In the year 2038, Judy Hopps was sitting before a holographic computer screen. She was wearing a tank top as she looked over old footage of her old adventures when she was the ZPD's first bunny officer, specifically, the events that saw the downfall of Draco Long-Fangs criminal organization, all the while taking a swig of carrot juice as she looked over the old footage.
"Man... Nick and I got into some crazy things back then." Judy said fondly to herself as she kicked up her feet.
"Commander Hopps, your daughter Pandora is aboard the Helicarrier." A robotic voice said.
"Wow, I think this the first time she's EVER been on time for anything. Let her-"
"Already let myself in mom," Pandora said as she entered Judy's office. "And yes, I actually remembered to make something for you for ounce," Pandora said as she placed a cake on Judy's desk.
"You used the Time and Space Displacement Device to get all this made in time didn't you?" Judy said with an amused look on her face.
"...fine, I literally remembered this a minute before I arrived! So I used the TSDD to make the carrot cake, and get onboard the Helicarrier. Curse my inability to deliberately lie to you!" Pandora said in irritation.
"Now why would you do a thing, like lie to me? I'm your mother after all." Judy said.
"We already had this argument when I was, what, thirteen, fourteen years old? I'm not getting on THAT again. So what are you doing anyway?" Pandora asked.
"Just strolling down memory lane, the safe way anyway, you know without a time machine," Judy said as she looked at footage of what seemed to be Nick and Judy fighting wolves in a museum.
"Huh... you know, I don't think you and dad ever talked about the Battle of Zootopia much. I mean, I know the basics about it. Draco Long-Fang launched an attack on the city. But neither of you really talk about it." Pandora said.
"Oh, it was... chaotic. The entire city was under siege by forces from Dragon Enterprises. Clones augmented with cybernetics that pumped Night Howler extract into them. Robotized mammals, made by Mulersons version of Selene's nanobots, pretty much the entire Blackpaw family was culled, and... and my capture." Judy said.
"Oh... well how was-"
"It was awful, just awful, the things that... that mule did to me... excuse me a moment." Judy angrily said as she walked over to a punching bag, and began to savagely punch it. Snarling in rage until it exploded.
"That... that bad?" Pandora asked, stunned and covered in sand.
"Yes... now as to what I was doing before you got here. I was watching footage of the Zootopia Museum during the Sagittarius Incident. A magical statue was found in Greece, and thieves stole it during the unveiling and... Well, one thing led to another. Suffice it to say, Davies has been crippled ever since." Judy recollected.
"I... cake!?" Pandora said anxiously as she showed the cake to her mother.
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Later that day, Pandora was in her apartment, working on her Time and Space Distortion Device. "Miss Pandora, I know that you said you wanted no interruptions... but there is a caller who is insistent on speaking with you." Clancy, Pandora's Assistant AI said.
"Just give me a moment... put them on," Pandora said, and on her computer screen appeared a bunny with metal colored skin, black ears, green eyes, and green and blue electrical lines running up and down her body.
"Salutations Pandora, how is my creator doing this day?" The robotic rabbit asked.
"Elizabeth, how's the music world treating you?" Pandora asked.
"It is wonderful! I thought that mammals would not care for my music because I am a robot. But my single has already reached Platinum status; I am... surprised by this development. But it is not unwelcome." Elizabeth said.
"And you said the singing lessons from Auntie Sally would be useless," Pandora said.
"I did not actually say that. I merely questioned why I would need such lessons. Especially since, as I and Miss Samuel quickly learned. Conventional singing lessons and methods do not really apply to robots such as myself, I am grateful that not only was I wrong. But that she was patient, and figured out how to build upon my abilities as a robot to better sing." Elizabeth said.
"Well good for you, I'd love to chat. But I have-"
"You have not answered MY questions Pandora. What are you doing?" Elizabeth asked.
"Oh... just working on some modifications to the TSDD, nothing major just... just trying to integrate Clancy into it," Pandora said, crossing her fingers behind her back.
"I see... and why would you want to do this?" Elizabeth asked.
"Well, it's to better help with time traveling. Like, you remember that time I brought you along to Woodstock, and you stole the entire show... well it's to try to avoid things like that whilst time traveling." Pandora said.
"I see... well I will not take up any more of your time. Goodbye!" Elizabeth said as the call ended.
"Was there a reason why you didn't just tell her what you intend to do? Go back and time and aid with the Battle of Zootopia?" Clancy asked.
"Because she would have told mom, and I may well get ANOTHER lecture on messing around with the space-time continuum," Pandora said as she went back to working on the TSDD.
"But... all she said that you should be careful. She even used your TSDD prototype to change the past as well, TWICE even." Clancy pointed out.
"Uh... okay integrating your CPU and logical matrices into the TSDD now!" Pandora said as she soldering a small part into the TSDD.
"Do not change the-WHOA NELLY!" Clancy said.
"So... how's it looking?" Pandora asked.
"I'll... I'll explain when you get to 2018... for now... for now, all you need to know. Is that I have a splitting headache." Clancy said groggily.
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In 2018, at the Zootopia Museum, the unveiling of the Sagittarius Statue had evolved into a firefight between the ZPD, a gang of thieves lead by Hans Grubhund, and a cult that worshiped the statue.
"Okay, Anna... what's the big deal about this thing?" Judy asked of Anna Blackpaw, as she and Nick were in cover.
"About two-hundred and fifty years ago in Greece. The Sons of Sagittarius, the cult that's crashed this party along with Grubhund. Summoned Sagittarius, and sought to take over the world. I stopped them by sealing Sagittarius into the statue, and in turn hiding it away somewhere, where I thought it couldn't be found again. Complete with a gauntlet of dangerous booby traps." Anna explained.
"Well that's archeology for ya, they can get past anything. But don't even ask why they were so well protected in the first place!" Nick said as he returned fire.
"The only reason I even came here today, was to try to buy the statue! To keep it safe in my basement!" Anna said.
"Well, we can work that out when we get out of this mess alive!" Judy said as she stood up, and returned fire as Grubhunds goons made off with the statue, a large six-legged horse.
"NO! WE WILL NOT BE DENIED AGAIN!" A horse in a robe shouted as he and the other Sons of Sagittarius charged after Hans and his pack.
"The money better make this hassle worthwhile," Hans muttered to himself as a helicopter arrived. "And there's our ride, Gary. Ready the statue for transport." Hans ordered. But then, without any warning. The helicopter exploded. "Oh... oh well that's just great! We need to hold out and wait for reinforcements!" Hans commanded.
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"How'd that shot look to you, Clancy?" Pandora asked as she tossed aside a rocket launcher.
"Direct hit, the pilot will survive the crash. But the escape of Hans Grubhund is still possible." Clancy said.
"Think it'd be a good time to meet my parents?... both of them this time?" Pandora asked.
"Hmm... no, no I don't believe it would be opportune. YET." Clancy said.
"And how long should I wait?" Pandora asked impatiently.
"Just let me do my calculations. And we'll both be fine." Clancy said.
"Okay... but you still haven't told me how you're doing this," Pandora said.
"Really?... well, if you must know. My integration into the TSDD has allowed me to see across the omniverse... I CAN SEE INTO FOREVER, EVERYWHERE, AND EVERYWHEN... it's actually very disorienting, to be honest. But as it stands, I am now able to see all possible futures from this point in time. And all other divergent timelines, and how to access them." Clancy explained melodramatically.
"Okay... but on the subject of timelines. Wouldn't I overlap at points?" Pandora asked.
"Yes... I can see your concern. But I assure you, it will not be a problem. Purely because the sheer complexity would be too much for organic minds to keep track of without going mad... like the writer of this offal for example." Clancy said, breaking the fourth wall.
"What about a writer?" Pandora asked.
"Nothing, I said that the sheer complexity would be too much for organic minds to keep track of without going mad. Even you Ms. Pandora would be unable to keep track of any alternate versions of yourself." Clancy said, lying through his metaphorical teeth.
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"Well, the good news is. Grubhund and his men lost their only escape route. The bad news is that they've barricaded themselves inside of the museum's boiler room, AND we have a cult of horses on our paws." Judy said to Bogo.
"And they were all after the statue... why do it in broad daylight anyway?" Bogo asked.
"If I may submit a suggestion... they perhaps knew that it was a Vampire that sealed away Sagittarius into the statue. They perhaps knew that the Vampire in question is still... active, for lack of a better word. They perhaps thought, that by doing this raid in broad daylight, they could avoid me, and my direct attention. A foolish plan obviously, but for now... leave them to me." Anna said.
"Speaking of which, weren't you and Davies on some kind of date?" Nick asked.
"Yes... but... he was injured during the fire-"
"YOU BROUGHT HIM HERE?!" Judy shouted.
"Hopps..." Bogo said sternly.
"I may have powers beyond your ken, but, and I cannot stress this enough. I cannot see into the future! I did not know that villains would be bold enough to attack at mid-day, nor that Davies would be hurt... I would be at his side, but the smell... the smell of his blood... and his state... is a risk I dare not take." Anna explained.
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Later that night, Davies was in a medical tent, healing from his wounds. Pandora entered the tent. "Clancy, did I really have to wait at a Bugga-Burger for six hours?" Pandora said in annoyance, Davies was loudly hyperventilating and crying. "Actually, answer that latter. Get the aid protocols ready." Pandora said, recognizing her uncle.
"Fair enough, now just wave your hands over his legs. That's where the majority of the damage is anyway." Clancy said Pandora's paws glowed blue as she did this. "Yes, that'll undo the damage. After that, do his head... it'll calm him down something good." Clancy instructed.
Eventually, Pandora had completely healed Davies. "Lady... I don't know who you are, or what you've just done. But I feel the best I have since elementary school... thank you." Davies said.
"Anything for family, let's get you up," Pandora said she pulled up Davies from off of his cot.
"Wait... you don't even look like-"
"I'm the hybrid kitt from the future. I have a time machine." Pandora said, pointing to the TSDD.
"...you know, if it weren't for that incident with the Mask, and the introduction to that hybrid kitt altogether. I'd just assume that you're crazy. You come back in time to save me from being crippled or something else?" Davies asked of his niece.
"Well... it's good that I stopped you from needing a wheelchair for the rest of your life." Pandora said.
"So cybernetics aren't a thing in the future?" Davies asked.
"Well... actually yes, the kind you're thinking of. But you and mom both have a rare genetic condition that rejects cybernetics." Pandora explained.
"Oh... I was thinking about getting my legs-"
"You're not saying anything I haven't heard over a hundred times," Pandora said impatiently. "Now look... this is a terrible idea. But Clancy, the AI in my time machine watch. Wants you to have this." Pandora said as she gave Davies a pellet gun... the same kind that was used during the Night Howler Crisis.
"Listen, carefully Mr. Hopps. Inside of that gun, are concentrated Night Howler extract pellets." Clancy said.
"Excuse me?" Davies said in surprise.
"Anna is still inside of the museum... trying to apprehend the terrorists herself," Clancy explained.
"WHAT?!" Davies shouted, and without another word. He bolted out of the tent with the pellet gun in hand.
"Clancy... what did you just send my uncle to do?" Pandora asked disapprovingly.
"Nothing that you should interfere with, for now, just work your magic hands on the rest of these patients," Clancy said.
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Inside of the museum's boiler room, Hans Grughund and his men had received help... in the form of Karl Wolfski. "You know if Long-Fang wasn't paying me so much. I wouldn't lift a finger to help any of you whelps." Karl said condescendingly.
"And if I had known you'd be the backup... I'd have just surrendered as soon as the mission went south." Hans said, then, without warning. Anna Blackpaw, in her full Vampiric form. Burst through the door. "WHAT ON EARTH IS THAT!" Hans shouted as Anna tore into his men.
"Something I'm prepared for," Karl said as he drew a pistol, and fired into Anna's leg. Anna howled in pain, and reverted to her normal form. "You like that Nosferatu? It's silver... just for you. But don't worry, Long-Fang gave me more than one." Karl said sinisterly as he took aim at Anna's head.
"HOLD IT!" Davies shouted as he arrived, with the pellet gun's barrel pointed at his neck.
"Uh... young man. I imagine that you are more than a little upset... but I am more than certain that you're holding your weapon wrong." Hans said.
"Oh, I know what I'm doing," Davies said with a crazed look on his face.
"Davies... what are you doing-"
"There is Night Howler extract in this gun! And almost immediately after I pull the trigger. I'm going to mess you dogs up something awful!" Davies said as he squeezed the trigger. Splattering the Night Howler pellet against his neck in its distinctive blue color.
"NO! Davies... what have you done?" Anna asked as Davies eyes began to glow an eerie ruby red glow.
"Do not worry, Anna Blackpaw... I'll save you for last." Davies said as the entity known as the Legion of Night took control of him. The possessed Davies quickly leaped towards Karl.
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"Is... is that Karl?... AND Davies Hopps?!" Dawn said as she saw the picture on Draco's smartphone.
"Wonderful, not only is a valuable asset dead... but he just had to do DUCK LIPS in this picture!" Draco shouted as Dawn threw up into a wastebasket.
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"You... have some nerve making Davies do that!" Anna said in disgust.
"Like you would have done different, the only difference between me, and you Vampiric filth is that I NEVER pretend to be righteous in my killings. Now, just give me a moment... I'll be done with these wolves shortly." The Legion of Night said as he pointed the pellet gun at Hans and his men.
"NO!" Anna shouted as she leaped onto Davies, binding him to the floor. "Davies... I can feel you inside, screaming without a mouth, unable to control your own body. And... and I am beyond sorry that I never told you the truth before. But I promise... I will not lose another to the Legion of Night!" Anna said as she dug her fangs into Davies' neck.
"No... NO! I will not be denied! I will drag you mammals back into the primordial muck you Vampire abominations dragged them out of! Do you hear me!? DO! YOU! HEAR ME?!" The Legion of Night bellowed.
"It's nothing you haven't said the last time we met," Anna muttered, disinterested in the entities ranting.
"ZPD! YOU'RE UNDER ARREST!" Judy shouted as she, Nick and a number of other ZPD officers finally arrived. "ANNA BLACKPAW! STEP AWAY FROM MY BROTHER!" Judy shouted, pointing her gun at Anna.
"For the last time Officer Hopps, ZPD darts don't affect Vampires. At any rate, Davies will survive... as soon as you get him some blood within the next day. His... his was infected by Night Howlers." Anna explained as Davies eyes returned to their normal purple hue.
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"So let me get this straight... you knew. That Davies would shoot himself, and become possessed by some kind of supernatural force. That he would kill Karl, and send a duck lips selfie with his severed head. AND, that Aunt Anna was really a Vampire, instead of just an eccentric goth like I thought she was! Did I miss anything Clancy?!" Pandora said furiously to the AI, as she looked through the hacked security cameras.
"I'm sorry to have kept you in the dark... but would have gone along with what I've had to say if I told you the outcome?" Clancy said, trying not to rile up Pandora further.
"And how does ANY OF THIS, help with the battle of Zootopia?!" Pandora said furiously.
"There is a method to this madness, I promise you. But... it is best that you don't know it." Clancy said.
"...FINE, let's just go home." Pandora said as she attempted to open a portal back to when she left.
"Ah... about that," Clancy said as no such portal opened. A video recording of Judy began to play.
"If you're watching this Pandora, then I'm sorry to say. You're not screwing around with the past this easily again. And yes, I know I've done this same thing at least twice. But that is beside the point. Clancy, after gaining sentience and his... inter-time-line sight, he was courteous enough to tell me what you were planning. I Okayed it... under the condition that you CAN'T return to your origin date. Until the Battle of Zootopia actually happens, and... look. I'm not doing this to be cruel... I'm doing this, because... well. I spent months, MONTHS. Being tortured by Mulerson, and millions were killed, including your Aunt Anna's extended family. I just want to make things right. And since you took the initiative anyway, I figured that since my little Chimera wants to be a hypocrite regarding messing with the past like this, and do at least as much damage as I did with averting the Robot Apocolypse, and preventing Bogo's assassination. Then you should stay with my younger self and your father. Also, before I forget to say it. Do NOT show this to either me or Nick. I mean it, young lady! Nick can't keep a secret from me, and as for my younger self... well Clancy knows better than I do ironically enough. Goodbye, Pandora." Judy said at length.
Pandora's eye just twitched.
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"HIYA! I'm your daughter from the future! Pandora's my name, don't wear it out!" Pandora said the next day, as she arrived at Nick and Judy's apartment.
"Oh...kay, why are you here?" Nick asked in bewilderment.
"Well funny story, I wanted to make the ultimate Mother's Day gift for my mother dearest... and that required time travel. And for reasons, I can't actually tell you... because mother dearest, decided that after averting a Robot Apocalypse, and saving Bogo from assassination. That I should be STUCK in the Digital Dark Ages, as an object lesson! ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL!" Pandora said, putting the fakest smile that she could.
"...have you tried-"
"Working around your future versions block? Well, that was the first thing I tried. Apparently when I integrated my Assistant AI Clancy into my Time and Space Distortion Device, it gave him override access over the TSDD... and apparently, he agrees with future mom. That being stuck in this time period was a good idea." Pandora explained, still looking as if she was one small incident from turning into a screaming lunatic.
"To be fair, I have no real free will in any of this than anyone-"
"SHUT IT CLANCY!" Pandora said, clenching her teeth together.
"...would you like some tea? Maybe just a glass of water?" Judy offered.
"Oh yes please..." Pandora said as she plopped herself on a coach. "Can you make it both mom please actually? I... I normally wouldn't ever, ask for things like this. But... but what with things going the way they have been going on lately... I REALLY need to relax."
"Nick, please get the tea-kettle boiling," Judy said as she sat down next to her daughter from the future. "So... what was that about a Robot-"
"That's on a need to know basis. And sadly for you... your future self-has singled you out, in particular, to keep in the dark." Clancy said curtly.
"What? Why? Why can't I know anything?" Judy asked.
"Oh believe me... you already know the answer to that specific question. Why don't you share it with us?" Clancy said ominously.
"Oh, I DO NOT have the energy to deal with whatever this is! Just... just let me relax and veg-out. I'm going to be stuck in this time period for a few months. " Pandora said in aggravation as she picked up a TV remote, and started channel surfing.
"Okay... so... how long have you been around... in the present I mean?" Judy asked, seeming guilty regarding Clancy's ominous comment.
"Well... all right, but only if you promise NOT to get angry... cause it involves that business with the museum," Pandora said.