Chapter Six: A Matter of Life and Death

A/N: Two chapters in two days?! That's crazy!

Depending on how fast I can put these out, this may be my last chapter for a week as I'm heading out to San Diego Comic Con for the weekend.

PizzaSteve3902 Brought up a point about the dome cracking. That if a blimp explodes from the inside and makes a crack in it, then a missile from the army should crack it from the outside. At first, I thought I made a mistake and apologized for it, but thinking about it, the physics are actually on my side.

The one thing I didn't detail good enough was that the explosion happened near one of the tips of the six connecting points which would be the weakest spot. That said, physics state that it's plausible that the dome could be cracked or shattered from the inside. A dome is very similar to an arch. The strength of an arch is that as each piece curves to the top, it rests upon each other and strengthens it better than any wall or roof can. This means any pressure put on it is shared by all the parts that rest together. That's why when you see old relics, often parts that are still intact have an archway.

However, putting pressure on the opposite end would have the reverse effect and give way much easier.. Hence, the crack. Nick even says to Trunk that the dome is impenetrable "from the outside". So, I think I covered that up okay.

BTW, don't expect this story to be a long one. The first two-thirds is all climax followed by a ton of epilogues showing the future of the Wilde family. I should be done in under ten chapters.

Earlier in the evening, at the Hopps Home...

Bonnie laid on the bed. Spots had Bonnie's dress off and her legs up as she was preparing to give birth.

Bonnie grunted as she pushed. "HNNNNNHH! Why now?! I just showered and put on fresh clothes!"

"Just breathe!" Spots said. She then noticed she was surrounded by some of Bonnie's younger sons and daughters. "Will you get outta here! She's giving birth!"

"It's okay." Bonnie said. "They've always been allowed to view it. Giving both is a natural, wonderful thing."

"But I can't be the midwife here! We need someone who's done this before!" Spots looked at the kids. "You! Get me a bucket of water and some washcloths annnd...you! Find one of your teenage or adult sisters and get her the hell over here!"

The kids took off running, but it didn't take long for the first kit to start to come out. "It's coming!" Bonnie yelled.

"Does it hurt?" Spots asked.

"As many as I've had? They practically fly out. I've had poops more painful than this. Speaking of, don't be surprised if that happens."

"You're gonna poop?!"

"Not now, but maybe before it's over. I have to push so sometimes it happens."

"Oh God! How can you be giving birth now?! You just announced you were pregnant a week ago!"

"I was just over two weeks pregnant at the time and the gestation period for a rabbit is about a month. In fact, these ones are coming out a little early."

"No wonder you have about a billion kids...I see the first one! Push!"

Bonnie pushed and Spots pulled out the first kit. Sadly, it was bad news for Bonnie. "It's stillborn. I'm sorry."

Bonnie cried. "Nick was right! I knew it! I'm too old to be getting pregnant! Oh God! What if they're all dead?!"

"We don't know that yet. Keep pushing!"

Meanwhile, the ten year-old Stan Hopps that Spots talked to, went to one of his big sisters room. He knocked on the door. "Go Away!" said the teenage bunny girl from the other side.

Stan opened the door slightly. "Mom's giving birth!"

Joanne Hopps had her headphones on and was listening to her favorite boy band, "WHAT?!"

"MOM NEEDS YOUR HELP!"

"UGH! Tell her I'll be down to help her cook in a second!"

"Unnnh. I don't think that's what she needs but...okay!" Stan shut the door behind him. He knocked on his other big sister's room. All he got back was "I'm on the phone!"

"Whatever." said Stan. He went over to another of his big sister's room. "Hey Jackie! Mom needs..."

The teenage bunny was bawling her eyes out. "Can't you see I'm going through an emotional trauma?! My boyfriend dumped meeee! WAAAAAAH!"

Stan gave up. "Screw this! I'm gonna go play Fartnight!"

Meanwhile, Spots was helping with the other kits. "I see the second one....GASP! It's kicking!"

"Oh thank goodness!"

Spots helped pull the kit out. "It's a boy!...He's not breathing! I hear a heartbeat though. We gotta do something!"

Bonnie had an idea. "He's probably drowning on the fluid! The bathroom next door! It s has a eyedropper! Wash it out!"

"I get you!" Spot took the kit with her and ran to the bathroom. She washed off the eyedropper and used it to suck the fluid out of the kits lungs. "C'mon! C'mooon!" She pressed the air out of the eyedropper and pressed it deep down the throat of the kit and let go of the bulb so it sucked the fluid out of the lungs.

She sucked out as much fluid as she could. She rubbed the baby bunnies chest and it started coughing up more fluid and breathing on his own. "He's breathing!" Spots said as she ran back into the room.

Spots ran into the room and was surprised that a third one popped out and Bonnie was already breastfeeding it.

"Thank you so much dear!"

"Looks like I was late to the third one."

"It's a girl. Very healthy too. I'm gonna call her...Vivian."

Spots shed a tear. "AWWW! Th-thanks."

"What are you going to name the boy?"

"Really?! I can name him?!"

"You earned it."

Spots let the bunny boy suck on her finger. "Lucky. I think I'll call him Lucky."

The boy with the bucket of water and washcloths came back. Spots was encouraging to him. "Good job! High five!"

The bunny boy was happy as he high-fived Spots.

Bonnie was worried. "What's taking the girls so long?"

Spots smiled with confidence. "Who cares? We got this!"

Bonnie smiled back. "Yes. Yes we do!"

A half hour later, Bonnie was almost done. She had nine kits so far. Three of them stillborn. One of them missing it's legs and one had down syndrome.

"You still have any left?" Spots asked.

"I...I can feel one."

"Then push!"

"...No."

"What?! Why?!"

Bonnie started to cry. "Because this will be the last onnnnne! SNIFF! I've almost never known a time I wasn't barefoot and pregnant! I'm addicted to it. Once this baby comes out, I'll never know the feeling of having a little life inside of me."

"But you said it yourself. You're too old! You can't keep doing this! Some of the babies didn't make it and some of the others have complications!"

"I know! It's just..."

"Let me ask you a question. Do you like having sex with grandpa?"

"That's rather personal, but...yes."

"Vaginal sex?"

"Good God Vivian!"

"Just answer the question."

"Yes! A lot!"

"Buuuut...when you're pregnant, that's not the same is it?"

"No. I have to wait awhile."

"And now you and Stu can do what you do all day long without the risk of getting pregnant. I'm telling you, you'll be like teenagers again!"

Bonnie giggled. "We already are. I won't go into details but we...stained the hell out of your dad's van."

"Look...Mom was all excited for me to be a cop or a UBC champion but...having my little siblings around me made me realize something...I just wanna be a mom. Like you."

"Really?!"

"Yeah. When James graduates college and has a good job, I'm gonna have him knock me up all the time. You can live vicariously through me!"

Bonnie giggled. "Okay then! Here goes...one final time." She pushed and grunted as hard as she could. "HNNNH!"

Pbbbrrrrtt!

"Grandma!"

"Relax dear. Just a fart."

"Thank God. Now push!"

She pushed hard again and the last kit came out of Bonnie and into Spots' paws.

"Pant!...Pant!...Is it healthy?!" Bonnie asked.

"Yeah! It's...It's a boy!"

"That's wonderful! I hope..."

"Wait! No...It's a...girl?"

"...What?!"

"HOLY CRAP! It's both! Look!"

Bonnie took a good look and sure enough, the baby bunny had a set of testicles with a tiny slit underneath. "It's a hermaphrodite! I never had one of those before!"

"Well what do we name him...or her?"

"I...I don't know! It should be a gender neutral name."

"Right! It has both sexes, but we don't know it's gender yet. My boyfriend's mom is named Terry. She's transsexual and the name fits for both males and females."

"Terry it is then." Bonnie said with a smile. "Spots. Can you keep a secret?"

"Sure. "

"Well...I don't like to play favorites."

"I do." Spots joked.

"You...are the best granddaughter I ever had. I mean it."

Spots carefully hugged Bonnie. "Awww grandma!"

Just then, Stu finally came in. "Bonnie Dear! I've been looking everywhere for you! Can you help me put on this...holy flaming carrots! You had the kits?!"

"About time you showed up Stu!" Bonnie said.

"You didn't call me!"

"I left my phone on our bed."

Spots leaned over and kissed her grandma on the forehead. "I'm gonna go find my siblings. I'll see you later. Love you! MMMWAH!"

"Love you too dear!"

Stu noticed that three of the kits were not moving. "Are those ones stillborn?"

"SNIFF!...Yes."

"I'm...I'm sorry." Stub grabbed Spots' arm on the way out. "I...I wanna thank you for delivering my kits into the world tonight. Tell Nick I owe him a new van. Me and Bonnie. We umm...stained it beyond repair."

"Just what the hell did you do?!" Spots said.

Bonnie explained. "He was like one of those wacky water weasels you put on your front lawn and the hose goes flying everywhere!"

"Jeez Bonnie! You don't have to be so graphic! Anyway, it's gonna cost me, but I'm gonna pay for it out of my own pocket tomorrow. Okay?!"

"Unnnnh...okay I guess." Spots said as she left.

Stu turned to Bonnie. "And I mean it! It's coming out of MY pocket. I can't take any money from the charity."

"Really?"

"Bonnie...The charity money goes to the victims of the hawk attacks. The mothers and fathers who's children died due to my negligence. I can't take money from that!"

Bonnie smiled. "Now THERE'S the man I married. Oh! And Terry here has both parts!"

"You mean we got a herm?"

"Yup!"

"Wow! How about that?!...I missed out again. This is the fifth time!"

"I saved you two to name."

"Aww! I love you dear."

The two kissed. And Stu took a good look at his new children.

Bonnie teared up. "Our final babies!"

"Yeah...But not the final time we'll hold babies."

"Yeah...Yeah!" Bonnie smiled. "We get to be grandparents and our kids will have all the babies and we get to spoil the hell out of them while they have to deal with their worst moments."

"Ha-Ha! Yeah!"

The two laid in the bed together with their new kits surrounding them. They talked and kissed for the next hour.

Later, in the Zootopia Maximum security prison...

Finnick was lying against the wall that Rusev threw him into. He was beginning to stir. He looked over at Jake who was barely moving and breathing. "Jake. You okay brother?"

"COUGH! I-I'm alive...for now. I'm bleedin' out."

"Hang in there man! There should be someone that can help!"

"Dude. We're deep in a prison and all the guards have left. I'm COUGH!...I'm done for."

Just then, the door in the hallway opened and for a sliver of a moment, Finnick had hope. It was quickly dashed when he saw who it was.

"Finnick K. Fox. AKA Big Ears!" said Lionheart. "It's a pleasure to finally meet you!" The lion was accompanied by two tigers and a wolf guard.

Finnick's tough guy persona died as he became overcome with fear. "L-Lionheart!"

"Ah! Ah! Ah! KING Lionheart! But let's forget the formalities for now. YOU are about to be the mammal of the hour. I'm about to make you the face of the predator resistance!"

"I already was once. It cost me a dear friend."

Lionheart picked up Finnick by the scruff of his neck. The lion was so large compared to Finnick that it seemed like forever before they met eye to eye. "Now look Finnick. I'm about to give you the opportunity of a lifetime! You do this one favor for me and you'll be in the history books."

"Wh-What do you want me to do?"

"You'll see! Come with us."

As they were heading further in, the wolf guard stopped and noticed Jake was still alive. "Hey boss! This guy's still kickin' but barely. Ya want me to get rid of him?!"

Leo thought about it. "Yeah. Take him to his cell and kill him. Send a message to any who would fight against me."

"You got it."

The guard dragged Jake away. The fox tried to fight, but he was too weak. "No...Please!"

As they got out of the hallway, Jake noticed something. "Wait...You're not going anywhere near my cell. Wh-What's going on?"

The guard quieted him. "Shhhhh! Relax pal. I'm taking you to get some medical help. Name's Gary. I'm one of the good guards. Well, not EXACTLY an official guard. I was put in undercover by Bogo. Yer friends Manchas and what's left of the Wilde Boys are near the prey wing and have joined up with the prey. We now outnumber Lionheart's men and are getting set to stage a coup."

Meanwhile, Lionheart arrived at the cell Dawn Bellwether was hiding in. The ewe was panicking. "NO! NONONONO! Please! Leave me alone!"

Lionheart looked at his two tiger guards. "I need to have heart to heart with Finnick. Leave us."

The tigers bowed and left. Lionheart got down on one knee to talk to Finnick. "Tell me Finnick. What was life like in the short time when Dawn was the mayor?"

Finnick didn't lie. "It...It was hell. Me and Nick were viewed as criminals no matter where we went. Made it hard for us to put on the charm and con people. I was spat on just for bein' a fox. When I walked past a bunny or even a beaver, they'd clutch their purses tighter. They'd call the police on us just for walking in the park."

"And who caused you to be so distrusted?!" Lionheart pointed at Bellwether. "HER! She was the one who had a group of rams injecting random predators with Nighthowler! I tried to save this city from the panic of the savage predators by kidnapping the infected and trying to find a cure! But she...SHE was the disease the whole time!"

Dawn was sobbing. "I'm sorry for what I did! Nick forgave me! We're friends now! Her daughter is my niece!"

Lionheart laughed. "Oh please! Nick is so soft he'd forgive the devil himself. You can't take back what you did to this city! You caused so much distrust and prejudice!"

"You made things ten times worse tonight!" Dawn spat back.

Lionheart lightly patted Finnick on the back. "That woman is the cause of all of your troubles. Her actions are the reason you're in jail now! You wouldn't have gone so 'anti-prey' if it wasn't for her! It's all on her!"

Finnick looked angry. "Yeah...YEAH! The bitch!"

Lionheart smiled. "Yes...YES!" He then handed Finnick a weapon. "Here's a nice shiv. Kill her and bring me her head!"

Finnick looked nervous. "I...I don't."

"Think about it! Everything she's done that's made your life hell! If you kill her, you'll be the most celebrated predator this city has ever seen! Why...Ha!-Ha! You might even upstage me! Look you don't even have to bring me the head if it's too messy. Just her body and I'll cut it off myself."

Finnick shook his head up and down. "Alright...I'll do it."

Lionheart was delighted. "THAT'S MY BOY! Now get in there and finish her off!"

As Finnick squeezed between the bars, Dawn got more and more scared. "No! P-Please no! Oh God!"

Th ewe was a bit bigger than the fennec fox, but not by much. Finnick has strength on his side. Dawn tried to run around the cell, but Finnick cut her off and punched her in the stomach. He shoved her to the floor and got on top of her. Finnick put the shiv to her throat.

Dawn begged for her life. "Please! PLEASE I'm so sorry! Don't do it! Nick will never forgive you!"

Leo Lionheart was delighted. "Yes! YES! Do it! Stab the shit out of her!"

Dawn was still begging. "Please! PLEASE! I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry!"

Finnick had her pinned down and held the shiv above her. "Oh you're sorry hunh?! You're sorry?! Well I'm not! I'm not the least bit sorry for what I'm about to do!"

He took the razor sharp shiv, turned and threw it was hard as he could with perfect aim. It landed so deep into Lionheart's throat that the tip poked out the other side. All that Lionheart could get out was "Aackk! Aaaack!"

Finnick sneered at the lion. "Now THAT is called a hustle, motherfucker!"