The snow was falling heavy, and with the orange streetlights it gave everything am ominous glow. This wasn't anything new for the two mammals flying though the air, in fact it was just another day in the office. The cold was nothing to them as they were covered from head to toe with cloth. Scarlet Fang and Wild One had been in this part of Tundra Town before as well so nothing seemed out of the ordinary when the call came in.
"How far?" Came the call Scarlet who was holding Wild One so that they could move quicker to where they had to go. Meanwhile Wild One held up his wrist to check the display that was inlaid into his suit, the display showed the location they had to go as well as which direction to go in order to get there. Currently it showed that they were nearly on top of the marker,
"Go ahead and start heading down we're nearly there" he said, Scarlet nodding in response flying towards the ground.
"We have a supposed assault in this dark alleyway, several mammals attacking and only one mammal getting attacked. Should be nice and easy" Wild One said,
"You always say that" Scarlet said rolling her eyes in her mask.
"Because it always is"
The landing was smooth, Scarlet dropped Wild onto the roof before landing on it gently. The moon illuminated the sky, but even without it Wild One would have been able to see down in the alley way because of his night vision. It took only a peek to count the mammals and see the position they were all in.
"Alright, we got three verse one. It seems like none of them are armed so it should be easy, the one being attacked is against the wall so everyone else is a target. Ready?"
"Yup"
And with that they jumped down into the alley. It all happened quickly, they dropped down right on top of the outside two leaving the one in the middle in shock as he watched his two buddies get taken out. He didn't have much time to react either as the super strong fist of Wild One connected straight on with his face knocking him out instantly.
Once they were certain the threat was clear the duo went to the small mammal, who turned out to be a small squirrel.
"You alright there champ?" Wild One asked walking up and kneeling down in front of him.
"Ha… ha ha ha… HA HA HA!" The small mammals laughs were small at first but soon grew to a maniacal cackle. A pain then sparked in both of their necks, Wild One quickly reached up and pulled out whatever had stabbed him in the neck. He looked at it confused but his blood ran cold when he saw the tranquilizer dart, and he could feel the effects of it instantly as his legs began to give out. He looked over at Scarlet to see she had already fallen to her knee's.
'No' he thought to himself. Luckily he had trained his brain so much that his hand moved automatically to a button on his wrist next to the display which served as an emergency signal to the house, hoping Nick would see and get someone to help. His eyes shut and he was out…
"FUCK!" Nick screamed, he had already gone through every other profanity he could think of as he paced through the living room. Judy sat on the couch thinking of what they could do to save them.
"We need the suits. There's gonna be a lot of mammals with guns and those suits can protect us from getting destroyed by bullets." Nick had a glint of insanity in his eyes, something about him was off as if he was willing to do whatever he had to do. Even if he had to kill someone…
"Nick you need to calm down, we need an actual plan before we just go in there and get killed" Judy said hoping to calm him down. When he heard her desperate plea he looked over at her and saw her looking at him with a worried look, he also noticed his powers being really strong and that could be making her uneasy. 'I really need to learn control' he thought to himself. The last thing he would want as a hero is to have the public fear him.
"I'm sorry" he said breathing and reigning in on his energy, "this is something I've never really planned for, my parents are the best, I didn't think anything like this would ever happen" and it was true because after all twenty years of them working they had never been captured.
"It's okay, I already have Jack on the way here, but we need to move quickly, we don't know what they are going to do" she said. The fox let out a breath of relief, she was the best, while he was freaking out she was already figuring out what to do. He walked over to her and picked her up, pulling her into a hug and rubbing her ears taking a deep breath of her scent.
"Thank you" Meanwhile Judy was relishing in the affection he was showing her.
"We need to get going Nick, how are we going to get there?" She asked, none of them could drive after all. Nick smirked, he had a plan and Judy knew that she wasn't going to like it.
"I know someone who might be able to help us at this hour, I just have two phone calls to make"
The street lanterns flew by as the police cruiser went down the road. Red and blue lights bounced off everything it hit, windows, other cars, even the walls all cascaded in the two colors. There were four mammals in the car each one of them acting differently and each one doing different tasks. Jack sat in the back on a laptop, typing away, looking for something. His large ears were standing straight up allowing the mammals in the car to see the dark stripes that were running horizontally. What he was searching for was the schematics to the building they were headed to.
The mammal sitting next to him was Judy in a brand new suit that came off the table a few minutes ago. It was a skin tight one piece suit that was black with long streaks of purple running down her sides, her paws were once again in her foot wraps to protect her sensitive yer powerful feet. Her ears were once again tied up and behind her head and she had a hood up over her head. She also had a mask on that covered the area around her eyes so her entire face was open but her identity and species were hidden. She simply sat in her seat going over the plan they had come up with in her head. She also continuously pulled at the suit think it was a little tight for her, but extremely comfortable. And the best part is that it was designed for her hands to remain open but also protected allowing her to use her powers.
The third mammal in the car was chief Bogo, he was of course driving. The chief was just about to clock out when he got a call from emergency hotline he had set up with Wild One and Scarlet Fang, but was surprised when he heard Nicks voice instead of his parents. While he was frustrated to be driving out at night when he could be with his own family when he had listened to the fox's story he knew he had to help. He was shocked at what he saw when he arrived at Nicks house, the two M's burned into the ground, the suspicious jack rabbit, and of course the suits that both Nick and Judy were wearing. It was not what he was expecting, but then again he didn't have powers so he didn't know the benefits of wearing certain clothes. Especially the fox sitting next to him, who looked completely different (he didn't even recognize him when he first arrived), but it suited him.
Said fox was of course Nick, but if you looked quickly you wouldn't be able to tell. His suit was just how he had tried it on, except you know it actually fit. It was snug and made moving quickly very easy for him, the shoes and hood had been taken off, per Nicks request. It was made out of the material Edna had showed him, with its hex pattern covering the majority of it in a dark black but with grey stripes where a belt would be as well as around his wrists and neck. The suit itself made him feel something, he couldn't describe it, but it felt like it was giving him power and energy. It felt good, like he was born to wear it. And now that his species was out he didn't bother with a mask or foot coverings, of course he still wanted to protect his true identity so instead of donning a hood or mask he simply grabbed some silver fur dye from the closest convenient store. It was strange looking at himself in the mirror and seeing a silver fox, but considering Bogo didn't recognize him he knew he would be okay. Nick was simply buzzing, the plan they had was good, REALLY good. And he knew that by the end of the night he would have his parents out.
"Can someone please tell me the plan again?" Bogo asked, he knew what was going on but it sounded so crazy that he wanted to be sure he heard it right. Everyone groaned in response making the Cape buffalo angry, "I know the plan I just think its so darn crazy that it won't work and also want to be sure I don't mess up!"
"It's alright," he said in a rough voice that wasn't his own, one of the benefits of Edna's suits was the built in voice changer that could easily mask whoever's voice it was to protect their identity, "we're currently headed to the compound where we will stop just before we get too close where your gonna let me and Carrots out. You two will stay here and act as back up in case shit hits the fan, which it might. We are going to go in and sneak through the vents to where they are most likely holding my parents where we will sneak in bust them out and then get the hell out of there." Nick said to Bogo, knowing that it wasn't exactly his prime time for working. The plan was simple in concept but with their knowledge of the vent systems and Jacks ability to to watch their back on surveillance they were gonna be in and out before anyone ever noticed.
"Got it, and where is this place again?" Bogo asked, he was simply driving towards Tundra Town as that where was there the beacon had gone off. Nick didn't actually know how to get to the compound by car either, sure he could probably walk through the woods but there wasn't enough time for that.
"The place used to be a hospital, it was built on the side of a waterfall but closed down back in the nineties for unknown reasons." Jack said scrolling through his laptop. Bogo's eyes perked up at the mention of a hospital on a waterfall as memories flashed through his eyes.
"I know where we're going" the way he said that caught the attention of the silver fox next to him,
"Bogo did something happen at this compound?" Nick asked,
"Yeah, I had my first big bust at that hospital. Back then it was just called Cliffside. It happened about twenty years ago and was also probably the first time your parents stepped into the spotlight as hero's for the city." Bogo said focusing on the road, but Nick could tell that his mind was giving him flashbacks to whatever happened. Nick had heard about what happened but never knew the real location of where it all happened.
"Well what happened?" Judy asked from the back, her voice also masked but in a deeper richer way like she was a much larger mammal compared to Nicks change which was his voice if he was much older and larger.
"Well we went in after getting calls about mammals going missing, I tracked a truck carrying a kidnapped bison all the way to the edge of the city and found that they had wound up at the hospital. But the thing was it wasn't really a hospital, it was more of an experimental prison where they tested mammals with chemicals to see if they could create a mammal that was stronger than any hero imaginable. They were hoping to sell it to the government to create some sort of super soldier, but we came in just in time to shut it down. The two in charge were to ewe's who were sentenced to life in prison but were killed before they could even get into the holding cell, no one knows who killed them to this day though…" there was something about the story that felt familiar to Nick, he couldn't tell for sure but there was a connection.
"So what happened to the hospital after that?" Nick asked wondering how it could still be held up considering it was on the side of a waterfall.
"It was shut down but the building was left there. It was too risky with the waterfall there to demolish it."
The car continued on, heading into the wall that lead into Tundra Town. But instead of continuing into the frigid tundra Bogo turned right into a maintenance tunnel. The small tunnel was only large enough for one car to fit through making Bogo's maneuvers much more difficult, but he pulled them off flawlessly as if he had done it before and soon enough they popped out into the open again. Judy began to recognize the landscape surrounding them as the mountain on the left sloped off to the cliff on the right. It was very different actually seeing the landscape from the inside of a car rather than beneath one, the fog rolling over the sides of the mountain made everything feel much more claustrophobic than it really was. The fog soon cleared out revealing the waterfall and the building that sat perched at the edge.
"Stop here" Nick said. They were just far enough to where they wouldn't be seen easily but could move in stealthily. Nick unbuckled his seat belt and stepped out of the car, poking his head back in one last time and looking at Bogo, "they aren't gonna know you're hear so stay hidden unless we call you. Jack do you have the radios?"
The white rabbit nodded in response handing them two small ear pieces, "these will allow us to communicate, I'm already into the buildings main frame and from here it seems that there are four mammals on the bridge, fairly large." The pair nodded being sure to create a link between themselves in order to communicate with each other silently. They were about to head off when a voice stopped them, and looking back they saw Bogo had opened one of the windows.
"Stay safe, and bring those two home" he closed the window and gave them a thumbs up. They both gave a salute in response before turning and heading towards the towering building.
Bogo watched the two go, sighing and rubbing his face. He was tired, and because of that he thought about the ways that this plan could go wrong some of them being worse than others.
"This is going to be interesting" he whispered to himself.
"Yeah, your telling me" The voice behind him startled Bogo, he had completely forgotten about the jack rabbit sitting in the back.
"Who are you again?" The buffalo asked oblivious to why the rabbit was even there. Jack simply sighed, slapping a paw on his face.
'Yeah this is going to be interesting'
Cliffside looked like something out of a horror movie from their perspective. The water fall creating a mist that covered the surrounding land, the water that fell down into the gorge below creating an even thicker mist that toward up towards the heavens. It looked like the hospital was being sandwiched by to clouds, the only way to get up to it was the narrow bridge from the mainland to the building. Two sets of eyes scoped out the land and bridge being sure to locate any mammal they saw. This was going to be all Nick because he didn't want Judy to link with anyone and leave her real body in the open. It was going to be a challenge for the fox as most of the mammals were taller than him, but with his strength and speed he thought he could slip through with ease.
'I'll watch you from up here if you need any back up, now go get 'em' He heard Judy's voice in his head. He looked over at his rabbit and gave her a nod and a smile of appreciation.
The amount of fog as well as how the sheer darkness that shrouded all the land around the bridge helped Nick to sneak up to the small building right next to the bridge. The building seemed to function as a security checkpoint as there was a moveable barrier just next to it blocking any cars from going across unless they really felt like driving through it. There was a single streetlight on this side that illuminated the area, as well as the light coming from the building itself. The four mammals around the area were well spaced out (to Nicks luck) one of them being directly on the other side of the building. An idea popped into Nicks head as he looked at the height of the building, he could easily jump on top of it with his strength, now to just get the mammals attention. He peaked around the corner to see just how big this mammal was. It was a elephant, at least three times taller then he was, but with enough momentum he could be cracked easily. Nick slid back into cover looking for something to draw the elephants attention, there was nothing on the ground except dirt and some stones. 'Perfect' he grabbed one of the stones and leaned back around the corner, the toss was light but well aimed as the small stone hit him right in the back of the head instantly grabbing his attention.
The elephant could see a shadow moving behind the building, and knowing who they had captured he figured he knew who it was lurking in the darkness. He raised his gun, which looked more like a toy than an actual weapon, as he walked towards the side.
"Here foxy foxy, I wont hurt you if you just come out and give yourself up." No response came as the large mammal crept towards the corner, he stopped at the edge giving him one last chance to surrender. When once again no response came he prepared himself to attack, "alright suit yourself", and with that he jumped the corner only to be met by absolutely nothing. The elephant searched around confused before hearing a whisper.
"Hey you're looking too low" the voice was deep, definitely not the voice of some teen. He then felt a wave of fear wash over him as if he was in the presence of something deadly. Looking up he saw the silhouette of a fox, that was the last thing he saw as he a knee flying towards his face before everything went black.
The sound of the elephant hitting the ground attracted the attention of two of the three mammals left.
"Trunkaby, do you copy?" Came the call through the elephants radio, Nick watched the radio waiting for a response.
"Purrson, Todd go check and see if he is okay" a voice called out on the radio.
'Great now I gotta deal with two of them' he looked around looking for a different tactic. There were bushes along the back of the building with forest continuing off into the distance. The bushes would work perfectly to allow Nick to hide and get up close with them.
The two mammals rounded the corner seeing their coworker knocked out on the ground, the feeling of power covered the area like dew of a cold morning. They looked closer at Trunkaby to see what happened to him, blood was dripping from his trunk as it was bent at a very awkward angle.
"How could a small fox or a tiny rabbit do something like that?" One of the mammals was a white tiger in a long dark trench coat while the other was a snow fox in similar dark clothing. They were both holding guns up, scanning the area for any sign of the attacker. The guns were strapped around their bodies so that they could easily put them to their side and use their hands if needed.
Rustling of bushes caught their attention snapping their heads and guns towards the sound. A small gust of wind blew by causing every other tree and bush to rustle as well, but one was moving differently then the others. The tiger tapped the fox on the shoulder signaling to him the bush, the fox looked realizing quickly why it was different nodding to the tiger and raising his gun. The two crept forward until they were right on top of the bush, it seemed normal, that is until two paws shot out of the grabbing the guns that were strapped to their bodies causing the two to lean down significantly. Nick quickly let go of the guns reaching up to their heads and smacking them together with all his might knocking them out cold.
Once he was sure they were out Nick stepped out of the bush listening for the sound of any other mammals nearby, "Jack where is that last mammal?" He asked over the radio, there was a moment of silence while Jack searched the cameras for where the last one was.
"He's on the far side of the bridge, I can kill the lights on the bridge for you to sneak across if you want?" Jack asked,
"Do it" the moment he said that the lights went off.
"Todd, Purrson did I you find anything?" A rhino called on his radio.
Silence
"Does anyone copy?"
Darkness, the lights around him shut off leaving the rhino in darkness, the only source of light he had was the dull light from the moon somehow making its way through the mist. But considering he didn't have night vision he was practically blind. He quickly picked up his gun and flicked on the flashlight, shining it down the bridge to see if he could see anyone coming. The sound of shuffling caught his attention as he flicked over to his right seeing the end of a black tail disappear behind a box. More shuffling behind him dragged his attention to the other side just in time to see a shorter white tail disappear around the corner of a car. He knew they were now behind him, but what he wasn't expecting was to hear a grunt and the sound of something flying through the air. He turned towards it to see a foot flying towards his face before it contacted him right in the jaw, easily knocking two teeth out, as he slammed into the ground.
"Hm that's a pretty good strategy" Judy said as she stood up from her kneeling position.
"I guess we're gonna have to remember that one for later" Nick said, "alright Jack we're clear out here"
"Yep you're clear, the entrance at the side should be open and clear" he said through the radio.
"Roger that" Nick said. He then looked over at Judy, nodding towards their entrance, "show time".
Getting in was simple considering Judy knew how to get in through the drain pipe, and when they got to the room full of old beds all of the boxes stood tall just like they had when they originally escaped, and with a quick boost they were up into the vents. They sat for a moment at the entrance asking Jack to find the holding room where his parents were most likely being held, once he found it the jack rabbit gave them directions for how to get there through the vents. They eventually got to a hatch that was still in place but had slits that allowed them to peek through, and sure enough they were on top of the holding cells.
'We need to find someone for you to link with' Nick thought to Judy. There were five mammals in the room including one directly beneath them which was a lion, 'you remember the alleyway?' He asked.
'Yeah, but what…' she stopped mid sentence as the events in the alley played out in her head. There were five mammals then and there are five of them now, 'I see what you're thinking, we just have to get this open and then I can create a link with that lion'
Nick slid up to the grate and felt around it for a moment testing to see how quickly and quietly it would come out, it was loose and seemed like it would come out quietly, 'I got this'. Judy stepped back in the vent and watched as Nick grabbed the cover, pushing it out of the socket before tilting it, bringing it in, and then laying it at his side all without making a sound.
'Nice, now hold onto me so I don't fall down' she thought to him. Nick took her paw and lowered her down smoothly towards the lion, once her paw was just in reach she tapped the tigers head and was hoisted up back into the vent before they even noticed.
'Alright I got it, as soon as you take out the last mammal I will break the link and then you take the lion out got it?' She thought while lying down in the vent.
'Got it, once you make your move I'm coming in' Nick thought preparing himself to jump down. Judy nodded before closing her eyes and taking over the lion.
It was a girl lion, to Judy's relief, the amount of times she took out a male made her uncomfortable to think about. She looked around taking in the mammals in the room, two rams, a lynx, and a black bear. Should be pretty easy to do this considering she was now the largest mammal in the room. It happened quickly, she lunged at the ram who was directly to her left quickly throwing her elbow into their head, sending him back into the glass wall behind him knocking him out. She then dove for the next ram who was to un surprise to move, at this point Nick had jumped down and went after the lynx who was running towards the lion not even noticing the fox's presence.
Nick made quick work tripping the lynx as he was running, causing him to fall face first into the ground, the dox quickly got on top of the lynx grabbing their head before shoving it back into the floor knocking them unconscious while also breaking their nose in the process. The last mammal was the black bear who was now approaching Nick with deadly intent, she could feel the aura coming off the fox but was more focused on trying to take down the threat then notice any weird feeling. The bear reached into her pocket pulling out a taser rod, just like the one that the rhino had last time he was here, she jabbed it at the fox who easily dodged the bears weak attacks. When the bear reached back to make another jab Nick spun and brought a kick up to her head, hitting her directly in the side of the head sending the bear into the wall.
That was both of his mammals taken now out, they had gained the attention of everyone in the cells, some cheering the two on as they took out their captors.
Nick looked over at Judy to see that she had taken out both of the rams, she looked at him and nodded. The lion was then put back and shook their head, the signal that Judy had broken the link. Nick charged at the lion with as much power as he could muster, jumping up and swinging his legs up to drop kick the lion. He made contact right in the lions center feeling bones crack beneath his feet, the large mammal flew back hitting the glass of a cell behind her causing it to crack in the process, she then slid her back down the wall and collapsed on the ground.
A cheer of applause erupted from the mammals in the cells, Nick held his fingers to his face to silence them, he definitely didn't want to get caught now. Meanwhile Judy dropped down from the vent joining Nick, they searched each cell until they found the one they were looking for. Both of his parents were in the same cell, still suited up just without their masks, and hadn't noticed all the commotion yet, when Nick tapped his clawed finger to the glass his dad looked up from the ground where he was sitting locking eyes with him. Confusion crossed his face as he didn't recognize the silver fox in the super suit standing in front of him, that is until he locked eyes and he could never forget the emerald eyes of his son or the violet eyes of Judy. Edward tapped his wife on the shoulder who looked at him and then at the glass, the same emotions crossed over her face as she realized who was there.
"We're going to get you guys out of here" Nick said.
"Alright well work quick they said they were coming back soon" Amelia said standing up and approaching the glass. Her heart swelled with pride as she watched Nick and Judy work just like Edward and her had when they first started.
"BREEEEER BREEEER!" The alarm sounded and red lights flashed,
"Shit, Savage, what's going on?" Nick asked through his ear piece,
"I don't know the alarm was sounded by someone just outside the room I'm trying to see who" Jack said through the other end, tapping away at the laptop and switching cameras to the outside hall. "Oh no…"
"What is it Savage?" Right when Nick asked the door opened and in rushed more guards.
They quickly surrounded and raised their guns at the two who were now in the center of the room an, Nick quickly reached up to his ear one last time, "Back up! We need back up!", just as the flow of guards stopped in came the masked mammal themself holding a remote.
"Well, well look who we have here. It seems our prey has fallen right into our trap, although I must say I like your new little costumes. I barely recognized you two, especially you Nick changing your fur color was a smart decision" She said walking up to them, Nick merely growled in response. Two large mammals stepped up behind them and grabbed them, Nick tried to break free and was close to getting out when Magnus spoke up again, "ah ah ah, I would stop that if I were you fox" they said waving the remote they were holding in their hands. Nick stopped as he watched the remote swing back and forth,
"What's that?" He asked confused as to the relevance a remote could have to the situation. Their face was hidden but he could feel the crazy grin coming off the mammal,
"The main event" the two restricted mammals were then led closer to Edward and Amelias cell, the guards cleared the way allowing a clear view of the whole cell, "you remember the experiments I showed you Nick? And I suppose you saw too Judy just through different eyes". How could they forget, no one had ever taken a mammals powers away before so of course it was engraved into their memory. Nick was confused until he realized just where his parents were, then fear filled his face.
"No, no no no no no. You wouldn't, if you do it I will break free of this goon here and strangle you." Nick said as he realized just what they were implying.
"Hmm how brave, taking your own life to save their powers, I never would have expected something like that from a fox." Their voice was growing more frustrated as time past, as if the anger was building up and was about to boil over.
"Why? You would you do something like this?" Judy screamed out, the mammal holding her had a tightly and painfully, she dared not create a link because she knew she would just be shot she did.
"I'm doing this because of what they did to me!" Magnus screamed pointing at the two adults in the glass cell, "they took everything away from me and yet had no consequences because of it"
"What are you talking about?" Edward screamed, his voice barely making it through the glass.
"My parents were just trying to work peacefully and make mammals like you not so special. Why should only a select few get powers that seemed unfair to them, so what did they do? They tried to change the world and make everyone have powers, but no the two hero's of Zootopia wouldn't have it and arrested them, and then they were killed because of it!" Magnus was screaming at the top of their lungs but quieted down once they finished, going instead to a whisper, "so what was I going to do? Well I decided to do the opposite of their plan and came up with my own, take powers away from hero's. And who better to start with then the ones who started it all themselves, Wild ONE AND SCARLET FANG!" The scream was out and Magnus pushed the button.
"NOOOOOOO!" Nick screamed as he watched the purple glass flow into the room, his power surged as the emotions grew in him. He had felt a peak when Koslov had attacked Judy, but this was something entirely different. Everyone around him could feel it too as the intensity in the room grew, as if a bomb was about to go off. Soon the power became too much for Nick and he released out of him, as green ring of power shot out of him. The guards who had created a ring were all launched back and into the wall as if by some pressure wave, they were sent with so much power that many of them didn't get back up. Even Magnus was sent flying back, although they quickly recovered, running out the door calling for mammals to move cargo and get ready for departure. The mammal holding Nick was fried to a crisp and released him before collapsing to the ground. For Judy it just felt like a wave of warmth as the ring passed her but the power hit the mammal holding her and she went down with them. Nick stood there snarling, his emerald eyes glowing as if they were headlights to a car and the energy coming off of him was enough to make a grown mammal pee their pants.
Nick grabbed one of the guns from the down mammals and slammed it into the glass causing it to crack, the gas inside leaking out and dissipating into the ground, but by now there wasn't much gas left as Nick continued to slam the glass with as much strength as he could muster, tears rolling down his face, until finally it shattered. Judy was up as well as the mammal holding her was knocked out cold from the blast. The two rushed in as the rest of the gas was at their feet, the two foxes inside were still coughing as the gas took its affect on them. Nick sobbed as he watched his parents, his idols, his hero's… be stripped of their powers. Judy clutched onto him as she was crying to, neither realized the guards slowly standing up.
The coughing subsided and the two foxes were left just lying there dazed as to what just happened, they felt empty like their soul had just been ripped from their bodies, but the sight of the guard sneaking up behind Nick and Judy snapped them out of it, "Look out!" They yelled in sync, but it was too late as the guard aimed his gun. But before he could shoot a fist stretched out from no where, sending the guard to the ground. The four turned to see the tiger from one of the holding cells walking towards them,
"Come on, this is no place to die" the tiger said in a Latin accent. The four looked around the room as they watched the glass doors opening and the mammals inside being let, some for the first time in months. Those that still had their powers, and even those who didn't, started to attack the guards who were left standing.
"Your energy blast must have been enough to fry the locking system" the tiger said pulling both Edward and Amelia to their feet gently, "can you two still fight?"
"Yeah we can fight. You two," Edward said pointing at the two youngest mammals and staring intensely, "go get Magnus, don't let her leave the facility!" He screamed at them before swinging his fist at an approaching wold hitting him in the jaw and forcing him to the ground, Edward shook his paw in pain (which was new to him). He looked up to see them standing there mouth agape, "GO!" He screamed.
Nick wiped the tears off his face, as did Judy, and the pair took off running in the direction that Magnus went. The hallways were sparsely lit and few mammals were there making their run clear, of course there were still guards every once in awhile but both of them quickly disposed of them. The only mammal in their sights was Magnus as they raced through the compound, turning every corner sharply in order to try and gain any distance. Magnus was about ten feet in front when they burst through a door and turned out of sight, Nick and Judy followed in after them only realizing where they were walking into. Stairs towered above them, they only stopped for a moment as they took it in just how high the stair went up before taking off.
It was a difficult climb for everyone involved, even Magnus, but the adrenaline pumping through them certainly helped. Eventually another door burst open opening up to the outside where rain was beginning to pour. A helicopter was spinning up send the water droplets everywhere, adding to the mist in the air. The noise coming from the helicopter was too loud for Magnus to hear the threat coming from behind them. Nick dove for them bringing himself and Magnus to the ground in the process, the two struggled for control for a minute, while Judy went after the helicopter. For Nick it was a losing battle, he was tired because he had been up for just under twenty four hours, the adrenaline in his body was wearing off, and he was just a teen not a fully trained super hero and because of all this Magnus got on top of him. As soon as they were there they started to pound on him with their fists, Nick held up his arms to protect himself as the strikes came hitting anywhere they could but Magnus had other plans as they did something causing Nicks arms to be pinned to the ground giving them direct access to his face, and they did not show mercy. After the first two he couldn't feel anything as his head was rocked back and forth from their fists, but then nothing. He opened his eyes to see that Magnus was no longer on top of him, sitting up he saw Magnus struggling on the ground with a bundle of grey, black, and violet.
The fox quickly stood up, ignoring the pain, and rushed over towards the two, just as he got there Judy was sent flying off of Magnus and towards the edge of the building. He watched as she slid towards the end of the roof realizing that because of the rain the whole roof was slippery. Forgetting about Magnus he dove after his rabbit before she could fall.
To Judy, she thought that this was it as she tried to stop herself from going over, the slick roof giving her no purchase, and soon she was over the edge. But for some reason when she went over the edge she didn't fall, something had grabbed her arm. She looked up to see Nick holding her arm, the two let out a sigh of relief as he pulled her up and back onto the roof. Behind them the sound of the helicopter grew louder as it took off, it was too late. The two watched as Magnus got away as well as whatever cargo they were carrying, they had gotten away once again, but this time Nick swore that he would take them down if it was the last thing he did. Nick stared off at the slowly disappearing shape of the helicopter not noticing Judy step up until she took his paw. The two locked eyes for a moment before Nick collapsed to his knees and took her into a hug. The rain continued to poor around them as the darkness began to fade to the morning sun.
Judy was the first to pull away when she heard sirens coming from down below, Nick heard it too and looked towards the ground of the building. There was at least fifteen cop cars pulling onto the bridge all blasting their sirens and flashing their lights. The rabbit turned back to him, squeezing his paw to get his attention.
"We should go down and help the others" she said softly. Nick looked back once more at the direction that the helicopter went, although now it was long gone. He turned to Judy and nodded as he stood up, they had to be sure that everyone made it out alive down there.
The situation downstairs was a lot better than the two were expecting. The police were bringing out guards in cuffs by the dozen, all the escaped mammals were grouped up near an ambulance with blankets and cups as they breathed in the fresh air for the first time in months, and the news media was already being blocked off on the other side of the bridge. All was as it should be.
When mammals noticed Nick and Judy out an applause started from the mammals around them, the fox wasn't paying attention as he was looking for two foxes in particular. They just so happened to see them first as they rushed up to the two, Edward hugged tightly onto Nick while Amelia scooped up Judy pulling her into a hug.
"We're so proud of you two, you looked like real hero's in there!" Edward yelled with joy, but when he got silence in response he pulled back to see tears running down Nicks face, "what's wrong?"
"They got away… I'm sorry" Nick whispered out, Edward looked at his son taking in everything about him, the silver fur dye was beginning to wear off from the rain and his suit, although it was mostly water proof, was beginning to get water logged. Instead of saying anything Edward pulled Nick back into a hug,
"You've done nothing wrong and there is nothing to be sorry about" Edward said calmly into Nicks ear. It was strange, normally Nick would shrink into himself but right now he felt like he was a kit again being hugged by his dad after he had a long day of work.
"But-"
"No buts, we have much to talk about when we get back to the house, me and your mother will be fine. We knew a day like this could come and we're glad that it happened when you got your powers. But right now we need to get home, any ideas Phantom Fox" Edward asked pulling back again to smile at his son.
Nick smiled back, letting out a small chuckle at his fathers use of his hero name as he wiped away the tears on his face.
"Yeah I can get us a ride"
Ooh wee! Extra long chapter tonight, we are coming up to the end of part one of the story, again I have the majority of the story all planned out and at this rate it might be 30-40 chapters. Now you may be wondering, how could it get any worse from here? Well I won't tell you but you will have to trust me when I tell you it will. Now moving on to more pressing matters, I understand that this is a more Nick oriented story and that Judy seems to be more of a side character rather then a main character, the story is named The Amazing Nick Wilde but I will be increasing Judy's importance as we continue on through the story. Next part, if you can guess what tv show character I based Nicks super hero appearance as well as his name, I will give you a virtual cookie, a pat on the back, and hey I'll tell the world that you're smarter than anyone else in the next chapter. Stay safe out there, stay inside, and go wash your hands! Thanks for reading!
