first arrived in Zootopia, he called it a one of a kind prototype Military Tungsten Carbide and other classified materials Power suit which can survive a fall from Earth's upper atmosphere and a Nuclear bomb, it's capable of morphing its shape to suit certain combat situations like siege warfare, aquatic warfare, black ops, tactical ops and counter terrorism, he also said that his suit is capable of rendering him invisible since the suit has some sort of advanced materials that can 'change' their properties to reflect across instead of outwards. The suit even has a jetpack and an advanced artificial intelligence system to assist the soldier in combat like performing reconnaissance and warning him of imminent danger" Peter Moosebridge said as Fabienne showed a look of disbelief from the mouthful of words that Peter said but she chose to believe him. Jacob was glad that again that Peter actually listened to what he had said yesterday.
"That's quite a lot to take in, you said Military? Was this Human a soldier back in his time?" Fabienne asked curiously as Peter cleared his throat and prepared to speak again.
"According to Jacob, he said that he was a Commander in whatever Military he was in and he had his own squad of soldiers which he called Thor squadron, he was relieved of his duties however due to an operation that went 'completely wrong' and he lost a lot of men as a result, he knew that his acts were disgraceful and unacceptable and his Commanding Officer forced him to resign as a result" Peter Moosebridge said as Jacob cringed at the very lie he made up, he was so embarrassed by what he said but he knew he couldn't tell the actual truth to the public.
"And there it is. I'm such a fucking lying piece of shit" Jacob said as he face palmed in shame and Jessica then arrived with two plates in her paws, each one containing forks and knives, one fried egg, two slices of toast with butter, one cup of tea and four chocolate chip cookies.
"If you had told them you survived World War three, you'd have ended up in deep trouble and you'd probably be forced out of the city" Jessica said as she placed the two plates on the table and sat down on the couch, scooching closer to Jacob and wrapping her arm around his back to comfort him.
"I know that, but they're going to find out about it eventually one way or another" Jacob said as he he could only imagine how Zootopia and perhaps the entire world would react if and when they found out what actually caused Humanity to disappear, he could imagine himself being exiled or worse, being locked up in a high security prison for Mammals fearing that a Human would bring death and destruction to them. He and Jessica began to dig into their breakfast as the news report continued.
"So this Human was in the Military? Interesting, what else did he say yesterday?" Fabienne asked, this wasn't a news report that'd come up every day so she was rather intrigued by this story due to the whole shock and wonder of a real life Human making himself known after such a long time.
"This may sound hard to believe and to be completely out of a science fiction movie but he has spent six thousand years in a cryogenic sleeping pod inside a bunker hidden within the mountains south of Bunnyburrow, the space debris that crashed into Zootopia three weeks ago came from an 'Orbital Charger Satellite' that powered the bunker as part of a time capsule project, what happened to the rest of the Human race? Jacob is still trying to find out as we speak" Peter Moosebridge said as Fabienne and probably viewers back at home who didn't watch the Press Conference yesterday opened their eyes wide open with disbelief at the Cryogenic sleeping part.
"Cryogenic sleep you say? Like being frozen in ice but you're still alive? How is that even possible? Humans must've been very advanced in technology back then" Fabienne said as she tried her best to hide her surprise but she slightly failed by a margin.
"Exactly, with an armoured suit capable of changing its shape, I'd say that Humans were way more advanced than we were back then. Jacob also told us that he was in Fangser Park the moment when high Military grade cruise missles destroyed the entire park and we've still to determine who caused that possible act of war, he had set up camp in Fangser Park while he was still being chased but his home was completely destroyed by the cruise missles as was his Tungsten suit which he named 'Kaizen' which was the only thing that protected him before it recieved damages beyond repair" Peter Moosebridge said while showing no struggle in pronouncing the strange name Kaizen. The Zootopian Government had called every country and state around the world and none of them confirmed firing missles at them, and that they too were conducting investigations into the attack.
"There were a set of abandoned warehouses in Fangser Park so I assume it would've been a very good place to hide from the officials, what kind of name is Kaizen anyways? I've certainly never heard of it before" Fabienne said while asking a question that slightly pissed Jacob off as he and Jessica continued to eat their breakfast.
"He never said why he called his suit that but maybe we'll find out in the future. He answered other questions before he was unexpectedly shot by a sniper from the upper floors above the reception area in Precinct One, miraculously, he survived despite being shot in the shoulder by a high velocity armour piercing bullet and is living like as if never had ever happened to him, Humans must be very tough to endure a bullet like that since he survived" Peter Moosebridge said as Jacob hoped he wouldn't bring up a surprise part where he said that Jacob turned into a massive Wolf but thankfully he did not.
"He survived being sniped? That's very hard to believe but there is video evidence that showed him getting shot before the videos cut off. Have the ZPD managed to find the culprits yet?" Fabienne asked as she again showed that she wasn't really fascinated by what she was hearing.
"Actually, Jacob found the culprits himself. Based off what Chief Bogo told us yesterday after the assassination attempt, he said that Jacob quickly tracked down the Assassins and who they were is quite surprising, Woolter White and Jesse Pinkwool, the same Mammals involved with helping Dawn Bellwether with the infamous Nighthowler crisis that plagued Zootopia over six months ago. How Jacob managed to track them down so quickly is unknown to us. As of now, Jacob's whereabouts will not be revealed to the general public for privacy and protection reasons. This is Peter Moosebridge and Fabienne Growley from the ZNN newsroom, good morning" Peter Moosebridge said as the news segment cut to a break and Jacob sighed with relief that the news anchors weren't so negative and stupid.
"Well that went better than expected, at least ZNN is more positive, I'll give them that" Jacob said as he took a sip of his Petsi and put the television on mute as he and Jessica continued to eat their breakfast together in peace.
"Yeah, better than the other news channels, most of the time. Can I ask you a question real quick?" Jessica asked after swallowing up some of the toast she chewed on and washed it down with her glass of Petsi.
"Ask ahead" Jacob said casually as he made eye contact with Jessica and waited for her to ask her question.
"If you don't mind answering this, why did you name your suit Kaizen?" Jessica asked with curiosity in her voice, Jacob didn't mind Jessica asking a question like that and was more than happy to tell her why.
"I named her Kaizen because she's a constantly improving artificial intelligence system, the word Kaizen in a Human language called Japanese means 'constantly improving', some of my men were Japanese and they couldn't speak good English, so I thought myself Japanese which bended my brain very hard but it was worth since I could finally talk to those guys and they could follow my orders without being confused. Kaizen reminds me of them and how energetic and enthusiastic they were and they always improved themselves when they done something wrong, and that's why I named her Kaizen, she speaks in a female voice so I'm calling the suit her incase you're weirded out" Jacob said while remembering old memories of his first days of being a Commander, he could remember them very easily and they felt so real to him if he thought about them enough.
"Really? How many languages did Humans speak if you don't mind me asking? And you taught yourself to speak a different language? I wouldn't have the patience to do that" Jessica said with questions first and added her little statement at the end with a hint of jealousy in her voice, she admired how Jacob cared about his men by teaching himself how to speak their language so he could cooperate with them more easily and she would do the same if she was in the same situation.
"Humans had over thousands of languages made in the history of our existence, I'm able to speak a diverse range of languages but Japanese, it was the most difficult for me to learn since it was like a bunch of patterns bunched up together, it was in an alphabet called Hiragana or Katakana or Kanji and it would hurt your head the first time you saw them but I was stubborn enough to learn them" Jacob said as he continued thinking about the hours he spent trying to learn the basics of how to speak Japanese and he remembered how he ended up staying awake all night just to learn Japanese.
"Wow, that's pretty interesting. What languages can you speak?" Jessica asked as she was now very interested in what other languages that Humans spoke.
"Je peux parler français Madame Brooks, that is French for 'I can speak French Mrs Brooks'" Jacob said without putting on an accent so Jessica could hear the words more clearly, she showed a look of confusion at first but she nodded in response when Jacob told her what it meant. French wasn't a problem for Jacob, he had an asshole for a teacher in high school to keep him motivated to know his French.
"That actually sounded pretty fancy when you spoke like that, what else can you speak?" Jessica asked, demanding to know what other languages Jacob could speak.
"Für einen Wolf, lieben Sie etwas, das Sie wissen in Frage zu stellen, ist sehr gefährlich. That is German for 'For a Wolf, you love to question something you know is very dangerous'" Jacob said with no mistakes in the pronunciation of the words he was saying. He learned German since he was forced to go there by his Commanding Officer to defend a VIP in Berlin.
"Does it now? You wouldn't hurt me, right?" Jessica asked sarcastically as she lightly punched Jacob on the arm which he simply ignored.
"You're words wound my heart Jessica, you're the one that's hurting someone here" Jacob said as he placed his hand on his chest and spoke in a fake pained tone which made Jessica giggle at him.
"Oh maybe I can help you, maybe give you something that'll cheer you up?" Jessica said as she placed her paw on Jacob's available hand and gave him a very direct look in the face.
"And whatever would that be?" Jacob asked as Jessica leaned in closer and gave him a light kiss on his right cheek, making him slightly blush from the unexpected move but he decided to role with what game Jessica was playing.
"Something like that, feeling better?" Jessica asked as she leaned back to her sitting position and awaited a response from Jacob, he smiled and eventually spoke up.
"I think I need another kiss, somewhere like this" Jacob said as he playfully pushed Jessica onto her back and pinned her against the couch, she and Jacob laughed as they both tickled each other and Jacob eventually brought Jessica into a sweet kiss on the lips.
"I'm glad I suggested having you bunk in with me while the Government does your paperwork, do you have any plans for certain jobs you want to apply for?" Jessica asked while smiling with happiness as Jacob still had her pinned against the couch which she didn't mind.
"I doubt anyone in this city will want me to work for them, they'll think I'm some sort of freak who can survive gunshots and wears a metal suit all the time, not also to mention the fact the reputation Humans have in pop culture which might make them too scared to even give me an application. I'll think of something when the time comes" Jacob said as his tone slightly lowered but he decided to lean in and give Jessica another kiss to cheer himself up.
"Nothing I can do about those idiots on the film industry and the internet, but you might since you're a big and scary Human with abilities that would make you a superhero, what name would you have if that was the case?" Jessica said while thinking of the many possibilities of Jacob being a kind of superhero.
"I don't know to be honest, maybe Wolfman? No, not scary enough, can you come up with one?" Jacob asked as he struggled to come up with a good name if he was a superhero.
"How about, Unseen Soldier? You're able to turn invisible in Kaizen can't you? You'd kick the crim out of criminal since you'll never be seen, I I think it's a good name" Jessica said while Jacob nodded in agreement with that name.
"Not a bad name, but I don't plan on being a superhero anytime soon. But I do plan on continuing this little game of ours..." Jacob said as he leaned down close to Jessica and proceeded to kiss her on the lips again.
But before his lips could make contact with hers, Jessica felt her phone vibrating repeatedly in her trouser pocket.
"Oh this better be important" Jacob said in a grumpy manner as he released Jessica gently in disappointment, she sat up and took her phone out of her pocket to see who was calling her, she too was disappointed since the moment was ruined but she had to check who was calling her.
She immediately swiped the answer button since it was Chief Bogo calling her, every Officer on the force knows that they should never decline a call from Chief Bogo unless they had a death wish.
"Chief Bogo? Is there something you need?" Jessica asked as she lightly bit on her fingers with anxiousness, awaiting a response from Chief Bogo who didn't respond immediately.
"Yes, but it requires both your and Jacob's attention. That Kevin suit or whatever ploughing name that Human gave that metal rustbucket just came alive in the Contraband storage room and everyone is starting to freak out here, thinking that robots are going to start taking over the world, get yourself and that hairless monkey down here now this instant so he can take that bucket of bolts away!" Chief Bogo said as he began yelling angrily into his phone which made Jessica move her phone away from her ear due to how loud it was. Jacob could perfectly hear every word Chief Bogo said in the call due to his sensitive hearing and he was not happy with what he said.
"Okay okay! We'll be there soon but make sure Kaizen doesn't leave Precinct 1" Jessica said as she hung up the call and looked at Jacob who showed a look of partial excitement and partial offense.
"Kaizen reactivated? Already? We have to get down there now Jessica before she starts panicking and hairless monkey? Does my hair not count as hair?" Jacob asked with surprise at how fast Kaizen fixed herself since she told him it could've taking weeks for her to wake up from emergency shutdown, he rubbed his hair in a upset manner at the insult that was thrown at him.
"Now's not the time Jacob, we have to get to Precinct 1 now" Jessica said as she and Jacob quickly got off the couch and they both made their way to the front door, Jessica grabbed her car keys from a small table beside the door and locked the door once she and Jacob exited the house.
"Kaizen isn't going to hurt anyone Jessica if that's what you're worried about, she's probably just waiting for me to come back to her because I'm the only Human she's ever worked with" Jacob said to calm Jessica down as she rushed to her Zoovloret Tahoe in a panicked state.
"That's good to know Jacob but Chief Bogo does not sound convinced that Kaizen is harmless, they have the contraband room sealed so that she doesn't escape so hopefully she doesn't try to escape" Jessica said as she and Jacob quickly hopped into the Zoovloret and put on their seatbelts, she turned the ignition and quickly reversed the car out of the driveway.
"Jesus! Did you ever consider being a stunt driver?" Jacob asked with pure surprise at how fast Jessica could react when driving her car.
"As a matter of fact yes! But I thought being a Police Officer would pay better and it does!" Jessica shouted back as she turned on the hidden sirens in her car and began to speed down the residential street as cars pulled over to the side of the road to make way for the car.
"Hidden sirens? What other surprises does this car have? Oil slicks? Jammer systems? Missle launchers?" Jacob bantered as Jessica couldn't help but laugh at what he just said, she kept her eyes fixed on the road and spoke up.
"I wish! Then I'd be like a spy out of a movie! Let's just focus on getting to Precinct one" Jessica said as she pulled a hard right at the junction they came up too, thankfully they were both wearing their seatbelts else they would've slipped off their seats.
After taking sharp turns around corners, weaving carefully through traffic and driving above the speed limit in empty streets, they both eventually arrived at Precinct 1 which was surrounded by SWAT vans, a few helicopters, Officers armed with UMP-45 like guns and completely covered in black combat gear, along with curious onlookers peeking from behind barriers placed by the SWAT teams.
"Wow, the welcoming party arrived" Jacob said as he tried to lighten the mood, he was actually rather annoyed at the fact that the ZPD was wasting their time, he knew they were just taking precautions but he knew Kaizen better than anyone else and he knows that Kaizen would never hurt an innocent being.
"Just behave yourself, I don't think Chief Bogo is in the mood for jokes" Jessica said as she pulled her car over and they both got out and made their way to the barriers, Chief Bogo was giving orders to a couple of SWEAT officers as Judy and Nick patiently stood beside him.
"Chief Bogo won't dare raise his voice at me, not after what he saw yesterday" Jacob said in a dead serious tone, remembering what he would've looked like from Chief Bogo's point of view as he watched him slowly and grotesquely turning into his other form right in front of him.
Once Chief Bogo was finished talking to two SWAT Officers who aimed their rifles at Precinct 1, he turned to see Jessica and Jacob quickly make their way towards him and he was both happy and angry to see the duo.
"Officer Brooks, Jacob, good thing that the two of you are here because everyone here including me thinks that Kevin robot is going to start attacking us since he started moving around in the Contraband Storage Room! Jacob, do Zootopia a favour and escort Kevin out before they start shooting up my Precinct" Chief Bogo said in an angry manner but spoke in a sarcastic manner afterwards which may or may not have pissed off Jacob.
"Listen up Horns, 'Kaizen' is the only reason in this world that I'm still alive and she would never attack anyone unless they attacked her first, right now you are making Kaizen afraid and she just might attack you if you do not put down your guns, so do me a favour first and try not to appear threatening to her when she steps out. Dismissed" Jacob said as his tone suddenly turned more threatening and aggressive than Chief Bogo's which immediately made Chief Bogo feel like jelly, he didn't show it but Jacob knew well that he scared him.
"Okay relax before violence actually does break out, you want Jacob to go in by himself? What if-" Judy said as she butted into the conversation and stopped the two from going further, Jacob swiftly interrupted her before she could ask her question.
"Judy, there are no what if's with Kaizen, she would never rebel against me if that's what going through each of you so stop acting like a bunch of babies and man up" Jacob ordered the trio, Judy and Chief Bogo agreed but Nick was more hesitant and doubtful as usual.
"Really? How do you that she won't-" Nick said before he was casually silenced by Jacob words.
"Nick, just shut up" Jacob said as he crossed over the barrier by himself, Jessica was going to move in and help him but Chief Bogo lightly grabbed her by the shoulder and slowly shook his head, Jacob was to do this alone and just him alone.
Jacob felt himself being put under the sights of the many SWAT teams aiming their guns at Precinct 1, it did not phase him at all because he knew they would never shoot him.
Not unless they wanted to suffer a fate worse than death.
Making his way through the revolving doors of Precinct 1, Jacob found it unusual to see the reception area completely desolate of Mammals since it was always a busy area, he thought that everyone was wasting their time but they wouldn't understand anything Jacob told them.
"Kaizen? Kaizen? If you can hear me then you don't have to be afraid anymore. It's me, Jacob, the only piece of company you've had for the last six thousand years" Jacob said as he heard his voice echo through the hallways of Precinct 1, the Contraband Storage Room was located on the third floor so Jacob would unfortunately have to take the stairs.
"I fucking hate stairs, I'd rather sheath my claws and climb up the wall if it wasn't damaging property. Something is up with that Nick guy, like he thinks I'm not telling anyone everything about me, he wouldn't be wrong but I'd rather leave the past in the past" Jacob said to himself as he began making his way up the many stairs as quick as he could.
Easily overcoming the stairs without a drop of sweat on his forehead, he eventually arrived at the grey steel door with the words 'Contraband Storage Room' inscribed in black paint.
"Locked, of course, that would've been too easy. Maybe I could climb through here" Jacob said as he climbed up the door and squeezed through the glass window that was conveniently placed on top of it, why it was placed there was beyond him.
The lights were turned off but Jacob had no trouble seeing in the dark, he could see multiple shelves around the place which were filled with things like drugs, guns, forged documents, counterfeit goods, pirated software etc. He couldn't see Kaizen however and he hoped she was still in the room.
"Kaizen? You there? You know who I am, come out, you don't have to be afraid of me" Jacob said as he walked around the many aisles of shelves and looked down to see if Kaizen was there, she was not located anywhere.
Jacob listened out for Kaizen's metal footsteps, but he heard nothing but the sound of silence.
"She must've gotten out, I hope she hasn't gotten-" Jacob said to himself before he was interrupted by a very familiar sound that triggered memories inside him.
The activation beeping of Kaizen when she came online for the first time.
"Kaizen?" Jacob said as he something moving near the shelves, he saw a figure standing onto its two legs and looked straight at him with emerald green lights for eyes.
Jacob then noticed that Kaizen looked very slimmer than she did before, her body shape looked exactly the same as-
"The suit in my dreams, it was you all along" Jacob thought to himself with shock and disbelief, Kaizen now looked exactly like the suit in Jacob's nightmare last night.
"Jacob?" Kaizen called out nervously as she stood forward and looked closer at Jacob, she immediately knew that it was her Human companion.
"Kaizen!" Jacob shouted happily as he and Kaizen started running at each other at breakneck speed.
And the Human and the Machine were instantly met in a warm and loving embrace, not able to bear the amount time separated from each other...
Aw, now wasn't that a nice reunion?
I'll explain myself first, my absence was caused by family problems but we've managed to finally move on from our problems that I'd rather not bring up.
Plus I didn't have a lot of time to type since I'm being moved upstairs into a bigger bedroom so more privacy and space for me!
I just keep praying that I don't end up in these kind of annoying situations so I hope you understand what's happening right now.
This story isn't dead, it never will be either so I am very sorry for not posting fast enough.
I will be making the next chapter of Welcome to Zootopia after I post this chapter and I do have plans for a new story, more to follow in the future...
Please leave your reviews if you desperately want to see more content and I'll be sure to upload as soon as possible.
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It's 3:00AM in the morning now, so I hope this was worth your time. You can show that by leaving your reviews of course.
Today I don't feel like doing anything... *Whistling whistling*
Sincerely,
S47.