'What would Judy do?' Nick mentally questioned himself as he lay curled up on the mattress, his ears flinched as he heard someone shuffling outside and trying different keys in the door. His back facing said door he smiled to himself as he thought, 'Here we go. If my little DB has done as asked then this will all be over with soon.' "And I'm not going down without a fight." He whispered out loud to himself as he took a deep breath and pretended to sleep.

A single jaguar opened the door and walked in. "What the hell." He spoke out loud when hearing his feet splash through a puddle on the concrete floor and looked down to see the wet ground. Shrugging it off he walked over to the fox that lay resting and placed his hand on Nick's shoulder to shake and wake him up. Nick made his move.

Turning himself as quick as his tired body would allow him; Nick lashed out with Judy's jeans. He had tied one of the legs into a ball and soaked it with water to add weight while swinging it from the other leg. He hit the jaguar square on the jaw causing him to recoil and fall onto the ground. Nick had to work fast and quietly. He rolled off of the mattress and on top of the stunned jaguar who was quickly regaining his bearings. Sitting on the jaguar's chest and his legs to pinning the jaguar's arms to the ground, Nick placed the soaked pair of jeans as best as he could over his opponents mouth to choke him out. Seconds felt like hours as Nick fought his aching body's impulses to cave in and let the jaguar over power him, but after what seemed like forever, Nick's opponent's struggling became less intense, and faded, and faded, until Nick was certain that he had passed out. To be sure he had done no real damage Nick felt for a pulse and was relieved to find one in his unconscious foe. "Hey!" He heard someone shout, and looked out the door to see two more jaguars now running his way. "And there goes that plan." He said to himself as he dashed for the door; pulling the keys out of the one side, closing the door and locking it from the inside.

"Okay…" Nick started while looking around the room frantically, the other guards now bashing against the door. "Less thinking like Judy and more thinking like Nick." And finishing that thought he hurried over to the unconscious jaguar and removed its bulletproof jacket, holstered pistol and belt. Nick then clipped on the bulletproof jacket and threaded the belt through his trousers. He'd spent the last several hours in nothing other than trousers on so it felt good to have something over his torso, even if it hurt his wounds a little. He then pulled the gun from its holster that now sat at his waist and checked the loaded 6mm clip. Seeing the lethal rounds that were loaded caused him to cringe and sigh as he forced back old and untold memories that he had wished for the longest time he would never have to relive.

Laurence pushed through the growing group of soldiers crowded around the door that led to Nick, at the center of forty odd soldiers that had gathered; two bears were arguing as to what should be done while the original two jaguars continued to bash against the door. Rolling his eyes; Laurence stepped forward and shoved the two bears that were arguing out of his way with surprising ease, considering they towered above him, he repeated the process again only this time pulling his own two jaguars back and away from the door, both landing hard on the ground. Now that Laurence stood in front of the door alone, looking as though he genuinely betrayed his slick and clean character with the slight show of strength. He cleared his throat, composed himself and gently knocked on the door. "Oh Nick!" The sadistic leopard started cheerfully. Immediately a gunfire shot could be heard from within the room and Laurence flinched back slightly as a dent sudden appeared through the steel door aimed at where he stood. The door having stopped a round of fire that would have hit him. Immediately guns were raised from the soldiers around him and aimed at the door, but the leopard simply raised his hand to show that they must hold and he continued to speak through the door to Nick.

Holding a smoking gun; Nick stared dead straight at the door, his mind running wild with different scenarios and outcomes. He knew that pulling that trigger was a mistake, but that was the little bit of Judy coming out of him and he had no regrets at this point. "I'm going to pretend you didn't do that!" Laurence could be heard shouting from the other side of the door. "If you come out now, the deal can still go as planned and you and your little bunny friend can walk away." "Like hell…" Nick whispered out loud as he exhaled and steadied his aim, his training in the academy making him quiet the marksman. Pressing the trigger he fired the gun again, his shot hitting the first bullet he fired dead center causing it to be pushed further into the steel door and the nub of the first bullet to peak through on the other side.

"Okay that's enough, GREG!" Laurence shouted, and suddenly all the soldiers who stood around the door shuffled off to the side as from across the warehouse a steel chair could be heard screeching upon concrete as the giant bear that sat at the planning table stood up with a low grunt, and began walking towards the leopard in charge.

"Greg…" Repeated Nick with wide eye as he stared at the door and holstered his gun. "This can work." He said to himself while nodding and weighing out his narrowing group of options, before hurrying over to the door and gripping the handle as tight as he could; pressing his full weight against the door, back first.

The massive bear called Greg looked down at Laurence with a vacant stare and a look of absolute disinterest. "Greg, would you be a pal and let our friend Nick out of his confines?" Sighing loudly the bear turned to the door and gripped the door handle and a low growl came from his stomach, up his throat and out as a shout of strain as he tugged hard on the door. At first the steel door groaned in protest, it then bent from the pressure and within moments Greg the mighty bear had pulled it clean from the hinges and flung it over his head, halfway across the warehouse.

Laurence rushed into the room, followed by a group of the soldiers who were crowded outside; guns at the ready. Glancing side to side he then spoke out loud, "Where the hell." His head then spun around and his eyes grew wide as across the warehouse he saw the bent metal door raised up at an angle and start moving toward the exit. "Nick!" he shouted while pointing and running in the slippery fox's direction and all the soldiers around him followed suit.

Limping more than running; Nick was moving as fast as he could, using the door that he still held onto for dear life as cover while it rested on his back, 'not a bad idea' he thought to himself as the sound of lead ricocheting off of concrete around him and nearby gunfire could be heard echoing through the warehouse.

"Don't shoot the damn vermin! Catch him!" Laurence shouted out; his rage tearing his voice as it reached a level of volume he really didn't like it going. "I need him alive!" And as he finished saying that a tiger running next to him accidentally let off a burst of rifle rounds in the moving steel door's direction, which quickly led Laurence to snatch it from the tiger and smack him in the face with the butt of his own gun.

"Come on!" Nick shouted to himself as he ran to the engulfing light of one of the open garage doors of the warehouse. Greg the mighty bear must have thrown him and the door an easy 30 meters across the warehouse which gave him a good lead, but the fox could feel that his current limping state would get him caught before he could taste daylight. Nick had the luck of a fox, dumb luck for the most part, so the fact that he made it this far was a miracle on its own. "One point for the fox, zero for the baddies…" He stated to himself through short breathes as he was getting close to his goal, now running through a bunch of the parked military vehicles. "Time to make it two points to zero." He finished while un-holstering his gun and he began blind firing behind him, his bullets striking and bouncing off of the various military hardware behind him and causing many of the soldiers in pursuit to duck and slow down.

Laurence; who was also forced to duck behind one of the vehicles to narrowly miss a shot, suddenly heard a doubled voice call out "This has gone on long enough!" And almost faster than the leopards eye could follow; the strange creature of red, orange and yellow fur bolted past him, weaving between the vehicles and closing in on Nick fast.

Hearing that voice in the distance behind him sent a shiver up the fox's spine as he had had one encounter with this creature before and it was not pleasant. However his encounter did leave him with valuable knowledge as Nick decided that if he was to die right now, then he would die taking out this demon of a creature with him. Dropping the steel door gave him, the speed and accuracy boost he would need as he was now a mere 3-5 meters away from the exit, to his far right he saw the helicopter that had been toed in and beyond it a crate of fuel. He had been counting his shots thus far and he knew that from a full magazine... he had one bullet left.

The strange creature had weaved through the mess of vehicles and was closing in on Nick fast, unlike other animals that were running on two feet, he took a more primitive approach and was running on both hands and feet. He was in tune with his environment and could smell the fear he was causing on both the soldiers he had over taken and Nick who was now within pouncing range. Stopping for only a moment to crouch low and stare straight at his target, tuning out the sound and images around him and focusing only on the limping fox, he readied himself for the launch. Just before he left the ground from his pounce he pulled himself back and stumbled, as from the corner of his eye a burst of light appeared and rapidly grew in size. Flashes from his past ran through his mind and between the growing heat of an explosion and fire he turned and cowered away from the blaze, making as much distance between it and himself as was possible in the warehouse.

The explosion from the shot sent Nick forward and tumbling out of the warehouse, nearly singed from the heat; he could feel his wounds suddenly sparking into painful protest from the discomfort as he rolled on the dirt. The sudden rush of light after spending so much time in the dark caused him to shut his eyes from the irritation as they battled to adjust. Adrenaline forcing him to his feet; the fox stumbled blindly forward as fast as he could, wondering into the vast forestry of the rain forest district.

Heart pounding out of his chest and deep empty breaths caused Nick to stop running and throw his head back. Sweaty, dirty and full of pain; the fox had been running through the wild bush for what seemed like forever away from the warehouse and parallel to the only road out of this hellish place. He used this opportunity to gather his thoughts as well as himself; if he hadn't been caught by now then they weren't pursuing him. Looking back at the warehouse and seeing a steady stream of black smoke rising from it gave him a sense of relief. And then a thought struck him. 'I need him alive!' Nick played that line on repeat in his head, Laurence's words striking him hard as he realized something. "They didn't want me dead… that means…" The fox's thought was left unfinished as through the forestry he heard vehicles, running over and peeking around some trees he had a clear visual on the road, and he saw Judy's cruiser headed back to the warehouse. "No… No Judy no! That wasn't the plan!" Nick needed to get back as fast as his legs would carry him, so he turned and ignoring his fatigue he began to run once more. "Why didn't you trust me and do what I told you to?"

Judy parked the cruiser and stepped out, she gazed curiously as animals ran frantically around the smoking mess of tattered metal that had been a helicopter, but she tried to look indifferent to the matter. She had gone full 'Nick' mode as she would like to call it. And her little acted faded away almost immediately as a stressed out and scruffy looking Laurence marched towards her fuming with a finger pointed right at her. "You'd better have exactly what I want or else!"

Judy hesitated for a moment before reaching into her pocket and pulling out the black box and holding it with an out stretched hand to the angry jaguar. "Right here." Is all the bunny said. And Laurence immediately snatched it from her, giving it a quick glance over as though to check its authenticity, although Judy saw no point to that, this item had nothing to make it distinguishable as anything other than a small black box.

The jaguar's anger seemed to fade a little as his jaw turned into that villainous grin again for just a moment before he let his face rest neutral once more; he looked at Judy and indicated with his head that she should follow.

Falling in line behind Laurence Judy glanced over to see that most of the smoke had been put out and the commotion was now winding down as many of these animals were cleaning up or returning to their posts. Looking forward once more Judy then stated, "You have what you want. Now let Nick and I go." And with his head turned away from her; Laurence's face split into a massive grin as it then became clear to him. This stupid little bunny didn't even know what had happened, at first he thought that both the fox and bunny had somehow planned this whole thing, but it seems that Nick's escape was dumb luck and this officer was in fact as blatant as he had read her to be. "I'll take you to him just now, but first I want to show you something."

Once walking passed the vehicles, a few of which had taken minor damage but most of which were still in perfect condition, they headed straight for the table. Gazing at his anxious comrades that sat around the planning table Laurence stated, "I just want to show Officer Hopps something that we have been working on before we take her to Nick." And immediately the mood around the table lightened as they realized what was going on. And with their ease, Judy was suddenly feeling uneasy.

Laurence then walked around the table and placed the black box on top of a very specialized looking machine that seemed to illuminate the small object when coming in contact with it, which then began to make a slow humming sound as it kicked into life and a holographic percentage counter was suddenly illuminating out of the top of the machine. And it started to count up from one percent. "I believe you are quiet familiar with the 'Night Howler' effect." Stated Laurence in a questioning manner as he came forward again and rested his arms on the table, gazing down at Judy.

Her ears and tail tensed at the mention and her hands clenched into tight fists. "Unfortunately, yes. It was Nick and I who solved that case."

"Yes, that's right!" responded Laurence all too enthusiastically for Judy's comfort regarding the topic that they now spoke of. "You see, when a predator goes primal, it's natural strength and endurance can go up by anything between three hundred and five hundred percent! However, the predator that goes savage and loses their civilized mind set. But imagine if they didn't have to lose that civilized aspect of themselves and could remain so strong?" And suddenly Judy's eyes grew wide and her ears fell behind her head in disbelief at what she was hearing. "What if we found a way to make such a dream a reality?" Continued Laurence while taking a step back and patting the machine that now displayed a progress completion of over thirty percent.

"What if the hero of Zootopia had just handed me the final piece to building my army of super predators?"

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