Isla Purgatory Prison, the highest security prison in Zootopia. Inside of its towering walls are held some of the most dangerous and hated criminals in the world.
Among the inmates, is Dawn Bellwether, sheep, last mayor of Zootopia before Edward Swift-Hoof, and mastermind of the Night Howler Crisis that rocked the city of Zootopia for months, splitting the relatively harmonious city between predators and prey, before she was exposed for her crimes by Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps, all through a ruse and a carrot pen/recorder that recorded her unwitting confession.
"The sooner I get out of here, the sooner I can exact my revenge on that fox and bunny… course I'll have to put my life back together, maybe change my identity completely and-"
"LET GO OF ME, NO ONE MAMMALHANDS DR. MULERSON!" Dr. Mulerson shouted as he was thrown into Bellwether's cell.
"You got a new roommate Dawn, try not to murder him… whole reason why he's been transferred to the high-security wing anyway." The prison guard said as he left the disgruntled mule in Dawn's cell.
"So… I'm Dawn, Dawn Bellwether-"
"I know who you are, and I'm certain that you know who I am." Dr. Mulerson said proudly.
"Well, you're a… mule. But I've never heard of you." Dawn said.
"Oh… I suppose that the Warden wouldn't keep you abreast of the outside world. Long story short, I'm a scientist and I wish to make my kind would be capable of… natural reproduction." Dr. Mulerson said.
"And the reason you're in the highest security prison in the country is because…?" Dawn asked.
"All 'ewe' need to know, is that at times my experiments… crossed some lines that people didn't appreciate. And to add insult to injury, I wasn't even arrested by a proper officer… just that fat cheetah of a receptionist-"
Dawn then began to giggle, apparently ignoring Dr. Mulersons terrible pun. "I'm sorry… but you were arrested by Clawhauser...? CLAWHAUSER?!" Dawn shouted as she fell on to the ground laughing.
"Yes, laugh it up lamb chop. Least I didn't cause race riots and… what was your end goal? Complete genocide of predators? Or just have them under such scrutiny that they we'd have the exact opposite of ancient times, with prey on top and predators living at the bottom in fear?" Dr. Mulerson said.
"I don't… I don't know, I had only gotten as far as darting preds with Night Howler extract before I was… before I was arrested." Dawn said, barely breathing through her laughter.
"No matter… my incarceration is temporary. For you see, I recently got a note from an anonymous source." Dr. Mulerson said as he presented the note in question to Dawn.
"Freedom belongs to the patient and the wise, and by extent. The bold and defiant, just do what you must, lucky numbers: 100, 41, 2." The note red.
"And what does that… wait… my cell number is 41!" Dawn said.
"That's an… impressively easy phone number to remember." Dr. Mulerson said.
"No, I mean this cell's number is 41, and 100… that could mean-" Dawn was then cut off as an enormous brown bear tore an equally large hole in the wall of the cell.
"AVON CAWWING!" The bear shouted as he gestured to a helicopter ladder.
"WHAT THE?!" Dawn shouted in surprise.
"Hey Kaww! Dewe bof hewe! De sheep and de muwe! Just wike he said!"
"And why should we go with you?!" Dawn said in surprise.
"Oh… so you WANT to stay in pwison? Weww, Kaww and I and getting paid wegawdwess. But if you want to spend de next few yeaws in hewe, den by aww means-"
"Bellwether! Swallow your prejudices, and get on the ladder." Dr. Mullerson said as he grabbed Dawn, and leaped onto the ladder.
"My name is Teddy Beawenstein, uh-hah-ha-ha. But my famiwy awways cawwed me Baby Beaw." Teddy said as they climbed towards the helicopter. "I got dem Kaww! Wet's get out of hewe befowe de pwison guawds catch on, and twy to stop us!" Teddy said as he and the liberated prisoners entered the helicopter.
"Not bad for an amateur. Now hold on to your tails, this ride will NOT be a comfy one." Karl, a wolf, and ex-Beta to the terrorist Hans Grubhund said. "And for the last time Teddy, my name is Karl!"
"Dat's what I've been saying! It's not my fauwt I have a speech impediment!" Teddy said in annoyance.
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Several hours later, the helicopter arrived at a secluded mansion. "Sorry, that took so long. We would have been here before the storm set in, but I couldn't chance the authorities catching on to our escape." Karl said as he landed the helicopter.
"So… why did your family refer to you as 'Baby Bear'?" Dawn asked nervously of the enormous bear.
"Weww mostwy fow de iwony... I mean wook at me. I'm a giant! And dis... speech impediment I've got. Wowd of advice, nevew twy to chew on a jaw bweakew!" Teddy explained as the four mammals exited the helicopter. It was raining, and Teddy opened an umbrella.
"I see, are you related to… THOSE Berensteins…? The bear crime family?" Dawn asked.
"Yes! De Tundwa Town Bewensteins...! Wight up untiw... untiw dat stupid fox and bunny got Mama and Papa kiwwed! And Bwodew and Sistew knocked into comas!" Teddy wailed as they approached a black wolf near the helipad. The wolf in question was wearing an expensive looking business suit. Though he did not seem bothered by the rain.
"Mr. Wolfski, Mr. Bearenstein. So good to see that your mission was a success and that you have brought Miss Bellwether and Dr. Mulerson to me undamaged." The black wolf said, sounding polite. But his voice carried a menacing and terrifying undertone that the young sheep couldn't help but take note of.
"W-Who are you?" Bellwether asked, hiding behind Dr. Mulerson.
"And why was she taken with me? I mean I have no real problems with preds… but she, on the other hand, I question the reasoning." Dr. Mulerson asked.
"Because despite her… opinions on predators, that ultimately condemned her, I have some uses for her that need not concern you, Doctor. As for who I am… call me Draco, Miss Bellwether. Draco Long-Fang, owner and CEO of Dragon Enterprises." Draco said.
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Several minutes later, Draco was sitting in a drawing room with Dawn, Karl, Teddy and Dr. Mulerson. "Now… I'll bet you're wondering why I have drawn you together. A terrorist with a vicious streak a mile wide, a giant childish bear and last… functioning member of a prominent crime family, a mule with delusions of grandeur far and above his station, and a sheep… who I believe doesn't need any introductions. Well, you're here so that I might answer these questions and more as I believe you need to know them." Draco said.
"Well, the question has crossed my mind… also; you only gave me your name when I asked. Not any further details of who you are… I don't think you would have answered any questions beyond name and occupation anyway." Dawn said.
"Well, for the immediate future it's like this. Delphine! Is the slideshow ready?" Draco said.
"Oui mousier Long-Fang!" A feminine voice with a French accent said. Then imagines started to appear over the fireplace.
"Oh no... HE'S GOING TO FOWCE US TO WATCH VACATION SWIDES!" Teddy shouted in terror.
"Baring that Delphine didn't mix up the pictures again. That should not the case… Delphine, you did remember to keep your picture collection out of the briefing?" Draco asked.
"Yes… I learned my lesson the last time I got my… 'Vacation' photos mixed up in these presentations." Delphine said.
"Now, while all of you have virtually nothing in common. But all of you are bound by one simple commonality… you've been humiliated or otherwise wronged by these two." Draco said as a slide showed a picture of Nick and Judy. "Nicolas Piberius Wilde, and Judith Lavern Hopps of the Zootopia Police Department."
"Blasted frauline nearly knocked out my teeth… and my Alpha left me to the mercy of that… that MONSTER rabbit!" Karl snarled.
"You need not speak of your scars Karl… however, that does bring me to my next point. I have a bit of a… personal vendetta against this bunny." Draco said as a slide showed a picture of Anna. "Anna Blackpaw… you need not know my specific reasons for why I want her to… suffer. Suffice it to say, she's much richer then you'd think. She's the owner of not just Blackpaw Publishing but also a number of other high yield industries across the world. If it has the Blackpaw paw on it, she either directly owns and/or operates it. Or it's helmed by one of her, distant 'nieces and nephews' or some other of toadie, that answer directly to her in a manner very similar to a feudal hierarchy… and a she's also a prominent supporter of this mammal." Draco said as the slide changed to a picture of Chief Bogo.
"Oh yeah… I think I met her at a fundraiser once. Back when Lionheart was running for mayor… she kept giving me a suspicious look that entire night." Bellwether said.
"But what are your intentions Mr. Long-Fang? Surely you did not free me from prison to rant." Dr. Mulerson said.
"Of course not… to put it simply my friends, we're going to assassinate Chief Bogo. Now on this next slide-"
"GOOD GWAVY! IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE SOMEONE'S FACE?! AND WHY IS HEW MOUF WED?! WHAT IS WWONG WITH THAT BUFFAWO!?" Teddy shrieked.
"I'm so glad I skipped lunch today," Dawn said in disgust.
"The lighting is awful!" Karl said.
"I've done some depraved things in my time… but NOTHING like that!" Mulerson said in shock.
Draco looked behind, and saw the slide had nothing to do with Chief Bogo… beyond that, the actual slide featerd a cape buffalo that had been brutally killed by Delphine, Draco's fox assistant. "Sorry sir…! I thought I left out the pictures from my last trip back home to New Orleans. I don't understand how this keeps happening!" Delphine said sheepishly as she changed slides.
"She uh… frequents haunted houses… sorry about the scare." Draco said, trying to cover up the real meaning behind the slide.
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Several days later, the five of them were crammed into an unmarked van. "Teddy… did you remember to use deodorant this morning?" Dawn said, trying to be civil as she sat directly beneath one of the giant bear's armpits.
"Yes, do you wike it? I dink its cawwed 'sawmon musk'. I know, it sounds mowe wike a cowogne den deodowant, but dat's what it said on de stick!" Teddy said.
"So that's why I've been smelling rotten fish this entire trip." Karl said.
"All right kits listen up!" Delphine said from the driver's seat. "You remember the parts you're supposed to play?"
"I hack into the ZPD security systems," Dawn said.
"I provide back up for Miss Bellwether." Dr. Mulerson said.
"I'm de muscwe!" Teddy said.
"And I get to pull the trigger on the buffalo," Karl said as he looked over his sniper rifle.
"Good, I'll be watching Karl's back while he makes the shot. With any luck, none of us will be caught. And the ZPD will be bereft of effective leadership." Delphine said.
"Yeah… I've been meaning to put this out there. But the mammal who heads the whole police department is the Commissioner… which Bogo isn't." Dawn said.
"Not for now… but if you had been paying attention little lamb, you'd know that Bogo has been campaigning to be made ZPD commissioner for some time now. At least a month now… and tonight is the perfect time to strike. He'll be making a speech, and that's when we'll strike." Delphine said with a gleeful smile.
"Fair enough… but I must the obvious question, are we there yet?" Dr. Mulerson asked.
"No, we're near the convention hall where the event is being held… but we need a good vantage point. Close enough that Wolfski can get a good shot at Bogo, and far enough away that security won't find us." Delphine said.
"A skyscraper or an apartment building at least should be enough for me to work with, just as long as I can get a clear shot at him," Karl said gleefully
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Later, Dawn, Dr. Mulerson, and Teddy were in the basement of the building Delphine ultimately chose to assassinate Bogo.
"So... Kaww is on de woof. Waiting fow Bogo?" Teddy asked, looking fidgety.
"That's been the idea since you broke me and Mulerson out of prison," Dawn said as she typed away on a laptop.
"Is... Bogo a nice buffawo?" Teddy asked.
"It really depends on who he's talking to. But, from what I remember he's a nice enough guy. Why are you asking?" Dawn asked.
"Weww... does Bogo have a famiwy?" Teddy asked.
"Well… yes, he does. A wife, named Imbali, and four daughters… in fact. I think Imbali's going to have more calves soon." Dawn said, realizing what she was saying.
"Don't let petty morality blind you. Bogo simply has, to die. In return, he'll help me with my research. You'll get help managing your family's criminal empire until your siblings can take control. Karl will get a new job… as well as you Miss Bellwether. I dare not speculate on what the price of failure would be if we do nothing." Dr. Mulerson said.
"B-B-But I wost my famiwy! Nobody ewse shouwd have to wose dewe pawents! I mean, in dis case, it wouwd just be one mammaw! But what about his wife and cawves! Does Imbawi have a job to faww back on? Awe any of Bogo's giwws owd enough to get steady if wow paying wowk? Why does-"
"These are questions unworthy of asking! Now shut up you stupid ursine! And let Dawn, do her work!" Dr. Mulerson said.
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Meanwhile, on the roof, Karl was laying down with the sniper rifle in his paws, as Delphine kept watch.
"So… how'd you get involved with Long-Fang? I wouldn't ask… but well. Learning that Vampires are real… gotta be an interesting story there." Karl asked.
"That depends, Monsieur Wolfski. Is Bogo in your sights?" Delphine asked.
"Nope… not yet anyway, he's not at the podium where he'll be giving his speech, he's just mingling." Karl said.
"Well, to make a long story short. There was this bunny, and she was a Vampire and… well, one thing led to another and she made me into a Vampire." Delphine said.
"Did you keep any pictures?" Karl asked.
"Why yes… though let me tell you, it was really hard to find an artist or a photographer that was willing to keep quiet about what we were doing back in the day. And of course, she burned most of them when she said that I was… going bats. Of course, thanks to some of Long-Fang's… experiments with that blood sample your old pack got. I've been more than able to-"
"Sorry to interrupt, but I got Bogo in my sights… should I take the shot now, or wait until he's finished?" Karl said.
"How about you don't take the shot at all?" A voice said. Karl looked up from his scope.
"What the…? You… YOU!" Karl snarled, recognizing Judy.
"Impossible! You should be down at the convention center…! And isn't that getup a bit… even after so many years, my English is garbage. Point is, isn't your outfit against ZPD regulations?" Delphine asked, noting that Judy was wearing, rather than her ZPD uniform.
Judy had on a black leather trench coat, some kind of black armor beneath that, a blue scarf, tight pants, gloves, and an eyepatch over her left eye, with purple streaked bangs over the missing eye in question.
"Yes… my outfit is outside of ZPD regs… good thing I'm not with the ZPD… anymore" Future Judy said as she used her daughter Pandora's prototype Time and Space Displacement Device to freeze both of them. "And let me tell you, it was a headache figuring out how to prevent you from killing Bogo. My first few dozen jumps, I used to figure out where the assassin's bullet came from. After a few false starts, I finally found out that it was you… and now. I get to do something that's haunted me for years, or for about a week or so, my memories are wonky in places… but it's preventing Bogo's assassination." Judy said.
"So you were screwing around with the past!" Pandora said, Judy's hybrid-clone daughter, as she arrived through a time portal.
"…you put some kind of tracking program in this didn't you?" Judy asked.
"Yes, and let me tell you. It wasn't easy to program a cross-temporal tracking algorithm… not to say I had any real problems, it was just tricky figuring out how to track it all together. But that's beside the point. What do you think you're doing here?" Pandora asked.
"I'll explain, but this… what did I do to them exactly?" Judy asked.
"Temporal Freezing, I'd explain the science but I know It'd just go over your head. Not because you're dumb, it's just that I know that you don't really understand the theoretical stuff. And we MIGHT be pressed for some time." Pandora said.
"Well the Temporal Freezing on them won't last long, and I have to get Karl's gun as far away from him as I can," Judy said.
"Ah, so you're going to change history… much like you did already?" Pandora said.
"That depends, how much about the universe I came from do you know about?" Judy said in aggravation.
"Absolutely nothing... my equipment is mainly for time travel, not alternate timelines," Pandora said.
"Well if you must know, Robot Apocalypse. The last thing I saw from THAT timeline was you dying from shrapnel to your heart thanks to your roboticized Uncle Davies! And Nick barley keeping the doors up, as robots were bursting into the bunker and it didn't help because they got in any way! So if you followed me here to try to claim the moral high ground about time travel. Then please, go right ahead I won't stop you from rambling." Judy ranted.
"Oh… mom, I was just curious. I-I didn't know… I didn't mean to-"
"No, no Pandora. Your right, why not stop the event that got Bogo killed, nearly led Zootopia to ruin, Long-Fang nearly takes over the city, and he turned your father into a near brain dead vegetable! Because let me tell you something! I DID NOT LEAVE MY HUSBAND AND ONLY DAUGHTER AND CHILD PERIOD TO DIE TO ROBOTS FOR A WORLD LIKE THAT! EXPECIALY ONE, WHERE THE ONLY TIME YOUR FARTHER IS COHERENT IS WHEN HE RECOLLECTS TRAUMATIC MEMORIES! AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS RAMBLING ABOUT PUDDING AND BLUEBERRIES!" Judy ranted, tears streaming out of her good eye.
"Mom… I'm sorry, I just… I was just confused about why the TSDD transported me to the wrong year when I used it. I mean… why didn't you just say up front that you were from a different future? I never wanted to open old wounds for you… and telling me in the first place could have avoided that." Pandora said, Judy, said nothing as she cried. "Oh… mom, I… this isn't really a good time to cry." Pandora said as she noticed that Karl and Delphine were starting to move from the Temporal Freezing.
"I'm sorry Pan… when I learned what happened to Bogo and Zootopia… and Nick, I… I just couldn't sit on my tail and do nothing-"
"Mom, deal with assassins who probably wouldn't be against killing us, even if you weren't trying to interfere with their work, apologetic blubbering latter… like when we get back to the future." Pandora said as Karl and Delphine broke free of the Temporal Freezing.
"Karl, line up your shot, leave them to me," Delphine said as she turned into her monstrous Vampire form.
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Meanwhile, at the convention center, Judy and Nick were listening to Bogo's speech. Judy was enraptured. While Nick was struggling to stay awake. "You know Carrots… I'm glad you're happy. Cause let me tell you, I've only understood like… a fifth of what he's said so far." Nick said.
"He's just trying to get across what he'll do as commissioner," Judy said.
"I got that… but isn't he that already? I mean he's chief of Precinct 1, and he kept the city together during the Night Howler Scare, I mean for crying out loud… I don't even know offhand how a police commissioner works in this city. And I don't really care if I'm honest… unless it concerns my paycheck." Nick said in irritation.
"Well it depends on the city; in some, it's a police chief, in others it's a civilian manager or overseer," Judy said.
"Aren't those technically the same thing…? I swear. I'd rather listen to Davies ramble off his ideas for new books or Monty the Penguin adventures-" Then a loud shot rang out, knocking Bogo on his back. "OKAY! I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT TO HAPPEN!" Nick shouted in shock.
"We gotta help Bogo! And find whoever fired that shot!" Judy said.
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"Oh… thank goodness, the shot didn't hit him… not his brain at least." Judy said as she looked through the scope of Karl's sniper rifle, seeing as Bogo stood up with part of his right horn missing.
Pandora was struggling with Delphine's undead strength. "You are strong little one… but what are you I wonder?" Delphine gloated.
"Yeah… you wouldn't believe me even if I told you." Pandora said as Delphine forced her to the ground.
"Oh don't worry my petite fille… this won't hurt me in the least." Delphine said as she slowly drew blood from Pandora's face.
"Mom… this fox is being creepy. Like… well, you remember those Hannibal movies…? I feel like it's going to end like that!" Pandora said in terror.
"I'm sorry, I have my paws full," Judy said as Karl restrained her on the ground
"I don't know what's going on here rabbit, but we're going to finish out job!" Karl said.
"Hmm… a unique vintage, one that seems to be… bunny AND fox?! As much as I hate to keep blood from my lips, I believe that this blood should be saved for later… if only to answer questions." Delphine said as she licked her lips, then she removed a test tube, and put some of Pandora's blood into it.
"Please tell me your done playing around? Bogo's not dead yet and-"
"And you're not touching him!" Judy said as she kicked Karl off of her. "And you! Step away from my daughter, or you will get a splitting headache!" Judy said as she hefted up Karl's sniper rifle.
Delphine just looked dismissive as she put away the test tube of Pandora's blood. "Oh please little bunny, you can barely hold the thing properly-" Delphine's head then exploded into a mess of gore.
"Yeah… not my first time using a weapon meant for larger mammals." Judy said as she removed the clip from the smoking rifle, and threw both over the edge of the building. "Now… let's get out of here Pandora. With any luck, nobody but these screwballs will know that we were ever here… just got to get off a quick text that the assassin and his team are here." Judy said as she quickly texted a message on a smartphone.
"And… and no more messing around with the past? Changing things just because you don't like how the future turned out?" Pandora said as she used her STDD to heal over the scar Delphine had made.
"That'll depend on the need, and even then. It'll be just things effect AFTER the Night Howler Crisis. For now, I'll leave my younger self alone… as much fun as it would be to stroll down memory-"
"Yeah, I'm big on nostalgia too. Now let's leave before we get Swinton elected city mayor, or worse President." Pandora said as she opened a time portal back to the late 2030's.
"One of these days, you're going to enjoy yourself beyond inventing in a cramped little apartment." Judy said as she blinked back with the prototype TSDD.
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"So let me see if I understand what happened… Judy Hopps prevented you from taking the killing shot, and the worst you did was nick one of Bogo's horns?" Draco said the following day as he; Dawn, Teddy, and Karl were in his office.
"Yes sir… but at the same time, it wasn't the same Hopps that was defiantly inside of the convention center. What's more, she had help from another mammal, claiming to be her daughter… despite not looking remotely like a bunny. And some strange tech that… I think controlled time." Karl said.
"Right… and Delphine got a sample off of this mystery mammal. In spite of her… splitting headache from the ordeal." Draco said.
"Why would a headache even stop her?" Dawn whispered to Teddy, who just shrugged. Neither mammals knowing that Delphine was a Vampire, and had in fact survived her head being blown off by Future Judy.
"With any luck, Mulersons report will be-"
"Sir! You would not believe the results on that blood sample!" Dr. Mulerson said as he burst into the office.
"You'd be amazed as to what I believe in Doctor… so what did you find?" Draco asked.
"Well, it's definitely hybridized rabbit and fox DNA. But what's more… it's an exact copy of Subject A113. The only one of my early cloning experiments to survive… unfortunately she was stolen from me by her… 'gene donor's'." Dr. Mulerson explained.
"…they wouldn't be Nick and Judy would they?" Dawn asked.
"OF COURSE…! Still don't understand why predator and prey DNA bonded so well, and the other subjects degraded so fast when hybridized with close genetic relatives. I mean the attempts with Saxton Hale and the Chimerasaurs-"
"Doctor, can this blood sample still be usable?" Draco interrupted.
"More or less, it might take a while to remove Delphine's saliva from the sample. But I believe I can make it viable for further testing, perhaps even cloning with the right equipment." Dr. Mulerson said.
"Good… then at the very least. Something can be salvaged from this disaster. Now go… I wish to speak to Bellwether in private. Everyone, leave." Draco said, eventually everyone but Dawn and himself had left. "Now… do you know why I broke you out of prison along with Mulerson?" Draco asked.
"… I was in the same cell that was broken into?" Dawn asked.
"That was… a fortunate coincidence. But no, see… while many predators resent and hate you for what you did. I for one am rather impressed. You nearly brought Zootopia to its knee's… and with only three rams, an old train car, chemistry equipment, some flowers and a dart gun. I could use someone as resourceful and cunning as you at my side." Draco said.
"Okay… why…? I was under the impression that Delphine was you're… second in command?" Dawn asked.
"She's more a glorified secretary if I'm honest… fox is FAR too crazy for her own good. Doesn't help that she can rant at the drop of a hat about one of her exes… for HOURS on end, really I've kept her around all this time to… forgive me. I'm rambling. My point is I want you to help me manage my organization. I'll make it more than worth your while." Draco said ominously.
"…can I have some time to think about it?" Dawn asked nervously.
"Hmm… I will grant you three days' time to think on my offer. You will be permitted the use grounds of my mansion for that time. Also, you are forbidden to leave… not out of malice mind you. It's just that I'd rather not risk anyone figuring out where you are, and bringing the officials to come down on my head. You are also free to leave my presence if you wish." Draco said, Dawn left the office without another word. Draco then removed a bottle from under his desk. "Annabeth Inle, better known to the rest of the world in recent years as Anna Blackpaw… I'm closing in around you little rabbit, my Long Hunt is coming to its end. And after one-thousand years of keeping ten steps ahead of you… I'll have my vengeance for what you did to my family, my home… and forced me to become this… creature." Draco said to himself as he uncorked the bottle of rabbit's blood. "To your long delayed execution, my old nemesis… by my claws." Draco said as he voraciously downed the bottle.
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"-so it will be awhile before the glue sets." Doctor Arma said to Bogo as he lay in a hospital bed, recovering from his attempted assassination.
"Fair enough… but who's going to manage Precinct 1 while I'm cooped up in here?" Bogo asked.
"Not a clue on that Chief Bogo. But regardless, you have a visitor." Doctor Arma said, and in entered Anna Blackpaw.
"Doctor, please leave us. I wish to speak to Bogo in private." Anna said curtly to Doctor Arma. He quickly shuffled out of the room. "So… how's my favorite cape buffalo doing?" Anna said cheerfully.
"Did you find any evidence of who wanted me dead?" Bogo asked in exhaustion.
"Wow… as terrible at small talk as ever. Come on, at least drop the big tough guy you big thirteen-hundred pound softy." Anna said.
"Huh… I have a splitting headache. And I'm stuck in here until the glue in my fractured horn heals. Speaking of which, did you find any evidence of who wanted me dead?" Bogo said.
"You were a lot more fun before you became a police chief… at any rate. I got an anonymous text from someone about the building where the assassins had set up the shot. I went there… after Judy and Nick looked the place over; apparently they both got the same text. There they found the weapon, and some prints that… officially speaking could take days if not longer for them to figure out on their own." Anna explained.
"And you?" Bogo asked.
"There was blood on the roof, one from a mammal species I don't recognize and one… of an old 'friend' that I thought I had left behind. And hoped was truly dead." Anna said.
"Anything else, like names for instance?" Bogo asked.
"You know it doesn't work that way. But I picked up the scents of a mule, a bear… that might have been swimming in putrid fish guts, at any rate; there was also a wolf, a Vampiric fox… and a sheep. Dawn Bellwether." Anna said, saying Dawn's full name with venom.
"So… that break out from Isla Purgatory wasn't just random. And how would you even recognize her smell?" Bogo asked.
"I know the smell if the Bellwether family… those benighted sheep have been a thorn in my side, and a blight on Zootopia since the cities founding. They've used fear, and coercion to try to solidify power in the city. To push laws that would have ground predator's under-hoof into a sick reversal of the old order of things… and Dawn almost succeeded where her forbearers failed miserably." Anna explained.
"Look, I didn't see Dawn as anything more than just a quirky, overworked and underappreciated sheep before her arrest. And you can't just blame her actions as sins of the father." Bogo said.
"I know! Forgive me, but I've sunk FAR too much into Zootopia for it to fail. Especially not as that ewe exploited a crisis she ultimately created to… ultimately what I don't know. But if it was even a reversal of my mortal youth! I cannot abide anyone who'd seek such a horrid thing!-"
"Are you going somewhere with this?" Bogo interrupted.
"Right… sorry, as I was saying. There was a wolf at the sight… Karl Wulfski, and his scent was on the weapon that almost killed you."
"Oh no… that wolf that you tortured after the Christmas party at City Hall, the beta that said that Wulfhund was hired by?-"
"Yes, but now I'm certain of it, now more than ever. Draco Long-Fang is alive… as much as I am. But still, if he's around. Then… well we have to do something!" Anna said.
"Ms. Blackpaw… Anna, it isn't that I don't believe you. But even if Draco Long-Fang really has, somehow survived his death a thousand years ago… where would we even look? I mean… even I can tell that whoever was behind this has the resources to not only try to pull it off. But break out both Bellwether, and Dr. Mulerson from the highest security prison on Earth." Bogo said.
"That… that is a fair point. I'll contact them both, and give them the details I've uncovered." Anna said.
"… do they-"
"Yes actually… in fact they learned the same night they asked me about the Stampede of Doom and… well, they don't know that you, or Benjamin know that I'm a Vampire. And… until they strictly need to know that you know, and Ben knows, it should be kept a secret." Anna said.
"…does Davies know? I mean… you're both an item of sort's right?" Bogo asked. Anna looked nervous and flighty.
"Uh… oh, look at the time! I promised that I'd actually be at Blackpaw Publishing's office today! I got to get a move on, here's some assorted chocolates, don't worry. I kept Josephus from replacing these with droppings this time!" Anna said as she dropped a box on Bogo's lap and ran out the door, completely dodging Bogo's question.
"I'm going to take that as a 'no he does not know I'm a Vampire'… oh! Peanut butter chocolates, she remembered that those were my favorites!" Bogo said as he opened the box and ate the chocolates.