Now knowing the truth behind his true purpose, Zack is flying in an escape pod at a relatively high speed and is almost in Zootopia's airspace. It's been a couple of hours now since the launch. He is hoping to save the day and do one last mission before he can live in freedom as a free animal with no obligations and known forever as Zack Wolfward. Being successful is the only way to rid himself of his codename "Alpha" and his sordid past.
The escape pod now reaches the Zootopian air space and enters it undetected. Zack looks out of the small window and sees an enchanting city that's just so beautiful even in the dark that it simply takes his breath away.
Zack: I can't believe I was trying to destroy this wonderland...
The pod continues flying through the city....
Zack: Lyra...where are you sending me?
The pod then starts descending above the Rainforest District. It is targeting the most vacant area of the district with a deep lush forest. This place of the district has no signs of animal activity and is crammed with darkness.
Computer: Prepare for impact.
Zack: Finally! My body parts are numb as hell. I could use a really long leisurely run after this joyride...
The pod then hits the ground and creates a small crater upon impact...
Zack: Phew....rough landing. Okay computer, get me out of here.....
Zack is waiting for any other instructions from the built in computer system but gets nothing....
Zack: Hello? Are you there? Why am I talking to a run-of-the-mill computer?
Computer: Attention: The launch pod will self-destruct in sixty seconds!
Zack: SIXTY SECONDS? DIDN'T LYRA SAY THREE MINUTES?! SHIT!
The door does not budge, making Zack use force to free himself from the pod. He starts kicking the door until it breaks open. He grabs his gear and runs away from the pod as fast as he can before it explodes.
Zack: Of course she used the most defective pod to get me to Zootopia. Well, at least I reached my destination. Now, which way is the main road?
Without a sense of direction, Zack wanders into a random direction hoping to reach populated areas where he can begin his search for Blake and his family. After an hour of walking, he comes across an old cabin in the middle of the forest that seems to be abandoned. He draws his weapon and walks up to it taking small steps. He looks inside the rusty window to check if there's anyone inside. He sees a long table with improvised weapons, machetes, knives, swords and many more.
Zack: Hmmm...no signs of anyone. I should go loot this place...
The door is slightly open. He pushes it to open it completely. As soon as he steps inside, a repugnant smell makes him freeze in one place and cover his nose with his paw....
Zack: What the hell is that smell?
He walks in while feeling disgusted like never before. There are several blood stains all across the floor. What makes him almost throw up are the heads of animals hung up on the walls in an organized way.
Zack: What kind of sick bastard does this?
He walks around the room feeling nauseous by looking at the animal heads on the wall serving as legit trophies. Then he goes upstairs with his plasma rifle drawn. He reaches the upper floor which seems to be much tidier than the ground floor and there are no decaying heads hung up on the walls or any blood marks anywhere here.
Zack: No weapons that fire projectiles, only weapons designed for close combat encounters. Strange...
There's a bed with a wardrobe next to it. He slowly opens it and sees a couple of dark robes with capes.
Zack: I could use one of these to conceal my identity in public but they are not my size. Shit, I think I know who lives here.....
He gets a flashback from Zootopia's Memorial Bridge where he threw a certain animal into a river....
Zack: No, that's not even remotely possible. He couldn't have survived the fall...
He closes the wardrobe and heads downstairs...
Zack: I better not linger here for too long...
He exits the cabin from the backdoor and heads down into the forest. He discovers something that no animal would ever want to see with their eyes. The path ahead is crawling with heaps of dead bodies of all kinds of animals, from small innocent bunnies to big predators like tigers and panthers that live in this district of Zootopia.
Zack: SHIT! What happened here? "It is relatively deserted" she said.
There's not only a strong repulsive smell in the air but also many bones scattered all around the area right behind the cabin where Zack got out. He notices that some of these animals were caught in traps, some are impaled on spear like wooden sticks and some were brutally murdered.
Zack: How did I end up in this mess?
Zack is unsure where to go from this point, the amount of dead bodies in this area made him petrified. That's when he hears a distinctive wicked laughter that echoes through the forest.
Zack: SHOW YOURSELF! I KNOW IT'S YOU! KYLE!!!!!!
The evildoer appears on a tree, crunching on its branch just a little bit further from Zack with his katana swords and a new weapon, a bow. He senses the danger and turns to its direction. There he is, Golden Fang Clan's only surviving member and the cruelest, most forbidding monster in Zootopia, Kyle Swiftmark.
Zack: Throwing you off the bridge wasn't enough those many years ago. I should have mutilated you while I had the most possible power I could ever have back then!
Kyle: Welcome to my Hunting Grounds! I was getting worried we would never face each other after our first encounter.
Zack: And I was hoping you'd break your neck down in the river so I would never have to deal with your bullshit.
Kyle: See? Thanks to your failure to defeat me honorably, an even bigger threat surfaced in the future! That future is now the PRESENT where you have been drawn into a predicament! And this threat bears the name Swiftmark and it is stronger than ever before!
Zack: I already regret that foul-up. The results of this encounter will be the same! Except this time you'll breathe no more after this is over!
Kyle: We'll see about that! You won't be able to deal with what awaits you!
Zack: This is just so wrong! All of this! I felt no compassion towards animals before. Today, I am a different wolf. I will make you pay for taking their lives! But first, how are you able to survive out here? Don't tell me you....eat what I think you eat...
Kyle: In the wake of the Golden Fang Clan's downfall, I was forced to adjust to these primitive living conditions and live out here. It's truly wondrous to see my prey wander in here from time to time and the best part of it? Their distraught souls are what gives me the strength to strike them down before they are able to escape! I hunt animals for contentment! I hunt animals TO SURVIVE! I feed on their dead bodies like a parasite! And that is just so FULFILLING!
Zack: And you are bursting with pride because of that. Just how bestial and barbaric that is. There's something of much greater importance I need to focus on. Let's get this over with. I will not submit to you nor be defeated! I DON'T FEAR YOU!
Kyle: That's going to be a fair challenge for me that I will relish but you sit on a throne of lies! I can sense that fear in you! Your heart is racing because you are now pitted against me, THE RAVENOUS, VENGEFUL HUNTER WHO IS THE PERSONIFICATION OF DEATH ITSELF! My hands will be soon covered in your blood.....ZACK!
Zack aims at the lynx and fires at him with his plasma rifle. Kyle's super quick reactions are no match for the plasma bolts and he jumps off the branch just before getting hit. He disappears in the crowns of the trees.
Zack: (inaudibly) Dammit! How am I going to get rid of this devilish creature? I don't have time for this shit. I must find Blake...
He turns around quickly and runs to the opposite direction of Kyle's "Hunting Grounds" while being pursued fast by him. His voice is heard right above Zack...
Kyle: Run my prey....run and forget about extrication!!!! There's no escape!!!
Kyle is leaping from one tree to another in quick succession and throws a couple of shurikens at Zack, one of them hits his leg, making him stumble and fall. Seconds after his fall, he turns around on the ground to lie on his back and then fires back at Kyle. He didn't anticipate him retaliating like that and nearly gets shot.
Kyle: I am just getting started!
Zack pulls out the shuriken from his leg and stands up...
Zack: STOP PURSUING ME! DO YOU REALLY WANT ME TO TEAR YOU APART?
That's when Zack is shot by a dart right in the neck from an unknown direction...
Kyle: This is my territory! Now that you entered my domain, you must face death!
Zack pulls out the dart from his neck....
Zack: Seriously? A dart to put me asleep? Is this how you consider a fight honorable? Face me like a man...a man....what's left of masculinity in you anyway. You are no man. Your handcrafted weak weaponry won't neutralize me! You should have been rooted out a long time ago!
Kyle: The ill-fated wolf wants a real challenge. I will show you what a self-taught assassin is capable of. Prepare to screech with pain! Your head will make a sublime trophy in my den!
Zack: COME AT ME!
Kyle jumps off from the tree while dropping smoke pellets around Zack. The pellets explode right on impact and a cloud of smoke engulfs Zack. Kyle lands right behind him and swings his sword. But thanks to Zack's superior instincts, he turns around just in time and stops the sword slash with his weapon. He knocks Kyle back hard. That makes Kyle scream in rage and he swings his sword several times like a maniac but Zack blocks all of his attacks by using his weapon as a shield. He grabs Kyle's sword and tosses it far away. Before he is able to shoot Kyle, he disappears from his view....
Zack: Your smoke is meaningless just like your life Kyle! Admit it! I am a way too strong adversary for you to fight head on!
Kyle: Strong or not! Your end is on the horizon! This was just the overture!
Two more darts hit Zack, one hits his arm and the second one his neck, again....
Zack: Is this really the best you can do? You need to stop trying to put me asleep. Your sleeping darts are ineffective against me. You are not getting a cheap win over me.
He removes the darts from his body....
Kyle: You are an exceptional foe but that doesn't make your life inextinguishable! I will shut down your body and make it unrecognizable after butchering you! My intense zeal for celebrating my victory over you grows bigger each minute! It won't take long before I will be drinking your warm blood!
Zack: As an assassin, hunter or whatever you like to call yourself, you talk way too much!
Kyle: Feel the fury of my arrows!
Zack gets shot by two arrows in his chest by lightning speed that make him fall on the ground on his knees. The lynx then lands right in front of him, putting the bow on his back....
Kyle: You gave me an exhilarating challenge wolf. I hope you are enjoying the last seconds of your life. This is ultimately the cessation of our fight!
Zack: You....overpowered me. You....are...a true warrior!
He's having difficulties breathing because of the arrows that pierced his lungs. There's blood coming out of his mouth as he talks....
Kyle: See? Now you are showing a deep reverence for the dark phantom of the forest!
Zack: Leave me be! You won....we are finished!
Kyle: This is the moment I've been waiting for! THE DEATH BLOW!
Kyle unsheathes his katana sword and thrusts it forward at Zack, piercing through his stomach. That's when something unexpected happens. Zack emits a loud cry as the blue and red markings on his body start glowing in reaction to the heavy damage he sustained. His body regenerates its wounds as the glowing parts flash so bright that they blind Kyle.
Kyle: What are you doing wolf?!?!
He tries to pull out the katana from Zack's body that's still hallway in it. He grabs his hand and stands up. He looks at Kyle with his glowing eyes....
Zack: This fight can only end with your eradication!
His body powers up and a massive amount of energy envelops his body that provides him with a supernatural power he never had before. A stream of energy transfers to Kyle's body and causes massive burns and damage to his fur and skin. This world has never heard and seen this lynx suffer and cry in agony like this before.
Kyle: MAKE IT STOP!!!! THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!!!
Zack: You took way too many innocent lives! How does it feel to be on the brink of death?!
Zack delivers a devastating energetic punch that launches Kyle far away. He lands close to his cabin and leaves a trail of smoke behind him. Zack is fascinated by his abilities that he just discovered through pain, rage and a near-death experience. He stretches his hands, looking at the pulsating colorful marks on it. Then he pulls out the katana sword from his stomach. He feels no pain at all. The sword dematerialized in his hand from the profound amount of energy in it.
Zack: This....is....incredible!
Then he growls furiously while turning to the direction where Kyle landed. He goes after the lynx. His vision and tracking capabilities are now more advanced. He reaches the exact location where the lynx landed but he's nowhere to be found. That does not stop Zack from exacting his revenge on Kyle and starts tracking him. His new tracking abilities lead him back to Kyle's cabin. He once again enters probably the most repulsive place in Zootopia. There are fresh blood marks leading up the stairs now. He follows them to Kyle's bedroom. That's when he spots him lying on the floor fatally injured. Zack has caused him third degree burns all over his body.
Zack: There you are!!!
Kyle turns around on his back and slowly crawls backwards from Zack....
Kyle: What kind....of preternatural animal are...you?
Zack: I am the one you should have never messed with! You wanted to hunt me down so badly that you became the hunted in the end! Your serial murdering ends here!
Kyle: We...are...not...done. Come find me...in hell after you are done....walking proudly among the living. I'll....lie....in...wait for you in hell....
It's the first time ever the wicked lynx got defeated thoroughly by someone. His evil spirit leaves his body as he takes one last breath....
Zack: Rest in anguish my friend. Time to dispose of trash.
Zack's marked spots stop pulsating and his body returns to its normal state. He turns around and leaves Kyle's dead body. He grabs one of his incendiary grenades, unhooks it and throws it at Kyle's body while he walks downstairs. The grenade explodes and the upper floor gets ignited.
A couple of minutes later, the fire spread through the whole cabin. Zack is walking away from the burning inferno with the hopes of finding his way out of Kyle's hunting grounds. His final mission is to secure the Thunder family and find a way to destroy Project Zeta.
A few hours later, shortly before dawn, a cloaked dropship enters the airspace of Zootopia transporting Zeerox himself.
Gryphon Dropship Commander: You're clear for dropping.
One of the side doors opens and Zeerox jumps out of the dropship without a parachute. He lands in Tundratown's derelict cold wilderness. The fact that he landed on his feet without breaking his legs just proves how powerful he is. He stands up and checks his equipment. Upon checking his weaponry, he puts on pitch black glasses to cover his glowing eyes before disappearing in the blizzard.
Lyra's creations are now in Zootopia but which one of them is going to be the dominant one? Zack is going to have to use all of his recently discovered abilities to at least hinder the beast while protecting Blake and his family. That's until he finds a way to kill Zeerox by exploiting his weaknesses.