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Chapter 5: The Transformation.

Nick, Judy and Clawhauser bust through the doors of the main centre and press their entire weight against the door trying to prevent the ferals that were chasing them to start ripping them to shreds " This is becoming too frequent for my liking carrots! " They grab the nearest bookshelf and slam it in front of the door pushing it tightly against the doors, they lay their back against it and slide down breathing heavily, as they look around the dank and dark empty abandoned centre, Judy flicks her ears to at a room that had dull light emitting from it and walks over to the room and looks through the dusty window " Guys! over here! " She gestures to the room and pulls out her phone to use as a flashlight, Nick opens the door and peeks inside " All clear.. " They walk in and look around noting how dusty the filing cabinets and chairs were " Bogo said that this is the main centre right? " Nick observed and looked through the doors " Then where are all of the people...? " Ben gulps and steps on a wet piece of paper and looks at it in the light " Hey.. this newspaper is from two days ago " The trio look around and see no broken glass, " Somebody is here... " Judy flashes her torch onto the wall and notices that wall socket that had a computer cable running into it, she places the phone on a wall and shines it to the computer on the desk, she presses the on switch and it boots up into life, a loud droning noise from coming behind the wall " It still works, and its been updated recently. " She clicks onto admin and bangs her fist as she sees that it requires a password " Guys, have a look around for a note with the password. " The fox and feline nod and split up, looking in the different rooms for anything of use.

" Nick... Nick! " Ben whisper-shouts the fox, Nick looks over and sees immediately what Ben was so struck about, " These are... " Nick begins and starts fumbling around for his phone, he then remembers that it was taken with his things at the hospital and growls " We gotta tell Judy! " They run out the door and hear a high pitched scream " LET GO OF ME! NICK! " Nick looks down the flight of stairs and looks at the rabbit being dragged off by two wolves " Hey! Get your Goddamned paws off of her! " The two wolves look up at the fox and pull out a pistol, Nick gritted his teeth and jumps behind cover as they start to open fire on the feline and canine " Ben! Give me your Tranquilizer! " Ben throws his gun over and Nick cocks it peeking over and ducking down as a bullet whizzes past his ear

" these guys aren't messing around.. " Nick says to himself and looks at Ben motioning for him to take the left side, he nods and starts moving against the cover, Nick waits for the shots to cease and he starts a sprint down the hallway, " Over there! " the two wolves continuing opening fire leaving a trail of bullet holes behind Nick, Nick shoots a quick dart into the leg of one wolf and jumps behind cover again, the Knock-out serum works immediately and he collapses on the ground. His partner growled picking his gun up and aiming in-between the staircase where he could see Nick's head peeking out and smiles, he starts to pull the trigger but is then tackled by Ben, causing his shot to ring out in the halls and be lodged in the ceiling, Nick takes this time to slide down the staircase and jump onto the wolf, the wolf growls and throws the fox off reaching for his gun, Nick was on him in seconds and kicks the gun away from him resulting in a punch from the wolf in the gut, Nick bends over winded and bites his leg causing blood to seep out, He howls and punches his head, Nick lets go and holds his head looking at the wolf with slitted eyes becoming angry, the wolf sees this and looks to his left at the kicked away gun, he makes a break for it but the enraged fox was too quick sending a powerful punch into his jaw and making him stumble backwards, the wolf looks at the wolf with dazed eyes as he leans against a window trying to regain his vision.

Gone too far, Nick chest kicks him out of the window causing his assailant to fall to his death to the hungry ferals outside, the sound of crunching and ripping flesh brings Nick back to sanity and he looks away not able to view the gruesome display, he walks back to the injured Ben and the shaken Judy shaking his head trying to calm down " These guys are serious " He looks at the sleeping wolf on the floor and cuffs his arms and legs together " We know who is behind this Judy.. c'mon.. " He turns towards the staircase leading to the highest floor of offices and starts walking. Ben looks at Nick with a concerned face and Judy flicks her ears " What happened Ben? What did Nick do? " Ben gulped and whispered in her ear " I don't think Nick, is himself right now... He turned almost feral for a second there.. " Judy gulped and looks at the repellent in her bag ' I dont wanna have to use it... ' She says to herself and pockets the spray ' But I may not have a choice this time.. ' she closes the backpack and follows after the two bigger mammals

The trio enter the office with caution and Nick points to a chalkboard with the pictures of the new-found mammals that had gone missing in the Night Howler incident, Judy snaps a few photos capturing the evidence, she has a look in the filing cabinets and finds Building plans, newspaper clippings of the mayor and other useless junk, but in the corner of her eye she sees something glowing and makes her way over, she jumps up onto the table and opens up the glass cover in front of her " Whats this... " Nick and Ben huddle around her trying to see what she found that was so interesting and see's a bright purple flower with the Name: 06-14 09 07 08 20 - 20 05 18 18 15 18 written above it

" 06 - 14 09 07 08 20 - 20 05 18 18 15 18? " Judy puts a paw to her chin and writes the combination down and snaps a shot of the flower " What could that mean.. " Nick looks around the office and shakes his head, feeling worse " Judy.. Ben... we gotta go.. " The fox starts leaning against a wall huffing heavily " N...Nick? Whats wrong? " Judy starts to walk towards him but Ben holds her arm shaking his head " Judy! Don't get closer! " Nick looks up in fear as the Fox's Nightmare slowly begins to comeback to him " Ju...Judy RUNNNN! " Nick collapses onto his knees and coughs a little and twitches " Nick?! Whats going on!? " Ben picks up the rabbit and starts running for the door as Nick growls and turns to look at them with a savage look in his eye " N...Nick...? "

He growls and arches his back salivating and closing his mouth " Judy... use it. " Ben walks backwards slowly from the fox and lays his paw on the door " NOW! " Nick Pounces towards them growling savagely and Judy quickly sprays the can at Nick causing him to yelp and run away from the air that had the smell inside, Ben pulls them both out and shuts the door behind them, they step back and look at the savage image of nick scratching the window and trying to break the fragile barrier, he slams his paws on the window as it chipped " Ben... Run.. Run now! " Ben Starts running as quick as he can down the hallways of the office building as the glass smashed behind them and the cries of the feral fox echo towards them, they take the public staircase and run down to the car park, the fox slams through the staircase entrance and looks down growling, he looks at the stairs and speeds down them coming for his prey.

" That one Ben! The patrol car! " He looks to the abandoned smashed patrol car and starts running to it, he climbs in the passenger seat and puts Judy onto the driver's seat, Judy sets the car into drive mode and screeches off towards the open car park's gate as Nick comes sprinting towards them on all fours, Judy powerslides the corner and jumps out of the car running towards the Car park's gate booth " Judy What are you doing? " Ben screams at the suicidal bunny looking at the hungry fox not 100 yards away running for them " I have to close it off! If i don't the entire population of the ferals will over run Zootopia! " she hits the Close button and looks behind her noticing that Nick was a pounce distance away from her, she widens her eyes and runs back to the car as the gates start to close in-front of her " FASTER JUDY! " She puts her head down and jumps towards the gate, turning sideways she fits through the small gap in the fence and rolls as it closes behind her, trapping Nick inside and growling at her trying to reach her through the iron bars.

" Stay safe Nick... I'll be back soon.. " She grabs her phone and gets back into the car driving towards ZPD precinct one. Ben relaxes into his chair and slides down panting " What the hell just happened!? " Ben screams out looking behind them to make sure none were following " The BASTARD who's Behind all of this caused Nick to turn savage! " she whacks the horn of the car and growls, Ben had never heard her so angry and pats her back nodding at the rabbit, " we'll get to the bottom of this.. " She looked up at him and nodded putting an angry expression on her face slamming the car into top gear and speeding to the main city " And the person will pay for it... This just turned personal. "

End of Chapter 5