Credit

* All Zootopia characters in this chapter belong to Disney

* Sonic and Tailsko in this chapter belong to SEGA/Sonic Team

* ~Censored~'s character and Roboticized Cheetahs (towards the end) belong to me, serve their purpose for this storyline

* A small reference towards the end of this chapter is indirect credited to Arrowsight, for the rabbit's injury

Author Note:

It appears that I missed a couple mistakes and I got them all fixed up. Replaced the bad guy's name with "~Censored~" as it was supposed to be, and changed few words to exclude "Civilian" words, since this is focus on Mammalian/Animal version, not Human Being. So forgive me for my tardy correction.

I missed my fox partner's chin with my uppercut. He dodged my fist then he swung his claws toward my face. I lifted my protected forearm to block his attack before I forced I forced his arm away. I flipped backward and land on my forepaws. I kicked his chest hard. It was so hard I literally sent him over the conference table, missing the chairs along the way. I flipped back on my hind-paws and looked at Tailsko, who snapped back to her primal sense. I turned my attention to Sonic while he was hustling toward me. I exhaled lightly as I reached for his running suit, grabbing it at his collarbone level. I pulled my head back before I drove my forehead into him. After my forehead impacted him, I closed my eyes and I saw three stars.

'So what am I doing? Why did I put myself in this situation?' I thought as my mind recovered from that forehead strike.

It started forty-five minutes ago, at the time when I first heard how Ivo Robotnik would had done horrible things to the mammalians. I heard them from Sonic's mouth. Sonic and I were walking back to our canine partners. To me, it seemed like Ivo Robotnik is very sinister villain, more so than Dawn Bellwether was. What I mean is... worse than turning the mammalians savage - he turned them into robots. Mindless Robots! Ugh, mindless slave robots, to be specify. I shifted my attention from the floor to the canines and then I saw Tailsko's expression. In a split second, I saw her head turn to Sonic and angrily slap his shoulder.

"No, no..." I started to explain, "Please do not blame him for telling me about this. It was just horrible what Ivo Robotnik would have done to the mammalians. That's cruel."

The kitsune sighed before she straightened herself up, "You misread the situation - I was angry at him for telling you this too soon. Once we have Ivo Robotnik captured, I will kick my brother's tail."

"It's alright," I shook my head as I reminded her of my duty as Precinct One's best cop, "I am a cop. I can take it, ok?"

"So now that we know each other let's get started on the hunt. I didn't want to miss the movie this evening," Nick called out, drawing us back to the previous topic.

"Yeah," Sonic agreed, "So let's switch partners for awhile?"

"Fine," Tailsko confirmed with a shrug, "It seemed like Officer Wilde wants some time in the air. Is that alright with you, Officer Hopps?"

I nodded as I crossed my arms, "That's good. Let's cover some ground, Sonic."

"Alright, c'mon, Officer Wilde," Tailsko mouthed as she and Nick walked toward the entrance of the building. I turned to Sonic.

"So, how did you get around with a passenger, like Tailsko or me?" I asked.

Sonic turned around so his spikes were facing me. He explained, "Well, my 'passengers' always travel piggyback."

I frowned as I analyzed his body structure. It was impressive that a hedgehog, who was at least an inch shorter than I am, could carry a kitsune halfway up to my ears let alone as big as I am.

"And don't worry about the spikes on my back. Your chest armor will just handle that fine," he added.

In my hyperactive mind, I studied his appearance, back and front. It appeared that Sonic and Tailsko were not built to be cops, like Nick and I. Sonic was dressed in a running suit that covered from his upperarms to his thighs. There were holes on his back for the spikes. On his hind paws were racing strap-ons that only covered his ankles. On his forepaws were white bandages that wrapped over his wrists like a pair of fighting gloves. But they did not give as much protection as my gauntlets. On his head spikes was a head wrap that prevented them from injuring 'passengers' he was carrying. That made sense since he was the one running.

I blinked as I wrapped my arms around his neck. I grabbed my forearms as I spoke, "It's not the spikes I was worried about. It's... your size that sets you apart from the others. I am impressed that you can carry the extra weight easily."

"I take that as compliment," he said with a cheerful grin.

Before I knew what was going on, we were outside in the middle of the road. My eyes widened in shock and my mouth formed into an 'O' letter as I witnessed many things blurring past us. I thanked my tough mind for not getting overwhelmed by this mad sprint and my sturdy arms for not letting him go during the entire run. I blinked to get used to the speed, but it didn't help much.

"Slow down a little bit, please," I said. I was reminding him that I did not see as well as Tailsko could.

And the scene got less blurry. I blinked to accustom my eyes to the speed. I looked around on our right while my new partner covered the left.

"Ivo Robotnik usual wears a red long-sleeve shirt and a pair of black pants, so he's not that easy to ignore," Sonic added as we exited the eleventh building, if I counted right.

"Duty Noted," I responded as I did my best to pick up speed, "Anything else, other than the giant mustache that you mentioned?"

By the time he gave me the next answer, we were already at the twentieth floor of the thirteenth building, "Have you see the eggs?"

"Yeah," I said as I stared at the wall that Sonic was running down.

"Well, that's how Ivo Robotnik looks like - a shape of a big fat egg," he sealed the describe of his 'villain'.

I sighed furiously. Already past the fourteenth building and we couldn't find this culprit. I blinked as I felt my cPhone vibrating in my pocket. I freed one of my paws and patted on his chest. He got the message and stopped on the roof of the fifteenth building. I hopped off his back and reached for the phone. By the time I grabbed it, I realized that we were standing on the edge of the building. I would had've fallen if Sonic hadn't reached for me and helped me keep my balance.

"Yes?" I responded after I pushed the green button and struck the device to the side of my head.

"It's Nick. We need your help right now!" I listened before I turned to Sonic.

"It's Nick," I started to explain, "It sounds like he's in some trouble. So let's go find him. Oh-"

I returned my attention to the device and spoke again, "Where are you right now?"

"In front of 'Hedge Green' where we ate yesterday," he responded. I heard the phone disconnect.

I pocketed my phone, then I turned my full attention to my blue-furred friend. I asked, "Do you know where 'Hedge Green' is?"

"Yes, that's how we found out where you were," he answered with a grin. To me, he seemed carefree most of the time.

"So," I said as I firmed my expression, "That's where Nick and Tailsko are right now. Can you please take us there?"

"That's music to my ears," Sonic exclaimed as he turned around. I wrapped my arms around his neck once again.

I blinked as I watched the floor approach before it went from 'wall' to 'floor' again. This time I didn't bother trying to slow Sonic down. It felt like a hundred miles per hour just on this hedgehog. I saw Tailsko slowly moving around, as if she was avoiding something instinctively. It appeared that I was finally used to the speed. I felt the deceleration to a stop, then Sonic patted my forearms, getting my attention.

"Go help your red partner deal with the shooter. It seems like he need some," my new friend reminded me. I realized what was going on and let his neck go.

I ran to join Nick who was facing the shooter. My body felt light after riding with Sonic. And for some reason, I could see more details.

"How in the blimp of Zootopia did you get here?" the shooter startled. He aimed his sniper rifle at me and fired a bullet

I could see the bullet approaching me like a paper ball being throw at me. I tilted my head to the left to dodge the flying item. That put the shocked expression back on the zebra's face again.

"Way to hop out of the way, eh, Carrots?" my police partner remarked, used my name as a pun. I groaned at him.

A pun came to me as I focused on the shooter, "Well, Slick... let's get a wilde card out on him."

As soon as I finished my sentence, I felt a cool breeze circling the three of us. That must be Sonic's work.

"Officer Wilde and Officer Hopps, just focus on keeping the shooter busy," Tailsko called out, encouraging us to ignore the wind.

I could feel my muscles relax a little bit, but I was still on alert. It was due to my cop training. The reason I became relaxed was because Sonic was preparing to collect any bullets coming toward Nick and I. Though I was used to the blurring, Sonic's speed was still faster. All I could make out of him was a blue blur. I spotted Tailsko creeping toward other side of the road, undetected by the shooter as he rapidly reloaded his rifle. I recognized that kind of behavior - he started shooting randomly. I did my best to avoid each and every bullet, but my partner was not so lucky. He flinched when a bullet zipped past his shoulder. If that bullet had pierced his shoulder, I would have-

"Oh," I startled as Tailsko threw her hind-paws onto the back of the zebra's head, which knocked him down.

"Great work, Tailsko, thanks," Nick said with a smile on his muzzle.

I ignored his cheerful response as I ran to the K.O. shooter and took his rifle away. I cuffed his wrists behind his back. I heard the loud engine that shut off a minute later. I lifted my head to see that Chief Bogo step out of the cruiser.

"Get that culprit in the cruiser before I turn you into trophies on the wall," the chief yelled, which got Nick and I working faster.

After the secured travel, we were in the interview room. I finished writing down Tailsko's side of the story. I was told that she was nearly shot when she was flying using her twin tails. Once they landed, the shooter threw an insult on her. An insult for her species. He considered her appearance as a disease. 'An awful mutant disease that can and will change them into freaks', to quote exactly. I mean, how low could they go attacking foxes?

"There," I said as I put down the pen, "that should cover everything."

I closed the file and hopped off the chair with the file in my paw. I walked to the filing cabinet after Tailsko joined me. She opened the drawer and I put the file in.

"Do not worry about that. Chief Bogo put much faith in me after I closed the 'Missing Mammals' case. But we should get to his office so I can report to him that the paperwork is done," I explained to Tailsko as we made our way back to our male companions.

I could feel Tailsko's skepticism because of my choice of words. I was sure that she would realize that it was how Precinct One worked. We arrived at the door to Chief Bogo's office. I looked at Tailsko as she spun her tails to rise to grab the doorknob and open the door. We entered the office. I lifted my attention to two mammalians. One was Chief Bogo and the other was ~Censored~, the horse that appeared on the news yesterday. I flinched as I heard the predators beside me growling alertly. I turned my head to them and took a couple of steps away from them. I got that ~Censored~ is bad news, but it's unnecessary for them to be this... hostile. So now I remembered the true reason why my friends were like this. I had to put up with two of them fighting.

"Oh, here they are. And I don't think they like you," Chief Bogo said to ~Censored~.

I huffed before I straightened up, "Put on professional behavior, please."

I turned my head back to the desk and took a few steps closer to the chief, "Sir. What brings him here?"

"I am glad that one of you still has common sense. ~Censored~ came here to give me a request for protection," Chief Bogo briefed me with his arm crossed, "This is to protect him from the mammalians that disagree with him being a mayor of Zootopia. At least until the election's over."

I considered for a few seconds and realized that the chief's words actually served their purpose. I returned my attention to him and started speaking, "Well, may I speak with my partners... once I get them to calm down? Just for the case that you have provided now."

"Permission granted," my boss nodded. He put his trust and faith in me, just as I wanted Tailsko to trust in me.

I nodded in appreciating before I turned to my predator friends. I gestured them to leave the office before following them. I shut the door, and walked the rest of the way back to the interview room with them. They showed their manners, but their expressions were still hostile. I appreciated them not turning the office into some unseemly fight. Once we got into the soundproof interview room and shut the door, I turned to face the grumpy predators.

"Alright, Nick, Sonic, and Tailsko. I know that you all hate ~Censored~. I also don't like the idea of helping him out. So should we discuss this in-" I said. I was cut off by the canines' loud barks.

This was a little out of paw, so I swung my fist toward my fox partner's jaw. He instinctively reacted to my attack and tried to scratch me, but I was quick in catching his attack. I stopped his attack by striking his forearm with my gauntlet. I knocked his arm away then I got on my forepaws and kicked him on his chest. That sent him flying cross the room. I flipped forward and landed on my hind-paws, then I looked at Tailsko. She regained her common sense and backed off with her paws in the air. I turned to Sonic, who was still hostile. I sighed and I reached for his running suit, grabbing it at level of his collarbone. I pulled my head back then I drove my forehead into him. Once my forehead impacted him, I closed my eyes and I saw three stars. That snapped Sonic out of it. I let his suit go so I could see all predators at the same time.

"Alright, you guys. All I asked was to talk it out, not for a fight. That was not a proper manner, ya'know?" I said as I took note of Tailsko guiding Nick back to us.

"Yeah, Carrots," Nick started as he lifted his attention to me, "You're right. It was out of paw and we should have know better than that."

"I second that, Nick," Sonic said as he rubbed his sore forehead.

"So... should we discuss this in a proper manner. And I want to know the reason why you were hostile in the office," I spoke with my palms on my hips.

"Well, I gotta say... Horseface guy is a poor choice of candidate," my fox partner admitted as he lifted his weight off Tailsko. I pulled out the notepad and carrot pen before I wrote that down.

"Yeah, he's a very poor choice," Sonic nodded as he turned his attention to the foxes, "~Censored~ would perhaps be connected to Ivo Robotnik. They both were in Zootopia at same time, though that was not mentioned at election time."

I wrote that down as I watched Tailsko shift her weight to her good hind-paw, "I have my own reasons. I have a feeling that ~Censored~ would just drive Zootopia into ruin if he takes office."

"That would be opposite to what he said on the news yesterday. 'Make Zootopia Great', my lucky paw," I added grumpy. I checked through the note to detail the predators' thoughts before I spoke again, "So now, you guys... behave!"

"Yes, madam," the boys commanded while Tailsko nodded.

I pocketed my recorder carrot pen before I tore the page out of my notepad. I pocketed my notepad and held on the piece of paper as we rode the elevator back to the third floor. It seemed like my words and self-defense moves had put the boys in their place. They were quiet the whole way to the office, with no sign of scowls. I was sure that they were reflecting on their behavior in the interview room. I could sense no shame, no sorrow, or anything related to the depression. Only disappointment. Once we arrived at the office again, I nodded to Tailsko. She opened the door and we all entered. Normally we would let hte boss know before we entered, but he expected our return so there was no need to knock.

"I take that it went well?" Chief Bogo called out with a solemn tone.

I nodded before I turned to the predators. My eyes told them to stand their ground. I returned to the chief and stepped forth.

"We had a discussion. And we all voted that we have to refuse this job. Here is the list of reasons why," I explained. I walked to the desk and jumped up so I could lay the piece of paper on it. I stepped back.

I watched him take the paper that I left behind. He blinked as he spoke, "Is that the reason for your partners' hostile behaviors?"

"Yes, sir," I responded.

He put on his eyeglasses and studied the paper that contained my partners' reasonings. He nodded in understanding, sliding a small chuckle.

"Alright. Your partners must be thankful for your viewpoint. So get back to the street and patrol it, or whatever you are scheduled for today. Dismissed," the water buffalo stated. He opened a drawer, threw the paper in, and shut it.

We left the office as he shut the drawer - that was so loud. I closed the door again. I turned my attention to my fox partner.

"In case you two don't want to get mugshots again, just take the cruiser," I informed the canine members.

"Second that," Tailsko said with her paw raised. She was struggled to keep from laughing, perhaps from my little pun.

We took the elevator back to the first floor and worked our way to the entrance of the building. Nick went to the dispatcher's desk and grabbed the key for the cruiser. I was able to block out Benjamin's squeak as I got on Sonic's back once again with my arms around his neck. I eyed Sonic's paw as he waved goodbye to his... well, I should say his 'old friend'. And we left Precinct One.

"I am impressed that you managed to snap two of us back to our senses, using violence," Sonic said. We were at least fifty miles from Precinct One.

"There was more than just a meeting of eyes," I admitted as I tightened my grips, "I experienced dealing with bullies in my youth. I am not that soft."

"Glad that you are who you are," he responded gleefully.

My sight was focused this time around. Since I was reassured about Nick's behavior, my reaction time improved. Suddenly, I saw a bullet coming to my muzzle. This time, it seemed slower compared to the ones that the zebra shooter fired at me at least twenty minutes ago. I tilted my head to avoid colliding with it.

"Hey, Sonic. Stop - we're surrounded," I called out as we were now running in a circle.

"I was looking for an opening to get away," he said as the breeze settled. I got off his back and looked at the strange cops. I could sense Sonic grinning behind as he added, "I wonder if it's the fastest day this month."

"Oh, sweet cheese and cracker! How can you jest in a situation like this?" I hollered before I pulled out the cPhone and sent a text to my canine partner.

I pocketed my phone and focused on surviving until the reinforcements arrived. I saw another bullet coming at me as slow as the previous one. I leaned to the right to get out of the way quickly. But I wasn't expecting to be that fast. Was that part of my hyperactive training I had at academy? Or was that part of what Sonic did - the fact that he made me get used to a speed so fast that nobody could hang on? Speaking of Sonic, I could have known that he's quite a carefree mammal. But it's not the time for this. I was on the battlefield now. The cops were in the shape of cheetahs... well, lean body cheetah, not the group that Benjamin fell in. Not to mention that they were armed with assault rifles. However, I didn't think that they could be cheetahs due to their movements... almost robot-like rather than moving like a real cheetah would do. I managed to throw my hind-paws onto the one that fired the second bullet at me and knocked that one down. My knees hurt from the impact as I landed on the road. Recalling the warning that Jack Savage had given me a couple months ago, I realized how right he was.

"These guys are kindly hard to put down," Sonic said. I felt the force of wind on my back proving he had just put his back to mine.

Now I started to notice that all cops who Sonic had knocked down with his super speed were slowly getting up. I realized that it was a little abnormal. My eyes glanced all over the place and my sensitive ears listening where my eyes couldn't reach; I grabbed my phone again and checked the time. It had barely ten minutes and it felt like an hour.

"You will get used to it. I've lived in that way for my life," my new friend reminded me. I picked up that he recognized that I was affected by his speed.

"It's your fault," I grunted as I shifted my body position to avoid another bullet. That was shot from behind me, thanks to the hyperactive hearing I picked it up.

I pocketed my phone again as I spoke, "And this makes our partners slow to get here."

"Actually, this only effects us, not them. We are in the speed zone right now," Sonic corrected me as he managed to knock two more strange cops down. He continued, "So I take it you already told them our location, right?"

"Did I give Nick the location? Yes, yes, I did. Otherwise, how can Nick find me each time we are separated on the street?" I answered.

As I spoke, I analyzed one of the cops' figure before I moved to its leg. I pushed the back of the knee to knock the strange cop down.

"Argh," I groaned as I heard the sound of the cop meeting the floor.

It was not a flesh and blood version - it actually sounded like a car had crashing into another car. But it was built of metal rather than plastic. The crash was quite loud, as loud as fireworks.

"Somethings not quite right here," I called out to Sonic, "They're not flesh as we are."

"About time you catch up with us," Sonic said with a grin. That had me off guard for a minute... well, two seconds, if we went with Sonic's time warp logic.

I looked down at the robot cop on the road next to me. I quickly moved away from it and returned to the center of the cop mob. I turned my ears to Sonic's direction.

"Remember what we discussed about Ivo Robotnik's escaping?" he brought up the topic. "Those 'not-flesh-as-we-are' guys are his minions."

I made a grimace expression as I looked over my shoulder, "So that mean they were... are now roboticized mammalians?"

"What do you think they are?" the hedgehog asked. He dodged my question by asking me a question, Wilde style.

I shook my head, "Do I know them as cheetahs? Yes, yes, I do."

I sidestepped the next bullet and hopped toward the robot cop that was standing there. I used my forepaws to knock this one down and bounced my back to the center once again.

"Well, that's the basic thing. They're what left of living mammalians. Cruel, yes," my new friend responded once he reappeared behind me. That something I couldn't get used onto.

My expression shifted from a grimace to anger as I spoke, "So we are fighting the very mammalians that we were sworn to protecting? Ridiculous!"

"Quite," Sonic remarked as he vanished into the thin air.

After five minutes of dodging and knocking the robot cops back, through it felt like twenty minutes to me, I could see the cruiser that slowly approaching us. Ugh, I wish that we had a remote that could just turn off the slow-mo option. I huffed as I started to move around more. The quote that Gazelle always sang finally rang in my head.

"Sonic - here's the plan," I called out. He reappeared from the thin air.

That got his attention. I explained the plan, "Let's take away their firearms so we don't have to move so often."

"And risked getting shot in the back?" he pointed out the flaw in my plan. I shook my head as I sidestepped once again.

Inhaling a large supply of air, I spoke again, "Just take the guns and separate them into multiple pieces so they can't use them anymore. I am about exhausted. I don't have stamina like you do."

"Ah, guess I got psyched. So alright, I will take them and put them far, far, far away," the speedster admitted before he vanished along with three firearms from the cops.

That left me to do the pushing. It was this easy than I did at the farm, where I had to push and shove the tractor with help from my dozen siblings. This time, it required less power to keep the army of robots back. Flat ground as well. Sonic could just put his speed and stamina in use to remove each and every weapon he found. All this while Nick and Tailsko were slowly approaching us. I was wondering why I didn't think of this plan when we were first ambushed. It took a full minute inside the speed zone for our canine partners to kill the engine, exit the cruiser, and run to us, all in slow motion. Thanks our ancestors that Tailsko was able to 'catch up to the speed'.

"Uh, them again? At least you two smartened up with a plan of taking the guns out of the picture," she said as she noticed three more assault rifles vanishing.

That was the fifth set so far. I nodded to her as I sidestepped a bullet. It was now second nature to me. But it was wearing me out. I knew that two of us could take care of the problem due to their experience in the past. However, I started to feel exasperated almost immediately. I collapsed onto the road. I was disconnected from reality before my face met the road.