-This is ZNN with Breaking News! With your host, Fabienne Growley and Co-Host, Peter Moosebridge.

-A group of mysterious mercenaries have taken over the Savannah Central Station and are holding multiple mammals hostage!

-Reports have been stated that more than 30 mammals, including the security guards, are all dead. We also got confirmation that their leader is former Lieutenant of the Zootopia Military, Wendell Pinkerton, who now calls himself TNTiger; he was forcefully discharged after going awol and getting his squad killed in battle.

-Pinkerton was also a highly skilled soldier, due to his expertise in combat, weaponry, and explosives; be warned, he's possibly armed and extremely dangerous.

-We'll keep you all posted as this hostage crisis continues to develop. I'm Peter Moosebridge!

-And I'm Fabienne Growley! From all of us here at ZNN, stay safe and stay vigilant.

Savannah Central Station was in utter chaos. Mammals were screaming, kits and babies were crying, and the group of mercenaries was shooting and pinning anyone that attempted to run or fight back. Wendell Pinkerton, now known as TNTiger, was enjoying the smell of smoke and burning blood as he checks over his grenades and gear for any scuffs or damage. However, his dreadful enjoyment was interrupted by the sound of police sirens blaring from a distance.

"Oh look, it's the party crashers," TNTiger groaned sarcastically. "Let's see what they want."

The tiger soldier bellowed a few of his mercenaries to his side as they watch several ZPD cruisers pull up to the scene; most of the officers took cover behind their vehicles as they had their guns trained on TNTiger and his men. "What seems to be the problem officers?" he asked in a sly tone

"Cut the bullshit Pinkerton," Officer Mchorn demanded, cutting to the chase. "Where are the hostages!?"

"What!? No hello? No good afternoon? Honestly, you cops are so rude and shallow," TNTiger sassed while rolling his eyes. "As for those 'precious' hostages of ours...they're safe...for now."

But, before the rhino officer could counter with a retort, the sounds of screaming and gunshots caught his and the other officers' attention. "...What have you done?" Is all he could manage to say at that moment.

"Hahaha! Let's just call it, collateral damage," he smirks as he takes out his grenade launcher and aims it at the group of officers and their vehicles before shouting the following orders, "LIGHT EM UP BOYS!"

The two mercenaries, a coyote and a jaguar open fired on all of the ZPD officers. Both predators were highly skilled marksman as they were able to gun down a few of the smaller officers without missing a beat or breaking a single sweat; this also caused most of the larger officers to either take cover, try to return fire, or think of a new strategy. Officer Mchorn and Officer Delgato were sitting ducks as they were dangerously close to the shooters' sights and knew that one false move could end with one of them being fatally shot.

"We need to call for backup!" Officer Delgado exclaimed in between shots. "If we keep going like this-we're all gonna end up dead!"

Officer Mchorn understood the situation they were in and immediately makes the call. "DISPATCH! THIS IS OFFICER MCHORN! WE'RE TAKING HEAVY FIRE AT SAVANNAH CENTRAL STATION AND A FEW OF OUR OFFICERS HAVE BEEN SHOT! SEND BACKUP! REPEAT! SEND. BACKUP."

Meanwhile…

Okay! Update time: mom, grandma, and myself have spent the last few days with each other as a family to help cope with the loss of my grandfather and the results...were perfect. While we're not 100% feeling better, it's a start, and that's all that matters. Also, I've gotten better with both my powers and web-slinging! Not to mention, I finally dared to ask Nate out on a date. Well, kinda. Uh, see for yourself…

"Yo-yo! It's Nate!"

"Hey, man! I-I have a proposition for you…"

"Fire away bro!"

Taj takes a deep breath and prepares for what he's about to say. "I was wondering...would you like to go out sometime? Just the two of us, nobody else, you know? A chill and relaxing night between two dudes."

"So, like a date…?"

"Yes! I-I mean no! I mean…"

"It's cool bro! And the answer is yes!"

"G-Great! Listen, I was thinking-"

Bzzz-Bzzz! Bzzz-Bzzz!

But before Taj could finish what he was saying, his phone's built-in police scanner goes off.

"Aw man-uh, sorry Nate! I gotta go! Can I call you back?"

"No worries dude. We'll chat later. Seeya!"

"Yeah...bye."

After begrudgingly ending the call with his friend, Taj proceeds to check his phone's police scanner and replays the following message:

-ALL UNITS! ZPD OFFICERS ARE TAKING HEAVY FIRE FROM MULTIPLE HOSTILES AT SAVANNAH CENTRAL STATION! SEVERAL OFFICERS HAVE BEEN SHOT AND THEY ARE HOLDING HOSTAGES. WE NEED IMMEDIATE BACKUP AND PARAMEDICS ON THE DOUBLE!-

Once the message ended, Taj sprinted towards a nearby alleyway and quickly whips out his disguise as he prepares to suit up. "It's hero time!"

Over at MCB Headquarters...

Director Skye Winter was always one-step-ahead of both the ZPD and the criminals that she and her fellow agents were after. However, things were starting to get out of her control as the sudden terrorist attack over at Savannah Central has put the entire agency into total chaos and frenzy; multiple fields and desk agents were spitballing ideas and suggestions, left and right, and others were doing damage control by talking to the higher-ups on the phone. This left the arctic vixen feeling overwhelmed and stressed. That is until she finally put her foot down.

"EVERYONE BE QUIET!" she shouted in a commanding tone.

All of the agents in the room stood in complete silence as they gave their beautiful but stern leader their undivided attention and listened to what she had to say.

"Thank you...now, listen up! I'm fully aware of the situation over at Savannah Central Station and everything's gone to hell pretty fast," she stated bluntly. "However, we've dealt with terrorists and other manic threats in the past. This time won't be any different. So, I'm just gonna be honest and get straight to the point; we're in very deep shit and we need to pull it together. Right now, innocent mammals are getting slaughtered by a psychopath tiger and his army of mercenaries, the ZPD is getting their asses kicked, and we need to get in the fight and help! Am I clear!?"

All of the agents in the room saluted and nodded before replying with "MA'AM! YES, MA'AM!" As they await further orders from the arctic vixen.

"That's what I like to hear," Director Winter says with a confident smile on her face. "Now then, all team leaders; standby for roll call!" She turns over to the monitor and begins to type on the keyboard as multiple photos and files filled up the screen. Once that was done, she looks over at all of her agents and begins the roll call.

"Alpha Team! Rise up!" She sounds off.

"Alpha Team Leader: Agent Jack Savage! reporting for duty and awaiting your orders ma'am!"

"Roger that, Beta Team! You're next!"

"Beta Team Leader: Agent Bambi Prince! Ready to roll out Director!"

"That's what I'm talking about. Omega Team! How are we doing?

"Omega Team Leader: Agent Thumper! Ready to kick some ass!"

Director Winter nodded at the bold comment before responding with "Let's move it mammals! Go! Go! Go!"

And with that, all of the MCB agents quickly went to their respective stations and began to gear up for the Savannah Central mission or provide intel and radio assistance within the base. While all of this was happening, Director Skye received a message from her undercover agent; as she's reading it, the arctic vixen begins to tear up and tremble as she couldn't bring herself to finish reading the message and decided to hastily toss her phone to the side and put her focus back on the mission at hand.

Back at Savannah Central Station…

The ZPD Officers were still in a fierce shootout with TNTiger and his mercenaries. The armored feline had the upper hand as he fired multiple shots from his grenade launcher, causing massive explosions and destruction along the way.

"EVERYONE FALL BACK! FALL BACK NOW!" Mchorn shouted as he provided covering fire for his fellow officers who were running for cover.

"These guys are relentless!" Delgado stated. "And where the hell is that backup?!" he exclaimed as he loads his last clip into his gun.

"Taking their sweet-ass time apparently!" Mchorn replied bluntly. "This is getting out of hand and-WATCH OUT!"

KA-BOOOM!

A grenade was fired towards the two predator officers and their vehicles; the impact of the explosion sent Officer Mchorn and Delgado flying across the field, causing them to tumble until they were completely covered in blood, grass stains, and shrapnel debris all over their uniforms.

"Now that was entertaining!" TNTiger exclaimed with laughter as he clapped his paws before approaching the down officers. "Watching Zootopia's finest get taken down, so damn easily, no wonder this disgrace of a city is falling apart."

"You're full of shit, Pinkerton…!" Mchorn groaned as he struggled to get up.

TNTiger just stood there with an increasingly cruel smirk on his face as he sways his striped tail in a sly manner. He begins to walk away and says the following, "Blow their brains out and dispose of the bodies."

The two mercenaries did what they were told and proceeded to aim their weapons at Mchorn, Delgado, and the remaining ZPD officers that were still conscious. "On my mark," the coyote mercenary spoke up. "3...2…"

THWIP! THWIP!

Suddenly, a string of webs grabbed and pulled the guns away from the now confused mercenaries.

"Who the hell!?" The jaguar mercenary exclaimed in a frantic tone.

"Really, guys! Guns?" A new voice asked. "Didn't your mothers ever teach you that it's rude to point? Or in this case-pointing dangerous weapons at unarmed officers."

"Look, Up there!" The coyote mercenary pointed out as he noticed an orange and blue wearing hyena vigilante resting on one of the flag poles with the webbed-up firearms in his hand. "You're screwing with the wrong mammals punk!"

"I'd beg to differ," says the vigilante as he leaped off the pole and quickly webbed up the two mercenaries onto the ground before checking up on the ZPD officers. "Now you two stay there and think about what you did." He gibed.

"Is everyone okay?" The vigilante asked as he held his paw out for Officer Mchorn. What he got instead was a hoof smack and a gun aimed at him.

"Back off freak!" Mchorn ordered as he slowly got up and kept his gun trained on the vigilante. Once that was done, he got a better look at the young hero's outfit and rudely scoffed at it. "What's with the getup?! You're some kind of costume chump from a comic book?"

The vigilante sighed, "Everyone's a critic. Also, you're welcome for saving your blue-wearing butts. And in case you haven't noticed; I'm actually one of the good guys! Plus I'm here to help!"

"Likely story," said Officer Delgado as he got up and dusted himself off. "How do we know that you aren't working for these guys?"

"Because I'm not gonna sit around and watch any more innocent mammals get hurt or killed," the vigilante replied bluntly as he poked Delgado's chest. "Now, if you excuse me, I got some hero work to do!" And with that, the vigilante shoots a web and swings off into the train station.

Officer Mchorn groaned and facepalms before saying, "Chief Bogo is gonna blow a gasket when he hears about this…"

As Taj continues to swing through the station, he begins to notice all of the dead bodies, piles of rubble, and trains engulfed in flames. This left the hyena vigilante feeling not only enraged but also sick to his stomach. "These guys are monsters!" He thought to himself, "I need to take them down before anyone else gets killed."

Despite the horrific and violent scene, Taj had to keep going and hunt down the remaining shooters, and their leader. Once he reached the center of Savannah Central Station, things became more intense; there were a handful of terrified hostages who were being watched at gunpoint by a few of the mercenaries. Some of them were prepared to open fire as a few of the hostages wouldn't stop panicking or couldn't get their children to stop crying or hollering.

"HEY! You either shut those damn brats up! Or I will!" Exclaimed the cheetah mercenary as he points his assault rifle at a raccoon mother and her group of kits. "All that crying is starting to piss me off!"

"They're scared! What did you expect?!" The raccoon mother retorted.

"Fine...I guess I'll shut all of you up then," He growled as he aimed his assault rifle at the raccoon family and prepares to gun them down. "Time to reunite you with your daddy!"

But before he could even pull the trigger, a sudden string of web forcefully pulled the spotted feline away and into the direction of Taj's awaited fist. Once he was knocked out, the other mercenaries put all of their attention and weapons on the hyena vigilante instead of the hostages. The Ox mercenary tilted her head in confusion as she tried to think of a question for the young vigilante and his oddly colored attire. "You, in weird clothes, what's with the costume?" She asked with a deep European accent.

"Well, I'm obviously a hero," Taj replied. "And I'm here to save the day and take you guys down."

"You? Taking us down?! In your dreams kid!" A ram mercenary exclaimed with an obnoxious chuckle.

While all of this was happening, an ocelot mercenary slipped to the side and proceeded to call someone on his communicator.

"-What the hell is it!? This better be important…-"

"Sir, we have a very odd situation; some kid in his pajamas, who claims to be a hero, took down one of our boys and looks like a possible threat to our operation. What are your orders?"

-*sigh*... everyone's trying to play 'hero'. Change of plans! Get rid of the kid, kill the remaining hostages, and get the charges ready. I'm gonna blow this station sky high. However, if that kid somehow survives, leave him to me. Understand?"

"Understood, sir! Over and out!"

With that out of the way, the small feline rejoined the rest of his group as they continued to keep their weapons drawn at the hyena vigilante. "Alright, listen up! Just got new orders from the boss; kill this freak and finish off the remaining hostages. He doesn't want any witnesses." He and the other mercenaries start firing at the vigilante, in hopes of finishing him off quickly. But they were sorely mistaken.

Thanks to his newfound agility and enhanced senses, Taj was able to dodge all of the oncoming bullets and proceeded to take each of the mercenaries out. He starts off by webbing up a wolf and warthog mercenary together and using them as a living wrecking ball as they unintentionally knock a few of their comrades down. Once that was done, Taj threw the webbed up mammals into a nearby wall and continues the momentum with a back kick towards an antelope mercenary that was coming from behind, followed by a roundhouse kick towards the ram mercenary, and wrapping it up with a quick strike towards the Ox mercenary. However, the hit had no effect.

"Ha! You call that punch!?" the Ox mercenary exclaimed with laughter. "This is how you punch…"

BAM!

She delivered a fierce right hook towards Taj, in which, sent the young vigilante flying across the room. The punch left him feeling bruised and a bit shook up since this was his first time fighting a bigger and slightly stronger opponent. If he wanted to take this bovine down, Taj is going to have to think of a new strategy.

"Okay...you're a strong girl...big...scary...strong girl…" Taj panted as he tried to get a second wind.

"I'll show you big and scary!" The ox mercenary huffed as she began to charge fiercely towards Taj. Hopefully skewing and finishing the wannabe hero for good. However, the young hyena had a crazy idea in his mind. He makes a running start towards a nearby pillar as the bovine soldier was quickly approaching him and he only had a limited amount of time and precision for this plan of his to work.

"I hope this works…" Taj muttered to himself as he sprinted up the pillar and followed up with a well-timed backflip as the Ox mercenary was seconds away from digging her horns into the young hyena's back. Once he was airborne, Taj, twirled his body into a mini spin as he fires two webs onto the bovine's horns, followed by lifting her in the air as he lands on the ground and sending the mercenary crashing into the ground with a loud-

CRASH!

The impact not only left the Ox mercenary unconscious and completely bruised, but it also left a massive dent on the ground. Taj then proceeds to wrap the massive mammal up in a web-like cocoon before checking himself over.

"Ugh...I'm gonna feel that in the morning," he says as he rubs his shoulders. "Sheesh, what did she eat for breakfast? A giant bowl of iron-o's?"

As he continues to check himself for any other bruises, wounds, or even some damage to his outfit, the ocelot mercenary attempts to make a run for it until his foot gets caught by one of Taj's web and was immediately pulled back until he was held by the collar of his combat vest, and was face to face with the young vigilante. Instead of being scared and intimidated, the feline soldier had a more calm and smug look on his face. "Go ahead, punch my lights out! It'll be worth seeing this damn city burn to the ground," he says confidently. "It'll be a glorious show to watch."

"What's that supposed to mean!?" Taj asked, trying to sound tough. "Also, what the hell are you, gun-wielding lunatics, up to? Because of your actions, a lot of innocent mammals are dead!"

The ocelot simply laughed at the young vigilante's outburst as his words were just mere phrases that he's heard over a million times and the fact that they don't mean a damn thing to him. However, he got serious again and begins to talk once more.

"It's adorable to watch you play the hero kid. I truly admire that. But you're no match for our boss nor are you ready for what he's got planned for this dumb city."

"Try me" was all Taj said as he awaited the feline's answer.

"A train just left a few minutes ago...chock full of foolish mammals, a few of our guys, including our boss, Oh! And a very special gift that goes tick...tick...boom!" the ocelot replied with a sly grin. "Clock's ticking kid! Better get your ass in gear! Hahaha!"

And with that, Taj webs up the ocelot and quickly swings off after the runaway train. This left the poor vigilante feeling overwhelmed and scared as this hostage situation just became dire and the fact that more innocent mammals are in danger.

Meanwhile with the MCB…

Over on the eastern side of the massive train station, Agent Jack Savage and his teammates were perched at the top of the roof and was keeping a close eye on a group of mercenaries who are currently covering all the exits and windows around them. No one gets inside or outside. The agents knew it was complete suicide to drop in because of the number of hostiles with firearms, jeopardizing their mission along the way, and potentially getting a few of the hostages killed. Robin and Marian Loxley, also known as, Agents Hood and Maid, were wearing their mission suits as they await further orders from their team leader. However, the constant waiting was starting to make the two vulpines antsy for some action.

"Alright, Skippy," Marian started. "I know we have to be smart about this, but, if we keep sitting here those blokes will get bored and start killing again."

"I'm afraid she's right Jack," Robin added as he was checking his bow and arsenal of arrows. "The longer we stall, the faster Pinkerton and his men are close to accomplishing whatever the hell they're doing. So, I suggest-"

"It doesn't work like that Robin." Agent Savage replied bluntly, "These guys are pros and were trained to shoot on sight. And another thing; we ALL need to work together as a team! So no more solo heroics or dumb ideas without running it by me or Director Winter. Understand?"

"We understand." Robin and Marian replied begrudgingly.

"You don't gotta tell me twice," said John as he adjusted his combat gloves and tactical vest. "I'm just ready to crack some skulls and get a good workout in."

The grizzly bear was about to get his wish as their communicators began to go off with a voice message from the Director.

-Alpha Team, report! What's your status?-

"Agent Savage here. We're in position and have spotted multiple hostiles here at the eastern entrance of the station, armed to the teeth, and they have hostages."

-Any signs of Pinkerton or his second-in-command?-

"Negative, last I checked, two of his best guys were taken down by some weirdo in a costume and were taken to custody by the ZPD."

-Shit! Well, it's better than nothing I guess. The ambulance and reinforcements have just arrived and are currently getting the entire station evacuated. In the meantime, I'll keep looking for Pinkerton.-

"Roger that! Good luck, Director Winter."

-Oh, hey Jack?-

"What is it?"

-Give those bastards hell-

Agent Savage gave a confident smile as he took out his handgun from his jacket pocket and looked over towards Robin and says, "Robin, Call it!"

"I thought you never asked," Robin smiled as he aimed a smokescreen arrow through an opening on the roof. He then proceeds to yell his famous catchphrase, "OO-DE-LALLY!" before letting the arrow fly onto the ground below, releasing a massive cloud of grey smoke that left every mammal dazed, confused, and completely blind.

"It's showtime, mammals! All teams move in!" Agent Savage exclaimed through his communicator.

As Alpha Team and all of the other teams descended onto the smoke-filled room, all hell broke loose; Agent Maid used her years of acrobatics and combat training to disarm a zebra mercenary before thrashing him repeatedly with her batons. She then follows up with a double kick towards a duo of badger mercenaries who were coming at her from opposite ends with combat knives drawn and wrapping it up with a multi-strike takedown towards a horse mercenary. Once they were dealt with, Maid pressed on through the smoke, cleaning up the dirt on the way. Agent Hood was having his own fun as he fired a combination of lethal and non-lethal arrows at several mercenaries, leaving a few of them tied up, electrocuted, or instantly dead upon impact; despite the lack of vision, due to the smoke, Hood uses his keen senses of smell and hearing to his advantage. He uses this to get the drop on an elk mercenary before proceeding to choke him out by the handle of his bow and a light swing to the head for good measure, he then fires a putty arrow at a raccoon mercenary that was charging towards him from the right. The male vulpine gave his signature smirk before patting himself on the shoulder.

Within the smoke, a single rhino mercenary was on high alert as his squadmates were quickly taken out and subdued. Unsure if he was next or not, the large-horned mammal had his tactical rifle aimed and ready to fire.

-Alexi! Come in Alexi!-

"Ah! It's good to hear a familiar voice!" he exclaimed with relief, "Any sign of the other comrades!?"

-Negative, I can't see a damn thing in this smoke! Do you see anyone!? Friend? Foe?-

"Nyet," he replied in his native tongue. "If I see a foe, I'll shoot them on sight!"

"You sure about that buddy?" asked a familiar voice.

The rhino mercenary frantically aimed his gun around as he tried to find the source of the voice. Unfortunately, he was intercepted by an oncoming massive fist and then…

WHAM!

Out of the smoke came a very satisfied Jonathon, or commonly known as, Agent Little, as he cracks his knuckles and looked down at the now unconscious mercenary.

"And that makes my score: 7 takedowns," he boasted confidently. "I'd like to see Rob top that!"

Right as he said that a panda mercenary, a goat mercenary, and a wolverine mercenary plopped to the ground with a taser arrow pierced onto their backs. "You were saying, big guy?" Agent Hood smirked. "I believe that's 12 takedowns for me. Better luck next time!"

"You only got lucky because of your cute little bow and trick arrows!" Agent Little chuckled.

"It's called years of practice my friend. You oughta try it sometime," Agent Hood retorted

As the two teammates continue their banter, the sounds of multiple bodies being beaten and tossed out of the smoke and onto the ground caught the middle-aged fox and bear's attention. Most of them were badly bruised and unconscious mercenaries. The next mammal to come out of the smoke was the sly, but fierce, Agent Maid who was swishing her tail in excitement while twirling her trusty batons in her paws.

"Sorry boys," she says with a bit of a smug. "I believe I'm the clear winner here. With a grand total of 18 takedowns! Bow to your queen!"

Before the two agents could say anything, their communicators went off again with an emergency message from Headquarters.

-All teams! We have a Code Red Emergency! Pinkerton and the rest of his cronies just hijacked one of the Central Station trains and are making a rapid pace towards City Hall; they have multiple hostages with them and an armed bomb-

"Bollocks," Agent Hood cursed under his breath. "That lunatic is gonna turn the city into a blazing inferno. How much time do we have until that bomb goes off?"

-Not a lot. You'll have to find a way to stop that train, disarm the bomb, and take out Pinkerton before this becomes an international incident.

"Understood HQ," Agent Maid replied. "We'll rendezvous with Agent Savage and start coming up with a plan."

-Roger that Alpha Team, and please hurry! We're on a major time crunch!"

"You have no bloody idea…" Agent Maid sighed before ending the call.

With no time to waste, Maid, Hood, and Little quickly gathered up all of the knocked out mercenaries into one pile before tying them up and rejoining their team leader to go over the next steps in their plan to stop Pinkerton and his deadly bomb.

Back with Taj…

And here we are! Yours truly, who's totally scared out of his mind and has no clue what he's doing, is chasing after a group of terrorists on a runaway train, full of hostages, and of course, a bomb. Typical Saturday am I right? Okay, no more jokes. As I was approaching the train, Mr. Tall, Orange, and Stripes had his boys armed and ready to shoot anything out of the sky. Including me!

"Woah!" Taj yelled as he was nearly hit by a rocket. "Alright, whoever shot that is getting their deadly rockets license revoked!"

On top of the train were six-armed mercenaries. Five of them were wielding rifles and semi-automatic weapons, while one, who was a bull, wielded a rocket launcher. But before the bull mercenary could launch another rocket, Taj shoots a web at the barrel of the weapon and delivers a swift kick to the soldier's face. He continues the attack as he quickly disarms the other mercenaries with his webs before beating them all down; he webs up an antelope mercenary and pulls him back and forth like a yo-yo, followed by a punch to the face and a kick to the stomach. Suddenly, Taj was put into a tight armlock by a jackal mercenary and was about to get rammed by a wildebeest mercenary. But, with a little bit of ingenuity and perfect timing, the hyena vigilante was able to pull on the jackal's whiskers, which caused him to let go of the young vigilante, followed by getting painfully tackled by his teammate. Leaving the two mammals dazed before being webbed in place. Finally, a polar bear mercenary with a predator-sized baton attempted to strike down Taj. However, he was unsuccessful as the hyena vigilante dodged every one of his hits without breaking a sweat. He then wraps up the fight by webbing the bear up in a web-like cocoon before pushing him down.

"Whew! That wasn't too bad," said Taj. "I think I can get used to this superhero stuff."

After a mere second of silence, the sound of clapping caused the tingling sensation in Taj's mind to go off again, but a bit louder, and then a new voice was heard, "So you're the little pest that took my boys out? I gotta say, I'm pretty impressed." TNTiger stated as he makes a grand entrance.

"And you must be the main lunatic of this whole fiasco," Taj sassed. "So, what do they call you?"

The striped feline gave a light chuckle before pointing at himself. "They call me, TNTiger!"

"...Pfft! Hahaha! Really!? TNTiger!? Oh, that's hilarious!" Taj laughed, "I mean-out of all the names you could have think of, you chose that? I mean, with all of those grenades and armor you got on, you look like some generic action figure!."

TNTiger clenched his fists and teeth as he didn't take lightly to the hyena's laughter or critics towards his name. "You, arrogant little-"

"Aww! Is Boom-Boom Kitty getting angry?" he teases, "Would you like some milk? Or a ball of yarn?"

"THAT TEARS IT!?" TNTiger roars as he lunges at the hyena vigilante with his claws and fangs exposed.

But before he could even touch him, Taj quickly rolls out of the way as the armored-wearing tiger lands on the opposite side of the train. Leaving a long trail of scratch marks along the way.

"Ooo...you were so close, and yet you weren't" Taj gibe, "I give that score a 3.5 out of 10"

TNTiger, who's angrier than ever, makes another attempt to pounce on the wisecracking hyena. However, he was once again unsuccessful as Taj sidestepped the attack with ease.

Taj gives off a signature hyena laugh as he watched the irritated feline fall to the ground once more, "Is that the best you got?" he asked, "I've seen lions and cheetahs with more elegance than you!"

The striped feline has reached the limits of his patience as he pulls out a combat knife from his belt holster and proceeds to charge towards the young vigilante. "If you won't shut up, then I'll force you to shut up!"

Taj gets into a fighting stance before replying with, "Bring it on Boom-Boom Kitty!"

TNTiger goes for the attack as he violently swings his knife in all directions, hoping to get at least one hit on the bothersome hyena, but, like before he was unsuccessful as most of his strikes were dodged and he was soon met with a right hook to the jaw and a left hook one second later. Before the tiger could fully regain his bearings, his knife gets pulled away from his paws and Taj begins to unleash a multitude of punches onto the feline's gut, followed by a double kick to the face, and a swift uppercut that sent the large flying across the train. After all of those hits, Taj figured that TNTiger would be down for the count. He was sorely mistaken.

"Ugh...I gotta hand it to you kid," TNTiger says as he starts to get up. "All of that for a couple of cuts, bruises...good one," He gives off a smug look before replying with, "Now it's my turn!"

As the two predators charged towards each other, TNTiger had the upper hand this time around as his military fighting style is unleashed; he quickly blocks two of Taj's punches and counters with a sucker punch to the face. He then continues the onslaught with three knee strikes to the ribs, followed by an ax kick to the shoulder, and finally, a chokeslam that left the poor hyena feeling stunned from the pain and completely out of breath. His suit was riddled with scratch marks, tears, and a bit of blood. Even his goggles were merely shattered and close to falling apart.

TNTiger lifts up Taj by the collar of his hoodie and shakes him a little, "Aw, what's the matter? Ran out of witty one-liners? I was starting to have fun."

"R-Really? That's odd," Taj replied. "I was starting to wish I had mints for your smelly breath!" he fires a double shot of webs onto the tiger's face, leaving him vulnerable, and open for a double kick to the chest. Thus, freeing him from the feline's clutches.

TNTiger growls in frustration as he rips the webs off his face and decides to take matters into his own hands. He pulls out his trusty pistol and aims it at Taj before he could get another hit in.

"Ah, Ah, Ah," he playfully teased. "Not so fast...Hero! In case you forgot, I have a bomb planted on this train," he then takes out a portable detonator from his utility belt and pushes the center button on it. "Whoops! Looks like the bomb is set to go off in one minute. Now you have two choices kid; come after me and let these foolish mammals die? Or be a good little cub scout and try to save them? Either way, you lose and I win. So, what's it gonna be?"

Taj was at a complete standstill and was running out of time. He had to make a choice. And fast. However, the young hero didn't have to think too hard about his decision. As much as he would love to take TNTiger down already, innocent lives come first. He sprints past him and goes to open the train's access hatch. But not before looking back at the tiger and saying, "This isn't over!" as he hops inside the train.

"Oh, I believe it is," TNTiger replied before descending off the train and into the streets below.

Hey, you guys missed me? Great! Cause this next part is gonna be interesting and kinda awesome; once I was inside the train, I wasted no time looking for the bomb. Unfortunately, I had no clue where to look first, the bomb could detonate at any second, and the combination of odd and fearful stares I was getting from the hostages wasn't helping one bit. But lo and behold, a miracle was born! In the form of my then-named 'Spider-Senses'...

"Hmm...if I was a ticking time bomb ready to go boom, where would I be?" Taj mumbled to himself as he frantically leaps all over the train cart.

He continued this for a few more minutes until the tingling sensation from before goes off again. But this time, it hit Taj a lot harder and stronger than before, "Ack! It's like having an alarm clock in my brain! Wait, alarm clock..?" it was at that moment, Taj had an idea and the odd tingles were going to play a key part in this. He starts by retracing his steps and checking all of the empty seats, and the corners of the cart. As he was doing this Taj's ears began to hear a faint but familiar sound.

Beep...Beep...Beep...

"Bingo!"

Taj made a quick sprint towards the source of the noise, of which, revealed to be the bomb. It was strapped on to the train conductor, who was currently tied up and badly beaten. He quickly untied the terrified mammal and removed the bomb from his chest. However, there was another problem; the bomb only had 15 seconds until detonation and the train was getting close to City Hall. Time was not on Taj's side.

"Okay...this-this just got real,"

00: 00: 13

"Alright, Nyani, don't freak out. You're holding a bomb. For the first time. This is fine."

00: 00: 11

"Be right back, folks!" Taj says to the hostages as he zips up the hatch and lands back on top of the train.

00: 00: 09

"Okay, I need to get rid of this thing somehow or at least minimize the explosion," Taj makes the hasty decision to wrap the bomb up in multiple layers of web and uses them to create a makeshift slingshot.

00: 00: 07

"Here...goes...nothing!" Taj grunts as he releases the slingshot, which sent the webbed-up bomb flying into the air.

00: 00: 05…

00: 00: 04…

00: 00: 03…

00: 00: 02…

00: 00: 01…

BOOOOOM!

The explosion went off in a display of a raging ball of fire. No buildings were damaged. Zero casualties were harmed. The day was officially saved. As for Taj, his work wasn't done quite yet, he still had TNTiger to deal with. But before he swung after the vicious feline, he earned a rousing applause from the now saved hostages.

"WAY TO GO DUDE!"

"He's a hero! Yeah!"

"Thank you so much!"

"You're so freaking cool bro!"

Taj gave a quick salute before swinging off to find TNTiger. Lucky for him, the armored villain wasn't too hard to find as he was speeding away in a silver motorcycle; as he's speeding through the busy streets of downtown, he notices the web-slinging mammal from a distance and immediately takes action by firing shots from his pistol. Unfortunately, none of the shots landed as Taj was able to dodge all of the incoming bullets and puts the literal brakes on the feline's getaway. He fires a few web shots onto the bike's tires, causing it to make an abrupt stop, and sending TNTiger tumbling across the road. As he begins to get up, pieces of his armor were chipped and damaged, and his left eye and lip were scraped.

"Y-You think that could stop me!?" TNTiger exclaimed with intense anger. "You, obviously don't know who the hell I am! I. AM. TNT-"

KRUNCH!

POW!

BAM!

THOOM!

Taj delivered a flurry of punches onto TNTiger. Every hit representing every mammal that was killed or harmed by the tiger and his men. He finishes him off with one last hit and wraps him up in his webs before saying, "Game Over, Tiger."

Back at Savannah Central Station...

After successfully saving the day and taking out my first official bad guy, bonus points for me, TNTiger and the rest of his boys earned themselves a one-way ticket to Outback Island; home to our fellow citizens from down under and the placeholder for their maximum-security prison, The Blacktomb. Anyways, I was about to take my leave until I was bombarded by a group of paparazzi and some reporters from ZNN and BarkFeed. *sigh* this oughta be fun…

"Excuse me, sir! We're from ZNN! Do you have a few minutes of your time?"

"I, uhh…"

"Where did you come from!? Who made your costume?"

"Well, you see-"

"Sir! What's with the spider on your jacket? Is that some kind of gang logo?"

"Are you a hero or a menace!? Mr. Al. Boehm of BarkFeed would like to know!"

"First off, I'm a hero," Taj finally replied. "And as for the spider? Well, it was the first thing I thought of."

"Some of the hostages said you moved like a spider and even sprung a web. How is that even impossible!? You're just an ordinary hyena!"

"Let's just say, I'm a special kind of hyena."

"We got one more question for you! And it's for everyone at home watching; what do we call you?"

Taj was caught off-guard by this question. Seeing the fact that he hadn't even thought of a hero name for himself nor did he think he would get this far. But, thanks to these new powers of his, the young hyena was able to save tons of lives today and this was the perfect way to make a name for himself.

"Just call me...Spider-Yena!" Taj announces before swinging off. Leaving all of the reporters and other mammals behind as they take videos and photos of the self-proclaimed superhero, now known as, Spider-Yena.

And just like that…your friendly-neighborhood Spider-Yena was born. I'll be honest, after this crazy little adventure, I thought everyone would move on and forget about little ol' me! Hehe! Boy was I wrong...

-This is a ZNN Live Report! With your hosts, Fabienne Growley and Peter Moosebridge.

-Citizens of Zootopia can sleep easier now that Wendell Pinkerton, or should I say, TNTiger and his men have all been taken to custody and will be facing life in prison on multiple charges.

-That's right Fabienne! Along with that, it seems that Zootopia has an official superhero now; Spider-Yena. Witnesses have stated that the young vigilante engaged Pinkerton and his group in combat, and saved a handful of the hostages. I gotta admit-that takes some courage.

-Indeed it does Peter. Reports have also stated Pinkerton was planning to detonate a bomb in the middle of City Hall. But, thanks to some quick thinking and heroics from Spider-Yena, Mayor Todd and everyone present at City Hall are safe~

-From all of our staff here at ZNN; we thank you Spider-Yena! whoever you are, wherever you are, we hope you continue to keep our beautiful city safe.

-And now we go live with a few of our locals and see what they think of Zootopia's newest hero:

"It's honestly terrible what happened at Savannah Central station. However, it makes me and my husband, Elijah, feel a little bit safer knowing that there's a young mammal taking a stand against evil!" -District Attorney, Trevor Moon.

"I must say-I'm a little iffy about this Spider-Yena fellow, but, I'm willing to give him a chance. Especially since he was able to save countless lives today and stopped a group of terrorists in the process." -Basil Dawson.

"Although I do agree with my husband, I think the young man has potential! Plus I believe the city is due for some enlightenment and hope. And I believe our daughter, Olivia, is starting to become a fan of the rising hero...hehe." -David Dawson.

"Ehhh…I'm not all into that superhero and comic book shit like most nerds. But if it makes everyone in this overcrowded city happy, then I guess it's okay. As for Spider-Yena himself? He's alright with me" -Esso Reese.

"Hero or not! I don't care! A vigilante is a vigilante. And like all of them, they will be put in cuffs and be thrown in a cell. So, this is a warning to Spider-Yena; stay out of our way or you're next." -Chief Mason Bogo.

"BAH! I DON'T BELIEVE NONE OF THAT CRAP FOR A DAMN SECOND! FOR ALL WE KNOW, HE COULD'VE BEEN IN CAHOOTS WITH THAT TNT-WHATSHISFACE! In conclusion, SPIDER-YENA IS A MENACE! AND I'M GONNA PROVE IT!" -CEO of BarkFeed, Al Boehm.

"If I ever get to meet Spider-Yena, all I want to say to him is this: You did a wonderful job! Keep up the good work, thank you for your kind heroics, and I hope you inspire future generations to stand up for what's right! You also have my support from this point forward." -Mayor Victoria Todd.

"Thank you, Mr. Spider-Yena! I think you're awesome! And so does my mommy~" -Luna Todd-Wilde.

-And that's all the time we have for right now! Thank you, D.A. Moon, Mayor Todd, and everyone else for taking the time to speak to our field reporters. I'm Fabienne Growley!

-And I'm Peter Moosebridge! Tune in tomorrow as we continue this breaking story about Zootopia's newest Web-Mammal. And with that, have a goodnight everyone.

The next day…

Okay, where do I start? Well, the whole city knows about me now. Most of them see me as a hero or a savior, while a few of them despise me and see me as nothing but an 'annoying vigilante' (...thanks buffalo butt). Anyways, I decided to take a stroll through the city since it was a calm and beautiful day, and no crimes have occurred. Not yet at least. But alas, my day is about to get ruined...again.

As Taj went on his little walk through the city, he couldn't help but hear some of the conversations about his alter-ego and his fight with TNTiger from the other day. This put the teenage hyena in a good mood since he's had it rough for the past few days. He then remembers his conversation with Nate and decides to text him back, hoping to go over their plans about 'hanging out'.

Unbeknownst to Taj, two mammals in black suits, a deer and a skunk, were quietly tailing him while keeping a safe distance from him. The deer adjusted his shades before pressing his hooves into an earpiece in his left ear.

"Nyani's been spotted. What are your orders?"

-Keep following him. If he makes any sudden movements or attempts to run; take him out. But non-lethal! We need him to talk.-

"Understood ma'am."

As they continue to pursue him, Taj's spider-sense begins to go off and he frantically looks around for the source alert. "Seriously!? Now?" He says to himself. He continued to look around until he made eye-contact with the two suited mammals before saying, "Uh-oh...time to go!" Before making a hasty escape.

"Damn it," the deer cursed. "After him!"

"Rooftop, you're up!" Said the skunk, "He's heading your way. Fire when ready!"

-Oo-De-Lally!-

The mammal on top of the rooftop was a fox who wore a tactical green vest with a hood and a single arm sleeve, black combat pants, and a pair of specialized green sunglasses. He had a quiver full of standard and trick arrows and, was getting ready to shoot as he had his bow drawn and a taser arrow in tow.

Before he knew it, he sees Taj coming around the corner in a hot sweat as he continues to outrun his pursuers. That is until...

"Sorry kid...this won't hurt...too much," he lets the arrow go and watches it fly towards Taj's back. Zapping painful volts of electricity throughout his body until he fell onto the ground and completely blacked out.

The two suited mammals finally caught up and noticed the unconscious hyena on the side of the street. They pulled Taj into a nearby alleyway and quickly handcuffed him before checking his bag; inside of it were some school books, the top-secret files from Alphasun Industries, and his suit and web-shooters. The two mammals then proceed to turn on their earpieces.

"Director Winter," the deer started. "Nyani has been neutralized and captured."

-Good work. Did you find anything on him?-

"Uh, those missing files from Alphasun, his school supplies, and some other things."

-What other things? Care to elaborate agent?-

"It's probably better if you see this for yourself Director. Trust me.

-Alright, fair enough. All three of you return to HQ and leave Nyani in the Interrogation Room. Agent Savage and I are gonna have a little 'chat' with him.-

"Yes, ma'am! Agents Prince, Flower, and Hood out."

To be Continued...