Chapter 6: Savage Legosi! A Call To Lem's Chief! Cherryton's Contamination Crew!Alex stared into Legosi's eyes. They were originally red, but the effects of the Night Howler flower had turned them yellow-green. "Legosi, stay still," Alex ordered in a calm tone of voice. He stepped towards him with the syringe gun. A few more steps, and Alex would be able to administer the antidote.

Unfortunately, like everything in his life, things couldn't be as simple as that. Legosi sniffed the air, catching the scent of another animal on the grounds. Alex caught wind of it as well, realizing who the strong smell belonged to.

"What the hell is Haru doing here?" Alex thought in his mind. Overcome by the powerful aroma, Legosi ran off, following her scent trail.

"Of all the animals at this school, why did it have to be her?" Alex groaned. The white wolf pulled out his taser (standard ZPD issue with multiple different settings on how much electricity to use, as different animal sizes could take different amounts of electricity to subdue) and chased after Legosi.

Legosi darted out of sight, but Alex knew that didn't mean much. The cop wolf continued to follow Haru's scent, and after two minutes of sprinting across the school grounds he caught up to Haru. What he saw next shocked him. Legosi had wrapped his arms along Haru, embracing her and holding her tightly. Although the wolf's claws were digging into Haru's fur slightly, Legosi was making no attempts to bite her or otherwise hurt her.

"Haru! What are you even doing here?!" Alex cried out.

"A-Alex? I was tending to the school grounds," Haru gasped. Legosi heard Haru's panicked tone, and nuzzled her. Was he trying to... calm her down? If so, he wasn't doing a good job at it. Haru squeaked as Legosi's snout rubbed against her fur.

Alex ran over to the two of them. As he got closer, Legosi stared at him threateningly. "Don't make any sudden movements, Haru," Alex advised. Taser in one paw, syringe gun held in the other paw, Alex slowly walked towards them. Legosi growled, wrapping his arms around her tighter.

"Blink if you can understand what I'm saying," Alex told Legosi. The gray wolf blinked rapidly, and moved his head up and down a few times.

"Alex? What's going on?" Haru asked.

"I'm… not entirely sure myself. Long story short, Legosi came into contact with a Night Howler that was on campus- you're going to be questioned for that- and his mind has reverted to a primal, aggressive state. He should be trying to tear you apart right now. But he isn't," Alex mused.

"Gee, thanks. I feel so much better," Haru sarcastically replied. Legosi then whimpered, his gaze shifting from Alex to focus on a blank area of space. Alex thought for a second he saw a shadowy figure standing directly in the area Legosi was looking at.

The gray wolf started to shake his head repeatedly, as if he were saying "no" to someone... or something. His growls were becoming more and more nervous-sounding. Alex knew that he had to act now before the fear took over Legosi's mind and caused him to do something stupid. Lunging forward, Alex stabbed Legosi in the neck with the syringe gun, injecting the serum into his veins.

Legosi's breathing slowed as the serum worked its way through his system, restoring his mind to its proper state. A paralyzing agent was mixed in with the antidote to prevent the victims from moving around and possibly injuring themselves while their skeletons returned to their proper structure. While the wolf laid still, Alex bandaged Haru's arm up. She had a few abrasions on her arm where Legosi's claws had dug into her fur and skin, but luckily they weren't too deep or too serious.

"You're going to be getting asked a lot of questions in the morning. Now get to your room and sleep," Alex ordered. Thankful for the white wolf helping her, the bunny nodded and sprinted off to her dorm. Legosi kept his eyes on her as she ran.

"What happened?" Legosi moaned.

"I think you imprinted, Legosi," Alex answered him.

"I what?!" Legosi yelped. The gray wolf then shook his head. "You can explain what that means later. Oh god, did I hurt someone?!" the wolf whispered in horror, the memories of his actions under the flower's influence slowly beginning to return to him.

Alex put a paw on Legosi's shoulder reassuringly while he scrolled through his contacts on his phone.

"Amazingly, no one got hurt, even though you reacted much quicker than any other animal I've seen who's come into contact with the Night Howler," Alex told him. Legosi breathed a sigh of relief. The peaceful serenity wouldn't last for long, however.

"HEY! LEND ME A HAND!" someone yelled. Alex groaned. What now?, he thought to himself. One of the goats from the drama club was running over to them.

"Legosi, come quick! Something's happened to Louis-senpai!" the goat shouted urgently. Legosi got up to his feet and followed Zoe, then stopped and turned around to look at Alex as if to say "Are you coming or not?".

"Go, Legosi. I'll be with you in a minute! I have to call this in," Alex urged.

The gray wolf nodded, before following Zoe again. Alex dialed one of the contacts that Lem had given him, and prayed that the person on the other end was awake and available to pick up his phone call. The call rang a few times, before a deep, gruff voice said, "Hello. Who is this, and how did you get my personal number?"

"Cherryton Police Chief Denka. This is Officer Alex Moon, an officer from the Zootopia Police Department," Alex introduced himself.

"Bogo's boy? The top canine officer in the central district? What are you doing here?" the chief asked. Alex could envision the goat's eyebrows raised high.

"Lem didn't tell you that I was undercover at the school investigating the murder of the alpaca student?" Alex replied with a tone of curiosity in his voice. "No, he didn't. Typical," Denka grumbled.

"I'll explain later. Listen, you need to get a biohazard containment crew here right away," Alex responded.

"Biohazard containment crew?! What the hell do you need a biohazard containment crew for?!" Denka blurted out. His eyebrows had raised sky high at this point.

"I have two words for you: Night Howlers," Alex stated. Now, Denka's eyebrows were threatening to escape his head.

"Midnicampum holicithias? Here? In Cherryton?!" Denka incredulously said.

"Yes. Here, in Cherryton," Alex replied.

"Are you sure? This isn't a case of mistaken identity?!" Denka repeated. At this point Alex lost his composure.

"Of course I'm fucking sure! If it weren't for some luck and the fact that I had the foresight to bring an antidote with me then you'd have a savage wolf roaming the streets of your city and another student at this school would be devoured. Now wake your contamination team up and send their asses here. Or else I'll leak this to the city press. I wonder how much faith the city will have in you after that?!" the white wolf hissed.

It was at this moment that Chief Denka realized part of the reason why Bogo had chosen Alex to be the predator's pride of the ZPD alongside Nick Wilde. The wolf was cunning and dangerous. "All right, I'll wake them and send them your way," the goat chief meekly said. A click indicated that he had hung up.

Alex ran to the drama club, bursting through the doors. "What happened? Where's Louis and Legosi?!" Alex demanded.

"Dude, Louis went back to his dorm. I think Legosi's in the bathroom," Zoe told him. As soon as Zoe finished his sentence Alex sprinted through the hallways, slamming the door open. Some animals had extremely adverse reactions to the antidote- Legosi could be puking his guts out. Fortunately, that wasn't the case. The gray wolf was staring at himself in the bathroom mirror.

As Alex looked at Legosi, he noticed something different about him. Legosi seemed angry and upset. The cop gasped when he saw a shadow figure in the mirror Legosi was staring into. Alex reached into his pocket and pulled out a silver cross trinket that had been gifted to him by a priest during his days of living on the street. Legosi heard the clinking of the trinket swinging and looked at Alex, who was staring straight at where the shadow figure was in the mirror.

"Your presence is not welcome here, spirit. Leave now," Alex commanded, tossing the silver cross into the mirror. The mirror shattered and both Legosi and Alex heard a growl that was unlike any animal he had ever heard.

"You could see it too?" Legosi asked. Alex simply nodded in response, before leaving. As soon as he got to his room in the males carnivore dorm he collapsed into it, weary from the long day. Pulling the carrot pen from his pocket, he started another recording.

"Audio log, day six, part two. It's been several hours since the last recording. The bullying situation with Haru and Mizuchi is worse than I thought. She tried to drop a fucking mattress on the white dwarf rabbit and a spring came loose. If I hadn't pushed her out of the way, she would have been seriously injured or possibly even killed," Alex monologued.

The white wolf then paused, taking a drink of water from his thermos. "So yeah. I got injured, but that led to a chance encounter with a transfer from the ZPD to here in Cherryton- Lem. I now have allies within the Cherryton police force. But then while me and Legosi were keeping watch over the drama club for Louis, Legosi found a Night Howler. This requires serious investigation. In the morning I will interrogate Haru, one of the gardening club members, about how the forbidden flower got on campus. End of audio log," Alex said, before he started sleeping.