Chapter Thirty Five- Hunt Down The Black Cat
As the helicopter landed onto the air base, he could see humvees, APC's and military vehicles lined up on the side of the air field, jets being driven out onto the runway and army mammals bunched up, it seemed that the president had called in the Air Force as well.
But it was a mix of the Air Force, Marines, Army and National Guard that were there, it was more than enough though.
The doors to the vehicle opened and the SWAT Team got out, followed by Manson, Redbone and Belikov.
"Wait so Fang, if what you're saying is right, then how the hell is he going to get to Central Square? It's over 20 miles away" Mchorn suddenly said as they walked onto the airfield.
"The Loop . . ." Catherine said suddenly, seemingly getting everyone's attention, "the inter-district highway, the contractors finally completed it this month and the nearest junction isn't that far from Happytown, it goes straight to Savannah Central" the white and black spotted cat explained.
"It's clear that rouen must have some kind of road transport, but they would have to break through the confinement zone first" Grizzoli added.
"Yeah . . . And what kind of car can hold a giant bomb? Especially one with enough gas to turn a whole city savage" Delgato added.
Manson watched as a gazelle came walking over, one he knew well, "Laswell, where's Adrian?" he asked as she put a hoof up.
"Wait a minute, don't get ahead of yourself Price" she started, "Chief Bogo is on his way here, but right now we need to assess ourselves" the gazelle said and looked at the SWAT team behind him.
"We know that Rouen most likely has a road transport, and that he's most likely going to use The Loop to get him to Central Square, the National Guard is already at the end of the junction going into Savannah Central, but they aren't going any further" she explained.
"Why not?" Manson asked earnestly, watching the gazelle huff a bit "well if Rouen's cargo is a gas bomb, we can't just blow up what's moving it, and we can't risk unasessed mammals blowing it up or springing a leak by shooting it."
"So assess them, Laswell. It's better than letting that bastard just drive onto the highway and into Central Square without any problems" Manson said back.
"If you want to take the risk. The National Guard will start setting up roadblocks and spike strips along The Loop then" Laswell responded with a nod.
"But Price . . . You're going to be doing most of this yourselves . . ." She added, seemingly to remind him.
"Yeah, it's not like we're used to that already," Delgato said behind him, though the conversation was suddenly cut off as Manson's radio spoke.
"Price! It's Adrian! The bastards have breached the confinement zone!"
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Chief Adrian Bogo, ZPD, Ex SAS, SAD, CIA
Mission- Operation Fracture Jaw
Objective- FIND AND KILL Rouen Fyodorov
ZPD Chief Adrian Bogo was just hearing frantic radio chatter from the officers guarding the confinement zone.
From what he was hearing, the savages were already beginning to kill his officers, and that made his blood boil.
The Cape Buffalo was at the mobile command center, he and the officers there were beginning to get ready to leave and head towards Central Square, all of the police cars revving up.
Though as they prepared, he had a sinking feeling that the main force was heading towards them. He knew very well that Rouen needed to get something before executing his plan, the panther's wife, Madelyn.
The coyote had been arrested days prior after Hopps and Wilde captured and wounded her, with Hopps being shot in the leg during the process.
It was his guess that the capture of his wife was why Rouen blindly revealed himself like this, he knew the black cat wanted revenge on him and every ZPD officer for hurting his wife.
Bogo thought of bringing the coyote with them, but his special forces mind was telling him just to finish her off before Rouen could get to her, he shook his head in silence at that thought, it wouldn't be right.
"Chief Bogo! We need to get to Central Square, now! Get the hell in!" the voice of Laswell interrupted his thinking through the radio.
"What about Madelyn?" He asked, hurriedly walking over to his cruiser "she isn't a main priority anymore, if Rouen wants her, he can have her. It won't matter when they're both dead" the gazelle responded rather coldly from the other end.
He looked at the barricades and made up his mind, grabbing his radio and speaking into it.
"All units outside of the containment zone, get your arses out of there and regroup at Central Square ASAP, abandon your posts and fall back." The buffalo said as he got in the driver's seat.
"Everyone on me!" He shouted at the other police vehicles and did a rally up motion with his hoof, before promptly stepping on the gas and getting the hell out of there.
As they got onto the highway, Bogo watched military vehicles passing them by, humvees with MG's on the top, APC's, and other personnel vehicles all heading the direction they had just came.
"Price, come in! I've ordered all of my officers to get their asses over to Central Square ASAP, we're on our way there!" He shouted into the radio as there was an immediate response.
"Ten four Adrian, any identification on what Rouen's doing?"
"Negative, we got out of there before we saw anything, we have a police helicopter still hovering over the area that'll notify us of anything they see" Bogo answered back.
"Alright, we're at Macarthur right now, your officers are waiting for you" he looked at the rear view mirror and grit his teeth at that.
"I can't get them Price, I need to assess my mammals at Central Square, tell them that if they want, they're with you" he said as the grizzly huffed on the other end.
"Are you sure?"
"I can't afford to be in two places at once right now Price, I need to be with my mammals. Tell Team One that they're with you for now."
"Afirm, the National Guard and Army should be there by now, they're already evacuating civilians" Manson said on the other end.
"Good, we'll help as soon as we get there, and Price . . ." He started, "just make sure to use Team One, they're excellent mammals, our best."
"Trust me Adrian, once we have a visual on what that black bastard is doing, I'll get Team One on him" his friend replied earnestly.
Adrian nodded, "alright, I'll notify you if anything comes up, don't be a stranger." He said, putting his radio back.
He looked at the ever so approaching clouds from his windshield, flashes of light were seen as the largest storm Zootopia's ever seen quickly approached.
He grimaced at it, Bogo wasn't sure how long they'd be able to keep at high alert with something like that coming, conditions would be terrible, so they had to end this fast.
Though he suddenly looked at the National Guard as they appeared on the highway, more humvees, jeeps and APC's, spike strips laid on the side of the road as the police convoy passed by.
He saw sandbag walls and mammals setting up MG's, all in military camouflage and holding assault rifles.
The roadblocks did ease some of his worry, now that they had the National Guard, Marines and the Army there, Rouen most likely didn't even know what he was running head first into.
It made him smile a bit, the black cat was in for quite a surprise once he made his move, the whole city was already on high alert, not only that but the military was given the order to shoot Rouen's men on sight with extreme prejudice, and so were his officers.
He had ordered all available officers from all Precincts to get to Precinct one, enter the armory and grab everything they had, he wasn't going to allow his officers to go against Rouen's men with just pistols.
No, Bogo was going to make sure his mammals could hold their ground with the military, if Rouen wanted war, Bogo was going to give him it and then some.
He and the cars behind him turned onto the exit towards Central Square, but Bogo was stopped at a large checkpoint and roadblock.
He watched a jackal in military camo and body armor walk over to his side window with an M4A1 in his paws.
"Chief Bogo?" they asked as the buffalo nodded and reached for his badge and ID.
"Yes, we're heading to Central Square to help with evacuation efforts, and to help when Rouen gets here" he answered as the jackal looked at his ID and nodded.
"Alright, everything looks good to me . . . Your mammals are already in Central Square, and let's hope Rouen doesn't even get close to here . . ." They started and gave his ID back.
"Cause that bastard is gonna have one helluva hard time getting through us" they said with a smile.
"You're free to go, same for everyone else" the jackal said, walking over and gesturing to them to continue on.
Bogo drove through the checkpoint and onto the city streets, they were completely desolate now, which meant that evacuation efforts were already going very well.
He passed by many roadblocks as he drove towards Central Square, the soldiers there were Marines, National Guardsmen, and Armymen, all armed to the teeth.
They reached Central square itself eventually, City Hall had most likely already been evacuated, all of the lights shut off completely.
The front of Precinct one was covered in sandbags, and concrete roadblocks surrounded the perimeter. The ZPD's snipers were seen on top of it and City Hall's roofs, as well as military snipers.
As he got out of his cruiser, Central Square itself was flooded with ZPD officers, National Guardsmen, Armymen and Marines.
Almost every vehicle the ZPD had was parked in the vicinity of the main road. Police cars, vans, SWAT vans, special police vehicles like riot control vehicles and vehicles reserved for use in natural disasters, everything.
All of that was coupled with what the National Guard, Army and Marines brought, APC's, humvees, Jeeps, gun carriers, even several tanks were parked at the edges of Central Square.
He slammed the door shut and watched every officer there look at him as he walked over and raised his voice.
"Is everyone armed up!?" He asked as there were vast amounts of affirmations from the officers.
He watched as one particular fat cheetah sped over to him and stood at attention.
"Yes we are sir, I told everyone what you told me, we've set up a perimeter around Central Square and have begun evacuating civilians as quickly as possible" the cheetah reported to him as Bogo nodded.
"Good work Clawhauser, you're better at taking initiative than I thought" he said as the cheetah gave him a smile and a nod.
"Thank you sir, everyone is prepared for what's coming, and we're fully cooperating with the military" Clawhauser reported further.
"Good, how many gas masks do we have?" He asked as the cheetah turned around for a moment.
"Almost enough for every one of us sir, we're only around 30 short," Clawhauser answered with a nod.
"Shit . . ." He cursed under his breath, "what about the military?"
"It looks like they have enough, I haven't been able to ask if they have enough to spare"
He looked at the obese cheetah and nodded, "I'll ask then, that's some good work Clawhauser" he gave him some praise as the cheetah nodded.
"How armed up are we?" He asked again as Clawhauser looked at the station for a moment.
"Uh, pretty, we took everything out of the armory and gave it to as many officers as we could, assault rifles, submachine guns, machine guns, semi auto rifles, shotguns, sniper rifles . . ." The cheetah reported.
"Good, good, I want as many of us armed with something other than a pistol or tranq gun as possible." He said as Clawhauser nodded.
"Yes sir, and sir, the SAS arrived a few minutes ago, they're ready as well"
"Afirm, good work, stay here Clawhauser" he told the fat cat as he walked over to all of the officers.
"Everyone! We're the last damn line of defense if Rouen breaks through! So get behind the fortifications that have been made and prepare to give those bastards hell!" He shouted as his mammals cheered and shouted back.
He reached for his radio and spoke into it.
"Price, my officers are at Central Square, they're all armed up and ready for this."
He could almost hear his comrade grin on the other end, "good, Team One is ready too, we're just waiting for positive identification on Rouen, Raptor One is in the air around the AO."
"Ten four, the SAS arrived here a few minutes ago as well, they're going to help"
"Afirm, once we get a PID on Rouen and the gas, we'll make a move here"
"What kind of move are we talking about, Price?"
"If Rouen is doing this by road, then I'll have us and Team One go after them, we'll try to stop him before he gets there." Manson said on the other end.
"Take it easy Price, we still don't know what we're going up against" Bogo warned as the grizzly sighed.
"It won't be anything we can't handle, Adrian"
"Don't get too confident, Rouen is still unpredictable."
"Don't be a stranger Adrian, we'll notify you if we hear anything" Manson said from the other end, seemingly ignoring his warning, yet Bogo knew it was likely just silent acknowledgement.
"Chief Bogo?" A British voice called his name behind him, he turned to see a black dire wolf in SAS uniform.
"Diego" Bogo spoke back.
"It's good seeing you here, my teams are going to help as much as possible" the wolf said, gesturing to the SAS teams in the Square.
"Good, we'll need all the help we can get at this point, it won't exactly be slow paced, but I'm sure that won't be a problem for you."
"Of course not, Rouen probably has big guns, but we have some of those ourselves" He said pointing to Ivory, the massive elephant holding a massive minigun in his hoofs, and a whole arsenal on his back.
"Christ, where'd you find that?" Bogo asked with a grin.
"A souvenir from one of the armories, that and a bunch of RPG's" he said, pointing at the elephant again, Bogo could see the distinguishable shape of the RPG's on the elephant's back.
He nodded "good, very good then, tell Ivory to give as many of those RPG's away as possible, Rouen probably has a convoy with hundreds of mammals with him" Bogo told the wolf, who nodded as well.
"Oh he knows, was already planning on it, those bastards aren't going to know what hit them" Diego said and began to walk away.
Bogo looked at the sight of Central Square and smiled lightly, he was hoping that what Diego just said would be the truth.
He could only wonder what Manson and 141 were planning to do when Rouen made a move, knowing him as well as he did, he knew that Manson was going to finish it today.
Now the ZPD was much more prepared for whatever Rouen was about to throw at them, and the help of the military was definitely something very important.
He wouldn't let that black cat get to Central Square, not on his life. And he was going to make sure Rouen had more than a hard time getting there.
In a sense, this was the last stand, and Bogo and the ZPD were going to stand their ground no matter what to defend their city.
AN: I live! I'm alive! I'm alive I swear! I'm SO sorry about a literal month's wait for the next chapter, I really didn't intend it to be like that! It's just that I've been lacking motivation to do stuff for a long while now. But I'm back with another chapter! Things are really heating up now, with the military getting involved and Chief Bogo and the ZPD meaning business! They're all gearing up for everything to hit the fan at once! And there's lots of action coming your way!
Also, this story has now hit over 600 pages! I can't thank y'all enough for reading this, it really makes me over the moon happy that people enjoy it! Stay tuned for some more, cause I'm really hoping I'll be able to get some more chapters done this month!
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