My sister and I had locked eyes. We were staring at each other. I was staring at her in disbelief, while she was staring at me in an intimidating way. I groaned and shook my paws, whimpering slightly as I felt a surge of pain in my right paw, "I wouldn't move too much, Clyde." I looked back up at her, and she had a frown on her face.

"...Emily..." Tears were trailing down my face. After all, this time, trying to find my sister, and I couldn't even find any words. I was confused, scared, angry and relieved at the same time.

"Never thought I'd be holding a gun to my brother's head, huh?" She scoffed. Her attitude was much different. She wasn't the sweet little girl that I used to know. Something had changed. Something drastic, because now...she seemed to have some sort of sadistic attitude, as a smirk crept onto her face, "Apologies for that, really. I didn't recognize you until the last second, but, whatever." She shrugged.

"...why are you here…?" I felt a little light-headed. Whatever she injected into my neck really did some damage to me, as I had trouble keeping my eyes open. I felt like I was asleep, and awake at the same time.

She looked away from me, then slowly approached me. She folded her arms and seemed to be examining me, top-to-bottom with her eyes, "Look, I can't explain!" She suddenly shouted. I flinched and whimpered slightly as she raised her paw. I looked at her and realized how much she'd turned out just like Martha, my mother...she had the similar tone of voice, the anger, the tone...the aggression. And the unpredictability.

"Predators, they..." Her angry demeanor slowly faded into a saddened tone, "...they can't be kept in prison. They can't be taught otherwise. Any predator I've ever known has..." She held her head and rubbed her eyes, "They've...just, GOD! The things they DID to me!" She screamed in my face. The anger was back, and it was in full force.

"On my first NIGHT in Zootropolis...I was beaten! Robbed! I was RAPED by three tigers who were twice my size! God damn it I was only EIGHT!" My eyes widened at this, "...this...this isn't some personal vendetta either! Mr. Peng...my old boss he...he had good ideas...he wanted to pacify them, to keep them safe but...we need to put ourselves first. Prey. We may be more in numbers, but compared to predators, we are nothing."

"I'm s-sorry all of that happened to you, Emily...but..." I felt a fist across my face. I coughed heavily and closed my eyes. I spat out a tooth and panted heavily as my eyes reopened. My sister had just hit me…? Was this really happening?

"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" She shouted, "M-My name is Martha now! You see? My mother and I we...we are a team!" She exclaimed, "But now that she's gone...and dad's gone, and you..." She looked away from me, "...I just...I need to figure this out on my own now."

She looked back at me and slowly re-approached, "Predators are unstoppable unless we do something about it now! Canis...Foxy...Frederick, all of them!" She shouted, "The Chief of Police agreed with me..." She closed her eyes, "He and Peng kidnapped the mayor...staged a 'missing predator' report...and Mr. Peng ordered dozens of predators to be taken here."

"Em-...M-Martha! Why are you doing this!? So what if you had a bad experience! We've all had bad experiences!" I exclaimed, "For the love of god, you robbed me too!" I growled, "I may not have been raped, but I don't feel any anger towards predators! They are the minority!" I coughed, still feeling the pain from the punch, "W-We need to stop this! Now! The collars are only used to enslave...what is your plan then, huh? Bring them in one-by-one and kill them all?"

"No," Emily quickly dismissed what I said, "That's why we're destroying Zootropolis." I froze at that point. I couldn't tell if this was real, or some television show, or a lucid dream. Either way, I was terrified.

"You've...you've got to be kidding me! You'd be killing innocent predators and prey alike!" I shouted. She sighed and shook her head.

"That's why we're evacuating all of the prey. Right now," She chuckled, "All of the predators will remain in the city, while the prey will escape with their lives." She was mad. She was going to destroy a city for reasons I couldn't even fathom. I don't think she even knew why she was going this.

"Martha...you...you're insane..." I felt my heart shatter at those words. Even if I was using my mother's name, I was still talking to my sister here, "...wait...wait! My father...what happened to Niall, Martha? Did you kill him?" She nodded, and I felt my heart stop.

"Niall, he..." She sighed, "He could be a good father when he wanted to. But after my mother told me of everything he did...and the danger he put us in...I let him have it," She clenched her fists, "I bashed Niall's brains in, and I don't regret it one bit!"

"NO!" I screamed, sobbing heavily, "He was still our father!"

"Not anymore he isn't..." She trailed off. She walked into the darkness, but before I could say anything else, the lights came on. I was in a cell, reminiscent of the other cells that the predators were in. I was shackled to a heavy stone wall, and I could see outside of the cell, due to what seemed to be bullet-proof glass beside a security-enabled door behind my sister.

"Clyde," She came closer to me, and I felt myself whimper. I struggled to get away from her as she came closer and closer, so our muzzles were almost touching, "Mom is dead, Niall is dead...and now you're going to die too." She turned and started slowly walking away from me. I pulled at the shackles and screamed at her as she approached the door.

"PLEASE!" I screamed, "DON'T GO!" She didn't flinch. She pressed her finger against the door and pressed in a security key that I couldn't see, "EMILY! PLEASE! I LOVE YOU!" She stopped in her tracks. I whimpered and looked down, closing my eyes as more tears started to form, "You're my sister..." I opened my eyes to see my sister standing in front of me once more, "...and I love you...please...stop this..."

She didn't say anything, she just let me talk, "Anything...t-that might have happened in the past...is irrelevant now...we..." I coughed and wheezed, "...we…! We need to move on...n-now..."

"I can't just move on," My sister muttered, "I can't protect you anymore, Clyde."

"So you're just gonna kill me?" I asked, "And all of these predators!? Your boss is dead! You can still make the right decision here and stop this! Y-You seem to be at the top of the chain right now!" I begged her, trying to get her to see reason, but it didn't seem like it was going to work.

"God...damn it, Emily..." I sighed softly, "Niall and I loved you. You were….are...family for god-sake!" I exclaimed, "Your mother took you away from us...and you're blaming us…?"

"She saved me from you," She said, "Both of you."

"She's...she's brainwashed you..." My sister and I locked eyes once more, "Emily, please...please see reason! Your mom is DEAD."

She closed her eyes and turned away from me, "These cells were created by Zootropolis' top scientists, you know..." She tapped the wall, "They were smart little badgers, weren't they?" She chuckled lightly, "Facial recognition software, security cameras...monitoring software...do you know what happens in these cells?" She looked over at me as if I knew the answer. I shook my head and she sighed.

"We get predators, and we lock them in these cells," She stated the obvious, before she went into a little more detail, "We monitor their behavior using their collars. Their heart-rate...ya know, stuff like that," She looked away from me, "And we slowly destroy their mental state until they can't think for themselves anymore..." I trailed off, "I knew I'd like this job once I saw the predators in here suffering for the first time..." Her voice faded into a whisper before she glanced at me once more.

"I remember one predator in particular..." She folded her arms, "Foxy Cynical." Wait, what? Was I finally going to get some answers about the fox that we were looking for, for so long?

"He would cry...and scream...begging us to let him go..." She shook her head, "He went insane within...a day or so, I think," She trailed off, before returning to the subject at hand, "A-Anyway. The fox drove himself insane without the medication, and we tried our best to bring him back. But after we realized he was too far gone...we started developing...some sort of drug, to assist him."

"D-Drug…?" My eyes narrowed. Where was this going!?

"We...actually tried our best to cure him," She shook her head, "But no matter what we did...what we gave him or anything...nothing worked," She bit her lip and looked down, "Then we realized how fragile the predators really are. So we shifted our focus to the foxes after that. We've got three dozen more in the left wing of this facility. All of them, savage."

"Why!? Is this for personal gain!?" I screamed in her face. She didn't flinch, she just smirked.

"Well, I guess some of it is, yes, but honestly...it's for the good of all prey everywhere." She shrugged.

"NO! It's good for YOU!" I growled.

"As I was saying..." She continued, "...nothing worked on the fox. Once an animal goes insane...it's not possible for the predatory instincts to kick in. At least that's what we got from the experiments..." She shrugged, "...so...we had to put him down."

My heart stopped. I had a feeling this was true. Officer Foxy...was dead. And my sister was the one who did it. She killed Foxy, she killed my father...and she's killed so many more predators and prey alike!

"What are you gaining from this?" I asked.

"There's no need to ask that," She sighed, "Look, let's just get to the point. Fuck the rest I was gonna say," She chuckled lightly, "I'm going to kill Canis first...then Senior...then I'm gonna find that fucking purple rabbit. And after I kill that little bastard, I'm gonna hunt down your boyfriend and kill him." She spat in my face.

All four of them were here. Senior was only a few cells away, but the others...I had no idea where any of the others were. It seemed that Canis never did make it onto his flight. Maybe he was in a cell or something nearby.

She turned to leave, but I quickly stopped her, "HEY! WAIT!" I exclaimed. She turned and looked at me, one final time.

"What...what do you want now, Clyde?" She asked, in a tired tone.

"Is...I-Is all this because of what happened at Christmas!?" I exclaimed. My sister winced, and she immediately realized what I was referring to, "I-I know mom and dad fought a lot...but that isn't the reason why you're doing this, is it? You said before you can't protect me anymore...but I don't need you to protect me!"

"YOU ALWAYS NEEDED MY PROTECTION!" She screamed, catching me off-guard, "Without me, you wouldn't have made it through to the next year." I panted heavily as I locked eyes with her once more.

My eyes opened. I was lying in my bed. I rubbed my eyes and yawned, pushing myself off my back and throwing my legs over the side of the bed. I rested my footpads on the timber floor and shivered as I felt the cold timber pressing against the pads of my foot paws. I yawned again and turned to look at my bed. I smiled as I noticed my plush bunny resting at the end of the bed.

I reached over to the plush and pulled it against my side gently. I scooped it up in my paws and cuddled it tightly, it's ears just resting upon my little shoulders. It was only a few months since my sister and I saw my mother and father fight in the living room. The screaming...the hitting...

I sighed as I pushed those thoughts out of my head. I cuddled my plush tightly and stroked it's ears, before pulling it away from my chest. The blue stripes on the plush seemed to resemble tear-tracks, which just made my mind go back to what I was thinking about earlier, "Fluffbun..." I trailed off.

I pushed myself off the bed, holding Fluffbun in my right paw. I glanced at my window and noticed it was snowing outside. I clutched my plush tightly as I approached the window and had a better look. The road and grass outside were completely covered in beautiful white blankets of snow. My tail swished back and forth as I noticed a wolf around my age across the street.

He was building a snowman beside his driveway. He was giggling to himself. He noticed me looking at him and waved at me. I smiled and returned the wave before I heard a pair of footsteps downstairs. I instantly thought that it was my mother, as my father didn't wake up until late in the morning. He worked late, so he needed to sleep in to regain his strength.

I remembered my father's little song he sang for me. Well, only the first couple lines. But those used to calm me down when I was stressed or scared, "...fluffy rabbits hopping along..." I whispered to myself in a timid tone as I approached the door, "...through the ripe fields of farm and song..." I rested my paw on the doorknob and walked out of my room.

I sunk my teeth into my bottom lip as I quietly shut the door behind me. I glanced to the right and noticed my father and mother's bedroom door was locked. I approached the top of the stairs and peered over the railing.

And there she was. My mother walked underneath the stairs and down the hallway leading to the front door. She was wearing a large coat, and winter clothing beneath there. I was tempted to ask where she was going, but before I got the courage to, she was already out the front door. I tilted my head as I noticed something peeking around the corner of the living room.

I slowly went down a few steps before I realized what it was. It was a green pine tree. A small one, in the living room, with a gold star on the top and presents surrounding it.

"Oh, my..." My eyes widened, "OH MY GOSH!" I squealed and ran back up the stairs, almost tripping on the top step. I ran to the right and almost slipped along the timber floor. I pushed open the door to my sister's room and ran in, flailing my arms around, "OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH!" I screamed as I ran to my sister's sleeping form.

I pressed my paws against her back and pressured her, "Em! Em! Em! Wake up! It's Christmas!" I giggled. Emily rolled over and grinned at me.

"It's Christmas?" Her eyes widened, "Let's go downstairs!" She smiled and got out of her bed. She was wearing pajamas with pink kittens strewn across it. I grabbed her paw and led her out of her room and down the stairs.

We stopped at the Christmas tree and giggled amongst ourselves, "Looks like you two are awake..." I glanced behind me to see my father standing at the entrance to the kitchen, with a coffee in his paw.

"Aww..." I trailed off, "I was hoping to steal some gifts!" Emily and Niall laughed.

"I still need to prepare a few things for later! If you go outside and play for a while, I'll make you some hot chocolates with some bunny biscuits, how's that sound?" I nodded.

"Yes, daddy!" I pushed myself to my feet and ran outside. It was freezing outside, but my pajamas were really protective against the cold, "Come on, sis!"

"Wait up, kiddo..." She followed me closely. She looked around with narrowed eyes and grinned, "Hey! Why don't we build...a snowman!" She exclaimed, "The best snowman in town! How's that sound?"

"I like that…!" I smiled. My sister and I started making large balls of snow. She walked inside a few minutes later and came out with some black buttons, a winter cap and a carrot for the snowman.

A few more minutes passed before our creation was finished. We backed away from it and stared at it in awe, "Wow..." I smiled. The snowman was decorated in dots of black around the body, with a carrot for a nose, and two blue buttons for eyes. The winter cap was atop of its head, and the snowman had a big smile on its face.

"Thanks, Em..." I hugged her tightly. We glanced at the door and noticed my father had just opened the door.

"Hot chocolates are inside kids! Come on in!" My sister giggled and ran inside.

"I'll be in soon!" I approached the snowman and smiled at it, "Hi Mr. Snow-man..." I giggled. Before I could say or do anything else, I felt something cold thump against the back of my head. I fell face-first into the snow and groaned as I got a mouthful of it.

I coughed and rubbed my eyes as I turned, my back resting against the snow. I felt another cold thump on the side of my face this time. I pushed myself to my feet and realized that the wolf across the street was throwing snowballs at me. He was laughing and throwing as many at me as he possibly could, "Come on! Come play!" He laughed.

I giggled and started making some snowballs, throwing them across the street. A few of them even hit the kid in the face. I glanced at the door and smiled at my sister as she came out. As soon as I turned my head, a snowball was hurled at me. I felt it smash against the back of my head, and I fell onto the snow.

I rubbed my eyes, only to see my sister run across the street and approach the wolf. I rubbed my eyes once more, brushing away the snow, only to see my sister hitting the wolf, "Em! Stop!" I screamed. My father came out from the house and ran across the street, nearly getting hit by a car. He pried my sister off of the wolf and told her to come back inside.

My father panted and led the wolf towards his own house, "It's okay, Canis..." He trailed off, as he knocked on the wolf's house's door. My sister grumbled and approached me.

I whimpered and cowered behind the snowman as she came closer to me, "Stop it, Clyde! I protected you!" After that, my sister and I didn't talk too much. I was scared of her for a good couple years before she was taken away from me by my mother…

I re-opened my eyes, with new tears forming beneath my eyes, "...I didn't need to be protected..." I whispered, "I love you...so much Em...but...t-this needs to stop...daddy loved you, mommy loved you, but...it's over now..." I whimpered, "Please...stop..." My sister turned away from me. I could see tears fall on the floor beneath her feet.

"Canis didn't mean any harm..." I whimpered. She turned and looked at me, with anger in her eyes.

"HE DID!" She screamed, "It explains why he was such a piece of SHIT to you all the time after that!"

"He was only like that because you beat him up! He knew you were my sister!" I shouted, "You instigated everything that happened afterward! Even if this was irrelevant, Canis apologized, and I forgave him! D-Doesn't that matter, Emily!?"

"No..." She shook her head, "We're...we're done talking, Clyde. Goodbye..." She turned and walked away from her. I screamed at her and tried my hardest to catch her attention, but to no avail. She walked out of the cell and locked the door behind her. My eyes widened as I felt a tingling sensation in my neck.

I looked down at myself and gasped. There was a collar wrapped around my neck. No wonder predators could wear these without issue...they don't feel a damn thing! I tried to pry my arms out of the shackles, but to no avail. There was no way that I would be getting out of here.

The collar started to send weird sensations throughout my body before I suddenly lost consciousness.

I woke up in a state of shock. I was completely numb, and I couldn't move. Every sound was muffled. So when I heard banging, I lifted my head, but couldn't see what it was, due to my sight being impaired. I saw a large figure banging against the window. I could see the indentations of their mouth moving, and I could hear muffled screaming.

It took me a few seconds to recognize the color of what was banging on the door. The figure was purple! I shook my head and realized that Bonnie was banging against the glass, "Bonnie!?" I screamed, "Can you hear me!?" He didn't seem to be able to understand, as he constantly pressed his ear against the glass and made gestures that reflected that he couldn't hear.

But when he spoke, I could hear him. Not clearly, but I could still hear him, "They got Freddy! Senior too...Canis and I found each other outside! I have no idea how you got in there...but I'm going to get you out!"

"Where's Canis!?" I shouted. He didn't hear me, but I guess he could read my lips, cause he responded.

"He's in the room to the right there! Canis, come here!" Before I knew it, Canis was standing outside of the cell as well, "Sound travels fast in this place...and your sister is going to be back any second looking for us! We need to get this door open!" I looked around for any way out but couldn't see one.

My eyes widened as I noticed the security camera that Emily was speaking about earlier. When she inserted the security key to open the door, could the security camera have caught it? I used my eyes to direct their attention to the security camera, then to the keypad.

"What? Oh...I think I understand..." Bonnie said, "The camera could've caught the keypad!" He exclaimed, "Where would we be able to find a room for that, though?"

"I'm sure it would be in the administration wing..." Canis said, "It's a few rooms to the right!"

"Good luck..." I muttered.

"Stay safe..." Bonnie said, running off. Canis frowned at me and ran off with Bonnie. I sighed and stared at the ceiling for the minutes that followed. My sister didn't come back to the cell, and it was frighteningly silent.

I looked up at the security camera and noticed that it was looking in my direction. I looked up at it and narrowed my eyes. I realized that if they were there...watching me, I could tell them everything! But...I decided to wait. Now wasn't the time. We needed to find Freddy, find...s-some way to get Senior, Lionheart and the mayor out...then the other predators...before trying to escape.

I realized how hard that would be. It would literally be impossible. But...I didn't see the mayor in her cell. Only her picture outside of the cell, and a different colored tiger inside of there! Maybe the mayor was somewhere else? Before I could think of anything else, Bonnie and Canis returned. Bonnie pressed a few numbers on the security key, and luckily, the door opened wide. Canis pushed Bonnie to the side and ran in.

He unshackled me from the wall and I collapsed onto the ground. Canis knelt beside me and rubbed my shoulder, "It's so good to see you..." Bonnie knelt beside me as well, "I thought I'd never see you again..." Canis whispered.

I frowned and nodded. Bonnie sighed and glanced at me once more, "Okay...t-this is the plan. We're going to find Foxy...then the mayor, then we're going to get the hell out of here!" Canis nodded, agreeing with Bonnie's plan.

This was going to hurt everyone. But I needed to tell Bonnie of Foxy's fate before we went any further. Otherwise, we would be searching for someone who was already dead, "Bonnie..." He and I locked eyes, "M-My sister...told me...about lots of...things..." I trailed off.

"Clyde…?" His eyes widened. I swallowed my courage and I felt myself break down once more.

"I-I'm sorry Bonnie...he's dead..." I could see the color drain from Bonnie's face. He pushed himself to his feet and leaned against a nearby wall. I was too sore to get up to do anything, but Canis quickly got into action and stood beside the rabbit.

Bonnie was muttering to himself, and he looked like he was going to throw up. Suddenly, he started sobbing. I felt my heart break at this, "NO!" He screamed, sobbing heavily, "Foxy...I-I...we were...too late I'm...oh god I'm sorry..." Canis frowned and stroked the bunny's shoulder.

I froze as I heard a metal door opening. If I remembered correctly, the metal door was at the end of the hallway, only ten cells to the left. Canis and I locked eyes, "Y-You carry Bonnie...he obviously can't walk...I'll try to find a way out!" I pushed myself to my feet and winced as I approached the cell's door.

Bonnie felt a pair of paws and was lifted off the ground. It took him a few seconds to realize that he'd been swept into Canis' arms. He carried the rabbit out of the cell and followed me as I ran down the hallway, in the opposite direction to the metal door. I remembered the way I came in, through the vent. There was no way we could all get through there again. I stopped at the final cell and peered inside.

As I thought, Mayor Claw wasn't in there. It was a different tiger, "We need to find the Mayor..." I glanced at Canis, "If we can get her out of here alive...we can get her to tell everyone the truth, and expose everyone." Canis nodded.

"We're gonna have to kill her..." Canis said. We turned right and started walking in a direction I hadn't been down before.

"The mayor?" I glanced at Canis. Bonnie was still sobbing in his arms, but he was quieter.

"No..." Canis frowned. His ears flattening against his head, "Your sister, Clyde..." He whispered. I felt my heart shatter at the unbelievable and inconceivable thought of ending my sister's life. But it seemed to be the only way to stop this madness.

"She told me she's going to destroy Zootropolis..." I said, "She said...that all the predators would stay...while all the prey will be evacuated!" I exclaimed, "We need to stop her...maybe we could...r-reason with her."

Canis shook his head, "Clyde. I know this is hard. But we can't reason with her. She's too far gone." I knew this deep down, and when I finally realized that the only solution was to end her life, tears started trailing down my face once more.

Blinding flashes of who she used to be flashed across my mind, as well as who she was now. What had happened to Em? I sighed and rubbed my eyes as we progressed further away from where we were. We froze as we heard two familiar voices echoing nearby.

We glanced to our left and noticed an open door, "Wait here for a second..." I whispered. Canis nodded and I proceeded to the open door. I peered inside and nearly gasped as I saw my sister speaking with the chief of police; 'Chief Corr'.

"...I can't just make a statement like this..." Chief Corr said, "We should stop this, Martha...I thought this would be beneficial...but we're going through exactly what Zootopia went through before civilization came through!" He exclaimed, "I can't evacuate the city like this. We need to come clean."

"It's fine...now that I think about it...I've changed my plan," My sister smirked, "While I deal with my brother, then Canis, Bonnie and Freddy, Senior too, now that I think about it..." She sighed to herself, "You make the announcement, that the predators and prey are in a war. Make the announcement over the main radio station!" She exclaimed.

"Wait, what?" Chief Corr asked, "A war? We can't do that! Millions will be killed!"

"I don't mean a full scale; 'tanks and RPGs' war. I meant, a war between races...like...prey and predator fighting on the streets. Prey finally realizing who the predators finally are! They will rise, and destroy all of the predators!" She exclaimed.

Chief Corr stared at her as if she was insane, "Okay. Martha. That's it. I'm leaving, and I'm telling all of my soldiers and officers outside that it's OVER!" He exclaimed. He pushed Martha away and grabbed his radio, "Soldiers, officers. Head back to main duty, change of plans. Head back to base, over." He turned off the radio.

My eyes widened as I noticed my sister fumble around her thigh for a second, "Now, I'm leaving!" Chief Corr exclaimed. My sister smirked and pulled a knife from her pocket. She jumped up on a nearby chair, then atop of the chief, penetrating his neck with the sharp blade. I winced and looked away from the door, hearing his sickening coughs, and his feeble attempts to breathe, until he breathed his last breath.

"...attention..." My eyes widened. I peered back into the room and saw my sister speaking into the radio. She picked up a gun from the table and loaded it, so my courage quickly diminished. She was breaking into the main radio station!

"Attention all prey, attention all prey! The predators are not who you see them as! They are rising, and they are going to kill you all. Your friend, your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, sister...if they're a predator, they are plotting against you! I'm warning you all, now, to exterminate, all predators. I repeat; exterminate, all predators." She practically screamed.

"The predators have been planning a revolution, harmony is all a lie! Take out your guns, baseball bats, everything to take down all of these predators before they all murder you! Don't be afraid! Because we outnumber them...ten..." Her voice lowered, "...to one." She hung up.

I peered into the room once more and watched as she destroyed the radio, preventing me from doing anything to it. She turned to face the door and I quickly hid behind it. She'd rested against the wall near the door, with her eyes facing away from me. I perked my ears and listened intently.

She seemed afraid. Her paws were shaking, and she had a look of fright on her face, "It's too late now, Emily. They were gonna...they were gonna..." She sighed and rubbed her eyes, "Prey will triumph...not predator...shit..." She turned to glance at the door.

"...now, to find that god-damn mayor. I can't believe we got the wrong one..." She walked out of the room, "Then...my brother dies..." She muttered as she walked away. She wasn't going to physically destroy Zootropolis...she was going to get the citizens to destroy the city themselves…

I knew that wasn't the right mayor! They looked similar, but they got the wrong person…! I paused, "Wait..." I trailed off. The tiger had the mayor's suit on! It had to be the mayor…

Unless...it was an imposter of some sort...but that was a little too far-fetched to believe. I sighed and rubbed my eyes, I needed a plan, and fast. I quickly ran back over to Canis, and Bonnie, who seemed to have finally calmed down. I hugged him tightly and frowned, "Hey..." I trailed off.

"I-I'm fine..." Bonnie whispered, "What happened...o-over there?"

"My sister she...she tapped into the main radio station..." I sighed, "It seems Zootropolis is going to engage in a war between predator and prey..." I muttered.

"Just like in the old tales..." Canis and Bonnie exchanged glances.

"We need to find Freddy. These predators...we can't do anything for them. That includes Senior...or anything else that we know. The mayor is either missing or incurable...so we're on our on!" I exclaimed, rubbing my forehead, "Okay. I have a plan...i-it might work..."

"What's the plan?" Bonnie glanced at me.

"Have either of you seen a lab of any sort? They would have a test for a cure, wouldn't they?" I asked. Canis nodded and pointed in the direction we came from.

"There is a small lab down there, let's head down there. Tell us the plan on the way." Canis folded his arms as I started walking. My two friends walked beside me as I started to explain.

"Okay...if we can find some sort of vial that has some testing for a cure or something in it. We are going to use it on Lionheart," Canis raised his paw, "Wait, let me explain..."

I continued with a frown, my ears lowering as I went further into detail, "He used to be the mayor of Zootopia before he was imprisoned. He's now a singer...but I'm sure he still knows how to be a mayor!" I exclaimed, shrugging, "And besides, we don't really have any other plans!"

"Anyway..." I sighed, "We'll use the cure on him...i-if we manage to get it to work...we need to head back to Zootropolis and get him to City Hall, or somewhere where he can tell everyone what is truly happening, and end any conflict." Canis pressed a paw against my chest, stopping me in my tracks.

"Good plan, but they're two things wrong with that," Canis said. I frowned and tilted my head, "Number one; your sister is still on the loose. She could ruin all of this!" I sighed. He was right! I should've done something, damn it.

"And two; what if the cure doesn't work?" Canis asked.

I looked down, "Well...if it doesn't...we'll be on our own..." I muttered. Bonnie stroked my shoulder and hugged me gently. I froze as I heard something back in the direction we came from.

"...I need to go after my sister..." I said, "You two. Head to the lab and see what you can find. I need to find my sister," I ordered, "Find Freddy if you can!"

"But..." I growled lowly.

"GO!" I shouted. Canis and Bonnie nodded and ran off in the direction of the lab that Canis spoke about. I ran in the opposite direction, in the direction of the noise. I slowed down as I noticed an open metal door at the end of the hallway, similar to the one in the other cell block. It was cracked open slightly, and it seemed to have been opened recently.

"...there you..." I heard a voice inside there. I jogged towards it and peered inside. I didn't see anything, so I walked inside, with my ears perked. It was dark in there, I couldn't see where I was going. I panted softly, trying to avoid catching attention to myself.

I gasped as the light suddenly came on, and I was face-to-face with Freddy, "...oh my..." I grabbed him and held him tightly. I refused to let him go, I just couldn't!

"How did you get in here!?" I started crying. Freddy stared at me wide-eyed and held me tighter, "...oh god...I thought I would never see you again after..." I nuzzled his neck and held the collar of his shirt tightly.

"After what, Clyde…?" Freddy looked down at me with a frown, his ears lowering his head. He narrowed his eyes as he looked down at me. I followed his gaze and noticed he was looking at the marks around my wrists from me being shackled against the wall of the cell. I looked up at him, my ears flattening as I noticed the angry expression on his face, "...what happened?"

I looked down and didn't answer, "Clyde...I know you probably don't want to tell me...but I want to know...please..." I looked back him, then felt tears trail my face. He brushed them away with a finger and stroked my cheek.

"...my sister owns everything now...the locked me up...told me things..." I whispered, "...if we don't get to Zootropolis...the town will..." He frowned and shook his head.

"I-I don't understand! Tell me more, please!" I flinched and looked away from him. Freddy sighed and pulled away from me, resting his head on his paws. I turned away from him, feeling tears trailing down my face once more. I turned to look back at him, only to see that he wasn't there.

My eyes widened and I looked around. I glanced at the door and noticed it was cracked open a little further. I pulled the door open and ran outside, only to Emily standing in the hallway with an arm wrapped around Freddy's shoulder, holding him against her. She was holding a gun in her right paw, and inches from Freddy's neck, she was holding the knife she'd murdered Corr within her left paw.

"...Emily..." I raised my paw and inched forward towards her, "...before you do anything..." My sister's eye twitched slightly, and she pressed the knife against Freddy's neck, drawing a little bit of blood. The blood trailed down his neck and through his fur, "Wait!" I exclaimed, holding both of my paws up.

"I'm going to Zootropolis, with your little friend here...you fuck with me, or follow me...he dies," She said, in a matter-of-fact tone, "Understand me, Clyde?"

"It doesn't have to be this way, god-damn it!" I came closer to her, but quickly regretted it as she made another cut on Freddy's neck, "No! Wait!" Freddy groaned and tried to escape before he was pulled against her once more.

"I may be a small...weak bunny...but I got a knife, and a gun," She tilted her head, "So...we got a deal, Clyde?" I knew deep down that she was insane. No matter what I said, she wouldn't listen to reason. But I couldn't help but try again. Maybe I could try to reason with her. I frowned as I realised that I'd just contradicted myself, but I pursed my lips and continued to speak.

"How will killing anyone else help anything?" I asked, in a timid tone, "Dad is dead, so is my mom...now you wanna kill my boyfriend, then me...my friends, and then the whole city!" I shouted, "Who else gains from that but you!?"

"That's the whole point," She muttered, "Last chance. Deal, or not?" I looked down. I knew I would regret this, but I was ready to defend my friend. But I quickly realized that no matter what I did, she wouldn't let him go.

"...deal..." I could see Freddy's terrified expression when I said that, and I felt my heart shatter, "I'm sorry..." Emily pulled Freddy closer and led him away from me, and out of my sight. I fell to my knees and stared down at the ground, ears flattening against my head.

I looked up as I heard two pairs of footprints approaching quickly. Canis and Bonnie were back from the lab, "We found something!" Canis held a small bottle in his paw, with a label on the front that just read; 'Test'.

"I-It just says test...how do we know it's the cure?" I looked up at Bonnie.

"Well...it was sitting beside a small television. There was a tape in there, and the tape showed the effects of what was in this bottle here..." Bonnie took the bottle and examined it, "...on a bear. The tape showed the effects of it being thrown at the bear, right?" I nodded and beckoned for him to continue, "The bear slowly started to calm down. And...eventually, it's eyes returned to normal, and just before the tape ended, we could see the fear on the bear's face."

"Jesus..." I trailed off.

"Yeah...this place is...evil..." Canis said, hugging himself. Bonnie frowned and nodded, agreeing without him in silence, "...you're crying? What happened, Clyde?"

"Emily paid us a visit..." I trailed off.

"'Us'?" Bonnie tilted his head.

"I found Freddy...in there..." I pointed to the room behind me. Before Bonnie or Canis could go anywhere, I raised my paw to stop them, "...he's gone. She took him to the city. I don't know why she's going down there...but we need to get her. We need to get Freddy back!" I clenched my fists, "And we need to...reason with Emily..."

"She can't be reasoned with, Clyde!" Bonnie exclaimed, but Canis quickly shushed him.

I closed my eyes and looked down, "Look...we need to follow through with our plan...back to the cells, right?" Bonnie nodded, "Okay, good. Let's go to Lionheart's cell, I guess..." I sighed and started walking in the direction of the cells. Canis folded his arms and walked beside me, while Bonnie trailed behind us with a frown on his face.

Canis and I exchanged glances, "He's obviously not handling Foxy's death well..." I muttered. Canis shook his head and rested his paws in his pockets.

"Obviously not," Canis sighed, "I feel bad for him...I can't even begin to fathom what is going through his mind right now..." He whispered, before peering over his shoulder to look at Bonnie, who was staring at the ground with folded arms. Canis turned to look at me once more.

"We'll keep an eye on him...in the meantime...we have a city we need to save..." I turned to the right and before I knew it, we were back in the first hallway of cells I came across when I came in. I walked down the hallway until I reached Lionheart's cell, with Canis and Bonnie right beside me. I rested my paw on the glass and peered inside. The lion was asleep on the cold hard floor. I winced at the sight of his jaws, then turned to look at Canis, "Okay...you're opening the door..." I muttered.

Bonnie nodded and rested his paw on the security panel. I quickly grabbed his paw, "Wait wait!" I whisper-shouted.

"What is it?" Bonnie asked, his ears flattening against his head.

"Does the cure work immediately?" I asked, "We need to get to Zootropolis as soon as possible...and when I open the door and toss this thing at him, I need to know that I won't be killed."

"You're going on? Thanks for volunteering." Canis smirked.

My eyes widened as I just realized I accidently volunteered for an almost-suicidal task, "Shit I didn't…! Okay...fine! Just answer the question, fast."

"Short answer; yes," Bonnie replied, "It happened within the first few seconds of it being thrown."

"Ready?" Canis asked as Bonnie rested his paw on the security panel. Bonnie handed me the bottle and put in the security key. The door opened, and Lionheart's eyes opened. I locked eyes with him as I raised my arm over my head. His pure black eyes sent shivers down my spine, and I quickly through the glass bottle.

I smashed against the side of the lion, it shattered against his side, the glass piercing his fur, with the liquid sifting through the fur as well. I clenched my fists and backed away, "Shut the door! Shut the-..." Before I could react, the lion pounced on me and gnashed his jaws. I rested my paws on his muzzle, trying to keep him off of me.

"GUYS!" I screamed as I kept the lion off me as best as I could. Bonnie and Canis were grunting and trying to pull the lion off me, before Lionheart's eyes closed and he fell limp on top of me. I panted heavily and pushed him off of me, watching him land on the ground beside me. Canis leaned a paw and helped me to my feet.

Bonnie and Canis stood beside me as we watched Lionheart as he just laid on the ground, "I-I thought I was dead..." I whimpered, holding my head with my paws. Canis frowned and stroked my shoulder while Bonnie watched Lionheart intently. I rubbed my eyes and looked up, staring at the lion as he rolled around the floor, growling a frightening and predatory growl for what seemed like forever. Canis had rested his paw on my chest as if he was trying to protect me from the lion.

Bonnie finally backed away from Lionheart and stood beside us with flattened ears. Another minute passed before the lion stopped moving, and his breathing slowly silenced. I gently removed Canis' paw from my chest and pushed myself to my feet. I held a paw in front of me and approached the lion, his back facing me. Bonnie and Canis slowly followed me.

I rested a paw on the lion's back and stroked his fur gently, letting my paw sink into the deep fur. I stroked it for a few seconds, a small smile creeping onto my face. My father used to always do that with Emily and I. He'd sit us down on my bed and do our hair, while slowly resting his paws on our shoulders with a gentle smile. He would let his paws sink into the fur gently and massage them. It was always a good feeling, and I nearly started sobbing once more before I pushed those thoughts away.

The lion grumbled lightly. My ears perked, and I stepped back. Canis and Bonnie stood beside me as the lion rolled over so that he was looking at us. His eyes were his original beautiful color, and his fur wasn't all bristled and sharp. He'd lost his predatory instinct, and he was back to his normal self, "...who are you people?" He asked, in an unfamiliar gentle voice. When he'd spoken to me on the plane, he'd spoken in a deep and happy voice.

He seemed like the enthusiastic type of lion, but for whatever reason, he just didn't speak like he did before. It must've been due to the circumstances. I locked eyes with him and gave him a light smile, "My name's Clyde...this is Canis, and Bonnie." I pointed to the others respectively.

"You and I met on the plane to Zootropolis." I reminded him, my smile fading as he rubbed his head. He tried to get up, but his legs shook and he fell down quickly.

"Yeah, don't get up," Bonnie said, kneeling beside him, "We've just injected you with a drug so, we don't know exactly what the effects are. All we know is that you're normal again." Lionheart rubbed his eyes and looked at us with a confused expression.

"Drug…?" He looked around, "What is this place?" Then he looked at me, "Hey, yeah! I remember...yeah, I remember you. I sat beside you, didn't I?" He pushed himself onto his rear and sat on the ground, looking up at me with an expectant expression.

I nodded and knelt in front of him, "Do you remember anything?" Lionheart scanned the area with his eyes, while not moving an inch.

"I remember..." He rubbed his eyes, "I remember arriving here, getting settled in...I didn't get the job I wanted because," He held his head while groaning, "Agh, my head hurts..." I noticed the collar around his neck and gently rested my paws on it.

"You have a collar on..." I whispered, "Let me get it off." Lionheart rested his paws on his neck and trailed them gently around it, feeling the collar. I pulled at it, but I couldn't get it off, so I retracted my paws.

"Collar? When was this put on…?" He looked up at Bonnie, expecting an answer. And an answer he did receive.

"You would've had it put on when you arrived here, or in the days following it," Bonnie folded his arms. "All predators have to wear collars in this place. It's a law that goes way back."

"When I was..." He rubbed his eyes once more, "I was the mayor of a place similar to this!" He exclaimed, "I remember the rabbit and fox, being arrested and interrogated. Then I was banished from Zootopia. I started singing in a smaller town, then I came to the big city..." He trailed off.

"Why does that matter?" Canis asked, in a bored tone.

"Because when I was the mayor of Zootopia," Lionheart said, "I had been asked dozens of times through letters, that I should put in the collar law," He shook his head, "I always declined it, however, as it gives off the feeling that predators are second-class citizens." His deep and confident voice finally returned.

"Well, that's good to know," Bonnie muttered, "Look around. See all of these cells?" Lionheart slowly started to push himself to his feet. I rested my paws on his thigh and helped him up. He almost fell a couple times, but Canis and I kept him steady.

"Thanks..." Lionheart exhaled as if he'd just run a mile non-stop, "It feels like they're pins and needles in my legs," He chuckled lightly, "What's in the cells?" Lionheart looked around, then noticed the open cell door, "Did I come out of there?"

Canis and Bonnie folded their arms and glanced at me. At the time, I assumed that they were looking at me, expecting me to answer since I was in one of the cells myself. I looked in the direction of my cell, then frowned as I forgot about the collar around my neck.

"U-Uh, sorry," I grumbled, "Yeah, you came out of that cell," I explained what we'd learned so far, the predators being captured, who was behind it all, and what the situation was at that point. During the explanation, Lionheart's expression slowly faded into a frown, and his ears had flattened against his head.

"...and she's gone to the city with him," I looked down, after swallowing my sadness I looked back up at him, then only spoke in a whisper, "...I figured...since you've had experience at being a mayor...you could help us." Lionheart nodded and rested a paw beneath his chin.

Before he said anything, he wrapped his arms around me and held me tightly, "I'm sorry about your family, and everything," Lionheart muttered, "And your...boyfriend, too." He nodded. I frowned and pulled away from him after a few seconds of silence.

"So, what's the plan now?" Bonnie turned to me.

"Next step...we get Lionheart cleaned up, and get the hell to Zootropolis before too much damage is done," I said. The others nodded and we started walking back down the hallway and to the right, "The front doors will be locked, so we'll have to use the vent I used to get in here."

"Think he'll fit in there?" Canis gestured to Lionheart. Truth be told, Lionheart wasn't big by any means, he was just solid and pretty tall. Chances were that he wouldn't fit through the vent, but there was also another issue, and it became apparent as we walked into the room where I'd dropped into.

The four of us looked up with frowns, "That's a good...five, six meters off the ground," Bonnie said, glancing at me, "How the hell are we gonna get in there?" I looked around and scratched my forehead, "We could stack these worn tables..." Canis muttered, "But we'd have to be really careful getting up."

"No kidding..." Lionheart looked at me with a worried expression, "That looks like it'll be a tough fit." My ears lowered.

"These tables won't hold any of us," Canis knelt beside a nearby table, resting a paw on one of the table's legs. It immediately broke and collapsed onto the floor, "What now, then?" I looked back up at the vent and exhaled.

"Okay. Let's stand on each other's shoulders," I said, "Lionheart at the bottom, he's the strongest."

"Is this the best plan you got?" Bonnie glanced at me, with a bored expression planted on his lips.

Canis narrowed his eyes and looked at him, "Got any better plan?" He snapped at him, "Now isn't the time to be an asshole, now is the time to help us!" I flinched at Canis' sudden outburst, leaving the room in uncomfortable silence. Lionheart and I exchanged awkward looks before Canis cleared his throat.

Bonnie's ears lowered and he didn't say anything. I wasn't game to say anything either, it was a tense situation, and Bonnie had only just recently found out about Foxy's death. Lionheart tapped me on the shoulder and squatted down, with both of his arms outstretched. He had seemed to agree with my plan without saying another word, "...come on." I whispered, not wanting to provoke an argument or any glares in my direction.

It took a bit of cooperation and a few falls before we managed to reach the vent. Bonnie pulled himself into the vent, grunting as he did so, "Think you could grab me?" Canis asked, after a few seconds of no movement and silence.

"Fat chance," Bonnie grumbled, looking down at him.

"Just pull me up! I'm sorry, okay?" Canis narrowed his eyes, "Christ almighty..." Bonnie rolled his eyes and grasped Canis' paw, holding it for a few seconds before he frowned at the wolf.

"I'm sorry..." Bonnie whispered, catching Canis by surprise.

"I-It's okay..." Canis' ears flattened, "Just...help me up, and we'll talk about it on the way out." Bonnie nodded and rested his legs against the side of the vent, grabbing the wolf's other paw. He clenched his teeth and pulled Canis up as hard as he could. Canis panted as he made it into the vent and collapsed beside the rabbit.

I noticed them exchange apologetic expressions before they looked down at us from the vent. It was only then that I realized that no matter how far I reached, I wouldn't be able to get up there, and there was no chance that the lion would get in there, for two reasons.

His size, and how far he was from the vent. I sighed and looked down at the lion, "Put me down, pal." I said. Lionheart frowned and did as I asked, gently resting me on the ground beside him.

"What are you doing?" Canis asked, his ears flattening against his head, "Can't you guys get up here?" I shook my head.

"Lionheart and I'll find another way out," I cupped my paws over my mouth, "Just go to the right of you, and follow the vent. It should take you straight out."

"Where are we gonna meet?" Bonnie asked, frowning alongside the wolf.

"There should be a dirt road just outside the vent, follow it, then climb through the hole in the barb-wire fence," I said, mentally congratulating myself for memorising that after what my sister had done to me, "Just go the completely opposite direction from the fence, and you should come across the road. Meet us in one of the cars there."

"Can't be specific?" Canis asked, tilting his head. I shook my head in response, causing Canis to curse under his breath, "Okay, sure. Will you two be okay?"

Lionheart and I exchanged glances. He didn't look too happy about not being able to follow the others, but I think that he understood, "I'll protect him." Lionheart looked down at me. I felt my face flush slightly, but I quickly dismissed the comment and folded my arms.

"If anything, he should be protecting you," Canis said, as he turned to crawl through the vent, "You look like shit, mayor." He smirked and crawled away. Bonnie giggled quietly and looked at me with a worried smile.

"You guys gonna be okay?" Bonnie asked, his smile fading into his well-known frown. We nodded, and that was everything that Bonnie needed to know. He waved at us sheepishly and followed Canis. With both of them now out of sight, Lionheart and I exchanged glances as we walked out of the room and down the hallway.

We walked past the hallway of cells and past the second hallway of cells, before peering around another corner. I'd never been into this part of the facility. It was a narrow hallway, but it was too dark to see what was at the end of it. I swallowed my courage and started walking down the hallway, with Lionheart by my side, "So..." He trailed off. I turned to look at him, slipping my arms into the pockets of my torn pants.

"So?" I tilted my head.

"It's crazy, isn't it?" He turned to look at me once more.

"Well...yeah. All this stuff going on. There's no other word that I can find to describe all of this," I shook my head, "Maybe...crazy, insane...despicable..." Lionheart had a warm smile on his face, "What's the smile for, Lionheart?"

"I'm just...overwhelmed," He chuckled nervously, his deep voice echoing throughout the facility, "You and I were on a plane here, thinking about what we were gonna be...and what we were gonna do. We were both so excited and now..." His smile faded into a frown, and his tone lowered slightly. I noticed it instantly and rested a paw on a shoulder as we couldn't walking – almost blindly, mind you – down the dark, freezing hallway.

"Now we're here," I added, "I wish none of this ever happened, but..." I looked down.

"But what, bun?" I winced at the nickname. Only Freddy could call me that, and I clenched my fists. I exhaled and brushed my hair away from my eyes, looking back at him with an apprehensive expression.

"Don't call me that," I said, simply. Lionheart frowned and nodded, obviously knowing that he struck a chord, "Anyway...I guess...if none of this ever happened, I wouldn't have found my sister.

"But...was it worth it?" I kept asking that question in my head, but I finally let it out. We would probably be getting into some heavy stuff from now on, and I didn't think there would be an opportunity to truly talk.

"Look, Clyde," Lionheart interrupted me, but I let him continue, "Your father, your mother...many people may have died for you to get where you are now, but think about it," A smile crept onto his lips once more, a genuine smile, and an infectious one, that I couldn't help but contract, "You stood up for everyone when nobody else did. This is more than just a city, Clyde. You're standing up for all predators."

"But...everybody was having a fine life before I got here," I rubbed my eyes, "And now...I think to myself, if I hadn't come here, my sister might not have started this war in the city."

"She would've done it either way," Lionheart muttered, "It would've been part of her plan, right?"

I nodded and folded my arms, "I guess so...I'm just...I'm really worried, Lionheart." He frowned and nodded as well. He knew how I felt quite well, 'cause he felt the same. My ears perked and I stopped in my tracks. Lionheart raised an eyebrow at this.

"What's up?" He asked, in a quiet tone, "Is someone here..?"

"No," I started walking in the direction of the sound. It was a radio of some sort, I could tell by the static. Soon, it came into view. A body was lying on the cold, hard floor, with a black radio beside the body, "Oh my..." I glanced at Lionheart and knelt beside the body. It was face-down, so I gently rolled it over.

I shrieked and crawled backward. It was a tiger, whose face had been mutilated and torn apart by sharp claws, "...Jesus christ..." I covered my mouth, turning away from the body. I lurched forward and held my stomach, trying to vomit, but with nothing coming out. Lionheart coughed and rested beside me, stroking my back gently.

A few seconds passed before I could get myself to my feet once more. I grimaced and stared at the corpse, whimpering slightly as I glanced at Lionheart, "What the hell happened to him?" I looked down and grabbed the radio, holding it in my paw.

I could hear police chatter. I scanned through the different radio channels, stopping as I heard screaming. I stared wide-eyed at the radio. There was a woman speaking, and there seemed to be hundreds of people screaming in the background.

"...OFFICER DANIELS IS DOWN, WHERE IS THE CHIEF!?" She was screaming as loud as she could, "ALL PREDATORS ARE UNDER ATTACK, WHERE IS THE CHIEF!? CHIEF CORR!" I could hear glass being smashed.

I could hear someone shout; 'FILTHY FOX!', before the woman screamed and the radio went dark. I felt tears trail down my face and I collapsed to my ears, not wanting to hear anymore, I turned the radio off.

"...what has she done…?" I whispered, staring at the floor.

Lionheart frowned and looked down at the corpse once more, "Could any of the other people outside have done this?" He pointed at the corpse, "I mean, these are lion claw marks...and it was done viciously..."

"WHAT IS THIS THING!?" Lionheart and I flinched as we heard a painful scream. We looked in the direction of the scream with looks of horror planted on our faces.

It came from down the hallway, the way we came. I raised a flashlight and switched it on. My eyes widened as a bloody wolf was running down the hallway towards us, with what seemed like dozens of wounds on his chest, and his police uniform torn, "HEY! HELP!" He was screaming something pounced on him and started clawing him. I could hear his painful screams as I backed away. Lionheart pulled me to my feet and grabbed my paw. Whatever had pounced on the wolf was tearing away at him as his screams faded away.

My eyes locked with the creature that attacked the wolf. It was a large beige tiger covered with black stripes that seemed to be much bigger than Lionheart. Its black eyes sent shivers down my spine, and by the time I had realized that it was skulking towards us, Lionheart had dragged me away from the corpse and we had started running.

I let go of his paw and ran alongside him, down the dark hallways of the facility. We heard the heavy footsteps and growling far behind us, but it was approaching fast. I could feel my lungs burning up as I couldn't to run, whatever my sister had injected to my neck was still affecting my body, because I felt like I was about to lose consciousness.

Lionheart slapped me on the shoulder and pointed to the front door. My eyes widened as I tried to pull them open. They were large glass doors, with metal on the windows beside them. I tried to pry them open, but even with the help of the strong lion, the doors just refused to part. We tried to kick the doors in, but we realized that the glass was stronger than we thought.

I turned to look at me and screamed as the tiger jumped in my direction. Lionheart pulled me out of the way just in time and I landed on the floor, groaning as I slid across the tiles and came to rest beside a nearby wall. Lionheart didn't waste any time as he grabbed me and dragged me down another hallway, as the tiger pulled itself away from the door.

We looked back and saw that the tiger had gone right through the door, smashing it completely. I was terrified after realizing what kind of strength that, that tiger could wield, and I pondered what it could do to us, "In here!" Lionheart glanced at a nearby door and pulled it open. I let go of his paw as we ran inside.

Lionheart grunted as he slammed the door and glanced at a nearby table, "Help me move this, quick!" He exclaimed, grabbing the table and slowly dragging it towards the door. I went around the other side of the table and helped him push the table in front of it.

We gasped as we heard the door being smashed upon, and we saw the door physically move forward. The tiger's claws had penetrated the door and it was prying it open slowly, but with a strong resolve. Lionheart and I backed away from the door and looked at each other, hoping that the other could tell me, or him, about how the hell we were going to get out of this alive.

We looked around the room, staying as far away from the door as possible, as the tiger continued to slam its weight against it. The next time we looked at the door, it's mouth was peeking through the crack between the door and the door-frame, "AH!" I exclaimed, whimpering, "What are we going to do, man!?" I stared at him wide-eyed.

"The front doors were smashed open due to that thing, right?" Lionheart said, the smashing getting louder and more pieces of the door were falling off.

"Yeah, so?" I asked, "If you're suggesting that we manage to...get past, well...that," I pointed at the door, "You're bat-shit insane." I folded my arms.

"We need to distract it somehow...then we need to get through those front doors and get the hell out of here," Lionheart grumbled, "By the way you told Bonnie and Canis where to go, you obviously know your way out of here, right?" I nodded in response to this, "Good, because once we get out of here, there is no way that we're gonna have enough time to stop and figure out where we're going." Another smash at the door, and I could feel the table being pushed against the tiles of the room we were in.

We looked around quickly. There were no windows, and no other doors out of here. I noticed a couple of tables that were near the door, "We could crawl under the tables and stay silent as we crawl through them..." I suggested, in a low tone. I crouched down behind a half-wall, with the top half being glass. Lionheart did the same and I continued, "We could use them to crawl to the door and make a break for it." Lionheart nodded.

"I don't see any other way of getting us out...so, sure." We heard the door smash open, we gasped quietly as a piece of the door was thrown through the top-half of the wall, shattering it, the glass falling on top, and around us. We quickly crawled under a nearby table and watched the predator walk inside on all fours.

The table was absolutely destroyed, as was the door. But that made for an easier getaway, and for an easier escape for the tiger, so he could catch up quickly. We'd need a distraction when we got closer to the door. The tiger had gone the opposite direction of us, it's tail begin the last of it I saw as it went around the half-wall in the center of the room. I could hear the paw-steps, and the crunching of glass beneath its feet.

It took another few seconds before we made it to the door. Lionheart's paw rested on the side of the door. I bit my lip and noticed a bottle atop of the table we were crawling under. I reached from underneath the table and snatched the bottle, glancing at Lionheart, "When I throw this...you and I will make a break for it, as quiet as possible, okay?" He nodded and I raised my arm.

"One...two...three..." I whispered, whispering the third one louder as I threw the bottle across the room. I heard it shatter, followed by a growl and footsteps away from us. Lionheart crawled out from underneath the table and ran off, with me not far behind him. He grabbed my paw as we ran closer to the front door and jumped over it, so we didn't get hurt by any of the broken glass and shrapnel.

We misjudged the landing and landed on the grass. I rolled a few times after I hit the ground, and groaned as I pushed myself to my feet. I glanced at Lionheart. He'd hit the ground hard and he was still reeling from it as I got myself up, and helped him to his feet. We both flinched as we heard another growl, and we started running.

Lionheart had no idea of where to go, so he just ran after me. I peered over my shoulder as we ran, shrieking as I noticed the savage tiger leap over the door and land on the ground with grace. It growled at us and started running after us.

We'd run away from the facility, with me glancing at the vent on the way to the dirt-road. The vent cover was gone. I silently hoped that Bonnie and Canis were okay, as we continued running.

We heard the tiger come closer, as we could hear the dirt beneath its feet. I glanced to my right and noticed the hole through the barb-wire fence. As we turned to the right, the tiger slid across the dirt, a small cloud of dirt and soil filling the air.

"H-Holy shit!" I approached the hole and dove through without a problem. I did a combat roll as I landed on the other side. My eyes widened at this, "Where did I learn that…?" I whispered to myself as I turned back and saw Lionheart struggling to fit through the hole.

"M-My mane is stuck!" He exclaimed, in a higher-pitched tone. I pulled him for a few seconds, as the tiger approached the barb-wire fence, and eventually managed to pull the lion through, the tiger only inches away as it slammed into the barb-wire fence.

Lionheart landed beside me in a panting heap, as he turned back and saw the tiger, mangled in the barb-wire, with blood coming out of what seemed to be everywhere on its body, "What are we going to do about these other predators…?" Lionheart whispered, "These were all people, too." Lionheart looked over at me.

I noticed that on the tiger, it was still wearing a uniform, even though it was mostly torn, I could make out a mechanic logo, with a picture of a wrench on the side of his shirt, "A car mechanic, or something..." My ears lowered, "Come on, let's get back to the car." Lionheart and I started jogging through the forest.

"You didn't answer my question," Lionheart said, in a low voice, "What are we going to do about the predators? Back at the facility?"

"I've got a question of my own," I said to myself, "How did that predator get out? And if that one got out, did others?" Lionheart sighed at the question but repeated his question once more.

"Sorry," I apologized in a quiet tone, "We managed to cure you with something. After this is all sorted out...if it all gets sorted out. I'll tell someone, and they can work on the cure to cure the others," I looked down, "My boyfriend's father is still in there. Saliva dripping from his teeth, and his eyes a dark black."

Lionheart swallowed and folded his arms as we picked up the pace. After a good run through the forest, we finally came out from the other side. We panted heavily and looked along the road, feeling disheartened as we couldn't see any cars.

"There was supposed to be three cars...and a motorcycle out here," I looked around, walking onto the road with widened eyes, "Oh god..." I muttered, "We are screwed," I emphasized the final word heavily, "...if we can't get to town soon."

"Your sister is probably already in town, wreaking havoc with your boyfriend," Lionheart sighed, "But...there could still be time…" He paused, "Hey! Look!" I turned to look in the direction he was facing. I saw red and blue lights to the left of the road, with the back of a black car hanging out from something.

We ran towards the lights and looked down, noticing a police car lying in a ditch. I beamed as I noticed Bonnie and Canis pulling at the back of the car, "Holy shit, you guys are alive!" I exclaimed. Bonnie and Canis looked up us, and before we knew it, we were both wrapped in warm hugs.

Canis hugged me, then Bonnie hugged Lionheart respectively. I smiled at them as Canis pulled away, "We made it out, now...what are you guys doing, and where were all the cars that were out here before?"

"We didn't see any," Canis replied, "Except for this cop-car. We need to get it out of this ditch. Come help us out, man." I nodded and jumped into the ditch. Then I proceeded to get in front of the cop car and pressed my entire weight against it. Lionheart stood beside me and Bonnie and Canis stood at the back of the cruiser.

"Ready?" Canis said, already panting. Bonnie nodded, and so did Lionheart and myself, "One...two...three!" Canis exclaimed, as Lionheart and I started pushing the cruiser, with Canis and Bonnie pulling at the top.

To our surprise, the cruiser actually started to move. My eyes widened as a tire peered out over the top of the ditch and rested on the ground, "Wait until we get two tires out, then get in and we'll drive this thing out!" Bonnie exclaimed as they continued to pull at it.

I flinched as I felt the rain on my fur, "Oh shit," Lionheart muttered, "Let's go! The rain will make this impossible!" Sure enough, it made it almost impossible. But luckily for us, we managed to get the second tire on the top. I glanced at Lionheart, "Go on, get in, we got this!" I opened the driver's side door to the cruiser and stepped inside. I noticed that the car was already switched on, and I pressed my foot on the accelerator while putting the car into reverse.

The cruiser started moving backward, and slowly but surely, it started to go out further and further, "Here we go…!" Finally, after a few minutes of pushing and pulling, the cruiser slipped out of the ditch. Lionheart cheered as he crawled out of the ditch, and Bonnie and Canis grinned and sat in the back.

"Wait, what?" My eyes widened, as Lionheart got in the front passenger seat, "I didn't really learn how to drive properly! I haven't been behind the wheel of a car in ages!" I exclaimed.

"Just go," Bonnie said, as I pulled away from the ditch and onto the road. I pulled to the side of the road and looked at Bonnie with a bored expression, "Fine!" Bonnie got out of the car. Canis had asked Lionheart if he could take his seat, and the lion happily obliged.

I sat in the back seat, beside Lionheart, as Bonnie drove back on the road and towards the city at a faster pace. I relaxed in my seat, looking at Lionheart with an appreciative smile, "Thank you...for saving me. I felt like a burden the whole time, heh." Lionheart rolled his eyes and folded his arms.

"You're fine," He smiled, "I owe you my life too, thanks for getting me out," Canis beamed at me, "All of you."

"Now we need to get you to City Hall..." Bonnie sighed softly.

"Remind me of what we're gonna do when we get there," Lionheart said, "I'm still confused."

"So...if we manage to make it to city hall, we can use the phone there to make a few calls?" I frowned, "We somehow need to tell people who will stop all of this...violence..." Lionheart frowned and nodded.

"Just because I was the mayor of Zootopia, doesn't mean I have authority here, Clyde," He sighed, "I'm washed up. My reputation was ruined back in Zootopia."

"So fix it here," Canis replied, and the conversation ended immediately after that. Lionheart leaned back in his seat, deep in thought, while I was fixated on looking out of my window. Much of the trip after that was silent until we reached the outskirts of Zootropolis.

During the entire trip there, the police radio did not silence at all. Hundreds of different officers were calling in, asking for orders, some of them screaming or begging for help, with half a dozen predator officers crying as well. It was painful to listen to, and as we got closer, Bonnie switched off the police radio.

I peered out the window as we got closer and closer to the city, frowning as I could see cars driving in the opposite direction.

The closer we got to Zootropolis, the more cars that we saw go the opposite direction, "This is unsettling..." Canis murmured as we got closer to the city.

"No kidding..." I muttered. We eventually made it to the freeway. Bonnie pulled onto the only entrance onto the freeway and gasped as he found himself behind another car. He opened the window and looked outside.

"Holy crap..." Bonnie muttered, opening the door and getting out of the police cruiser. I raised an eyebrow and got out of the cruiser, with Lionheart and Canis doing the same.

My eyes widened as I looked ahead of us. The freeway was blocked with thousands of cars trying to get through, most of them with no predators or prey inside. I folded my arms as I noticed a few flipped cars nearby, with some of them on fire, "Jesus...one person did all this?" Lionheart stood beside me with a sigh.

"There is no way that we're gonna make it to City Hall with a car," Canis said, as he started to walk forward, "Looks like we're walking..." He trailed off. I nodded and folded my arms as I started following him, with Bonnie and Lionheart trailing behind us.

"How far is City Hall from here?" I asked.

The wolf glanced at me and sunk his sharp teeth into his bottom lip. He exhaled before he answered me, "I'm not exactly sure, but I know where it is." The four of us walked along the freeway. I felt uneasy as we got closer to an exit that leads to the city center.

"I'm really scared..." I muttered. Canis frowned and pet me on the shoulder, "What if we can't fix this…? What if Freddy dies? What if…? Oh, god..." I whimpered.

Canis sighed, "Ifs and buts, my friend. Everything is going to be fine..." He smiled at me. I nodded and looked down as we proceeded off the exit ramp on foot and made it to the ground.

"Okay...I think it's this way..." Bonnie pointed down a nearby street. I bit my lip as I could see hundreds of different species tearing each other apart. I glanced to my left and noticed a tiger with a baseball bat running in our direction. I shrieked and ran away from the others, and down the street.

I shrieked once more as I bumped into someone. I looked up and my eyes widened. Grace was standing right there, with tears trailing down her face, "...Clyde!" Her eyes narrowed. She blinked away her tears and she clenched her fists.

"YOU DID THIS!" She screamed, throwing a punch at me. I groaned and landed on the ground, avoiding the punch, "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" She exclaimed, falling beside me. She curled up in a ball and started crying to herself.

Canis looked down at her with a frown and extended his paw, "Grace...g-get up..." Grace looked up and grabbed the wolf's paw. He embraced the wolf and cried into his shoulder.

"I can't find my girlfriend!" She exclaimed, "Chica...she's gone!" Canis pet her back and stroked her shoulder.

"Did you see where she went?" Bonnie asked, a frown creeping it's way onto his face.

"S-She went towards City Hall. She said she knew somebody who...who could fix this. Who could fix all of this!" Grace exclaimed, before looking over at me.

"I heard what your sister said over the radio…" Grace whimpered, "Why is she doing this to everyone!?" The otter broke down into tears once more, and I felt my heart shatter.

In the long run, the people who were doing these things to the predators, Grace and Tania included, were being manipulated into thinking that they were doing something good, while in reality, the previous boss was evil, and my sister was a million times worse.

"She was always genocidal!" Grace exclaimed, "I could've done something!" She rubbed her eyes, "Where's the chief of police? Where's any of our authority?! Our mayor is in the fucking City Hall cowering and not making a move!" My eyes widened. I stared at Lionheart, then glanced at Canis and Bonnie.

"We need to get to her, right now!" Bonnie exclaimed, "Grace, come with us, okay? We're gonna find Chica, and we're gonna fix all of this." Grace nodded, and we started running once more, but with an extra otter by our side.

I turned back and saw Lionheart punch the tiger in the face, before running after me. Canis and Bonnie were running beside him, while Grace was trailing a little further behind, "We need to get to City Hall as soon as possible!" I exclaimed as they caught up to me. I glanced to my right after making it to the end of the street with the others, my eyes narrowing as they made contact with a large building.

"There's City Hall." I pointed in the direction of the building. It was only a block away, but between there and where we were standing, countless amounts of prey and predators were attacking each other. I whimpered as I saw a small rabbit smashing a leopard in the face with a spiked baseball bat.

"This place is permanently affected from this..." I whispered, "People are gonna die. And people have died..." I slowly walked forward, while keeping cautious and vigilant. Canis and Bonnie remained by my side while Lionheart stayed behind us with Grace. He'd told us that he was watching the back, so we allowed it, plus, he was keeping Grace safe as well.

A few times on the way to City Hall, they were almost attacked. Canis got a few bruises, and Bonnie had a sprained arm. Lionheart was uninjured, as was Grace, and I had a busted lip. I growled as a rabbit ran in my direction and I punched her in the face.

The bunny fell to the ground, unconscious. I looked up at City hall and froze as I noticed a wolf in front of City Hall, who was wearing a police officer's uniform.

He raised his gun to us as we came closer, his uniform was torn and he looked like he had gone through hell.

"D-Don't come closer! I won't hesitate to use this!" He exclaimed, the gun shaking in his paw. There was blood trailing down his face. It looked like he'd taken a blow to the head, and his eyelids were heavy.

"We're not here to hurt you," Canis said, "We've come to help! We have a plan!" The officer lowered the gun and narrowed his eyes at them, "We need to get inside City Hall." The officer growled and raised the gun once more.

"What's your names? All of you!" He exclaimed.

"C-Canis!" Canis exclaimed, "And that's Bonnie...Clyde, Grace, and Lionheart. I promise we're not here to hurt anyone!" I raised a paw as if I was going to say something. I was about to tell him that my sister had caused all of this. So I decided to but just dropped 'sister' from the equation.

"We know the woman who caused this," I said. The officer lowered the gun and his ears perked, "Her name is Emily Donovan. She tapped into the main radio station and caused all of this. We have a plan to stop all of this!"

The officer nodded and led us up the front steps, "Agh..." He held his head, then rubbed his eyes, "What's your plan? Officer Yankee is my name, by the way..." He muttered. I nodded as he opened the front doors and led us all inside. After we all made it inside, he walked in and closed the doors behind himself, and us.

"This is Lionheart, the former mayor of Zootopia," I glanced at Yankee, "My original plan was to get him here...and somehow spread the word that this war needed to be over!"

"What's the new plan, then?" Canis frowned at him. Officer Yankee folded his arms and watched me intently as I explained that the mayor was still in the building somewhere and that Grace's girlfriend had gone looking for someone else in City Hall.

Unlike the rest of the city, City Hall pretty much remained untouched for the time being, which put the fears of us being attacked to rest. I sighed and rubbed my temple as I glanced at the stairs leading to the second floor.

"Before we go anywhere, do you think this might be of use?" I reached into my pocket and grabbed the police radio. I handed it to the officer and frowned.

"Thanks, mine broke..." Yankee took the radio and switched it on. He gasped as a barrage of screams and police chatter came through.

"Actually, now that you're here..." I trailed off, "Could you go to the police station at all? Maybe try to reduce the panic?" Officer Yankee nodded.

"I'll go with him," Bonnie said with a frown, "I'm still an officer, anyway." Yankee turned to look at him.

"An officer? What's your name?" Yankee folded his arms. Bonnie folded his arms and smirked.

"Officer Bonnie." His smile faded, as he remembered working as a police officer, with Foxy by his side. He closed his eyes and covered them with his paws. He whimpered and started sobbing quietly. Lionheart rubbed his shoulder awkwardly and looked away from him, while Grace was busy sobbing on her own.

Canis slowly approached Bonnie and stroked his shoulder supportively, with a frown on his face, while I gave Grace an awkward smile. Bonnie sniffled and rested his head on Canis' shoulder. I frowned and glanced at the officer, "Uh...Bonnie will go with you, Canis can go with him too...if he wants." Canis glanced at me with a frown.

"But what about you, Clyde?" I shrugged and glanced at Bonnie.

"Bonnie's gonna need some support...and besides I have Lionheart with me,"I looked over at Lionheart, "And he'll keep me safe..." I rolled my eyes. Lionheart grinned and nodded.

"Before any of us go anywhere, do you have any idea where Freddy and Emily are?" Canis' ears flattened.

"No..." I whimpered, "But we'll find them...god, we better find them..." I rubbed my eyes, "G-Go...go on, guys, we should go and try to find the mayor..." My ears flattened against my head and I turned towards the stairs. I folded my arms and started walking up the stairs with a frown on my face.

"...okay. Stay safe." I heard Canis' voice behind me. Nobody else said anything, so I just continued walking up the stairs with Lionheart trailing behind me.

"Wait for me..." Grace whispered, following us up the stairs. I unfolded my arms as we made it to the second floor.

"This is a pretty small building for a City Hall," Lionheart looked around as we continued looking around the building, "The Zootopia City Hall was three times the size..." He murmured. As we looked around the second floor, we noticed a railing in the center of the large space. Lionheart and I leaned against them and peered over the edge, with Grace, being shorter than the both of us, just resting beside it. To my surprise, I hadn't noticed the giant hole in the roof on the bottom floor, because I could see right down onto the bottom floor over the side of the railing. I narrowed my eyes as I noticed glass covering the hole at the top of the bottom floor.

"I don't want to imagine anyone falling through that," I muttered, "Looks like it'd be a painful fall, at the least..." I rubbed my eyes and stared down at the glass. With thousands of thoughts on my mind, the big ones like Freddy and my sister, standing out through them, I held my head and tried my best not to break down or anything.

"I think he needs a bit of time alone," Grace said, in a whisper. She obviously was speaking to Lionheart, and trying to mask her voice so that I didn't hear her, "Lionheart..." Lionheart glanced at me with a frown and walked away. I peered over my shoulder and saw them both sitting on the top of the stairs, facing away from me.

I exhaled quietly and moved away from the railing. I looked up and saw a pair of doors at the end of the room. To the left of the double doors, was a single door with the words; 'Assistant Mayor' on the top of the door.

I glanced at the stairs and saw Grace and Lionheart speaking to each other. My ears lowered as I approached the assistant mayor's office and opened the door, "A-Anyone in here?" I stepped into the room and closed the door behind me. I frowned as I looked around. It was pitch black and impossible to see without some light.

I pulled the flashlight from my pocket and switched it on. The office was rather small and compact, and there were paperwork and furniture strewn across the ground. I sighed softly and walked further in, waving my flashlight around in a desperate attempt to find something.

I shrieked as I heard a sound. I turned around and saw a can roll out from underneath a box. I shrieked again as I saw a feral rat run underneath my feet and out of my sight. I rubbed my eyes, my ears perking as I heard a voice behind me.

"H-Hello?" I glanced in the direction of the voice. During this, I wasn't aware that the door behind me was slightly open. In front of me, was a chicken and a fox standing behind a knocked over vending machine. The chicken had her wings above her head, while the fox was cowering in fear.

I flinched as Grace ran past me. She froze just as she and the chicken locked eyes. That's when I realized who it was. It was the woman that was at Club Rango with Grace. The chicken leaped over the vending machine and knelt down in front of the otter, grabbing her and kissing her gently.

I held the flashlight in my paws and cracked a small smile. The fox slowly approached me and looked up at me, "W-What's going on outside?" It was a female, and I noticed the odd uniform, with a name-tag below her neck.

"Assistant Mayor?" I raised an eyebrow, "Assistant Mayor Vixen...that's your name?" She nodded and grasped my paw gently. She was as tall as Grace, which wasn't that tall because Grace only measured up to the middle of my chest.

The door opened further. I glanced at the door and saw Lionheart standing there, "Mayor Lionheart? From Zootopia?" Assistant Mayor Vixen spoke, letting out a thankful sigh, "Thank goodness, somebody with experience! We've been trapped in here ever since...you know..." Lionheart nodded and glanced at me with a frown.

"Uh...keep these guys safe," I said, handing Lionheart the flashlight, "Still got one more room to check..." I glanced at the door. Lionheart frowned and nodded as he glanced at the others.

He turned to me just as I walked out, "Stay safe, bun..." I grumbled to myself and shut the door behind me. For some reason, I had a weird feeling in my chest. It was a mix of butterflies, and that burning feeling when you cough. What was this feeling?

Was this anticipation? Fright? Horror? I didn't give myself time to think as I approached the double doors. I noticed that written across the top on a plaque resting atop of the door, was the words; 'Mayor's Office.'

The mayor was missing, right? So she must be in here! I rested my paw on the door handle of the left door and pulled it gently. It was dark in there, and I was silently wishing I had kept my flashlight. Out of instinct, I closed the door behind me. I whimpered and slowly approached the mayor's desk, frowning as I noticed that everything was knocked to the floor.

My eyes narrowed as I noticed the chair had been knocked over. I walked around the side of the desk and shrieked as I saw a body lying on the floor. I knelt beside the body and rolled it over, gasping as I recognized who it was.

"Mayor Claw..." I whimpered, backing away from the corpse, "Oh Jesus..."I pushed myself to my feet and ran for the door. A cock of a gun stopped me in my tracks.

"Hold it right there." I didn't need to be told twice. I didn't move an inch for the seconds following that one sentence. I whimpered and closed my eyes.

"Turn around." I re-opened my eyes and turned in the direction of the voice. It was familiar, and when I turned to see the owner of the voice, my heart shattered once more, but...I also felt relieved.

My sister was standing behind the desk, in front of a massive glass window, with a gun in her paw, and an arm around Freddy's neck. Freddy's face was bruised, and he was looking at me through narrowed and hurt eyes.

"Freddy…!" I raised a paw. My sister cocked the gun once more, and I froze in place, "Emily...look outside!" I screamed, taking her off-guard, "Look what you've done! This isn't a revolution! This is genocide!"

"This is all your fault!" My sister snapped, her teeth peeking out of her mouth slightly as she sunk her top two teeth into her bottom lip, "If you had just...not done anything...and stayed away, this could have been avoided!"

"You were going to do this anyway!" I exclaimed, raising my arms over my head as my sister held the gun in the direction of my head, "With, or without my involvement! I'm not gonna let you do this to everyone! Nobody deserves this!"

"I didn't deserve what happened to me," She tightened her grip on Freddy's neck, causing him to groan in pain. I winced and whimpered, tears trailing down my face as my sister turned to look at Freddy, "And I'm going to make sure every single predator feels what I felt. Fear, pain, horror, sadness...everything."

I looked into Freddy's eyes. I could remember when we'd gone to that park, and seen all of those children playing with each other. Predator, prey...they were all playing together! I clenched my fists and took a step closer, "God damn it I love you Emily, but this needs to stop, right now!" I screamed.

My sister's ears perked, and she growled at me, "Lock the door."

"W-What!?" I exclaimed.

"NOW!" She screamed, firing a round into my shoulder. I whimpered and held my shoulder, pain searing through my entire body as I slid the lock on the double doors. I stared at the lock, my back facing Emily. I could hear the footsteps approaching, the muffled voices on the other side of the door.

I could hear Bonnie's voice too, so he hadn't left yet…

"Clyde!?" The door handle was fumbled, and they were trying to get it open. I could hear the whimpering of Bonnie, and with a heavy force pushing at the door, I knew Lionheart was doing everything he could to get the door open, "What's happening in there!? Clyde! CLYDE!"

I turned to look at my sister and approached the other side of the desk. This was it. If I made one wrong move, or said anything that would offend her. Freddy's life would end, and so would mine. She was edging closer to the large windows, pushing the barrel of the pistol against Freddy's head.

I considered unlocking the door, but my friends would come rushing in, and would frighten my sister. She wouldn't waste a second putting Freddy and myself down. I extended a paw and tilted my head, "Emily...please...let him go..." I whimpered, "We can fix this...all of this..." She lowered the gun from his head slightly. My eyes widened and I continued as I started slowly walking around the desk and getting closer to her, with my right paw extended.

"Remember...w-when...you protected me, huh?" I decided to play into her delusion of her having to 'protect' me from Canis that fateful day, "From Canis? The...the snowman?" My sister nodded and sniffled. Behind her, the sun was peeking over the tops of the buildings outside, and it lit the room in a beautiful orange glow. My sister's shadow was projected throughout the room, and I felt myself grow warmer as I got closer to the window.

Closer to the sun. Closer to her...and him.

Freddy whimpered and closed his eyes. Emily glanced at him, then at me, "I came to this city to find you...and I found you..." My lips pursed into a small smile, "And I-I found you...all this time...Emily, we can fix this...we can get you help..." My sister flinched, and I saw her grip on Freddy's neck soften slightly.

Maybe...maybe I could have said something else. But before I could, Freddy fell to the floor, and my sister lowered the gun to her side. She sniffled and started to sob. I looked into her eyes, and I could see my sister. The one who would buy me ice-cream, tell me that everything was okay, and keep me safe. I almost broke down right there, reminding myself of how my sister and I were at the bottom of the steps that day, as my mother and father argued near the front door.

She was there for me. She always was. In her nurturing way, but also...in her own sick and twisted way, too. I felt my heart lurch as she continued to sob, and I wasn't sure what to do. Freddy pushed himself off the ground and collapsed on top of me. I held him tightly and embraced him tightly.

It was the best feeling in the world to feel his fur through my paws again. I could feel his cheeks move. I knew he was smiling at me, but I couldn't see it. I looked over his shoulder, and to my horror, my sister was raising the gun to her head.

She backed up against the window, smiling at me with tears still trailing down her face, "...I'm coming, mom..." She whispered, breathless. It felt like the world slowed down as she rested her finger on the trigger and pressed it gently. I heard the shot ring out. The gun fell to the ground, and my sister fell through the glass window.

Freddy was watching in horror, "NO!" I screamed. I dropped Freddy and ran to the shattered window, looking outside. I looked down and started sobbing heavier than I'd ever done, as I saw my sister's lifeless body lying on the pavement.

The door smashed open behind me. But I drowned out all of the sounds around me. I could feel Freddy's body pressed against mine, and the dozens of eyes eyeing my sister's corpse. I closed my eyes and broke down, tears pouring out of my eyes and onto a patch of blood lying underneath me from where she'd fired the gun.

I love this place.

The heat of the sun was touching me, warming up my fur, but it didn't affect how I felt inside. I felt cold, and dark. I failed her. I failed myself. I failed my father…

But it's haunted without you.

It would've taken the city weeks to return to normal. Canis had managed to reach the radio station and explained everything. Police officers were deployed from other cities to assist in the riots. There were hundreds of bodies lying the streets, and thousands of more people were injured. My sister was dead, and my friends seemed to be happy about that. But I wasn't.

My tired heart is beating so...slow.

My sister's funeral was bare. It was quick, and it had no beauty in it. I was wearing a small suit, standing beside the empty grave of Emily Donovan. I glanced to the right of it and saw Foxy's old grave, which now belonged to Niall Donovan. Then I glanced to my right, and my mother's grave was there.

Our hearts sing less than we wanted.

We wanted.

They were buried together. The priest didn't say anything more as the coffin was lowered into the grave. I stood there, with my hands in front of me, while Freddy and Canis were standing either side of me. Both of them were holding my paws as the coffin was lowered out of sight, and the grave was filled.

Our hearts sing 'cause, we do not know.

We do not know.

To my surprise, I didn't cry. And I was thinking about the person she was before. Maybe my memories would finally stay in the past, and I could start thinking about the present and what the future would hold.

To light the night, to help us grow.

To help us grow.

After the grave was filled, Canis had received a phone call from Bonnie. Canis rested his paw on the speaker of the phone and turned to Freddy and me.

It's not said, I always know.

After the riots finished, the facility was emptied, and all of the predators were being treated with the antidote we had used on Lionheart. They were being cured slowly, but surely. It was working, and that put a small smile on my face.

"...They found Foxy," Canis said, a frown on his face, "Not his lifeless body..." Freddy and I were both staring at him in shock.

You can catch me.

Don't you run, don't you run.

Canis parked in front of the Zootropolis hospital. We got out of the car as quick as we could and ran inside. I walked right past the reception, with Freddy walking right beside me. I noticed a door ajar in the hallway and I cracked it open.

If you live another day.

Sure enough, Foxy was lying in the hospital bed, with Bonnie by his side. He looked like he'd been crying for hours. He looked up at us and didn't say a word as we walked inside. Canis came in after us, and just after him, a doctor walked inside, shutting the door gently behind him.

In this happy little house, the fire's here to stay.

"...have you told them?" The doctor said, grimly. Bonnie shook his head and rubbed his eyes. I glanced at the doctor, my eyes widening as I saw him approach the machine beside the hospital bed.

To light the night, to help us grow.

To help us grow.

Foxy was motionless, and his breathing was short and raspy. The doctor turned to face us, as Bonnie joined us in the corner, "Foxy's condition is serious...and we've done all we can," The doctor whispered, "…he's been seriously injured, and there were drugs in his system that we aren't even aware of in the medical world.."

It is not said, I always know.

"But what does that mean for him?" Canis asked, his ears flattening.

Please don't make a fuss, it won't go away.

"He's been placed into a permanent coma..." The doctor said, quietly, "Foxy Cynical is never going to wake up..." My eyes widened. I broke down and started sobbing into my paws, as did Bonnie. Canis hugged Bonnie tightly while Freddy held me.

The wonder of it all,

The wonder that I made.

I shrieked as I saw the doctor reach behind the bed. I noticed the badger trail his fingers along a white cord, that was plugged into the wall behind the bed, "...no..." I whispered, but it was too late. The plug was pulled.

"I'm sorry...we've done everything we can..." He moved out of the way as the four of us approached. Allfour of us surrounded the bed. We didn't have to speak a word.

I'm here to stay.

I rested a paw on Foxy's arm, running a paw through his fur. Bonnie leaned forward and gently pressed his lips against Foxy's lips, before pulling away, covering his mouth and crying once more. Canis stroked his shoulder. Freddy looked at me. His face was covered in tears, and it looked like he was crying more than me.

I'm here to stay.

We all watched as Foxy's breathing slowed, and the air that was pressing against the mask he was wearing, was slowly starting to cease. Bonnie was resting his paw on Foxy's arm, so none of us dare disturbed the fox.

The breathing ceased, and there was silence.

Stay.

Three Months Later

The city slowly returned to normal after Lionheart was elected for the new mayor. He knew how to run a city, that's for sure. All of the predators were still undergoing treatment after the facility, but they were all being cured.

Foxy's funeral was a week after his death. He was buried in the same cemetery. I kept telling myself that all of this death could have been avoided if I hadn't of even been here. But, without their deaths...we wouldn't have been able to free the predators.

Not even a week after the riots had begun, and swiftly ended, the collar law was banned. All of the predators were told that they had to get rid of their collars, and they all did it with praise. That day became known as; 'Freedom Day.'

Very creative, I know. But I was bored, sitting in the waiting room of a hospital. Yes, it was amazing that all of the predators could get their collars off, but god-damn, the waiting period was long. Freddy was sitting beside me, and he had a worried expression on his face.

But we weren't here for me. Or him.

We were here, for his father.

He'd just been let out of rehabilitation, and was supposed to be in the room in front of us. It took another ten minutes, but Freddy's name was called, and we were allowed inside. His father was sitting on the edge of the bed, the collar still around his neck, but visible, no longer camouflaged into his thick brown fur.

He didn't say anything. And no words were needed. Freddy and I stood back as a doctor came in and started working on professionally removing the collar. It didn't take too long, but every second felt like another hour. Freedom couldn't have come soon enough to Senior, he was just like every other predator forced to wear the accursed collars.

And as the collars dropped onto the ground, the bear felt around his neck with his large, bushy paws, and stared at us wide-eyed. Tears formed beneath his beautiful, blue eyes, and he got up and grabbed us, hugging us tightly.

"Thank you so much, Clyde," Senior sobbed, "You did this...you saved all of us..." The doctor smiled and glanced at Clyde with a grin. It was a male rabbit, and he had the biggest smile on his face.

"My kids want to be just like you, you know..." The doctor said, catching my attention, "...They want to make the world a better place, and now we've got two rabbits in this world making this happen...Judy Hopps in Zootopia...and Clyde Donovan here, both fighting for justice, and diversity and equality for all...right?" I felt myself melt at this and I instantly wrapped my arms around the doctor.

I didn't say anything else, but Freddy was smiling at me on the way out of the hospital. Senior was supposed to be the emotional one, and I was bawling on the way outside.

I sat in the back of the car, while Senior and Freddy were speaking in the front. I was staring out the window, watching the houses go by. As we slowed down to get through the traffic, I could see the smiles on people's faces. Of course, not everyone was going to be happy, and this town wasn't going to become a paradise by any means, but I felt like I...we...did something.

Canis and Bonnie had started to see each other a month after Foxy's passing, but the hadn't done anything too intimate yet, as Bonnie was still reeling over his boyfriend and lover's death. Canis understood that, and he was there to help Bonnie whenever it was needed.

Grace and Chica were situated in the mayor's office, alongside Assistant Mayor Vixen, who kept her job there, but instead of working for Mayor Claw – god rest her soul – they'd be working for Lionheart.

Mayor Lionheart.

It seemed things were turning out for the better. I would finally be able to have a life here. A normal life. I kept telling myself that losing my father, and some of my friends, wasn't worth it. But every time I get a thank you, or see somebody smiling, it reminds me of who my sister used to be.

Happy, full of life. And enthusiastic, ready to do anything to help out the world, in any way she could.

Lionheart didn't let me off the hook either. I was on a stage in front of City Hall a month after the riots ended, and I have been presented a medal and the key to the city. How could somebody as small as I accomplish something as big as this?

I even got to meet Judy herself. The rabbit in uniform. I remember those beautiful violet eyes and that warm feeling I had in my chest when she spoke to me on that same stage. Out of all the words she spoke, a small portion of it remained in my mind, that I would cherish forever, was simply; 'Black or white, wolf or rabbit, gay or straight, it doesn't matter. We all bleed the same color, and we all thrive together. In the two cities, of the future. Zootopia…' She'd paused with a smile; 'And Zootropolis.'

That's what Zootropolis was about, right? 'Where dreams come to thrive'? It was something like that, I'm sure, and maybe it'd take on a whole new meaning now, with people going out of their way to help each other, and making sure that the people around them, were just as happy as they were.

The city was far from perfect. But it was going to get better.

I finally got a job that I wanted. I'm not a professional photographer, and I'm loving every single second of it. Every time I take a picture, I close my eyes and wonder if my father would be proud of me if he was still alive.

That night after we'd arrived from the hospital, Freddy had me pinned against the wall of our bedroom. He kicked the door shut gently, so it didn't wake up Senior, and he pressed his muzzle against mine, hiss tongue intertwining with my own, and his chest pressing against mine.

I was in bliss, and I hadn't felt better in a long time. With my lover, holding me tightly, I kissed back, resting my paws atop of his shoulders, pulling him closer, and closer. He grabbed my shoulders in return, and pulled me onto the bed, with me lying atop of him.

We made out passionately, with him groping me every few seconds. I yipped and pulled away, my ears perking as I heard him laugh beneath me, his chest vibrating with every exhale he made. I smiled and laid atop of him, making another comfortable spot on his large chest. I tilted my head and grinned at the bear, as he stroked my cheek with his fingers, and his smile faded into a small frown.

"I'm so proud of you, bunny…" He whispered, "Really proud of you, I..." He closed his eyes, "You have no idea what you've done for me...for my family...for everyone..." He trailed off, "You are a hero, and you're my boyfriend. I love you, Clyde. With all of my heart." My tears fell onto him, and I clung to him. He wrapped his large arms around me and pulled me close, his lips pressing against mine as he did so.

"I want to marry you..." I heard him whisper, "I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I want to laugh...I want to be able to smile again, with you...and nobody else," I heard his voice soften, "I want you to be mine, and I want you to feel loved. Because you deserve it more than anyone else in the world." He wiped my tears away, and my emerald eyes locked onto those beautiful dark blue ones.

"You are such a charmer..." A warm smile crept onto my face. Freddy returned the smile and we held each other for a long time. I had no idea of how long we were lying there, but as he rolled over, and pressed against my back, I felt like the luckiest bunny in the universe.

He wrapped his arms around my chest, and I curled up in his arms. I felt safe, and I felt loved, but most of all, I felt like I could never be judged. I closed my eyes, and I felt myself fall into a dream once more, in my lover's arms. I couldn't think of a better place to fall asleep in.

I awoke in nothing. Literally nothing. There was no floor, no roof, everything was colored purple, and it was beautiful. It was like...a near-death experience. I looked ahead, and I could see them. Everyone.

Everyone who had died to get me this far. I slowly approached them, and I could recognize them all.

Tania, Wolfcastle, Corr, Mayor Claw, Foxy, Niall, Martha...and Emily...and a dozen more different species standing behind them. They all came closer to me, and I wanted to interact with all of them.

I could see the tears in Tania's eyes, so I wiped them away.

Wolfcastle kissed me on the cheek and thanked me quietly.

Chief Corr and Mayor Claw didn't hug me, they just stood there, with smiles on their faces.

Foxy hugged me tightly and whispered to me about making sure Canis takes care of Bonnie. I nodded and smiled at him before pulling away.

My family stood there, together. I reached forward, but I retracted my paw. I just stood there, staring at them.

Emily was her old self. A little bunny clutching her favorite doll, with a warm smile on her face.

My father, dressed in a Christmas sweater, holding a hot chocolate.

And my mother...holding a lone rose in her paws.

"I miss you," I whispered to them, "All of you."

"We're proud of you," Niall spoke, as the vision faded, and my eyes reopened.

I was back in reality. Freddy had moved me, as we were lying our heads on the pillows, while our almost naked bodies were lying beneath the covers. Freddy had his arms tightly wrapped around me, with his crotch pressing against my rump, and I felt the warmth of his breath on my neck.

"Did you see them too?" Freddy whispered to me. I couldn't mask my shock, but I gave him a response either way.

"I saw them," I whispered, "All of them." Freddy nodded and stroked the back of my neck. His fingers stroking me with the gentlest touch. I couldn't feel any safer, and loved. Freddy caressed my sides and rested his head against the back of mine.

"They love you," Freddy muttered, "And I love you."

"I love you too, Freddy..." I whispered in a content tone. Everything was perfect, and I didn't want anything to change. I wanted to stay in that moment forever because everything seemed exactly how it should be.

I loved him, and he loved me. This city was free, and the predators were free too. This was how Zootropolis was supposed to be. But I couldn't be happier that it would get better.

This was no longer the city where; 'dreams came to thrive'. It was the city where anyone – just like in the city of Zootopia – could do anything, and be anything. Without fear of judgment, or prejudice.

What a wonderful world we lived in.

THE END

And, that was the end of Zootropolis. This chapter was the longest I have ever written, with 19,643 words, and I will probably never top this. My future on Fanfiction depends on where the one-shot collection will go. I will stick with the one-shot collection for now, but from now on...no more big FNAF stories...it's time to move on.

Thank you all, so much for the support. We made it to the end, and I couldn't be prouder of how much effort I put into the last chapter of this. I cry at the thought of it.

I know you all probably get sick of me saying this, but I'm going to say it anyway.

I love you all.

(Little House (the song at the end) doesn't belong to me. Use Google, friends.)

- RSM