Judy stood there before the blue fox dumbfounded yet irritated about being deceived as Quantum cleared his throat.
"Judy, what do you know of the multiverse theory?" Quantum asked as Judy thought over the words before looking at him not wanting to play games. she was very set on getting to the point.
"I Don't care about theories, just tell me what you know about Nick's death, and why you lied to me about who you are" Judy replied as Quantum sighed.
"Just humor me" Quantum replied as Judy just met back with a scowl as Quantum sighed.
"Fine, I'll tell you, The multiverse theory centers around the idea that every choice ever made creates its own alternate universes alongside our own. even the most simple action can have drastic effects" Quantum explained as Judy looked at him.
"WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH NICK?" Judy demanded as Quantum shushed her.
"I was getting to that, that body, the one you two found it belonged to Nick right?" Quantum asked as Judy just sat confused.
"If It did, how could he have been killed at his apartment?" Quantum added as Judy looked down.
"That other Nick was from an alternate reality, and so is the one who is killing off Nick Wilde" Quantum explained as Judy just looked at him.
"Think of it like this. This killer, Black as he calls himself is able to jump between universes since I've been tracking him, he has killed 18 Versions of Nick Wilde and 7 versions of Judy Hopps, including the ones from my universe" Quantum answered as Judy looked at him.
"This 'Black' is the one killed Nick, who is he?" Judy demanded as Quantum sighed looking at her.
"I Honestly don't know, I do know that almost everyone comes from a certain universe... expect Black, he's like a glitch in the system, able to jump dimensions at will, on top of that he is incredibly powerful and can not be killed" Quantum explained as he proceeded to tell her about the previous Nicks Black had killed, starting with his own.
"In my universe, Nick was a superhero known as the Red Fox, he was thought to be invincible able to stop trains his bare paws, jump into the sky, he was like a god" Quantum explained going into the story.
"It was a typical evening on Earth RF-524 as the hero known as Red Fox was doing his rounds, the cape flowing in the wind as he walked out of a gas station eating a box of food , the streets seemed calm as Nick sat down on a bench with the box on his lap opening it sniffing the contents, a slice of pizza with nacho cheese squirted on it smiling.
"Nacho Pizza, the two best foods put together" Nick commented raising his mask to chomp on the pizza as he got a message. Opening his phone he saw the pig superhero Infierno.
"Dude, Red you got to get to the museum, there is a bad guy and he is crazy strong" Infierno informed as Red sighed.
"Can't you, and the rest of the team take him, one bad guy would not be a match for all of you?" Nick asked chomping into his pizza.
"Steelwool and Laser Panther are already down it's just me, Heavy Metal, Alice and Quantum" Infierno responded as Nick groaned finishing his pizza telling Peter he would be there as Nick threw his pizza box into the garbage taking a squat before jumping thru the air.
At the museum, the Hero team were fighting the villain, a fox dressed in Black. A nine-year-old rabbit with white fur wearing a blue dress was floating, she materialized a cage around Black with a comical amount of locks as he held the bars shaking them as Alice stuck her tongue out only for Black to appear behind her hitting her in the head knocking her out.
"If Alice in Wonderland here one of this world's most powerful heroes that says something" Black commented over the unconscious Alice as the Bear Luchador 'Heavy Metal' rushed at him
"If cheap gimmicks won't stop, try matching it with brute strength amigo, I am Heavy Metal the strongest mammal in the world," Metal said picking up a huge statue with one paw throwing it at Black. the pyromancer Infierno took his chance as his skin burst into flames shooting fire at Black as the statue pinned him down as Quantum calmly walked toward Black, his cane tapping the floor.
"Gah, I'm no match for the combined power of friendship between heroes" Black replied as Quantum swung his cane as Black caught it as the statue just flew off him.
"Oh, just kidding, and I smell like burnt leather... it's a bad smell" Black replied snatching the cane and striking Quantum with it. Heavy Metal managed to grab Black holding him overhead, throwing him into a suplex hitting the stone floor, causing the tiles to shatter as Black simply got up. Heavy Metal prepared for another move as Black grabbed his arm.
"You are so predictable, all brawn and no brain and don't you know wrestling is fake" Black commenting pointing the Heavy Metal's outfit before twisting the bear's arm throwing him into the stone wall shattering upon impact. Heavy Metal managed to stand up before falling down. Inferno approached him as Black moved so fast Infierno could swear he teleported, slamming the pigs face into a wall which knocked him out also, leaving only Quantum who held of his empty paw as a blue orb of light formed, the fox threw it as Black caught it crushing it in his bare paw as Quantum fell to his knees from exhaustion.
"Now, I'll only ask once, Where is the hero known as Red Fox," Black asked standing over Quantum. Suddenly a figure crashed thru the roof of the museum landing in a heroic pose.
"Someone called me," Red said in his joking tone as Quantum made a brushing gesture with a paw, causing the other heroes the slide along the floor, clearing the field.
"So, you're the Red Fox, the number 1 ranked hero in the platinum class, I must say I'm impressed... Wilde" Black commented opening his coat revealing a bunch of bladed weapons as Nick scoffed.
"You think steel can hurt me," Nick said in his confident tone as Balck let the coat drop to the floor, with the sound of all the blade clattering to the floor, looking at the heroes on the ground.
"They do not concern me but you, oh your death will be glorious" Black said putting his paw on Nick's shoulder as Red Fox grinned.
"I'm invincible, I don't feel pain, you can not hurt me" Red confirmed as Black smirked looking at him.
"True, I can not 'hurt' you but I can still kill you, like one of my favorite shows taught sometimes it's best to Get Creative" Black replied teleporting away with red.
Back in the Building Quantum was explaining the events to Judy, they searched for day eventually finding his body, half in the Tundratown river, meaning he was either drowned or he froze to death as Judy looked, skeptic.
"You expect me to believe a story like that" Judy said not sure herself if she should believe it or not as Quantum told her that the heroes made a vow they would avenge the Red Fox as she looked at him.
"Why would we lie about Red's Death, Nick was our Amigo, he was family to us" Infierno exclaimed bursting into flames as Quantum materialized a bucket of water splashing the pig as his flames went out.
"Sorry, it's just, Nick's death...gets me all..." Peter admitted Quantum patted his back
"So this is true, how are you gonna find him, you little teleporting trick maybe be cool but I doubt it's enough?" Judy asked as Quantum sighed.
"First of all, It's dimensional jumping, and second... I Have no idea, the rest of the heroes are still in Recovery" Quantum admitted as Judy looked at him shocked.
"What do you mean you have no idea!" Judy shouted as Quantum sighed telling her Black was like nothing he'd ever encountered