Francine considered herself lucky, her job was to simply welcome mammals into the ZPD and guide them where to go as well as dispatch any officers when a call came in. Sure, she did wish she could go out and take down criminals but the front desk wasn't so bad. She lived for the days when something exciting or strange would walk through the doors and surprise her, that day had yet to come, but things can change quickly. The sun was just rising, filling the large open room with natural light from the big open front windows, and Francine had just clocked in for work doing her daily routine of laying out the donuts and grabbing her cup of coffee before taking her seat behind the desk. She was looking at the computer in front of her when the front door opened. After working at the desk she knew when something was out of the ordinary, like someone arriving earlier than expected. She normally got there first then Bogo would be in almost exactly half an hour later, but today the door opened only ten minutes after she had gotten there, and as soon as she looked up her jaw dropped at what she saw.

Bogo came in first followed by a small group of mammals four of which were wearing uniforms with various colors. Two red foxes, a silver fox (although he seemed almost an orangey-grey at this point), and a smaller mammal in a hood, the only mammal left was a jack rabbit who was holding a small bag.

"Uhh, good morning Chief Bogo" Francine said her voice laced with the same confusion on her face.

"Good morning Trunkaby, I won't be able to make it to make it to roll call today so just tell everyone all their assignments are the same. The night crew will be coming in soon with a lot of criminals for booking so keep two extra mammals here to help with the process. I have some business to take care of" Bogo said, he was tired and Francine could easily tell by the bags under his eyes. Instead of questioning it she simply nodded in response, watching as the group made their way to the stairs, up to the top floor, and then disappearing into the office with the door closing behind them.

"Well that's one way to start the day"

The office felt much more cramped then it normally did, probably because of the fact that there were now six mammals instead of three. It was silent as everyone settled in, the three adults passing around a coffee pot filling their own cups in the process.

"So, where shall we start?" Bogo asked, taking in the group in front of him, 'this is the strangest group I've ever seen' he thought to himself.

"Well we should introduce ourselves I'm Ed-" Edward started before Bogo held up his paw cutting off the fox,

"That won't be necessary Edward, I've been learning as much as I could about you two since you first popped up at Cliffside all those years ago. I knew who you two were the day you first stepped into Zootopia, including the existence of a certain son you have." He turned towards the now dull orange fox sitting in the chair next to the violet eyed rabbit.

"Oh, well then I suppose we should start back at that day" Edward said awkwardly,

It was about eight in the morning when the raid began. Police cars surrounded the building, and if it wasn't for that the building would look like a beautiful hospital. But the horrors inside were what made the building ugly, it started when police lieutenant Adonis Bogo had followed a van he knew was carrying a kidnapped bison. He tracked it all the way to the hospital and called it in stating probable cause as well as requesting a warrant and at least fifteen more officers to help in shutting the place down. He had been investigating the missing mammals as well as the hospital for a little over a year now and today was the day he wanted to bring it to the ground. He didn't understand the importance of super hero's or having them on your side at this point as Zootopia was always monitored by the ZPD, he wasn't doing this to stop some plan, he just wanted all the kidnapped mammals to return to their families.

It had been twenty minutes since his call and other officers had yet to arrive, and in his young age Bogo was a bit of a risky mammal, so as soon as he got the warrant he took advantage of the surprise and drove up to the toll gate at the end of the bridge leading up to building. A panda bear in a security uniform stepped out from the small building and walked up to the window of the cruiser,

"Do you have an appointment today sir?" The panda asked, Bogo took the laptop off its tray and showed the panda the warrant that was currently displayed on it.

"No I actually have a warrant to search the premises, and I will have other officers coming in after me" Bogo said. The panda read the warrant word for word, being sure that it was authentic before waving the Cape buffalo through.

He stopped the car stepping out and taking in the sheer size of the building, as well as the waterfall that towered over it. Walking through the front door it surprised him just how normal everything seemed, but he knew it was all just a façade for the horrors that were hidden behind the doors.

"Hello sir how can I help you today?" Asked a gazelle who was seated behind a plexy glass wall.

"Yeah I would like to see the mammals in charge here, I know there are two of them and I know they are here. I have a warrant to search this place but it would much easier if they just came out here" Bogo said, he noticed that when he mentioned the warrant the gazelle's pupils shrunk and she started to reach for something under the desk, the movement was small but didn't go unnoticed as the alarm went off. The gazelles paw came back to the top of the desk as Bogo saw that she was now holding a gun. 'Oh shit' , the gazelle forced the gun and some of her arm through the small hole in the glass aiming it at the buffalo. Luckily he was faster, as he smacked the hand strong enough to make her drop the gun, he then pulled out his taser grabbed her paw and forced the two prongs into her arm. She seized up and then dropped to the floor as the alarm blared on.

The doors leading further into the building burst open and out came several mammals of varying sizes rush out with guns. He quickly dove behind the corner pulling out the only other weapon he had which was his tranquilizer gun, shots rung out and impacted the wall right where Bogo used to be standing. He suddenly realized that this was going to be it, they were gonna turn the corner and put a bullet into his head. But something else caught his attention, he looked out the front of the building through the large windows to see something flying in his direction. He watched closely as the figure closed in on his location, that was when he realized that it was actually two mammals, and they weren't slowing down either. Bogo covered his face with his arms just as the glass smashed in. He then heard the sound of fighting and gunshots, he uncovered his face and peaked around the corner to see the two mammals taking down the gun carrying mammals. They were doing good too, Bogo watched as the mammals, who were half his size take out mammals that he would have struggled to take down. 'So these are super's hm?' He thought to himself, when they had finished off the last mammal they stepped back to check their work, however they missed a moose who they must have not hit hard enough as they started to stand up. Bogo stood up and shot the moose down with his tranquilizer before he could even get his body off the ground, the shot gaining the attention of the two mammals who reacted by getting into stances that looked like they were about to attack. Bogo raised his hands, showing that he was no threat,

"Calm down, I'm just an officer" he said, that seemed to calm the two down as they lowered their guard. He took the opportunity to look closer at the two, they were wearing full body outfits complete with masks and hoods. He couldn't even tell what species they were with how well they were covered, one of them was red and the other was blue.

"Great we can actually use your help with this, we were just gonna capture the two in charge and drop them off at the ZPD." The red one said in a deep voice that definitely didn't match his size,

"Yeah I can take care of those two, and there are more officers on the way to take care of anyone else. The main goal is to get to them and free all the prisoners as well"

"That is perfect, wow I didn't think this would go so smoothly. Thank you officer…" the blue one spoke this time, her voice a deep voice but he could still tell it was one of a female. It took Bogo a second to realize that she was asking for his name,

"Oh, lieutenant Bogo at your service", He said reaching out his paw, "and you are…"

"Just call me Wild One" the red one said,

"And I'm Scarlet Fang" the blue one said. They all shook paws before setting off into the building.

Clearing out the building was relatively easy, many of the guards were spread out which allowed Scarlet to fly in and take them out while the other two just watched. Wild One must have noticed the awe on Bogo's face,

"First time working with super's?" He asked. Bogo looked down at the smaller mammal,

"Yeah, I've never seen mammals of your size take down mammals that are larger than them" Bogo said looking back down the hallway seeing that it was now clear.

"Don't worry, you'll get used to it" Wild One said heading down the hall after his partner.

"Wait, what do you mean by that?" Bogo asked following after the masked mammal. He never did respond to that question but Bogo would later find out why.

They eventually made it to the top floor after about thirty minutes of constant fighting, they were tired but still had the adrenaline to carry on.

"Bogo, do you copy?" A voice came over the radio strapped to his waist, he quickly unhooked it and brought it to his face,

"Bogo here, I am currently on the top floor of the hospital, every other floor is clear and has mammals who are unconscious and ready to be arrested. There are also mammals being held prisoner all over the place, I am currently working with two super's to get to the two in charge. I will bring them down when we are all done here." He finished shut he radio off and strapped it back to his belt, he didn't want to lose the element of surprise that they had by a radio call out.

The top floor was smaller than every other floor, only having four rooms, they each took a room clearing it of any guards and taking note of what else was in the room. Once they were all back into the hallway they locked eyes before looking at the fourth and final door.

This was it, they had to be inside here, Bogo knew exactly what he was looking for as did Wild One and Scarlet Fang. With one simple kick by Wild One, the door burst open revealing two ewe's standing over the very bison that Bogo was tracking earlier. The two ewes stared wide eyed at the three mammals standing in the door way, one sitting next to the bison and the other holding a syringe full of a golden liquid.

"Mister and Missus Belleweather you are under arrest!"

The two went peacefully, they were led down to the ground floor where they were cuffed, read their rights, and sent off to the ZPD for booking. The rest of the guards were also being sent out, vans full of cuffed criminals were shipped out and towards the city. There were also almost a hundred mammals who were the prisoners, they were being treated with much more care but getting sent to the ZPD where they would hopefully be reunited with their families. All that was left now was a few officers and the media waiting for their chance to get a look at what happened. He walked over to the two hero's who were talking to the current chief of police, Chief Ivory, the rhino who had entrusted him with the case in the first place. Just as Bogo was getting to the group the chief stepped back and began to walk towards the other officers, he locked eyes with Bogo and stopped the Cape buffalo in his tracks,

"We're going to have a chat about how to follow procedures when you get back to the precinct, understand?" The old rhino asked. Bogo swore in his mind but nodded in response, he had gone against what the handbook said. But what surprised him the most was when the rhino actually smiled, something he had never seen before,

"Good job today" that was the last thing he said as he stepped away from Bogo. The Cape buffalo walked over to the two super hero's who simply stared at him as he walked up (or at least that's all he could see other than their masked faces).

"Thanks for the help in there" he said down to the two mammals,

"We should be the ones thanking you, you made our lives significantly easier" Scarlet said.

"Just doing my job. Will I be seeing you two around Zootopia?"

"Well we will be seeing you as normal citizens, but you probably won't be seeing us for awhile except for in the news. But who knows we may work together again someday" Wild said this time wrapping his arm around Scarlet who did the same thing.

"Stay safe out there Bogo" Scarlett said as she slowly lifted off the ground,

"You too, I look forward to working with you" Bogo said giving the two a salute as they took off into the sky.

"It was three years after then that I discovered your true identity, as well as the fact that you had a newborn son. But I've never told anyone and I don't plan on telling anyone about any of your identities as I realize how essential you are to the city" Bogo wrapped up the story and leaned back in his chair letting it all settle for a few moments.

"Well, we were essential" Edward said taking a huge sip of his coffee wishing it was something a bit more alcoholic. Bogo looked at him confused,

"What do you mean?"

"The whole reason that Magnus captured us was to take our powers away from us, it was revenge for what we did to their parents" Edward said looking sadly into his coffee cup as it was now empty. Bogo was shocked, in all his years of taking down criminals he had never heard of such a thing happening, then again Bogo didn't really know how many mammals in Zootopia had special abilities.

"I'm sorry to hear that" he said with actual sympathy in his voice.

"Eh its not that bad, I mean we did just retire. We're just going to have to learn to cope and live like normal mammals" Amelia said this time trying to sound optimistic, but to everyone in the room it sounded forced. Everyone then noticed that a certain duo was being awfully quiet given all the information that was just shared. Bogo looked over at Nick and Judy who were looking at each other, he knew what that meant but his parents were confused as their faces changed like they were having a conversation without any words from being shared.

"Anything you two would like to share" Edward said attracting their attention away from each other.

"Based on the story you just told we know who Magnus is" Judy said. Everyone was shocked at the revelation, the three adults didn't know of any connection from their story.

"Well you said it yourself Edward, they are doing all this to get revenge on what you did to their parents. So clearly they are the child of those two mammals, and there is a mammal in our school named Dawn Belleweather so she must be Magnus unless she has other siblings" Judy finished. Edward and Amelia looked at Bogo who looked at them with surprise, how did they not think of that.

"I didn't think that the Belleweathers had a child" Amelia said to the older mammals in the room.

"They don't" came a new voice that had yet to speak up the entire time, it was Jack who was seated on the floor still typing away on his laptop.

"They didn't have any actually have any natural born children but they adopted one ewe just before all of this happened" he said.

"Wait, how old is she? Because right now she is enrolled as a senior in Sky High, heck she's also the class president which means she must have the respect of some mammals. But if she was around before all of this happened then she must be nearly twenty years old" Nick asked.

"According to her birth certificate she is twenty years old, but on her high school ID she is eighteen" Jack said. Everything was starting to make sense now, she has been planning this for years and went through high school to get her plan to where it is. Then another realization came into play,

"Does she have natural powers?" Edward asked causing Jack to type away on his laptop once again as he searched for an answer.

"No she doesn't" And with that the puzzle was solved in Nicks head.

"So Dawn is doing all of this because her parents gave her the powers she now has, which is telepathy, which is what Magnus uses rarely to defend herself. She barely uses it in order to try and keep her cover, and she is so grateful for her parents gift to her and so upset by what happened to them that she has been planning this for years and now it is all starting to play out" Nick said confidently, they had figured it out. They knew the mammal behind the mask as well as the motive, two of the things he had learned that are necessary when taking down a villain. The room was silent as everyone pondered what Nick said, it made sense to them.

"Well, it seems you are leaving the city in good hands" Bogo said to the two adult foxes who were smiling proudly at the two.

"Of course Bogo, we wouldn't just live you with some random mammals. It's part of the Wilde way to be a good problem solver, and Judy is practically a Wilde at this point" Edward said, the attention didn't last much longer as everyone simultaneously yawned.

"Well I don't think we will be seeing Magnus or Dawn anytime so-" Bogo said but was interrupted by Judy.

"Wait she is planning an attack!" She practically yelled.

"What?" The three adults asked at the same time.

"When we first saw the gas being used she explained that she plans to use it at the Sky High dance on Friday, she wants to remove powers from all the mammals at that school so that no one can stop her"

"Wow wow wow, how long have you known this?" Amelia asked. The night Nick was kidnapped was just three days ago, but at this point it felt like months ago.

"We found out three days ago, I was going to tell you last night but the alarm went off right when I was about to say it. I didn't know any of this would happen" Nick said guiltily.

"It's alright, we can plan around this. But we can't plan when we aren't mentally all here, and I don't know about you all but I need to sleep" Bogo said standing up from his chair. There was a collective agreement among all mammals to meet up again as soon as possible when they were all awake and with that they all separated.

An officer drove the four home while a different officer drove Jack to the ZBI. It was a quiet ride home, Nick was starting to get tired of being in a police cruiser and thought about he would never want to be an officer. Once they were at the house they all walked in silently going to their own rooms, Nick went into his room, unzipped his suit, threw on a pair of boxers and fell on his bed almost immediately falling asleep.

When he woke up the sun was still shining through the cracks of his window curtain but he could tell by the orangey hue that it was low in the sky. His brain was struggling to figure out which way was up and which way was down, nothing made sense, time was an enigma (almost like a never ending quarantine where he couldn't leave his house). After sitting there for thirty minutes he finally decided to get up, although his body rebelled as pain shot through him reminding him of the beating he got on the roof. He stood up and made his way to the bathroom, flicked on the light and stared at what he saw in the mirror. Nick Wilde looked like an absolute mess, his fur was sticking up in all different direction, his eyes were blood shot, there was dried blood (that he couldn't tell if it was his or not), and the silver fur dye was still on (barely) but he only applied it to his head, hands, and feet and now that he was just in his boxers and not his suit he could tell just how insane he looked. But after a long shower he looked as good as new, but certainly didn't feel much better as his body ached and every other part of him was still tired. After using a towel to dry himself off his fur was fluffy and soft just the way he liked it. He wrapped himself in the towel before leaving and heading back to his room, once he was in and closed the door behind him he dropped the towel and laid back down on his bed, he didn't know why he could barely comprehend what day it was so lying down on his bed naked seemed pretty normal.

However some sense was smacked into him when his door opened, he yelped as he scrambled to cover himself before being seen in the buff. Unfortunately his scrambling was enough to knock him off the bed bringing his blanket with him. He grumbled in pain from falling off the bed causing the injuries he had to spring back up. "Don't you know how to knock?" He said before peeking out from underneath the blanket, he was not expecting for his eyes to lock with violet eyes.

Judy was standing in the door way, her eyes wide and her ears tucked behind her head. Nick didn't have to be close to her to tell that her ears and face were heating up.

"I was just uh… gonna tell you dinner is ready" She said. The two held an awkward silence for what felt like an eternity before she slowly closed the door, "I promise I didn't see anything".

Nick could tell she was lying but didn't say anything as she closed the door. After a few minutes of struggling out of his blanket, getting changed, and making himself look somewhat presentable he walked out of his room.

He was relieved to see that everyone at the table looked equally as distraught as he did, his parents were dressed casually and Judy was dressed for comfort matching Nicks level of comfort.

"Well its good to see you as a red fox again Nick" Edward said sarcastically. A pizza was sitting in the center of the table, the smell of which reminded Nick of just how hungry he was.

"Har har very funny, but I also have no idea what you're talking about" Nick said grabbing a plate and a slice of the pizza, sitting next to Judy who was also eating a slice. As he passed her, Nicks tail gently brushed up against her leg sending sparks through her and causing her ears to heat up yet again.

"So how are you two doing?" Nick asked cautiously after taking a bite, he knew this must be new to them and wanted to be sure that they were okay.

"We're doing fine Nick, sure its strange not having any responsibility, but not in a bad way. We actually slept for more than seven hours for the first time in years, being retired and powerless isn't so bad" Amelia said trying to sound convincing. To Judy it might have sounded genuine but to Nick he could tell that she wasn't fully bought into what she was saying, and knowing this he didn't press any further while they all sat and enjoyed the food.

He ate three slices before realizing something obvious that escaped everyone's mind,

"Carrots?" She put down her piece and looked up at him,

"Yeah?"

"We missed another day of school" for some reason he found it funny and started to laugh. They had been doing so well, months had passed since the last day they missed school and now they missed another one. Judy couldn't understand what was so funny, she hated missing school and considering how busy they were and how much homework she was assigned she couldn't really handle missing more days of school. Meanwhile Edward and Amelia watched on in confusion as their son continued to laugh.

His laughter died down and the dinner went on peacefully,

"We are going to meet with Bogo tonight at the station in order to create a plan for the next attack" Edward said once all the pizza was gone. Nick then thought about how much work he had to do,

"Well I better get to work now then before we go so I'm not struggling when we go to school tomorrow"

The group dispersed and did whatever they had to do to prepare for the meeting, from homework, to taking another nap. It was very… unproductive but necessary. And soon the time came to leave, so they all piled in the car (that had rarely been used) and left for the precinct.

Francine didn't work too late but tried to stay as long as she could, and considering the morning she had she wanted to stay to see if anything else would happen. Bogo had already come back and was now up in his office doing whatever it was that he does. The door opened attracting her attention, she was expecting someone from the night crew or maybe a day worker bringing in one more criminal. But instead she was met by an interesting group, three foxes and a rabbit. 'Wait' she thought to herself as she took a double take at the group, for some reason she got a weird feeling of déjà vu as the group walked up the stairs towards Bogo's office. It definitely wasn't as exciting as the morning group but still interesting, plus the fact that they didn't even stop to ask her where to go as if they've done it before. Francine watched them all the way until the door to Bogo's office was shut. She simply shrugged it off before clocking out for the day.

"Tell us everything you know about this plan" Edward said to Nick and Judy. The pair looked at each other, Judy nodding to him telling him that he could say it.

"Well she has this machine that is going to be attached to the air conditioning unit that will disperse the gas into the gym where the dance will be happening. She assigned a group of mammals to the job, five of them, it was a lynx, a tiger, a lion, a wolf, and a brown bear. The bear is the one in charge, his name being Sargent Grizz. I don't think they were in the building last night so they are still out there, and the machine got on the heliocopter with Magnus when she escaped." Nick thought about anything else that he could tell, that was basically the whole plan that he could think of.

"Oh! The group is going to get up to the school by disguising as repairmen to 'fix' the AC and she also said that she would be on call if necessary" Judy added.

"Okay, I think I have an idea of how we can handle this. Here's the plan…" Bogo said. The group then went through the whole plan of how they would stop the attack from ever happening and hopefully do it without anyone ever noticing. Once the plan was done the group went home, returning to whatever work they were doing before.

The alarm woke Nick from his slumber, he merely grumbled in response before shutting it off. His routine felt strange after all that had happened over the last few days, but hey it was Wednesday so it meant they were one more day closer to the attack. It refused to leave his mind as he brushed his teeth and got ready for the day, like a shadow looming over him. Whenever he thought about it his blood would start pumping, but he had no idea why. Maybe the thrill of being a hero was finally hitting him, since now technically he was one. But either way he still had school to get to so he pressed on.

The rest of the morning moved on normally and after a smooth bus ride they were at the school. Now according to their plan they weren't supposed to interact with Belleweather in anyway, she knew who they were but they didn't know who she was as far as she knew.

Once again everyone was raving about the Phantom Fox and Violet Vigilante, no one knew that Wild One and Scarlet Fang had lost their powers and Nick hoped to keep it that way. As far as anyone knew they just retired and disappeared, however news of the bust at Cliffside was spreading like wild fire as well as the look that the two had.

Nick and Judy didn't talk to much, deciding it was best to head to their classes considering they missed a day of class.

As usual everyone was seated and talking just like the mammals out in the hall,

"Do you think those two are dating?"

"No way they are totally two different species that would be gross"

"I had no idea there were such a thing as a silver fox, what species do thing Violet is?"

The conversations went along those lines while everyone waited for classes to start. Nick closed his eyes and put his hands behind his head relaxing while taking in all that he heard just in case anyone had any real clue so that he could steer them off of it if necessary.

"Hey Wilde," came a call from across the room from everyone's favorite rhino, Nick opened one eye looking over at the him, "You ever seen a silver fox before?" He asked. Nick actually thought about that, he knew they existed but were extremely rare and in all of his years he had never seen one.

"No I don't think I have, why do you ask?" He already knew why he was asking but wanted to play dumb just in case. The rhino squinted his eyes at him as if getting suspicious,

"Man I think that Wilde back there could be the Phantom Fox" he said to the lady jaguar sitting next to him who was paying attention to the conversation.

"Why would you say that" she asked,

"Yeah that's a pretty bold claim especially when you think a powerless fox is a super hero. Although I appreciate it." Nick said.

"Well think about it, he never has any idea what is going on with the Phantom Fox, he is a fox himself, and he wasn't here yesterday when yesterday morning was when that big bust happened. I don't know that seems like a little more than just a coincidence" The rhino said. Nick started to get nervous but tried hard not to let it show,

'Dang he's actually on to me' he thought to himself. Now everyone in the class was looking at him, having tuned in when they heard the name Phantom Fox.

"Well I don't really care about some fox hero which is why I don't know about him. Second of all, I am a fox but do I look silver to you. And lastly, I was really sick yesterday and just didn't come to school. Trust me I wish I was the phantom fox because then I wouldn't have to come here, I could just live on my own and save the city." Nick said sounding as convincing as he could. That answer seemed to satisfy the class as the teacher walked in and started the lecture, but the rhino locked eyes with him still looking suspicious before turning to the front to avoid being screamed at.

Nick let out a sigh of relief, 'that was close, can't wait to see how the rest of the day goes'

Slow chapter I know but this is the build up to what is to come in the next chapter. I can't wait to finish off this part of the story for you all and then get started on the next part. Anyways I had a few guesses as to who Nick is modeled after, such as Starfire from Teen Titans which is a great guess and honestly one that I didn't think of. But the actual character was from a TV show that I watched growing up and is still a hit to this day, Danny Phantom, the green eyes are a coincidence but all of the powers and the suits design is based off of it with the black and grey. Great show, if you've never heard of it well then you must have had a rough childhood or something and I'm sorry for you. Anyways we are still locked down where I am, but the beaches are starting to open which is scary. I'm going to stay inside for now just to stay safe. Go wash your hands and stay safe out there!