We're back folks! 🎉🎉🎉
I am so sorry I took so long. It's been a busy month for me. 😓 But it feels good to get this chapter out. Also if you find any detail lacking or typos in this chapter please forgive me. I'm mildly rest broken while I was editing this chapter. So hopefully this will satisfy everyone while I take some time off to rest. It's been a busy busy BUSY month for me. 😓😓😓😓
But I will try to have another chapter out soon. I might start writing it during the weekend. 😉
This chapter will conclude the trip to Zootopia before the guardians head back to Hercules' world.
"Who puts the glad in gladiator?!" Maverick mimicked the muse. ️
But first we got a case to solve and a story to soon wrap up. I know I left hints that they're would be other worlds like the Guardians going Springfield or even Game Central Station. Well I might do those worlds in this story or into the next one that's based on KH III. I'm starting to feel that this story been going on longer than all of my other stories and I'm feeling the urge to conclude so we can get all the ideas in my head really started.
But if anyone has ideas for worlds they haven't visited yet or if they're worlds you want them to revisit again. Let me know and I'll consider those ideas.
"You know you sound pretentious with a capital C and a electric leash, right?" Maverick quipped.
I DO NOT! 😡
*Clear throat*
Anyway... Let's answer some comments.
SPYRO 101: LOL! Yeah. I couldn't do another Zootopia visit without involving those everloving sloths! 😂😂😂 . Thank you so much for helping me with this chapter pal!
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Alright! Now that we're all here!
LET'S GET DANGEROUS! 😎
Case Closed.
Somewhere outside of Zootopia...
Judy drove the car out towards where the address they got from the license plate ran at the DMV. Hoping they'll find their clear cut suspect for the dog boxer kidnapping.
Someone named Russell D. Jackson. An ex dog fighter who wasn't seen since his accident and declined from joining the DBC. If he's the kidnapper or somehow roped into this crime. Either way it will be at the old boxing glove factory where they'll definitely get some answers. They're sure of it. Mostly Aiden was, since his data was clear cut to these details.
Speaking of Aiden. He and Sora were passing the time telling jokes and talking about their adventure through the stars.
"And so in an ironic twist. Jack Sparrow ended the curse while giving the bullet he was saving for Barbosa." Sora stated.
"While adding it into his chest." Aiden added.
"Quite a bit of karma, being killed with the one bullet that was left for his enemy." Blake commented on that.
"And I thought a guy like him would have tried to keep his curse to live forever." Nick commented.
"Oh please, a life without being able to taste anything but ash. I'd go bananas if I had to give up the ability to taste my wheat pancakes." Judy murmured, horror in her eyes at the idea.
"By that she means my wheat pancakes. I cook for her every Saturday morning." Blake remarked looking back at the team.
Blake makes some pretty darn cooked wheat pancakes. Danny's be damned.
"And they're the best, pancakes, ever." Judy emphasized enthusiastically before her face became soft. "It's also very sweet that he does that for me."
"He's got her in the bag." Nick muttered and smirked, making a subtle wedding remark.
"Anyway. All the remaining pirates were arrested. Will and Elizabeth got together and the Black Pearl was restored to Jack along with a criminal record wiped clean." Sora stated the ending of the story before they left that world.
"Not that his clean slate will last given that old Cap'n Jackie never said anything about turning in his pirate badge. He might be trying to pull a Gunsway Heist by now." Aiden snorted. "But I see nothing but good stuff in his future. Or at least 'close to the borderline in a different state but near a ballpark', good stuff."
"What 'the out of order ice maker' here is saying probably not much has changed." Victoria quipped.
"Except I'm saying and hoping Sparrow doesn't go too desperate to make another impression. Like a forced series of sequels nobody asked for." Aiden added humorously.
"Transformers sequels or Land Before Time sequels?" Victoria inquired.
"Does it matter?" Aiden scoffed.
"I would say so. Otherwise, it's like saying apples and oranges are the same thing." Blake commented.
"I think I prefer oranges to apples. They're consistent and have no lack of direction. I mean make up your mind, either green or red." Aiden quipped. "That and oranges didn't almost kill Snow White."
"I am Groot." Baby Groot referenced the Garden of Eden.
"Exactly my point." Aiden grinned.
Suddenly Kairi looked out the window and saw an old abandoned factory up ahead. On the left side of the road coming up.
"Hey I think that's it." Kairi said to the others.
The factory was a grey color with all the windows gone, leaving the open holes they left behind. The power lines were still connected, allowing electricity for the building. To the right were two open garage doors for trucks to go through, and a regular door to the right of that. The top of the building had a watch station.
"That's definitely it." Victoria was sure as well as her boyfriend was.
If Russell D. Jackson is here and if the kidnapping victims are too. They gotta be there.
"Are you sure this is the place?" Sora asked, not so sure.
"Yeah. This place looks a bit too run down for what we're dealing with." Kairi agreed.
"I don't see any lights coming from the building." Goofy pointed out.
"Oh great. It's another dead end." Donald groaned in frustration with his arms crossed.
"Calm down Duck Sauce. It's abandoned because they probably wanted to seem that way." Aiden pointed out.
"Look down on the side of the road. The tire tracks on the ground match the van tracks we saw at the sports store." Victoria pointed at the ground.
"Then it's definitely the place." Blake commented.
"If not, we're in big trouble." Nick quipped as Judy parked the car.
"Alright, let's take a look around. But be careful everyone" Judy said to everyone.
"Don't worry. Careful is our middle name." Sora said, gesturing to the team.
"I thought your middle name was Ash." Aiden quipped a Pokémon reference.
"I thought it was Goku." Kairi joked, referencing Sora's spiky hair.
"Kairi, how could you?" Sora said in mock hurt, making Kairi giggle.
"I gotta come up with a new one every now and then." Aiden shrugged.
Just then they all got out of the car to head over to the factory to look around. Judy and Blake went inside first and then everyone else, as they all saw how big and empty the place was. Baby Groot shivered in fear and curled up on Victoria's shoulder.
The inside was dark, with small holes in the ceiling that barely let any light shine through. The floor was a dreary grey and on the wall on the other side was all kinds of graffiti. And the building was barely held up by metal beams connecting the ceiling and the floor.
"Je-sus. This place would make a good setup for a Resident Evil reboot." Aiden said as he found the place to be kinda creepy.
"Man, and I thought the ruins of Hollow Bastion last year were creepy." Sora commented
"I think Jack Skeleton would find inspiration for next Halloween here." Kairi muttered.
"Gawrsh. This place would make a very scary haunted house." Goofy commented.
"Let's not be here when that happens." Donald shuttered.
"I've seen grizzly murder scenes less ominous than this place." Blake commented as he looked around.
"Oh, please, this is nothing compared to some of the shady hangouts I frequented during my con artist days." Nick said nonchalantly.
"Why am I not surprised?" Judy muttered.
"You were a con artist?" Sora asked, surprised.
"Somehow, that makes sense." Kairi said.
"I'll have you know I was one of the greatest con artists in all of Zootopia before I decided the police needed my expertise." Nick bragged.
"That was going to be my second guess." Aiden stated.
"What was your first guess?" Nick asked.
"Ask Blake about a stop motion animated film starring George Clooney later." Aiden answered.
"Hey, look at the ground." Sora noticed as he pointed near a busted open garage door as the tire tracks from the fan were leading inside and over to a corner.
Judy and Blake went over to the corner and saw that the tires faded once it was reaching up to a solid brick wall. The only wall without graffiti.
"Is it just me or does this wall look less old and more expensive than the rest of this place?" Nick inquired about the wall.
Maybe it was just built recently and there's a secret entrance behind it." Blake suggested.
"Let's look around and see if that's the case." Judy said.
"I could just knock the wall down and save us time." Aiden pointed out as his fist was glowing blue and green.
"Slow down Iron Fist. We don't want to give away our position. Let's just see how this door wall opens." Victoria responded.
"She's right. The last thing we need is to let them know we're here and give them a chance to formulate a plan of attack." Blake said.
"Or worse, they panic and accidentally hurt the boxers in chaos." Judy said.
"Damn. You folks sure know how to cut a lion's..." Aiden halted as he felt a panel on the floor sink beneath his feline pawed foot. "Wait a sec."
He looked down and lifted his foot seeing a panel on the floor and waited before he placed it back down and felt it sink again. It turned out he was standing on a secret panel. But nothing happened yet. Suddenly Sora stepped on another floor panel as well. Which was giving them an idea.
"The van definitely was here. I can still smell the car exhaust." Judy stated as the others were still looking around.
"Hmmm. Some kind of mechanism." Sora said in thought as he looked about while standing on one of the floor panels.
"Yeah, maybe" Aiden said, looking around the floor. "Four tires, four points of contact."
Aiden had an idea.
"Sora, stand right there." Aiden gestured to the panel right next to one Aiden was standing under. He then turned to Kairi and Victoria. "You two, back there and there." Aiden gestured to the two panels right behind him and Sora.
The two nodded and went to the designated spots. Kairi stood behind Sora and Victoria stood behind Aiden.
"Alright, everybody on three, ready?" Aiden said, telling them to jump in place on three, earning three nods. "One, two, three."
The four of them jumped at the same time.
"And?" Victoria said, looking about. But nothing happened.
"Well this has got to be it." Sora said, looking about while Kairi was doing the same.
Blake figured there was something missing. So he waved his flash light at the wall to see if they were missing something. Then as the beam of the light waved by where Sora was facing. He noticed a sensor on the wall flipped open. Then he got curious and aimed it on the other end of where Aiden was facing the wall.
"Hang on...It's the lights." Blake realized.
"Pardon?" Aiden inquired.
"Here." Blake walked over and handed Aiden his flashlight. "Nick, give Sora your flashlight."
Nick does so as everyone was trying to figure out where Blake was going with this.
"Both of you. Aim the beams at the wall, like headlights." Blake gestured to the idea.
Sora and Aiden do so, aiming the flashlight beams at the wall. Then both light sensors flipped open. Causing the brick wall to split open. Revealing a hidden tunnel where the tire tracks from the van continued.
"Well abra-goddamn-cadabra." Aiden remarked seeing the secret entrance open.
"What kind of people are we dealing with exactly?" Victoria wondered since whoever put this entrance here was pretty elaborate on not being found.
"Only one way to find out." Judy responded as everyone began to walk down the tunnel.
It was mildly lit due to the old light bulbs around the tunnel. It resembles an escape tunnel or a bomb shelter. Like an old war bunker. And not exactly damp due to it being in the middle of the desert. But it started to get a little cold as they went further down the tunnel. Blake hypothesized that it was possible that these tunnels had been around during Rusty Jack's fourth great grandfather who used to be a prospector during the Zootopian Gold Rush. Given that they passed by some old mining equipment and that some of the lay out of the stony walls looked picked clean of valuables. It's both possiand without a doubt.
Aiden just figured Rusty Jack's father had a lot of unused space when he made the boxing glove factory.
Everyone kept walking and walking down the tunnels. Until they came up to an elevator shaft. Big enough for the van to fit in. Next to the elevator was a flight of stairs. Leading further below ground.
"I think we should take the stairs. Just in case." Kairi suggested.
"Yeah. The elevator might make too much noise, letting whoever's down there, they have company." Sora agreed.
Everyone agreed as they walked down a flight of stairs. Slowly as they were careful not to make too much noise. This went on for a few minutes. At this point it felt like they were going at least ten stories below ground. And it began to smell a bit. Like sweat from a sewer.
"Ugh. Everyone had their tetanus shot before coming down here right?" Aiden whispered trying not to gag. "Smells like cheap outsourced plumbing down here."
"Whoever's down here, they were probably never taught about cleaning, or hygiene." Victoria muttered, holding her nose, trying to drown out the smell.
"Smells like my great aunt's garlic borsch." Nick whispered.
"Who puts garlic in borsch?" Aiden winced.
"Anyone with a fine pallet." Nick whispered back.
"Shhhh...Do you hear that?" Judy's bunny ears picked up on some sounds. Which sounded like the walls were vibrating.
Blake was picking up on the sound too. But no one could hear it better than Aiden with his Maverick-like heightened senses and extraordinary hearing abilities. He could hear what sounded like violent heavy metal music. While everyone else could just hear the vibrations. Since they were only seven stories above where the stairs lead.
"I'm guessing we're heading down to a Square Eight's dungeon. Because someone is ear raping the sound berrier with a track by Iron Maiden." Aiden whispered.
The track was 'The Loneliness Of Long Distance Runners' by Iron Maiden.
They kept going down the stairs as the music was getting louder. Pretty soon they wondered if they should cover their ears.
"Did you leave the ear plugs in the car again?" Nick asked Blake.
"Sorry. I didn't think we'd need them." Blake said.
"If this music gets any louder, we're gonna need hearing aids when this is over." Judy muttered.
"Hey fellas. Look." Goofy whispered as he pointed down below the stairs.
He was pointed at a gated wall which had a good view of what was down ahead. They went over to look through and saw what they are definitely expecting. Some of them were thinking they would see a ship with cargo of an animal-tracking operation. Some of them at first thought they would find the bodies of the boxers. Instead they saw what looked to be an underground boxing ring. For illegal gambling and fighting.
The ring was at the center of the room, there were hundreds of bulldogs and huffing bulls, all dressed like thugs and bikers in the audience. There were lights shining all above the ring. And there was a neon sign that read 'Howl & Brawl'. The audience were all drinking bottles of beer as they watched the current fight.
"I think we're in the right place." Sora muttered as they looked on.
"What was your first clue, genius?" Donald scoffed
"Well earlier you were complaining that we reached a dead end Donald." Kairi sassed back.
"She's right, Donald." Goofy said.
"Ah Phooey!" Donald pouted with his arms crossed.
"Hang on. I recognized the two that are fighting." Blake whispered as he looked at the two dog boxers fighting in the ring.
One of the dogs that were boxing was a black cane corso male dog and the other was a female German Shepherd. The German Shepherd was winning as she delivered multiple punches onto the other's face. Blake's eyes widened in terror as the others were either horrified or mesmerized by the carnage. In fact the other missing boxers were spotted as well. Waiting inside a so-called VIP seating with a good view of the fight. And dogs with guns watching them and making sure they don't leave.
"Wait...That's Brad Barker and Big Bertha." Blake realized.
Big Bertha was winning against Brad Barker. Fighting in a ring underground. While the audiences were placing bets. But not only were they wearing traditional boxing attire. Big Bertha and Brad Barker were also wearing black metallic collars around their neck that looked high-tech and another word Kairi will mention in a second. In fact. All of the other kidnapped boxers were wearing them.
"Look at those collars around their necks. They look military-like." Kairi pointed at their necks.
"Hang on…..Those are specialized collars that are able to render the one wearing them helpless, by multiple means" Nick said, for once, looking very serious. "They've been made illegal for the impressionable fact of being hellish and cruel beyond all reason."
"The kidnappers must be using them to keep the fighters from rebelling against them. To make them fight like they want." Sora surmised with narrowed eyes.
"You both hit it right on the nail. IRIS just told me the same thing." Aiden stated as he finished scanning the collars.
"Hey. Look." Goofy pointed up at some office windows on the far wall above the ring.
"That must be an office room." Donald figured.
"And where the masterminds behind this might be held up." Kairi said, her own tone serious.
"We can just go up there and end it all then." Sora suggested.
"Except there's the tiny little stain of a bunch of cheeseburger bikers with the XLs watching us go in." Aiden reminded Sora. "I mean what if they're collars blow their mugs out the moment they spot us?"
They needed a way to pass by the audience and fighting ring without alerting everyone around the arena.
"Any suggestions on how to get past all of the blood-crazed fans with teeth without getting spotted and being added to their hors d'oeuvres, I'm all ears." Nick told the others.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot pointed at the air vent behind them.
The vent was cracked open with enough for only a few of them to crawl in.
"There is no way most of us here could fit in there." Victoria pointed out.
"Actually. Let Judy, Nick, and I handle that." Blake suggested that the three of them go through the vents since they're small enough to crawl through.
"We'll stay in radio contact and let you know what we find." Judy said.
"Well, this should be fun." Nick smirked. "Been a while since I snuck through an air vent."
"I don't know why but that sounds very suggestive." Aiden responded to Nick's remark.
"We'll wait out here and keep an eye on things." Sora stated for the team.
"Good luck." Kairi said to Nick, Judy and Blake.
"Oh, please. We're professionals." Nick said, helping Judy and Blake get into the vent. "Professionals don't need luck."
Nick then slid into the vent himself before Aiden closed the vent back up just in case someone shows up and they need to hide. But made sure not to screw it shut in case they needed to get out.
"Except for Neil Druckman and America." Aiden added a quip.
Once Nick. Judy and Blake were in the ventilation shaft. Aiden monitored them using his heightened senses to see them crawl through the ducts. So far with all the noise from the boxing march and roaring fans. No one would ever notice them in the vents.
Just then. Aiden's gummiphone started vibrating. He knew the ringtone as he decided to surprise the caller with his lion face with facetime.
And he answered.
Once the phone displayed it was Anna and Elsa who answered. From the background he could tell they were standing at the castle balcony.
"Hey Little Spark. How is everythi- Woah! Aiden? Is that you?" Elsa said surprised.
"Oh my Gosh! You're a liger again?! But on two legs instead of four." Anna beamed, thinking her nephew looked adorable.
"First rule in Furry Club is, you don't talk about Furry Club." Aiden remarked and growled like a lion. showing the teeth. "I'm just glad my spirit animal wasn't a guinea pig. Or that little midget ulcer from Thundercats."
"Right….I Hope we're not interrupting anything important." Elsa said out of concern.
"We just wanted to check in to see how you were doing, and to let you know how things are going here." Anna said, trying to hide her excitement at seeing her nephew in his current form.
"That's mostly my reason. Anna remembered you were in Zootopia and she just wanted to see you in your new animal form." Elsa said with a smirk.
"Traitor!" Anna exclaimed with false hurt.
"Well under better circumstances I would definitely invite you both out here. Mostly to see what animals you'd turn into. Maybe reindeers or arctic wolves or platypus bunnies. Just pray to God that none of you turn into sloths. But I digress." Aiden remarked and stated. "Right now me and the team are helping the Zootopian fuzz couple solve a crime regarding kidnapped dog boxers."
"Dog Boxers?" Elsa asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Ooo. Sounds like you guys are having fun. Be sure to tell the happy couple I said hi." Anna said. "So you guys are close to catching the peeps?"
"Eh….. sort of. Turns out these canine boxers are abducted and forced to brawl in an underground hound slaughter club. They're all wearing lethal collars that are keeping them from leaving and we need to find the punk in charge before this all turns into the ending of Million Dollar Baby for these legends." Aiden answered.
Elsa and Anna share a look before turning back to the screen.
"Well, those boxers sure are lucky you're on the case." Elsa said with a smirk.
"Yeah, those bad guys are in for a rude wake up call!" Anna quipped.
"Kay well...Most of them. I think one of them has his face redecorated. At least I think that's his face." Aiden winced at the fight.
"This does not look good." Sora said, wincing as he looked on at the fight.
"How can someone force someone else to do something like this?" Kairi said with disgust.
"Wait a minute...Those two are not in the ring!" Donald pointed out.
"Ooooh." They all realized.
"What? What's happening?" Anna asked from the phone.
"It wasn't a fight. It was a break up. Some referee got his nose broken by his girlfriend for cheating." Victoria explained.
"Thank God no YouTuber is down here to record this and drag his life further into hell-" Aiden almost commented
"Aiden turn off the recorder and delete the video on your phone." Victoria quickly scolded.
"Yes ma'am." Aiden muttered and did so. "You win yet again morality."
"Oh, Aiden, what am I gonna do with you?" Elsa shook her head in exasperation at hearing that.
"Nothing, Victoria has it covered." Anna quipped before addressing Aiden. "Three words Aiden. You. Are. Whipped."
"I have a healing factor you know." Aiden deadpanned.
"It doesn't work on me." Victoria whispered a teasing reminder.
"Dude, she owns you big time." Sora joked with Kairi giggling in agreement.
"Bite me, Spike." Aiden said quietly.
Meanwhile up in the manager's office...
Judy and Blake were crawling ahead of Nick until they both finally made it to where the office was below. From a view inside the vent, they could see past the blinds and saw a beige colored Labrador. Male and in a dark suit and tie. He seemed to be passing back and forth looking back at the fight. Conflicted and tense. Possibly this dog was worried the police would arrive or maybe his stocks were dropping due to the fact that this fight wasn't showing enough blood and death.
Whatever the reason. It was clear who this was. Russell D. Jackson. Former dog boxer for the DBC
"Rusty Jack I presume?" Nick figured quietly.
"Seems like it." Blake responded as he took hold of the vent blinds and spoke to Judy and Nick. "Alright. On the count of three, we'll jump down and surprise him. Got your guns ready?"
"Ready." Judy said, pulling out her gun.
"Locked and Loaded." Nick said smirking with his weapon at the ready.
Finally, Blake busted open the vent door and dropped down to the ground as Nick and Judy did the same. And they aimed their guns at Russell who turned and was alerted to see them.
"What the Hell!" Russell staggered feeling like he got jumpscared seeing the cops show up.
"Paws up Jackie! And I mean those dirty tools." Nick ordered with a little wit.
Russell complied and held his hands up.
"Listen. Whatever you found at the sports shack, it ain't me. I didn't kidnap these people." Russell confessed.
"Yeah, that's what they all say." Judy said, still pointing her gun at him.
"Fine then. I'll let the neck do the talkin." Russell stated with a little irritation as he pulled down the collar of his shirt to reveal...
Russell is wearing the same lethal collar as the other boxers. He really is innocent!
"You're wearing one too?" Judy's eyes widened in surprise.
"So he's a victim in all this too?" Nick muttered before adding jokingly. "Talk about a shock, huh?"
The three cops lowered their guns seeing that Russell was innocent and pondered where this would lead to.
"But if Russell isn't the mastermind behind all this, then who is?" Blake asked the same question his two partners were thinking.
"Shhhhh!..." Russell shushed them looking at the security cam on the wall as he went over it up with a sheet of cardboard and looked at them hissing. "He could be watching."
"Who?" Blake asked.
Russell sighed and quizzed. "Does the name 'Wally Right Guard' ring any bells?"
"Yeah, he was the coach who trained your father. Right?" Judy asked as she remembered reading the info Aiden gave them.
"Adopted father actually." Russell shrugged.
"I kinda figured. The family photos say it all." Nick remarked.
Since Russell is a Labrador and his father Joey Jackson was a Kangaroo. It really screams adoption loud.
"He was no less a father to me." Russell stated as he looked sadly at a photo of him and his father. "His coach. Old Walls. He's now in a wheelchair because of smoking. It's always the cigars."
Just like how Russell's father died from smoking.
"After Pops' passing and Walls ending up in a wheelchair, surviving lung cancer instead. The media became so convinced that it was boxing that did it to them. They never were going to admit smoking was an addicting bad habit that was the real culprit. So they banned Kangaroos everywhere from competing in the DBC, making the public believe it was bad for their health and for publicity." Russell explained.
"So, Old Walls wanted revenge." Blake summarized.
"No!" Russell barked and sighed. "I'm sorry. He's desperate to prove a point. That boxing didn't break him. And he's willing to get others to demonstrate that for him without the media. Hence why he made this demonstration underground." He explained.
"Demonstration? Seriously?" Judy said.
"You know, there are probably better ways of proving a point besides kidnapping." Nick said.
"That's what I tried telling him. I guess losing his ability to walk really ***ked up his mind." Russell stated.
"But how did you get involved with this?" Blake asked.
"I wasn't done after they told me I was." Russell stated remembering when he wasn't welcomed back to the DBC after his accident. As he sadly looked down to the floor and stated. "There was a lot left in me. And I wasn't able to show em. And so Walls gave me an offer. In hopes that I would get my 'second chance'. But by the time I saw how Walls was going to do it." Russell explained as he pointed at the collar around his neck. "I was too late to back out. Or call the cops."
"He had you in his trap by the time you realized it was a trap. You became as much a victim as the other boxers." Blake stated, looking at him with sympathy.
"Don't worry, we'll get you and the other boxers out of here" Judy promised.
"It's not that simple. Even if you manage to take off one of these collars. The rest will pop the moment you do." Russell dejected.
"He's talking about the network." Victoria stated on Blake's earpiece.
She was monitoring the conversation from the other end of the arena.
"What network?" Blake inquired.
"All of the collars are under a failsafe network. If one turns off the rest will explode." Victoria explained.
The three cops looked horrified.
"Yeah, let's try to avoid that from happening." Nick said with a nervous chuckle.
"Just when I thought this guy couldn't stoop any lower." Blake muttered.
"Could this possibly get any more complicated?" Judy asked in general.
"I...think I already have an idea." Blake pondered as it dawned on him instantly. "An EMP could shut the network down long enough for us to take the collars off. But we would need to find the main circuit breaker."
"I gotcha covered. I'll go deep underground and find the circuit break. I've got the thunder after all." Victoria volunteered for sending the EMP burst.
"Loud and clear Thunder Cat." Nick joked, not realizing that he refered to her as a character in a cartoon.
"Wait. You folks got Thundercats in this world?! I was just joking about them just now! What do the Power Rangers look like or Sailor Moon?" Aiden asked on the other end.
"Who are you talking to?" Russell inquired at the cops.
Down under the circuit line...
They managed to find a maintenance hatch below the stairs that Victoria could enter through without anyone seeing her. Once she jumped down through the hatch, Victoria was in cloak mode as she crawled under the grounds below the ring which was a rustic shaft for large power cables. She was using her cat lick agility to avoid making noise and leaping across cable to cable. And flipping over gaps as she scaled the wall with her claws. Because flying would make a lot of noises due to the air being contained in this shaft.
By the time she climbed high enough in the shaft, Victoria found the circuit breaker. Connected with several wires. She opened the junction box and found something more complicated than a simple switch. But a bunch of wire connections are more complicated than a motherboard of a PC.
"Aiden. I found the breaker." Victoria called her boyfriend.
"How many wires and which flavor are they? I mean color." Aiden asked from her earpiece.
"There's at least five wires. Blue. Two white. Red and green." Victoria counted and named.
"Alright, listen carefully. Unplug both the white wires first. Then the red wire and the green wire last. All in that order. But leave the blue wire completely alone. Be very careful not to unplug the blue." Aiden gave clear and cut instructions.
"Got it. You know, you're so lucky I'm probably one of the only people who can keep up with you for tech jobs like these. You know that, right?" Victoria remarked as she got to work on the wires, being careful not to make a mistake.
"Well…It's either you or Spike. And he can't even beat me at a Shell Game or Connect 4 in a straight line." Aiden bragged.
"Hey, I resent that." Sora complained in the background.
"You resemble that actually, Sora." Kairi giggled in the background.
"Hahahaha. Even your girlfriend thinks so." Donald laughed teasingly in the background.
"Gee, I didn't know Connect 4 was a straight line. Ahyuck!" Goofy chuckled in the background.
"Some friends you all are." Sora pouted with false hurt.
"Can we just focus on saving some 'legendary' lives here?" Victoria rolled her eyes she finished all the wires. "Alright. What do I do now?"
"Place the EMP emitter into the center socket. And start a countdown of five seconds." Aiden stated in her ear piece. "Once that timer goes off. All hell will have a cardiac arrest."
Victoria nodded as she placed the emitter into the center socket and set a timer for five seconds. "Alright, the timer is set. "Alright, the timer is set. Get ready, I'm starting the countdown... Now."
Victoria pressed the start button.
Then Victoria moved like lightning as she hopped back across the maintenance shaft and rushed towards the exit. Knowing that within the few seconds they had before the timer goes off.
Meanwhile back up at the Underground Arena...
Brad Barker was knocked down yet again and bruised badly by Big Bertha. Then the referee who was a Chihuahua, looked as if he was about to comence the count down to end the round. Instead he stood there as the audience started chanting something sadistic.
"BRUTALITY! BRUTALITY! BRUTALITY!" The audience chanted as some of them were holding signs and ripping their shirts open showing tattoos of broken bones.
Big Bertha looked afraid and ashamed, even though she was forced to fight a fellow competitor. She didn't want to injure him badly.
"Do it! Or the boss will pop your collars!" The referee threatened.
"I..." Big Bertha was trying to say.
"Just...Do it. Or he'll kill us both." Brad Barker coughed telling her it's okay.
Big Bertha took a sympathetic deep breath before she raised her foot and was about to stomp on his left arm.
Then suddenly…..
***EMP BURST!***
The lights went off and the entire arena was pitch black dark. Shocking the audience as there were frightful screams and Big Bertha halted herself from commencing a brutality.
They all looked around until...
Blue and Green lights flashed above everyone as the Maverick himself hovered above the arena. With the head of a lion without a mouth and his screen eyes in his armored form. And a lion tail and paws with claws.
The Maverick hovered as all of them were surprised.
"Hey! Gringo! What the hell is-" The referee barks came to a halt when Maverick froze him in a cryogenic block of ice.
Then Blaze appeared and landed as her beauty and red hair was in the form of a red cheetah as she growled at the audience looking ferocious and angry.
These people in the audience were nothing but low life sadists and thugs demanding blood and injuries for sport. And Blaze was tempted to give it to them.
"I'M ONLY GONNA SAY THIS ONCE!" Blaze roared as she illuminated the room and glared at everyone. Then she seethed. "Get out."
***LIGHTNING BOLT STRIKE!***
A loud bolt of lightning struck the sign above the arena sending sparks all around.
The audience screamed in terror, and ran out of the arena as fast as they could, terrified about what would happen to them if they didn't escape.
The two boxers in the arena looked on in total shock and confusion.
"What... Just happened?" Brad Barker asked as he slowly tried to sit up.
"I don't know." Big Bertha said, looking around and at Maverick and Blaze with hope sparking in her eyes.
Maverick flew down to them and used his ice powers to freeze the circuits on their collars and ripped them off. Then Blaze casted a healing spell on both boxers to heal their bruises and sores from the rough fighting.
"Lennux Lewis. Jean Claude Van Damme. You and the others just got early parole." Maverick quipped.
"We're here to get you and the others out." Blaze stated which made both Brad and Bertha smile.
They saw the other Guardian members like Armored Sora and Armored Kairi rip the collars off the other seven boxers that were kidnapped.
Goofy and Donald opened up the garage doors and Donald turned to the other boxers.
"HEAD OUT THIS WAY! LOOK FOR THE STAIRS ON THE WEST HALL AND DON'T STOP UNTIL YOU SEE LIGHTS!" Donald yelled to the boxers.
All the boxers looked at him confused, like imaginary question marks were appearing above their heads.
"Anyone here understand a single word the duck just said?" One of the boxers asked his fellow boxers.
"Not one word." another boxer shook her head.
"Think the poor dude needs a lossage." Another boxer stated.
Donald facepalmed himself and groaned in irritation.
"He said Recess! Don't forget to grab a granola and sign the wavers on the way out!" Maverick echoed from the ring.
"Now that, I got!" one of the boxers said as he and the other boxers made their way for the exit. Brad Barker and Big Bertha turned to Maverick and Blaze.
"Whoever you are, thank you." Big Bertha said with sincerity.
Brad Barker nodded with her as the two continued for the exit.
"Blake! Did you and the others manage to get Jackson's collar off?!" Blaze called up Judy, Blake and Nick from the office.
Blake and Jury came out from the office door.
"We did! That's everyone right?!" Blake asked from up stairs on the railing.
"For now! But we still need to find the handicap democrat in charge!" Maverick answered from the ring.
Then Armor Kairi freeflow ran up the rails to where Judy, Blake and Nick were standing.
"Any idea where Walls might be?" Armored Kairi asked them from the rails.
"He...He never gave a specific location. But always said he could be watching the fights from where he was." Russell explained trying to think.
"Yeah, that narrows it down huh?" Nick said sarcastically. "With a good camera, he could theoretically watch the fights on the other side of Zootopia."
"No, he's here. Somewhere." Blake said, looking about. "I can feel it."
*"X Marks the spot, Mate."* A dark Australian voice spoke from the speakers alerting everyone. *"Very clever with the EMP. Putin it on the dinger and making the whole event unpredictable."*
"Oh my God. I knew it! Simon Baker is playing Jigsaw! Or are you Hugo Weaving? You really need to stop man handling every fourth dark role." Maverick quipped along.
***"Joke all you want, Wagga. I got all the info and footage I need that boxing isn't lethal. It's just how hard we're all able to sock it. Especially to us Kangaroos. Dogs are just as violent as Kangas. And it took all of this to prove it."*** Walls spoke from the speakers.
Apparently he can hear all of them speak too. But they're still not sure where he is.
"Really? Because all I saw was you forcing helpless boxers to brutalize each other with a rabid audience watching it all go down" Blaze gritted out.
"It's over Walls. Your scheme comes to an end. Time to turn yourself in!" Blake stated firmly, still looking for where Walls was hiding.
***"It takes a leash to make a point. Rusty down there knows what I'm talking about."*** Walls stated referring to Russell.
But Russell was of a different heart. He always wanted a second chance. But not like this.
"Not like this!" Russell shouted out. "I wanted a second chance to prove myself, yes. But not like this! Not with hurting others!"
***"Hurting others? Ha. Don't make me laugh. You knock folks' lights out in the ring, and possibly send many bruised and beaten competitors home with sores and loose teeth, just to feed people's violent nature. That's all boxing ever was. Just to feed our inner monster. It's why people are so entertained by it."*** Walls responded.
"you're wrong!" Sora shouted, getting everyone's attention as he stood, in his armored form, next to Kairi, with Donald and Goofy standing behind him. "Boxing isn't about beating the crap out of each other. It's about becoming stronger for not just yourself, but for others. It's about demonstrating that all life has the skill and the ability to fight. To prove that not all of us are limited based on our movements and our species, if those people can fight and stand up for themselves. We can too, because no one is born with limitations. Except for the ones forced on us or what we force on ourselves."
"I am Groot." Baby Groot whispered to Blaze.
"Yeah. That was cheesy, but true. " Blaze whispered back with a shrug.
"Oh I think you've all made your point plenty. I think you should sell it as a memento at the gift shop." Another voice spoke on the intercom.
Then a dark portal opened as the Organization member number II came out and stepped into the ring. The guy with the white streak with a ponytail and an eye patch. And two pistols.
It was Xigbar.
"Oh! Hey! It's...Ummm...Xander!" Maverick tried to recall
He really knew from the Organization's personal files on Ansem's computer. But Maverick likes to mess with everyone.
"Xigbar actually." Xigbar smirked.
"Right. Sorry. It's hard to remember all the names when all of you act bland with no variety. Ocean's 12 is more entertaining than you folks." Maverick mocked humorously.
"Joke all you want, pretty ice boy." Xigbar started.
"Did he just call me pretty?" Maverick muttered.
"Your many spats and pows with Stormur, our ex secret weapon gave us an advantage to change the rules. But in smaller doses." Xigbar stated with a smirk circling the Guardians. "For example. Despite this world having its own cornerstone. We can give a couple of dark folks a golden ticket. And Walls is it? He just won the VIP."
Then Walls rolled up on his wheel chair out of the dark portal standing next to Xigbar. This Kangaroo looked aged but muscular. With rugged facial hair and dark brown fur. And he was wearing a brown suit and tie.
Walls looked pretty dark for an ex coach. The same coach who trained Russell's adopted father.
"Well, this is quite a turn of events." Nick muttered as he and his partners were standing defensively, ready for anything. "Old Slugger seems pretty spry."
"So, Walls allied himself with that Organization XIII the kid told us about." Blake muttered, preparing to summon his keyblade at a moment's notice, seeing as things have escalated to world threatening proportions.
"Oh but wait! There's a twist. I'm not doing the fight. He is." Xigbar gestured to Walls as he shot a dart into the Kangaroo's neck from his pistol.
"Ugh!" Walls grunted in pain from the hard needle in his neck as he was feeling strange. And he groaned. "You...Said I would be...Getting a weapon...To fight!"
"And I did Gramps. You're the weapon. Have fun boys!" Xigbar jested as he kicked open another dark portal and bowed before walking through.
"Oooh boy." Nick's eyes widened as he saw Walls collapse out of his chair.
"Nick. Get Russell out of here." Judy ordered as she summoned her keyblade and stood next to Blake.
"Right. Come on, this is not the place for us anymore." Nick said to Russell, who nodded and followed Nick out of the arena.
"Well, looks like things just got more…..Shit." Blake muttered as he summoned his keyblade.
Walls was engulfed in a large twister of darkness. And when the dark twister vanished, revealing what became of Walls.
He was sixteen feet tall with black fur, clawed feet and spiked boxing gloves on his hands, white rib like armor on his chest with the heartless emblem on the center of his chest. Spikes grew off his back and on the sides of his tail. His face was white and his eyes shined yellow. And in his kangaroo pouch, shadow heartless popped their heads out as they formed from within the pouch.
Walls had become the heartless known as the Crusher-Roo.
"RUUUUUUUUGH!" Crusher-Roo roared.
"Ugh. This 'wall' looks tacky." Maverick quipped as he spun his two keyblades. "Spike. Let's redecorate it."
"Right." Sora said, getting into a battle stance. "Let's take him down."
"I'm with you Sora." Kairi said, standing ready next to him.
"Us too!" Goofy said, shield up.
"You're not leaving us behind!" Donald exclaimed with his staff ready.
"You two ready for a fight?" Blaze asked Judy and Blake.
"We're always ready!" Judy said, sharing a smile with Blake, which he returned.
"Let's show this Boxing washout not to mess with our home!" Blake declared.
"IRIS? Pick a badass track." Maverick smirked as he spun his keyblades.
(Bad Reputation - Joan Jett)
They all surrounded the monstrous kangaroo as Blake started by waving his keyblade and sending a mini swirly gush of wind to make the Crusher-Roo stagger a bit. Then Judy hopped up across its back and slashed her keyblade against its jaw. Then Maverick slides across the ground shooting ice spikes at its arms while Blaze dashed across the air shooting sparks of electricity into its legs.
Donald and Goofy wacked their weapons at its tail while Armored Sora jumped and slashed at its torso. And Armored Kairi twirled in the air and struck at its head.
The Crusher-Roo was taking damage.
I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
Living in the past, it's a new generation
A girl can do what she wants to do and that's what I'm gonna do
An' I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation
Oh no, not me
The Crusher-Roo then spun to cause the guardians and keyblader cops to stagger or trip as the Crusher-Roo then hopped up and down and against the walls leaving a stream of dark lighting all around. Then the Crusher-Roo smashed it's kangaroo feet to the ground and caused a chain reaction of a spark burst which produced a shock. Maverick managed to use his ice to shield his team mates and the cops as they got back up.
Then they used their keyblades and weapons to block as the Crusher Roo started to deliver hard punches but couldn't land a hit on them.
An' I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
Never said I wanted to improve my station
An' I'm only doin' good when I'm havin' fun
An' I don't have to please no one
An' I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation
Oh no, no, no, no not me, oh no, no, no, no not m
Maverick managed to counter three right hooks by spinning and swinging five kicks into the Crusher-Roo's face and Blake shifted his keyblade into a whip to snap against the Crusher-Roo's neck and wrap the whip around it. Only for Judy to shoot five fireball spells into its torso.
I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
I've never been afraid of any deviation
An' I don't really care if you think I'm strange
I ain't gonna change
The Crusher-Roo threw its neck forward causing Blake to hurl into a wall screaming. But Judy managed to catch him which made them smile at each other.
Armored Sora shifted his form drive into his valor form. "LET'S GO!" Armored Sora yelled as his armor turned red and he was holding two keyblades.
While using those keyblades to clash with Crusher-Roo's fists. Maverick came in and backed Armored Sora up while Armored Kairi and Blaze were doing the same thing. They all tried to see if they could strike the Heartless Kangaroo. But its fists were swinging too fast for them to find an opening.
An' I'm never gonna care 'bout my bad reputation
Oh no, not me, oh no, not me
Pedal, boys!
An' I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
The world's in trouble, there's no communication
An' everyone can say what they wanna say
It never gets better, anyway
Baby Groot was sitting back eating from a back of popcorn someone dropped while enjoying the fight from one of the front row seating.
Suddenly Donald saw an opening with a purple spike on the middle back of Crusher-Roo's spine. And it made Donald smirk as he came up with an idea.
"Hey Goofy! Use your head!" Donald called his comrade pointing at the spike.
Goofy looked up and smirked back as they both nodded.
So why should I care about a bad reputation, anyway?
Oh no, not me, oh no, not me
I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation
You're living in the past, it's a new generation
An' I only feel good when I got no pain
An' that's how I'm gonna stay
Suddenly Judy came in and shifted her keyblade into a large police taser and jabbed it into Crusher-Roo's left leg. Causing it to growl and stagger a bit. Then Blake shifted his keyblade into a rope-caster to shoot out rounds of light based restraints onto the giant Heartless. Causing to temporarily become stuck.
Then Donald pulled back the rope around the fighting ring from behind Crusher-Roo, using it as a slingshot and Goofy positioned himself like an arrow. With his knight's shield on top of his head.
"Ready Goofy?!" Donald grunted as he held the rope.
"Ready Donald! Here! We! GOOOOO!" Goofy yelled as Donald let's go of the rope.
And Goofy was launched over into the spike on Crusher-Roo's back. Using his shield to bash hard into it from being slung. And then….
***BAM!***
The spike shattered on impact.
An' I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation
Oh no, not me, oh no, not me
Not me, not me
And then on that note.
"RRUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH!" The Crusher-Roo roared before it collapsed as its legs gave way. And fell on the ground thus ending the fight.
In the aftermath of the fight. The Crusher-Roo Heartless was finally subdued as a dark aura of clouds rushed around the monster. And it shifted back into a regular crippled Kangaroo. More specifically Walls.
Out cold and defeated on the grounds of the boxing ring.
"And the walls came tumbling down." Maverick quipped.
"To think. A broken legend tried to burn his entire world to the ground." Blake sighed as he looked down at Walls.
Before anyone else could say or do anything. Nick came in from the exit and cleared his throat getting their attention.
"I hate to interrupt the epilogue but Chief Bogo is on his way with a squad to assist the victims and debrief us on the mission details and blah blah blah blah...You know the drill." Nick announced.
"So...We're done?" Blaze asked about the whole crime ordeal in Zootopia.
"Well, not completely. Now comes the more boring part about all this." Nick said with a groan.
"And that is?" Kairi asked.
"Paperwork." Judy said with a sigh.
"Ah. Well you're on your own there. Good thing we're not Secretaries of the Multiverse." Sora quipped as he shifted out of his armored form.
"Hey! You just stole my quipped!" Maverick snapped as he shifted back into Aiden.
"I used your quip as a leeway." Sora mocked.
"You stole my leeway." Aiden deadpanned.
"So we're not going to stick around and hear Walls say he would've gotten away with it too, if it weren't for us-" Kairi almosted asked humorously as she shifted out of her armored form.
"Please don't." Blaze deadpanned as she shifted back into Victoria.
So then Russell walked back in and sighed seeing Walls out cold on the ground. Having a feeling of disappointment and clarity.
"So. What's next for ya?" Goofy asked Russell.
"Well. Don't get me wrong. I still want to get back into the ring, after years of being yanked out. But...I don't know if it's possible now. I guess I kinda missed my window jumping out of the wrong one." Russell shrugged, feeling uncertain about his future.
"Don't give up, Russel." Sora said, trying to encourage Russell. "Sure you made a mistake. But I don't think it's over for you. As long as you keep your head up, I'm sure you'll get another chance."
"He's right. It will only be impossible if you give up now." Kairi agreed.
Russell could only just nod as he wasn't sure. But he was just glad none of the boxers paid for his mistakes.
"The three of you should know that the reason the first six boxers went missing was because I invited them to the same gig Walls promised me. Hoping he would give them a chance as well." Russell confessed to Judy, Nick and Blake, feeling guilty. "If I had known this was what he intended for all of us...I'm sorry. Truly."
"Don't sweat it. You couldn't have known it was a set-up when you sent out those invites." Nick said with a nonchalant look.
"In the end, you helped us save the other boxers." Judy said with a small smile. "That accounts for something."
"So all's forgiven." Blake said. "And if you're worried about facing charges, Don't be. Just come forward with your side of the story and all of this will be behind you."
Just then, they heard footsteps outside and the sound of cops checking the perimeter. The Guardians of the Multiverse have time to handle everything but red tape. Especially from an animal society that's by the numbers.
"And that's our cue to boogie. We'll meet you at the Von Drake observatory." Sora told Blake, Judy and Nick before Aiden teleported himself and the team out of there.
So Blake, Judy and Nick and close the case properly before anything else.
Just then Chief Bogo came in and looked around with several cops and swat members checking around the area and they saw all the damages.
"I assume the collateral damage was from the culprit being unprofessional?" Chief Bogo inquired.
"Oh you have no idea." Nick remarked about the fight against Walls in his Heartless form.
"It definitely got hectic trying to bring him down." Judy muttered.
"But we got the job done. All the boxers have been freed and the perp is in custody." Blake stated as a few cops walked over to the unconscious kangaroo and handcuffed him.
"And I can only assume by the frost and scattered Christmas lights….." Chef Bogo stated as he gestured to the neon and frost residue all over the place. "That this was also Guardian business."
"We kinda needed their help. Sorry we didn't inform you sooner Sir." Judy said meekly. "Leaving you unaware and all..."
"I was aware. Just didn't care." Chief Bogo deadpanned.
That was always the Chef's way of saying good job and thank you. Which was a relief to hear.
"So...You'll let it slide?" Nick asked curiously.
"Pretty much. This time. Especially if it means less grievances from city hall." Chef Bogo answered as he turned to give the swat team some orders. "Set up a crime scene and send anything you find towards lock up. And bring a gurney for our cripled psychopathic guest."
"Yes, Sir!" The swat team members said and got to work as instructed, while the three partners looked at each other with small smiles, relieved that neither they nor their friends were in trouble. And happy for another crime to officially be solved or in other words…..
Case Closed.
Later at the Von Drake Observatory...
Sora and the guardians were in the break room drinking different cans of soda as they listen to Pete thrillfully discuss the latest tests be had been volunteering for. While his voice was high pitched after being tested on the crotchitizer.
"And so the Van Drake hair brusher can brush any surface. Now all my chest and back fur as curls!" Pete beamed in his chipmunk sounding voice.
All of the Guardians were trying not to seem disgusted as they listened and pretended to be interested.
"All of that is fur?" Aiden muttered quietly looking at Pete's body.
"So. Are...you in a permanent position here?" Kairi asked, trying to sound nice.
"Nah. I'm only here for the first three months. After this I'll be starring in Von Drake's commercials!" Pete announced.
"That's great." Victoria nervously smiled and muttered. "At least it will be less lethal for him."
"While testing his inventions in front of millions of people." Pete squealed.
"Almost less lethal." Victoria muttered in response.
"So. What's next for you and the keyblade team after this?" Pete asked Sora.
Since they're not enemies anymore. And Pete is in a position that won't contradict anything or make him a liability. Even if it's dangerous, insane work. Sora found it okay to talk.
"Well, after we're done here, we still have to continue through possibly a few more worlds so we can find a way to the Organization's hideout." Sora answered as Blake, Judy, and Nick entered the room.
"Well I hope you Voltron cubs are free for tonight, because we're celebrating at the Golden Anchor tonight." Nick announced.
"Am I supposed to know about Voltron?" Aiden inquired quipishly.
"Golden Anchor?" Goofy asked, looking curiously.
"Easily the best four star seafood in Central Park. The shrimp poppers are to die for." Nick remarked with a smirk.
"We're heading out in twenty minutes. So we can be on time for the dessert special." Blake said and winked at Aiden. Hinting that he's about to propose to Judy at the restaurant.
Aiden grinned a bit, catching the hint.
"I'll remember not to order Surf N Turf." Aiden referenced a Steak and Shrimp dish.
"Woah boy! I'd love to come. But I've got a date with a pretty lady and her name is the Von Drake Waxifier!" Pete announced as she walked out with two wax candles.
"Waxifier?" Donald inquired weirdly.
"I don't wanna know." Sora deadpanned.
"Anyway...Russell wanted you to have these." Judy came over to Sora and handed him some gold colored boxing gloves. "He said they were his father's gloves. They helped him on his journey to becoming a legend."
"Wait. He's sure? I mean if they're his dad's I don't wanna take what's his." Sora said out of consideration.
"He's sure. Rusty didn't want any old wounds where he's going." Nick remarked.
"He also said since he already made his mark. He figured you would need a nice good luck charm on your legendary journey." Blake stated.
"So he left you his old wounds as a souvenir." Aiden quipped at Sora teasingly.
"Very funny, Frosty." Sora said back as he looked at the gloves, only for them to shine a moment later. "Whoa!"
And the gloves began to rise up into the air, getting everyone's attention.
"Um, is that supposed to happen?" Nick asked, stunned.
"It's for us." Kairi said before looking towards Sora. "You're up, Sora."
Sora nodded and brought his keyblade out.
Then the area around Sora began to ship in between dimensions, like he was standing over night clouds and thunderstorms. Sora held his keyblade forward with both hands as a light ray in the shape of a crown formed underneath him as the boxing gloves floated and shot a beam up above. And it revealed a dimensional keyhole. Sora spins his keyblade and points at the keyhole, then a beam of light shot inside the keyhole. Then he heard the sound of a large gate unlocking as it shines brightly beyond belief. Then the area shifted back around Sora and he was standing with his friends again.
It fascinated Judy and Blake while Nick gawked and inquired. "What just happened? I don't get it."
"Most anime fantasies are happy hour." Aiden quipped.
"That was our new path to another world opening." Sora explained.
"Don't worry. It will stay open way after dessert." Kairi assured.
"Great! Car's out front." Judy beamed and gestured out the door as she walked out first leading the team outside.
"You still got the ring with you?" Blake whispered quietly to Nick as he placed him in charge of holding onto it before the time was right.
"Relax man. Like I would misplace something that important" Nick said, taking out a small box from his pocket. "It's never left my side."
Blake wanted the moment to be just right for when it happens. The moment he makes that next step into his relationship with Judy.
Later at the Golden Anchor...
When everyone got to the Golden Anchor. They all took a table outside by the patio to get a good view of a large lake in the park. It was a pretty majestic looking lake. Or maybe Blake was just seeing things since this was going to be a magical night for him and Judy.
Blake, Judy and Nick were glad to be out of their police uniforms and wearing something casual for a change.
Everyone ordered nice fish dishes and got a good meal. Even Baby Groot who was wearing a mouse suit in a shirt and tie to avoid suspicions. Since he's the size of a mouse. Everyone around the restaurant bought it.
Blake paid and arranged a donkey in a suit who is well known for his golden tonsils to play the perfect song on the piano. While everyone was enjoying the desserts, which was Strawberry Short Cake. But unfortunately the Donkey started choking on a shrimp puff.
"HAAAA HEE HAAA!" The Donkey choked as he ran out of the restaurant while his agent called an ambulance.
The Donkey apparently had an allergic reaction to shellfish.
"I knew the shellfish was bad for his larynx and his lyrics." Nick sighed.
Sora and the team were around the table either looking concerned for the donkey's health or snickering at the noises he made while choking.
Blake exhaled in exasperation as he facepalmed himself. This was not supposed to happen.
"Is everything alright Honey?" Judy asked Blake out of concern.
"Oh yeah. Everything's..." Blake was trying to find the right words.
"Excuse me. I need to go drop my kids off at the pool." Aiden cleared his throat and mouthed 'I got you covered' at Blake while winking.
"T.M.I!" Donald yelled out to Aiden for that gross remark about needing to use the restroom.
"I'm guessing they put actual butterflies in the butter biscuits." Nick teased.
"Ex-nay the utter bay, ick Nay." Blake muttered a warning to Nick.
"Blake, what's wrong? You've been acting strange the past couple of minutes." Judy asked, wondering if she should be worried.
"Nothing's wrong. Just making sure everything is right is all." Blake stated as he smiled and took her hand.
He could see Aiden quickly came back wearing a blue vest with a tie and matching pants as he sat at the piano by the patio. Everyone at the restaurant was looking and wondering if there was about to be a show. Especially since Aiden quickly paid the manager to let him do this.
"For what?" Judy asked as her eyes were sparkling towards Blake's face.
The female bunny was curious while the male rabbit's heart was racing. Hoping he doesn't get cold bunny feet.
Thankfully Aiden started playing the piano before Blake could ruin it with the wrong words.
Suddenly the whole restaurant started to light up with neons around the railings and corners. Even around the lake everything was shining like a majestic fantasy. The customers and restaurant employees were entranced by the beauty and amazing colors as Aiden expertly played the piano chords with his feline liger like fingers.
Aiden was playing the famous song by Calum Scott. You Are The Reason.
"There goes my heart beating~ 'Cause you are the reason~ I'm losing my sleep~ Please come back now~" Aiden sang while playing the chords, and the music definitely setting the mood for what Blake wanted to do, but not before mouthing a quiet thank you to Aiden as he winked and continued singing. "And there goes my mind racing~ And you are the reason~ That I'm still breathing~ I'm hopeless now~"
Blake was still holding Judy's hand as he stood out of his chair and got down on one knee. Which made Judy's heart freeze as she was catching on finally to what was happening. Nick and the guardians were smiling and some folks who were at their own tables smiled at the sight, knowing what was happening.
This happens all the time at the Golden Anchor.
"Judy Hopps? You've been the light of my life since the day we met as kids. And there wasn't a day after I brought you home when I didn't think of you." Blake finally started as Judy was trying her best to fight back tears. "You are the most extraordinary person I've ever met. And you've changed my world. I love you, with all I am."
"I'd climb every MOUNTAIN!~" Aiden sang out with a perfect golden voice as he kept playing. "And swim every ocean~ Just to be WITH YOU~ And fix what I've broken~ Oh, 'cause I need you~ Tooooo seeeeee~ That you are the reason~"
Then Nick slides the ring in a small black case towards Blake from under the table while giving him a thumbs up. Blake grinned and picked up the box and held it up as he opened it. Revealing a beautiful expensive diamond ring to Judy.
"Judy. Will you marry me?" Blake finally asked while still holding the ring box.
Judy could not hold the tears back anymore, completely overtaken with joy. She struggled to get the next words out.
"Yes...I will I…." Judy stammered out with barely contained joy. "Yes Blake."
With that answer, Blake smiled and slipped the ring onto Judy's finger. The next second Judy tackled Blake into a hug and kissed him for all she was worth. Their friends and the other restaurant patrons clapped and cheered for the newly engaged couple.
Aiden continued to play the song as his eyes glowed neon and he caused neon fireworks to spark high up in the sky. Making all the animal people look up and the animal children gasp in awe.
There goes my hands shaking
And you are the reason
My heart keeps bleeding
I need you now
And if I could turn back the clock
I'd make sure the light defeated the dark
I'd spend every hour, of every day
Keeping you safe
And I'd climb every mountain
And swim every ocean
Just to be with you
And fix what I've broken
Oh, 'cause I need you to see
That you are the reason
"Just another night in Zootopia." Nick smirked as he looked up at the fireworks.
Soon Blake would have the portal ready to find his family if they're out there. But Blake didn't worry about that right now. He knew the blueprints for the regular Aiden gave him will work. For now.
This night belonged to the two cops in the ZPD. A night they'll never forget.
THAT'S ALL FOR NOW FOLKS! 🎉🎉🎉
So yeah! Blake and Judy are finally engaged. The wedding won't be a one shot or a separate chapter though. I will have it as a short epilogue scene like those snips during the end credits of KH II. But this won't be the last we've seen of Zootopia. Just for this current journey.
"However if you folks cry and beg hard enough. He still might make it a one shot." Maverick hinted.
No I won't!
"He still might." Maverick whispered and winked.
Ugh. Also I haven't forgotten about Winnie The Pooh's book. That will be covered soon after the next visit to Hercules' world. Just keep in mind that if I add too many new worlds to this story. I might be using all of my ideas for this one.
I may not use another new world that wasn't in game or I might add one or two more. But either way. We're half way there towards seeing this story concluded. And I will add new chapters to Connor and Orion's stories soon as well. 👍😉
Thank you all so much for reading. Be sure to add this story to your faves and follows if you like what you see! And don't forget to leave comments and reviews below to let me know you're thoughts on this chapter.
And as always Disney/Square Enix fans!
FISTBUMP!👊👊👊👊👊👊👊👊👊👊