/Prologue
The time was five minutes past midnight and the late night shifts at the Zootopia Police Head Quarters were already fully underway. While most Officers stayed at the Headquarters to undertake numerous tasks, some were sent on redeye patrols, to protect and serve all those inside the city under the soft azure glow of the starry night sky. This night, like many others, had proven to be appallingly dull so far, which came as a surprise to the police force due to summer starting only two short weeks ago. There was a high chance that some young animal still struggling with his existence would attempt something unintelligent. Most of the time these activities were pranks and shenanigans that were more of a nuisance than anything malicious. Unfortunately, much more serious crimes were committed and warranted a more severe punishment.
The Chief of the Police Headquarters for Zootopia was a large black panther with bright yellow pupils that glistened in low lighting. Many co-workers called him Chief, but those who knew him the best called him by his first name, Onyx. On this night, Onyx found himself staring at his computer's monitor while random information and reports flooded in from around the city. A dazed look had settled itself upon his face, barely blinking in the dimly lit room. Slowly, methodically, he brought the metallic mug of hot coffee he had made only moments ago to his lips. Gingerly, he took a sip of its contents and placed it down upon his desk, right of his computer. “Only seven more hours, then I can go home and sleep this horribly long day off.” Thought Onyx to himself as his free paw moved to place itself on top of the keyboard next to him.
The world gave way to darkness before he finally awoke to find himself with his head lying upon his desk, his phone ringing in a frenzied panic. Now looking up the clock next to him, he had managed to fall asleep for three hours and would have enjoyed even more if someone wouldn’t have interrupted his nap. “I don’t get paid enough for this.” He thought to himself before grabbing onto the phone and quickly speaking into it. “I am very busy tonight so make it quick.” With hardly a pause, an officer on the other end of the line spoke, he seemed to be in a panicked state.
“My apologies Chief but we have a situation down here in the Rainforest district that I thought you would want to know about immediately. We were attacked by a full family of Panthers who were taking shelter inside of their home. Thankfully there were no casualties and the hostile Panthers were incapacitated but there were injuries on both sides. Here is the thing though, inside of their home it appeared as if they were planning for something much bigger than just ambushing three police cars. We have recovered a map of the Rainforest District, upon it are markers and the name of each target they were apparently hunting. They were not only hunting Prey, but also Predators that are known to reside in this ecosystem. I am worried that there may be more groups such as this one in the other Ecosystems. Besides the map, we also found an insignia that shows a viper wrapping around the symbol for Zootopia, sinking its fangs into it. I have been in the force with you for a long time Chief, but something about this whole situation makes me quite uncomfortable.”
The Chief remained silent for a moment as he pictured the insignia, the symbol sounded familiar, was it the same one he had seen many years ago when out on a high risk assignment. “Bring the Insignia to me, I need to make sure of something before we move against this new threat.” The officer on the other end of the line quickly yelled at those behind him, telling them that they were heading back to the Headquarters. If the insignias did match exactly, and it turned out this threat had returned once more, they were going to need all the help they could get.
A couple hours later, the officer that had been talking to Chief Onyx walked up to the chief's private room and entered slowly to find Onyx waiting patiently for him to arrive. “Do you have the item I have requested?” asked Onyx, arms crossed over his chest. The officer, who turned out to be a rather small Rhino placed the insignia that was inside of a plastic bag in front of the Chief, watching him closely. Slowly closing his eyes and placing his left paw over his face with a sigh, Onyx’s right paw dug into the wood upon his desk. “I want you to keep this under wraps for the moment while I contact Raven Squad, if anyone finds out about this besides you and your officers I will have all your heads mounted on redwood and hung from the wall behind me, am I clear?”
The Rhino raised an eyebrow but quickly regained himself, nodding quickly at the Chief's words. “Yes sir, I will personally see to it that nothing about this gets out in anyway.” The room fell silent as Onyx placed his hands on the desk in front of him gently as if they had just finished a friendly conversation. “I wish to be alone now, leave me so I can prepare for our next move.” Without saying a word, the Rhino nodded his head and started to leave.
“Oh and Jenkins, I would like that map you found as well before Raven gets their dirty paws all over it.” Said the Chief before the Rhino named Jenkins nodded his head and then left Onyx’s room, shutting the office door behind him firmly. “Here we are again Onyx, calling out those unstable national guard members to do what they do best, let’s just hope they behave this time around.” Thought the Chief to himself before he reached for his phone once more. After picking up the phone, he quickly contacted Mayor Mosley and explained the situation to him. There was much to be done, and quite a few precautions had to be made that would affect the city until the threat was handled with.
Five Hours Later…
The early morning sun filled the lands of Zootopia with loving warmth that spread across all districts as the clear blue sky slowly faded in to existence leaving the calm, cool night behind it. Heading along the monorail tracks that had departed from the Police Academy two hours ago, the sleek designed monorail train cars continued at a high speed of one hundred and fifty miles per hour, heading towards it’s destination, the Zootope district to drop off the new group of Cadets. They had been ordered to take the Blue Line monorail to Zootopia, it would drop them off as close as possible to the Police Headquarters and save everyone a headache. The police commissioner wasn’t going to go down the road of having Cadets get lost in the massive city only to have them show up a couple hours late, he had made sure that was never going to happen to him again.
Inside of the luxury monorail train cars, one would find comfortable seats that reclined with other accommodations, a dining car, and a fantastic view. It was a great way to travel, most preferred it over flying. At the front monorail train, was the car that had the best view of the trains surroundings due to the many large windows that covered it. This is where one certain Cadet found himself this early morning, sitting in his own comfortable seat, watching the world around him change from Ecosystem to Ecosystem in an impressive display. The young fox was ecstatic about the fact that today, along with his fellow Cadets, they would all become Elite Officers for Zootopia and her surrounding lands. His seat was leaning back part way though he was fully awake, taking in all of his surroundings. He had managed to sleep for a little while, though that did not last long due to anticipation of what was going to come next.
Thankfully, the lights inside of the monorail train car flashed, a voice came over the speakers of the train telling them to remain seated until the train had come to a complete stop at the monorail station. “Finally, a three hour ride and we are here.” The young fox thought to himself, pushing a button on the side of his chair and moving it back to its upright position. When the train did finally come to a stop, all of the Cadets seemed to rush off of the train and found themselves ushered to a number of buses that waited for them. Some of the Cadets sighed, looking as if they wanted to get the day over with, others still had kept their excitement and positive attitude alive. Ten minutes, that is all it took for them to arrive at the Police Headquarters. Once more, they all found themselves quickly leaving their means of transportation though now instead of civilians waiting for them, merely one officer stood in front of them. The large, intimidating black Panther was none other than Onyx himself, eyeing all of the new officers that would be joining his department shortly.
“Form a neat and orderly line in front of me immediately, keep your mouths shut and remain at attention until I approve your application and we are done talking. Am I clear Cadets or shall we do this the hard way?” There was silence, followed by a “Yes Sir!” Onyx nodded his head in approval, “Very well, first in line, step forward and present your application for review.” The group of Cadets did exactly that, the first in line was Lance, how he had ended up first was beyond him but getting this over with was in his best interest. “Lance, Marble Fox, Male, blah blah blah I do not care…” he flipped the application onto its back and read the rest of the information to himself. “Alright, I am assigning you to Joseph, also known as Squad 66 for the last part of your training, go stand next to the armored vehicle, he is the tiger with black and white stripes you see standing next to it.” With a salute, Lance did as he was told, quickly making his over to Joseph who motioned for him to sit shotgun in the armored vehicle. “Next in line, step forward, quickly!”
The time was five minutes past midnight and the late night shifts at the Zootopia Police Head Quarters were already fully underway. While most Officers stayed at the Headquarters to undertake numerous tasks, some were sent on redeye patrols, to protect and serve all those inside the city under the soft azure glow of the starry night sky. This night, like many others, had proven to be appallingly dull so far, which came as a surprise to the police force due to summer starting only two short weeks ago. There was a high chance that some young animal still struggling with his existence would attempt something unintelligent. Most of the time these activities were pranks and shenanigans that were more of a nuisance than anything malicious. Unfortunately, much more serious crimes were committed and warranted a more severe punishment.
The Chief of the Police Headquarters for Zootopia was a large black panther with bright yellow pupils that glistened in low lighting. Many co-workers called him Chief, but those who knew him the best called him by his first name, Onyx. On this night, Onyx found himself staring at his computer's monitor while random information and reports flooded in from around the city. A dazed look had settled itself upon his face, barely blinking in the dimly lit room. Slowly, methodically, he brought the metallic mug of hot coffee he had made only moments ago to his lips. Gingerly, he took a sip of its contents and placed it down upon his desk, right of his computer. “Only seven more hours, then I can go home and sleep this horribly long day off.” Thought Onyx to himself as his free paw moved to place itself on top of the keyboard next to him.
The world gave way to darkness before he finally awoke to find himself with his head lying upon his desk, his phone ringing in a frenzied panic. Now looking up the clock next to him, he had managed to fall asleep for three hours and would have enjoyed even more if someone wouldn’t have interrupted his nap. “I don’t get paid enough for this.” He thought to himself before grabbing onto the phone and quickly speaking into it. “I am very busy tonight so make it quick.” With hardly a pause, an officer on the other end of the line spoke, he seemed to be in a panicked state.
“My apologies Chief but we have a situation down here in the Rainforest district that I thought you would want to know about immediately. We were attacked by a full family of Panthers who were taking shelter inside of their home. Thankfully there were no casualties and the hostile Panthers were incapacitated but there were injuries on both sides. Here is the thing though, inside of their home it appeared as if they were planning for something much bigger than just ambushing three police cars. We have recovered a map of the Rainforest District, upon it are markers and the name of each target they were apparently hunting. They were not only hunting Prey, but also Predators that are known to reside in this ecosystem. I am worried that there may be more groups such as this one in the other Ecosystems. Besides the map, we also found an insignia that shows a viper wrapping around the symbol for Zootopia, sinking its fangs into it. I have been in the force with you for a long time Chief, but something about this whole situation makes me quite uncomfortable.”
The Chief remained silent for a moment as he pictured the insignia, the symbol sounded familiar, was it the same one he had seen many years ago when out on a high risk assignment. “Bring the Insignia to me, I need to make sure of something before we move against this new threat.” The officer on the other end of the line quickly yelled at those behind him, telling them that they were heading back to the Headquarters. If the insignias did match exactly, and it turned out this threat had returned once more, they were going to need all the help they could get.
A couple hours later, the officer that had been talking to Chief Onyx walked up to the chief's private room and entered slowly to find Onyx waiting patiently for him to arrive. “Do you have the item I have requested?” asked Onyx, arms crossed over his chest. The officer, who turned out to be a rather small Rhino placed the insignia that was inside of a plastic bag in front of the Chief, watching him closely. Slowly closing his eyes and placing his left paw over his face with a sigh, Onyx’s right paw dug into the wood upon his desk. “I want you to keep this under wraps for the moment while I contact Raven Squad, if anyone finds out about this besides you and your officers I will have all your heads mounted on redwood and hung from the wall behind me, am I clear?”
The Rhino raised an eyebrow but quickly regained himself, nodding quickly at the Chief's words. “Yes sir, I will personally see to it that nothing about this gets out in anyway.” The room fell silent as Onyx placed his hands on the desk in front of him gently as if they had just finished a friendly conversation. “I wish to be alone now, leave me so I can prepare for our next move.” Without saying a word, the Rhino nodded his head and started to leave.
“Oh and Jenkins, I would like that map you found as well before Raven gets their dirty paws all over it.” Said the Chief before the Rhino named Jenkins nodded his head and then left Onyx’s room, shutting the office door behind him firmly. “Here we are again Onyx, calling out those unstable national guard members to do what they do best, let’s just hope they behave this time around.” Thought the Chief to himself before he reached for his phone once more. After picking up the phone, he quickly contacted Mayor Mosley and explained the situation to him. There was much to be done, and quite a few precautions had to be made that would affect the city until the threat was handled with.
Five Hours Later…
The early morning sun filled the lands of Zootopia with loving warmth that spread across all districts as the clear blue sky slowly faded in to existence leaving the calm, cool night behind it. Heading along the monorail tracks that had departed from the Police Academy two hours ago, the sleek designed monorail train cars continued at a high speed of one hundred and fifty miles per hour, heading towards it’s destination, the Zootope district to drop off the new group of Cadets. They had been ordered to take the Blue Line monorail to Zootopia, it would drop them off as close as possible to the Police Headquarters and save everyone a headache. The police commissioner wasn’t going to go down the road of having Cadets get lost in the massive city only to have them show up a couple hours late, he had made sure that was never going to happen to him again.
Inside of the luxury monorail train cars, one would find comfortable seats that reclined with other accommodations, a dining car, and a fantastic view. It was a great way to travel, most preferred it over flying. At the front monorail train, was the car that had the best view of the trains surroundings due to the many large windows that covered it. This is where one certain Cadet found himself this early morning, sitting in his own comfortable seat, watching the world around him change from Ecosystem to Ecosystem in an impressive display. The young fox was ecstatic about the fact that today, along with his fellow Cadets, they would all become Elite Officers for Zootopia and her surrounding lands. His seat was leaning back part way though he was fully awake, taking in all of his surroundings. He had managed to sleep for a little while, though that did not last long due to anticipation of what was going to come next.
Thankfully, the lights inside of the monorail train car flashed, a voice came over the speakers of the train telling them to remain seated until the train had come to a complete stop at the monorail station. “Finally, a three hour ride and we are here.” The young fox thought to himself, pushing a button on the side of his chair and moving it back to its upright position. When the train did finally come to a stop, all of the Cadets seemed to rush off of the train and found themselves ushered to a number of buses that waited for them. Some of the Cadets sighed, looking as if they wanted to get the day over with, others still had kept their excitement and positive attitude alive. Ten minutes, that is all it took for them to arrive at the Police Headquarters. Once more, they all found themselves quickly leaving their means of transportation though now instead of civilians waiting for them, merely one officer stood in front of them. The large, intimidating black Panther was none other than Onyx himself, eyeing all of the new officers that would be joining his department shortly.
“Form a neat and orderly line in front of me immediately, keep your mouths shut and remain at attention until I approve your application and we are done talking. Am I clear Cadets or shall we do this the hard way?” There was silence, followed by a “Yes Sir!” Onyx nodded his head in approval, “Very well, first in line, step forward and present your application for review.” The group of Cadets did exactly that, the first in line was Lance, how he had ended up first was beyond him but getting this over with was in his best interest. “Lance, Marble Fox, Male, blah blah blah I do not care…” he flipped the application onto its back and read the rest of the information to himself. “Alright, I am assigning you to Joseph, also known as Squad 66 for the last part of your training, go stand next to the armored vehicle, he is the tiger with black and white stripes you see standing next to it.” With a salute, Lance did as he was told, quickly making his over to Joseph who motioned for him to sit shotgun in the armored vehicle. “Next in line, step forward, quickly!”
