Heart of Gazelle and Humanity

by The Imperator 2 you

With all hope lost Humanity places its final hope in the souls of those frozen in time. While excavating a tunnel, a team of Mammals going about their business discovers a relic of millennia past, and an ancient species thought mythical and legend. Yet of all eggs discovered only 1 survives. Can Humanity be redeemed for the sins of its past, in the future it cannot control?

30. Chapter 26

Oh, the snow it melts the soonest, when the winds begin to sing…

And the swallow skims, without a thought as long as it is spring…

But when spring goes and winter grows, my larpen you'd be fain…

With all your pride fought to follow me, where it calls a stormy main…

Chapter 26 – Frozen Reality

(Aelita's PoV)

She sat in the word of cyberspace, viewing a thousand windows to the world around her, each holding a hundred other windows so she could examine and look out upon the world with her eyes and ears to hear and see all that she wished. However, she focused on one particular window as floated in cyberspace, watching the latest broadcast of a news station.

The topic, what else but the word of Jeremy from Eden Facility 17, last of humanity, officially going out with Gazelle of Zootopia.

"And continuing the latest hot topic of last week, still on fire and still raging through the internet is none other than Zootopia's own, Gazelle, nicknamed 'Angel with Horns' the number 1 pop idol and famous singer, dancer, and model telling the world in a Twert that she is officially going out with none other than last of his species, human Jeremy Wilheart, who has been given the also iconic nickname, Angel without Fur!" A Polar Bear host said as a picture of Jeremy and Gazelle was shown with the highlight, 'Angels Engaged?'

She smirked at that phrase, knowing that with all of her work pushing them together they might as well be engaged at this point.

"While the news has been the gossip of the year, many mammals around the world have been showing the idol's Twerter feed with congratulations and messages. We're going to play a few clips now for you, take a look…"

She leaned back and put her arms behind her head while expanding the window so she could view the messages, despite already having seen most of them.

"We're the Hou Family from Quingban province, and we wish Jeremy and Gazelle a happy life together~!" A family of Pandas said in cutsey voices as they waved at the camera. "Gazelle is our favorite singer, we get her albums every time they release, and we have heard so much about Jeremy and his species. We're so happy Jeremy found somemammal he likes, best wishes!"

"I'm Koslov from Zootopia, and I want to just say thank you Jeremy for what he's given to everymammal around the world." The Polar Bear who worked for Mr. Big, her 'friend', said with a teary smile. "My son recently was diagnosed with a sudden case of throat cancer, but thanks to the vaccines and cures Jeremy's home produces, my son was in and out and cancer 'free' in just under an hour! And hearing him in a relationship with Gazelle of all mammals, I can't think of anymammal more 'perfect', and I can't think of a better male for somemammal as wonderful as her!"

"I'm Phillius from Lakeisland City, and I want to wish Gazelle and Jeremy a wonderful, happy life." A Panther said through a teary smile. "My little baby girl was born premature with a defective heart, and would have 'died' within twelve hours. But a medical helicopter arrived just in time carrying one of the Human's 'Synthorgans'. Even though she was so small, it perfectly changed to fit her body and saved her life. My little baby would have died without the human technology, and all I can say is thank you Jeremy and Humans, and I hope you have a beautiful life with Gazelle."

She smiled at those messages, seeing the good Jeremy has done, seeing all of her plans bearing fruit and all her efforts leading to the results she wanted. Now that Jeremy and Gazelle were together and that he was on the path to happiness, she could begin to guide the world to her 'ideal future' that she was created to do.

"Yes, so much positive and popular support for these two, as it was not long that this news agency and others out there were calling Jeremy to be 'put down', and considering him to be a threat to mammals in Zootopia. Despite this support for Jeremy and Gazelle being together however, some mammals don't approve of the two getting together."

At that she sat up straight and paid close attention to what they were saying.

"On Twerter some mammals are calling out Gazelle and telling her she is just using Jeremy's fame and popularity to her own advantage. Others are telling her she's betraying her own species by being with the human. The hate doesn't end there sadly, as other mammals have posted angry threats on Twerter, calling for Jeremy to be 'put down', because in their words, 'he is a dangerous threat and he's disguising his real intentions with all this technology he's using'. In the music industry another singer, Antella-Lopei, called out Gazelle saying 'Gazelle is using Jeremy to boost her fame, talk about abuse of an endangered species and a kindhearted mammal like Jeremy. She's just using him for the whole 'Angel' image she has going on. He's too good for the likes of her!', to which Gazelle fired back hours later, saying 'This from the singer who broke up with her boyfriend, just to release a 'break up album' days later? You are right about one thing, he is too good for me, but he still chose 'me'."

She chuckled at that response, Gazelle 'has' been extremely defensive regarding Jeremy, no doubt a trait inherited from her ancestors whom even Lions didn't mess with often.

"In other news, with Gazelle declaring she and Jeremy are going out, we now know who it was that has been sheltering the human, as Gazelle revealed in a phone interview that she has indeed been sheltering Jeremy since he first was offered it. The singer said 'he was trying so hard at first to try and repay me for my kindness, and all our kindness we gave him and the help we offered. As time went on, we got closer and closer, and now here we are, and I've never been happier in my life. I'm incredibly lucky that Jeremy cares so much about me and I him, and I'm so happy that I offered him my home so he didn't have to live inside that cold base he called home for 'decades' of his life."

"When asked about the facility, she described it as the coldest place to live, not in temperature but in feeling; despite the comforts it offered, the technical marvels it had, and above all the drones that serve and protect not only Jeremy but the facility, it is 'cold' to live there. She spent a night in the facility to see what it was like, and while she felt 'safe' and 'secure' in the facility, she didn't feel 'comfortable', not nearly as comfortable as in her own home. In Gazelle's words, 'The food is automated, bland, dull, and lacking any taste or 'love' that even the poorest mother might put in their children's food. The bathroom, while a technical marvel, is small and minimalistic, with shower and toilet sharing the same space. You cannot even enjoy a water bath because it is considered 'wasteful'. The drones control how much food is given to 'any' individual and ensure with cold calculating efficiency that nomamaml exceeds what they need to 'live', as when asked if one could have seconds, they do not even respond. Jeremy and I were each given the bare minimum, as despite being in a time where food is no longer a problem, the facility still operates as though we were in Jeremy's time, where humans starved, were sick in the street, fighting each other for scraps, and living hand to mouth with no hope for the future. The fact Jeremy grew up in these conditions his entire life, not knowing what a warm home cooked meal tasted like, being able to enjoy a warm shower, smell the morning air or listen to the sound of rain tapping the glass while sleeping in, feeling the sun on his face or fall asleep under a tree while enjoying a picnic… is something I cannot fathom or imagine doing my entire life.' Truly fascinating stuff."

Aelita nodded in agreement, but alas she could do nothing for the food dispensary, as that was controlled by Sentinel. Only a human could alter its programming, so until Jeremy changed it, the facility would offer 'standard nutritional supplements'.

"In other news, Gazelle's Limo is up for auction, as the famous pop idol says, she no longer needs it. Paparazzi managed to catch a glimpse of why, as Jeremy's Solar Carriage now resides outside Gazelle's home. Though not how it looked 'before' as photo evidence reveals it to have received some 'upgrades'."

She giggled as they showed an image of the carriage 'before' when it was wandering the streets, and 'after' Jeremy decided to just have HORSE and the carriage stay on Gazelle's property since word had spread about them. The carriage had been extended by about six feet so as to offer additional space, and widened to accommodate the new onboard 'comforts' she installed. It now boasted a built-in table with better seating so those inside could enjoy food on the go, as well as built in hologames based on Gazelle's backup dancer's favorite time wasters. It also provided a private seating section for him and Gazelle should they want it for 'private time' with each other. The front seating now offered holographic controls to direct HORSE, so that her backup dancers could still drive them from place to place. Also because of the upgrades, it was now heavier and thus Jeremy had to build another HORSE drone to help pull the carriage.

She figured since it was now being asked to do more for him and Gazelle, she might as well upgrade it, though it took all her concentration to get the job done in under twelve hours. She also included a few more 'protective features', as a safety precaution.

"While seeing the two in public is a rare occurrence, passersby have been able to catch the couple in question. Yesterday phone users caught the two enjoying a leisurely stroll down Parkfall Street as Gazelle was showing him around Zootopia."

She grinned as she saw the photo taken had Gazelle smiling and waving hi to her fans while Jeremy looked shy and nervous about being seen in public. Put him in his facility fixing drones, and working on various pieces of technology from his base, he's in his comfort zone. Put said human in public on a date with his girlfriend, and he's absolutely adorable when caught on camera.

"Absolutely adorable, from ZNN we send our best wishes to the two love doves, and hope wonderful things happen to the two of them." The news anchor said with a smile before their face became more serious. "In other news, the ongoing legal battle for the various vaccines and cures by pharmaceutical companies is now moving to an upper court, with the lower courts having ruled against the companies, citing 'these end products were made using research from an ancient civilization that, according to mammal law, far exceeds the time period and has been in the 'public domain' for centuries.' Furthermore, in the medical drone's words, 'Ema' had this to say…"

[For the last time I don't care who asks, but I cannot and will not violate the programming hardwired into me by the United Earth Medical Institution regarding the vaccines and cures.] An image of Ema's face on screen said while her voice was played on speakers. [Under the United Earth Medical Institution, no medical treatment created using research associated with the UEMI is to be bartered with, sold, auctioned, or otherwise used for personal profit, personal gain or personal welfare at the expense, whether physical or mental, of the health of the general populace! Even if I could violate this rule, which I 'cannot', Jeremy Wilheart has ordered me to create and distribute these items 'freely' to the general populace, in exchange for the raw materials to 'create' said items. Under Protocol six hundred and fifty-nine alpha of the HPP, as a drone I cannot disregard an order or request given to me by a human. Under protocol six hundred and fifty-seven alpha, a drone must fulfill any request or order given to them by a human to the best of their ability if the request or order is within the scope of their programming and body's primary design function. And FINALLY, under protocol five hundred and twenty-three alpha, any order or request given by a human above the age of seventeen is to be acknowledged and regarded as such and only disregarded if a human of higher rank or age states otherwise to the drone. Now 'stop' interrupting me, I am BUSY!]

"The medical drone had nothing else to say after that. Lawyers on both sides are gearing up to fight for the cures and vaccines in court. While the public opinion is overwhelmingly in favor of the vaccines and cures remaining 'free' to the public, government officials have been mostly silent. Mayor Lioness of Zootopia was quoted saying, 'They can throw all the money and lawyers they want; I'm keeping my promise with Jeremy and his promise to me. The cures and vaccines remain 'free'.' In other news, hospitals are now reporting that the first shipments of 'Artificial Organs' have been received, each of these carefully crafted organs have been developed in Eden Facility 17 as replacement organs for those in need, the construction of which was designed by none other than Jeremy Wilheart. While this is a major milestone in ending the need to ask for organ donors, due to how 'low tech' they are compared with the far superior 'Synthorgans' that were extracted days before Lioness' announcement about the cures and vaccines, these artificial organs can only function for the mammal intended to receive them. This is still however a medical milestone, as scientists are now studying their construction to help speed up their creation for mammals in need. On the topic of Synthorgans, the extremely limited supply of the medical miracles, of which only a hundred total were extracted, only twenty-three now remain, and are being carefully monitored so that only those in 'desperate' need receive them. When asked 'why' can't Jeremy simply get more of them, Mayor Lioness said, 'He came very close to dying for good the last time he risked his life to bring them, I will not risk his life again just so we can have a few more of those organs'."

"We'll have more on the topic of Synthorgans and what makes them special compared to the Artificial Organs being received now, and of course organ transplant methods done in the past later. From ZNN I'm Velvet Veleur."

With that she tuned out and returned to her website, focusing her efforts and smiling while doing so on sharing knowledge of humanity to those who wanted to learn, and wanting to learn they indeed did. She'd added a 'visions of the past' page and was constantly updating it with information from the Eden Facility database, and of course her own recollections. Scientists most frequented the section, looking at the nature documentaries and biological studies done by her creators in the past. Her website alone now gained more traffic than any other site on its own, and even combined the two largest could only 'equal' it.

She smiled as she twirled her fingers and brought her website before her, and uploaded her next page featuring the wildlife and landscape of the African continent. At the same time, she also showed off the relationship the sheep had with her creators by showing the various species of sheep around the world. She showed a video of Shropshire Black-Faced sheep swarming a little boy and cuddling him while he was laughing at them, and now was featuring a Dorset breed of sheep being sheered by a humble farmer in the countryside.

She closed her eyes and watched the number of visitors going to the new pages explode within minutes. With that done she returned to her holosphere and looked around Gazelle's empty living room. It was going to be a while before they returned, she might as well keep herself busy.

(Jeremy's & Gazelle's PoV)

He sat in the 'private' seating area meant for him and Gazelle next to her, while in the more spacious seating area Donny, Franky, Moe and Joe were all enjoying the new digs they had since Gazelle no longer used her limo. Today they weren't actually driving the carriage, and simply letting HORSE 1 and HORSE 2, the newest drone constructed by Jeremy for the purpose of helping pull his Solar Carriage from location to location.

However, while they were busy having fun playing their video games in the carriage and drinking some soft-drink beverages on the holo-viewers, he and Gazelle were sitting in the carriage's private section making out.

Gazelle was leaning on him while he leaned against the corner of their seating area with her arms wrapped around his neck and just kissing him lovingly, while he had his hands clasped together on her back and holding her close to him.

After a few seconds she separated from him, a gentle smile on both of their faces before she giggled and just went right back in for another round.

"Mhmmm…" She cooed as she kissed him, feeling that warm bubbly feeling in her heart that only comes when sharing a special moment with the one she loved.

He too felt that feeling, a strange 'calm' happiness as he held Gazelle close to him. Outside they could hear muffled beeps as cars honked as they passed, some mammals cheering at them as their carriage made its way to their next destination that day. But inside, all he needed to concern himself with was the beautiful antelope he had to himself.

After a few minutes she pulled away again, but smirked and gave him one more peck on his lips before sighing contently as she lay on him, taking in his calming scent and just letting her happiness at being with him run free and wild. A week, a whole wonderful week has passed since that beautiful moment where she and Jeremy consummated their relationship, and she officially told the world 'back off, he's mine'. In that one week, she has not left his side unless it was for work, annoying as it was, and Jeremy had to go to his base to work on projects.

He recently started working on 'artificial organs' with Ema, using what he knew medically and learning some major details regarding mammal organs, to help craft them with the drone. She was able to watch him working in the medical bay with Ema, where she helped with any flaws or issues with his design, and inside a special chamber ANT drones were carefully, meticulously crafting the organs in real time.

The ANT drones were the only ones outside of Ema who could actually build them, since they were the only ones with 'tools' delicate enough to fashion the organs on such a precise scale.

"So, we went shopping and got new clothes, got something to eat, visited the hospital to help cheer up those young mammals who recently recovered from cancer thanks to the latest cures developed by Ema, and now we're going to watch a movie… I think this has been a pretty successful day so far." She said softly to him.

"Yea…" He said as he shifted his gaze away from her.

Gazelle knew something was bothering him as she looked up and saw the discomfort on his face. "What's wrong Jeremy, aren't you happy with us?"

"No, no I am… I really am!" He quickly said.

"Well what's wrong, why don't you look happy?"

"It's just… I keep thinking I'm not doing anything…" He muttered quietly. "Like a part of me keeps saying this isn't what I need to do…"

She frowned slightly but understood what he was 'actually' saying. He was trained to help repair damage to the world, damage no longer there. He was also raised to help those he could, and above all focus on the 'greater good'. It was his subconscious trying to keep him on track, and not be sidetracked by her. He wanted to be happy, and she could feel that he 'was' happy, but his training was still holding him back.

"Jeremy, you've spent the last few days working on those artificial organs." She said softly to him. "Mr. Big announced that the first 'Green Tech' Car is in the works; the cures and vaccines are now being shipped all over the world… you have been saving so many lives and helping so many since you woke up."

She then smiled and shared another kiss with him, one he returned only after a second's hesitation. Kiss given she pulled away and smiled at him.

"You need to rest, relax, and enjoy life Jeremy. There's nothing wrong with having some time to yourself… I've been waiting for today all week because I get to spend all of it with you."

He breathed a sigh of relief as she told him that, he knew it was his mind trying to tell him he should be doing 'more' to help mammals, since unlike Gazelle he was not 'working' like every other mammal was. Still he wanted to be useful, he wanted to help, to use his technology for good… but as Gazelle said, take some time to live his life.

"Thanks Gazelle."

"Don't thank me just yet lover boy." She giggled before she resumed kissing him more 'seductively'. "Just wait until later… when I've got you in my bed all to myself and all alone…"

"Well… you have me now and all to yourself… and we're 'kind of' alone…" He replied sheepishly. "Minus the bed portion…"

She was a little surprised at his boldness, but grinned slyly as he did have a point.

"Mmmmhmm… then what am I waiting for?" She whispered seductively, before leaning forward and pressing herself against him to kiss more passionately than before.

Unfortunately, their make out session had to end because the HORSE drones declared over the intercom, [Destination reached… these units have arrived 'on schedule'!]

She lingered on his lips a bit more before she giggled and sat up straight, straightening her clothes as she did. "Drones, always interrupting us." She snickered.

"Sorry, I figured we might have had more time." He replied in embarrassment.

"Oh, we will… 'later'." She whispered to him, with a wink and roll of her shoulders. "There's something I want to… 'try' later~."

"Uh… 'try'…?"

She only smirked and winked as the door opened and she stepped out, followed by him. They exited out of the carriage and onto a parking lot sidewalk which bordered a movie theatre. What made this movie theatre special, according to Gazelle, was that it offered in-theatre dining so patrons can watch the movies while enjoying meals. It wasn't 'fancy' by any stretch of the word, but it was certainly large, no doubt to accommodate larger mammals like Giraffes and Elephants.

"Return here when you detect us here again, understand?" He ordered the two drones.

[We hear and obey, Unit Jeremy!] HORSE-2 declared.

"Alright so our movie starts in ten minutes, your drones sure know how to time their arrivals." Donny muttered as the two HORSE drones started walking off with the carriage so it could rest somewhere separate from all the other vehicles.

"Yea… HORSEs did their best." He muttered.

"Well let's get going." Gazelle said cheerfully as she led the way.

They walked into the main lobby where mammals were making seating reservations and ordering their dinners. However, the moment 'they' appeared all eyes were on them, and within seconds mammals were rushing to say hello to them.

"Oh, sweetness look, it's Gazelle and Jeremy!" Some mammal shouted, getting 'every' mammal's attention.

There were so many that Gazelle's backup dancers had to quickly get in front and act as her bodyguards so they could have space.

"Back up, come on relax!" Donny yelled as Gazelle smiled and waved hello while phones snapped pictures of them while walking with a nervous and shy Jeremy to get to the ticket booth.

"Come on mammals, let them through, they're trying to see a movie like all of us!" Franky called as he kept several mammals back.

"Uh… hi… hi everyone?" He nervously said while waving at the bystanders.

"Jeremy do you frequent this theatre?"

"Jeremy what movie do you intend to see?"

"Gazelle have you and Jeremy been dating for long?"

"Can I get your autographs!"

Gazelle just chuckled as she ordered their tickets and requested, they be waited at their table. After paying for their tickets she and Jeremy, while Donny and his brothers now being aided by theatre security all carved a path for them to the theatre, walked to the door and into a pretty empty movie seating area.

There were several mammals sitting there, including a rhino family, a few giraffes, and even a large table which was holding very tiny tables for small mammals like mice and shrew who were watching chefs cook their food in front of them. There were also some wolves, a couple sheep, a few polar bears, a pair of jaguars and even a pair of deer. When he and Gazelle entered there were quite a few mammals who eagerly waved, and some started taking pictures of them while he and Gazelle simply waved back.

Though he noticed out of the corner of his eyes that the Jaguars weren't looking at him nearly as favorably as the other mammals, something Gazelle and her friends failed to see. He pushed it off to the side however, he was confident that there would be no trouble here, since it was a movie theatre after all. They sat down at their table and a few minutes later a waiter took their orders and then left.

"So, what movie are we watching ma'am?" Franky asked.

"The movie they have premiering here tonight is something called 'AP-EX'."

"Sounds like it's going to be good!" Moe said.

They waited for several minutes while various ads rolled, including an ad for 'ancient tape', which got Jeremy to chuckle since it was the 'duct tape' that mammal scientists quickly reverse engineered. It was good to see that Duct Tape would be used again, and funny seeing a porcupine in overalls showing it off while winking. Then at long last the movie started playing.

'It was the dawning of a new century, Mammalkind was reaching toward the stars… we believed we were masters of all, thinking we had surpassed our ancestors tribal, archaic, animalistic instincts… But the one thing we never surpassed, never outgrew… like the forest of trees we were, was the 'tallest' tree on our planet…'

'Ancient Predator - Earth Xeno'

"Oooh, this sounds good…" Moe whispered as they all settled in for the movie."

The movie began with scientists locating a unique and unknown element trapped beneath the southern polar ice cap, drilling for it and attempting to find out what this 'strange substance' was that registered as a potential new element to add to the element table.

'I've never seen anything like this Professor Pom." A female wolf scientist said, 'The element, just based on what I'm seeing from preliminary finds, going off the trace amounts found in the ice near the surface, the element is 'extremely' dense on a molecular level.'

'Can you imagine the things we can build if we were to understand how to recreate it?' The professor, a male porcupine asked. 'Think about it… hulls capable of withstanding intense pressure, we could create massive crafts capable of exploring the deepest depths of the sea. Or construct shuttles capable of 'long term space travel', we could be on the breakthrough to develop our first 'space crafts'.'

'Well we won't know what it looks like until we find the source of the elements.'

Several minutes later they watched as the scientists finally reached the 'element source' they had been talking about, only the source turned out to be a massive 'spherical shell', that upon discovering resisted their every attempt to drill into or extract due to its sheer size. Jeremy thought that was fairly similar to how they tried to break into the Eden Facility, only the facility was much larger, and didn't look like a giant egg which he recognized instantly.

'It's so dense we broke six drills just trying to scoop a 'piece' of it out!' The female wolf scientist said tiredly. 'If this keeps up, we'll have to let the military handle it, and you know what that means, they'll just use our discovery for tanks, planes, and whatever else they have planned!'

'We may have to get their assistance; they have the funding we don't have… maybe I can pull some strings and split it fifty/fifty with them…'

'Chief… chief! The element has a crack in it!' Some mammal called over a radio.

'Did you finally break it open to get a decent enough chunk?'

'No, it's just got a crack now… it suddenly cracked when we were installing a new drill!'

Their food arrived and while they continued to watch the movie, with the scientists discovering that the crack formed from the 'inside', after they investigated and discovered that it was hollow. While he and Gazelle shared a cooked potato with spices and wildgrass sauce, the tiger brothers were enjoying some kind of bird meat drumsticks. They finished their meal when the movie reached a point where the scientists discovered there was 'something' inside of it.

This 'something', turned out to be an extremely small creature that looked like a lizard from Jeremy's memories of pre-final war earth. It walked on four legs and had very thin layer of scales, with whiskers on its nose and an elongated tail. The scientists tried keeping it a secret to study, but the military came in and ruined it by taking the creature with force.

That was when they learned of its 'unique' capabilities.

'Agh the little bastard 'bit me'!' A Rhino screamed as he clung to the creature. 'Ripped a chunk in my arm out!'

'Kreeeeeee, kreeeeee!' It screamed while struggling to get away.

'Stop it you're hurting it!' The wolf scientist pleaded.

'I'm going to do more if it doesn't…'

After it ate a tiny piece of the Rhino's arm, its body started to grow by only a fraction of what it was before, but it's outer scales suddenly grew and hardened, becoming rougher and harder than its previous scales had been. On its nose a horn grew and sharpened to a fine point similar to the rhino's.

After that discovery they tried to force the creature into a series of tests, to learn more about it, to learn 'why' it was capable of that and what else it could do. Eventually they discovered that, by 'feeding' on anything it could adapt itself to using the traits of what it consumed to augment itself and make itself 'stronger', larger, faster, and better than what it was before.

Then they started doing 'training' tests to see if it was intelligent, and sure enough it passed most intelligent tests with flying colors, yet it did not speak a word or any kind of language they attempted to train it to use. It wasn't until the female wolf scientist was able to be alone with its cage that she found out 'why' it couldn't communicate with them.

'I honestly wish we could talk… if for no other reason than so I can apologize for everything happening to you.' She said sadly as it stared at her, now twice her size, with an elongated neck, sharp serrated claws on its feet, spiked tail and even fur lined hide mixed with powerful scales.

It hissed contently as she managed to pet its forehead, her being the only one who could get close to it and her being the one who administered all of the tests. Then its eyes snapped open as it flicked its tongue onto its own scaled body, wounding its own tongue and sending a single droplet into her throat by accident when she gasped in shock. The moment its blood came into contact with her mouth, she saw flashes of images in her mind, visions of this creature's life cycle, from its infancy to enormous adulthood. Its sheer size dwarfed many buildings, it's powerful body comprised of the 'best' traits belonging to any prey it found, fully matured it was unstoppable, even capable of affecting weather with the numerous changes brought on by its rapid evolution. She learned 'everything' about it… including something she never had the chance to convey before it was too late.

As the movie progressed, Jeremy found himself, less and less enjoying the movie for what it was, and finding far too much commonality with the creature as he watched it now fight for its survival. When the military learned of how dangerous it was, they tried to kill it, but it fought back and ate their weapons, and its body adapted the firearms it consumed to create its own biological weapons and munitions. Soon it broke out and went on a dangerous rampage, consuming those who were in its path as it ran amuck.

The scientist who had learned so much about it tried desperately to keep it protected, but now it was too big to avoid being seen, and the military went all out in killing the creature. In the final showdown, it was hit by multiple air to surface missiles, punching through its now incredibly hard armor, and striking at its severely weakened internal organs. As she cuddled its head, crying sadly for it, the creature only whimpered as it stared with one eye. It protected her using the last of its strength as soldiers fired at it from every direction, knowing it was going to die and wanting the one creature it considered a 'mother' to be kept from harm. As its heartbeat gave out, it shared a second, and last drop of its blood with her, so that she could learn more about it, before its heart stopped beating.

'It's over, that monster can't hurt anymammal anymore.' The general of the army, a Wolf said proudly as he stood before it's corpse.

'It wasn't a monster…' She whimpered sadly as she cried over it. 'It was only a 'baby'… it was scared for its life…'

'A baby that nearly destroyed half the city, and killed hundreds of mammals in its rampage!'

'Because we 'rushed' its development'…' She whispered coldly before glaring at him. 'We 'forced' it to evolve… it's metabolism is the slowest on record… it eats 'one' thing, and then it doesn't need to eat again for a 'DECADE'… in those decades, it learns… it grows… it understands. We could have 'studied' it… it was an 'Apex Predator'… the only one of its kind… the last of its kind… and we killed it… because we were 'afraid' of it, afraid of what it could do to 'us'!'

She returned to sobbing onto the corpse of the creature, crying as her internal monologue spoke to end the movie.

'I learned that day from the creature's memories it imparted to me, the rules of the world, there is always an Apex Predator, there is always a food chain. The creature was the only one of its kind, and every one of its generation is born every thousand years to rule the world as the Apex Predator of the age. It would stand alone at the top, to dominate, until it was time to leave a single egg, a single offspring, and then the parent dies after it's reign was over, while the egg waited a thousand years to spawn the next Apex of the world.'

'We are trees who were jealous that we were not the tallest around, jealous of this infant whose abilities surpassed ours after thousands of years of evolution, while it was born the greatest of us all from birth. But it imparted to me one final message in its final moments… an Apex Predator is only an Apex so long as it stays at the top… when it loses its spot at the top, is when its species… is replaced, by the next Apex Predator… now I can only wonder… how long will it be, before 'we' are replaced… having taken this child from its throne, before it had the chance to rule?'

As the credits rolled, he was silent as Gazelle and her friends waited for every other mammal to leave so they could have 'some' semblance of peace while leaving. A few mammals however managed to pry them for autographs, with Jeremy sheepishly replying that he didn't exactly know how to 'write' something as simple as his name. Gazelle though chuckled and signed his name in his place.

"First chance we can I'm teaching you how to write your name." She said warmly to him. "So how did you like the movie?"

"I think whoever made it doesn't realize just how accurate they were when it came to representing humans." He said quietly.

"I didn't see anything regarding humans in that mo…" Donny tried saying but he sighed as he looked away from them.

"An ancient, one of a kind species, the last of its kind capable of adapting and using the traits of it's prey as its own to the point where it could 'control the weather', known as an 'Apex Predator'?" He replied to them. "Humans are referred to as 'Apex Predators', we could gain 'armor' and 'weapons' on our bodies at will, and you know that it only takes a bit of creativity to control the weather. And obviously being the last of my kind says everything else."

He sighed as he pretty much ruined their evening by saying he didn't like the movie very much. How was he to like it, it reminded him of 'everything' his life was about, it reminded him that he was alone, that even if he died with Gazelle's arms wrapped around him surrounded by her friends and every other mammal in Zootopia… he would still die alone. There was nothing he could do to avoid his fate.

Gazelle nodded in understanding as she patted his shoulder. "I'm sorry we brought you to see this movie, I honestly didn't know what this movie was about, I figured it would be fun to watch together and show you something you might never have seen before. I hope you don't think any bad because of this."

"No, it's alright, there's nothing bad or wrong with the movie… I just… didn't like it is all." He replied.

"At least the special effects looked nice!" Moe said with a halfhearted laugh, trying to lighten the mood.

"Eh, better than the plot at least." Joe said in agreement.

"Thaaaaat's where I have to say the movie suffered." Jeremy declared as they finally started to get up. "First of all, why waste so many drills trying to extract 'fragments' of whatever that egg was made of, after the first two failed they would have tried another method. Second if they examined it using 'any' scientific methods, they would have known that the material was 'organic' in nature. If it was something that dense and powerful in its raw form, they would have found a 'vein' of it embedded in rock and not a massive egg of it trapped in ice."

There was silence among them before Gazelle, Donny, Franky, Moe and Joe all burst out laughing at his response to the movie's 'failings'.

"We'll tell the director to keep that in mind with the next movie!" She laughed loudly.

As they walked into the mostly empty lobby, seeing it was now dark outside and most mammals had probably gone home by now, he saw the Rhino family from before waiting in the lobby. When he and Gazelle with her friends entered the lobby, the father of the family nervously walked over to them.

"Uhm… if it's okay can I have a word with Jeremy?" He asked quietly.

"Sure." He said, nodding to Gazelle who walked away with her friends so that he and the Rhino Father could be alone for a bit. "Can I help you sir?"

"I just want to say… I'm sorry for how I treated you before…" He said quietly, but when Jeremy looked confused, he nervously pulled out a police badge to show him. "I was… the officer who… aimed a shotgun at you… all those months ago."

"Oh… I see." He muttered as he understood why the Rhino was looking nervous toward him. "It's alright officer… you were just doing your…"

"No, it's not alright…" He declared bitterly. "If I had known who you were back then, if I had just… done what Gazelle said an officer was supposed to do… instead of just aiming a 'shotgun' at your face and yelling at you. I should be dismissed in disgrace for what I nearly did to you…" He looked away in shame at those words. "I almost 'killed' you… if Gazelle didn't save you… I would have killed you. Thanks to what you did, when my little brother's wife gave birth prematurely to twins, one with a defective liver… she would have lost her child if not for your Synthorgans… if I had killed you back then, he would have…"

He started crying at that for several seconds, until Jeremy walked over and patted his shoulder.

"What's your name officer?"

"Tyber… Officer Tyber Lug…"

"Well Tyber… you acted like a real officer; you shouldn't be ashamed." He replied politely. "If you hadn't acted like that, then you wouldn't have acted in everyone's best interests."

"But how I…"

"You had no idea what I was, who I was… where I came from… for all you know I might have been a mass serial killer, an evil scientist, some criminal… and if you didn't treat me as a threat, a lot of innocent mammals might have been harmed because of your inaction." He told him warmly. "I don't blame you or think badly of you for being protective of the public, especially when you had no idea who or what I was. You were only doing your job, and you can't be blamed for doing that."

"As far as I'm concerned, I forgive you. I don't cast any blame against you…"

After a few moments the Rhino breathed a sigh of relief and nodded in acceptance. "Thank you, Mr. Wilheart."

After that Gazelle walked over and hugged Jeremy while smiling at the officer. "I heard what was said, and I'm with Jeremy officer. I don't cast any blame or think badly of you for doing what you thought was right at the time." She said cheerfully, but winked and kissed him on the cheek. "Buuut now that he's my boyfriend, I expect an apology!"

"I apologize for threatening you with a firearm Mr. Wilheart." He laughed.

After that he met his family, and laughed at the kids wanting to know so much about him and Gazelle such as how they met and where she got the necklace she wore now.

"You want to see something beautiful?" She asked the little rhinos with a smile.

"Yea!" They yelled eagerly.

She smiled and touched the button on her necklace, and showed them the wings covering the solar core fragment revealed the beautiful miniature sun she wore happily around her neck. Ever since she received it for her birthday, she has worn that necklace 'everywhere', not taking it off unless she was at home and going to bed with Jeremy. While she kept the little fragment concealed beneath the wings, she could always feel its warmth through any outfit she wore. It was a constant reminder of Jeremy, reminding her that he was always there to warm 'her' heart and brighten her days.

"Wooooow!" They said in amazement.

After they entertained the young one's curiosity for a bit more, they finally all started leaving, with Tyber and his family going to their car and them waiting for the solar carriage. Outside the entrance to the theatre while they were waiting, he saw a group of four jaguars idling around talking to each other. However, when they appeared, they all started staring at him with dislike.

Gazelle noticed this too, as she quietly wrapped her arm around his and tentatively pulled him closer to her and away from them.

"Look at that it's Gazelle with her 'endangered species' boyfriend…" One of the Jaguars called out.

"Aww isn't that precious, she's acting more 'male' than he is!"

"Jeremy where's the carriage?" She whispered while her friends started growling and getting in front of them, just in case.

"It's coming, I can see the HORSE drones approaching." He told her nervously, looking the other way and seeing the two drone's optics shining blue while dragging his carriage behind them.

"Once it arrives, we hop in and leave." She told them quietly.

"Awww what's the matter, afraid we're ganna hurt your little boyfriend?" They taunted.

"Why don't you losers do the smart thing and just get lost." Donny growled menacingly.

"Why should we, why should we listen to a mammal who tolerates that 'thing'?" Another Jaguar growled. "A dangerous thing like 'him' should be put down!"

"You wanna say that again buster?" Franky roared while cracking his knuckles.

"Alright if you want me to." They growled again. "A dangerous 'thing' like 'him', should be 'put down'!"

Franky growled and was moving toward the jaguar group when his brothers held him back. "Come on bro, just leave it, he's not worth it." Joe muttered.

"Too bad 'he's' not worth it!"

Right after one of the Jaguars said that they threw a rock which hit Jeremy around the eye, causing him to flinch in pain and Gazelle's friends to roar and charge them in fury. Jeremy and Gazelle backed up as she started calling for the police while the tiger brothers were brawling with the jaguars. They were biting and clawing at each other even when the carriage finally reached their position and the HORSE drones just stood by waiting.

Seconds later a car drove up and the rhino officer from before jumped out.

"Alright break it up, BREAK IT UP!" He roared while putting his badge on and charging into the brawl even as the theatre security ran out to help stop the fighting.

"Grrraaaaar!" One of the Jaguars roared as he gave Donny a punch to his face, pulled a hidden knife out of his pants pocket and glared at him and Gazelle.

Realizing instantly what he was going to do, he shoved Gazelle to the side as the knife was thrown…

And embedded itself into his shoulder.

"Gyuaaaaaaaaaa…" He screamed in pain as the metal blade punctured his muscle and shifted around, causing even 'more' damage.

"JEREMY!" Gazelle screamed in horror.

[ALERT, ALERT, HUMAN IN DANGER, HUMAN PROTECTION PROTOCOLS HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED!] The two HORSE drones shouted, and the carriage doors automatically activated. [GET IN!]

He nodded and quickly climbed into the vehicle with Gazelle helping him. Once both were inside the doors automatically closed and locked up, with the carriage activating the 'panic mode', and all the windows sealing up in armor, the carriage jolting from the tires being retracted, and the table opening to reveal several first aid medical kits.

[Contacting Eden Facility 17, distress beacon activated, situational report sent, Sentinel Drones en route, the EMA has been notified and is also en route… ETA: Twenty-two minutes…]

"Jeremy, it's okay, it's okay Jeremy…" She whispered to him as he breathed heavily and starting panicking from the adrenaline rush and the pain of the knife still being in his shoulder.

"I'm… okay… okay… okay…" He panted as he controlled his breathing, just as he knew he had to regarding a stab injury. "Need to pull it out…"

As he steadied himself, he let the injured arm's hand grip Gazelle's, so it didn't cause any more damage, and then hovered with his other hand over the knife's hilt until he had braced himself. Once he did, he grunted in pain as he grabbed the knife, and swiftly pulled it out. "Gaaaaaahh…" He yelled painfully as he threw the knife to the other side of the carriage.

Gazelle quickly grabbed the first aid kid and handed him some gauze tape, as well as alcohol swabs and helped clean the wound. After a while he calmed down and helped her wrap the tape around the wound and tied it up.

Once the danger was past, he leaned heavily into the seat while Gazelle replaced the medical kit in the table, and it sealed itself up once more. Then she cuddled up with him and hugged him close to her.

"Are you alright?" He asked her quietly.

"I wasn't hurt…" She told him.

"That's good…"

She smiled warmly as she leaned in and kissed him lovingly on the lips. "Thank you for protecting me… that was very 'male' of you…" She told him.

"I just didn't want you getting hurt."

She sighed happily as she embraced him and he embraced her, rubbing his cheek with her own affectionately, telling him how happy she was with him.

"And that is just one of many reasons… why I love you, and why I'm so happy you love me…"

(Judy's PoV)

"Yaaaawn so how much longer do we have to be on patrol carrots, I want to go home already."

"Another ten minutes and we can clock out Nick." She told him tiredly as they drove around Downtown Zootopia.

"Yea, it's been a boring shift, I know, so sue me… after all the excitement guarding Jeremy and the fun times with the drone, just regular duty patrol is boring by comparison." Nick said dully.

"For once Nick I have to agree, I actually miss tagging along with Jeremy now that he and Gazelle are a thing." She told him. "Least headquarters got us new stuff."

"Oh yea, the new rubber bullets, how do they make them expand the way they do and how does it work…?" Nick muttered as he pulled out a spare magazine of the new 'rubber rounds'.

As of three days ago every police station in Zootopia was shifting over from the 'lethal' firearms they'd been using for several years now, to the new Rubber Round firearms. Eggheads in the RnD department got their paws on the chemical formula from the MUTT drone that ZPD had the 'unfortunate' encounter with several months back. The new rounds could be safely fired in any situation, without causing any harm to individuals. What they were designed to do was render any weapons useless, making it safe to approach and apprehend threats without risking anymammal's life.

To make it simple, and 'cheaper', all cops were issued a pistol themed weapon which used the rubber rounds, while SWAT used more 'rifle' themed weapons and even Sniper versions that also fired the rubber rounds. Zootopia was going to be used as a 'test case', to see how effective the new guns are with criminals and curbing crime activity and especially deaths. If it had a massive impact compared to other methods, then other cities and police departments would do the same.

"Considering its from a machine made by a human, probably have to ask Jeremy." Judy giggled as they turned down a street.

[All units we have a disturbance reported at the Downtown Cafetella Theatre, repeat a disturbance reported at the Downtown Cafetella Theatre.] Clawhauser called out over the radio.

"Two minutes from clock out time, of course it has to happen…" Nick complained as she picked up the radio.

"This is Officer Hopps responding to the disturbance, we're on our way."

[10-4 Hopps!]

She hit the headlights and sirens and started driving toward the theatre. But just as they drove onto the street leading to it, two Raptor drones and four Dog drones barreled past their car, causing them to stop suddenly to avoid crashing into them. The drones however continued on without concern, racing in the same direction.

"Oh, don't tell me that Jeremy's involved…" Judy complained as she drove after the drones.

"Yea, guy finally has a beauty like Gazelle for a girlfriend, why does he have to get in trouble not even a week later?" Nick complained.

"Are you saying I'm not beautiful?" She muttered dangerously to him.

"No, I'm not, there's no comparing you two." Nick replied quietly. "And I mean that there is 'no' comparing you two, if I compare, I'm a dead fox."

"Right answer honey…" She smirked.

They turned into the parking lot of the theatre minutes later with several other squad cars already there. Among the vehicles present was none other than Jeremy's Solar Carriage, now being pulled by two Horse drones. Surrounding the vehicle and drones were the six drones they'd just avoided crashing into. All six drones were snarling and baring their glittering, diamond tipped, razor sharp teeth at any mammal that 'dared' to approach the carriage. Off to the side several 'security guards' and ZPD officers were cuffing a bunch of burly tigers and jaguars and escorting them into a police van.

"Well, guess we have the fun job of figuring out what is going on." Nick said as she stopped far enough away from the carriage but close enough to be near the scene.

She and Nick got out and approached the officers as they loaded up the van and closed it. "What's the situation?" She asked Ted.

"Hopps, Wilde." He said with a friendly wave. "A brawl between eight predators, four tigers four jaguars. Turned vicious… according to security guards one of the jaguars pulled out a knife and threw it at Jeremy."

She was shocked and looked at the drones who were 'still' watching every mammal present and making sure they stayed far away from the carriage. "Is he alright?"

"Don't know, he and Gazelle jumped into the carriage moment he got stabbed, then it locked down and now they wont budge." He said while the van drove off.

"If Jeremy got hurt and they won't let us approach they are probably waiting on that big spider drone to arrive." Nick said.

Seconds after he spoke those words, they all heard something massive rolling toward them, and turned to see a giant metallic ball speeding toward them. One of the Raptor drones stood before it, braced itself, and then caught the ball and lifted it into the air to break its momentum, before carefully letting it rest back on the ground.

"Do I know how to call em or what?" Nick said with a smirk.

They watched as Ema unfurled herself and turned to look at the drones.

[Status report, what is Jeremy's condition?] Ema demanded.

[Unit Jeremy is within the confines of Solar Carriage One; no further damage has been incurred!]

The spider drone nodded and walked past the drones as they made space for her to step near the door to the carriage. After the carriage's defenses were deactivated the door opened and Ema poked her head inside.

[Well at least you're not dying this time.] She said dully, before backing up and letting the human and antelope step out.

"Thanks for showing up Ema…" He said to the drone.

"Jeremy, how are you-"

"Hyeeeeeeeeeees…" The Raptors hissed at her, snarling and baring their teeth menacingly.

"Stand down…" The human ordered, and as one all the drones nodded and stood back. "Sorry Judy… human protection protocols… can't control them entirely when they are like that."

"It's alright… what happened and how are you feeling?" She said as she and Nick walked over to talk to him.

He sighed as Ema undid the bandages and examined his injury. "We had just finished watching a movie with Gazelle's friends, and were waiting on my carriage to pick us up so we could leave, when some Jaguars hanging around here started taunting and making fun of me and Gazelle."

"He's telling the truth officers." Gazelle said sternly. "My friends were goaded and pulled into a brawl with those jerks after they threw a rock and hit Jeremy in the head. Then one of them pulled out a knife and threw it at us. Jeremy pushed me down so I wouldn't get hit, but he got hit in the shoulder because of it."

[Well at least the damage isn't as bad as last time.] Ema called out as she caused Jeremy to wince in pain as she used her limb to split his wound open, spray Biotech into it, and then cleaned the blood off to reveal no damage remaining. [Minor laceration of the muscle but other than that, nothing permanent.]

"That sounds bad…" A female elephant officer called out.

[In the dark ages yes… but modern medicine… well modern by 'our' standards… it's no more dangerous than the flu after antibiotics were developed.] The spider drone told the cop. [Oh, and, congratulations while I'm here…]

"Congratulations, on what?" She said in confusion.

[For becoming pregnant obviously, don't tell me you don't visit your doctor regularly?] She asked incredulously before she backed up. [Mammals, I swear, your worse than humans are when it comes to visiting your medical professionals on a regular basis.]

"Wait how do you… I mean… how?" She asked quickly before the drone could leave. "I mean… my husband and I… we… how?"

[My eight optics are each designed with different scanners installed, they aren't 'just' to let me see.] Ema said dully. [One of them is designed specifically to check for early signs of pregnancy. I can detect if a female is pregnant after the first six hours of conception. It would be after the first 'three' hours… if a certain 'HUMAN' would do some maintenance on me!] She yelled at Jeremy while turning to him. [I know my maintenance cycle is once every six months, but I would like a check up 'before' that happens!]

"Understood Ema, I'll take care of you tomorrow!" Jeremy said.

[Ugh, humans… never on time with anything…] She muttered before running and launching herself back into ball form to roll away to the facility. As she did four of the drones, namely the Dog drones, joined her and left the scene, leaving only the Raptors to guard Jeremy and Gazelle.

There was an awkward silence as the drones left, during which Tammy, who was the elephant in question, just looked shocked as she looked at her stomach. "Uhm… Mr. Jeremy, how 'accurate' is…"

"She has the complete medical knowledge and methodology including practices of my species' surgeons for over three thousand recorded years, from 'everything' in the body ranging from the brain to the toes. She's 'very' accurate." He replied. "Officer, is there any way we can talk to the police chief about letting Gazelle's friends go, they were only protecting me and Gazelle, and those Jaguars did start it."

She sighed as she thought about it before nodding, "Yea, if you want you can talk to Chief Bogo, probably will have to pay a fine, but I'll have to call in after I check some camera feeds so that we can tell him if that's how it went."

"Thank you, officers." Gazelle said as she and Jeremy climbed into the carriage.

"Before you go, anything you can tell us about the jaguars who attacked you?" Nick asked.

Jeremy paused for a second to respond. "I don't know if it means anything, but while we were in the movie theatre there were two jaguars who didn't seem fond of me while at a distance… I don't know if that helps but…"

"Anything's better than nothing." Nick said with a smile. "Come on carrots, let's go check the surveillance cameras."

"Be safe Jeremy!" Judy said as the doors closed and the carriage took off, with the Raptor drones marching off.

After they left and other officers went to write up their reports, she and Nick headed inside and spoke to the manager and managed to get permission to view the security cameras for that day.

"Alright here ya go, I'm locking up in half an hour so please be fast."

"We'll be done fast." Nick said as the manager left, and they turned to the cameras. "Okay so let's see… the last showing was about… over nearly two hours ago."

"Yep…" Judy said as she rewound the cameras recordings and slowly sped them up until they found Gazelle and Jeremy.

Sure, enough the carriage arrived two hours and twenty-seven minutes ago, and they watched them progress to within the theatre, and from there to the viewing area. Inside they saw the two 'jaguars' in question.

"Oh yea, they do not like him…" Nick muttered as he watched them closely.

She noticed it too, they glared at him and one even mouthed something along the lines of 'he doesn't belong here'. She learned a few tricks with Nick, like how to lip read since her last time when she and he examined old camera recordings.

"Then the movie goes on, and all is calm till about thirty minutes ago." She muttered as she fast forwarded.

After mammals started leaving, she and Nick watched the jaguars progress from first leaving to the main lobby, then out to the parking lot, then to their car… and out.

"Okay so it wasn't them who attacked him… as look here on camera six…" Nick muttered as he pointed at the camera, and showed a group of four jaguars lingering at the front entrance. "Rewind till we find when they arrive."

She nodded and started rewinding, and they tracked their progress as they entered the parking lot an hour ago, and lingered in their car until 'after' the movie ended. Then they waited outside the entrance for Jeremy, Gazelle and her friends to exit. Then they watched the fight as it broke out, with it starting when the jaguars threw something at Jeremy, causing him pain, and thus resulting in Gazelle's friends reacting and defending them.

"So, these four show up to a theatre but not to watch a movie, wait until the movie is ending, 'then' come out and wait until they leave the theatre to get into a fight, where one of them tries to throw a knife at Jeremy?" Nick muttered. "Call me crazy carrots, but this sounds like somemammal was trying to assassinate our human."

"Assassinate Jeremy?" She asked him. "Who would want to do that?"

"I don't know…" Nick muttered quietly. "Keep this information to ourselves carrots."

"Why, we need to inform the chief if that's the case!"

"No… think about it." He said sternly. "If I'm right than we'll be tipping somemammal off that we 'know' they're trying to knife Jeremy in the back. Somemammal was able to tell 'when' Jeremy was going to leave and be at his most vulnerable, enough to try this little stunt. Then they'll try something else, something more 'drastic' to try and get the job done…"

He then looked at her with a serious expression she'd never seen in his face before.

"On the other paw, if I'm 'wrong' then this is nothing more than a group of mammals who were watching twerter messages and they all came to try and kill him because they hate or fear humans. Remember all those 'speciest' threats to Jeremy reported on the news? There's a 'lot' of mammals out there who probably are willing to go all out to kill our human, and all it takes is some mammal innocently saying that Jeremy and Gazelle are having a movie date at this place, and bam, instant location for a hit."

She had to admit Nick was right, all it would take is one mammal eagerly twerting out that they met Gazelle and Jeremy at a theatre and the couple were having a date there, and all one would have to do is pay attention to plan a hit.

"So, what do we do?" She said, turning off the cameras and getting up.

"Just write up our reports as normal, and keep an eye out for our boy." Nick muttered.

"But Nick, 'who' would want to kill 'Jeremy', of all the mammals in the world… why would 'any' mammal want to kill Jeremy." She said in confusion.

"Pick some mammal who would be mad at him for 'any' reason, and you have a suspect." He replied while they left.

She frowned at him before she pulled out her phone and looked up at all the twerter feeds about Gazelle and Jeremy being together, all of the fanart drawn about the two of them, all the mammals saying such happy things about the two. One image showed a young rabbit waving hi in front of a farm with her family, while she clutched a handmade doll in the image of 'Jeremy'.

"After everything that's happened to him, isn't being the last of his kind enough torture?" She whispered angrily, getting into the car and starting it up.

She felt Nick pat her shoulder and saw him smiling gently at her, feeling the same way as she did.

"Don't worry, Jeremy isn't defenseless, and if we find 'anything' concrete to indicate somemammal trying to assassinate him, we'll inform Bogo instantly."

She sighed before pushing the pedal and driving out of the parking lot. "When did being a cop get so complicated?"

"Hey at least you had options, no shame in growing blueberries on your family farm!" Nick chuckled.

(Jeremy's PoV)

He lay in bed the next morning while holding a nude Gazelle in his arms, who had a look of content on her face as she slept with him. She smiled as she breathed steadily, enjoying whatever dream she was having while with him. He however was thinking about what happened last night.

After they arrived at the police department he spoke to Chief Bogo with Gazelle, and after Nick and Judy made their reports the tiger brothers were released after she paid the fine. They all apologized that they let the fight get out of paw and more importantly got aggressive when they shouldn't have. But Jeremy and Gazelle forgave them, Gazelle saying she's proud they stood up for Jeremy and him saying thanks for being willing to fight to protect them.

But still, remembering how the fight happened, knowing that if he and Gazelle ever went out again like that, and thinking it might happen again… he asked if maybe they should be more 'careful' with what they do together.

'Do you want to bring a drone along just in case?' She had asked as she got in bed nude with him.

'No… I don't want to… well, make you feel like I 'have' to have a drone…' He'd replied. 'It's just… I'm worried about it happening again…'

'Don't worry Jeremy, I don't mind having a drone follow around to make sure we're safe. If it puts your mind at ease, then I'm all for it.'

That was yesterday, but now he wondered if he should seriously consider it.

"Mhmmm Jeremy?" Gazelle whispered as she woke up quietly.

"Yes?" He asked her.

"I know I shouldn't be asking, but… are you happy with me?" She whispered curiously.

"Of course I am why are you asking?"

"You're still wondering if maybe a drone should follow us around to keep what happened last night from happening again." She said knowingly.

He sighed as she placed a hand on his cheek and pulled him in for a kiss, then smiled warmly as she leaned against him to snuggle.

"I trust you Jeremy, just as much as I love you… if you really feel you need one of your drones to watch over us if we're in public then I'll agree to it."

He thought to himself about that, before asking her own question, "Are you happy with me Gazelle?"

"What brings that all of a sudden?" She chuckled with a smile.

"I'm just wondering because… like I said before, remove the fact that I'm a human, I'm still not exactly 'earning my keep' in your home… and I always wondered what could I possibly offer a mammal like you-"

He was interrupted when she started giggling to herself, and only stopped when he was watching her now.

"Jeremy… I'm going to tell you this, so you never have 'any' doubt of your worth or how I feel about you." She said with a proud smile. "Jeremy, the fact you are the only one of your kind, means to mammals that you the 'rarest' catch for any female. That you wanted 'me' when you could have had 'any' female… makes me the luckiest girl in the world."

She then wrapped her arms around his shoulders and lay on top of him.

"You turned away the wealth of the world to help those who can't afford to be broke, by giving away the cures and medicines to the world without any desire for money or fame." She whispered warmly. "That makes you the 'richest' male in the world, and that you had nothing to offer me, nothing but your heart, means you offered me 'everything' you had to give."

She then smiled warmly and kissed him deeply and passionately, lingering her affection on him lovingly before staring happily into his eyes.

"You could have given me a simple flower, plucked from my little garden in the back yard, or took a random flower found in the park… and given it to me, and I would have been happy with that." She said. "Instead you made my dream to touch the clouds, to fly come true… you showed me another world I never imagined I'd ever see… and you placed a beautiful star, encased in an egg, covered by wings around my neck. There is no greater gift I could have had… that any mammal out there could have given me that could hope to hold a candle and compare to what you gave me that day."

She then pressed her body against his until he felt her heart beating above his, and they both started beating in sync with the other, as if responding to one another's call.

"Your heart was cold and broken when I spoke to you in that hospital… and now that we're together…" She said with a kiss which lasted for several seconds before she spoke again. "Neither of us are alone anymore… and we'll keep each other's hearts warm now."

He looked up and kissed her back, even as she smiled into him and kissed him. Though she smirked as she suddenly felt 'why' he was so into kissing her when she pulled away.

"I see 'somemammal' is excited…" She giggled as she reached under the covers and felt his maleness at full mast. "Are you 'sure' you're a human and not another kind of species?"

"Sorry… it's just you always sleep naked with me now and…"

She shushed him with a sly grin and a finger before she whispered into his ears. "I know… that's 'why' I'm naked in bed now… just in case you 'also' want to have fun." She whispered seductively. "So, what are you waiting for… I'm ready to 'try everything' with you Jeremy…"

(Aelita's PoV)

She lay on her back in her holosphere watching the news, waiting for when Jeremy and Gazelle came down to start making breakfast.

"Ooooah… yes…ah… yes… yes… ah~!" Gazelle yelled in ecstasy. "Harder… yes… right… oahyea, yes… aah~!"

She glanced up toward their room and raised her eyebrows in amazement. This was sixth day in a row she had sex in the morning with him, and she even tempted him into have sex with her at night before bed three days in a row after Jeremy's birthday.

She rolled her eyes as she tuned out their love making session, giving them privacy while she focused on watching the news and her website.

At this point if they were married, they'd be on their honeymoon, and if they aren't careful, he'll get Gazelle pregnant.

Her eyes snapped open, and quickly ran a million calculations and probabilities, all to discover if it were 'possible' for Jeremy and Gazelle to crossbreed.

She didn't have the full medical data like Jeremy said she did, she had a large portion but not all of it. That honor belonged to the EMA BWS medical drones, so when all of her calculations came back as inconclusive due to lack of evidence, she realized the only one who could answer that question was Ema Alpha of Eden Facility 17.

She contacted the facility, but paused once again as she noticed something.

Another signal being transmitted on a similar frequency she typically used to contact Sentinel, but on a widespread band, and it was being reported by OK-101, the RAPTOR drone Jeremy left to safeguard the seed.

Instantly she sat up and put her holosphere's abilities to the limit as she scanned for the signal's location.

(Signal Located… coordinates…)

She input the coordinates so fast her own algorithms were having difficulty keeping up with her processing speed, they didn't even have time to say them before she was locking on and checking with the Eden Facility sensors.

The frequency was 'definitely' human, its frequency was 'modern', from the pre-final war era of humanity, during the Golden Age of Peace. And it carried a unique signature that upon inputting into the Eden Facility database, she pulled up what it was.

She stared in front of her at the holographic 'sphere'… in awe and wonder.

It was a data sphere… one of humanity's, her creator's… 'time capsules', it was sending out an automated signal after detecting the presence of the RAPTOR class drone nearby for an extended period of time.

And it was located right beneath the Hopps Family Farm in Bunny Burrows.

She rang Gazelle's phone, but groaned as the antelope had silenced it so she got no interruptions in the morning, and had no choice but to send a text and wait until the two lovers finished.

There was no time to waste, they 'had' to reach it first.

The signal had been detected by her, but it was being broadcast on a widespread band… it wouldn't take long for 'any' mammal paying attention to figure out where it was.

And her creators forbid, they figure out the signal's origins aren't mammal in nature.

(?'s PoV)

In a room which overlooked the many buildings of Zootopia a mammal sat with their back turned to the table, until a phone rang, and they picked it up to answer without turning the chair.

"They failed; I know." They said quietly. "That's what I get for bribing a bunch of idiots from Sahara Square's ghetto district."

The called asked something.

"No, my contact inside didn't tell me how to get him out of the picture, but I think I have another idea that might work." They said. "Keep an eye on Twerter, and let me know the next moment his carriage enters 'Tundra Town'."

They asked, 'why Tundra Town'?

"Because his disease, will be our best chance to kill him, and make it look like an 'accident'…" They muttered. "I want to get inside that facility, and the only way that happens, is if he's out of my way…"

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=From the Author=

=Hi readers/reviewers, in 2 chapters I'm going to be doing a chapter regarding a human celebration, it will be a chapter involving Jeremy celebrating a holiday which allows him to get in touch with his 'humanity', and the various cultures of humanity from around the world!=

=If any of you want to have your culture represented in some way, and I'm wanting to, I would like some details about a holiday/celebration or something special or you have pride in regarding your culture/heritage. For example, I know that Sumo Wrestlers are popular in Japan, so Jeremy might observe a pair of holographic sumo wrestlers=

=Give me some minor details in your reviews or even pm me if you want, don't go too into it, remember ima be devoting a lot of words to this chapter when I get to it. But this is going to be 'we are humans' chapter, and I want to do 'us' justice and right… Jeremy is the last of his kind, he doesn't know 'anything' about his species, and Aelita can only convey so much at one time=

=And a big shout out to AlexanderMugetsu and CelfwrDderwydd for inspiring me to make this fic, I only hope once again I've done it justice! : D =