Chapter 13 – Uncle Oliver

"I hope not." was all I got out in my sleepy state.

"Are you a ghost?"

"What, no?" I rubbed my eyes. "Why would I be a ghost?"

"Because, I saw you die."

That one got me awake in an instant.

"Wait, you know me?"

"Yes, you're my uncle Oliver and you died …" I put a finger on her lips.

"Stop. Right. there." I said. At the moment I wasn't particularly fond of knowing how I die, even if it is another version of me.

I decided now was a good moment for her to meet Mike and to prepare her to meet the two that look like her parents.

I stood up.

"Follow me." I said to her. I got to Mikes bag, opened it and stepped down the ladder.

She didn't follow.

I got up again where she was standing looking confused at the bag.

"I said 'follow me'. So come on." Did I told you I get a bit grumpy when you don't let me sleep?

"But … But … But…" she stammered.

"It is bigger on the inside than on the outside. Yeah, I know. Brace yourself, it'll only get worse.."

This time she did follow. I secretly hoped she wouldn't react the way her mum did and that she got more of Nick's temper. In the term of just rolling with it after the initial shock.

I pointed her to the couch Mike wasn't sleeping on.

"Mike!" I exclaimed.

"Mham…" He smacked his lips. "What?"

He stretched himself.

"Guess who's up?" I nodded to Olivia sitting opposite to him.

"He'll tell you." I said to her and sat to his left.

Olivia crossed her arms in front of her chest.

"Where the fuck am I?" she asked Mike while he got up.

"Bunny Burrow." He answered still stretching his neck a bit. "But that is not the interesting question. The interesting one for you is: 'When are you?'"

She looked down on herself.

"Well, if I had to guess the virus had me about 2-3 Years. According to the state of my clothes and how older I look."

"Yes, 3 years it is." Mike nodded.

"So 289? "

Mike looked to me.

"Nope." I said.

She looked confused.

"But first tell us, how do you got the virus?" Mike asked her.

She looked at him with an open mouth. "How …?" She braced herself. I guess she understood we wouldn't give her answers before she didn't told her story.

"I was in a supposed safe zone in Tundra Town. The infected avoided the could, as they lost all their fur. I was there as a student of the Police academy."

"Uhh, stepping in Mom's and Dad's footsteps. How sweet." If glares could kill, I'd be dead now.

"What did you dod there as a cadet?" Mike asked her.

"They were low on manpower. They needed everything they could get, even if it's only cadets. Anyways, the safe zone lasted 1 Week. A few days after the climate wall, that keeps Tundra Town cold, malfunctioned we were overrun." Her voice started trembling a bit and tears came from hear eyes.

"When the wall went out some of us were sent to a place up north rumoured to be free of infected. My mum and dad were part of that team. I don't even know if there still alive!" She let out a small sob.

"My Uncle Oliver" She nodded to me "was with me in the safe zone. He died with me in the camp when the infected attacked. I saw you die right in front of me. HOW are you alive?!"

She stared at me in tears. I let out a small sigh.

"Did I really die or did I become one of the infected?" I ask.

"Don't know, but up until now infected was as good as dead. With no cure and all."

"Well, to start explaining it to you I'm not your Uncle for a start." I responded.

"I know you're only my godfather. Still that isn't an answer to my question."

"Olivia were not in the Zootopia you know. He isn't your Uncle Oliver, not even your Godfather. Olivia what happened is that you got into a different Universe about 25 Years in your past." Mike answered. Of course he went with the 'one big shock is better than a few little ones' approach, I knew myself to well.

"What? No no no no no, that can't be possible. That can't be true."

I moved over to her and sat besides her.

"It is true, trust …"

Before I could finish she grabbed me at the collar and placed her over myself, grabbing me at the throat.

"Why am I here?" she hissed out, with tearing eyes.

"There is a group that is conducting experiments with stolen technology that brought you here. We don't know who they are or why they are doing this. But it is causing the two worlds to collide and eliminates all the communication." I just blurted everything out really fast under shock at how fast she pinned me down.

She let her grip slip.

"The big blackouts." She mumbled and gazed of.

"However, we are asking you not to tell anyone else who you are, because that could cause paradoxes even when you are from another world. And to make matters easier with the officials." Mike interrupted before she could say more.

"Officials?" she asked and snapped out of her gaze.

"We have two police officers escorting us." I said.

She looked at me.

"Mum and Dad." I just nodded.

Another little tear came from her green eyes.

"It is important that you don't tell them." Mike urged. "Bad things may happen."

She looked down at her paws and twiddled them a few seconds, thinking.

"OK. I won't tell them." She said "But you tell me how you met, Mum."

I raised a brow. "Why, if I may ask?"

"My Mum and Dad never wanted to tell me how you two met. She always told me it was during the 'Big …whatever happens now. And when I asked you, you always said 'But I already told you.', with that silly smirk face of you. You three always made it a big secret what you were doing back th… I mean now."

"Well you now probably know why." I told her.

So I told her the whole story, where I am from, where Mike is from, that he is me, that she bit Judy's father, that Judy bit me and about the case.

"No wonder my mum freaked out." She said after I finished.

"I told you it'll only get worse."

"And that medallion makes you look like a wolf?"

Mike grinned and removed the medallion. Olivia started to smile. I think after the initial shock she was somewhat excited to see and hear all this especially after it was kept secret from her all these years. She told us that as a little kit she always wanted to know the stories her Nick, Judy and I played during 'The big Blackouts'. It was sort of a forbidden story she finally was allowed to hear.

"And you looked the same?"

"Well, 5 years younger."

"As if that makes a difference."

I looked back to Olivia.

"Any other questions?"

"One. Does that thing work."

She pointed to one of the shelves hanging from the wall. On there was an old polaroid camera.

"Yeah, why?" Mike asked in suspicious tone.

"I don't know. Maybe we could take a little memorial photo?"

Mike and I smiled at her.

"Sure." we both said.

She snapped a picture of all three of us.

"Mike, Oliver?" Judy was outside searching for us.

Mike put his Medallion back on.

"Yeah, down here!" He called back.

"Now, like discussed. Just remind yourself they are technically not your parents. They are only looking like them." I said to Olivia.

She nodded to me and we got out of the bag.

"Where is she?"

"I am here." It came from the back of the little queue.

We were all out of the bag now. Judy was standing there in her Police Uniform, but something about her was off. I couldn't tell what right now, but she smelled odd.

"Hi my Name is Judy Hops, ZPD." She spoke to Olivia and stretched out her hand.

Olivia just stood there and stared at Judy.

I gave her a bump with my elbow.

"Uhm…. I am Robin. Robin Springs." She shook Judy's hand.

"Did you two already told her?"

Mike and I nodded.

"Good. I hope it didn't freak you out too much."

"Well, at first I was, but now I am only happy to get rid of that virus."

"Nice, but I nevertheless need to take a statement from you."

"Yeah, sure."

"Just wait here I get something to record and I want to check on my dad. Did they also tell you that you…?"

"They told me." Olivia interrupted her and looked uncomfortable on her feet. "That I bit your dad."

"Hey, it isn't your fault." Judy said in a carrying voice and put her paw on Olivia's shoulder to reassure her, she didn't have any grudge against her, before she went downstairs.

"Wow, that's weird."Olivia said after Judy was outside.

"And it'll get weirder." I said, because I heard Nick approaching.

"Where's Judy?" he asked.

"Checking in with her dad." I said and Olivia was starring again.

"Anything wrong, toothes?"

'Really, toothes? That's the best you came up for her?' I thought.

She snapped out of her awe.

"Nothing. Sorry." She looked on her feet and blushed.

"Aww. Nothing to be ashamed about." He said.

But Nick now was starring himself.

I stepped over to him to give him a bump as well. And then I smelled it, the same odd thing like with Judy. She smelled of him and he smelled of her. I started to smirk. I knew he wasn't using that air mattress.

"Yes?" He snapped and looked at me.

"Now, you're starring." I said with the widest grin on my face as possible.

"Uh, sorry." He said to Olivia "But we don't get … uhm, how do I say that."

"You don't really have something like me." She interrupted him. "It's fine we usually neither and I got used to the stares over the time."

"Must be hard?"

"Yes, but my Mum and Dad helped me a lot." She said attempting a shy smile.

"Must be great parents."

"They're the best."

We were sitting on the couch. Judy had her Carrot pen out and a clipboard.

Her dad was awake and better, though as with Olivia the fur takes some time to come back.

"Your full name?" Judy asked.

"Robin Springs" Oliva answered.

"Date of birth?"

"5th October 265."

"So what do you remember?"

And then she told her story. How she was in that camp and the infected attacked. How she lost her parents, but she still hoped they are alive in a camp further north and how she awoke today in the morning.

"So we decided to ask you." Judy was speaking "What you want to do. Do you want to go home or stay here in security?"

She didn't need to think long about it.

"I want to go. I know my parents aren't dead yet and I want to find them." Was her answer.

We were outside, waiting for her. Olivia was inside the burrow. Officially she wanted to apologise to Stu and Bonnie what happened, but I think she just wanted to see them.

"She told me where this camp is rumoured to be. It is a bit vague, but it should be somewhere close to where I send you."

"And when there is no camp? She will be eaten by the wildlife." I answered.

"Which wildlife? Everyone is evolved and there are no infected up there."

"Yeah, right. Forgot about that."

"The cold will be a problem for her, as long as she hasn't grown back her fur." He added.

"So you need to find that camp quickly." He made a pause.

"And when you are over there give her this." He handed me a small vile. The antidote for the virus.

I just stared back at him.

"I know she didn't ask for it, but why not give her a little present on her way."

Judy and Nick suggested I should escort Olivia alone over there.

I know Nick doesn't really trust's inter dimensional travel, but I didn't knew why Judy wouldn't want to come. I think she suspected something.

After some time Olivia finally got out of the burrow.

"Ready?" I asked.

"Yes, just one more thing." She said.

She ran over to Nick and Judy.

"Thanks, for saving me." She said to them.

"Well, you have to thank Mike for that." Nick answered.

"And besides that were just doing our job."

She literally sprang the two around the neck, hugging them to death.

"No, you're doing far more than that."

The two looked a bit surprised, but didn't hinder her.

* Click *

Mike shot a photo how Olivia had the two in her death grip.

Olivia released the two.

"Here. You should have it." Mike handed her the photo. "You could show it your parents, what happened to you." He gave her a little wink.

"For that to happen we need to go first." I said.

"Right. I hope you catch your criminals." She smiled. "I know you do."

Then she turned to me grabbed me at the arm and said:

"I'm Ready. How about you?"

"Hey, I am the one that had to wait for you."

I pushed the button of the device.


Okay, who got Mikes Phaser from Star Trek last time?

Sadly, no reference this time around. :(

There will more in the next ones though.