A.N. This is the fifth chapter of my story. And we'll finally start to get answers to what's going on with Nick. Pls enjoy and review.
Nick, Judy, Marcus, Clawhauser and Chief Bogo drove up to Dr Kresser's research laboratory in the Rainforest District. They parked their cruisers outside and went into the building. They walked up to reception and they showed their badges to the receptionist (a female tiger).
"ZPD, we're here to speak to Dr Nathaniel Kresser," Bogo announced while holding up his badge.
"I'm sorry, Dr Kresser doesn't like unex..." the receptionist said before she was interrupted by her phone interrupted her. "Please hold on," she said before picking up the phone. "Hello...Dr Kresser...you want them up...okay," she discussed with Dr Kresser over the phone before putting it down. "Dr Kresser will see you, he's in his lab on the 7th floor."
"Thank you, ma'am," Bogo thanked her as they walked over to the elevator.
The five of them took the elevator to the 7th floor. The floor was a giant lab with lots of advanced-looking technology.
"*Whistle* Man, this guy must do some insane experiments." Nick examines after seeing the equipment.
"ZPD, it's about time you showed up!" A voice interrupted them as they were looking around.
They turned around to see the source of the voice was a grey horse wearing a buttoned shirt, black tie, black dress trousers and a lab coat. Marcus walked up to him with his widened eyes.
"It's an honour to meet you, Dr Kresser, I've read all your research on time displacement," Marcus said admiringly while shaking Kresser's hooves.
"It's nice to meet a fan. Anyway, thank you all for coming, at long last!" Dr Kresser said while folding his arms.
"Wait a Minute, how'd you know we'd be coming?" Nick questioned the horse.
"Because I've called the ZPD every day for the last five days!" Kresser explained as he scowled at them.
"Wait, five days?" Clawhauser asked all confused. "I've only received a phone call from you today."
"That's because I've been resetting each day back to its beginning," Kresser explained as he walked over to a big computer as the others followed him with shocked looks on their faces.
"You can do that?" Judy asked while still in shock.
"I can, thanks to..." Kresser explained before Marcus interrupted him.
"Your time displacer, it works?" Marcus interrupted.
"Yes, after years of development and research, I finally got it to work," Kresser said proudly.
"So, you can repeat a day with this doohickey?" Bogo asked as he turned his head to Dr Kresser, who nodded in confirmation.
"Of course, this explains the Deja vu!" Nick realised as the others began to turn to him.
"What are you talking about Wilde?" Bogo asked.
"Everything I've been seeing all day, I felt like I've seen it before. But now I think it's the cause of the machine," Nick explained to them.
"So, you've been experiencing mental flash-forwards," observed Kresser.
"Mental flash forward?" Nick asked.
"You see, I've seen what happened each time before I reset it," Kresser began to explain. "Officer Wilde, in the last two, right before I rewind things, you were about to be crushed by a statue.
"Whoa, I think I remember that bit," Nick recalled from his dream.
"Let me put it this way," Kresser began explaining. "You know when they say when you're about to die, your life flashes before your eyes. Since you were having a near-death experience right when I rewind things, your subconscious enables you to keep certain bits of what happened when things are being restarted."
Woah," Nick said in amazement but was glad to know that was happening to him.
"Can we please get back to our issue here?!" Bogo spoke out, feeling they were getting off subject. "You said something about an 'out of control grandson' on the phone, correct? By any chance is it the same horse who can vanish and reappear instantly; that has been stealing parts from weapon labs all over Zootopia?"
"Unfortunately, yes. My grandson, Simon Kresser, is the one who has been stealing those parts from the labs. Last week he was irradiated by the time displacer. It gave him the power to faze time, enabling him to leap moments ahead of the rest of us," Dr Kresser explained gravely.
"That explains how he does his disappearing act, but why did he steal all those parts from the labs," Nick said rubbing his chin.
"Simon is quite a brilliant inventor himself. He's been designing a powerful laser gun which is built from the parts he stole from those labs. Once he finishes building it, he plans on selling it to the highest bidder and when he does sell it, who knows what said bidder will use it for," Dr Kresser explained while typing on his computer and showing them online blueprints. "And that is why I was calling!"
"I apologise, Dr Kresser," Clawhauser sheepishly said.
Marcus was looking at the blueprints for Simon's gun when he saw the sapphire.
"These are brilliant plans, but what does he need the sapphire for?" Marcus asked.
"The sapphire is to amplify the laser, without it is useless," Dr Kresser explained. Just then, he got an alert on his computer showing Simon stealing the sapphire. "Which apparently, Simon just stole!"
"How can we stop him if he's going to keep phasing around us?" Bogo questioned while rubbing his temple.
"I've created a device that will trap him and keep his powers from working. From there, I can neutralise his powers. If only I can get close to him enough to put it on him. Now that he has the sapphire, it's hopeless," Kresser said gravely.
Nick began to look at the time displacer and began thinking.
"Hey Kresser, quick question, but can your displacer can send items through time as well?" Nick asked.
"Why yes, it can," Dr Kresser said as everyone began to look at Nick.
"Talk to us Wilde," Bogo sternly said.
"I think I have an idea, but we would need to rewind things," Nick explained to them.
"What's your plan, Nick?" Judy asked him.
Nick explained to everyone what his plan is, and everyone liked the sound of it.
"It may be crazy, but it sounds like it could work," Bogo agreed.
"Okay, now that everyone knows what to do, let's get a head start on things," Nick said while looking at the time displacer.
"Dr Nathaniel Kresser, rewind the clock," Marcus instructed.
Kresser began to start the machine and it lit up. Everyone then closed their eyes as they were about to re-winded time.
Nick woke up in his bed and found a note in his paw and read it.
"It worked," Nick said under his breath.
A.N. There you go folks, the reason behind Nick's Deja vu. Now please review and wait to see what Nick's plan is to stop Simon.
