Zootopia | Taekook 💜

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[Jungkook leads the ZPD to the sky tram]

Jungkook: I thought this was just a missing mammal case, but it's way bigger. Mr. Otterton did not just disappear. I believe he, and this jaguar, they... they went savage, sir.
Chief Yoongi: Savage? This isn't the stone age, Jeon. Animals don't "go savage".

Jungkook: I thought so too... 'Till I saw this.
[Jungkook moves the leaves to show Manchas, but he's no longer there] What? He was right here!
Chief Yoongi: The savage jaguar?
Jungkook: Sir, I know what I saw. He almost killed us!
Chief Yoongi: Or maybe any aggressive predator looks "savage" to you rabbits. [to the ZPD]
Let's go! [starts to leave; Jungkook tries to stop him]

Jungkook: No. Wait! Sir, I'm not the only one who saw him.
[looks at Tar, who is between the officers]
Taehyung!
Chief Yoongi: [scoffs] You think I'm gonna believe a fox?
Jungkook: Well, he was a key witness, and I-
Chief Yoongi: Two days to find the otter, or you quit. That was the deal. [holds out his paw] Badge. [Taehyung looks at Jungkook and Chief Yoongi, shocked]

Jungkook: But sir, we had--
Chief Yoongi: BADGE!
[Jungkook reluctantly starts to unclip her badge, until Tae speaks.]
Taehyung: Uh, no.
Chief Yoongi: [looking at him] What did you say, fox?

Taehyung: Sorry, what I said was, "No!" He will not be giving you that badge. [Chief Yoongi grunts irritably]
Look, you gave him a... a clown vest, a three-wheeled joke-mobile, and two days to solve a case you guys haven't cracked in two weeks?
[Chief Yoongi looks slightly ashamed] Yeah, it's no wonder he needed to get help from a fox. None of you guys were gonna help him, were you?
[Chief Yoongi tries to speak but Tae cuts him off]
Here's the thing, chief. You gave him the 48 hours, so technically we still have... [counts and holds out his paws] ten left to find our Mr. Otterton, and that is exactly what we're gonna do. So, if you'll excuse us, we have a very big lead to follow, and a case to crack. Good day.

[After another gondola pulls up, Tae walks to the sky tram. Jungkook tries to say something to Chief Yoongi, but stops himself and follows Taehyung. Chief Yoongi watches them in silence. Tae opens the door for Jungkook.]
Taehyung: Officer Jeon.
[Jungkook and Tae enter the gondola and it departs. Chief Yoongi and the ZPD watch them and leave. Jungkook seems amazed for what Tae had done forheim. He looks at Taehyung.]

Jungkook: Thank you.
Taehyung: Never let 'em see that they get to you.
Jungkook: So... things do get to you?
Taehyung: Oh, I mean, not anymore, but I was small and emotionally unbalanced like you once.
Jungkook: [sarcastic, rolls his eyes and looks away] Har-har.

Taehyung: No, it's true.
[Jungkook looks at him]
I think I was eight or maybe nine, and all I wanted to do was join the Junior Ranger Scouts.
[A flashback shows a young Tae in front of a mirror being fitted in a scout's uniform by his mother. Young Taehyung stands straight, trying to look fierce. She tickles him from behind, causing him to flinch and giggle]
So, my mom scraped together enough money to buy me a brand new uniform, because by God I was gonna fit in, even if I was the only predator in the troop, the only fox.
[Young Tae enters the Junior Ranger Scouts where he is greeted by the scouts; a zebra, a hippo, a goat, a woodchuck, and an antelope]

Woodchuck : Okay, Tae.
Taehyung: I was gonna be part of a pack.
Woodchuck : Ready for initiation?
Young Taehyung: Yeah! Pretty much born ready. [he comes down the stairs with a confident smile]

Taehyung: I was so proud.
[Young Tae slaps palms with the zebra. The Woodchuck bully snaps his fingers. The lights go off and the Woodchuck shines a flashlight on Young Tae's face. Young Tae briefly winces at the bright light.]

Woodchuck : Okay. Now raise your right paw and deliver the oath.
Young Taehyung: [raises his paw with two fingers up] I, Kim Taehyung , promise to be brave, loyal, helpful, and trustworthy!
Woodchuck : [his smile suddenly fades]
Even though you're a fox?
Young Taehyung: [confused] What? [The Woodchuck bully turns off the flashlight. Then Young Tae gets roughly pushed to the floor and is held down by two of the Ranger Scouts. All of them glare at him.]
No, no! What did I do wrong, you guys?! No, please! Tell me! What did I do wrong?!
[Woodchuck straps a muzzle on Young Tae]
What did I do?!
[shakes his head] No!

Woodchuck : [chuckles darkly] If you thought we would ever trust a fox without a muzzle, you're even dumber than you look!
[Young Tae runs out of the building and goes to the side, terrified. The others laugh cruelly.]

Junior Ranger Scout 2: [from inside] Crybaby!
Junior Ranger Scout 3: [from inside] Aw, is he gonna cry?
[Young Tae leans against the wall, panting. He struggles with the muzzle before throwing it away with a grunt. He breaks down in tears and begins to sob quietly, sitting down and rubbing his eyes.]

Taehyung: [narrating] I learned two things that day.
[the flashback ends and we return the present]
One: I was never gonna let anyone see that they got to me.
Jungkook: And two?
Taehyung: If the world's only gonna see a fox as shifty and untrustworthy, there's no point in trying to be anything else.

Jungkook: Tae, you are so much more than that. [Jungkook places his paw on Tae's arm. Tae looks at him and pulls back.]
Taehyung: [inhales, trying to change the subject, looking out of the car]
Boy, look at that traffic down there. How about we go up to Chuck in traffic central?
[puts two fingers up to his ear, imitating a reporter]
Chuck, how're things looking on the jam-cams?
Jungkook: Taehyung, I'm glad you told me.
Taehyung: [gets an idea] The jam-cams...

Jungkook: Seriously, it's okay-
Taehyung: No, no, no, shh! There are traffic cameras everywhere, all over the canopy!
[Points excitedly to one just above their heads hidden in the fronds of a fake palm tree.]
Whatever happened to the jaguar...
Jungkook: The traffic cams would have caught it!
Taehyung: Bingo!

Jungkook: Oh-ho, pretty sneaky, slick! [punches him in the arm]
Taehyung: Eh, however, if you didn't have access to the system before, I doubt Chief is gonna let you into it now.
Jungkook: No... But I have a friend at City Hall who might!

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To be continued....