Forty-three minutes later*
"Are you sure it's really them, Judy?"
"I don't know, Nick. But we need to interrogate them if we want to be any closer at finding Ricky and stop these crime lords, whoever they are."
"I know. Especially this other human. No human ever walked Zootopia since Ricky. You think he came from the same universe as he?"
"Maybe."
"Judy, Nick. Chief Bogo wants you two in his office after you two are done with those three fellows."
"Thanks, Clawhauser."
"Well, shall we?"
"Yeah, let's go and talk some sense into them."
"Judy, before we do this, please control your temper if those two cats are what who we assume they are."
"Thanks for worrying about my thoughts, Nick. I promise I will be at my best behavior."
"Okay. Let's go, then."
"Right after you, partner."
"Good cop, bad cop routine?"
"It works every time, so yeah, Nick. Le's do that."
Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps were talking about their thoughts and approach about the whole situation and how they were going to make an imprisoned with chains strapped in their chairs and fainted Puss in Boots, Dulcinea, and Jose talk. The two best friends open the doors and sit on chairs of their own, waiting for the three individuals in custody to wake up so they can begin.
Three minutes later*
"Ah, shit!" said Jose as he was starting to open his eyes, feeling the effects of the dart that Judy use to stun him but he also felt the effects of her punch.
"Oh, boy. Here we go," said Puss in Boots who is already awake, as well as Dulcinea. Jose starts moving his hands but cannot move him. He later notices that he has got chains in strap in and locked onto his chair behind his back, same as his friends.
"Finally, you three are awake." Nick Wilde says.
"Yes. Now, tell us what we want to know, now!" said Judy Hopps as she slams her paws on the table with such force that made the interrogators scare at her.
"Hey, hey. We don't know anything about what you have to say, officer. We recently came here," said the calmed Dulcinea, as she is trying to explain Judy their innocence.
"Yes, señorita. We mean no harm," says Puss in Boots, defending Dulcinea.
"Yeah, should have thought of that before you use your powers and knock me right into next week, you Red Devil," said the very angry Nick Wilde, who is very mad that not only because Puss punched by accident, is because he thinks Puss is one of the crime lords who threatens Zootopia and the world.
"Red Devil? Now hold on...!" said Jose, who reacted very mad cause he doesn't like he and his friends being discriminated and treated very wrongly by Nick and Judy.
"No, you hold on, mister. I don't know what mischief methods you are playing, but when we get to the bottom of this we will end your reign of terror. Especially you, White Devil," said Judy as she desperately wants some answer so she can fund her true human friend, Ricky, while Dulcinea gasps in shock.
"How dare you call my friend a devil, you misguided idiots!" said an enraged Puss, as he was offended that Judy called Dulcinea such horrible words to such a sweet cat.
"Wait, White Devil?" said a confused Jose as his voice of seriousness caught Nick's attention.
"Wait, you heard of her?" Nick Wilde says.
"Yeah. One of "her" henchmen said that very same name to me before he shot himself," said Jose, with a voice so clear, that Judy had to level down her tone and bad cop behavior.
"So, you are really new here?" she said, as they all nodded yes.
"But I don't understand. You have his Bellatrix." Judy said.
"Judy, the Bellatrix. We got it from evil rulers from another world." Jose clarifies as Judy and Nick are starting to put in some pieces of a puzzle together in their heads.
"So the Bellatrix was stolen by them," Nick whispers.
"Excuse for being that being who is lost, but somebody tells me what is going on?" Dulcinea said while she and Puss were all lost and confused that they want some answers of their own.
"Well, you see, we are a bit of trouble for a very long time," Nick Wilde says as he and Judy were about to explain the history of their troubles.
"One year ago, we've encountered some trouble. Some unknown couple came from another world, and since then, they've been nothing but trouble. They torture, humiliate, and kill innocent animals for their own game and for a while, they were running Zootopia thanks to the resources they had, and their ability to take care of every crime themselves, and the White Devil, is ruthless and reckless of them all," said Judy, terrified by explaining, while Puss, Jose, and especially Dulcinea, looked at each other over the thought of this White Devil persona.
"But one day, a human named Ricky came to Zootopia via some teleportal ball called the Bellatrix, the very same ball you have. At first, we thought it was weird that a human in an animal world like ours, but as time went by, he was helping us tide this war against them in our favor. One day, he decided to get some material. to build a ship that could get him back to his world, but they capture him." Nick Wilde says.
"For two months we haven't heard of him, until on August twenty-six, we received a message from him, telling us that he escaped their clutches and they returned to their kingdom rule. But two days later, he messaged us again as he snuck on the Mayor's office for help. And he said that the Red Devil was dead, as he overheard a conversation between Mayor Piglette and Bellwether, who she escaped thanks to White Devil a while ago, and they captured him, and this time, we haven't heard from him since."
Judy's words full of sorrow, guilt as if it was her fault Ricky is in trouble, and utter sadness that Nick, Jose, Puss, and Dulcinea understand what she and her partner are going through. It also made Puss, Jose, and Dulcinea thoughts on who is behind all of this, but they didn't say a word as they want to be sure about it.
"Wow, I don't know what to say. I'm sorry if we ever confuse you to a bunch of serious people. You have every right to be protective about this," said a sad Jose, understanding the pain she's going through.
"My condolences to you, my friends." Puss in Boots said.
"I'm sorry, Judy. We can help you stop these criminals," says a caring Dulcinea, offering Judy with some assistance. Judy now calmed and relaxed from all the misunderstanding, breathes as she makes up the next move.
"Okay. This is what we will do. You, tall guy with a beard..." Judy says trying to say Jose's name.
"Jose." he clarifies.
"Okay, then. Jose and this, um... cat in shoes..." said a confusing Judy while looking at Puss, who was angry and offended that she called him that.
"It is Puss in Boots!" he says, puffing his chest with pride. Nick Wilde rolls his eyes in total disgrace and a shameful at Puss' oversize ego when he told his name out loud, while Judy looked awkwardly at puss, opening her paws and raised her eyebrows as she said to her mind very long like a lost child who doesn't know what is going on: "okay?".
"Well, Jose and Puss in Boots can be free and wander off the ZPD until we can tell you what we'll do to later," said Judy Hopps as both Jose and Puss were celebrating. But...
"What about Dulcinea?" Puss asks.
"Dulcinea will be locked in a cell for quite a while." Judy answers.
"What?!" both Puss and Jose shouted with anger, as they can't believe the utter blasphemy these officers are doing to Dulcinea. Dulcinea reacted the same way but decided not to shout her feelings to anyone, as deep down she understands what Judy is trying to do.
"I'm sorry, but the ZPD cannot afford your friend walk free. Everyone here has lost someone in their lives that they get scared by just thinking about the White Devil, especially if they will confuse the name by another white cat, which is you," Nick Wilde says, as he tries to explain to two hot-headed fools like Puss and Jose calmly.
"Listen to me, Wilde, Hopps. You let Dulcinea go right now, or we will choose to not be free, and lock us three in cells," a valiant Puss says, as Jose agree to Puss, and Dulcinea was mixed in this. Yes, she admires Jose and Puss' loyalty and love for her, but she also thought that he and Jose has a chance to be free.
"Now you listen to me, you two, said an enraged Jose, as Puss and Dulcinea knew what Jose is going to do, and the pray in the minds that he doesn't screw things with his words.
"Dulcinea has never done anything to you guys, and she doesn't deserve to be left out while Puss and I have freedom. Is either us three free or no one is free. Why is it that everyone look at Dulcinea likes she is some evil nutcracker? Is it because she's from another dimension, like Puss, me, and Ricky? or is it because the White Devil's kills are as good as your bunnies ability to multiply?!" an enraged and mad Jose said such harsh words that it stunned Nick and Judy, while Puss and Dulcinea pit on a fake smile as they were embarrassed by what happened.
"Why, you little..." said an angry Judy Hopps, while she takes out a taser and fires it at Jose's forehead. Jose was moving his head around as the electricity made him hurt and screamed in pain.
"Yep, he kinda deserves it," said Puss to Dulcinea as Dulcinea puts on a disappointed look on her face.
"Yeah. My hero." she sarcastically says.
"Get these three out of here now!" said Judy, still angry by Jose's words while two wolf officers take them to their cells.
"Are you alright, Hopps?" said Nick, looking out for her friend.
"Still hurt that he had to insult me, my species, and making a joke out of our problems," said a saddened Judy, as Nick hugs her to calm her down.
"Forget about it, Judes. Now, let's go to Chief Bogo's office." Nick Wilde says.
"Okay," said Judy as she and Wilde leave the interrogation room to make their way to Bogo's office.
Meanwhile, at their cell*
"Now, what are we gonna do, Puss?" Dulcinea asked as she, Puss, and a fainted Jose were locked in their cells together.
"I do not know, Dulcinea. But I do sense trouble arriving soon," said Puss as he sensed that danger will soon be coming, thanks to his tulpa abilities.
"Yes. Me too, Puss." Dulcinea said.
"Ah, God," a really disoriented Jose wakes up, shakes his head, and sees two worried and very ticked off Puss in Boots and Dulcinea looking at him, like they want a piece of him.
"What?" said a confused Jose as he's putting up an innocent look on his face.
"Jose, sometimes you're just a big meanie with a big mouth. Is like one moment you're cool and collected, but as soon as someone insults us, you turn full dissing everyone you see in a snap," said Dulcinea, sharing her thoughts and disappointment towards Jose and his emotional tantrums.
"I love your loyalty and love towards us, but she is right, Jose. I mean, Judy and Nick seem like likable friends. Just because they were doing their actions out of fear, does not mean you have to kill everybody with your words like it was Spain," says Puss, as Jose breaths and reflects on his actions.
I'm sorry guys. I'll do my best to avoid those next time," said Jose, regretful of what he did.
"Thanks, Jose." both Puss and Dulcinea said.
"Righ after I message our partners to help us and the ZPD with the phone I have in my boots, haha!" said an eagerly ecstatic Jose, who takes out his boots and grabs his phone, while Dulcinea and especially Puss were amazed and surprised about Jose's trick.
"Excelente, Jose," says Dulcinea, happy that Jose thought his plan through.
"Just, do not go all diss king as you did to Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Robin, my friend," says Puss, as Jose quickly got a reality check, a reminder of what happened last time he went after someone who insulted his best friends.
"I will. Thanks, Puss. Dulcinea." he says.
"You are welcome," Puss smiles at his amazing friend.
"Me too. Now let's text our friends, and save the ZPD from dangerous outlaws," a commanding Dulcinea replies as Puss in Boots and Jose nodded yes. Jose sent a text to Rocket and his brother Gabriel on his brother's phone.
"Need Help."
"We sense danger coming inside the Zootopia Police Department(ZPD)."
"Same criminals are coming back."
"Hurry!"
"We will escape as soon as you get here."
"Hey, Gabriel. What's this?" said Rocket Raccoon as he sees Gabriel's phone very strangely, while Gabriel is driving a car and takes the phone from Rocket gently.
"Rocket, prepare your blaster," said Gabriel, who has read the message Jose sent and puts the pedal to the metal, as the car starts driving fast.
"Why?" Rocket asks.
"Cause we are going to a police station, save some animals, and kick some ass," says Gabriel as Rocket greatly loved the idea.
"Oh. Hell. Yeah!" said Rocket while he puts up a lunatic smile on his face. Gabriel takes a U-turn and begins to drive fast towards the ZPD station, to rescue the officers, Puss in Boots, Dulcinea, and his brother Jose.
Meanwhile back at the ZPD*
"How can you two tell me you are close!?" said an enraged Chief Bogo, talking to Nick and Judy at the office.
"Sir, with all due respect, we are closer than we ever been." Nick Wilde says.
"Yes, Chief. We can use them to find Ricky and save Zootopia from the White Devil's influence," says Judy, explaining to Chief Bogo the bigger picture of their plan.
"We cannot just go outside, use the detained travelers like GPS, and find them like it was the Nighthowlers. It is a risk I am not willing to take," says an unconvincing Cheif Bogo, who isn't feeling Judy and Nick's plan.
"Listen, Bogo. We don't have much time, and what happened earlier proves it. We need to act now, and those three are our best, and maybe only shot at stopping them," says a serious Nick, who believes that trusting in Puss, Jose, and Dulcinea to help him not only save Zootopia but also save and protect Judy Hopps.
"Please, Bogo. Let us do this. All we need is time and trust," a very hopeful Judy says while holding both her paws in a begging position as Nick holds her back like a caring friend. Chief Bogo puffs his breath like a fighting bull, as he is in a position of pressure that his answer could very well be the chess move that determines the fate of Zootopia.
"Okay, fine. You may proceed with your plan," says Bogo, finally giving the all clear to officer Wilde and Hopps as they celebrated.
"But If those three fail you, you will all resign," said a warning Bogo, as Judy drops her ears down hearing it, but looks at a smiley Nick Wilde and remembers the last time she had to close a case with so much pressure against her.
"Well then, I guess we got some work to do," says Judy, ready to close the case and save Zootopia and his friend Ricky, and this time, she has her partner and friend Nick on her side.
"Yep." Nick Wilde said.
"Splendid. Let's see how far you'll go," says Bogo in a musical tone as he opened the door for Judy and Nick to go.
"Gosh, Chief Buffalo Butt needs to stop watching movies and stop doing musical movie songs. Like seriously, Meowana, really?" says Wilde as he wasn't bonded with Bogo's song reference.
"Yeah. Okay, partner let's go check on Clawhauser, dumb fox." Judy Hopps says.
"Right behind you, sly bunny," says Wilde as he smiled at Judy, walking towards meeting Officer Clawhauser. Once there they see the big, and fat jaguar eating some donuts.
"Officer Clawhauser." Judy Hopps says.
"Oh, hey there, Judy. Nick. What can I do for you guys in this late at night?" Clawhauser replies.
"We need some files about the three individuals we apprehended earlier. Judy Hopps says.
"Okay. here it is. We need to go and use Ricky's advanced scanner." Clawhauser said.
"Thanks, Clawhauser," Nick greets him while the jaguar nodder yes. Both Nick and Judy read the bios of Puss in Boots, Dulcinea, and Jose, and both partners were amazed and surprised by what they read.
"Jose Angel Arroyo Rivera. Nineteen years old, incredible powers far beyond our comprehension. His powers are Asgardian lighting and an incredible fighter. No criminal records. No records at all. Mhh?"
"Look, Judy. Puss in Boots. age unknown. Legendary adventurer, outlaw, and hero. Several criminal records, including robbing a bank, but since then he is known as one of the Avengers. Weird bio over there."
"Nick, look at this. Dulcinea. Age is over a thousand years old? She's a legendary hero, and a mystical cat called the White Tulpa. She's one of three tulpas, and the only tulpa in existence. She doesn't have criminal records, several heroic acts, and one of the founding member of the Catvengers?"
Judy and Nick looked at each other and were confused, shocked, and they felt like if they are going to succeed with Puss, Jose, and Dulcinea, they were going to have perhaps their biggest challenge and adventure they ever had.
"Judy, what do you say?" Nick asked, looking at Judy while she looks pretty mixed about this. Her mind thought that this was a suicide idea that could get them both killed, but her heart though that she has no other choice but to do it if she wants to save her friend, Ricky, and the people of Zootopia.
"Okay, Wilde. Let's go get them," said a very determined Judy, putting up a ready stare as Nick admires her no quit attitude.
"Okay. You're the boss," says Wilde as both officers walked on their way to the cell room.
Suddenly, an explosion broke the doors as every officer, including them, falls down, and masked criminals run towards them with guns in their arsenal.
"Bring them to me, hurt every officer who opposes us, and kills those who we were told to kill!" said the leader of the gang as everyone agreer. They start firing their guns and Nick and Judy took cover on Clawhauser's desk, while other officers took cover and draw out stun guns to fight back.
"Nick, Clawhauser, hang on!" Judy yelled as she holds on to her friend cause they don't have their guns. Nick sees them far aside from their office and makes a run for it. As soon as he gets there, two officers hit him with the gun and knock him down.
"Nick!" a scared Judy says as she leaves the desk and helps out her friend. She jumps. and kicks the two assaulters, but one of them hits her from behind with a taser. She screams in pain and falls down to the ground, as she sees Wilde before she closed her eyes.
"What was that?" a freighting Dulcinea asks as she hears the gunshots.
"The officers are under attack!" said Officer Wolffang as he was running towards the exit to help his partners.
"Hey! Don't leave us!" Jose yelled as the wolf approached them.
"Sorry, but you need to stay here. We cannot afford you guys, especially her, be free," the officer said, leaving Dulcinea whimpers in shame, and Puss and Jose feeling mad about his answer.
"Listen to me, wolf. Your partners are in danger by criminal lords far beyond your understanding. You need to free us if you want your friends to be alive. We are your only hope to save this station, please, do not let us stay in this unfair cage," said an enraged Puss as he was begging the wolf to free them so that they can help the ZPD officers.
"I... I'm sorry, but I can't allow the White Devil to be free," said Officer Wolffang as Dulcinea snapped.
"Ah, that does it!" she says as she aggressively pulls his tie and knocks him with the bars, falling down hard and unconscious.
"Dulcinea!" a shocking Puss said as he and Jose were surprised by her actions.
"It just that I had enough of everybody trying to treating me like somebody I'm not," she explains, feeling very sad and immediately regrets doing what she did, as Jose bend on one knee to see her eye to eye, and Puss later hugged her as well as the young man, because they understood her. Dulcinea was holding the injustice, and misbehavior towards her for too long, it reached to the point she couldn't have it anymore.
"It is okay, Dulcinea. Do not worry, to us, to me, you are more than what they make you believe you are. You are our friend and my heart."
"He's right, Dulcinea. We will always know who you truly are, no one will ever tell us otherwise. Now let's get out, get our weapons, and prove them that you're not a devil," both Puss and Jose gave Dulcinea a beautiful speech and hugged her, while Puss kissed her forehead and hugged her, as Dulcinea now feels better. She, Puss, and Jose put them smiling determined stare as they looked at the cell.
"Thank you, Puss and Jose. Let's go," she says, being grateful of having true friends who believe her for who she really is. Dulcinea, Jose, and Puss triggered their white beam, lighting, and fire aura, and they all punched the cell like a punching bag. All three of them ran towards the evidence room to get their swords and weapons, as well as Puss' hat, which was taken from him a while ago.
The criminals already pinned down and forced to surrender the officers of the ZPD. Some of them pointed their guns towards a depleted and defeated Chief Bogo from behind, while two of the pointed theirs upfront towards Nick and Judy, who were getting struggled by some criminals who are holding their arms and putting them down on their knees.
"Listen up! We don't want to kill you guys, we just want the bunny and the fox. So you'll give us those two troublesome officers, and you will live. Defy us, you'll all die," the chief criminal said. He and a few others unmasked themselves and revealed that they were tigers and lions all along.
"Let us guy, you monsters!" said Judy.
"Oh, Hopps. We want to do that, but the White Devil wants you as bait, as well as your fox, for her master plan," said the chuckling criminal lion, who is down to his knees and touches Judy by her cheeks, which made Nick furious.
"Don't you dare touch her!" Nick says, being protective and showing his compassion to his friend Judy. The lion lets her go but proceeds to punch Nick in his face.
"You don't tell me what the fuck to do, fox!" he said, disrespecting Wilde while Judy cries and calls out his name loudly.
"Now, I will kill you for being such a pain in my ass!" the cardinal said as he loads up his gun to fire upon Nick.
"Wait!" Judy yelled, stopping him from proceeding his plans.
"I know what you want." She says.
"I am listening," says the lion, while Nicks doesn't want Judy to go through whatever she is planning.
"Well, bunny?" the sickening lion says as he approaches Hopps and again bends on one knee. Judy surprisingly frees one of her arms and punches the lion in the mouth, knocking a tooth out.
"Judy!" a scared Nick said he was surprised and couldn't believe Judy was this defiant to even considering this kind of retaliation.
"Ah, you should have not done that!" the furious lion exclaims as he grabs Hopps and throws her to the ground as he prepares his gun.
"Next time think about you listen and do what your heart tells you to do, you bitch!" he says. Nick was screaming, yelling so desperately her name as the lion was about to fire his gun towards her.
Once he fired the gun, a smoke was surrounding them, not knowing the outcome of Judy's fate. Once it was clear, the lion looked stunned. Judy was alive, but his gun was blocked by a sword, user by a white cat in a suit and armor.
"You will not hurt anyone," says a determined Dulcinea, who later used her white beam attack to send the captain flying and crashing through offices.
The other criminals started using their guns to fire Dulcinea, but Puss and Jose in their full powers knock down the criminals. One by one, Jose, Puss, and Dulcinea were retaliating and protecting the officers by beating down the lions and tigers back and forth.
"Stop them!" one lion said as he ordered the tigers to fire upon them, but they were shot at by Rocket and Gabriel, who came from the top of the building and broke the glass to get there.
"Come on, Nick. We got some bad guys to stop," says an energized Judy as she and Nick joined in on the action and fight off as many enemies they could find.
The officers of the ZPD, inspired by not just Nick and Judy protecting the station from the criminals but also by Dulcinea's heroics because they thought she was a monster, they helped the heroes fighting back against the criminals.
One by one, everybody was beating down the criminals. From tasers, to stun guns, to fire punches, to lightsword and lightsaber combination by Puss and Gabriel, to blasters that stunned everybody by Rocket's unstoppable aim, to thunder blasts from Jose, to Dulcinea's turning white and goes full power on them.
"You will be a nice prey to kill," says and angrily leader of the gang, who woke up from Dulcinea's earlier attack and loads his gun to kill her.
"Not this time," says Judy, who uses her stun gun, fires her darts, and hits the lion's hand, making him drop the gun. He goes for his left hand and tries again, but Nick is there to fire his own stun gun at him, only this time was a little too late as he fires the gun. Dulcinea, thanks to her highly sensitive hearing, sees the gun, and by a split second, she bends herself backward. She sees the gun right on top of her, as it misses the target. She then backflips and sees the now desperate and scared lion looking at her serious attitude.
"Ah, let's talk about it?" the scary lion says, while Dulcinea so savagely swings herself and with her white beam on her right paw, she punches him and sent crashing through the walls and falls down outside, with Dulcinea right on his chest. She draws her sword and puts it right between the neck of a very scared lion, who barely survives as the sword almost hit his throat, but she meant to do it, so he can live.
"I want you alive so you can give a message to the so-called White Devil. Tell her, didn't say I warned her, and this time, I won't hesitate to kill her!" the determined Dulcinea said as in with every word she said was like she knew who the White Devil is. The lion cowardly agreed on her and he leaves on his car to send the message.
Finally, after all the storm was clear, the ZPD officers, along with Puss in Boots, Rocket Raccoon, Gabriel, Jose, Nick Wilde, and Judy Hopps were able to defeat the rest of the criminals. The officers sent them to jail, while Judy personally goes outside and sees Dulcinea, who powers down her eyes to her normal blue colors.
"I'm sorry, Dulcinea. About how I treated you back there. I..." she said, apologizing to her after Dulcinea saved her life. She stutters to continue her sentence, but Dulcinea pats her shoulders and smiles.
"It's alright, Judy. I can understand your actions. You only did your best to protect your city, and find this Ricky friend of yours. Let say we head home, and sleep and be ready for tomorrow," Dulcinea said, as Judy was surprised by the level of selflessness Dulcinea showed and admiring her pure heart.
"Thank you." She says.
"No problem," Dulcinea answers, as she and Judy, along with their friends, go back to the station, meet each other, and soon after they return to their homes to get some sleep, as they win the battle, for now.