*Author's Note* Alright, the next few chapters are gonna be intense and actiony. So, without further adieu, lets get to it!


The tower continued to burn, citizens continued to panic and gather around City Hall. Among all the chaos, not a single car was in the streets of Zootopia, all except one. A single, sleek black car drove down the streets in Savannah Central. The car was driving opposite direction of the tower, towards the edge of Savannah Central towards Tundratown.

The car stopped at the edge of an alleyway, parking on the side of the road and the engine turned off. The passenger door opened, and Jack Savage dropped out of the divers seat. He straightened out his black suit and walked into the alleyway, his eyes falling on the van sitting at the end of the alleyway.

On the side of the van, was a ridiculous design from an old movie. A single, protruding black window on the side of the van. The driver side door was not the original make, due to its color being white, vs the rest of the van being red save for the design.

Jack walked up to the back of the van and knocked on it. After a few moments, the door flung open to show Finnick, brandishing his baseball bat, his eyes wild and on edge. "WHO IS IT!?" Finnick looked down at Jack and growled. "Who're you?" Finnick asked with a warning. Clearly he was weary of the suit wearing bunny that showed up at his... doorstep.

Jack reached into his coat and pulled out a badge to show he was with the ZSF. "Jack Savage. Zootopia Special Forces. Are you Finnick?" Asked Jack before putting his badge away.

Finnick lowered the bat a bit and glared at Jack. He was not happy to have a legal official banging at his van's back door. "Watcha want?" Finnick asked. His voice growling lightly at Jack.

Jack smiled and folded his hands behind his back, straightening up his posture. "I want to ask you a few questions about someone you've been seen working with. Leah Maine."

Finnick glared as he heard that name. He grabbed the van door with his free hand. "I aint got nothin' to say." Said Finnick as he went to slam the door.

Jack caught the edge of the door and threw it open, standing at the edge of the bumper of the van. Jack pulled a few photos out from his back pocket and threw them at the ground at Finnicks feet. They all consisted of Finnick being with Leah back when they were doing small time crimes together after Leah got out of prison. "Leah Maine is currently assisting Leon Snowly in his crimes, and is now in City Hall, slowly burning the tower down and still with Leon. You show to have worked with her, and I have many more photos where this came from. Unless you want to be arrested for withholding vital information on a terrorist, you'll come with me and explain everything you know about Leah. It's your call." explained Jack as he turned and walked back towards his car.

Finnick stood at the door, contemplating his options. This cop had just hustled Finnick into getting in the car with him. While Finnick wasn't very intimidated by the bunny in the suit, he knew what that badge meant. And it meant serious business. Finnick suspected that Leah was involved in something more than just Leon Snowly. The question is, what was it? Did Finnick somehow get involved with this? Finnick sighed and closed the door, keeping his bat with him as he walked to the passenger side of the car. He opened the door up and hopped in the seat, laying the bat across his lap.

Jack eyed the bat curiously, a light smile across his face. Finnick narrowed his eyes. "In case I need it. I saw what happened in Sahara Square."

Jack nodded and started to drive, turning the car around and heading towards City Hall. "Alright, start from the beginning."


Meanwhile

Leah walked up to the mayor's office, looking back to make sure that Doug had secured the mayor in a chair. Having him duct taped to it. Leah noticed a helicopter platform that was attached to the mayor's office, the helicopter being vacant from the landing pad. Leah walked out onto the platform and got her phone out. She searched through her contacts and readied to send a text.

To the left of the doorway to get onto the helicopter pad from the mayor's office, was a metal staircase spiraling upward, leading to the roof. Leon was on the roof, setting down the wooden crate, final C4 block, and Artie's laptop. On the top of the roof, was several large square metal air ducts stretching along the roof, and several Air Conditioning Units attatched to one end of the ducts before going back into the building. Normally, they would be humming loudly as the powerful units would pump cold air into the building. But due to the fires, they had all shut off.

There were four circular air ducts curled up in the center. The ducts were coiled around the base to show that it could be stretched farther than it currently was. These ducts could not fit on the air conditioning units on the roof, seeming out of place.

Also on the roof, was a doorway that lead down back inside the building. The doorway was close to the elevator shaft that Leon blew up earlier, smoke seeping through the cracks of the doors. Finally, At the edge of the building overlooking Sahara Square, was a large object covered in a gray tarp. The tarp was tied down to the ground with hooks. Leon untied the tarp and let the wind blow it away, revealing the second gas device.

Leon smiled as he beheld the tool of his revenge. With this, he could show the city what it would be like to make a decision between instinct, and life. This device was much larger than the one used at Sahara Square. The compartment in the center to house the gas was roughly five times larger. Leon walked over to the last wooden crate and opened it. Showing the large glass cylinder containing the Growler Gas. Leon carefully lifted it and walked over towards the device. On both ends of the cylinder, were funnels that were blocked off with a thin layer of rubber.

Once the device was activated, a water basin in the bottom of the device would begin to evaporte, and make steam. The steam would travel up into the gas cylinder, and capture the gas inside the steam. The steam would then travel upwards and out of the device through four air ducts at the top. Very carefully, Leon attached the gas cylinder to the device and fastened it in. Carefully going over his work to make sure it was in correctly.

Once Leon was sure the gas was situated properly, he walked over to the ducts. One at a time, Leon carried a duct over and attached one end to one of the four vents at the top of the device. The ends had been outfitted to attach to the device directly. Once it was attached, Leon would throw the remaining length of the duct down the side of the building. The ducts each stretched out to around 50 feet before stopping, hanging off of the sides of the building. Leon could hear the startled shouting of the crowd below as they watched.

"Everything going good here, Leon?" Asked the familiar voice of Leah as she walked up the stairs and onto the roof.

Leon turned to her and smiled lightly. "Everything's set up." Leon said as he walked to a console in front of the device. He pressed a few buttons and turned the device on. "At this point, it takes an hour for the device to prime itself, and get the gas out. So, all we need to do is stall for time." explained Leon as he tuned his digital watch for a one hour countdown.

Leah smiled and walked to the edge of the building, looking down at the crowd below with an eager grin. "Look at them all. Blind, tamed idiots lining up to become what they truly are. Predator and Prey." A hint of malice in her voice, almost as if she held herself above them.

Leon chuckled and opened up Artie's laptop. Using the simple programs that Artie had installed on the laptop, Leon brought up a user interface that could tap directly into Zootopia's media, giving him access to show a live stream from the laptop's built in webcam. This was something that Artie had ready for weeks ahead of time. "You sound excited about this." Leon stated.

Leah nodded and licked her teeth hungrily. "Very. This is exactly what my group wants. For predators to be predators. And prey to be prey."

Leon gave a single nod and looked over at the crowd below. It was more difficult for Leon to make out any pavement vs the citizens that had gathered. Leon stared in silence over them, knowing that they could see him. "All of my hard work, boils down to this final hour." Leon said as he closed his eyes. Taking in the gravity of this moment for him.

Leah turned to Leon and smiled. "I already have my escape route planned. You know, Leon. Force of Nature could really use a man like you."

Leon turned to Leah as he pondered what Force of Nature was. Leon recalled that Leah worked with a group that enforced the concept of Nature's Law quite radically. Force of Nature must be it. Leon smirked and shrugged. "We'll see how today goes. I have an hour to decide." stated Leon.

Leah nodded and leaned in towards Leon, kissing his cheek lightly and letting out a low purr. "Just dont mind the chopper. That's my ride." Leah said as she turned and began to leave.

Leon looked down at the crowd and noticed a single black car park near the front of the building. It was difficult to see, but he noticed two small mammals walk out. One of them wearing a black suit, and the other much shorter, with sand colored fur. Leon looked over his shoulder and called out to Leah. "No doubt, Bogo is on his way. Leah, bring me your dart gun and whatever ammo you have left for it. Don't take any of Doug's. He'll need it."

Leah nodded at Leon and walked down the stairs. Leon walked over to the last C4 block and picked it up. He walked down the stairs leading to the helicopter pad and placed the brick squarely in front of the doorway leading in. Leon walked back upstairs to the roof and looked up at the sky. The sky had darkened a bit as darker clouds began to drift overhead, and even thicker clouds on the horizon.

Leon smiled and looked down at his watch. "Fifty-four minutes."


A while later, inside the City Hall

Nick, Judy, and Bogo made their way up a central flight of stairs. Nick panting lightly as he saw they passed floor 15. Not having very many floors left to go now. "Now I know... huff... why people... huff... hate stairs!" Nick said exhausted, stopping for a moment and leaning on the railing, catching his breath. The smoke from the fires not helping him catch his breath.

Bogo was just a few feet in front of him, while Judy was already at floor 20. She looked over the railing and yelled out. "Smoke's getting thicker up here! Let's go before this whole stairwell collapses!"

Nick sighed and picked himself up before running up the stairs. The smoke continued to get thicker as they climbed. The heat getting stronger with each passing second. Soon enough, they could see the flames up the stairs. Exiting out at floor 22 to escape the flames.

The office floor was bare and deserted. The building was quickly evacuated after the first C4 detonated. A light fog of smoke steadily filling the room. Nick coughed a bit as they all kept walking. Suddenly, Nick's phone rang loudly, causing all of them to jump from being startled. "Nick, Shut off the volume!" Bogo barked.

Nick picked up the phone and saw that it was Artie again. Nick answered it. "You're gonna give us away!" Nick muttered into the phone.

"Too late for that. Leon knows the cops are in the building." Replied Artie. "The IT room is at floor 24. I got something to show you guys really quick before we bust Snowly."

Nick, and the other two continued to another nearby flight of stairs that wasn't on fire, climbing up it to floor 24. "We?" Nick asked.

Artie paused for a moment. "I feel responsible for this... I want to try and make up for it. Besides, I have something to give back to Leon." commented Artie before hanging up the phone.

Nick sighed and silenced his phone before putting it in his pocket. Nick looked up at Bogo. "Artie wants to show us something. He wants us to meet him in the IT room. Should be on this floor." explained Nick.

Bogo huffed and walked down the hall in front of Judy and Nick. Judy looked over at Nick worried. "Do you think he's setting us up?" She asked.

Nick paused for a moment before shaking his head. "He's part of the reason you're still around. We owe it to him to at least listen." said Nick.

Judy nodded and followed Bogo, along with Nick. The hallway was silent, save for the roar of the fire by the stairs. They continued down the hall, a light fog of smoke obscuring their vision farther than 10 feet. Judy noticed an unusual dark colored spot on the white carpet. Upon closer inspection, Judy could see that someone had spilled something red on the carpet. Nick noticed the same mark on the floor and leaned in a little closer, sniffing the air around it. Nick flinched back a bit and lowered his ears. "Blood. And... its fresh." Nick muttered.

Judy's ears drooped as she continued down the hall with Bogo and Nick. Now beginning to dread what they would continue to find. They would not have to wait for long. The hallway opened up to a small lobby, and several lifeless corpses were strewn across the floor. Blood had pooled around each person, the floor stained with their blood, as long as other stains from those who were fleeing, while bleeding.

Judy looked around the room with a grim expression, her eyes welling up with tears as she witnessed the aftermath of the carnage. Most of these people were prey animals, as well as a few predators. Closest to them, was a female chipmunk. Her eyes still open after death, the slight expression of fear still on her face. The last few seconds of life that she realized she still wanted to live. To not die here, and continue on to enjoy what her life would have to offer. Her lifeless eyes looking towards where Judy and Nick were standing. Judy eventually shut her eyes and grabbed Nick's sleeve, starting to tremble in sadness for the lives lost.

Nick looked around the room, his ears flat against his head. Nick noticed the chipmunk that Judy was looking away from. Nick walked over to her body and knelt down, closing her eyes and softening her expression. His own sadness and pity welling up in his chest. "This is... horrible. Just... Just awful." Nick said sadly.

Bogo gave a light sigh and lowered his head in respect to those that had died here. "We have to stop Snowly, or the city will look like this room. I know it's hard to see, you two, but we must keep going." urged Bogo.

Judy nodded and opened her eyes again, keeping her eyes forward as they walked through the room, not wanting to look at any more of the people laid on the floor.

After searching room after room, they found the IT room. Not much smoke had filled the room, showing Artie sitting at a desk in the back working on a computer.

Artie turned as he heard the door open, giving a light nod before waving the three of them over to him. Bogo, Nick, and Judy moved slowly and carefully in case there was a trap to be sprung. Artie sighed and smiled at their careful steps and wary eyes. "Guys stop it. I'm seriously here to help you." Artie said.

Nick relaxed a bit and walked up to Artie, looking at the computer. He saw what appeared to be multiple pages of receipts of purchase. Artie turned back to the computer. "These are all the purchases that Leon made to get this far. He left it up to me to clear all of these out, but I always have backup's stored away in private, encrypted emails in case I need to pull up some dirt on him. Mr. Bogo, is there an email I can send all of these to? They might lead to some black market deals." explained Artie.

Bogo glared and nodded before walking to the computer. Artie pulled up his email and typed Bogo's email address to send the files as Bogo told it to him. Once he sent the files, Artie pulled up another webpage. This was a bank account that was in Artie's name. The account was affiliated with a private company outside of Zootopia's jurisdiction, so the account could not be investigated.

In the primary account, was 12 million dollars. "This is my share from Leon's jobs. The original plan was for me to flee to the eastern cities and live out my life in seclusion... But that's not gonna happen now. I couldn't live with myself if Leon was successful and I just take the money and run. I'm ready to face the consequences, but I'll at least make something right."

Artie pulled up his encrypted email again and opened a email that had been sent to him. He downloaded a file and installed it to the computer. Soon, a small black screen with a pixel Skull and Crossbones came up on the screen with red letters under it. "Welcome Back Artie."

Artie looked up at Bogo. "This is one of my favorite viruses. It traces back pathways that other computers use to get to secure files such as bank accounts, and so on. It's how got Mr. Big's bank account cleaned out. However with him I was a bit more thorough, and used drones I designed to install the same virus onto one of his computers."

Artie quickly typed in multiple names onto a blinking white textbox above the skull and crossbones. Bogo recognized the names as victims of the attack on Sahara Square. Artie pressed enter once he typed in the names. "The virus will scan through every public file with these names. And from there, the virus will continue to search till ti finds the address. Then the internet provider, then its pathways of websites that have come from that location. I could run down how it does it, but we'd be here too long."

Within a few minutes, there were multiple banks brought up on a list inside the program's interface. Artie took in a breath. "Alright so now I got every bank that every one of these people are affiliated with. At this point, I need to set up either and inlet or and outlet. Err... to take money away or give it." Artie explained as he typed some code into the program.

Artie sighed and sat back in his chair. "I dont want this money. And people are suffering in pain, or loss. So, I want them all to have my share." Said Artie as he typed more code into the computer. The three police officers were able to make out a few of the words linking the bank accounts with his own. Artie held his finger over the enter key and smiled, pressing it firmly. After a few moments, Artie refreshed the webpage on his bank account. Showing his account now had no money in it. "I spread the money out evenly to all the victims of the attack on Sahara Square. Even to the police officers."

Artie pulled up a map of the region in Zootopia. Including the country area around the city. There were two red 'X' marks on the map. Artie looked up at Bogo. These two spots, are where Doug and Leon stached their cash. They don't trust the banks... and rightly so with what I just did... so they could pick up the money once this was all finished. Doug has roughly 8 million, and Leon has way more. I have no idea where Leah is keeping hers, I wasn't able to find it at all. I think she might have handed it off to someone else." explained Artie.

Bogo watched silently. Once Artie had finished his work, he nodded at Artie. "On behalf of the ZPD, I thank you for your donation to the victims of the attack... that you had a hand in." said Bogo.

Artie nodded and stood up, holding his paws out side by side. "I want to help you guys stop Leon. But if you must arrest me, go ahead."

Bogo stared at Artie's paws for a moment before sighing. He reached into his pack pocket to pull out a pair of handcuffs. Before Bogo could get them out, Judy reached up and placed a shiny gold sticker in Artie's paws. Artie looked at the sticker, it was shaped like a badge with a blue star in the center. Blue lettering on the top of the bottom read 'ZPD Junior Detective.'

Artie and Bogo looked down at Judy confused. Nick meanwhile, smiled at Judy. Judy smiled up at Artie. "I'll accept your help, Artie. You helped save my life after all. And with this generous donation, the victims can pay for anything they need. Besides, didn't you say you had a code?"

Artie perked his ears up and nodded. "Oh yeah that! The device has an override code that's huge. I have it memorized... I do this kind of thing for fun. I can put in the code WAY faster than you guys can, and you'll need that." Explained Artie with a light grin.

Bogo put the handcuffs back in his pocket, not protesting from Judy's decision. Artie sat back down and turned to the computer again. "One more thing." Artie said as he brought up City Hall's security cameras. He focused on one in the atrium to show Mayor Lionheart bound to a chair in the center of the room. "There's Lionheart. He's conscious, and isn't struggling. Doug is in that room somewhere, but I cant find him."

Artie shifted the screens to show the mayors office, seeing Leah laying on the desk, one of her legs hiked over the other and her paws behind her head. "Leah's sitting in the mayor's office, I think she's playing guard duty. To the right, is the helicopter pad and a stairway leading to the roof. It's the only one not engulfed in flames."

Artie shifted again to show Leon standing on the roof, looking over the edge at the crowd below. Sitting on one of the AC units, were two small cases that were open. The dart gun visible in one of the cases. Standing only a few short feet away from the device. "Leon's on the roof. The device is primed and ready. I don't know exactly how long we have, but I would wager about 40 minutes to half an hour before the device starts covering the city in Growler Gas." explained Artie.

Bogo looked over Artie's shoulder as he watched him go through each screen. "So we'll have to go through both Doug, and Leah to get to the device."

Artie nodded and closed down the videos and all the web pages. Artie brought up his virus and typed in 'kill command' on the bar before standing up. "That'll clear the virus off of the computer and reboot it. There will be no trace of it." said Artie.

Bogo nodded. "Do you have a way to defend yourself?" asked Bogo.

Artie nodded. "I know basic Judo. Pissing off powerful people usually means they send thugs. I can defend myself." said Artie.

Nick walked to the door and opened it, looking down the hall. "Still clear. Lets go."

The group of four quickly made their way up to the 25th floor where the entrance to the atrium was. Smoke filled the hallway as they passed a portion of the all that was blown open by one of the C4 bombs that was detonated in the elevator. Within a few moments, they walked out into the atrium, spotting Lionheart taped down to a chair, his head hanging low.

The group grimaced as they saw the two corpses of Lionheart's rhino bodyguards. Their skin had turned more pale, and the wounds on their neck were openly visible. Including the large portion of the Rhino's neck missing. Judy gagged a bit and turned away, this being the first time she had seen a body mutilated like this. Resisting the urge to vomit.

Lionheart heard then walk in and looked up, his face brightening up as he saw Bogo, Judy, and Nick. "Bogo! Thank god get me out of this chair!" Lionheart said anxiously.

Bogo started to walk towards Lionheart, his heavy footsteps echoing loudly around the atrium. Despite Lionheart sitting unguarded in the center of a large open atrium, it was oddly... quiet.

Bogo walked behind Lionheart and pulled out a small knife, cutting off the tape and freeing him. Lionheart stood up and sighed, popping his shoulders. "Good. Now get me out of here before these psycho's come back!"

Before Lionheart finished his sentence, a small light blue ball struck the side of his left cheek, coating it in the recognizable blue Growler Drug. As Lionheart collapsed to his hands and knees, clutching the side of his face and tensing up, a laugh was heard from the upstairs floor.

Leaning at the edge of the rail watching, was Leah, a vicious and toothy grin on her face. Bits of blood still visible on her jawline. "You guys got here faster than we hoped. But oh well, no problem at all we are still on schedule."

Lionheart started to growl loudly, his claws scratching the laminated tile floor beneath his paws. Leah smiled more. "Oh my that looks like a stronger dose. Bogo you should probably move away. Have fun with the kitty." Leah gloated as she turned away, walking back into the mayor's office.

Bogo stepped back from Lionheart as he heard Lionheart snarl loudly. "Nngh! Grahh what's happening... to me?" Lionheart growled out as his fur started to stand up on end.

Artie called out and walked forward a bit. "It's the Growler Drug. You gotta try and suppress your savage instincts for three minutes."

A deeper voice rang through the room loudly. "This one's different Artie. It's more closer to the Night Howler serum. He's not gonna be able to stop himself."

Artie glared up and looked around on the second floor balcony. "Doug? Where are you?" Artie called out.

Before there was a response, Artie heard Lionheart roar and run at him on all fours. Artie quickly rolled to avoid a swipe from Lionheart's massive paw. Artie felt the rush of the air as his paw swiped inches from his face. Artie carefully stepped backwards away from Lionheart, ready to move if he needed to. Artie felt the cold metal of the handgun press against his leg where he kept it strapped. Not unless I have to... Artie said to himself.

Judy watched as Bogo and Artie confronted the crazed Lionheart. Judy looked around on the upper levels to see Doug peeking over the edge, a dart rifle over his shoulder at the ready. Judy patted Nick on his arm to get his attention. "We gotta get up to that second level and get Doug. He could drug Artie and Bogo too."

Nick nodded and crouched low as he quietly moved around the edge of the atrium, hiding himself under the second floor platform as he made his way to the nearest flight of stairs that lead up to the 27th floor. Judy following closely behind with her ears drooped.

Bogo ran up to Lionheart quickly and grabbed him from behind, hooking his strong arms under Lionheart's shoulders to restrain him. "Mayor! Get a hold of yourself!" Bogo yelled loudly. Lionheart roared and reached his paws back to grab Bogo's horns, hurling him over his back and slamming Bogo down onto the ground below on his back. The floor shook from the weight of Bogo being thrown overhead onto a hard surface from the natural strength of a lion.

Bogo grunted hard from the impact, the wind getting knocked out of him. Lionheart slashed both of his claws forward to maim Bogo. Bogo managed to put up his own hoofs and grab Lionheart's paws before they could reach his own. Lionheart pushed against Bogo's strength, both of their arms shaking as one tried to overpower the other.

"Must... feed." Muttered Lionheart as his fangs showed in a snarl. His jaw continued to open wider and wider before he dived his head down at Bogo's neck. Bogo braced for the pain only to see a white blur strike Lionheart squarely on the top of his head, pushing him away from Bogo and onto his back. The floor squeaking lightly as Lionheart slid across the polished floor.

Bogo quickly turned over and stood up to see Artie standing in front of him, his body slightly crouched. His left arm stretched slightly behind his back and his right arm forward, ready to fight. Bogo huffed and stood next to Artie. "Never thought I'd work with a criminal like you. We don't need to hurt him, just restrain him till the drug wears off."

Nick and Judy reached the top of the stairs, Nick glancing around at the circular pathway that stretched along the wall of the atrium to make a full circular platform. Closer to the Mayor's office, the balcony opened up a bit more to show a receptionists desk. A small lobby just before the mayor's office. Doug was not in sight. Nick kept his crouch low as he moved to the railing. A wall on the railing blocking off any view as long as Nick didn't move any part of his body over the height of the railing.

Judy moved up as well and crouched next to Nick. Judy started to peek up over the edge. Once her eyes were over the edge, she saw Doug on the opposite side aiming his rifle right at her. Judy ducked in time to hear one of the darts fly overhead and strike the wall, shattering and covering the wall in light blue splatter. Judy whispered to Nick. "Alright, take the left side, and i'll take the right. We'll get the jump on him."

Nick nodded and started to crouch-walk along the left side of the railing's edge. Getting his taser gun out from its holster. Judy did the same with her taser and crawled along the right side.

Lionheart stood there panting hard, his fangs exposed and growling more. Eventually he let out a loud roar and charged towards Bogo and Artie. Artie quickly ran forward and lay his body flat as he got close to Lionheart, sliding down between his legs, His clothes squeaking on the floor. Lionheart swiped to try and grab him, but couldn't get him. Lionheart turned to keep his eyes on Artie.

Artie stopped sliding and stood up, ready to move again if he needed to. If he grabs me... that's it. Light's out. Artie said to himself.

Bogo charged to Lionheart and wrapped his arms around his torso from the back, lifting him up off the ground before throwing Lionheart forward onto the ground on his front. Lionheart snarled and thrashed under Bogo to try and throw him off. Bogo grabbed Lionheart's arms one at a time and pinned them behind his back, holding both of his wrists together with both hands. Lionheart leaned his body backwards to get his torso off of the ground, snarling and roaring as he did.

Due to the awkward positioning when Lionheart lifted his body, Bogo's grip on Lionheart's hands was hard to keep. Bogo held Lionheart to the ground by using his knees to keep Lionheart's legs under Bogo's, making it so Lionheart wouldn't be able to get his footing. However with each struggle, Bogo lost his grip more and more.

Artie quickly rushed up and wrapped one of his arms around Lionheart's neck. Using his weight, he pulled Lionheart's head down to the ground while keeping him in a headlock. Bogo kept his weight on Lionheart's back and torso, pinning him down in place as they intended to hold him down till the Growler wore off.

Nick and Judy continued to move slowly along the railing to close in on where Doug was firing from. Not wanting him to sneak away from a different angle as they got closer. Judy heard Doug mutter lightly under his breath as they got closer.

Doug leaned up over the railing and readied his rifle, firing off another shot. The dart hit Lionheart squarely in the face, being dosed a second time with the Growler Drug. Artie widened his eyes as he saw Doug shoot. "Are you out of your mind!? You'll kill him! The body cant take more than two!" Artie yelled out. Lionheart's body seized up, his eyes dilating and his body going rigid. His nose started to bleed lightly as well.

Doug stood up and readied another shot. Nick and Judy jumped out from their crouched positions, taser guns raised and they fired. Doug managed to get one more shot out before the barbs of the tasers hit his body, making him collapse.

The dart flew towards Lionheart again. Just as it got closer, a black small black suit jacket was thrown into the path, the dart striking the jacket and not Lionheart. Bogo looked over to see Jack Savage having just thrown his jacket. Wearing a white button up shirt and a black tie under it. Jack glared up at Doug. "I really liked that jacket."

Nick and Judy quickly moved to Doug and readied to handcuff him. "Gotcha. You're under arrest, Doug Ramses." Judy said in an authoritative voice. A light smile on her face. Doug struggled a bit, but looked up behind Nick with a very surprised look.

Nick turned around only to feel a strong hand grab him by the throat, picking him up overhead and throwing him over the side of the railing onto the floor below. Nick hit the floor hard, bouncing a bit and yelping out as he struck the ground. Judy looked up to see Leah standing over her, her teeth bared and smiling wide. "Officer Hopps. Glad to see you survived." Leah sneered.

Judy glared and reached for her pepper spray, only to have her arm grabbed by Leah and lifted up overhead. "Oh I'll enjoy eating you, little bunny." Leah said as she grabbed Judy's utility belt with her other hand. Leah used the sharp metal claws on her fingers to cut the belt off of her waist, the items falling to the ground below. Judy struggled, kicking at Leah's wrist that was holding her arm above her. Trying desperately to get the lioness to release her grip.

Leah grinned wider and grabbed Judy's head with her other hand, the sharp metal claws digging into her scalp as Leah forced Judy's head upward to expose her neck. Leah licked her fangs and gave a single, slow lick along her neck. Tasting the rabbit. "I see why Nick's taken to you. I love to eat rabbits. Especially how they squeal as they bleed out. Hmmm, I think it's time I got myself a new lucky rabbit's foot." Leah said maliciously.

Nick struggled to get to his feet from the hard impact, looking up to see Leah holding Judy by her arm and her head. Nick's eyes widened as he heard Leah talk about eating Judy.

Judy struggled more and kicked at Leah's jaw by swinging her body backwards before swinging forward to hit her jaw hard with her bottom feet. Leah flinched , but didn't let go of Judy. She only growled louder and tightened her grip. The claws started to cut the flesh on Judy's head, causing Judy to whimper and wince from the pain.

Leah licked her teeth again and exposed Judy's neck. Her jaw open and ready to take a bite out of the rabbit's neck.

Right before she could bite, Judy saw something small with sand colored fur quickly run up behind Leah, striking her squarely in the back with a baseball bat. Leah yelled out in pain and dropped Judy. Judy jumped back and looked to see Finnick running around Leah, hitting her with the bat repeatedly. "DON'T... YOU... EAT... MY... BEST FRIEND'S... GIRLFRIEND!" Finnick yelled out as he swung repeatedly. Leah took a few hits but managed to get away from Finnick's wild swings.

Doug had retreated into the mayor's office, leaving his rifle and ammo behind as he fled. Leah quickly followed, only to be chased by Finnick. "Where you goin'! I ain't done swinging!" Finnick yelled as he ran into the office.

Jack sighed and chased after Finnick. "Crazy little fox. Bogo! Get Lionheart outta here! He's gonna need medical attention immediately!" Shouted Jack as he ran up the stairs to get to the 27th floor.

Bogo picked up Lionheart, putting Lionheart's weight over his shoulders. Lionheart was not fighting anymore, only growling and coughing up bits of blood. Bogo looked at Nick and Artie. "You guys handle it from here. Make sure Officer Hopps is okay too."

Nick stood up and winced a bit as his leg ached lightly from hitting the hard tile floor after falling from a floor above. "I'm good! Not in pain or anything." Nick said sarcastically.

Bogo smiled. "Good. Then go help Hopps, then go help Savage and... whoever the Fennec Fox was." Bogo carried Lionheart down the hall, heading to the stairs to get Lionheart the medical treatment he would need.

Jack quickly ran up the stairs into the mayor's office, passing Judy along the way as she ran downstairs to check on Nick after being thrown down from such a tall height. Jack ran into the lobby just before the mayor's office, seeing the two large double doors that lead into the office. Jack could hear the sound of glass breaking and the thudding of a blunt object striking things.

Jack opened the door and saw everything in the office nearly destroyed or damage by Finnick's swings. Despite the little fox's size, he was very fast on the ground, zipping around the room and swinging the bat hard. Usually striking a wall, or a piece of furniture. Several pictures on the wall had been shattered, all the chairs had been knocked over and broken apart. The large, wooden desk in center of the room had been struck several times. The phone on the desk had been smashed to pieces, and papers were scattered everywhere. Several dents and cracks showing on the surface of the desk. The entire back wall of the mayor's office was made of glass. Giving a full view of the city in front of the building.

Jack blinked a few times and smiled as he saw the destruction in the room. Jeez... he did all that in like... 20 seconds. Jack thought to himself as he saw Finnick still chasing down Leah. Doug had retreated to the back of the room, his back pressing against the glass window as he watched the mean little fox repeatedly try to hit Leah with the bat.

Leah had several bruises on her arms and legs, but was stepping out of the way of Finnick's swings. Occasionally, Finnick would hit something like the wall, or a piece of furniture. "Sit still! I wanna bust one of your kneecaps! This is what you get for working with a psycho like Leon!" Finnick shouted as he continued his swings.

Leah, seeming to get very annoyed, let out a loud growl and grabbed one of the broken chairs as she passed it, throwing it at Finnick. Due to the close range, Finnick didn't have time to move out of the way and took the hit to the chest. He stumbled back from the force of the impact, wincing a bit as splinters of wood splashed on his face.

Leah grabbed the bat with her paw with the iron claws, the wood cracking lightly under her grip as she pulled Finnick closer to her using the bat. Leah swiped her other claw down and grabbed Finnick by the front of his shirt, lifting him up off the ground and at eye level with Leah. "You little scrap meat! You think you can bring down a lion?" Leah growled.

Jack quickly ran forward and jumped at Leah, whom was facing with her back towards him. Not knowing he was in the room yet due to the little fox chasing her with a bat. Jack twisted his body so his feet struck the back of Leah's head. Jack bent his knees lightly as he connected, before pushing off hard, causing Leah to be thrown a bit from the force of the momentum. Leah dropped Finnick and the bat as she tumbled across the room. Jack landed on the ground and straightened his posture.

"Leah Maine. I'm taking you into ZSF custody under suspicion of being linked to the terrorist organization, Force of Nature. Just make it easy, and come quietly." Jack suggested, holding up a pair of handcuffs that he pulled from his back pocket.

Leah got to her feet quickly and growled at the small rabbit that had her thrown across the room. "Or what, little bunny? I'm a lion, you are a rabbit. Only thing you're gonna get out of me, is a full stomach!" Leah growled as she ran at Jack, her hand with the iron claws raised up and ready. Finnick quickly grabbed his bat and swung low at Leah's legs. Leah jumped up to avoid the swing, but Jack jumped up to Leah, his feet hitting her chest, and pushing her away again as he did earlier. This time, he threw her upwards.

Leah's lungs emptied from the force of the strike, rather surprised that the jackrabbit had such strength in his legs. Leah landed hard, only to see Finnick running at her with the bat again, his teeth bared and eyes wide, ready to strike. "Yeah! Two on one now! Watcha gonna do pussycat!?" Finnick goaded as he started to swing again. Leah jumped back to avoid each swing.

Jack sprinted around the edge of the room, watching Finnick work. Jack hoped that Finnick remembered the conversation in the car... Jack needed Leah alive and able to speak. His swings were wild and rough, one good hit to the head, and he'd break Leah's skull open. Their conversation in the car was actually very brief. Finnick told Jack everything he knew about Leah, then asked if there was anything that he could do to help. Jack brought Finnick along in case people needed evacuated from the building... but now he was helping Jack catch a dangerous criminal. Jack smiled at the irony, the Agent and the Con Artist working together.

Jack ran up to Leah's side and jumped again. This time, Leah saw him and grabbed Jack's foot before he connected to her side. Leah carried the momentum of Jack's jump and swung him around her back, twisting her body to hurl Jack into Finnick. Finnick caught Jack, but the force of the impact threw them both to the wall hard. Finnick yelped out as he was crushed by the wall, and Jack from the force of the throw. Jack fell to one knee and looked up, seeing Leah running at them again with her claws raised. Her face steadily growing more and more angry with each passing minute.

"Great... plan so far Agent man!" Finnick said sarcastically as he stood up. Jack didn't reply and ran out of Leah's way. Leah ignored Jack and brought her knee up to Finnick's head, bouncing his forhead off of her knee and making the back of his head hit the hard wall. Finnick yelped and groaned from the pain, his vision fading out and his ears ringing as he felt blood trickle from his nose. The salty, metallic smell filling his nose. Finnick stumbled forward a bit before falling to his hands and knees, finding himself too dizzy and disoriented to stand.

Leah growled loudly turned to Jack, growling loudly and charging at Jack. "I'll pick your meat out of my teeth using your claws!" She roared as she ran at Jack.

Jack took a deep breath and ran at Leah. Just before Leah's claws could reach him, Jack slipped his body down and crouched his legs, the claws just barely grazing the hair on his ears as he crouched under Leah. Due to their height difference, Leah was slightly crouched to reach him. Jack was now under her crouched body. Using his legs, he jumped straight upwards and locked the muscles in his back, shoulders, and neck. He headbutted Leah in the stomach, causing her to exhale sharply and groan in pain. Leah twisted her body so she rolled to the side rather than land squarely on top of Jack, clutching her stomach as she rolled to a stop and stood up. She was standing closer to the door leading out to the helicopter pad.

Finnick had gotten to his feet, his head stopped spinning enough for him to fight again, picking up the bat and growling. Jack stood next to him, standing squarely in the center of the room. Jack could hear the engine of a helicopter outside. It must have been a news chopper is what he thought.

Jack looked at Finnick and smiled. "For a lioness she fights like a house cat doesn't she?" goaded Jack. Jack knew that Leah hated when any smaller mammal than her belittled her. Hoping that Finnick would catch on.

After a brief pause, Finnick smiled at Jack then to Leah. "Pshh. Man I've fought Chinchilla's that throw better punches."

Leah snarled loudly and clenched her fists tightly. Leah put one of her paws in a small pouch she had on her belt. After a brief pause she pulled out a small blue sphere of the Growler Drug. Leah growled and searched her pouch again for another, only to put the drug back into the pouch and zipping it closed.

Jack took note of her behavior. She could have taken the serum, and fought more savagely... is she keeping one for some reason? Jack thought to himself while Leah roared out loudly. Jack quickly turned to Finnick. "Swing, and give me a boost!" Jack muttered.

Finnick nodded and readied his bat while standing behind Jack. Jack jumped up in the air and crouched his legs, readying to jump. Finnick swung the bat at Jack's heels, Jack felt the wood connect and pushed hard, using the combined force of Finnick's swing, and Jack's jump to hurl Jack across the room towards Leah.

Leah had started to charge at Finnick and Jack right around the time Finnick swung the bat, her claws raised. Jack whistled through the air a bit as he turned his body so he was flying feet first, his legs crouched as he readied himself to strike.

Leah barely had time to react from the speed that Jack was thrown, leaning abck a bit as Jack struck her squarely in the chest before pushing off hard. Jack felt his knees pop, as well as heard a few of Leah's ribs break from the force applied to her chest. The strength in Finnick's swing, which was enough to damage a thick wooden desk with a wooden bat. Plus Jack's leg strength to multiply the force of his jump, then finished with another push of his legs to transfer the momentum and stop it right at the bottoms of his feet, and the center of Leah's chest.

Leah's eyes went wide as she spat up a bit of blood before being propelled across the room, hearing her ribs crack from the force of the kick. Leah hit the side of the doorway just before the helicopter pad hard, cracking the drywall and falling to her knees. Gasping and wheezing for air as the wind was knocked out of her.

Jack fell to the ground hard on his back, his legs searing in pain. Feeling as if he just leaped off a two story building and landed on a hard concrete floor feet first. His legs not initially responding to movement.

Doug, who was quiet and watching this whole time, gradually scooted along the wall towards Leah, not wanting to get in the way.

Leah slowly started to stand up and growled at Jack. "You... ignorant little BUNNY! What makes you think you're better than me?" Leah growled as she stood up.

Jack laughed and sat up. "There's no justification for what Force of Nature does. Its just blind, radical murder that you believe to be justified."

Leah snarled and started to walk forward. Finnick, who had quietly and quickly moved closer to Leah, ran at her from her left side and swung his bat at Leah's leg. Leah cried out in agony as she felt the bone in her knee split and crack, bending backwards in the opposite direction it should. "GOT ya! Baseball Capped!" gloated Finnick. Jack rolled his eyes at the wordplay.

Leah fell to her good knee and grabbed Finnick by the throat with her clawed hand. Her eyes wide and bloodshot from the pain, but too angry at the two small mammals to let a few broken bones stop her.

Leah lifted Finnick up overhead and slammed him to the ground, pinning him down with the weight of her arm. Finnick dropped the bat as he was slammed down, gasping and struggling against Leah's grip as her paw tightened on his neck.

Just then, the windows of the office that lined the back wall shattered, and two small canisters slid along the floor, white smoke billowing from both sides of each canister. The room quickly filled up with smoke.

Jack sat up and coughed as the room filled up with smoke. Who... Force of Nature!? Jack thought. Jack heard Finnick scream as he was thrown over Jack across the room. He hit the floor behind Jack and slid across the floor, coughing and catching his breath.

Leah stood up nearly falling over from her broken leg, but managed to limp out onto the helicopter pad. Jack stood up slowly, intending to follow her. His own legs still stinging from pain, but he managed to start to run to the helicopter pad. Once he was clear of the smoke, he saw Leah standing at the center of the helicopter pad. Looking up, Jack could see a black metal helicopter hovering roughly 30 feet over the helicopter pad. Someone inside it dropped down a rope ladder for Leah. Leah quickly grabbed it, climbing up a few steps before wrapping part of the rope around her arm a few times. Jack started to run out to the pad, only to stop when he saw a lone brick of C-4 on the ground just a few feet in front of him.

Leah saw Jack stop and pointed with her free paw up above Jack on the roof. Jack turned around as the helicopter started to take off, getting out of his reach. Jack saw Leon standing at the edge of the roof looking down at him, holding up the detonator in his paw. His two fingers pressed on the safety switches, and his thumb raised to press the red button.

Nope! Jack thought as he made to run back into the building. Leon detonated the C4 just before Jack could get inside, the force of the explosion lifting Jack up off his feet and causing him to roll across the floor a few times before stopping. His clothes singed and burning a bit from the heat of the explosion, as well as his fur.

Doug watched as Jack was thrown into the room, knowing he had nowhere to run now. Doug put his arms in the air in surrender.

Leah hung onto the rope of the helicopter as she was lifted up, She saw Leon watching her from the roof, a light smile on his face. Leon pulled out his phone and shook it at Leah to show he was about to call her. Leah signaled the pilot to stop moving, hovering just roughly 30 feet over the roof. Soon, Leah's phone rang and she answered it.

"You've done so well, Leah. Go ahead and get out of here. I can handle this from here." said Leon.

Leah stared down at Leon for a moment. "Come with me."

Leon shook his head. "I can't. Not till I see this through to the end. The device will activate in 10 minutes, and there are still a few ZPD I have to take care of." Leon said with a light growl. As if anticipating the coming challenge.

Leah smiled. "You will not believe who's come back. Nick, and Judy are here."

Leon paused for a while before laughing loudly. "Lucky little bunny, sly little fox. And don't worry, if I make it out of this, I'll find you and join your group. Let's get dinner sometime after." Leon said with a smile.

Leah smiled back and nodded. "You're on big guy. Good luck!" Leah hung up the phone and signaled the pilot. The helicopter began to fly away towards the east, City Hall shrinking further and further into the distance.

Leon watched as the helicopter flew away, however the humming of the engines of more news choppers flew around City Hall. Leon looked towards Sahara Square towards one of the large screens used to display advertisements, and other events. Right now, it was displaying a live feed from one of the helicopters flying around. The camera was zoomed in on Leon, watching his every move. Leon grinned and stood up straight, his hands behind his back as he walked over in front of the device. Leon looked at his watch to see it had ten minutes before activating. The device already starting to hum, and the water heating up slowly.

Judy and Nick quickly ran up the stairs as they heard the explosion. "Nick, are you sure you're okay?" She asked. Still worried about the fall that Nick had.

Nick nodded and punched Judy's shoulder lightly. "For the hundredth time, yes! I'm more worried about you! You were about to be an appetizer!" Nick said with a grim humor.

Judy rolled her eyes and smiled. "I'd go down kicking. Give her an upset stomach." Judy joked back. Trying to keep her mood up and her mind focused.

Nick and Judy made it to the mayors office as the smoke began to clear out. Nick and Judy could see Finnick on one end of the room, and Jack in the center. Doug at the back windows with his hands up. Nick pointed at Doug and growled. "Don't move." he warned. Doug nodded and kept silent and still.

Nick ran up to Finnick to check on him, and Judy ran up to Jack. Finnick was all in all fine, just a few bruises and cuts on his neck. Hardly even bleeding. Finnick coughed a bit and sat up. "Man... where were you five minutes ago?" Finnick coughed out, patting his chest a few times.

Nick smiled and pointed to Judy. "Had a dumb bunny looking me over after I got thrown off of that balcony. I bet she was harder to get off me than Leah was." Nick said jestingly.

Jack lay on the ground panting hard, laying on his side. Judy knelt down next to him and rolled him to his back despite Jack's groans of protest. His white shirt had been cut and burnt in several places from the explosion, his fur a little darkened from the burns as well. Jack opened his eyes and smiled at Judy. "There's a pretty face." said Jack.

Judy rolled her eyes and punched Jack lightly in the stomach. Jack heaved and curled up a bit. "Oough! Alright alright it was just a comment. Ease up!" Jack complained as he sat up and stood up. "I'm fine too."

Judy sighed and placed her hands on her hips. "This isn't the time to be suave. Where'd Leah go?"

Jack walked to the doorway leading to the helicopter platform. The explosion had completely severed the helicopter pad from the building. It slowly tilted downwards as the heat melted the metal, causing the platform to break off from City Hall and plummet towards the ground below. "She got away. She had a helicopter called in and escaped on that." Jack listened and could still hear multiple helicopters. Noticing one of them had faded into the distance.

Nick stood up and walked over to Doug, turning him around and handcuffing him. "You're under arrest Doug. You know the rest." Nick said as he slapped on the cuffs.

Jack looked over at Doug, then to Nick. "You and Judy should go after Leon. I have to track that chopper down I'll get Doug out of your hair too." explained Jack.

Artie, who had helped Bogo up to the stairs, reappeared at the door. "Don't forget about me." he said as he walked in.

Jack narrowed his eyes at Artie. "McCoy... Why-"

Nick held up his paw to interrupt Jack before he could start asking questions. "Long story short, Artie's a good guy now, and has a good chance to disable the device before we can." interrupted Nick.

Jack paused and nodded at Nick. "Alright. It's up to you three then. Finnick, you good to walk out of here on your own?" Jack asked.

Finnick stood up and nodded, walking over and grabbing his bat. "No problem. Hey Nick! Good luck man. I'm rooting for you." said Finnick, being too exhausted to go up against Leon.

Doug quickly walked to the exit. Jack standing in front of him, and Finnick following behind, holding his bat threateningly to Doug. "Try to run. I'll turn your knees to broken glass and we'll drag out outta here" warned Finnick.

Nick, Judy, and Artie stood in the office before staring at each other. Artie smiled lightly. "Alright. You two go on ahead and get his attention. Once I can, I'll move in and disable the device. I'll only need about 20 seconds to turn it off." explained Artie.

Nick and Judy nodded. Although the helipad had been destroyed, the staircase leading up to the roof had not been damaged and was still accessible. Nick and Judy started to walk up the staircase, Judy in front.

Nick reached up and grabbed Judy's arm. Judy looked back to see Nick hanging his head low, looking fearful. "Judy... What if he drugs me again?" Nick asked. Knowing that it was still a strong possibility.

Judy smiled at Nick and placed one of her paws to his cheek. Due to her being higher up on the stairs, they were at eye level. "Nick, you won't hurt me again. I know it. When it happened before, you were doubtful about how you felt to all of this, and to me."

Judy leaned in and kissed Nick lightly. Reassuring him of their love. Of the deep bond they shared. Nick felt his emotions for her swell. Wanting to protect her from all harm. Wanting to never let her go ever again, and shunning the notion of doing so. He would never betray her trust, or harm her. These feelings reassured him that he was stronger than he was before. He was ready to face Leon on even footing with a clear mind.

Nick kissed back for a moment before Judy pulled back, smiling and flicking Nick's nose playfully. "Let's go. We have a city to save."

Doug had been arrested. Leah had left the city via helicopter. And Artie was now fighting to save the city as well.

All that was left, was Leon Snowly


*Author's Note* It's been a really long time since I did a full on action sequence lol. I almost forgot how fun it is! Anyway next chapter is the first part of the confrontation with Leon. I'm gonna try to make it into two parts but we'll see. Read and Review!