Nick: Previously on Zoomorphia!

Judy: We can't access the data in flash drive we're "borrowing" from the lab in asylum. Moreover, our investigation on the case of Tadashi Hamada's disappearance got interrupted by Director Mouse.

Nick: He asked us to help investigating the warehouse district where illegal night howler transportation may be conducted. And how could we refuse? He's the director of DIB for crying out loud!

Judy: Nick and I sneaked into one of the closed warehouses then we met Savages. But no worries. Hybrid easily took care of them.

Nick: Night howler trafficking cases, missing mammal cases and mystery of Cliffside Asylum. Gah! So many troubles. I gonna faint…

Judy: Haven't you always fainted?

Nick: Fainting from transformation doesn't count, Fluff.

Judy: Let's find out what'll happen next in this chapter.

Nick & Judy: Now the chapter 5!

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"Judy! Stop! Those are mammals!" Nick attempted to prevent Hybrid Archer form from shooting an arrow towards teenagers. However, it was too late. The arrow had already been launched from a bow.

"Calm down, Nick." Judy confidently told him. The shaft dematerialized on its own. An arrowhead traveled through the air, then attached to one of the teens' shirt. He was relieved that his partner did not fire a lethal arrow but a tracking device. He would hate to see her accidentally take away mammals' lives.

"Officer Hopps!" Maximus Keaton the white stallion called to Judy from outside the warehouse. The SCU agents were breaking a storefront gate in order to enter the locked place. "That's our cue to leave." Nick twisted MidniDriver's handle forth two times. " FORM SHIFT-HUSTLER " Letting out dense steam, Hybrid turned back to Hustler form, pressing the syringe "ACTIVATE " to activate an instant movement ability to disappear into thin air.

After being able to getting in, SCU team primarily found two badger Savages rising up and recovering from injury. "Alert! 2 o'clock, 11 o'clock! Fire!" Maximus commanded. The half of the agents turned right and the other half slightly turned left. The troop shot the rifles at the monsters. The badgers tried to escape, yet the attempt failed. Bullet after bullet penetrated them, exploding inside the bodies.

Even though Savages don't die from blood loss since they don't bleed, the bullets' fragments produced by a special caustic substance could burn the monsters' organic tissue. Badger monsters collapsed, vaporizing as they were perishing.

Later on, white horse looked for rabbit and fox cops. "Where are they!? Agents! Find police officers! Quick!" He ordered. "Boss. A side door was just left open. There must be someone who's recently exited through that door." A goateed peru tan goat billy informed the stallion. Because their assigned task was to assist the night howler transportation case, they were supposed to concern more about a clue of the case, still... Maximus hesitated a moment. Seeing that, the billy was about to suggest. "Should we-"

"Didn't you hear me!? Find those officers first!" Maximus snapped at his agent. "B-But th-the mammal-" The goat stammered. "I'll handle this." The horse went after the suspect(s), heading out the same door.

SCU agents scattered to search for ZPD officers. Jasmine Fangmeyer the bengal tiger charged out of the storehouse, "Jude! Wilde!" shouting to her friends. Running, she turned around the corner. "Hey Fangmeyer." Nick the red fox called the tigress. Meanwhile, his partner, Judy the grey rabbit, was getting out of the outdoor air vent that Nick was standing near. "Wilde! Jude! Are you two alright?" Jasmine rushed towards the duo. "We are." Judy said, receiving a help from Nick and Jasmine. They lifted the doe down, aiding her to stand on her feet. "Thank you" Judy thanked both of her friends.

When the duo used an instant movement skill earlier, Hybrid relocated into the air ducts in which they hid Nick's unconscious body. Hybrid detransformed. The bio armor released purple steam filling such a cramped space prior to its vanishing. Doe reversed to an original state with her uniform being intact. Tod's mind was transferred back to his body then he led her a way out to where they ended up meeting Jasmine.

"Gosh darnit! I missed them." Maximus referred to the suspects as them because he did not know what gender the suspect was or how many the suspects were. He had been galloping around the warehouse to catch the suspects. However, he was unable to find them. When he spotted two cops and his feline agent, "Thanks gol! You both are safe." he exclaimed with relief, ambling towards them.

"Sorry that we blew the plan up." Nick apologized though it clearly was not their fault that something beyond expectation occurred and interfered the investigation. "What happened?"Jasmine quizzed. "As Nick and I were inspecting inside the warehouse, we met Savages." Judy answered. "We shot them injured enough to buy us some time to climb up a stack of boxes and escape through the air ducts." Nick gave a half true half false statement.

"Why didn't you radio when you encountered Savages?" Maximus questioned in rebuking tone. "I deeply apologize." Judy spoke guiltily, truly feeling bad for causing others to worry, yet she did not regret what she and Nick had done. She believed fighting against Savages was a right thing. "Na-Not you, Officer Hopps." The stallion hurriedly rectified the doe's thought of him criticizing her. "I mean you, fox. Despite your night vision, you failed to perform the task efficiently, not contacted us, and put yourself and her in danger!" He scolded the impassive tod. "Nick was busy watching over me who cannot see in the dark. I'm the one who should be blamed." The doe justified Nick, who delighted in how protective his bunny partner was.

Maximus sighed, not bothered to argue about this subject anymore although he was the one bringing it up. "Whatever… Anyway, it seems that there was somebody who's just fled from this warehouse. Unfortunately, we dunno where they are now." He stroked his blond mane with frustration. "Judy and I got this. No problem. Leave the rest to us~" Nick asserted, his arm around Judy's shoulder. Jasmine adored the pair's gesture. They really are close huh? Folding his arms, Maximus averted his eyes.

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"Think we lost them." An adolescent boar bear gasped for breath. A gang of young mammals; bear, fox, rabbit, raccoon and skunk, came to a halt after dashing away for a while, lying low in a narrow alley. A skunk lad, youngest-looking in the group, looked back. "Nobody's following us. We should be okay for now." He assured of their safety. However, little did they know, Hybrid Archer form, next to a sprawling tod officer, was upright on a moderately tall building, a gaze on the raccoon teen.

This form of Hybrid's monitor tracked down the tracking device, so the duo were able to locate their targets. Nick generated an arrow, a fletching of which was connected with a wire. He fired the arrow down. The wire kept coming out from a wrist before stopping when an arrow's tip stuck in the sidewall of the other building at around a store above a road level. Hybrid, making a bow vanish, kneeled to attach the end of the wire rope on the wrist to a rooftop floor. Subsequently, the armored cross breed lifted a motionless canine body to carry him in arms and then slid down the rope with the feet on the wire.

"What now?" A rabbit, somewhat second youngest-looking, wondered. "All we can do now is waiting for his call." A fox, apparently the oldest among five of them, cleared the young buck's doubt. A teen raccoon hunched his shoulders, staring his feet with watery eyes. "It's gonna be fine, Roll. We'll get Jim back." The bear soothed his little friend, petting the raccoon's back.

"Freeze!" A feminine bawl loudened. The police officers, rabbit and fox, were blocking both sides of the alley. The sudden arrival of police shocked the youngsters, particularly the boar raccoon wiping his eyes hastily. "You said no one followed us!" Teen fox yelled at the skunk, who "Impossible! I didn't see them coming!" was dazed.

Nick picked up his radio. "Officer Wilde to dispatch. We got a 10-15. Send backup to capture suspects to the station. Thanks in advance~" He communicated with ZPD by the radio.

"Psst! Guys… We'll run past that bunny cop under my signal." Fox lad spoke softly, guessing he as well as his gang would be able to overcome the doe rabbit's guard easier than full grown adult fox's. In addition, since they were minors, police would not treat them roughly. "Go!" He uttered. The teenagers charged off towards Judy's direction. Whilst the young fox was getting close to the doe, about to push her off, he flopped weakly. The rest of the gang came to an abrupt halt when they noticed the oldest mammal among them shot by a tranquilizer dart.

"You kids should stay put and behave well. Other officers will come to pick you all up soon." Judy advised, holding a tranq gun in her paws. "Better listen to her warning, kiddos." Nick supported. While the duo were observing the mammal lads, "Hang on a sec! Are you five the film crew that tried to get into Cliffside Asylum?" the doe recognized their outward aspects which were identical to those of camera crew both cops found on a day they were assigned on parking duty.

The teenagers remained silent, still afraid that they might end up in the same fate as their fox comrade. "That wasn't a rhetorical question, y'know? You are that film crew, aren't you?" Judy repeated the question, frightening the bear. "Please don't put us behind bars! We merely pretended we were making a documentary to distract a guard!" He freaked out. "Ed!" Rabbit and skunk lads shouted the bear's name reproachfully in unison. "S-sorry..." Ed apologized for blurting out the secret.

Nick's attention was later caught by a familiar looking raccoon. "My my~ Nice to meet you again, Jim boy~" He bobbed his head at the raccoon. "You know Jim?" A rabbit buck bewilderedly turned to goggle at the fox officer, who eventually started to note that in spite of identical physical characteristics and wearing the same black jacket, there was something off about the teenage boar raccoon.

Shortly thereafter, the raccoon faced round and took a few steps to Nick. "Please let us go! You don't understand! We must help Jim!" He pleaded. "Wow wow. You're not Jim?" Nick was baffled briefly before the teen raccoon resolved his confusion. "I'm Jim's brother."

"What's your name, young boar?" Judy inquired in tender tone. "Name is James but call me 'Roll'." Turning sideways, Roll the raccoon replied. It turned out Nick mistook Roll for Jim Tuck, Roll's twin brother. "Roll... " The bunny cop felt vaguely weird after calling James 'Roll'. Nonetheless, she did not wish to offend him; thus, she went with this nickname. "You said you must help your brother… What happened to him?" She asked.

The teenagers murmured, arguing among themselves. "I implore you… cooperate with us… We can help." Judy begged earnestly, which made them want to believe in the duo.

"First, why did you put on an act like that at a gate of the asylum back then?" Nick interrogated the youngsters. "We were hired to trick a gate guard and send one of us to sneak into the building. Jim was the one that volunteered to trespass on..." Roll confessed. "You let him go in!? Jim could get killed by Savage at that time!" The doe chided the lads. "Hired by who?" Nick proceeded with interrogation. He had already known Jim intruded on Cliffside Asylum lab to steal the flash drive, yet he got no idea who he along with his friends and sibling worked for.

"John Silver..." Buck rabbit said the name which stunned an adult tod. On the other paw, Judy had never heard this name before. She thought of asking her partner later. "And what were you doing in that warehouse?" She took turns questioning the teens. "When we heard the noise of Savages fighting, Mr. Silver ordered us… If we had lured the intruders out, he would have freed Jim." Ed explained. That rotter used these kids as a decoy… sent them to go through a dangerous room where there were Savages. Judy cursed John Silver, a mammal that she did not even know what species he is, in her mind. "Where is Jim now?" The doe asked for the raccoon's location. Jim's twin brother, Roll, shaked his head, then the skunk responded. "No clue… He's been separated from us for long..."

Judy tensed up, musing over all information. Roll's eyes thereupon watered. "Can you… really help finding my brother?" His lips quivered. The doe, also growing up with siblings, inevitably had sympathy for him. "We will find him. You have my word." She promised the teenage mammals with a benevolent smile. "So~ We're good to go now?" Ed the bear assumed, grinning awkwardly. "Sorry bud. You still are under arrest." The tod officer burst Ed's bubble. Following that, a driving car, possibly police's, sound was approaching them. "Aww, noodles..." The adolescent bear whined. At the same time, the skunk hunkered down near his collapsed fox friend. "Didn't see it coming, did ya?" He poked the limp snoring canine.

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Later that day, "Who is John Silver?" After escorting the group of young mammals to ZPD station for the purpose of further investigation besides protecting them from threats out there because criminals may still be on to the teens, Judy seized an opportunity to inquire Nick about mysterious mammal's identity when the duo returned to their office. "A crime lord" His answer horrified her. To think that a criminal leader abused minors was unnerving. "I don't know him personally. I've just heard Mr. Big mentioned his name few times. Something along the lines of Silver being a key player in an illegal Night howler business." Nick provided more details with reference to Mr. Big, the infamous mafia boss arctic shrew in Tundra.

"Umm… He also kidnapped Jim Tuck. Can it be… John Silver and his gang are involved in the missing mammal cases?" The doe was digesting information. "Maybe..." The tod reflected. The frowning bunny pinched the bridge of her snout. Judy's eyes shut tight. Suddenly, she was snapped out of her own thoughts by a generous hug from Nick. "There, there, Carrots. Don't be so hard on yourself." He comforted his partner. She was a bit ashamed that she consistently needed the tod to keep her emotion in check, whether she would like to admit it or not, yet she was contented to have him by her side through thick and thin.

"Thanks, Nick." Judy expressed her gratitude. "What can I say except-" Nick was going to croon a 'your welcome' part. However, his stomach growled so loud as if a thunder struck. "Except you're hungry?" She teased her partner, patting his tummy. Nick subsequently loosed his hold on Judy. "Shall we go get some grub? I mean the army marches on its stomach right?" The tod suggested. Excluding his hunger, he desired the bunny to get time off, so this was a decent chance for persuading her to take a break. "Let's hit the road." Judy, walking off, accepted a suggestion, beckoning Nick to follow her. "Shotgun!" Nick enthusiastically vociferated. "Alright, Alright~ I'll drive." The doe shook her head in amusement.

After the pair bought a fish & ships accompanied by a short cup of tea for predator and a carrot berry smoothie for prey from a drive-through restaurant, they sat in a parking police cruiser on a back lane between buildings and viewed a sight of sunset. While drinking the smoothie, Judy gazed at Nick eating his meal. The tod eventually noticed his partner's stare. "Is there anything on my face? Apart from my charm of course~" Nick smirked at Judy. "Oh~ Nothing but narcissism." She joshed, causing him to chuckle and continue digging his food.

Judy sniffed the fish n chips' smell. She conveyed her curiosity afterwards. "Nick, may I have one fry?" Placing the smoothie in a cup holder, the doe requested. The tod consequently came up with a mischievous idea. "Sure~ Just this one." He picked a fry up to hold its tip in his muzzle, turning his face to playfully look at the bunny who was about to grab it from between fox's lips. "A-a-ah~ No hand~" Biting one tip of the fry, he relished every moment of teasing his friend, anticipating an embarrassing reaction. Nevertheless, "Okay" She responded innocently.

The bunny cop knelt on a driver seat, leaning forward to the fox. He became anxious under his smug mask due to an unexpected action. When Judy's nose almost came to contact with his, Nick's jaw twitched, resulting in him unintentionally nipping fry's tip off. The bitten food accordingly fell. Luckily, Judy caught it mid-air. She leaned backward, returning to a sitting position, and then threw it into her mouth. Chortling, Nick resumed munching his meal as Judy was enjoying the fry offered by her buddy. It was different from what she had ever eaten before. Its taste was combined by a unique scent, a scent of fish meat…

Abruptly, there were some mammals hurtling past the back lane that the duo were in, which was followed by gunshot noise and menacing roar. Judy immediately realized what was happening.

"Nick!" Doe called tod, drawing out MidniDriver. "Nah-a! I'm not going." Said the fox seriously. He laid back in the passenger seat. "It's Savage!" She stressed in order to change his mind. "I'm fully aware of that. Since we will transform anyway, I'd rather stay here than fall unconscious while standing on a battleground." Nick stood by his decision, putting on his Midnidriver. "Grr! Whatever suits you." Judy exited the cruiser, wearing a morpher belt. She left Nick in the car.

Meanwhile, a SCU patrol team, consisting of 2 wolves, a wild boar and 3 panthers with less bulky tactical gears than those of a normal SCU troop, were defending the civilians from various Savages, a rough armored rhino, a wing-eared deer, a she-cheetah and a tanuki, by shooting rifles at them. The team manageably killed a cervine monster. However, they missed an agile feline. Furthermore, bullets bounced off rhino's hard shell, which started to fracture from impact but if those armed mammals only focused on defeating the rhino, they would not have had enough rifle cartridges to take down other Savages. As for the tanuki, it was hiding behind the rhino.

"We're running out of ammo soon! Поторопись!" Bringing a radio close to his snout, a wild boar rushed the SCU main troop to reinforce his patrol team in the area. He felt so agitated that he negligently spoke his first language.

Instantly, behind the SCU agents, an old coati tripped when she struggled to flee from a battlefield. "Yaya!" A coati boy halted. Before he could retrace to his grandmother, "Don't go back!" a familiar big spotted cat in blue detained the kid while thinking of rescuing the senior lady by himself but the boy pushed him away and hastened towards an elder. The plump cheetah had no choice except accompanying the junior coati. Both helped up boy's grandmother.

All at once, the cheetah Savage swiftly detoured around SCU . The agents were going to shoot she-cheetah. However, tanuki Savage also made a move, climbing on the rhino's back and hurdling the SCU team. The agents hesitated momentarily over which beasts they should strike first, thereby not counter-attacking in time. Cheetah Savage was aiming for the coatis and unarmed feline cop.

Clawhauser!? What is he doing here!? Judy distinguished her chubby friend from a distance. Never mind that now. The doe's attention was drawn by the racing cheetah Savage. Even though Clawhauser is also a cheetah, he could definitely not outrun the monster. Besides, there were civilians in danger. Therefore, she hared to the rescue.

While no one was watching her, she "INJECT" injected blood that had already been sent from Nick into herself and then "IGNITE" transformed to a fusion of fox and rabbit. Right after the cop duo became Hybrid, they wasted no time "ACTIVATE" to trigger an incredible speed. A red flamingo torpedo with amethyst blurry light on the sides darted across the area to thrust she-cheetah aside before it could harm any mammals.

"Can you move, Ma'am?" Nick asked an old coati concernedly. Hybrid stood tall in front of Clawhauser and coatis, who were stunned from an appearance of the armour-clad bunny with female body type but having a soft-spoken male voice and spiky yet fluffy fox tail. They got a grip when Hybrid stooped down to help the elderly lady up. "Leave. Quick!" Clawhauser led the coatis to skedaddled as they were told by the mixed breed.

In the meantime, the SCU patrol team, astounded too, used the opportunity to fire the rifles at she-cheetah while it was being down on the ground defenselessly. However, they were interrupted by the rhino Savage charging towards them. The team split to dodge an attack; hence, the shots only scrape the feline monster. SCU agents were forced to deal with the rhino first.

"Yeow!" Tod screeched. Hybrid had just got bit on a tail by the tanuki Savage . It repeatedly yanked the tail. "Don't touch my tail!" Nick aggressively pressed MidniDriver 's syringe. " ACTIVATE " Tail spikes pointed outward, lengthening and sharpening to pierce through the tanuki. Hybrid waved the tail to fling the riddled monster off. "Didn't know you dislike to be touched on tail this much." Judy surprisedly discovered physical contact with her partner's tail can offend him considerably. "I reserve a right to my brush for the special mammal, Fluff" He stated humorously.

Soon later, the duo perceived that Clawhauser and two civilians could not move far and fast enough since evidently, the senior coati was injured when she tripped earlier. Subsequently, the united cops decided to twist the morpher's handle forth "FORM SHIFT-POLICE", turning to a combination of leporine and canine with body's colors and accessories such as armlets, vest and hat similar to ZPD uniform, Hybrid police form. Hybrid pressed the syringe twice. " ACT-ACTIVATE " A long-chained handcuffs magically materialized. Hybrid grabbed the chain on the way to preserve the cheetah and the coatis from menaces, the Savages, which got back up and ready to charge.

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Concurrently, few mammals roaming the streets in Savanna Central attended to a loud sound of a siren. They caught a glimpse of a driverless hatchback sports car zooming down the road. The black car with white doors plus a pair of sirens twisted and turned through the city, then finally reached where Hybrid was protecting the police officer, the boy and the elder by whipping the chain around to keep she-cheetah and takuni Savages away. It seemed previous assaults were inadequate to finish off these beasts. The vehicle's arrival startled the coatis, who were already perplexed owing to being around the strange armored mammal.

"It's here. Fantastic." Judy rejoiced sotto voce. She swung one of the handcuffs to bind the takuni in chain. Next, it was hurled to smash into the nearby she-cheetah.

"Please get in a car. Hurry!" Nick requested Clawhauser and both of coatis. The feline officer estimated that trusting the cross-breed was the smartest choice, so he guided the two civilians to the sports car. All three hid themselves inside it. "Now that they're safe. Let's go all out." The doe pulled the chain sharply, resulting in the takuni flying towards Hybrid. She held the handcuff in the right paw like brass knuckles, landing a straight right punch at takuni's face. Tanuki Savage trembled as the blow sent shockwave through its body, affecting its partly healed wounds. The struck monster eventually vaporized, which loosened the chain.

Hybrid's chain contracted to an appropriate size for the duo to obstruct a she-cheetah's forthcoming attack. Hybrid stretched the chain in order to block monster's claws and fangs, then jumped into somersault over the she-cheetah while handcuffing the Savage's front left carpus and extending the chain to tie the monster up. Hybrid landed behind it, handcuffed its back right ankle and hauled the middle of the chain to bind it. She-cheetah Savage, handcuffed legs being tied together, thereupon lost its balance and tumbled over.

During the time that SCU patrol team were busy dealing with the rhino, some darted a glance at the beast, which Hybrid was restraining. They snatched the opportunity to shoot the she-cheetah down.

The other Savage vaporized as it ceased to exist. Hybrid turned to a direction where the bullets were fired, discerning that the SCU agents were really occupied with the tough rhino. Although its hard outer case had fractured thanks to agents' effort, Nick and Judy assumed such a small group of SCU agents might use ammunition up before they could beat the armored monster; hence, Hybrid " ACTIVATE " summoned a black Automag with purple cylinder and auburn grip, replacing handcuffs that disappeared in thin air.

The doe spun the cylinder, causing the sparks to fly out. "Get down!" The duo bawled. SCU team lay prone by reflex. Hybrid pointed the pistol at the rhino. A shining tiny bomb discharged from a firearm muzzle to the large Savage. It exploded once it touched rhino's forehead, which made the Savage's shell shatter. When rhino's bare face was exposed, the boar SCU agent, still lying on the ground, shot bullets right through its skull. As a result, rhino Savage collapsed, slowly turning motionless. After another monster finally vaporized, the armed boar, wolves and panthers stood up.

Seeing that all Savages were annihilated, Nick tossed the pistol upward. It disintegrated into sparkles. "All clear now." He opened the car's door to let the coatis out. "Muchas gracias." The elderly lady thanked the peculiar mixed-species mammal. The boy, holding a smartphone, stepped out of the car along with his grandmother when Clawhauser got off a front passenger seat, then shut the door gently.

"Stop!" Hybrid was ordered by the boar from behind. Every SCU agents were ordered if they encountered Hybrid , they must capture him or her… or it. Therefore, the patrol team turned their rifles on Hybrid . "I would love to hang around~" Nick responded cheerily while closing the car's door. "But gotta dash~" He told the team blithely as Hybrid rapidly entered the black and white vehicle. The hatchback sports car departed hastily before any agents could act properly. "Слéдуйте за мной!" The boar commanded his team to follow him. They ran to get in SCU van.

The duo stealthily observed the van driven by the boar to pursue the sports car from the back lane between buildings where they parked their cruiser which Nick's senseless body was in. Actually, Hybrid hopped off the car when it passed the back lane. To put it simply, the patrol team were chasing a empty car that they could not catch up with it patently because of excessive speed of Hybrid's vehicle. The doe pulled the syringe once she was certain nobody was looking at Hybrid. Her blood was drawn and teleported to tod's syringe. She detransformed into her normal self in undamaged clothes.

"Transforming 3 times in one day… I gonna faint..." The first few words Judy heard after getting in the cruiser were weary complaining from Nick whose mind was back in place where it belongs. He exhaustedly pushed the syringe to get rid of extreme tiredness he was experiencing. When the blood was injected into him, he regained his strength. "Didn't you just wake up?" Judy tittered. She started an engine, driving the cruiser off.

Some time later, when the pair almost arrived at ZPD, Nick's stomach rumbled and his mouth watered whilst his eyes were fixed on his bunny partner…

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04/03/18: Howdy Folks~ I've been busy lately and still be until around the end of this month but if things go wrong or unexpected… I'll be inconvenient next month as well. At least for now, I can say that the series will be back on the fourth week of March in case everything goes as planned. Until next time~ Have magical days~

: I've just realized that when I wrote 'twist the handle clockwise or anti-clockwise', it might have different meaning from what I expect. What words I should use when one talking about twisting the motorcycle handle? back and forth?

: I didn't want to use the word 'kill' for some reasons, then I remembered that Judy even said the word 'kill' in the movie. ha ha

: PS. Anyone please tell whether I used the correct 10 codes or not? I will appreciate your help so much.