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Chapter 16 - Resurgence

With Gyzmoo's help, Zack and Regina left the animal kingdom to rescue Blake from the evil hands of the Gryphon forces. Their dropship didn't go unnoticed by the Zootopian airspace command...

- The Fluxx Tower -

The Fluxx Tower is the HQ of the mayor of Zootopia and the general of the ZDF, Hayden Fluxx who operates mainly from this building. His office is located on the very top floor of the monumental tower.

He is standing there behind his desk, looking outside the window overseeing the entire metropolis, when an interactive hologram of Gyzmoo's live feed camera shows up on the screen behind him....

Gyzmoo: Your loyal and prestigious scientist is waiting for any inquiries you may have, sir. What's the matter?

General Fluxx: We've detected several recent unauthorized aircraft of Gryphon nature leaving our airspace. Two of them seem to be your salvaged dropships. Who did you allow to go onboard and leave the city!?

Gyzmoo: I've had two visitors in urgent need of weaponry and tech.

General Fluxx: How dared you let those animals commandeer those aircraft?

Gyzmoo: Those weren't just your ordinary animals you see every single day from your tower sir. They were my friends with a really rich history.

General Fluxx: Friends or not, I thought we had an agreement that you would NOT act furtively behind my back Gyzmoo! I am a very intolerant being but this time, I shall let this be a warning for your future that I can destroy with just one order!

When he finishes his sentence, he turns around to gaze upon Gyzmoo with his glowing blue eyes that make the live feed for Gyzmoo really unsettling...

General Fluxx: I want you to be wary of your potential conviction, rodent. It would be a heartbreaking shame to see your deception be your eventual expulsion from your own organization!

Gyzmoo: Sir, you are jumping to conclusions! Please, allow me to give this case more elaboration!

General Fluxx: You want justification? I am going to listen in silence... I mean what other choice do you have left? My senses will reveal to me whether you are lying or not. That's why talking dishonestly and being reticent in my presence is not advised, my smart little genius but I know you more than anyone else in this fabled kingdom.

Gyzmoo: Lying was never my mastery sir.

Before Gyzmoo is able to explain himself, the doors to Hayden's office open and three animals walk in. It's the Rylergate siblings accompanying the warden of the White Howler Penitentiary, Jacob Silverthorne. He's here to be interrogated by his superior after his failed attempt to stop Brutus and Zeerox escaping the prison. He's been transported here after being checked and patched up in the hospital.

General Fluxx: Just a sec, Gyzmoo...

Ash: Here's the delicate package you wanted to unwrap so badly sir.

Ashley: I wonder if Hayden will show him mercy for his awful negligence...

Jacob: I can explain everything! It got out of control egregiously! HE WAS NOT FROM THIS WORLD! It was like from a sci-fi movie or from a game with cheats on! The guy was on godmode! I swear!!!

General Fluxx: STAND IN QUIETUDE, WILL YOU? I will deal with you shortly!

Gyzmoo: Visitors are always nice to have, even the unexpected ones.

General Fluxx: It depends. Now, talk and make it quick! I have a large number of matters that require my authority.

Gyzmoo: So, long story short, you know that ferocious "unstoppable" super soldier that was sent here by the Gryphon forces to leave unthinkable history behind his steps? He came to my labs so I ended his career and seized his special weapon. I am sorry I didn't report this rare occurrence to you sooner.

General Fluxx: What?! A battalion of heavily armed prison guards could not put a stop to his rampage and now you are telling me you eliminated this menace all by yourself?

Gyzmoo: See? Size doesn't matter. With my tech and weaponry of majestic grandeur, I brainwashed him and sent him back to Gryphonia to assassinate their empress, Neyla Odynhood!

General Fluxx: That is beyond my belief! That explains this sudden decrease of disturbance in my kingdom....

Gyzmoo: Then there are my friends, Zack and Regina, whom I helped because one of Zeerox's objectives was to capture Blake Thunder, the fox you are pretty well acquainted with.

Jacob: Blake...

Gyzmoo: He got captured and sent to Gryphonia because his blood contains cells modified by the effects of the Reinvigorator. They are on a rescue mission now trying to get Blake back to his family.

General Fluxx: That explains those unauthorized flights. That fox's home imprisonment came to an end just yesterday then he gets caught in a trap like that several hours later. Why didn't your friends seek help from someone in authority like me?

Ash: Maybe they thought you'd reject their desperate search for help....

General Fluxx: Probably...I hope they know what dangers await ahead. I've been to Gryphonia before and I have struck down their emperor once before I banished those opposing me to that forsaken land. I am going to do that again if his blood is what they need to resurrect my old nemesis. Preparations for war and conquest will be in full swing VERY SOON! This time, we are leaving their empire in an irredeemable state!

Ash: We must be quick then. We can still avert the rise of their emperor!

Ashley: And come out on top!

General Fluxx: No, we will let them have their moments of respite for now. If Byron gets resurrected, he will have a rude awakening.

Gyzmoo: I see you have some profoundly ambitious plans.

General Fluxx: Gyzmoo, you're still here? You know what your task is right? Start with the distribution of the Reinvigorator boosters!

Gyzmoo: And the newly acquired Armsmorpher super project too!

General Fluxx: Send me the blueprint for in depth analysis. It needs my strict approval!

Gyzmoo: Will do. You are going to gush about the characteristics of this one! Gyzmoo out.

The transmission ends and Gyzmoo's feed goes offline....

General Fluxx: Now, my attention is all on you, wolf. You went from a full-fledged respectable prison warden to a hopeless animal which is here to answer for its failure.

Jacob: How do you expect me to fight off an immortal? Our defense systems weren't enough to stop him and the highly dangerous prisoner escaping. We did everything we could to intercept the guy.

General Fluxx: The captain always goes down with his ship. Do you remember the oath you took during your induction as the warden of the prison complex?

Jacob just nods his head sadly...

Jacob: Yes....

General Fluxx: Executives carry a heavy burden of responsibilities and in your sector it's no different. You could have died there with your subordinates, but your fate denied what could have been your ultimate end. Your death would have vindicated you, Silverthorne!

Jacob: Are you suggesting I should come to a sticky end now to save myself from guilt?! That's just utterly preposterous!

General Fluxx: No, I am saying that getting shot dead back there was the only way to avoid disgrace!

Jacob: What kind of disgrace are you talking about? I tried to stop them like a warrior! It was never my last resort to give up!

General Fluxx: Let me dilate upon this for the sake of your weak comprehension. One seemingly unstoppable "bully-boy" raids the prison all by himself and sets one of Zootopia's biggest criminals free. Then they both leave piles of dead bodies of animals with families and lives to enjoy while you cowardly take cover behind their corpses hoping to be spared. They show you compassion and escape while you watch them with powerful feelings of relief, thinking that you were born under a lucky star!

Ashley: Poor wolf thought he could find solace after that horrifying encounter. I really wish I was there to help him...

Ash: Quiet, Ashley!

Jacob: WHY IS IT SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE BIG GUY WAS UNSTOPPABLE!? You are blaming me for something nobody would have dealt with!

Despite his composed and often calm attitude, the increased tone in Jacob's voice upsets Hayden which makes him use powers beyond everyone's belief. Hayden uses his psychic and telekinetic powers to bring Jacob down on the floor. He does that by focusing his mind on Jacob. His eyes start glowing brighter and stronger while the poor wolf is brought down on his knees in pain and extreme tension with a supernatural force emanating from the sergal. Jacob moans on the ground while the sergal approaches him closer...

Ash: You see Ashley, this is an example of why we should all view the future with trepidation...

Ashley: I can clearly see that. No matter what your history is, or how powerful you are in your position, you just get brought down on your knees and get eaten by a bigger fish...

Jacob: My lord, please accept my apology! Just...make...this...stop....please!!!! It hurts a lot! MY HEAD IS GOING TO EXPLODE!!!

General Fluxx: No living being, born or made is unstoppable and immortal! Everyone born or even made on this planet has a weakness that is exploitable! Every animate being brought into existence can be destroyed and slaughtered with the right use of tools and strategic thinking. It's something you're lacking Silverthorne...

Ashley: His mindset never fails to amaze me...

Ash: And his resolve never fades. It's good to have such a mighty leader!

Jacob: This...mighty...leader...is messing...with...my mind!!!

Ash: Excuses...just like he said. Just let him "ease your mind" from your misery. I remember being dispatched fifteen years ago to immobilize and capture Blake Thunder who proved to be quite "unstoppable" for select animals who were incapable and weak. With the use of the right teamwork and strategy, we successfully accomplished this mission and brought that fox to justice.

Ashley: Right! All it took was some cunning action! So much for having blood that heals your wounds at a rapid rate...

Jacob: But...this..."invader" was built...differently! You... will never...understand...until you will stand...face...to face...with him...

General Fluxx: Only mortals walk on this rocky planet. The so-called "immortals" are only present in made up stories that intend to mislead animals like you!

The sergal comes up to Jacob and touches his head with his hand while he is paralyzed on the ground, suffering from mental pain....

Jacob: NO! GET OUTTA MY MIND!!!

General Fluxx: You cannot conceal your failure! You are full of excuses and incompetence. Your replacement is due soon! You will spend your forced retirement in sorrowful ways...

Jacob: PLEASE! DON'T USE...YOUR...DASTARDLY TRICKS ON ME!

General Fluxx: No failure of an official gets unpunished during my reign over this kingdom! Your approach to this attack is reprehensible! You must do better than that!

Hayden's hand flashes along with his eyes inflicting intensive feelings of hopelessness, guilt and depression upon Jacob. The force emitted from his palm knocks him on his back unconscious....

Ash: And there goes his ephemeral joy of being a prison warden of Zootopia's biggest penitentiary filled with the most fearsome criminals to date.

Ashley: What have you done to him?!

General Fluxx: I've given him a sentence he will have to live with for a very long time.

Ashley: For me, it looks like you knocked him out hard...

General Fluxx: It's just a temporary short blackout, a side effect of my psychic manipulation, watch him rise and suffer....

Hayden walks away from Jacob and sits down on his chair as he watches the poor wolf slowly regain his consciousness, confused and deprived from all happiness and hope for a bright future....

Jacob: What's happening to me?!

Ashley: I don't know how to make this intelligible for you Jacob...

Jacob: I feel like I lost....everything! Even my will to live! He did it because I deserved it! A worthless wolf with no successful history does not need to be loved and wanted. Now I know It was all my fault. I realized how weak I am...and how stupid I was to let many innocent animals die in the prison. You got weapons, please, end it right here! I can't live knowing I am responsible for uncountable casualties!

General Fluxx: That's more like it! Take the blame! There's no refusal, only acceptance!

Jacob crawls up to Ashley, begging her to shoot him while tears flow down his face...

Ashley: Jacob....I... don't know what to do. Hayden...you have to revert this. You could have chosen a much more reasonable punishment for him!

Jacob: I feel so much coldness in my heart! Please...save me!

Ash: Ignore him! His mind has been corrupted by Hayden's psychic powers...

Ashley: I just think it was rash for Hayden to instill such powerful negative emotions in Jacob!

Ash: Ashley, you're going to get yourself in deep trouble if you continue talking in such a thoughtless way in front of our leader!

Ashley: It's just my opinion. He is being fiendish to someone who just wanted to justify himself.

General Fluxx: What nonsense did you just utter Ashley? It is a reasonable punishment! I am just doing my job and being unbiased. Do NOT frown upon my decisions and do not ever harbor a grievance against my adjudications! Keep your vacuous remarks for yourself darling. It's for the betterment of your reputation and life at the ZDF...

Ashley: I will not repeat the same mistake again. Sorry for not being myself...

Ash: Ashley, listen, you can't just make accusations like that about Hayden. Be mindful of the bad consequences that may follow...

Jacob crawls up to Ash....

Jacob: I feel so terrible for my misdeeds! I don't want to be like this anymore! Do something...please!!!

Jacob is on his knees, shaking and sweating at the same time...

Ash: Back off and stop pestering us already! I am getting tired of your whiny face!

General Fluxx calls in two guards using his radio.

The guards come in...

General Fluxx: Take Mr. Silverthorne home where he may go through a period of convalescence...

Ash: You can even take him straight into an asylum for the best rehab...

Jacob: I don't need such rehab, I want this to end!!! HELP ME, PLEASE!!! MY MIND IS ALL OVER THE PLACE! I AM SO LOST IN DEEP DEMORALIZING THOUGHTS!

The guards grab Jacob and start dragging him out of Hayden's office...

Jacob: NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! RELEASE ME! I AM NOT GOING ANYWHERE!!!

The guards drag him out of the office. Once the door closes all they can hear is Jacob's screams...

General Fluxx: Now that we have taken care of that wolf, I can now finally divulge my plans for conquest! With Zeerox no longer being our concern and Empress Odynhood's life being in danger, now is our chance to strike first while their empire is heavily susceptible to defeat!

Ashley: Why can't we make a deal with them and have friendly relations? Peace will always be the best choice in my book. Why all that violence and bloodshed?

General Fluxx: Peace? What peace? Their kind is detrimental to our kingdom. If it is an armistice you think that will resolve the ongoing hostilities, it will not be declared by either side because they will stop at nothing to destroy what we've been building here for decades! War is the only way. The Odynhood bloodline must fall in order to restore peace in both kingdoms. To reach such a momentous and ambitious plan, we must dethrone whoever is in charge of their army and their kingdom. Without a leader, they will submit to my greatness, my superiority!

Ashley: And what about their people? They want no conflicts, they only want to reach a peaceful agreement....

Ash: My dear god, today I've learned how inquisitive my sister really is.

Ashley: What?! I am just trying to gather all the possible info about our next grand step into the future!

General Fluxx: Their people you say? They are just like their totalitarian empire, except they are indigent, killing each other for survival, talk about bounty hunting! It's a dystopia on another level down there. I despise their society, their traditions and the way they perceive the world around them. If I hadn't slain their emperor, this marvelous land would lose its beauty and light and the animals here would suffer.

Ashley: With all due respect, if we are going to invade their empire, I suggest we leave their people out of it. It's their empire we are going to be fighting, not their people.

Ash: That's a beneficent idea, I like it Ashley! Hayden?

General Fluxx: I don't want to go down in the history of Zootopia as a murder of blameless people from another kingdom. They have their flaws, but they are definitely not deserving of death UNLESS they show us open resistance! Now, the time has come to ravage The Odynhood Empire once and for all and make this world a better place! Come with me, I'll show you what we've been working on for years.

Ash: This is already starting to heat up!

Ashley: Seriously, should I be excited or nervous....in a bad way?

General Fluxx: Both....

General Fluxx uses his communication device on his hand to call his personal pilots...

General Fluxx: Prepare my bird, over.

Ash: Are we going somewhere?

Ashley: No, we are FLYING to somewhere!

Ash: Figured...

General Fluxx: This is going to be just like a field trip, except this will serve a very useful purpose.

General Fluxx takes the two to the rooftop where a ZDF VTOL transport aircraft is waiting with a couple of guards and pilots.

Ashley: I am always up for adventurous trips involving sheer danger!

Ash: I know these trips come with a nice amount of exhilaration for you but who is the one saving your neck over and over?

Ashley: You've been telling me this every single assignment. I am not a little defenseless girl anymore...

Ash: I am just saying if it weren't for me, you wouldn't be standing here with me today. How many close calls did we have?

Ashley: I guess we both saved each other's lives. There were moments when my immediate intervention was needed in a battle. I saved you numerous times before, it's not just me getting into trouble all the time. You never give me enough credit for the things I do...

Ash: I do. As your only elder brother, I just want to make sure that I won't end up alone in this world after every battle you know?

Ashley: As my elder brother, you should be more encouraging!

Ash: If you desire indulgence, you will not get it.

Ashley: But I am not a cadet anymore. I am just as good as you!

General Fluxx steps in to refocus the Rylergate siblings...

General Fluxx: Enough! You are coequal from my standpoint even despite Ash's enhanced agility and strength. You may differ from the outside, but you are all the same from the inside.

General Fluxx boards the dropship with the Rylergate siblings. They all take a seat...

General Fluxx: Are you ready for a recon mission near the Gryphon borders?

Ash: That recon mission sounds highly dangerous. You are going to send us to a place with the biggest enemy activity and defenses?

General Fluxx: Now is not the time to voice your objections. You are committed to your work. You will enter their territory under the aegis of my special units! I know you will succeed in clearing us a path. Nothing will hinder you!

Ash: Of course nothing will hinder us, not when my sister will fight alongside me....

Ashley: Is that?....

Ash: Yes, I am sorry for showing excessive worry and care about you and treating you like a troublesome little girl. It's just....hard to imagine this world without you in it.

Ashley: You are not going to lose me. Not when you are with me covering my back...

General Fluxx: Do you see why are you the only duo here being sent to the most dangerous missions out there? Failure is just a mystery for you two and I believe in your success! Your combined wills never fluctuate. You two will get us to victory sooner than we can imagine.

Ash: But Hayden, what if...we somehow fail to succeed?

General Fluxx: That is not probable. Even if you fell in battle, there's nothing that will bring this conquest to a standstill. Nothing. But you better not fall, because you are really important to me...

The dropship takes off and flies away leaving the animal kingdom. A few minutes later, they reach a ZDF outpost with the highest number of defenses and troopers. It is located right next to a mountain with a massive lake on its other side. The dropship lands on one of the landing pads. Hayden leaves the dropship with the Rylergate siblings...

General Fluxx: This is where our conquest begins.

Ash: In this bleak environment? I was expecting jaw-dropping machinery which we would use to wipe out those skittish fools behind the Thunderbringer...

General Fluxx: Do you really think we would keep such machinery out here in the cold visible to the enemy's eye? Wrong!

Ashley: It's still out here? Isn't it? Invisible and hiding from our pretty eyes...

General Fluxx: It's below our feet...

Ash: That means we are going underground...

Ashley: Undoubtedly!

They enter a truck which transports them to a hangar door which slowly starts opening....

Once the doors open they get in the hangar with ZDF dropships and armored vehicles everywhere. The Rylergate siblings are looking at the whole place with wonderment....

Ash: Whatever you keep down there must be super secret! Why didn't you tell us about it considering we are your most reliable units with the highest rate of success on the battlefield?

Ashley: We demand answers!

General Fluxx: This classified project is only known about by those working on it internally, any external forces including you have restricted access to it but that's changing today!

General Fluxx leads them to an elevator....

Ash: Are you unleashing this "something" today?

General Fluxx: We are making history today! This will be the new beginning which will spawn the end of the Odynhood Empire and my....I mean...OUR rise to unmatched power with complete dominance!

They enter the elevator which starts taking them deep below the mountain...

Ash: You know we could have done this much sooner. Why would you wait this long? Is this project really the only way of breaching through their defenses?

General Fluxx: I've waited hoping to see them come to terms with our implacable hostility. I've given them a second chance that they simply spoiled and undervalued by sending their only capable combatant to do all the dirty work for them. The damage has been done, lives have been lost and for that our military force activity is in the process of resumption. We will strike back harder and destroy their empire and their foul followers!

Ash: I've been waiting for this moment since my late childhood. Seeing their race succumb to our battle-hardened forces will be so satisfying!

Ashley: As long as it won't cost any innocent lives, I will support this plan prodigiously. We have to stop them from stirring up any more trouble and the only way to do that is getting rid of the source of evil which is the Odynhood Empire...

Ash: Let's seize the day!

Upon reaching the depths of the mountain the elevator stops and its door opens. Once they all step out of the elevator, Ash and Ashley find themselves deep in an underground facility where Hayden's secret project lies along with many other curiosities they have never seen or known about before. They are in a two-way hallway with a large window in front of them with a view at something that blows their mind away.

General Fluxx: Children, I present you the salvation for Zootopia, the soon to be undoing of the Odynhood Empire, THE ZDF EUPHORIA!

They all look out the window and see a cavern where a colossal battleship is being built....

Ash: What heavenly magnificence is this?

Ashley: It's a legit flying fortress! Hayden, with this creation and inevitable success, you will truly immortalize yourself and those who will fight for the freedom and peace of our people!

Ash: This is going to gain prominence the moment it gets out in the wild!

General Fluxx: I claimed the moral high ground and today I will prove my words! This battleship and its weapons are powered by boundless energy of sergal origin that I've faithfully preserved!

Hayden then finally receives the blueprint of the Armsmorpher super weapon with a message saying "Sorry for the belated delivery, the distribution is awaiting your approval. - Gyzmoo" The blueprint's hologram is shown through a small watch on his wrist. He carefully examines it...

Ash: What's that? Did someone send you an early birthday present?

General Fluxx: Ash...Ashley, we are going for that sweet victory! This is better than I thought!

Ashley: That little genius...

Ash: I wish I got to speak with him more often...

General Fluxx sends a quick response message back to Gyzmoo with his approval and permission for the Armsmorpher weapon distribution....

General Fluxx: I will personally escort you to your new home but then we will have to split as I got loads of work to do.

Ash: We are going to have the time of our lives Hayden. This? Our new home? Why the heck not! I've always wanted to live in a floating city. I even dreamed about something like this before.

Ashley: I am so excited and nervous at the same time! Let's go!

The Rylergate siblings look heavily impressed and are looking forward to exploring their new home. General Fluxx takes them to a platform just outside the hallway with many shuttles that serve as a gateway between the battleship and the outpost under the mountain. They enter one of the shuttles. They are transported to one of Euphoria's hangars.

General Fluxx: We are here. You are free to do whatever you please. Just stay out of restricted areas, for now.

Ash: There are restricted areas too?

Ashley: My levels of curiosity are increasing considerably! Look at this place! It's strikingly beautiful!

Ash: I see places like this are your real weakness...

General Fluxx: Listen, this place is labyrinthine and newcomers like you can easily get lost. These two guards will show you to your rooms!

Ash: We receive our own rooms just like that? I call that a special service!

Ashley: Your dreams are becoming true!

General Fluxx: Preparations for large-scale military action and war will take place here. Gryphonia should be under our control by tomorrow! Go get some rest. You are going to need it...

Ashley: Don't worry, we won't do anything we wouldn't do.

Ash: Haha, nice one! All we can do now is appreciate this safe haven.

General Fluxx walks away while the Rylergate siblings get escorted by two guards to their rooms...

About twenty minutes later, a high-security door to a super capacious room opens and General Fluxx walks in. He stops next to a raccoon with a lab coat and goggles on his head who is observing the hangar-like room from high above on a platform.

General Fluxx: Norm, is the battleship ready?

Norm: The Euphoria will be fully operative in just a few hours. Do you intend to launch an all out assault on the Gryphonia by tomorrow?

General Fluxx: Excellent. As soon as we issue a statement to the public about Euphoria's existence and what its purpose is, we will begin our conquest. There's this one small obstacle in our path that we must overcome first before we can reach Gryphon territory. The Thunderbringer. Ash and Ashley may take care of it. I'll dispatch them to the site with several other squads to back them up. They have never failed to complete their mission. This will not be any different.

Norm: Sir, I don't want to discourage you but this is not easily accomplishable. It can only be disabled from within where the control towers are located. I know their tech more than anyone else. I was once their servant until I was exiled along with my partners for defying their orders. We....were the ones who built the barrier using our knowledge and imaginative minds.

General Fluxx: Your adroitness is needed more than ever now raccoon, nothing is impossible, tell me how can we bypass this stormy gate because their empire hiding cowardly behind it is inclined to cause continual problems to us all if we don't deal with them.

Norm: We can... try entering with Euphoria. Considering its gigantic size, The Thunderbringer's defensive power will be pretty sub par for the vessel.

General Fluxx: Let's save it for Plan B. Ash and Ashley, two dependable and uncompromising coyotes will gain some intel for us in those lands and will attempt to disable it while doing so. Watch them succeed and carve us a path straight into the heart of the Odynhood Empire!

Norm: You are our leader. We will only follow you even if your decisions will lead us all through hell and terror.

General Fluxx: Fortune favors the bold. Place your trust in me and you will walk on a red carpet of glory with me in the very end. The Sergalian uprising is at hand. With Gyzmoo's Armsmorpher super weapons and the application of the Reinvigorator booster for my kin, we will be the first ones to correctly define the term UNSTOPPABLE!

It is now revealed the hangar is full of thousands of dormant sergals who are kept in cylinders in deep hibernation. They all got a mask on their faces with tubes leading out of their hibernation chambers.

Norm: The last known sergal, you can't fool a raccoon like me with that anymore.

General Fluxx: And the rest? They know nothing! You are lucky to even be here Norm. Being my top assistant who helped me build this fortress earned you rights to being deep down in my secrets and intentions.

Norm: This raccoon is feeling honored! You got my trust even when I am well aware of the fact that your aim is to suppress everyone's freedom and impose great suffering on those not abiding by your future order. I never really cared about anyone except myself, my well-being and my worth next to your side. This is the first time I feel like I belong somewhere.

General Fluxx: Your vision about the future of both kingdoms is spot on my dear raccoon. You got my trust and respect. This is why your reputation won't disintegrate when you side with me.

Norm: I'll do anything to help you build your new empire sir as long as you promise me I will be respected and admired.

General Fluxx: You will receive your demands for your service. But now, our only focus is Gryphonia. Once we reach their empire, their military forces will start dissipating fast thanks to the combination of the Armsmorpher weapons and the Reinvigorator booster my fellow sergal brothers will have. This will assure their only means of survival will be SUBMISSION! I cannot build my empire here without taking care of those fiends first.

Norm: And to think they sent that Zeerox guy whose main objective was to kidnap a fox with Reinvigorator in his blood just to revive their fallen emperor...that was just a waste of time and resources considering our little genius has thousands of those in his labs developed. Fools, if only they knew back then, things would have become quite abysmal for them since they would never get a regenerative substance for their emperor if he was sent to grab a few of them from Gyzmoo's labs. He would never let anyone lay their hands on his unsurpassed work.

General Fluxx: Their careless assessment of the situation is the result. I am going to crush our opposition irrevocably and there will be nobody to defy me! I will use both of these lands to build a new home for myself and the sergal race. Those who will resist and show resentment will face banishment or death!

A wolf in sheep's clothing, Hayden's plans are not as pure as everyone in the city of Zootopia thinks. With Euphoria's launch, there will be a war to end all wars which will involve the fates of both kingdoms.