Zoorangers

by Bionichute

When a group of mysterious creatures start wreaking havoc across Zootopia, Nick and Judy find themselves thrust into a legacy of heroes they never knew about, and must use new powers in order to save not only the city, but their whole universe. Features numbers of characters from across Super Sentai history. (Updates whenever I finish an episode)

27. Episode 26 - Double Vision

Episode 26 - Double Vision

The room fell silent as the five villains glanced over at the, even by their standards, rather uncouth monster. The place was an absolute mess, even more so than usual. Shattered bottles and scrap metal littered the ground, all the results of the new villain's temper.

Savage sat at the table in the middle of the lair, glancing around.

"Hey, who wants to fight!?" He shouted, looking around the room. Sambash and Yogostein were seated across from him, Yabaiba cowering behind the large robot. None of them said anything to the crystalline creature's offer, other than letting out dismissive grunts and turning away. Savage scoffed. "Y'all are a bunch of pansies."

Kyuemon stepped up to Long, whose back was to the wall. He seemed to be watching, rather intently, as this monster made their teammates miserable. "Why did you bring that... thing, here?" Kyuemon asked.

"Because he'll be useful." Long said, rather frankly.

"How?" Kyuemon asked. "He's tormenting the others, I hardly consider that useful."

"He will be soon enough." Long chuckled. He then turned to the yokai to ask a question. "Where is Enter?"

"Enter is at the top of the mountain." Kyuemon said. "Like he always is."

Without a word, Long transformed into a cloud of golden mist, and flew out of the lair. Kyuemon started to walk off, but was interrupted.

"Hey!" Savage shouted at him. "Why don't you come over here and we can have something to drink?"

"If you are trying to advance on me, I will inform you that I am a man." Kyuemon said.

"You say that like I care about your gender."

Kyuemon scoffed, and disappeared in a burst of dark flame.

At the top of the mountain, Enter was pacing around. The sun was rising, and it was his turn to enact a plan. Unfortunately, he hadn't been able to think at all for the last week due to Savage's horrid behavior.

He turned around as Long materialized behind him. "Ah, Mon Amie." Enter greeted. His expression turned sour quickly. "What do you want now?"

"A favor." Long said. "I have a plan to get rid of the Zoorangers."

"Why do you need me, then?" Enter asked.

"Because it requires someone with your talents, and your monsters." Long explained. "See, none of my beast men are particularly... technology savvy."

"But my Metalroids are." Enter chuckled. "Well, I'm not one to ignore the values of travail en équipe."

"Excellent." Long said. "Here's the plan."

---

Judy looked up at the building in front of her. It was an antique shop, which could probably be used to describe the it. Old, rustic, made of stone and with the wear and tear of potentially a hundred years. It was small, and the only sigh was a wooden one with "ANTIQUES" written on it in cursive. It was held by rusted chains, which creaked as the wind blew it back and forth.

She stepped through the door, a bell sounding as she did. Inside the store were multiple layers of shelves, three to be exact. One for mammals her size, and two more for larger specimens. Lining the shelves were a plethora of useless knickknacks, statues of mammals, small chairs, and old jewelry.

"Oh, hello there!"

The rabbit turned to see an elderly goat. She was probably the owner of the store. "Are you looking for anything?" She asked.

"Oh, well..." Judy cleared her throat. "This is probably a dumb question, but I'm looking for an amulet. Its all spiked, very cheap looking... One of my friends found one at an antique shop, but I don't know if it was this one." She explained. "Tall, skinny, dressed entirely in black and white spandex?"

"I don't think I've seen anyone like that recently." The goat said. "But I think I know about the amulet." She headed over to a shelf, Judy trailing behind her. She picked something off the shelf, and held it down in front of the rabbit.

It was an amulet, exactly like the one Ken had. She grabbed onto it. After the fight, she had realized where she had seen the design. It was the Chaos Emblem, something that was on nearly every monster they fought.

The spikes on it were exact, it was astounding how close it was. "I didn't think there would be more than one." Judy said. "Where did you...?"

"Those amulets are incredibly common." The goat explained. "The story goes that, a hundred years ago, they found thousands of them buried in Mt. Animalia. They're just made of smooth stone, but the craftsmanship on them is wonderful!"

"Do they know who buried them on the mountain?" Judy asked.

"Nope, no one's sure who it was that carved them all." The store owner said. "They say it might have been an earlier tribe that lived on the mountain thousands of years back."

"Thank you for your help, ma'am." Judy thanked. She paused for a moment. "How much is this?"

"About three dollars."

"I'll take it."

---

"So, you spent three bucks on that?" Nick said as he looked over the stone amulet.

Judy nodded. "Don't you think its weird that these things have been around for thousands of years?" She asked. "And that they're in the shape of our bad guy logo, AND they were found where we know the monster's base is?"

"Yeah, that is weird." Nick said, placing the amulet on the table. "But you spent three bucks on it?"

"Nick, this is evidence." She said. "I needed to get it."

"You know where that three bucks could have gone?" He asked, looking at her. "Into our rent."

Judy facepalmed. It was almost time for their rent to be paid. Over the course of the last few months, their pay had been docked due to them starting to show up less and less to work. And in all the cases of them not showing up, it was because they were trying to protect the world.

Financially, they were struggling, mostly living off of fast food (She didn't feel guilty about it because of the training program) and they hadn't been able to buy anything else recently either. It was kind of turning into a disaster, but she didn't mind.

"Nick, this is evidence." She said. "The connection between whoever our villain is and Mt. Animalia goes back farther than just this year. It looks like it goes back farther than when we time traveled, too."

"Yeah, but you still didn't have to buy it." He said. "You could've just told me."

She shrugged. "Sometimes I don't even know why I bother."

"Because you love me." The fox said slyly.

"Not right now I don't." She said quietly.

Suddenly, there was a loud beeping. "Looks like we got a job to do." Nick said, getting up off the couch.

Judy took a deep breath. "Alright, lets try to get this over with without anything weird happening."

"At this rate, it'd be weird if something weird didn't happen."

---

The monster kicked open the door to the electronics store. "Alright boys!" It said as it exited, a mob of Buglers following behind it. "We just gotta wait for the stars to arrive, and we can get to work!"

The monster had a rounded, green upper body, what seemed like several surveillance cameras covering it. Its head seemed to be a simple disc in the middle of its body, with its eyes being three triangles each one a different primary color. Above its head was a large V-shaped emblem, the same as seen on other Metalroid monsters. It had overly large shoulder pads, which hung above its actual shoulders. They also had a variety of cameras coming out of them.

Its right arm was mostly normal, metallic and green in color, but its left consisted of a large video camera. Its midsection also seemed to have a surveillance camera in it, and a film reel stuck onto its waist. Its legs were rather bulky, having massive upper guards with cameras stuck in them, and bulky feet.

The group of robotic monsters marched into the middle of the parking lot, and waited. A few moments later, the red, blue, and silver heroes arrived, Red and Blue on motorcycles, Silver from above.

"Alright, you junk heaps!" Red yelled out. "Prepare to be scrapped!"

The main monster stepped forward, and pointed its camera at the fox. The three guarded, prepping for an attack. Instead, there was a flash of light.

"Click!"

The three stood there, stunned at what had just happened. "Did he just take our picture?" Silver asked, dumbfounded.

"Beware!" The monster yelled. "I, the mighty Copyroid will be your ultimate downfall! I will call the curtain down on your film, I will be the magnet that erases your video tapes!"

"Those are some awful metaphors." Red said, shaking his head.

"Alright guys!" Blue said, drawing her daggers. "Let's cut this guy's reel short!"

"See, THAT was a good metaphor!"

The monster seemed to stumble back as they rushed toward him and his minions. "PROTECT ME!" He shouted, absolutely terrified.

The Buglers ran ahead of the monster, and the Rangers began to clash with them. Blue flipped through the air, tossing her daggers towards two of the purple robots. They sparked as the daggers impaled their heads. She hit the ground, and then instantly jumped back up into the air, delivering a spinning kick to the Buglers surrounding her.

Red started to spin his sword around, its wire extending out. It slashed through a number of the Buglers before retracting back to the hilt. There were still more of the robots, so Red flung the blade into the air. He leaped forward, and slashed at a few of the monsters with his claws, moving through the air as he did so. With a final slash, the Buglers exploded, and his sword landed back in his paws.

Silver thrust his blade forward as well, impaling a few Buglers on it. He pulled it back, the robots exploding as he did. The wolf quickly spun the guard around, switching it to Sun Mode. He thrust the sword up into the air, firing off rapid blasts of fire that launched into the sky. The fireballs quickly came back down to the ground, eradicating the Buglers surrounding him.

The Metalroid watched as they continued to fight the Buglers. "This is good stuff!" He said to himself. It noticed that the Buglers' numbers were starting to wane. "Hmm, that's not good, I need to keep rolling.

A Bugler suddenly flew through the air, and crashed into a car next to Copyroid. "Hey, you!" He said, helping the Bugler to his feet. "Stand still for a second..." The Bugler obliged, as Copyroid aimed its camera at it.

"Click!"

There was another flash of light, as the robot had taken a picture of the footsoldier. "Good work, excellent performance!" Copyroid said, giving an okay sigh with his hand. It quickly smacked the Bugler in the back. "NOW GET BACK IN THERE!"

The camera monster laughed as the Bugler stumbled back into the fray. "Now, to paste!" He aimed his camera, a beam of light shining from it. As the light cleared, it made way for a second army of Buglers, which quickly dashed towards the fight.

"With my copy powers, these organics will never know what hit 'em!" Copyroid muttered to himself. He looked at the fight. "I only need one for right now, so who would..."

He watched as Red and Blue bumped into each other as they were fending off the Buglers. "Hey, don't get in my way!" Blue yelled at him.

"Sorry I don't have eyes on the back of my helmet, Carrots!" He said back, slicing through a monster.

"Guys, don't fight!" Silver yelled. "We're supposed to be a team!"

"Ah ha, he seems a bit untrustworthy…" The Metalroid whispered to itself. It quickly motioned towards the fox. "GET THE FOX!"

The army of Buglers turned towards Red, glaring at him with their red eyes. "Wait, what did I do?" He asked. The Buglers started to charge towards him, even ones that were in the middle of fighting the other two started for him.

"Time to start recording." Copyroid said to himself as he pointed the camera at Red. The fox started to fight through the Buglers, slashing them in half.

"Don't worry, we're coming!" Blue shouted as her and Silver headed for the crowd of minions.

Copyroid grunted as he caught the two running towards the Buglers. He pulled the camera back, and pointed it at them. "Not so fast!" It yelled. "PASTE!"

The two skid to a halt as a brick wall suddenly appeared in front of them. "What the heck!?" Blue yelled, turning to the monster.

"That must be his power!" Silver said. "He can copy and paste objects into reality!"

"Yeah, no duh!" Copyroid shouted. "Its in my name!" He thrust the camera forward again, more brick walls appearing around them.

Blue pounded on one of the walls. "Great, what are we supposed to do now?" She huffed.

"Nick'll figure something out." Silver assured.

She let out a short grunt.

Red continued to slash through the robots, unaware of Copyroid filming him. "This is perfect!" The robot chuckled. "With this much data, it'll be a perfect match!" The robot grunted again as the number of Buglers started to dwindle down again. "Alright, time for round three!" He waved his camera arm forward, summoning up another wave of Buglers.

"Oh COME ON!" Red yelled. He pulled out a golden ZooTag, and plugged it into the Zoolizer.

"JAN JA NIN!
ROCK N ROLL
DROP N ROLL!
SOLAR FLARE SABER!"

The massive blade appeared in his paws, and he quickly spun it around, wiping out a large number of the Buglers in a single motion. "Oh, that's good!" Copyroid said, still recording the fox. "Keep doing that!"

Red slashed again, wiping out more of the Buglers, and then spun around, the blade going through more of the monsters naturally. He raised it above his head, and slammed it into the ground, destroying the last remaining Buglers.

The fox noticed the brick walls. "How did…?"

"The monster made them!" Blue yelled from the other side.

"We need help!" Silver finished.

"Alright, I'll get you guys out of-"

"ROUND FOUR!"

Red turned to see more Buglers running at him. "Where are these guys even coming from!?" He yelled, slashing through more of the Buglers.

"The monster can copy and create things!" Silver yelled. "He can keep pumping out monsters forever!"

"Oh you gotta be shitting me."

The fox let out a growl. If he wanted to get out of this, he'd have to do something drastic. He pulled out the sun shaped ZooTag, and plugged it into the Zoolizer. He readied himself for the transformation.

"TAIYO NO TSUKI GA NAI!"

"Wait, what?" He let out. Nothing had happened, and his Zoolizer was yelling at him. He pulled it out, and plugged it back in.

"TAIYO NO TSUKI GA NAI!"

"Oh come on, you can't be doing this to me!" He yelled.

"What, he can't use it!?" Copyroid yelled. He grunted, and motioned for the Buglers. "We're done here, I've got enough data on him!"

The Metalroid vanished in a burst of green data, the Buglers quickly following behind him. The fox looked around, and shrugged. He turned to the wall, and slashed at it with his blade, causing it, and the other walls, to vanish.

"What the hell was that?" He asked as his partners walked up to him. "Why didn't the power-up work?"

"Maybe it doesn't like you any more." Blue said, smugly.

"Not funny."

"I'm not trying to be funny."

Red squinted at her.

"Besides, why are you even using that on a bunch of footsoldiers?" She asked. "We don't know if overusing the power-ups will do anything to us yet, we can't use it willy-nilly."

"Sorry, but if I didn't do anything, I'd be stuck fighting an army of minions myself." He snapped back.

"Well, maybe you need something like that to whip you into shape!"

He started to growl at her, leaning in. Blue stared at him, arms crossed.

Silver came in between them, and pushed them away from each other. "Seriously, what's gotten into you two?"

"Nick doesn't seem to care about our mission any more." Blue said.

"Excuse me!?" Red replied, offended at the comment. "I'm just trying to worry about how we're supposed to live!"

"Is this just you two fighting about money?" Silver asked. "Not worth it when we have bigger problems to deal with."

Blue took a deep breath. "Silver's right, that monster wants something from you, Red." She explained. "We just need to-"

They were interrupted by a loud honk. The three turned to the road. There was a large limo parked just outside of the lot. The door slid open, a tanuki in a business suit stepping out. He pattered up to them. "Uh, hello?" Blue greeted, a bit unsure of what else to do.

"You three must be the Zoo Rangers!" He said, quickly shaking Blue's paw. "Oh, well of course you are, everyone knows about you. Just a bit of a formal greeting."

"Who are you?" Red asked.

"Kazunuki Uenoo, president and CEO of Nooko Bamdai."

"Wait, seriously!?" Silver yelled, pushing Blue and Red out of the way. "You're the president of Bamdai!?"

"I see you're a fan!" He said, a bit excitedly.

"I've bought a lot of your products." Silver said. His ears perked up. "Wait, why are you here? You're not going to sue us, are you?"

"What, why would he do that!?" Blue asked.

"Bamdai owns the Zoo Ranger brand, so…"

"No, no, no!" Kazunuki said. "We'd never do something like that. Me and the mayor just want to have a chat about something."

"The mayor?" Red said, still confused. "Okay, this definitely has to be about legal stuff, right?"

"Well, yes…"

"You're not going to make us reveal our identities, right?" Blue asked.

"Of course not!" He said. "Not now at least…" He muttered under his breath.

"What was that?" Blue asked, having caught the president's muttering thanks to her hearing.

"Nothing!" He excused. "The mayor and I have been dying to talk to you, so if you would come along with me…"

Judy growled a bit, but Red nudged her in the shoulder. "Listen," he started to whisper. "This is the mayor. If we don't go we could get in trouble."

"I really want to see where this is going." Silver followed up.

"Fine." She let out. "We'll humor you for now."

"Wonderful!" Kazunuki said, clasping his paws together. "Now, just take your seats in the limo, and we'll be off!"

The three followed him into the limo, and hopped into the back. It was lined with plush seating, and a minibar at the other end. Silver hopped onto the seats, tail wagging. "This is so exciting!" He said. "Can you believe we're famous enough for a CEO of a major toy company to want to talk to us?"

"I don't like it." Blue said, hopping up onto the seat. "I think there's something fishy up."

"Of course there's something fishy, it's a corporation." Red said, leaning back into the seat. "But I think you should relax for a bit, if something comes up, we can deal with it."

She grunted as the limo started up.

Red glanced around for a moment, and reached towards the minibar. Blue slapped his wrist. "No drinking on the job."

"How did the data recovery go?"

"Fantastic!" Copyroid said. Him and his boss were standing atop a building, the place they had decided to meet up once the mission was complete. The tan cheetah stepped towards Copyroid.

"Did you get ALL of the data?" He asked.

"I wasn't able to get anything on the power-up thing." He stated. "But it isn't my fault! He tried to, but it didn't work!"

The cheetah sighed, and slipped his paws into his pockets. "Well, I guess them not being able to use it all the time is something good." He said. Enter turned back to Copyroid. "But you did get enough for the mission, right?"

"Definitely!" Copyroid assured. "We'll be able to ruin them, no problem. We just need an opening…"

Enter let out a laugh. "Leave that to me." There was a sudden burst of red particles around him, causing the robot to stumble back. When they cleared, it revealed Enter, now wearing a janitor's uniform and sunglasses.

"Excellent idea, sir!" Copyroid let out. "If you follow them, around, you'll be able to find an opening no problem!"

Enter walked over to the edge of the building, and watched a limo drive past. He gave a quick smirk. "And I think I might have found one."

"Wow, you're so cool, sir!"

"Don't flatter me."

---

The three rangers were seated in front of the mayor's desk, patiently waiting for Lionheart himself to show up. "So," Kazunuki started. "How are you three doing?"

"Alright." Silver said.

"Could be a bit better." Red followed.

Blue remained silent in her seat.

"Wonderful!" The CEO finished, seeming a bit fake. "Now if you excuse me, I have to go get something."

He headed out of the office, leaving the three in an awkward silence. "I don't like this." Blue finally said.

"You don't like anything." Red joked.

"I like lots of things!" She yelled. "I just don't like this current situation."

"I get it, but you need to relax." Red said. "Let me be the pessimistic one."

"It's not pessimism, its-"

The door opened, and Kazunuki came back in, carrying too silver briefcases. He put them to the side of the desk, and waited behind it.

"What are those?" Silver asked.

"What we're here to talk about." The tanuki cryptically said.

"Alright, that makes me a little bit worried." Red whispered.

The door opened again, Lionheart walking in. He sat at the desk, and looked over the three with a smile. "So, I'm assuming you have no idea why you're here, correct?" He asked.

"Absolutely no clue." Red stated.

"Excellent, so this will be a wonderful surprise!" Lionheart said, pumping his fist. Kazunuki handed one of the briefcases to the lion, which he placed on the desk. Lionheart opened it, the contents faced towards him. He looked at the three from over the briefcase. "Are you ready?" he asked.

"Uhhhhhh…"

He pulled out what looked like a figurine from the suitcase, and placed it on the desk. On closer inspection, it was an action figure of ZooRed, matching his details exactly. "What in the world…?" Red said.

"That's not all!"

The lion pulled out more figures, one for ZooBlue, another for ZooSilver. Silver's ears popped up at the sight of his figure.

"What are these?" Blue asked.

"Toys, obviously." Kazunuki answered.

"I know what they are." She said, a bit insulted. "But… why?"

"We want to make a toyline based on your adventures." Lionheart explained.

There was silence for a moment, before Blue spoke up. "Why?"

"The Zoo Rangers brand has been declining in popularity recently." Kazunuki said. "But as soon as you three showed up, sales boosted!"

"That's why me and Kazunuki here decided to strike up a deal." Lionheart explained. "Since you're focused entirely in this city, we're only going to sell the line… in Zootopia! It will be a major boom for tourism, and our economy!"

"Your team is so marketable, too!" Kazunuki continued. He pulled up the second briefcase, and opened it. "We've made toys of all your equipment!"

Lionheart pulled out a rather bulky looking version of ZooRobo, alongside one of ZooKami. He pulled out exact copies of their Zoolizers, one for all three versions, alongside copies of their ZooTags.

"We never agreed to this." Blue stated, rather angry at the two, though she tried to remain composed.

"Of course you haven't!" Lionheart laughed.

"That's why we called you here." Kazunuki continued. "See, if we want to put these toys on the market, we'll need your likeness rights."

"Which mean you'll have to give us your real identities." Lionheart finished.

Before Blue could shout "NO!" at the top of her lungs, Kazunuki spoke up. "And just to be clear, this deal from this will net you around five thousand a week, according to sale predictions."

Red's ears popped up, which Blue instantly noticed.

"Of course, this is your decision." Lionheart continued. "You can say no, but you'll be missing out on a spectacular deal."

"We're going to talk about this in private." Red said.

"Seriously?" Blue said. "I'm the leader, what I say should go!"

"Red's right, we should talk about this together." Silver said. Blue grunted, and the three headed out into the lobby.

As they stepped out, they noticed how barren the lobby was. The only sounds were coming from a janitor and his bucket.

"I think we should do it." Red said, rather bluntly.

"Oh my god, seriously!?" Blue shouted. "Do you know how bad of an idea this is!?"

"It isn't a bad idea!" Red snapped back. "Five thousand a week is something most mammals wish they had, we'd be out of the red for the rest of our lives!"

"If we do this, everyone will know about our identities!" She retorted. "AkaRed specifically told us not to tell anyone who we are!"

"Like we haven't already done that twice in the past."

"Two people is nothing compared to the entire population of the planet!" She yelled. "and what, are you just suggesting we quit our jobs and live off this!?"

"No, I'm-"

"I can't believe this, I thought you were better than this."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Silver said, interrupting them before they could fight for any longer. "Why don't you let me have a say in this?"

"Silver's right, he's part of the team." Red said, arms crossed. "You probably want to do this, right? You're a toy guy, wouldn't it be great to have a toy of yourself?"

"Well, yeah, but…" Silver paused. "I think Blue's right about this, I think it's a bad idea to reveal our identities for something like this."

"HAH!" Blue laughed.

"BUT!" The wolf interrupted. "I don't think Red's in the wrong her entirely. He just wants to keep of roof over your head, Blue. You really need to stop acting like this."

She let out a grunt, and crossed her arms.

"So, it's decided?" Red asked. "We're not doing this?"

"No, we are definitely not doing this." Blue said.

"I might be a bit more inclined to do it if the toys didn't look terrible." Silver admitted. "Did you see the paint jobs on those figures. Just terrible."

The two stared at him for a moment, before they headed back in.

"So, have you all decided yet?" Lionheart asked, hopeful.

"We're not going to sign our rights over to you!" Blue said. "We have dignity, and protecting the world in secret is better than being celebrities."

"That's a very noble way of looking at it." Lionheart said, sounding genuine. He took a breath, and pulled up a chart from behind the desk. "As you can see here, these toys would boost the economy by 10%, and keep Bamdai out of the red for…"

"We're out of here."

They slammed the door behind them, the lion and raccoon dog left alone. The door opened back up, Blue popping her head in. "And by the way, it's ZOORANGERS, without a space."

There was silence as the door closed again. "Well, at least we tried." Lionheart shrugged."

As the Rangers left the building, they didn't seem to notice the janitor, a tan cheetah. He turned to look at them through his shades, and gave a grin.

"Magnifique."

"I'm really disappointed in you, Nick."

Those were the first words out of Judy's mouth when they got into the apartment.

"Seriously, this again?" He said, exasperated. "Are you seriously going to harbor a grudge against me because of money?"

"Maybe."

"Is it worth it?"

"Probably not."

"I'm amazed at how spiteful you can be." Nick said as he sat on the couch.

"I'll be over it in a day, don't worry." She assured him. "As long as you don't do anything stupid."

"If you think I'd ever do anything to actively spite you, I can tell you right now that I never would." Nick assured her. "I'd have absolutely no reason to do something like that to you."

"I know you wouldn't." She said, softly. She moved over to the window, it was starting to get late. "I'm gonna head for bed, today's been stressful."

"See you later, moon rabbit." They both laughed, and Judy headed into her room.

The fox let out a sigh, and pulled out his phone. He opened the bank account app. They only had two thousand dollars saved, and it was getting dangerously close to the end of the month. His tail started to twitch as he looked out the window, and then down to his Zoolizer.

"You wouldn't do anything to spite her…" He said to himself. "But you would do anything to help her."

---

"We were this close!" Kizunuki said to the lion. "The red one clearly wanted in on it, so I don't know what happened!"

"We'll just try again later!" Lionheart said. "We're bound to get them to accept eventually."

"Let's just hope it's a 'sooner than later' situation." Kizunuki continued. "We're both struggling a bit, and they're the saving grace that we really need."

"Um, sir?" Said a doe, walking up to them.

"What is it Carol?" Lionheart asked. Carol was the latest assistant mayor after Bellwether had turned out to be a criminal. If you were to ask anyone, there was a high chance they'd say that she was more sensible than her boss. "Can't you see we're in the middle of something?"

"Well, I was just thinking…" She started. "Isn't it kind of… dangerous, to be setting up a tourist trap when we're in the middle of a crisis?"

"See, that's why we need the tourism!" Lionhead explained. "With the money, we can repair things even quicker than before, and maybe even set up extra defenses!"

She sighed, and walked off, shaking her head. "Whatever you say, sir."

"So, anyway…"

"Excuse me, sir?" Carol said from the doorway.

"What IS IT, CAROL!?" Lionheart yelled, turning to the door. He recoiled in surprise at who was there.

It was ZooRed.

He walked up to the two. "How's it going?" The fox said, holding out a paw.

"Did you… change your mind?" Kizunuki asked, a bit nervous.

"Totally did." Red said. "You two ready to have your minds blown?"

Before either one could say something, Red pressed the button on his Zoolizer, causing a flash of light. The light cleared, revealing who was under the suit.

"Nick Wilde?" Lionheart said, surprised. "You're one of the super heroes?"

"Yep." He said. "The other two are Judy and, uh… Wolf-something. He's a wolf."

"Incredible, I never expected the city's super heroes to be the city's normal heroes." Lionheart paused for a second. "Though, I guess that does make some kind of sense."

"So, you're going to sign over your likeness rights now, right?" Kizunuki asked.

"Not right now." Nick said. "I actually want to tell you about a super special thing me and my team have planned."

Lionheart leaned down as the fox whispered into his ear. "Really? Carol, set up a SOCA for tomorrow, 3PM!"

"Um, alright sir, why?" She asked.

"That's not for you to ask, just have it set up!" He yelled. "Send emails to the press immediately!"

She sighed. "Alright."

"After this, you'll sign the contract, right?" Kizunuki asked.

"Oh, yeah, sure." Nick said, dismissively. "But if you want to talk about plans early, I can give you our address."

"That'd be wonderful!" Kizunuki said, as the fox quickly wrote it down on a notepad.

"So, we'll be seeing you guys tomorrow!" Nick said, waving bye to the two.

Carol felt a shiver as the fox walked by. She couldn't place why the entire conversation had felt off, but it certainly didn't seem to be noticed by her boss and his business partner, who were happily chatting away.

Being the assistant mayor, she had seen the fox a number of times in news articles, and even a few times in person. He seemed a bit off, something about how he stared at them with his red eyes.

She shook it off, and started writing the email.

---

Judy rubbed her eyes as she walked out of her room. She spotted Nick, snoring on the couch. She sighed, and walked over to him. She snapped her digits, causing the fox's ears to twitch. She snapped them again, causing him to let out a groan.

"Ugghh, I'm awake…" He grunted, turning over.

"Were you up late?" She asked.

"I'm nocturnal, of course I was up late." He retorted, sitting up.

"Yeah, you usually don't stay up late to the point you fall asleep on the couch." Judy pointed out. "Were you doing something…?"

"What? No, of course not." Nick answered. "I was just a bit stressed after yesterday, that's all."

"Uh huh, sure." She clasped her hands together. "Doesn't matter, we have bigger fish to fry." The fox gave her a look. "The monster."

"Oh yeah, that." He said.

"Don't you think its weird that we didn't get any other alerts yesterday?" She asked.

The fox nodded silently. "Yeah, we usually get like… two or three the first day." He said.

"Aside from when the bad guys are planning something." Judy continued. "That means I think there's something up."

"What harm could that piece of editing software do?" Nick laughed. "He didn't even fight us on his own, he just had his lackeys do it."

"That's why I think something's up!" Judy continued. "They want to destroy the city, so why would they make a monster that doesn't seem like it can do anything?"

Nick shrugged. "Maybe whoever made it lost a bet."

"This is serious, Nick."

"Yeah, I know." He said. "That's why I try to keep things light."

"It was one of those 'roid' monsters, which means that Enter made it." Judy continued. "He's the guy who messes with us emotionally. Something has to be up…"

There was a sudden knock at the door, causing both their ears to spring up. "who'd visit us this early?" Judy asked, confused.

"Might be Max, maybe we missed one of his calls."

The rabbit walked over to the door, and opened it. Kizunuki abruptly burst into the apartment, carrying one of the briefcases.

"What the!?" Nick shouted.

"What are…" Judy quickly corrected herself. "WHO are you!?"

"No need to play coy, I know that you're both the Zoo Rangers." Kizunuki chuckled. "I'm here to talk about the specifics in our business deal-"

"HOW DO YOU KNOW!?" Judy yelled. She glanced over at Nick.

"I didn't do anything!" He said.

"But you came and told me and Lionheart about it last night." Kizunuki said.

"WHAT!?" Both of the mammals shouted. Judy turned to glare back at Nick, piercing a hole through his heart.

"Judy, I swear, I didn't-"

"I trusted you, Nick!" She yelled. "How could you do something like this behind my back!?"

"I-"

"Now, if we're to do this toyline, I'm afraid that we're going to have to market Nick as the leader, and you as secondary." Kizunuki rudely interrupted, seeming oblivious to the current conflict.

The two glared at him.

"GET OUT!"

Before he knew it, Kizunuki was tossed out of the apartment, the door slamming behind him. He got up, and shook off his surprise. "Alright, I'll come talk about it after the surprise thing!" He yelled, not sure if either of them could hear him.

"I can't believe this." Judy said, sounding less mad and more depressed. She turned away from the fox, and started pacing.

"Judy, you have to believe me," Nick pleaded. "I didn't do this."

"I knew I shouldn't have trusted a conman." She said. The fox's heart cracked. "You're a liar, how do I know you haven't been lying about everything?!"

"I-"

"How much of it was real!?" She yelled, tears starting to run down her face. "Did you lie about your past!? Did you lie about loving me!?"

"I haven't lied to you in four years." He said. "I would never lie to you."

"I wish I could believe that."

There was a sudden loud beeping noise. The rabbit let out a growl much larger than her body should have been capable of producing, and pulled her ears over her face.

"Judy, we have-"

"Yeah, I know." She said. "Let's just get this over with."

---

"Why am I here again?" The crystalline monster growled.

"Because this is a team effort, monsieur Sauvage." Enter explained. "We need your skills to get this to work."

Savage grunted. "Alright, whatever. As long as I get to bodily harm someone."

"You can harm, but not kill." Enter continued. "We need all of them alive for this to work."

The monster groaned in disappointment.

Enter turned to look over at his Metalroid. Him and an army of Buglers were terrorizing the animals in the park. A location this large and this out in the open should get the Zoorangers' attention no problem.

"Alright, I'm leaving the rest of this up to you." Enter said. "Remember, just take care of the red one."

Savage grunted as the cheetah vanished from thin air. They were the embodiment of rage and murder, why were they getting reduced to grunt work? They deserved better than this.

The monster watched as Copyroid and his robot entourage continued to attack the park. Where the heck were the Zoorangers?

The crystal beast felt a number of quick pains on its back. It turned around, seeing a rather angry rabbit rushing towards them.

She leaped up into the air, screaming the entire way, and attempted to deliver a diving kick to Savage. It quickly grabbed her by the foot, and flung her towards the robots.

"Wow, that was a dumb move." Silver said as he and Red ran into the park. "What's wrong with her?"

"She thinks I revealed our identities." Red explained.

"Oh, alright." Silver said. He did a double take. "Wait, what!?"

"We can talk about this later." Red said, pulling out the Vickscannon. "Right now, we have innocent lives to save."

Blue crashed into the back of one of the Buglers, knocking it down. She got up, and watched as Red fired a number of fireballs at Savage. The monster effortlessly deflected them all with the back of his crystalline claws.

She sighed, and hopped to her feet. The Bugler tried to get back up as well, but she roundhouse kicked it in its behind, flinging it off. She quickly pulled out her blasters, and fired at the Buglers, obliterating a number of them in a few seconds.

Silver rushed at Savage with his blade, but it caught the sword in his claws. "Sorry, I'd love to fight you, glitter boy," Savage said. "But I have orders to fight the fox."

"What? Why?"

"Ask the cheetah, not me."

It grabbed the wolf with his other claw, and flung the wolf over its head. Silver hit the ground, and tumbled over to the robots.

"So, you want to fight me, huh?" Red asked. "Think you can actually take me this time?"

Savage started laughing. "Good one." It said. "I'm going to make you wish you were born without a spine."

Silver got up, and looked over at the rabbit. She was effortlessly destroying Buglers, in almost too harsh of a fashion. A few started to run over to him, attempting to strike the wolf with their claw weapons. He slashed through them, and ran over to Blue.

They fought through the Buglers together, quickly eliminating most of them.

"Savage says he's only supposed to fight Red!" The wolf told her. "We should help him!"

"Let him fight!" Blue growled. "Maybe being beaten to near death will make him more honest!"

"Okay, are you serious right now!?" Silver yelled at her. She recoiled a bit, startled at how serious Max was sounding. "You're just going to let him be killed by that thing!? I thought you were our leader!"

"He's the one who went behind our backs!" The rabbit yelled back.

"HE'S STILL GOING TO GET KILLED!"

She glanced over at Red and Savage. They were fighting. Red attempted to fire at Savage again, but the crystalline beast caught the fire in his claws, and tossed it back at the fox. It exploded, launching the fox through the air. Savage caught him in mid-air, lifting him up above its head, and quickly threw him to the ground. As Red tried to get up, the monster stepped on his back, starting to grind down on him.

"He doesn't stand a chance without our help!" Silver pleaded. "We need to go help him. He's still our teammate."

Blue sighed. "You're right, I don't know what I was thinking." She said, a bit disappointed in herself. "Let's go-"

There was sudden gunfire around them, dust shooting up. "Sorry, but I can't let you do that!"

They looked up, seeing Copyroid, accompanied alongside two Buglers. "You helping him would interfere with our plan!" It explained. "So I'm going to have to keep you busy!"

"Oh, wow, I'm so scared." Blue said, sarcastically. "We know you don't have any real powers, and we can take care of those two no problem. How are you supposed to distract us?"

"No powers, huh!?" Copyroid yelled. "Well, take a look at THIS!"

He pointed his camera at one of the Bugsters, a click coming from it. He then did the same for the second Bugler.

"Um, alright?" Silver said, a bit confused. "What was-"

"COPY AND PASTE!"

There was a flash of light, and when it cleared, a terrifying sight stood before them.

Both Sambash and Yogostein were standing there.

The biker monster raised his guns, and rapidly fired at them, Blue hopping out of the way of the bullets. She fired back at him, distracting him from shooting at Silver.

Silver recovered a bit from the bullet shots, but soon saw Yogostein rushing towards him with his spear. They clashed their weapons, Silver managing to push it back and jab at the robot multiple times. They didn't seem to affect him, and the wolf received a quick smack from the spear.

"I can copy ANYTHING!" Copyroid yelled. "These copies of Yogostein and Sambash are just as strong as the originals, so good luck!" The monster chuckled, and started talking to itself. "Hopefully they don't see through my lie for a bit…" He quickly swung his camera forward, pointing it at Silver.

"Great, so we're basically just fighting two generals right now!" Silver yelled. "This day couldn't get any better!"

Blue fired more shots at the Sambash copy, but it didn't seem to flinch. She groaned, and put the guns away, before dashing at him. As she leaped into the air to deliver a kick, she was pistol whipped across the field.

Silver attempted to strike at the Yogostein copy, but its armor seemed far too tough to pierce. He jumped back, and quickly switched the sword to Sun Mode. He fired off a few fireballs, but the copy whacked the out of the air with his spear.

Blue pulled out her daggers, and dashed back at the copy. She leaped back into the air, the copy firing at her. She deflected the bullets out of the air, and slashed down, cutting through the Sambash clone.

Silver stepped back, and switched the sword to Moon Mode. He lashed the energy whip forward, wrapping it around Yogostein's spear. He ripped it from the robot's hands, and then flung it back at him. The spear collided with the robot, sparks shooting off as it stumbled back.

"They aren't that strong." Blue said, a bit confused. "There has to be something more to this…" She glanced over to the Metalroid. It had its camera pointed at her. It seemed to notice, and quickly pulled it back.

"YOU!"

"Uh, what!?" The monster said, nervously. "I wasn't doing anything nefarious!"

"Now I know something's up!" She shouted. "You're keeping us distracted for something a lot less simple than wanting to kill Nick!"

"No, I swear, I really just want to see that fox get murdered!" All four of the other parties looked at him awkwardly. "…Not helping my case, am I?"

"I'm going to stop you before whatever you're doing happens!" Blue shouted, pulling out the moon shaped ZooTag. She quickly plugged it into the Zoolizer.

"TSUKI NO TAIYO GA NAI!"

"Oh come on!" She shouted.

"Its not working for you either!?" Silver asked. "What's going on with those things!?"

"I don't know, but we're going to have to do this the old-fashioned way." She sighed. She pulled out a blue ZooTag, and plugged it in.

"LET'S MORPHIN'!
GET FIGHTIN'!
DON DON BAM!
BUSTER BOXERS!"

The gloves appeared on her paws. "Alright, lets switch up who we're fighting." She said. "I should be able to break Yogostein's armor easily."

"Uh, alright." Silver said, sounding a bit disappointed.

Blue gave a nod, not seeming to notice Silver's disappointment, and rushed over to Yogostein. She leaped up, and delivered a straight punch directly to his spear, cracking it in two. Without hesitation, she followed it up with another punch, this time an uppercut.

She smacked the robot in the chin, launching him high into the air. He fell back to the ground, but before he could crash, the rabbit finished with a third punch. As it hit, the robot exploded into nothing.

Silver stepped over to Sambash, who aim his guns at him, and started to fire rapidly. He spun the sword into Eclipse Mode, time starting to slow down. He stepped out of the way of the bullets, and began rapidly jabbing at Sambash's guns.

Time returned to normal, the copy looking around confused, as the wolf had completely vanished. IT held up its guns, watching as bullets poured out of several new holes. A sword suddenly pierced through his chest, and he exploded.

The two Rangers turned to Copyroid, who stumbled back. "Alright, that's enough for today!" He said. "SAVAGE!"

The crystalline beast turned from his current activity, which was rapidly smashing the fox into the ground, and towards the robot.

"WE'RE DONE HERE, LET'S GO!" Copyroid yelled.

Savage grunted. It looked at Red, who seemed to be unconscious, but still breathing. The monster snorted, and dropped him to the ground. Savage leaped into the air, turning into a green blur, and rushed past Copyroid, both of them vanishing.

Judy untransformed and rushed over to Nick, who had untransformed as he hit the ground. "Nick!" She shouted, pushing him. He didn't respond. She rolled him over, and felt for a pulse. There was still one, causing her to sigh in relief.

"Is he alright?" Max asked.

"He just needs to rest for a bit." She said. "I'm taking him back home."

"Are you sure you can lift him?" Max asked.

"You're asking like it's the first time I've had to."

---

"I take it the mission was a success, yet again?" Enter asked smugly.

"How can it be a success when I didn't get to murder anyone!?" Savage roared.

"No, it was definitely a complete success!" Copyroid assured. "I got all the data I needed for the plan! Though, I still couldn't get any on the new thing."

"Yo, can you tell us what the hell's going on?"

The three turned to Sambash and Yogostein, who were sitting at the table. "Why did you have to film us and shit? Is that part of your plan?" The biker monster asked.

"Yes, it was."

Everyone turned as Long entered the room. "And if you want to ask anyone about this plan, you will ask me." He said.

"Alright, so what's the plan?" Yogostein asked.

"I plan on ruining the Zoorangers for good."

There was silence.

"Is that it?" Sambash asked. "You don't have to keep it a secret to us, we are part of a team."

"Why should I tell something like that to morons who don't have any sort of success?"

"No success!?" Yogostein yelled. "Well, we've… uh…" He turned to look at Sambash, who gave a shrug.

"My point exactly." Long said. He turned back to Enter. "Everything is going to the plan, correct?"

"Oui oui!" He said. "Copyroid has collected enough data for it."

"Well, there might be a bit of a problem." Copyroid said. The two turned their gazes towards him. "I might not be strong enough to project all three at once. I could do one that's perfect, and two that can act but not talk, but three might be a bit…"

Enter laughed. "You don't think we've thought of something like that?" He pulled out a Chaos Badge, holding it between his fingers. He tossed the badge into the symbol above its head.

The badge struck, and Copyroid's body started to change. Its limbs practically exploded off of its body, while its upper, rounded torso seemed to consume its lower half. Its face detached from the body as well, flipping around to become a much larger camera lens. The lenses covering its body each gained the symbol of chaos, the v-shaped logo changing into the symbol as well.

Its limbs seemed to begin orbiting the monster's round body, but they quickly fell back into place, connected by strands of electricity. The limbs remained mostly the same, bulking up slightly to fit with the monster's new body. The monster's shoulder pads also floated slightly above the arms, now at an angle.

The monster laughed, its arms spinning around its body. "This is fantastic, I feel like I could copy a hundred things at once!"

"Well, you have to at least do three." Enter said. "We should get going anyway, there's only a few minutes left before show time."

---

"How you feeling?"

"Like I got trampled thirty times in row."

The fox was laying on the couch, resting up from his physical beating at the claws of Savage. And from his emotional beating at the paws of Judy. He groaned as she came over and sat down next to him.

"You wanna make me feel even worse, huh?" He said, turning over.

"No, why would I-" She paused. "Nick, I'm sorry I didn't believe you."

"Oh, so you believe me now?" He asked. "Is it only because I'm injured?"

"No, I think they're planning something." She explained. "What if they're trying to force us apart?"

"Well, then I guess its working."

"I'm being genuine, Nick." Judy sighed. She placed a paw on him. "I can't just worry about you right now; the whole world is resting on our shoulders."

"So, you don't worry about me at all, huh?" He sighed.

"What? I worry about you all the time." She said. "Its just…"

Her phone started ringing, startling them both. The caller ID listed Max's number, so she answered it.

"Hey Max, I think this is a bad time to be calling." She said as the wolf appeared on the screen. "Me and Nick are trying to sort some things out."

"You can worry about sorting out your relationship later, we have a bigger problem!"

"What?"

"Turn on the news!"

Nick got up, and grabbed the TV remote, switching it on. ZNN was showing some kind of conference room, reporters moving into their seats. Creatures from around the city, and maybe even the world, had shown up. Easily over a hundred different individuals, consisting of large elephants to tiny mice. What was going on?

Then the news scrolled by.

"ZOO RANGERS TO REVEAL IDENTITIES IN HISTORIC EVENT"

"WHAT!?"

"I know, right!?" Max said from over the phone. "What the hell is going on!?"

"Guess we'll have to watch and find out." Nick said, the two watching the TV intently.

A few minutes of agonizing suspense passed by as the reporters were seated. Then, Mayor Lionheart came onto the stage, standing at a podium.

"Thank you all for coming." He started. "For the last half a year or so, our city has been saved on a weekly basis by three brave heroes! They've remained anonymous, protecting the world in secret… until today! Please welcome, the Zoo Rangers!"

"I told him there wasn't a space!" Judy huffed, crossing her arms.

"That's really not important right now, Carrots." Nick said. They both went wide eyed as doubles of themselves and Max walked up onto the stage, waving at the crowd.

The doubles were wearing exact matches of their transformed forms, down to the details. "This has to be some kind of prank." Judy said, shaking her head. "Those are just three kids dressed like us, right?"

Nick shrugged. He was speechless.

"How's it going everyone?" Judy's copy said. Even their voices sounded the same.

"We're the Zoorangers!" Said Max's copy. "But I bet all of you are wondering who we really are under these outfits."

"Well, prepare to have your minds blown!" Nick's copy finished. "Ready?"

The three of them hit the buttons on their Zoolizers, and untransformed… revealing exact matches of Nick, Judy, and Max.

"We're ZPD Officers Nick Wilde, Judy Hopps, and Max Wolford!"

The two's jaws hung open.

As they glared at the TV screen, Judy noticed something off about them. Instead of their normal eye colors, green for Nick, violet for Judy, and hazel for Max, they were all blood red. Nobody seemed to notice.

"We need to do something about this." Nick said, pulling out his phone.

Before he could dial anything, his copy began to speak again. "And we have some even more exciting news!" He said, voice turning somewhat sinister. "We're betraying you all!"

There was a thud as Nick's phone fell to the ground.

The three copies transformed again, and pulled out their weapons. "GET THEM!" The ZooBlue copy yelled, pointing towards the crowd. The doors to the room burst open, an army of Buglers marching in. The crowd let out terrified screams as the robots began attacking them.

"What are you doing!?" Lionheart yelled at the three.

"Can it, Lionheart!" The ZooRed copy said, rushing over and slashing at the mayor with his sword.

The three clones leaped into the crowd as well, the camera cutting to static as soon as they landed.

The two sat on the couch, stunned into silence at the terror they had just saw. They were silent for a few minutes, each of which felt like hours. "That's what they were doing." Judy finally mumbled. "We fell right into their trap."

"We can get out of this." Nick said, putting a paw on Judy's shoulder. "We always get out of these situations."

"Right, right…"

"Besides, it's not like anyone watches those announcements." Nick said, trying to assure her. "I'm sure this will be forgotten, and everything will go back to norm-"

There was a sudden loud pounding at the door.

"Maybe if we ignore it they'll think we're not home?"

The pounding just got louder.

The fox sighed, and got up, opening the door up a crack. Someone kicked on the door at that exact moment, launching Nick back into the couch.

There was an angry mob crowded in the hall, all of the other tenants of the apartment seemed to have gathered to yell at them.

"TRAITORS!"

"MURDERERS!"

"GET OUT OF OUR APARTMENT!"

Judy clutched her head, and pulled her ears down, trying to ignore the jeers. Nick got back to his feet, and saw something squirming through the crowd of mammals. It was Ms. Flots. She made it through the crowd, and turned to them.

"Everyone calm down, please!" She shouted. The mob seemed to calm down a bit. "I'll handle this, everyone go back to their apartments."

There was muttering as the crowd began to part. Flots closed the door behind her.

"Ms. Flots, you have to believe us, we didn't do anything!" Nick pleaded.

"I know you didn't." She sighed. "I know you would never hurt anyone innocent, but not many others know that."

"Thank you." Judy said, letting her ears spring back up. They almost instantly fell down the back of her head.

"But I'm so sorry…" She said, solemnly. "I need you two to leave."

"What!?" Nick shouted. "Why can't you let us stay if you know we didn't do it!?"

"Because this is my livelihood." She explained. "I try to make all my tenants happy, and if they think they have dangerous criminals living near them…"

"We'll leave."

Nick turned to Judy. "What are you saying, Carrots?" The fox asked. "You're just going to let us lose our home!?"

"Yes." She said, getting up off the couch. "If it helps everyone feel safe, we'll leave."

Nick sighed. "Alright, I'll go pack."

"Just clothes." Judy said. "We don't need anything but clothes and our phones."

"Come on, seriously?" He groaned. He was about to continue, but shook his head, and headed for his room.

"I'm so sorry." Ms. Flots said.

"I know." Judy said with a sigh. "But I will do anything to make this world a better place."

"I'm amazed all our clothes fit into this bag." Nick said as he dragged a duffle bag behind him.

"I mean, we usually only wear two outfits." Judy said. Nick was dressed in his usual floral print shirt and beige pants, while she was in her flannel pink top and jeans. "When was the last time you didn't wear that shirt?"

"Uh, when we go to work?"

"What are we going to do about that?" Judy asked as they walked down the street. "We're criminals now, so…"

"Yeah, we're probably not going to the station for a very long time." Nick said. Judy stopped as the fox continued forward. He stopped and looked back. "Don't worry, we'll get everything back to normal soon." He said.

"I hope so."

---

After more walking, they finally reached their destination. Max's house.

"Well, it's about as bad as I expected."

The house was also surrounded by an angry mob, hurling fruits and yelling expletives in the wolf's direction. The mob was much larger than the one at their apartment, mostly because there was just more room in general around the house.

"YOU CAN'T KICK ME OUT OF MY HOUSE!" Max yelled from an open window. "I LEGALLY OWN IT!"

"How are we going to get in there?" Nick asked.

The front door was obviously not an option. Judy glanced at the back of the house. "The back door!" She said. "Come on! Oh, but do it quietly, we don't want the angry mob seeing us."

Nick nodded, and hoisted the duffle bag onto his back. They quickly ran over to the back of the house, and up to the screen door. Judy tapped on it a few times, loud enough for it to echo through the house. Max came rushing to the back of the house, carrying a baseball bat. He dropped it as soon as he saw them.

"Oh hey!" He said, muffled by the glass between them. He slid it open, and the two stepped in. "Why are you guys here?" The wolf asked.

"Because we are now officially homeless." Nick said, tossing the bag to the ground.

"Wait, really?"

"Yeah, our landlord made us leave after the whole… thing." Judy explained. "I'm guessing that's why you have an angry mob outside, right?"

Max sighed, and nodded. "I can't believe we fell for something like that so easily."

"I kinda can." Nick said as he sat on top of the bag. "Anyway, can we stay here until this all blows over?"

Max started to laugh. "Seriously? You want to stay here?"

"Is there a problem with that?" Judy asked.

"Yeah, the angry mob that'd been outside my house all afternoon!" Max yelled.

"That is a bit of a problem, yeah."

"Its only a matter of time before it goes from 'throwing tomatoes' to 'barging into my house and kicking my ass'." Max said. "And what if the police show up? Can't do anything there!"

"He's right." Nick said. "If we want to clear our names, we need to go somewhere… below the law."

"Oh no, you don't mean…?"

Nick nodded his head, causing the rabbit to groan.

"Am I missing something here?" Max asked.

"We're going to Mr. Big's."

"Oh, alright. Wait, WHAT!?"

---

The three stood outside the surprisingly threatening mansion of Mr. Big. Despite its rather warm appearance, resembling an old-style cabin from the outside, it emitted an air of death befitting of its mob boss owner.

"So, how do you know Mr. Big, the most dangerous mob boss in the whole city?" Max asked. He was carrying a satchel of his clothes over his shoulder. "Just wondering."

"Oh, you know." Nick said, nonchalantly. "We're friends."

"Not any more you aren't." Judy chuckled. "Pretty sure I'm on better terms with him now."

"You're on good terms with his daughter, not him."

"I feel like I missed something." Max said.

"Oh, it wasn't that important." Nick said, walking up to the door. He reached up and slammed the knocker into the door a few times. "Alright, so Big's bodyguards aren't that friendly." Nick explained. "Just act polite and-"

He let out a shrill scream as he turned around.

"What, what is it?" Judy asked, a bit worried. The fox pointed behind them.

Judy and Max turned around, seeing two massive polar bears in track suits standing in front of them.

"Heeeeeeey…" Nick let out, stepping forward. "Raymond, Kevin, you guys still work here?" He asked. The bears let out snorts, visible in Tundra town's cold air.

One of them, Kevin or Raymond, grabbed the fox and rabbit in his paws, while the other one grabbed Max by his coat, causing him to drop the satchel.

"I'm getting a sense of déjà vu." Nick wheezed. Judy let out an angry groan.

In a few moments, the three were tossed to the ground, in front of Mr. Big's big desk. "Great plan, Nick." Max said as they got up.

"It worked last time we needed help." Nick said, dusting his shirt off.

"That's because we weren't criminals!" Judy quietly shouted.

"Actually, I was."

"Whatever!"

They heard stomping, as a third, even larger polar bear walked down the stairs. He sat at the desk, and unfurled his hands, revealing the tiny shrew that was Mr. Big.

"I thought he would be bigger." Max whispered. Nick almost instantly jabbed him in the leg.

"So, do you guys just do that dramatic entrance every time you want to kill someone?" Judy asked.

"Yes, kind of ritual." The polar bear at the desk said.

Mr. Big let out a grunt, and the polar bear pushed his tiny chair forward. He pulled out a cigarette, and lit it. He puffed a surprisingly large burst of smoke at Nick's face. "What brings three cops to my establishment today?" He asked.

"Ex-cops." Judy said.

"Mm, so I've heard." Big continued. "You attacked a bunch of innocent reporters. Why did you come here, planning on attacking me?"

"No!" Nick said. "We would never consider that. We, uh…"

"We need your help." Judy finished. "We were framed, and now we're homeless. We came to ask if we could stay here for a bit while we sort things out."

Mr. Big thought for a moment. "I am a crime boss, so even if you're lying, I would have some use for you…" The three's faces lit up for a moment. "But I also hate one of you, and I don't know who the wolf is." He finished.

"I'm Maxwell Wolford, I'm their…" He noticed the glares from Nick and Judy. "Bad time, got it."

"I know you and I have had some… bad interactions." Nick started. Big growled at him. "But I'm changed. And if you let us stay, it'll be like old times!"

Mr. Big thought for a few painstaking minutes. Nick could feel the sweat starting to build in his mouth, but he tried not to pant.

"I'll let you stay for a bit. If I killed the rabbit, my daughter would be heartbroken."

The three let out massive sighs of relief.

"But, you'll have to sleep in… the spare room." Nick grinded his teeth, and the polar bear behind big recoiled a bit.

"Actually…" Nick started. "Maybe we should…"

"A spare roof over our heads is better than no roof at all." Judy said. "We thank you for your hospitality, Mr. Big."

"Also, you don't get to eat grandmama's famous pasta recipe." Big continued. "But we'll give you necessities."

"That's… very kind of you?" She said, a bit confused.

"Show them to… the spare room." He finished. "And take me back to my dinner."

The polar bear wrapped Big up in his paws again, and headed back up the stairs. The three turned to Kevin and Raymond, who both let out snorts. "Can you please show us to our room?" Judy asked politely.

The bears looked at each other, and headed for the door opposite the staircase.

They followed them down a hallway, and down into the bowels of the mansion. "This is an awful idea." Nick whispered.

"Nick, it's a spare room." Judy said. Why was he being so rude all of the sudden? "It might be a bit cramped for all three of us, but…"

"Aren't spare rooms usually above ground level?" Max asked. "Why are we heading towards the basement?"

The bears stopped in front of an old looking wooden door. It looked like it was a part of the mansion before the rest of the mansion even existed, cracked and barely hanging to the hinges. It was roughly as large as Max, which meant it was both too small and too big for the usual residents of the building.

One of the polar bears opened it, and gestured for them to head down the dark staircase it revealed. The three mammals glanced at each other, nervously, and then headed down the stairs. What little light was coming down was snuffed out as the door slammed behind them.

They walked down the creaking steps, until they felt some solid ground. Judy felt at the wall, and found a light switch. The hanging bulb flickered on, revealing the room.

It was an absolute mess, tons of different objects littering the ground. Paintings thrown haphazardly across the ground, broken furniture, and various other pieces of junk. The room permeated with a disgusting stink, which was starting to make Max's eyes water.

"This isn't a spare room." Judy said.

"No, this is Big's spare room." Nick explained. "As in, a room he has no use for." He climbed over some of the junk, and looked around. "Despite how he seems, Big's a pretty sentimental guy, he doesn't like getting rid of stuff unless he absolutely has to."

"And this is where he throws all the stuff he doesn't need?" Max guessed.

"Yep." He sniffed at the air, and started digging through some of the trash. "Well, looky here!" He pulled up a large furred rug, colored white and black. "Skunk butt rug!"

"…Didn't Big say he buried that with his grandma?" Judy asked.

"No, he said he buried her in it." He paused. The two looked at each other, and Nick quickly tossed the rug across the room. "Let's just forget about me touching that."

"Agreed."

Judy looked over at Max. He was on his phone. He held it up, and started to walk around the room. "What are you doing?" She asked.

"Trying to get a signal." He said. "Ah, there we go!" He looked around for something comfortable to sit on, the closest being an overly large couch cushion tucked in the corner. He pulled it to the ground, and sat down.

"Now's not the time to be checking social media." Judy said, crossing her arms.

"No, now is exactly the time to be checking social media." Max retorted. He scrolled through his phone. "In the time it took to get from my house to here, my Growler account got five thousand plus notifications."

"Wow, really?" Nick said, surprised.

"What do they say?" Judy asked.

"You know, standard anonymous internet things." He continued. "Kill yourself, various specist and offensive terms I won't mention. Now, let's check up on the news!"

"I doubt those copies have done anything else." Nick guessed, as he started scrounging through the garbage.

"'Zoo Rangers attack bank'."

"Why am I getting everything wrong today?" Nick said to himself.

"'Corrupted Crusaders cause traffic accident, Zoo Rangers cause power outage at hospital, Zoo Rangers cause-"

"STOP IT!" Judy yelled. "STOP READING THAT!"

They turned to look at the rabbit. She was breathing heavily, sobbing, and had curled up into a fetal position. "Judy, are you alright?" Nick asked softly.

"NO!" She shouted. "I'm having a PANIC ATTACK!"

The fox scrambled over some junk, and wrapped his arm around her. "We're criminals now." She sobbed. "We can't help anyone anymore, and we're trapped in a garbage pit!"

"Calm down, calm down." Nick said, hugging the rabbit. "Everything will be fine, we can get out of this."

"You keep saying that!" She blurted out. "How do you know we can!?"

"Because you never give up."

She stopped crying for a moment.

"You're our leader, and you're what holds us together." Nick explained. "If you give up, we have nothing."

She sniffed. "You're right." She said, getting up. "I can work this out, I can get everything back to normal. I just have to think of a way…"

"Hey, I have a completely unrelated question." Max said. The two glanced at him. "Where are our bags?"

The door suddenly opened up, and the two bags were tossed down the stairs. The duffle bag landed on top of Nick, while the satchel landed next to him.

Judy started to chuckle as the fox wormed his way out from under the bag. "That's like the third time that's happened!" He said. He glanced at Judy. "It's not that funny."

"Sorry, sorry." She cleared her throat, and pounded her paw into her palm. "Alright, if we want to be ready for tomorrow, we need to get some sleep."

"I'm sleeping on this cushion." Max said almost instantly. "Night." He flumped down onto the cushion, and curled up.

"Oookay. Well, we have to find something to sleep on." Nick said. "There's gotta be something comfortable around here…"

After a bit of rummaging, they managed to find a matching couch cushion. "Guess there were only two seats." Judy said as they moved it over to one of the few areas not covered with junk.

"Guess we're sleeping together." She said, hopping up onto the entirely too big cushion. It was around the size of her own mattress; the couch must have been designed for polar bears.

Nick let out a sigh, and climbed up onto the cushion. They curled up on the cushion together, Judy sleeping at his feet. She fell asleep almost instantly, but it took the fox a bit longer. He really didn't want her coming too close to him.

Just as he was about to drift off to sleep, he felt her shake. He looked back at the rabbit, she was shivering from the cold. Her fur wasn't as thick as fox or wolf fur. He sighed, and wrapped his tail around her. She stopped shivering, and grabbed onto the tail.

He fell asleep soon after.

Judy opened her eyes. She glanced around for a moment.

She wasn't in Mr. Big's place anymore.

She didn't know where she was.

It was an entirely red room, nothing in it besides her and… there was someone behind her.

She spun around. There was something in a black cloak standing there. It was slightly taller than her, but she couldn't tell what species it was… or if it even was an animal. It held something in its hand. It dropped it by a rope, revealing it.

A spike coming from the top, two horn-like protrusions extending upwards next to it. Massive horn poked from the middle, curving up and dwarfing the horns on the top. Two smaller protrusions poked from the bottom, and curved outwards.

The symbol of chaos.

"Who are you?" She asked. "Why do you have that?"

"I am…" It spoke with a masculine voice, but it sounded weak. "A messenger."

"For who?"

The figure remained silent for a moment, and held the amulet up. "The one who created all, and the one who will destroy all."

"And that would be…?"

"The Omnipotence."

"Is that who's behind all this?" She asked. The figure nodded. Judy glanced around again. "Where is this place?"

"This is a dream." It said. "You're still asleep, but conscious in your mind. It is but one of his powers."

"What else can this… Omnipotence guy, do?"

The figure fell silent again. "I bring a warning. If you continue to fight, you will die, and your world will soon follow."

"Why would I give up?" She asked.

"All will happen as The Omnipotence plans." The figure said. "It is fate."

"Then I'll change that fate."

The figure glanced up at her.

"Nick said I don't give up, and he's right." She said to the figure. "If I give up, the same thing will happen. If I fight, I can at least help someone see the next day. I can fight against that fate, and I will fight against it until I can't. I will make this world a better place, even if just for a short while."

The figure let out a weak laugh, and flicked the amulet into its hand. "Then I bring you advice. The secret of this symbol lies in history." It started. "Search for it and you will find The Omnipotence." The figure let out a sigh. "And keep him safe. For me."

"Keep who safe?"

"A threat is coming, and without him, the world will be doomed."

"Who am I supposed to keep safe!?"

The figure turned around, a hallway suddenly appearing in front of him. "I have to go." It started to glide down the hall, the robe not seeming to blow against any air.

"Wait!" She yelled, chasing the figure down the hall. It twisted and turned and she quickly lost sight of the figure. After what only felt like a few seconds, she spotted the figure, standing at an exit. An edge into what seemed like an infinite abyss.

Judy stopped in front of it. "Tell him I'm sorry." It said, before stepping towards the ledge.

She reached out, and grabbed onto the robe. Pulling it back, whatever was inside it had vanished, or perhaps there hadn't been anything there to begin with. The rabbit started to breath heavily, and stepped towards the edge. She glanced out.

A void. Nothing, aside from what she was standing on. There was a sudden flash of light, nearly blinding her. It was red, blood red and shining directly at her. Judy squinted, trying to see what was producing the light. She couldn't make anything out.

And then blacked out.

Her eyes burst open again. She was back in the spare room… or rather, she had just woken up. Something was covering her, something soft and fluffy.

It was Nick's tail.

The rabbit sat up, and looked over at Max. One of his legs was up in the air, and kicking. Definitely having a dream.

She sighed, and smiled. "Protect him…" She repeated to herself. "Him…"

"I'll protect them both."

---

The fox opened his bleary eyes, seeing something moving around. He flicked his tail, Judy wasn't there any more.

"Judy?" He mumbled. "What are you doing up?"

"I'm going to go fight those copies." She said. She was in different clothes from before, more of a workout outfit. She must have been changing when he woke up.

He jutted up. "What!?" He yelled. He reached for his phone on the ground, and looked at the time. "Its seven AM!"

"Yeah, and they just attacked a bank." She said.

"You could have told me and Max you had this planned." He groaned, getting up.

"I would've if I wanted you to come along." She said with a laugh.

"Oh, I guess that makes sense." It took a few seconds for him to realize what she said. "Wait, what!?"

"Yeah, I'm doing this myself." She said. "have a problem with that?"

"Uh, yes? You're going to die!"

"If it's to make the world a better place, I'll do anything." Judy started, walking up the stairs. "Even if I have to die."

"You can't be serious." He continued, following her up the stairs. "I'm coming with you at least."

"Nick, I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"This."

She kicked the fox, causing him to tumble down the stairs and to the floor. He looked up, seeing that she had already run off. "Judy! JUDY!" He yelled. "COME BACK!"

He pounded his fist against the ground. "What is wrong with that rabbit!?" He asked himself.

"So, are you two always fighting?"

Nick looked over at Max, who was sitting on the cushion.

"Of course not, there's a lot of times where we don't fight." Nick answered.

"Whenever I've been with you guys, it seems like there's a fifty-fifty chance of you guys fighting." Max continued. "You two were fighting when I first showed up."

"That was because of a monster."

"Then you two started fighting because you treated me like shit. Then that happened again. Then you fought because you didn't think that monster she was friends with could be trusted."

"Well, I-"

"Then there's when you started acting cocky, and then when you really wanted to prove you were right about video games, and then when you lost your memories, and then when you-"

"Alright, I get it!" The fox shouted. "We fight a lot! That doesn't mean I don't care about her."

"I know it doesn't." Max admitted. "It's just that, right now, we can't be fighting. And that's what you two have been doing."

"So, what do you think I should do? Apologize to her?"

"Right now, I think we should go follow her." Max said, getting up. "Because if she does find those copies, she will probably die."

Nick nodded, and they quickly ran up the stairs.

---

Blue huddled behind a sign in front of the Coldhard Bank. She peeked out, and watched as three figures walked out of the back. She had perfect timing, their copies had just finished the attack. They weren't carrying anything as they walked out, so that's probably why they didn't call it a robbery, they hadn't stolen anything.

"So, what's the plan?"

"I'm going to follow them, and find out what the bad guys are planning." Blue said. Her ears perked up, and she turned around. Red and Silver were huddled behind the sign as well. "I told you guys not to follow me!" She whisper-shouted.

"You really think we were just going to let you do this alone?" Red asked.

"Ugh, fine." She groaned. Blue turned back to the copies, who were rounding a corner. "Alright, let's head out."

They snuck across the bank's parking lot, and to the building hosting the alleyway. The three poked their heads around the corner.

Enter, an upgraded version of Copyroid, Savage, and the three copies were standing there, talking. "So, where are we hitting next?" The Red copy asked.

"Who cares!?" Savage growled. "Why am I even here if I don't get to do anything!?"

"You're Copyroid's bodyguard." Enter explained. It sounded like this wasn't the first time he'd had to do this. "If anything happens to Copyroid, then the plan is a bust."

"Thanks for telling us!"

The villains turned to the exit of the alley, seeing the three real Zoorangers, weapons drawn. The Zoorangers didn't seem to notice a smirk grow on Enter's face.

"Looks like we've been found." He said. "Copyroid, take us somewhere a bit more… open."

"Got it boss!" The robot said. "COPY!"

Everyone suddenly disappeared.

"PASTE!"

Then everyone reappeared, this time in the middle of an open, snowy field. It was a park, though no one seemed to be around.

"This is a lot better than an alley." Red admitted. He pointed his sword at his copy. "Alright, evil double, let's duel!"

"Sam goes for you, evil me!" Blue shouted, also pointing her weapons at the double.

The two copies looked at each other, and laughed. "Gladly!" The ZooBlue copy said. They stepped forward, and pulled out two objects, one gold, one blue.

"Oh no."

"JAN JA NIN!
ROCK N ROLL
DROP N ROLL!
SOLAR FLARE SABER!"

"LET'S MORPHIN'!
GET FIGHTIN'!
DON DON BAM!
BUSTER BOXERS!"

The weapons appeared in the paws of the copies. Evil red jumped forward first, slamming the blade down onto Red. He tried to block it with his normal sword, but the power of the Solar Flare Saber was too much, and it cracked down on him.

"NICK!" Blue yelled. Before she knew it, a fist had smacked her directly in the face. She flew through the air, and crashed through the snow. Her double ran up, and attempted to punch her again, though she quickly weaved through the punches.

Silver quickly ran over to Blue', but was stopped by a burst of fire hitting the ground. He turned to see his own double, who dashed at him. They clashed swords. "Face it, wolfy," the copy growled. "We're better than you."

Silver pushed the copy's sword back, and swung it forward several times, striking the double. He spun the guard around, switching his sword to Sun Mode. Silver thrust it forward rapidly, firing off multiple fireballs. The copy quickly spun its sword's guard, changing it to Moon Mode. It whipped the laser whip forward, and struck out the fireballs as they got near.

The copy didn't realize that Silver had used this as an opportunity to get in close, jabbing it through the chest.

"Who's better now?" Silver growled back.

The copy laughed, and grabbed the sword. He kicked Silver away, and pulled the blade out, tossing it to the ground. "You think something like that can beat us?" The copy said, amused. "Think again."

The Evil Red raised its massive blade, preparing to strike at Red again, but the fox quickly rolled out of the way as it was brought down. He glanced over at Blue, who was still trying to dodge the copy's punches. The thing didn't seem to run out of stamina.

"Sorry pal, but I think I'm switching it up for a bit." Red said to his double. He pulled out a yellow ZooTag, and plugged it in.

"ICH NI
SAN SHI
GO GO GO!
RACING CLAWS!"

The claws appeared on Red's paws, and he dashed at the double. Red raced circles around his clone, causing it to spin around. The weight of the Solar Flare Saber proved to be a detriment, as the dizzy double was pushed to the ground by a poke from Red's claws.

"That was almost too easy." Red said to himself, watching his double squirm under the sword's weight. He dashed over to Blue's double, and slashed at her, causing it to fly off.

"Thanks… for the help." Blue said, a bit out of breath.

"I thought you were supposed to be the active one." Red chuckled.

"I am." She panted. "But you try dodging three hundred punches in a row."

"Point taken." He said. "I suggest we switch up who we're fighting." He continued. "You know, level the playing field a bit."

"Sounds like a plan." Blue replied, pulling out a white ZooTag.

"TRAINING THE WILD!
CUTTING THE JUNGLE!
POTSURI! ZUBARI!
WILD AXE!"

The massive axe appeared, and she slammed it into the snow. "Alright, ready to go."

The two nodded at each other. Blue ran off, while Red bared his claws at her clone as it got up. As Blue ran over to Red' double, she spotted the two Silvers, one of which was currently struggling.

"If I were to bet anything, I'd say that was Max." She said to herself. She rushed over, and leaped into the air. "HEADS UP!"

What she was hoping was the copy looked up as she brought the axe down, slicing clean through the middle of it. It was definitely the copy, as the area it was cut through started to flicker like static, before it vanished completely.

"Thanks for the save." Silver said.

"No problem." She said. "I'm just glad that wasn't you."

"I know, we looked very similar."

"Alright, I'm going to be taking on Red's clone." She started. "You go see if you can handle the monster and end this nightmare."

Silver looked over at the three other monsters. "I don't think I can handle Savage AND a general at the same time."

"You can do it!" She said, giving a thumbs-up. "I know you can!" He nodded and, rushed off towards the monsters. "I really hope I didn't send him to his death." She muttered to herself. She shook it off, Max was capable of handling himself. The rabbit dashed towards Red's clone.

"Alright, I really don't want to do this…" Red said as Blue's clone hopped towards him. "Actually, I REALLY want to do this."

They dashed at each other. The Evil Blue attempted to land a hit on the fox, but he caught the punch in the palm of the glove. Red slashed upwards, knocking the clone back. He dashed forward, and continued to slash at the copy.

"Alright, not-Nick," Blue started spinning the axe around. "I'm supposed to be protecting Nick, but I'm not supposed to be protecting you!" The copy of the fox thrust the sword over his shoulder, and growled.

The fox rushed over and swung the massive blade downwards, but she quickly blocked it with the handle of the axe. Blue knocked the sword back, and swung it through Evil Red's chest, and then performed an overhead swing. The clone quickly pulled the blade into a block.

Silver stepped up to the three monsters, and pointed his sword at them. "Alright, I'm going to end this before it goes any farther!" He shouted, confidently. "Hopefully." He noted under his breath.

Savage stepped forward, but Enter held out his paw. "I'll handle him first." The cheetah said, stepping forward.

They paused for a moment, glaring at each other.

"You going to do anything?" Enter asked.

"Oh, I was waiting for you to turn into a monster." Silver said, rubbing the back of his head. "I guess you don't have a monster form?"

"No, I don't."

Without warning, Enter dashed forward, slashing at Silver with his claws. The wolf attempted to block the furious strikes, but he couldn't seem to keep up. Quickly, Enter pierced through his defenses, and slashed at the wolf.

"See? Nowhere near my level." Enter said with a scoff. "Tell you what, I'll let you get a free hit on me."

"What?"

"Come on, hit me." Enter said. "Give it some je ne sais quoi."

Silver drew his sword, and spun it to Eclipse Mode. Time froze, and he rushed at the cheetah, rapidly slashing at him from every direction. He stepped back as time resumed.

Enter let out a pained scream as his flesh and clothing ripped. Cuts from all the slashes appeared on his body, and what seemed like blood started to drip to the ground around him.

"Master Enter!" Copyroid shouted.

"Idiot!" Savage yelled. "Why would you let him do that!?"

Enter turned to the two, and gave them a wicked grin.

"Looks like I underestimated you, ZooSilver." Enter said, turning back to the wolf. "I'll let you off this time."

Enter slumped away through the snow. Silver looked at Savage, who stepped forward. "Alright, glitter boy, just you and me now."

"I think I made a mistake."

Savage dashed at Silver, who leaped out of the way as it dug its claws into the ground. It pulled them out, alongside a chunk of ground and snow. Savage tossed the frozen ground at Silver, who quickly cut through it with his blade.

Savage's eyes glowed for a moment, before it began dashing around the field. Snow seemed to vanish as the high-speed monster moved around, transforming into a green blur. Silver glanced around as more markings appeared. He held up his sword, preparing to block against an attack.

Savage slashed through his back, knocking him to the ground.

He tried to get up, but Savage planted its foot down on him. It glanced over at the copies, who were still struggling to fight their real counterparts. "Hey, Copier." Savage said.

"It's Copyroid, thank you very much." The robot said.

"I don't give a shit." Savage said rather bluntly. "Those guys are having some trouble, can you make them stronger?"

"Well, with one clone out of the way, I can probably transfer its energy to them!" Copyroid stated. "Lemme try!"

Copyroid pointed its camera upwards, and fired out two silver beams of light. They flew towards the copies, and entered their bodies.

The clone's visors lit up, blood red. The Evil Blue started throwing punches faster than Judy herself ever could. The lack of defense on Red's claws couldn't keep up with its speed, even with the added speed the claws normally granted. The fox was rapidly punched in the face, in his body, all over the place, and launched into the snow.

"NICK!" Blue shouted. She turned back as the fox's evil copy prepared to swing down on her. She stepped out of the way, but the force of the swing caused the nearby ground to crack, causing her to fall. She scrambled back to her feet as the clone attempted to strike again, and rushed off.

She dropped to Red's body, and helped him up. "You need to get out of here." She said.

"What!? No!"

"No, you don't understand!" She shouted. "YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE!"

"And I said 'NO'!"

"Nick, please…" She said, pleading with the fox.

"What about Max!?" He shouted. She looked over at the wolf, still pressed under Savage's foot.

"I can give him enough time to escape." She said.

"What does that-" He paused for a moment, staring at her. "No, you can't do that."

"Nick, I-"

"I'm not going to let you do anything like that." He said, placing his paws on her shoulders. "Without you, I'm… this team is nothing."

"I'm supposed to protect you both." She said, pushing him away. "I will risk myself if it means that I can make this world better."

"Stop being stupid."

She turned back to the fox. "You really think I'm just going to let you go and kill yourself?" He asked. "We're supposed to be partners, but we sure as hell haven't been acting like partners. We need to work together ourselves, we need to stop fighting. Let's just let it be you, and me, nothing getting in between us."

Judy gulped. "Alright." She said, quietly. "We'll do this… together."

There were sudden flashes of light at their hips. They both pulled out the sun and moon shaped ZooTags, which were emitting the blinding light.

"What the…?" Red said, gazing at it.

Blue's ears perked up. "I got it!" She said. "I know why they weren't working earlier! It's because we were fighting, we need to be synched up to use them!"

"A sun without a moon."

"Like a day without a night."

They plugged the tags into their Zoolizers.

"TAIYO~!
TSUKI~!
CELESTIAAAAAAAL
BODIES!"

The two transformed into their new forms, and began to pose.

"Casting a shadow over the darkened land! Master of the Sun! ZOORED SOLAR!"

"Shining a path for those in need! Goddess of the moon! ZOOBLUE LUNAR!"

"Well, this isn't good." Savage said to himself.

ZooRed leaped back over to his clone, gliding through the air and delivering a number of quick slashes with his claws. The copy attempted to block with the sword, but the force of the slashes cleaved it in two. Red landed, and pulled out his pole weapon. He struck at the copy with it rapidly, and then shot a fireball at it, launching the double across the field.

The clone got up, but the ring of the pole was now around him. "H-hey, wait!" It stumbled. "You wouldn't kill someone this handsome, right?"

Without a word or a movement, fire burst from the inside of the ring, causing the copy to burst into flames. The fire cleared, revealing the double to have been completely disintegrated.

Blue dashed at her own copy, an delivered a number of kicks to it. The clone attempted to block with her gloves, but as they connected a cracking sound echoed. The clone stumbled back, watching as Blue pulled out her khopesh.

"W-wait, don't-"

Blue rapidly slashed at the copy, and then slashed upwards, knocking it into the air. She then slashed rapidly in the clone's direction, this time the khopesh launching a flurry of laser slashes at it. The double let out one last scream as the slashes connected, destroying it.

The two then turned to Savage, who stepped off of Silver. "This is bad." It said. "Copy boy, don't you have anything copied about those!?"

"I-I wasn't able to get any info on them!" The robot said. "I don't know what to do!"

"Guess I'll have to do this myself!" Savage said, stepping forward. It bared its claws, and rushed at them.

Blue leaped into the air, and slashed at Savage rapidly. The monster managed to block them, but was knocked back by Red's extending pole attack. This allowed Blue to land a few hits on the monster, chipping off some of his crystal body.

"Hey, I just got this physical form!" Savage growled. It slashed forward, firing off green energy slashes.

Red spun the rod around, causing the slashes to harmlessly bounce off of it. He quickly swung the rod again, firing off fireballs in the monster's direction. They hit, and caused Savage to fall over.

Savage moved to all fours, and began dashing around the field again. Trails were created as it moved like a blur, only barely being able to be seen. The two Zoorangers stood there, still as Savage dashed through the snow.

Savage made his move, but the Zoorangers reacted in turn. As the monster dashed, they attacked him. Not with their weapons, but with a kick and a punch. The attacks struck Savage right in his chest, cracking its crystalline form.

The monster flew through the air, and crashed into the snow, rolling up to Copyroid. "Ugh, they're stronger than I thought…" Savage grunted. It pointed a claw at the robot. "You, printer face!"

"You're not even trying anymore."

Savage got to his feet. "You deal with them, I'm outta here!"

"But I'm a copier, not a fighter!" The Metalroid said.

Without a response, the crystal monster leaped into the air, and off into the distance. Copyroid turned to look at the two Zoorangers, as well as Silver, who had gotten up.

"Thanks for saving me again." Silver said. The two nodded. "Boy, you guys really aren't talkative in those forms, huh?"

The two combined their weapons, and aimed the bow at the monster. "Hey, wait, I haven't even done anything yet!"

"SOLAR CYCLE BLASTER!"

A massive blast of energy fired from the bow, instantly melting the snow beneath it as it headed towards Copyroid. It hit, causing the monster to let out a scream of pain and explode. Out of the explosion flew a video camera.

Red and Blue transformed back to their normal forms, both seeming out of breath. "That takes a lot out of you…" Red said.

The three watched as a red object, a Chaos Badge flew through the air and into the horizon. Chaos Copyroid reappeared in the outskirts of the city, and let out a roar. "I'LL GIVE YOU COPIES OF YOUR WILLS!"

"That guy's not good at puns." Blue said.

In a few seconds, ZooRobo and ZooKami had been formed. They stomped towards the monster, who skittered away from them.

"Whoa, whoa, hold on!" He said. "I can't fight, so let me get something you can fight!" He pointed the camera at ZooKami, and then at the ground.

In a flash of light, a black and gold version of ZooKami had appeared. "Introducing ZooKami: Legacy Edition!" The monster said.

Without saying anything, Blue plugged in the ZooSai tag.

"DAI SAI!
GRAND SAI!
BREAKING THE FIST
ZOOSAI!"

"ZOOROBO, SAI MODE!"

ZooRobo raised its axe arms into the air, while ZooKami raised its blade.

"WE ALREADY DID THIS SCHTICK BEFORE!" Blue yelled.

They both brought the blades down on the copy, destroying it instantly. "I guess I'm just a bad copy of a better episode!" The monster shouted as they stepped forward.

ZooKami moved in to slash the monster, but its body suddenly raised up into the air. ZooKami's blade slashed through what look like electrical links between its legs and body. The legs tumbled to the ground as the monster floated up into the air.

"Hah hah, I'm not just a copy!" He taunted. Its arms launched off its body, connected by the electricity. The camera arm flew above them, while the normal arm moved to the mecha's level.

The camera started to fire energy blasts at ZooRobo, which it managed to block with ZooSai's heavy armoring. The hand started to punch at ZooKami, but zipped out of the way as the mech tried to attack it.

"This guy's more trouble that he's worth." Silver said, before he was hit in the back with a laser shot.

"We just need to cut those links." Red said. "The legs stopped working once Silver cut them, so if we cut the arms…"

"Then he won't be able to use anything!" Blue finished.

ZooKami gave a nod, and prepared for the fist's next strike. He caught the hand in his own, and pulled the electric link closer, before cutting it with his sword.

"AGH, I CAN'T FEEL MY ARM!" The monster shouted. ZooKami pulled back, and tossed the arm at the Metalroid. "Ow, I definitely felt that!"

ZooRobo stepped forward, and started slashing at the camera, firing off a flurry of laser slashes. One of the slashes hit the electric connection, causing the camera arm to fall to the ground.

"Well, this sucks." Copyroid said. "But if I stay up here, you won't be able to hurt me, ha ha!"

"Is this guy an idiot?" Red asked.

"I can't believe we fell for this guy's plan." Blue lamented.

They fired more laser slashes at the floating orb, all of which hit due to the monster not even bothering to move. "Ow, I thought that would woooooork!" It yelled as it crashed to the ground.

"Alright, let's finish this." Red said as they stepped up to the robot.

"HORN CRACKER!"

They rose the axes up into the air, and then brought them down on the helpless robot, cutting right through its body. It flew back up, shaking, sparking, and starting to fall apart.

"Remember!" It started. "Always save your work every half hour!"

It exploded, the two robots striking a pose.

They appeared back in the snowy field. They were shocked to find a crowd of mammals had gathered, apparently having watched the fight.

"Hey, everyone!" Judy said, untransforming. "There's been a horrible misunderstanding."

"Yeah, Nick said, also untransforming. "That monster we just beat had the power to copy things, and the Zoorangers that were attacking you were evil clones."

"You know how ridiculous that sounds, right?" Max asked. Nick nodded.

"Maybe they're right." A moose in the crowd said. "They did just defeat the monster they were claiming to be working with before."

"See?" Judy said. "It was just an evil plot to make you all hate us!"

The crowd started murmuring amongst itself. Judy sighed in relief as it seemed that things were calming down.

"Do you actually TRUST THEM!?"

The crowd let out a gasp, and began to part. Walking through them was a tan cheetah, in a longcoat.

Enter.

He was bleeding from multiple places. Max froze up at the sight of him. "These monsters attacked me out of nowhere!" He yelled. "Then they turned on the ones they betrayed you for! Are you really going to believe traitors like them!?"

The crowd started murmuring again, this time in a much more negative way.

"We didn't-!" Judy tried to yell.

"Are you denying that you attacked me?" Enter asked, shooting a devilish grin at them. "Traitors and liars, the lot of them!"

No matter what they said, they would be in the wrong. The crowd had no idea that Enter was a monster, and if they explained, they'd be calling an injured mammal a monster.

It was a no-win scenario.

The cheetah spat out some blood, and his eyes rolled to the back of his. He fell to the snow, motionless. "Oh my god!" Someone from the crowd yelled.

A snow leopard rushed over to Enter, and held his paw. "There's no pulse, he's dead!" He shouted.

"You're awful!" Someone shouted. "How could you just kill that mammal for no reason!"

"We didn't…" Judy said, ears dropping. She started to back up. "We didn't kill him…" She whispered to herself.

The crowd started to part, until no one besides the disgraced Zoorangers and the corpse remained.

"So, the city probably hates us even more now." Nick said. "But look on the bright side, Enter's dead!"

"That's not much of a bright side, Nick." Max said.

There was sudden laughing from the body of Enter. The corpse rose back to its feet in an awkward, puppet like manner. All the wounds started to heal, and the cheetah opened his eyes.

"That went even better than I thought it would." He laughed. "I wasn't too overdramatic, was I?"

"How are you alive!?" Judy yelled.

"I'm just data, amoureux." He explained. "I edited myself to be more organic, and it fooled those idiots quite well, hmm?"

"Just wait until the police get here and find there isn't a body!" Nick growled.

"Oh, but they'll probably blame you for that." He said, shaking his head. "There's still the blood." There was indeed blood on the snow. "They'll just think you tried to cover up your crime."

"You're awful!" Max said. "We'll figure out a way to solve this, just you wait."

"I think not." Enter said. "There's no way for you to get out of this. You'll be criminals for the rest of your short, short lives. Ciao!" he gave a wave, and vanished into a burst of red data.

There was silence, only the sound of the wind blowing could be heard.

Judy let out an agonizing scream, and pounded the ground.

They lost.

---

Savage creeped across a building in the dead of night. It had been hours since the defeat. How had those weaklings gotten so powerful? Powerful enough to crack their own skin with bare-fisted combat. It was ridiculous, they were supposed to be the strongest fight, not two pansy cops or whatever they called themselves.

The monster growled, and slashed at a fence.

"I see you're frustrated."

Savage turned around, seeing Long. He was sitting on top of a generator. "Oh, Long." It grunted. "Now I know why you died from that blast, those two are incredibly strong."

"Indeed, being able to defeat me in a single hit is quite an accomplishment." Long said, hopping down form the generator. "But we still won, so it's a good day all around."

"Won!?" Savage yelled. "How can this be considered a win when you didn't kill them!?"

"I've ruined their reputation, they're wanted by their own job, and they now have an overwhelming fear of being found." Long explained. "I'd call that a win."

The crystal monster grunted. "Do you think you can do something about my chest?" It asked. "They cracked it during the fight."

"A wound, huh? I can handle that." Long walked up to Savage, and examined the crack. "I can do something…"

"Like this."

Long jabbed his fist through the crack, it exploding out the back of Savage's body. Savage let out a howl of pain, and started to fall limb as Long raised it upwards. "Long…" It said weakly. "I thought… we were… partners…"

"I have no partners." Long said. Savage's eyes went blank, and the Infinite Dragon pulled his fist out. "I only have pawns."

He thrust Savage's body over his shoulder, and leaped off through the city night.

---

"I can't believe it." Leopold said, scrolling through the news on his phone. "I can't believe they turned evil."

"I told you!" Herder said. "After what they did to me, how could they not be evil."

Leopold sighed. Herder's theory on the Zoo Rangers had sounded crazy at one point, but now he seemed to have a much higher chance of being right. Leopold wasn't sure what to think, but saying anything would probably get him fired.

"So, your… friend, is supposed to bring some kind of power source tonight?" Leopold asked.

"Yes." Herder answered. "He should be here soon."

"So, what about those… candidates, that you picked out." Leopold continued. "How did you find someone like… him?"

"It was a bulk buy." Herder joked. "His condition was that his other two partners had to join the team alongside him."

"You'd think getting off death row would be enough." Leopold muttered. "Why did you even go with a psychotic, mass murderer as the leader?"

"Because there isn't anyone else better to hunt down mammals and monster than someone with no morality." Herder explained. "And if I didn't, my friend wouldn't bring an energy source."

The two heard footsteps. Loud metallic footsteps. "Is that your… friend?" Leopold asked.

Herder nodded.

The two watched as the darkened hallway to the lab started to glow. Out of it came a tall figure, dressed entirely in armor. He had a green, crystal… thing thrown over his shoulder.

"Ah, Long, nice to see you buddy." Herder said, walking up to him. Long remained silent. "So, uh, where's that power source you promised me."

He tossed the crystal thing to the ground. It appeared to be the corpse of some crystal monster, looking like a mix between an indeterminate number of different species.

"Here."

"Oh my god." Leopold said, terrified. "What the hell is that?"

"The most powerful being on the planet. A creature of my own design, made out of crystalized energy. Perfect for our project." Long explained. "Don't worry, it isn't dead. Though you should probably put it somewhere secure before it wakes up."

Long transformed into golden mist, and vanished.

Herder started to laugh, freaking out the already incredibly disturbed leopard. "Sir, what's so funny?"

"Just… that I've been waiting for this for so long." Herder sighed. "Get to work on figuring out how to use this thing's energy, I'm going to prepare a presentation for the mayor."

"Uh, okay." Leopold said as Herder started to trot off. The leopard tapped the dead creature with his foot, and felt a brief electric shock. "I really do not like this."

---

"Yes, I know, the hospital was attacked. Hold on." Lionheart slammed the phone down on the table, and picked up another. "No, I don't know how we'll replace all the money they destroyed. Hold on." Another phone. "They actually murdered someone!?"

The lion slammed the phone down, and started to rub his temples. "I can't believe I thought those maniacs would be good for the city." He sighed.

"Sir, you have a guest." Carol chimed from the speaker.

"Put it on hold, Carol, I'm busy." Lionheart responded.

"Actually, I think you'll enjoy what this guest has to say!" She said. "Might be able to fix our problem."

"Hm. Send them in."

The door opened, and a rather well dressed goat carrying a suitcase walked in. "Hello, Mayor Lionheart, how are you doing today?" He asked.

"Who are you?"

The goat sighed. "I'm Chief Herder, Chief of Zootopian Security." Lionheart looked at him. "I've been in the position for over a decade. You're the one who decided to keep me on."

"Not ringing a bell, sorry."

"Of course." Herder muttered to himself. "Anyway, me and the boys at the lab have come up with a way to deal with both the Zoo Rangers, and the monster problem, at the same time!"

"The same time, huh?" Lionheart said, leaning back in his chair. "How would you do that?"

"We've been developing special weapons in secret for the last couple months." Herder started. "Stunning advances in technology have been made in such a short time due to some discoveries we haven't announced to the public, but that's besides the point."

"What is the point, exactly."

"Why don't you see for yourself?"

Herder placed the suitcase on the desk. Lionheart opened it, his eyes widening at what was inside. "This is incredible!" He said, looking at the files. "And you have all of this already prepared?"

"Indeed, we do."

"What do you call it?"

"Well, considering how they'll function, we decided to take the name from a failed political stunt from a few decades back."

"Mayor Lionheart, have you ever heard of the SPD?"

---

I'm so sorry this is like, a day late. Really. But I'd rather have something I think is good over a rushed thing I don't like.

Anyway, the first half of the series was me building up status quo. The second half is me shattering it, as seen here. This is going to be the norm for a while, and it won't be the last major shake-up either.

And don't worry about Savage. I have a lot more planned for him.

Next time, 26 episodes of set up will finally come to its conclusion. Prepare yourselves.