A/N Ayy another chapter. Again if you have any criticism on what I can improve on so everyone can like the story that is greatly appreciated
"Sit" The voice grumbled at the two smallest animals in the precinct.
Nick and Judy both sat on the same oversized chair and watched intently at the slouching figure scrolling through the paperwork. They decided to stay quiet, even Nick who seemed to be trembling to say a quick quip at the Chief. But the urgency of the call made them both curious and excited.
With a heavy sigh, Bogo put down the papers, put his small reading glasses on his desk and watched to two officers sit there.
"You two are here, not because I want you to, but because a special someone wants to chat with you two. Trust me, if it was me I'd pick someone else. But alas, I can't argue." Another heavy sigh and Bogo seemed to slouch more, before clearing his throat and standing up.
"May I represent you two, Director Jupiter of the ZBI," Bogo said, trying and failing to put on an enthusiastic voice.
Out from the shadows came a tall slender Deer, with chocolate brown fur, shiny antlers and sharp dark eyes. He wore a tight black suit and a white shirt underneath. The Deer also carried a gun, not a tranquillizer, the real deal.
The silky smooth voice danced across the room as Director Jupiter spoke "Thank you, Chief Bogo, it's a pleasure to be here. Now onto business" Jupiter clapped his hooves together then put them behind his back, as he slowly walked around the room.
"I'm sorry for such short notice Officer Wilde and Hopps, I know you were close to catching that Weasel but I'm afraid this can't wait." He explained, circling the room slowly, seeming to inspect everything
Nick and Judy both looked at each other. This was very strange, not only had the Director of ZBI himself came to ZPD, but it sounded as if the Director wanted them.
"I will explain more once we're at the ZBI central office, so please follow me." He said, opening up the door and motioning the two Officers to join him. Once they hesitantly hopped off and followed the tall deer, they heard Bogo mutter a few words before the door shut behind them.
Out front in the parking lot was a fancy looking limo waiting for them, two heavy-set Jeep behind it. Once in the limo, they both sat across the deer, who sat relaxed pouring himself some scotch. He knocked three times on the window behind him and instantly the limo pulled out of the precinct parking lot. Director Jupiter smiled at us, drank some of the Scotch and made a satisfying sigh. Again his silky voice seemed to realise any tension in the limo.
"You two must have many questions. In due time I will tell you, but for now, I will settle with one question." He looked at both of us, a calming grin on his face as his dark eyes scanned us.
"Why us?" Nick asked, wanting to know ever since being called back to the precinct.
"Well, I chose you two because of many reasons. You Nick Wilde, you are smart, cunning. You have the street smarts unlike any mammal in the city. You were also an ex-con artist, able to trick anyone with sweet talk and intellect. And you Judy Hopps, you were top of your class in the Academy and received Valedictorian. You are fast, agile. You are clever and resourceful. And on top of that, you were able to trick Wilde, something some of my best agents failed to do.
"I picked you two because you are the best of the best, and I need both of your talents to help me take down a dangerous force, coming alive in Zootopia. But you also need help from someone else." He finished talking, laid back in the cushioned chair and took a deep sip of the Scotch.
Meanwhile, Nick and Judy were trying to take in all of this. The best of the best? Nick through that fit his description perfectly as he let a sly grin creep up on his muzzle. Judy, however, was still taking it in.
"Who else is coming?" She asked, already intrigued.
"I only said I'll answer one question Officer Hopps," Jupiter said, looking into the golden amber of the cold liquid, before looking up and doing that soothing smile one more time.
"I will tell you more at Central Office, for now, please, enjoy yourselves." And with that Nick and Judy, both looked at each other, then out the windows. Watching the hills roll like waves.
The limo stopped. Judy nudged Nick awake, who had been sleeping. Director Jupiter was already leaping out of the car in professional excitement. After hopping out the car Judy looked around. They were nowhere. Bumpy hills scattered the environment and pine forests freckled unevenly across the grounds, they must of been outside of main Zootopia. The one sore thumb was the massive modern building, gleaming in the afternoon light. Animals in black suits, like Jupiters, entered and exited the building. All with blank faces. Entering the lobby was an experience for both Fox and Bunny. It was brightly lit, a large black desk sat at the far end of the room. Chairs and potted plants scattered the massive glass room. Above, a diamond chandelier glistened. And the most noticeable thing was the number of security cameras around the building. Jupiter strolled up to the front desk where a small female wolf sat, typing away at her computer. The Director spoke a few words before he turned around and held out two necklaces with rectangle tags at the end. Putting them on Jupiter explained why we had to wear them.
"So you don't get shot." Jupiter chuckled at that. Judy and Nick didn't.
They all crambed into an elevator. Sleek grey wall and a white patterned carpet, metal buttons occupied on side of the wall. Director Jupiter pressed number 5, and instantly the elevator came to life and sputtered up the building. The Director just grinned at the two other occupants as the doors opened. The hallway in front of them was a bland hallway with doors occupating each side of the grey walls
"Right this way Officers." He said, hands behind his back, already strolling to a door on the left.
When he opened it, no light came from it, except for a soft hue of white light.
Once in the darkroom, they noticed where the light was coming from. In front of them was a massive screen that seemed holographic, two mammals wearing black suits stood there, surveying maps on the screen, lightly talking to each other. When they had entered the room both agents stopped talking and watched them. One of the agents was a Jack Rabbit, maybe a few centimetres taller than Judy, with silver fur with black stripes crawling down his cheeks and ears, with icy blue eyes. The next was a Arctic Fox, a little bit smaller than Nick, who had calming blue eyes.
"You may leave now Agent Savage and Winter, thank you," Jupiter called to the two agents who both nodded, swiped at the screen making it blank and leaving without a word.
Jupiter strolled to the screen, Nick and Judy following him like a shadow. He turned around and smiled at us.
"Now, I will answer your questions. First your prior one Officer Hopps. Who else is coming here? Well, this case needs someone who is a great infiltrator, can blend in anywhere and is brutal in execution. Sadly he was discharged from ZBI but I'll get to that." He explained, then turning to the screen swiped it a couple of times before a surveillance photo came up. It was of a small grey wolf. Said wolf was looked to the side of the camera where a circle of orange fur could be seen surrounding his left eye. His eyes were a deep green, like Nicks but darker. He was wearing a black tactical hat, a black jacket and urban camouflage pants. He also seemed to be armed with a knife and silenced pistol.
"This… Is Ryder Fernsby, Ex-Agent Loki was his Alias. He used to work for ZBI until being discharged for his methods of dealing with cases.." He swiped at the screen again and a horrifying image popped up. Judy's paws instantly sprung up to her mouth in shock at the image.
The floor was piled with dead bodies of pigs, all shot with perfect accuracy. The floor was a pool of blood.
"This image, if from last night. One of his 'missions' seemed to correspond with a client of his, who asked him to avenge his daughter. As you can see he did just that. This group of pigs is part of many illegal activities and part of the Savage Plan. Piggelston Augustus, the pig with the suit, was the head of the gang and funded Bellwether with the Nighthowler Incident. We were going to raid the building and arrest him but, as you can see no use now. This is why Ryder was discharged, every case he got would have similar results." Jupiter swiped again to show an image of a Zebra, next to a surveillance image of the same zebra.
"This-" Jupiter pointed to the image of the zebra "-Is Carl Hoofston, a clerk at a Supermarket. But this-" Jupiter now pointed to the surveillance image of the same Zebra "-Is not Carl but Ryder instead." At that Judy and Nick's head swung at the deer, confused as ever.
"You see Ryder has a special gift. When he was younger his father was a scientist. His father experimented on Ryder with a serum. Ryder got abilities and later killed his father. His abilities correspond to his Alias. He's able to change his appearance at will. He can change into other mammals or change to a completely different animal. He has to touch a mammal to 'mimic' their appearance but can change into a random animal at will." Jupiter then showed a map of Zootopia.
"Ryder seems to be going for a dangerous inner group in the underground region of Zootopia. A council of powerful prey mafias and mobs, known as the Octopus Empire, their symbol is an Octopus around an octagon. Reason for the name is there are 8 council members, making an octagon. Anyway, the Octopus Empire funded and was a part of Bellweathers Nighthowler incident. After she failed, however, they renamed it to the 'Savage Plan', trying to turn predators to savages, so they can gain power over the predators and take revenge from the savage times. This, as you can tell, is something we don't want happening." Jupiter swiped again, showing a map of Zootopia. But this map had pictures of mammals on it. Heads of different prey species popped up in Octagons, 8 in total. Nick and Judy noticed a pig wearing a fedora with a white feather was greyed out, they guessed he was Piggelston. The other seven were; A black-furred male rabbit with a scar along it's muzzle, a white-furred male goat wearing a red suit, a brown male mouse who had a black bowler hat, a beautiful Doe with an elegant blue dress, a male cow who wore a French beret, a male giraffe who wore a long turtle neck and finally an old deer male wearing a British military peaked cap.
"First up is Piggelston Augustus, a gun supplier, drug and sex trafficker, now deceased. Then we have Zack Steel, a bunny with a bad past with predators, their main influencer in getting members. The goat is Tom O'Larry, O'Larry is responsible for taking out those who talk to much. Little guy, there is Micheal Squeek, one of the groups main supplier of Night Howlers. The lady there is Francine Penelope, while Steel influences the public, Penelope more or less influences higher powers by her certain skill set. The cow is Felix D'Amboise, he's the supplier of metal and helps cover up Tom O'Larry's murders. Next, the big guy there is Paul Jobs, Steve Job's distant cousin who has a hate for Steve and Predators. Paul is the mammal that manufacturers all the technology needed. An example is what's left of this device in a factory Ryder blew up a year ago." He swiped the screen again and showed a picture of a charred device that seemed to be a grey box with a massive red light on it. Little pieces of fabric that were most likely burned jutted out of its sides.
"We don't know what it is but it seems to be some sort of tazing device based on the back of the box, containing two small metallic circular disks commonly seen for electrical currents. Anywho-" Jupiter swiped again and the map showed up once more. "- and finally, this here is George Doe, Retired First Lieutenant of the British army. His part in the whole group is his leadership skills and marksmanship with a rifle. He takes out the targets who are too extreme for O'Larry, George is a bit similar to Penelope with Steel, George takes out those in higher places." And with that the screen turned pure white, the Director looked at both the Officers. Judy was taking down notes and sketching the faces of each council member, while Nick seemed dazed, seeming to take all the information.
Then Judy spoke, still writing "So how exactly do we find this Ryder or Loki guy, whatever we call him. If he can change his appearance to anything how are we supposed to find him?"
Before Jupiter could respond Nick seemed to come out of the daze and answer Judy
"Well they have surveillance on this Ryder guy so obviously they can track him down." He finished, smirking and Jupiter in success
Jupiter winced and apologetically responded. "I'm afraid it's not that easy Officer Wilde, you see. That photo is the only current photo of Ryder we have." When he said that, Nick looked defeated, and also losing hope on finding this Rouge Wolf.
"I do have good news, however," Jupiter said, making both Cops look up in unison
"We do know his routines. All we know that around midday he goes to his favourite restaurant. You see his powers, unknown yes, but from what we know. It works kinda like this; Every cell in his body changes, his bones change, his skin and fur undergo simultaneously change. This, of course, takes up energy. He gains his energy in many ways but the best form is eating, a lot. The restaurant he goes to is cheap has plenty of carbohydrates and protein in its food. So go to it at midday disguised, and you should see him. You can't miss him as he'll order plenty of food. So find him, try and get him here so he can help you." Jupiter explained, handing us each a picture with the address of the restaurant. It was an odd looking restaurant, a retro look, but something told them it was built back then. And the worst of it? It was in the most dangerous part of Happy Town.