Chapter 13. Got to keep the workflow going. So, when I was around the age of 13, a lot of superhero movies came out at the time. So for this chapter, Nick, Judy, and the gang go out to watch a superhero movie. Nick's favorite superhero, Hood. I wanted to do a chapter like this because I wanted some chapter to be about the kids doing normals things like watch movies, eat pizza, or go bowling. It's all part of their plans for their 'Endless Summer'. To continue with the superhero theme, check out my Zootopia/Cloak & Dagger AU stories, Darkness and Light & Darkness and Light: Bringing Order. Nick and Judy take the roles as Marvel's Cloak & Dagger and fight for revenge and justice. Pretty dope reads if I do say so myself. Plus, Bringing Order is still ongoing. Now, enough of that. Let's get to the chapter.
The Zooplix Theater. One of the best theaters in Zootopia to go and watch the best movies at high quality. And that's where the gang was today or rather... they're outside of the theater. Waiting in the middle of a very long line was Judy, Finnick, Benji, Mervin, Falisha, Ronnie, Audran, Darson, and Flash. They looked like they were waiting in line for a long time.
"This line so loooooooooooong." Mervin said feeling like this was a drag to wait so long.
"Who would have guessed that opening day for the Hood movie would be such a blowout?" Ronnie asked.
"Pretty sure Nick did." Darson said.
"Seriously, where is Slick?" Judy asked seeing that Nick was nowhere around. "Out of every one of us, he should be the one here."
"Yeah. You should have seen him when he first found out about the movie." Benji said.
A few months ago, Nick was walking around the streets with Finnick, Benji, and Mervin. Nick was drinking soda from a cup when all fo a sudden, he dropped it at the site of a poster he sees on a bus post. Nick's friends see how he froze up and stuttered.
"Nick, what's wrong?" Benji asked.
"Ahhh... ahhh... ahhh..." Nick uttered as he pointed at the poster.
The others looked at the poster and it was of a fox turning on his right side in a green outfit with a hood over his head and holding an arrow. The words on the bottom said "Hood" and "Coming this Summer" below that.
"Woah! Hood is having a movie?" Mervin asked surprised.
"Oh yeah. I've heard about it." Finnick said remembering he heard some news about it before.
"Isn't Hood your favorite Su..." Before Benji could even finish that sentence, Nick hopped up on the chubby cheetah and grabbed him by his shirt.
"WE HAVE TO SEE THIS MOVIE!" Nick shouted right at Benji's face.
Nick really wanted to see this movie. Like, REALLY wanted to see this movie. Maybe more than anyone. So he really should have been there with his friends.
"Where do you think he is?" Falisha asked.
Flash paused for three seconds before saying something. "He said he was going to get something from his house." Flash said at a normal speed.
"He better hurry. The movie is in half an hour and we still need to get tickets." Ronnie stated as he looked at his watch.
A few seconds later, a young fox in a green superhero outfit and a bow appeared. He performed a somersault and then pulled out a toy bow and pointed a suction cup arrow at the group.
"Hello, fellow crusaders!" The fox in the outfit said in a cheery heroic matter.
"Nick?!" The group said.
The fox then puts up the arrow and bow, takes off his hood, and the green mask he had on. In really was Nick.
"The one and only." Nick said with a wide grin. "Since it's the premiere, I had to rock out with a super cool 'Hood' costume. What do you guys think?"
The costume Nick had on was pretty close to the actual 'Hood'. A green outfit with a few buckles, a quiver that held suction cup arrows, a toy model bow, a green mask to put near his eyes, and the hood.
"Wow! That's a really cool costume." Judy said looking impressed.
"Looks pretty expensive. Where did you get it?" Audran asked.
"I feel that you guys forget that I'm the son of a great tailor. Pop made this costume for me." Nick stated proudly. He then put back on his mask and the hood over his head.
"Your dad made THAT? That's impressive." Benji said looking amazed.
"Yeah. Was saving this for Clawoween, but I feel that the premiere for the Summer's Best Movie would be great too." Nick said excitedly. "Best part, since we are all 13 and up, we can watch this movie with no parental guidance."
"Yeah! First PG-13 movie!" Ronnie shouted out excitedly with his arms up.
"Still,... your costume a little... much for a movie, Nick." Falisha stated feeling that Nick overdressed.
"Hey! I'm not the first fan to dress the part when it comes to these movie premieres." Nick stated firmly. Some of the people in line were dressed in costumes too.
"True. But I don't think we see you as one of those nerds that actually did that." Darson said with a smirk before laughing.
Not liking his words, Nick got out his bow and shot an arrow right at Darson. The suction cup arrow hit him right on the center of his forehead.
"DAAAHH!" Darson yelled out.
"Headshot!" Nick said with a smirk.
"Nice shot!" Mervin said impressed by Nick's archery.
Darson then pulled the arrow out of his forehead.
"Not cool, Wilde!" Darson shouted out angrily. He then pulled the arrow out of his forehead. "This better not have pulled off some of my fur."
Darson then tosses the arrow back to Nick and he put it back in his quiver. Nick then looked at Finnick and notice that he was wearing a tan overcoat... in the Summer.
"Finn, why are you in an overcoat?" Nick asked.
"If you have to ask, then you don't know Finnick at all." Judy said with a straight-face.
"Please don't tell me you have snacks in there so you can sneak them inside the theater." Nick said to Finnick.
"Movie snacks sold in the theater are seriously overpriced." Finnick stated. "I'm not spending 3 times the regular amount for a simple candy bar."
"Dude, seriously, you can't really do that. It's frowned upon." Nick stated.
"Hey, if you want to be a dumb-dumb and waste your money, be my guest. Me, I'll be happily saving my money." Finnick said with a smirk.
Nick then shot another arrow hitting Finnick right on his forehead.
"Hey!" Finnick shouted out in angry.
"How are you so good at that?" Judy asked.
"Apparently, foxes are natural when it comes to archery." Nick stated as he puts his bow up.
Finnick then pulls the arrow off his forehead and snaps it with his paw.
"Hey! Those don't come cheap and I don't have a lot of those." Nick said mad at Finnick for breaking his arrow.
"Can you just get in line already?" Finnick asked. "The line is crazy long. So getting tickets is hard enough."
"I know." Nick said as he dug into his pocket and reveal several movie tickets. "Which is why I bought our tickets in advance."
"WHAT?!" Everyone else shouted out. Nick must have not told them that he already had bought tickets for the movie.
"You mean we stayed in this line for almost an hour for nothing?!" Mervin asked not sounding too happy.
"Kinda." Nick replied. "But I must say, to wait in line the way you guys did, you are all real troopers. Now let's get in."
"Hmpt! I don't think we want to go in with you now." Judy said looking mad and crossing her arms.
"Yeah. With all the waiting you made us do, why should we go with you?" Darson asked also with his arms crossed. The others also crossed their arms.
"Cause I brought tickets for all of us... with my money." Nick stated with a serious look on his face.
Everyone else's eyes then widen when they heard that. Nick actually paid for the tickets. Meaning the other wouldn't have to contribute any money. The friends started to feel guilty about it.
"You're a good boyfriend." Judy said to Nick.
"I'll buy you some popcorn." Benji said feeling that he own him something.
"You can have some of my candy bars." Finnick said feeling the same way Benji was.
"Nachos are on me." Ronnie said also feeling that he should give Nick something.
"That's what I thought." Nick said with a grin.
The gang got out of the line and went straight into the theater. Before going to their designated screening room, they went to the lobby to get themselves some snacks. The buttery aroma of freshly popped popcorn got most of them thinking to get some. As they look at the menu, they were trying to think of what else looks good. The only thing that didn't look good as the prices. On the bright side, upsizing was too much of a bigger price.
"Popcorn is definitely the perfect movie snack. But some of the tubs are bigger than me." Judy stated. "Wanna share a jumbo, Nick?"
"Well, one of the main points in have a big tub is sharing it." Nick stated as he places his arm around Judy. "Nothing like sharing it with your girl."
"Oh. Being slick again, Mr. Hero." Judy said grin at Nick.
"Guys, not before the movie." Finnick stated not wanting them to get all... coupley. "Actually, don't even do anything during the movie."
"I'm thinking about getting a Super Mega Gulp." Benji said looking at the drink sizes.
"Dude, you do NOT get a giant soda for a movie." Nick stated firmly.
"The cup for the Super Mega Gulp looks bigger than Finnick." Ronnie stated.
"But... it's only 50 cents more than a regular size." Benji pointed out.
"That's how they get you." Mervin said. "If you get a soda that big, you're gonna have to take a pee break every 20 minutes and miss all the good stuff."
"It's still a good deal. How about I share it with you guys?" Benji suggested.
"Yeah... no. There's 10 of us and, no offense, but I rather not taste any of you guys backwash." Darson said.
"Agreed." Everyone else went.
"Fine. I'll just get a regular size soda." Benji said sounding like he would rather have the Super Mega Gulp.
"Your bladder will thank you later." Judy said.
"Let's also get some Choco-Bricks... and some Sour Dyna-bites... oooh. Not to mention some gummy bears, licorice ropes, and maybe some..." Nick said going on about the candy choices.
"Jeez, Nick. Are you wanting us to get everyone kind of candy available?" Judy asked.
"Last time I check, you guys were buying. Unless... I spend that money on tickets for nothing." Nick said trying to guilt-trip his friends.
"Okay. Okay. We'll get you whatever you want." Ronnie said. "You're gonna keep using that on us anyway, are you?"
"You know me so well." Nick said smirking.
"Come on. Let's hurry. We don't want to miss the previews." Audran stated.
Everyone nodded and agreed to hurry up and get their snacks. Carrying either popcorn, sodas, nachos, or an assortment of candies, the kids went into their selected theater and tried to get to their seats. The room had quite a few mammals. A majority of them being foxes. As the gang goes to the middle row, the group tries not to drop any of their goodies.
"Careful. Careful." Judy said quietly as helps Nick with their big tub of popcorn.
"I got it. I got it." Nick told Judy.
"Why is it always so hard to get through chairs in a theater?" Benji asked holding his soda tub of popcorn.
"Between size differences, other movie go-ers, and the seating, it's pretty much a common thing." Finnick stated as he scooching. "Another factor is the sticky floors."
"Why is this that the floors at movie theaters are always so sticky?" Mervin asked.
"Cause mammals are messy." Ronnie stated.
"Just like my brothers..." Mervin said.
"Eww! I think I stepped in something." Falisha said in disgust as she steps in something sticky. "I think it's gum. I hope it's gum."
"If you don't look, it won't upset you more when you do." Darson stated.
"I think I just stepped on a rope of licorice." Audran said.
"Black or Red?" Ronnie asked.
Audran looked down and said "Black.".
"Bleech!" The others went in disgust.
"Who even likes black licorice?" Nick asked everyone else.
"Black licorice was actually the first kind of licorice." Benji stated.
"First doesn't mean the best and it has the taste to prove it." Nick stated.
"I... actually... like... black... licorice." Flash said.
"It's amazing that we're friends with you." Darson said.
"I... should... say... the same... to you." Flash said slowly with a smirk.
"Ooooooh! Slow burn!" Mervin said before chuckling.
"Grrrr..." Darson said a bit mad.
"By the way, where's Mimi? Isn't she part of the group now?" Nick asked.
"She said she was busy with some family matters." Judy stated.
"Okay. I didn't really get a ticket for her anyway." Nick said.
"Nick!" Judy said looking a bit mad.
"Hey! I got the tickets before she joined us." Nick stated. "Maybe if it was two weeks ago, I could have got her one."
Once at the right spot, the gang sat down.
"Cellphones off, guys." Nick told everyone.
Everyone took out their cellphones and turned them all off, so they could focus on the movie. Nick sat next to Judy and took some of the popcorn from the tub. They all started to have their movie snacks as they watched the previews of the upcoming movies. While that was happening, Judy wanted to know a bit more about the character, Hood.
"So Nick, can you tell me what I should expect for this movie?" Judy asked.
"Well, in the original comics, before one or two of the reboots, Hood, goes by super-rich man, Brandon Greene. He was raised by his parents and his dad trained him in the art of archery as a kit. Growing up in a discriminating world, Brandon decided to fight crime as Hood with his ace-archery and his black belt. I would give you more, but it might spoil the movie for you." Nick said to Judy.
"Ehh. They change things in movies all the time when it comes to comic books." Finnick said as he pops some candy into his mouth.
"Hey. I think it's started." Falisha said.
"Shhh! Shhh! Shhh!" Nick went frantically at everyone else. "Everyone quiet down."
"Jeez. Nick must really want to see this movie." Judy thought.
Everyone quiets down as the movie started. The opening scene was with a young tod holding a bow and arrow. There was a set of targets in front of him. The boy pulls the bow and makes a shot with the arrow. The arrow hits one of the targets but is nowhere near a bullseye.
"Dang it. I can never hit the bullseye." The young tod said sounding frustrated.
From behind him, an adult fox walks over to him and leans down. He was male and a bit more muscular than your average fox. This was clearly the little fox's father. He helps straighten the young fox's bow.
"You have to keep a steady paw and firm grip." The adult fox said to the young tod. "Eyes up... and... release!"
The young tod released the bow and got a bullseye.
"YES!" The young tod said as he jumped for joy.
"That's how it's done, my boy." The adult fox said.
Nick decided to explain a bit of the scene to Judy since Judy probably doesn't know anything about the characters.
"The young fox is Brandon Greene and the big fox is his father, Micheal Greene." Nick stated quietly to Judy.
"Oh. So that little guy's gonna grow up to be Hood." Judy said predicting that much.
"Yeah. In a couple of years." Nick stated.
"His dad seems pretty cool." Falisha said.
"Yeah... don't get to attach to him." Finnick said as he munches on some candy.
"Dude, spoilers!" Darson stated not sounding too happy.
"If it's based on the original stuff, it's not gonna be that much of a spoiler." Finnick stated.
"What's he talking about?" Judy asked looking confused.
About 15 minutes in, there... was a funeral scene. The funeral was for Brandon Greene's father, Micheal. The scene very grey and in a cemetery. It was also very tear-jerking for some of the viewers. Judy is one of them.
"*sniff* Why did they have to kill him off like that?" Judy said weeping.
"Common thing with superheroes: Tragic backstory." Nick stated as he ate more popcorn not looking too fazed.
"Most common one: Losing a parent or losing both parents." Finnick stated also not looking fazed.
"Yeah. It's like in every other comic book hero." Audran stated.
"But still..." Judy said.
"Shhhh... the movie's still happening, ya know?" Darson said.
"Right..." Judy said still looking sad.
The group then continued to watch the movie. The next thing to happen was a bit of a fast-forward. Brandon was now an adult fox running his own business. Becoming a very focus and very rich mammal. He still trained his body and perfected his archery. Watching the movie, Judy noticed that Brandon always wore this jade pendant.
"That pendant..." Judy said.
"It was his dad's." Finnick stated.
"He wears it all the time. Even under his suit." Nick stated to Judy.
The next scene the gang watched was Brandon going to a large bookshelf. He pulls out one of the books and the bookshelf opened up reveals a hidden elevator door. Brandon goes into the elevator and takes it down. The elevator went very down into a secret lair. The superhero kind with giant monitors, a computer database, a set of bows and arrows, and a bunch of other stuff. As Brandon leaves the elevator, he walks to the center and takes off his tie and drops it down to the ground.
"Oooh! His hideout!" Nick said a bit excitedly. "The fox's den."
Brandon goes to his monitors and sees that there trouble in one of the parts on the map. A large group of robbers. Seeing this the fox prepared himself and went into some internal monologue.
"For years, this city has been rotten more and more. For the longest time, I sat and did nothing but let it happened. No more. The city needs a ray of hope. Someone who can bring light to this city." Brandon thought.
He then faced a dark green outfit in a fox-styled mannequin. He changes into the costume, grabs his gears, places his bow on his back, puts on his mask, and then lastly puts on his hood. Brandon Greene was now Hood. An archery hero with a noble heart. Nick was in awe by this seen.
"So... awesome..." Nick uttered.
Hood then took out the pendant and looked at it.
"Father, watch over me." Hood thought.
He then tucked the pendant into his costume and goes over to the location on his computer. Seemed like the movie was about to get to an action scene, which the kids looked excited for.
"Finally, a real action scene." Ronnie as he eats his nachos.
"Why do action movies always take so long to get the actual actions?" Darson asked.
"If all action movies get to the action first thing, the movie wouldn't make sense." Finnick stated. "Story first to build-up to the action."
"Every... one... knows... that." Flash stated agreeing with Finnick.
"Shhhh..." Nick went to the others. "They're getting to a fight scene."
The movie then went into a scene where a black getaway van was driving at high speeds. From a rooftop. Hood took out an arrow from his quiver, placed it on the string of his bow, and then took aim at one of the tires. Predicting where the van would go, Hood shoots an arrow at the right time and takes out one of the front tires. The van then started steering out of control until the driver hits the breaks. The robbers all came out of the van wondering who shot their tire. The mammals were all prey mammals in black.
"Who shot our tire?!" One of the robbers went.
Hood then shot another arrow in between the robbers. The arrow shot out smoke and started making it hard for the robbers to see. That was when Hood came down and struck using a combination of his fighting skills and his arrows. The gang watched the PG-13 violence with mixed reactions. Most of them, like Nick, Finnick, Mervin, Darson, and Ronnie enjoyed it. Others, like Judy, Benji, and Falisha weren't really a fan of this type of violence.
"Oh yeah. This is awesome." Nick went before going for some more popcorn.
"Uhhh... so... the arrows that Hood uses, are they real arrows or..." Judy said as she watched the disturbing bad guy beatdown and one of them getting hit by an arrow and screaming. "Real arrows. Got it."
"He has some... safer arrows." Nick stated to Judy. "But not all of them."
"I get the fighting, but does it have to be so brutal?" Falisha asked.
"Please. Unless you see some blood, this is PG at best." Finnick stated.
"Dude, I think he snapped that last guy's leg." Audran stated.
"Did you see blood?" Finnick asked.
"Surprisingly, no." Audran said.
"Again, PG at best. Especially if they all live." Finnick stated boldly.
"With a beatdown like this, I'll be surprised if they all don't have concussions." Darson stated.
The group continues to watch more and more of the movie and finished up all their movie snacks. The movie was filled with more and more action scenes as well as scenes that thicken the plot. The movie then went to a scene where Brandon was getting packed up by a red vixen in a black sleeveless shirt.
"So Brandon's love interest, Emily, is one of the only people that knows Brandon's identity?" Judy asked Nick.
"Correct, my dear bunny." Nick said. "She's basically Brandon's personal doctor that's actually a doctor."
On the screen, Emily finished wrapping bandages around Brandon's wounds.
"I'm not okay with this." Emily said to Brandon firmly. "I can't keep patching you up every time you get hurt."
"You're the only one I can go to, Em." Brandon said to Emily as he stretched his arms out a bit. "You're the only one I can count on. The only one I can trust."
"Why don't you just put up the bow and quiver?" Emily asked.
"You know I can't do that. The city is still too dangerous. I have to because no one else will." Brandon said boldly.
The vixen had a grim look on her face.
"With all of these cuts, bruises, and broken bones, I worry that one day you'll..." Emily said looking like she was about to cry.
Brandon then put his paws on the sides of Emily's face. He then looked sincerely into her eyes.
"Emily, as long as you will always be here for me, I swear that nothing will keep me away from you. Not even death." Brandon said romantically.
Brandon and Emily then kissed each other passionately. So passionately that it was a bit... heated for the teens. There were all pretty red-faced from watching this scene.
"Oh my." Falisha went looking a bit flustered.
"That's... some kissing." Mervin said looking red-faced.
"I'm... starting to see the PG-13 part of this movie now." Finnick said also looking red-faced.
"Yeah..." Nick and Judy said as they both sunk down a bit.
"Oh my god. There's still going. Don't they ever come up for air, eh?" Audran asked as he covered his face a bit.
"Makes you wonder if it's like that with all our parents." Ronnie said.
The kids, except Darson, then all started imaging their moms and dads and if they had ever made out like the two foxes in the movie. The image didn't sit well for any of them.
"Dude, why did you have to put that image in our heads?" Nick asked not looking too happy at Ronnie
"My mom's in heaven. So I don't think her and pop kissed like that." Darson said.
"What about before you were born?" Judy asked Darson.
Darson did know that his parents were really in love before he was born. So the images of them actually kissing started coming to his head. Which started to make him feel awkward.
"Dang it. Now you got me thinking." Darson said as he sunk down looking the same way as the others.
"Focus... on... the... movie." Flash told everyone.
"Yeah..." Everyone else went as they went back to watching the movie.
The teen continued watching more of the movie. Certain scenes led to more scenes. Like Hood gaining more of a reputation, a plot twist, the main villain being revealed, and the final battle which was exactly the scene happening right now. Hood was battling a mech controlled by a black middle-age rabbit, Burrower, with a few scars on his face, outside of some factory. Hood looked pretty injured as his costume was slightly torn. Even his mask fell off his face revealing his identity. But it seemed like it didn't matter since the villain already knew who he was.
"You fought well to make it as far as you did. Most of your kind wouldn't be able to do even a small amount of what you did. But give it up, Greene. You can't win." Burrower said.
"Heh. Sorry. Giving up was never really an option for me." Hood said boldly as he stood up and held his bow.
"That's the problem with your bloodline. None of you foxes are known when to give up." Burrower said.
"What do you know about my bloodline?" Hood asked.
"That a question you should ask yourself. For centuries, there was this clan of foxes that protected the weak. They were also skilled archers. That's how I figured out that you were one of them." Burrower stated. "Since your father is already gone, once you're gone too, your bloodline is gone forever and this city will be mine."
Offscreen, Finnick was not surprised by Burrower's actions.
"Typical power-hungry bad guy." Finnick said while shrugging.
Back with the movie, Hood had a serious look on his face.
"You don't get, do you? The city doesn't belong to you. It belongs to the people." Hood stated boldly. "So if my bloodline is meant to protect the city from people like you, then I'm willing to fight to my last arrow AND my last breath."
"Then that's how you will die." Burrower said before starting up his mech suit again.
Hood then shoots a few of his explosive arrows at the mech suit's arm while also keeping his distance. Burrower's mech shot out a few missions from it's back. Hood dodged the ones he could, but one blow up near here and the explosion pushed him back to a wall. He felt really banged up, but could still fight. However, as he reached his quiver for an arrow, he only had one arrow left... and it wasn't a good arrow for fighting.
"No..." Hood went looking grim.
"Look's like you're down to your last arrow." Burrower said while grinning devilishly.
Even with only one arrow left, Hood didn't give up. He also knew exactly how to use his last arrow. He takes the arrow and pulls it back with his bow. He then says "Mighty arrow, strike true." before releasing it.
In slow motion, the arrow flies to its destination. The arrow looked like it was intended for Burrower's head, hit the ground near him instead.
"Ha! Your last arrow... and you missed." Burrower said laughing.
Hood gave out a smile before saying "I never miss.".
"Are you blind or are you in denial?" Burrower asked.
"I'll answer your question with a question. How good is a rabbit's hearing?" Hood asked with a grin.
The arrow then let out a super high-pinch sound. Since rabbits have such good hearing, it was like the sound was scratching at his brain. It was causing him major pain.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Burrower went as he covered his ears.
This went Hood came rushing in and pulling out all the important wires from the mech suit causing it to not work anymore. He then pulls Burrower right out of his mech. Burrower needed the suit to fight, so Hood knew the fight was over and he won. The audience knew too and they all clapped. As Burrower banged his fist on the ground, he kept shouting out "NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!".
"It's over. Just give up and atone for your crimes." Hood said to the beaten rabbit.
"No! Just like you, I won't give up until my last breath." Burrower said looking angry. Burrower didn't notice that his mech was slowly tipping over. "You good-for-nothing fox! You're no different from that father of yours! You and your whole bloodline!" The mech slowly tipped more and more.
"Burrower, move!" Hood said warning Burrower to move.
"No!" Burrower shouted. "Why should I listen to a f..."
Before he could finish, the mech tipped over completely and fell right on him. Squishing him to death. This gruesome death shocked the audience. Including Nick, Judy, and their friends.
"Well... he won't be in the sequel." Mervin stated.
"Nope." Finnick added as he shook his head.
Hood looked down and noticed Burrower's arm was out and totally lifeless. Meaning he really was dead. He felt that the twisted rabbit didn't need to die, but he also felt that this was the work of karma. Putting his bow on his back, he then left. Leaving the police to handle the rest.
Later, the movie went to the final scene. Brandon, in a black suit visiting his father's grave. He was holding an old wooden arrow and placed it near his father's tombstone.
"Dad, I know all about our bloodline now." Brandon said to his father's grave. "Guess you never told me because you didn't want me to carry the burden. Or maybe you did know and that's why you taught me archery. Either way, I choose to carry the burden. I want to be someone who brings light back to this dread city because there has to be someone. No matter what, I'll fight as Hood and I'll live on. That, I will swear to you." Brandon then sees Emily waiting for him. "I'll talk to you again soon, dad. Promise."
Brandon then walked over to Emily and the screen started to go up to the sky and fade to black. The movie then started showing the end credits. Meaning that the movie was over and it was time to go.
A few moments later, the teens stepped out theater. They all really enjoyed the movie.
"WOOO!" Nick shouted out. "That movie was just as great as I expected it to be."
"Yeah. It was really awesome." Mervin said agreeing with Nick.
"I'll admit that I thought it was just gonna be about foxes and arrows. But after watching it. There was definitely some depth in the story." Falisha said liking the movie.
"The depth was good. But the fight scenes were the best." Ronnie stated boldly.
"Like when he shoots that arrow from 200 ft and didn't miss?" Darson asked.
"Or how about the part when shot that arrow backward at that guy who tried to jump him?" Aurdan asked.
"Heh. He makes it look so easy." Finnick said.
Nick then noticed Judy hasn't said anything since the movie ended.
"Carrots, is something wrong?" Nick asked. "Didn't you like the movie?"
"Honestly, I didn't like it." Judy told Nick.
She didn't like the movie even if everyone else did? It wouldn't be a big deal if Nick wasn't such a big fan of Hood. So if Judy didn't like the movie, it might put a dent in their relationship. But then, Judy finished what she needed to say.
"I LOVED IT!" Judy shouted out overly excited. "I see why you liked reading his comics so much. Hood is... awesome."
"So you did love the movie?" Nick asked looking relieved. "Thank goodness. I didn't want to break up with you because you didn't like my favorite superhero." Nick said in a lower volume.
"What was that?" Judy asked hearing Nick a bit.
"Nothing." Nick quickly uttered.
"What I liked about the movie wasn't the fighting. It was what Hood stood for." Judy said. "He didn't let being a fox stop him from doing what was right and he always fought for the side of justice. That's the kind of hero I want to be."
"Me too. Someone who gives people hope and doesn't give up." Nick asked.
"Haha. I don't think there no need for that." Darson said.
"Why?" Nick asked.
"Because you two are already like that." Darson said with a smile. "I mean, you both work hard and have this big dream about making the world a better place. I think that's more than what most of us can say about ourselves."
"Yup." Finnick said.
"It's true." Benji said.
"That may be true, but we still have a way to go before that." Judy stated.
"Still, I bet you guys are close to that." Darson said. "Especially you, Nick. Even without that costume on, you're practically the real-life Hood."
Nick would always get compliments from Judy and the others. So he was used to being called. But it still warmed his heart to hear people still say that about them. Ronnie then bumped Darson on his shoulder.
"Seriously, I can't get over how much you changed from that former bully we used to know." Ronnie said with a smirk.
"Oh come on. You act like I'm the first bully to befriend Nick or Judy." Darson said with firmness.
"He's not wrong. He's like the... 7th former bully we became friends with." Nick said recalling that he is friends with other former bullies.
"Gideon, Chuck, the other boys..." Judy said while counting her paws. "Yep. 7th person. It'll be higher by the time we're adults."
"No doubt." Nick said with a wide grin.
"Alright. Even after the movie snack. I'm pretty hungry." Benji said.
"Me too, actually." Mervin said on the same page as Benji.
"Let's go out for some burgers." Ronnie said.
"Does that mean you're buying?" Nick asked with a smirk.
"Not even. I already paid for your food when we were kids." Ronnie stated.
"Fine." Nick said while shrugging.
So after the movie, the gang went off to get some food. As they walked away from the theater, there was still one something that needed to be said.
"Nick, are you gonna change out of that costume before we head to the restaurant?" Judy asked.
"Not even." Nick replied.
"I should have guessed you would say that." Judy said not sounding surprised.
About time I finished another chapter. In your face, work, video games, and TV shows. Honestly, I'm trying my best to keep this story active. So hopefully, it won't take a month for the next one. I mean I already started writing a good chunk of it. So, no worries. Alright. That's all for now. See ya next chapter.