Chapter 1 - Newland

Wake up, argue with yourself if you go to the first lecture or if you may sleep a little more, then finally get up, get yourself ready and go out.

It was a pretty normal Wednesday. Nothing out of the ordinary at University.

It only started to get weird when I wanted to go back Home.

I was on my way to the next Tram stop and so I turned around the next corner and got to the busiest square in town. Usually it was busy. What I didn't notice, as I was listening to music on my phone and I sometimes sort of zone out when I do that, it was totally empty. And that at 5pm when it is normally packed. I already was in the middle of the square to notice that nobody was there.

Suddenly my feet left the ground and it felt like I was on a gigantic sling shot and darkness.

I fell back to the ground again. I didn't felt pain as I was under quite a shock, but I couldn't move and my vision was blurry. I just heard someone celebrating with the words "I did it. I got it." I hadn't time to think about that as I blacked out.

When I woke up I found myself in cell. Bed, toilet, glass door with holes in it, so you can see from the outside what is happening in the inside.

I went to the glass door and looked around. There was a corridor with other cells like mine. My look then went to the cell opposite of mine. I only then realized it wasn't empty like the others.

It was a bunny.

I was perplexed. There was a bunny in a cop uniform standing on its hind legs, looking at me with a similar expression to mine (as far as I could guess). I knew that bunny, but … no that couldn't be. That's just coincidence. That isn't … BANG.

A loud explosion was to be heard.

One of the bunny's ears perked up. She was obviously trying to listen what was happening outside.

I couldn't really hear what was happening because of the thick steel door separating us from the action.

"What's happening?" I asked her.

She looked at me a little bit surprised. "Police is attacking." She answered short and the gunshots died down.

After some time the door opened and a Fox, also wearing a police uniform and aviators, stepped in. Now I was one hundred percent sure where I was. I knew this Fox as well and this is no coincidence.

"Carrots, there you are. I already thought I lost you. It was quite hard getting past all the 'problems' guarding you."

"Well, We might have new one to call our own." she replied while pointing at me.

The fox tuned around and as he saw me his smug grin faded from his face.

"What the fuck are you supposed to be?" He lifted his aviators while speaking.

"Nick, would you let us out first. We can determine what he is at the station. Even though I haven't seen an animal like this either." she interrupted the staring contest that was forming between me and the fox.

"Whoa, wait a moment. We don't even know if he is dangerous. He might be savage."

"I don't think so. He doesn't look like he is." I shook my head to underline the statement.

"OK. OK. Just give me a sec to get the doors open."

I decided to keep quiet for now. I first wanted to know what the heck was going on.

The fox looked around for a bit and spotted a control panel besides the door that he just came through. He pushed a few buttons on it and the cell doors opened.

"Alright, just follow me. Would ya?"

I just nodded my head and followed.

Outside was some sort of lab, you could say. But really enormous. And with something I only could describe as a giant portal at one wall. And you could definitely see that there was a shooting here. The gear standing on the tables was broken, there were holes in the wall and a few dead bodies on the floor. I presume they were dead.

Other animals of all species, also in police uniform, were standing in the entrance we were heading. Just as we were to pass one of the dead bodies, it moved.

A ram, as far as I could tell, grabbed the bunny and said with last breath: "Ohh, you won't come out of this one so easy." and squished a violet ball onto the bunny. When it bursts a liquid of the same colour made its way all over the bunny. The ram ran for the exit, but got stopped by and elephant, by being literally slapped against the next wall.

"Shit. Night Howlers." The Fox looked at the bunny in fear and tuned to the other animals at the entrance.

"Tranquillizer gun. Now. We got Night Howlers." he screamed to them and ran for the exit.

Meanwhile the bunny looked like it had a mental breakdown.

She fell to all fours and breathed very heavily. Never seen a situation like this before I approached her to see what was wrong with hear.

"No. Don't go near her!" the Fox now screamed at me as he ran.

But it was to late. The bunny looked up at me with a look that would be even weird for a normal bunny. She looked it me like I was dinner. Which is weird as I am more than double as big as hear and bunnies normally don't eat meat. But nevertheless she attacked me and bit me in the arm, as she took me by surprise. And I screamed in pain (Mind you bunny bites hurt.) and tried to get her of me, which I did. Tugging at her to get her of I technically threw her a few meters when she did let go. Landing on her feet and looking at me, ready for the next attack. Which didn't happen as some of the animals cam back and shot her with a yellow dart. The Tranquillizer gun, I presumed. After a few moments she fell asleep.

The Fox and I exchanged some looks, if she really was knocked out. "What the hell was that?" I finally got out of my mouth in my thick accent.

"Wait you don't know what this is?" he said pointing at the goo on the bunny. "Have you been living under a rock?"

I didn't get to reply to him as I started to get the headache of my life and got so dizzy I found it hard to keep my balance. That bite was itching like hell, as well.

Then Blackout. For the second time this day.