Chapter 7: Turned Into Animal
A/N: Guys, it's me again. Thanks again to zayasjosh100 for reminding me on the mercenary name I mention in chapter 5. Sorry for the long wait as I focus on the 'Singularity' fanfic. I somehow love writing dark theme fanfic as opposed of this. But, I make sure this story will live, rather than abandon it (especially when this fanfic has more view than the other one). So… here is it. Let's go wild, Wilde.
Nick: Huh?
Third person POV
"As the human was released from the general hospital today, one question remains; what will the human do?"
"And since this is the second human after Emanuel the Human first arrived here by accident by one of the students of Zootopia University seven years ago, will any human arrive-"
BANG
The television set was no match to a bullet fired off from a grey timber wolf. The wolf keeps it temper, preventing himself into a bomb ready to blow at any moment. He thinking deep, trying to figure out what to do to this human. He instantly remembers about John Doe, the red muntjac that brings him here out of nothing. He closes his eye, trying to shake off those memories. He pulls out his phone and opens an app design to remains undetectable from cops and its higher authority's counterpart.
'Meet me as usual. Immediately now.' A few hours later, one by one each mammal came to his sight and sat at the round table. In clockwise rotation, starting from the wolf is a cape buffalo from Canal District, a tiger from Rainforest District, a ram from Meadowland, a polar bear from Tundratown, a camel from Sahara Square, a kangaroo from Outback Island, a mouse from Little Rodentia and himself claim the Savanna Central. All of the mammals are not just some rundown thugs, they all wearing tuxedoes and rich man's stuff, not to mention their car are all supercar as well. As their leader stands up (who is a wolf by the way), the whole mammals around the table stand up as well.
"Gentlemen's, I'm here to call all of the brotherhood here not to talk about the drugs, the underground racing, or who's controlling who's." As he said the last word, the camel and the kangaroo stare at each other, before looking at their leader who just sat down, leaving them the last mammals standing. Their leader just grunted, causing them sit down immediately.
"I'm here to talk about the human. Not me…" The screen behind the wolf came up to life. "But him." And the picture of the human on the news appeared, circled and marked at 'Target'. He lets out a grin, exposing his sharp fang.
"Let's animalized him for a proper welcome in Zootopia." He ended the sentence with a devilish grin.
Calvin POV
That last message just made Chief Bogo pissed off.
"You… kill him." His face just a foot away from mine. His breath literally kills me from the inside.
"Tell me why, Mr. Calvin, just tell me… WHY… DID… YOU… KILL… MY… SON!?" He whispers to my ears. Good thing he could manage his anger.
"Your son?" I stammered. Now what I want to say? Tell him the truth or…
"Yes, my son."
I looked away for a moment. I saw Clawhauser holding his tail, Judy and Nick exchanging look, silent while Finnick mouthing the word 'You dead…'. Manchas apparently distance himself from me to the edge of the seat, avoiding the conversation. Then I saw Manchas key to his Hummer.
"Well…" I return to my normal voice, makes everyone at the table jumped a bit. "I can't say much about your son, but to… SEE YA?" Using my martial art I learn in the human world, I punch him in the (nose?) with my left hand before stabbing his throat using my right hand since he was close enough within my reach. It stunted him since he was choking due to my stabbing. During that time, I snatch Mr. Manchas key and start running towards the front door of the restaurant and to his car. Once I inside Manchas' Hummer H2, I immediately lock the door. I catch a few breaths before someone lurching out the restaurant door. It was Chief Bogo, the pissed off buffalo. I turn on the engine just as Bogo packs a punch through passenger side, shattering the mirror. Shifting to gear one, I press the pedal, launching the vehicle into movement. I ignored the yelling of Mr. Manchas. Good thing the traffic wasn't jammed, or escaping the mad buffalo will be impossible. My watch immediately came up to life, with numerous notifications coming in at oh-shit rate from John Doe.
After a long drive away from them, and find a hiding (and parking) spot in the parking garage, I turned to John Doe on my watch. But instead, I used my phone to chit chat a little with him. I tapped on the icon of 'A.I. Talk', and instantly bringing the messenger style chat.
'WHAT DID YOU DONE CALVIN!?'
Well that's a first for everything. He was angry.
'Nothing, just escaping the 'protection' custody, I guess.' I replied.
'YOU FOOL. EMANUEL HAS ORDER ALL HIS HENCEMEN, INCLUDING HIMSELF HAVING A SEARCH PARTY JUST FOR YOU.' I stared at that message long enough, before replying another message.
'Come on, what the wolf wants from me. I mean, I'm just a human.'
'THAT IS WHY HE'S AFTER YOU.' And with that, he left the messenger, which at the same time a high pitch sound comes closing accompanied by numerous low growling sound. Then I realized now.
Note to myself; Do NOT left the cop protection custody just for 'freedom' and being rich AF.
With the Hummer's engine still running, I shifted into first gear, and slammed the pedal. The Hummer jerks forward, letting the tires screech as it struggling to gain traction. As I get out of the garage, the mercenary has come on dirt bikes and armored SUVs. I ran over a number of bikers who happens to enter the parking garage I was going out of. But I didn't care though as one thing in my mind right now, is to run away, away from the mercenary, away from the cops, away from everything, away to… home. Only there's no place called home right now. As I swerve through the Zootopia traffic, I unable to shake them off. Shaking off a cop out is a different thing than shaking off a whole group of mercenary, especially a heavily armed kind.
Then, out of nowhere, a SUV find its way to smash the right side of the Hummer, prompting me to switch lane, which is an opposite lane. It was a freaking nightmare as I frantically dodging my way out of the streaming traffic ahead, every mammal behind wheel honking their way out of trouble. When I spotted a way out, I turn the steering wheel to that direction, but luck wasn't by my side as my rear was being hit by a giraffe size van (the highest vehicle I ever seen), sending the Hummer into a spin. But driving a four wheel drive brings some benefit as the front wheel prevented the Hummer into a full spin. The crash simply sends me into a drift. I smiled as I have dodge an accident, only to be disappeared as a polar bear with parked SUV was holding something that looked like a grenade launcher.
"Oh, come on…" Those were the words I can get out before the polar bear fire a grenade that explode right at the back of the Hummer, sending me into a flip.
My ears are ringing, I'm disoriented, and bleeding as I survived the crash. I'm still hanging upside down thanks to the seatbelt. Seconds later, the driver door burst open, greeted by a pair of polar bear paws, grabbing both my wrist, and pulled me out. The ringing and disoriented still happening as I was dragged to nowhere out from the now burning Hummer H2.
And then, darkness founded me, again.
. . .
SPLASH
"Wakey wakey, sleeping beauty. Rise and shine." I woke up by a splash of cold water into my face. In front of me was a wolf with a long scar run across his left hazel eye, holding an empty bucket. I was seated, my hand tied to the back of the chair. Behind him was another pack of wolves, probably his henchmen.
"I- uh- where am I?"
"Welcome to the Brotherhood, human. Or should I say… Calvin?" The wolf said.
"How… did you get-"
"Oh, no worries, you're famous in the internet, on the newspaper, heck even the TV show. Plus, you're easy to track, too. And I should introduce myself before getting started." He added, adding a smile that shows his fang. He walked towards his henchmen, giving one of them an order while giving the empty bucket to his other henchmen. They both walked out of a room, and come back with a tray held at chest level of the one of the wolf. The other one came in with a gun, something that looked similar to a tranquilizer gun. They both were not the only one who came into the room I been held as a sheep entered, which was greeted by the wolf that splashed the cold water into my face.
"So, this is the human, huh?" The sheep spoke, a female voice too similar to been heard.
"Yep, he's here, a bit plump if you ask me, Dawn." The wolf replied.
"I'm not fat, you dog." I replied with loud voice. The wolf turns back to me. And why I used that racial slang? I thought to myself. The wolf slowly walked to me, I can feel his anger in his eye.
"No one…" The wolf says with threatening voice. "No one has ever called me with that word in seven years since I came here into Zootopia." He started to growl, showing his razor sharp fang teeth. He stares straight to my eye, avoiding any blinking at each other.
"No need to scare the kids, Emanuel." Dawn said. The wolf, Emanuel, steps back a bit, losing the fang out of sight. "He will scare from himself for life later." Dawn added with a sly grin. "And prepare him for the experiment."
Okay, what experiment are you trying to do now Dawn? I screamed in my head. Just as Dawn say the last sentence, Emanuel made a hand signal at his henchmen. Two of them made their way towards my back and untie me. Then, they grab each of my arms, dragged me out of the room towards another room, and tossed me into the room like I'm a ragdoll. In that room were a bunch of bunnies, three in total.
"So…" Emanuel said behind me. He was holding a gun, loading an unknown spherical orange orb right now. "What kind do you want?" He cocked the gun once he finished loading it.
"Huh?" I replied. I seriously didn't know what he's saying.
He just smiled as he pulled out my phone from his pocket. I instantly looked down to myself, which I was dressed in patient clothing like a patient in hospital. He dials in someone number and brings it into a video call. A second later, Judy popped at the screen. Behind her was Nick Wilde.
"CALVIN WH- Who are you?" She question once she saw Emanuel holds up my phone instead of me.
"Hello Miss Judy Hopps, or should I said, Officer Judy Hopps?" Emanuel starts talking. He held up my phone with me as the background. "Miss this human?" He question, before he held it up higher, making the three bunnies and me as the background in the video call. I can hear Judy gasped in the background. I stand up with some effort left, my back facing the bunnies. Still feel dizzy, but better.
"What do you want from him, wolf?" I heard Nick's voice turns to question.
"Ahh, it's the rookie cop, Officer Nicholas Wilde. So, you a thing now? A fox cop? Not as expected." Emanuel replied. He held my phone close to his chest while he called his bodyguard. It's a funny coincident as two of his bodyguard were called Kevin and Raymond, until they appear behind the door, which was polar bears, the same as the one who catches Nick and Judy. Emanuel gave my phone to Kevin as he turn to me, and held it up to record everything that happening in the room. Raymond also held something in his clenched paw, but hidden beneath his white, translucent fur. I shift my attention to Emanuel, who now held the gun, aiming at me straight at my face. I froze as he's place his finger at the trigger, a sensation of adrenaline rush fills in my blood.
"Say cat." And there's goes the orb, hitting me in the rib slightly to my left, below the heart. The pain was intense at the moment the orb hit me and spills its content all over me. I fell down to continue the momentum of the orb. I struggle to get up, but the gravity seems to be heavier as more force I needed to overcome it. The pain left in my chest now starts to spread across my limbs. I started hyperventilated as the pain was more than I can tolerate. My limbs and senses started to betray me, save for my conscience, my sight and my hearing. I can barely hear anything, but the wolf seems to enjoy it as he was narrating what's happening to me right now. The noise started to blur out with my vision, and as soon as the pain's all over me, I have no energy left than surrender myself to darkness again.
Judy's POV
I gasped at what the human had done a few hours ago. Punching a police officer, not to mention a chief, in the face? And stole a civilian vehicle in the presence of police officer in sight?
"Unbelievable." Nick said. He drove us both home, more exactly to my apartment as I can't concentrate on the road as usual. "Can you believe he, a week after he got here, can deliberately do anything he wants?" He scoffed at the end.
"I don't know Nick." I said. "Before, he such a helpful kid since the incident at the Gazelle apartment, and now…" I trailed at the word. I heard the brakes of my car screech, handbrake pulled up. I looked up the window to see that I have arrived at my apartment. Nick turns off the engine, and locks the car as I have stepped in the lobby of my apartment.
Once I stepped into my apartment (and Nick follows), my phone started to rang. It was a video call from an unexpected guest; Calvin's name appears below his phone number. I reluctantly press the call button on my phone screen, and the video popped up.
"CALVIN WH- Who are you?" I question the caller, a grey wolf, and behind him is the human, Calvin. Nick was behind me when I receive the call.
"Hello Miss Hopps, or should I said, Officer Judy Hopps?" The caller replied. "Miss the human?" The caller said jokingly. He then lifts up Calvin's phone higher to reveal not only the human was there, but with three other bunnies. I instantly recognized them as my little sister and let out a gasp. Nick picks up my phone and started to question the wolf caller, held up a little lower so I can saw everything.
"What do you want from him, wolf?" Nick asked sternly. I never saw him acting like that.
"Ahh, it's the rookie cop. So, you a thing now? A fox cop? Not as expected." The wolf replied nonchalantly. Then, the whole visual of the video blocked as the caller place it close to him. A muffled voice heard. Seconds later, a polar bear was holding the phone now, before the view being flipped to front camera, revealing yet another polar bear at the left side of the phone screen, the caller, Calvin and my sisters. The caller was holding a gun that looked like the tranquilizer gun used by Dawn Bellwether.
"Say cat." The caller said, and shot him under his ribcage. He fell hard onto the floor with a loud thump. I cover my mouth, stunted by the wolf's action. The bright orange splashed all over him, showing the content of the orb. He started to shiver, hyperventilating as he groaned over the pain.
"Now I will tell you, what he will become?" The wolf said happily, as torturing anyone was his hobby.
"You said 'cat' right?" Nick answer curiously, trying to figure out the situation. "Tiger?"
"BINGO!" The wolf exclaimed happily. "Yes he will. I wanted to feel how I feel when John Doe tried to… change me so I can hide my true self while in here. But that jerk…" He paused, his back still facing the camera. He turned around, facing the screen. "He changes me forever. I live as a wolf, I die as a wolf, but I don't have any instinct of the wolf." He came closer to the screen, revealing the scar on his left hazel eye. "Nor he will get the instinct of the animal he will transform." He turn around, his back facing the screen. Nick and I saw the video closely when he sighs.
"Damn." That's what we heard from the video call. He moves closer to the human, or was a human who now went limp. He looked down at the human, then turn around, facing the screen with the look of different identity, the look that I can't read. Then the call disconnected.
Sorry for the long time not update this story, again. Any review or PM is welcomed. The chapter(s) for this fanfic may get an update, so prepared for it. And yeah, I turn my human Oc into a tiger, so what's wrong with it?