"A summary of today's top story. A ZPD raid almost ended in disaster when a hidden explosive was detonated during the operation. Reports say that it was only the intervention of the mysterious, super powered vigilante, known as The Flash, which prevented the deaths of both officers and suspects. This story comes on the heels of the dramatic battle between The Flash and another super powered individual, whose identity has been confirmed as the infamous hit mammal August Heart."

The TV was muted by an angry Sawbones as he glared at Godspeed, who stood confidently in front of his master.

"This was supposed to be a statement! The ZPD were
supposed to die! Instead you went for a runaround and left the job to incompetent mammals!"

Godspeed shrugged.

"They were throwaways anyway, although I had hopes for Shimmer. Besides, I followed your instructions, does it matter that I wanted to see how fast The Flash could be before I broke his legs in front of city hall."

"That would be if he survived the explosion," replied
Sawbones, exasperatedly. "I understand this is somewhat personal to you. Imagine how I felt when I saw an enhanced mammal working with the ZPD. You and the others are MY work, MY Soldiers. To see someone else with your type of power is galling."

"It's more than galling," growled the cheetah.

"Forget the others, I am a force to be reckoned with! There is no doubt in anyone's mind that when my name is heard, they feel fear crawl up their spine! Then this poser in red pajamas shows up out of nowhere, that was a challenge I could not
let stand!"

"You should have let him go," replied his cyborg employer, menacingly.

"Returned to the bomb site yourself, not give
him a chance to stop it!'"

"Never," retorted Godspeed.

"You know he's going to become a problem further down the line, I just tried to take him out sooner." Godspeed said.

Sawbones cybernetic eye glowed dangerously as its red glare swept over the predator before him. The cyborg weighed the disadvantage of simply killing Godspeed and finding another, but ultimately the cheetah was too valuable an asset to lose. He sighed in frustration.

"Regardless of your personal motivations, the battle you had has caused a media frenzy. Footage went viral within minutes of you throwing the first punch and there are too many witnesses to silence. The footage is being replayed on every major network and now mammals are asking questions, questions that could leads them right to us. We're going to have to lay low for a while and regroup."

Their discussion was interrupted by a loud wail from a wall speaker.

"Proximity alarm," said Sawbones, and his ocular implant immediately displayed numerous camera feeds in front of his vision. He snarled angrily at what he saw.

Armoured SWAT trucks and jeeps crashed through the ruined fence that surrounded his warehouse, their sirens blaring loudly. Quickly, they began to form a perimeter, as armored police mammals leapt from each vehicle and advanced on his hideout.

"It looks like someone was tracked!" he snapped at the cheetah.

"Impossible, my speeds keep any mammal from seeing me!" growled Godspeed.

"That was before they had a speedster of their own,"
replied Sawbones, handing Godspeed more V9. "Kill them all and then do the same to their families, that should make up for your mistakes."

Jabbing an Epipen into his leg, Godspeed felt a rush of energy as lightning coursed across his body. Pulling on his mask, the dark speedster rocketed outside and went straight for Chief Bogo who was leading the charge, preparing to pull the buffalo's heart from his ribcage. However a super powered fist crashed into his jaw before he could, throwing him off balance and straight into a dumpster. Staggering to his feet, he turned to face his attacker.

"Back for more Flash?" he growled at the Scarlet Speedster.

"Guess I don't know when to quit," replied Barry, standing nonchalantly before him.

Godspeed grinned darkly under his mask.

"When I'm done with you, there won't be enough left to fill a matchbox."

"You'll have to catch me first."

With a blast of lightning, the two speedsters rocketed away from the scene. All of this was watched by Sawbones, who growled in anger at his subordinate.

"That idiot."

He pressed a finger to the metallic side of his skull.

"The ZPD are about to break in, slaughter them." He said.

Meanwhile Chief Bogo was organising his men.

"Team A, create a perimeter," barked the buffalo. "No mammal gets in or out!"

"Yes Sir!" replied the sergeant.

"Teams B, C, and D storm, the building!"

He looked down at Nick as the fox jogged beside him.

"Officer Wilde form up with Team D and follow them in, your objective is to find Sawbones and take him down. Agent Perry and I will be ahead of you with Teams B and C, our objective is to clear a path through any enhanced mammals he throws at us."

"Got it boss," replied the fox, running to his assigned unit.

The armoured mammals of the ZPD took position by the warehouse's large front door while a member of the bomb squad attached a C4 charge to the entrance.

"Breaching in three...two...one... Go!"

The C4 detonated and the door was blown into a cloud of dust and debris. Before the it had even cleared, the SWAT units were moving in, the sounds of gunfire echoing from within as Sawbones goons fought back. Nick's body itched as he waited for the signal to move, the scum that nearly killed Judy was in there and he wanted payback. Soon his radio crackled into life.

"Route cleared, Team D go!" exclaimed Agent Perry.

The SWAT mammals moved in, with Nick close behind. Inside, the warehouse was a war zone. The ZPD's aggressive tactics had managed to catch the occupants before they could set up a proper defence. Several lay on the floor, either with darts in their flash or rapidly twitching as electricity coursed through their veins. The remaining mammals had taken cover behind several stacked crates, but they were being steadily forced back and Team D pushed forwards. Their only warning was a Whoosh' of hot air before a wall of green fire erupted before them, immediately halting their advance. Walking through it, completely unharmed, was a horse whose skeleton was not only visible, but it was pitch
black against his glowing, radioactive flesh.

With a mad whinny it tossed its blazing mane and spat fire towards the SWAT teams, causing them to scrambled for cover. However, that was only the beginning as a screeching roar from above alerted them to another enhanced. A lioness dropped from the ceiling, landing amongst the disorientated officers, unfurling a pair of razor edged, metallic wings.

Serrated feathers flew at the police mammals, who had to raise their riot shields in response. However, this left them open to attack, as the predator immediately launched herself at the nearest officer, taking attention away from an elephant that lumbered out of the shadows. The miniguns
that now formed its arms spun into life, and tracer rounds peppered the ZPD's flank. Nick's smaller size meant he was able to avoid most of the attacks, ducking under the hail of bullets as a titanium
feather whizzed past his muzzle. Taking cover behind some metal crates, he found himself side by side with with Agent Perry, the platypus trying to reload his own tranquilizer pistol.

"Not quite the warm welcome I was expecting, any ideas Agent P?"

"It's Perry, and......I don't know. This level of firepower is unprecedented, we must have gotten so lucky before." Perry said.

They looked out from cover as the gatling elephant tore into their flank, officers falling like wheat before him. Those that ran were either leapt upon by the winged lioness, or set alight by the nuclear horse.

"We need to take them out or we're going to be
destroyed."

As they looked out on the battlefield, Nick got a good look at the elephant as it turned to attack more officers. The chain guns were being fed by a tank on his back, with ammunition tubes running the length of its meaty arms. So long as it was fed ammunition, those guns would never stop.

"I have an idea," he said. "Keep him distracted!"

"That doesn't seem to be a problem!" replied the platypus, popping up to fire at the elephant as Nick quickly made his way around the edges of the battlefield.

His species natural ability to remain unseen kept him hidden as he darted from shadow to shadow, finally coming up behind the gun wielding pachyderm. Scrambling up some crates, he leapt across to the mammals ammunition tank and yanked hard on the feeding tubes. Before the elephant could react, they broke free and a
geyser of bullets shot skyward in a cloud of compressed air. The titanic mammal cried out in panic, swinging his arms wildly just before Nick jammed his taser into its ear. As electricity pulsed through its veins, the mammal released a trumpeting scream as it fell to the floor. Leaping clear of the tumbling body, Nick was caught in the
chest by a fireball that sent him crashing into more crates. The skull on the flaming horse seemed to smile in satisfaction, moments before Chief Bogo attacked. The buffalo swung his baton at the mammal's head, the weapon contacting with a heavy thud. However, despite sending the mammal staggering, it's body was radiating so much heat that the club burst into flame on contact. Bogo instinctively threw the burning baton away, while the flaming horse turned to glare at him, its flames burning with renewed intensity.

"Chief!"

Fangmeyer threw his boss a shield just as the burning mammal unleashed a torrent of nuclear flames. Ducking behind the shield, Bogo felt them wash over it, the searing heat threatening to engulf him as the shield began to melt. Holding his ground, the ZPD chief waited until the flames were exhausted, before throwing the now useless shield at
his attacker.

However, the horse was ready this time and dodged the projectile, only to come face to face with Agent Perry and an industrial fire extinguisher.

"Cool off," said the platypus with a smirk.

Foam erupted from the nozzle and right into the enhanced mammals mug. It gagged and screamed as the foam filled its mouth and nostrils, rubbing its hooves over itself in an effort to clear the chemical douser. Disorientated, the horse eventually cleared its eyes long enough to see Bogo's fist, moments before impact. Bogo shook his hand in pain as the mammal crumpled to the floor. The heat from its body had managed to burn his kevlar gloves. Agent Perry continued to cover it in foam until he was sure he wouldn't reignite unexpectedly. Before Bogo had a moment to breath, he was tackled to the floor by the lioness. With a roar she unsheathed her claws
and made to rip out the buffalos throat. As Agent Perry fumbled with his tranquilizer, something
smacked right into the lioness's chest, throwing her from Bogos prone form. The object turned out to be a set of bolas, that had wrapped the predators arms and wings to her body, severely hampering her maneuverability and allowing several officers to finally taze her. Nick Wilde appeared alongside the pair, a bow in his hands and a quiver on his back.

"Need a hand Chief?" he quipped.

"Glad to see you alive Wilde," replied the buffalo. "Where did you get those?"

"Funny thing, those crates I got thrown in were filled with all sorts of weapons and gadgets. So I decided to borrow this, bet you didn't know I could shoot a bow."

"Just don't forget to hand it into evidence," replied Bogo

"Although, right now I'd rather see it all destroyed," replied Bogo. "Officer Wilde, we can take it from here, you go and find Sawbones."

"Yes sir," replied Nick.

"Don't let recent events cloud your judgement, we need Sawbones alive to face justice."

"I remember," he replied, before heading deeper into the building.