An Unforgettable Vacation Pride City Arc

Chapter 16: The Wolf's Wrath

2 Days Until Scar's Deadline

After the area around the crash site was evacuated and the fires extinguished, an enraged Trisha clad in military fatigues marches within a base on the far outskirts of Pride City towards a spire within the compound. "Evening Lieutenant," a Soay Sheep soldier salutes her as she continues towards the spire in rage. Several other soldiers also give her a salute as she continues her march. "There's something going on with the Lieutenant," a soldier whispered after she entered. "I bet it had something to do with Flight 180," another soldier responded in a whispering voice. "Who gave you two permission to stand around gossiping like a pair of high-school girls!?" A military officer shouts at the two soldiers. "Get back to your posts!" The soldiers salute the officer before they disperse.

As Trisha enters the command tower, a squad comprised of a female harrier, a male pogona, a male gorilla, a female leopard, a lioness, and a female wolf is performing reconnaissance using drones to observe the sky-lines and streets of Pride City. "Lieutenant, you're back!" The lioness spots the enraged tiger marching towards the General's office. "You want to do a couple of practice exercises with-" "Not now corporal," Trisha responded as she continues her agitated march to her commanding officer's office. Upon reaching the door to General Mikado's office a guard stops Trisha's approach. "Halt Lieutenant," the guard said as he placed his hand in front of Trisha. "No one may enter the general's office without being summoned." "I have a report that must be given to the general in person," the tigress told the guard. "The urgent information is too classified to be transmitted through normal airwaves."

"General," the guard calls the general through the radio. "Lieutenant Trisha's requesting that she reports to you in person, sir." "Tell the lieutenant that she's authorized to enter my office," General Mikado responded as he unlocks the door to his office. "I need to speak to her as well." "I just received confirmation that the general has an appointment with you lieutenant," the guard reports to Trisha. "You may enter the general's office now." As the guard stands aside to allow Trisha entry into General Mikado's office, she walks past him and opens the door. After walks inside, the tigress closes the door behind her and walks towards the general's desk where he is shown analyzing reports from the other branches throughout the globe. "I hear you have an urgent report you need to make lieutenant," the big-horn sheep said to his lieutenant. "I do sir," Trisha responded. "It appears that one of our anti-air missiles were fired upon a commercial civilian aircraft minutes after the Shishigumi arrived in Pride City."

"Shishigumi..." General Mikado thought to himself as he ponders the purpose of the Shishigumi's presence within Pride City. "What's a mob of meat-addicted predatory carnivores doing here in Pride City?" "According to our drones," Trisha continues her report. "There's been confirmed reports of an albino deer that matches the description of the wanted international terrorist Tongoza on board the yacht that arrived at an abandoned port within the condemned district sir." "So that scumbag has returned to Pride City..." the bighorn general thought to himself as his lieutenant hands over an SD card containing highly classified documentation. "Where did you receive this card?" Mikado asked his lieutenant. "The son of Scar and a female grey wolf sir," Trisha answered. "He entrusts us undo the falsifications within this card and discover the truth hidden inside." "And how did you encounter Scar's son?" The general asked his lieutenant.

Earlier that Afternoon (Trisha's Perspective)

I received a lead from another undercover operative that a child of Scar has been running his own investigation on specific crimes Tongoza has committed within Pride City. Its citizens and tourists were still shaken by Sabrina's death at the time I confronted him. He honestly thought that the torrential rain would provide cover for him as he tried to hack into the city's police station. Suspecting that he was a potential hostile, I aimed my sidearm on him and told him, "Put your hands in the air and step away from the police station." If he was a loyal member of the Kivuli, he would have attacked me, but due to his compliance, I could tell he was having doubts about the organization. I started to get a bit nervous when he said, "You're definitely no police officer." But I never fired the first shot. I eventually calmed down and steadied my aim as the hooded figure stopped moving. "By the armor you're wearing," he said. "You're a Black Herd Battalion mercenary. Am I right?" "Who are you?" I asked him. "You can me Bingwa," he responded. "And I want to know the truth about what happened to my mother."