Outlaw

The Events went through Carl's head as he woke up the following morning, Strangely with no recollection of how he got home. Getting out of his bed and stretching, after a shower and getting dressed he headed downstairs for breakfast. The smell of waffles dragged Carl to the table where his mom and dad were seated.

"So Honey, did anything interesting happen at work?" His mom asked his dad as he sipped his coffee before turning to her letting her know nothing out of the usual was afoot as Carl sat down.

"Oh Morning Sweetie, how did you sleep?" Carl's mother asked as he shrugged giving her the sense everything was fine as he sat at the table eyeballing the stack his mother placed in front of him. she was the homebody type who could not stand a dirty dish. Carl respected her for all she did, thanking her before he reached for the syrup; flicking open the cap.

He poured the thick syrup on his waffles before stabbing a fork through the breakfast. Cutting through the fluffy cakes with his knife a placing a forkful in his mouth as the silence was broken by Carl Sr. setting his coffee down.

"So Junior, I noticed you working on that RC of yours" His father brought up, he was usually into his son's hobbies. Carl simply took another bite of his waffles.

"Yeah, I have been doing some work on it, fixing the handling and adding more to the frame, how about you Dad, anything up?" Carl asked as his dad did not exactly know that Carl used his RC in the underground combat contests but the way Carl saw it he did not need to know. He would never actually do anything illegal but the matches were frowned upon. yeah, the only money officially trading paws were between the two drivers participating, but fans would wake wagers on the side.

"It's that time of year so a few of us at the station are gonna try to bust Calypso this year, for the 10th time in a row" Carl Sr. replied as Junior looked down. He wanted to tell him everything, about how the fox contacted and selected him for this year's race but if there was a chance Calypso could grant his wish Carl Junior could not risk it.

"Well Dad, I hope you bust him, but I Don't know how you're gonna find him" Carl replied as he set his cup down.

"We have Hopps and Wilde scouting the streets for him" He replied as Junior smiled. It was a good team to track down Calypso, Hopps and the most driven and Wilde was the most cunning, they were a near-perfect team. But Junior doubted even they could stop Twisted Metal

Twisted Metal was the biggest of the RC contests and no one even knew where it was held, even the racers were kept in the dark until the contest. The ZPD has been trying to bust Calypso for years for him encouraging gambling and streaming the Tournament. But Junior realized something, every year Calypso streams the contests live which meant he would be on camera driving in the contest; Junior Had to tell his dad. He finished my waffles looking up at him.

"Dad, Calypso reached out to me and invited me to compete in this year's Twisted Metal," Junior told him as his dad nearly dropped his mug choking on his coffee.

"What!" He said in disbelief as Carl explained the events of last night through leaving some aspects out such as the entrance fee, claiming it was a free exhibition match. He told him Calypso complimented his driving and asked him to drive Outlaw in the contest. Carl Sr. told his son he wanted them to talk to the two officers he was working with as Junor agreed. He had to admit part of me wanted to see the contest get taken down. and if Junior was the smoking gun that did that he would be a sure thing to join the ZPD.

The trip to the station was a short one being that they lived nearby. The two walked into the station as they reached the desk, where a chubby cheetah was sitting polishing off a box of doughnuts as he looked down.

"Hey Carl, this must be Junior; hey there short stuff," The cheetah said to the cub in a friendly matter as Carl Sr. looked at him.

"Benjamin, Are Hopps and Wilde still here?" Carl Sr. asked as the Cheetah looked at his papers. telling him they were in the bullpen getting ready for orders. Before Carl could ask his dad why he was here he turned to his son telling him to sit down and wait for him before leaving into the bullpen.

Junior sat down wondering if he made the right choice, maybe he should have just worn a helmet or something to hide his Identity, But technically Carl Jr. had not done anything wrong. eventually, His dad came back with two fellow officers, one a light red fox, the other a grey rabbit as they were looking at the boy.

"Tell them what you told me" His dad responded looking at Carl as he Cleared my throat telling them he was invited by Calypso to compete in Twisted Metal as they looked at Him.

"A cub, participating in Twisted Metal, why do I doubt that?" The Fox replied in a sarcastic tone as Junior looked at him.

"It's True, Calypso personally reached out to me, said I was a great RC Driver and wanted me to participate" He defended responded.

"Will someone please tell me what this 'Twisted Metal' contest is?" The rabbit asked annoyed. it seemed she was out of the loop as Junior looked at her. He read Judy Hopps' bio, she wasn't from Zootopia, just moved here less than a year ago so her being out of the loop makes sense as Wilde looked at her.

"Seriously Carrots... fine I'll explain, Every year this guy Calypso runs an underground RC combat contest. He finds the best drivers and they compete for a mysterious prize" Wilde explained as Judy looked at him.

"What kind of prize?" Judy asked as Junior looked at her.

"Whatever the driver wants, Calypso will make it so, if you believe the stories" Junior explained telling them that he allegedly had the power to grant wishes as they looked at Junior in disbelief.

"I Don't know about 'wishes' but this Calypso character is hosting an Illegal event and stopping that is what I'm interested in" Hopps replied.

"Well that would be hard he's been doing this for 10 years and we don't even have a photo of the guy" Carl Sr. added.

"I Was invited by him personally, I know what he looks like," Junior told the two as they stopped talking and turned to him.

"Give us ALL the details" Judy ordered looking up at Carl Junior, yet still commanding as he told her what he remembered.

"He was a dark red fox, black suit with a red 'C' on the breast pocket red tie, the left side of his face was clawed really badly, he was missing an eye and he held a silver cane" Junior explained telling them he gave off a creepy vibe as the three of them looked at him

"You not actually going to compete, are you?" Carl Sr. asked a bit annoyed yet still surprised Calypso actually talked to his son and the Z.P.D. had no records of a one-eyed fox. the entire department has never once even seen the guy as Junior told them my plan

"Actually, I am Dad... and I have an idea, If the Z.P.D. try to find Calypso they probably won't, he's been giving you guys the runaround for 10 years, But If I compete Calypso will tell me where the contest is being held, and I'm one of the best drivers so let me enter Outlaw in the contest and win when I get I prize the Z.P.D. can come in and arrest the guy" Junior proposed as they looked at me.

"I feel uneasy about my own son entering Twisted Metal, but I will admit... You're our best lead of finding him" Carl Sr. admitted to his son.

"WHAT, why not just swarm in an arrest him, as soon as the contest begins?" Judy asked a bit annoyed by letting the event take place as Junior looked at her.

"For one, It's uncertain Calypso will even be there in person, he often streams the event, so he could be watching via camera, Two, Calypso will have to meet me in person to give me my prize and Three I'm getting my wish, those are my terms, take it or leave it" Junior countered.