-City of Zootopia-
-Central City-
-Unknown-
It was a warm sunny day in Zootopia, the city's streets were busy, mammals of all types flocked down sidewalks; it was an overwhelming experience for anyone new to the city, or anyone new to society for that fact.
A lonely wolf pup, no older than 13, walked nervously down the packed Zootopian pedways. He ignored any pedestrian who crossed paths with him, petrified that one would suddenly pounce him and harm him and after what he experienced earlier, with that strange suited husky. He didn't trust anyone. Despite wearing a black hoodie, and tattered pants, he hugged himself, teeth clattering as he took cold breaths. He kept his eyes locked onto the ground, looking up occasionally to see if his path is clear from any strangers. But despite his efforts to lock out society, someone grabbed him by the shoulder, which caused him to gasp and turn around in shock. His hood flew of his head revealing his face to the stranger. "Please don't hurt me!" The pup pleaded as, he held his paws up to chest, clenching his eyes in fear.
"Hurt? No, I'm not here to hurt you little one." An elderly female voice replied.
The pup slowly opened his as, he felt a paw gently rubbing his head. He was overwhelmed with mixed emotions, the feeling of his head being rubbed reminded him of someone; it reminded him of a better place. For once in his life, he felt comforted. He carefully looked up to see a elderly female lynx, who had smiled upon seeing his terrified purple eyes.
"Oh, what beautiful eyes you have." The lynx smiled warmly.
"T-Thanks." The pup stuttered, nervously smiling in return.
"What's a little pup like you doing roaming the streets alone?" The lynx asked.
"I don't know." The pup sighed.
"It's a dangerous world, I always tell my grandsons to stay close to their parents." The lynx said as, she scratched behind the pups ear, which caused his tail to wag profusely.
The lynx chuckled, "You like that don't you?"
The pup nodded slightly in response.
"Where are your parents?" The lynx asked.
There was a slight pause in conversation, before the pup finally responded, "I don't know."
"Hmm, do you at least have parents?" The lynx asked, hoping to get a yes as a response.
"I don't think so." The pup responsed, getting a confused expression from the lynx.
"I'll take that as a no." The lynx sadly sighed.
"Here I have something for you." The lynx said, reaching for something in her pink purse, "I was gonna give this to my grandson, but I think you need it more than him." She extended a paw which held a twenty dollar bill. "Here take it."
The pup looked down at the twenty dollar bill. "Buy yourself something to eat, I know a starving mammal when I see one." The lynx chuckled slightly.
The pup slowly reached for the twenty with both of his paws, he carefully grasped onto bill. "A-Are you sure?" He asked.
"Of course darling, as long as you promise me you'll stay strong." The lynx replied, letting go of the twenty.
The pup tilted his head in confusion, "Strong?"
"Yes, stay strong, don't let anyone take advantage of you, keep your heart and soul strong." The lynx smiled.
"I-I promise." The pup relied.
"Good, now I must get going, I trust you'll make that money useful." The lynx, giving the pup one last pat on the head, before slowly walking off.
The pup watched as the old lynx walked away, he stared down at the bill he was given. Looking back up, he noticed the old lynx had disappeared. He looked around confused.
"Strong..." He repeated in his head, "...Strong..."
Unkown to the pup, there was a black sedan, with dark tinted windows, parked about thirty feet behind him, with two individuals watching him.
"Target has been confirmed, requesting backup immediately, over." The driver of the said into a black wired speaker that connected to a radio on the trucks dashboard.
"Affirmative, reinforcements are on the way, over" A female voice replied over the radio.
After being unable to locate the old lynx, the pup sighed and continued walking down the sidewalk. The SUV's engines suddenly sprung to life, and slowly rolled forward.
The pup looked up at the building as, he walked down the sidewalk, hoping to find a good restaurant.
The pup began thinking to himself, he tried hard to remember who the old lynx reminded him of, he felt surprisingly warmer when the lynx had touched him, but he couldn't explain why. From what he could remember, he's been cold all of his life.
The pup suddenly stopped walking, he stared up at a sign that read "Lucky's Sandwich Hut."
The pup smiled, and looked down at his newly acquired twenty dollar bill. "Food... Finally." He whispered himself as, he quickly entered the restaurant.
"Target has entered a Lucky's Sandwich Hut, proceeding with pup pursuit, over."
"10-4, proceed with caution, over."
The black SUV park in front of the sandwich hut, and two casually dressed mammals exited the vehicle.
The one exiting from the drivers side appeared to be a male arctic wolf, with an eyepatch over his right eye, leaving what appeared to be one golden eye exposed, while the one passager appeared to be a female. She was a beautiful red wolf, with light purple eyes.
The white wolf slammed the driver's door shut as, he entered the restaurant with his female partner following close behind him.
The pup smacked his lips as he waited in line, his nostrils were filled with the delicious smell of the toasted sandwiches. He watched as mammals left with trays full of food.
"NEXT!" The cashier yelled from in front of the line. The pup grew antsy, when he heard the deer in front of him ordering. He'd never actually ordered food for himself, but after what that elderly lynx did for him today, he was feeling a little more sociable.
Lthe interior of the restaurant was well kept, and cared for. There where countless pictures of very sophisticated looking sandwiches. The floor was checkered, and was nicely polished as well.
"NEXT!" The cashier yelled once again as, the deer in front of the pup left with a tray full of food.
"Uh, hello, sir." The pup waved nervously, grinning.
"Yeah hello, now hurry up and order I don't have all day." The cashier snorted. The cashier appeared to be a large brown male boar, his tusks appeared to have been removed and replaced with golden spherical golden caps.
The pup looked up at what appeared to be a menu. There was a vast array of pictures displays sandwiches, there was a menu for herbivores, and carnivore. Although he didn't understand the difference between a herbivore and a carnivore, he just chose whatever seemed appetizing to him. Which of course was the carnivore's menu. After figuring out what he wanted to order, he pointed up at the menu, "I want that one."
The boar looked up at the menu, "Which one?"
"That one!" The pup replied still pointing up at the menu.
The boar sighed, "Look kid, just say what you want."
"Oh, okay..." The pup lowered his finger and squinted his eyes.
"Can I have the Fried Chicken Sandwich." The pup replied.
"Will that be a combo?" The boar asked.
The pup tilted his head in confusion, "What's a combo?" He asked getting another frustrating sigh from the boar.
"Kid, I don't have time for jokes alright, do you want the combo or not?" The boar snorted.
"Uhhhh, nnno-yes please." The pup replied smiling nervously.
"Okay," The boar began inputting the pup's order into the cash register. "What would you like to drink?"
"Water please." The pup responded.
"Okay, what kind of chips would you like?" The boar asked.
"C-Chips?" The pup replied, confused by the question.
"I swear to god kid, you're busting my balls."
"What balls?" The pup jumped, checking his feet to make sure he wasn't standing on anything.
"It's a metaphor kid." The boar sighed, grabbing a random bag of chips from a rack located on the counter.
"Here." The boar said, handing the pup a bag of Cheetos.
"Thanks." The pup grabbed the bag of Cheetos.
"I'll be right back with your order." The boar said, grabbing a clean tray.
After a minute or so, the boar returned, the tray he was carrying had the pups wrapped sandwich, and had a bottle of water on the side. He placed the tray on the counter. "That'll be seven dollars."
The pup handed the cashier the twenty he was give, his tail began wagging profusely as, he watched the cashier place the twenty into the register, and pull out his change.
"Here's your change." The boar said, handing the pup thirteen dollars in change, who placed it inside his one of his pockets.
"Enjoy your meal. NEXT!" The boar yelled.
The pup quickly grabbed the tray of food, and walked carefully to a nearby table.
"Finally food." The pup smiled in glee as, he unwrapped his sandwich. He took a big bite of the chicken sandwich, he hummed in absolute delight; it was the best thing he ever tasted.
He picked up the bag of Cheetos and examined it, he examined the illustrations display in front of the bag; it appeared to be a cheetah wearing black sunglasses, skating while holding a cheeto in a gloved paw. He placed the bag next to his ear and shook it. He was startled by sound of the cheetos banging against the interior of the bag.
After being unable to open the bag, he threw it to side and reached for his bottled water, which he quickly opened and chugged.
The pup finally made it down to his last bite, which he happily ate. He laid back on his chair, he was surprisingly stuffed. Probably because he chugged the entire bottle of water in one go.
Unfortunately, his brief period of relaxation was interrupted by a loud screeching from outside. He perked his ears to the sound, and sat up spotting multiple black SUVs just outside the restaurant, he also suddenly felt someone grasp him tightly by the arm.
The pup yelped, and turned to face whoever was grasping him by the arm. "W-who are you!?" The pup cried.
"You're worst nightmare." The white wolf said in a Russian accent as, he tried to forcefully pull the pup away from his seat.
The pup grabbed ahold of the table he was using, with his free paw. "No! Please leave me alone!" The pup begged as, the white wolf grabbed him by the other arm.
"You made a big mistake running off boy." The white wolf chuckled evilly as, he yanked the pup off the chair.
"Just let me go! Please!" The pup pleaded, rage slowly building up inside of him.
"I was hoping you'd put up more of a fight, I still laugh thinking about your first pathetic attenpt to stop me." The white wolf chuckled.
"W-What are you talking about?" The pup said.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about the memory wipe." The white wolf sighed. "Oh well, hand me the syringe." The white wolf said to his female companion, who responded by pulling a small plastic case with a syringe inside. "Sure thing." She replied.
The pup saw as the red wolf opened the case, and removed a syringe filled with a clear substance, and extended it towards the white wolf.
The wolf removed his paw that was holding down the pup's right arm, and reached for syringe.
The pup felt an uncontrollable rage starting to build up inside him, and he couldn't sustain it any longer. The pup clenched his right fist, causing it to begin emitting an ominous purple flame. "Must... not get a-angry." He said to himself, clenching his teeth tightly in hopes of releasing some of his anger.
The white wolf saw as the pup's flaming fist was suddenly sent flying towards his face, he attempted to evade the fist by moving his head to the left, but was inevitably struck in his left eye.
Felix collapsed onto the ground, covering his left eye, as he became completely blinded. "Get him dammit!" Felix blindly yelled to the female wolf.
The female wolf nodded her head, and cautiously approached the pup.
"I didn't mean to, I'm sorry!" The pup apologized, slowly backing away from the female wolf, who extended her paws carefully towards the pup.
"You're gonna regret ever laying a single paw on him." The female wolf said as, she neared the pup, holding the syringe tightly in her left paw.
The pup looked around for any possible escape routes, he noticed everyone in the building was staring at him in shock and in disbelief. Even the boar who served him was watching in disbelief.
The female wolf pounced the pup, but the pup somehow shifted around her, leaving a purple trail from where he once stood to where he was now currently standing. He gasped in surprise, he had never done that before. He had simply ran behind her.
The female wolf turned around, growling. She was becoming increasingly annoyed by the pup's antics.
The front entrance burst open with multiple armed masked mammals wearing bulletproof vests, they were wielding tasers and ordered everyone to get down on the ground.
The pup began to hyperventilate, he was incredibly frightened. He looked around for any means of escape, he looked over to where the registers were.
"There he is!" One of the armed mammals yelled, pointing towards the pup.
The pup quickly ran towards registers, and swiftly hoped over the counter, The female wolf quickly pursued the little wolf.
The pup ran into the kitchen, bumping into a couple of cooks, he quickly apologized to them, while the female wolf just pushed them aside. He ran towards what appeared to be a back door, he knocked over a bucket full of water, causing the female wolf to slip forward, but was able to catch herself before she could fall completely onto the ground. The pup quickly opened the door and slammed it shut behind him in hopes of slowing the red wolf down. He had now noticed the door lead into a long alleyway, he looked both left and right deciding which direction to take. Suddenly the door was violently bashed behind him. The pup pushed back against the door. After another violent bash the pup realized he wasn't going to be able to hold th door shut any longer, plus he could hear sirens approaching from the distance.
The pup decided that running and hiding was his best option, the last thing he wanted was to resolve to violence. He quickly dashed down the alleyway, looking for somewhere to hide. He spotted a large dirty green bin, and quickly approached it. He gagged and covered his nose, there was an extremely horrid smell coming from the open green dumpster, yet the pup decided it was his best option to avoid being seen by his pursuer. As the pup climbed inside, he heard another forceful bash come from the door the female wolf was behind. He quickly closed the lid and dug himself into the trash; covering himself in it as well. He heard as the door burst open, he waited patiently, staring into complete darkness, while taking heavy breaths, and occasionally gagging. He could hear footsteps just outside the bin, he took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
There was a sudden loud coughing coming from outside. "What the hell is that smell?" He heard a female say, followed by footsteps approaching the dumpster. "I don't get paid enough to do this." The female voice said, as the lid to the dumpster was lifted.
The pup kept his eyes tightly shut, and prayed that his trashy blanket would be enough to leave him unnoticed. He felt a sudden rummaging just beside his head, he felt his heart skip a beat.
"For god sakes, screw this." The female voice said slamming the lid shut. The pup finally gasped for air, and opened his eyes in relief.
"Target has escaped, calling off my pursuit." The pup heard the same female voice say, followed by fading footsteps.
The pup waited a few minutes to make sure the coast was clear. After a short while he heard nothing but silence, which caused him to sigh in relief, he dug himself out of the trash that was lying on top of him, and carelessly pushed the lid open as he did so. He jumped out and leaned against the bin covering his mouth, the horrible sour stench emitting from the bin, and his body made him retch. After a single gag, he dropped down on his knees and threw up. After a few minutes of the pup throwing up onto the ground, he shakily stood up, clenching onto his aching stomach. He slowly walked away, and could feel tears forming under his eyes, this wasn't the first time he's was found by "them" the people who did this to him.
The pup walked a good distance away from the restaurant's back door, and had decided to sit against the side of a brick building, so he could regain his baring. He leaned his head back and closed his eyes and thought about today's series of unfortunate events, he had almost gotten captured, being forced to hide inside a trash bin, and hurting someone. Although he acted in self defense, he couldn't bare knowing he hurt someone. He stayed on the subject for a while, he thought about how surprisingly familiar that one-eyed white wolf was. He also thought about what the wolf had said to him.
"I still laugh thinking about your first pathetic attempt to stop me."
"Memory wipe..."
These thoughts stayed stuck in his head, until he noticed a horrible smell crawling up his nostrils, he looked down and sniffed his jacket, he covered his nose after a quick sniff, he patted himself and noticed multiple wet spots located all over his sweater. "Oh great." He said to himself, not wanting to figure out what the wet spots were. The pup sighed, and proceeded to pull of his sweater exposing his white furred chest and abdomen. Closer inspection revealed a slightly hidden pinkish scar running down the middle of his chest, the pup never really payed much attention to it though. He stood up and slowly continued walking down the alley way until he reached the end, he watched as hundreds of mammals walked down the sidewalk at the end of the alleyway, he took a deep breath and walked into got he crowd, disappearing.
-Later That Night-
Night had fallen upon Zootopia, lights filled the streets and slightly abandoned sidewalks, cars occasionally zoomed down the empty streets.
The pup could be seen wearing his dirty sweater, his eyelids were droopy, and was constantly yawning. He looked up at the bright full moon admiring its beauty, after a short while he looked back down and sighed, he searched for somewhere safe to sleep. He walked in front of a dimly lit alleyway, he stared down the alleyway, and noticed an abandoned mattress laying on the ground, he smiled and approached it, and kneeled down next to it. The pup ran a paw over the dirty mattress, admiring its softness. "Beats sleeping on the ground." The pup said to himself as, he carefully laid down on the mattress. He curled him into a foetus position. He yawned once more and closed his eyes, quickly falling into a deep cold slumber.
...
...
...
"Help me..."
*Crying*
"Help me..."
"Don't try fighting me... Say your goodbyes while you still can."
*Crying*
"Kill... Me."
...
...
"Why can't I remember?"
"Why does everything seem so dark and clouded?"
...
...
"Stop resisting."
"Use your anger."
...
"No I made a promise to myself..."
...
...
"srepsihW
sllaw eht hguorht tuo gnihcaer erA
em ot gnikaepS
rednow yeht deracs dna tsoL
deen ni ylterceS
draeh eb ot gnihsiw era secioV
eman ym gnimaercs sefiL
ees I ssendnilb eht hguorhT
...em rof gnivarc era uoy tahT
sllaf emit thgin nehw dnA
gnillac eciov ruoy raeh llits I
luos ym nopu dekram si niap ruoY
srae ruoy ot gnivar mI ,gnivaR
won em raeh esaelP
stnemom knalb esoht yawa edahS
...ecnelis fO
sllaf emit thgin nehw dnA
gnillac eciov ruoy raeh llits I
luos ym nopu dekram si niap uoY
gninraey ma I nihtiw morF
ssol ym htiw elicnocer oT
nwonknu eht hguorht em ediuG"
...
"Your words are as distorted as your memories."
"No-one will save you from yourself... Your destiny awaits you... Let your instincts take over... Become what your mean't to be..."
"A MONSTER!"
"NOOO!" The pup screamed as, he frantically stood from the mattress. "IM NOT A MONSTER!"
The pup clenched his head as multiple voices whispered incomprehensible words to him.
"Get out of my head!" The pup yelled.
"It's only a matter of time." One of the voices said to the pup.
"No!" The pup cried as, he punched a brick building, fresh blood now dripping off from his knuckles.
"Release me, Release me, ReLEse mE!" An incredibly horrifying voice repeated.
The pup screamed as, he felt an incredibly painful headache, which caused him to fall onto his bottom.
"You can't escape what's inside you." The voice whispered.
The pup fell to his side and curled himself into a ball as rain suddenly started falling from I'm the sky. He closed his eyes, and began sobbing as, the voices taunted him. He felt himself become weightless, feeling as if he was floating in empty space; surrounded in nothing but darkness. Then there was silence. The pup stopped sobbing, but kept his eyes shut, maintaining the same position, he felt the sudden sensation of being underwater, he could hear slow masked breathing, followed by the sound of bubbles with an underwater ambience. The pup couldn't help, but slowly open his eyes, his vision was filled with a light transparent purple. He tried moving his head, but found it almost impossible to do so. His moved his head slightly down, he appeared to be completely naked. He could also see his bare feet floating just below him, followed by a blinding light. Strange enough, he wasn't able to move his feet, toes, or legs. He didn't feel like anything, he felt as if he was nothing but a head. The pup slowly moved his head to face his arms, which were floating as well, he tried to move each of his fingers on borg of his paws, but they seemed to only disobey his commands.
"I see you've finally woken up." A male voice said.
The pup looked foward and saw a clear image of figure standing staring back at him. Despite the strange purple liquid he was floating in, he was able to identify the figure as being a lightly brown husky with darkish white fur running from in between his sky blue eyes, down to his muzzle and down his neck; disappeared beneath a white lab coat. His tail was half brown and half white, he also appeared to have a good patch of brown fur on his head.
"How are you feeling?" The husky asked in a gentle tone.
The pup couldn't help but nod his head in response.
"Good? Are you having any past thoughts? Any flashbacks? The husky asked.
The pup made a confused look, but shook his head in response.
"Hmm, can you move your body?" The husky asked.
The pup shook his head.
The figure chuckled gently and approached the pup. He removed what appeared to be a set of semi rimless spectacles, "It appears the memory wipe was successful, but for your sake, I suppose it was for the best," the husky said rubhing his chin as, he examined the pup. "The injections appear to have reacted nicely with your blood compared to the other test subjects." The husky said as, he put on his glasses.
"But that doesn't mean it won't turn against you." The husky sighed. "You're body is a ticking time bomb just waiting for your savage side take you over." A friendly grin formed on the husky's muzzle. "Lucky for you, I can prevent that from happening." The husky said, turning away from the pup. "Tomorrow, we're going to preform heart surgery to hopefully buff its capabilities to remove these side affects, although it's not guaranteed it will. I mean, you ARE the first successful test subject."
There was silence as, the husky thought to himself. The pup watched the husky with a puzzled expression. The husky placed his paws on his waist, and nodded his head as, he turned to face the pup. "You probably won't remember this, since I'm required to preform a secondary memory wipe after your surgery, but you must resist all of your instincts attempts to takeover, or the consequences will be dire. Though, I suppose it won't be a problem since you'll be housed here near my facilities." The husky said. "Good chat," the husky chuckled, as he turned around getting ready to leave. "Goodnight." He said, as the pup's mind went completely black.
The pup gasped as, he opened his eyes. He was staring up the brick wall he was punching, "I'm not a monster." The pup read the bloody text as, he looked his blood covered paws, which you shaking frantically, he didn't even notice he was out of breath, until he was able to calm himself down, he had also noticed it was raining. Before the pup could do anything else, he heard a loud tire screech, which brought up memories from the restaurant. He ran looked for somewhere to hide. Ironically, there was a dumpster close by, but instead of jumping inside, he hid behind it. He felt a cold breeze rush down the alleyway. He placed the sweaters hoodie over his head, and waited silently. He heard footsteps approaching before they suddenly stopped, he heard two voices one belonging to a female and one belonging to a male. Out of fear he ran, but as he ran, he accidentally bumped into a glass bottle on the ground, which fell and shattered. He knew the two mammals had now noticed him and heard them begin their chase after him.
"ZPD, STOP RUNNING!"
Confusing I know. :3