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)

28. Episode 27 - Enter the SPD

Episode 27 – Enter the SPD

Long stepped into the lair, and sat down at the table. "What an exhausting week." He said to himself. "At least it was… interesting."

"Long."

He turned around to see Kyuemon, walking up to him. "Oh, Kyuemon… What do you want?"

"You haven't seen that… Savage creature around anywhere, have you?" The yokai asked. "He seems to have gone missing after that little excursion with Enter."

"Savage has been used to his full extent." Long explained. "We won't be seeing him again, trust me."

"You killed him, didn't you?"

"You can't kill a force of nature, just supress and contain it."

There was silence for a moment.

"What are you planning?" Kyuemon asked. "I know you have to be working on something."

"I'm not planning anything grand." Long said. "I'm simply having my fun before we leave this universe."

Kyuemon scoffed. "And you expect me to buy that? I know when someone's up to something behind my back, and you fit the bill."

Long chuckled. "You're just being paranoid. If anything, I shouldn't trust you."

"I just want to get home and get my revenge." Kyuemon said. "I will work towards that goal no matter what you do."

There was a rumbling throughout the mountain. The massive cylinder at the edge of the room lit up, and roared.

"KYUEMON"

The yokai jutted upwards, and bowed towards The Omnipotence. "Yes, master!"

"GO CAUSE CHAOS, I DON'T CARE HOW" It boomed. "AND LONG"

Long turned towards The Omnipotence, but said nothing.

"I MUST CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE CHAOS YOU HAVE BROUGHT IN RECENTLY" It boomed. Long gave a quick chuckle towards the frustrated Kyuemon. The ground shook again, nearly knocking him off his chair. "BUT I WILL WARN YOU THAT FURTHER INSUBORDINATION WILL RESULT IN PUNISHMENT. I AM YOUR MASTER, AND I CHOOSE WHEN WE ATTACK"

Long grunted, Kyuemon letting out a laugh. He stepped forward, and bowed again. "Excuse me for intruding, Master," The yokai said. "But you've been very quiet the last few weeks, what have you been doing.

"PLANNING"

"Planning for… what?"

A bolt of red lightning fired from The Omnipotence's cylinder, striking at Kyuemon's feet.

"IT IS NONE OF YOUR CONCERN"

"It's just… your lack of orders is what gave Long the opportunity to go against your will." Kyuemon explained. "And I think he might be-"

"You know that I'm right here, right?" Long laughed.

"…Never mind." Kyuemon finished. "I will be off now."

A portal of dark flames appeared before Kyuemon. Before he stepped through it, he turned back to Long. 'I will figure out what you're up to, Long.' He thought as he entered the portal. 'I'll make sure whatever it is doesn't go unpunished.'

---

It had only been half a week since the three had moved into Mr. Big's literal spare room, and already Judy was acting strange.

For the last few days, she had set up a project for them. The project was to make the spare room much less of a mess, a task that seemed impossible. She had most likely set it up to ignore their current situation. Somehow, they had managed to make it almost a decent living space.

They had moved the couch cushions into a back corner, and managed to tidy up most of the rest of the garbage. Unfortunately, that included a few rodent bones. And a few… not rodent bones. Needless to say, they had started throwing things away.

It still wasn't clean, there was dust a fur all over the place, but the junk that had a use was piled up into neat piles around the edges of the room. The best they could handle in such a limited space. At least they could see the floor now.

Of course, with one project done, Judy had started up on another.

"Alright, so!" She started. She stood in front of a blank whiteboard. "Ready for me to start the lesson?"

"Where did you find a whiteboard?" Nick asked. Max nodded, wanting to know too. The two were seated on some throw pillows they had found.

"It was in one of the corners." She said. She pulled out a pair of red and blue sharpies. "Even had the pens!"

"I find that really hard to believe."

"Well, that's what happened." She said. "We dug it up on Friday, remember?"

"I do not remember that at all, sorry." Nick said.

"I don't either." Max followed.

She rolled her eyes and sighed. "Anyway, I would like to tell you both about a dream I had."

"Oh, wonderful." Nick said sarcastically.

"No, this is actually important!" She said. "I know who we're dealing with now! Kinda."

"You mean like, who our big villain is?" Nick asked. "How do you know that?"

"I learned it in my dream!" The two looked at her like she was crazy. "I'm serious about this, I got contacted by… something, last week. It told me the name of our real villain."

She popped off the cap of the red sharpie, and quickly wrote something down. "Apparently, he's called…"

"The Omnipotence!"

Judy had written the name in big, jagged letters, with a monster face next to it. Nick chuckled at how silly it looked. "It looks like something I'd put on my notebook in high school."

"This is important, Nick!" The rabbit shouted. "There was a… thing, in my dream that told me about him, and that the symbol on all the monsters means something." She continued. "Something about looking into the past to find its meaning."

"It might just be a generic evil logo." Max suggested. "Most big-time villains have something like that."

"Yeah, it could just be like, a Predacon logo." Nick followed.

"You've watched Transfurmers?" Max asked.

"I saw the first movie."

The wolf shook his head in disappointment.

"I think it does mean something!" Judy stated. "A century ago, they found hundreds of amulets shaped like it buried in Mt. Animalia, which is where the bad guys are located. It has to mean something if it's that old."

"I think you're over examining a dream." Nick stated. "Probably came from the stress of last week, mixed with your weird obsession with that logo."

"It's not an obsession, it's called examining evidence!"

"Whoa, whoa!" Max started, getting up. "You two are starting to fight again, calm down."

"Alright, alright." Nick said. "Tell us more about this dream."

Judy took a deep breath, and nodded. "The thing in my dream told me that I needed to protect someone. I kind of just assumed it was one of you two for some reason."

"So, that's why you didn't want us going with you to fight the copies?" Max asked. Judy nodded.

"After thinking about it for a bit, I might have just been jumping to assumptions." She continued. "Maybe it meant that we, as a team, need to protect someone?"

"Do we know anyone that the monsters would go after?" Max asked. "I'm pretty sure I don't."

"I mean, we don't have that large of a 'supporting cast', as it were." Nick said. "Maybe that's something we can worry about later."

"I think we should figure out who this Omnipotence guy is." Max suggested. "Did you get any idea of what he's capable of?"

"Well, we know he can revive monsters from the dead." Judy said. "The only other thing is that he invaded my dream for some reason. So, maybe like…"

She wiped off the writing with her paw, and started drawing something with both of the sharpies. "Maybe something like this?"

It was a rather crude drawing of what looked like a rabbit, dressed in a red robe and wizard hat. It was carrying a staff, lightning bolts coming out of it. She had doodled another grumpy monster face next to it.

Th two started chuckling. "Don't laugh, I'm not good at drawing under pressure." She said.

"Its not funny," Nick excused. "It's just very… you, Carrots." She stuck her tongue out at the fox. He got up, and walked over to the whiteboard. "I doubt that we're dealing with a mammal here, let alone a rabbit."

"Point, but it's all I could think of." She replied.

"Here's what I think he could look like." Nick grabbed the sharpies from her paws, and wiped the drawing off. He started doodling on his own. "See, much more accurate."

Nick's doodle was mostly blue, and was marginally more detailed than Judy's. It was what looked like a lion or other large predator in a suit and helmet. It was carrying a red sword.

"Nick, that's just Darth vader." Max said, getting up.

"Darth Vader was an evil wizard with powers, it works." He said.

"I'm picturing something a bit more monstrous." Max started, wiping the drawing off. He grabbed the sharpies, and started to draw. It took him a good few minutes to complete it. "We know its something that can mess with dimensional boundaries, and reviving the dead is pretty arcane, so…"

He backed up, revealing his drawing. It took up most of the whiteboard, depicting some kind of massive multi-eyed worm monster with a massive gaping maw lined with thousands of teeth. It had a number of tentacles coming out of it, some of which were travelling through holes in the sky. In the corner, presumably for a size comparison, was a much cruder drawing of ZooRobo, dwarfed by the monster.

"That's really good, Max." Judy complimented. "I didn't realize you were an artist."

"Oh, I'm not, I just get lucky sometimes."

"It's good, but it definitely doesn't inspire confidence." Nick said, arms crossed. "Besides, wouldn't fighting Darth Vader one on one be a lot cooler?"

"I think fighting a giant monster in a giant robot is cooler."

"I'd rather not have to fight anything." Judy said.

"Hey, what's going on down here, art class?"

The three turned to the staircase. Finnick was hopping down the steps, carrying a Buggaburger bag.

"Hey, Finn!" Nick said, walking up and fist bumping the fennec. "How's everything going, buddy?"

"Pretty mediocre." He replied. "Job isn't paying great, but I managed to get some repairs on the van."

"You got a job?" Judy asked. "Why are you at Mr. Big's if you went straight?"

Finnick chuckled. "Why would I cut ties with a mob boss? As long as I don't make it obvious I come here, I'll be fine."

"So, why are you here?" Nick asked.

"Big asked me to give you your breakfast." He said, holding up the Buggaburger bag. Nick grabbed it, and looked inside.

"Usually this just gets thrown down here." He said. "It'll be nice to not have to piece together a burger for once."

"Is there a salad?" Judy asked. The fox shook his head. "Shoot, I'm so tired of bugs!"

"Hey, so you know we're wanted fugitives now, right?" Nick asked his friend.

Finnick scoffed. "You expect me to buy that?" He said. "Bunny cop there's one of the most straight-laced mammals I've met. And I know you, Nick, you'd con someone out of money, but never hurt anyone." He glanced over to Max, who had been standing still the whole time. "Don't know about the new guy there."

"That's Max, he's a new friend." Nick said.

"Hello." Max said timidly, raising his paw up.

"He doesn't look like he could hurt a fly." Finnick said, most likely intending it as an insult. "I'm amazed that you guys ended up becoming super heroes, though."

"It was a complete coincidence, trust me." Nick assured him.

"What's with the outfits, though?" Finnick asked. "You get 'em at a circus?"

"Alright now, insulting the costumes isn't cool."

"Just messing with you, they look pretty comfortable." Finnick said, punching Nick in the side. "I wouldn't want to wear one of them, though."

The fennec started up the stairs, but paused as he climbed the first step. "Oh yeah, Mr. Big wants you guys to get out."

"What!?"

"Not 'get out forever' get out." Finnick corrected. "He just wants you to get out of this dark basement. Not healthy for you. Now, if you excuse me, I have some fette biscotate to get to! Enjoy your fast food!" The fennec ran up the stairs, laughing.

"Sometimes Finnick is a real jerk."

"His voice is so loud." Max said, covering his ears.

"You get used to it after the second time you meet." Judy said. "So, how are we supposed to go out and do things if we're wanted criminals?"

Nick placed his paw to his chin, thinking for a moment. "I wonder if he still has it?"

"Has what?" Judy asked.

"When I used to live here, I was just getting into scamming." The fox started to explain. "I went to a costume store and bought up a bunch of outfits, and I used that for hustling."

"I don't like where this is going."

"I put them all in a trunk that I called the 'Disguise Trunk'!" He continued, flaring his paws up as he said the name. "I'm going to go see if Big still has it, be back in a bit!"

He rushed up the stairs, leaving the two behind.

"So, wanna eat?" Max asked.

"Yeah." Judy replied. "You can have Nick's portion."

"Nice."

---

The door opened, and loud thumping came from the stairs.

"He had it!" The fox said, dragging the trunk down. With a final crash, the massive chest was on the ground. "That thing's a lot heavier than I remember…" Nick said, panting.

Judy and Max walked over, the wolf holding something behind his back. "A disguise trunk, huh?" Judy said with a chuckle. "I knew you did this kind of stuff with Finnick, but I never thought you'd be the one in the disguise."

"Carrots, I'll have you know that I am a master of disguise." Nick said. "I'll show you… after I eat, I am STARVING!"

"Um, about that…" Max said, sheepishly. He pulled out the crumpled bag from behind him.

"Oh, come on, seriously?"

"It was starting to get cold." Max lied.

"We can go somewhere for food after we get our… disguises on." Judy said, her enthusiasm seeming to drop at the last two words. "I might actually die if I don't get something healthy in my stomach."

Nick groaned. "Alright, I'll get the disguises ready."

The fox heaved the lid of the chest open, a cloud of dust bursting from it. The three of them started hacking from the cloud. "Maybe I should have opened it upstairs first…" Nick wheezed.

The dust cleared away, and Nick began to sort through the clothes. "Alright, if we want to do this, we're all going to have to take showers first." He said. "An important part of disguising yourself is disguising your scent." He raised a paw from inside the trunk. "Also, furstyling, that's important too." He came up, carrying a bundle of clothes. "You guys do that, I'm going to do laundry."

"I didn't know you were so into… personal hygiene." Judy said, surprised.

"I know, right?" He said. "Isn't this stuff great?" He quickly scampered up the stairs, leaving two very surprised mammals.

"Guess there's still a lot I don't know about him." Judy shrugged.

"What did he mean by 'furstyling'?" Max asked.

Judy shrugged again. "Guess we'll find out after the showers."

After an hour of showering (Judy took a long time trying to get the dirt and filth out of her fur), the two went back into the basement. Nick had already gotten back, and had set up a table they had found while cleaning. It was covered with different types of clothing, male and female.

"Alright, you guys go through and find some clothing you like." He said, heading for the stairs, "I'm going to shower and get some products!"

"He is really into this." Max said.

The two went over to the short table. One side of it was covered in more feminine clothes, all around Judy's size. The other half was more masculine clothes, at Wolford's size.

"Why does he have clothing in your size?" Judy asked.

"Maybe it was for a partner in crime?" Max guessed. "You know him better than me."

It took a few minutes for Wolford to pick out a costume. Instead of his normal hoodie and sweatpants combo, he wore a plain black shirt with a brown coat, jeans, and a pair of dark sunglasses. "How do I look?" He asked.

"Like you're trying too hard."

"Perfect."

Judy couldn't find anything. It was all really… girly. Yeah, she liked wearing pink, but most of the clothing here was dresses and skirts, which she didn't like wearing due to them limiting her movement. Didn't help that most of them were in colors she didn't like. Autumn colors, mostly, she was more of a winter, as seen by her current outfit of a grey shirt and sweatpants.

The rabbit sighed, and looked inside the chest, seeing if there was anything she liked in there.

She pulled out a rather generic looking black-grey hoodie. It was soft, and just baggy enough to not really hamper her. "I kinda like this." She said.

"He didn't put it on the table, so he might not want you wearing it." Max said. "You should ask him first."

Judy nodded. They waited for a few minutes, and Nick came back down, smelling remarkably clean.

"Alright, nice outfit, Wolfsbane." He complimented as he came down the stairs, giving a thumbs-up to Max. The wolf returned the gesture.

"Nick, I don't like any of the clothes you set out for me." Judy said. She held out the hoodie. "But I found this hoodie that I kind of like, and-"

"That's where you went!" He said, grabbing the hoodie. "I thought I lost this thing forever!" He quickly slipped it on. "Hmm, bit too small…" He started to take it off.

"So, can I wear it?" The rabbit asked. "It'll probably fit me."

The fox looked at the hoodie. "I dunno."

"Guess you have a pretty big attachment to that thing, huh?" Max asked.

"Yeah." Nick said, quietly.

"Why?" Judy asked, sincerely. "Is it really that important?"

"I don't want to talk about it." He said. "But if you want to wear it…" He folded it up and tossed it at Judy. "There you go. It's great at keeping things secret."

"I'm sure it is." She chuckled. She slipped the hoodie on, hanging around her waist.

"You're going to need new pants, though." He said. "Why don't you try on one of those skirts?"

"Over your dead body."

"Oh come on, I think you'd look cute in-"

Judy hopped up into the air, and kicked Nick directly in the stomach. "Alright, I deserved that." He wheezed.

"I think I'm going to stick with the pants." Judy said. "So, are we all ready?"

Nick let out a cough as he recovered from the kick. "Hold on, we're not done yet." He pulled out a spray bottle from his pocket, and sprayed it in the rabbit's face.

"Augh, what the HECK!?"

"It's scent masking spray." He explained. "If we don't want to get caught, then we'll need to hide our scents."

Max leaned down, and sniffed her. "If I didn't know better, I'd say you weren't Judy Hopps."

"See? It works!" Nick sprayed Max in the face, causing him to screech in pain. He then followed by spraying himself. The fox clutched at his face and yelled. "OH GOD I FORGOT HOW PAINFUL THIS WAS!"

Nick rubbed at his eyes. "Alright, final step for disguising yourself." He whipped out a comb, scissors, and a bottle of hair gel. "Furstyling!"

Around a half hour later, Nick had finished. Judy now had a small tuft of white fur poking out of her forehead. She tapped at it, causing it to bounce. "I don't like this."

"This is one hundred percent necessary, Carrots." The fox said. "So get used to it. It's only going to be for a few hours anyway, I can get it back to normal as soon as we get back."

She groaned.

Nick backed up, and examined her. "Oh, my god, you look like a little punk bunny." He said, smiling. "It's really… you know."

She glared at him.

"Do I get my fur styled now?" Max asked, a bit worried. "Because I've already put a lot of effort into my coat."

"Just ruffle it up a bit." Nick suggested. "Make it look a bit dirtier."

Max shook his whole body, causing all the fur visible on him to puff out a bit. "It looks stupid, I know."

"I think it looks fine." Judy admitted. "Are we ready to go now?"

"Hey, I have to get my disguise ready." He said. "I'll go change in the corner. No peeking."

"Why would we ever peek on you changing?" Judy asked.

"Just telling you I don't appreciate it."

He grabbed some clothes, and headed to the corner. After a few minutes, he came back. He was dressed in a black jacket, black pants, and a red undershirt. He also wore a pair of pointed glasses.

"Hey, isn't that…?"

"Yeah, these are the clothes that I got while I was possessed." Nick answered.

"Is that related to the time travelling train thing you guys won't tell me about?" Max asked. Judy nodded.

The fox ran a comb through his fur, creating a pointed streak running across his head and a bit down the back. "There, all ready." He paused. "Wait, no, we need one more thing."

The two groaned.

"We need fake names." He clarified. "If we say our actual names in public, we'll get caught immediately."

"Fair enough." Judy admitted. "What names do you suggest?"

"James, Bonnie, and…" He pointed at Max. "What was your dad's name?"

"Alexander."

"Alex, good."

"So, our codenames are just our parents' names?" Judy asked. "That's kind of lazy."

"Your dad was named James?" Max asked.

"Is." He corrected. "Is named James."

---

"Damn Long." The fox said to himself as he walked through the icy streets of Tundra Town. "I need to find out what his plan is, and counteract it."

He clutched at his jacket and shivered. This form didn't have the… appropriate attire for the weather of this part of the city. But he couldn't just transform in the middle of a busy city street. He grunted, and ran off to find a private place.

The fox skid to a halt as he passed by a diner. Sitting at the table next to the window were a fox, rabbit, and wolf. They looked familiar, but… well, he had to make sure first. "Yojustsu: Identity Reveal." He whispered, making a pose with his digits.

Images appeared on the window, showing Nick, Judy, and another wolf eating where the original three were. "Hm, clever." He said to himself.

"Wow, you're really hungry." Judy said to the fox, who was busy scarfing down a plate of fish and chips.

"I got so caught up in the…" He paused. "You know, that I forgot I hadn't eaten anything."

"Sorry about that." Max apologized.

"Not a problem." Nick said. "This place has the best fish and chips in the whole city, trust me. Better than anything Buggaburger could make."

"This salad's pretty good." Judy said. The tuft of fur fell down in her face again, so she blew it back up. "Not the best, but definitely better than eating insects."

Max looked at his pretty standard centipede sandwich. "I feel like I made a bad choice."

"I didn't mean it like that, Max." Judy assured. She paused "I mean… 'Alex'."

"Yeah, that's going to take getting used to."

"It really is, right… James?" Judy said, nudging at the fox.

"Now I kind of regret choosing that name." He said, a bit solemn.

"Oh, sorry."

"No, it's fine, it's-" There was a sudden knock on the glass window. He turned to see Kyle, who gave them a quick wave. The yellow fox nudged his head over, trying to say something to them. Nick leaned over. "I think Kyle wants to talk to us."

"Who?" Max whispered.

"We can introduce you in a minute." Judy said.

The three got up, and tried to leave their seat quietly. "HEY!" They froze in their tracks, and looked back to see the chef, a large walrus, at the counter. "You dining and dashing!?" he yelled at them.

"No, no!" Nick said. "We'll be back in a few minutes, and if we aren't, then you can ban us!"

The three quickly dashed out of the restaurant before the chef could say anything else. He grumbled, and headed back towards the kitchen.

"Hey, hold on!" Said a polar bear at the counter. "Think you can turn the TV on, the announcement's coming on soon."

"Oh yeah, forgot that was today." The walrus said. He grabbed the remote from under the counter, and flicked the hanging TV on.

The group went out into the street, Nick looking around. Kyle wasn't by the window anymore, instead he was walking down the street. The yellow fox turned to them as he approached an alley, and nudged his head towards it. The other fox then ran into it.

"He's trying to keep this subtle." Nick explained. "Just act natural."

The three headed over, and ducked into the alley as well. "Oh man, I can't believe I found you guys!" Kyle said. "Nick, Judy, and…"

"Max." The wolf said, bending down and holding out his paw. They shook paws, and Max looked at his for a moment before getting up.

"This is Kyle." Judy said, introducing Kyle to the wolf. "He's our… 'fan'."

"So, a stalker?" Max said.

"No, not a stalker." Kyle corrected. "I'm just very good at ending up in the same place as you two for some reason."

"Yeah, it's really weird." Nick said. "So, why did you want to talk to us."

"I just wanted to ask… you guys didn't really turn evil and do all that horrible stuff, right?" Kyle asked, hopeful.

"No, we didn't." Judy replied. "It was evil clones. Which sounds ridiculous, I know."

"Oh, I can believe it." Kyle said. "How have you guys been keeping yourselves hidden? I mean, aside from the costumes."

"We've been squatting in…" Nick paused for a moment. "How DID you recognize us in these costumes? We masked our scent and everything."

"I'm just… really good at picking you guys out."

Max squinted a bit at the fox.

"It's been rough." Judy admitted. "I've been trying to keep my mind off it, but it creeps back in and…" She shuddered. "I don't like feeling like this."

"I've lived like this for most of my life," Nick started. "But I agree, it feels wrong to be hated."

"I just wanted to let you guys know that I at least believe in you still." Kyle said. "You're still heroes to me, and I can bet that there are others that still believe in you, too! If you keep fighting, your names will be cleared, I just know it."

"Thanks, Kyle." Judy said.

"Also, can I just say that your new furstyle looks really nice." Kyle followed up.

"Oh, really?" She said, feeling at the tuft.

"Yeah, maybe you should consider keeping it." The yellow fox chuckled. "Sorry for interrupting you while you were eating, by the way. You probably want to head back…"

"No, it was no trouble!" Judy assured.

"It was a bit of trouble." Nick admitted. Judy jabbed him in the side.

"I have some stuff to do anyway." Kyle continued. "So, I'll let you guys get back to your food now."

"Oh, uh, alright." Judy said. "Guess well be seeing you around?"

"Not while we're stuck in that basement." Nick muttered.

"Yeah, you'll definitely be seeing me more often." Kyle assured them. "See ya!" He jogged off leaving them behind.

"You were really quiet there." Nick said to Max.

"Yeah, it was kind of rude." Judy followed.

"Oh, sorry." Max said, shaking his head. "I feel like I've seen him before, somewhere? His scent was kind of familiar."

"It's a small world, you know?" Nick replied. "Probably saw him in the street somewhere."

"Yeah, you're probably right."

The fox walked down the street at a brisk pace. He had figured out what he was going to do. Long's plan involved making the Zoorangers feel worthless and terrible. While that'd be a good thing most of the time, Long's general untrustworthiness and constant insubordination rubbed him the wrong way. There was no way this wasn't part of a scheme of some sort.

Well, that'd be something Kyuemon himself would do anyways.

Regardless or not if the yokai was projecting, he had an idea. Both an idea to get back at Long, as well as keep The Omnipotence happy.

He was going to make them feel like heroes again.

The rabbit's hair was pretty cute, though.

---

Back at the diner, the three had returned to their seats. "See?" Nick shouted. "Told you we'd be back!"

The walrus rolled his eyes, and headed back into the kitchen.

Nick felt at his fries, they had gotten cold. He shrugged, and continued eating them. "Seriously? Cold fries?" Judy said, disgusted.

"I just like it when they're salty." Nick joked. The rabbit retched in disgust.

"So, guys…" Max started, whispering. "What are we supposed to do about today?"

"What do you mean?" The fox asked, stuffing some more fries into his mouth.

"Oh god, yeah." Judy said, worried. "It's Monday, which means…"

"Oh. OH." Nick blurted out. He went into a whisper. "Yeah, this might be a problem. I hadn't thought that far ahead."

"I hadn't either!" Judy admitted. "I was just trying to keep my mind off our situation, I didn't even consider what would happen when another monster attack happened."

"I think we should just do it." Max whispered. "We're still protecting people, it just might end up a bit difficult."

"Max is right." Nick said. "I avoided the cops, and kept doing my job for years."

"'Job' is a bit of a strong word." Judy said. "But I get it, as long as we keep away from the police, everything should be fine, right?"

"Yeah, I mean," Nick chewed on some more fries. "It's not like we have anything to worry about besides monsters."

"Hey, the announcement's starting!" Said someone in the diner. They could hear everyone turning towards the TV.

"'Announcement'?" Judy said. The other two shrugged.

"We haven't had good connections down there, so I can't keep up with the news." Max said.

"I never keep up with the news." Nick excused.

Judy rolled her eyes, and climbed up the seat. "Excuse me?" She asked the patrons behind her, a pair of moose. "What's this announcement thing?"

"It's some kind of big announcement from the mayor and the chief of defense." The moose answered. "They say its going to be life-changing."

"Huh. Thanks." She dropped back into her seat. "This seems fishy." She whispered. "We should probably pay attention."

Nick and Max nodded, and the three started to watch the TV.

The screen showed the same conference room that their copies had attacked, looking a bit worse for ware, but still looking decent. They must have fixed any damage over the last week.

Lionheart was standing at the podium, and they watched as reporters started to flood into the room. Of notice were the security guards at the doors, presumably to stop anything like last time from happening.

"Welcome!" Lionheart announced. "All of you here, and those of you watching at home! It's been a scary time in Zootopia. Crazy monster attacks have become routine, and the only mammals who helped to stop them have turned bad. We need someone to protect us!"

"Yeah, us." Nick said, a bit cocky. Judy shushed him quickly.

"This is where our Chief of Defense comes in!" Lionheart continued. "Over the last few months, he and his team have developed stunning new technology that will protect us from these monsters and super-powered criminals! To tell you all about it, Chief Herder!"

A goat walked in from the other side of the stage, accompanied by applause. He was dressed rather smartly, and wore a pair of glasses. Lionheart stepped down from the podium, and Herder stepped onto it. He pumped a crank on the side of it, pushing him up to the microphone.

"That's the Chief of Defense?" Max asked.

"I would've expected someone taller." Nick shrugged.

"I didn't even know Zootopia had a Chief of Defense." Judy admitted.

"As Mayor Lionheart said, me and my team have created advanced weaponry capable of defeating these monsters." He flicked on a slideshow. The first slide showed three weapons, a large gun, a pistol, and a sword. "These proved highly successful in tests, but we ran into a problem; who would use these weapons?"

The room darkened, becoming pitch black. Lights began to emanate from the door Herder had come in from. Three figures walked in, shining red, green, and pink. That was all that could be made out of them, the darkness masking the rest of their bodies. What could be made out was the one with red lights was slightly shorter than the one with green lights, and the one with pink lights was shorter than either of them.

"My team broke past the barrier of current technology, and into the future!" Herder yelled. "I present to you all, the future of security and safety, the most advanced fighting team made by mammalian paws! I PRESENT, THE SPD!"

The lights turned back on, revealing the three figures.

The three Zooranger's jaws dropped.

They were three mammals, each wearing heavily armored, plated suits. They looked like mockeries of their own transformed outfits, but with far more metal. Between each plate was an undersuit that appeared to be glowing specific colors, red, green, and pink. The helmets were similarly armored, more resembling knight helmets than their motorcycle helmets. They were mostly covered in visor, each of which was colored entirely red, green or pink, matching the undersuits. They seemed to be specifically fitted for each of them.

"We've revitalized an old, failed project from the sixties." Herder continued. "The SPD, Special Police Department, are designed to handle special cases, like our current monster problems. Their armor is nigh impenetrable, and can take the force of a rocket without a scratch! Let me introduce you to them."

"SPD Officer Green is the strongest of the three, physically." Herder explained. The green officer looked like some kind of bull or buffalo, a large upper torso with horns jutting out of its helmet. Each helmet's visor was their color. He pulled out a large bazooka-like gun. "His weapon is capable of piercing through steel!"

"SPD Officer Pink is the fastest of the three, and from what she's told me, probably the cleverest." The red officer turned to look at Herder as he said this. The pink officer was definitely female, shaped like a canine. Shortest of the three as well. She twirled around twin pistols, matching the aesthetics of the cannon Officer Green carried. "Her pistols are rapid fire, and are incredibly precise. No matter the skill, they can shoot a coin twenty feet away!"

"And finally, SPD Officer Red. Balanced, perfectly designed to be the leader of this group." Herder said. "Hopefully." He muttered quickly.

The red officer was odd. It looked feline shaped, but that wasn't the odd part. While Green and Pink stood like actual officers, he stood looser, more carefree. He lolled his head around, letting an odd ring not present on the others take notice. The red officer also held a sword, matching the other two weapons. "His blade can clean cut anything in two!" Herder finished.

"As records have shown that monster attacks seem to happen every Monday, they will be active immediately!" Herder explained. "In fact, they'll be heading out right this moment to patrol!"

Officers Green and Pink nodded, but Officer Red just glanced back at Herder. The goat started to get a bit nervous. Without a word, the three went out the same way they came in. Herder cleared his throat. "Um, yes, I will be taking questions now."

The three turned back to each other, jaws still hanging open. "I can't believe this." Nick said, starting to sound angry.

Judy quickly shushed him before he could say anything else. "We're going to have to talk about this somewhere less… public."

"Yeah, if anyone catches us, we're done for." Max whispered. The three nodded, and got up, leaving the diner.

"You see how that red one was acting?" The polar bear asked the chef. "Looked kinda…"

"Looked like he didn't care." The walrus replied. "I can tell you, I have about as much faith in those three as I do the Zoo Ranger guys."

---

"So, you hear about the new 'SPD' guys?" The white fox asked.

"I don't really care, as long as they do their jobs." The stoat answered. He opened the cash register, and took out some money. "Here's your change."

The fox grabbed the change, and his bags of milk, and headed out of the store. The stoat placed his paw to his chin, and waited for the next customer to come in. He couldn't wait for this shift to be over.

A bell rung, and someone walked up to the counter. Baggy black pants are all he could see as they walked up to the counter. The stoat cranked his seat upwards, to the counter above the lower counter. "How can I-"

He let out a yelp as he saw the "customer". It was a monster, dressed in yellow, purple, and black clothing, with a fox mask for a face. "Excuse me, do you have a… swiss army knife?"

"A… a whuh…" The stoat stammered.

"A tool consisting of multiple metal objects, tucked into a small plastic shell." The monster said, exasperated. "Do you have one?"

The stoat pointed over to an aisle. The monster bowed, and walked over into the aisle. It grabbed a swiss army knife off the shelf, and then pulled out a ninja star. He jabbed it into the knife, causing it to start glowing.

It burst into purple flame, which flew out of the fox monster's hand, and into the floor. It exploded in a pulse of energy, revealing a new monster.

It was mostly orange, its main body appearing to be made out of a shell. Its stomach and chest had green plating that also seemed shell-like, and it had a tail as well. However, its arms and legs looked more artificial, silver streaks running down their middle. The arms ended in pincer like claws, made from blades. Out of the shoulders poked several other different kinds of knives, and each arm had strange writing on it.

Its legs matched its arms, the only real difference being the blades sticking out of its knees and heels. Its feet were also made out of blades as well. Like the arms, there was writing on the sides of the legs. Its head had a s silver, beak-like mouth, lined with sharp teeth. More blades jutted out from the back of the monster's head, resembling slicked back hair, and more of the writing was on the monster's head, just behind its beady yellow eyes.

"Amikiri, nice to see you again." The fox monster said.

"Oh, yo, Master Kyuemon!" It said. "You want me to do some business?"

"Yes, I require someone of your unremarkable talents." Kyuemon said.

"Rad!" The monster said. Kyuemon shook his head, waiting for the monster to respond. "Hey, wait a second…"

"Idiot." Kyuemon muttered. "Let's go." He waved his arms, causing a burst of dark energy around them. In a second they were gone.

The stoat blinked, and then shook his head. "HEY!" He yelled into the empty store.

"YOU GOTTA PAY FOR THAT!"

---

The three had returned to Mr. Big's place in order to talk about the new officers… or more accurately, get incredibly angry about it. At least, Nick was. They had changed back into their normal clothes… though Judy still had that tuft of fur on her forehead.

"It took them A WEEK to replace us!" he shouted as he paced angrily around the room. "After all we've done!"

"Nick, they think we're criminals." Judy explained. "Of course the city would try to come up with some way of stopping the monsters themselves."

"We weren't ever hired for this, it just kind of happened." Max shrugged. "Maybe these guys can take care of things themselves?"

"They don't have the experience we have!" Nick stated. "We've fought, like…" He started to count on his paws. "Twenty-seven different monsters! These guys are greenhorns compared to us!"

"Nick, you're overreacting." Judy said, calmly. The fox crossed his arms in a huff.

"Maybe we can… talk to them?" Max suggested. "Maybe they'll understand the misunderstanding and we can team up."

"I think it's too early for something like that." Judy replied. "I think we should… We should lay low for a bit."

"Carrots, you cannot be serious." Nick said.

"If we go out there, we're just going to be causing more problems." She explained. "The SPD look like they've been trained to handle monsters, so… maybe we can just let them handle it."

"Oh my god, seriously!?"

"I think she's right, Nick." Max followed up. "Us fighting monsters will just cause trouble, and we'd probably have to fight the SPD themselves, too."

"We don't KNOW if they can handle the monsters!" Nick yelled. "If we let them do this, they might get killed! I know you don't want something like that to happen, Judy."

"I mean, I…" She paused.

"And if they die, more innocents will die." He interrupted. "Do you want to be responsible for that?" The rabbit's ears started to droop down.

"Dude, stop guilting her." Max said, getting up.

"I'm not guilting her, I'm just saying the truth!"

"We have no idea if that will even happen!"

A sudden loud beeping came from their Zoolizers. "Wonderful timing." Judy said, sarcastically.

"It is wonderful timing, Fluff." Nick said. "I'm going to show this whole city they don't need those SPD weirdos."

He quickly dashed up the stairs, before either could do anything. "So, are we going to go with him?" max asked.

"Considering he'll probably die, yeah."

---

Red stomped into the street, seeing the strange orange monster causing trouble. "Snip snip, time to cut it out!" The monster said, unaware of the fox behind him. He started to snip his claws rapidly, pointing them towards a nearby building. In an instant, the building started to collapse into several chunks.

The monster laughed, and turned around. It recoiled in shock for a moment at seeing the fox, but regained its cool. "So, are you one of the guys Master Kyuemon wants me to fight?"

"Probably." Red said, confidently. "I'm one of the few guys that you monsters seem to care about!"

"Don't just go running off like that!"

Red turned around, seeing Blue and Silver run up to him. "Seriously, you can't just go fight a monster on your own!" Blue reprimanded.

"You don't think I know that?" He said. "Why do you think I ran off like that?"

"Oh, so you tricked us." Silver said, crossing his arms. "Thanks."

"You're welcome."

"Augh, shut up!" The monster yelled. "You're going to have to deal with the mighty Amikiri now!"

"We've handled tougher monsters than you." Blue snapped. "So stay quiet for a minute."

"You can't talk like that to me!" The monster growled. He pulled back his claws, and slashed them forward, firing two energy slashes towards them.

Before they could start arguing, the Zoorangers saw slashes approaching, and leaped out of the way as they hit the ground and exploded. "Alright, no arguing!" Blue said. "We just got to take this guy down!"

They drew their weapons, and rushed at the monster. Amikiri splayed its arms out. "Jukkarage, rise!" The stone monsters started forming from the ground, and rushed at the Zoorangers.

Red jumped up, slashing at one of the Jukkarage with his claws, causing it to shatter. He then swung his blade around as he hit the ground, slashing through more of them. Blue slid under a few of the Jukkarage's legs, slashing at their ankles as she did. They began to collapse behind her, and she followed by leaping into the air and kicking another. Silver spun his sword into Moon mode, and lashed it around, wiping out a number of the Jukkarage. He then spun it to Sun mode, and launched fireballs into the sky, which quickly rained down.

In a few minutes, the Jukkarage had been completely demolished.

"Wow, that didn't go like how I expected!" The monster admitted. "Guess it's time to take you guys on myself!"

He rushed at the three, but Red quickly pulled out the Vickscannon, and fired it. The single blast launched Amikiri across the road, rolling as he landed.

"Wow, Kyuemon picked a real winner this time, didn't he?" Silver joked.

"Shut up!" the monster yelled as it got up. "I'll cut you all down to size soon enough!"

He rushed back, and leaped into the air, bringing down one of its claws. The Zoorangers stepped out of the way as it hit the ground, but Amikiri quickly turned into a spinning kick, launching them all back.

"Yikes, that guy's sharp." Blue said, as she clutched at a cut.

"Maybe sharp physically, but definitely not mentally." Red joked.

"Alright, time to cut to the-"

The monster was interrupted as the sound of tires screeching was heard down the road. All four of them turned towards it.

There was a massive vehicle heading towards them. It was bulky, and colored a dull grey. It was massive, like a tank, and appeared to have a large cockpit in the front. It skid to a halt in front of them, letting them get a closer look. The cockpit was glass, but they couldn't see through them. It also had large guns on its sides, and odd sections separating it.

Three doors on it opened. The first was the cockpit, followed by two doors on the sides, which were connected to the guns. From the doors on the side stepped Officers Green and Pink, holding their weapons. Pink twirled her pistols, and cocked her hips, while Green stood almost deathly still and proper.

Out of the cockpit stood Officer red, who placed his foot on the edge, sword on his shoulder. "Hey, hey, lookee here." He said in a slimy, cocksure voice, before hopping out. "If it isn't our prey."

"I was wondering when you guys would show up." Red said, stepping forward. "Are you ready to see how real heroes handle monsters?"

"Hell no." The officer said. He pointed one of his paws forward. "Henry, shoot him."

"Henry?"

The green officer aimed his cannon at the fox, and fired. The blast hit, launching Red into the wall of a nearby building.

"Hey, we're not supposed to use real names!" Pink yelled at their leader.

"You'd think I'd try to hide this from him!?" The other Red yelled. "Why do you think I took this goddamn job!?" Pink backed off immediately.

Blue and Silver ran up to their Red, checking if he was okay. "You alright?" Blue asked as she helped him up.

"Ugh, yah." He grunted. The fox tried to step forward, but almost instantly crumpled. "No, wait, I'm not."

"Hey, what's going on!?" Amikiri yelled, confused. "I thought there was only supposed to be three of you guys!"

"You guys take on the monster, I'm going to handle Nick." The red officer said.

Without a word, the two other officers ran up to Amikiri. Pink aimed her pistols, and fired rapidly. The blasts hit, leaving scorching black marks on the monster. "Owtch!" It yelled. "That stuff really hurts!"

"Good." Green said, aiming his cannon. He fired, launching the monster back.

"I DON'T LIKE BEING SHOT!"

Green and Pink rushed up to the monster. It attempted to slash at the large armored bull, but its claws bounced off his armor. Pink quickly pistol whipped the monster in the back of the head. Amikiri slashed at her, but it still didn't seem to scratch her armor.

"Please, crabcakes." Pink mocked. "You're gonna need to be a lot tougher than that to beat us."

Silently, Green aimed his cannon, and fired at the monster again. The force of the blast knocked it back towards Pink, who fired at him with her pistols. At this point, the monster was charred and scarred by the attacks.

"Guess I'll have to use my super cut!" The monster yelled. It started pinching its claws in Green's direction. "Snip snip snip snip snip snip snip!"

The officer smacked Amikiri over the head with the massive cannon, knocking it to the ground.

Officer Red walked up to the three. "Please!" Blue shouted. She was clutching the heavily weakened fox in her arms. "You need to get him to a hospital!"

The SPD member scoffed. "Why would I do that?"

"Because he's hurt!" Silver shouted. "Aren't you a police officer!?"

Officer Red thought for a moment. "No, don't recall calling myself that."

At the exact moment he finished his sentence, he kicked Blue, launching her much smaller body across the road. "What the hell!?" Silver shouted.

Without a word, Officer Red swung his sword into Silver's chest, making a cut right through it. The wolf stumbled back, and fell to the ground.

"Who…" The fox started, barely able to hold himself up. "Who are you?"

"Oh, come ON, Nicky!" He bent down, and grabbed the fox's muzzle, holding Nick's face up to his. "You know who it is."

He slammed the fox's skull into the ground. "You made a bad choice leaving me, Nicky." He continued. "I've been waiting for this moment for years."

"You were in JAIL!" Red yelled, trying to get himself up. "Why are you here!?"

"They promised to get me off death row if I did this job." Officer Red explained. "And when I heard that you were one of the targets… well, how could I refuse? You and I are connected, Nicky."

"Don't call me that." He sputtered.

"Well, it is-" Before Officer Red could finish, Blue leaped through the air, and delivered a kick to the SPD member's head, knocking him back. "SON OF A BITCH!" He yelled.

"You're not an officer!" Blue shouted, drawing her daggers. "You're… you're…"

"A psychopathic murderer!" Red shouted. "That's what he is!"

"What!?"

"Henry, Emily, get your asses over here!" Officer Red shouted.

The two turned back from fighting the monster. "But we're-"

"I DON'T GIVE A SHIT!" He yelled.

They looked at each other, and rushed over to the rabbit.

Amikiri looked around, the SPD were distracted. "There's no way I can handle these guys, so I guess its time to cut it on out of here!" He leaped into the air, and started to fly off.

"The monster's getting away!" Blue shouted as the SPD Officers approached them.

"Yeah, we should probably go after it." Green said, turning to the red officer. "It is our-"

Officer Red quickly punched him in the face. "I'M YOUR BOSS!" He shouted. "WHAT I SAY GOES!" He bent down, and looked at Blue. "So, you're Nicky's girlfriend, huh?"

"How do you know Nick!?" She asked, pointing a dagger in his face.

He laughed, and patted the rabbit on her head. "I'd love to tell you." He said, before getting up. "But I'd rather kill you." He snapped his digits, and pointed at her. "Kill her."

The two other officers looked at each other, and aimed their guns at her. They were backed into a corner, with nowhere to go. She braced herself as they fired.

She felt a sting.

She opened her eyes, and looked at herself. "Was that supposed to do something?"

"What the fuck?" Officer Red said. He smacked Green in the face. "You missed her on purpose, didn't you!?"

"No, we hit her!" Pink said. "She's at point blank range, there's no way we could've missed!"

Blue drew her daggers, and prepared to strike, but a sudden thought hit her. These weren't monsters. Even if their armor was good, she'd still be hurting them. She froze up, and the SPD officers stopped arguing.

"I'll kill her myself." Officer Red said. He turned to the still wounded fox. "You watching this, Nicky?" He drew his sword, and prepared to strike at Blue. She drew her daggers as the blade came down, blocking it. "Stubborn."

"Always was!" She said, pushing the sword back. "Sometimes its not a bad thing!"

"Hey, assholes!"

They all turned to see Silver, who was unsteadily standing. "You just gonna forget about me!?

"I thought you died." Officer Red said.

"I'm not going to die that easily!" Silver said, drawing his sword. He rushed at the red officer, clashing their swords. Silver rapidly slammed his thin blade into the SPD officer's much thicker sword.

Blue took this chance, and leaped into Pink's stomach, tackling her to the ground. They rolled across the street, before Pink kicked her off and into a nearby building. "What the hell's your deal!?" Pink yelled as she got up.

"You're trying to hurt my friends, I'm just defending them!" Blue shouted.

"Listen rabbit, we're not going to kill anyone!" Pink retorted. "At least, I hope we aren't."

"Then what do you call that!?" She shouted, pointing over to the beat-up fox. "He's half dead already!"

The officer went silent for a moment. "We're just going to take you in, we're not executioners." She drew her pistols, and aimed them. "So back down, or I won't miss this time."

"Come at me."

She started to fire at the rabbit, who continued to dodge the blasts. Blue leaped back and forth, and jumped up to deliver another kick to her head. The kick impacted, but Pink only stumbled back a bit. She fired her pistols as Blue landed, but the blasts seemed to barely affect her.

"Oh come ON, what is with these things!?" Pink shouted, smacking the pistols together.

"Hey, guess what?" Blue said, pulling out her blasters. "Mine work!" She fired the blasters at Pink's wrists, causing her to drop the pistols.

"Clever rabbit, huh?" She growled. "Just stand down, and we'll-"

"'Stand down' is something actual police officers say." Blue snapped. "And you're not an actual police officer."

Red looked up as the massive green officer towered above him. "Why are you doing this?" The fox asked as he tried to climb to his feet. "You said you changed… that you turned on him…"

Green remained silent.

Officer Red and Silver clashed their blades. After a few moments, the officer grabbed onto Silver sword. He ripped it from his paws, and flung it to the ground, before rapidly slashing at the wolf in a chaotic manner. Silver stumbled back, and fell to the ground. Who the hell was this guy, and why was his weapon so powerful? He hadn't even been hurt like this by a general!

Officer red walked up to the downed wolf, and kicked him over. "Out of my way, I have business to attend to."

The officer walked up to Green, and pushed him out of the way. "Alright, Nicky, time to end this." He drew his blade, and prepared to strike.

"NO!" Blue shouted.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Pink followed.

Just as Officer Red brought down the sword, the ring around his neck started to beep. He let out a horrific shriek of pain as electricity started to course through him, making him drop the sword to the ground.

A voice sounded through the helmets of all three officers.

"Return to base."

Officer Red stumbled back, and let out a growl. He scooped the sword off the ground, and stomped towards the vehicle. Green headed to the car without a word, while Pink gave a quick growl before heading off.

"You got off lucky, Nicky!" Officer Red shouted as he hopped into the vehicle's cockpit. "Don't think you'll get this chance twice!" The cockpit closed, and the vehicle spun around before driving off in the direction it came.

Judy rushed over to Silver. "Oh god, Max are you alright?" She asked, shaking him.

"I'll be fine." He said, untransforming and getting to his feet. "I've handled worse than that."

"I'm pretty sure you haven't."

They both ran over to Red. "Hold on, Nick, we'll get you back home soon." Judy assured him. The fox didn't respond. "Nick?"

He had passed out.

---

Kyuemon stood atop the mountain, looking over the city. He was hoping that Amikiri had already gotten into a fight, the energy built up from it would allow him to be upgraded, which would in turn lead to more damage, and the Zoorangers saving the day.

It wasn't a brilliant plan, but it was definitely a way to stop Long in his tracks.

"MAAASTER KYUEMOOOON!"

Kyuemon looked up, and watched as the orange yokai flew through the air, and crashed into the mountain. He was badly damage, covered in wounds and burnt flesh.

"What in the world happened to you?" Kyuemon asked. "Those don't look like wounds from the Zoorangers' weapons."

"They weren't!" The monster said as it got up. "There were these three other guys, they just came up and started to attack me!"

"Three… others?" Kyuemon said, intrigued and concerned. "Were they working with the Zoorangers?"

"No, it seemed like they had a beef with them too!" Amikiri explained. "It was awful, I could barely even scratch them!"

Kyuemon grunted. What was going on? "I need you to gather info on these new… fighters." He said.

"You expect me to go back out there!?" Amikiri shouted in disbelief. "I'll be slaughtered if I fight those guys again!"

"Don't worry, you'll be strong enough." Kyuemon pulled out a Chaos Badge, and tossed it into the monster's chest.

He started to convulse, and change. Its skin became blue, rather than orange, its chest turning purple, aside from a red symbol of chaos carved into it. The writing on its sides turned red, making it stand out more. The blades on the back of its head grew longer, and splayed out. Its claws started to grow, turning into massive scissor like appendages.

"CHAOS AMIKIRI!" it shouted as it stomped forward. "Wow, I feel like the sharpest knife in the drawer now!"

Kyuemon groaned. "Just go figure out who these new nuisances are." He commanded.

The monster gave a salute, and jumped into the air, flying off.

---

The massive armored vehicle pulled into the garage of the laboratory. The three SPD Officers hopped out of the car, and headed into the building. Their armor started to fold in, turning into belts around the three's waists.

Green was a large bull, dressed in black jacket and a green shirt. He was large, like most bulls, but seemed to exude a somewhat gentle, if stoic, aura. Pink's armor revealed a hyena, wearing a pink tank top and smaller jacket. She crossed her arms as they walked in.

Officer Red's armor revealed a rather skinny lion, who's mane seemed to have been shaved off at one point… or was never there to begin with. It was definitely a male lion, however. The ring was still around his neck, which he tugged at as they walked. He wore a similar outfit to the other two, red undershirt and black jacket.

"Ah, welcome back." A smartly dressed goat said as he walked up to them. "I see your first mission went… utterly terrible."

"Blame el estúpido." The hyena said. "He's the one who tried to murder Ni-"

"Oh, you're blaming me for that!?" The lion said. "I had him right where I wanted him, and then you had to go and shock me!"

"Quiet!" Herder shouted. He walked up to the lion, and laughed. "Mr. Clawbick, you're working for law enforcement now. If you don't follow the laws yourself, you're setting a bad example."

"I never said I was a law enforcer." Clawbick growled as he bent down to look at the goat. "I could cleave through your flesh in an instant if you dare-"

Herder quickly pulled out a controller, and pressed a button on it. Clawbick let out another scream of pain as he was shocked.

"That's why I had the tame collar installed." Herder explained. "because you're completely untrustworthy with this kind of job. Too bad you were the only one willing to take it."

Clawbick growled as he crawled back to his feet.

"So, other than Clawbick's insubordination, Hornsby and Hyerez did stunningly!" The goat complimented. "Especially for their first time."

"I'm flattered." Hyerez said, sarcastically.

"Can you just call us Henry and Emily?" Hornsby asked. "I'd like this to be a little more casual."

"The doctor can call you by your first names." Herder said. "Speaking of, he wants to see you all, follow me."

The three followed Herder into a room filled with monitors. The monitors were currently off, but they had been told this is how they were monitored on missions. Leopold was sitting at a computer. He jolted up as Herder started to speak.

"Dr. Leopold, what did you want to talk to the officers about?"

The leopard quickly regained himself, and cleared his throat. "I noticed some… odd things going on with your weapons while you were fighting." He explained.

"Oh, you mean like our guns just not working sometimes?" Emily answered. "That was pretty odd!"

"I have no idea what was going on with that!" Leopold said. "In every test they worked, I don't-"

"I thought you said these weapons vaporized things?" Clawbick growled. "I didn't see anything get vaporized, even when I tried to slice that wolf's heart out."

"Well, yes, um…" Leopold started. "Well, you see, when we originally designed the weapon, the energy in the medal we used seemed to be connected to a different universe, as it were. They were able to vaporize anything on hit, but once we started using the new medals, they just became incredibly powerful in a standard way."

"I only got half of that." Clawbick stated. "But I was told there would be vaporization."

"It's better this way, think of it as an added safety precaution!"

Clawbick glared at the leopard.

"Um, yes. No vaporization, sorry about that."

The lion scoffed, and stormed out of the room. "He scares me." Leopold admitted.

"You're not the only one." Emily followed.

Clawbick walked down the hallway. He had gotten so close to getting Wilde. He continued to think about it. What would he do when the fox showed up again if he couldn't kill him? Maybe after the legal system dealt with them, he'd be able to strangle the fox on his own. Or maybe he'd be allowed more than that and get to carve Wilde like a tree. Maybe he'd be able to mount Wilde's head on his wall, and turn the fur into a carpet.

He laughed at the wonderful ideas he had for getting rid of that fox. He glanced around. In all his thinking, he had wandered somewhere deep into the laboratory. A dark hallway stood before him… but something started to flash from behind a door. Green lights flickered on and off rapidly.

Seemed interesting.

He opened door, and stepped in. It was pitch black, he couldn't see anything. Then it lit up. He caught a glimpse of a complex machine, a tube placed on top of it. The light came from something inside the tube. It was…

It was some kind of monster, definitely. A horrific crystal monster than resembled many different animals at once. With each flash, he saw something new on it. Every time it lit up, the tube seemed to be full of electricity.

It didn't seem to be having fun, silently wailing each time it was shocked. The monster seemed to notice him, and glared at him.

Then, the lights flipped on.

"I see you've found it." Herder said as he walked up to the lion.

"What the hell is 'it'?"

"Its our power source." Herder explained. "That monster powers your armor. Ask Leopold more about it, I'm not sure about this science stuff most of the time."

"It looks like its in pain." Clawbick said.

"Oh, it definitely is." Herder laughed. "That's ten thousand watts going through its system every couple of seconds, its bound to be painful for a long time! Come along, we have to prepare you all for the next monster attack."

Herder left the room, but Clawbick stayed to stare at the creature.

"I don't know if you can hear me," The lion started as he walked up to the machine. "But I feel a kind of kinship in you, you know?"

The monster stared back at him, seeming to resist the electricity for a moment. It placed one of its massive claws on the glass tube, and Clawbick responded by placing his own paw on the glass as well. He felt a sudden surge of energy flow through him, instantly activating his armor.

"Neat." He said, before the armor folded back in. "You certainly are powerful. Hey, how about you and I make a deal…"

---

They had returned to Mr. Big's spare room, but not before Judy had managed to grab some bandages and disinfectant. She quickly placed the unconscious fox on one of the cushions, and got to helping max with his wounds.

"Those guys were something, huh?" She said as she applied the disinfectant to Max's chest wound. She had to do it while standing on his lap, due to size differences. He seethed as the cotton swab patted against the open gash.

"Yeah, definitely." Max replied, eyes starting to water. "I haven't taken damage like that in… ever."

"Stop squirming." The rabbit said. "If you keep twitching every time I do this, I'll fall off!"

"Sorry."

She pulled out a roll of bandages, and quickly dashed around the wolf, covering the wound with them. "There, all done." She said, hopping down. "Just stay still for a bit, you need to relax."

"I didn't realize you knew how to treat wounds like this." Max said, leaning back in his chair.

"I lived on a farm for most of my life, lots of accidents can happen." She explained. "I only really know bandage treatment, though."

"Its good enough for right now." Max shrugged. He looked over at Nick, who was starting to move around again. "Do you think Nick will be better soon?"

"Hopefully." She said, looking over at the fox as well. "I hope he can tell us what's going on with those SPD guys."

"What do you mean?"

"I think he knows who they are." Judy said, shrugging. "The red one definitely seemed to know him."

"Oh, I know them."

They glanced back over at Nick, who had sat up. "Nick, you're alright!" Judy said, running up and hugging the fox. He didn't return the hug, instead, pushing her off. "Can you tell us who those guys are?"

"I can."

There was silence for a moment.

"And they are…?"

"I said 'I can'." He responded. "Not that I will." The fox seemed sombre, even more antisocial than he normally was.

"I get it." Judy said, understanding. "You don't want to talk about it, that's fine."

"Can you at least give us names?" Max asked.

"Max, seriously?" Judy snapped at him.

"Oh, sorry."

"I'll give you their names." Nick said. "David Clawbick, Henry Hornsby, and Emily Hyerez."

"Alright, so we have names now." Judy sighed. "Glad you could at least speak up about that."

"I'm not saying anything else." He said. "Going back to that time is…"

"Nick, it's alright." Judy said. "If you don't want to talk about it, you don't have to. It's probably not important anyway."

"I feel like knowing why someone has a grudge against you is important." Max said. Judy clutched her fist in annoyance.

She took a deep breath. "How are you feeling?" She asked.

"Like I got shot by a ton of bricks." Nick responded.

"Did their weapons really hurt that bad?" Judy asked. "I didn't feel anything when I got hit by them."

"Judy, you just patched up a gaping wound in my chest." Max stated. "Of course they actually hurt."

"How come I wasn't affected then?" The two other mammals shrugged in response. It was a question without an answer, at the moment.

"The monster got away." Nick said. "So, we're probably going to have to fight it again."

"Which means we'll probably run into the SPD again." Max finished. The two fell silent for a moment.

"And this time we'll be ready for them." Judy said, pounding her fist into her paw. "This time, we'll kick their butts and handle the monster by ourselves!"

The two looked at each other nervously.

---

"Come out, come out, wherever you are!" The monster shouted as it walked through the open plaza. "What do I gotta do to get those knits out to fight me!? Maybe I should…" He pointed his scissors towards a building, and clipped them. The building was suddenly sliced in half, and started to collapse, sliding down slowly. The Amikiri started to laugh, until something rang through the air.

"JUNGLE MIND!
BUSTING TIME!
UKI UKI OO!
ZOOSARU!"

A massive robotic gorilla jumped through the air, and pushed the building back up with its fists. The yokai turned to see the Zoorangers running up to him. "Oh, it's just you losers." The monster said, clearly uninterested in them.

"That's not a nice way to greet the guys who are gonna kick your ass!" Red shouted.

"Call me when those other guys show up!" Amikiri scoffed.

"Great, now even the monsters are more interested in the SPD." Silver muttered.

"We just gotta beat it before they show up!" Blue stated. "And if they do show up, we know how to handle them!"

There was then the sound of tires screeching, and the four watched as the SPD's massive six-wheeled tank rolled into the plaza. The officers stepped out of the vehicle, weapons drawn. "Well, looks like the whole gang's here!" Clawbick said, slamming the sword into his other armored paw. "Hen-Green, Pink, deal with the other three freaks, I'm going to take on the fox."

The other two nodded, and all three ran up to the Zoorangers and Chaos Amikiri.

"There you are!" The yokai said. "I was waiting for you guys for hours!"

Pink quickly whipped out her blasters, and pointed them at the monster. She fired a duo of shots, but in a split second, the monster's scissor hands flipped into its arm, and then came back out, this time looking like a large knife. He deflected the blasts, and laughed.

"Check out the new power!" He said. He flipped his other scissor hand around, turning it into a large screw. "I can take you guys on, no problem!"

Officer Red stepped up to the monster. "So, you wanna take me on first?" It asked, shining its blade at him.

"Get out of my way."

Clawbick smacked the monster to the ground with the back of his sword, and continued walking. Directly towards Red.

He pointed his sword at the fox. The edges of the sword started to glow with a green energy. "Ready to die tonight?" He asked.

Blue and Silver stepped in front of the fox, their weapons drawn. "No, out of the way." Red said, pushing them out of the way. He drew his own blade, and pointed it back at Clawbick. "Deal with the monster while I finish this."

"If you say so, Nick." Blue sighed. The two ran off towards Amikiri.

"You've certainly gotten a lot more willful since we last met." Clawbick chuckled.

"Yeah, I have." Red replied. "Because, unlike you, I've actually changed."

Clawbick swung at the fox, who quickly blocked the sword with his own. The two started to swing their blades rapidly, Nick having to leap into the air to gain an advantage over the much taller lion.

Meanwhile, Blue and Silver ran up to the Amikiri, who looked back and forth at them and the SPD officers. "So, you guys going to fight each other, or are you going to fight me?" It asked.

The four looked at each other. "You want to call a truce, maybe?" Blue asked.

Pink shrugged. "Sure, why the hell not."

"Well, wasn't expecting that."

Pink and Blue spun their pistols, and fired at the monster, which it attempted to block with its blade arm. Silver quickly rushed up from the side and slashed it, letting the blasts hit. The monster stumbled back, before Green ran up and slammed the cannon into the monster's chest.

The yokai raised his screw arm, which started to spin around, he thrust it down at the rabbit, who jumped out of the way as it lodged into the ground. The monster then slashed at Officer Green with his blade, but the bull stepped out of the way. The screw started to spin around again, causing the yokai to spin around himself, kicking the Zoorangers and SPD officers away with both his feet.

The screw quickly dislodged, throwing the monster into the air, where it landed on its feet. "Hah, not one of you can handle my skills!"

"Yeah, sorry." Green said, pulling up the cannon. He fired, the blast launching the yokai across the plaza. "But you're really lame."

The monster grunted as it got back up, only to be met with a kick to the face from Blue, and a series of quick slashes from Silver. Pink ran up, and clonked the monster on both sides of the head with her pistols. She then kicked him away, making way for Green to blast him again.

"Alright, this is going the exact opposite of how I wanted it to!" Amikiri whined. His hands flipped back around, turning back into scissors. "I'm heading out now, hope you guys fight each other!" With a laugh, the monster leaped into the air, and flew off through the night sky.

The rangers and the officers looked at each other. "So, we're supposed to fight now, huh?" Silver asked.

"I mean, I guess." Pink said.

"We're just doing our job." Green said, before pointing the cannon at the both of them. He fired at Silver, but Blue leaped through the air and took the blast. The force knocked her into the wolf, which knocked them both to the ground.

"Blue, you alright?" Silver asked. "You just took a bullet for me."

"Hitting you hurt more than the shot did." She said, quickly hopping to her feet. "Trust me on that one." Silver quickly got back to his feet as well. "So, who do you feel like taking on?" The rabbit asked.

"I'm taking you on, conejo!" Pink said, stepping forward and blasting at the rabbit with her pistols. Blue jumped up to avoid the shots, and kicked Pink in the face.

"Your shots don't work on me!" She declared as she landed. She struck a fighting pose. "Why don't we handle this paw to paw?"

Pink growled, and holstered her pistols on the sides of her armor. She punched her paw into her palm, and ran up to the rabbit. She took a swing at Blue, but she jumped up and landed on her arm, delivering a quick kick. The hyena stumbled back, and then went onto all fours for a moment, she then splayed her legs out, keeping herself low to the ground.

"You don't think I know how to deal with small, annoying pests, huh?" She growled. She dashed at the rabbit on all fours, slashing at her with claws.

'Might've made a bad choice, Judy!' The rabbit thought to herself.

Silver and the bull stared at each other. The wolf tightened his grip around his sword. "So, you and me, fight?"

"I'd rather you gave up peacefully." Green said.

"Sorry, but that's not going to happen." He said. Silver lowered his sword for a moment. "But, if you don't want to fight, why should we?"

"I suppose there wouldn't beany harm in talking." Green said. He looked over, at the two Reds fighting each other, and Pink fighting Blue.

"Why does that Clawbick guy hate Nick so much?" Silver asked, taking this opportunity to get some info out. "Seems like they have a bit of a past."

"They do." Green stated. "It's a long and complicated story."

There was silence from both of them for a moment. "Aren't you going to tell me?" Silver asked.

"You should ask him yourself." Green said. "If he lives."

"Lives?" Silver spun around, looking over to ZooRed. The fox was engaged with Clawbick, but the lion's size advantage seemed to be catching up to him. Red was quickly struck by a swipe of the sword, knocking him away. Silver stepped forward, and prepped his blade. "Don't worry, Nick, I'm-"

Silver was knocked to the ground by something, something incredibly painful. "Damn it, I thought…"

The bull's hoof placed itself on his back. "Job's a job, sorry."

Pink rapidly slashed at the rabbit, knocking her back. Unlike the blaster shots, the hyena's claws hurt like hell. She was quick on her feet, clearly an expert on street brawling with many different sized mammals. Who were these mammals?

The hyena spun her body around, kicking the rabbit away. She crashed next to Red. "So, how's it going?" He asked, out of breath. "I'm doing pretty good."

"Nick, there's no way we can take these guys on right now." She said.

"Wanna go super?" he asked, pulling out the Sun ZooTag. She quickly slapped it out of his paw.

"Those forms are strong enough to kill Long!" Judy said. "Imagine what they'd do to a normal mammal!"

"A normal mammal in super armor."

"They're not monsters, Nick!"

"I'd argue that."

She slapped him across the muzzle. "We are NOT killing anyone!" She said. "We're getting out of here."

"Alright, alright!" He said. He glanced over at Silver, still under the hoof of Officer Green. "We need to save Silver first."

She nodded. The two ran, leaving Clawbick and Emily behind. "HEY!" Clawbick roared. "WE'RE NOT DONE FIGHTING!"

"Yes, we are!" Red shouted back.

Blue leaped into the air, striking Green in the face, as Red tackled into him, the combined forces knocking the bull over. Silver climbed back up. "That guy is really heavy." He grunted.

"C'mon, Max, we're getting out of here." Blue said.

"What, seriously!?" Silver said. "I thought you said we could take these guys!"

"Well, sometimes I'm wrong!" She said. "NOW LET'S GO!"

The three quickly dashed off into the city night. Clawbick let out a horrible growl as they ran off. "I'LL KILL THAT SON OF A BITCH NEXT TIME!" He said.

"We should head back to base, now that we have nothing left to do here." Henry stated.

"Yeah, I think our weapons are running low on power, too." Emily continued. Clawbick growled, and stomped on the ground, with enough force to crack some of the pavement. The three headed back to the vehicle, and drove off back to base.

---

The three had been sitting in the spare room in silence for a good half hour. Nothing was really going well, considering how strong the SPD seemed to be. Judy had spent the entire time trying to think of something.

"I really don't know what to do." Judy finally said. "It's just a lot easier when you don't have to deal with… killing someone."

"We aren't going to be killing anyone, Judy." Max said.

"I'm trying to avoid that too!" She said, frustrated. "But… they aren't monsters, there's not really any way for us to fight against them without hurting them."

"Maybe we shouldn't be worrying about them." Nick muttered. "Might be better if one of them got offed."

"Oh my god, Nick." Judy said, stomping over to him. "We're officers, officers don't kill."

"We're not really officers right now." He replied. "We're criminals."

"Okay, Nick." Max started. "You need to tell us what the hell is going on with you and this Clawbick guy."

"There isn't anything."

"You mean, aside from him really wanting to specifically kill you, and you having some sort of grudge against him?" Judy said, sarcastically. "Yeah, nothing."

"That bull told me that you guys have a history." Max said. "We need you to tell us, it's important."

The fox fell back onto the cushion, silent. "It's okay, Nick." Judy sighed. "I know that, whatever happened, you don't want to talk about it. Your feelings are more important."

"It happened when I was around sixteen." Nick started, to the shock of the rabbit and wolf. "I had gotten into a fight with my mom, and ran out on her." He sat back up. "I was homeless for a bit, living on the street with nowhere to go. That's when Clawbick showed up."

"He took me into his gang, which was just Emily and Henry. It was like having a home for once, a place where I was… accepted. They were like a family, and we all helped each other out. Emily was like a big sister, and Henry was always there to give me advice. Then there was Clawbick."

"Back then, he was one of those… rebel gangster types, wanted to 'stick it to the man', as it were." He continued. "It started out innocently, vandalizing, pranks, really childish things that we did to the police."

"I'm not sure what happened, but then things started to escalate. They started assaulting others, and just destroying property for no reason. I started to get weary at that point, but… things only got worse." The fox started to sob a bit as he remembered. "He started abusing us."

"Oh my god…"

"We all wanted to leave, but he threatened to kill us if we tried to do anything. Then he…" The fox started to cry in full. Judy moved in to comfort him. "The last time I saw him, he had set up a plan to attack a hospital. I don't know why. That was all I could take, so I snuck away and called the police. By the time they made it there, it was too late."

"Oh god." Judy muttered.

"I think I remember that." Max said. "Twenty mammals dead, right?" Nick nodded.

"A bit after, I was taken in by Mr. Big, and he helped me become a non-violent criminal." He finished, wiping away some tears. "It was one of the worst things that's ever happened to me."

"I'm so sorry, Nick." Judy said, hugging him. "I didn't realize… You didn't have to say anything."

"Yes, I did." He said. "I needed to get that baggage off my chest."

"So, we know this Clawbick guy is a horrible psychopath." Max said. "What about the other two?"

"Henry and Emily aren't bad." Nick stated. "I saw them recently, actually. Emily was working at the Carrot Day Festival in Bunnyburrow, and Henry was a janitor at the museum. They seemed like they turned over a new leaf, even said they helped get Clawbick into jail for good. I don't know why they're still working with him."

"Maybe out of fear?" Judy suggested, stepping away from the fox. "Clawbick seems incredibly dangerous, I wouldn't be surprised if they're scared of him themselves."

"That's probably it." Nick said. "That's what it was like when they were a gang, too."

"So, am I the only one concerned that they got a psychopath and his lackeys to be proxy police officers?" Max asked. "Seems kind of…"

"Like the worst possible choices?" Judy finished. She started tapping her foot against the ground. "I feel like there's something going on here. Them being from Nick's past can't be a coincidence."

"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it." Nick said, shrugging. He let out a heavy sigh. "I… I don't know if I can do this, Judy."

"We have to." She said. "We might not legally be police anymore, but we are heroes. We have a criminal with a ridiculous amount of power running around, there's no way that won't go wrong."

"I've read enough comics to know that is exactly what will happen." Max stated.

The fox chuckled, and stood up. He returned to his more relaxed posture. "There's a bright side to this." He said, running his paw through his fur. "I'll get to beat him up eventually."

"I… guess that's a positive outlook?" Judy said.

"Alrighty!" Max started. "We just have to wait for that monster to attack again, and we can get rid of them in one swoop!"

"If we want to do that, we'll need a plan." Nick followed. "Got anything, Carrots?"

She placed her paw to her chin, and started to pace around. "If we want to make a plan, we need to find out some kind of weakness." She said. "I think its more important to focus on the bigger threat, the monster."

"Yeah, it doesn't seem like Clawbick and his gang'll cause any trouble when there isn't a monster around." Max followed.

"So, we just watch them?" Nick asked. "Seems kind of boring."

"Wait, you know them!" Judy started, having realized something. "That means you know how they fight, right?"

"Fluff, it's been years." He said. He looked at the rabbit's lavender eyes, and sighed. "Henry's a brute fighter, not really skilled in combat, but strong. He usually only hurts others when he has a reason to."

"And right now, we're on his 'priority list'." Max finished. "From what I could tell, he's just a bruiser with a big gun."

"Yeah, 'just'." Nick scoffed. "You're the one who got hit by the gun!"

"Oh, right."

Nick shook his head. "Emily is way more violent than Henry, but that's mostly because of anger issues. She was homeless most of her life, so she had to fight a lot."

"That explains a lot." Judy said.

"Clawbick's just violent." Nick said. "I think he just enjoys hurting others."

"That is what a psychopathic murderer usually is." Max said, Judy nodding along.

"You got info, any ideas?" The fox asked.

"We fight the monster, but keep an eye on the SPD." Judy explained. "We need to be thorough before we deal with them."

Nick nodded in approval. "Could take a while, though."

"How long is 'a while'?" Max asked. "Because I really do not want to be living here for the next year."

"Probably just a few weeks." Judy explained. "We're here to protect the city, not make them hate us even more."

"So, all we have to do is wait, right?" Nick asked.

---

"I've waited LONG ENOUGH!" the monster shouted as it stepped into the park. "You rangers better come out soon!" The Amikiri quickly snapped one of its scissors through a nearby tree, cutting it with barely any effort.

There was the sound of tires grinding through the dirt. The dirt flung through the air and hit the monster in the face, causing him to stumble back. He looked up, seeing the large armored vehicle. The SPD Officers quickly climbed out of the vehicle, and prepared their weapons.

"Not even two hours!" Emily yelled. "I didn't even get a chance to recharge!"

"That's why the doc gave you that pack." Henry said, motioning towards a small, rectangular object hanging from the hyena's waist.

"Yeah, but I'd like to go into a fight with full ammo."

"Can you two just shut it!?" Clawbick growled, the two quieting up immediately.

"You guys really like to fight, huh?" The monster said with a chuckle, but sounding a bit disappointed. "Where are the other guys?"

"How should we know that?" Emily said. Clawbick promptly smacked her with his sword.

"No talking, just killing." He growled. The armored hyena quickly shut up.

"Doesn't matter, dealing with you guys seems a bit more important!" The monster chuckled, before rushing forward. He swung his scissors at Henry, who took the blow, stumbling back a bit.

The bull aimed his cannon at the monster, and fired, launching it off through the field. Pink ran up as the monster climbed to its feet, and started smacking it with her pistols. Amikiri took a few hits, but knocked her back. He grunted as his scissors spun around, now turning into a pair of blades.

The yokai slashed at Pink a few times, and then knocked her away. Green ran up, and attempted to smack the monster with his cannon. Amikiri quickly responded by slashing at him, and knocking him away as well. "Hey, you!" The monster said, stepping towards Clawbick. "You gonna do anything, or are you just gonna stand there?"

"Oh, I'll do plenty." Clawbick said. He held out his sword, and tilted it, causing green energy to emit from the blade.

"Not likely!"

A blade whipped through the air, directly above the sword. It seemed to be connected to a black cord. The blade wrapped itself around the blade in a second, and tugged at the lion, turning him to see the three Zoorangers.

"If you want to do anything, you gotta go through us!" Red said, pointing at himself.

"Oh, there you three are!" Amikiri said, sounding a bit more cheerful. He started to laugh to himself. "Now I can start my plan…"

"We know what you've done, Clawbick!" Blue shouted, stepping forward. "When all this is sorted out, you're going right back to prison!"

Clawbick didn't respond to the rabbit, instead pulling his sword back. This caused the fox to fly through the air, towards the lion. As he approached, Clawbick unleashed a punch, knocking the fox into the ground.

"I don't think he was listening." Silver said.

"Probably not." Blue responded, shaking her head.

"Hey!" They both turned to look at Amikiri. "Aren't you two going to stop me from causing trouble?"

The two looked at each other, confused, before shrugging and rushing to fight the monster. Blue leaped up as Silver dashed forward, blade ready. The rabbit drew her daggers, and struck rapidly at the monster, who blocked with one of his blades. Silver attempted to strike the monster as well, but it also blocked.

He quickly flipped his blade hands back in, replacing one with the corkscrew, and the other with an oddly shaped hook. He swung the hook into the rabbit as she started to land, and then thrust the corkscrew into the wolf.

"Hah, looks like I'm beating you!" The monster proclaimed, rather loudly. "Hope there's no one else that wants you dead, or else they'd be in trouble!"

"Back it up, langosta!" Pink shouted. She rushed over, and kicked the monster in the back, and then pointed one of her pistols at it. "That's out job."

"Oh my god, seriously?" Blue shouted. "He's trying to egg you on!"

"Yeah, and he's right." Green said, also stepping up. "If you three get killed, we're in trouble." He aimed the cannon at the wolf.

"Shouldn't we be worrying about the monster?" Silver asked. "He's going to hurt more mammals than we are!"

Pink knocked the monster to the side, and stepped forward. "If we don't we're getting sent back to prison with Clawbick, and there' no way in hell that's happening!" She pointed her blasters at the two, and started to fire.

Amikiri chuckled to itself. "Now I just gotta wait for them to kill each other, and then I can deal without whoever's left!" It said to itself as it snuck away from the fight.

Blue leaped at the hyena before she could fire, knocking her away. Silver ducked away as Officer Green fired the can at him, leaving a massive hole in the ground.

Meanwhile, Red and Clawbick were starting to duke it out. The fox leaped into the air, and struck at his sword, a burst of green energy flying out as they hit. Clawbick flicked his sword up, launching the fox into the air. He prepared to strike at Red as he fell down, but the fox quickly pulled out the Vickscannon.

He fired several rounds at the lion, causing explosions all around him. Red landed on his feet. "I'm not as weak as I was back then, Scratch."

"Oh, pulling out that nickname, huh?" Clawbick said as he stumbled from the smoky field. "I thought you left me behind, Nicky."

"I have." Red replied. He prepared to strike at the lion. "And I'm ready to get you out of my mind for good."

"You can't do it!" Clawbick laughed. "Your girlfriend wouldn't let you."

Nick growled, and clenched his paw. He quickly dashed forward, and leaped up, attempting to strike at the lion once again.

Silver's blade clashed against the side of the bull's cannon, rather ineffective against it. Green pushed the sword away, and blasted at the wolf, flinging him away. "Are you an idiot?" The bull asked as he walked over to the grounded wolf. "You already know this thing hurts bad."

Silver climbed to his feet, out of breath. "I have to fight." He said. "Even if its stupid, I still have to try. I have to protect my friends."

Green fell silent for a moment. "You're quite a spirited soul." He said. "I admire that. If the circumstances were different, we could be friends."

Silver looked up. "You mean that?"

"One hundred percent." Green said, with a nod. "We're a lot alike. Unfortunately…"

"You have to bring me in, right?" Silver finished for him. He sighed, and prepared his blade. He thrust forward, the blade piercing into the bull's large body, but not seeming to cause any harm to him.

Green smacked Silver over the head with his cannon, causing him to fall back to the ground. As he hit the ground, Silver quickly kicked at the bull's legs, and rolled out of the way as he collapsed into the ground. The wolf staggered to his feet, and quickly prepped his sword, watching as Green rolled to his side and fired off some blasts from the cannon.

Silver spun the guard around, switching it to Eclipse Mode. Time slowed time for a moment, and he leaped out of the way, and attempted to strike at the bull. Time restarted before he could, and Green quickly thrust his head upward, knocking the wolf back with his horns.

"Why are you following him?" Blue asked. Her and Pink were locked in a stand-off, blasters locked on each other. "He's abusive, you don't really want someone like that to be your leader, right!?"

"Of course I don't!" Pink shouted back. "But if he knows I abandoned him, he'll do what he's doing to Nick!"

Blue glanced back at the fox. He was still locked in combat with Clawbick, but he seemed to be-

Her ears twitched as she heard gunfire going off. She looked back at the hyena. While she was distracted, Pink had fired shots at her. She braced herself for impact, but once again felt nothing.

"HIJO DE PUTA!" She yelled. "Why don't these things work on you!?"

Blue shrugged, she was just as confused as the SPD officer was. "Maybe it's just my positive attitude?" She joked.

Pink stood in thought for a moment. "I haven't recharged these things all day, maybe I should…" She holstered one of her pistols, and grabbed the rectangular object. She plugged it on the top of the other gun, the sound of metal clinking coming from it.

She pulled the object off the first gun, and holstered it. She tossed the object into her other paw, and plugged it into the other blaster. Before it could finish doing whatever it was doing, Blue fired one of her blasters at it, causing it to fly off the gun, and shatter into pieces.

"Oh, wonderful!" Pink growled. She holstered her gun, and got to all fours. "You're gonna pay for that, conejo."

She rushed forward, and swept her leg at Blue, who leaped over it, and landed on the hyena's back, Knocking her to the ground. Pink quickly recovered, and dashed over to the rabbit on all fours. Her claws poked through the suit as she started to scratch at Blue again.

Blue blocked the swipes with her daggers, and waited for an opening. As Pink tried to perform a double pawed thrust at her, she stuck her daggers between them, and pried them apart. The rabbit then flipped, kicking the hyena in her jaw and knocking her away.

The hyena flipped through the air from the force of the kick. Blue was surprised she could even muster up that kind of strength. Pink crashed into the ground on her back, clearly in pain. "That'll teach you." Blue said.

Her attention was caught by something shimmering on the ground. It was surrounded by the shards of the object she had destroyed. It was silver, round, familiar…

Her heart started to beat.

She swiped the object off the ground, and stomped over to the hyena. She placed a foot on her stomach, and shined the object in her face. "WHERE DID YOU GET THIS!?" She demanded "TELL ME!"

"How should I know?!" Pink responded, swatting the rabbit off and getting up. "The doc gave them to me, he doesn't even know where they came from."

Blue clutched the object, but was quickly distracted by spotting something else. It was the monster, just kind of standing around in the middle of the field.

Oh yeah, they were supposed to be fighting a monster!

"I can't believe this!" She shouted, hitting herself in the head.

"What?"

"I can't believe I got distracted fighting you guys, when I should have been focusing on the monster!" Blue explained.

Pink's own, armor covered ears perked up. "Right, that's what we're supposed to be dealing with!" She placed her paw to the side of her helmet. "Hey doc, why didn't you…" She paused for a moment and sighed. "Are you really a scientist? Just… give Clawbick a shock and tell him to stop fighting the fox."

There was a sudden ear piercing screech of pain. Everyone looked over to Clawbick, who had smoke coming from his armor. He fell to his knees, letting Red step away from their fight.

"Right, got it." Green said. He lifted his foot from the wolf's chest, and lowered a hoof. "Hey, wanna work together for a bit?"

"Uh…" Silver paused, and considered his actions. "Sure." The bull helped him up to his feet.

Red glanced at Clawbick, and quickly ran off to join Blue, Silver and Green following him. The lion slowly rose to he feet. He let out a growl, and shuffled over to the others.

He glared down at the fox. "As soon as this is done, I'm going to slaughter you."

"I doubt that." Red replied.

"Hey, what the heck's going on!?" The Amikiri shouted, stepping more into the battlefield. "Don't you guys want to kill each other!?"

"Yeah." Pink said, stepping forward. "But we'd rather not have you kill anyone first!"

"Oh no, I misjudged their stupidity!" The monster yelled. "I better stop cutting corners and get my head in the game." He spun his hands around again, the left hand becoming a blade that curved inwards, while his right became a spiked ring on a chain.

He started to swing the chain above his head, and flung it at the group. They all dodged out of the way. Blue tucked into a roll, and fired at the monster causing it to stumble back. Officer Green followed with a shot from his cannon, sending it launching. Pink fired rapid blasts at the yokai, keeping it suspended in the air for a moment.

The Amikiri crashed into the ground, rolling across the ground. As it got up, it was suddenly met face to face with Red, Silver, and Clawbick, each of them slashing at it with their swords. The combined slash caused an explosion on the monster's chest, causing it to stumble back again.

The yokai grunted, and shined its odd blade at them. Red leaped up to slash at the monster again, only for it to swung the blade arm at him. The curved blade caught the fox's own, letting the monster spin him around and fling him into Silver, knocking them both down.

"You guys are worthless." Clawbick scoffed.

The other three ran up as Red and Silver got to their feet. They quickly surrounded the monster, but it spun the chain around again, knocking most of them away. However, it seemed to get stuck on something.

"What the!?" The monster let out, looking over at Clawbick. The chain had gotten wrapped around his sword.

"Oh, I have been wanting to do this for a long while." The lion chuckled. He grabbed onto the chain, and pulled his blade out from the tangle. It started to glow green, before he quickly swiped it down, cutting through the metal.

"My… my hand!" Amikiri yelled out. "How did you…!?"

"That's not the only thing I'm going to cut."

He started to calmly walk towards the monster, the sword still glowing. "What the hell are you doing!?" Red shouted as he got up. "You can't destroy a monster on your own!"

"Try me, Nicky."

He raised the blade, which started to spark with an intense green force, and slashed directly through the monster. Sparks flew from where the sword had struck, and the yokai started to spark and smoke.

"NO!" It shouted. "It wasn't supposed to end like this! I was supposed to get a better cut!"

The monster let out a final scream, before exploding. Blue watched on as the explosion cleared, leaving behind only a red object which fell to the ground. Something seemed to be missing, but she couldn't seem to figure out what…

"Well, that's that dealt with." Clawbick chuckled, thrusting the blade over his shoulder. He quickly turned back to Red. "Ready to finish this?"

"Wait, do you not know what happens next?" Red asked.

"What?"

There was a sudden pulse of energy from the red object. They all turned to it as it flew off into the horizon, reforming into Chaos Amikiri.

"YOU'RE NOT GONNA CUT ME OUT OF THIS THAT EASILY!" The monster roared as it loomed over the horizon.

"Holy shit." The lion let out, looking at the monster. "How are we supposed to deal with something like that?"

Pink placed her paw to her helmet again. "Seriously?" She said to whoever was on the intercom. "The answer is we don't, Clawbick, we let them," She nodded her head towards the Zoorangers. "Take care of the giants."

Clawbick growled, and started off. "Next time, we're going to get you!" He said, almost certainly towards Nick. The other officers followed him back to their vehicle.

"Guess they don't have a giant robot, huh?" Blue said with a bit of a chuckle.

"Man, I've been waiting to go one on one with this guy all day." Red said, stretching out. "Beating up these monsters can be a really good stress reliever."

"Has it really been that stressful for you?" Silver asked.

"This has been the absolute most stressful day of my life, honestly."

In a flash, the mecha had appeared, and then combined into ZooRobo Oh Kami. "Just wait 'til I cut your little robot into pieces!" The Amikiri yelled, snipping its claws. It rushed towards the robot, which quickly brought both of its blades down onto him.

The lobster-like creature flew through the air, and crashed into the dirt. Just as it got up, ZooRobo started to slash through the monster rapidly, barely giving it any room to attack. With a final double sword slash, the yokai stumbled back again.

"Ack, this isn't fair!" The monster yelled. "Master Kyuemon, help meeeee!"

The shadowy figure of Kyuemon appeared in the sky. "Hmm…" It seemed to be in thought, leaving the robot and monster to wait in anticipation. "No, I'd rather not help you. Bye." With that, the shadowy cloud disappeared, leaving the monster stunned.

"What!?"

"Looks like your boss abandoned you!" Silver shouted from the robot. "That's pretty unlucky!"

"It's time to cut you out of the picture, lobster hands!" Red taunted.

"They're scissors, not lobsters!" The monster shouted back. "Have you never seen a lobster before, I mean-"

"Oh, just shut up!" Blue yelled, slashing at the monster again.

"SOLAR ECLIPSE DESTROYER!"

The mecha raised its swords above its head, and then slashed down, firing off two energy slashes. They flew forward, slicing through the monster's body.

"LOOKS LIKE ITS BACK TO THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR!" The monster shouted as it fell over and exploded.

ZooRobo turned around and posed as the explosion erupted behind it.

"Zootastic!" Red yelled. "Haven't gotten to use that one in a while!"

---

"That was a day, huh?" Nick said as the three walked back down the stairs to the spare room.

"Yeah, a really painful day." Max replied.

Nick and Max settled in, the fox going to lay down on a cushion, and the wolf quickly fell onto a nearby chair. Judy, however, started pacing around the room.

"You're pacing." Nick said to the rabbit. "That means something's up, right?"

"I've just been thinking." She replied, still pacing around the room.

"Obviously." Max said with a chuckle. "You've been quiet ever since we beat that monster. What have you been thinking about?"

"I think we might have more problems than we thought."

The two suddenly became a lot more alert, listening as the rabbit continued to talk.

"When Clawbick destroyed that monster, there was something… wrong." She said. "Did you guys notice anything weird?"

"Not really." Nick said. "Aside from him destroying the monster in one hit."

"Now that you mention it, there was something… missing, wasn't there?" Max followed.

"Exactly. Whenever we destroyed a monster the first time, an object would fly out of it, right?" She continued. "A chainsaw, a magnet, sometimes even a mammal."

"And?"

"There wasn't one." Judy said. "Nothing flew out of the monster when Clawbick killed it."

"Maybe it wasn't made from anything?" Nick guessed.

"I doubt that." The rabbit said. "I doubt they'd find a way to make monsters without objects in less than a week."

"So, what exactly are you suggesting?"

"I think that, when a monster is destroyed by an SPD weapon…" Judy paused for a moment. "Whatever created it is destroyed too."

"Doesn't seem like that big a deal." Max said. "They're just objects."

"Except sometimes they aren't." Judy continued. "Sometimes they're living creatures. What would happen if the SPD destroyed a monster that was made from a mammal?"

"The mammal would die along with it." Nick answered, realizing what she was getting at. Judy nodded.

"We can't let them destroy any more monsters." Judy said. "Just in case one of them has an innocent trapped inside."

"Sounds like a plan." Nick said. "A dumb plan, but a plan nonetheless."

"Why do you think that happens?" Max asked. "Got any theories on that?"

"Why would I?" She said. "I'm not an expert in their tech. We'd have to ask whoever this 'Doc' is that they keep talking about. And speaking of…"

She reached into her pocket, and pulled out an object. "Look at what he gave them."

It was a Cell Medal.

"Oh my god." Nick said, exasperated. "More of those medals? That explains why they're so powerful."

Judy nodded. "And I think I solved another mystery." She continued, a smirk on her face. "When was the last time we saw a Cell Medal, let alone a whole bunch of them?"

"When Long stole a bunch of them from that hand guy." Max said. His ears perked up. "You don't mean…"

"Long helped create the SPD?" Nick said, bewildered. "Why would he help make a group that destroys monsters?"

"A cover for them trying to kill us." Judy explained. "That's why he framed us, to make it less noticeable, and why he picked criminals from Nick's past!"

"He's just trying to mess with us, huh?" Nick said, crossing his arms.

"We can't give in." Judy continued. "If we do, mammals will be hurt, we can't let Clawbick and Long do what they please."

The other two nodded. Judy let out a massive sigh. "But right now, I am pooped. I'm going to go take a nap."

"Same." The other two replied.

---

He refused to believe what had happened.

He knew Wilde and Hopps, they would never do something like that. But the evidence seemed to point towards them, as well as Wolford for some reason. He hadn't even realized Wolford was working with them.

The buffalo placed a hoof to his head in frustration as he went over the files for the thirtieth time. It just didn't make any sense.

Clawhauser suddenly rang in. "Chief, you have some guests!"

"Tell them I'm busy." Bogo replied.

"Chief, it's the mayor."

The buffalo sighed. "Let him in."

A moment later, the lion walked into the room, followed by a goat. "Hello there, Chief Bogo." The goat said. "I suppose you know me?"

"No, I don't."

"This is the chief of security." Lionheart said. "Mr. Herbert."

"Herder." The goat corrected. "I created the Special Police Department."

Bogo's eyes widened. He let out a large snort, and glared directly at the goat. "You're the one who made those ridiculous things?"

"Indeed I am." Herder said. "And the mayor and I have come here to discuss something with you."

"From now on, the SPD will be directly working with the ZPD." Lionheart explained.

"What makes you think I'd ever let that happen?" Bogo asked.

Lionheart chuckled. "Because I'm the mayor, and if you don't, I'll have you fired on the spot."

Bogo grunted.

"There's no need to worry." Herder assured. "It will only be for one day a week. Or more if the monster isn't killed."

The buffalo still remained silent.

"So, are you going to accept?" Lionheart asked, placing a paw down on the desk,

"You're not exactly giving me any options." Bogo replied.

"Great, we'll start integrating them in as soon as possible." Herder said, interrupting the two. "Now if you excuse me, I have business to attend to."

The goat quickly left leaving the two alone. "This is for the greater good, Bogo." Lionheart said. "We need to protect the city, and they're the best chances we've got."

"We already have heroes." Bogo said.

"No, we don't." Lionheart replied. "I don't know why you're denying this."

The lion quietly left, leaving Bogo alone in his office. He started to look over the files again.

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Sorry for being super, incredibly awfully late with this one! A lot of IRL things happened that got in the way of me writing, including falling off a moving vehicle. Long story. Don't worry, we'll be back on schedule soon enough.

So, thing's are starting to heat up. I was introducing those characters throughout the story for a reason, y'see. They had a point. Speaking of, I hope this wasn't… too dark? I cannot write anything that isn't comedic, so trying for drama is something new to me.

I actually came up with the idea of the SPD after I wrote the first episode, and their creation helped me formulate the rest of the story as well. Don't worry, they're going to be around for a while.

Next time, vigilantism.