Yo, what's up everybody! With summer literally right around the corner, I might as well turn up the heat with part 2 of The Showdown Arc! I was hoping to try and finish part 3 so I can post that along with this new chapter, but a lot has happened this month and has set me back a bit. Sorry. The good news is, I'm halfway done with the third part. However, the process is a little slow as I need time to come up with some ideas to put into what I should write. That new chapter should be done somewhere around May, just in time for the summer.
Anywho, before we get started, time for me to answer a few reviews:
Solange Griffin: I can't tell you that. It'll spoil the story.
Hamza9236: Honestly, I have no clue. I guess everyone who works on only the "Disney" category, they always put a female as the main protagonist. Probably because I think they wanted their female characters to meet certain male Disney characters and fall in love. Who knows. Although for me, there are other categories that falls around the Disney-related stories that maybe have a male protagonist somewhere. I know I have a male protagonist in my Disney-related story that revolves around DuckTales. You can check it out if you like.
With everything done on this part, I just want to say I don't own any of the characters within the Disney universe, especially Zootopia since I'm starting-off here. Those go to their respective owners. Now for the main character, Tracy, half of the credit goes to retro mania for creating her name and a small description while the rest I did myself. Sparx, Commander Shepherd, and any of the original characters belongs to me.
Enjoy!
Chapter 11: Showdown: Part 2
M2 kept flying at a fast pace, putting a little bit more distance away from the Daemons that were behind, with Tracy keeping a tight lock on the mouse clone's neck. When he came to a crossroads, that's where he stopped. "Why are we stopping?" the young tabby cat asked.
"This spot will do," M2 said before pointing his hand at the ground. "Earth Pillar!"
A pillar of earth rises out of the middle of the crossroads until it touches M2's feet. "Go ahead and climb off my back, then take out your club." Tracy did what he said and the mouse clone went behind her, placing his calming hands on her shoulders. "Put your guard up and I want you to listen to me carefully." She brings the club up while M2 explains, "The technique I'm going to teach you is a Martial Arts skill called: Full Counter. It is a skill which requires not a single drop of magic and mainly focuses on counterattacking either physical or magical attacks. If timed correctly, you can do twice the damage towards your opponent. This means, the stronger the attack you reflect, the stronger your technique will be. However, there is a downside. You can't initiate any attack the moment you use it and if your opponent can read your movements, it'll be hard to time the attack."
"Wow," Tracy said astounded. She never knew that skill was non-magical and she's seen it in action several times. However, she became confused and looked at M2. "Hold on. I thought you can't teach me unless I have a sparring partner and you can't be one."
"True, I can't be your sparring partner due to my contract." Their ears heard loud thumping as M2 took her small chin and turned it towards the approaching Ogre who caught up to them. "But he can." Tracy's eyes widened while the mouse clone continued, "When I say now, just as he is about to swing, I want you to swing your club and yell 'Full Counter'."
"Wait what?" Tracy looked at him again, trying to wrap her head around from what she just heard.
"Pay attention and get ready!" M2 snapped as Tracy turned her attention back at the approaching Ogre. "Wait for it…" The club in Tracy's paws shook with fear. "Wait for it…" The Ogre arrives towards them and raises the ax. "Now!" She stood there in absolute terror, her eyes not leaving that ax. "Now, Tracy, now!" She screams, covers her head with both arms, and shuts her eyes as the ax descends. Clang! Her ears heard the loud sound of metal clashing with something while feeling a small gust of wind before it dissipated. Slowly opening her eyes, she looks up and notices M2's sword guarding against the Ogre's giant ax. "It's alright, Tracy," the mouse clone said. "Nobody does it on the first try. Now let's go again. This time don't close your eyes."
"I…I can't do it!" Tracy collapses to her knees, her heart beating fast like a frightened cat she was.
"Yes you can, now on your feet!"
"I can't, M2! I'm scared!"
Never before in her life has she ever been afraid. Sure she can face a small Daemon and live to tell about it, but against this giant it was impossible. This was way worse than facing a savaged jaguar or knowing that she has to fight against Sparx and save him. It was starting to become too much for her to handle and doubt was starting to cloud her mind. What if she can't handle this soon-to-be battle that'll affect this world? What if the king was wrong about her and she doesn't have this so-called power that she could use to save the other Guardians and help the multiverse?
She was brought out of her thoughts when M2 softly said to her, "I understand you're scared." She looks up at him. "A lot has been put on you and now you feel like you can't accomplish something like this." He looks at her, a small smile forming on his lips. "I know things are a bit scary, but the king is not only counting on you since your the only hope he's got, he sees something in you and so do I." He sighs, continuing, "Listen, if you're ever afraid of something you've got to stand and face it. Turn that fear of yours into a weapon of hope and use it to protect others." His face turns serious. "Now stand up and steel yourself!" He pushes the ax up, making the Ogre stumble a little. "And let's go again!"
Tracy slowly stands up.
"Take a deep breath through the nose, then breathe out through the mouth, and calm yourself."
She did what he told and breathed through her nose, then shakely exhaled out through her mouth.
M2 makes his sword vanish in a flash of light before placing his hands on her shoulders. "Don't worry, as long as I'm still here in the physical realm, I won't let any harm befall you. Now, en garde!" She brings her guard up. "Wait for it…" The Ogre takes two steps towards them and brings up his ax, ready for a second strike. "Now Tracy, use it!"
Time slowed down for her as she thought, Turn that fear into a weapon of hope. Use it to protect others. That was when something crossed her mind. What am I protecting? Her mind turns white, just as the ax comes halfway there. It was empty at first until…she saw the forms of Judy and Nick. My friends?
Was this her reason? To protect those two? She only knew them for about two days, and those days were all it took to form a connection with them. Sure they were a mix-matched duo who got to know her a little, but they too grew close to her. It was that connection that bonded them together as they were going through great lengths to help her and even protect her. If they were going to protect her from anything, then she needs to protect them from these Daemons. There was no way she was going to let these monsters have their with them or even think about destroying their home!
With great resolve, she grits her teeth and swings the club, just as the image fades from her mind. "FULL COUNTER!" she shouted at the top of her lungs, her voice echoing at the crossroads.
There was a cling, then…BOOM!
The Ogre was thrown back, its right arm raised from the force, and a shockwave surrounded the crossroads, shattering both building windows and street lights while they were pushed to the sideways, glass raining down as it pelted the streets. The Gargoyles along with the Goblins, who managed to catch up with the giant Daemon, were thrown back from the shockwave and the Ogre landed hard on the road, back-first.
Tracy was stunned. She had seen the technique work against magic, but she's never seen it work against physical attacks until now. Looking at the club, it was miraculously unscathed; there wasn't a single scratch on it. "Whoa…" she quietly said, once again astounded by the power of the Full Counter.
M2 giggled and patted her shoulder, saying, "Atta girl, Tracy! You'll be a natural with that skill if you keep practicing."
"But how is…" Tracy was still trying to wrap her head around why the club she was holding was still in one piece.
M2 giggles again and explains, "Whenever you use Full Counter, nothing can happen. Let's just say, you won't have any damage or scratch when using this technique. Other than that, you can use anything to mix it in with the skill; be it like a simple twig or a limb from your body." She felt him pet her tail while continuing, "Heck, you can even use your tail to cast Full Counter if you want."
He stopped petting her tail as she grabbed it, looking at it with intrigue from knowing that she could use the Full Counter with her tail. "Wow, that's kinda cool. I wanna try that one day."
M2 giggles for the third time with enthusiasm before ruffling her head a little, making her give a small purr, and says to her, "I'm sure you'll get the chance. Now then…" He snaps his fingers using his right hand and the earth pillar descends as Tracy yelps. When they came to the ground, she almost lost her balance if M2 didn't keep his hand on her shoulder. "Pay attention to the next thing I'm going to demonstrate which you will one day learn." He walks past her until he is in front while bringing a ball of light and clasping it, turning it into a sword. "I'll be the one who will finish this Ogre off since you don't have enough magical energy to pull this off." He looks behind, adding, "At least not yet until your magic fully awakens, so I only needed you to use the Full Counter to blow this monster down."
Tracy watched in awe as she saw M2's sword glow while a white aura surrounds it. "Whoa! What is that?"
"This is a technique that's part of the Holy Magic side and one of the three top spells ever casted: The Shining. It is a very strong spell that requires full concentration and manipulation of your magical energy towards a weapon. By channeling through it and condensing it to pure light energy, you can create a spell that says 'Shining'." He turned his attention back to the Ogre, who was slowly starting to sit up. The mouse clone crotches down and brings his sword sideways, his face becoming serious. "It's a little something…like this!" He charges straight towards the Ogre, just as it sits up, and leaps into the air, his body spinning around. The Ogre didn't have enough time to guard as M2 yelled, "Shining Sword!"
He swipes his sword in a perfect sideways strike. A lash of white energy shoots out of the sword and decapitates the Ogre's head as it flies clean off the shoulders, leaving only a perfectly black smokey stump. The Daemon explodes into black smoke, forcing Tracy to cover her face with both arms as a strong gust of dark wind suddenly comes. The black smoke dissipates and the wind dies down, leaving only an empty road where the Ogre once stood. Putting both of her arms down, Tracy gives a small gasp when she sees the empty road. It amazed her to no end that the spell M2 used destroyed the Ogre in just one strike. "Whoa…" The mouse clone flies down to her as she looks at him, her amazement not leaving her. "Alright, that was cool! Now I really wanna learn how to use that spell."
M2 giggles at her enthusiasm and says, "Be patient. In time you will when your magic fully awakens."
"How will I know?"
"You'll know when you feel it." He winks at her. "Trust me."
She didn't know what he meant by that, but didn't have time to ponder as both she and M2 felt shocks go through their heads. Tracy was the first to notice and points up, yelling, "M2!"
He quickly creates another sword and turns around, slicing two Goblins that were thrown down by the Gargoyles, turning them both into black smoke. What neither of them didn't notice was that while the Ogre exploded, they used the blackness of the smoke as their advantage for the Gargoyles to pick up the Goblins and fly above, then waited for the mouse and cat to drop their guards.
They tossed three more Goblins at them, forcing M2 to cast, "Full Guard!"
A white dome surrounds them and the Goblins' bodies smack at the shield, then slide down as they make the magical barrier squeak a little. Knowing that they can't toss another Goblin at the barrier, the Gargoyles set them down and all of them drew their weapons, charging straight at the dome. The mouse clone and Tracy could only watch as metal from their swords and spears, and wood from the Goblin's wooden clubs, strike at the barrier, trying to destroy it. However, the magical dome didn't even dent or crack, no matter how many times they swung their weapons at it.
M2 crossed his arms and both swords started to glow again, preparing another Shining Sword spell. Only this time, from Tracy's perspective, he was going to use a dual spell attack. Before he could even swing them and cast the spell, Tracy grabs his right wrist and quickly says, "Wait!" No sooner had her paw touched that wrist, the glow immediately died and his sword shattered like glass; the pieces fading away into stardust. This took her completely aback from what happened just now. How did this happen and what did she do? Putting it out of her head for the time being, she tells him, "Don't waste anymore of your magic. Do you still have my badge?"
"Of course, it's right where I put it." M2 reaches inside his robe with his right hand and pulls out the badge. Right before his fight against the Daemons on top of the doberman agent's car, he placed Tracy's badge inside his robe since he didn't have enough time to give it back to her and had to wait until they were completely safe from harm.
"Good, give it to me." The mouse clone gives her the badge, then orders, "Badge, bring out the low-grade swords and Magi-Guns, and give them to M2. Next, I want you to automatically buy a Magi-Gun for me and equip it for me now."
The screen of her badge glowed as it received the order. A rune circle with a hexagram symbol at the center materialized and four small glowing balls come out and float towards M2, then it showed her currency of nine-hundred and ninety-nine million, nine-hundred and ninety-nine thousand, and nine-hundred and seventy-four before it changed to sixty-nine at the end and returned to her badge while out popped another small glowing ball. Instead of expanding and revealing what it was, it changed shape until it formed a gun. Unlike the Pulsar Pistol she saw from Commander Shepherd, this one was wider at the front and the color of it was completely tan, indicating how low-grade it was. As for the other smaller balls near M2, two Magi-Guns took shape, but two more widened and changed into two swords. The blades were made of copper with the cross-guard being bronze and the grip of it being black.
While the weapons remained afloat, M2 made the move first as rune circles appeared on his palms, then he reached out and touched the grips of the swords with his hands without gripping them as they vanished in a flash of light. He clutches his hands twice before flicking his right hand, the sword appearing in a flash of light. With a smile, he makes it return back to his dimensional store space. As the mouse clone was busy taking the two Magi-Guns, Tracy couldn't help but stare at the floating pistol. Never before in her life had she ever held a gun, especially like this one. She was interested in wanting to have one when she was older, but she never expected to suddenly get one; even in a different world where she had to fight these monsters no less.
Putting the badge in her pocket and the club back in her belt, she takes the floating pistol. Only for it to shrink slightly while stardust surrounded it, due to it being a little big for her size. She points it towards a Goblin who is still swinging a sword at the dome, one eye closed with the other eye aiming at the sight. She imagined pulling the trigger and blowing that monster till it became black smoke. However, she wondered how strong this pistol was. Even though it was considered a low-grade, looks can be deceiving. The bigger question remained: Were these weapons going to be enough? Sure she could rely on M2 for support and could let him destroy these Daemon's with both his magic and skills, but the more magic he uses, including staying in that physical form, the more time he'll waste before returning back into the grimoire to recharge for a month. She couldn't just let him fight all the battles for her and she needed something else. Something that could turn things around against these creatures without having M2 use up so much magic. Maybe a grenade? No, that'll be too destructive and a bit risky. A flash grenade does sound simple and less destructive. It can blind enemies and can be used for either quick getaways or taking out your enemies.
The moment she thought of that, rune symbols from before danced around her vision once again. This was the second time this has happened and she couldn't explain why these symbols kept appearing around her vision. M2 noticed her shaking her head, trying to get rid of these symbols, but unlike before, they persisted. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"It's these symbols I'm seeing," she answered. "It's the same thing that happened before when we got off the tram and we were on our way to City Hall." She placed a paw on the side of her head and kept her eyes tightly shut. "But they're not going away."
"I think I know what it is." She felt him place his hands on her shoulders, making her eyes open and look at him while the symbols kept dancing. "That's your Contract Magic trying to manifest something."
"What?" Tracy said, confused. "But I thought that's sixth-tier magic and I can't use it because it's too strong for me to use."
"True," M2 shrugged. "It is considered sixth-tier and the way you are now, you're not ready to use it." He gives her a small smile and a small shake of the head. "But that doesn't mean you can use it to create smaller things before you're ready to take on bigger creations."
This got her a little curious after learning about that. "How does it work?"
"First, close your eyes and relax." She did what he told her. "Don't fight the symbols, they are a part of you, so let them guide you." Tracy continued to listen while M2 tells her, "Now, pick out a symbol within your vision, then say the spell either through the mouth, the soul, or through your mind's eye. The rest of it will come naturally."
Tracy was trying to decide what symbol to take. It only took a few seconds to choose a symbol that looked like the shape of a P, then the rest of the symbols followed soon after as they vanished into stardust and reappeared in a form of a sentence. Without realizing what she was doing, she raised a paw while M2 listened through her mind as Tracy said the spell, Weapon of cylinder and metal, be formed and be filled with blinding light to be used against my enemies. This contract I make until it ends with a pull of the pin and five seconds to be tossed before you vanish into nothingness.
Stardust surrounds the top of her paw until it turns into a ball of light, then a rune circle surrounds it before quickly shrinking down and touching it. There was a small flash and Tracy felt something hard around her paw. She opened her eyes and gave a small gasp at what she was holding. Right in front of her was a blue flash grenade, ready to be used. M2 giggled and pats her shoulder, saying, "Congratulations, Tracy, you've successfully made your first contract!"
"Wow," she said astounded. Observing by turning it side to side, she could feel how light it was while feeling the power from the inside of the canister. The power that she alone created. However, her legs suddenly felt like jelly as she nearly collapsed if M2 hadn't caught her. "What's happening to me?"
"That's just your body growing weak from casting a strong spell. Whenever you cast a spell that requires magic from outside of the body, it'll drain away your strength. Be grateful that it was only a single strong spell and not a huge one since your body still needs time to not only adapt to the magic, but to also train it before it's ready to handle stronger spells." He reaches in through her pouch and pulls out a Potion. "Here." He uses his teeth and pulls out the cork, spitting it out. "Drink this. It'll help." He brings it over to her mouth as Tracy drinks the entire small vial. When it was done, he tossed the vial aside, glass cracking as it landed on the asphalt, and her body glowed green for a second. The moment it died, she felt a little of her strength return to her. As she got her balance back, M2 then adds, "Now, take out your Ether and drink it. You need to replenish your magic." She did what he told her as she started getting an Ether out of the pouch, but first she placed her created flash grenade under her neck and was about to place her Magi-Gun pistol in her belt. "If I was you, I'd put that inside my sleeve. They're baggy and can easily conceal a weapon while keeping it tucked in whenever you need it. Like so."
Tracy watched as M2 demonstrated by flicking his arm to the side, and immediately the Magi-Gun slid to his hand and he gripped the handle, aimed and ready to shoot. "Wow, cool!" Taking the flash grenade out of her neck and placing it under her arm, she puts her Magi-Gun inside her sleeve, letting it tuck itself nicely inside, before taking her flash grenade out of her arm. Wanting to try it out herself, she did the same thing M2 did, only this time facing her arm forward. "This is really neat." Putting it back inside her sleeve, she reached into her other pouch and dug out an Ether. Pulling off the cork with her teeth and spitting it out, she drinks the entire vial, tasting the flavor of blueberries in the process, and her body glows blue. For only a second, she felt a little bit of energy flow through her, almost like she just finished drinking an entire small can of an energy drink. When the glow died down, she tossed the vial aside as that too cracked the moment it landed on the ground. With two vials down from each one, she now had four vials of Potions and Ethers left, making it a total of eight vials.
Now fully restored, M2 said, "You ready?"
"Yeah, let's do it!" She was about to pull the pin, but had to stop herself as she realized something. "Oh, what a second! How am I supposed to get it out of the barrier without you cutting-it off?"
"Not to worry," M2 assured her. "The spell is meant to repel anything that's meant to harm on the outside while keeping anything safe on the inside. However, that doesn't mean anything inside can come out."
"So that means…" M2 gave her a slow nod as she caught on. Tracy grabs the pin and right before she is about to pull it, she looks at him and asks, "One more thing. What would happen if I were to condense Holy Magic onto a gun? What kind of spell will I create?"
M2 gave her a smile.
Outside the barrier, the Daemons kept swinging their weapons, hoping to at least make some kind of scratch or dent. Once again, the barrier stood its ground without getting one speck of damage. However, a few Gargoyles noticed an odd blue cylinder suddenly pop up out from the barrier and the last thing they saw was a blinding light that made all the Daemons stop swinging their weapons while grunting, growling, and covering their eyes with either their arms or weapons at the same time.
Before they had a chance to even recuperate from the sudden flash. A white energy round was fired at a Goblin with a piyu, turning into black smoke. The barrier had already dissipated and M2 did not waste a single second as he kept firing his pistols at every angle with such speed that not one Daemon turned into black smoke after getting hit. With the last shot fired and the mouse clone connecting the back ends of the pistols together, letting the fronts facing down and up, every Daemon popped into black smoke. Tracy, who had already covered her eyes and head with both arms, looked ahead at the resolve of how her flash grenade did the trick in helping M2 deal with the rest of these Daemons. She felt a little proud of herself and made a mental note to create more flash grenades, and hopefully actual grenades, whenever she got the chance.
M2 puts the pistols back inside his sleeves and dusts his hands. "Well, that takes care of them," he said before looking left and right with his eyes. "However, it seems that the Chimera Brain didn't follow us and is now probably at Savanna Central by now."
Tracy gasped when she heard that. "Oh no! Judy! Nick!"
She starts sprinting forward, but M2 grabbed her by the back of her coat and said to her, "Whoa now! Hold your horses! They should be fine as long they're with the police and hopefully Commander Shepherd's soldiers to back them up." He picks her up and lets her climb on his back while adding, "So don't you worry, will be there to back them up as well. You can bet on those sweet whiskers of yours." He playfully flicked her whiskers with only one finger, surprising Tracy a little as she never realized until now that she actually had them. "Now, hold on tight." He starts rising off the ground. "Hastega!"
Flying really fast while creating a small boom in the process, they were on their way to Savanna Central to help both the police mammals and their friends. For Tracy, she hoped that they weren't too late.
Meanwhile, Judy, Nick, the doberman agent, Chief Bogo, and a handful of police mammals arrived at Savanna Central where the other police squadrons were. They were, however, completely unaware that the Chimera Brain was following them there. The police mammals formed blockades here and there around the Savanna Central area, preparing for the upcoming fight against an army of unusual creatures they've never seen before. With the vehicles parked, they got out of the vehicles and some of the police mammals went to any blockade while others went to the park to wait for those creatures to arrive, but Judy, Nick, and the doberman agent followed Chief Bogo to a nearby male elephant cop who got his attention by saying to him, "Hey, you there, has every cop been accounted for?"
"No, sir, some of the others are still stuck in the city. We don't even know if they've made it out alive or not."
"Have you tried contacting them and notified them of our position?"
"Believe me, we've already tried. The signal's all jammed. What's worse, our weapons are barely doing anything and we can't stop them or slow them down." His eyes gaze at the doberman agent. "And who's this?"
"A friend. He's with us and he has a weapon of his own that can destroy these monsters."
"There's actually more, Chief," Nick said as all eyes turn to him. "We can use weapons of their own like this one," he showed them the sword, "to use against them. All you need to do is disarm them and we can destroy them a lot easier."
"Are you sure?"
"Believe him, Chief," Judy said. "I've seen it for myself."
Chief Bogo hummed a little. If this little advantage does work, then this should buy them more time until backup arrives. Still, with this little piece of information, he may have to tell Commander Shepherd about this. That way, in case of future invasions against these creatures, they'll be ready to use that tiny piece of information to their advantage. "Sir!" a male wolf cop yelled as he ran to them and points behind him, getting the small group's attention. "They're coming!"
They looked up ahead and saw a small army of Daemons marching here and there towards the blockades, armed to the teeth and were ready to kill anything that stood in their way. "Everyone to the blockades!" Chief Bogo yelled his order. "Go! Move, move, move!"
Every police animal that wasn't near a blockade, immediately ran to one as many of them brought out their weapons while getting behind the cover of their vehicles, ready to fire at the marching horde.
"You three are with me. Let's go!"
The three mammals followed Chief Bogo to the front of the blockade where both he and the doberman agent got behind cover and pointed their weapons while Judy took cover behind a tire. "Nick, stay behind me," she told him.
"Believe me, Carrots, I intend to. I don't have a gun like you do."
The small army of Daemons kept marching towards the blockades. Some of the police mammals became nervous while others grew a little scared at the approaching monsters, but didn't budge from their positions as they steeled their nerves and were ready to shoot on command from Chief Bogo. "Steady!" Chief Bogo said to the police animals. "Wait for it…" Every mammal with a weapon kept their eyes pinned on the sights. "Wait for it…" Many of them took a small deep breath and kept their fingers on the trigger; they were ready to shoot. "Now! Fire!"
Volleys of tranquilizer darts, electricity balls, and white energy rounds from the doberman agent were fired towards the small army. The Gargoyles who stood at the front of the lines, raised their shields up to protect the Goblins and themselves as the volleys struck them, creating small sparks in the process. They kept shooting at them to no avail as they kept approaching them. That was until Judy reloaded a tranquilizer dart, after already using several of them on her belt, and decided to aim lower at a Gargoyle's unprotected legs. It worked as the Gargoyle grunted and lowered its guard a little, giving the police mammals an opening to hit it with a few tranquilizers and an electricity round, sending it falling to the ground. "Chief Bogo!" she yelled at him.
"I know! Everyone aim lower!"
They took the order and started shooting below the shields. Some of the Gargoyles got hit with either a dart or a round of electricity while others started flapping their wings and took to the air the moment their defensive weakness was discovered. The Goblins, however, took this as an opportune moment to sprint straight towards the police mammals after their defense was lifted.
"Everyone, move back!"
Everyone near the blockades slowly moved back while they kept firing at the sprinting Goblins. Most of them got hit and fell, but others kept dodging until each one shot with a dart or electricity round. However, for the doberman agent, he kept turning every small creature to black smoke with each short burst to conserve energy, much to the police mammal's shock that the weapon he had fared much better than what they had. Unfortunately, the moment when some of the police mammals ran out of ammo or charge from the shock weapons, they needed covering fire till they reloaded or changed the batteries. The slow backwards trek reached an end when they came halfway to the center part of Savanna Central, that was when Chief Bogo shouted, "CHARRRRGE!"
With a mighty shout from the police mammals, they charged straight ahead to the approaching horde. Judy and Nick were left behind with the rabbit cop saying to the fox, "You ready?"
"No, but I don't have a choice. Do I?"
"Nope." She joins the other police mammals while shouting.
"Oh well," Nick shrugged. "What the heck then? I have nothing to lose." He raised his sword up and charged while shouting.
Before the two sides collide in one massive brawl, Chief Bogo yells, "Get their weapons!"
The Goblins barely stood a chance against the rough and heavy-weighted exterior of Chief Bogo's police mammals who easily pushed through them. However, that didn't mean they weren't fools to know how dangerous these creatures were if one of the police mammals stood alone and knew fully well how to work together as a team. Each of them fended off both these Goblins and Gargoyles by staying in groups of two, three, or four, with more of the experienced cops managing to fight them on their own using either only physical combat or their police batons while being covered by a group until one of them had a chance to get a weapon from these creatures. A male rhino cop got lucky as he grabbed a Gargoyle, who was carrying a spear, by its feet and tossed it, knocking down a bench in the process. "Gimme that!" He snatched the weapon from the Gargoyle and did not hesitate as he raised it up and impaled the winged creature, giving it a small cry as it turned to black smoke along with its spear. "Chief Bogo!" he yelled, hoping he could hear him. "These weapons disappear after you've destroyed the wielder who has it!"
Unfortunately, Chief Bogo couldn't hear the rhino cop from all the noise that was around him while keeping focus on the sight of his shotgun at the same time. Judy's keen ears, however, heard what the rhino said and repeated the message to the chief that was near her, "Chief Bogo, the weapon disappears after you've destroyed the wielder who carries it."
"Are you serious?" Nick said. "Well, that's just great! If I take down a Goblin that once held this, then that along with this sword I'm holding will disappear."
"Don't worry, Nick," Judy assured him. "If that ever happens, I'll protect you until you get another weapon from these things."
Nick notices a Gargoyle, who was up in the air, about to throw a spear at the rabbit cop. "Judy!" He reacts quickly by throwing the sword as hard as he could towards the winged creature. It impaled itself at the Gargoyle's chest, turning it into black smoke. In the process, however, the sword falls and lands on the ground right in the middle of the horde. Knowing that he'll be defenseless without it and having faith that these police mammals will cover him, he runs towards the crowd of Daemons to get it back.
"Nick!" Judy called out while running after him.
Seeing the two small mammals run towards the crowd of Daemons, Chief Bogo points his shotgun at the creatures while yelling, "Hopps! Wilde!"
Giving them covering fire, Nick dodges a swipe from the Goblin's sword and Judy shoots it before passing by it. When he saw the sword laying flat on the ground, he ran towards it, but had to slide while dodging another swipe from a Goblin's club. He quickly grabs it and cuts the Daemons legs off, making it cry out and collapse. The fox finished it off as he got up quick and impaled it on the chest. After the creature turned to black smoke, Nick looked behind and yelped, seeing another Goblin who raised a sword with one arm and was about to slice him. "Nick, duck!"
Nick quickly ducks as Judy front flips over him and kicks the Goblin's face, causing it to stumble slightly. "Judy!" The fox tosses the sword to her and she catches it, then slices the Goblin's chest, not giving it a chance to recover and turning it to black smoke. She turns around and fires her tranquilizer dart; Nick manages to dodge that by the skin of his teeth as it hits a Goblin's face. "A little warning before you shoot!"
"Sorry!" She tosses the sword to him while reloading her pistol. He catches it and slices the Goblin in two. Turning around, he sees another Goblin behind Judy with a sword raised by both arms as she reloads again after shooting another single dart. He quickly swings his sword, making Judy gasp and duck, and cuts off both its arms. He swings again, cutting off the Goblin's head as the pieces turn to black smoke. "A little warning before you swing that thing!"
"Sorry," he said casually while smiling. "Now we're even."
She sighed and shook her head unamusingly at him. She didn't have time to rest as she shot her dart at another Goblin, this time at the neck. Nick took this opportunity to cut down this creature while Judy reloaded. The two of them quickly passed their weapons with the fox shooting at a sprinting Goblin in the leg, collapsing on its front, and the rabbit cop stabbing a foot from an approaching Goblin, making it grunt in pain. She brings the sword up, cutting the Daemon's face right at the middle and a small geyser of black smoke erupts. When the Goblin collapsed on its back and before it vanished, Judy took the sword it had, and doing what Nick did, threw it towards a Goblin and impaled itself on its chest, causing it to cry out and throw its body hard on the ground.
Nick quickly goes to the downed Goblin and takes its club. When the green-skinned creature sat up, the fox raised the blunt object up like a golf club and yelled, "Fore!" The club makes contact with the Goblin's chin, sending it flying to the air from the force of the strike and landing on a group of Goblins as they all collapse. He quickly passes the pistol over to Judy while she passes back his sword. He swings his club at some Goblins, whacking each of them in the face, before using his sword to behead all of them in a row. As Judy finished reloading her pistol, Nick said to her, "Judy, use this!" He passed her the club, just before another Goblin came towards her, and connected her club to the Daemon's. She kicks the Goblin right at the groin, making it groan in pain, then whacks it on its face on each side and follows with two kicks to the side of the face. It looks at her with a dazed expression and the rabbit cop kicks the Daemon right at its chin, sending it falling to the ground back-first.
Chief Bogo couldn't take his eyes off the spectacle. What he literally just witnessed was two small mammals holding their own against a bunch of Daemons surrounding them. Despite them being a mixed-match duo of mammals, they made a pretty good team. His little sightseeing came to an end when a male bear cop yelled while swinging his baton at a Gargoyle that was still in the air, "Sir! There's too many of them!"
"He's right!" a male rhino said while keeping him covered with his shock pistol. "We can't keep this up!"
"Sir!" a female polar yelled. "I'm running low on ammo and down to my last clip!"
"Chief Bogo!" a male wolf cop yelled. Behind him was a male elephant who smacked some Daemons with his trunk that held a Gargoyle and trumpets, sending the winged creature towards a group of Goblins as they were knocked down. In the process, however, he started coughing from exhaustion. Right next to him was an already exhausted male tiger who was keeping himself up by using the Gargoyles spear that he recently took while the male wolf cop kept the monsters back with a club that he got from a Goblin. After swinging it again, he slowly pants as exhaustion was kicking in. "We can't keep going like this and we're running out of steam!"
Chief Bogo knew he was right as some of his police mammals were starting to get tuckered out from all the fighting using physical means. All the others were starting to lose ammo fast and wouldn't be able to slow down these creatures much longer. The doberman agent had already tossed aside his first weapon after using up every last round and was now using his Pulsar Pistol, which the chief wasn't sure how many rounds he had left before running out. They had only managed to take out some of the Daemons, but there was still a whole army of them. Not to mention, there was still the matter of those two big Daemons that M2 and Tracy were probably dealing with, and Commander Shepherd's troops that have yet to appear. They've done their job for now and it was time to make a run for it back to headquarters to barricade themselves and reload their weapons until help arrives. "Alright everyone, fall back to base! Anyone who still has ammo left give them covering fire!"
"It's no use, Chief," the doberman agent said to him.
"What! What do you mean?"
"Look behind."
Chief Bogo looks behind, only to see Daemons cutting off their path towards police headquarters and are now trapped. He points his shotgun at them, only for the weapon to shoot out sparks, indicating that he was out of charge. Taking his weapon by the front, he swings the butt of it like a bat towards the creatures, trying to keep them back. The doberman agent kept shooting his Pulsar Pistol until finished with a click. He tosses it towards a Goblin, but it easily dodges it and chuckles evilly at him. He takes out his combat knife that he kept inside his suit and holds it in a foregrip. Even though it won't pierce their bodies since it's not magical, at least he could use it to defend himself while hopefully getting a weapon from these creatures.
Back with Judy and Nick, their backs were against each other while panting slowly from exhaustion and looking around, assessing the situation. So far, they've all managed to do good, but with these numbers the situation was starting to become dire as they were now on their last ropes. "Carrots," the fox said. "How many rounds you got left?"
"Four in the belt and one loaded," she answered him. "That's five rounds I've got left, but it's not enough to slow them all down."
"Where's help when you need it?"
As if speaking too soon, they heard tires screech as something was coming. Some of the Daemons turned around while police mammals looked ahead and saw several military jeeps, along with police cars that they've recently rescued from the creatures following them, arriving at Savanna Central. They busted through a barrier and swerved, knocking aside Daemons that got in the way. Police mammals got out first and started unloading rounds of tranquilizer darts and electricity balls towards the monsters before groups of soldiers came out next through the back of their jeeps. "Let's go! Move, move, move!" a male cougar said as he aimed his rifle at the surrounding horde. "Take'em out!"
Every soldier took out one Daemon after the next, giving the exhausted mammals a chance to recuperate while they were the ones finishing the job. However, after they've taken out some of the Daemons, all the others started to back off but haven't retreated. It was as if they were waiting for something which started to worry Chief Bogo. Judy and Nick felt the same as something felt off. That was when her keen ears heard the sound of hard thumping and realized what that was.
Chief Bogo was the first to notice as he looks to the direction where they first arrived and sees the large Daemon leaping in the air. "LOOK OUT!" he shouted.
His warning came too late as the Chimera Brain landed hard on the ground, shaking the earth with its massive body and sending some soldiers flying from the force of the impact. One male soldier managed to get up and unload a volley of energy rounds, but the large Daemon easily swatted him away like a bug; making him give out a wilhelm scream. "Take it out!" another male soldier said.
Before they had a chance to unload volleys of energy rounds towards the large Daemon, the other Daemons began their second charge as they were ready to overrun their enemies in sheer numbers. "Everyone, fall back!" Chief Bogo yelled.
The police mammals or Judy, Nick and the doberman agent didn't have to be told twice as they made a run for it back to police headquarters while the soldiers covered them. However, the Chimera Brain wasn't going to let any of its prey run. Not one single victim was going to escape from this creature. The lion head roared, spewing out a blood-red fireball out of its muzzle and exploded right at the path where they were going, creating a wall of flames and cutting off their main path to headquarters. Right as it was about to shoot another fireball towards its gathered prey, the Chimera Brain felt energy balls hit its back, causing it to bellow in pain. It turns around with fury in its eyes and sees a small group of soldiers bend down on one knee. On their shoulders they carried energy cannons that were silver at the back and black at the front, and had adjustable red target sights on the side.
"Hit it again!" a male leopard soldier yelled.
The Chimera Brain wasn't going to allow it. With a roar from the lion head and spewing out another blood-red fireball, it exploded on the small group and the soldiers screamed.
"Full retreat! Full retreat!" a male panther soldier yelled.
The soldiers start falling back while Chief Bogo yells, "Follow me! Will take another way out!"
With the main path blocked by Daemonic flames, Chief Bogo had to lead an entire group of soldiers and police mammals. All the while being protected by said soldiers as they provided cover from all the small Daemons that were after them. Unfortunately, the Chimera Brain was proving to be more difficult to escape as it unleashed one fireball after the next, taking out some soldiers and police mammals in the process. By the time they arrived, Chief Bogo and the doberman agent quickly opened the doors as every mammal rushed inside. However, the chief noticed there were two small mammals missing. "Where's Hopps and Wilde?" he asked the doberman agent.
"I don't know," he answered. "I thought they were with you."
What nobody noticed during the retreat, Judy and Nick hid behind a tree as all the Daemons were too busy chasing all the survivors towards headquarters. They knew they weren't going to make it due to their small bodies, so they had to wait until these creatures passed them and they could go around them, then find another entrance to police headquarters. As the two of them helplessly watched the large Daemon kill some soldiers and police mammals with its fireballs, the fox knew there was nothing else they could do. All they can do now is survive till M2 and Tracy arrive, and they could deal with these monsters. For Judy, however, she saw the energy cannon lying next to an already dead cheetah soldier. A plan suddenly formed.
She took off in a sprint towards the energy cannon as Nick said, "Carrots, where are you going? Not that way! Carrots!" He went after her, just as she started to drag the heavy cannon. "What are you doing?"
"What's it look like I'm doing? We're gonna need this."
It didn't take no more than two seconds for Nick to put two and two together. "Are you crazy?! We can't take on that thing! We need Tracy and M2's help!"
She started adjusting the sight until it was at her level. "We don't have time to wait and we have to try!"
"But Judy we have to get out of here! We need to regroup with the others!"
"By the time we regroup with the others…" She looks at him in the eye. "Those things will overrun the headquarters and that giant monster will give them trouble. Chief Bogo should know this by now. Our only chance is to either distract it and give them enough time for them to deal with the small fry or destroy it."
"Judy-"
"If we don't do something now, Chief Bogo and everyone else will die!" Her face became pleadful and her eyes turned to desperation. "Please, Nick, I can't lift this thing up, it's too heavy. You're the only one I know who can help me. Please."
Nick knew that she was right about everything. There was no other option and they couldn't run away from these creatures. As long as that giant Daemon was still roaming around causing havoc, nobody was safe. With a sigh, he said while shrugging, "Well, I did say I've got nothing to lose. Might as well live with what I said." Going to the front of the cannon, he placed the handle of the sword on his muzzle and picked up the front. "Where are we taking it?" he asked through clenched teeth.
She places the club on her belt and picks up the back of the cannon while answering, "We're going to get into a nice diagonal position, then get in close."
"How close?"
"Close enough where we can't miss. Come on!"
Without a second to spare, they carried the energy cannon as fast as their little legs could carry them.
Meanwhile back at police headquarters, the police mammals had managed to lock all the doors. It kept the little monsters out, but the bigger one was going to be a problem soon. While the Goblins and Gargoyles were busy swinging their weapons on the doors, cracking the glass but couldn't break through due to it being strong to withstand a bit of force, Chief Bogo started ordering, "Alright, I want every mammal to reload their weapons!" He tosses his shotgun to a rhino cop. "Then get back in here as fast as you can! The rest of you who still have ammo left are with me! Let's move it!" The police mammals who needed to restock their ammo dispersed to the armory. "Get ready, everybody! Those doors won't hold them forever, so prepare yourselves!" He walks over to the front desk and slams a fisted hoof, getting a small yelp from someone underneath. "That goes for you too, Clawhauser."
Clawhauser, who had been hiding underneath the desk since the beginning of the attack, pokes his head out and looks at him with frightened eyes, saying, "But sir, I-I-I'm not made for combat and I-I don't know how to shoot."
Chief Bogo sighed and went to a wolf cop, then offered his hoof. The wolf cop knew what he meant and gave him his shock pistol since he still had his shotgun that had some charge left. Taking it, the chief went back to Clawhauser and got him back on his feet by grabbing onto the back of his police uniform. "First time for anything," he said to him before taking the cheetah's arm and placing the shock pistol on his paw. "It's that easy. Just hold the gun, point at it, and pull the trigger." Clawhauser looks at him and points the gun at a tiger cop. "Not at us!" He firmly straightened his arm as it was pointing at the entrance while he took a hoof to his chin and made him look at the horde of Daemons that were still outside. "At them!"
Clawhauser's eyes could only widen with absolute shock at what he was seeing. He had no idea at first what Chief Bogo and the others were facing outside. All that he heard before ducking and covering underneath the desk was the shooting and explosions. Now that he had a glimpse of these monsters, he could only scream, wave his arms a little, and wrap Chief Bogo's head; making him grunt while some of the police mammals and the soldiers quietly snickered. "Oh my God!" he yelled. "What are these things?! Are they aliens or something?!"
"In a way…" Chief Bogo said through clenched teeth while prying Clawhauser's arms off his head, then making him look at his intimidating face. "Yes!" He firmly gets both of the cheetah's arms straight, brings his other paw towards the shock pistol until it is gripped to the bottom, and grabs the top of his head till his eyes are facing back to the Daemons, "Now screw your courage to the sticking place and get ready!" The chief smacks his hoof at Clawhauser's back, causing him to grunt a little. He walks over to a male snow leopard soldier and asks, "Mind if I borrow that side-arm?"
He takes out his side-arm and tosses it to him while saying, "Here."
Catching it, Chief Bogo went in between a male polar bear cop and a male lion cop, and pointed the pistol, ready to shoot if those Daemons managed to break through. However, the Goblins and Gargoyles stopped swinging their weapons at the doors, and started to slowly move away. Every mammal within the entrance could hear the slow thumping of the Chimera Brain as it came literally inches away from where they were. Clawhauser's jaw drops while he gives a small gasp at the sheer size of the monster standing outside. Despite not actually seeing what the creature looked like due to the distance he was at and could only see the middle of it, he could vividly imagine over a dozen possibilities of what it could be. Those many possibilities have started to scare him down to the core.
Chief Bogo stood his ground along with the others, except Clawhauser as he didn't notice that the cheetah was starting to lose his cool, and was prepared to fight the second-wave of these monsters. He knew that they needed to buy more time until Tracy and M2 get here to deal with that giant Daemon. The fight may seem hopeless, but if they were to go down, they will go down swinging to protect both the city and the lives who live here. As he waited for that creature to make its move, he had a feeling that maybe it would try to tear apart the entrance so it could let in those smaller creatures inside. If that became the possibility, then they would let loose all the firepower they have left towards it to slow it down. Even though it won't do much, at least it would give the others who were still in the armory reloading their weapons enough time to get here before they would be overrunned by the sheer numbers of these small monsters. Unfortunately, he didn't expect a sudden glow coming from the giant. He couldn't tell what that thing was about to do, but he had a bad feeling it wasn't going to be pretty. "Everybody, find cover!" he yelled.
They run away from the entrance while Clawhauser whimpers and ducks back under the desk for cover. What nobody saw outside headquarters was that the Chimera Brain's bull head had its mouth open and was charging a blood-red energy ball that started to slowly grow in power. However, the giant Daemon or any of the smaller Daemons hadn't noticed two small mammals were behind them as they got to a nice diagonal position. When they saw that big Daemon charging its attack, they knew right away that time was running out. If that thing were to keep charging that attack and unleash it, Chief Bogo and everybody inside will be completely obliterated; leaving no survivors and a destroyed police station.
Judy places the cannon on her shoulder and brings a single eye to the sight, her finger now poised to pull the trigger. Unfortunately, she could not only see the small Daemons that stood in the way, but could only see the Chimera Brain's back. "Higher Nick!" The fox could only grunt as he lifted the front of the energy cannon till it was at his shoulder. When her sight was lifted a bit, she saw the Chimera Brain slowly leaning back while the blood-red energy ball was getting bigger but couldn't get a better shot. "Lift it up higher!"
Nick grunts again as he uses both arms to lift up the heavy weapon, his arms shaking from the strain. When he saw the blood-red light getting brighter, seeing his shadow along with Judy's and the weapon they were carrying, he said to her with his teeth still clenched to the handle of the sword, "Hurry it up! We're running out of time and I can't hold this up long!"
"Just hold on a bit longer!"
She knew that time was about to be up if she didn't pull the trigger now. Luckily, her sight showed her the eagle head as that was the only thing she could shoot; the lion head would've been the first she could've aimed at, but that one was too bent forward. Taking a deep breath, she quietly prayed, "Please, don't let me miss."
With that, she pulled the trigger, causing both her and the fox to yelp as they were thrown to the ground from the force. Before the Chimera Brain had a chance to bellow, screech, and unleash its attack so it could destroy the police headquarters in one shot and kill every last of its gathered prey inside while the small Daemons could only watch in anticipation. The energy ball makes contact on the eagle head and explodes, sending a geyser of black smoke as the bull head throws its head up and bellows, letting loose the blood-red energy ball to the night sky and turning it blood-red upon exploding.
The Chimera Brain continues to bellow in absolute pain while waving both its body and arms around as the black smoke kept spewing out of the destroyed head; making the smaller Daemons run away from its painful frenzy and without getting stomped by its feet or cut to shreds by its claws. The black smoke caused the glass at police headquarters to shatter and the revolving door to uncontrollably spin by the fierce dark winds.
Judy and Nick kept their heads down from the strong gust while the black smoke covered the area. When it finally died down, they sat up and looked around at the dark mist that was around Savanna Central, hoping to see if the Chimera Brain was destroyed. As they stood up, the fox picked up the sword, after already spitting it out, and the rabbit cop asked him, "Did we kill it?"
Nick wasn't sure if he could answer that, but…thump. His and Judy's eyes widened as their heads slowly turned to the direction that was coming straight towards them from out of the dark mist. As the mist slowly thinned, the Chimera Brain slowly walked, alive but only having one smoked stump of what remained of the eagle head. When it saw the two small mammals, both the lion and bull head's eyes glared with absolute fury for it knew that those two destroyed one of its heads as evidence with the energy cannon that laid right next to them. "That's a no…" the fox finally answered. "A very, very, huge no."
"Um…" Judy swallowed some air. "It looks really angry."
"You think?" Nick stated the obvious.
The Chimera Brain growls and the two small said in unison, "Run!"
They take off in a sprint and the large Daemon gives out a bellowing roar before charging after them with murderous intent. It was going to make them pay for what they've done. Their little legs couldn't outrun the sheer size of this monster as it was about to be upon them in a matter of seconds. Catching a small glimpse from behind, the two of them see its claws unsheathed and a blood-red aura surrounding them. However, Judy and Nick heard a familiar voice shouting, "STOOOOOP!"
They looked towards the direction of the shout and next thing they knew, there was a flash of light, then…wa-shing!
Judy and Nick stopped when the sudden flash subsided. The two of them slowly looked behind while the fox said, "What the-"
BOOM! Judy and Nick yelped as they were thrown to the ground from the sudden gust of wind while light glowed around the Savanna Central area and the earth shook. The Chimera Brain roared and exploded as it was cut in two and a wave of light blocked out the black smoke, smothering it instantly by the intense glow. The Gargoyles and Goblins didn't have enough time to dodge as they too were hit, vanishing them in an instant. When the light faded, the surviving Daemons picked themselves up after being thrown from that powerful force and gaped with absolute fear.
The police mammals and the soldiers came out of the headquarters after seeing a sudden bright light outside; wondering what happened just now. Chief Bogo could only look in both shock and awe as he saw half of the Daemon horde literally wiped out from the light. What really caught his eye was a thin gash that appeared to be small, yet that light somehow managed to do a lot of damage against those monsters. And judging by the fact that the large Daemon was nowhere to be seen indicated that it was destroyed. The question was who did it? At first he thought it was M2 who arrived with Tracy in the nick of time to deal with these creatures, but he, along with the others, saw a small glow that wasn't a mouse and was right in front of two small mammals.
Judy and Nick groaned while they sat up and looked behind, only for their eyes to widen when they recognized the light-blue glow. "Tracy?" the fox said.
Standing before them was undoubtedly their teenage tabby cat friend. But where was M2? Whatever happened to the mouse clone? Judy and Nick had to put those questions aside as they noticed the same aura they saw before back at Mr. Big's surrounding her, and floating right next to her was the king's grimoire. What really caught their attention was something that she was holding in the air…
It was a sword! They recognized the black handle and crossguard while the blade itself was pure silver. Somehow she managed to pull it out of the grimoire, but they don't know how she did it. She held the blade diagonally from when she first swiped at the Chimera Brain, then she slowly brought it down before turning her head to the side to look at the remaining Daemon horde. The Goblins and Gargoyles started to slowly back away, as if she was a Daemon herself that was far more powerful to take on a High-Class Daemon with one stroke of her sword.
Tracy brings her other paw to the handle of the sword and raises it; a white aura now surrounding the blade. The Daemons start to scream and panic as many of them scatter here and there. The police mammals, the soldiers, along with Chief Bogo wondered why they were getting scared. Well, they got their answer when the young tabby cat brought her sword down and unleashed a lash of white energy, forcing both them and the small mammals who were with her to cover their eyes with their arms from the sudden flash. The first-half of what was left of the Daemon horde was hit by the wave of light and vanished instantly. The sword and club that Judy and Nick carried separately turned to black smoke, indicating that the Daemons that once held them were destroyed by Tracy's magical attack.
Her sword was once again filled with white aura and just like before with the Chimera Brain, she did a diagonal slash as white energy shot out to the second-half of the Daemon horde. Not even a single surviving Gargoyle from the first-strike that tried to fly high enough to the air could outrun a huge wave of light. When the light died down, all the mammals put their arms down and saw not one but two more thin gashes which miraculously didn't do a lot of damage to the ground. The bottom line was that thanks to Tracy, every Daemon including that giant was destroyed.
Every mammal erupted into cheers as they won the battle while Nick whooped in the air and yelled, "Whoo! Alright, Tracy! You've swatted those Daemons like flies, your invincible kid!" He laughs a little, adding, "Way to go!"
She didn't turn around and face him, much to his confusion as she still remained on guard.
"Tracy?"
He slowly walks towards her, one paw to reach out to her shoulder. She looks at him, only for him to pull back as both he and Judy gasp. What they were seeing was her eyes glowing light-blue. Just like before back at Mr. Big's place. Her eyes look here and there, searching for more Daemons, but never realizing that they were all destroyed by her and she didn't even notice her friends standing right in front of her.
Nick was about to walk towards her, slowly and carefully, and hopefully talk to her so he could find out if she can hear him when she's like this. No sooner had he taken two steps, a tranquilizer dart whizzed past him and Tracy blocked it, making a small cling as it connected to her blade. He sharply turns, seeing Judy having already taken out her tranquilizer pistol out of the holster and pointing it straight at the girl, her nose constantly twitching while her eyes were filled with absolute fear. "What are you doing?" he asked her with a hard voice. She didn't respond to him and quickly reloaded before shooting another dart; once again blocked by Tracy's sword. "Judy, what are you doing?!" he yelled, repeating the question. The rabbit cop reloaded for the third time and fired, but was blocked again and made her sword spark a little from the dart that grazed it. "Stop it!" She reloads her fourth round and the young tabby cat swings her weapon as the dart bounces off after it is fired, then she quickly reloads her last dart. Right as she was about to shoot, hoping that it would hit the girl and knock her out, the fox immediately took action and grabbed her arm, stopping her from pulling the trigger. "Judy, stop it!" She grunted by the fox's grip, struggling and trying to get him to let go.
As the rabbit cop continues to struggle, Tracy brings her sword sideways and a white aura surrounds it again. Judy gasped while Nick turned to look at the young tabby cat after noticing light starting to shine. He knew there was not enough time to talk to her and make her stop. Bringing the rabbit close to him in a tight hug, keeping his back facing towards the girl and Judy's eyes on his chest. Chief Bogo and the others became confused when they saw that light now facing those two small mammals. What was she doing?
Tracy grunts while Nick grits his teeth and Judy wraps her arms around him, prepared for the inevitable strike at a near point-blank range. However, their ears perked up when they heard screeching on the ground, almost like someone sliding with their feet, and a familiar voice yelling, "Tracy, stop!"
Judy and Nick looked as they saw M2, who had one arm tightly gripped to her wrist, preventing her from swinging her sword, and the other arm wrapped around her till she was at his chest. "Tracy, you need to calm down and relax," he said in her ear while she grunted and struggled, trying to get out of his grip. "You're already in your awakened state and have gained Guardian Instinct. If you don't calm yourself, you'll end up either hurting someone you care about or end up destroying something with your magic." She stopped struggling as realization struck her. "Now, take a deep breath, relax your muscles, and calm yourself." She listened to him and took a deep breath before exhaling.
The aura surrounding her died down along with the glow in her eyes and the grimoire dropped to the ground after her magic faded. Her arm that was holding the sword went limp while her paw still kept a good grip on the handle. When she finally relaxed, M2 let go of her and picked up the grimoire. Tracy looked at her two friends, seeing only the worried look of Judy and her nose twitching, and Nick giving a sigh of relief, almost like he was glad that he didn't die just now which only confused her. "Guys…" she said slowly to them. "What-"
"Lightning Wheel!"
The three mammals and the mouse clone sharply looked up, seeing Sparx in the air and front flipping with electricity surrounding him like a wheel. He goes down towards the small group and Tracy yelps.
With the Daemons now defeated, the epic showdown between Tracy and Sparx will soon begin. Will her newly awakened powers be enough to beat him and save him from the dark magic that's controlling him? Find out next time in the epic conclusion of The Showdown Arc!
Till then, I'll see y'all later for now!
