SpookOrSpectre presents, in a Halloween special:

THE DEERBROOKE DEVIL

Enjoy... if you dare!

The small, floppy eared vampire watched as the tubby alien ate more orange cookies. Judy had come to the ZPD Halloween party in her A3I suit with a large, fantastic cloak over it, the obnoxious collar upturned to show the red interior. She had even filed her ever-growing teeth into fangs just for the occasion. Sadly, the turnout for the party was rather questionable.

"This isn't as exciting as I thought it would be," Clawhauser said.

"Yeah, I sharpened my teeth but looks like most of the guys are gonna miss out on it."

"You should keep 'em like that, a little intimidation for your haters… plus it's kinda edgy and sexy, like you're rebelling against being a prey mammal," Clawhauser whispered. Judy smiled and rolled her eyes, liking and thinking the idea foolish at the same time.

"Sexy?" She asked, not sure what the attraction would be.

"I don't know… it's kinda cute… you know… uhhh… I don't have an excuse, I just have a thing for the whole goth look on girls…" Clawhauser said. Judy was slightly surprised, both by the fact that Clawhauser was into girls, and that he leaned towards the dark, edgy type.

"Really? Huh… well, opposites attract," Judy figured.

"Ha! Guess so. That's why you and Nick have been getting along so well I'm guessing?"

"I mean, we've only been on one date so far…"

"Yeah, but you talked about it for two weeks," He said. Judy's ears turned red.

"Yeah it was pretty nice…" she said, giving an embarrassed smile.

"Did he kiss you?" Clawhauser asked, giddy.

"Ben!... that's personal…" She said, feeling her ears burning up, smiling in pure embarrassment.

"Oh come on hun-bun, spill the beans," He pressured.

"Yeah…" she said, covering her face slightly.

"And?.." he continued, hoping for a review.

"Oh, would you stop it!"

"No, I can't! You two are too darn cute!" He said, purring with excitement. Judy rolled her eyes and smiled. Nick then walked up, having come back from the punch table, and handed Judy a cup of the blood-red liquid.

"Here's your meal for the evening, Count Crackula," Nick joked.

"You are never going to let that go, are you?" she asked, slightly peeved by the prodding ghost.

"No, I'm afraid watching you fall into a pile of drugs was too hilarious to ever unsee. Tanya would be proud," He said.

"Going to the hospital and getting chewed out by Bogo afterward was not though, I'd like to remind you."

"No, but you shouting 'wheres the rest of 'em! I could take twelve of these assholes!' was worth that small price," Nick said. Judy smirked; after hearing all of the things she had said, she couldn't help but be proud of her tweaked-up self for being so true to her regular self.

"Hey speaking of Tanya, what are they up to? You think they like Halloween?" Judy asked.

"I'm gonna take a wild guess and say no," Nick replied, figuring the two that deal with the real-life counterparts of Halloween were probably not fans.

"You never know. You wanna give 'em a call and see if they want to come and spice up the party with some A3I friends?" Judy asked.

"I should probably ask Bogo first-" Nick started, cut off by Clawhauser.

"On it!" He said, rushing to find the chief.

"-As I was saying, I should ask Bogo first, but I'm not going to," Nick finished. Judy shook her head at the nefarious fox.

"You are gonna be in so much trouble if he says no," she said.

"And you are gonna be in so much trouble if you don't loosen up," Nick said, booping Tanya's contact on his phone. She answered within seconds.

"Helloooooo!" She said, drawing the word out like a ghost.

"Ooooh! My fellow ghooost! We've got a party down at the ZPD that ain't exactly poppin', you wanna get some friends and mozy on over?" Nick asked.

"Mozying we are, actually. Clare threw us a Halloween party and the second stage was to invade the ZPD, so we are on our way as we speak… we are a veritable horde, stumbling through the streets," Tanya said. Clawhauser then came over, out of breath.

"Wait! Nick! The chief… he said… he said he didn't want any more guests… phew!" he said, trying to recover. Judy looked at Nick, wide-eyed; she had heard what Tanya said about the A3I heading over.

"Well, that's a shame… because the A3I is already on their way. And I was not the one who invited them, they were planning on coming anyway. So, now we have a big party, and I am not the one to blame. See fluff? Things always work out," he said.

"I better get back to ghost duty… I was assigned to try and keep everyone on the right path since we have all had just a liiiiittle bit to drink…" Tanya said.

"Good luck! See you in a few," Nick said, hanging up.

"That doesn't sound good," Judy said.

"What doesn't?"

"They've been drinking!"

"Yeah, cause they know how to party. Come on, Fluff, you can't be that stiff."

"I don't think this is going to be good…"

A few minutes later, they were both proven right; it was one hell of a party, but at the same time, it was a hell of a party. Bogo had been shouting for a good few minutes, trying to create order before finally accepting the chaos. It was loud, it was joyous, and it was a mess.

"So, how have things been over here at the 'ol ZPD?" James asked, a slight slur in his voice. Tanya stood next to him, sipping on some of the red, alcohol-free punch from the ZPD.

"Not bad at all. Judy's been getting in trouble with confiscated product though," Nick said, smirking. The two were horrified, rightfully so given they were the ones that facilitated the two's entry into the A3I's most secretive work. Judy gave Nick a stout punch in the shoulder.

"What Nick is trying to say is that I fell into some 'product' on a drug raid and… well, I apparently had a very good time that I do not remember in the slightest," Judy said. James burst out laughing and Tanya had a hard time hiding her smile.

"Welcome to the club," the snow leopard said to the rabbit.

"What was the stuff?" James asked.

"...Cocaine," Judy replied, embarrassed. This statement was quickly followed by whoops of stupid laughter from the other two. Judy facepawed and Nick put a paw on James' shoulder as he folded over laughing. The deer stood up and waved his hooves, demanding the attention of the other two. Tanya wiped a tear from her eye and listened.

"She's Count Crackula!" He yelled, setting Judy's ears on fire. Nick wheezed and gave her shoulder a light smack, and the three completely lost it for several minutes. Judy slowly warmed up to the humor as the hollering continued, eventually laughing herself to tears with the other two. When they finally recovered they found the entire precinct watching them.

And then they laughed even harder.

After another hour or so they were the last few at the party - the last who were conscious anyway. The four filtered out through the doors and said their goodbyes as they parted ways. They all walked through the crisp October night, not bothering to look up at the surprisingly clear sky. Dozens of miles above them a streak, a flash of light, scarred the sky for only a moment.

A small piece of debris from the outer reaches of the solar system had blasted through the atmosphere, moving faster than any bullet. It glowed in extreme heat for a brief moment before being completely annihilated by the scorching air.

It was not alone.