(Edited: This is a rewritten chapter. To help not compromise the Maverick series by concluding Blake's story here. I like to apologize to Edward Sapphire (Formally known as 5UP3RN0V4). But keeping Blake around to write him the story you wanted would've been inconsistent with Maverick's stories and Blake's plot would've been too overcrowded and complicated. So I write this with great respect and gratitude for letting me use his character. And in hopes that you understand why this is necessary. Not just for my stories. But for yours as well.)
Did you ever eat a hamburger that wasn't cooked right, and you ended up feeling so sick that you kept snapping at all your friends?
"Well, there was that time Groot ate a contaminated Big Mac, and-" Maverick started.
I don't wanna know.
"You asked." Maverick scoffed.
Well let's just say this chapter might be like that. But more scary. You've been warned.
5UP3RN0V4: Sure, Taskmaster. and yes Maleficent is here too, but is she what we think here?
Anyway, we kept you waiting, so now!
LET'S GET DANGEROUS
The Walking Blake
Zootopia Museum. Second Floor. History Exhibit…..
Maverick and everyone else, followed IRIS's AR trail over to a mural in the history exhibit. They were there, the guardians noticed the displays and wax statues of animals in colonial uniforms. It's as if some or certain parts of history in a human world are the same for this world.
Blake and Judy approached the mural that Maverick was staring at curiously. It almost reminded him of the signing of the American Declaration Of Independence. Except everyone in the image were animals.
"That's an image of the founding fathers signing the treaty of Zootopia. It's a pretty big deal for this place so…" Judy emphasized.
"No worries, i won't even scratch it. But it seems the keyhole is either behind or on this mural." Maverick stated.
"Well then we don't have to deal with a challenge, only a keyblade can open the keyhole." Blake said.
Then Maverick thought of something. "Unless…...Groot!" He got Groot's attention. "Go back to the ship, secure these shards and make sure the rest are on the ship."
Maverick handed Groot the crystal shards and he nodded. "I am Groot."
"IRIS, beam Groot up on the Star-Search." Maverick ordered.
"Yes Maverick." IRiS formed a ray around Groot and teleported himm back on the ship.
At that moment, just when they were about to finish the job. Blake noticed in the split of a second. That a red line in resemblance of a target light from a rifle was shining on Judy's neck. His eyes widened.
With those two standing behind Maverick while everyone else was looking around. Blake was the only one who noticed.
"So Ryo, do you want to do the honors or do you want me to-" Maverick almost asked.
"LOOK OUT!" Blake pushed Judy out the way, and then he took the shot. "Ugh!"
A dart hit his neck. Causing him to collapse and writhe in pain.
"What in the-" Maverick quickly tuned to see Blake push Judy and get hit and collapse.
He and everyone else ran over to him. "What happen?!" Nick exclaimed in horror.
Blaze pulled the dart from his neck. "Look familiar?" She asked.
Judy saw the label and gasped. "Oh no…."
Just then, another dart tried to tag Maverick, but then he quickly got it with a fast grasp of his fist.
"You do know i'm wearing armor, right Tasky?!" Maverick deadpanned looking up at the ceiling.
They all looked up to see Taskmaster perched up on the ceiling "Sure." Taskmaster jumped down in front of a display of animals with rifles shooting. Looking threateningly at the guardians. "Just wanted to be sure if your worth the challenge. Oh, and for the record, vermin. I tampered with the nighthowler drug. With a few added elements of my own. Let's see if the results are promising."
They all look at Blake, to see his skin and hair turns gray. His veins becoming instantly visible. And a gutteral sound could be heard from his throat. Even Maverick was pop cultural enough to know what that means.
"He's about to go savage!" Nick backed away.
"No. He's about to go Walker." Maverick said seriously.
Then Maverick quickly constructed an ice cage around Blake, keeping him secure. "Everyone stay back!"
Then Blake shot up with yellow eyes and green drooling from his mouth. Bake stood up as a bunny zombie and started scratching and clawing at the cage while growling and moaning.
"Blake?" Judy stared at him in distraught and horror.
His response was his mangled hand reaching for her to eat her.
"I'm afraid he isn't home right now." They all heard a voice. They turned to see Maleficent stand next to Taskmaster. "But i believe you guardians have a lot more important things to deal with. While i open the keyhole."
"Over your dead body!" Judy screamed in anger as she fired a gun at her. But the bullets bounced off.
"Magic, remember?" Maverick whispered.
"Yeah." She mumbled in disappointment.
Just then Fang and Black Light appeared with Taskmaster and Maleficent. They all laughed and taunted at the team of heroes and cops.
"Nick, Judy! Stay with Blake, make sure he doesn't get out of that cage! Guardians! just like we talked about!" Blaze ordered while pulling her katannas out. "Put their asses on display!"
"Yes Ma'am." Maverick summoned his keyblade and charged at Taskmaster.
While Darkwing Duck pulled up a duck shield and charged at Black Light. Blocking the villains laser blasts.
Fang went for Zambron, aching for round 2, as they crashed through some displays.
Then Blaze charged at Maleficent, jumping in the air while slashing at her with her sword. But Maleficent blocked them with her scepter and pushed her away with a wave of wind. Then the witch surrounded herself with a green bubble while being lifted off the ground.
"Feel my wrath! Girl!" Maleficent taunted her in the air.
Blaze flew up and shot bolts of lightning at her. "You first, Bitch!" She yelled at the witch.
Meanwhile, Maverick was in another duel against Taskmaster as they clashed their blades at each other.
"NO TOUCHY! NO TOUCHY! NO TOUCHY!" Maverick blocked all of his sword attacks.
Then Taskmaster did a spin roundhouse kick to Maverick's chest. Sending him down on the first floor. While Taskmaster stood at the glass walkway. Staring down at Maverick as the keyblade wielder stood up. Taskmaster pulled out a grenade launcher. And shot a round at him.
Maverick dived over to take over behind a display of an animal version of Alexander Hamilton. He was a large Gorilla statue leaning on the side from the blast. Maverick took cover behind the statue and converted his keyblades into pistoles. He shot a few blasts at Taskmaster making him cover. Taskmaster ducked and pulled out his asualt rifle.
Then Maverick ran. "Don't get shot!" he said to the statue.
(Look up history books to know what that meant.)
Than Taskmaster started firing bullets at Maverick, who spun in the air to dodge the bullets. Only to get a few bullets in the butt. "OW!"
Maverick landed behind cover behind the wall of an ice age image.
"***K! Right up mainstreet!" Maverick grunted as the bullets popped out of his ass. "Gah i really wish i had a futuristic sci Fi gun. Oh wait…...I do have a futuristic sci fi gun!"
Maverick pulled out a large laser blaster from his ring and aimed it at Taskmaster, he pulled the trigger and blasted him with a blue ball of laser. Hitting the walkway and making it blow up. Taskmaster disappeared there.
"Damn, I sure hope he didn't disintegrate." Maverick looked at the gun. "I'll need to thank Phineas and Ferb for this sweet ass gun."
Taskmaster clicked his gun, making Maverick look up to see him standing above him on the edge of the display.
"Uh oh." Maverick muttered.
Then Taskmaster fired multiple bullets threw Maverick making blood fly right through the suit.
"Ugh! Your ruining my SUIT!" He complained about the blood stains on the suit. Only to realize he's wearing his red Maverick suit. "Oh yeah." he muttered.
It won't leave blood stains if its red.
So Taskmaster flipped over and engaged in another spare with Maverick.
"You know since we've been doing this for quite a while, hanging out for quite some time! Have you ever thought of going steady?!" Maverick mocked while fighting. "Getting to know each other?!"
"I never get too personal with my targets. Unless the situation demands it!" Taskmaster stuck a knife in Maverick's shoulder while clashing.
Maverick pushed him away and pulled out the knife from his own shoulder.
"Yeah, great code of conduct! But guess what Grim Whiter! I don't have one!" Maverick pointed out. "And I know everything about you! Tony Masters!"
"What?" Taskmaster narrowed his eyes.
"Oh yeah! About your old Nova five-o life. Four years ago? And about what happened to your wife. They told me everything from their side. But how about yours?" Maverick said to him. "I never heard your side of-"
"Don't! You dare bring her up!" Taskmaster spat. "If you knew anything, you would know that the Nova Corp set me up to die with her! They thought I was too dangerous, the weapon that they made from the bottom! And after all I've done for them they wanted to kill me by using their system!"
Maverick was taken back by hearing this. He detected no lie in his heart, so he knew Taskmaster was telling the truth. The Nova Corp wanted to kill Tony Masters? The boy that worked hard to become a Nova officer? No wonder he became Taskmaster.
"Instead they punished Mercedes. And all of my friends! Because I did WHAT I WAS TOLD!" Taskmaster bellowed. "After I survived, I debugged a report from Demarian Sal himself. Ordering for my seath team to be sent there to be deposited of."
He said that last part with anxed. Maverick decided to talk like a prince for peace.
"I'm sorry, what happened to you was beyond low. Like making a cash grab remake of a timeless animated legend, low. But if you come with us, we'll exposed the Nova Corp. And you can-" Maverick tried to offered.
"What? Start over?" Taskmaster scoffed. "Where were people like you when it all happened? Leaning back in a chair? Enjoying life with an umbrella cup in your hand, listening to music while people like me suffered? Where were the heroes than?"
He had a point. Maverick discovered the Chamber and his ship five years ago. Maybe if he became a guardian of the multiverse back then. He would've saved Tony and his team. And his wife.
Couldn't he?
"I never had a chance, and now!" Taskmaster held up some sort of grenade in his hand.
"Now hold up." Maverick held his hand up.
"Neither do you!" Taskmaster threw it at Maverick.
"Oh shit!" Maverick teleported out of the way, only for the grenade to follow and fly over to where he pops up. Maverick appeared at the lobby and sighed of relief, only for the grenade to attach to his backside. "Double shit!"
**BOOM!***
Did Maverick make it!?
Meanwhile….
Zombie Blake kept trying to claw his way out of the ice cage, only to no effect. And with Judy begging for him to stop.
"Blake Stop! This isn't you! Remember who you are!" Judy pleaded.
Just then, Nick and Judy heard an explosion. To make matters worse for them, the ice cage slowly melted. Does that mean Maverick is dead? Only he was keeping that cage solid, what happened to him?
"That's not good." Nick cringed as Zombie Blake was freed from his cage.
"ROAW!" Zombie Blake roared.
"RUN!" Nick yelled as he and Judy ran. With Zombie Blake chasing and running after them.
Meanwhile, Zambron was on the ground getting pounded in the face by Fang, after six hard punched. Zambron grabbed Fang's fist, and use his other hand to grab one of his daggers and stabbed fang in the side of his left thigh.
"UGH!" Fang growled in pain.
Then Zambron kicked his other leg, causing him to trip. Then the minotaur got up and punched fang in the face. Knocking him out. Zambron huffed steam through his snout in satisfaction, then he searched Fang for anything useful. And of course, he found and took an earpiece from Fang's left ear.
"Maverick will thank you for your unaccommodating donation." Zambron mocked Fang's conconcious face.
Then he looked over to see Darkwing Duck knocking out Black Light with his shield and taking his earpiece. Along with a few other things he had on him.
"Allow me to relieve you of these, Dirt Bag." Darkwing Duck taunted Black Light, who was out cold on the ground.
Zambron and Darkwing heard fighting right above them. They both looked up to see that Blaze was still trying to penetrate Maleficent's bubble with her lighting. Only for it to finally pop. With a force so strong it created a wind that not only knocked Blaze to the wall. But it sent so many displays crumbling and flying everywhere, but Zambron and Darkwing held themselves against the strong wind.
Maleficent still remained in the air as she held her hands out, ready to pull her biggest move.
"Now you shall deal with me oh Guardians! And ALL THE POWERS OF HELL!" Maleficent announced as she shifted in a smoke of black and green.
"That's not a good sign." Blaze muttered as she flew over.
Fang and Black Light woke back up to see Maleficent turn into a dragon. Much to their horror. She laughs as green fire breathes through her mouth. She roars and blows at the two guardsmen with ruthless disregard for what was on her side.
Fang and Black Light both screamed in agony as they were incinerated to death from the flames of Maleficent's fury.
"Never make a deal with the devil." Maleficent smirked in her dragon form.
"Well, at least she's honest." Darkwing chuckled nervously as he backed away.
"GO! We got this!" zambron told his ally.
"You can say that again!" Darkwing Duck retreated.
"GO! We got this!" Zambron repeated.
Maleficent looks over at the keyhole and her eye's glow red as she summons her shard of the M'kraan crystal. The ones that were stolen from Blake. She uses its power to for it to go into the mural and open the keyhole, just when the heartless were summoned and were about to go inside the keyhole, Darkwing Duck drops in front of them and blocks the keyhole in a battle stance against them.
"Sorry Pest! No ID no entry!" Darkwing quipped as he blasted at them with precision to keep them at bay.
Then Blaze hovered in a challenge posed against the dragon to gain her attention, as Maleficent blows fire at her, but then she blazes her fire with both hands at the dragon. They both have each other held in place with their fire attacks as Zambron sees and opens to attack from above.
Zambron jumps and climbs up a platform from one of the turned over displays and gets high enough to drop down on the dragon. As Zambron looks down from above. He jumps and laughs as he slams both daggers into Maleficent's Back. Making her scream in agony.
As the dragon collapses, Blaze sees that her absorbing meter is full, then her hair glows as she fires back a full photon energy blast at Maleficent, sending the dragon crashing through the wall and out into the lobby. The dragon falls on the ground as it shifts back into Maleficent on the ground.
Blaze flies in, as she lands right in front of the fallen witch. Then Maverick comes from right behind her, coughing. Blaze turns and widens her eyes as she sees the condition he's in.
"Jesus! What happened to you?!" Blaze caught at him before he tripped.
Maverick appeared to be covered in Ashes, with his leg damaged and his left hand missing.
"Task happened. He forgot that fire doesn't work completely on someone who's too cold to fall." Maverick grunted as he explained.
"But your hand!" Blaze said in horror.
Maverick chuckled. "Don't worry, it'll grow back." He assured her about his missing hand.
"So. The guardians…...bested me." Maleficent moaned and laughed. "He told me this would happen."
The armored duo just looks at her as she slowly fades into nothing. "Except you're not the emo witch from the stars, are you? I read about you. You never waste your time fighting with folk who are 'not worth your time' right?" Maverick air quote with his left hand.
"It would seem that Kingdom Hearts surely chose Maverick well." Maleficent smirked as she laid her head back.
Then Maleficent faded into nothing, leaving a white shell in a black cloak behind.
"Uh huh. Just as I thought." Maverick muttered.
"What is that?" Blaze asked.
"It's a Replica." Maverick confirmed. "Maleficent was never here. Deathbird is more clever than we thought."
"Wait, Deathbird made this?! Why?! How?!" Blaze inquired.
"KIDS!" Nick came running in. "We need your help-! Woah what's with the tar stain?"
Blaze rolled her eyes. "What is it?"
"It's Judy! We need your help!" Nick implored.
"Wait … Where's Blake?!" Maverick inquired.
The next answer made their eyes widen and rush into action.
"He's out of his cage!" Nick exclaimed.
A Few Minutes earlier….
"RUN!" Nick yelled as he and Judy ran. With Zombie Blake chasing and running after them.
Judy and Nick went left down a hallway. As they ran, Zombie Blake kept gaining on them.
"He's gaining on us!" Nick yelled.
As they kept running, Judy saw a door to a bathroom straight ahead, that led to the lower levels of the museum.
"Let's split up!" Judy suggested.
"WHAT?!" Nick gocked.
"Whoever he's not chasing can go get help!" Judy explained.
Then she went right and hid behind a display wall of jade masks. But Nick followed and hid with her.
"What are you doing?!" Judy screeched quietly.
"I'm not leaving you!" Nick snapped back.
Zambie Blake came from the corner, but couldn't see them past the wall. He moaned and groaned and snarled. As he scanned the area. Then the zombie smashed through a display vase, and knocked over a table. And smashing through other displays.
After waiting for a short period, Nick decided to act first.
"If anyone's being used as zombie bait, it's me." Nick whispered in determination.
"Wait Nick!" Judy tried to stop him.
Nick stepped out and waved his arms. "Hey! It's me Firefox! You're hungry!" He called out.
Zombie Blake turned and roared at him.
"Then come get me!" Judy yelled as she dashed right past Nick.
Getting Zombie Blake's attention as she busted through the doors to the lower levels, with Zombie Blake following her.
"WAIT CARROTS!" Nick yelled, but it was too late. "UGH!"
Frustrated. Nick ran the other way to get help from their friends from the stars.
Judy descended quickly down stairs and nearly tripped, as she made it to the basement of the museum. Completely dark and filled with old displays, sacks of boxes and crates that are covered in dust and cobwebs. The whole basement was dark, but Judy could see enough from the light emulating from the entrance to find a spot to hide. The bunny cop hid behind a crate in the corner and huddled up against it. As zombie Blake stumbled in, and scanned the room, like a monster stalking its prey, ready to strike.
Judy tried her best to calm her nerves as she kept her eyes closed, but this was a scary situation. Being hunted down by a bunny zombie who wants to eat her. As she hid herself and kept her head on a corner, as she could keep hearing moaning and crashing and breaking behind her, the noise from the zombie's rampage got louder and louder. Until!...Nothing.
Judy opened one eye and looked over to see Blake gone, for now it was quiet. Almost two quiet.
Judy pulled out her taser and held it closed as she slowly got out of the corner and tiptoed around the basement, looking for Blake before he found her. She heard something fall in the background causing her to flinch and whimper. But she remained steady. Just then a vase full of flags fell over behind her, causing her to yelp and turn. She fired her laser. But nothing was there. Seeing that she was not in danger at the moment, she sighed in relief.
Then she turned for the doors.
"RAW!" Zombie Blake yelled in front of her with his yellow angry eyes.
"AH!" Judy shrieked as she ran for it.
The bunny cop ran past display after display, until she saw a door which lead to another hallway. She crashed right through and found several doors to choose at the other end. She chose the locker room for security as she stumbled in, hoping to find a weapon. But she looked and found nothing, not even a place to hide. Then Blake crashed in and cornered her, blocking the exit.
Judy backed up against the lockers and breathed heavily in fear. Zombie Blake walked slowly up to her growling with his mouth open and foaming.
"Blake….. Listen to me. I know you're in there. I can feel it." Judy touched her own heart.
Blake stopped and remained standing like the lazed zombie he is as she continued
"Everything that boy kept saying about us is true!" She whimpered as tears slowly started to fall. " Those times we were together was one of the best moments of my life. You accepted me for who I was before anyone else did. And you showed me many wonders nobody from my world could ever begin to fathom. You were more than a best friend, I realized that. And i wish i could've told you before i was gone!"
At this point she was crying. Making Zombie Blake tilt his head.
"You coming back was a miracle. Because i never thought i could finally tell you in person!" Judy sobbed. Looking straight at his yellow eyes. She got on her knees and finally said. "I love you Blake. I've always loved you! Please come back to me!"
As she reached for him, a light shone from her hand, causing Zombie Blake to collapse. As the light from her hand faded, a strange new object was revealed in her hand. She widened her eyes as she realized that it was a weapon.
Her new weapon. Officer Judy Hopps. Is now a keyblade wielder.
Just then Maverick came bursting through the door with Nick and Blaze right behind him.
"I hallway with creepy lighting?! You couldn't pick a better- crap…." Maverick caught Zombie Blake on the ground. And was shocked to see officer Hopps holding a keyblade
"Oh God…." Judy dropped her keyblade and panicked. "What did I do?! I-"
"No time for questions. His vitals are dropping." Maverick picked Blake up in his arms, it was a little hard to do with one hand. And then he called IRIS. "IRIS beamed us up."
" The teleporter is still linked to Donald's magic data-" IRIS tried to warn.
"I know the data! DO IT!" Maverick barked.
"We'll be back with him." Blaze said to Nick and Judy.
"WAIT!" Judy came up to Maverick. "Let me come with you."
"But the ship will change you if-" Maverick tried to say.
Judy grabbed Blake's loose hand. "I won't leave him again." her voice quivered frimley.
Maverick sighed. "IRIS, I'm bringing a guessed up."
" Maverick, the heartless have been dealt with. We'll keep the keyhole guarded until you give the word." Zambron said on the comms.
"Good." Maverick turned to Nick. "We'll bring them back, in the meantime could you keep the media away from those two?" He gestured to Darkwing Duck and Zambron upstairs.
"Don't worry, just call me 'Late Foxnews'." Nick gave him two thumbs up.
Maverick nodded, before he, Blaze and Judy were beamed up to the ship along with Blake.
On board the Star-Search…...
Once Maverick and Blaze were beamed up on the ship, Groot came down from the bridge after securing the other crystal shards. And was surprised to see Blake as a human being being carried by a one handed Maverick.
And the tree was just as shocked to see a human woman in a police uniform standing there. With porcelain skin color, gray hair and two long ponytails that resemble bunny ears. It was Judy Hopps as a human!
"I am Groot?!" Groot asked what happened.
"No tine to explain pal! tell IRIS to prep the ships medical equipment!" Maverick ran down a hall with the others following him.
Once they made it to the medical room. Maverick laid Blake on the hospital bed and shifted back into Aiden, Blaze also shifted back into Victoria so she could be ready to help Aiden as herself.
Once they got Blake's body settled on the bed, Judy came over and took his hand. " Is he going to make it?!"
Judy was putting her trust in a child of all people. But this child made it possible for her to be with the boy she met a long time ago, who is now the man she loved.
"He will, this Walker is not going anywhere." Aiden said in haste, and making a quip about him being a zombie earlier, as he stuck an I.V in Blake's arm. And he operated on a computer in the room to turn on a heartbeat monitor. " Vic, put this in his arm."
Victoria was handed a syringe of nitroglycerin based medication. She immediately ejected it in Blake's arm. While Judy was holding Blake's other hand.
After Aiden was done on a computer, a small metal box on a table opened up revealing some kind of green potion tube. Aiden teleported over to Blake and made him drink it in his unconscious state.
"Drink up ex-Jack." Aiden quipped about him not being a bunny at the moment.
Aiden operated all of the advanced equipment on board with just one hand. The boy has his hand wrapped in a cloth and didn't even put on bandages or even clean it's bloody wound. There was no need to because Aiden can heal and grow limbs back.
After a few long minutes of playing doctor. Aiden looked at Blake's vitals on the computer, and saw that they were returning to normal. And the corruption from the nighthowler drug were erased from his genes.
"Alright, he should be waking up any minute now." Aiden patted Judy's shoulder, as her eyes watered in such relief. "Welcome to humanity."
Judy looked at her own hands in fascination, they weren't paws anymore, and she wiggled and bent her fingers. She lightly chuckled and stopped when she turned and saw a mirror. Looking at her own reflection. It's as if she was seeing herself for the first time in Blake's perspective. She touched her own face and felt how soft it was. No fur, just smooth skin.
"That is what we homosapiens call, a face. Or as we men call…." Aiden looked down at Blake. "A match."
Blake moaned as he was waking up.
"We'll give you two a moment alone." Victoria took Aiden's hand and pulled him out.
"See that?! That's called skin on skin contact!" Aiden quipped about them holding hands.
"No it isn't." Victoria deadpanned as she closed the door.
Leaving Judy at their banter. Then she sees Blake fluttering his eyes that were no longer yellow and dead looking, as his vision clears to see a pair of beautiful purple eyes, with a pretty face smiling down at him on the bed.
"Judy?" Blake recognized her.
"Hi." She chirped.
"H-how?-" Blake asked How is she human.
"I'm the Maverick, remember!? World Order's got nothing on me!"Aiden responded from behind the door.
That and Judy has a heart. In her own words. Anyone can be anything.
"I'm sorry." Blake said, making her look concerned. "I almost killed you, I saw it. I saw everything. But I couldn't stop myself, I-"
"It's okay Blake. Your back." Judy cued while taking both his hands firmly. "We both are."
Blake smiled and touched her face. After years of hunting down a witch for revenge, wanting to go back home. He found it. With her.
"I…" Blake almost said.
"ARE YOU GOING TO KISS OR MAKE A REMAKE OF TWILIGHT?!" Aiden echoed from behind the door, then they heard Victoria smack him. "OW! WHAT?!"
Judy and Blake laugh at Aiden's antics until they both smile at each other and for the first time. They declare their love. With a kiss to the lips.
Back at the keyhole in the museum…...
While darkwing Duck and Zambron were waiting by the turning. Darkwing was getting a little impatient.
"Sheesh did they have to do a heart and soul transplant or something? What's taking them so long!?" Darkwing yelled.
Just then Maverick, Blaze, Judy and Blake beamed down. Back in there animal forms. Along with Groot who was still a tree.
"I must say, being human felt good." Judy remarked being back as a bunny.
"True, but being a bunny has its charms." Blake smiled at her.
They took their eyes off of each other once they caught Nick smirking at them.
"I make no comment." Nick humorously said in defense.
"Well I'll do it for you Saint Nick." Aiden spoke up. "Babs and Buster are now a match."
"I am Groot." Groot smiled in agreement.
"But. if I were you, I'd lock the door before getting down to business." Nick smirked while pointing at the keyhole.
"NICK!" Judy scolded in embarrassment, while Blake was laughing at the dirty joke. "Don't laugh at him!"
"Sorry, sorry." Blake cleared his throat after he stopped laughing. "Anyway, who's going to do the honors of closing this thing?"
"Allow me." Judy smirked.
Then she summoned her keyblade, much to everyone else's shock. Then she pointed it at the keyhole, causing a beam of light to shoot into the keyhole. After a loud lock noise was heard. Then the M'kraan crystal shard came out of the keyhole as Aiden took it in his hand. Causing the keyhole faded back into a mural on the wall.
"Huh. Didn't see that coming." Nick said with wide eyes.
"Those with a strong heart can wield a keyblade. And her heart's strength comes from the one she loves." Zambron stated.
"I am Groot." Groot remarked. Translate: "Wow. That's pretty deep."
"So, now that you have the shard, what's next?" Blake asked the guardians.
" Well, you should know that I was right about Maleficent. She was never here and we were fighting a fake." Aiden said to Blake.
"So she's still out there." Blake darkly looking down.
"There's more. I had IRIS study the Replica used to clone her. It turns out the fake Maleficent was created by Shi'ar tech."
Blake was shocked to hear this, now it all adds up. As to why the real Maleficent didn't know him or his world Or why he never found anything of her.
"Damn. All this time I've been chasing the wrong villain?!" Blake exclaimed in frustration as he felt angry by the time wasted. "Deathbird is responsible for my planet's destruction?!"
"I'm afraid so, and Maleficent's understudy clone was the figurehead to get everyone off her trail." Aiden nodded.
"Blake, listen. This is what Deathbird does. She was hunting down the shards and never got her hands on one. She detected the shard you had on your world and sent the fake Maleficent to get it for her." Victoria explained holding up the shard.
"And blew it up to cover her tracks." Aiden figured. "And not get caught in the act by the Shi'ar council."
Blake looked disheartened hearing this. He looked down sadly. If he had destroyed the shard instead of studying and experimenting with it. Maybe Deathbrid would never have found his world, or have a reason for being there.
His world didn't fade into darkness. It was obliterated by darkness. And there's no bringing it back.
"Blake? What's wrong?" Judy asked in concern.
"It's my fault….. My experiments….. I caused the death of my world, my parents. I brought Deathbird there." Blake's voice cracked.
Judy gasped and shook her head. "No. No you didn't! Look at me Blake!" She touched his face.
Blake looked at her with a tear streaming down his face, which she wiped away.
"They're gone. They're all gone. My parents. My home. There's no bringing them back. I have nothing left."
"That's not true." Judy insisted sternfully and cued. "You haven't lost everything, I'm still here. You're not alone in this anymore Blake. Come with me, I can help you start over. This can be your home now.
"I…" Blake tried to say but couldn't.
"Listen to her Blake. And take it from a kid that lost his home as well." Aiden spoke up and walked up to him. "Your world is not gone, neither are your loved ones."
Then Aiden pointed at Blake's heart.
"What do you mean?" Blake asked touching his own heart.
"Whatever's lost in darkness can come back to the light. And your family, your world. They will always be a part of you. And they would want you to move on. And keep moving forward, and be happy again." Aiden gestured to Judy. "Because you're more than entitled to happiness."
"I can't replace my world." Blake said sadly.
"You won't. You'll be sharing the love you had for your world. And your family." Aiden quoted the words of his mother.
"Maybe your journey wasn't for vengeance or restoration. Maybe it was to find your home again." Judy hugged Blake with all her heart. "And you found it. With me."
Groot smiled at them. "I am Groot." He said.
"Groot said he lost his world too. But his home is with me." Aiden translated Groot for Blake.
"I am Groot." Groot added.
"And with the family that brought us both in." Aiden translated smiling up at Groot.
"I am Groot." Groot stated.
"He and I would be nothing without them. Or each other." Aiden translated and almost felt the need to shed a tear. So Aiden told Groot with a small snickered. "Okay stop please, before I act like I'm in a Hallmark film."
Blake looked at Judy, understanding what Aiden and Groot meant by their words. His world is maybe gone for good. But fate has yielded an unexpected reward. A new world to call home. With the one that he loves. He took a deep breath and smiled at Judy, who smiled back at him.
"Thanks Aiden." Blake smiled at him.
"Don't mention it." Aiden smiled back and added. "And I mean that. I got a witty nonchalant image to keep up. So don't tell anyone I was being heartfelt for this moment.
Blake snickered a little. "Of course. Sure you won't need my help on your journey?"" He offered.
"I'm more than sure. Where I'm going, the world order is not going to help me. " Aiden grinned. "Just do me a big favor Bugs. start something good with the bunny that stole your heart, formally known as Lola."
Inspite of Aiden's humor. It was at that moment. That Blake decided to bring his journey of restoration. To a close. Similar to how Aiden did when Queen Elsa adopted him. Blake decided to stay in Zootopia, with Judy.
"Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere." Blake took Judy's hand as they smiled.
Judy smiled and pecked his lips. "Neither am I." She chirped.
Aiden and his team smiled at them. And they were proud of how Aiden handled convincing Blake to start over with Judy and settle down in Zootopia.
"We'd better get going. We have some personal drama to deal with. And get soft if needed. Right Aiden?" Victoria smirked teasingly at Aiden, for getting soft just now.
"Yeah yeah, don't rub it in." Aiden rolled his eyes.
Judy then came over to Aiden and hugged him tightly around his waist, surprising him. "Thank you Aiden, for everything." she said sincerely. For convincing Blake to stay.
"Of course. It's what I do." Aiden smiled down at her and returned a small hug. Judy even hugged Groot who hugged back since he convinced Blake as well.
"Don't be a stranger." Nick smiled and gave the Guardians a thumbs up. "From the outside."
"Take care of yourselves, Maverick, Blaze and the rest of you." Blake said to all of them.
"Farewell civilized vermin. May your new lives be a cherished treasure." Zambron expressed to them as the team began to walk away.
"Uh...yeah. Sure. Thanks Zambron." Blake gratefully and awkwardly responded.
Aiden grinned back at Blake and Judy. "Call us when the easter eggs are delivered. Or when there's a wedding. Whichever comes first!" He echoed as he and his team were beamed up to their ship.
Blake shook his head with a smile. Then he looked deeply in Judy's eyes and said. "I love you Judy."
"I love you too, Silver Dream." Judy smiled back as he leaned into his face.
He chuckled. "That's not my name." Blake brought his lips close.
"It is now." Judy whispered as they kissed passionately again.
While they weren't looking. Nick took a picture of them kissing with his phone and started texting and sending it to his friends.
'The boys back at the department are not going to believe this!' Nick thought as he snickered under his breath.
In a world where anyone can be anything, and all possibilities are made. Judy not only helped make her world a better place. But he made Blake's world better as well. Because his world was now her's and they will never be apart again.
This was the end of his struggles. And the beginning of something new. Whatever happens next for him in Zootopia. Judy Hopps will be there with him. Every step of the way.
That's all for now folks!
(Sorry for taking so long to send this. I got a little sick at one point, and my Birthday was just this Fourth Of July. I needed to rest before i got back to work, so forgive me if i made any mistakes in this chapter.)
Now that were done with Zootopia. It's time for Aiden and his team to go somewhere just as marketable in Disney toys. also What are the odds that Judy Hopps would get a keyblade huh?!
"Why do I sense a subplot for a future sequel?" Maverick asked.
We'll cross that bridge when we get to it Mav.
Anyway I would like to give a shout out to 5UP3RN0V4 (Edward Sapphire)! Thank you so much for letting me use Blake Ryo for this part of the story!
But now that Blake's short but independent plot is finished for this part of the story. It's time we got back on track with Aiden's journey in finding all of the Crystal shards.
Also We only have two more worlds to go before the final showdown. And this next world is based on a Pixar film that does better than the Fantastic Four films.
"Spoiler alert!" Maverick quipped.
So until next time Disney and Square Enix fans!
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