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)

30. Episode 29 - Chief No More

Episode 29 – Chief No More

"I take it you have another… brilliant plan for today?" Kyuemon asked, scoffing as Long walked by.

"Why, yes, I do." He said. "I suppose you haven't heard the good news that my plan has brought about." Kyuemon glanced at him.

"I doubt that your plan could have any good come of it." Kyuemon answered.

"I managed to get the police chief fired." Long said. "As it turns out, he has some connections to the Zoorangers."

"You're planning on messing with them some more, aren't you?" The yokai asked. "You get a lot of entertainment from that, don't you?"

"You know I do." Long said with a laugh. "Its managed to keep the boredom away for a surprisingly long time." He paused for a second. "Don't you think this world is fascinating?"

"What?"

"It's so different from our world." Long continued. "There are similarities, but the differences make it more… fun, don't you think?"

"No." Kyuemon answered. "I would rather be back home, getting my revenge."

"I suppose a mortal wouldn't understand." Long sighed. "I'm leaving now, try not to get in the way of my plans this time."

"What?" Kyuemon turned back to look at Long, but he had vanished. "How did he know I was…?" He grunted, and headed off for some meditation.

---

Judy paced around. It was a rather dreary day, and there wasn't much to do, especially considering they had basically cleaned up the spare room as much as they possibly could. The only thing she could do was think about things.

"How do you think everyone else is doing?" She asked.

"What do you mean?" Nick asked, looking up from his phone. "We didn't really have anyone besides ourselves in our lives."

"You guys don't even know my friends." Max said. "You know, if I had any."

"I mean like, Bogo and Ben." She said. "We haven't seen them in a long while."

"It was always nice to wake up and see Spots' smiling, chubby face every morning." Nick said, reminiscing. "Now we just wake up to the spell of food we can't eat."

"We've been here for weeks; how have we not been upgraded to getting breakfast yet?" Max complained. "Sorry, just getting really tired of Buggaburger."

"No, I get it." Nick said. "Their coffee is terrible."

"What do you think Bogo's been up to?" The rabbit asked.

"Being stern and complaining about things?" Nick joked.

"That's not funny, Nick." Judy responded. "With everything that's going on, he must be stressed out of his mind!"

"Yeah, I imagine being in charge of those SPD lunatics isn't easy." Max continued for her. "And there's also one of his most trusted officer duos being framed as criminals, that might be stressful."

Judy scoffed. "There's no way we're his favorite team."

"Yeah, I'm on it, he hates my guts." Nick said. "I'd say that Grizzoli and Trunkaby are the best officers there."

"You should see how disappointed he looks when you guys don't show up." Max said, with a laugh. "Seriously, he definitely respects both of you a lot."

"Really doesn't come off like that when he yells at us." The fox said, going back to his phone.

There was a sudden, loud knock at the door. It opened up, Judy only being able to see the lower half of one of the polar bears. He quickly tossed down a white object, which clunked down the stairs. It was an envelope, and it landed directly at the rabbit's feet.

"Oh hey, looks like we're getting mail service now." Nick said, getting up. Max got up as well, both to look at the letter.

Judy looked it over, there was nothing on it besides "TO JUDY + NICK", written in big, bold letters. There was no return address, no other names. It was like a birthday card.

"Think it's anthrax?" Nick jokingly asked.

"Don't even suggest it, Wilde." Judy said, sternly. The fox's ears drooped down.

She grabbed onto the fox's paw, squeezing a digit so a claw poked out. She dragged the claw across the envelope's top, opening it.

"You could have asked me to do it." Nick said, pulling his paw away. Judy stuck her tongue out at him.

She pulled a letter out, and dropped the garbage to the ground. It was a simple, folded piece of paper, like it had been printed out. Judging by the text, it probably was printed out.

The text was typed, in a generic font, most likely to hide whoever had sent it. The text itself only took up the very top of the paper, barely even a paragraph in length. It read:

"To Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde. Meet me at the Tundra Town subway at 9:00 PM. I need to talk to you about something. Yes, I know where you live. It wasn't hard to figure out."

"Who do you think it's from?" Nick asked.

"I can't tell, they covered their tracks pretty well." She answered. "Could be anyone who knows us well."

"By that, you mean it could be a trap." Max said. "Could be the SPD, or even one of the monsters."

Judy nodded, and folded up the paper. "It could be, but I feel like there's a better chance of it actually being a request to see us." She said. "If a monster knew where we lived, they could just attack us in our sleep, doesn't make sense to send a letter."

"That's a decent point, but I think we should play it safe." Nick said. He turned to the wolf. "Max, you need to stay here in case anything goes wrong."

"What? Why?"

"Because the letter says its for us, specifically, for one." The fox continued.

"Aaand if we get into any trouble, we can contact you." Judy finished for him. "If it is a trap, and we all get caught, the only thing that could save use would be, I dunno, a bad plot device."

"Yeah, and bad plot devices never happen in real life!" Nick chimed in, cheerfully.

"I feel very left out." Max said, crossing his arms.

---

The two had gotten dressed in their disguises before they left for the subway station. Judy in her hoodie, and Nick in his rather punk looking getup. They walked up to the subway entrance, which currently had a series of bars down in an attempt to deter intruders.

"Breaking into a subway station at night." Nick said with a sigh. "Reminds me of my teens."

"How did you even get to be a cop?" Judy asked, before quickly hopping up and over the bars.

"Luck, I guess." He said with a grunt as he started to climb up the bars. He climbed over to the other side, and hit the ground, wiping off some snow on his jacket. "They say rabbit's feet are lucky, after all!"

She sighed, and they headed down the stairs and into the darkened subway. "Ugh, I can't see anything." The rabbit whispered.

"I can." Nick said. She glared at him, and quickly turned her phone on, shining it around.

It wasn't as bad as she was expecting, it was a very clean, well kept subway platform. She had honestly hoped that it would be a bit dingier, to add to any atmosphere. Oh well, she couldn't be that picky.

"So, there's supposed to be someone here, right?" Nick said, glancing around. "HELLO!?" He yelled out, an echo ringing down the tunnel.

"Maybe we got pranked." Judy said, shrugging. "Let' head-"

They heard footsteps behind them. Heavy footsteps heading down the stairs. The two froze up, and gulped. The footsteps got closer and closer, before stopping right behind them. They slowly turned around, shining the light.

For a split-second they saw a red eyed demon, Nick letting out a shrill scream.

"I'm not that scary, am I?" The figure said, in a familiar voice.

"Wait, Chief Bogo?" Judy said. "Are you-"

He nodded, and watched as the fox recovered himself. "Alright, I'm better, sorry about that." He said, catching his breath. "Didn't realize how sneaky you were, Chief."

"What did you want to talk about?" Judy asked.

"I was fired." He said, bluntly. They both stared at him in confusion for a moment.

Then, they started to laugh. "Good one, chief." Nick said, still a bit out of breath.

"I didn't realize you could put this much effort into a joke!" Judy followed.

"Maybe you aren't as much of a stick in the mud as we-"

"This isn't a joke, Wilde." Bogo said, sternly.

The two stopped, both their ears drooping down. "Wait, you can't be serious." Judy said. "How did that even happen?"

"The mayor found out that I saved you." He said. "I sacrificed my job, my life, for you two. So, you better prove to me that I made the right choice."

"You did, Chief." Judy assured. "We'll figure out a way to get everything back to normal, don't worry."

"Yeah, living in that basement's a nightmare." Nick said. "Speaking of, how did you know where we went to hide?"

"There's a lot of things you don't know I know, Wilde." Bogo said. "For example, I knew you two were those super heroes since the start."

The rabbit and the fox looked at each other, surprised, and then back at Bogo. "A fox and a rabbit duo, who seemed to only show up when you two were doing something else." He explained. "Your writing isn't nearly as convincing as your verbal lies, Wilde."

Nick gave off a nervous chuckle as Judy glared at him.

"As for where your hideout is… I have your records, Wilde." The buffalo continued. "You lived at Mr. Big's for a good few years. I was a detective at one point, you know, this kind of thing is easy."

"Well, that clears up a lot of things." Judy said. "Like why you were so lenient on us for missing so many days."

"Just to be clear, once all this gets sorted out, you're going to be working extra hours."

The fox pumped his fist. "Wonderful!" He said, sarcastically. "Can't wait for that!"

"Do you know who's replacing you as chief?" Judy asked. "I can't really think of anyone as dedicated as you."

"That's what has me a bit worried." Bogo said. "I wasn't planning on retiring for a few more years, until my replacement was ready."

"So, your protégé is going to be the replacement!" Nick guessed. "Doesn't seem like that much of a problem."

"Unfortunately, the officer I was planning on having replace me doesn't work at the station right now." Bogo explained.

"Obviously not a very good officer if he got fired." Judy said, a bit smug. "Who was it, anyway?"

Bogo looked down at he for a moment. It took a moment for it to hit.

"Wait, SERIOUSLY!?"

Bogo nodded. "You're an exceptional officer, Hopps, you just need more experience." He explained. "You'd be an excellent replacement after you become a detective."

"Uh, um, t-thank you…" She muttered, nervously.

"You're blushing, Carrots."

"I can't help it!"

"The point of this talk is that I need you to keep an eye on whoever they do get to replace me." Bogo said. "It could be a disaster if someone underqualified is picked."

"Don't worry, we'll make sure nothing bad happens!" Judy assured him. She then muttered to herself. "Don't want to risk my chance for a promotion, either…"

The two waved goodbye, and started off towards the subway's exit. "Oh, before you two go!" Bogo said, speaking up as they started to climb the stairs. "Why are you two dressed like that?"

"Disguises!" Nick said, waving his paws in front of his face as he headed up the stairs.

Bogo sighed, and shook his head.

---

The buffalo unlocked the door to his apartment, and walked inside, scraping his hooves on the mat. He didn't bother to turn the lights on, and headed directly towards his living room. He sat down on his couch, and let out a sigh, rubbing his hooves on his face.

He looked over at a wall. It was nearly barren, minus a wooden frame. It was full of newspaper clippings, all crimes that he had solved. Thirty years worth of it, covering basic robberies to foiling a few conspiracies.

And all of it had been for nothing, really.

There was a quick spark, lighting up the room. "Having a bit of an off day, Bogo?" Said a voice from the hall.

"Who are you?" Bogo replied, cautiously. The figure walked into the living room, lightning it up intensely. It was an armored creature, with lizard like patterns on its armor. To the buffalo, it looked like one of those monsters. "WHAT are you?" He followed.

"Just a good Samaritan who wants to help you with your problem." The monster said, though it was obviously a lie. "I might not be able to help you get your job back, but I can give you… revenge."

"No thanks."

The creature's light grew brighter for a moment. "What?"

Bogo got up from his couch, and walked over to the monster, who he was slightly taller than. "I don't have any reason to trust you, since you broke into my house." Bogo explained. "I can also tell that you're one of the monsters that's been running around due to your… disturbing proportions. Also, I've spent thirty of my years defending the peace, I have no desire to get revenge anyway."

The monster glanced away for a moment, and backed off. It was seemingly frustrated. "Very well." It said with a sigh. "It's too bad, really."

Bogo let out a snort as the monster turned around. It was holding a small statue in its armored hand now. "We could have been pretty great allies, you know. Now I have to force this."

The monster attempted to jab Bogo in the chest with the statue, but the buffalo quickly grabbed him by the wrist.

"Nice try." Bogo snorted.

The monster laughed. "You really don't know what you're dealing with, do you?"

It quickly jabbed its other fist forward, directly into Bogo's chest. The force of the punch was surprising, causing Bogo to let go, and fly across the room, crashing into a wall. The monster walked towards him as he started to black out.

It knelt down, and held up the statue. "Never mess with a god, Bogo."

He jabbed the statue into him, and Bogo blacked out.

---

"Ugh, this jacket's starting to get… uncomfortable." Nick whispered as they moved deeper into the crowd.

"Well, maybe you should have gotten the snow out before we came." Judy replied.

Earlier in the morning, the three had gotten the news of a public announcement, centering around the new police chief. It was being held at Central Park, meaning a lot of mammals had come to see. At the front of the crowd was reporters, and everything behind that was civilians of various luck.

The Zoorangers, who had arrived in their disguises, had bad luck, for example, and were near the back. Considering the size of two of them, they couldn't see anything. Max could see, but he had to stand on his tippy-toes to get a look.

"Who do you think the new chief's gonna be?" Max asked, leaning down to talk to Judy and Nick in private.

"Not going to be me…" Judy grumbled.

"Don't let it get you down, Carrots." Nick said, rubbing his paw on top of her head. "You'll get your chance next time." The rabbit quickly swatted the paw away.

"Stay away from my fur!" She said, fluffing up her tuft again.

"Really attached to that thing, huh?" Nick chuckled.

"It's a vital part of our identities."

"I think they're starting." Max said, trying to look over a yak in front of him.

There was some audio feedback throughout the park, speakers trying to orient themselves. Animals with better hearing, including Judy, reacted very negatively to it.

"This is why we need a TV!" She yelled over the feedback, covering her ears.

The two could hear Lionheart's voice coming from a series of speakers near the stage. "Welcome, everyone!" He greeted. "I suppose most of you have heard the… unfortunate news about our previous ZPD police chief." He was putting on a sympathetic sounding voice, even though the Zoorangers could tell it was very, very fake.

"Chief Bogo had a horrible accident the other day, preventing him from his duties." The mayor lied.

"Holy cheese and crackers, is he being serious right now!?" Judy said, dumbfounded. She was quieted a bit by the talking of the crowd.

"He's trying to cover it up!" Nick whisper yelled. "I can't believe this!"

"He's a politician, guys, lying is what they're best at." Max replied.

"So, that's why we have decided on a TEMPORARY replacement for the chief!" Lionheart continued. "He's every bit as qualified… sort of… but it will only be until we find a more suitable chief. Introducing…"

There was audible surprise and confusion from the crowd, including from Max himself. Unfortunately, Nick and Judy were left in the dust.

"Who is it?" Judy asked, trying to hop up to catch a glimpse.

"Did they pick Ben?" Nick asked.

"No, that would actually make any kind of sense." Max said.

"Yes, hello." Said a voice over the speakers. It sounded familiar, but not familiar enough for them to actually place a name. "You can call me Chief Herder. Previously, I was Chief of Defense, but now I'm the Chief of Police. I guess that makes me a master chief."

The crowd was silent.

"Anyway, I might not be as qualified as Chief Bogo, but I have something that will keep the city safe!" Herder continued. "From this day on, the SPD, who have been doing their best to defend the city from the monster attacks, will be active full time!"

There was some more murmuring from the crowd, most of it unsure. "I can't believe this!" Judy shouted, frustrated. "They're just trying to push the SPD more!"

"Judy, it's worse than that." Nick said. "If the SPD are going to be on the job the whole time, that means we have even less room to move around now."

"They're trying to corner us, figure out where we live." Max whispered.

"Great, how could this get worse?" Judy muttered to herself.

"Not only will the SPD be on the job full time, but they're starting at this very minute!" Herder said over the microphone. "And they're here to greet anyone who wants to meet them!"

"Oh, of course." She followed.

"Maybe that foot isn't as lucky as I thought." Nick said to her.

"It's alright, we can just move out with the crowd." Max said. "No one will notice us, it'll all be fine."

"Hey, who's that?" Said a voice from the crowd.

"Oh god, it's a monster!"

There was sudden yelling and screaming as the crowd began to run off. The disguised heroes attempted to move along with the crowd, which was very hard to do when it was the equivalent of being trapped in the middle of a stampede.

"By the time these guys stop running…" Nick started, quickly stumbling forward as a hippo behind him kicked him forward. "We'll already be back in Tundra Town!"

"Then let's find someplace to transform secretly!" Max suggested. "I think there's some bushes over there!"

The three quickly veered through the panicking crowd, coming out in front of a small circle of bushes. Before anyone could notice, they leaped into the middle of it. There was a flash, and the three Zoorangers jumped out.

"Alright, time to go deal with that monster!" Blue said.

They looked over at where the stage was, they could make out the SPD officers attempting to fight off something. Big and black, with a flash of red and gold on it. Probably a monster.

They rushed in closer to get a better look, getting a better look at it. The monster had a very skull-like design on its head, which seemed to match with its shoulder guards and some designs on the side of its legs. Most of its skin was a bluish-black, lots of golden rings covering parts of it. Coming out of the sides of its skull head were two large, bull-like horns, which were also covered in rings.

This tied in with the large bison-like head on its chest, a clear signifier that it was one of the Beast men monsters. The monster's shoulders seemed to branch out into more buffalo-like horns, which mostly seemed to act as a base for the red cape that flowed behind it. The monster's waist seemed to have a stylized belt design, two flattened horns curving down, with a gold ring that hung from the bison-head's nose between them.

"You think you can stop me, moo!?" It shouted, pounding at its chest. "I am the mighty Buffalo-Fist User, Gyuuya!"

"We don't care who you are, freak!" Officer Pink shouted. "We're just here to make sure you don't let anyone else know!"

"I'LL YELL MY GLORY TO THE HEAVENS!" Gyuuya shouted. "YOU LOSERS BETTER MOOOO-VE ON OUT OF HERE!"

"I find this very offensive." Officer Green said, stepping forward and firing off a blast at the monster. The blast seemed to knock it backwards, but surprisingly seemed ineffective.

"What's going on!?" Herder shouted, cowering behind the podium on the stage. "Those weapons are supposed to be powerful."

"I've trained my body and soul to be the toughest they can be!" Gyuuya shouted. He turned towards the podium. "And thanks for revealing yourself, mooo-ron!"

"We should just let him get squished." Red said, the three watching from a distance.

"I don't disagree, but we're supposed to be heroes!" Blue responded. "It's our job to save him!"

"You always have such a way with words, Carrots."

The three rushed in, drawing their weapons out. Blue and Red leaped in first, firing at the monster's backside with their ranged weapons. It stumbled forward, and quickly turned to them, flipping its cape. It was greeted by Silver jabbing his blade directly into its chest, knocking it into the stage.

Gyuuya got back up, seeming to have shook the blow off in a moment. "Great, even mooooo-re of you losers!" The monster said, looking around.

"No, those three are the only losers." Clawbick said, as he walked over. He stood next to Silver for a moment, looking down at him through his blood red visor. The wolf froze for a moment, before Clawbick swung his sword, launching him off.

"You're tough!" Gyuuya said, glaring at Clawbick. "I HATE people like that!"

The monster swung its horns at the SPD officer, who quickly blocked one with his sword. He pushed the buffalo beast back, much to its surprise, and unleashed a quick upward slash. This seemed to actually hurt the monster.

Gyuuya seemed to stumble a bit, surprised at the attack. "Gah, you'll pay for that, punk!" It shouted. "WILD BUFFALO KICK!" He quickly spun around, unleashing kick. Clawbick attempted to block with his sword, but it launched him off instead.

Red and Blue quickly dashed back into the monster's range, leaping up to try and strike the beast man with their bladed weapons. Blue rapidly slashed at one side of the monster, while Red performed a heavy downward swing.

Neither of the attacks seemed to bother it that much, as Gyuuya quickly smacked both of them to the ground with his horns. He lifted a foot, preparing to step down on the rabbit. She braced herself, but before he could, several laser blasts fired at the beast man, knocking it off balance.

The buffalo beast quickly looked over at Officer Pink, who was stepping forward. "Kay, toro, time to mess with a real matador!"

"I'm a buffalo, not a bull!" The monster said, sounding offended. "Can't you tell!?"

"Not really, you're not good at keeping a theme."

The monster snorted, and started to rush at her. The hyena quickly stepped out of the way just before the buffalo-bison-bull monster could hit her… Only, it quickly stopped in front of her, using its momentum to swing its horns into the officer's chest.

"I told you, not a bull!" The monster said. It quickly crossed its arms and looked around. Green was moving in, and the three Zoorangers had gotten to their feet. "You idiots still think you can take me!?"

"Won't find out unless we try!" Red said. He and Blue pulled out their ZooTags.

"If our normal weapons don't do anything, we just need to hit harder!" Blue followed, before they plugged in the Tags.

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

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

The two large weapons appeared in their paws. Silver ran up behind them. "I'll keep him wrapped up!" He said, quickly switching his sword to Moon Mode. He lashed it forward, firing a laser whip which struck Gyuuya a few times. It seemed to simply sting the monster, but Silver quickly wrapped it with the whip.

The monster struggled as Blue and Red ran in, leaping up into the air. They brought the weapons down at the same time, slicing the whip and sending sparks flying as the blades dragged across its skin.

The monster grunted and stumbled backwards, the more powerful weapons seemed to work well against him, like they had guessed. Gyuuya grunted, and reoriented himself. Then, there was another shot from behind the monster, hitting it in the back and knocking it to the ground.

"That was a cheap moo-ve!" The monster yelled as it tried to get back up.

"That's what you get for being specist." Henry said, before unloading several rounds of fire on the monster.

The monster struggled as the fire kept pelting down on it. Blue's ears popped up as she watched. "STOP!" She yelled, running up to the bull. "DON'T KILL IT!"

"What?" The officer responded, stopping the fire.

"Henry, right?" She said. "Do you and your team know how these monsters are actually made? They're made by infusing an object or a living creature with some kind of evil energy!"

"And your point is?" Emily said with a grunt, getting up. "If we kill it, they get freed, no problemo."

"That's only what happen when we do it!" Blue continued.

"Yeah, when Clawbick destroyed that monster on his own, nothing popped out of it." Red said. "He could have killed someone that time, and we have no idea!"

"How do we know you're telling the truth?" Henry asked. "I don't know about you, rabbit, but Wilde is a habitual liar."

"I was taking therapy to get over that." Red said to himself.

Silver stepped up as well. "We've been around a lot longer than you guys, and nothing coming out of that one monster was an anomaly." He said. "We're the ones who need to defeat it!"

"Also, I am an awful liar!" Blue said. "You can trust whatever I say, and I need you to not kill this monster until we find out who it is."

"This just sounds like you're wanting to kill-steal." Emily growled. "Sounds like you just want to keep pretending you are heroes."

Before any of them could respond, Gyuuya rose with surprising force, swinging his horns and launching them all off. Blue sat up, watching the monster as it thrashed around at nothing.

"Nnng, words!" It grunted. "Stop with the words!" It quickly ran towards the group as they tried to get back up, barrelling through them.

The dust settled, leaving the five conscious mammals in the park. "Guess we don't have a reason to fight now, huh?" Red said, getting up. Blue and Silver got up as well, and started to back away alongside the fox. "I think we'll take our leave now."

The three quickly dashed off, leaving the SPD officers behind. Henry's armor folded in as he got up. He walked over to Clawbick's still unconscious body, and kicked him.

The lion jolted up, his armor folding in as well. "Did you get the monster? Or Nick?" He asked as he got up. "Because if you killed Nick I will have your heads."

"No, they all got away." Henry said.

"What was that nonsense about letting them kill the monster?" Herder said, hopping down from the stage. "Total gibberish, they were obviously lying."

"They don't want us to kill it?" Clawbick said, an idea racking through his brain. He let out a laugh. "That just makes me want to kill it more."

---

"That was rough." Nick said as the three settled back into their cramped living space. "That guy might be the toughest monster we've fought, and he's not even upgraded yet."

"That was definitely… disconcerting." Judy said, scrolling through her phone. "Maybe I'm in the wrong, but I'm more worried about this Herder guy."

"A guy heavily connected to the SPD running the station seems pretty bad." Max said. "Does he even have any experience with police work?"

"I'm looking him up right now." Judy said. "Chief of defense, father of one, divorced. He doesn't seem to have a lot of experience in anything relating to his job, he seems more like a businessmammal."

"A suit running the ZPD." Nick started. "What's he gonna do, market the police?"

"If he is more like a suit, then you'd think he'd be trying to sell all that fancy tech." Max said. "I feel like something's off."

"Same, there's more to this than just trying to protect the city." Judy followed. The fox started to laugh in his seat. "What's so funny?"

"Sorry, I'm just imagining how terrible this is going to go." He said. "Even if its temporary, having someone like that running the ZPD will not go over well."

"I don't really see how it could go that wrong." Judy admitted.

Nick got up, and walked over to the rabbit. "See, Carrots, this guy definitely has an ego, and is far more obsessed with his SPD guys than any actual police work."

"He might end up giving the SPD more focus than the actual officers." Silver suggested.

Judy scoffed. "That's ridiculous. Only an idiot would come up with something like that." She went back into thought for a moment. "So, did you guys notice how the monster was acting kind of… weird, back there?"

"Yeah, what exactly was that?" Nick asked. "Something about… voices?"

"It could be the host trying to fight back." Silver suggested. "But they'd need to be really strong to do that."

"Yeah, even we couldn't fight back against it when we turned into monsters." Judy said. "At least, not without a lot of stress."

"Who'd have the willpower to do something like that?" Nick asked.

---

The door to the station opened up, three figures walking in. They caught Clawhauser's eye, a maneless lion, a hyena, and a bull, all dressed in matching black jackets. They seemed to have business at the station, judging by how they were walking to his desk.

"How can I help you three?" The cheetah greeted. "You have a case you want to report, or maybe-"

"Point us to the bullpen, chubby." The lion growled. He clearly did not want to talk to the receptionist.

"Uh, sorry, sir, but we don't let civilians in there." Clawhauser said. "Of course, right now we can't let anyone but the new chief in, since its been a bit of a crazy day, y'know? We had to postpone the meeting until now since-"

"Wow, I really don't care." The hyena said. "Clearly you don't know who we are."

"We're the new big shots around here." The lion continued for her. "Heard of the SPD?"

"Oh, are you three those new super hero guys?" The cheetah said, cheerfully. He quickly pulled a notepad. "Can I get your autographs? I never really get to see any celebrities because of the job, so-"

"If you don't stop flapping your flabby, disgusting mouth, I will close it permanently." The lion growled, pounding his paw on the desk. "Point us to the bullpen right now, and I won't sell your carcass to a butcher."

"It's uh, over there."

The three headed towards the bullpen, leaving the cheetah behind. "That guy is scary." He whispered to himself.

The SPD officers entered the bullpen, all of the officers of the precinct were there, but the new chief seemed to be absent. There was muttering from the officers, mostly wondering about Herder. The SPD officers stood at the back, making a few mammals seated there very nervous.

"When's he going to show up?" Emily muttered. "We're here on time, so he should be too."

As she finished, the door at the other end of the room opened, the goat walking in. He stepped onto the podium's stand, and pressed a button on a remote. The stand slowly started to rise, until he was level with it.

"Alright, as most of you know, I am your temporary chief, Herder." He started. "And I have important matters to get to, so let's make this quick."

He cleared his throat. "The SPD officers will be searching for the newest monster."

There was silence for a moment. Someone spoke up from the crowd.

"What do we get to do?"

"Uh, just drive around until something comes up." He said, nonchalantly. He clearly did not care about the rest of the officers. "Isn't that what you officers do?"

"Me and Grizzoli were in the middle of a big case!" Trunkaby shouted. "You can't just put us on patrol!"

"Yes I can." Herder said. "I'm the Chief, you do what I say, and I say you patrol."

There were very angry noises from the crowd, shouting and complaining. Herder didn't really care, as long as the city was safe from those monsters. Which, of course, is only something his SPD officers could do. These normal cops were useless for anything more than a robbery. They couldn't deal with the real threats.

"Alright, alright!" Clawbick shouted, moving between the tables. "You idiots will end up a lot more than just fired if you get on the boss' bad side."

"Right!" Herder said, slamming his hoof into the podium. "The SPD are completely loyal to me, and if I wanted I could have any of you hospitalized."

"What!?" Fangmeyer shouted, standing up. "That's illegal, you can't get away with that."

"Guess what?" Herder continued. "I have complete sanctioning from the mayor, I'm completely immune to laws! Now get to work or else I will fire you all!"

The room quickly emptied, angry shouting leaving alongside the mammals. In a few seconds, only Herder and the SPD were left.

"That was, uh, a bit harsh, Chief." Emily said.

The goat started lowering the stand to the ground. "I wouldn't actually do anything like that, they don't deserve it." He clarified, hopping off the stand. "I just needed to assert my dominance. Wouldn't fire them either, a city like this needs cops around to keep it in line."

"So, we're just here to be threats?" Henry asked, a bit concerned.

"No, of course not!" Herder said. "With the facilities here, we can figure out these monsters a lot easier." He chuckled for a moment. "Also, getting those Zooranger freaks will be a snap."

The goat headed out of the room, but paused at the door. "I'll be back at the lab." He said, turning to the SPD officers. "This place is just… too bright. Oh, and Leopold suggests searching the attack site for anything."

"Alright, we'll get right on it boss." Clawbick said, without turning back to the goat. Herder quickly trotted off.

"You're being oddly… complacent." Emily said to the lion. "You're not planning anything, are you?"

The lion started to laugh. "You know I am." He said. "But all you need to know right now is that electric shocks hurt like hell, and I really want to make Wilde miserable."

"You have more in store, don't you?" Henry guessed. "Remember, we aren't supposed to kill."

"We'll see how long that lasts."

---

The buffalo rubbed his eyes as he got up from the floor. It was bright out. Hadn't it just been night? Why was he even on the ground in the first place? He tried to shake it off, but it felt like a bad hangover, which was saying something.

He headed into his kitchen, and got a glass of tap water. Maybe he had gone out on a depression binge and forgotten about it. Wouldn't be the first time, but it would have been the first time in a while.

He should have at least remembered heading out, anyway.

The best thing to do was to fall asleep somewhere that wasn't a rugged floor. He gulped the water down, and prepared to head to bed, but he heard something vibrating. Someone was calling him.

Without looking at the ID, he answered.

"Who is this?"

"Oh, chief, it's awful!" It was Clawhauser, and he sounded very distressed.

"Clawhauser? Why are you calling me? How did you even get this number?"

"Oh, I looked up your file, wasn't hard." Clawhauser answered, going back to his cheerful tone. He then quickly went back to the worried tone. "Chief, please, the new chief is terrible!"

"Who is he, and what is he doing?" Bogo asked. He had been out for hours, entirely missing the announcement.

"It's this guy named Herder, he's the chief of security." Clawhauser explained. Bogo wished he hadn't asked who it was. "He's not giving anyone assignments, is threatening officers with violence, and he isn't letting donuts be brought in!"

"You've got to be joking, how is he getting away with that!?"

"He told the officers to not bring in donuts."

Bogo sighed. "I mean the threats, that's not legal."

"He says he has full backing from the mayor." The cheetah explained. "He's above the law!"

Bogo was absolutely furious at this. He clutched his free hoof together, and really want to hit something with it. He took a deep breath, and calmly talked to Clawhauser. "I can't do anything, Benjamin." He said. "I don't have the authority anymore."

"Oh, right, don't you have a broken leg?" Ben asked. "I forgot, I'm so-"

"Why would I have a broken leg?" He asked back. "Where'd you hear nonsense like that?"

"It was at the announcement, they said you had an injury."

The buffalo felt his muscles tighten. He was going to have an ulcer. "Clawhauser, they're covering it up."

"What?"

"They fired me because I was trying to protect Judy and Nick." He explained. "They need support, Clawhauser. If you see them again, try to help out in some way."

"Got it, chief! Won't let you down!"

"I'm not the chief-" Clawhauser hung up, Bogo letting out a sigh. He placed the phone on the kitchen counter, and headed up to bed.

---

"You sure coming back here was a good idea?" Max asked. The three had arrived back in the park, in their disguises. The place was still a wreck it was clear nobody had been there for… well, since the attack, probably.

"We need to figure out who the monster is." Judy said as they headed into the middle of the field. "They're strong, obviously, and it might be helpful if we knew who."

"Yeah, imagine if we had someone who was able to fight monsters INSIDE them." Nick said. "They'd be a good ally."

"Alright, alright, I get it." Max said. The three started to look around the wrecked stage, searching for hints.

Judy knelt down, examining some tracks that the monster had made. There was a small strand of black fur in it. "Guys, I found something!"

Nick and Max rushed over to the footprint. They watched her carefully pluck the strand from the dirt. "Hey, better luck than I was having." Nick said. "There was nothing on the stage."

"I wasn't picking up anything." Max said, kneeling down to get a better look at the fur. "Can I see that fur for a second?"

"Sure," She said, dropping it into the wolf's paw. "Why do you need it?"

"I might be able to get a scent from it."

"Good thinking, Wolfsbane." Nick said, nudging him. "That sniffer should at least be able to pick up a trail."

"What I'm wondering is how the monster even dropped fur." Judy said. "It didn't seem to have any, it just looked like, you know, a costume."

"Maybe something happened when it started freaking out?" The fox suggested. "Just guessing, I don't have a real answer."

"That seems the most likely." The rabbit replied. "…Or it's someone else's fur."

Max quickly sniffed at the strand of fur, holding it as close to his nose as he could without inhaling it. His ears popped up, and his eyes widened. "I know this smell…"

"Who is it?" Judy asked, getting excited.

"I… I can't remember." Max admitted. "It's like when you smell something for a second, and you can recognize it, but your brain just can't process what it IS."

"So, what we know is that it's someone you know." Nick followed.

"Which means it's someone from the station." Max quickly interrupted. "Who do we know that has this fur color?"

Judy went into thought for a moment. Her ears quickly popped up as a grin grew across her face. "I know who it is, it's-"

Before she could finish, there was a peppering of laser fire from behind them. Smoke plumed from the ground, and the Zoorangers leaped from it, having transformed. The SPD officers were the culprits, Pink and Green being to ones who fired.

"What the hell are you three doing here?" Clawbick asked as he walked towards them. "I didn't realize you idiots would bother heading out in public after all this."

"We're not afraid of you, Clawbick." Red said. "We've got a secret weapon!"

The officers stepped back in surprise. "A secret weapon?" The lion started to laugh. "Yeah right, you guys don't have any idea what you're doing."

"Wanna try us?"

There was a stand-off. Both of the teams stood still, waiting for the other to act. The Zoorangers waited for the SPD to attack, while the SPD waited for the Zoorangers to use their secret weapon. Neither one could act without the other.

"So, are we just going to stand here all day, or are we going to fight?" Red asked. "Because I'd like to fight."

"Alright, let's fight!"

The two teams rushed at each other, weapons prepared to strike.

They both paused, the Zoolizers letting out loud beeps, and the SPD officers getting a call. "Oh great, that's anti-climactic." Red grumbled.

"We have a monster to fight and lives to save." Blue followed. "And it's at the… oh no, we have to get going!"

The three quickly jumped off, leaving the SPD officers behind. "You heard what the doc said." Clawbick started. "We have a chief to protect."

---

The buffalo monster let out a bellowing roar as it approached the police station. It was standing outside the building, directly on the parking lot pavement. A number of officers has gathered outside, prepared to protect the station from it.

"Stand down, or we will open fire!" Shouted Fangmeyer, pointing the Taser at the monster.

The monster laughed. "Please, you think a toy gun can stop me!?" It shouted. "Bullets can't even pierce my skin, just try it!"

All the officers fired their Tasers at the monster. The wires flew through the air towards it, but the beast quickly grabbed them all in its hands. The electric shocks coursed through it, but seemed to cause no damage, just like he had said.

Gyuuya tugged at the wires, attempting to pull the officers towards him. A few officers let go of the tasers, some of the larger mammals attempting to hold on. The smallest officer, Fangmeyer, was pulled towards it, tumbling down the staircase to the monster's feet.

"Little rodents, I'll crush you beneath my boots!"

The buffalo beast stepped forward, preparing to step down on Fangmeyer. Before it could, blasts struck it in the back. "Oh, looks like the real fight's arrived!" The monster chuckled as it turned around.

The Zoorangers had arrived, their firearms drawn. "You think it's a good idea to be at the police station? Red whispered to Blue. "It's kind of like stepping into a hornet's nest."

"More like a bee's nest." Silver replied. "Most of these guys were our friends, if we don't bother them, we shouldn't have to worry about anything."

"Just focus on actually protecting them, alright?" Blue said. "Lord knows we don't want any officers to get hurt."

Red stepped forward, and fired the Vickscannon again, striking the monster in the chest. It stumbled back a bit, smoke rising from the blast, only barely fazed by the attack. "You're already tried that, idiots!" It yelled. "I'm too strong for you!"

The monster glanced around as the smoke cleared, they had vanished. "What the-!?"

Multiple strikes came at once from behind him. Even with his strong body, the multiple attacks really did hurt, and launched it across the parking lot. Gyuuya landed next to a police cruiser, and used it to get up.

"Guess you can't handle a surprise attack, big guy!" Blue said. Fangmeyer quickly scrambled up the steps, and back to his acquaintances. She turned around for a moment, spotting the rest of the officers helping Fangmeyer back up. He glanced back at her as well, and gave a nod.

The buffalo beastman let out a roar, and jabbed its hands into the hood. The Zoorangers and the officers watched as the monster lifted the car above his head. "I DOUBT YOU LITTLE RUNTS CAN SURVIVE THIS!"

He flung it towards them. The heroes were stunned as the massive black and white automobile flew towards them. Time seemed to freeze for a moment. Silver attempted to activate Eclipse Mode, but before he could, a laser blast hit it.

The cruiser burst into flame, clearing before it hit them. Everyone, the police officers, the Zoorangers, and the monster, turned to see where the blast had come from.

"Sorry we're late." Clawbick said, as the SPD stepped into the parking lot. Green's cannon was smoking. "We got a bit caught up in traffic."

"Also our car is a piece of shit." Pink chimed in, Green nodding along with her.

"You guys take the Zoorangers, I'll take on the monster." Clawbick ordered. He glanced over at the Zoorangers, Blue clutching her fists. "Now that's a reaction I was waiting for." The lion whispered to himself.

He rushed up to the buffalo beast, leaping up and slashing at it. The sword let out a quick burst of green energy before it struck, resulting in the monster definitely being injured. Pink and Green quickly moved in on the Zoorangers.

"You can't let him do this!" Blue said, stepping forward. "HE'S GOING TO KILL HIM!"

"Yeah, killing monsters is our job." Pink snidely replied. "And we still don't believe what you told us before."

"You need to believe her if you don't want to make a terrible mistake!" Red snapped back. "There is someone in there, and he will die if your crazed lunatic of a leader keeps at him like that!"

"If you want to stop him, you'll have to get through us." Green said, stomping towards them.

"Easy."

Blue made a few pawmotions, signalling something to the other two rangers. She quickly dashed ahead of them, sliding through the gap between the officers. They turned around to fire at her, but were quickly struck by the other two.

"If you wanna get to her, you gotta go through us!" Silver said, beating his chest. He turned to Red. "Get it? Because…"

"Less explaining jokes, more fighting!"

Red leaped up, attempted to bring his blade down on the bull, who proceeded to block it with his own cannon. Silver tried to slash the hyena as well, but she blocked the sword with her guns as well.

Blue dashed at Clawbick, who was locked blade to horn with the monster. She leaped into the air, delivering a kick to the lion's head. As Clawbick was knocked away, she drew her daggers and spun like a ballerina in mid-air, slashing at the monster a few times before landing.

"Dumbass rabbit!" Clawbick shouted as he steadied himself. "Why do you keep getting in my way!?"

"Because you're a dangerous psycho with too much power!" She yelled back, quickly pulling out her blasters. "Its what superheroes do!"

"I'M the REAL threat here!"

She spun around as the monster slammed her away with its massive horns, sending her crashing into another parked cruiser.

"JUDY!" Red yelled out, before he was slammed in the face by the bull's massive cannon. He skidded across the pavement. He shook his head, readjusting his helmet. He jumped to his feet, and flung the blade forward, coming off at the hilt.

The blade and its wire wrapped around Green's cannon, and the fox attempted to tug it out of his hooves. Unfortunately, Red was not as strong as the bull, who pulled his cannon back, whipping the fox through the air. He started to spin him around, before slamming him back into the ground, leaving a large crack.

"That was a bad idea…" He sputtered.

Silver didn't fair much better. "What happened to those fencing skills, lobo?" Pink asked, rapidly firing at the wolf. He continued to block each shot with his blade, but couldn't keep up forever. "C'mon, try to hit me with something!"

He smacked one shot off, and dashed at her, prepped to jab at her. In anticipation, the hyena pistol whipped Silver, causing him to stumble back. She pointed the other pistol at his face, and fired before he could even realize what was happening. He fell to the ground, half conscious.

Blue stumbled from the cruiser. Her eyes had blurred, and had cleared just in time for her to dodge out of the way of a sword jabbing towards her. She quickly rushed over to the monster, pulling out her daggers. She leaped up as the beastman prepared to strike her with its horns, and jumped on top of them.

The momentum and leverage launched her into the air, where she tossed the daggers at Clawbick. One of them hit his armor, causing it to spark, but his reflexes proved fast enough to block the other dagger mere moments after the previous had struck.

"Nice try, cottontail!" He shouted. His sword began to glow green again, before he slashed at her and Gyuuya in rapid succession. Both slashes fired off blasts of green energy, which travelled at incredible speeds.

Before Blue could even react, the blast had hit. She dropped to the ground, half conscious. Gyuuya, however, took the blast, but was knocked down. "Stay down." Clawbick said to the rabbit. He glanced down at her as he passed.

He prepared to finish off the monster, but was quickly stopped.

"Why are you doing this!?"

The SPD officers looked at the crowd of regular officers. A few officers, Delgato, Fangmeyer, and Trunkaby had stepped forward. "These guys saved our lives!" Fangmeyer shouted. "You guys are supposed to protect the city, right? Then you should be working together!"

"Sorry, but we have orders." Henry said. "I like this as much as you guys do."

"I enjoy it a whole of a hell lot more." Emily followed.

"I think you all need to learn when to shut your muzzles!" Clawbick shouted, audibly getting angry. "Do all you police officers never shut up!? If nobody does in the next five seconds, I'll find out how to make a harp from your vocal cords!"

Before anyone else could react, Clawbick was knocked to the ground by the suddenly raging Gyuuya. The force of the blow flung him into the car Blue had previously bee thrown into.

The three Zoorangers had recovered, and watched as the buffalo monster stomped over to the lion, leaving cracks behind it. The monster leaned over him, eyes shining. "Stay… away…" It grunted. The voice was nearly inaudible to anyone besides Clawbick and Judy. Its voice sounded different, but familiar, to the rabbit.

The monster let out a grunt as it jolted back, before letting out a monstrous roar. The beastman suddenly vanished in a burst of purple energy.

"Well, that's a new one." Red said. He felt a sudden vibration in his pants. He pulled out his phone. Apparently, he had gotten a new message… from Clawhauser? He glanced back at the police station, spotting the cheetah looking out from one of the windows. He gave two thumbs-up.

"I think Clawbick's out." Blue said to the other over her commlink. "We need to head out before he wakes up."

"Gotcha." Red responded. He stretched out, and let out a yawn as he stepped out of the crack he had made. "Alright, I guess we'll be seeing everyone later." He continued, walking past both of the other SPD officers and over to a still dazed Silver. "Alright, sleeping beauty, let's get out of here."

"Oh, right, yeah." Silver said as he got up, still dazed. As the fox and the rabbit ran off, the wolf looked back for a single moment. He spotted his former partner, Delgato. He looked back, and ran off.

"See you, Rich…"

---

"Whew, that was… really close." Nick said as they entered the room. "On a LOT of different fronts, mind you."

Nick flumped down onto his cushion, and Max sat down on his own, silent. Judy, however, started to pace around. "Oh no, I don't like this." Nick mumbled.

"I actually think that went pretty well." Judy said, chipper. "Except for the part where we almost died, but I think my suspicion's correct. And…" She stopped for a moment, and fell silent. Max raised his head, and Nick turned around on his cushion, both to look at the robot.

"I'm glad we found that someone believes in us."

"I guess we did get stuck up for." Nick admitted. "It feels nice, yeah."

"Maybe we can turn things around sooner than we thought." Judy continued. "But right now, we should focus on who the monster is, and I think I have good idea of who it is."

"And it would be…?"

"I just need to check it out if I'm one hundred percent right, first." She continued. The rabbit rushed over to the large chest in the corner, and quickly got into her disguise outfit. "I'll be back in a few hours!"

"Whoa, hold on there, jack rabbit!" Nick said, grabbing onto her hood. "The SPD saw our disguises, we'll need new ones!"

"They only got a glimpse of us from a yard away, we'll be fine." Judy said, breaking from Nick's grip. "I will see you later, promise!" With that she dashed up the stairs, leaving behind a frustrated fox.

Nick let out a groan, and turned to look at Max. "You alright?"

"Yeah, I've just been thinking about some things." He said. "I'd like to not be bothered for a bit."

---

There was a knock at the door, knocking the buffalo from his sleep. As he headed downstairs, he realized he still felt tired, even after a few extra hours of sleep. He opened the door.

"CHIEF!" It was Judy, dressed in that hoodie outfit from earlier, who sprung into his house quickly. "How are you feeling, having any problems recently?"

"Slow down." Bogo said, clutching his head. "I've had a… rough day."

"That's what I'm hear about, chief." She continued. "I need to ask you something important. Have you had anything, you know, weird going on recently?"

"Over the last day I've been having random blackouts." He stated, matter-of-factly. "Is this related to any of your superhero-ing?"

"Oh, yes, it definitely is! Maybe!" She said, pulling out a notepad from the hoodie's pocket. "Did the blackouts happen around 7 AM and 2 PM?"

"I woke up from the first one at around… 10 AM." Bogo started. "Then I hap a nap at 1 and woke up at 5, which is right now."

"You either have a really awful sleeping pattern, or you're currently possessed by a monster."

Bogo raised an eyebrow at her.

"All the monsters we fight are evil energies possessing an object or a creature." Judy explained.

"I know that, that's why we arrested that news caster." He snorted. "So, you think I have a monster possessing me?"

"Yeah, it would make some sense." She said, looking at her notepad. "The monster only attacked places relating to the new chief, which must be a stressful thing to you."

"Before I had a nap, Clawhauser called me about Herder's… awful business practises." Bogo continued. "I fell asleep angry, so maybe it worked through that anger to take over and attack."

"That's probably it." She said, before pausing. "You need to stay here, Bogo."

"So the monster doesn't attack anymore, I know."

"No, it's also because…" She gulped. "The SPD officers. If they manage to catch you when we're too late, they'll kill you."

"I'd say I didn't believe you if I didn't know about how Herder is handling things. I'll stay here, Hopps, but I can't guarantee anything."

"Thank you." She headed out soon after.

---

"Alright, I'm back!" Judy said, hopping down the steps to the spare room.

"Were your suspicions correct?" Nick asked, looking up from his phone.

"Most likely, yeah." She said as she hit the floor. "The monster is probably Bogo."

"Whoa, whoa, seriously?" The fox said, shocked. "You couldn't have told us before?"

"Well, I had to make sure all the evidence was right." She said. "I can't just unreasonably claim someone is a monster!"

"We've probably done that before." Max said.

"I guess it makes… sense?" Nick continued. "I don't know anyone with a will as strong as Bogo's."

"So, we've got all that settled, and have even more of a reason to prevent the SPD from killing him." Judy said. "I told Bogo to try and stay home, but I can't guarantee that will work."

"Oh, speaking of the police station," Nick started, pulling up his phone. "Look at the text I got while we were there."

She grabbed the phone, and looked at the messenger app. There was a text from Clawhauser, of all mammals. It read "Call me after work", followed by a series of emojis that probably meant something that she didn't know.

"What does he want?" She asked, handing the fox back his phone.

"I dunno, but it's 'after work', so we should probably call him back."

"Maybe he just wants to help?" Max suggested, finally getting up from his cushion. "It would be nice to have some support right now."

"Not to be rude, but I don't really know how he can help." Judy stated. "But not calling would be rude."

She quickly dialed up Clawhauser's cell number on her phone. She put the cheetah on speakerphone. "Hey Judy! You saw my text?"

"Yeah, we all did." She said, placing it on the desk. "Why did you want to talk to us, Ben?"

"Well, things aren't going well at the station." He said. "The new chief and the officers he brought are really mean and scary."

"Nobody knows that better than us." Nick said.

"Bogo was always kind of bossy, but he cared. This guy really does not care." Ben continued. "So, I decided to not put up with it anymore."

"You quit?" Judy asked, surprised.

"Oh no, I would never quit!" He said with a laugh. "I love my job, but if I stay, then Herder won't figure out what we're doing!"

"And what exactly ARE we doing?" Judy asked.

"I was going to help you guys out!" He said, excitedly. "I could get you more information about the monsters!"

Judy cringed for a moment. She really didn't want to hurt Clawhauser's feelings, but this wasn't a game, this was important. "Thanks, but we already have a way of detecting monsters." She said. "It lets us know when they attack."

"Alright, but do they tell you where monsters are before they attack?"

"And you can do that how, Ben?" Max asked. "Do you have precognition?"

"No, of course I don't!" He said with a laugh. "If I did, I'd tell whoever brings in donuts not to forget!"

"You do that already, Ben." Nick said, chuckling.

"Yeah, but they'd pay more attention then!" Clawhauser said. "Anyway, there's this feed on Growler called Monster Watch, and they search up any monster sightings from across the site!"

"Wait, really?" Judy said, surprised. She hadn't heard anything about that. "I guess monsters would leave a pretty big impression…"

"Yeah, it was set up after the first few attacks to help evacuate areas before they attacked." Ben explained. "Using their method, I can track where monsters go before they attack. Hold on a sec…"

There was a brief moment of silence, as Clawhauser did… something on the other side of the line.

"Alright, there we go, I just found a growl saying that they spotted the bull monster heading down Oak Road!" The cheetah declared. "Bet your devices couldn't detect that!"

"Oak Road?" Judy said to herself. "I told him to stay home, but I guess that wasn't enough…"

"Hold on a sec, Spots," Nick started. "How did you check Growler and be on the telephone at the same time? Do you have two phones?"

"Uh, yeah, of course I do." He said, surprisingly nonchalantly. "You don't?"

"Never mind." Judy said, picking the phone back up. "Listen, Ben, thank you for letting us know. Text me if you get anything else, alright? We have something important to go handle."

"Alright, see you guys! Hope everything goes well!"

She hung up. "Alright, we have to go stop Bogo… or whatever the monster is called, before he can do any damage." The here nodded at each other, and headed out.

---

"So, you saw them in disguises?"

"Yeah, rabbit was wearing a hood, wolf was in a jacket, and Nick was in…" Clawbick looked back in their vehicle, turning towards Emily. "Would you call that a punk getup?"

"An incredibly tacky punk getup, yeah." She answered.

"We don't have much else on it, chief." Clawbick said. "Didn't get a scent, or a look to see if they changed anything. Basing it around the clothes probably isn't a good idea."

"Right, I'll still put some officers on looking for anyone like that." Herder said over the ship's intercom. "You three keep patrolling until that monster shows up again."

"Do we really HAVE to?" Emily moaned. "We've been driving around aimlessly for hours; can't we just go back to base until something comes up?"

"And leave me unprotected!?" Herder shouted. "That thing's tried to kill me twice now, and I'm not letting it happen again!"

"Fine." Emily grunted, crossing her arms.

"Calm down, Em." Henry started. "We'll be done by the end of the day, it'll all be fine."

"Yeah, after this we get a long break." Clawbick said. "Until we find out where Nick and his cronies are hiding out."

There was a sudden bump from the vehicle's backside, pushing it forward. Emily and Henry were knocked down, while Clawbick's head slammed into the dashboard. "God damnit!" The lion shouted. "Dumbass drivers, don't they know who we are?"

"Don't think that's a driver, Dave." Henry said. He walked over to the back of the armored car. Two massive dents had been punched into it.

"Stop this thing now, Dave!" Emily yelled.

He stepped on the breaks, causing the truck to skid to a halt. As soon as it stopped, two large horns punctured the back of the truck, nearly stabbing the bull. The horns pulled out.

"Shit, we're under attack." Clawbick said. "Armor up, guys."

The armored crawled over the three mammals, and the entrances popped open. They all hopped up, and stepped around to the back of the truck. The monster was there, and it let out a massive roar. "Great, maybe we can get this over with a lot quicker." Emily said, aiming her pistols at the monster.

"HOLD IT!"

The Zoorangers leaped down from a building, standing between the SPD and Gyuuya. "we're not going to let you kill him!" Blue shouted, stepping forward.

"I wish you three would stop getting in our way." Clawbick growled. He quickly turned it into a laugh. "Actually, I'm glad you do, because every time you do I get closer to killing you, Nick."

"Yeah, whatever." The fox said. "We have a monster to talk sense into."

"What?"

The three Zoorangers spun around to face Gyuuya. "Bogo, you need to listen to us!" Blue shouted. "Snap out of it, or you'll do something you'll really regret!"

"The hell are you talking about!?" The beastman shouted back. "I'm going to crush the lot of you!"

"Good going, Carrots." Red sarcastically said to her.

Gyuuya raised his foot, and smashed it into the ground, creating a small quake that nearly knocked the Zoorangers and SPD off their feet. The monster then rushed forward, before any of them could get up. He piled through the six, knocking them away with his horns.

Clawbick grunted as he got up from the monster's attack. "Did that rabbit just say that's supposed to be the old chief." He asked himself, before letting out a chuckle. "That just makes me want to kill him even more."

"BOGO, PLEASE!" Blue continued to shout as she got up. "I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE! YOU NEED TO FIGHT IT!"

Gyuuya turned to her, and prepared to strike, but suddenly paused. The monster let out a scream, and clutched at it's head. It then leaped off, landing on top of a building and causing all of the windows to shatter, before leaping off again.

"The hell was that?" Officer Pink asked. "Thought we'd have an actual fight there!"

"We can still have a fight." Clawbick growled. The three SPD officers approached the Zoorangers.

"Heeeeeey," Red started, the three starting to back away. "See, we have… things… to go do now. See ya!"

They bolted off down the street. Clawbick snapped his claws, and pointed towards the three. "Henry, gettem."

The bull stepped forward, and fired his cannon at an upwards angle. The blast flew forward in an arch, and crashed in front of them. The Zoorangers stopped as smoke instantly plumed from the ground, they were completely blinded.

"We were trying to avoid this!" Silver shouted, pulling out his sword. "But you asses keep getting in our way!"

A figure rushed through the smoke, and clashed with Silver's sword. "Yeah, it's fun to mess with you." It was Clawbick, who's smug grin seemed to creep out from his helmet. He pulled back the sword, which started to glow green, and slammed it into the wolf.

The force of the strike launched Silver out of the cloud of dust, and into a nearby building. The wall cracked as he hit it. The wolf opened his eyes almost instantly after, and saw the lion leaping through the air, preparing to strike at him.

Before he could, Silver pulled out his own sword, blocking Clawbick's own as he crashed into the clash. "I feel really sorry for you." The lion growled as he pushed down on the wolf's blade. "You know Wilde's just using you, right?"

"Nick wouldn't use me!" Silver yelled back. "He's my friend!"

"I was his 'friend' once, and his 'friendship' cost me my freedom." The lion growled. "That'll happen to you too!"

"Why should I even believe you!?" Silver growled back. He kicked the lion off of him, and got up. "You're a psychopathic murderer! Your opinions are wrong by default!"

"You'll find out when it happens!" Clawbick shouted as he got up as well. "I gave that fox everything, and he gave me nothing in return! That's why I want to kill him and all of his friends!"

"YOU GAVE ME NOTHING!"

A blade burst out of the smoke cloud, flying directly towards Clawbick. The lion caught it in his armored grip. "Hah! nice try, Nicky-"

Before he could finish, the fox, carrying Blue alongside him, zipped through the air as the cord pulled him back to the sword. He flung the rabbit forward, who delivered a kick to Clawbick's head. The lion let go o fthe blade, but Red flew right into it, reforming it into the full sword.

Red spun around, smacking the lion back with his tail, and then turned it into a spinning sword slash. The force of the strike knocked Clawbick to the ground, unconscious.

"Alright, let's get out of here before they can cause any more trouble." Blue said. Both Red and Blue summoned up their bikes, Silver hopping on the back of the Kitsunaider, and drove off, leaving the SPD behind.

"Think we maybe should have helped him back there?" Emily asked, armor folding back in.

"No, I think he deserved that." Henry replied, armor also vanishing. "Let's get him back to base so he can rest, and we can charge up."

---

The buffalo burst up from the ground, screaming. He stopped for a moment, and analyzed his surroundings. His house, in the living room, and it was nighttime. He had another blackout. Bogo pounded at the ground, frustrated. He wasn't able to control it, and who knows what had happened between then and now.

"Don't worry, friend."

Bogo paused, and climbed to his feet. He turned around. His memory triggered as he saw the figure. It was the monster from the previous night, the one who most likely caused the monster to take over.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Bogo snorted.

"I'm here to find out something important." The monster stated. "See, the only time someone is supposed to have control over a monster, is when they agree to. And you didn't, which makes your constant changing something fascinating."

"Maybe I'm just stronger than you thought." Bogo said, stepping forward. He towered above the glowing monster, but its calm never faltered.

"You would need to have a will stronger than steel to have any control." The monster continued, starting to circle around the buffalo. "And I have a way to fix this… grievous error." He circled around to the buffalo's back, and stopped.

"What?"

In a quick motion, the monster jabbed its fist into Bogo's back. He let out a hellish scream as he fell to the ground. The single punch had felt like a torch burning into his skin, and he could feel the burn marks on his back.

He glanced up from the pain, and the armored creature was standing in front of him.

"I plan on making you obedient, like the animal you are."

With that, the monster, alongside Bogo, transformed into golden mist, and vanished into the night.

---

"Another close one, barely avoided it." Max said as the three headed back down into the spare room. "We need to do something about those guys, are something bad WILL eventually happen."

"There isn't exactly much we CAN do." Nick said. "When you're on the other side of the law, there's no way for, well, anyone in the political space to trust you."

"Except for Fangmeyer, Trunkaby, and Delgato." Judy followed. "They trust in us, and that's better than nothing."

"They still can't do anything, though." Max sighed. "This Herder guy has immunity; the law can't shut him down. We need to do something."

"We. Are going. To wait." Judy said, sternly. "If we rush to defeat them, it will end badly for everyone. We're taking this slow until an opportunity presents itself."

"Who knows when that'll happen." Nick followed. "Clawbick's crazy, but he isn't an idiot. Guy killed a lot of mammals without being caught."

"Alright, alright." Max said, sounding a bit defeated. "I just… don't know how long I can put up with this anymore."

"We're all in a rough patch." Judy said as she walked over to Max. "We just need to keep going, and everything will be alright."

"Yeah." He said, trying to sound better. The wolf glanced over at Nick.

"Anyway, we have something important to get to!" The rabbit declared. She quickly pulled out her phone, and started dialing someone up. "We need to find out if Bogo's okay."

They waited for someone to answer, but nothing happened. "That's not a very good sign." She said, starting to sound worried.

"Did you just try to call Bogo?" Nick asked.

"Yeah, and there was no answer." She followed. She started dialing another number. "He might be sleeping, so I'll try phoning someone who might be able to get to him!"

"Heeeeello?" Clawhauser sounded over the phone.

"Hey, Ben, you're actually awake!" Judy greeted.

"Of course I am, it's only nine!" He said with a laugh. "You need some info?"

"Kind of." She said.

"We need you to check on Bogo." Nick said. "You live near him, right?"

"Yeah, it's only a block away." Ben said. "But you know how hard it is for me to do that, right?"

"You need the exercise, we need info, it's good for both of us." Nick finished.

Ben sighed. "Alriiiight, I'll go over there and check it out. See you guys in an hour!"

An hour passed, just like Ben had said, before Judy's cell phone rang. She answered it faster than any other call in her life. She opened immediately with an important question.

"Is Bogo alright!?"

"Whoa, slow down!" Ben said. He sounded a bit panicky. "Um, I don't know."

"You don't know!?"

"Well, I went into his house-"

"Didn't know you were the breaking and entering type, Spots." Nick chuckled.

"I'm not, the door was unlocked." He said. "Not a good sign, but a worse sign is him not being anywhere in the house."

"Alright, time to be a cop, Ben!" Judy said. "Are there any clues, anything that would suggest a break in, or a break out, anything!"

There was silence for a moment, before Clawhauser spoke up again. "The living room smells like…" He sniffed at the air. "A barbeque that went wrong, smokey."

"Alright, anything else?"

"There's burn marks on the ground." He said. "They kind of look like boots."

"Burning smell, scorch marks…" The rabbit's ears popped up, and her nose started to twitch. "Alright, thanks for the help, Ben, it means a lot!"

"Alright, I guess I'll see you three later!"

She hung up as soon as he finished. "We need to go."

"What, what did you figure out?" Max asked.

"Long."

---

"You have the spirit of one of my most physically powerful monsters inside of you." Long said, as he stepped towards Bogo.

The buffalo had been chained to a girder in a nearby construction site. For the past few hours, Bogo had been tortured by the monster, burns inflicted over his body. He was nearly ready to pass out, but he continued to stand strong. If he didn't, then this monster would win.

"Your torture plan doesn't seem to be working out that well." He mocked. "How exactly do you plan on getting this monster out of me?"

Long chuckled, before grabbing onto Bogo's snout. He let out a scream as the Infinite Dragon's armor burned his skin. "Eventually, you will break, then I can get my plans back into action." He let go, and stepped away.

"Burning me will stop working eventually, you know." Bogo choked out. "It's only a matter of time before somebody realizes I'm missing."

"Hmm, they I better make this quick."

Long delivered a quick punch to the buffalo's face, and then another to his stomach. The former police chief coughed up blood, which evaporated before it could hit the ground. The armored monster continued to beat on Bogo, hitting him in the face repeatedly.

Eventually, he was knocked unconscious.

"That took too long." Long said to himself.

There was a burst of dark Qi around the buffalo's body, before he transformed back into Gyuuya. "What is this!?" The beastman shouted as it struggled behind the chains. "I can't moooo-ve!" He struggled for a moment, before breaking the chains.

"There you are, Gyuuya, I was worried you might have been lost in a much smarter brain." Long said, though the insult seemed to pass over the buffalo monster's head.

"Master Long, I've had a lot of trouble today!" Gyuuya started. "I can't seem to get anything done!"

"I'll settle that in just a second." Long pulled out a Chaos Badge, and stepped towards Gyuuya. He quickly jabbed it into the monster's stomach.

The beastman struggled as his body began to transform. The buffalo head on its chest fused back into it's body, transforming it into a set of abs, the monster's ribs appeared through its skin, clutching around his entire body. The monster's spine burst from it's back as well, creating a fully visible bone structure poking through its skin. The belt design on the stomach became more prominent, as it gained the Chaos Symbol in its middle.

The skull like shoulder pads extended out, becoming sharper, as the monster's muscles bulged. The golden rings around his arms grew spikes. Gyuuya's cape quickly moved over to his right arm, though it shrank a bit, now more resembling a mantle. The beastman's legs bulked out more, gaining boots with hoof shape at the tip of it.

Finally, Gyuuya's head started to transform. It started to distend outwards, as the monster's neck also started to lengthen upwards. At the end of the transformation, its head now resembled an entire buffalo's skull, with two massive tipped horns poking out of its sides, and Gyuuya's beady yellow eyes staring through the regular eyeholes of the skull. To cap it off, a mohawk of matted, red fur appeared down the back of the skull.

The monster let out another roar, and stomped forward. "CHAOS GYUUUUYA!" It shouted. "Ready to cause some moooo-sive damage, boss!?"

"Hah, of course I am." Long said. "I have the perfect idea of where to start…"

---

"We're getting nowhere." Silver growled. "Where is he!?"

They had been searching for a handful of hours for wherever Bogo had been taken. The sun was starting to rise, and all of them were getting fairly tired. As of right then, they were standing on top of a building in Savannah Central "Relax, Silv." Red started, fairly calmly. "We'll find him soon, no need to lose your temper."

"I'm just worried." The wolf said with a sigh. "I don't want the chief – the REAL chief – to be in any trouble."

"Well, he will be in trouble if we don't look for him." Blue quickly followed. "Long's the most dangerous monster we've faced, he could kill anyone if he wanted to."

"Which, won't happen, because we're good at finding things." Red followed. "We just tend to fall into any monster plots."

The three quickly moved on, and hopped over to another building, and then off to a different street. They landed and looked around, still no signs of anything.

"Nick, can I ask you a question?" Silver started as he turned to Red, surprising the fox.

"Sure, hit me."

"Are you telling the truth about everything?"

The fox, as well as the rabbit, were left a bit speechless by the comment. Their jaws would be agape if the helmets weren't on.

"I was just thinking, because of what Clawbick said earlier." He explained. "You betrayed him, right?"

"Yeah, a betrayal that backfired." Red said. "He was supposed to go to jail during that attack, but it took years for him to actually get sent there." He sighed, and walked up to Silver. "I'm the reason he killed so many innocents, I regret that entire thing."

"You aren't the reason he killed them, Nick." Blue said, comforting the fox. "You did your best to stop him."

"No, he killed them because I betrayed him." Red sighed. "He told me."

"And like I said, he's a psychopathic murderer." Silver added. "There's no reason to believe him."

"Right, but-"

There was sudden beeping from their Zoolizers. "Oh, there we go!" Red started up, instantly shifting from his previously moody tone to an excited one. "You two up for saving Bogo's life?"

"Oh, definitely." Blue started. "Especially if it means we can get out of this conversation."

"Sorry." Silver replied, meekly.

"So, where are they attacking?" Red asked. "I wasn't paying attention."

"They're attacking…" Blue let out a gasp as her ears popped up. "Oh god, we need to hurry."

---

"Holy hell."

The three looked down at the police station. It was nearly in ruins, burning and with multiple holes punched through the walls and windows. Glass littered the front and the ground around it. There were no signs of any officers, even though it was nearly time for attendance. All of the cruisers parked outside had been utterly wrecked as well, it was clear no one would be patrolling for a while… if they were alive.

"Well, this is bad." Red said, before they hopped down to street level.

"Be careful." Blue warned as they approached the building. "The monster and Long could be around here anywhere."

They walked through the shattered doorway. As soon as they entered, they noticed bodies, hopefully unconscious, littering the building. Grizzoli was leaning over some railing on the second floor, Fangmeyer had been punched through the receptionist's desk, and Trunkaby was pushed partly through a wall.

"Yikes." Red said as they looked around the carnage. "I don't think Long is that physically strong, so buffalo butt must have done this."

"Likely, he was already pretty powerful." Silver followed. He headed over to Fangmeyer's unconscious body, and placed a paw on his chest. "I think he'll be alright, I'm feeling a decent pulse."

"Good." Blue followed. "We need to find Gyuuya before-"

There was a loud crash, as Delgato's body flew through the door to the chief's office. He crashed into the ground. "RICH!" Silver yelled, stumbling over as he ran over to the tiger. He knelt down and gripped onto him. "Rich, are you alright!?"

The tiger grunted as he opened his eyes a bit. "M-Max? That you…?"

"Yeah, partner, it's me."

"You… need to stop that monster." He sputtered. "It came in looking for Herder, but he hadn't shown up yet. He didn't take it well. Tried to stop him, but… yeah."

"Question before you pass out." Red started. "Where's Ben?"

"Clawhauser called in sick, something about his legs aching."

"Of course he did."

There was a loud noise from above them. It sounded like a loud moo, but deeper. They looked up, and watched as Chaos Gyuuya stomped down the stairs.

"You, chumps!" It shouted, pointing towards the Zoorangers. "Where's that shrimp chief guy at!? I came all the way here to crack his skull!"

"As much as we would love to tell you, and have that guy out of our lives," Red started. The three quickly drew their weapons, ready to strike. "I'm afraid we can't let you do that."

"Augh, you punks keep messing things up every time I try to mooooo anything fun!" Chaos Gyuuya grunted, clearly annoyed by the three. "But you won't be able to do that… brain thing, anymore!"

"What?" Blue said, lowering her defenses in shock.

"Master Long helped me get rid of that little problem!" You're gonna have to beat me fairsy and squaresy!"

"Clearly didn't improve his IQ." Red snarked. "Hey bull patty, you sure you're not just seeing red?"

"I'M SEEING RED ALRIGHT!" The monster shouted as it stomped down the stairs some more. "I'M SEEING YOU, FOX!" His pace started to speed up. "AND FOR SOME REASON, I WANT TO CRUSH YOU UNDER MY HOOF!"

"That's the Bogo in him talking." Nick whispered.

Gyuuya let out a loud moo, and started to rush towards them. The Zoorangers braced themselves for the attack, but before he could hit, the buffalo leaped into the air. The watched as he prepared to perform an elbow drop on them. The three scattered, Silver quickly pulling Delgato's body out of the way.

Chaos Gyuuya crashed into the ground, driving a massive hole into the tiled floor. The three looked on in awe as he got back up. "Yeh, you bozos are gonna learn what its like to be completely broken!" The monster taunted, flicking his cape.

Blue pulled out her daggers, and dashed at the buffalo beastman. She leaped up into the air, but he responded by punching her in her entire body, the force sending her flying across the room. The rabbit crashed into the wall, leaving a very visible mark.

Red quickly pulled out the Vickscannon, and started to unload fireballs at the monster rapidly. The blasts seemed to not cause any damage, or even cause Gyuuya to flinch. He started to casually walk towards the fox.

Silver, thinking quickly, pulled out his blade, and rushed up behind the buffalo beast before he could notice. He slashed at the monster, but the blade simply clanged off his back. This, unfortunately, caught his attention. Gyuuya spun around, hitting Silver in the face with his arm. He flew off as well.

"Hey, Carrots!" Red shouted, looking back at the rabbit as she got back up. "I'm not sure we can actually do anything to this guy!"

"NICK, WATCH OUT!"

He glanced back at the monster, who was now rushing towards him. Gyuuya quickly scooped the fox up by his neck, and jumped into the air. He pulled Red into a painful hug, and twisted around, angling the fox down towards the ground.

He let out a small cry, seconds before he hit the ground.

As Gyuuya body slammed the fox into the floor, it cracked, leaving a much larger imprint than the elbow drop had. Blue let out an incoherent scream as Gyuuya rose back up, the fox's crumbled body buried under it. He twitched a bit, but other than that didn't seem to be aware.

"STOP IT!" She cried, trying not to cry. "YOU'RE GOING TO KILL HIM!"

Something seemed to flash through Gyuuya at that moment. He clutched at his skull head, and stumbled back. "What was I-?" He quickly shook it off. "Why should I listen to you, bunny? Or should I say, paste?"

Blue's horrible fear seemed to subside as she saw the monster's reaction. She grinned, not visible to the monster under her helmet. "What you should be saying, is…" She took a deep breath, and didn't seem to notice as the bodies of the other officers started to stir.

Grizzoli rose from the railing, and looked down. Fangmeyer shook his head, and unsteadily got to his feet. Trunkaby pushed her self out of the hole, and rose to her feet as well. Silver clawed up the wall he had been slammed into.

"OFFICER JUDY HOPPS!" She yelled at him. "VALEDICTORIAN AT THE POLICE ACADEMY, ONE O FYOUR BEST OFFICERS, AND THE ONE YOU CHOSE TO MAKE THE NEXT CHIEF!"

There was stunned silence as the rest of the officers, and Silver, watched on. Blue quickly glanced around. "Oops, did I just say that out loud?"

"The hell are you talking about, rabbit? I ain't got-" He paused, and seemed to jerk around. At this moment, Red seemed to shake off his heavy injuries and start to get up. Gyuuya then let out another scream, purple energy expelling itself from his body.

"What's happening!?" The monster shouted as the purple energy flew from its body. "Master Long said this wouldn't happen!"

"Hey, Bogo!" Red shouted, though it was a bit weak. "Remember how you said I couldn't pass the entrance exam? Look at me now!"

The purple energy continued to flow from the monster as it struggled. "Max, Fangmeyer, Grizzoli, Trunkaby!" Blue shouted, looking at each of them. "Shout your memories about Bogo at the monster, we'll beat it that way!"

"Alright!" Silver said, getting fully to his feet. "Bogo, remember when you put me on records for spilling coffee on you? I know you were just having a bad day, and that was fine!"

"Remember when you put me and Rhinowitz on the same team to make us get along better?" Fangmeyer shouted. "It didn't work, but you tried!"

"Chief, remember the time you injured your back, but still came into work?" Grizzoli shouted down. "You should have told us, we would have taken it easier on you!"

"And remember when you got so mad at us in the bullpen you nearly snapped a table in two?" Trunkaby added in.

With each of the memories, Gyuuya started to struggle more and more. Finally, he exploded into a burst of purple energy. It cleared quickly, leaving the monster's unconscious body behind.

"You know, I was expecting a big explosion, like when we usually defeat a monster." Red said. "What do we do when he wakes up?"

"Welcome him with open arms."

Silver, Red, and the other officers stared at her. "Carrots, have you lost it?"

"No, I haven't." She said, sternly. "When he wakes up, it will be Bogo's mind, even if he's trapped in that monster's body. We'll tell him what happened, and then destroy the monster body on his own terms."

"That's very courteous of you, Fluff." Red said, crossing his arms.

Silver quickly stumbled over, the still unconscious Delgato hanging off his back. "I think we should get the other out of here first." He said. "In case something happens."

"Hey, uh, speaking of us…"

The three turned to look, the other three officers had gathered together. "Listen," Fangmeyer started. "We really appreciate you saving us twice."

"In just over twelve hours, I might add." Trunkaby added.

"I just wanted to say that… well, I think all of us here want to say that we're sorry for the last while." Fangmeyer continued. "We should've known you weren't really criminals."

"Hey, took you long enough to figure it out." Red said with a chuckle.

"It was pretty suspicious that the guys who were supposed to stop the criminals acted more like criminals." Grizzoli added.

Before anyone could continue, there was grunting from behind them. The Zoorangers turned to look at the monster's body, and prepared themselves as it started to rise.

"Ugh, where am I?" The beastman asked, looking around. Its voice sounded familiar, it sounded more like Bogo's now. He started to look at himself. "What happened to me?"

"Oh, chief, you're alright!" Blue said, hopping over to him. "Listen, before you freak out, we can explain everything."

"Not needed, Hopps." Bogo said, getting to his feet. "That… armored monster, told me everything. Guess I'm trapped in this ridiculous monster body for a bit, hmm?"

"Yeah, kind of." Red said. "But, and I know this is going to sound completely awful, if we take you out back and shoot you, we can get you back to normal."

Everyone stared at the fox for a moment.

"What? I said it would sound awful."

"What Nick's trying to say is that we need to go outside and destroy the monster body." Silver explained. "Once that's done, we'll probably have to fight a giant monster."

Bogo nodded. "Alright, let's go get this over with."

The four walked out of the police station and into the parking lot. "Just to warn you, this might hurt." Blue said as she guided Bogo over to a spot a few feet away from the other two. "Okay, it'll hurt a lot."

"Hold it."

There was a sudden burst of flame from between the four. The fire quickly dispersed, revealing Long. "Hm, guess you were even stronger than I thought." He said, turning to look at Bogo. "But it doesn't matter, I'll put an end to all this right now."

He snapped his fingers, causing bursts of purple Qi to spring from the ground. Several large holes opened up, Rinshi crawling out from them. In only a few seconds, an army of the monsters had appeared, and the holes closed behind them.

The Rinshi started to spread out, hopping towards the four. "hah, seriously?" Red said, pulling out his sword. "You think we can't take a handful of these guys?"

Long remained silent, standing in the middle of all this.

Red leaped forward, Silver quickly following behind. Silver jabbed his blade through one of the Rinshi, the fox landing on the sword. He leaped back in the air, and started to spin the blade around, before swinging the blade downward.

The blade detached, and flew towards the ground. The blade sliced through one of the zombie monsters, and the wire started to pull in. Red flew forwards, and pulled the blade out just before it disconnected, spinning it around in midair to wipe out more of the monsters. With each one he destroyed, purple Qi flew out.

Silver followed this up by switching to Sun mode, and flinging fireballs up into the air. They crashed down, more of the Rinshin being obliterated by the flames. He then quickly switched to Moon Mode, and lashed his blade forward, slicing through more of the Rinshi with his whip. More purple Qi flew out of them.

Blue quickly rushed forward, leaping up and tossing one of her daggers into a Rinshi's chest. The monster stumbled back in pain, tumbling back onto more of the grunts. Still in midair, Blue rapidly kicked at another one, using the final one to push herself farther into the air. The rabbit pulled out her blaster, and fired at the monsters, more purple Qi flying out.

As she landed, she looked over, noticing something. Long had vanished. Did he run away, or was he planning something? Definitely a problem to worry about, but not something to worry about at the moment. She continued to slash through the Rinshi.

Bogo watched as they fought against the seemingly endless hoard of the monsters. "I should help them…" He whispered to himself. "But what can I do in this ridiculous body?"

He glanced up, just in time to see a number of the zombie monsters hopping towards him. One of them pulled out a staff, and attempted to jab at him. The buffalo braced himself, but only felt a slight poke.

The Rinshi had started to shake in place, like the staff had hit something made of steel. Bogo let out a small laugh, and performed an uppercut, launching the still shaking Rinshi into the air, where it exploded into purple Qi.

The other Rinshis watched in awe, and then looked back to Bogo. He punched his fists together, and then quickly punched on in the face, causing it to be destroyed instantly. He rapidly punched through the rest of the monsters, before finishing off the last one with a headbutt.

"Hey, check out Bogo!" Red said as he sliced through another Rinshi. Blue and Silver quickly turned from their own fights to watch as Bogo rushed into the fight himself.

He started to punch and kick through each of the monsters, destroying most of them in a few seconds. The last remaining Rinshi stood around him, shaking in their boots, but still trying to stand strong. Bogo quickly spun around, annihilating the rest of them.

"Hah, maybe this isn't as bad as I thought." He said to himself.

"That was amazing, chief!" Blue said, running up and punching him in the arm. She quickly seethed as she hit the ground, clutching her paw. "Okay, that was a mistake."

"Alright, can we get to getting me out of this thing?" He said, stepping forward. "I'm starting to feel incredibly uncomfortable."

"No prob, Chief, just stand over there, and-" Before Red could finish, there was a laugh from behind him.

They all looked to see Long, simply standing there and laughing. "This is going to be more trouble than you expected, Zoorangers." He said. The Infinite Dragon held up his hand, and purple energy began to swirl around it. "Destroying all those Rinshi unleashed their Bestial Qi, which means… Well…"

The Qi combined into a massive purple orb above his hand. He quickly flung it at Bogo, the Zoorangers leaping out of the way. The buffalo, however, was less lucky.

The orb seemed to be absorbed into his body, causing him to scream in pain and crackled with dark electricity. "That should reinforce his hold." Long said. "Good luck dealing with him again." Long quickly vanished into golden mist.

The monster let out a roar, shooting out a pulse of energy that almost knocked the three Zoorangers over. "I'M BACK, AND READY TO DEAL SOME MOOOOOOO-SIVE DAMAGE!"

"Oh great, I thought this was going to be easy." Red said.

"I've had enough of this!" Blue said. "Red, we're going to do the thing!"

He nodded, and the both pulled out the Sun and Moon ZooTags, and quickly plugged them both in.

"TAIYO~!
TSUKI~!
CELESTIAAAAAAAL
BODIES!"

Their super armor appeared, and the two quickly went into their poses and introduction.

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

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

Their weapons appeared in their paws, ready to attack the monster. "I'm just gonna let you guys handle this." Silver said, stepping back.

"You couldn't stop me before!" Chaos Gyuuya shouted, flicking his cape and pounding on his chest. "How's some shiny samurai armor supposed to help you defeat me!?"

The two walked towards Gyuuya, silently. Their weapons appeared in their paws, and they rushed forward. Red jabbed his staff forward, Gyuuya not even moving as he did. Much to the beastman's shock, the staff actually hurt, causing a small explosion on its chest that caused it to stumble back.

"What… the hell's goin' on!?" It shouted, completely baffled by the feeling of pain. "I'm supposed to be invincible!"

Blue leaped into the air, and started rapidly slashing her blades, flinging energy slashes at the monster. Each of them hit, sparks shooting off from all over the monster's body. She started to fall, slashing directly through the monster and landing behind it.

"You're messing with two warriors who have more power than you and your boss combined!" Silver shouted at the monster. "You have no way of winning!"

"Well, I better mooooo-ve on outta here then!" The monster shouted, before attempting to run off.

Red and Blue met up, and combined their weapons together. They aimed the massive crossbow at the running monster, and proceeded to fire a massive bolt of energy. It pierced through the beastman's back, leaving him stunned as sparks burst off of him. He tipped over, and exploded.

From the explosion flew Bogo, as well as a Chaos Badge. The buffalo flew across the parking lot and crashed into the ground, unconscious.

The super armor vanished, putting Red and Blue back into their normal forms. "Ugh, I feel like this' taken too long." Red grunted, rotating his arm. The three watched as the Chaos Badge flew into the air, and then zoomed off to the outskirts of the city, reforming into Gyuuya.

"I'M GONNA BRING THE MOOOOOOOOO-HEM!" It roared, stomping towards the city.

"Guy's not really good with his puns, is he?" Blue said, as the three pulled out their ZooTags.

"Maybe it's a verbal tic." Silver said with a shrug.

In a flash, ZooRobo and ZooKami appeared, prepared to attack the monster. "I doubt you can hurt me with those puny weapons!" Gyuuya taunted. "I'm iron strong, nothing can-"

ZooKami stepped forward, and slashed at the monster with its sword. Sparks shot out from the monster's body as it was flung back. "Hey, look at that." Silver started, slashing at the monster again. "We can totally hurt you. Isn't that fun?"

The monster grunted, and quickly began to punch ZooKami. The punches seemed to stun the mech, with a final punch launching him. ZooKami crashed into ZooRobo, and then fell to the ground. ZooRobo stumbled backwards a bit, edging far too close to the city.

"Oh yeah, he's probably the strongest monster we've faced." Red said. "Probably not good to head up close for this one."

"Right, so that means we'll need…" She pulled out a golden ZooTag, and plugged it inot the console. "THIS!"

"BANG BANG
BOOM BOOM!
IT'S RODEO TIME!
ZOOBISON!"

ZooBison appeared, and the two combined together. ZooRobo stepped forward, aiming its guns at the monster. "Oh, so you're trying to play cowboy, huh?" Gyuuya chuckled. "Well, when you mess with the bull, you get the horns!"

"YOU'RE NOT EVEN A BULL!" Blue shouted as they opened fire on the monster, pelting it with fire for a good few moments. It stumbled back, clearly in pain.

ZooRobo placed the guns together, energy building up between them. They fired a blast of energy, shaped like a bison's head, at the buffalo monster, causing a massive explosion. The monster stumbled and sparked as it began to fall over.

"I MADE A BIG MOOOOOOO-STAKE!" It cried, before exploding.

ZooRobo spun its guns around, and turned around. "Nature, protected!"

The three landed back in the police station parking lot. All of the other officers, Fangmeyer, Grizzoli, Trunkaby, Rhinowitz, and Delgato, were helping Bogo up to his feet.

They untransformed, and hurried to help their former boss as well. They steadily moved him over to one of the steps. "How you feeling, chief?" Judy asked.

"Fine, just a headache." He said. "It's been… a rough day."

"No kidding." Nick said. "You know, we were really worried about you."

"Liar."

"No, he's serious." Max added. "We were scared that you'd end up dead. It could've very well happened, too."

"Yeah, if those SPD creeps had gotten to you first…" Judy continued. "You wouldn't be here right now."

"We were worried about you too, chief." Delgato said. "Mostly about your broken leg."

"I don't have a broken leg, Delgato." Bogo said. "The reason I'm not the police chief is because they fired me."

"Yeah, the broken leg thing was a lame cover-up." Nick said. "That Herder guy is incredibly shady."

"Don't have to tell us that." Fangmeyer added. "He's been threatening us with physical violence, he's obviously not fit to be a police chief.

"Probably not even fit to be chief of defense!" Nick joked. The rest of them laughed, giving Nick a chance to pull Judy over a bit from the rest of them.

"What the heck are-"

"Shh! I need to talk to you about something in secret!" He whispered. "Do you think Bogo is our fourth member?"

"What? Why would you think that?" She asked, baffled at the fox's suggestion.

"You saw how he took care of those bad guys!" He said. "And he managed to fight against a monster's control, maybe he's stronger than we think."

"Nick, he was in a monster's body, it was probably a lot more fit than he is." She said. "Our last member has to be someone younger, that's just what I think."

"Alright, whatever, Carrots." He said. "But if I'm right, I get to say, 'I told you so'." Before Judy could respond, they were distracted by someone shouting.

"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!?"

They turned to see Herder, walking towards them. "Why is the police station in ruins!? Why is Bogo here!?" He finally spotted the Zoorangers. "WHY ARE THESE CRIMINALS HERE!? ARREST THEM!"

"Sorry, but we're not arresting anyone, Herder." Grizzoli said, standing tall.

"I think you said 'chief' wrong." Herder growled. "I think you said a LOT of words in that sentence wrong."

"He didn't say anything wrong." Delgato followed. "You're the one who's been lying to us about everything."

"I have never lied!" Herder shouted.

"So that means that you never claimed that Bogo's leg was broken." Nick said.

"Well, I-"

"And guess what, it isn't, so he can go back to being the chief now." Judy said in a threatening tone.

"Excuse me!?" Herder shouted back. "You're the criminals, you should be locked up in prison for everything you've done!"

"They haven't done anything wrong!" Fangmeyer shouted at him. "You have no idea how to run the police, and you have no idea about who Nick, Judy, and Max are!" The husky pulled out his badge, and threw it to the ground. "As long as you're working here, I'm not!"

There was a sudden spurring of the other officers all of them audibly agreeing. One by one, they pulled out their badge, and flung it to the ground. The three heroes, Bogo, and Herder, were stunned by this action, and were left silent as they walked off.

"FINE!" Herder finally yelled out. "This city doesn't NEED you! We already have BETTER officers!"

The goat quickly stormed off, leaving the four other former officers behind.

"What just happened?" Judy asked.

"I think we just caused a strike."

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"Looks like your latest mind game was a bit of a failure, hoss." Sambash said, leaning back in his chair. "How'd you even expect that to go?"

"To let you know, while I did expect… better." Long started as he sat down at the table. "There was, in fact, a positive outcome for us."

"Trying to spin a win out of a definitely loss, huh?" Yogostein chuckled as he stepped up behind Long. "Sounds like something someone as arrogant as you would do!"

"The police station has completely disbanded." Long declared. "I watched most of the officers declare a strike. The city is cop free, we can do whatever we want."

"Yo, wait, seriously?" Sambash said, startled. He leaned onto the table. "We can just, like, go out there without being reported on?" Long nodded his head.

"When have the police ever been a problem for us?" Yogostein asked.

"Don't you get it, wingnut?" Sambash said, standing up. "This means we can just patrol around and come up with plans without havin' to sneak around!"

"Hm, guess you're right!" He replied. "I suppose that's somewhat of a victory."

Long fell silent as the two started to talk. He toned them out with his own thoughts. He came very close to being caught by his business "partner", too close. It would only be a matter of time before they figured it out, and he'd have to use his last resort.

Hopefully he could squeeze some more fun out of it.

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Sorry this episode is so late, I got really excited about video games this week and had a hard time writing. Unfortunately, this means that the next episode won't be out next week, which sucks since I was hoping to keep it consistent for a whole month. Oh well.

Anyway, I have actual trivia to tell you. Chaos Gyuuya's design is meant to be a more villainous Champ from Kyuranger. In my mind, Chaos Gyuuya is almost as hot as him too.

Next time, let's take a break from the drama and do something funny.