Zootopia: Ace Detectives

I do not own Zootopia, rights belong to Disney.

Kain Nine, A Yellow furred Schnauzer, A canine detective with a high logic who had worked as a investigator in Dogsberg. Is sent out from his comfy neighborhood to join up with Zootopia's ZPD. However, when his partners are Nick and Judy, he is relatively disappointed, however a few words his father told him as a pup came back to him.

Every detail is important...No mater how small.

Prologue

The police cruiser shook as Kain Nine looked at the case file. "The boys are as baffled as you are." The driver, a Chow Chow wearing a police uniform told the detective. "A priceless gem is stolen from the museum, from a heavily armed vault, and somehow while it was still locked...From the outside..."

"Not baffled, just curious." Kain said closing the case file and shoving it into his coat. He wore a brown detective coat along with a pair of slacks and a fedora on his head. Ear holes were cut out of the fedora for his ears. "I'll need to see the crime scene myself to see it clearly."

The cruiser stopped in front of the Dogsberg Museum, the detective hopped out and begin to head towards the entrance. A Chinese Crested Dog was trying to evade a news crew. He was wearing a purple suit and tie along with purple slacks. "Mr Doni, Mr Doni! As the museum curator, Do you have any knowledge of the investigation in progress?"

"I assure you the fine detectives will have this conflict resolve in a matter of hours-" He then saw Kain and quickly pulled away from the group. He ran up to him with a panic expression. "PLEASE tell me you have any leads! That Comet Stone was suppose to be shipped out to the natural museum IN ZOOTOPIA! My REPUTATION WILL BE RUIN!" He pleaded through gritted teeth. The two entered the museum as Doni continued. "This isn't just some one-million dollar stone that fell from the sky!"

"Before you give yourself a horse throat, I suggest you take a deep breath and tell me why's this stone's so important?" Kain asked the curator.

"Well..." Doni said after taking a few breaths. "There's been a lot of legends going around that stone, it fell about a thousand years ago from outer space, when it crashed. It released a gas into our planet's atmosphere that...According to-" He walked over to a nearby chest and opened it, He began to grunt as he pulled something out. "This...Ancient...Zodiac...Tablet..." He then set the stone slate on the floor for Kain to see. "It...'pant' Gave all of our feral ancestors the ability to evolve beyond natural limits..." He then traced his paw among the stone writing. "The Zodiacs, (Huff) Were the lucky group of animals who were effected by the comet first and formed their first form of civilization."

"So basically this stone has the power to give feral animals the right to stand up all the time. Sounds...Far-fetched if you asked me." Kain said smirking.

"Hey, It's etched in stone. I mean...Literally." Doni said tapping the slate. "It's LITERALLY etched in stone."

Kain entered the vault when the crime took place, many officers were stationed as they went about trying to find a lead. Kain walked down the stairwell towards a large room size box, it had glass windows and a iron vault door.

"No sign of force entry, No security footage. And to add it on top of that..." Doni then put his hands on his hips. "They went out of their way to Trash my office!"

Kain paused, his office was ram-shacked? Kain went into deep throught, why did they risked getting caught by going the extra mile to annoy the curator...?

"This door is very special. Only I can open it." Doni said walking over to the vault's center room and punching in a code on the digit pad. "I had the code tattooed onto my palm." He then show his hand as a sign of proof. The door opened revealing the empty display case where the stone once was. "I even installed a fail-safe in case I get locked in here, An air vent that can open and close whenever someone is in here. If someone happens to get locked in, the vent will open up supplying them with air to keep them from suffocation."

"Claustrophobic much?" Kain asked taking a guess.

"Yes, very much. Can't stand small spaces." Doni laughed for a bit before looking into the room, that...small...trappable...room. "I'll leave the rest to you." He quickly walked away as Kain puzzled out what to do first.

The main office should be around here...

Kain walked down the hallway of the museum. Even though it wasn't relative, he thought that it should be worth looking over the ram shacked office. Hopefully, there should be a clue in there. The canine then found the office door with Doni's name on it. "Okay, Hopefully the mess won't be TOO big." He opened the door.

"...I stand corrected."

The room looked like it been torn up by a pack of savage wolves. Files were everywhere and the table cabinets were flipped over. Someone must've really hated the curator to do so much damage. He then knelt down to look at the notes.

What the- These are from Mr Doni's daily journal! His personal thoughts and recent improvement ideas.

He looked at the other sheets and saw they were personal notes as well.

Besides these, noting else seems misplaced...why would-

He blinked.

Of course!

If the culprit knew the vault code, they could've have easily entered the vault...BUT not the inner security box that housed the Comet Stone. And when they realized that Mr Doni kept the code for the stone at hand. They must've have search his office, and judging by the state it was in. They had no luck finding it and decided to take it out on the room itself. As he swept through the notes he suddenly felt a grip on his shoulder.

"AHHHHHHH!" He screamed when he saw the metal hand on his shoulder. He looked back gripping his chest when he saw that the hand was attached to a metal stick which was being held by a pug wearing a guard uniform.

"Heh, like my invention. The extendo-matic, capable of reaching up to eight feet." The pug said chuckling. He then demonstrated when he held the gadget towards the mug on the table. The gadget then lunged forward and snagged it. "Been working on it the last few hours. Bubs. At your service." He said to the detective as he handed him the mug.

"Kain...Kain Nine." He replied as the mug walked away. He then looked at the papers on the floor as he added everything together. He then set the mug on the table before leaving the room.

I think I got my deduction.

"Alright, I think I understand what happened here." Kain said as everyone gathered, Doni and his security guard. The vault, which was usually locked, was opened during the time the theft took place meaning the culprit could have been a guard as they have the secruity codes. The Comet Stone could be plucked from the vault with little effort..." He then turned and chuckled. "At least..."

He turned.

"That was what the culprit thought."

Kain's logic started to reinvent the crime through the culprit's point of view. The sound of the vault door echoed as a shadow form with a pair of ears entered the vault.

"The culprit, thinking that the code they had as a guard would give them access to any security terminal in the building, thought it would also give them access to the main security box."

The shadow form chuckled as they began to input the code, however, the pad let out a beep of disapproval. "What!?" The shadow form muttered, they began to enter the code a few more times.

"Sadly, that's when they realized that only the curator had the only code for the security box."

The shadow form then slammed his palm on the pad as he looked back towards the exit.

"They then decided to quickly search they're bosses office."

The shadow form yelled in anger before shoving the file cabinet onto the floor.

"They couldn't find what they were looking for-"

"HOLD ON A MOMENT!"

"Yes, Mr Doni?" Kain asked when the curator interrupted his deduction.

"The security cams didn't see anyone go into the vault or leave." Doni said with a worried look. "How could the culprit do all that without leaving any digital evidence?"

"Who's in charge of the cameras?" Kain asked again, more intently then before.

"That would be..." Doni stopped. He and the others turned their gazed...

To Bubs.

"If the guard was someone manning the camera, then it would be easy to replaced the footage from tonight with a roll from a previous shift."

"What!? Me!?" The pug said in defense. "Even if I did do all that, How did I get at the rock, huh?"

"Try a different approached."

The shadow culprit grumbled as he walked back and forth in front of the security box.

"Unable to get at the stone the hard way. The culprit decided to use the vent to get inside the box.

The shadow culprit then opened up the vent that was on the back of the box and stared into the passage way.

"Now, naturally. The vent is too small for someone to squeeze through...BUT..." Kain then turned to the now sweating Bubs. "If they had a special tool for reaching through small spaces, now that's a different story."

Bubs gulped.

"Yes-But..." Doni interrupted. "The stone is too wide to be pulled through the vent. It would get stuck!"

"True, which is where it been hidden all this time." Kain said smirking. "Unable to get at it right away, the culprit decided to leave it in the vent and come back for it later. Covering up their tracks as they did."

Kain then approached the shaking pug. "So want to fess up, or do you want me to do it for you?" Kain asked, suddenly, the pug stopped shaking and smiled.

Suddenly the floor burst with white smoke, the pug had set off a smoke bomb and was making an escape. Kain then made a lunge at the guilty dog and pulled something off of him.

A mask!?

In his hands was a rubber pug mask. He looked around as the smoke cleared but the culprit was nowhere in sight. "Who was that guy...Better yet..."

He looked at the mask.

"What was he?"

Kain was looking at the mask during the drive back to the police station. "Don't beat yourself up, buddy. You found the Comet Stone and stopped a theft. That's an B plus at best."

"Yeah, well. I guess a grade is better then noting." Kain said setting the mask to the side.

"By the way, I heard you were getting transfer to Zootopia next week." The Chow Chow said looking back at him.

"Yep, this is my last case here in good ol' Dogsberg." Kain said looking out the window.

"I also heard you getting paired with a pair of high-ranked officers to act as your partners." The Chow Chow continued.

"Like I need help."

The Chow Chow was silence for a moment. "...One of these days, your going to be stumped on a real puzzle of a case, a puzzle that even you might not solve on your own." The driver said in a soft tone.

Kain then looked out the window as he took those words in.

End of prologue.