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Chapter 21: New Wind

Summary:

Giving you one hell of a chapter!

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Chapter 21

"New Wind"

ZPD _

"Come on Nick, hurry! We don't want to anger Bogo!" Judy ranted and practically dragged Nick by his tie like he was on a leash,

as the two mammals entered inside the ZPD through the slide doors. The weird thing that Nick noticed was that there was not so many mammals around the ZPD hall at the moment.

Must be because they were about ten minutes late already. He could have sworn that he saw Julia carry some files into the evidence room area, and was glad that he didn't have to face her today, especially with Judy around.

Judy on the other paw was really nervous about being late. Their passionate morning cuddle had continued far longer than intended, but Judy didn't blame Nick for it, since it was mostly her doing. The fox just kept pulling her heartstrings day after day ever since they confessed their love for each other.

He had been over flirty for so many months sure, but now that he finally had her... There was not one day when he wouldn't say something romantic to her,

and it made her feel like happiest bunny in the world. Who knew that under all that "never let them see that they get to you" act, had someone so sweet and caring inside? Even despite the lingering fear for being late the first time since she joined the force, she still could not get Nick's words from this morning out of her head. She was going to make sure to drown him into kisses as much as she could, after this day was over. She gave a loving side smile quickly to the sleepy looking fox, as she was dragging him still by his tie.

Nick groaned as the bright lights burned his emerald eyes from all over no matter where he look'd. The headache pills started to do their magic yes,

but it wasn't enough. Not even nearly. His body still felt like it had been through the longest jogging trip ever, his joint's hurting and his ears twitching from annoyance from any sound that was louder than needed. What a great day ahead. And he was going to get choked by his rabbit's hold if she would keep pulling him forward any longer.

"Sheesh whiskers, you can let go now, I'm coming... OWw..." Nick mumbled and begged Judy to let go of his tie. She did and turned around to give a bit apologizing look and spoke to the lazily walking fox.

"Then walk faster!" Judy pleaded with loving smile and grabbed him by his paw.

"Mmhhhh, easy for you to say.." Nick gave a little chuckle and he winced from another headache wave that loved reminding its evil presence inside his head.

As they came closer to Clawhouser's desk, the cheetah was looking at them both with large grin already, ready to start teasing right away. Oh no, salt for the wounds incoming, Nick thought. I would do anything to be at home right now... That would be the best thing ever... Well only way it could be even better would be the idea of having Judy scooped up in his arms under the blanket. The idea of that made him give a little dreamy smile, but he ended up wincing from the pain in his head again.

"Well, hello there you two... Omg... You two are holding paws!" Benjamin squealed.

"Benjamin, I am forced to drag him around like this. Look what I have to deal with... We are going to be more late than I thought... Bogo is going to kill us both." Judy groaned and let go of Nick's paw, who felt a bit sad that she had let go.

"You two are lucky. Bogo is in the meeting with someone, so he will be fifteen minutes later than usual.

You guys are gonna make it in time." The cheetah assured with smile.

"Oh, thank the heavens! Hangover mammals can be quite difficult.." Judy said with relieved smile and shook her head as Nick stared at the floor,

looking like he was going to fall asleep there, even after drinking his coffee.

"I can see. I am so annoyed that I missed the party last night, but I was in the movies with Noel...

No one told me that Nick knew how to party... Rawr.." Benjamin purred as he watched the walking corpse of a fox with grin.

"Did you like the picture I sent you this morning?" Judy giggled.

The cheetah nodded and wiggled his eyebrows to Nick.

"Oh I definitely did... Nick, would you and Oliver like to come over and have double date with me and Noel sometime? We would love the company.

You two are the cutest couple ever... Oliver might just push Judy from number one place of my shipping..." Benjamin grinned.

Judy smiled and rolled her eyes. This cheetah sometimes...

Nick felt himself blush a bit and groaned from desperation as he could already assume that everyone had copy of the picture about him and Oliver by now in their phones.

Why did life have to be so cruel? He would never drink again. NEVER. No more Blue Lagoon for me... For now. He then cleared his throat and spoke in his defense.

"Spots, I was drunk. Really drunk. So was Oliver. I don't have memory of that picture." Nick muttered.

"MHhhhm. It does seem very memorable to me..." The cheetah said as he look'd the picture again from his phone, making Nick roll his eyes.

"Oh come on Benjamin, you get to tease him later today, spare the poor hangover fox." Judy giggled as she kept guiding the zombie by his tie towards the elevators.

"Oh, I definitely will wait for that the whole day... Yasss..." Benjamin grinned playfully, making Judy shook her head and Nick want to sink under earth again.

Judy opened the door leading to the bullpen with the half asleep fox on her tail.

The thing that first took all Nick's attention even despite his slow brain state, was that the room was quiet as a graveyard. Nick stopped walking and gazed around himself,

scanning the room. Every single mammal had their head and arms against their desks,

using it as a pillow as most of them were half way to sleep, or just muttering something distant.

No one had even realized they had entered the bullpen. There was no sight of Bogo, and everyone clearly took advantage of it, some mammals already in deep sleep. So he wasn't the only one with this terrible fate. Everyone was looking like they would do anything to get out of work and back to their beds, some occasionally groaning from headache.

No one really seemed to be in the mood to talk, and for the first time Nick preferred that way. Everyone would be talking about Lagoon night tomorrow, but for now, no one seemed to have energy to even stay awake.

Well.. Expect Halie and Francine. Figures. He was about to give his morning greetings on the spot to see if he would get any kind of reaction from the group of dead looking mammals, until he realized who he stood next to... Oh god.

Oliver's spot was right next to the entrance.

Nick's eyes widened as he slowly as possible turned his head to his left side. It took only three seconds for him to face the Oliver's gaze, who was staring back at him with wide brown eyes, his face blushed as hell. They just stared at each other without saying a word. They didn't seem to know how to begin. Oliver had seen the picture, clearly. Nick felt like he should say something.

Anything. He hesitated for a moment and ended up mumbling awkwardly.

"I ummmm... You uhh..."

Oliver look'd away for a moment, nervously drumming the desk with his claws and muttered back.

"Dude I umm... How about we just... Accept it happened?... Let's just roll with it. Less painful. Right?"

"Yeah. Definitely. Right. Good. Lets... Do that."

"... I uhmm.. I just wanted to say that I'm... Not um... Just to make sure that you don't think I'm... You know.."

"I know, I know... Same with me... I'm not like that I-"

Suddenly they both quickly gazed at the bunny who had arrived only feet away from them,

looking at the scenario with teasing smile, clearly enjoying the awkward show to the fullest. She spoke as she was pretending to read invisible book in her paws.

"I, Nicholas Piberius Wilde, will take Oliver Howlton as my fateful husband-"

Everyone around the room started to chuckle and snicker loudly, clearly aware of Nick's and Judy's presence by now. Hailie giggled so loudly that she had to hold her stomach, waking Rasheed and Luke from their sleep, but only for a quick second. Even Judy could not hold straight face as Delgato and Fangmeyer also muttered from the front seats.

"Good one Hopps." Fangmeyer chuckled and Deglato followed after.

"Yeah, that was golden."

Nick and Oliver look'd away from each other in even more embarrassment, both wanting to die right now.

The fox could only face the small laughs and quick gazes around the room as he quickly started walking towards his seat on front of the room,

giving Oliver time to cool down as well. This joke was not funny. At all. Judy just had to do that. This one he would revenge.

The fox lazily climbed on his chair, laying his cheek against the desk and sighed deeply.

The bullpen was quiet once again, after the last chuckles settled down and some went back to sleep.

Nick could feel Judy bounce next to him, and Nick peaked with his other eye as the bunny was looking back at him with wide grin.

"Thank you for that one..." Nick muttered with annoyance.

"Oh, the opportunity was just so good. I know you are plotting a revenge right as we speak foxy boy."

"Smart bunny. I will make it good one."

"We will see." Judy said smugly and turned her gaze to the door.

Bogo was sure taking his time. They were lucky that he had a meeting.

Gave everyone some time to reload their batteries, at least a little bit.

The bunny's tail wiggled a bit as she was excitedly waiting for Bogo to come in the room any second now.

Finally, time for some action. Every single day away from chasing Levron and his notorious crime family was torture.

Levron was about to be in trouble now. She was ready to go out there again and make sure that she would get to the bottom of his plans, and keep her promise to lock him and his associates behind bars.

But for now, she had to take small steps. Their only way of getting back onto Levron's tail was trough Roy Briggs, and he was going to be hard to find. But they always seemed to have luck on their side, so she felt really optimistic today.

"Still having a headache?" Judy ask'd from the almost sleeping fox next to her.

"Mhhhhm." Nick hummed back and Judy gave a little sympathetic look.

"I'm sure that the pills will work soon. For now all you need is peace and quiet."

BLAM!

The front door slammed open, making some jump from their sleep and stare all around with fuzzed fur, their heart beating faster from this sudden loud jump scare.

Just as grumpy looking as always, Bogo was walking towards his podium, reading some kind of note on his hands, adjusting his eyeglasses a bit.

He didn't even gaze the room as he walk'd in front of his familiar place. Judy was wiggling in her seat from excitement, as Bogo cleared his throat. He raised his gaze up and spoke.

"Alright everyone, listen up-"

And there he finished, as he finally saw what was in front of him. Whole room of dead looking officers, almost everyone sleeping against their desks,

some snoring and some just groaning from head ache. Well except for Judy Hopps, Hailie Garnett, and Francine Pennington. All of the three females sat in straight posture, ready for the new day with smile.

Bogo gave a disappointed and angry look at the mammal graveyard, his eyebrow twitching a bit from Luke's loud snoring.

"Is this what I have to send to protect the streets of our Zootopia?

A bunch of alcohol reeking, ruffle furred officers that might fall a sleep in middle of their patrol? The fine protectors and mammals of honor and order?"

All of the three female officers gave a little smile as Bogo spoke his mind so loudly that everyone was sure to hear.

"PATHETIC..."

"MMrmrmh..." Most of the officers just groaned back as apologizing answer.

"This is exactly why I said that building also known as stupid Blue Lagoon was the dumbest idea of the century.

How am I supposed to keep up the ZPD's reputation when all of you look like this?

THIS IS A SECOND TIME THIS MONTH. You drunken bastards... I swear I'll have that place locked down at some point." Bogo muttered angrily.

Judy spoke.

"Bogo, they just had a little too much fun. I'm sure they manage to patrol.

Right guys?" Judy ask'd from the crowds with enthusiasm.

"Mhhrhrmmmmyeahchief." Was about the only answer Judy got for Bogo from the crowd of zombie mammals.

Bogo sighed and was far from convinced. He was only getting angrier. Judy continued.

"It was just ZPD welcoming party for Nick and Oliver.

They suffered the worst. But since we are working with our team today,

I'll make sure that at least they get themselves together." She assured.

Bogo gave a little frustrated nod but then he realized what she had just said.

The buffalo slowly turned his gaze at the sleeping fox next to her, who seemed to have no worry in the world at the moment. Judy already knew what the small devilish peek in the buffalo's eye meant.

It was payback time. Bogo was going to take everything he could out of Nick's condition.

The buffalo slowly started making his way towards the sleeping fox with his arms behind his back,

small evil grin peeking on him as he was standing next to his table.

The buffalo leaned down and roared next to his ear.

"OFFICER WILDE! HAVING A GOOD NAP AT WORK?!"

The fox jumped up in his chair, his eyes shooting open from fear,

and his ears ringing like someone had blown a bomb next to him. His tail had puffed up like he had been electrocuted,

his gaze shooting around in panic.

He could only hold his ears from the pain, as his gaze met with the buffalo's. At that moment he knew, he was fucked.

"... I..." Nick mumbled, still struggling to get his hearing back, trying to pop his ear chambers open by clenching his jaw.

"It seems that you are awake after all! GOOD! A focused officer is what I need!" Bogo spoke loudly, making Nick almost cry as the head ache crept back into his head. Nick knew that this was a payback but he had no energy to fight back. Not now. All he could do was to suck it and beg that Bogo would not yell anymore.

"AND FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, ALL OF YOU CLEAR YOUR POSTURES!" Bogo shot in annoyance, making the last snoring officer's wake from their slumber and take at least some kind of attention to the situation as best as they could. With poor success you might add.

"Chief I beg you... Not so loud.." Nick pleaded, feeling like he was going to die. Bogo gave a little grin and leaned in again.

"LOUD?! I'M SORRY IF MY VOLUME IS NOT PLEASANT TO SOME!

IF ONLY I HAD OFFICERS THAT WOULD NOT COME IN WORK, PRACTICALLY STILL ALCOHOL IN THEIR SYSTEM!" Bogo roared on purpose, making Nick almost cry as he held his ears down,

wincing from the pain and shutting his eyes closed tightly.

"Bogo, I think you made your point. Delgato and Fangmeyer seem to agree with Nick. Right boys?" Judy ask'd from the two officers next to them,

who both had been on the front line to suffer Bogo's yelling with Nick, both begging for Bogo to stop. They nodded furiously and Bogo gave a little sigh before continuing.

"They better. Now that I have everyone's attention, FINALLY... I get to proceed with the assignments-"

"Krrooooooooooh..."

The loud snoring was heard couple rows back, next to Hailie.

Bogo raised his gaze with intimidating look in his eyes, as he ended up staring at the sleeping red furred raccoon, who was snoring on his seat, still in deep sleep despite all the racket. Hailie gave a little scared look at Bogo among Nick from the front row, knowing that Bogo was about to kill someone if the last sleeping mammal would not wake up and fast.

Hailie signaled Bogo to take it easy and took her paw in front of Rasheed's face with bored expression, like she had done with couple of times before. The snow leopard gently pushed the raccoons muzzle closed, making him wake up after a couple of seconds and cough loudly.

It took him full ten seconds of coughing and to realize that he was in the room full of mammals, and one angry chief who was looking at him with the face that was asking him, "Are you finished?". Coonway gave a little embarrassed throat clearing, fixing his fur a bit and rubbing his eyes, before clearing his posture against the small bench.

"I have your full attention now Coonway?"

"Yes sir." the raccoon assured and Hailie giggled a bit.

"I had to do the muzzle thing for you again. Sorry." Hailie smiled and ruffled the fur on top of his head.

"Whatever..." Rasheed muttered back in embarrassment and the attention from the room went back to Bogo.

"Now. To the task's at hand. Officers, Delgato, Fangmeyer-"

TEN MINUTES LATER _

Bogo was waiting for the last mammal to leave the bullpen room, leaving only his special task team sit on their seats.

You could already guess that only Judy and Hailie look'd excited at the moment, waiting eagerly for chief Bogo to start with the mission objectives, or anything at all.

The buffalo was still going through the details, as in trying to confirm that his briefing was ready to go.

Judy gave a little smile as she heard Hailie scold her two best friends to not fall asleep again.

"Come on Luke, chief will speak any moment now..."

"Yes.. Wake me up when he does.."

"Zzz..." Was heard from Hailies right side, and she shook her head after seeing that the raccoon was asleep again.

"This is why we should had left the Lagoon earlier... These poor boys have only had five hours sleep at most..."

"It was impossible to get them out of that place... It was like dealing with teenagers." Judy giggled back.

"I know... Rasheed wake up! Don't make me block your muzzle again."

"I'm up, don't.." The raccoon muttered in middle of his half sleep state.

Judy shook her head and turned to look at Nick, who was just staring forward on the chalkboard with lazy eyes and dreamy smile on his muzzle. It seemed that he at least tried his best to focus on the case at hand, since he was reading all the details they had about the case on the board with pictures and important notes. There was all the names involving the case, as well as the timetables too. His smart fox mind was probably working on some kind of important clue about all of this.

"Well at least you seem to have turned for the better slick.

What's with that smile? You already have ideas how to proceed with the case?

Any smart ideas in that fox head of yours?" Judy asked with interest.

There was no answer. He really was focused.

Judy was quiet for a while and ask'd for his attention again.

"Hello?" Judy asked again.

IN NICK'S MIND:

"Nick... say when I stop..." his loved bunny said with half lidded eyes and flirty tone as she was slowly pouring maple syrup from the bottle on the plate full of pancakes. Nick was sitting in his dining table at his living room, following Judy with wicked smile as she was serving him breakfast.

"Do keep going fluff... Can never have enough sugar.

Are those vanilla flavor?" The fox asked warmly as Judy was shaking the bottle in her paws.

"Mhhhhmm." Judy hummed with half lidded smile and kept pressing the bottle until she realized that she had suddenly given the bottle too much pressure, making it accidentally aim a splatter on her pink gazelle hoodie. Now the front of her clean pink hoodie was all covered in syrup.

Instead of being mad, she kept going like it was nothing.

"Oh, woops... How careless of me... Now I have to take it off and wash it... Will you be a sweetie and do the laundry?..." Judy ask'd with flirting tone, making Nick's eyes widen suddenly as she giggled a bit and started to slowly bring the zipper of her hoodie down, giving naughty look at him while observing his stunned reaction. It took only moment for Nick to realize that the bunny didn't have anything under her hoodie, her delicate and snow bright fur revealing itself slowly to her. Nick swallowed loudly as he tried to fight staring at her body, but he couldn't take his eyes off. Judy suddenly leaned closer to him and softly whispered in his ear with warm voice, sending shivers through his fur.

"I'm such a clumsy bunny... Now I got syrup all over my fur..."

Nick felt his ears burn as Judy pulled the zipper all the way down and slowly took the hoodie off and dropping it on the floor, making Nick's brains explode from what his eyes were witnessing at the moment. He was close to drooling a bit at this point.

Judy gave a little nibble at his ear and whispered again.

"I know you like sweet things Nick... You want to be a good fox and lick it off-"

"NICK! Hellooo?!" Judy waved her paw in front of his dreamy gaze, waking him to reality. Nick suddenly swallowed a bit and cleared his throat, quickly gazing at Judy.

"... Oh umm.. Sorry. What is it carrots?" Nick ask'd fast with a bit hesitant smile, once again praising the fact that Judy could not read minds.

"Nick, we are all kind of waiting for you here..." Judy smiled and shrugged awkwardly as she gave a little side nod at Bogo's direction, who was staring at Nick with very visible annoyance. Nick felt the horror strike him as there was about to come another roar from the buffalo and he started pleading for mercy right away.

"Oh! Sorry! Sorry chief! You have my full attention now! Promise!" The fox mumbled but was careful not to sound sarcastic, because he would die from another scolding practice by the angry buffalo.

"... Good." He grunted after a moment and turned his gaze to everyone.

Everyone in the room gave some kind of sign that they were listening,

and Bogo cleared his throat.

"Now, as we all know, the team is back into action again. The case and investigation on Levron is once again open."

"YES!" Judy said happily, making Bogo give a little approving smile and continue.

"That goes to everyone that is associated with him. We are open to any kind of suggestions.

Any free time that you can take to think through the details or come up with suggestions, is always approved and welcomed.

Since we finally have quite a lot of info about the case and incidents that came around it already, we give one of these files to all of you. That is lot of trust to give, but I say it sincerely now when I tell that I trust every single mammal in this room."

He stated sternly as he laid six copies of brown folders on the desk.

Everyone stared at the pile and Bogo continued.

"All of these folders show the information we have for now about all of this, all the way to the details of the drug we found,

to timetables of arrests, all the names, and possible suspects that involve around this case. Everything. I can trust you find the safest place possible to hide this. It's not usual procedure to hand files over like this, especially since it's ongoing and crucial to not to be found,

but I need all of you to put your minds into it. Hopps was right. We have to get into action. There has been another incident."

Bogo finished and Judy spoke with worried tone.

"Incident?"

"We arrested two fighting mammals last night, next to Yellow state plaza, that is located in Sahara square. The place is brand new hotel,

that had its grand opening night. These two idiots were drugged up with the same substance we found from the system of the two mammals at the dance festival.

They were fighting in the middle of the street, throwing each other against cars, causing dangerous environment to the ongoing traffic and completely smashing one police vehicle to pieces in middle of their fist fight. Most of the mammals that had been on the grand entrance of the hotel,

had witnessed the whole thing, that had been going for good ten minutes before our units got to the scene. It took four officers to take them down with their tranquilizers. Needless to say, they scared lot of mammals. This has to stop. It will be only matter of time before city hall will start asking questions about our capability to do our jobs. With the new mayor in charge, it will take time, since he hasn't really stepped into the office yet... But it would be unpleasant first discussion with our new leader. We don't need any kind of unpleasant attention on our way, or angry mayors.

We have to prevent these attacks from happening. This case might be a key to all that. Just a speculation."

Everyone went quiet and suddenly Oliver spoke.

"Were any civilians hurt last night?"

"Thankfully no. They were smart enough to not intervene.

These random incidents seem to get bizarre. They don't make any sense.

But the most important detail about all of this is the one that took all of my attention.

Steve Levron was present during the scuffle. He was the one that was cutting the ribbon line in the hotels lobby. He owns the place. But it might be just random detail. We can't be sure. But needless to say, where ever he is present, something bad happens."

Judy look'd a bit angry for a moment. Levron was there too?

She thought for a while and spoke.

"It can't be coincidence. He was present at the dance festival attack too."

"He was... But are you saying that he is somehow connected to these fights?"

"He has to be." Judy added.

"You might be right Hopps, but the question why and how is much more puzzling.

What is there for him to gain by inviting mammals that randomly started to fight in middle of grand opening of his new hotel?

Only thing that kind of incident can give is unwanted attention and poor start of fame for a new business.

These two fighting mammals had no criminal record of any kind. They were part of the invited mammals to the party that was taking place at the hotel. This is all very confusing."

Judy had no answer to that one. Bogo always made good points. There had to be something they just did not see. Something that they had missed at some point. Anything.

"Just something to ponder about. This week will be fully dedicated to the case by looking at it now, so put your minds into it together.

That is what makes a good team. Now, to the tasks at paw. We have the leads that were suggested on the table last time. Roy Briggs is still wanted by the law, and owns very valuable information about Levron and his organization. He might even know something about last night's incident.

We have to find him. We have possible locations too. It's good that we can trust our citizens just as much as they trust the ZPD. And we need to keep it that way.

We had a call last night from Tundra town bar called Bernie's. The same bar Hopps and Wilde had stakeout at when the case involved Jack Garlow and Steve Levron for the first time. Someone called last night and told that the rottweiler was drunk in the bar, arguing with someone in the phone loudly. He left around the closing time, but the informant didn't know where. So I say two officers is enough to go question the bartender of Bernie's, to see if he can tell anything that would help us about Roy's whereabouts."

"I can take the place with officer Garnett. I know Bernie personally, so it might be easier for me to get something out of him. Just saying." Oliver suddenly suggested from the back.

Hailie gave a little hesitant look at the wolf and then Bogo.

"Sounds promising. Good to see that my officers are ready to go and eager.

You two take the bar with Howlton. Understood officer Garnett?" Bogo ask'd from Hailie.

The snow leopard gave a small accepting nod and Bogo continued.

"There is also one thing that was informed to us by the civilian. The same one in the bar.

It appears that Briggs arrived to this bar with a vehicle. He came around ten in the evening... But he left the bar on foot.

The owner called and said that the car is still there.

So at least he was not dumb enough to drink and drive. My best bet is that he is in one of the motels around the area, if we are lucky. But that might be just hopeful thinking. Fring and Coonway. You two seem up for the task. You two will search the vehicle that is parked near the Bernie's, to see if you find anything that might be useful. Understood?"

"Yes chief." They both said quietly.

Judy and Nick look'd a bit confused that their team already had clear missions, but what was there left for them to do?

The bunny spoke after a while.

"Umm chief-"

"Hopps, don't think I've forgotten about you. You and Wilde will take the lead that was suggested last time. Roy's sister.

Amy Briggs. I went through her files in the system, and they came out neat and clean. No criminal record of any kind, and used live in the small apartment located in Tundra town. It reads in the system that her new address is in Sahara square district,

close to Pyramid mall. She moved there about a year ago. You two go and interview her about anything she might know about her brother's whereabouts, or find out if she's been in contact with him in these near days. Anything that might be useful. Sound like task to be easily done?"

Bogo ask'd and raised eyebrow questionably to the bunny, who gave a little smile and spoke.

"Will do chief. What's the address?"

"Dynasty street ten. Apartment sixty-six. With good luck she might be at home.

Otherwise, you two have to contact her by cellphone or visit her at work.

She works in the Sahara squares kit-garden, near the Sahara square elementary."

Judy wrote everything on a small notepad with her carrot pen and nodded with smile.

"Thanks chief. I'm sure we find her."

"No need to thank me Hopps. Time is running and we need to find Briggs.

Get to work, all of you. I expect results today. Don't let me down."

"We won't." Judy said with determined look and gave a little shoulder bump to Nick.

"Right partner?"

Judy ended up staring at the lazy eyed fox who still had his dreamy smile on and swished his tail from side to side happily, clearly thinking something pleasant.

".. Are you kidding me?" Judy muttered and face pawed herself.

"Mhhhm, what?" Nick shot his eyes open and gave a confused look at the bunny.

"Did I miss something?"

Bogo was about to snap and Judy groaned from frustration.

"... Nick for the love of-"

SAHARA DISTRICT _

The warm sunlight rays and beautiful sand dunes filled the scenery as the two came out of the tunnel that led out of Savannah central. The streets were crowded with mammals, some jogging and drinking their cold water in the burning heat, enjoying this bright and nice looking day.

Nick winced a bit as the sun burned his eyes but relaxed after he put his aviators on, leaning his back against the seat and getting comfortable.

It was going to be easy day. Just interview Roy's sister, eat the largest lunch you can find at your brake, and kick back in the car. That's the plan at paw.

Just perfect. Maybe she even lets me sleep. Judy gave a little scolding look as Nick put his feet on the dashboard, sitting on his seat like a lazy king.

"Nick, seriously?" Judy scolded.

"What?"

"Feet off the dashboard mister. Mammals will see. It makes us look unprofessional."

"Wait, hold on. I got an idea." Nick mumbled and press'd the small button with his claws.

The same one Judy had pressed when she wanted to kiss on their yesterdays lunch break.

It took only couple of seconds for the windows to turn in the shade of black, making Nick's eyes relax and he gave a little satisfied hum as the car got a bit darker. He turned to look at Judy with grin who look'd nothing but amused.

"I love this thing." Nick said warmly and let go of the button.

"Nick, that doesn't... Ugh.. You know what, whatever... We are at Amy's place soon anyway... But don't even think about pulling the seat back, you will not sleep."

"Don't be like that carrots. I have really bad hangover. Let me relax a bit." Nick pleaded.

"... Nick, we are supposed to have full focus on this task, I can't have you fall asleep in our car. You are a police officer on duty, come on." Judy scolded.

"I'm not falling asleep, I have you as sleep blocker. I love hearing your voice.

Let's talk about something nice. That is how you keep me up." Nick said and wiggled his eyebrows from behind his aviators.

Judy tried to scold the fox again but could not hold her smile as the fox was acting like his dumb charming self.

"Okay, you take these." Judy said with smile and handed over her carrot pen from her belt. Nick raised his eyebrow and took it hesitantly and saw as Judy was going through the dashboard,

scooting his feet away to open it up. She took out a small notepad and handed it over to him as well. Nick held these two objects in his paws with confused look and spoke.

"Carrots, what are you-"

"You are going to be the one to take notes.

Anything important that she tells, you will write down on that paper. You also-"

"A, a, aaa. Whiskers, I said talk about something nice. By nice I mean not work related.

I swear to you, I will be on full focus tomorrow once this horrifying state is completely gone,

but for now, I want to hear something light."

Nick said and put the notepad and the carrot pen in his pocket, and turned to look at her with large smile.

"... Like what slick?" Judy giggled and rolled her eyes as the fox stared at her with that sneaky grin of his.

"MMmhhm, you tell me. Something that would soothe my state."

"You are not that badly in hangover anymore."

"You can't know that. My head still hurts as well as my joints, that I can assure." Nick said.

"Fine ummm..." Judy wondered what to talk about when Nick continued.

"Should we go and have dinner tomorrow?"

"Wh- what do you mean?" she ask'd.

"I want to take you somewhere nice." Nick said warmly.

Judy gave a little shy smile and spoke.

"You don't need to do that Nick."

"I want to. But I will make sure that this one doesn't have someone named freaking Garvia Defluff as it's owner." Nick said and rolled his eyes, spike of lingering hate against the asshole ram that had spoken with disrespect to his girlfriend.

That ram was lucky that he was an officer.

"Sounds good." Judy chuckled and suddenly she realized something. Dinner. Oh no. She had completely forgotten to ask him about it. He was not going to like this.

"I umm... There is this one thing that we should talk about... It's more like a request."

"You know that you can ask anything from me fluff. Tell me." Nick said warmly.

"I uhh..."

"Carrooooots, what is iiit?" Nick teased and Judy was quiet for a moment.

"... Well... Would you like to join me and Mister Big at the dinner next weekend?"

Nick went quiet right away, his expression changing a bit from smile to serious.

"... Why?" He asked calmly.

"I ... Well, Gerald asked if I would bring you with me, just for.. You know.. Clean start?.. I think he want's to be more close with you,

now that everything's good between you two." She assured with pleading smile. Nick didn't look happy at all. She should had known...

Nick was quiet for a moment and spoke.

"... Stop the car."

"Huh?" Judy asked in confusion.

"I said stop the car. I want to talk about this."

"Nick we are supposed to get to Roy's sister as soon as possib-"

"Judy. Please." Nick said with serious look, making Judy give a little worried look at him.

"It's okay, miss Briggs can wait for now, I just want to talk about this. Park over there." Nick said sternly,

making Judy feel a bit scared about his sudden mood change.

She should had not brought this one up.

Judy did as was told and slowly put her side light on, parking at the side of the sandy road, next to some palm tree garden on their right side.

There was a silent moment between them as Nick took his aviators off and put them into his pocket.

Judy just followed his movement quietly and after a while he spoke with a bit frustrated tone.

"What if I don't want to be in contact with him any more than necessary?"

"Nick-"

"Did he seriously ask my presence personally?"

"He did." Judy assured, earning doubting look from the fox.

"Judy-"

"He did Nick, I'm not lying." Judy assured, sounding accidentally a bit angry.

"What does he want?"

"Nick, he wants to have dinner. He want's to talk. That's all. Is it really so hard to believe?"

Nick was quiet for a moment and spoke.

"... I don't like this. You know how I feel about Corleone."

"I know Nick, but didn't you two agree that there was no more bad blood between you two? He told that he trusts you now. It did seem to me that you two were in good terms when we were at the dance festival." Judy assured.

"... And didn't I tell you to never trust a mobster-"

"Nick, come on, he is not like that!" Judy groaned.

"..." The fox was quiet for a while,

clearly not liking the fact that Judy was going either.

Judy then suddenly laid her paw on top of his,

earning questioning look from the fox.

"Please Nick..."

"I don't know carrots.." Nick muttered with sad expression.

"Nick, you wouldn't be there as my partner.

You would be there as my... You know.." She went quiet before finishing her sentence and blushed a bit as she look'd away for a moment.

"... As your what?"

"... Boyfriend." Judy said quietly and gave a little side smile to him.

Nick look'd a bit confused first, and Judy spoke again.

"I mean, we are coming out to the public this upcoming week? That was the plan right?

Like we agreed?" Judy asked with a bit careful tone, wondering if Nick had really been on board with their plan from the start.

Nick gave a surprised smile and spoke.

"Wait, this upcoming week?"

"... Isn't that what we agreed in the first place?

I mean.. You remember what we talked about on that couch?

I said a week then. It has almost been a week, but the time right now just doesn't seem okay, since there is too much hassle already. But I want to do it this next upcoming week.

That is far as I will wait. I don't want to kiss in the back alleys in secret anymore...

I mean.. It's romantic in its own way... But.."

"Carrots... I thought that when you said a week last time... I thought you wanted to just impress me. I'm sorry, but that's what I honestly thought... So you seriously want to-"

"Yes. I want to make it public next week. My parents keep pestering me about you,

and it's driving me crazy. I'm not even kidding... But I respect your opinion too...

Only for you, I can wait more... If you want to-"

"No." Nick said sternly.

Judy turned her gaze at the fox who was looking at her back with serious look and brushed her cheek gently with his paw.

"I want to do it too. Next week it is. It is decided."

Judy gave a little unsure smile and spoke.

"You sure-"

"Yes, one hundred percent. Week it is. I'm looking forward to it...

Wait, is this just a hustle? Maybe... maybe you are just trying to prove to your parents that you are a big city girl now?" Nick teased.

"Har har, really funny!" Judy laughed and rolled her eyes, clearly happy that Nick wasn't angry anymore.

"Or to those buck's that keep chasing your tail?" Nick teased again.

Judy was quiet for a moment and felt her blush grow as she wanted to say it. She took a little courage as she spoke quietly.

"Maybe... I do want to prove them one thing. To all these stalking bucks and my bothering parents..." She said quietly, her laugh turning into a shy smile.

"What's thaaat? What is there left for the most famous bunny in the city to prove?" Nick ask'd with teasing tone.

Judy look'd at the teasing fox with large blush just growing to her as she suddenly leaned next to his ear and whispered.

"... That I am yours."

There was quiet moment in the car as Nick's grin turned into blank and a bit surprised expression. Judy leaned away from him and took her gaze away from his for a moment. Nick suddenly took off his seat-belt slowly, his eyes determined towards the bunny next to him.

Judy could feel her heart beat faster as she gazed back at him, seeing that the fox was slowly crawling towards his bunny like an excited predator, loving smile coming to his muzzle as he licked his lips a bit. Judy's felt her ears burn as Nick came closer, making her back up against the door and feel embarrassed under his loving gaze.

"N-Nick, what are you-"

"Judith... You can't expect for a male to hear something like that from someone like you and just leave it at that..." He said warmly.

He had called her Judith... She could feel her chest run hot like it was on flames. Nick pressed a small button next to them to lock all the doors with loud click, without taking his gaze off from her.

The bunny felt her tail drum furiously against the seat as Nick crawled on top of her,

overshadowing her small body and making her feel like pinned pray under the smiling fox.

"N- Nick.. W- we promised that we won't do t- this at work anymore." Judy mumbled back but the fox was not hearing it,

only getting more excited from her attitude and leaning closer with his muzzle.

"Shhhh... I don't remember signing a deal on the paper.. Besides... You are mine... Right? I want to hear it again.

Whisper it to my ear again." Nick commanded with almost predatory hunger in his voice,

even surprising himself. Judy's face was red as volcano now, and she felt the devilish tingle in her panties strike like a lighting at that moment, when Nick spoke those words next to her like that.

She closed her eyes and mentally prepared herself for the incoming kiss by her loved fox but that was cut before it even started.

TAP TAP TAP!

Nick and Judy both almost jump'd against the roof of the car,

the fox's tail fuzzing up from the jump scare. He quickly leaned off from top of the bunny, straightening his tie and turning his panicked gaze next to his window.

Someone had tapped on it with a claw. Judy straightened her posture and felt her heart beat like a war drum, as she was trying to get a hold of herself and escape her turned on state by breathing very fast and trying to think of something unpleasant.

Nick rolled down the window slowly, revealing an old looking bear lady from behind the glass,

with wide smile on her face. Nick cleared his throat a bit and spoke like she didn't interrupt anything at all.

"Hello there mam. How may I be of help today?"

"Excuse me officer... Where might the local library be? I live in Tundra town and I don't visit this district often..."

Nick put on his charming smile right away and spoke in warm tone.

"Just across the street from Pyramid street and one turn to the left. You will see the great white building right away, with the long golden flagpole on top. Can't miss it. You have good day mam."

Nick said and gave a little charming grin of his to the old bear lady.

"Thank you sweetie." The bear lady said chuckled with smile and continued her walk towards her destination.

"What a handsome young male..." The bear muttered by herself and was gone in an instant.

There was an awkward quietness in the car for a moment and Nick rolled up the window with one button, turning his still a bit spooked gaze at Judy, who was looking at him back with a shy smile. After a moment she spoke.

"... So.. Does that mean that you accept the invitation to Mister Big's home after all?"

Nick's expression turned into snarky and defeated look, clearly bummed that bunny had no intention to continue from where they left off.

"Ughhr... Fiiiiiine." He groaned and earned loving smile from the bunny.

"Thank you."

"... Can we at least finish where we left off-"

"Nope. We almost got caught just now.

That's a wake up call for both of us.

No more making out at work. You are starting to make it as a bad habit,

and if she would have not come by, we would have spent about fifteen minutes of our crucial investigation time to kiss in the car."

"... I just wanted to hear you say it one more time like that..." Nick muttered with sad tone.

"What?" Judy asked with smile, since he spoke so quietly that she didn't hear.

"Nothing." Nick said back and Judy observed him for a while.

She continued talking.

"Amy's apartment is just around the corner. Let's not waste any more time slick."

Nick gave sad expression and muttered by himself as the bunny started the car again.

"... Want's a kiss-" Nick pleaded like a kit.

"Na-a. Bad fox." Judy giggled.

"... Hey carrots..."

"Yeah slick?"

"... Can we buy syrup and pancakes?"

"... Where does this come from?" Judy laughed at this random question.

"Nothing... Just an idea... Forget I said it." Nick muttered back and look'd out of the window, the dreamy smile coming back to his muzzle again.

"Mysterious foxes..." Judy giggled.

DYNASTY STREET 10 _

The fox and the bunny were walking up the stairs, towards the apartment where Amy was supposed to live.

They had already climbed all the way up to sixth floor when Nick started to mutter something to the bunny.

"Why did we not take the elevator fluff?" He huffed as they reached the right floor.

"I thought that you could use some exercise. Keeps you more focused."

"... Wow." Nick mumbled.

"Don't be such a kit, it's just stairs."

"... Stairs that took forever to climb up."

"Come on slick, the door is just around the corner. Most of the work done." Judy chuckled as they started making their way through the hall.

Judy was counting the numbers of the doors one by one, until they finally did reach the right place at the end of the hallway.

On the door it read, "Briggs". This was the one.

Judy gave a little smile to her sleepy looking partner and adjusted her uniform a bit to look official and neat as possible.

"What, are you going to make her jealous with your outfit?" Nick snickered.

"Har har... Just take out the pen and your notepad.

I think this is going to take a while." Judy shot back with grin and pressed the doorbell.

The fox did what was ask'd and took out the small notepad,

taking the carrot pen out too and spoke to her with grin.

"Does this one still have the recording in it?"

"What recording?"

"The one that says... I am just a dumb bunny." Nick teased.

Judy laughed a little and gave a little punch at his ribs from this joke. Okay that hurt.

"I take that as no..." Nick muttered.

There was a brief moment before a sound was heard from behind the door. A female voice spoke like she was in the middle of doing something.

"Just a minute!"

Another five seconds went and the door opened up.

"Look, I'm not buying anyth-"

The pretty looking female rottweiler ended up staring at the two friendly smiling officers on her doorstep.

She was dressed in the sky blue t-shirt and brown jeans. The first thing Nick realized was that she had exactly same eye color as Judy's lavender eyes. Almost identical. She did look really pretty overall.

There just didn't seem to be lots of facial similarities with Roy, but she was the same breed, that was sure.

The dog look'd a bit startled at first and sounded a bit confused about the situation.

"Oh... Hello officers... I- is there something I could help you with?"

"Yes there might. Nick Wilde, ZPD. Pleasure to meet you miss Briggs." Nick said with flirting smile,

handing over his paw to the rottie who hesitantly shaked it back, her confused expression turning into a bit shy smile under his charming introduction. Judy almost rolled eyes from this, clearly amused that Nick really knew how to pull strings when it came to talking to females. Sly fox.

"A- Amy Briggs. Pleasure to meet you mister Wilde. I have seen you in the news. Congratulations for being the first fox cop in Zootopia." Amy said with genuine smile,

earning a small wink from the fox who spoke back.

"Thank you kindly miss Briggs. I wish we didn't need to meet under the visit like this."

Amy gave a little shy smile as Nick let go of her paw,

feeling a bit bothered at the moment that Nick look'd way more handsome up close than in tv. After seeing Amy's reaction, Judy could not help but to roll her eyes.

She knew that Nick was like this to every female without deeper meaning,

but it annoyed her a bit since it made her feel the childish jealousy spike her a little bit every time.

Was there anything he didn't flirt at? He would probably flirt with a rock, if he hoped to find some answers from it.

"And with you is... Judy Hopps." Amy said with stunned look, almost like not believing this was happening.

"Nice to meet you Amy." Judy said with friendly tone and Amy spoke right away.

"T- this is incredible... I am really shaking superstar's paw right now." She said excitedly.

Judy gave a happy smile as she was shaking her paw, until Nick spoke.

"You really should have your own fan club whiskers. The one where you could tell every female how to dress and-"

"Shut it." Judy shot with embarrassed tone.

Amy gave a little surprised smile and didn't know what to say. There was a quiet moment of them just smiling, until Amy's expression turned into a sad look as she spoke quietly.

"This is about my brother isn't it?" She sighed.

"How did you-" Judy was about to ask.

"It's always about my brother. I'm kinda used to it.." She said and they were all quiet for a moment.

Judy collected herself and spoke with careful tone.

"We are here to ask some questions involving him, yes. Is it okay for us to come inside?

We can do this in the hallway too." Judy assured, trying to make the situation as comfortable for Amy as possible.

The female dog sighed and spoke after a while.

"No, it's okay. Do come in. I want to hear what's this about."

"Thank you miss Briggs.

We won't take much of your time." Judy said with warm smile, as she entered inside the apartment with Nick.

"... Do you have any coffee Amy?" The fox suddenly asked with flirting tone.

"NICK!"

Amy gave a little giggle and spoke to the fox with warm voice.

"You two arrived in good time. I just bought some."

"You seem like a girl that can make really good coffee." Nick purred, knowing that he made Amy blush as she taking out the ingredients from the kitchen cabinets.

Judy gave a little scolding side look at him and whispered.

"Can't you stop the flirting for one second around females?"

"It eases up female's mood.

Just a little sly fox moves and they turn into a putty." Nick teased.

"No they don't!" Judy hissed back with annoyed look.

"Mhhhm." Nick purred back.

Suddenly Judy's eyes widened and she felt her fur spark up and her ears run hot, as she felt Nick's paw gently fondle her tail with one long touch, making her mind tingle with euphoric feeling. He stopped only after three seconds and started to walk towards the kitchen table, like he had done nothing. Amy had been so focused on making the coffee with the machine, that she had not heard their little banter.

Judy could feel her mind ease after couple of seconds, her tail still wiggling from the lingering feel of touch in it.

Wait till we get out of here fox...

Just wait..

TEN MINUTES LATER _

Amy was looking dumbfounded as she was sitting on the living room couch, as Nick had finished explaining the situation to her. He had been writing all the details on the notepad for a long while now, but there was not much that she had told.

She was mainly just listening.

Nick kept going...

"... Look, I won't go into details, but he broke into my apartment. That is all I can tell among all this, but the thing is... We think that he is involved into organized crime family."

"I..." Amy didn't know what to answer as it was Judy's turn to speak.

"Look, miss Briggs... Is it okay that I call you Amy?" She ask'd with friendly tone.

"... Yeah." She answered hesitantly, clearly very overwhelmed about what was going on right now.

She knew that the only reason there was cops on her doorstep, was because of her brother. It had always been that way.

This was not the first time. But to hear all this... Of course Nick and Judy had not revealed too much about the events or Roy's involvement. All they had told was that he had assaulted Nick, and worked as bodyguard to dangerous mammals.

They had not mentioned Levron, but they had told that Roy is involved with Big player in the crime family that controlled part of Zootopia. It seemed like something Amy would have not believed from her brother, but she knew how his nature was.

He always kept secrets, wishing that she wouldn't bother herself with his troubles. There was no way that these two officer would have just accuse Roy for doing all these things for no reason. But to be tied into organized crime families... It was just lot to process for her at the moment.

She woke up from her nervous and thoughtful state of mind when Nick spoke again.

"Amy, we really need to find your brother. Have you been in any contact with him in these nearby days?

Has he called? Visited? Anything at all?"

Amy was quiet for a moment and spoke.

"N- No... He hasn't."

Judy spoke after a moment.

"There was call last night to our chief that civilian saw him drinking at bar in Tundra town.

He went there with a car but never left the scene with it."

".. Let me guess... Bernie's?" She asked after a while.

"Yeah. How did you know?" Judy ask'd.

"It's his favorite place. Used to spend lot of time there all by himself."

There was a quiet moment between the three and Nick spoke after a moment.

"Look Amy, we have to find him. He might even hurt mammals.

You know that he has ummm... A bit... Wild nature."

"Violent you mean." Amy said, seeing that Nick was trying to be careful as possible with his words.

"... Yeah. But I have actually met your brother more than once."

"Y- You have?"

"Yes. When he broke into my apartment, we did speak briefly,

instead of letting it escalate into a brawl... Well it kinda did but before that we spoke about things. He is not a bad mammal,

and one thing is sure. He cares lot about you. He told about ummm... Things... About his earlier arrests that involved your ..."

"... My ex?" She asked quietly.

"... Yeah." He answered carefully.

Amy was quiet for a moment after giving a sad look at the fox,

not knowing how to feel about that. Roy had told him about that day? Why would he tell thing like that to a police officer? She felt really confused.

It was weird for her to hear that Roy had told Nick how he had almost killed another mammal just to protect his sister. Judy didn't know what was going on but knew that this subject was sore. Nick just gave a comforting smile to Amy,

knowing that he should had probably not mentioned the incident that involved her ex and Roy swinging with knife.

Judy gave a sympathetic smile to the rottweiler as she spoke.

"Just give us a call if you hear anything from him.

Okay?"

The rottweiler gave a little sad smile and spoke.

"I..." For a moment she went quiet, almost like wondering something.

She look'd almost nervous for a moment but spoke again.

"I will... I promise."

Nick drank last of his coffee and laid the cup on the table.

Nick and Judy knew that this was probably good time to leave, since Amy didn't really have much information to offer. She was just as clueless as them.

The rottweiler sighed after a while and gave a little smile despite the sour mood in the room.

"Was the coffee good?" She asked with interest.

"It was wonderful, thank you." Nick said with warm tone,

earning a small blush from the dog.

"It was really good, thank you Amy."

"You are both very welcome. I'm sorry that I couldn't be anymore help than this." She apologized with sad tone.

"It's quite alright, you did help some. I'm sure we find your brother." Judy assured.

Amy gave a small smile and nodded.

"By the way, you have really nice apartment." Nick suddenly said as he gazed around.

"Oh, thank you." She said happily as she was escorting the two mammals to the front door.

She opened the door for them and the two mammals entered the hallway, turning around to thank her for the hospitality once more.

"Thank you Amy."

"Pleasure was all mine officer Hopps." She smiled back and shake'd her paw once more.

She then turned to grinning fox, her expression turning way more giddy as she met those half lidded eyes.

"Officer Wilde." She said and shake'd his paw, earning a wink from the fox.

"My pleasure Amy."

She let go of him and the two gave a little wave with their paws as Amy smiled and closed the door.

The silence filled the hallway and Judy spoke right away.

"Dumb fox!"

"What? Did I do something wrong?" Nick ask'd with grin.

"Whatever you rascal. Wait till we get to the car." She muttered back.

Nick chuckled and spoke as they started to make their way down the stairs.

"Is the bunny mad about something?"

"YOU TOUCHED MY TAIL." She shot with angry look.

"I was just proving my case."

"And I'm going to prove my fury on you..." She shot back.

"You mean cuteness?" He snickered.

"I will take us to salad paradise, no burgers for you." She shot with grin.

Nick's teasing attitude was away in an instant.

"You wouldn't..." He said back with horror in his tone.

Salad was the last thing he wanted to eat in his hangover.

"Ohohoo, I forgot that you must really want that burger...

Poor fox." She teased.

"Carrots, I beg you."

"Oh you will..."

"Mean bunny..." He muttered.

They had gone almost all the stairs down until Nick spoke again, trying to take her mind away from the plans of beating the fox in the car.

"Well... That could had gone better... We didn't make lot of progress today." He said with genuine tone.

"We didn't. But maybe rest of our team was luckier.

I have my fingers crossed." She said with optimistic tone.

"Hmmmm, I doubt it. Briggs isn't stupid.

He really knows how to stay hidden."

"I doubt that. Criminals make mistakes. That's why they always end up getting caught. I always catch them sooner or later." She said smugly.

They finally came out of the front doors, out of the large building. The broad and warm daylight greeted their fur and Nick continued their conversation and chuckled a bit.

"What do you mean? You didn't catch me.

You ended up making the criminal fox as your boyfriend."

"That doesn't count Nick!" She laughed.

"It does."

"No it doesn't!" She argued back to the snickering fox.

"Cheateerrr.." He teased.

"Oh, you sir, are getting in the car.

This time the window tints are on my side."

Nick swallowed a bit as he was about to open his side of the door slowly, when he suddenly realized something.

Judy was already on her driver's seat, looking at the puzzled fox who was going through his pockets and opened the door.

"Carrots... I ummm.. Forgot my notepad."

"Nick, I'm not going to use a fox in hangover as my actual training dummy... Much.." She teased with evil grin.

The fox grinned back and spoke.

"No, I seriously did forget it. On her table."

Judy's grin went away in a moment and she rolled her eyes.

"Seriously?"

"Yeaaah... I think I'll have to... OH NO." He said.

"What?" Judy ask'd.

"I have to walk all the stairs back up..." He groaned and felt like crying.

"Poor fox... You better get going... Your salad is waiting."

she said and winked.

"Mhrhmph.." Nick muttered with sad tone and closed the door.

I hate stairs. Especially today. How could I have been so dumb and forgot my damn notebook. What a cop I am...

"Please... Someone... Kill me..." Nick huffed once he was finally back at the sixth floor, holding from the rail and stopped to huff for air and leaning down for a moment.

"Stupid cardio..." The fox muttered and started walking towards the apartment.

After couple of seconds of walking, Nick finally arrived to the door.

This was quite embarrassing. He had given such a professional picture about himself,

and now he ended up looking like a ZPD trainee in practice. Just blame your clumsiness on hangover. Everything can be blamed on that. The fox was fixing his tie for a moment and put on his charming look and was going to press ring-bell, until he heard shout from the apartment.

"Roy, you start explaining to me what you've gotten into, right now!"

"For fuck's sake sis, keep it down. Do we have any coffee left?" The familiar voice was heard from behind the door.

Nick felt his eyes shot open. ROY WAS INSIDE THE APARTMENT. But how!? ... Had his sister been hiding him in the closet during their visit or something? That was the only explanation he could think of.

The fox felt his heart beat faster, as the banter was going on inside the apartment, and he could hear everything pretty clearly through the door,

since the apartment was quite small. He was sure about that voice. It was Roy. Nick felt himself breath a bit faster, once he understood what was happening.

He should contact Judy and the team right away with the radio. But instead he kept listening. He had to focus. They didn't know about his presence yet.

"Everything is okay, stop yelling. Do we have fish? You know I love those fish stakes you make." Roy talked like everything was fine.

"NO! For heaven's sake Roy, Zootopia's two most famous officer's were just in my apartment,

so everything fucking far from okay! They said that you are part of organized crime!" She yelled like Roy was crazy.

"Yeah it's true. Won't deny it. But I make more money now than I've ever made in my life.

You want a new car sis? I've seen your old rust bucket. You want Ramillac or-"

"What would mom and dad think-"

"DON'T-"

"ROY! Our parents didn't raise you to become a mammal that-"

"OUR PARENTS ARE FUCKING DEAD AMY!"

There became complete silence in the apartment.

Even Nick winced from what he was hearing, feeling like an asshole for listening this kind of conversation,

that was not meant to be heard for his ears. But he was doing his job.

There was a quiet moment in the apartment when Nick suddenly heard Amy started crying a bit.

Roy's voice sounded suddenly much more gentle than moments ago.

"I- I'm sorry ... Hey... Look I..."

There was a moment of silence when Nick heard her crying turn into small sobbing.

Nick knew that Roy was probably hugging her at the moment.

"Look sis, It just came... I.. I have been under a lot of fucking stress lately.

With these cops on my tail all the time-"

"Then stop doing the things you do and get a real job." She muttered after calming down a bit.

"You know that no one is going to hire me. Besides, I love doing what I do.

That's the harsh truth. Now, do you have those fish stakes? I drank lots last night and it took me two hours to wobble from Bernie's to here.

I was lucky that it was night. I could really use some breakfast. Aight? Can you make some?"

The female dog sniffed a bit and wiped away last of her tears after speaking quietly.

"Yeah..."

"Thanks. We still have coffee left?"

"... We do... But you have to explain-"

"Wait, wait... Levron is calling."

"Who?"

"UUuh, my boss... Don't worry about, look don't talk anything, I'm gonna have to take this."

The rottweiler explained and took out his ringing phone.

Nick took a moment to lean out of the door and then remembered something.

He had Judy's carrot pen with him. HE COULD RECORD THIS. It was too risky to contact Judy right now, because he had to hear everything he could,

just in case if pen didn't record.

The fox took out the small object and pressed record, slowly putting it down on the edge of the door, making it record through the small gab.

The conversation with Levron started.

"Hello?... Yeah... Tomorrow? Wait, let me write it down... South harbor...

Warehouse twelve?... Okay got it... What time? That late huh? Okay, I'll be there.

How much?... Holy shit, that's... How much money is that?... I... Yeah.

The boss want's to meet me? TODAY? Well hell, of course I'll be there.

I'm going to need someone to pick me up. It's daylight. Too much heat mister Levron...

Guy named Doug? Okay got it. Green van? Yeah, all good. I know the place. Yeah.

It's going to be quite a walk but I can make it... I'm at my sisters, near the pyramid mall..

NONONonon mister Levron, I assure you, no one knows I'm here... Yeah there was cops in here,

I was hiding the whole time... They don't know I was at the apartment, didn't even suspect it...

Was Wilde and Hopps actually... Yeah... Yeah heard everything... They were just questioning some stuff from my sister..

There was quiet moment and Roy spoke again.

"No she didn't tell anything and she won't... Yes, I guarantee it. Trust me boss...

Yeah.. I'll be there quickly. Don't worry, just tell this Doug and Simon guy to be there. Okay... I'll keep in touch."

The call ended and suddenly when-

CRASH!

There was loud sound of something thrown against the wall was heard.

"WHAT ON EARTH ROY?! WHY DID YOU DO THAT TO YOUR PHONE?!"

"So it would not be traced and shit... Sorry, it's a standard procedure... Cool right?"

"Nonnono, Roy, not cool at all. What was all that stuff you just spoke on the phone?

For heaven's sake, what have you gotten into?!"

"Shhhhh, don't worry yourself with that. Can I just eat the stakes cold? I gotta go sis.

My ride is waiting."

Nick knew that it was time to act. He closed the recording of the carrot pen and slowly put it in his pocket.

The fox brought his other paw on the handle of his tranquilizer, and with his other paw he took out his radio from his belt.

He pressed the button and whispered.

"Carrots..."

There was no answer.

Nick pressed the button again.

"Carrots! Can you hear me?" He hissed.

It took about two seconds for the radio to answer.

The giggling bunny answered.

"Nick, what on earth is taking so long with you?

And why are you contacting me with a radio?

It's not a toy-"

"Roy." He hissed.

"What? I didn't hear that clearly. Why are you whispering?" Judy asked in confusion.

"Roy Briggs. He is in the apartment."

"... Nick, stop playing games, what are you-"

"Judy. Roy Briggs is in the apartment. Right now.

He is going to leave. I will tranquilize him. Signal all of the team to get here.

Now. This is not one of my jokes." He hissed with nervous tone.

"Nick, are you one hundred percent sure that it's Roy-"

"It is. I'm going to arrest him. He doesn't have place to escape. But we need backup.

I might have to dodge some knifes if I miss my shot... Wish me luck.." He exhaled.

"... NICK, WAIT! I'M COMING UP THE STAIRS NOW!" Judy suddenly yelled in panic and stormed towards the building like a lightning with tranquilizer in her paw.

"COONWAY, FRING, HOWLTON, GARNETT! DRIVE TO THE SAHARA SQUARE RIGHT NOW!" Judy yelled in her radio as she started making her way up the stairs as fast as she could.

"WE WILL BE THERE IN FIFTEEN MINUTES!" Oliver yelled back in the radio.

Five floors up Nick's ears perked up, when he heard a voice speak from the apartment.

"Wait... Can you hear that?"

"Hear what?" Amy asked in confusion.

"Something is not right... Wait.. Is someone behind your door...?" Roy suddenly asked.

Nick's eyes shut open and the adrenaline spiked him in that instant.

He backed away from the door just for second, and kicked it with his foot, using as much power as he could.

CRACASHH!

The door's frames smashed into pieces, and the door slammed against the wall.

Amy jumped like her tail had caught on fire, dropping her coffee cup on the floor and smashing it into pieces from the jump scare.

"NO WAY!" Roy stood up from his seat and ended up staring at Nick Wilde in the eyes, as he raised his tranquilizer to his direction.

"My door!" Amy yelled with panic and Nick gave a little apologizing look at the female dog.

"Sorry. ZPD will cover the bill of that one."

Nick then turned his gaze from stunned Amy to the male rottweiler, who was standing behind the table,

with only his jeans on. Roy took a quick side look at the chair next to the front door. Nick gave a side look at the chair and saw what was on it. His black leather jacket. All his knives were in it. Nick look'd back at the panicking rottie with a little grin and spoke.

"Hi Roy. Long time no see. Be a good guy and raise those paws up for me buddy.

We are going to have long talk. Again." He commanded.

Roy had no intention to do what was told, not moving a muscle.

Nick didn't want to take any chances and prepared to shoot.

The shock loading sound was heard from the gun, readying itself for full blast towards the dog.

Roy's eyes widened from horror as he yelled.

"FUCK MY LIFE!"

The dog grabbed the table quickly and flipped it over, just as the blue lighting was unleashed from the gun.

ZHRACK!

The bright shock struck the table, ending its journey and leaving smoking black spot in the middle.

There was moment of quietness in the room as Amy followed the situation with horror on her face.

Roy carefully peeked from behind the table, realizing that he had blocked the shot with pure luck.

Nick look'd just as stunned as the confused dog after realizing that he had screwed up the shot.

The dog look'd quickly away from Nick and at the window next to him, and then back at Nick. The fox spoke carefully.

What was he going to-

"Roy what are you-"

"I'll pay for the window sis! Gotta go fast!" He yelped and charged towards the window.

They were on the sixth floor. Nick's eyes shot up in panic as he yelled after the dog.

"ROY! NO!"

The dog jumped through the glass without fear, shattering it to hundreds of pieces. But he didn't fell.

It took Nick a moment to understand what had happened in middle of his crazy thought that Roy had jumped into suicide,

rather than getting arrested. Roy gave a wicked smile to the fox who realized that there was metallic fire escape stairway, leading down at the side of the building. Roy spoke with amused tone.

"Dude, I'm not THAT crazy. Amy, I'll send the check in the mail!" He laughed and without a second, and he started running down the stairs and yelled again after him.

"See you around Nicky boy! Better luck next time! I'm out!"

Nick shook his head and stormed after the dog with challenging grin on his muzzle, while he was loading his gun to full charge again.

He muttered loudly in frustration as he jumped out of the broken window after the rottweiler.

"This is exactly why I need two guns! Stupid loading time!"

THE CHASE _

Nick was running down the metallic stairway down as fast as he could,

knowing that Roy didn't have lot of head start. He was only two floors ahead of him,

running for his life as Nick was determined to catch him. Roy knew that Nick had full charged blast soon. He didn't even have his knifes. He was in the worst possible situation now, and it was only matter of time before Hopps was in the scene too. It was a race against time now. He had to reach the van.

"For heaven's sake Roy just surrender!" Nick huffed as he was halfway down the stairs.

"The hell with that!" The dog yelled back.

The dog reached the last floor, ending up staring at the ladder that led down the last two meters.

Would take too much time. Now was the great time to put those parkour skills in use... Well the ones he had seen from tv.

Roy embraced himself as he jumped over the rail, trying to make best landing possible. He jump'd in the pile of trash bags with a spinning flip, but ended up landing on his butt on top of a bag full of something hard. The dog yelled in pain.

"OW FUCK MY TAIL!" The dog whimpered and stood up fast, limping for a moment and holding his tail in pain as he started running again.

"Freaking ninja dog..." Nick mumbled as he reached the ladders too. Just as he started to climb them down fast, he heard a yell from the sixth floor. It was Judy's voice.

"NICK, WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING!?"

Nick turned his gaze back at the upper levels, seeing the small bunny on the corner of the rail.

"Trying to catch Briggs, as you can see!" He yelled back with sarcastic tone and hopped off from the ladder.

Judy gaze at the alley and saw as the shirtless mammal was running towards the main streets.

Her eyes glued to the target and she took a quick look at the rain gutter pipe that was leading all the way down.

"Right behind you!" Judy yelled but Nick couldn't hear her anymore.

Time to put her acrobatics to use. She took a boost of speed from the rail and tied her arms around the pipe,

sliding down two times faster than Nick and Roy had. Being Sometimes lightweight bunny had its own perks.

Nick arrived in bright daylight from the dim lighted and dirty alley, gazing around the streets to see where the dog had possibly went.

The streets were crowded with mammals, making it very hard for Nick to locate the runaway dog.

Suddenly he saw someone put on full breaks on the main road. The yellow car had stopped just in time before the impact.

Roy peeked through his paws and saw that he had been lucky twice this day. Nick loaded his gun with the full charge and pointed it at the dog.

He had to get perfect aim when Roy was still gathering his bearings. Just a little to the right...

"ARE YOU FREAKING MENTAL DOG?! I COULD Have KILLED YOU JUST NOW!" The otter yelled in anger from his yellow car after rolling down the window.

"THIS IS A FREAKING PEDESTRIAN CROSSING! ARE YOU BLIND?!" Roy yelled back with anger and pointed his claw at the ground.

Everyone from the sidewalk's were following this sudden episode in confusion. Nick could have laughed in any other situation,

because even as Roy was running from the police, he was still picking a fight with some mammal in between, completely forgetting him.

"I'M BLIND?! YOU WERE RUNNING OUT OF NOWHERE WITHOUT WARNING YOU DAMN IDIOT! AND WHERE THE HELL IS YOUR SHIRT?!"

Roy grabbed the front of his pants with his paw and gave a middle finger to the otter with his other paw.

"DUDE YOU CAN SUCK MY BIG-" Roy was about to finish but his side eye then caught the fox, who was aiming at him directly, the blue shock leaving the gun any second now.

"OH SH-"

The dog ducked down on the hot asphalt just in time.

The electric shock missed the top of his head just with couple of inches and hitting the palm tree on the other side of the street.

Nick gazed at his smoking gun with annoyed look and groaned.

"This day just keeps messing with my head..."

The dog jumped up from the asphalt and stormed on the other side of the street, continuing his getaway as fast as he could. That was way too close. The otter yelled after him how he was going to beat him up if he ever saw him again.

"Everyone, move! ZPD!" Nick yelled and signaled the confused and amazed looking mammals to get out of his way, as he stormed after the dog and crossed the road, leaving everyone talk loudly right as he was gone.

"THAT WAS OFFICER WILDE MOM!" Some kit yelled excitedly from the crowd.

"He look'd way more handsome up close." Some female jaguar's muttered as their gaze still followed the running fox, who disappeared in the palm tree park through the large bush gate, that Roy had went through just a second ago.

"You think he's going to catch him?" Some giraffe ask'd from his girlfriend, when suddenly a bunny stormed through the street, also yelling to everyone as she was crossing the road after the two mammals before her.

"ZPD! COMING THROUGH! SORRY!"

The incredibly fast bunny was gone just as fast as she arrived, making everyone look after her in amazement.

"WAS THAT JUDY FREAKING HOPPS?!" Some hippo yelled.

"This is the coolest day ever!" Some small bunny kit yelled with his friends.

Nick was running after the panting rottweiler through the gardens with the tranquilizer on his paw, still loading the new shot. Roy was not giving up easily.

This was the most frustrating chase of his short career, and the hangover just made it worse. He was reaching for him sure,

but not fast enough. Besides, Roy would have his getaway car ready at some point, ready to pick him up. But he didn't have the slightest clue where.

Roy huffed as he jumped over some bush fence with a perfect roll, spitting the soft sand out his muzzle as it was all over his fur now.

Nick leaped over the fence as well, yelling after the dog in frustration.

"Roy, I have the worst hangover ever, please just stop running!"

"You too?!" Roy shot in amusement and kept running towards the center of the park.

The dog hopped over another bush fence smoothly, but ended up landing right on top of someone's decorated bush, stomping it into pile of grass. Some hippo that was cutting other figures from the bushes nearby with large scissors yelled to the dog in anger.

"WHAT THE HELL?!"

"Oh sod off, it's just a bush dude!" Roy yelled back as he kept running forward towards the water fountain area, that was located in the middle of the park. It was crowded with mammals. Perfect place to try to lose the fox from his tail. Only little longer, and he would reach the van. They better be ready to leave the scene fast.

Nick knew what Roy was trying to do and picked up his speed as much as he could, jumping over the fence smoothly as well.

He ended up stomping the same statue that Roy had jumped on. The hippo roared from anger.

"OH YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING-"

"Sorry!" Nick winced with embarrassed voice after him, as he heard the hippo yell about cursing their families forever.

The dog reached the fountain area and ran into the vast crowd of mammals, becoming one with the mass.

Nick huffed as he reached the area and put his tranquilizer back to his pocket. There was no way that he could shoot with his gun without possibly missing again and stunning some other mammal by accident.

The fox collected his breathing for a moment and stormed in the middle of the mammals. It was going to be very hard to find Roy in middle of all this. Maybe impossible.

"Put your shirt on!" He heard some panther lady yell from the crowd.

Or not. Roy made it quite easy actually. Nick ran towards the place and it took him only moment to see the dog shove mammals out of his way,

earning angry shouts after him as he knocked down couple of other dogs. Suddenly Nick heard someone contact him with the radio. He didn't answer. There was not time.

"ZPD, MAKE WAY!" Nick kept shouting at the mammals as he made his way through the masses, earning surprised looks and gazes.

"Nick!" He heard Judy's voice yell from the radio.

The fox took his radio off his belt and yelled to it.

"Carrots, I'm kinda in the middle of something!"

"Nick, I can see you from here! Briggs is heading towards the exit gate!

I know you can reach him Nick! There is a gap with no mammals around after ten meters!

He will reach the main gate soon! You have clear shot after six seconds!" The bunny yelled in the radio and stormed into the mass of mammals,

only twenty meters away from Nick's location.

Nick's eyes shot open with determined look as he was reaching for his tranquilizer. Six seconds. You got this.

Don't miss this time.

Roy saw the green van wait at the entrance of the park,

with driver sitting casually on his front seat with his window rolled open and some other mammal, a tiger smoking a cigar, leaning against the van's side door.

They both were chatting casually about something, not knowing about the storm that was heading their way.

"So I tell this guy to knock it off with the sales,

since he was clearly making stuff up... You always have to be honest when it comes to business." The tiger said to the ram that was sitting on the front seat with bored expression.

"Well Simon, it can't be that bad if-"

"GOGOGOGOGO!"

They both gazed in confusion at the dog that was running towards them through the park,

like the devil himself was chasing at him. The tiger raised an eyebrow to the rottie, who was almost at the car by now.

"ZPD! ZPD AFTER ME!"

The Tiger and the ram look'd at each other with quick look,

wondering if they had heard right.

"OPEN THE DOOR NOW-"

ZPPPPTT!

The shock hit the back of the rottie,

and his fur puffed up as the large electric shot hit him from behind,

making him fall down to the ground, a couple of feet away from the tiger.

He was out of the game now and was moving nowhere.

The tiger raised his puzzled gaze at the source of the blast and saw the fox officer point at their direction with his steaming gun.

The ram and the fox met their gaze and Nick could not believe his eyes.

It was Doug. The same ram that had work'd with Bellwether. The panic hit the ram and he shouted in fear to the tiger.

"SIMON, GRAB HIM FAST! WE HAVE TO GO BEFORE THE BUNNY GET'S HERE!"

The tiger acted right away and opened the slide door quickly, running to the rottie.

Nick acted quickly too and ran towards the green van, readying himself for the brawl.

"ZPD, DON'T MOVE!" He shouted.

The tiger grabbed the unconscious dog from the ground,

lifting him up and taking him towards the van, like the quickly approaching fox possessed no danger at all. The tiger threw the rottie in the van and turned around to look at the fox who was only couple of feet away from him now.

"COME ON SIMON, LET'S GO!" The ram yelled to the tiger who was looking at the fox with amused look.

"Wait Doug. I want to see what this guy can do." He gave a challenging grin and snapped his neck a bit to the side,

adjusting his fingers with loud pops and grinning at the fox who was ready to jump on him.

"Come on Wilde, let's see what you got." He chuckled as the fox was preparing to hit him.

The fox took as much power as he could and hit the tiger straight into his stomach.

It took him only a second to realize that his stomach was so muscled up that it felt like a stone wall.

Nick felt his paw crunch loudly and he winced from pain as the tiger gave no reaction at all. Well he did huff a bit but only thing that his punch was going to leave was a bruise.

Nick took a step back and look'd at his paw. He might had broken one of his fingers.

The fox slowly gazed at the huge tiger with painful expression and spoke.

"... OW." He said and felt a small tear of pain peek in the corner of his eye.

"Tsk, tsk. I expected more... Allow me to demonstrate." The tiger grinned and with only one second he gave a strong punch straight in the middle of his nose, every possible breaking it. Nick took a step back and held his nose, that started to bleed furiously. It took only one second for him to peek with his eye, until he saw the other, much stronger punch come straight to his eye, making him fall down on the ground like he had been hit with the hammer.

The fox felt his gaze go a bit black and his head ring, as he tried to process what had just happened.

Was he hit by a truck? Or over-sized bodybuilder tiger? No idea but one thing was sure, he was seeing stars at the moment.

"Now we can go Doug." He sighed with disappointed tone and was about to enter the van.

Nick mumbled as he somewhat gained his bearings back, speaking to the tiger quietly.

"You hit like a female." he chuckled as he was trying to rise from the ground, but couldn't.

The tiger turned around to look at the corpse of the fox and spoke with grin.

"Come again?"

"You are about to get hurt." He grinned and winced from the pain in his head.

The tiger roared from laugh and held his stomach as he felt like he had heard the funniest thing ever.

"Does the tiny fox want a rematch?" He ask'd with mocking grin, preparing for another punch, and this one was going to put Nick to sleep for sure. Nick just grinned and spoke.

"Nope. But she does."

"What?" The tiger asked in confusion and got his answer only second after, as the electric shock hit his chest, blasting him with so much force that his numb body flew inside the van, on top of the already unconscious dog.

Judy was standing at the same spot where Nick had moments ago, running towards the green van after successful shot.

"ZPD!" She yelled and the ram acted quickly. He pressed the button from the panel that shut the side door closed,

and pressed the gas pedal as much as he could. Judy had no chance to catch him now. They were far gone, and she didn't even catch the license number.

"OH SWEET CHEESE AND CRACKERS!" Judy yelled in annoyance as she could only follow with defeated gaze as the van disappeared behind the corner. That van was really fast.

Briggs got away. Again. Judy felt the anger take over her, feeling like she failed once again.

"Bogo is going to kill us!" She yelled in annoyance.

"... He won't." Nick chuckled as he was trying to get up from the ground with poor success.

"Nick!" Judy suddenly gasped, and ran to her wounded boyfriend, whose eye was already taking a black color around it. His nose was also bleeding furiously.

He had taken one hell of a beating. Judy spoke to the fox who was laying on the ground with concerned voice.

"Oh my god Nick, you dumb brave fox, you might have concussion!" She yelled in panic.

"IIii don't have concussion fluff... But I have something you might like..." He chuckled.

"Stop talking Nick, you might even have to go to the hospital! You are bleeding so much!" Judy mumbled in panic as she was brushing his cheek and trying to block the bleeding from his nose with her paw. What was he thinking going against tiger that was three times his size?!

She took the radio off from her belt, ready to call for Oliver and others if they would be here any moment now. Nick was going to need the first aid kit. But at least he was able to talk so that was a good sign.

"Nothing that kiss can't fix..." He smiled.

Judy shook her head and suddenly Nick handed over a small object to her. Judy took her carrot pen in confusion and spoke.

"Nick?"

"In that pen, we have the reason why Bogo will not be angry.

I recorded a full phone call between Levron and Briggs with it..."

"W- what? Really!?" Judy ask''d with stunned voice.

Nick nodded with warm smile and spoke.

"I think our case just had the biggest lead so far. You are welcome beautiful..."

Judy look'd at the pen and then at the fox with amazed look.

"I- I think I've earned my burger instead of salad now?... I'm really hungry." Nick muttered and felt the stars still dance around his gaze as he kept looking at the bunny with goofy smile.

If there would have not been all these civilians looking at them right now,

Judy would have kissed him right there and then. If what he said was true, all of this was worth it after all.

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Chapter 22: Love treatment

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Chapter 22

"Love treatment"

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"Carrots, I'm fine! Seriously!" The red fox chuckled as the bunny was scolding him to keep the paper towel on his bleeding nose.

"OW!" Okay maybe it did hurt. A lot.

He was ruining his uniform right now. Even some mammals that walk'd by gave concerned and horrified looks as they gazed at the beaten up fox officer.

"Add more pressure dummy! We are going to need a new towel..." Judy muttered with worried voice as she was going through the first aid kit for more stuff.

The fox was sitting on the trunk of their police vehicle, parked just outside the ZPD steps. The fox turned his gaze to his left and saw the rest of their team arrive from the horizon. If they had not been all the way up in Tundra town when this was all happening, who knows how this would have all ended? If they had been present when all this was going down half hour ago, things might had turned out different. The fox still felt his head spinning a lot from the punch. Getting two hammer hits to the face while in hangover can be... Well, ear ringing for sure. He didn't have concussion but the headache was now out of control. He was going to need more painkillers. Much more.

And the bleeding was not stopping anytime soon. The tiger had scratched his nose with his claw also, so it was going to leave a small mark for a few days.

His right eye was also quite black now, a bit swollen even. He was going to need ice bag for that one too. This was the roughest day in the force so far, easily. He felt like a beaten up punching bag.

Nick's feet were also pretty sore from the chase. All he wanted to do now was to swallow as many painkillers he could and eat and sleep, but his girlfriend had no intention of letting him go without doing all the healing she could. Nick could only smile with amusement as the bunny was worriedly going through the first aid kit, giving him sympathetic look now and then. She look'd so cute when she was acting like an over worried little nurse bunny. So much hassle for couple of minor wounds. Well maybe not minor but could be a lot worse.

"Fluff, I don't need bandages. I need a kiss on my nose from my pretty bunny and all will be pleasant as bunch." The fox suggested mischievously.

"Hush you dumb fox and let me look at your nose..." She scolded and ignored the flirting look that the fox was giving to her, his head still buzzing. So pretty...

As Judy was going trough the case to find some bandages and wound sterilize bottle, her ear perked up from the sudden sound that was coming closer from the ZPD front steps. The bunny turned her gaze to the two approaching mammals. Clawhouser and Fangmeyer were chattering about something with coffee cups in their paws. Oh thank the heavens for the timing.

"But wasn't that last year's trend?" Benjamin questioned from the tiger next to him.

"Kinda yeah, but after my girlfriend convinced me to buy this sweater anyway I-... What the hell?" Fangmeyer suddenly stopped in middle of his sentence as he saw Nick sitting on top of the trunk of the large police vehicle with his face looking like it was hammered, and the bunny who was trying to make him stop cracking jokes and let her do her work.

"What?" Benjamin asked in confusion.

"Guys! Oh thank goodness, a little help over here?!" Judy said with relieved tone.

"NICK! What happened?!" The cheetah gasped with horrified ton as he saw the fox's condition and ran towards them with the tiger officer.

Just as they reached the two mammals, two other vehicles parked next to their car in front of ZPD's steps as well.

Clawhouser started to question the situation with Fangmeyer with worried tone.

"What happened to your face!?" The cheetah questioned worriedly.

"A tiger. Lot bigger than the one next to us. No offense to Fangmeyer." Nick chuckled and winced suddenly from the pain as the mediation of this morning was going away and the hammering pain coming back. The two officers gave confused look at the fox and then to Judy. The bunny started explaining.

"Yeah, this brave and dumb fox attacked a guy three times his size. This was the result. I did manage to stun him with my gun but I forgot how much kick the new model had. And I also had it on full power. I shot the tiger right inside their escape van. I am such an idiot. But he was about to hit Nick again and I wasn't going to watch and let that happen.

He has fractured nose with a big scratch wound, also his eye needs ice and... Can someone fetch Bogo and tell we are here? Please guys?"

Judy asked worriedly from the two but the fox only chuckled.

"You all act like I was hit by a car... Well I do kinda feel like it but this cute bunny just makes it bigger than it is. I'm fine.

Completely okay." Nick muttered, feeling a bit embarrassed when suddenly he was surrounded by crowd of arriving officers, all looking at him with the face that screamed for worry. Oliver and the rest of the team arrived to the scene, after shutting the doors of their cars. Needless to say they look'd very surprised after seeing Nick's condition. What on earth had happened?

"No you are not Nick!" Judy scolded in annoyance.

"Carrots I am. a hundred percent." The fox assured with a chuckle.

"Fine, How many fingers do I have up?" Judy ask'd and showed the fox only one.

"MMmhhrmm.. All of them?" The fox ask'd with confident voice as his vision was blurring a bit.

"Oh sweet cheese and crackers!" She mumbled and now everyone look'd way more worried. She thought for a moment and spoke right away.

"Fangmeyer, get us a bag of ice. Benjamin, please get Bogo here! Please?" Judy pleaded.

It took only second for them to storm inside the ZPD building.

"If only we were there when all this happened... The bartender didn't even give us anything useful and Briggs's car was empty of any evidence.

Talking about bad luck... We should had been there to back you two up." Oliver muttered in annoyance. He was really angry that his good friend had ended up in this state. Even Hailie felt like they should had not separated like this.

"There was no knowing that Briggs was in his sister's apartment. Everything just happened so fast and unexpected." Judy sighed and started to give pressure on Nick's nose again.

"Wow, he really did some damage... Maybe you should lay down a bit Nick." The red furred raccoon suggested as he was gazing at his face like an inspector.

"Rasheed is right, Nick just lay down a bit. Hailie?" Judy ask'd and the snow leopard came to press him gently on his back against the car's back window. The fox was gazing at the bright and burning sun on the blue sky and felt his head vibrate a bit. At this moment he really was bit spooked. He really did hope that he didn't have concussion like whiskers said. That would take him out of work. The best thing was to not move anymore than necessary. The lynx officer gazed around the ZPD doors, waiting for chief to storm out of those doors at any moment now. Whatever meeting he had right now, it would have to wait. He then turned to Judy and ask'd.

"That guy you guys encountered sure knew how to throw a punch." Luke muttered.

"Yeah, that tiger must lift like hell in the gym... His bicep was same size as my head, no kidding.

I did hit him in the stomach though... But I... Might have broken one of my fingers as result." Nick laughed but winced once again from the pain.

The bunny gave a scolding look that ordered right away that joking time was over.

"Let me look Nick-"

"Naah, it's okay." Nick assured.

"Nick. Let me look." She commanded and Nick gave a little defeated smile as he handed over his paw.

Judy examined his paw for a while and gave a small touch at his thumb.

"Does this hur-"

"AAAAaaaaaaaaaa... Yea it does." Nick winced.

"Oh no..." Judy mumbled in worry. She was going to give that tiger one hell of a beating if she ever saw him again.

"This is why I need two tranquilizers. Would have got them both easily." Nick assured with grin and made Judy roll her eyes and chuckle with him, despite the horrible timing for jokes.

"You and your two tranquilizers..."

"Would have got them both like ZAP! And the other one like POW!" He chuckled as he was using his paws as guns, but ended up yelping in pain as he had once again moved his thumb.

She couldn't understand how her boyfriend could even joke this much in his state.

Only hope now about continuing the case was the carrot pen. If Nick really was right and it contained whole conversation between Levron and Briggs,

Nick didn't get his face smashed for nothing. If she could have just catched the license plate of Doug's green van, they could have started a citywide pursuit.

But that was off limits now. They just had to trust that Nick told that he changed their game. Or at least gave them a lead. He did excellent police work once again,

but attacking a dangerous mammal like that... It was brave of course and that's what Judy would had done too but she had lot of self defense training. Nick on the other paw wasn't really trained in that area. He was a talented cop in many other ways. But fighter he was not.

And she didn't blame him for it, since most in the ZPD academy had gone through only the basic self defense training. She was a special case.

Judy wanted to impress and play for sure about becoming a cop that could handle herself easily. Someone who would always make the criminal underestimate her since she was just a "Small and cute bunny", but in reality she had went through lot of extra classes about self defense before and after joining the ZPD.

And those extra skills had come more than handy in many occasions. She could take down larger mammals than herself easily with the skills she possessed,

even though the rhino in the ZPD academy had been quite an opponent.

"Well, I do still feel like kind of screw up. If we had Hotshot with us, he would have not missed the first shot. Or if he did, Light-feet would have cached Roy lot faster than I did. And Hailie well... She would have only needed to give a little fly kiss and wink to Roy and he would have not run in the first place."

Nick laughed and gave a little wink with his healthy eye to Hailie, making her smile and blush a little. The team around them could not hold a small smile.

"Do you ever NOT joke about stuff foxtrot?" Luke ask'd with amused smile and Judy answered instead.

"If you only knew the things I have to go through with this fox." She muttered with smile.

"You all love me." Nick chuckled.

Suddenly Oliver spoke in between.

"Nick, what about my role in the chase? You mentioned everyone but me-"

"You would had slowed everyone down." Nick laughed.

"Screw you dude." The wolf grinned and everyone shared a little laugh. Suddenly they could hear Bogo's voice.

"What the hell is going on?!" The buffalo roared as he was approaching the crowd of officers gathered around Judy's and Nick's car.

Clawhouser and Fangmeyer both came behind him, Fangmeyer carrying the bag of ice with him. Coonway and Fring stood aside as Bogo came to the scene and his eyes widened as he saw the fox sit on the vehicle, his face looking like he had been in a boxing ring minutes ago. Bogo look'd so confused for a while that he didn't know where to start. Nick only wiggled his eyebrows to the buffalo and spoke.

"Well hello there sunshine."

"I... Wha... WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?! Hopps, explain!?" The buffalo ordered as he was staring at the mauled fox that was just staring back with that annoying grin of his. Judy took another clean towel from the first aid kit and put it on Nick's nose.

"We found Briggs chief." She said.

The buffalo raised and eyebrow and spoke.

"Is he in your car?" Bogo assumed right away, thinking that they at least had caught the rottweiler.

"Because if he did that to Wilde just now, I will add as many years as possible to his sentence!" The buffalo spoke angrily as he was gazing at his wobbling officer that tried to lay down. His whole collar and tie had blood splatters all over it, making his appearance look quite gruesome.

He had his bantering with Wilde all the time but he cared for his officers more than anyone knew.

And who ever had mauled this fox to that state was going to be a target of his fury right now.

Everyone was quiet for a moment and Judy look'd at Bogo.

"We... We didn't get him... He got away.." Judy said with embarrassed tone, knowing that Bogo was going to be very angry.

The buffalo indeed gave very questioning look and spoke with confusion in his tone.

"I assume that someone could clarify me a bit about WHY the main target of our investigation managed to slip from the scene?"

In fact their team didn't know either. There hadn't really been any time for explanations on what happened in detail,

so they all look'd just as eager to know how it all had went down. Judy just gave a bit questioning look at the fox as she took the bag of ice from Fangmeyer, making the fox wince a bit from the cold touch on his black eye. He eased up after a moment and sighed deeply before explaining what had happened to all the waiting mammals around him.

"Well, everything was going pretty normally and by the textbook at first. We went to visit Amy Briggs in her apartment and questioned her about her brother's whereabouts. She told that she didn't know. But she lied. Roy was in the apartment the whole time, probably hiding in the closet.

After we talk'd with Amy we umm... Didn't get really much from her. She was really nice though. Made incredible coffee I might add.

Anyway, we get out of the building and I notice just as we arrive to our car that my notebook was left on her kitchen table. I know, my bad, write that to my resume...

But when I went to retrieve it, I heard that Amy and Roy were in the apartment and argued about why Amy just had two cops questioning things about Roy. I know that we should bring her to the station by the book for questioning, because he was harboring a fugitive after all. But she has no involvement in Roy's businesses. She is a good mammal who was really depressed to know that his brother is involved in the mobs. So don't go hard on her. She was just protecting her kin."

He assured and Bogo gave a little nod, pleading him to continue.

"I didn't last long, since Roy had a phone call by... Drum roll please. Carrots?"

Nick questioned from the bunny with grin who only shook her head and the mean anxious expression from Bogo told that he better cut the funny stuff and get to the point.

"Our main suspect, mister Levron. I then remembered the carrot pen that fluff here had borrowed for me,

so I recorded the whole call between the two.

Everyone were quiet for a while and Judy reached for the pen from her pocket. She handed it over to Interested looking buffalo and Nick continued.

"They were talking about some big operation going down with their organization tomorrow at a place called South harbor. Most of the mammals that have lived in this city long enough know that it's the warehouse and dock area in Tundra Town district. He also gave the exact warehouse number where this whole thing is going to take place. And there is allegedly LOT of money in it so... I think it's worth checking out."

The fox said with satisfied smirk as the team look'd at Bogo with the look that told,

this fox officer had just earned them something way larger than they would had expected.

Bogo could not help but to look very impressed about the information the fox had caught in the middle of all this.

He cleared his throat as he was staring at the small object in his hooves and spoke to the fox.

"I shall listen to this in my office... Wilde... Excellent police work."

The teasing grin that lighted up on Nick's face signaled Bogo that fox was about to take all the joy out of that one and the buffalo spoke before he could even start.

"Don't! Just don't..."

Fox was about to still push it but gave up on teasing when Bogo spoke again.

"But this doesn't explain how did your face end up in that state." Bogo said in confusion.

"Well, I called for Judy and told her that I was going to arrest Roy. I kicked the door in and shot at him. By the way... We have to pay for that. I kinda promised her on the spot. Anyway, I missed my tranquilizer shot. He escaped through the window and fire ladders. It escalated into a chase.

That was painful and so torturing in so many ways. I missed another shot as well. I-"

"Is there something wrong with your aiming skills officer Wilde?" The buffalo ask'd in frustration.

"Well, if I had those two tranquilizers I might had cached the rottweiler much soon-"

"Shut up. Continue." Bogo rolled his eyes and the fox gave a little chuckle.

"So yeah. We encountered his escape van and HUGE tiger bodyguard. I managed to finally tranquilize Briggs but...

The tiger wasn't so easy to handle. I tried to take him down. It ended up as pretty humiliating scene for me, as you can all see.

They got away... And here we are. That guy was made out of stone, I tell you." Nick said and showed his thumb to Bogo. It was twisted to the side a bit,

making the whole team wince from the painful looking sight. And it was. Nick didn't want to move his paw any more than necessary.

Bogo look'd at the paw for a moment. He walk'd closer and spoke.

"Officer Wilde, could you hand over your paw?"

Everyone gave a little confused look and Nick grinned.

"Oh you would like to twist it around little bit and ask if it hurts don't ya?" Nick teased.

Bogo sighed and groaned.

"As tempting as the idea sounds, no. Just hand over your paw Wilde."

"MMMmmm, why?" Nick ask'd once again.

"From the medical perspective. Or you would you rather have officer Howlton give it a loving lick to make the pain go away?

That sounds more like a thing for you." Bogo grinned, making Hailie and Clawhouser burst into surprised giggle right away. This sudden verbal shot from his chief made Nick's smug attitude fall apart in a moment. Oliver groaned next to Hailie after understanding that even Bogo had pictures about Lagoon by now. Bogo just gave a little signal with his paw to Wilde to just cooperate.

The embarrassed and roasted fox just mumbled something in annoyance as he handed over his paw.

Bogo examined it for a moment and spoke.

"Normally you would have to go and get this checked, but it's so recent that I can still fix it. It would only hurt for a moment, but you could skip the hospital trip." Bogo assured.

"... How do you fix it exactly?" Nick asked in disbelief.

"You are not the first officer in the force to have dislocated bones. If you let me, I will fix it in one second."

Nick gave a little unsure gaze at the buffalo who was clearly very eager to give a little spike of pain to his paw but on the other paw, he would skip the trip to hospital. He hated hospitals. Nothing but bothering memories.

"... Fine." Nick said.

"Good. You should probably bite something while you at it." He suggested.

"Here, take this." Benjamin suggested and handed over a huge lollipop he took out of his pocket.

Everyone gave amused look at the cheetah who just shrugged his shoulders.

"What? They arrived to our vending machine this morning. You guys want some?"

"Thanks spots." Nick chuckled and took a green colored lollipop and placed it between his teeth.

"You are welcome Nick."

Nick winced a little from pain and gave a concerned look at Bogo as he put his hoof around his thumb.

"Are you sure you know what you are doAAARRRRR!"

CRUNCH!

The lollipop crunched into pieces between his teeth the same time the bone snapped in Bogo's hold,

making everyone wince from the loud sound that came from his paw. Nick's other eye was full open and his other eyelid was trembling rapidly as the pain flowed in his arm. Bogo let go of his paw and everyone look'd at Nick for a moment.

After only three seconds, the pain settled and Nick's shoulders relaxed. He slowly turned his gaze to his paw and slowly moved his thumb. It had slid back to it's right spot. Nick gave a bit stunned look at it.

"... No way."

"I knew I should had taken those extra medical classes..." Fangmeyer muttered in amazement.

"Thank you so much Bogo." Judy said with pleased smile and Bogo only grunted in return.

"No need to thank me. Since we got that out-of-the-way let me ask,

How large was the tiger exactly?" Bogo ask'd.

"Inch taller than you... Mmmm.. Apple flavor..." Nick hummed with satisfied smile as he was munching the pieces of lollipop in his mouth and spinning his thumb around happily.

"... Oh." Bogo said. That explained how Nick ended up in that state.

"Well good job anyway foxtrot. Took it like a champ." Coonway said with impressed voice and Oliver spoke too.

"Yeah, at least you tried your best to take him down. Many officers would have been scared to do the same."

"Dude, I think I shrinked a couple of inches only under his shadow, I bet if carrots had been there instead of me,

we would have the tiger in much worse shape than me, crying on our backseat about the karate demon bunny." Nick laughed and made Judy snort and give amused smile.

"Slick, I doubt I could have done any better than you."

"Carrots, You would have used him as a soccer practice. You are too humble."

"Officer Wilde. I'm sure you did you best. Bravely done." Bogo cleared his throat and look'd at his team of officers.

"Wilde. You have done enough for the day. All the rest of you, in my office.

You are all going to have to patrol for the rest of the day. Wilde. Are you sure you don't need hospital? It's not highly needed but your nose looks like it keeps bleeding." Bogo questioned.

Judy was about to speak for him with that concern in her eye again but Nick just smiled.

"No. There is no need for that. I just need some rest. I'm sure I can walk two blocks. Some more paper stuffed into my nose and antibiotics and painkillers and everything is fine." Nick assured and slowly settled himself on the asphalt.

As he was standing, he could feel the dizziness take over him a bit, his balance almost falling for a moment. Everyone gave a worried gazes at him but he waved it off like it was nothing.

"Hopps, you take the rest of the day off too. Make sure that he gets home. Understood? Keep eye on his condition." Bogo ordered with fatherly tone.

"I will chief. Thank you for letting him go home. I'll make sure to look over for him the whole day." She assured with smile.

"And Wilde... Are you fit to arrive to work tomorrow?" Bogo asked with genuine tone.

Nick look'd back at this team and spoke with grin.

"Scars are not bad as hangovers. I think I'll make it. Besides, I would never skit operation this big. Can't have my team steal all the glory."

The fox chuckled and got proud look from the officers around him. Even Bogo smiled a bit.

"Good. I will inform when to arrive to work through the phone tomorrow. Off you two."

"Mmhhh... Let's go carrots. I wish I had food." Nick muttered as he took a bit of balance by leaning against her.

"I will run by the Rogers Nick."

"Really? Again?"

"You deserve it after what you did today. Least I can do you silly fox." She said with proud smile and they started to make their leave.

The team also gave their goodbyes and tapping's on Nick's back before following Bogo up the ZPD steps.

CLOSE TO NICK'S BUILDING _

They had only walked for a moment when Nick spoke.

"One hell of a day huh?"

"An understatement." She said and shook her head.

"Carrots umm... Are you sure that you just want to spend the rest of your day watching over me?

I'm going to need sleep and I might not be such an entertaining company." Nick said with warm smile.

Judy just gave a loving smile to him and spoke.

"I don't care. There is no way that I'm going to spend my day off anywhere else.

I am going to make sure that you are okay. And besides, I might even take a small nap myself at some point.

Your sofa has plenty of room." She suggested.

"... I.. Thank you carrots." Nick said with loving smile.

"No problem. Besides, we still have unsettled business."

"What do you mean?"

"I still want to kiss you after the things you said to me this morning. I will make sure to be the best nurse bunny ever."

She said and gave a flirting look at the fox.

Nick chuckled and spoke back.

"I just said what every buck would have said to you.

Only an idiot would cheat on a female like you whiskers." He said and ran his claw gently up her ear, making her look at him with blush again.

"Just walk faster so I can kiss you already." She ordered with loving voice.

They finally reached Nick's building and stopped there. As Judy tried to already go inside the lobby, she felt his gentle paw rub her shoulder, turning her around and looking at him. Judy started to wonder why they were not going inside already, as Nick just stood there. She waited him to say something.

The fox was quiet for a moment as he squeezed the ice bag against his eye. Nick started to wonder, how would she react if he just asked her to stay overnight. Like the whole actual night. He would sleep on the couch of course. The idea of having bunny around the whole rest of the day just made him feel all fuzzy and calm. He wanted her around as much as he could right now. And the idea of waking up and her being the first thing he sees... I mean, more pleasantly than this morning. If she only knew how unbelievably beautiful she was right now, just staring at him with confused smile. Come on slick,

he is your girlfriend now. Just reach up a bit and ask how she would feel about spending a night in the same apartment.

The fox thought about asking it very confidently and straight but ended up rubbing the back of his neck and mumbling awkwardly.

"F-fluff... I ummm aaa..."

"Yeah?" Judy raised and eyebrow to his sudden mood.

"... Do you want to... Damn, this was way easier in my head." He chuckled.

"What is it handsome? Just tell me." She said with flirty tone.

"I am barely that handsome anymore. Look at me." Nick laughed as he kept adding more pressure on his nose. The bleeding had stopped almost completely now.

But losing so much blood had taken its toll on his energy. He was a bit buzz'd still and time to time he felt like his legs wobbled a bit. Judy just shook her head and spoke.

"Your eye will be looking like that only for two days most. And that scar in your nose will heal in a week.

And your paw well... That was fix'd already. So. The thing you wanted to tell me?"

"... Do you... I mean... Would you like sleep this night over at my place?" He ask'd and look'd at her lavender eyes.

The bunny look'd at him with a bit confused smile, almost like she had heard wrong and spoke.

"I... Really?"

"Yeah. I would take the couch of course. I am a gentle mammal after all." He winked.

"... You mean that I don't have to go sleep into my tiny and boring apartment and hear my neighbors keep me up the whole night?" She asked in disbelief.

"If it's that bad, why don't you just move out whiskers?"

"I don't know... I just don't know where I would go."

"... So do you want to stay over?" Nick ask'd with a bit hesitant tone, being suddenly a bit worried that she wouldn't want to come.

"Nick, I will get some of my stuff right now from my place. Of course I will come over!" Judy yelped excitedly and wiggled her tail as her mind was already wondering how much better this day had turned out to be. She would get sleep at his place. Even the idea made her blush a bit. And he was not kidding around or teasing.

Nick's worry was washed away in a moment and the warm feeling came to his heart as the excited bunny was almost over eager to come over.

He once again couldn't understand how much he loved her.

At this moment he was going to do something that he would not regret. This decision had been on his mind for a while and right now this felt like a good moment to do it. He knew that if she was so excited about one night at his place, she would like this too. It was a big deal for him, but he just mostly wanted to see her reaction too.

The red fox only kept looking at the happily bouncing bunny and put his paw in his pocket.

He took out a small object and spoke.

"Close your eyes."

"Huh?" The bunny stopped her celebrating and raised an eyebrow to mischievously smiling fox.

"What are you on about slick?" Judy ask'd with blush, already having a good guess what it might be. They had already agreed about not kissing in public.

"Trust me you cute thing." He teased, making Judy give a scolding look but still smile back.

"Now listen to me mister, I know that smile means that you are going to try to kiss me in public-"

"Judy... Just close your eyes. I have gift for you." Nick assured with loving voice.

The bunny blushed for a moment and sighed before closing her eyes. Nick gently took her paw to his own and slowly placed the object in her paw.

She felt that it was something solid. Metallic. She just giggled as Nick was affectionately rubbing her paw with his,

even after he had handed over the gift many seconds ago.

"Niiiick, what did you give to me?" She giggled and Nick let go of her paw quickly, as one bear couple walk'd past them.

After they had pass'd, Nick spoke again.

"Open your eyes fluff."

The bunny did and look'd at her paw right away. It was a... key? She didn't know what to think about it. It was just a key with green furry paw toy hanging from it.

Judy gave confused gaze at the fox who was... Blushing? The bunny spoke with confusion.

"Nick ummm, what is this?" She ask'd and gave a little laugh.

"It's umm... My ... Spare key. To my apartment I mean... Just for you know.. So you don't have to steal main keys from the drunken fox's. I thought it would be good for you to have your own to my place... Since you like it so much... Aaand in case of emergencies or... If you get out of work earlier when I have made a prank on Bogo and have to stay or.. If you don't want to spend time in your own place... Or if i decide be a stubborn fox and try to skip the work like this morning...

You would be welcome to always stay there and... I like having you around. A lot... So I just thought that... You know.. You can have it. I want you to."

The fox mumbled with bothered look with his ears running a bit hot since this was quite a big thing for him at least. He had never even thought about giving his spare keys to anyone.

He gave a quick peek at Judy who was staring at him with her mouth open and her lavender eyes in disbelief. Like Nick was just playing around with her.

But he wasn't. He wouldn't act like this if he did. She look'd at the keys in her paw and then back at the blushing and bothered looking fox. She felt her tail starting to wiggle furiously. It took her only two seconds to scan the area around them quickly. Nick didn't even get to react when the bunny bounced on hug-hold,

locking her feet around his waist and connecting their lips in the blink of an eye. Nick's eyes shot in surprise as Judy placed her both paws around his cheeks and closed her eyes as she begged for Nick to fight her tongue with his. Nick was still a bit taken aback of this sudden affectionate attack but answered back shortly,

earning a satisfied whimper from the bunny. They were like that just about five seconds. Nick was just about to get into it when Judy suddenly broke their wild kiss and hopped off from him.

She was looking a bit panicked at first, her face blushing furiously as she kept gazing around, praying that no mammals had just saw that. Luckily indeed, there was no one at the streets at this moment. Well there was two male buffaloes but they had clearly not seen what had happened just now. That was dumb. But she felt like she wanted to do it again right now.

She didn't speak anything for a moment as she kept gazing around in embarrassment and Nick stared at her with the widest grin ever. He started to speak warmly.

"Whaaat was thhaaat?" The fox asked in amazement.

Judy quickly look'd at him with furious blush and muttered something that he couldn't hear.

"I- I'm sorry, it just came, I just-"

"Shhhh, do it again. I'm prepared this time!" Nick assured with impressed voice and stepped closer to her.

"I... I n-need to get my stuff from my place and run by the Rogers!" She yelped.

"Juuuuudyyyyy-" Nick purred and earned a shy smile from her but she bounced away from him and spoke.

"I gotta go now! Thank you Nick! I love you! See you in a moment!" The bunny yelped happily and started to run away from him with her tail still wiggling furiously as she kept the keys tightly in her paw. Nick gave surprised laugh and yelled back after her.

"Don't take too long! I might be asleep when you arrive!"

"YOU BETTER NOT! YOU JUST WAIT TILL I COME BACK, I PROMISE TO CONTINUE WHERE WE LEFT OFF!" Judy yelled in happy voice and disappeared behind the corner in a moment.

That bunny sure was fast!

The fox ended up staring after her with his heart still beating fast with his dreamy and loving smile still lingering on his face.

He was definitely going to stay up and wait for her arrival. It was clear that she was... Pretty happy about the gift he gave her. Maybe an understatement.

And now... The day that started as completely horrible one... Started to take turn into something much more pleasant.

NICK'S PLACE _

"Ow ow ow..." The fox whimpered in pain as he was cleaning his nose with a cloth full of bacteria killers and alcohol.

It was stinging like hell, but he had to clean all the dried blood as best as he could. His nose was going to take some time to heal as well. It might had not been completely broken but badly fractured it definitely was. He felt a small tear peek in the corner of his eye as he once again wiped the claw mark on his nose with an antiseptic cloth. How damn much can this hurt... Note to yourself,

don't be brave next time if you don't have the cards to back it up. It gets you mauled. I do still look roguish though.

Some things don't change. But now I look like half a raccoon. Where is that bag of ice again? Oh right. Before leaving to get that,

he still had to try to poke his nose a bit, just to try to find the spot, where the fracture could be.

"OW! FU-" He yelped and wanted to hit something for a moment. Why did the tiger have to be so freaking strong... And I'm going to need some vitamin B.

Nick sighed and tried to calm himself from the painful state, making a promise to himself not to make it any worse. Stop poking your nose like a kit and take the vitamins.

Let's see... Nick opened the cupboard and saw bottles of all different kinds. I have A, C, D, uuhhh. There. Vitamin B. He took the small red bottle and opened the lid. It was completely full. Hadn't exactly been in a need of those. He took two capsules and swallowed them up. He closed the cupboard and then he suddenly saw another white bottle that was in the middle of the table. The aspirin bottle Judy had left for him in the morning. Well, the bunny saves the fox again, he chuckled. Nick took about three of them in his paw just in case and washed them down with water. After half an hour he was going to kiss that nose pain and tingling eye goodbye. And any other pain that would linger in his body. Besides, he knew that Judy would hassle by wanting to clean his wound with antiseptics, and he hated the feeling when it hit the wound. No more problem with that after half an hour. Okay back to the ice bags. Where... On the kitchen counter.

Nick was about to leave the bathroom after cleaning his nose and washing the dried blood from his muzzle, until he gazed at his reflection again from the mirror. Front of his uniform look'd like he had been in a battle. Great... Now he had to wash it. Nick untied his tie and threw it in the washing machine.

He might as well wash the whole uniform while he was at it. He detached his golden badge apart from his uniform carefully and put it in his pocket. The fox started to unbutton his shirt slowly, revealing his bare fur under it. It did have some small spots of blood around his fuzzy neck fur but otherwise it was neat and clean. He threw the uniform in the washing machine and hummed casually as he started to unbutton his pants. He pulled the blue pants down and kicked them off on the floor. He sighed as he was standing only in his white underwear in the bathroom. A devilish nature's idea of some alone male time entered his mind,

since he had been pretty busy and pent up for these last couple of days, but he push'd that stupid idea out of his head just as quick as it came. Stupid urges.

He walk'd over to his bedroom and stared at the floor for a moment, before even continuing walking. He almost stepped on a freaking plate. Ugh. He sighed and chuckled after gazing around his messy bedroom. Maybe I should seriously clean up a bit.

If carrots is going to sleep in that bed her night, I might as well tidy this room up for her. Nick felt a warm smile come on his muzzle as he pictured the cute bunny snuggle against his pillow and sleep there. Was it creepy to wonder how your girlfriend would look when she would be asleep? Maybe I should... No. Don't push it Wilde. Erase that idea right away. She's not going to sleep in the same bed as you. That is definitely where she will draw a line... She would think that I would have my own naughty plans behind that request. So scratch that... Yeah, for now just focus on getting this room into better shape.

Nick started to collect all the trash from the floor and throw all the dirty clothes to the washing machine while he was on it. He knew that the last thing that he should do after still feeling so buzz'd after losing so much blood, was to clean up and run around his apartment in a cleaning frenzy. Nick had in the middle of the hassle put on his grey college pants, just to wear at least something when she would arrive. Nick suddenly felt his nose twitch a bit, as the sudden smell of strong musk and sweat made itself known. Oh great. He was going to need shower too. Chasing mammals in thirty degree heat can do that. So does cleaning your apartment. His sticky fur was basically damp at some spots. Just freaking great. Better go change it before she arrives. Oh right, where did I have that one clean blue tropic shirt? And a towel.

Oh there in the hangar. You can be so absent-minded sometimes.

The fox was walking over to his clothing cabinet next to his front door. He was about to take the shirt from the hangar next to it but his ear perked up a bit as he heard a loud sound from the door.

CLICK!

Oh. She was here already. Nick put on his awkward grin and stood couple of feet way from his front door. It took only a second before the door opened up and Nick saw the bunny standing in the hallway. She was wearing her pink gazelle hoodie and her jean shorts again, looking cute as ever. On her other paw there was a brown paper bag with logo "Roger's" in it, steaming from the delicious scent. She also had a blue bag with her, probably containing her toothbrush and change clothes and such. Nick knew that he should run over to his bedroom and get a shirt quickly, since he suspected that order come from the bunny anyway. But instead of stepping inside the apartment, Judy stared at the sweaty looking fox,

who was wearing nothing but the grey college pants, his bare chest once again for her to witness. He could only carefully look back at the quiet and frozen bunny,

wondering what was going on in her mind as she was just observing him with a look that he couldn't place. But she was blushing, that one he saw. This scene had happened between them before. As the quiet moment had been going for a moment,

Nick started to feel a bit panicked. She was probably getting uncomfortable again.

"Look I just got around tidying up the place and cleaning my fur a bit. I will go and get better dressed right away fluff-"

"No." She said with shy look, her tail wiggling rapidly as she took one step forward, entering into apartment, not taking her eyes off him for a second.

Nick didn't know what to make out of that command or her tone in that matter.

She locked the door behind her with loud click and laid the two bags on the floor slowly. She started taking slow steps towards her puzzled looking boyfriend.

Her head was filled with something that was overpowering her right now. Lust. If only he knew how much the current image of him turned her on right now.

The strong foxy male scent that lingered around him in the room was not helping her case. He was looking just so incredibly sexy right now. Besides, they had unfinished business.

"I told you that we will continue where we left off!" She said with loving tone and leapt with her playful attack again, gluing herself against his bare chest and tying her legs around his waist like a lock. She tied her other arm around his neck gently and with his other paw she gently and excitedly rubbed his cream yellowish chest fur, letting the thick fur slide through her fingers. She ended up looking at the completely surprised and stunned fox with mischievous smile.

"Kiss me please." She purred.

"J-Judy I'm all sweaty, your clothes-"

"I DON'T CARE. KISS ME NICHOLAS." She spoke with eager love in her voice. Nick's eyes widened for a moment and it took him only one second to do as was told.

Nick supported her lower back with his other paw like always and started to kiss her hungrily. She wasn't kidding around when she told him to stay up.

Judy could feel a little giggle escape her as Nick was getting overpowered by her small tongue for the first time. This all just came so suddenly and strongly that Nick felt very overwhelmed at this moment. But he didn't have any intention to stop their kiss. Nick just ended up standing in the middle of his apartment with wild bunny glued to him and just kissing him with passion and brushing his ears affectionately, earning warm shivers run through his spine.

Judy suddenly leaned out of their kiss, leaving a string of saliva between their mouths. She giggled a bit after licking her lips and spoke.

"On the couch mister. I am ready to continue where we left off in the car earlier this day. Remember?" She said with flirting voice, making Nick look at her with a large smile, not even knowing how to process what was going on. He felt like the bunny was exploding in his paws or something as her tail wiggled furiously. Nick could not help but to try to make a sense of this.

"Whiskers, where is this all coming from?"

"Do you want me to go through the list of reasons?" She teased and brushed his ears again while looking at him like food, while still fondling his chest fur with her other paw.

"Is it because I'm half naked?" Nick snickered and earned a laugh from the bunny as well.

"No you silly. Okay maybe that too..." She said mischievously and suddenly rubbed her cheek against his chest. His fur was so warm and so comforting..

Nick could only stare at his girlfriend in amazed look.

He felt his heart beat so much faster as the cute bunny was playing with his fur, giving flirting look at him all the time.

"Mymy, is this the same shy and innocent bunny who arrived from the farm and that I fell in love with?" He spoke in amazed tone, making Judy whisper.

"Maybe I'm not so shy after all... Be around over smug and confident foxes and you adapt a thing or two... Besides.. I want to show how much I love you right now..."

"Judy..." Nick spoke with strong love in his voice and the bunny continued.

"But It's about what you said to me this morning. Also, about our snuggle in the car. And on top of saving our case, you give me keys to your apartment and tell you want me to spend my time here rather than my own home?

I love you so much right now Nicholas, I... Doing all those things within ONE DAY to your girlfriend can have strong results you freaking handsome fox."

She said mischievously and gave a little playful lick on his muzzle, eager for him to kiss her again.

Nick's stunned expression turned into predatory smile to the bunny and he licked his lips a little.

"So it seems... But you give too much credit. Anyone who would truly know you would tell and do the same things as I did.

You are worth of all that Judith." He said warmly and gave a little kiss on her twitching nose.

Nick just look'd back at the bunny who was looking back at him with hunger for love in her eyes. He felt like he was holding a ticking time bomb. Nick just swallowed awkwardly and spoke.

"So all I'm saying is-"

"Nick, you are driving me crazy right now. On the couch. Right now." She ordered with lust in her voice.

"Now you are just saying things that I want to hear." The fox teased with wide grin.

"I can do that too. If I remember correctly, there was one thing you wanted to hear again." Judy said with blush.

Nick raised an eyebrow since he didn't quite remember what she meant. Judy leaned next to his ear and spoke with soothing voice,

sending warm waves around his fur, making it fuzz up a bit.

"I am yours Nick." She purred and gave a little nibble at his ear, sending a spiking reaction in Nick's pants in that instant.

Judy slowly peek'd at her side with naughty smile to see the reaction on his face and now his eyes were completely filled with that same predatory hunger that he had earlier this day, making her tail wiggle again and wait for him to do something in excitement. The fox just quietly observe her with growing smile and she whispered.

"I want you to lay me on the couch and kiss me like you did in the car. Please?"

"... Let me get right on that." He said with hungry tone and started walking towards the large couch with the bunny tied around him,

earning a playful giggle from her. Nick was going to make sure that this was going to be their longest and most passionate kiss they had so far.

I must be the luckiest fox in the world.

HALF HOUR AGO _

Judy let out satisfied hum as Nick finally broke their kiss after what felt like forever. For a moment she look'd so peaceful that she almost look'd like she had fallen asleep. Nick's muzzle felt numb already. But it had been totally worth every second. Judy carefully peeked with her eyes, making out the warmly smiling fox who was lingering on top of her in bare fur. Nick started to caress her cheek with his paw tenderly and they just kept looking at each other for a whole minute in silence without saying anything. Nick could only follow with loving smile as Judy was excitedly letting her paws adventure around his chest and stomach, looking like she had been wanting to do this for such a long time. Only fear that lingered in Nick was that he tried to battle against getting aroused because her adventuring soft paws. She look'd so excited about just touching his bare fur.

In middle of their loving gaze Judy felt a bit scared, because the devilish tingle had been so overpowering during their passionate kissing and small touching, that she knew her panties were just a bit wet right now. She knew that Nick wouldn't notice, thank the heavens, but it just made her eager for more. She loved kissing with him like this, but in her current state, she felt like she almost wanted to ask for a little more from him. Just something. But the idea of it being a bit too soon bothered her. They had not been together as a couple for long. Even if they had loved each other for much longer before making it official between each other, she still wondered if it would be considered a bit too rushed or dirty to ask for more. She didn't mean THE ACTUAL THING... She just wanted to try... Something. And she wondered if it would make her a perverted mammal to think about something like that so soon into fresh relationship. HER FIRST relationship. But she couldn't erase the thought right now.

She wanted him to touch her. Her tail went through her mind. Nick had already been eager to touch it earlier. Maybe she could let him touch it. What is the worst that could happen? Besides ruining your panties and letting him know that you are enjoying tail touching a little too much? And in the most awkward way possible?

"What is going in that bunny mind of yours fluff?" Nick ask'd warmly and gave a little lick on her cute pink nose, making it twitch a bit from the touch.

"Nick... I.. Promise that you won't laugh?" She mumbled. Her mind was fighting against the subject but she was just too turned on, as those gentle and loving emerald eyes just kept staring at her with interest.

"Mmmm, is it a secret?" He asked mischievously and gave a little kiss on her lips, making the spot tingle.

Judy just avoided his gaze with blush and wondered if she should bring it up without getting teased as a naughty bunny but she knew there was not that kinda option. Just suffer for it.

"Nick I uhh... Earlier when we were at Amy's apartment...

You touched my... tail.." She mumbled.

Nick's look went to a bit apologizing now and he spoke.

"Yeaaah, sorry about that. I know I should had not done that.

Sorry whiskers, you know I can't resist fluffy things." He chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck.

"Nick... C-.. Can you... D-do it again?" She knew that the teasing was coming, and right now, she kinda didn't want him to.

"... Huh?" He ask'd.

"Do you want to... Touch my tail again?" She ask'd with a bit louder voice but still it ended up sounding like a squeak.

Nick's eyes widened for a moment and instead of his teasing grin he just stared at her with blank expression.

"... Are you sure it's okay?" Nick ask'd with a bit of excitement in his tone.

"Yeah." She nodded with shy smile.

"Well, okay then." Nick gave a flirty look at the bunny,

who tried to fight against embarrassment as best as she could.

"Be careful please." She reminded with shy smile and collected herself from laying position. Nick scooted over and sat down, waiting for Judy crawl on his lap with blushing face, as she tried not to meet his gaze, feeling so flustered at the moment. Nick was clearly very eager to start like excited kit.

"Can I?" He ask'd and Judy only gave him a small nod,

tensing her body and closing her eyes.

Her tail wiggled in anticipation and after a second, she felt Nick's paw slowly come around her puffy and small tail, fondling it gently and carefully. Judy felt a warm smile form on his lips as she exhaled quietly and leaned against his bare chest, trying to relax and enjoy. Nick chuckled and gave a soft kiss between her ears before continuing.

Nick could feel himself smile with amusement as her puffy and cute tail wiggled happily in his paw, clearly very happy from the attention it was getting. Judy could only hum softly with satisfied voice as Nick kept caressing her tail with his claws, rubbing and toying around with it.

"Sooooo fluffyyy.." He muttered happily by himself, earning a small giggle from the bunny. Nick's gentle touch felt so good.

Her body wasn't tense anymore, now that she got used to this satisfying touch. She almost felt a small moan escape her as Nick used his both paws, caressing her tail with all kinds of ways he could. She could feel the devilish tingle grow stronger by the seconds but she didn't care. She enjoyed this way too much. After five minutes Nick let go of her wiggling tail and spoke.

"You like'd that?" He ask'd warmly.

"Nick... That was amazing.." She sighed happily,

still feeling the warm touch linger in her tail.

"Glad that you like'd it. Feel free to ask for me to do that whenever you want. You want me to still keep going?

Because I really want to." He said warmly.

Judy giggled for a moment and spoke.

"Okay. But let's take a small break. My head feels a little fuzzy. And so does my tail." Judy mumbled as she touched her own tail for a moment, making it twitch from touch.

"Mmmm, I know. One of my many, MANY talents.."

"And so modest." She giggled and gave a small kiss on his lips. She spoke after a while.

"I hope I did well too, even if you were doing all of the work." She mumbled shyly.

"Meh, you did pretty average. I might have been too early at giving those spare keys. Can I have them back?" Nick teased with grin.

Judy laughed and started punching against his chest with her paws playfully.

"Mean fox!"

"Ow ow, I have been beaten up today by a massive tiger and now I have to get whooping from my girlfriend as well?"

Judy giggled and stopped punching.

"I.. Sorry... How are you feeling anyway? Better?"

"Much better now." Nick slurred warmly and licked her cheek, making her giggle from the ticklish feeling on her face as he kept going.

"Nick I'm serious, how is your head feeling?"

"Buzzing from love at the sight of a cute bunny."

"So no more nausea? How many bunnies do you see?" She teased.

"Mmmmm one." He answered and kept licking her cheeks and lips. It started to tickle so much that she had to push the silly fox away.

What was going on with him? I mean she loved when he did this but his voice had begun to slur a bit. And his pupils look'd a bit odd.

"Okay, that's a good start. Does your nose hurt? Your eye?"

"Doctor bunny seems so concerned, come here-" Nick mumbled and started to fondle her tail again, earning a returning spark of pleasure from her.

"Nick come on, just answer." She giggled but he could hear the small worry in her tone.

"I'm fine whiskers. I took three of those painkillers of yours. And I have to admit, I'm not really hurting anywhere anymore. I'm feeling really... really good." He said warmly and suddenly he saw Judy's face turn into confusion.

"Wait... Three?!"

"Yeaaaah. Feeeels nice."

"... Those are pretty strong painkillers Nick... you should had taken two at the most." She mumbled worriedly.

"I knoooooow." He chuckled with dreamy gaze. Oh wow, now he was high on painkillers. Well there was no really scolding him.

His nose did look quite damaged so I guess it's okay, Judy thought. He does seem better right now.

"Well just take it easy and lay down slick. You should probably eat the food I brought.

You need protein before you take your nap. Let me go grab-"

"A-a-a! Where are you think you're going?" Nick slurred warmly and blocked her escape from moving away from under his shadow.

"Nick, I'm going to be gone for just a moment." She giggled and tried to leave once more.

"Nonono, don't leave this couch my pretty bunny. Stay right here where I can see you. Let me play with your tail again." Nick ordered with loving voice and blocked her escape once again.

"Those painkillers sure do seem to kick in. You are high as a kite you silly fox. I promise I'll be right back I-" Her giggle turned into a surprised yelp when Nick suddenly pinned her down and started to ruffle his muzzle into her neck again, inhaling her scent loudly and licking her soft fur in his dreamy state.

Judy could only let him have his way as he kept doing it, and after a while Judy's tense body relaxed, enjoying his affectionate touch calmly. She did like when he did this to her. Especially when he knew now what it meant. She felt need to say it.

"Nick, you bad fox... I know what you are doing right now."

"Showing my love to you. I will get back to your cute tail shortly. Just let me do this for a while... I love you..." He purred and started giving small nibbles to her neck, making her ears run hot.

"I know... And you are also scent marking me." She laughed.

"..." Nick stop'd at that moment and slowly leaned away from her, looking a bit scared that she knew. How did she know?!

"I didn't tell you to stop handsome.

But let's just take a break Nick. You have to eat something." Judy giggled and look'd at him with dreamy gaze.

Nick look'd really scared for a moment and spoke.

"H- how did you.. I, carrots I..." He mumbled awkwardly under Judy's gaze but she didn't look angry or disturbed at all.

"Nick, there is this thing called internet. I am curious bunny after all. I did some quick research and it didn't take long time from me to find out what you are doing."

"Look, I'm sorry, I won't do it again-"

"Nick. I want you to do it." She said with lust in her tone.

"Wait... You.. It's.. Okay?... Are you sure?" Nick mumbled in disbelief.

"Well I am maybe a bit frustrated that you didn't tell me. But we all have our.. Secrets...

But you forget what I already told you slick. I am yours. Now you heard it third time today.

I like when you scent mark me like this. It's actually quite romantic... And... Well... sexy." She mumbled, making sure that the last word was barely heard.

But Nick had heard it even in his fuzzy and drugged state. He look'd speechless for a moment and started to crawl towards her again,

licking his muzzle a bit and swishing his tail from side to side as he was reaching his prey.

"But before we get on that you naughty sly fox." Judy said and placed her finger in front of his muzzle and continued.

"You are going to eat your food. I'm serious. You have to eat the burger I brought to you.

No more making out before that. I want my fox to be healthy and fed before we continue where we left off.

Last time you ate was on breakfast-"

"But I'm more hungry for bunny right now-" He muttered.

"Behave now Nick..." Judy grinned as the fox kept leaning closer.

"Na-a. My bunny. Mine. I want a kiss."

Judy giggled and suddenly with fast movement she escaped from under the fox, taking a bounce from his couch pillow and making long leap across the room,

with an acrobatic flip in the air, landing perfectly and then casually walking towards the brown paper bag that was still laying on the floor.

"Unfair! You are too fast! Please come back fluff-" Nick pleaded like a kit with love hungry voice as he was laying on the sofa.

Judy laughed and shook her head as she lifted the paper bag from the floor. It was still warm. Good. She walk'd over to the table next to the couch and giggled as Nick tried to desperately reach her with his paws, trying to grab her into his arms.

"Want's to snuggle-"

"We will, right after you eat your food.

Dig in, or I will sit right here where you can't reach me." She teased.

"Nooonononono.." Nick mumbled in desperation. He was really too high to move around. He felt like a feather at the moment.

Almost none of his muscles wanted to move. He was on her mercy. And all he wanted to do in his current euphoric state was to snuggle with his bunny and feel her in his arms.

"Nick. Eat. I bought ice cold coke with me too." She ordered with smile and handed over the paper bag to the fox who look'd like a lazy worm on the couch.

"... Fine." Nick said in defeat and Judy stepped closer and brushed his ear a bit, earning a satisfied purr from him.

"Good fox. We have a long day ahead of us tomorrow."

"I know... But aren't you going to eat something too?"

"I took a salad with me. Don't worry slick."

"Bunnies and their salads..." Nick chuckled, earning a grin from the bunny who gave a loving kiss on his lips again.

She then whispered.

"You just relax and eat. Besides, we have to clean that wound of yours. Doctor bunny's orders.

I'll be right back." She smiled and started walking towards his bathroom. Nick could only follow with loving gaze as Judy disappeared into his bathroom, shaking her cute round rump just a little bit for the fox on purpose.

"I love you so much Judy..." Nick sighed.

What a day. And who know's, what tomorrow will bring?

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Chapter 23: The Team

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Chapter 23

"The team" ...

"This is the area that Levron told Briggs to arrive to. South harbor is located at the center area of the district,

as most of us know. The whole warehouse area goes all around the small bay in the center. The warehouse number twelve,

as Levron mentioned, is located under the Frost bridge. Frost bridge is, as most of Zootopian's know, one of the greatest monuments of our time. It is so high, that you have clear visual all over the whole Tundra town district. One of the greatest tourist attractions too. Anyway, there is only one main gate for the warehouse twelve."

Bogo explained in the quiet office of his,

surrounded with team of mammals that observed the large map on his office desk. The otherwise dark room had only one source of light and it was two desk lamps, all pointed at the maps on the wooden desk. Nick suddenly had been one to stop Bogo in the middle of his tactical explanation, wanting to point out something.

"You seem so into this chief. You almost sound like you want to roll with the gang. It seems like certain Uncle misses catching bad guys, that's why he's so mean to us." Nick grinned at the buffalo, who just stared back at the red fox and spoke in annoyed voice.

"Well, in case none of you understood yet, I am actually going to be there with you. Operation this big needs my personal attention to have better chance of succeeding. Hopps will be the leader of the team, and I want to see personally see how it goes." He shot back sternly to the six mammals, who all raised their eyebrows in surprise.

"Seriously?" Nick asked in disbelief.

"Is there something you want point about that Wilde?" Bogo asked with annoyance.

"Oh, now I'm even more under pressure..." Judy said awkwardly.

"Don't worry Hopps, you will do fine." Bogo assured with small smile and then Hailie spoke from behind her.

"I think I'm going to faint, we are really going be part of operation like this with a ZPD legend..." Hailie muttered with anxiety, earning smiles from the three other males in the room.

"Yeah, this is going to be awesome." Oliver agreed with Luke.

"You know, we do have to succeed in this first.

Anything might go wrong." Coonway added.

"That is indeed true. I need you all to focus on this and-"

Bogo was cut in the middle of his talk by Nick who was still holding his laugh and spoke.

"You. On the field. With us."

"And what it so funny about that, if I may ask officer Wilde!?"

Bogo asked angrily and felt the headache creep into his head once again.

"No, it's just surprising that uncle wants part of the action. I bet that you would only have to stare at the criminals with that mean mug you always give and they would surrender right away. Or show them how you have Gazelles autograph at the side of your tranquilizer." Nick laughed, making every single mammal suddenly fight to hold a straight face but succeeding poorly, even Judy. Bogo took notice of this and spoke in tone that had enough of his shit. He leaned in and spoke to the laughing fox.

"First of all officer Wilde, let me make something clear here. During my long TEN years of service to this department, there has been joker cases just like you.

The jokers are the ones who I crush first, because I am destined to do so. Know that my limitation of your attitude is coming to it's peak.

This is not a game. None if this is. I can tell you something officer... You will learn to respect me sooner or later. You just thank the heavens that Hopps is the one that brought you in, or I would make your time in the force more miserable than you know... I would make you the reason that you can't sleep at night,

because you know that I will lock you in that basement, stocking case reports and files, until you would do anything to get back on the field, instead of being my doormat of torture, doing the most boring work I can figure out. Keep that in mind!"

The room was quiet for a moment and Nick just grinned again.

"Someone is grumpy. Can I hug you?"

"FOX I SWEAR I WILL WIPE THE FLOOR-"

"Wowowowo time out! We are supposed to focus on the operation.

Nick stop the jokes and behave! Shall we continue chief?" Judy suggested fast to the two mammals that bantered back and forward on the opposite sides of the table.

"... We shall." Bogo sighed but clearly still wanted to strangle the fox a bit, even despite this great lead he had gained for them. Just a little bit. That smirking face...

"Awwww come on carrots, we are just playing around, right uncle?" Nick asked and winked with his healthy eye.

"Shut up, or I will twist that finger of yours back to way it was..." Bogo muttered.

"Now that is just mean..." Nick said, knowing that Bogo might even do it by the look's he was giving now.

Even the mammals on the back gave looks to him that suggested for him not to go one, as much as they enjoyed these funny banters between Nick and Bogo when they happened. No one else had guts to talk to him like that. It was so entertaining.

"Okay, now can we proceed?" Judy ask'd and rolled her eyes.

"..." Bogo was quiet for a while and started to explain the plan further again, without taking eyes off the fox.

"So, as I was saying, there is lot of area to cower. The whole warehouse happens to be quite big, and we can expect that since they are working under Levron and handling merchandise that is assumed to be highly valuable, they won't expect cops. And by that I mean, they have no intention of letting us trying to ruin their little shady late night business. They will fight back. Are they armed? I don't know. Most likely. That much can be assumed. We don't even know the amount of mammals in there.

Warehouse twelve hasn't been in use for a long time. I called the South harbor's owner, and after long call I finally dug out something most odd. The warehouse was not rented, it was fully bought about a week ago. It had been paid in cash, and it was presented in the documents that the shipments that would be handled in that warehouse,

are food shipments, for the Savannah central's restaurant distributions. Mister Steve Levron indeed paid for this, but the actual owner manifesto belongs to someone named Garvia Defluff. Needless to say, I don't know what to think of it since-"

"Bogo. Could you say that name again?" Nick suddenly stopped, making Judy also look suddenly a bit surprised, almost not believing her ears.

"... Garvia Defluff. As I was saying-"

"I have met him." Nick said bluntly.

"... Oh?" Bogo asked with disbelief and continued.

"I checked that this Defluff guy owns a huge restaurant business, as well as some other establishments. He is wealthy mammal who has no criminal register of any kind. So how do you exactly know him?" Bogo ask'd with frustrated tone, probably thinking that Nick was just imagining things.

"I... "Nick gave a little side look at Judy, wondering if he should tell. They had in the middle of all the events of these last weeks completely forgotten to mention about Garvia and his alleged accusation with the wolf they were chasing at the moment. But it could have been just strong bluff. On the other paw, alleged attempt on Judy's life seemed to be too.

".. About two days before our operation at the dance festival, me and carrots we uummm... Went to dine together to the restaurant called "Casa Di Madre".

"... Dude, that is like the third most expensive restaurant in the whole Savannah central. I never figured you the type to eat so fancy!" Oliver chuckled in surprise. Nick started to explain with smile.

"I don't actually, the visit wasn't quite-"

"Yeah, I wish I would get to visit that place soon. One of my sisters once visited the place and told it was wonderful.." Hailie spoke in between, almost feeling a bit jealous.

"My dad has met him too since my family restaurant competes a lot with Defluff's when it comes to profit. My dad said that he is true visionary when it comes to decorating restaurants. He said that he was very prideful guy. Odd that Defluff would have anything to do with Levron." Luke said. Then Bogo spoke.

"That is what I was thinking. This Garvia guy doesn't strike me as a mammal that would be into criminal business. But on the other paw, Levron's register is clean too.

Still, in my opinion, this could be anything. Maybe Defluff has just met Levron or they have some kind of business with each other, without this Garvia guy even knowing that Levron is part of organized crime. He might be just pawn that is being played. This warehouse could be a gift in the name of good business or who knows what.

So let's not assume that he is guilty of his first crime yet, until we can prove otherwise. I think-

"He is involved with the Wolf. Mister James or whatever his real name is. I mean.. I can't be sure but I think he knows damn well that there is something being transported through his warehouse, and it ain't going to be a food shipment like Levron promised. I know."

Nick said. He just knew in his gut that he was right about this. He had only spoken to this ram for ten minutes of his life, but only that was enough to discover that he was rotten to the core. He was part of this. And right now, that's what Nick was actually happy about.

He would get to give a little more payback with law in his paw to the mammal that had insulted him and his girlfriend.

"How can you be so sure?" Rasheed suddenly ask'd from the back, looking a bit puzzled with everyone else. Judy was quiet and just stared at Nick, wondering what Nick was going to say.

"I just know it."

"... So you have seen this Garvia guy at his own restaurant. That's all? So what? How can you be so sure?" Bogo asked, after thinking this was all the info Nick could provide.

"Well, we spoke briefly. In his fancy and over priced restaurant." Nick muttered in annoyance.

"And?" Bogo ask'd.

"He threatened that if we wouldn't finish our meals fast as possible, and remove our self's from his fancy palace of ego,

he would make the security throw us out."

"... Why on earth would he do that?" Bogo raised an eyebrow, but also didn't understand where Nick was going with this,

since none of this seemed to have anything to do with alleged ties between the ram and Levron's mob.

"Because he was an asshole." Nick said bluntly. Everyone in the room look'd a bit taken aback from this sudden statement,

since it was rare to hear Nick sound serious about something.

"Nick-" Judy was about to start but Bogo spoke in between.

"Wilde, how is any of this important about the case? This has nothing to do with the wolf or Levron. I don't think he would act like a rude mammal without a reason anyway." He questioned this odd statement.

"Well, I might had threatened to break his jaw." Nick said casually and rolled his eyes. Everyone's mouth dropped at that moment a little bit,

and Judy really didn't like where this conversation had gone. It was hard for anyone to believe that Nick would do anything like that, since he was... Well Nick. Even Bogo look'd a bit surprised with Oliver and spoke.

"And could you care to elaborate why you, an officer of the law, threatened to beat up a civilian in his own establishment-"

"Nick you don't have to-" Judy started again with sad tone. Others didn't need to know about what had happened. Even she didn't want to think about the ram anymore. The things that he had said to her, still did linger in her mind. She had never heard anyone speak with so much disgust to someone,

and it bothered her. How can some mammal be so full of hate for someone he doesn't even personally know? How could anyone think like him? Because if there really were other mammals with same opinion as him, their coming out to the public gave things to worry about...

Besides, if Nick would tell everyone that he was ready to beat up a guy because he had insulted her, it would place all kinds of ideas in everyone's head. Well those ideas would be proven true these near days anyway, so in a sense it didn't matter. She just wanted Nick to let the unpleasant details with Garvia to not be shared, but Nick wasn't having it. Bogo raised an eyebrow to Judy's reaction of not Nick wanting to continue but he spoke.

"I believe the exact description he used about Judy after seeing us together were:" Disgusting fox fucking freak."

"NICK!" Judy gasped from his rough language. He didn't even try to adjust the words for the milder.

"I am not going to fancy his words. That is what he said. So I think it would be fair to say that I don't appreciate my partner being treated like that."

Nick said with defensive tone.

Most awkward silence filled the room as everyone expected Nick to just play around but it was clear from his expression that what he had said was far from a made up tale. Bogo felt so stunned and speechless about what he had heard that it took him a moment to speak.

"Wait... He thought that you two were... Actual couple? Like romantically?" Bggo asked carefully.

Nick just nodded and Judy tried to avoid Bogo's gaze. If only they knew that they were indeed a couple. Bogo continued.

"I... Is this true Hopps?" Bogo gazed at the bunny, and only the gaze avoiding and staring at the floor with her drooping ears told that fox wasn't lying.

"... That is indeed very disturbing and outrageous thing to hear but how-"

"After I told him to apologize for his slandering to both of us, he said that if I laid one paw on him,

he would only need to mention a word to mister Jones, and I would just disappear. Both of us would. Was pretty confident about it. Annoyingly confident." Nick state.

Bogo raised an eyebrow to that.

"... And it occurs to you to tell me this NOW?" Bogo asked in confusion.

"It didn't seem like a thing to mention at that moment, because we had all the other things going on around that time.

He might have been bluffing. Or he might had not. But his sudden associations on the same page with Levron... Well they raise suspicion,

since we all know who's right paw Levron allegedly is. Just a thought."

Bogo look'd like he thought about this deeply for a moment and spoke.

"Interesting. You might be onto something here Wilde. Thank you for this information, as late as it is.

This gives us one new mammal on the board of investigation. We might have to pay him a visit and have couple of... Words.

But for now he's still a civilian, who might had just bragged without anything to back it up with. Still, this is something to note." Bogo confirmed.

"See, I'm useful for a fox ain't I?" Nick ask'd, his humorous attitude back in a blink.

"Whatever." Bogo grunted and gave a quick look at bunny, who seem'd more than happy that this subject was most seemingly done for. Back to operation.

"So. To the plan. We have the northern main gate that is located under the root of the Frost bridge, so that gives me more than excellent idea for us to use. Something that would have us in great advantage. Officer Coonway?" Bogo suddenly asked and Rasheed gave confused look but stepped closer with proud stature.

"Yes sir?" The red raccoon questioned.

"Would you be up to being our lookout from the bridge? We will ask for maintenance to get us spare keys that go inside the bridge,

to the lower levels all the way to cable structures and fixing platforms. From the right spot, you would have eyes all over the place.

With our contact radio line, you would be available to provide us about workers movements on the yard, as well as telling us what areas are being crowded and which ones aren't. Would you be up for the task?"

Everyone gave a look at the surprised raccoon who spoke.

"I... Yeah, of course sir but I... With all due respect I expected myself to be there to back up my team with tranquilizer in my paw,

rather than being a scout with goggles.. But if that's what I am ordered to do... I will do it... Sir." Coonway said sternly, but you could see that he was quite frustrated of getting such a minor task, rather than being among his team to defend them with his life, if anything went sideways.

"Yeah, odd task to give to our best shooter. I would feel much more safe with Hotshot around, if things go south." Nick added from the side, earning hopeful and proud side look from the raccoon. Even others were about to protest, Judy next, when Bogo suddenly chuckled and gave amused look at everyone.

"Is that what you all thought I would do? Coonway has proven his skills. I want to test them a little more. I was about to get to the best part.

You will be our sniper. You seemed to handle that ZAP-50 with good results. You will be having that thing with you, and you will be our storm from the sky.

Every single mammal that possesses a threat to our ground team, you are free to use at target practice with your tranquilizer. Hope you aren't afraid of highs,

officer Coonway. You up for a challenge?" Bogo ask'd with proud tone.

Everyone look'd way more relieved now, and Coonway gave happy smile as he tried to control himself from over excitement of earning the coolest task in his short career by far. And he would surely be even bigger help to his team now, more than on the ground.

"I won't let anyone down!" Coonway stated sternly and saluted at Bogo, earning a small nod from Bogo and tap from the back from Nick.

"Well, this operation just got lot easier." The red fox chuckled.

"I know you got this dude." Luke said to his best friend and gave a friendly punch to his arm.

"Can I personally do some adjustments to my weapon before we depart?" He ask'd professionally.

"You may. Officer Lily Fangmeyer handles the armory and shooting range. You go talk to her before we depart.

Now, to the other roles at paw. Hopps, Wilde." Bogo stated proudly.

The two mammals waited for their task, and Judy look'd so determined that she was about to explode.

Nick could only try his best to fight against the urge to fondle her drumming tail that wiggled from anticipation.

"Hopps is known to be very good improviser on the field, also she has the most close combat training, and she is the most capable leader that my department has seen. As you all know, she has been in the force only half a year, but in that time she has led many operations and busts in the front lines. I trust that everyone is more than happy to have her as the leader,

like she has so far? Any objections?" Bogo ask'd, but the question was more rhetorical. Everyone loved and admired her as a leader.

Suddenly Nick's muzzle was curved on his usual smirk and he spoke.

"Now, I think the fox of the team might also-"

"Shut up Wilde." Bogo muttered and everyone in the room chuckled.

"Hopps and Wilde, you two will wait for the right moment to aboard one of the container ships that arrives to their docks from the bay. Coonway will have visual all the time. You will arrive inside the warehouse in one of the crates, and your mission is to find out what they are doing in there. All the information provided, will effect to the next part.

If they are doing anything illegal in there, you will signal the rest of us to storm the place over the western fences, and engage the mammals in the yard. Me, Fring, Garnett and Howlton, will do what is needed when the time is right. I expect that things will go violent,

but if that is what we have to face, so be it. I'm sure we can handle them. I have informed to other four nearby units about the location and timetable of our operation as well. They will arrive, if the things get out of control. We try to keep that road in minimum. This has to be clean,

silent, and by the textbook. I am going to be honest.. This is clearly one of the largest operations our department has taken part in.

Usually when things like these go down, we ask help from the ZPD special Task force department, that is located at Rain forest district.

But I am sure that we can handle our operation completely with this team. This only one of the many operations that earn honor to this department.

And there will be more. I have faith in all of you. And this time I will be there first hand to see how you all work in the field of action.

Am I understood?" Bogo ask'd with serious tone.

"YES CHIEF!" Everyone saluted and Bogo gave proud smile.

"Wonderful. We have one hour to departure. Gather your mind into this,

and take your time. I suspect that this is going to be one long night.

Coffee is always advised. We will take another quick rundown of our plan once we get there,

but for now, take some time to prepare for what's up ahead. Dismissed."

Bogo said in fatherly tone and the room started to empty itself from the mammals slowly. Just as Wilde was about to leave as last one,

Bogo grunted him to stay.

"Wilde. Stay."

Nick stopped at the door and gazed at Bogo and then the chattering team that was walking away across the hall.

Judy was so into explaining something to excited mammals that she didn't notice that he was missing.

Nick then shut the door and turned his gaze at the buffalo in the quiet room.

"Wilde, how is your condition?" He ask'd straight away.

"Good uncle, sweet that you care." He chuckled.

Bogo just sighed and regretted of asking him to stay already.

But there was something that he wanted to clear out.

In fact he felt a bit bad about what they were about to talk about.

This was a long time coming, but these things needed to be cleared.

The timing might have been odd, but since they had one hour to departure,

this seemed like good opportunity.

Nick spoke after moment of silence between them in the dark room.

"So, what's this abo-"

"Numerous things. About you."

"... Threatening Defluff. A civilian. As a cop." He stated, but his tone told that it was least of his concerns, but just something to add to the table.

"Chief I-" Nick was about to start, his posture going from joker to serious right away, but Bogo continued.

"THERE ARE OTHER THINGS... That we have been supposed to talk about for a while now."

"... Well what is it uncle?" Nick asked in confusion.

"Your tax evasions and crimes."

The room went quiet as a tomb at that second and Nick's eyes shot open from horror.

He was fucked.

Completely and utterly screwed. Judy had told Bogo all the details after all.

He felt all the smug attitude be gone in that instant, and the spike of fear hit him,

as the idea of Bogo asking for him to return his badge crossed his mind. But if he was about to do such thing, he would have done it already. Or maybe he had savored this moment. His constant annoying teasing had probably not helped his case at all. He was probably waiting to rip the badge off more than happily. Or... He was up to something else here. Whatever it was though, it was not going to end up well. That one was sure. He didn't even want to say anything. Only thing he could do was to look horrified under Bogo's gaze, knowing that he was going to blast on him any moment now. Instead of saying anything, he just stared back, almost like waiting for him to say something in his defense. Anything. After unbearable silent minute, Bogo finally spoke.

"Wilde, there is no actual proof on the paper about your earned numbers or cons. So you are not going in jail,

nor will you go in court. I don't have enough evidence. Well I actually do, but it would take its own time with the court to make decisions based on these. Still, it could be done."

Bogo said and tapped a small brown file on his desk.

Nick was quiet for a moment and swallowed.

"W-what's this about then? Why bring these up?" He ask'd with a bit scared tone.

"1,4 million." Bogo stated.

"... What?" Nick asked in confusion.

"By officer Hopps's words, you have made two hundred dollars every single day since you were twelve-"

"I was bragging!" Nick shot quickly in his defense, feeling like he was dancing on hot coals right now.

"... Uh huh. Convenient. Hopps told me the process of your Popsicle manufacturing step by step.

Quite clever, that I can give. But we both know that that isn't the only crime you have been part of."

"Chief I-"

"Selling stolen furniture. Cheating in illegal high stake poker games. Selling old cars as brand new.

Not to mention your associates in crime. These are just couple of things among many other crimes you have been part of.

I check the backgrounds of my new officers. Now it goes without saying, even if I don't have anything on your criminal record, we both know that this is not made up."

"I am screwed aren't I?" Nick muttered with sad tone.

"... I'm not sure." Bogo said casually.

"How... How did you end up knowing all this? Who have you been talking to learn all this-" Then he realized and went quiet. Bogo started to speak.

My sources tell me-"

"By sources you mean Gerald Corleone, aka mister Big." Nick blurted out.

"..." Bogo went quiet at that moment and now it was his turn to look a bit surprised. He continued after a while.

"Yes, that is correct, Wilde." He admitted and sighed.

"So it's not okay for me to have history like this, but you have right to call yourself a law abiding chief of ZPD, but you have conversations in the phone with most known criminal boss in Zootopia?"

Nick shot back, because he felt like he was being cornered,

and he didn't like the ending that this conversation was going to get. He might as well blast on him while he still could.

Bogo stood up from his seat and leaned on his desk.

"Officer Wilde, sit down. Right now." He ordered, making Nick almost wince from his tone. He knew that angering him at this point was only going to make it worse. He gave a little hesitant look as he took a seat and sighed.

"Well.. I did manage to stay here two weeks..." He muttered.

"Wilde." Bogo said.

"Great achievement. Hopps will be proud. And I knew you are more than happy to know all this, aren't you?" Wilde said with snarky tone.

"WILDE." He ordered once more.

"I... Let's just get this over with. You know what? You win Bogo." The fox said and placed his paw on his golden badge. Bogo raised his eyebrow to this sudden act and spoke.

"Officer Wilde, what do you think you are doing?"

"It's pretty obvious, isn't it?" He ask'd in frustration but suddenly he felt Bogo's arm place itself on his shoulder.

He slowly stopped ripping off his badge and ended up staring at the buffalo in the eyes as he spoke gently.

"Officer Nicholas Wilde, I am not firing you. That is not what this conversation is leading to, if you so seem to fear. You are a good cop.

Very promising one, just like the others. Do you drive me fucking insane? Yes. Do you annoy me? Check. Are you only rebel under my roof who calls me uncle? You are. But I am not going to deny something. We need you Wilde. I am sorry if you got some kind of picture that I would ask'd for you to resign.

That is not the case. Now, we are going to talk like grown civilized mammals from one to another. Relax. And about me enjoying this? A little yes. But hope the day I would have to ask for your badge would never come. It is never pleasant."

Bogo ordered in caring and almost fatherly tone,

leaning back against his chair and looking at the fox with calming look. Nick was quite stunned for this sudden statement and turn in his attitude,

feeling a bit awkward as he was adjusting his badge back to his chest. He didn't know if Bogo was playing around as revenge or something, but he sounded and seemed very genuine just know. Bogo continued where he left off.

"Now, back to mister Big. Yes, I have dealings with Corleone all the time, because it works. He might be the king of the criminal activity, but he keeps it civil.

Well... As civil as mafia can be. If you told me years ago that I would be dining in the house of Mister Big, I would have never believed it.

But when Hopps introduced me to him personally, it took me while understand what kind of mammal I was actually dealing with all these years. He can be...

Very professional and honorable, for a mobster legend. We talked and we ended up in agreement. As long as his activity would not hurt mammals,

destroy life's, breed corruption... We would have so called truce, between his organization and the ZPD department. Some kind at least." Bogo finished.

"... Bogo, you know that it's not gonna last forever." Nick spoke quietly after moment of silence.

"... No, it won't. It will last for many years if we are lucky. But for now, it has helped our department more than I'd like to give credit for. Times and things change.

The crime rate and violence in Zootopia has been incredibly minimal since we had our agreement.

No murders, chaos, or high criminal activity in general. The mammals that are responsible for those,

fear Big just as much as they fear the ZPD. Our system works. Well.. Of course our famous rabbit officer might take most credit for that, wouldn't you agree?" Bogo said and gave a small smile.

Nick processed all of this for a while and then spoke with careful tone.

"About my... Criminal activities... You know that I have left all those behind? Right? I am not doing hustles anymore."

"I don't have any need to doubt otherwise. You spend lot of time with Hopps. I'm pretty sure that she would have beaten you up about by now if you did continue your con's behind ZPD's back. Just a guess." Bogo chuckled and placed his arms in akimbo as he leaned back in his chair.

"Well... That is true." Nick said and gave a small smile.

"So that is what I am going to let slide. You have already proven that you are loyal to the ZPD and eager to earn your name as a cop. Besides, I have no solid proof.

So that is the weight I'm going to take off your shoulders. But I do have to admit, you are first officer in the force with criminal background. Everyone knows it, since you seem'd to be quite open about it in your welcoming party at Blue Lagoon."

"Oh.. Someone told about it huh?" Nick asked in surprise. But what was he expecting? Of course someone had told Bogo about it. It was their job to inform it in. Even if they didn't know that he already knew.

"It must have been comforting that they didn't judge you for it either." Bogo said.

"Yeah... Well they did bet on it. Me being an ex criminal I mean."

"I know. I got my share of the bet too." He chuckled.

Nick's jaw dropped a bit and he spoke.

"Wait. WHAT?!"

"I might had cheated since I earned the information about your background lot earlier than the others,

so it was easy money. I earned the biggest pot by starting the whole bet in the first place. It was my idea. Got the clean and brand new tires in my car now." Bogo chuckled.

Nick look'd completely stunned in disbelief for a moment but his face soon lighted up into wide grin.

"No freaking way wha- Noooo... You are one clever and wicked uncle! That is dirty and genius! You hustled all of them!" Nick said with most impressed and amused tone ever.

This was something that he could have never expected from the buffalo. Chief just gave a little grin and spoke.

"I knew you wouldn't judge. But there is still the last thing we have to talk about." Bogo said and cleared his throat after leaning back to his desk.

"Okay?" Nick ask'd with a small smile, feeling a bit better that his fate didn't seem as bad as he imagined. He was feeling like he was a witness of whole new Chief Bogo for a moment.

"The money you earned during those years." He stated bluntly. Nick's smile fell slowly as Bogo continued.

"It might had not been the exact number that Hopps gave to me, but it definitely was something to raise attention to.

You are twenty-eight year old mammal, that lives in medium sized apartment two blocks from the ZPD. You don't own a car, you don't own any other property. You don't have investment on businesses, not you have any bank accounts either. You haven't spent anything on big material things, and you live like casual mammal with casual job. I assume that leaves me with only the most assumable conclusion." He stated sternly.

Nick could only swallow and try to hold his poker face as best as he could. He was on deep waters now. Bogo knew. He knew that he had his earnings as cash, probably hidden somewhere it wouldn't be easily found. Just like it was. He actually had made ALMOST the same amount Judy had counted when she arrested him, but he only had about one million in his savings. And location of all that... He would never tell to Bogo. Or anyone he didn't trust. And the thing is... After all these years... He didn't know what to do with the money.

It was more than he could imagine spending.

"Officer Wilde, you have seen your yearly wage at the force haven't you?" Bogo ask'd.

"... Yes."

"It's a lot isn't it?"

"It is." Nick agreed genuinely.

"You add couple of years of that to whatever you have saved so far... It would make you probably most wealthy mammal in this department. Easily. If I can assume right."

"... Where are you getting at with this?" Nick ask'd with tensed up tone.

Bogo just sighed and spoke.

"Look, It's not actually my business. We both know that you are not going to hand over all that money. I am not asking you to, no matter if the money is all illegal. I should. If we are really honest, I should take you out of the force just because of even suspecting such things. And you basically just told me right now that you have it all somewhere."

"Bogo I... I didn't actually say that-"

"Wilde. I am not going to extort you, interrogate you, ask you for your badge, or tell Hopps about your money. It is your life. Besides what would be the point? Nothing. It doesn't bother anyone's life. Hell, considering that you are not a bad mammal, I don't think that you have any grand evil plan to use that money for. So I think we are okay." He assured with friendly smile.

Nick just stuttered and had hard time believing that he didn't actually want to use this to his advantage. Even after the way he made fun of him all the time.

"So no more digging about that, even if that is what would be expected from me. But I won't. It would be a waste of time, resources, interrogations, and most of all..

It would sour the relationship you have with the ZPD so far. Probably to the point where you would hate me forever. That is not what I want. So between me and you, let's forget about that we even discussed this particular subject. Let it stay between us. Understood?" Bogo ask'd with fatherly tone and Nick gave more than eager nod to that suggestion.

"Now, I have to admit something that I should probably tell. When you told that Roy Briggs offered you half a million for working as undercover and a dirty cop in our department, I didn't think that you refused his offer out of honor... I think... Well I'm just going to say it. I thought you refused it because it wasn't ENOUGH money. Considering what you already had, I thought that you wanted to see if they offer more. Even back then I doubted your full dedication to being a police. After everything Hopps had told me about you and your sincerity of wanting to be a real police officer."

Bogo slowly took off from his chair and started slowly walking around it. Nick didn't say anything as he just listened.

Bogo continued.

"But you have been making those lingering doubts go away, day after day. The moment you told that Hopps life was threatened, and you were ready to shut down the whole operation in fear that something would happen to her, I felt like a fool. For ever doubting your sincerity and dedication I mean. I just wanted to say this genuinely. I had my doubts of you since day one. Because you were a fox. I am not going to go around it. It's shameful to admit but that is ONE of the many reasons."

Nick only listened all of this on his chair, not knowing what to think about all this. It did hurt, but at least he was apologizing for having these doubts. Not many mammals would do the same or even admit about thinking these things. Bogo suddenly walk'd over next to the fox and spoke with almost proud look in his eyes.

"I was wrong. Just like I was when I asked Judy for her badge all those months ago. I have learned that admitting your mistakes is path of making yourself a better mammal. We learn from these situations. She trusts you. And after seeing what you have done for this department in such a short time,

just like her, I owe an apology. I know that you will make yourself something great under this department, and I know that you will make ZPD proud. You have it in you."

Bogo said and handed over his hoof, as gesture of paw shake to the amazed looking fox, who for the first time gave genuine smile to his boss without hint of teasing or sarcasm. Nick slowly stood up from his seat and gave his paw, shaking it to the smiling buffalo. Bogo let go after a while and sighed.

"Now, since we have been blabbering about this for good twenty minutes already, I think it's suitable for you to go and get yourself ready and talk with the team. I have been taking enough of your time." Bogo said.

Nick suddenly smirked and spoke.

"Well... Since I've been a good boy after all, can you consider my award about the request of having two tranquli-"

"And here you just had to go and ruin it." Bogo sighed and rolled his eyes.

Nick just chuckled and started to make his way to the door with his paws in the air.

"Okay, okay, going..."

Just as he opened the door and was about to step out of his office, he turned around slowly and spoke.

"Hey uncle Bogo..."

"Hmmm?" Bogo grunted, but gave amused smile since he had already gotten used to his nickname that fox had invented for him.

Now fox tried his best to not sound emotional, as he gave hopeful look at the buffalo and spoke with genuine happiness, after this huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders.

"... Thank you." He said warmly.

Bogo look'd a bit surprised and gave a warm smile back to the fox.

"You are welcome Wilde. Off you go." Buffalo said.

Nick only gave a small nod and closed the door behind him.

Bogo could hear the fox whistle happily as he strolled on the hallway,

and the room was quiet once again. Bogo walk'd back to his chair and sat down,

letting a long exhale as he leaned back on his chair. He then straightened his posture and took out the brown file to his hoof's, that had been laying on the desk all this time.

"CRIMINAL BACKGROUND NOTES: NICHOLAS PIBERIUS WILDE"

He opened the lid of his paper shredder and slowly placed the brown file into the machine, putting it on greenlight. Bogo just placed his legs on the table with satisfied smile as the machine completely destroyed the file next to him, destroying everything mister Big had told Bogo.

That information was no longer in need of existence.

ZPD HALL _

The fox started whistling happily as the elevator doors to the main level opened. He ended up staring at the familiar bunch of mammals,

chattering just about three meters away from his location.

"There he is!" Oliver said, making everyone turn around. Judy gave a concerned look at him right away,

since he knew that Bogo would be only reason for him to leave behind. All they had done was wait for him to arrive for twenty minutes. But there was no hint of sadness or worry on Nick's face. He look'd more happy than ever, whistling happily like had just won a lottery or something.

"I knew that chief was going give piece of his mind to foxtrot." Coonway added with grin from the side, but Nick just shook his head.

"Naaaah, you know that he's growing on me. We just had a little chat, that's all."

"Yeah right, I bet he killed the real Wilde and put robot back on the field." Oliver snorted, making everyone look at him with playful doubt.

"Seems very real to me." Luke muttered as he inspected the fox by circling around him.

"Yeah. There has to be the main switch somewhere, it's just realistic copy." Hailie giggled.

Nick started to speak with monotonic voice, walking forward like he was an actual robot.

"Malfunction, walk. Task. Gaze your surroundings." Nick turned his gaze to smiling Judy and grinned.

"Target identified: Cute bunny."

Judy snorted and spoke with a grin.

"I think I have to make few adjustments to this prototype. It has very bad manners." Judy laughed.

"I still can't understand how you let him get away with that word." Oliver chuckled and Judy sighed.

"Because he's hopeless. I'm just waiting for the day that he runs into some crowd of bunnies that are not so into his jokes. And he is going to look lot more trashed than now."

"I can imagine." Hailie admitted, giving a bit scolding look to the grinning fox.

"Till that day comes, I shall play with fire as much as I can.

Our fearless leader would only need to show up to the ambush operation with her pink hoodie and her jean shorts. You guys should see-"

"Nicholas." Judy ordered with awkward yelp, her face turning a bit red. But Hailie spoke right away in disbelief.

"Wait... You mean Gazelle's hot summer edition outfit?

The one she wore in the video of-

"Sunshine bay!" Judy and Hailie spoke at the same time and the snow leopard almost squealed.

"Oh my goodness, I've been thinking about buying the same ones myself, do they have it yellow?!"

"Yes, they actually have, and they come with this necklace-"

The two females started to talk excitedly, completely forgetting the mammals around them. Oliver, Rasheed, Luke and Nick ended up staring at the two female officers with amused look.

"Look at them go." Luke grinned.

"Females and their obsession to fashion." Rasheed shook his head.

"Seriously, all she wants to do is to fill my closet with clothes that allegedly would look better on me." Nick chuckled.

"I think that she would look good in jean shorts..." Oliver muttered as he gazed at Hailie from the side with dreamy look.

All of the three slowly turned their gazes at the wolf, and it took five seconds to realize he was being stared by the row of mischievously grinning mammals.

"What? I'm just saying!?" The wolf spoke in defensive tone.

"She would look good in jean shorts..." Nick repeated teasingly.

"Whatever dude." Oliver muttered with embarrassed look and gazed away.

"Oliver, you have been having eyes on her for kinda long time." Luke added with whisper.

"Yeah he's like little sister for me and Luke, you be careful now Howlton." Coonway added with grin.

"I, I just.." Oliver muttered in embarrassment under red raccoons scolding gaze.

"If you ever want to know things she likes, you just talk to us." Luke whispered.

"R- really?" Oliver asked in sudden interest.

"Yeah dude. But if you treat her wrong, we will smack the hell out of you." Coonway said and made a little playful punching motion with his paw.

"She's right there you know?!" Oliver hissed in panic as the two females gazed at them quickly with puzzled look.

The four male mammals just cleared their throats loudly, acting like nothing interesting were talked about just now.

Judy and Hailie gave a little grin and started to speak with each other again.

"Hey guys I have something much more interesting for us. Guess what?" Coonway asked with wicked smile.

"What?" All the other three mammals ask'd.

"Armory. I am going to need some paw's for help.

Let's grab coffees while we are on it."

All of the four mammals stormed towards the weapon range area like excited kits, and just when Judy was about to ask their opinion about something, she ended up starting the row of tails that disappeared behind the corner of western hall.

"Oh. Where did the guys go off to?" Hailie ask'd from the bunny.

"Playing with their toys I imagine. We better follow them and see that they don't break anything.

Four male kits and room full of gadgets and weapons equals... Well. Chaos." She sighed and grinned.

"Yeeeaahh, we better catch up. Hey by the way... What did Nick say when he saw the summer trend on you?

Did he compliment your clothes?" Hailie asked happily.

"I... Yeah.. He uumm.. Yeah he like'd them..." Judy muttered and tried to hide her blush as the image of Nick staring at him with that charming look of his lingered in her mind.

"Do you think that... Well... Do you think that Oliver would like... Those?" She ask'd almost as mumble.

"Are you going to show them to Oliver?" Judy asked with surprised smile.

"He... He just... I kinda want to see.. What he thinks..." Hailie spoke so quietly that Judy didn't almost hear.

"Hailie, what's going on?" Judy ask'd with happy smile.

"He... I've been thinking about.. Asking him out..." She said quietly with blush.

"... About time." She giggled.

"W-what?" Hailie asked in confusion.

"Hailie, he's crazy about you." She said and rubbed Hailie's paw.

"R-really?" She asked in disbelief but you could see that she was more than happy that Judy thought so.

"Nick did ask Oliver about liking you. In the Lagoon. He was avoiding the question quite a lot and waving it off. Telling that we were just imagining things and when Nick asked what does he think about your looks, he said that he is going to get another drink.

That is how I know. When we really like someone, we pretend its nothing. Especially under pressure."

"That... Doesn't apply to everyone Judy." Hailie noted but was still smiling.

"I am pretty sure it applies to Oliver in this case."

"I don't know... I.. I'll just wait for him to ask."

"These things take time. I'm sure he will ask you himself sooner or later. Besides, he's looking at you with dreamy smile all the time when you are not looking back." She giggled.

"I-i... I-is he?" She started to mumble awkwardly and look'd at her feet.

She smiled happily for a while and then turned her gaze to Judy.

"You know... That's odd." She said genuinely.

"What is?" She laughed.

"Wilde does that to you all the time." She admitted with smile,

but on the other paw, Nick was a daydreamer.

As Hailie was walking forward, Judy stopped on that spot and a wide smile came to her face as she started muttering.

"Nick you... Romantic sly fox..."

"Is everything okay Judy?" Hailie ask'd and stopped to look back at her friend.

"OH! Yeah everything's okay, let's hurry." She said and the two started to reach the area where Nick and others were.

YESTERDAY EVENING/ NICK'S APARTMENT _

"Okay, I got the cloth's and the antiseptic right here." Judy said happily as she finally came out of the bathroom,

carrying a roll of wool in her paw and white bottle in the other.

"I promise to be the best patient you've ever had." Nick grinned with smile that screamed quite a lot against his statement,

hungry spark in his eye as the bunny was slowly coming closer. Judy only smiled back and stopped two feet away from Nick,

just out of his reach.

"You better behave now. I am going to come on that couch now, and you are going to scoot over. Back against the wall and paws where I can see them. No surprise attacks or pinning me down." She ordered playfully.

"This sounds like an arrest officer..." Nick purred and didn't move muscle, but was ready to leap on his prey like a hunting predator, the moment she would climb on this couch. He gave a little swish of his tail as he was lying on stomach on all fours, just waiting for the right moment. His high and love hungry mood was not going away anytime soon.

He was also feeling a bit sleepy. He had a rough day behind him, and laying on the incredibly soft couch filled with pillows didn't help. But he was not going to sleep without snuggling with his bunny as long as possible.

Judy just gave a loving smile and spoke to the playful fox who was planning clearly something very naughty.

"Nick... I know you want to cuddle. I want to continue where we left off too...

But please just... Just let me take care of your nose and take a look at your eye.

Please Nick? I want you to stay steady and behave like a good fox now... Okay? Promise?" Judy pleaded genuinely. She just really wanted to make sure that he was going to heal as fast as possible.

The fox stopped swishing his tail like hunter and stared back at the bunny who was wondering if it was safe to hop aboard on his large pillow castle. He gave a bit defeated smile back and scooted over slowly, until he was leaning his back against one large pillow.

"Okay carrots. No tricks. I will give you one minute. That is the best I can do." He said with devilish grin and Judy just stared back at the shirtless fox carefully.

"Two minutes. I have to make sure that wound is properly cleaned."

"MMMmmmmm, you are asking a lot. Every second is killing me." He muttered.

"... How about this slick? If you give me the full two minutes, I will let you do something you might like... Something new." She mumbled first with smug attitude, but after realizing what she was going to let him do, she felt a bit blush creep on her cheeks and her ears started running hot. But she was not scared of something even more intimate. And he look'd more than willing to get a bit pawsy.

Nick raised an eyebrow to the odd behavior but felt very intrigued.

"Now you have picked my interest fluff... Okay, I'm game. You have free paws.

I'm at your mercy." He said and raised his paws in the air.

"So dramatic." Judy giggled as she took another careful step. She knew that Nick was not going to snuggle attack her, now that he had a prize for his patient waiting.

"Just come over here you cute bunny.

I'll promise to behave." He said and wiggled his eyebrows.

Judy giggled a bit and started to climb to the couch on all fours with the first aid supplies in her paws.

She crawled slowly towards the fox who was carefully just observing her with mischievous smile, and despite he made a promise, the need to just feel her fur and kiss her felt like it was killing him every second.

Those playful lavender eyes just observing him cautiously, wondering if the fox was able to restrain his urges.

Judy finally arrived next to the sitting fox and sat in yoga pose, facing him and starting to unwrap the piece of white cloth and put the bottle on her right side.

"Okay. Let me just unwrap this and-"

"Hurryyy..." Nick hummed warmly as he was gazing at his bunny with hungry look.

Judy just laughed and opened up the bottle.

She started to pour small sips on the cloth, making it wet enough from the center spot.

The bunny then started to tie it into a smaller piece, until it was about same size as her paw.

She closed the lid of the antiseptic bottle and laid it on the couch,

making Nick follow her every move slowly with interest in his painkiller state.

Everything felt so cloudy and soft right now. A bit brighter. He really should had checked the description of that painkiller bottle. Well, it's good that she's okay with it. And at least this won't sting as much as it should, the fox thought as the bunny climbed on her feet from her yoga pose and spoke with half lidded eyes.

"Now, I'm going to slowly tap this against your nose. There is still some blood on it.

So just hold still and try to endure it, okay?" She told calmly to the hazily smiling red fox.

"Okay... Hey umm... I'm just going to ask this since it's been on my mind for a while now..."

"Ask away handsome." Judy said with flirty tone as she walk'd an only inches away from Nick,

feeling the heat radiate from his body and his fur smelling heavily from sweat. But it didn't bother her. It actually turned her on a bit, since the scent was so masculine and comforting.

"Are you sure that it's okay for me to be shirtless like this?

I mean... You said moments ago that you didn't care but... If you are just enduring this to please me, you don't have to. I can take a shower and put on something if you want. I mean weeks ago you didn't seem to like-"

"That was different Nick... I just... You know how I felt back then.

Same as you. I was scared of freaking you out.. I... Really like when you don't have your shirt on. Please don't put on your shirt. Please?" She asked with furious blush but didn't avoid his gaze.

"...IIiis that sooo?" Nick asked in surprise.

"It... Can I be honest?" She mumbled but now it was hard to look at him as he was clearly enjoying this reveal way too much.

"Of course. Hey, don't be embarrassed about telling anything to me.

I won't laugh. But teasing is always allowed." Nick said with grin.

"O-okay.." She mumbled. To Nick she was so unbearably cute that he just wanted to hug her and feel her soft fur run against his muzzle again.

"I... I kinda like how... You know... How good shape you are in... I mean it was just six months but... Still, ..

It's just... Nice to look at. Because... It makes you look so...

Umm... Strong male... I mean really... It's just...

I mean you look'd good before too... But.. I'm just saying that..

Working out looks.. Really.. Good on you.. And..." She mumbled awkwardly and her voice disappeared as she faced the largest grin ever on the fox's face.

"Niiiick, stop looking at me like that!" She scolded in embarrassment as the fox just purred.

"Judy Hopps, are you saying that you are embarrassed of having a stereotypical teenager attraction to lean and shirtless males, like the one that is-"

"Shut uuupp..." Judy mumbled in annoyance but couldn't hold a smile.

"Are you saying that I look hot?"

"... What if I am?" Judy mumbled awkwardly from behind her paws. Nick's grin just grew as he hummed.

"Well, I mostly have that slaver polar bear to thank for that.

She knew that I was going to be your partner, so she made sure that I did extra push ups in the line. It was torture. The things she can make you do in six months. But if you like what you see, then it's not all waste after all."

"... No it isn't." Judy agreed quietly and gave a small giggle as she was running his stomach with her paw, feeling his thick fur run through her fingers. Nick just look'd at the blushing bunny with smile as she kept adventuring his fur again.

"Your paws are going to get sweaty."

"Whatever..." Judy giggled.

"Hey by the way, think of the image. You introduce me to your parents and when they ask you about what do you see in me, and you just start ripping off my shirt-"

"NICK!" Judy laughed and felt her ears run hot as she attacked the fox.

"Heeeelp, I'm injured already!" Nick laughed playful as he was trying his best to block her tickle attack.

"You are going to pay for that one!" She yelled.

"Nononon carrots I ahhahaha, STOP! I can't fight back, my body feels like a feather and AHAAHaah THAT TICKLES MERCY!" The fox laughed in desperation as the bunny was ravaging him with her assault.

"You promised to behave!" She scolded with smug grin.

"Okay, okay, I beg, TIME OUT!" He laughed as the bunny hopped off from him.

"Bad fox. Just let me handle that wound...: She ordered and the fox took time collect himself.

He still chuckled and held his stomach a bit as she was hassling for him to sit straight.

"Pheeef, okay... I'll behave now. Just clean it. I can barely wait for my surprise." He said and swished his tail in excitement.

"... Okay. Stay still now."

She approached the fox and slowly placed her other paw against his cheek.

Once she did that, he earned satisfied exhale from the fox who closed his eyes for a moment.

At that moment Judy just gave a loving smile as she rubbed his cheek a bit and whispered.

"I'll try to be careful."

Nick just gave a small nod with his eyes tightly closed and waited for the incoming pain.

She slowly started to rub the cloth against the claw wound on his nose, earning just a small twitch from the fox's ears, as they pointed back a bit. She only used light pressure with her paws and started to rub the cloth back and forward.

"Hurts?" She asked carefully from the fox who just suddenly exhaled and peek'd with his eyes.

".. No." He said almost in surprise.

Judy gave relieved smile and spoke.

"That is what three painkillers will do to you slick..." Judy chuckled and started to tap on his nose carefully as she kept giving soft caressing with her other paw to his cheek.

"I feel these pills want to make me sleep." He slurred.

"Don't go to sleep just yet Nick." She ordered with playful voice.

"I won't. I want to see the surprise."

The fox just observed her as she kept doing her thing, occasionally giving a small check on his fur before tapping it again.

She was so beautiful... At this moment as he kept looking at her, he just felt like nothing else mattered. He finally had her.

Here she was, with him. He had given up about the idea of romance and love for so long time in his life, and all of that happening to him like this, still felt so undeserved. There wasn't a thing he would change about her. What chances are there to find a mammal like that in your life? And there she was, healing his wounds with affectionate touch, giving him no worries in the world. She was probably soon done with her fixing operation. Just a couple of more seconds before I get to kiss most beautiful mammal in my life. Please be done already...

"That wasn't so bad now was it? Well done. And about that eye, well..

It isn't swollen anymore, so that's a good sign. Try not to touch it unless you use the ice bag.

Let me just take these back to bathroom-"

"Two minutes fluff." He said happily.

"Huh?"

"Two minutes have passed. I think there was something about a reward... I do love surprises..." He said excitedly and then Judy remembered her promise.

Her face blushed a bit and she look'd away for a moment.

"Okay..." She whispered with flirting tone and started to slowly approach the grinning fox.

"Let me start off like this..." She said and pushed Nick to lay on his back. Nick just gave puzzled smile after she did that and chuckled.

"Usually it's other way around."

"But won't be now..." She said with flirting voice and leaned on his chest and stared at the grinning fox with her face only inch away from his. She could feel the air run hungrily through his nose.

She knew that he was going to like what was about to happen next. Most likely.

"Okay, I like this so far..." He hummed.

Judy gave a small giggle as she was brushing his chest with her paw.

"Now next up we are going to kiss.. But let see what you think about getting a little.. Pawsy..."

"Is this involving your tail again?" Nick asked with hopeful grin.

"..." Judy just gave small grin back and grabbed his paws. Nick slowly just observed as she started guiding his paw behind her, probably to play with her tail again. Suddenly Nick's ears and eyes shot open as Judy was moving the paws lower.

He ended up having his paws lightly against her jean shorts, making her tail wiggle happily. Judy just observed the fox with flirty expression as he was trying to find his voice. Most bluntly said, he had his paws on her butt. He was barely even grabbing it but then Judy leaned in next to him and whispered into his ear.

"I know that you want to. You are poor at hiding it... What's the matter? Bunny got your tongue?" She teased and gave a little lick at the edge of his ear, sending shivers through his fur.

Nick just look'd back with stunned look, still wondering if she was just playing around.

"Are you going to deny that you haven't been gazing at my butt from time to time basically ever since we came friends? I thought that it was my imagination, but I know it. Even Clawhouser told me that you do it all the time." She said with grin and now it was Nick's turn to look a bit flustered about the situation.

"MMMMmyyyeaahhhIIIumm nooo.." He tried to make up his mind and felt like a pervert, figuring out what to say. Judy just observed him and waited a solid answer.

"Okay, I MIGHT have, but that's just something all the males-"

"Shhhhh..." Judy calmed him down and suddenly leaned in to kiss him softly on his muzzle, making him look a bit surprised at first. After a while he closed his eyes and answered back to the kiss with satisfied smile forming on his muzzle as he started fighting against Judy's small soft tongue. He now put his paws back to where Judy wanted to, and gave a light careful squeeze on her curvy rump. At that moment Judy's ears perked up for a moment but she had no intention to stop him as Nick started to kiss back more hungrily, as he was starting to let his paws run on her butt, giving it almost greedy squeezes after a while. So freaking soft and thick. Even trough jeans he could feel it, and right now, all he had to fight was against the growing pressure in his underwear. Glad that she was so focused on kissing that she wasn't going to notice if that happened. Nick chuckled a bit broke their kiss to lick her neck, earning a small whimper escape her mouth as he gave strong squeeze for his rump. Judy could only close her eyes and enjoy him getting a bit too excited now that she had given him permission. She was enjoying this just as much as he did. To the point where she felt the primal urge wake inside her as the devilish tingle came roaring again. She wanted more. Nick kept giving small nibbles at her soft neck fur hungrily in his drunk love state, feeling his mind buzz from the sexual hunger that was also creeping to his mind every second. After a moment Judy wasn't going to take this anymore. She whimpered next to Nick's ear with high pitched voice.

"N-Nick..." She pleaded.

"Yeah?" Nick ask'd carefully after stopping for a moment and looking at her in the eyes. Judy gave a small lick on his muzzle and whispered.

"Nick... Do you want to... Try what you are doing now... On my ... Bare fur?" She ask'd with furious blush with primal love hungry tone in her voice.

Nick knew that the game was over.

For his pants and his mind. He could only stare with wide eyes as the excited and blushing bunny was drumming her tail furiously as she was waiting for him to answer anything at all.

PRESENT _

"Look at this thing guys, ZAP-50 with twelve X chrome scope,

fresh out of the ZPD. It has loading time of ten seconds for full blast and the shock travels faster than any weapon in ZPD. Will knock you out for good two hours at max."

Coonway explained like he was talking about love of his life,

having all three excited male mammals around him and observing the gun in his paws.

"Can I try holding that thing?" Oliver ask'd.

"Do try." Coonway said with grin and handed the large gray colored gun to the wolf.

Oliver adjusted it against his shoulder and gazed through the long scope.

"This thing weighs a ton!" He yelped.

"I know. And it's going to weigh more after my adjustments."

Oliver chuckled and handed the gun over to Nick who look'd at it in awe in his paws.

"I have seen what you can do with this thing hotshot.

Needless to say, that takes more worry out my head than you know. Just try not to hit us with this thing." He grinned as he handed the gun over to Luke.

"Cooool." The lynx muttered as he was handling the gun in his paws.

"What are you going to add to it? Isn't it big enough already?" Oliver asked in wonder.

"Nah. It needs a laser sight, scope adjustments, chrome metallic bipod, silencer... List goes on. We still have couple of minutes. You guys wanna help with the parts?"

Coonway ask'd them and nodded his head towards the room that had sign. "GADGETS AND WEAPONS"

"Hell yeah." Nick said with grin and everyone started to walk towards the room like excited kits.

About five minutes pass'd in the locker room. Nick entered back to the shooting range hall with all the others behind him, chattering in excitement about the upcoming operations.

"I am freaking glad that we have code names. This is going to be awesome." Luke said as he was gazing at the proud raccoon with his gun.

"I still wish Nick would work with mines." Oliver muttered in frustration.

"I'm working on it!" Nick assured and tapped the wolf on the back.

"I think Howler is cool." Coonway added as he was still observing the details of his large weapon.

ZAPH!

BZTZ!

The males suddenly stopped after they heard shots of tranquilizers echo in the open hall.

They saw that Hailie and Judy were on the shooting range and blasting at the targets that moved on the wall. They had both scored pretty well.

The bunch gave amused grins at each other before approaching the two females.

"I think I am doing something wrong."

"You have to inhale and exhale quickly before the shot." Judy explained to the snow leopard.

"Oh... Okay."

"How many times have you used tranquilizer since you joined the force?" Judy questioned.

"Ummm... I have been mostly on quiet patrols but every big operation I had part of didn't need use of tranquilizer.

I haven't actually used it during these three months. That's why I'm kinda nervous about this night..."

"Don't be. We got this. Besides,

look how much backup we have." She grinned as she gazed at the arriving mammals.

"Sheesh Rasheed, are you going to shoot down a train?!

These are mammals that we are going to shoot, not buildings..." Hailie ask'd in a bit of stunned look as the raccoon grinned back smugly and leaned against the gun.

"There might be large mammals. I don't intend to let foxtrot suffer the same fate twice because I didn't have enough power in my gun." Coonway added smugly as he was adjusting the scope again.

"My hero." Nick added with grin.

"Are you trying to make Oliver jealous Nick?" Judy ask'd with grin.

"Shut up." Oliver and Nick both said bluntly. This joke was wearing out fast.

"I just hope that everything is going well as possible tonight.

We have element of surprise but it won't last forever." Luke added.

"That is true... But the plan is solid and we have something that they don't."

"What's that?" Nick ask'd with grin from the bunny who suddenly look'd at the crowd of mammals with proud look.

"The most capable team that ZPD will ever witness."

"..." Everyone went quiet for a while and then gave a proud smile to each other.

"Damn. She has a point." Oliver stated, earning a proud nod from everyone.

"She always does." Nick grinned and gave a small wink to the bunny.

Judy winked back and spoke to everyone.

"So let's show them what ZPD is made of.

And we do it together. Are you guys ready to make Zootopia proud?!" She hyped and at that moment everyone cheered for that statement, making the hall roar from the voice of ambition.

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Chapter 24: ZPD's Finest

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NICK'S APARTMENT FLASHBACK CONTINUATION _

The fox still just kept staring at the mischievously smiling bunny who stared back at him with half lidded eyes, her tail wiggling from excitement as she was waiting him to be more than eager for her to unbutton her pants. Nick had hard time to find words right now but that was mostly because he just wondered if he had heard right. Maybe it was the pills talking. Or maybe this was one of his pleasant dreams that ended up waking him up in the middle of the night and cold himself for having those thoughts for her. She was bluffing.

Because he had hard time believing that the innocent and shy bunny girl from the farm that was always so easily teased and bothered but naughty flirting, ended up asking him to experience some intimate touch more than willingly. This was something Nick had just fantasized about in his wildest dreams... Among other things,

but now that it was happening so suddenly, it was confusing to witness.

After a while Judy started to giggle because of the stunned look on fox's face that had been gone for many seconds now.

He look'd like she had asked the hardest question ever.

"What? Where is that over confident slick fox now? Earth calls him." She giggled.

"I... Uhm I just... Whiskers, are you trying to hustle me here?

Because if you are, you are busted." He said with a bit unsure grin on his muzzle.

Judy just stared back at him and put her hands in akimbo.

"What makes you think that?"

"Because you are... Well... You." He just chuckled.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Judy raised an eyebrow with amused smile.

"... I just have hard time wrapping my head around the fact that the same shy meter maid that I hustled to pay a fifteen dollar Popsicle for me, who practically found me the most jerk guy ever, just ask'd for me to get frisky on her." He laughed.

"I am not shy!" Judy yelled back with laugh.

"Yes you are carrots, and I know this is a hustle.

Not working. Almost bought it for a moment.

You sly little bunny, you are just trying to-"

Judy had enough of his attitude right 's see what he thinks about this. She was just getting more excited because of his resisting. It was her time to show that she wanted him.

The doe slowly brought her paw to the zipper of her hoodie and gave a confident smirk to the fox, as she slowly started to bring the zipper down. Very slowly.

Nick's talking stopped right at that moment, his laughter fading away as his eyes glued into her movement. His eyes widened from the sight that he was soon about to witness, and this time it wasn't a hustle. Or it was just clever one and he had not figured out yet. He could only try to not swallow loudly as Judy's paw was already halfway down of her pink gazelle hoodie, revealing her snow white fur from the center. And there was no string to be seen... She wasn't wearing a bra. Nothing at all. The hoodie still blocked her breasts but only barely, and soon it would be all over for him.

The way she was looking at him the whole time made his pants react even his sleepy and drugged state, as her wiggling tail tickled his lower stomach fur at the same time.

Just when Judy was about to reach the end, Nick suddenly understood the horrible fact. He was falling asleep. WHY NOW?!

He was not ready. Not in his current state. It wasn't that he didn't want Judy like this,

heavens sake it took all the willpower he had not to gently slide the hoodie completely off from her shoulders and reveal the beauty from the under and see if it met with his wildest dreams.

But he didn't want to let her down like this. The painkillers effect and the physical marathon was taking its toll now. He felt that the drugs wanted him to sleep and at these nearby minutes and giving him a battle of keeping his eyes open. Besides, he had felt so hazy about the whole evening till now, that he feared that he might forget anything they would do, if they would.

And that is what he didn't want. If they would go down this road, and do anything like this with each other... He wanted to remember every single detail. All of it. Every touch and second. But his mind and body wasn't ready for this.

He hated himself for getting himself beaten up and drugged the way he did. If all that could have been avoided, he would be ready for this now, as sudden as it was. More than ready. This was like the wildest dream come true... But now.. Now he would let Judy down,

when she was more than eager to show how much she loved him at this moment, wanting to give him show of his life.

And the way she was looking at him with that touch hungry look and her alluring lavender eyes,

it made his heart beat like it was going to burst out of his chest. And well... If Judy would only move couple inches back from where she was sitting now, she would feel something very hard and eager bump back. Even in his painless state he could feel how much it hurt as his tight underwear blocked the raising arousal right now, begging for freedom and release.

But he had to stop this now, before he would embarrass himself by falling asleep at any moment.

And he needed time for his eager underwaist pressure to calm down, before Judy would notice.

Judy was inches away from stripping off her hoodie, when Nick suddenly placed his paw gently on top of hers, signaling her to stop. Judy look'd at the fox with puzzled smile and spoke quietly.

"Nick, is everything okay? I thought that you would... Like it." She said with almost confused and a bit sad voice.

Was she making HIM uncomfortable?

It took all the energy he had left to raise up to the same eye level as her from the couch as he brought his paw to her cheek and still blocked her from taking down the zipper completely with his paw.

"Judy, believe me I do... More than you know.

I really want to let you continue."

"... Well what's the matter then?" Judy asked with confused smile but felt relieved.

Nick just brushed her cheek affectionately and sighed. He wondered how to say this without letting her down right now. But there was no such option. He just had to be honest.

"Judy I love you, you know that right?" He ask'd warmly and Judy's smile turned to serious after a moment.

"I love you too Nick." She said and gave a small kiss at the inner side of his paw but didn't understand where this was all suddenly coming from.

Nick just gave a loving smile back and spoke.

"So that being said, I am going to be honest here carrots. We can't do this right now.

I mean I really want to do it, but I can't in my state right now. We have both had a stressful day and my body and mind are begging for sleep. I hate myself right now,

and I really want to hit myself for this but... I am feeling too weak to put my mind into this right now.

I feel like complete asshole for doing this to you like this, Judy if you can ever forgive me for-"

"Shhhh." Judy said calmly and placed her finger in front of his muzzle and smiled.

"Nick why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"Because I am feeling really hazy right now.. I am battling to keep my eyes open right now.. I'm sorry.." He muttered.

"Why would I be mad about that? I understand Nick... I am sorry I just.. Completely forgot. I got carried away." She said calmly and felt a bit stupid. It was only matter of time when he would fall asleep. Instead, she wanted to fool around.

"It's not your fault. I like when you get carried away.." He said with flirting tone. Judy continued after a moment.

"Besides, I didn't think that we would do any... Like... Actual.. You know... Any-" She mumbled awkwardly and avoided those teasing emerald eyes.

"Fox lovin?" Nick purred warmly with teasing grin and made Judy blush and laugh from his funny choice of words.

"Is that what you call it!?" She giggled.

"Oh my favorites are Slick moves, adventure paws, hustlers pillow-fight-"

"Stop it!" She laughed and held her stomach.

"I can go on, there are others I've made-"

"Nononno Nick please don't!" She laughed and blocked his muzzle with her paw playfully.

"... I am sorry that I ruined it like this fluff..." He sighed after a while. He really did want to hit himself right now.

"Nick, you didn't ruin anything! I understand. You have been through hell today, and here I am just.. Thinking about myself."

She mumbled with embarrassment and started to bring her zipper back up slowly. Nick turned her face to look at him gently with his paw and spoke with loving voice as he stared at him with sleepy look.

"Hey... You beautiful bunny. How about we stop this silly apologizing game with each other and just relax. Let's both just get some sleep.

We have long day ahead tomorrow and bad guys to catch. Bogo ain't going to be happy if he gets lazy fox at work two days in a row.

I want to have full focus to be there for our team. And to be there to have your back one hundred percent. The less stress we have the better. You have already eased mine by being the best nurse bunny for the evening."

Judy just gave a loving smile back and gave a small kiss on his nose and another on his muzzle.

"You have point there slick. We need rest. Let's call it for tonight... But hey Nick..." She whispered.

"What is it?" Nick chuckled and plaid with her ear, feeling a small yawn come out as his mind battled to stay awake for her.

"Do you... Still want to... I mean maybe not tomorrow but.. You know.. Some other time... To-"

"Continue where we left off?" He finished her sentence.

Judy just gave a shy smile and nodded as answer and Nick leaned in to give a little lick on her small pink nose.

"Carrots, you just hold on to that thought. I promise you something here right now. As soon as all this storm settles after tomorrow,

and we can finally lay ourselves on this same couch and relax... I WILL remember this moment. You can bet on that Judy."

Judy just stared back and felt her tail wiggle from his words.

Right when it's possible again. That she could wait. Nick continued after giving a bit playful grin.

"You know I like games. I actually promise something right here and now. Next time we lay here... After tomorrow is done.. You can ask me to do anything you want. I will be all yours to command. A little funny game between us. Any wish my amazing girlfriend desires... I will do it. What do you say fluff?" He chuckled and caressed her ears smoothly with his claw.

Judy's warm smile turned into a something bit devilish as she stared at the sleepy fox with half lidded eyes and whispered.

"... You should be careful for what you wish for mister Wilde... Being so romantic and sweet all the time can end you up with requests that you might not handle. Even if you are a big bad fox..." She purred and touched her nose against his.

"Hmmm is that so? Even naughtier than this?" Nick ask'd with grin and brought his paws around her butt again, giving it greedy grab and even digging his claws in a bit, making the bunny give surprised yelp of sudden pleasure and arousal. She turned her gaze from behind her back to the smugly grinning fox and spoke.

"... Maybe... But I remember you liked surprises... You just promise that you won't back out of your words?" She pleaded with flirting voice.

"I promise. I am at your mercy when the time comes. I will do anything." He assured with grin.

"... You better." She said warmly and leaned closer to him. She closed her eyes and placed her lips on his big muzzle,

begging for entrance into his warm mouth. Nick slowly parted his muzzle and let her in, feeling their tongues connect and the heavenly taste of her overtake his mind again. Judy gave a small satisfied whimper as Nick's big tongue once again fought back against her's, but barely overpowering the kiss, since he felt himself drift to sleep. The pills had finally done it. His brain was ready to shut down right at this moment. With his last energy he continued their romantic and passionate kiss for few more seconds,

before Judy realized that he wasn't using his tongue anymore.

She slowly peeked with her eyes and separated their kiss,

leaving a small string of saliva between their mouths. It took her a moment to realize that he had fallen asleep, breathing calmly and steadily through his damaged nose and closing his muzzle after giving a small lick at his lips.

His chest started to rise and lower in slow rhythm and he was now at full sleep. The bunny gave a loving smile as she leaned back from his face and just look'd at him laying there, sleeping calmly without worry in the world. Well... There was no waking him up anymore. He was at the feather islands right now.

She slowly and carefully climbed to the side and off from him, sitting next to the fox and brushing his right ear with her paw slowly,

earning a small satisfied peek of smile in the corner of his muzzle. Who would know that I ended up meeting the love of my life at the first day in the force, Judy thought as she was just playing with his fur lovingly. Her caring, funny and sweet boyfriend. He look'd so peaceful right now. Judy sighed and kept playing with the sleeping fox's ear gently,

looking at his handsome face and wondering if she should bring him a blanket. He was also going to need pillow behind his head, so the back of his neck would not be sore at the morning.

She carefully jumped over the sleeping fox and landed on the floor. Judy started slowly making her way to Nick's bedroom, because there he would probably have extra blankets. Yes, some pillows and things to make him comfortable. I have to put time alarm on to be ready to make us breakfast and dry his uniform once it's out of the washing machine.

As she entered the dark room and gazed at the large bed, she slowly closed the door behind her and stayed quiet for a moment. She slowly took off her hoodie and placed it on Nick's bed. If Nick would be awake,

she would surely battle about the matter of who sleeps where, but Nick had won that argument by sleeping already on the couch like he promised. She just had to take the over comfy looking bed of his. He has over large couch and king sized bed..

Well, maybe he just enjoyed extra space. Or as the fox would say, live like a king. Judy slowly started to unbutton her jean shorts and slowly pulled them down, revealing her beautiful body to the moonlight. There she stood and look'd outside of the window, until it came.

She suddenly leaned her back against the bed and let out loud exhale, starting to breath rapidly.

She closed her eyes and kept breathing, trying to calm her turned up state down from Nick's still lingering touch.

She needed to let this pressure out of her system. She had been so close to asking him to have sex with her just know, without him having any idea.

She only now realized what she had done moments ago. If only Nick knew that she was lying when she told that she would have only planned for some light and playful touch. But she had way more things in her head. After all the romantic things and sweet gestures the fox had shown for her in these short couple of days,

it had been driving her more wild and love hungry than Nick could ever know. If Nick had not stopped her just now, her paws would have reached for the laces of his pants next. But that was just failed plan now.

She started to feel her breathing calm down, her tail stopping its wiggling slowly. She just couldn't help her current mood at all. Too freaking horny.

She wanted to feel his strong paws touch her again, like they had moments ago. I had been so good. Last hour they had shared just moments ago felt like most arousing experience of her life...

That had ended against the wall with the power of painkillers.

Judy was not angry at Nick, that was not the case. She just felt angry for herself for being so damn easily aroused. In middle of all we had done just now,

I wouldn't be surprised if I also-...

"Oh no.. Sweet cheese and crackers please no.." Judy repeated in frustration and slowly took her paws to her pink panties.

She slowly peeked the situation and a loud and frustrated whimper escaped her mouth as she saw the glistening strings of her arousal between her panties and her small pink lips. Way too wet. She would have to change them.

She hated her body sometimes. Getting so over excited and horny like this over a bit of tail touching and kissing. Who does that?

I feel pathetic... To him it was just fun and games but to her it was so intimate and so exciting... I am such a stupid bunny...

She sighed deeply and sat on the floor with her back against his bed still and look'd outside of his bedroom window. Nothing but dark sky and large moon to be seen. It was beautiful night overall. Sad that he was not there to share it with her. She let out a small sigh and started to gather the blankets and pillows for Nick, trying to carry as much as possible.

Just as she was about to step out of Nick's bedroom she stopped for a moment. After thinking for a while, she felt a small smile form on her lips as she remembered the words.

"Next time we lay here... You can ask me to do anything you want. I will be all yours to command. A little funny game between us. Any wish my amazing girlfriend desires... I will do it. What do you say?" She heard his gentle voice repeat in her mind.

... Anything.

She was quiet for a moment and the devilish voice in her mind roamed at that moment with naughty thoughts as his soothing voice lingered in the air.

At that moment she had decided it. She knew that if that was his case and his promise... She was going to use it the most intimate way possible.

No tail playing or any light and romantic playful things anymore... She loved those but she wanted more... She wanted him to do everything... She wanted him to... Do it to her. The thing was... Did she actually have courage for it?

Would she rush things? Make him feel weird? Would it even be possible for their... Bodies? She didn't know what Nick was covering behind his pants.

Only what her imagination had formed.

Only thought of him doing it with her made her ears burn like a volcano. All the sleepless nights that she had because of thinking him doing it with her..

If Nick would ever know about the things she did those nights with herself while repeating his name...

But having actual sex... Would take their relationship to the next level, and she didn't know was it a good thing or bad. But she wanted it.

Only the time would show if she had courage to ask... And even if she would...

... Still, the big question remained.

Would they both be truly ready to take that step?

....

Chapter 24 "ZPD's Finest"

FROST BRIDGE OF TUNDRA TOWN/ NIGHT OF TRUTH _ ....

The back of the large and pitch black van was strolling in the Tundra town streets, mostly absent from mammals at the moment. The sky was getting darker all the time,

and the bright stars started to make their way to paint beautiful picture over Zootopia to marvel. All of the six mammals inside the van sat quietly,

occasionally gazing at each other in tensed up state. This was it. And now that the moment was only minutes away from happening, the nervous feel started to overcome everyone. Even Judy. She didn't show it, since she was supposed to act like a leader, but she was nervous just as well. She had never taken part in operation this big, and now she was look'd out as a leader. It was double pressure for her right now. The idea of Bogo being there eased her mind a bit, as well as her boyfriend who just gave confident smile and side wink to her as their gazes met momentarily. He seem'd so calm about this. Why? Or was it just his mask again, that he always like'd to wear to hide his true feelings? But she was doing the same thing now as well. The tension was getting a bit unnerving.

Hailie look'd most stressed out at this moment. Judy gazed around as the six mammals all dressed in Black hoodies and pants with the white small "ZPD" logo on their chest.

The mammals sat in rows of three next to each other, waiting as Bogo was driving them towards the unknown. They would reach the Frost Bridge soon. And then it was go time.

The silence was over bearing as the only one who seem'd to be over excited about the operation was the lynx was rubbing his paws together, breathing rapidly and making his warm breath form clouds in the chilly night air.

His red furred raccoon friend just slowly placed his arm on his shoulders and gave a comforting squeeze to him, giving a friendly look that they are going to be alright. Luke just gazed at his friend and back on the floor, twisting his toes and feeling the waiting getting on his nerves. He had always been very hyperactive as a kit. Nick took a notice to this behavior and spoke calmly to the lynx.

"Hey Light-feet. You okay buddy?"

The lynx quickly look'd at the friendly smiling fox and spoke.

"I just wish that we would get into action already... This waiting is making me insane. I want to be out there catching bad guys already."

"I'll just follow your lead Luke... I hope I don't have to hurt anyone." Hailie said and was biting her claws nervously.

"Hey.. You got this Hailie. We can do this together. Just stay close to us and everything will be alright." Oliver suddenly said next to her a bit more affectionately than he meant,

making the snow leopard blush and look away from his gaze quickly.

There was a bit silent moment in the van again and Judy spoke after a while.

"Oliver is right. I know that everyone is nervous right now. I am going to be honest here,

so am I guys. A little bit. And leader should never be nervous."

"Carrots, it's okay to be a bit tensed up." He assured and everyone gave a bit hesitant nod.

The fox was quiet for a moment and continued after gazing the mammals around him.

"But I do have to admit to us. We look like one hell of a team. We got these cool black ZPD clothes and everything.

We look like umm aa... Special strike team or something. You know, like in the movies."

That earned a small chuckles and smiles from everyone as they gazed their clothes.

Nick was clearly satisfied from the reaction of getting everyone ease up a bit and spoke.

"Besides... We don't only look just cool, we have ambition. For the first time we are doing something this awesome as a team. We will all be around that one warehouse, armed to the teeth and radio connected. We shouldn't be worried. We should be excited. Like Light-feet here. Things might go wrong, but with a team like this I doubt it. We got this." Nick said with confident tone.

All the mammals gave a little smile and nod, feeling a bit better when Nick was giving piece of his mind.

"Besides, carrots is not going to fail when her name is on the line. She is too ambitious." Nick chuckled.

"Hey!" Judy laughed and everyone gave a little smile.

"You really think that we got this?" Luke asked hesitantly after a while.

"I dunno, could be. Or I might just hype you guys desperately to avoid getting my face crushed again." He chuckled.

Oliver could not hold a small laugh and the cars mood got a bit lighter the more they just talked about it.

"Like seriously, if my other eye is black too after this night, I'm crying myself to sleep tonight. Don't let me down guys."

"You goof.." Judy giggled and resisted the urge to give a little kiss on Nick's cheek. He always knew how to lift up everyone's mood with humor. Right now, maybe that's all it took.

"By the way... We have a large and angry buffalo uncle with us. He didn't come to play today." Nick grinned.

"I can hear you Wilde..." A muffled voice was heard from the driver's seat, making everyone laugh loudly for a moment.

"AAaand. I am going to have kung fu bunny with me all the time. She just fools everyone by being cute and then suddenly BAW, PHEF! She just knocks them into a pile and there will be slow motion, explosions and everything-"

"I'll show you kung fu when this is over slick.." Judy muttered but could not hold a giggle with Hailie.

Then Nick look'd at the large rifle that Coonway was holding.

"And that thing? Five dollar bet that this thing will drop all the females panties once we get there!"

"NICK!" Judy yelped with stunned smile and now all the males roared from laugh in the cold van, and even some muffled up chuckling could be heard from the front seat as well.

After collecting his breath, the fox gave satisfied smirk as he look'd around himself,

gazing at the still chuckling mammals with warm feeling in his chest.

They got this. They will win today...

And if they don't...

At least it was going to be hell of a story to tell.

3 MINUTES LATER _

The relaxed conversation had been taking much tension off their shoulders, and the van was filled with happy chattering and laughter for now on, absent of tensed up silence. But as three minutes had passed, the suddenly felt a small bump hit the wheels, signaling that they were close to the warehouse area by now.

The laughter and talking disappeared at that moment slowly, and everyone started to collect their mind,

knowing that the time was finally here. The van started to slow down after turning left from the bump,

and now Bogo started to spin the van around in a small circle. After couple of seconds the car stopped.

Everyone waited in silence as Bogo shut off the engine and opened the driver's door, closing it shortly after.

Small steps were heard outside, leaving small nifty sound in the snow with each step, until they stopped.

All the six mammals winced as the cold wind blew into the van, after Bogo opened the double back doors,

welcoming the night air inside the van. In the light of small streetlamp, Bogo stood there with serious look and gave a little side nod, signaling everyone to step outside. Everyone gave a quick look at each other,

before rising from their seats one at the time, embracing the raining snow in the beautiful night of Tundra town docks.

Bogo closed the doors after Hailie came out of the van as last mammal, and turned to face the row of six mammals in their black outfits, looking determined and focused on whatever was going to happen next. Bogo placed his hands behind him and just observed the mammals in silence, readying himself to start mission briefing one last time.

"Officers. I assume that small briefing might be needed. Just to make everyone remember it step by step.

Everyone put your radios on." Bogo ordered sternly.

All the mammals gave a small button press in their ears, activating the small device that beeped a small green light.

Bogo gave a small nod after a while and continued.

"That. Is our prime target." Bogo said and pointed his hoof straight on his left side.

They were located at small hill next to where Frost Bridge would soon begin. The warehouse could be seen on the other side of the bay, far away from them.

It was partly under the end of the huge bridge, and there was clearly mammals at work on the yard, since there was lights and trucks to be seen as small shining spots.

There seem'd to be LOT of mammals at work there. That didn't ease anyone's mind at the moment. More mammal's means more chaos. Also, more shooting and running.

Bogo then turned his gaze from the warehouse to his officers and continued.

"I know. Whatever is going on there, it's big. But nothing we can't handle. Hopps. Wilde."

The bunny and the fox look'd at Bogo as he began his briefing.

"You two will walk quietly from here down the warehouse district.

Don't be seen. A skill I'm sure you two are familiar with. The small boat of workers is to depart from this side of the bay and bring corn to warehouse number twelve. The boat of vegetables will leave from docs of warehouse sixty-two. I don't expect that these mammals have any idea who they are handing these boxes to, so they are not assumable part of Levron's plan. But still don't be seen by them. Hiding in one of the crates would be ideal. It will be a couple minute sail. Once you land and you find your moment, make yourselves inside the warehouse,

locate whatever they are transporting and give the final signal. I expect to hear any important details once you are inside, if it helps us in any way.

This is where Coonway comes in." Bogo finished and turned his gaze at the red raccoon who stood in proud posture with the rifle in his paws. Which look'd kinda funny because he was same size as Nick and the rifle he was holding was as long as him.

"We will drop Coonway on top of the bridge on our way to the other side with the rest of the team. Here." Bogo said and handed over his hoof to the raccoon.

It was pair of keys. The raccoon took them slowly and waited for the buffalo to explain.

"These set of keys are for the maintenance door that is located at the center of the bridge. There are workers there, that have been informed about officer in his job to not be bothered, as you make your way to the destined location in the bridge tunnels. It should be couple minutes of walking,

but no more. Don't speak to workers, nor pay attention to them on your way to the sniper spot. After enough walking, there is a door with G-3 located at the end. That is your door. It leads under to the bridge's maintenance rail and metal platforms. It will be high up, so expect it to be a bit windy up there. But since you will be located exactly on top of the warehouse twelve, you have perfect visual all around the place to give all the necessary information about where our officers should move. You are the eyes for Wilde and Hopps from the sky. That is how they get into the warehouse without being seen."

Raccoon look'd at the keys in his paw and then at Bogo. He just gave a small nod and put the keys in his pocket. Simple enough.

Just have to hope that they won't spot me up there, Rasheed thought as Bogo turned his gaze to other three mammals.

"Officers Howlton, Fring and Garnett. You three will go the rest of the trip with me. Once we arrive to the other side of the bridge, we park our van far away from the warehouse, and hide it somewhere. We continue on foot and get as close as we can to the warehouse, and listen all the info provided by the rest of the team. Once the signal is given, after we are sure that the stuff they handle is illegal, we storm into the place with tranquilizers blazing. Tranquilize every mammal you see, unless they willingly surrender. But they never do.

This is the plan. It's solid, tactical, yet somewhat simple. But easy it might not be. As long as the radios work, we should be fine.

Briggs will be present at the place like he promised, so let us try not to let him go this time. He is in deep waters right now, and he has lots of valuable information for us.

Any questions officers?"

The mammals gave a hesitant gazes at each other before Nick suddenly spoke.

"Umm Bogo, I know that the possibility of whatever they handle inside there is illegal is... About a hundred percent, but what if they actually are distributing just food and the corn isn't just for the show?"

Bogo thought for a moment and spoke.

"Well in that case, we can expect lawsuits for busting the place without permit, but we can handle it. Because Briggs's presence in there is viable and acceptable excuse in itself already for an arrest. But Briggs is just one player in this game. We can't let them know that we are coming, because whatever they handle inside there, could be destroyed before we can catch them on the spot. That is why this is silent mission. We are going to get everything tonight. All that we can on one swoop. Besides... Briggs was heard to wonder the amount of money in his warehouse gig. Corn doesn't bring lots of amounts of money. So let's go and inspect. Understood?"

Boog ask'd. Everyone gave a nod of agreement, since Bogo made pretty good points there.

"Good. One minute to the departure. I have to make a quick rundown with our back up forces by the radio.

Then the rest of you will hop aboard. One minute." Bogo finished and started walking towards their black van again,

leaving the six mammals to look at each other in silence.

Suddenly Judy started talking to everyone.

"Listen guys, I know we can do this. Bogo is right. The plan is good.

It will work! Now, let's get out there and show what ZPD is made of.

I might still be nervous, like we all are, there is still no denying that.

But sometimes we work best under the pressure. We are here to prove that we are the reason Zootopia can sleep in peace without fear. Like I said, in Zootopia anyone can be anything. We can be what we are all destined to be. ZPD's finest.

Are you guys with me?!" Judy ask'd proudly, earning a genuine smiles from everyone as they answered in cheer.

"Yeah!"

"For Zootopia!" Judy said happily and handed her paw forward as a fist. Nick gave a little chuckle as everyone answered the fist bump with smile, already feeling invincible as the six paws met in a circle.

This will be their night.

"Officers. Time to go." Bogo ask'd from the side with small smile, after clearly hearing Judy's motivational speech.

Coonway, Fring, Garnett and Howlton gave their last confident nods after ending their fist bump, starting to make their way towards the van. All the four entered back inside the large car, and after Bogo got into his drivers seat,

the engine roared again. Wilde and Hopps stood there, watching as Bogo gave one last look at this two most famous officers,

before pressing the gas pedal. Shortly after circling on the hill, the van left the place and only its distant voice of wheels in the snow was heard.

Until it was gone too.

Nick and Judy stood there under the bright light of the lamp post, middle of the raining snow in silence.

The fox slowly turned to look at his bunny who gazed back, and small grin formed on his muzzle.

"... Nice speech fluff."

"Thanks." she said quietly with smile.

"... Should we get going then?"

"... Yeah..." She said hesitantly and just look'd at him for a moment in the raining snow.

".. Is everything alright partner?" Nick ask'd with grin.

"Yeah I... I'm just... Glad that you are here after all this waiting. It's still so hard to believe that it's happening."

"What is?"

"You, fighting against crime with me. Like we always talked about. And now we are really here.

It still just... Hard to imagine that it's really happening right now Nick. But I'm really happy it is.." She said warmly and slowly grabbed his warm paw while looking at him proudly. Nick's muzzle formed a loving smile as the thought about leaning in and kissing her crossed his mind when suddenly..

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW that is so sweet you guys..." Hailie's voice was suddenly heard squealing happily from the earplug radio. They forgot they had it on.

Judy's face turned red as tomato as she realized they had heard everything and even Nick jumped a little from the sudden voice in his ear.

"Oh uhmm... Yeah uh... Sorry." Judy mumbled.

"No seriously that was pretty touching." Oliver said in the radio.

They both gave a quick look at each other and Judy sighed after a moment.

"We open the radio lines once we get into the boat, okay everyone?

Hopps out." She said and turned off her mic with Nick.

They both started to jog down the hill at that moment, heading towards the bay.

As they smoothly hopped over some small fences and started to arrive to warehouse area, Judy continued.

"I wasn't finished by the way."

"Huh?" Nick ask'd with puzzled look as they turned left from the corner, arriving closer to warehouse sixty-two.

"About what I was trying to tell... I am really happy that we are fighting crime finally together."

"Judy I am happy about it too." He said warmly as they started climbing over a large fence that would finally enter them to warehouse district.

"But what makes me more happy... Is that I am not doing it with my best friend anymore... I am doing it with someone I love."

She said quietly with loving voice as they hop'd over the fence, landing into a big pile of snow.

Nick look'd at his girlfriend for a moment with grin and wink'd.

"I feel pretty special when I get such amazing moral speech all for myself."

"I just figured you needed one. But that doesn't mean that I want you to fight against tigers again." She said and winked back.

"Whiskers, I love you too. And by the way, as much as I love hearing your voice, we better be quiet now.

I see mammals and spotlights. We are at the warehouse shortly. Stay close."

"Yeah." Judy agreed with smile and the two hid behind one of the trucks as the spotlight was about to hit them.

No turning back now.

COONWAY POV _

The red raccoon stared as the rest of the team gave him proud looks, before shutting down the double back doors of the van.

Bogo drove away fast, leaving him to stand on the sidewalk of Frost Bridge. The sidewalks were completely crowded with mammals of all species. Families,

playing kit's and tourists all over the place. Coonway gazed around and closed the zipper of his rifle bag. He just gave hesitant smile as some family look'd at him with interest as they strolled by.

"Was that red panda, dad? I have never seen those.

And why was he dressed like a ninja?" The hippo kit ask'd from his father in large brown goat who just pulled him closer.

"Saul, it's rude to talk so loudly about someone like that. Come along now. Let's get some ice cream on our way home."

"Yey!"

As the family was walking away Coonway's smile turned into frustrated muttering.

"I am a raccoon..."

He sighed deeply, making a soft cloud in the cold air with his warm breath and turned his gaze next to him.

Bridge maintenance door. For employees only. That's my door. So I just... Go in? Okay...

He walk'd over to the red door with all kinds of danger signs on the front, shoving the key slowly in and turning it.

A loud click was heard from the lock and he slowly opened it, earning almost burning hot wind greet his fur as he entered.

The place was all steamy and the air was almost tropically wet. Coonway slowly shut the door behind him with loud click,

making some workers turn their gaze at the newcomer inside the bridge. Coonway gave everyone awkward smile and some kind of greeting in the air with his paw, chuckling nervously as the workers just raised an eyebrow to his presence.

The place was filled with red construction spotlights all over, filling the small and claustrophobic hallways with red light all over.

He just spoke with the large black bag on his shoulder, tapping the small white logo of ZPD on his chest with his claw.

"Ummm ZPD." He just said with unsure tone.

The bear worker wiped the sweat from his forehead as he was chewing bubblegum and raised slowly from the ground as he was repairing some wires on the wall.

"Follow me. I can show you where you have to go. Mark, Phil, I will be back shortly. If boss comes around, tell I helped the ZPD guy he talked about. Okay?" He ask'd with strong and friendly voice from the pig and antelope.

"Okay Lonnie." Both agreed together and started working again like they were not there anymore.

"This way." The large grey bear nodded towards the small hallway.

"Thanks." Coonway said with stern expression and started marching down the small stairs after the bear along the small hallway.

The bear could barely walk'd on the hallway without getting stuck once in a while, since the place was filled with steam pipes all around.

Coonway also had to duck his head as he strolled behind the large bear, careful not to break anything or turn any valve.

He had reached over some obstacles for a while now in the warm and red light filled concrete tunnel, feeling like this was some kind of maze to make mammals lost or something. And so freaking warm. After a good two minutes of strolling down the hallways, the bear stopped into three-way crossing and turned around. He pointed to the hallway on his left and spoke.

"That's the place you are supposed to go. Don't know why though, but I'm smart enough to not ask about police business.

Watch your step out there though officer. There are security metal fences around, but one small misstep can lead to falling down. And from that height there is no chance of survival if you hit the ground instead of water."

Coonway started walking towards the small hallway that had the destined door far away already in sight.

"Thanks for the warning man, but I got it from here. Easy peasy." He said confidently as the bear was left behind.

"... ZPD.. Always filled with heroes." He muttered and shook his head as he started making his way back from where he came.

The door with the letters "G-3" opened with one large push. The door was heavy as hell, but that's because the air pressure was fighting back against the opening. He gritted his teeth as he put his leg out of the door to keep it open, using one more large push as the strong and cold wind fought back hard.

He finally squeezed himself through the door, making it slam shut loudly behind him. His fur once again embraced the cold Tundra town air,

feeling his clothes steam a bit as they had gotten pretty warm inside. Coonway exhaled and then gazed at his feet.

"WHOA!" He yelped quickly and took hold of the metal rail fast as he realized how high he actually was. It must have been at least thirty meter drop from where he was standing right now.

The light blue and chilly looking water splashed under the bridge with small waves, making comforting sound as it splashed against the harbor.

Warehouse number twelve. He gazed at the side and there it was. Only fifteen meter walk on the rail and he would be on top of the warehouse area.

But the first thing he realized was that the place... Had lot of activity going on. Forklift trucks and mammals all around the place.

Not to mention the platform that the forklifts brought stuff to. Lots of large mammals at work, lifting whatever they brought in,

taking all the stuff inside the large building. The warehouse was quite big, and every window had their lights on. He swallowed a bit as he gazed the crowded area. Maybe crouching was in order, just in case anyone would see him. It was unlikely since it was dark, but was still a smart idea.

Coonway started to slowly make small movement on the metallic rail, taking hold of the fence with his paw as he was getting nearer the targeted area.

It would have to be on top of the place, and he needed space.

After couple of seconds he saw it. A perfect spot. Just enough space for his feet but... It was covered in snow.

Once he arrived at the small spot, he sat down and exhaled as he was gazing under him, feeling already bad for the mammals beneath his feet. They would never even know what hit them. The red raccoon took the bag of his shoulder and laid it on the snowy metal rail and sat down next to it after wiping some snow away from the spot.

"Tandandaaa... When you see Coonway coming, you better clear the block...

Because nobody is faster than my tranquilizer shot.." He rhymed with smug smile as he opened the zipper from his black zpd bag. "Just me and you now, my beauty. Come to daddy." He muttered in awe as he placed the large rifle on his lap.

"Little adjustments here and there..." He kept muttering as he started to lock the bipod under his gun.

After that was done with loud click, he screwed the silencer on the barrel, making the gun look quite big already.

He then snuggled himself against the snowy platform, settling himself into laying position and slamming the gun against the cold metal.

"I feel so freaking badass.." He muttered as he adjusted his scope zoom for the better. Now he was following everyone's movements,

even seeing everyone's faces very clearly through the scope. He put on his earplug mic and cleared his throat.

"Hotshot in position. I have clear visual over the whole place. I have some bad news guys.."

There was silent moment before the lines opened and Bogo's voice was heard speaking quietly.

"... Hotshot?" He asked with confused voice that demanded explanation. Nick answered for him with snickering tone.

"Oh.. I think I forgot to mention uncle. We have code-names. You are with snow ball, howler and light-feet. You can call me foxtrot daddy." Nick snickered on the radio line, clearly enjoying this operation already.

There was small silence in between and Coonway could not hold a small laugh as Bogo spoke to the mic.

"I DON'T REMEMBER GIVING PERMISSION FOR RIDICULOUS CODE NAMES WILDE." He stated in angry voice.

"Your code name will be Uncle. There is no refund. If you want new code name, you get in the line with howler." Nick laughed and there was Judy's angry hissing heard from the line, ordering him to tone it down.

"I swear once this operation is over.." He spoke with chilling voice that meant fox's death.

"Hotshot, you said you are on the position?" Judy asked quietly.

"Oh..." Coonway started with smug tone as he set the volt power to max power and lock and loaded the sniper with loud metallic click.

"I am ready alright. Fire from the sky on Hopps's mark."

"... That sounded so cool." Nick said after a while.

"I know." Coonway chuckled.

NICK POV _

"MMmm, this is good corn fluff. You want a bite?" Nick mumbled as he munched the vegetable in his paw.

"Stop eating it!" Judy scolded her boyfriend as the fox was acting silly once again.

Managing to get themselves at the boat had been quite easy, since the mammals that handled the food distribution for the boat were not working for Levron. So they had not been very alert for any unwelcomed mammals, nor even knew that the crates of food they were sending for the warehouse twelve were just for the show. There had to be something else going on that place than handling or washing vegetables. Why on earth would Levron need Briggs to do that kind of stuff? Judy knew that they were going to find something big. She just kept giving scolding look and tried to hassle the corn out of Nick's paw, as they tried to stay silent in one of the crates, surrounded in corn.

"Stop munching it so loudly, they will hear us Nick!" She hissed and only got teasing smirk as answer.

"Fine, fine. But once this is over, I want a box of this to my home as reward. So good..."

"Quiet!" She hissed and blocked the fox's muzzle with her paw.

Their ears perked up when suddenly they heard talk between mammals next to the pile of crates they had stuffed themselves in.

"Ryan, are you eating the merchandise again?"

"No!"

"I swear I heard munching dude."

"Na-ah. Wasn't me."

"Yeah, well.. If I hear it again,

I'm going to have to ask for some money in return."

"Aawww maaan." The guy groaned and started to handle some crates to pass the time.

Nick turned his gaze from a small peeking hole to the frustrated looking bunny,

who was glued against his body in the middle of all the corn... Why did the boxes have to be small... Well there was one plus side. They were so close to each other that it gave him opportunity to run his paw against her back soothingly.

The look she was giving him made sure that there was no more food munching. The fox just gave guilty grin and peeked from the hole again.

"... He's gone." Nick said quietly after a while.

"Hotshot, do you see our boat arriving? It has been a while now." Judy whispered to the radio, and answer was heard right away.

"Yeap, got you on sight's. You guys have about minute and a half to landing... If only I had a blanket and some warm coffee with me. I could get used to this."

"Chief Uncl- I mean Bogo!" Judy corrected fast, earning a snickering from the fox.

"We are the rest of you located?" She continued.

"Howlton is scouting close right now. We are behind a small hill that is near the back gate. Behind a large ice pillar.

We have spotted multiple trucks go inside from the gates already. They have two guards guarding it. And I don't like the look of those two one bit.

Something is definitely up here. Coonway, you said minute and a half for landing. Make sure to be their eyes from the sky as they make a run for it to the warehouse."

"Got it uncle." Coonway agreed.

"... Officer Coonway what did you just call-"

"Oh, sorry Chief!" Coonway winced and apologized right away.

Everyone could hear Nick hold his laugh on the line with poor success.

"Please hit officer Wilde for me Hopps." Bogo ordered sternly.

"My pleasure. Will kick do?"

"Yes."

"OW! What the hell carrots!" The fox yelped in surprised pain shortly after.

"Shhh!"

"Judy, you kicked the wound in my ribs... The one from the broken glass..." The fox muttered.

"OH SWEET CHEESE AND CRACKERS NICK, I'M SO SORRY!" Judy yelped in horrified tone as she thought that she had actually badly hurt him.

"I think it started... Bleeding again. My paw feels wet... I don't feel so good-" Nick muttered in pain as he held his side with his paw.

"OH NONonono-" Judy started to mumble in complete panic and begged him to show her the wound.

Suddenly everyone's eyes shot open from sudden panic. No freaking way this was happening now. Bogo felt like he was going to kill himself for probably ruining the operation just now.

"Carrots. I hustled you. The wound is on my other side." He suddenly smiled and soon started to laugh.

There was moment of silence when Judy and everyone processed what had happened and Judy was first to hiss quite loudly.

"NICK YOU JERK! YOU SCARED ME TO DEATH!"

"I couldn't resist fluff, that so fun. Such an easy bunny-"

"DO YOU EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW MEAN THAT WAS-"

"No I admit it was pretty good one Nick, u got me!" Oliver suddenly snickered from the line.

"Everyone shut up!" Bogo roared a bit louder than he intended, making him duck in scare of someone just spotting them because of that. Gladly that didn't happen.

"Everyone just focus. Coonway, be ready now. They should be at the warehouse dock right now in my estimation." Bogo ordered once he was sure that no one heard them.

"Copy that." Coonway said after chuckling still for Nick's small show and adjusted his scope. He continued.

"Okay Hopps, foxtrot. Be ready. You are both about to arrive to a yard with at least fifteen mammals working outside.

This is probably most difficult part. But I got you guys."

"Wait... FIFTEEN MAMMALS?"

"Pluuus one big spotlight to give some clear visibility for the workers. But there are containers enough to hide behind,

and most of the workers seem pretty busy. I actually see Oliver now. I suggest not moving more closer. They have this one guy patrolling the area with flashlight."

"Oh, thanks hotshot. Copy that." Oliver yelped and started crawling down the snowy hill back to others.

"Okay, if there is fifteen mammals in the yard, then you two need to focus. DO NOT BE SEEN." Bogo ordered.

"Copy that chief." Judy promised and gave a confident nod to the fox whose face was only inches away from hers. She just felt her cheeks run hot as the fox just stared at her with flirting look and licked his lips a bit, begging for small kiss despite the worst possible timing ever.

"Don't even think about it." She ordered with quiet voice.

"Think what?" Bogo ask'd with puzzled voice.

"Oh! Nothing chief." Judy yelped as the fox stopped teasing and looking at her with his alluring gaze and spoke to the radio quietly.

"Oliver you saw their backdoor. Coonway can't see that area. How is it?" Nick asked quietly.

"That door is used by the employees very often it seems. Like once every minute. It's going to be risky. You two might get caught. We should have gotten the blueprints of the place before this..."

"There was no time for the city hall to give those.

We just have to improvise." Bogo ordered.

"Guys, I see small open window at the side of the building. On top of some crates.

Hopps can fit easily but.. I don't know if foxtrot can. But it's your guys best bet at the moment. You can make it. Just follow my instructions." Coonway suddenly informed.

"Copy that." Judy said confidently and the radio line was silent once again.

Nick took his time to exhale quietly, readying himself to run behind the shadows again. But if any mammal would see them,

it would be over. There mammals work'd for Levron after all. They would not be generous for uninvited guests.

Judy saw as the fox readied himself for action and peeked from the small hole to see if any mammals were near.

Then they felt a small bump rattle the box. By the feeling of it, they had arrived. Boat was not moving anymore.

"Okay, start unloading to the yard. Don't stay for chat. They are all clearly busy tonight so let's just get out of here as fast as we can." Some mammal said on board of the small fisher ship. But you could hear from his voice that it reeked of fear. By the best guess, he probably knew who these mammals work'd for. Reason enough to be scared.

"Nicholas." Judy quietly said to the fox who was peeking outside, who clearly started to finally get nervous when the most dangerous part was about to come. The fox turned his gaze at the bunny with questioning look.

Judy slowly brought her paw on top of Nick's, soothingly feeling it in her's and looking at him with loving gaze.

There was no need for words for what she was saying to him with her gaze.

We can do this together.

WAREHOUSE 12 / SOUTH HARBOR _

Coonway spoke after the ship had landed.

"Okay, be ready to move out of the crate once they have carried them on the yard.

Should take a second. Wait, someone is coming to greet them. Yeah I see him. Large freaking tiger.

Seem's to run the place by the looks of it. He is closing in to your location now Hopps. Stay frosty."

"Got it." Judy whispered quietly and they started to listen the conversation that was taking place couple of feet from where their box was sitting. They heard the arriving mammal speak.

"Aaah, there we are. About time. This rust bucket doesn't seem to be very fast now does it?"

"Becky? Well this old machine has been very faithful to us many years despite it's slow-"

"I don't care. My boys are starting to unload this stuff out. You guys just do your job and help us.

Ain't in the mood for bullshit today."

"O-okay." The mammal stuttered from the harsh command and signaled everyone to get to work with small paw wave.

"What an asshole..." Some guy whispered to his friend once the tiger went back to tell his workers to start unloading.

"Shh Ryan, that ASSHOLE will kill us if you speak with disrespect. Let's just suck it up and get this over with."

"As you say Jerry..." The mammal muttered back in frustrated agreement and started to lift one box. Once he was couple of feet away, Nick whispered so everyone in the line heard.

"That is the guy. I recognize the voice."

"What guy?" Bogo asked quietly.

"The one that kicked my ass." Nick answered quietly and gave nervous smile to the bunny, who for a moment look'd like she was about to hop out of the crate and give the tiger a piece of her mind right on the spot.

The line was quiet for a while and Bogo spoke.

"Well, today seems to be our lucky day then. Coonway you got visual on him?"

"Got him on sight's. I'll be sure to take him down first when the storm begins."

"Good. Don't spare on the volts. If Hopps's gun wasn't revenge enough, yours is. Now, what is he doing?"

"Mmm, oh. He's signaling everyone to start picking up stuff from the boat.

Foxtrot and Hopps. Steady now. Just try to stay quiet when they carry you two."

"Okay hotshot." Nick answered and they both tensed up in the box, holding each other tightly and absent of any sound.

"I am fucking hate lifting up heavy shit..." Simon muttered as he lifted up one box from next to Nick and Judy.

"Everything seems to annoy you tonight Simon. Maybe you should lay off that stuff that Doug likes to cook.

You seem so freaking stressed up all the time." Some other low toned voice said to the tiger.

"It isn't a fucking withdrawal Alex. My freaking body still hurts from the blast that fucking stupid bunny shot me with yesterday. They say that baseball bat treatment is brutal but the amount of power in those tranquilizers should be illegal. If I had that freaking ZPD's patriot whore here I would rip her tail off from her body and see if she likes how it feels.

Then shove it in that Wilde's mouth. I bet Garvia would love to see that. At least we have common understanding with him." He said with hateful tone.

For a moment Nick could see from Judy's expression to remind herself to make the payback soon as possible when she could.

The nerve on this guy.

"... Garvia?" Nick whispered as they processed what Simon had just said. So Garvia was involved to family after all?

"Simon, you are mental. I told you to lay off that aggressive blue shit, it's not normal to say disturbing shit like that like its nothing. You know that Steve distinctively said that-"

"FUCK. THE BOSS. I don't sometimes understand his crazy mind. If I was in charge, I would kill Wilde and Hopps on the spot.

Garvia would be the only one more than happy for that idea. I'm telling you... That wolf might be a psycho but if he didn't have all the mammals around protecting him while he makes fun of everyone, I would-"

"Careful. I don't want to hear that talk anymore. If Steve heard you talking about him like you are doing now,

he would order you to be drowned in this bay on the spot. They would do it too. So keep your toxic shit out of my ears and let's carry these boxes. You need to chill."

"And you are going to tell him huh? Are you being a pussy Alex? What ever happened to that freedom of speech shit? You know that every single mammal in that fucking warehouse respect me and my word around here. I swear I need another vile to calm my nerves..." He muttered in rage.

"What you need to do is stop using that shit. You know that no one wants you to ask for sparring contest in the middle of the job, because you want to release your pressure. You ever thinking about smoking herb instead? I love that stuff. Would be like opposite from the stuff you use-"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP. You are getting on my nerves Alex. Miss me with that love and peace shit. Where is the new guy?! Why is he not here helping us carry out boxes?!" Simon roared in frustration as he suddenly lifted the box where Nick and Judy were, making their heart jump for a moment.

"He probably would, but he is busy managing the operations inside. Also, Steve wanted a word with him once he arrives."

"Must feel himself so fucking special... Doesn't seem much to me. I don't understand why Levron recruited him in the first place."

"Dude, this Briggs guys is told to be one of the deadliest mammals in Zootopia with knifes. That kind of reputation does not come out from nothing." Alex said.

"Or maybe they do... I might put those skills to use at some point. He can have his knifes and I can have my fists. I would clearly be the winner."

"There is the blue shit talking again in your system. Don't suggest trying your luck with him. Just give him a chance. Seems like cool guy overall."

Alex said in frustration. Nick could momentarily peek from the small hole and see Simon clearly as he laid down their crate. He didn't know if the area was crowded around them but he was facing the boat they had arrived from.

There was at least eight mammals in sight carrying out the box's still. The mammal that was talking with Simon was... A porcupine. About same height as Nick,

about couple of inches taller. He had pretty friendly outlook of himself overall, for a dangerous criminal. And he seem'd to be very close of Levron's inner circle, since he used first names and all. And most of all. He knew the Wolf. And he must have been an important one because he didn't fear to tell Simon his opinion about his attitude. Even if the tiger would probably kill him with one punch. Or maybe his self protection was somewhat forgotten, since he seem'd to be high. That or very sleepy. Probably both.

"Cool guy.. Pfftt.. We shall see. Seems annoyingly cocky."

Simon muttered.

"Sounds like someone I know." Alex snorted and earned a bit aggressive look from the tiger.

"He led the fucking cops to us the first time I met him!"

"From what I heard, there was no way around that.

Just give him a chance. Steve seem'd to like him."

"Levron the smart and all knowing over civilized sissy..." The tiger muttered.

"Careful now... I mean it Simon. I know that's the blue making you say shit you wouldn't normally say but tone it down. Anyone who hears what you roar here might go to higher places-"

"They won't say shit, they know I would fuck them up if they snitch."

"... You sure you don't want to smoke this joint with me to relax-"

"Fuck no! We are almost done here. HURRY UP BOYS! We don't have all night! Xavier, move you fat ass or do I have to do everything myself?!"

"Simon guess what. I might be a bit overweight but it has its bonuses. Your mamma likes big males so I give her something she never forgets erry night, I got video on my phone, you wanna see?" Some overweight looking jaguar spoke,

Making some kind of hump to the air and making all of Levron's workers chuckle loudly. Simon's show didn't seem to be first one they had experienced.

Seem'd more like hundredth by everyone's attitude.

"YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME XAV?! I AM NOT IN THE MOOD!"

"No, seriously! I did bang your mom! I have evidence right here." He laughed confidently.

"Shut the fuck up, yeah very funny! Everyone knows that my mom is prostitute, so what?! It's a profession just like others! And you didn't bang her, you just talk shit to annoy me xav! Kill yourself!"

"AND WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU THREE STARTING AT?!" Simon roared to three mammals in the ship who were not part of their working group. They had slowed down a bit to listen the ongoing loud yelling of the tiger, and started to work double time faster after hearing his angry roar.

"N-nothing..." They mumbled in scared tone as the tiger was still giving them the look of killing.

"Simon stop roaring you freaking junkie and tell us where do we move this shit next. We are almost done here. Want some corn?" Some wolf asked.

"You can shove that corn in your ass! I hate corn."

"You hate everything today because you been injecting that blue stuff whole day.

Corn is excellent add to salad and to fish soup. Corn has also always been one of Zootopias-"

"Shut your philosophical ass up, I get a headache. You take all the boxes to the truck platform on front once we are done! But we take five minute break before that. I need to take a piss. And I need another shot."

"Dude, ease up. The bosses will be here any minute now." Alex spoke worriedly as he was carrying one box.

"Yes and that on top of everything.

I just want to punch something so much right now..." Simon muttered.

"This guy is freaking nuts..." Nick said quietly as Simon's behavior started to annoy him, as well as Judy.

"Yeah, let's see how more of that attitude he has once he is in jail... So he is using the stuff that the half savage mammals were using... Explains a lot." Judy muttered.

"We can hear everything they talk through you guys, even if somewhat quietly and muffled. But the tiger makes it easy by being so loud. What a charmer that one..." Oliver muttered in annoyance on the radio line as they all listened the situation going on around Nick's and Judy's location.

"Wait Nick, this Simon just said something about bosses?" Judy questioned from the fox.

"I guess there is going to be even more mammals coming here tonight... Never a good thing.

Too bad that we can't make the bust anytime now because we haven't seen solid evidence yet." Nick mumbled.

Suddenly Coonway spoke fast.

"Ummm guys! They are almost done with the box's! I'll tell you when it's time to go! Stay on alert!" The red raccoon said and adjusted his scope,

zooming to the crate where he knew the two officers were in.

"Copy that!" Judy whispered and they both readied themselves to slip out any second now.

"Wait... The guys with the boat are leaving. They are taking the ropes off now... Simon the maniac here is walking away from the others. Probably went to use that blue stuff. Wait... The others are gathering around to talk with each other.

... Some jaguar is showing them something on his phone. Whatever it is, everyone seem's very interested. Hold on... Spotlight coming through... Jump out and run straight to your left! Behind the truck container! Now!" Coonway ordered and action began.

The fox quickly peeked from the lid and after gazing at his right, he saw the crowd of mammals laugh to something in awe as they watched some jaguars show. He then hopped out of the crate to the icy ground and pulled Judy out of the crate with his paw. They started to run right away from the crowd of mammals, on the direction Coonway told them to go. There was two huge red metal containers in L shape,

making it ideal to hide behind at the moment. Coonway explained more orders once they arrived behind the containers.

"They are still chattering. Wait for ten seconds for the spotlight to pass the crates, I tell when to run. Once I give the mark,

there is a row of another red containers when you run straight. Wait for it..."

Nick could feel his hoodie almost stick against the icy container as he leaned his back against it,

gazing at the spot they had to run next. This was almost like the one time they had to break into waterfall fortress to find the missing mammals. But this time they had help. But way more guards and pressure.

Judy was tapping her foot against the snow in anticipation as the seconds was about to arrive.

"NOW! Gogogo!" Coonway pressured.

They both started to run right away, making themselves hidden behind the shadows once again.

Half way done. Nick could already see the warehouse after peeking behind the container.

After a while Coonway spoke.

"Stay there just for now. The others are still chattering and laughing. Wait... The tiger just came back.

He is going towards the other workers... I.. They seem to argue about something there... The jaguar is showing something from his phone to this Simon guy... Oh."

"What?" Bogo and Nick suddenly asked the same time.

Well whatever he saw, he didn't look too happy. Everyone started to laugh and he knocked the jaguar out with one punch... That must had hurt. This guy really doesn't play around.

Now the guys are trying to put themselves between the two.. This is your moment, they are all distracted. Run behind the green container one, two, three... NOW!"

The fox and the bunny did as was commanded and they started running. Warehouse was getting closer and closer.

Both pressed themselves against the icy metal once again after almost slipping from one icy spot on the ground.

The place was slippery as hell. Nick started to talk.

"Okay Hotshot where do we go nex-"

"GUYS." Oliver suddenly yelped in high pitched tone.

"What howler?!" Nick spoke quickly.

"The guard that patrols the area around the most outer fence just walk'd past the back door. Meaning that he is starting to patrol the front warehouse area. But he is behind the outer metal wire fence, but if he uses that flashlight to check the containers..." Oliver warned.

"Damnit!" Coonway hissed as he located the white wolf guard with in black coat, patrolling the area with tranquilizer and flashlight.

"He is armed guys! Stay silent and don't move. If you are lucky, he won't spot you guys." Oliver said.

Then came the silence to the radio line, as everyone waited for this tense moment to pass.

Nick could see the wolf coming from their left and walking behind the outer fence. The bright light started to come closer and closer, as Nick and Judy held their breath, trying to not make one sound.

"Don't. Move." Coonway whispered.

The wolf arrived next to them, only about five feet from Nick's location. Don't point in the shadows.

Don't-

"..." The wolf suddenly stopped, his ears perking up suddenly. He didn't point the light everywhere, but he just stood there, starting to run the air with his nose greedily. Talking about deja-vu

Judy gave a little squeeze of Nick's paw, taking his attention.

Nick slowly look'd at the bunny with concerned side look, and his eyes shot open when he suddenly saw Judy look at him with determined gaze, slowly reaching for her tranquilizer.

The wolf was starting to turn his head to different directions, trying to locate the sudden scent.

Nick swallowed a bit and started slowly reaching for his own gun, feeling his heart beat faster as the white wolf gazed at the containers in the shadows, his sight locking in there. He knew something was up.

They had to knock him out with full shock. They would be spotted otherwise. But the sound from the tranquilizers would be heard.

This operation was about to fall to crumbles right here and now.

The wolf quickly turned his flashlight in his paw, ready to point his tranquilizer in the direction,

because he knew someone was there. A scent of a bunny and fox. They didn't have bunny and fox working at this warehouse.

The moment the light hit the spot, his eyes opened like a lightning, as the first thing he saw was two black clothed ZPD celebrities point their tranquilizers straight at him. One second away from shooting.

When-

PHATUFT!

Without a warning from the sky, a red electric beam silently impacted against the white wolf straight in his back, striking him against the thick layer of snow so hard that it made Judy's and Nick's heart jump from the sudden jump scare. The wolf laid half covered in snow with his eyes closed, clearly knocked out pretty hard by the impact. At that moment Nick felt pretty sorry for the guy.

But more relieved that their operation had just been saved.

"... Target shot down, over and out." Coonway confirmed professionally.

Nick and Judy exhaled loudly after realizing that they were safe. They both slowly pointed down their guns and put them back to their waists, taking a small mental break after processing what just happened.

Bogo suddenly started to speak to the radio view.

"Hopps, we have one knocked out guard on the field. We have to do something! They will find him sooner or later!" Bogo reminded,

putting Judy's leader skills to test under pressure.

The rabbit woke from her state and thought for two seconds before speaking.

"Light-feet! Would you be able to carry him out of here fast as possible?

Bring him to where you guys are hiding, and try not be seen!" Judy commanded.

"Yes Hopps!" Luke yelped quickly and started running away from Bogo and Hailie with determined look,

crouching in the snow and taking occasional slides on the ice.

"I got you dude... No one in sight. You will reach him soon, just run straight now... We are lucky today because of the snowing rain. No one will see the feet marks in snow after a while. Hopps, foxtrot!

Start making run for the window! You can make it!" Coonway ordered.

"Let's go Nick!" Judy yelped and grab'd his paw, starting to make a run for the window.

They both saw it after a while, shining with it's welcoming light on top of the wooden crates.

Would be hell of a climb but reachable. Hopefully he would fit in!

"Oh shit, the Simon guy and the others started to lift up the boxes again! The jaguar guy woke up too! They are all on action! Run fast!" Coonway yelped and the fox started to run with his loved bunny as fast as they could, finally reaching the pile of boxes.

"Carrots, check the area before we go in, okay?" Nick said as they started to climb up the mountain of boxes on all fours. They would be seen soon if they didn't hurry. Judy nodded in agreement as the two had helped each other climb on top finally, making Coonway nervous as he gazed at his best friend finally reach the white unconscious wolf and starting to carry his body on his shoulders.

"Guy is heavier than he looks! Snowball, Howler! I will be there shortly! Check the area for other mammals,

hotshot can't see there!" Luke whispered.

"It's clear." Hailie said as she peeked from behind the snowy hill to see two guards still stand on the back gate.

"You two hurry! The Simon guy is coming closer!" Coonway hissed in panic as his scope followed the fox and the bunny again.

"Fluff, you see anything?!" Nick questioned as the bunny peeked inside carefully.

There was dusty and grey tiled hallway leading to both directions, but no one was to be seen or heard at that moment.

But hell of a racket was heard as a distant echo from the inside and loud sounds of chattering. There were mammals somewhere close. And a lot.

"It's clear! No one here!... I see cleaners about three meters away. Wait, I'll jump in!" Judy said and started to crawl inside with her legs going first. There was bit of a drop to the hallway. About three meters at least. She lightly just let go and prepared for the impact by tensing her legs and preparing for a smooth barrel roll. Plus sides of being a bunny. She felt her feet hit the concrete and exhaled quietly as she had made the perfect landing.

"Now you slick!" Judy commanded as the fox gazed after her from the small window.

"Wait, let me try to..." Nick muttered as he shoved his one leg first out of the hole,

starting to squeeze himself through. But he had forgotten one little fact. There was a small nail grabbing him by the fabric of his hoodie, as he put out his other leg inside from the window too.

"Mffhh, did the drop hurt?" Nick asked with worried tone from the bunny that was tapping her foot against the concrete floor in tension as Nick was taking quite a lot of time to get himself inside.

"Hurry! The drop is not that big!" Judy hissed and pleaded him to drop already.

"Foxtrot, they will see you!" Coonway mumbled in panic as Nick was only halfway done.

"Wait, so I'll just..." Nick mumbled with scared voice as he feared for the painful impact or even falling down on her.

"NICK JUST JUMP!" She ordered as her ears perked up soon from the sudden voice of approaching mammals from some hallway.

"Okay, here I go-"

Fumphp!

He slid out his hoodie without a warning, walling on the ground on his butt. Smashing his tail under his weight, and his hoodie hanging from the ceiling.

"OW SON OF A-" Nick was about to yell in pain, when Judy blocked his muzzle in panic with her paws, as the fox felt tear peek the corner of his eyes.

"Gogogogo!" Judy pleaded despite her boyfriends painful landing, because they were about to get caught. She pulled out her tranquilizer as Nick leaned against her shoulder while skipping forward.

"HOPPS! What is going on in there!?" Bogo asked angrily as Nick's cursing was heard from the line.

"Nick's hoodie got stuck somewhere, we have to reach the cleaners room, fast!" Judy whispered in panic as Nick was taking hold of her shoulder, skipping his leg as he held his tail with his other paw.

"Now I know what Roy felt when he jumped from the fire escape ladders..." Nick muttered in pain.

"What do you mean his hoodie got stuck?! Hopps. HOPPS!?"

Bogo roared.

INSIDE THE WAREHOUSE _

"Officer Hopps, for heaven's sake give status report! I'm getting nervous over here! Fring just brought the unconscious wolf to us! Did you two get spotted?! Do we start shooting?!"

Bogo pleaded as everyone else also worriedly waited for any kind of response from the line. After three seconds they heard a small whisper.

"Me and Nick are okay... We managed to hide in one of the rooms. I can hear mammals approaching on the hallway.

I can't talk anymore, I have to listen in case they spot Nick's shirt! If they realize what is going on,

he has no option but to start shooting." Judy hissed in scared voice and peeked quietly from the room to the hallway, her paw on the handle of her tranquilizer. Nick had no choice but to prepare for shooting and running, despite the lingering pain in his tail.

She then suddenly saw two mammals appear from behind the corner, one beaver and one dalmatian, both laughing loudly about something as they came closer. Judy quickly shut the door and signaled Nick to try to endure his pain by squeezing his paw affectionately as she listened against the door.

"This new guy that Levron hired is awesome. He is already doing much better work as leader than Simon."

"Yeah but Simon is easy to win in that contest, he is an asshole."

"I know but management wise too. Guy has clearly done warehouse work at the docs before in his life.

He is like made for this job. I would be more than happy to have him giving orders with the boxes than that that over aggressive tiger."

"Alex just came in and told that Simon knocked out Xavier for some reason. Guys said that they would tell what happened after we are done with work for the night. Seemed pretty funny whatever it was. Hope Xav won't need hospital. I tell you, Simon shouldn't be using the shit."

"I like using it sometimes. Gives one hell of a rush. It makes you feel so... Primal."

"Yeah but the stuff will kill you. You ever wonder what Bellwether would think is she knew that-"

"... Knew what? Niles?"

"What is that?"

"What is what?"

"That. Someone's shirt."

There was second of quietness as Judy felt her heart beat faster.

She might have to jump on the hallway guns blazing any second now.

"For fucks sake! I tell Alex to repair the window by blocking it with something,

but that barely does the job! Freaking pot twenty-four smoking king of the lazy..."

"Come on that's kind of harsh. Alex is a great guy."

"Yeah he is but he is lazy!"

"Lazy? You are the one who didn't even bother getting yourself a tranquilizer from the cabinet because it's was too far away..."

"It's not because of that! It's because what is the point?! We have been doing work in this warehouse every night for two months now... What is the possibility that we bump into ZPD here?"

"You have point there... But someone could always snitch us out if he gets a reward from ZPD."

"Yeah, and get's himself killed within a week when boss finds out. They claim that he has someone working on the inside ZPD too. Doing all kinds of shit for the bosses!"

"That's bullshit..."

"No it's not!"

Judy listened this conversation with sudden interest. They had managed to avoid being alerted by Nick's shirt,

since the ZPD logo was on the other side of the shirt. Lucky. But someone working for the wolf they were looking for...

In their department?! That could have been a lie, but the idea made her uneasy right away. If that would be true...

Then they were in trouble... And if that mammal did exist... Whoever it was, he had to be extorted somehow.

"Chief... They are leaving the hallway... I think it's clear for now.. I can talk. We didn't get seen."

"What is going on?!" Bogo ask'd with relieved voice, easing everyone's mind as they let out a small exhale.

"We are hiding in one of the rooms. By the things what I heard two mammals speak just now, there is something shady definitely being done here. And some disturbing information too. I'll explain later. Once we have clear spot to scout for more, we will look for evidence right away with..

Nick! Oh I'm so sorry I forgot! Are you okay?!" Judy asked suddenly in horrible worry as Nick was still holding his tail with a bit painful look on his face.

"What? What happened to Wilde?"

"He jump'd on his tail..." Judy muttered as Nick just grinned a bit, as a signal that the worst pain was over.

The tailbone had not broken. At least some luck again.

"Tell Wilde to take it like a male and handle it."

"Gee, I can hear you loud and clear uncle..." Nick mumbled with smile as he sat down on the floor to take a break.

"Hey carrots... I am a cop who is without a shirt in middle of the biggest ZPD operation... Getting pretty chilly here."

Judy just gazed at Nick quickly after actually processing that her boyfriend was half naked. She gave a bit flirting look despite the tense situation and got a small grin back from the fox.

"I am going to scout the area quickly. I will hear if someone comes. You just stay here and stay quiet.

I will be back soon." Judy said as she peeked from the door.

"Be sure to bring back my hoodie if you can whiskers..." The fox mumbled as he was warming up his fur.

"I will."

Judy was just about to step out of the room when Coonway spoke.

"UMmmm.. Guys.. Some limo just arrived to the front gates. The workers are opening it for them."

Judy and Nick look'd at each other with puzzled look as Bogo spoke.

"They could be the Bosses like Hopps mentioned. Stay steady and try to describe whoever is coming out of that limo.

Understood? Bogo ordered.

"Understood chief." Coonway confirmed and zoomed to the limo that was slowly driving to the inner yard after the gates opened.

There was silence for a moment on the line that took about ten seconds.

"Some porcupine dude is opening the doors for the passengers... Wait. Holy shit.

Another one is Steve Levron."

"Really?! A- are you sure?" Judy spoke in disbelief, waiting for the answer with Nick.

"Coonway, status. Is it really Levron?" Bogo ask'd.

"Yeap. He is paw shaking the porcupine right now. Gave a kiss on his both cheeks too..

Mobsters and their odd formalities.." The red raccoon muttered and adjusted his scope again.

"If he is here, then something big is definitely going on!"

"Yeah. One of the mammals just spoke on the hallway and told that they use tranquilizers often. And I bet that they don't have licenses for those. Light-feet! Does the wolf with you have a serial number in his tranquilizer?" Judy questioned.

"Wait... Nope." Luke confirmed.

"I knew it. Not only they have a citizen wanted by the law working here, they also have illegal unregistered weapons.

Also, Briggs should be here. That gives us enough authorization to bust the place anyway. But we shouldn't yet.

Whatever they are handling and packing here... I have wild guess that it's not food for the restaurant chain at this point anymore, that stupid idea is ruled out right at this moment. But we can't attack yet.

If they react fast enough, they can destroy much evidence in that time. Also, the fact that there are way too many mammals for us to handle.

Bogo. Are the reinforcement units close?" Judy questioned.

"They are about one block from here, ready to move on my mark. Try to locate the main hall if you can, and find out what they are doing in there. Copy Hopps?" Bogo ask'd.

"Copy that. Come on Nick! We need to move.

No time for scouting. We have to change the hiding spot."

"Gotcha fluff." Nick agreed and nodded.

"Ummmm guys..." Coonway spoke.

"What?" Everyone ask'd.

"Another mammal came from the same limo as Levron.

Some ram in a high tailored suit.. He is talking with the Simon guy right now... Wait.. Could he be.."

Nick and Judy look'd at each other and spoke at the same time.

"Garvia."

"We can't be sure yet." Bogo said.

"Yeap, not yet. Carrots, let's move."

"Yeah!" Judy agreed.

The two got out of the room fast and stood on the cold hallway again, gazing around quickly and wondering where to go next.

"Maybe we should go right. Orrr left? Wait, I'll have to get my hoodie" Nick mumbled and started to smoothly sneak towards his black hoodie but it would take way too big jump to reach it from the ceiling. Suddenly Judy's ears perked up again and she spoke.

"NICK NO TIME! Someone is coming from behind the corner again! We have to take another route!" Judy yelped in panic and grabbed Nick by his paw,

leading him to the other direction quickly, turning right just in time as some other mammals came from the corner where the dalmatian and beaver had came moments ago.

"Great... Now I have to fight crime half naked..." Nick muttered as they ran through the dusty hallway, fearing that they would bump into anyone with bad luck.

"Sorry slick!" Judy apologized with nervous smile as they turned left again, running towards the crowded sounds.

They must have been close to the main hall by now.

ROY BRIGGS POV _

"So then out of fucking nowhere, Nick Wilde busts my sisters door open, and all of my knives are inside my coat...

That is laying on the seat next to him!"

"Duuuude..." Alex said as he was listening Roy's vivid story in the main hall with all the other workers.

"What did you do mister Briggs?" Xavier with bleeding nose ask'd and wiped it after a while.

"Just Roy dude. Briggs is too official. So anyway, the fox tells me to raise my paws and surrender.

As you could all expect, that is never the option unless you are a pussy." Briggs chuckled with everyone who agreed and he continued.

"So he shoots with his tranquilizer straight at me, and out of panicked reflex, I flip my sisters table over and block that mothafucking shot with pure luck!" The rottweiler explained while waving his paws as a sow.

All the mammals laughed and listened to his story in awe, like it was most amazing thing they had ever heard.

"How on earth did you escape?!" Some beaver asked with interest after everyone calmed down.

"Well it wasn't easy. I had to break my sister's window. She is probably so fucking pissed right now,

but I sent her a ten thousand in the mail this morning. Told her to buy something nice for herself."

"So there was a fire escape ladder I assume?" Someone asked.

"Yeah. Maaan the chase that we had. He just didn't give up,

and he had Hopps with him too. Freaking power duo. I did manage to dodge Wilde's other shot too but had no luck for the third. Got me in my back real good. I was lucky to reach that Simon guy at the moment."

"So how was it meeting the first fox cop in Zootopia?" Some otter ask'd.

"Oh it wasn't the first time we've met. He is actually very cool guy." Briggs chuckled.

"He is?" Alex ask'd.

"Yeah. Doesn't strike as actual police at all. It's just so freaking odd for dude like him to be a police." Roy chuckled.

"I knew Wilde when he was still in the streets. He was freaking clever one. Always rolled with his friend Finnick.

Nick hustled anything that moved those days. Beat me in poker once and almost got jumped by my friends for cheating. But then his sand fox friend started to swing a freaking baseball bat as protection. Broke Jackson's paw and shit.." Xavier said.

"As the world turns man. Even tho that ZPD's favorite bunny annoys me, I guess she was partly right about anyone being able to be anything. Damn. A fox fucking cop. An ex hustler on top. Crazy freaking world."

"Got that right man... So you like Levron?" Alex ask'd after a while.

"Quite a civil guy. Very professional. Been doing him couple of jobs already. Only worked for him about a week now. I had to break into Wilde's apartment by his order around the time he bailed me out and recruited me. And the Wolf..."

"Did you meet him already? I have worked for him about ten months now but I've never actually seen him.

I got my work through Levron. He is really good mammal to work with." Some pig said from the side.

"Yeah I met the main alpha for the first time this morning. He is... One of a kind is one way to put it... But oh boy do I like his style.

The aura that guy has.. He is really attention catching. All that I ever expected from his reputation. Knows what he's doing. And the respect that is in the room when he is present...

That is only something I could dream of someday." Briggs said with genuine tone.

"Plus he is funny as fuck. Kinda of reminds me of Wilde... If he was nuts." He laughed.

"Hahah tell me about it... I have been his driver for a long time now. Treats me really good.

Incredible character when you get to know him." Alex said.

"For real? How many years have you been working with him dude?" Briggs ask'd from the porcupine.

"Well... Six years now."

"What? And he lets you work on a field like this? When you are so close to his inner circle?" Briggs asked in confusion.

"I like working with these guys over here. Besides, he said that nothing won't happen to me. Police hasn't ever been even close to this place, nor do they suspect anything odd to happen here. Levron keeps saying that I shouldn't bother myself by working here,

but what else would I do if not this? Probably sit on my ass in home smoking weed and watching tv."

"An honest guy on top all that shiiit, whatcha name?" Briggs ask'd with grin and handed his paw to the smiling red eyed porcupine.

"Alex Sanders. Nice to meet ya Roy. I know that you will fit right in with the guys here." He said and shaked his paw back.

"I believe I do. Might as well go through all of you dudes since you are all gathered here.

Like I was superstar and some shit." He chuckled.

"Well you do understand that your reputation is pretty well known here.

It's not everyday you get to see one of the best fighters in Zootopia." Alex smiled and Briggs saw everyone nodding furiously while watching him like an idol. Roy just grinned but still felt his ego swell as he spoke.

"Yeaaaah, I guess I have been in fight or two." He said smugly and gave his paw next to the jaguar with bleeding nose.

"Xavier Blues. It's an honor mister Briggs... Oh shit sorry!" He said when he suddenly realized he was shaking his paw with his own completely covered in blood from the bleeding nose.

"Naaah, it's okay man. Used to seeing blood. Who did that to your nose anyway?" He ask'd with grin and raised an eyebrow.

"Freaking Simon. The loud over aggressive tiger. Known him for three years. He's always been like this.

But he had his reasons though this time..." Alex sighed and gave a little laugh with the jaguar.

"Yeah I've met the guy. Helped me escape from Wilde and Hopps when they almost catched us. Haven't really talked with him a lot. Seem'd like okay guy overall."

"Yeah sometimes but mostly he is a cunt." Dalmatian said next to his beaver friend.

"Don't let Simon hear that Niles or he will beat you up. He's been using the product whole evening now,

he is finding any excuse here to fight someone. He already gave whooping to Xav, but these two fight each other all the time." Alex chuckled and continued.

"What on earth is taking so long with Steve and Garvia anyway? I left them on the yard to discuss something with Simon but they have taken forever by now. I guess Steve is scolding the dumbass for using the product on work."

"Speak of the mammal himself! There they are! I better clean this shit from face to avoid any hassle..." Xavier said and started to walk over to some stairs up, leading to some hallway to find paper for his bleeding nose.

Briggs smiled and the mammals around him gave a little space and prepared themselves to respectable form as three mammals came in from the front doors.

MOMENTS BEFORE / NICK POV _

"Carrots! Where are we running?!" Nick hissed with worried tone as he scared that they would encounter anyone at any moment.

"We have to locate the main hall! I can hear lots of racket from this direction!" Judy said confidently as she placed her back against the wall moments before the hallway was about to make another turn. The fox pressed himself against the wall as well and collected his breath for a moment.

"I can hear them too, but rushing into a hall full of criminal mammals with guns doesn't sound like a well planned idea fluff!" Nick panted as Judy was peeking behind the corner. The area was silent for now, so Judy took the opportunity to check in on others.

"Chief Bogo, everything alright?"

"Everything is clear for now Hopps. Garnett is tending to the unconscious wolf at the moment. Poor bastard will sleep at least three hours. Have you located the main hall yet?"

"Negative Chief, we are trying. But this place is like a maze and I have feeling that we are going to get company really soon. Hotshot,

what is the situation on the front yard?" The bunny questioned worriedly as she waved for Nick, signaling that the upcoming hallway was clear to go.

"Levron and the ram are talking something with that Simon guy. They have been on it for a while now."

"Copy that." Judy said as the sneaked through the dusty grey hall with the fox.

"I know we are close to the main hall by now... We have to be." Judy muttered as the echoes of laughter and talk came closer all the time.

"Umm guys... Levron and the other two just started walking towards the warehouse truck platform... They are heading for the front door!" Coonway warned.

Nick's and Judy's eyes shot open as they had to figure out what to do now. Levron and Garvia were about to be here, and they had to hear whatever they were about to-

"Speak of the mammal himself! There they are!" Suddenly Nick and Judy both heard someone yell with friendly voice and some quiet mumbling after that. Someone was about to come to their direction. They heard someone climbing the stairs.

Judy could already feel her heart skip a beat when she clearly heard some mammal arrive through the nearest hallway.

Nick gave panicked look at Judy, asking what should they do? If they would tranquilize him, everyone in the building would hear.

And Coonway had no visual here. They were screwed. Only couple more steps. Unless. Nick gave a quick look at Judy and signaled her to trip the guy over with his leg when he would be close enough. Judy shook her head for the signal but there was no time.

"Mfff.. Simon and his right hooks... Where the is the nearest bathroom... I never remember.." He muttered as he was only one meter away from their location.

Nick urged her to do as he planned. She just had to trust him. She placed her feet on the ground to trip over the cursing jaguar who was so focused on his nose,

that his eyes suddenly opened from the unprepared fall. Nick reacted just as fast and hit him in the back of his head with quite a lot of force with the back of his metallic tranquilizer.

THUD!

The back of his tranquilizer let out a cringy sound as it hit the back of jaguars head loudly.

And there he laid on the dusty ground shortly after. They both just stared in tension if the jaguar was about to jump up any moment to rip whoever did that in half, but he didn't. He was clearly breathing but he was knocked out good. Judy relaxed her posture and put her tranquilizer back to her belt, giving impressed smile to Nick.

"Impressive slick. Good thinking. I hope they didn't hear-"

"Thanks... I just hope that I did it correctly. The self defense class at the academy came handy after all..." The fox muttered in confusion as he bend'd his legs and took the jaguar by his shoulder.

"Hey Xavier! What on earth are you doing in there?!" Someone yelled from nearby, making Judy and Nick feel their movement freeze at that second as they heard that. Please don't come looking for him...

"Everything fine Xav?! Good! The bathroom is on the right side!" Was heard after a while.

Nick and Judy felt their tension go away and inch and they both exhaled quietly as they whispered to each other again.

That was too close.

"Whiskers, we can't leave the poor guy here. Those guys are coming to look for their buddy after a while.

We have to hide him somewhere."

Judy nodded in agreement and started helping Nick to carry the unconscious jaguar.

"Wait... Xavier Blues?" Nick asked with confused chuckle as he took better look at the chubby jaguar.

"You know him?"

"Yeaaahh, kinda. From earlier days. Small world. And besides carrots, I told you already. I know everybody." He grinned smugly.

"Sly fox... Let's take him out of sight." Judy said and gazed around herself.

"Wait... He said that toilet was on the right side." She said and gazed at the door at the side of the hallway they had come from moments ago.

"TOILET" Was written on the door.

"... There." Judy nodded towards the direction with relieved look.

"Some luck at least... This is getting pretty bad, we are running out of time. Uncle, can you hear us?" Nick spoke to the radio.

"Yes, What on earth did you two do just now?!" Bogo hissed.

"We had to knock out one of the workers Bogo, he almost caught us. I think the main hall is behind the next corner.

We proceed thereafter we have taken this guy to the bathroom.

"Nick we better cuff him just in case." Judy said and earned a nod from the fox as they opened the small door to the tiny and dirty room.

"I'm starting to get really impatient here Hopps. Hurry with the task. Coonway, what's the situation?"

"Everything is okay chief. The workers just keep doing their job...

And they are drinking while they are on work.. It seems.." Coonway added and shook his head.

"Easier to fight them if some are drunk, so that's good for us. Hopps, proceed with the task. Wait..."

"What?" Judy asked suddenly.

Bogo and three of the other officers peeked from behind the snowy hill to see that the two guards on the back gate had gathered some other mammals around them with flashlights and their tranquilizers on, speaking loudly about something.

"Where the fuck is Lloyd?! He was supposed to check in from his circle patrol about five minutes ago!"

"He could be just taking a break Sam."

"Lloyd never takes breaks! He is not lazy. I tell you, something odd is going on. All of you, scout the area and find LLoyd!" Some lion ordered for all the gathered mammals.

"Will do Sam!" Everyone agreed and stormed off to different directions.

"Uummmm... Guys... We have a problem. A big one.

They started looking for the guy next to us!" Oliver said to the radio and swallowed as they all had to duck from the bright flashlights.

"We better hurry carrots!" Nick yelped as they paw cuffed the jaguar to the heater inside the toilet room.

"Chief, we will get there as fast as we can!" Judy assured as they exited the small room and stormed off to the direction where the jaguar had arrived from.

"Hopps. Wilde."

"Yeah?" They both asked at the same time as they peeked behind the corner that was clearly the right way to the main hall.

"Be careful. Both of you." Bogo ordered as they had to duck again from the flashing lights.

"Where the fuck could have he gone?! LLOYD!" The scouting mammals yelled around the place, making Bogo and the others reach of for their tranquilizers just in case, as the voices came closer.

ROY BRIGGS POV _

"Ah, Briggs! Pleasure to make your acquaintance again." Levron said with friendly tone as he arrived to the rottweiler and handed over his paw to the dog, who shake'd it back with smile.

"Pleasure is mine mister Levron."

"And all of you, ease up. This is just a quick inspection. No need for formalities." Levron told and all the mammal workers around them relaxed right away from male bunny's command.

"Briggs, I would like to present you one of our inner circle mammals and one of the head members of the family." Bunny said as the ram next to him handed over his hoof with serious expression.

"Garvia Defluff."

"Roy Briggs." He said back with respectable voice and could see right away that Garvia liked being spoken to with respect.

"So you are one of our new muscle it seems. We did have Simon already, but it's always good to have-"

THUD!

Was suddenly heard and some small racket from the upstairs, echoing from some hall.

Everyone's attention went to that area for a moment, in the otherwise quiet hall.

"Hey Xavier! What on earth are you doing in there?!" Alex yelled upstairs.

"Probably fell on those boxes that boys left as leftovers.

He's fine. Everything fine Xav?! Good! The bathroom is on the right side!" Alex yelled to upstairs.

There was no answer and after a while Alex just chuckled.

"He'll be fine. He just went to look some paper for his nose." Alex muttered.

Everyone gave a little chuckle and Levron raised an eyebrow.

"Why?"

"Simon here gave him a whooping on the yard." Some wolf said from the side and Simon muttered.

"And I will continue giving him some more after he's done with his nose..."

"What have we talked about this Simon? How many times do I have to tell you to take it easy?

You haven't been using the merchandise again, have you?" Levron sighed with frustrated voice as he gave scolding look to the tiger who look'd uneasy under his judging gaze.

"N-no Steve."

"Mhhhhm. You better." Steve said sternly and continued his conversation with Briggs.

"How do you like your new work?"

"This is fine boss. I like the guys already. We will get all the stuff distributed to the wanted location once we have loaded it all in the truck. How many boxes is this?" Briggs asked as he was counting the crates with his gaze on the large hall. There was lot of them.

"About one thousand. I hope that none of the boxes get damaged on the way."

"They won't you can count on me boss." Briggs said respectfully.

"Ass kisser..." Simon suddenly said.

Everyone look'd at the tiger who look'd at the rottweiler with his hands in akimbo with challenging look.

"You want to repeat that? I'm not sure I heard right?" Briggs ask'd and everyone could feel sudden exciting tension coming,

like they had been waiting for Simon to challenge new chain of command.

"Levron, I don't see why you hired this screw up to our ranks in the first place. He led ZPD to us and because of that I got blasted against the wall of my truck like a rock because of that stupid fucking bunny and this idiot's carelessness." Simon said.

"Oh boohoo bitch can't take a tranquilizer shock like a male, besides if you even knew that idiot bunny personally like I do... I can already say that she has more balls than you ever will."

"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!" Everyone gave a little roar as the tigers eyes shot open from the sudden challenge.

"You want to try your luck you fucking wimp?!" Simon roared. Making everyone mutter as they knew a brawl was about to happen.

"Oh what is ya bitch ass going to do? Nothing you steroid statue.."

"OH SHIT!" Everyone yelled as Briggs smirked and they could see that Simon was about to charge the smug dog right away when Levron got in between suddenly.

"Gentle mammals! Please! I am not in the mood for this and I have other places to go tonight.

Understood?" He asked sternly but still smiled from the entertaining banter.

"Yes sir." Briggs said with respectful tone and ease up from his fight ready posture, making Simon mumble and imitate Briggs's voice.

"Yes sir... As I said.. Ass kisser."

"Simon." Steve ordered.

Garvia was clearly annoyed that the fight had not happened and sighed.

"Steve, all the boxes seem to be here and mammals are ready for work.

Clock is ticking. Shall we discuss the cut with Briggs and Simon here?"

"We shall Garvia. Briggs, Simon. Outside. Both of you. Now."

"Will do." Both said and gave a quick aggressive look at each other while following the two suit dressed mammals to the front doors.

"You just feel like you are in power while you still can...

You will learn that I am the leader here. Not you."

"How sweet, you want a kiss?" Roy smirked and the tiger gave a killing look at the rottweiler and spoke.

"Ring. Me and you. Anytime. Bring your toothpicks if you want." He challenged.

"Oh Simon, Simon... you don't want to meet my knifes. That I promise."

"Fucking cocky ass ZPD lover..."

"All I hear is talk but no action."

"You just wait for your turn mutt.. You just wait."

"All roar no action." Roy yawned mockingly as they opened the front doors and exited the hall.

NICK POV _

Well that was... Something alright." Nick muttered as the two laid against the cold concrete on the upper level,

after hearing just about everything. They had not seen the mammals since it was too risky to peek, but they had heard them alright. They would have to peek soon. Only question was... How would they distract the mammals around their shipment?

"Yeah. Hotshot, you have visual on Levron?" whispered quietly as the mammals inside the warehouse started working again and lift everything up by the sound of it.

"I do. They are talking by the car about something. How should we proceed from here? We got the guards patrolling all over the perimeter and they will soon realize that their buddy skipped the work without telling them." Coonway asked nervously.

"Oh sweet cheese and crackers, I forgot him.. Bogo, what's the situation?"

"They are closing in. Only matter of time before they find us. I give us about minute at max.

After they find us, there is no other way but to fight. Hopps. Do you and Wilde see what they are handling in there?" Bogo asked quietly as all the three embraced themselves as the lights flashed close to their hiding spot.

"I can't... We need a distraction! Something loud so we can check whatever they have-"

"Uhhhh, Levron is leaving with the ram right now!" Coonway said from the radio line, earning everyone's attention.

"What?! Coonway can you tranquilize the driver?!"

"Got it Hopps-"

"No! Don't." Bogo ordered sternly.

"What?! Why chief?!" Judy hissed.

"We don't have enough against them. No pictures, no voice recordings, no eye witnesses. Except Coonway through his scope.

Hopps and Wilde. Did either of you see them with your own eyes?"

"I.. N-no but-" Judy stuttered because they had indeed not seen them, only heard their voices.

"So we have nothing to tie them into this case with.

If that indeed was Levron and Defluff just now, making the arrest right now would be reckless.

You know how much influence and power Levron has. We catch him now, He will be out within two days.

And we anger the wolf they are working for. We danger our department by becoming a possible target of concern once again. We can't catch them, until we have metal solid proof to show to the judge.

I know that it's frustrating and painful... But we have to let them go."

"B-but.." Judy tried to fight back against the logic but then Nick spoke to her.

"Carrots.. Uncle is right. We will get them. But not today.

We have our paws full with these other criminals here.

Levron and Defluff have to wait for now. Let's not push it." Nick agreed quietly and gave a comforting look at the bunny that told her to trust him.

She gave a bit defeated look as she spoke to the radio.

"Coonway... Are they gone?" She whispered.

"They just left the front gate. Sorry Hopps. But chief has a point."

"I know..." Judy sighed and continued after collecting herself for a moment.

"Okay, to the distraction. What should we do?" Judy ask'd from the fox next to her who wondered for a moment.

Time was running out.

"Wait... Hotshot. Can you possibly shoot something that would distract them enough?

How about... wait.. PERFECT. Hotshot!"

"What is it foxtrot?"

"What is Simon and Roy doing at the moment?"

"... Arguing about something. Both are pretty close to each other."

"How much do you have power in that gun at yours?"

"Hell of a lot. Why?"

"Set the adjustment to most low as possible.

On a scale from one to ten, how much would the lowest force possible hurt?"

"Wilde, what are you on about?" Bogo asked in frustration.

"Just trust me! How much does the lowest power kick?"

"Uhhh... Well about same amount as very, very powerful punch or kick probably.

It would not be pleasant in any way. It will still be quite a shock."

"Wonderful. Hotshot, be a good guy and shoot Simon in his tail if you can."

"What?!" Judy and Bogo both ask'd like Nick had gone crazy.

"We are going to give them a show. Trust me. Simon has been wanting to release that pressure for anyone possible for the whole night, he's on the blue stuff.

Shoot him in the tail. TRUST ME. It will give us the distraction we need!" Nick assured with confident grin.

"Hopps?" Coonway ask'd for the leader's confirmation.

Nick just gave a wink to the bunny and Judy just look'd back for a moment and then whispered.

"... Okay. Clear to shoot."

"Copy that." Coonway said and started to adjust his scope to the incredibly small waving target,

that was the angry tigers tail.

FRONT OF THE WAREHOUSE _

"Reminding me of a fucking poodle." The tiger muttered as Roy was clearly pretty close at fighting him.

"Shut the fuck up and take the first swing, just try me kitty." Briggs grinned as he balled his paw to a fist.

"You first you cocky littleAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH MOTHERFUCKERR!"

The tiger roared and jumped in the air, earning everyone's attention on the yard with his loud yelling.

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH MY FUCKING TAIL! WHO SHOT ME?!"

"What are you on about now Simon..." Alex came to the tiger and muttered.

"SOME OF YOU FUCKING COWARDS JUST SHOT MY TAIL WITH TRANQUILIZER! WHO WAS IT!?" He demanded with kill hungry voice.

"Simon calm down!" Some wolf ordered as everyone started to gather around them.

"I BET IT WAS XAVIER! I WILL KILL HIM!"

"Xavier isn't even here dude." Someone said.

"I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP, SOME OF YOU ASSHOLES SHOT MY TAIL!

I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE A GUN! Whose IDEA WAS IT, YOU COWARDS?!"

"I think you are just trying to find excuses by backing out of the fight.

Nice acting though. I give it eight out of ten." Briggs laughed.

Then the tiger had enough. He gritted his teeth and prepared for full haymaker against the laughing rottweiler,

but he had expected it. And what do you know, that escalated into a brawl.

"Guys, they are fighting! It work'd!" Coonway said as he started to follow the situation.

All the mammals started to roar and cheer as the two started to brawl on the yard like wild animals.

"There we go... Wait for it." Nick said with smug smile.

"Someone is running to the front door!" Coonway said.

"I am so good." Wilde chuckled as him and Judy heard the front door open and some mammal yell inside the warehouse.

"SIMON AND THE NEW GUY ARE FIGHTING! BETS ON THE TABLE FUCKERS!" He yelled and slammed the door open.

"WHAT?! NO WAY!" Everyone yelled and stormed off to the front door, leaving whatever work they were doing at the moment.

As last of the footsteps were gone and the door was opened and shut for the last time,

complete silence took over the warehouse.

"NICK! YOU CLEVER FOX!" Judy yelled happily and jumped up from the dusty floor. The urge to kiss him right now was annoyingly strong.

"I knooooow." He grinned and jumped from the floor as well.

"Excellent work Wilde. Hopps, check the crates! Now is your moment!" Bogo ordered.

"Yes chief!" She yelped as she started running down the stairs with the fox.

NICK POV _

It took only about five seconds from them to run to the corner that was filled with the mountains of boxes and wooden crates.

"We need something to open these up with!" Nick yelp'd.

They started to search the area as best as they could, trying to find anything that would do the trick.

"Carrots, you got anything? These are pretty heavily shut!" Nick mumbled as he was trying to open the lids with his claws with poor success.

"Wait... I found this!" Judy yelled and took the crowbar that was leaning against the wall on the corner.

She pushed the fork part to the small gap and spoke to the fox.

"Wait.. Give me space Nick. I got this." She said and Nick scooted over as the bunny took a bit of distance and charged for a small jump.

She hopped on the crowbar with as much as pressure she could find from her rabbit legs, sending the top of the crate fly a good distance and opening the contents for them to see.

"Well... That was cool." Nick admitted and they both slowly walk'd towards the moment of truth.

The fox and the bunny arrived to the open crate and gazed inside carefully.

There was moment of silence between them as their eyes widened.

Fox slowly put his paw into the box and slowly pulled out a long and thin vial out of the box that was completely filled with the same ones in the neat tightly packed rows.

Nick and Judy look'd at the vial in their paws. It was the blue liquid. Filled with all kinds of description on the side of the vial. This was the same stuff that Simon was on. It had to be. But there was at least a thousand boxes in here! Were these mammals insane?!

They both slowly gazed at the boxes and crates around the place,

wondering the same thing... But some of the boxes were different sizes.

Nick slowly turned his gaze to other crate next to them, giving a small nod for Judy to do her trick again.

After shoving the crowbar between the lid and jumping again,

the loud crack signaled that it was open.

Nick slowly took the lid off and revealed piles of unmarked tranquilizers covered in middle of the piles of hay, with some more of these small vials in aluminum lockets around the box as well.

"Bogo... Call the backup." Judy and Nick both said at the same time.

"What? What did you two find?!" Bogo ask'd right away.

"We found more than what we expected. Bogo, call every officer on the area in this location!

Time for the light show. The warehouse is filled with the blue stuff. The drug that is connected with Levron!"

"What?! The whole warehouse?!" Bogo ask'd with disturbed voice.

"There are guns too. Lot of them. Some of these are from ZPD. They even have Coonway's rifles here! Lot of them too...

How on earth have they gotten this stuff from us?!" Nick mumbled and Bogo answered voice was heard right away.

"ALL UNITS TO THE AREA AT THE SOUTH HARBOR! WAREHOUSE TWELVE! NOW!" Bogo roared to his police radio and all the three next to him knew that it was go time.

"HEY, WHO GOES THERE!?" Some unknown voice yelled on the line,

as he heard Bogo yell to his radio.

They had been discovered.

A loud blast of tranquilizer was heard and there was moment of silence.

"CHIEF BOGO?!" Judy asked in worry as there was no answer.

Until after a moment.

"... Well shot officer Garnett." Bogo said with stunned voice.

"T-thank you..." She muttered in panic.

"Guys that was definitely heard if we are unlucky! It's time to start shooting!" Luke yelled.

"Let's get them! We will come to the warehouse now!" Oliver yelled and there was suddenly shooting heard from the line.

"WHAT THE FUCK?! ZPD?! ALERTNGUH-!"

"Good shot chief!" Oliver yelled as they were blasting their tranquilizers at every confused guard that yelled from the sudden attack by four mammals with their guns blazing.

"Guys! They heard that!" Coonway said as he was looking at the stop'd fight on the front yard.

"Damnit, Judy take cover behind the boxes, fast!" Nick said worriedly and grabbed Judy from her paw.

Judy nodded and they both hid behind one mountain of crates, pulling out their tranquilizers and ready to arrest whoever came through that door. It was their duty to even try the arrest before shooting. But Judy knew how it was going to go.

"They stopped fighting! They are talking about something- wait! They are all running to the warehouse.

Do I start shooting?!" Coonway ask'd fast.

"Do it hotshot!" Judy ordered but then suddenly Coonway started cursing.

"Shit! I still had it on lowest power! I forgot! DAMNIT! No need for silencer anymore. Wait, I have to take it off to have the full power!"

INSIDE THE WAREHOUSE _

Judy and Nick let out small exhale as the main truck platform door's mechanically opened up,

making machinery like racket and the cold wind blew into the warehouse.

"Where the hell does this racket come from?! Is it from the back gates where the guards or is our merchandise shooting inside the boxes?! Freaking unreliable guns... Zach! Go check the back yard! Ask was it them shooting or not?!" Simon yelled and one antelope ran from the side alley towards the back gates.

"None of us shot anything at least! But I am sure that we heard tranquilizers now!" Alex spoke in confusion.

"Someone did shoot my tail earlier, I'm telling! I bet it's Xavier just fooling around and making fun of us!"

"Could be but I doubt it. He would know the consequences for such pranks. Where is he anyway? I haven't seen him since he went to bathroom..." Alex muttered.

"So it could be the backdoor guards. Do they ever shoot shit when they are bored?" Roy ask'd.

"Hell no. They never do that shit. They are very professional. They must have been shooting something." The dalmatian spoke.

"That would be us!" Judy yelled suddenly.

Nick and Judy hopped out of their hiding place and pointed at their tranquilizers towards the huge crowd of mammals about eight meters away.

"ZPD! Every paw in the air and to the ground slowly!"

For a moment all the mammals look'd like they didn't have any idea was this really happening right now. Like it was not possible.

But everyone could clearly see the two officers in middle of the crates, telling them to stand down.

Nick and Judy could see as the red small spot of laser pointed at Simon from the sky, but no one noticed it.

"Wh- what?! Is that Wilde and Hopps?!" Someone asked in disbelief.

"It is... Nicky boy where the hell is your shirt?" Roy asked suddenly.

"Left it hanging on the nail. Yea I know, very professional of me." Nick chuckled.

"H-how on earth did you-"

"Find you? Fox magic." Nick grinned and even Judy could not hold a small smile after hearing that.

The twenty mammals just stared in disbelief as the two officers spoke once again.

"ARE YOU ALL DEAF!? Don't make us start shooting! On the ground now! One last warning!" Judy ordered once more.

Briggs just look'd at Nick with terrified look. He had an idea of meeting Nick again very soon but not this soon. Nick just gave a smirk back to the confused rottweiler. There was still no movement as everyone were wondering the same thing. Were these two alone? If they were, what would stop them for just beating them up and locking them into the basement and call the bosses?

Then suddenly Simon started to laugh and spoke.

"Ohohohoo, noooooo. What?! These two seriously just asked twenty guys with tranquilizers to stand down!?

I don't know how the hell did they find us but they ain't leaving this place alive. GET THEM!" Simon ordered.

Everyone's paw went for their tranquilizer when Judy yelled again.

"Wouldn't suggest it! Really bad idea!"

Everyone stopped for a moment, wondering what on earth she could do next without getting killed. Simon just laughed like a maniac and gritted his teeth.

"Oh, and what are you two going to do against twenty guns?!

By the way, I am not finished with you. I am going to shove that tranquilizer of yours into Wilde's-"

"Fire from the sky. Now hotshot." Hopps smirked.

"Copy that." Was heard from the line.

"What?!" Simon said in confusion when suddenly a bright red lighting struck everyone from the sky.

KRAZAHTTT!

The blast knocked Simon against three of his coworkers, crashing them all on the snowy pavement and none of them moved from under the tiger after that.

Only smoke was rising from the back of Simon's fur as he laid there, his leg twitching occasionally.

There was complete silence between all of them as even Nick and Judy laid their weapons for moment and look'd at Simon's twitching leg as he laid unconscious on the floor. Everyone look'd just as stunned as them.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!" Roy yelled in scared tone as everyone tried to find the source of the bright blast with their gazes.

"I think I got him." Coonway said casually to the radio.

"No kidding?" Nick blurted out and suddenly Briggs pointed his claw at them.

"Get them!"

A complete chaos filled the hall as some of the mammals stormed inside, shooting to Nick and Judy's direction as much as they could. One of them almost hit Nick right away but Judy grabbed him behind cover just in time.

They were trapped.

"Get them!" Everyone yelled as the blue shocks blasted all around the place, making one hell of a racket and light show inside the warehouse like it was a disco.

"Bogo! Where are you?!" Judy ask'd from the radio in panic as almost twenty mammals blazed their guns at their way, some loading their another shot for them.

"We are there shortly! We are busy here with the guards! They just keep coming!

Garnett watch out!" Bogo suddenly said and the sounds of shooting filled the radio frequency completely.

"Another shot coming!" Coonway yelled after pulling the metallic loader back with loud click and blasted his gun.

KZRAHAF!

Briggs rolled against the wall in fear as some zebra next to him flew about the three meters back with incredible force, straight against the icy red container and falling on the snow unconscious.

"All of you five! Shoot the sniper! He's there!" Briggs yelled and pointed to Coonway's direction.

"Oh shi-" Was only thing Coonway could yelp as crowd of five mammals started to shoot at his direction blindly. Three shots were not even close but two hit the metallic rail right next to him.

"My location is revealed! I try to find another spot! Foxtrot, Hopps! What is your situation!?"

"Kinda bad!" Nick yelled as he peek'd behind one of the boxes and saw some of the mammals load their guns and some closing in slowly while still shooting.

Judy put on her war face as she jump'd a smooth barrel roll on the other pile of crates, shooting one dalmatian unconscious quickly as she did it.

"There is still too many of them!" She yelled worriedly as she waited for her gun to reload.

"Uncle, we could really use some help over here!" Nick yelled as he peek'd from behind the box and shot with his tranquilizer,

missing his shot by shooting someone between his legs. There was no time to aim. The fire they were receiving from the front door's direction was too much.

Wait... Tranquilizers! Nick suddenly realized!

"Judy!" Nick yelled to the bunny about six feet from his location.

"What?!" She yelled as she turned to shoot again, but went to cover fast as two shots almost impacted her on that moment.

"Almost got her!" Someone yelled.

"Carrots! Their tranquilizers!" He yelled and suddenly knocked out one of the wooden boxes on the ground,

making its lid pop open and it's contents fall to the ground. Lots of tranquilizers. But now his cover was getting thin as he smashed another box against the ground.

Judy understood what he meant and prepared herself for another leap to Nick's side.

"Cover me Nick!" She yelled as she prepared herself for another barrel roll.

"Got you! Now!" He yelled and turned to shoot at the crowd of mammals that had taken cover behind anything they could as well.

Roy was nowhere to be seen at that short second. Nick blasted his tranquilizer and shot down the porcupine that had trouble reloading his own tranquilizer at the moment.

Zap!

Was heard and the porcupine fell to the ground.

"Alex is down!" They yelled.

"I swear I will kill them with a baseball bat filled with nails once they are knocked out!" Some rhino yelled as he was reloading his gun.

Nick could feel the fear creep inside him as he heard the threats come from the mammals as they came closer all the time. These mammals were not playing around. If they would get knocked out, who knows what their fate would be after that?

Suddenly from outside was heard a loud blast that was like lighting from the sky again.

KAZARRTF!

The red light flashed and some poor mammal flew in the air from the impact again. Coonway was really blasting as much as he could.

"This zone is pretty hot! I am being shot at all the time!" Coonway yelled in stress as he was loading his gun again.

"Same here! Where on earth is Bogo!?" Nick yelled as Judy started to collect the weapons from the ground and handed two over to Nick.

"Let's get them partner!" She yelled and Nick gave a smirk as he rose up from his cover with Judy.

"Hope that these work!" Nick said with a bit scared tone as they both blasted their guns at the mammals.

Both of them missed one shot but hit two other mammals with the other. They both ducked once again and threw the two recharging guns away,

picking new one s from the crate.

"See fluff?! This is why I need two tranquilizers!" He laughed despite the scary moment.

"Nick, focus!" Judy ordered.

"How on earth did they reload so fast?!" Some mammal yelled in panic as they kept blasting some of the boxes.

"They are using our guns you idiot!" Someone yelled back.

KAPFOOOM!

"Another one down! They are running out of shooters!" Coonway yelled smugly as he was sneaking on the platform.

"Hotshot! You have visual on Briggs?!" She yelled as she was picking up another pair of guns with Nick.

"No! I lost a sight of already! He was shooting at my way moments ago but I don't see him anymore! He must have bailed out! But he can't be far!" Coonway yelled.

"Rotten corn!" Judy cursed and prepared for another shot. Suddenly Nick laughed.

"You have the cutest curse words ev-"

"Not now Nick!"

"Hey! Foxtrot! Hopps! Help is here!" Oliver suddenly yelled on the line.

Before Judy even got to answer that, the back door was kicked open by Bogo, followed by three other mammals who started blasting their tranquilizers at the crowd of criminals the moment they walk'd in.

"Oh shit! Fall back!" Some beaver yelled as the last remaining ten mammals started to run out of the warehouse as fast as they could through the truck platform on front. There was no winning this fight.

"I knew they had more officers here!"

"Where on earth are all the guards?! Levron hired like ten of em! Where is the help?! I can't shoot shit! I am only good with my fists!" Someone yelled in frustration as they kept shooting towards the zpd officers in panic.

"I don't know! Keep shooting! We can't let the bosses down!" Some wolf yelled bravely.

"It's hopeless! Fall back!" Some pig yelled in panic and ran.

"I am not going to fucking jail, I swearAPHUMP!-" The wolf suddenly felt his body fly in the air as the red lighting struck from the dark sky again,

knocking him unconscious on the snow.

"SHITSHITSHIT!" Many of them yelled as they ran outside, heading for the main gate and trying to desperately climb over it.

"It's over! Stop running!" Judy ordered as Bogo and the others were right behind her.

"Climb! Someone has to make it!"

PHEEEEEEEEYyyyyy

Suddenly the police sirens were heard as four police vans drove to greet them on the front gate,

rolling in like an army from the dark.

The bright lights flashed the escaping mammals vision at that moment. There was no running anymore.

At that moment everyone just dropped their tranquilizers on the snowy ground and look'd behind them.

"Paws up all of you!" Bogo ordered as he was closing in on the remaining mammals with the rest of the team.

"... Fuck." Was only thing most of them muttered as they put their paws up and laid themselves on the ground.

"I don't see Briggs, where is he?" Nick ask'd from one of the workers.

"Fuck you!" Was all he got back from agitated cheetah on the ground as Bogo was paw cuffing him.

"Buddy ease up. It's over. Someone find Roy!

He can't be far." Nick said and most of their team nodded and started to run to different directions to find the rottweiler.

"Good work Hotshot!" Nick yelled up with Judy as he spotted the red raccoon high up on the metallic platform giving him thumbs up from the air.

"Thanks foxtrot. I- is it over?" Coonway asked.

"Yeah... It's over. We got them all." Bogo said proudly as he opened the front gate for the arriving officers.

"And for heavens sake someone bring Wilde a shirt please!" Bogo ordered.

"We are going to have to celebrate this!" Oliver yelled on the radio line as he was still searching for Roy with the others.

"Yeah... That is one way to put it." Nick sighed and felt like he could breathe easily for the first time this night.

They had done it.

"Nick..." He heard Judy say next to him, earning his attention.

"Yeah... carrots?" Nick chuckled and panted as the relief was taking its toll on him. He sat down on the snowy ground and spoke.

"We did it. Just like you said. We won." She said proudly as he look'd at the panting and smiling fox.

"I didn't doubt us for a second... Like you said... ZPD's finest." Nick chuckled and collected his breath again.

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Chapter 25: Glory

Summary:

I think... That we are getting there ;)

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Chapter 25

"Glory"

The sunrise was making its way over Tundratown with its warming embrace, making the complete darkness fade away and another day making its way to Zootopia. The light blue tone was making its welcoming entrance to the sky over the district.

Three hours had passed after the whole warehouse was practically cleared of unconscious mammals, and five more patrol vans had been summoned to the spot by Bogo. The last remaining mammals were cursing as they were dragged inside the police vehicles, making thirty captured mammals in total.

This was the biggest bust in Zootopia's history.

"Hey there, cutie." Nick said, wiggling his eyebrows with his trademark smirk to Hailie as he was sitting on the back of the police van without his shirt,

feeling the cold Tundra town air bristle against his bare fur.

Hailie just blushed and mumbled something apologizing as she turned her gaze away from Nick as he kept staring at her intentionally with that flirty look.

But it's not everyday you get to see one of the most famous ZPD officers half naked. And Nick was enjoying the side peeks she gave him way too much. Probably because it was annoying Judy a bit. She knew exactly how good he looked without a shirt.

"For cheese sake, Nick, take this hoodie and stop doing that," Judy ordered. She shook her head as she handed over his black ZPD hoodie that she had retrieved from the hanging nail inside the warehouse to her boyfriend.

Nick knew that she just didn't want anyone to share this sight but her. So freaking cute when she's jealous.

"Aaaahh, there we go!" Nick yelped happily. He took the thick sweater from her paws with a smile as the cold was actually starting to get to him now.

"Hey guys!" Oliver yelled at him and Luke came from their patrol around the warehouse.

"Did you find him?! Any sign of him at all? Footprints?" Judy questioned right away as the mammals arrived to the scene.

"No sign of Briggs anywhere! He really knew how to use the darkness to his advantage! He vanished into thin air!" Luke cursed in frustration.

"Yeah, that's Roy alright. Somehow all this seemed way too good to be true anyway. One slippery dog," Nick muttered as he slid the sweater on himself and gave a satisfied hum from the warmth that embraced his fur again.

"Should we widen the search with larger patrols? He can't be far," Oliver suggested.

"I think we have done enough for one night. Besides Roy is far away by now. He is good at escaping and laying low. I don't think we'll find him by his sister's place either, or anytime soon..." Nick said with smile and sighed. He didn't even know why he wasn't that mad about him escaping after all this. Again.

Bogo was of course going to be angry like always. But Nick wasn't. A part of him felt a little guilty about hoping that Roy had escaped. Nick kinda liked him.

Probably because he reminded him so much about Finnick. Seriously, those two would be the craziest duo ever. They would become best buds in no time.

"Rotten grapes! Bogo is going to be so angry! Again!" Judy groaned and gave a frustrated kick at the snow.

"Don't worry, Judy. We will find him eventually," Hailie assured. She then spoke to Oliver and Luke, "Let's just take another run around the place just in case. Maybe we missed something."

"Got it," they both said and earned an approving nod from Judy as she was standing next to Nick on the back of the van.

After the three mammals went on their way again, Judy spoke right away, "Well... At least we got thirty criminals and that Simon guy..."

"I'd say that's quite a catch. We did good. I think Bogo can ease his storm if only one guy managed to escape tonight," Nick assured with warm smile.

That fact did lighten up Judy's mood as her gaze followed the last of the criminals being carried to the vans. Seemed like the warehouse was completely cleaned up.

Nick and Judy could see as the last two mammals woke up in middle being transported. The jaguar named Xavier, that they had hid in the bathroom, was waking up from his knocked out state as he was being carried by some zebra officer.

"Mhhhh... Wha-... What is... Going on?" he mumbled distantly as he was gazing around.

The first thing he saw in front of him was his porcupine friend, a guy named Alex, who had already woken up. He just gave a defeated look to his friend and spoke, "Xav maaan... We got busted. Boss is going to be pissed..." He stated with a sad tone but no hint of anger in it. He seemed so timid a guy to be a criminal.

He suddenly spoke again to the officer next to him as the officer signaled him to get into back of the police vehicle with the others. "Heyy uuhhh, officer, may I please have a moment of your time?" he asked gently from Delgato who had arrived to the scene.

The lion just raised an eyebrow to the sudden request and answered, "I uhhh... Sure?"

"Ummm... Where might Officer Hopps be? I would want a couple of words before my departure. Is that okay, bruh?"

"... I... What?" The lion asked in confusion. Judy, suddenly out of interest, told Nick to just sit tight as she was starting to make her way to the porcupine.

"Wait, Delgato! I got this," she said and walked over to the porcupine and stood in front of the friendly, smiling criminal and spoke, "It's unusual to ask for an audience like this, especially in the crime scene. But since you seem to have good manners... What is it that you want to discuss?"

"Well, the first thing that I would like to get out of the way would be a paw shake. Me and my family have been huge fans of yours ever since what you did for Zootopia. May I?" he asked with genuine smile, and handed over his paw, despite being in cuffs.

Judy could not to help but to raise an eyebrow to that sudden gesture. She would have expected insults in front of his crime mates for fun, or getting spat on the face or something, but the porcupine just gave friendly smile and held his paw in the air. After a while of staring him in wonder she gave a paw shake back and was answered in awe. The porcupine then spoke.

"Alex Sanders. My pleasure, Miss Hopps. Congratulations on your work tonight. Although there goes my side job. But... It's not everyday you get busted by a superstar," he chuckled.

"I... Thank you?" Judy thanked in total confusion about the situation. How could someone working for Levron be so civil and well-mannered, especially after just being arrested?

She had a picture that all of them were like... Well, Simon.

"You are very welcome. I do have to admit, you are way more beautiful in real life than on TV. Boss was right," he said and gave a little wink.

That caught Judy completely off guard and she blushed for a moment and mumbled back, "I- I wouldn't say I.. I mean..."

"Haha, don't worry, Miss Hopps. Didn't mean to make anyone uncomfortable... I guess this is the part where I tell that I did have some kind of request?" he asked with a sudden guilty smile.

"... Figured as much," Judy stated after her blush had calmed down.

"Well the thing is, there are certain conditions that you have to take notice of considering my coworkers: Xavier has anxiety in small places,

so I would hope that he gets the biggest cell, just in case. And Niles has asthma and is going to need his pipe. Also, Uni is going to need a stress toy.

He ummm... Gets really frustrating and loud under too much pressure. Which this situation is going to give him. Also, we are going to need-"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Let me stop you right there, Mister Sanders. ... I...are you serious, or is this a joke?" she asked in complete confusion.

The porcupine raised an eyebrow to sudden doubt and spoke with a genuine tone, "Well of course I am. I care for the health of my friends. I have been working many years with most of these mammals under that roof. I know many of them personally.

So I would appreciate that they are being well taken care of, despite these unpleasant circumstances. We are all together in this world, aren't we not?

So let us all treat each other with respect we deserve-"

"Respect? Unpleasant circumstances? YOU ALL TRIED TO KILL US!"

"What? How on earth did you get that kind of picture about our intentions, Miss Hopps?"

"I... One of you yelled that once we would be knocked out, he would kill us with baseball bat filled with nails! Who says things like that?!" she asked in horror.

"That would be Ethan: The Rhino. He has anger issues. If you think that I had allowed him to commit murder in this city, or under that roof in fact,

you are mistaken my lady. Boss would never allow that to be done to any mammal. Ethan goes to anger management classes. And I doubt he would have really done such things.

It's always easier to brag than to bring your words into actions. A fact that we all know," he said professionally.

Judy struggled to give an answer for a moment and then she spoke, "That crazy tiger said that we are not going to leave this place alive!"

"Like I said. Words over actions. First of all, Simon has always been a bit touched in the head. He would have probably done such horrible things, if he was alone in the situation. Second, he was under the influence of the serum we were handling. Third, if he would have even touched you two, my boss would've..."

He went quiet before finishing his sentence, gaining Judy's interest.

"He would've what? Are you talking about Levron, or the wolf that he works for?"

Alex looked a bit spooked right away, especially about the fact that they knew about Levron or his connection to this. He shook his head quickly and knew he should not say another word about this subject.

"Nothing. Scratch that. Now. Back to the list of our needs, Miss Hopps. Farin is going to need-"

"Let me stop you right there, Mister Sanders. I thank you for clearing things up and everything, but I am not the right mammal to bring these details and requests to. Once you are at the station, appoint all of these things to Chief Bogo. I will tell him that you have my word once I have words with him personally. Understood?"

Alex stood there for a moment and his apologizing expression turned into small smile and he gave a little nod.

"Thank you, Miss Hopps. Very kind of you."

Judy didn't even know how to handle such kind manners anymore from a mammal that she thought of as a no good criminal at first.

She just had to ask, "... I can't hold this question anymore: How on earth did a mammal like you end up working into crime organization like this?"

The porcupine just chuckled and spoke after a while.

"Crime organization has such an evil vibe about it. I would rather call it The Family. And if you are implying why I am so nice? Most of these mammals here are.

Not all of them are like Simon. They have families and kits just like everyone else. Just because we are doing the job that handles things like... Well...

What you found in the warehouse are just objects to us. We don't ask questions and we get paid. It might not sound so ethical but we need money to keep our families fed. Sometimes you gotta do what you got to do. Simple as that. Wouldn't you agree?"

"That does not excuse your actions. This stuff gets mammals killed, Mister Sanders. I'm pretty sure you know that."

"... Okay I won't argue against that. But boss always has some great grand plan for these kinds of things. I was concerned first, but he is not bad mammal.

He wouldn't use this stuff for bad things."

"It can be used for good things?" Judy asked with a sarcastic tone.

"... Who knows? Maybe?"

Suddenly their ears perked up when officer Francine and Grizoli were escorting the unconscious tiger that was waking up.

"Wait... What.. ALEX... WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!"

"We got busted, Simon. Shit happens," Alex chuckled.

"I... I WILL KILL YOU ALL!" The tiger started roaring right away, making everyone wince their ears from his yelling.

The porcupine groaned and spoke right away to his roaring friend next to him.

"Shut up, you freaking idiot. Threatening to kill police officers is not a good start when they handle your case in court.

Just for once in your life, shut your pie hole Simon and have some respect, or at least some manners," Alex ordered in frustration.

"SCREW YOU, ALEX! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH THAT RIFLE BLAST HURT?! NO! YOU DON'T! I SWEAR THAT ONCE I FIND WHOEVER SHOT ME,

I WILL SHOVE THAT THING IN HIS-"

"Krhm. That would be me. Sorry. Had chief's order to use full power," A familiar voice suddenly announced next to Judy and Alex.

Coonway had made his way finally down from the bridge and had arrived to the scene with his black rifle bag neatly on his shoulder.

Everyone went quiet for a moment as Simon stared at the red furred raccoon who was standing there formally with a smug grin and toothpick between his teeth. Francine and Grizoli had to restrain the tiger right on the spot as he tried to escape their grasp to rip apart the officer who had claimed the blame for shocking his brain to another dimension.

Even Nick had arrived to the scene now after hearing the banter. Judy gave a frustrated look at Nick, who looked at Coonway and then the berserk mode tiger that was trying to get himself out of two officers hold, despite being in cuffs. The tiger then turned his gaze at Nick and his eyes filled with blood-lust.

"You just fucking wait your turn, Wilde. I will make sure that this time you have another black eye too! And this time your nose cannot be fixed by a doctor!"

Simon threatened, making Nick actually jump back a bit from the scare. There was no denying the fact that he was a bit scared of the tiger.

Judy spoke right away with angry tone after seeing her boyfriend clearly in fear that the tiger would actually get out of two officers hold any moment,

being as strong as he was. They did have quite a trouble with handling his strength.

"Do we have to put tape on your mouth, you jerk?! Stop threatening officers, if you know what's good for you!" she ordered.

"If I were you, I would listen to her, Simon. Calm down for heaven's sake!" Alex ordered from the side, but Simon wasn't hearing it.

Judy warned him one last time, "It's almost like Garlow number two... I will give you one last chance to be quiet-"

"OH I AM SO SCARED OF A TINY LITTLE BUNNY! WHAT CAN YOU DO, HUH?! NOTHING!" he roared. He then turned his gaze back to Coonway.

"PREPARE TO BE THE FIRST RED PANDA TO BE RIPPED IN HALF AND TOSSED INTO THAT RIVER YOU FUCKING LITTLE-"

Coonway gave a frustrated look at Judy who just gave a small nod as answer. Let's see if this will quiet him up. Coonway then kneeled down and laid the bag on the snow from his shoulders. He then unzipped the bag, and the moment he pulled out the large rifle. Everyone's eyes widened as they saw the size of that gun so close.

Coonway took it in his both paws and walk'd over to the tiger, slowly pointing the barrel right between Simon's eyes. At that moment the roaring stopped right away and Simon's hostile attitude turned into one of fear.

Coonway spoke with a low and intimidating voice, "First of all. I am A RACCOON. You do well to remember that. Second, I am still authorized to use this thing till the end of the operation by Chief Bogo's orders.

So don't try me. I think I speak for everyone when I say that no one wants to hear another damn second of your empty threats and yelling. Shut the hell up!

Or would you like to get some still out of your system and embrace some volts again? I am more than happy to see what this weapon will do from this range. Probably fry your brains.

I have feeling that it would hurt hell of a lot more than last time. You ready for another nap? Still got something to say? No?"

Everyone quietly followed the scene from without moving or saying a word and the tiger just shook his head from side to side and spoke quietly.

"No."

"That wasn't so hard now was it? You going to behave now?" Coonway asked.

"Y- yes," Simon said, with a horrified tone.

"Good. Take him away. Please do let me know if he lets out even a small squeal, will you guys?" Coonway asked from Francine and Grizoli.

"Will do, Rasheed. Thank you," they both said with thankful tone, as the tiger stopped struggling and calmed down.

"No problem," he saluted. The two officers started escorting the timid tiger away, towards the others in the van that had followed the scene as well.

"Wow...that was...effective," Alex said in wonder. Nick relaxed his posture as well and sighed after the tiger was gone and tapped Coonway's shoulder.

"Thanks, Hotshot."

"Nobody threatens my friends," he said and gave a little smile.

"He would've deserved another shot if you ask me..." Judy muttered.

"Who's this?" Nick suddenly asked in confusion as he gazed to the porcupine standing next to them causally, with a friendly smile on his face.

"Oh, I think we haven't been introduced yet. You must be Nicholas Wilde. My name is Alex Sanders. Pleasure the make your acquaintance," he said happily and handed over his paw to Nick.

The fox gave a puzzled side-look at Judy, who just gave a smile and spoke, "Nick, Alex here is probably the most friendly criminal we have ever arrested. It's okay," she assured, earning a happy smile from Alex.

Nick gave his paw right away and shook his paw back with a smile.

"Nice to meet ya, Alex. You usually greet officers this warmly when you get arrested?" Nick asked with an amused smile, earning a chuckle from the porcupine.

"Well... This is the first time I've gotten arrested in my life. So I guess, yeah," he said.

Everyone gave him a look of disbelief as the porcupine just gave a genuine look to everyone and spoke with an amused tone, "What? Is it so hard to believe?"

"Well I... We just didn't expect that mammals like you worked here," Judy said genuinely.

"Yeah well, most of these guys here do have criminal backgrounds, but they are not bad mammals."

"So you say, huh..." Coonway said in disbelief and started to pack his rifle back into his black ZPD bag.

"Come on, don't be like that you guys. We are pleasant bunch. Right, Xavier? We are cool, ain't we?" Alex yelped happily to Xavier.

Xavier, who was still waking up from his hazy state, yelled back, "Cool? COOL?! Yeah... Right after I beat the guy who knocked me out into submission. I'm sorry, but as unusual as it sounds, I'm with Simon right now. Besides, the boss will tear us a new one, take all the legal fees out of our pay and-"

"SHHHHH! Xavier, you could have just say that we are cool! IDIOT!" he hissed in annoyance.

Judy and Nick gave a disappointed look at Alex who slowly turned his gaze back at them and chuckled awkwardly, "Hehe... Ummm... Yeah. That's Xav alright... Sorry for that. But anyway... It was nice meeting you two. Very pleasant," he said with a genuine smile, which earned an amused smile from Judy and Nick.

The bunny spoke, "You as well, Mister Sanders."

"Alright then..." he said.

There was an awkward silence between all of them when Judy spoke once again, "Is there something you want to-"

"Yeah. My ummmm aaa... Weed joint. I would like to request lighter for it. I got it rolled in my back pocket. I don't think that they let me smoke at the station. And I can't really reach my back pockets right now. Cuffs, you know?

Could you guys lend a paw?" he asked with an apologetic smile and embarrassment in his voice.

"... Seriously?" Judy asked with frustration and placed her paws in akimbo.

"I can help with that buddy. I bet they have lighter in one of the vehicles. Can I have puff? Been a while," Nick asked with smirk.

"For sure dude! Sharing one with the celebrity! Awesome," Alex said happily.

"NICHOLAS WILDE, YOU BETTER BE JOKING, MISTER!" Judy warned the fox with a killing look, making Nick's joking mood turn into horror in a quick moment.

"I... Maybe another time then," Nick muttered under Judy's scolding gaze.

"Awwwww maan..." Alex mumbled in disappointment.

Judy cleared her throat and spoke, "You run along now, Mister Sanders. I don't think you need to be escorted. Remember to report the things your friends need to Bogo. It was pleasure to meet you," Judy said once more, shaking his paw once again.

The porcupine smiled back and spoke, "Likewise, Officer Hopps. It was my pleasure," he said and gave a small nod to Nick, too. After a moment he turned around and started making his way to the van, which was backed full of his mammal friends. Everyone inside the van were cursing the situation but Alex didn't seem to take any kind of stress at all.

"What a nice guy for a criminal..." Coonway muttered after him.

"Yeah, I guess so. But he was shooting with his tranquilizer at us only hours ago," Nick chuckled.

"That he did... I wonder if Briggs is still somewhere here-"

"Nope."

The sudden response was suddenly heard by Oliver as they arrived to the scene with Hailie and Luke. They really had taken their sweet time trying to locate the rottweiler without success.

"I'm sorry, Hopps. No sign of him anywhere," Luke apologized with his ears pointing back as they arrived in the middle of the circle of police vans.

"It's.. It's okay guys. We did what we could," Judy sighed. Roy had won again. And he was the most valuable mammal for their case right now.

"I'm sure we'll catch him some other time, like you said, Carrots. You always get the bad guys sooner or later," Nick chuckled.

"Yeah, I don't think the chief will be mad," Hailie agreed.

"I don't know- Oh! Here he comes. Prepare for lecture," Judy said worriedly as the large buffalo arrived to their van.

"You worry too much, fluff," Nick smiled warmly.

"Hopps. Wilde," Bogo stated sternly as he arrived next to them and gazed at two of his officers.

"What's up, uncle?" Nick grinned. His snark earning a roll of the buffalo's eyes and a small scolding elbow from a smiling Judy.

"I assume by now since I can't see Briggs anywhere here," Bogo's eyes roamed over the area, "that he escaped once again."

"... He... He did, Chief," Judy said with an apologizing tone.

"Hopps, at ease... I'm proud of you," Bogo said after a moment of silence with a genuine smile on his face.

Judy couldn't speak for a moment, like she had not heard right and said, "But we didn't capture Briggs-"

"Yes. No operation is perfect. They are rarely. But what you did today... What WE...did today. Will remain in history as the ZPD's largest bust operation ever. And I was here on the field, following it step by step. We got something more incredible done today than catching one criminal," Bogo stated proudly and gave a small nod.

"You worked extremely well under pressure. You acted like a real leader, and it was something that you showed everybody here tonight: bravery, strength, and tactical knowledge. Thirty mammals arrested and thousands of crates containing stolen weapons from the ZPD's inventory, as well as incredible amounts of the blue night howler liquid.

The things we need to save Zootopia from...whatever it is...is still ahead of us. But this was a victory against the crime family that we are after: A big one. I might even go as far as saying that we changed the game completely. They won't have the guts to make such an operation anywhere in the city again, IF they are smart. Which they have to be in this situation. Levron must be furious right now, and that is enough to bring a smile on my face. We proved that the ZPD is a bigger threat to their organization that they ever thought possible. Slapped the smug attitude right from their faces tonight," Bogo chuckled and placed his hoof on the stunned bunny's shoulder. He continued as he watched Nick, "Wilde, when Hopps assured that you two make an effective duo... She didn't exaggerate: Incredible police work today. The fact that I heard every word from the line... Through the whole night, you kept impressing me by improvising under tense situations... Once again, you have made your value known to ZPD. Good work, Wilde," Bogo finished with a genuine smile, and the way he stated it made Nick smile back with a thankful expression, absent of teasing this time.

He gave a small salute to Bogo with smile and surprised the buffalo by not saying anything funny like he usually did. He even had to point that out.

"Aren't you going to say something annoying, Wilde?"

Even everyone else had waited with a smile for Nick to be his own funny self, but the sudden warm compliment had taken him a bit off guard, like it did Judy.

He then grinned and spoke again, "Oh, I'm sorry for being so speechless right now, Uncle... It's just that... Has anyone ever noticed how you have such a strong and sexy voice-"

"Shut up," Bogo ordered with grunt right away, regretting for even expecting anything else.

Everyone laughed loudly as Bogo shook his head, and Judy could not help but to laugh with everyone else as Bogo cleared his throat loudly.

"Alright! Alright! Enough," he commanded, making everyone go quiet after a moment and continuing as he gazed the other officers in his sight, "Officer Howlton. You have made Howlton family tree proud once again. It's an honor to have the fourth Howlton in the force and part of this team. You will make a name for yourself under my roof like all your fathers have since the ZPD was born. That needs to be said."

"I- I... Thank you, Chief Bogo!" Oliver said happily and gave a formal salute to his chief. Hailie could not help but to give a proud look of her own as she gazed at wolf she had a crush on.

Bogo then continued, "Officers Garnett, Coonway and Fring... It goes without saying that you all did your job better than I anticipated. You all made me proud today. More than you can believe," he said with a warm voice.

All of the three saluted with a happy smile under Bogo's proud gaze and the buffalo continued speaking, "You all come from different district departments as we all know... You have all been assigned for this task force and to our department only for the time that this operation is done for... The thing is... Once we have captured the mammals that we are dealing with... It's time for the three of you to go back to your own departments and continue with larger resume and medal of being once part of the largest case in Zootopia."

Everyone went quiet for a moment, not knowing what to say. They didn't know if the case was even near its end... But once it would be over, so would be their time in the Savannah department. And needless to say, that made them sad. They had made such a good friends already inside the Savannah department, that leaving to go back to their old posts felt like such a disappointing idea.

They all just gave hesitant nods without saying anything when Bogo suddenly spoke with a smile, "But none of us would want that. We have all grown quite fond of all of you, and that goes without saying: You are all very talented officers. So I will give all of you a form to fill out tomorrow. If you want to sign it that is," Bogo stated.

None of the three seemed to understand what the buffalo meant until he spoke again after seeing their confusion.

"Meaning... After you fill the forms, you will not continue your work in Rainforest, Tundratown, or Sahara Square departments. You'll all belong to Savannah.

Under my roof. Meaning, that I get three more officers under my care for the largest and biggest department in Zootopia... Does this sound appealing?" Bogo asked with another smile.

All three officers stared wide-eyed as the buffalo just smiled warmly. Oliver, Nick, and Judy could not help but give happy looks for the three officers, who were too stunned to say anything at the moment.

After a while Coonway spoke, "I... Is this a joke, Chief?"

"Not a joke. You are not talking to Wilde. You are talking to your future chief," Bogo chuckled.

"... I would take that offer if I were you guys," Nick said with a warm smile for the three, with a proudly smiling Judy beside him. Oliver also looked way more than okay with this idea, especially as he was looking at Hailie with loving smile, and it didn't go unnoticed by the snow leopard. She just smiled and felt a small tear of happiness peek from the corner of her eye as she tried to speak.

"So... What do you sa-" Bogo didn't even get to finish when all of the three answered more than happily:

"YES, Chief!" All of them yelled happily, almost startling Bogo from the sudden confirmation.

He just chuckled after a while and spoke, "Well, the forms are back at the station, but no need to do it today: It's four in the morning. We have spent enough time here. All the units have been sent to this area to look over the things in the warehouse. There is still one thing that we require for this current timing," Bogo stated professionally.

"What's that?" Judy asked with interest. The buffalo signaled for Grizoli to run by the vehicle and retrieve something.

"Something that papers are going to want in their cover today: A group picture," Bogo stated as Grizoli was back quickly with the large camera in his paws.

"A picture of... All of us?" Judy asked with interest as everyone stared at Bogo.

"Affirmative. The actual event where we present all the details and needed interviews for the media and the press will be held in the ZPD hall, two days from now. After we are all done with transferring these arrested possessions to their rightful place and make the arrest official, it's the media's turn to give you all the well deserved glory," he stated.

"I... There will be press in the ZPD hall? Again?" Judy asked, and she gave a little scared side-look at Nick. Talk about bad memories. But Nick wasn't looking worried, and actually he looked very excited.

Bogo continued after a while, "Yes. All the TV stations will be present at the place. All of you are expected to give some kind of speech about this night's bust and answer the presented questions as best as you can. You have two days to prepare, after all. Besides, Hopps is loved by the media, so expect the event to take the whole day."

"No pressure, eh?" Judy gave a nervous chuckle as everyone looked at her proudly.

Nick placed his paw on her shoulder, "You got this, Whiskers. We have two days to prepare after all," Nick assured, easing up her tension. She was really good when it came to the press, but she was still always nervous from the inside. Plus, talking to newspapers was always almost like hard work: SO MANY QUESTIONS...

Bogo then continued talking, "So... Two days it is.. And since you have all done such an incredible job today... Those two days will be free for you. You have all deserved it."

"... WOHOOOOOOOOOOO!" Nick yelled in celebration, as he knew that two days of lazy fox time were waiting ahead. That meant a huge amount of time with his beloved bunny and recovering his hurt tail. It was miracle how well they had survived an operation like this without anyone getting badly hurt.

Everyone gave approving smiles to each other from this reward, and Bogo spoke suddenly again, "I will need you all to represent yourselves in the ZPD tomorrow though. Only briefly. A small celebration of our own: Clawhouser will bring cake. And Coonway, Fring, and Garnett shall fill out their forms at that same time. Present yourselves to the ZPD at 4 P.M. Understood?"

"Yes, Chief!" Everyone agreed happily.

After a while Bogo continued, "Now for the picture. The papers will want this story on their cover. They want faces for the police protecting Zootopia. A custom like I said. Everyone ready for a group memorial?"

Everyone looked at each other slowly with a large smile spreading on their faces. It took only couple of seconds as all of them started to hassle and run into a bunch. Bogo shook his head as the young mammals just goofed off as they made a lean row after a while,

making the funniest expressions for the camera.

Bogo just face palmed himself and spoke, "A PROFESSIONAL PICTURE," he stated again.

"Grizoli, would you?" Bogo asked as the polar pear was adjusting the large camera in his paws.

"Will do, Chief. Just a moment."

Bogo started walking over to the mammals, making himself known with his large posture behind the row of smaller mammals. All of them got closer to the buffalo and took their places. Everyone stood in a formal posture and happy smile except Nick, who was goofing around like always, making devil horns for the bunny next to him. Bogo saw this and spoke, "Wilde, do not make me-"

"Fine, fine!" he laughed, making all the others chuckle and Judy giggle as the fox took a better position and everyone waited for the camera to flash.

"One... Two... Three!" Grizoli yelled and took the picture.

And that picture would be glued to the history of Zootopia.

...

NICK'S PLACE _

The rest of the day had been quite something. All of their team had gone to the Blue Lagoon to celebrate their victory after taking all the mammals to the station. After their share of laughs and drinks, everyone had shared their warm farewells and went on their way: It was six in the morning, after all.

It was needless to say that everyone was super tired from the operation. Nick and Judy had actually went to Judy's place to retrieve some things before they would go to Nick's place for a well deserved and needed sleep, but they ended up being so tired that they had fallen asleep at Judy's place. She had a small mattress for Nick to use, even though she had begged for Nick to sleep on the same small bed with her, but being the gentle mammal he always wanted to be, he had refused. They had both slept for a good nine hours before waking up in the middle of the day from the small apartment. After that, they had gone to Roger's for dinner and to see a movie. Not only that, but they had also went shopping into the Pyramid Mall by train to get things that Judy had wanted buy for him for such a long time. But the fox had managed to hustle her and buy even more of his tropical shirts and ties, sly fox as he was.

It had been one hell of a free day for them so far. But there was something still in the air. The day had been perfect till now but something was still bothering Judy, and she did not know what.

It was not a bad thing. It was something else. Something that was about to make itself known to her very soon.

Nick opened the door into his apartment and walked in, releasing a relieved exhale as he stood there for a moment. He closed his eyes and breathed slowly as he waited for the door to close behind him. After a moment it did, and a wide smile spread on his face as he opened his eyes and turned around.

Judy let her paw off the handle and started to unzip the bag she had with her. So many groceries and clothes. Nick also dropped his bag off his shoulders as he kept looking at the bunny with a loving smile, without the smallest intention to start unloading his just yet, humming some gazelle song happily as she started to unload her bag after closing the door and suddenly stopped her movement.

Judy gazed at the warmly smiling fox one foot away from her, who just looked at her with a loving gaze and spoke nothing. Judy gave a small puzzled giggle and spoke.

"What?"

Nick then put his paws quickly on her waist and without a warning lifted her into air, making her yelp from sudden, playful action. Nick started to spin her around a couple of times with himself while laughing, making Judy giggle uncontrollably as he kept spinning.

"Eeeeek, Nick what are you do-!"

He then stopped spinning and suddenly pulled her into a tight hug, gently wrapping his arms around her and closing his eyes as he chuckled.

Judy just kept giggling and expected some kind of explanation to this sudden happy mood of his and he did speak after a while, "... We did it," he said and opened his eyes again as he looked at the love of his life in her eyes as he continued, "We did it together. It's just... Something that struck me just now. We won. Everything went just like we planned. No one got hurt. You are here with me. You are okay. I am okay. What's there not to celebrate?" he spoke warmly as he brushed her cheek affectionately with his paw.

Judy's confusion turned into a loving smile and she spoke too, "I know... I told you we always catch the bad guys, Nick..." she said and brushed his ear happily as the fox kept looking at her with a hungry look.

"I love you so much," he suddenly said as he gave a satisfied hum after Judy scratched the sweet spot behind his ear, making him purr a bit.

Judy leaned in to give a quick kiss on his muzzle, making the spot tingle for a moment, and she leaned out to look at him in the eyes again. Those emerald pools of his were just full of love as he spoke warmly and quietly again, "... More please."

Judy gave a small giggle and readied herself. She leaned in once again and they both closed their eyes as they felt their mouths connect again. Nick greedily breathed the air in through his nose as he pushed his tongue into her small mouth, feeling the incredible taste spark his mind.

Judy's tail started to wiggle rapidly again as Nick started to hungrily take control, placing his paws on both of her cheeks and starting to kiss her furiously, making a small moan escape Judy's lips as he started to get excited and overpower her small tongue again.

Kissing her was the best thing in the world. And ever since their small trip through Judy's place, he had to control the urge to do it in public. But now he finally got to kiss her again, and it never ceased to amaze him how good it was. Mostly it was so cute because she had no power to fight back with her soft and small tongue against his big and rough one.

Judy placed her paws on his shoulders and pushed against his muzzle, begging for him not to stop. Judy then started to guide him to walk backwards, heading towards the living room couch. Nick understood the hint and started to walk with small steps while the bunny was pushing him forward.

After enough steps Nick fell down on his back and made a small bounce in the air from the overly soft couch, pulling his bunny to lay on top of his chest, and without breaking the kiss for a second. It started to get wilder and wilder as Judy's tail wiggled furiously.

Out of nowhere, Nick felt Judy suddenly grab his paws from her cheeks, and guiding them somewhere. Judy didn't hesitate for a second after wanting to feel his paws get frisky on her again. She longed for this feeling.

She placed Nick's paws on the top of her butt, and at that moment Nick's eyes opened like lightning. Judy had no intention to break their kiss and she just lifted her butt up in the air, begging for Nick to hungrily grope it like he had last night. But Nick was not following the situation at all. She felt a confused mumble escape his mouth and he quickly broke their kiss, speaking right away in total confusion, "F-fluff? What are you doing?"

"Huh?" Judy asked with the same amount of confusion as she felt like she had been pulled out of a dream just now. Quite annoyingly and fast on top.

"Wh-... Did you just... I mean I.."

Judy just looked at her boyfriend in confusion and was wondering what on earth had gotten into him now. Didn't he love doing that? Just a night ago he had been in heaven for letting her touch her like that but now he was out of the situation completely. Nick had no idea what had gotten into her just now, either. Judy just studied his expression for a moment... What on earth-

Then it hit her: He didn't remember. The painkillers. He didn't remember what they had done together. Just like he had warned that might happen. And now it had. Did he remember anything at all? Something at least? Because now this was really awkward for her.

Judy covered her face with her paws and rolled off from top of his chest and avoided eye contact right away. She groaned in a frustrated voice as Nick was trying to gather his bearings and understand what had just happened.

"Oh noooononnonon... I want to disappear.."

"Hey, hey, Judy; it's okay, it just came without a warning. I am so sorry I just-"

"No. Stop. Just... Give me a second here, Nick... Just.. A second," she assured and tried to keep her flustered state down.

"O-okay..." Nick said and sat up, wondering what to do. She had just out of nowhere begged for him to grope her butt. Judy had never done that. Not by his memory.

Was he missing something here? Judy had done it so out of instinct. Like it was something agreed. Something was off now.

After a moment Judy mumbled something as she gave a quick peek at him. She removed her paws from her eyes and looked at the worried looking fox. She then spoke, "Nick... What do you remember about the night we had before our operation at Tundratown? The night that I took care of you when you were in pain?"

"Well, I ummm... I remember, uh... The start at least. I gave you spare keys to my apartment," he said with smile.

"That you did handsome," Judy said with loving voice and continued, "after that?"

"You went by Roger's... Then I went to the bathroom to get cleaned up. I took the painkillers... Then you arrived. We snuggled. We talked... Then uh..."

He stopped for a moment, then the devilish smirk came on his face.

"You... You let me touch your tail! Quite a lot if I remember right."

"I did. So you do remember something?" Judy smiled and scooted closer to him, wiggling her tail happily from the fact that they were getting somewhere. Nick started thinking again.

"I... My memory starts to get a bit hazy from there... I remember... That you ordered me to behave while you clean my wound properly... Then you said... That you had a surprise for me if I stay still and won't do any tricks," Nick answered with a smiled.

"Go on..." Judy said happily. Just a little more.

Nick started thinking and tried his best but after that.. He remembered nothing at all. The pills and the tired state had taken their toll. After that, everything was dark. Just flashing images of them cuddling. There was more but he couldn't grasp it. He gave a bit of an apologizing rub of his neck.

"I-I-I-I... Don't remember anything after that. I'm so sorry, Whiskers," he apologized.

Judy could not help but feel a bit sad about that, but at least he remembered something.

"You remember all the things we talked about before that?"

"Oh, I do." A smirk forming on his face.

"Well the surprise that I talked about..." she started, rubbing her shoulder while avoiding eye contact made her blush as Nick watched her with an interested expression.

"Must have been something good to get you so bothered to talk about it... Was it something naughty?" He grinned with flirty look.

Judy spoke almost in a whisper, "... I was going to let you see me with only my panties on... But you said that you were falling asleep..." she said quickly, turning her gaze away from him.

If she could have only seen the face Nick made now. This had to be a hustle. But just a quick look from Judy told that she was telling a truth. He wanted to sink under the earth and die right now. His beautiful girlfriend had wanted to do something like that for him. The thing he could only dream of. And he had... FALLEN ASLEEP?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?!

"WHY DID I DO THAT?! WHAT?!" He almost yelled in frustration of himself, of being such a freaking jerk. Who does that kind of thing?!

Judy came closer to him and tried to calm him down.

"Nick! Nick. Calm down you silly fox... You were drugged. You had been running the whole day and on top you got beaten up-"

"THAT'S NOT EXCUSE! You wanted to do something like that for me and I just-"

"SHhhhhhhh. Stop it right now. It was not your fault. Stop. You already told me moments before you fell asleep that night that you were going to hate yourself for doing what you did. You apologized plenty enough that night. Even when I was not angry. So no more of that please. I don't want you to feel sorry. I wanted you to have some sleep.

It was better for the both of us. We had enough energy to focus fully on our operation. That's why it went so well for us. Okay?.. Just... Don't be sorry."

Nick still looked at her with a guilty look and sighed after a while, when Judy rubbed his paw in hers affectionately as she sat next to him.

The fox didn't know what to say for a moment and just squeezed her paw back and spoke, "I still feel like an idiot though."

"Don't. No more apologizing."

Nick just gave a small smile and then raised an eyebrow.

"But that still doesn't explain... Why did you just let me-"

"Get pawsy on me? That's what I let you do last time. You don't remember, but I do quite well."

"... Was it umm... Something I requested you to do? Because if I did I just have to say that-"

"Nick," she giggled and crawled over next to him. She leaned close to his face and gave a small lick at his black nose, making it twitch a bit. She then purred and looked at him with a flirty look of his, making Nick's heart beat a bit faster.

"It was my idea. I wanted you to do it. You might not remember but I told you that Clawhouser basically busted you for gazing at me like that from time to time.

You should had seen your face. The excuses you made... Oooh, but all males do that, I'm so sorry..." she imitated him and giggled.

Nick could not hold in a small blush that hit his face as Judy was the one teasing him to the fullest now and he cleared his throat. "I uh... Yeah that sounds like something I might have said... I really wish I remembered," he said with a sad tone and Judy just gave a loving smile as she brushed his cheek again and gave a small kiss on it.

"It's okay, Slick... Besides... We can... Continue where we left off just now... How about you we get back into it? It might lead to something we left off last time... Since you are not wounded anymore..." she said with flirting voice and wiggled her tail excitedly.

Nick raised an eyebrow to that and mumbled awkwardly.

"Y- you mean n- now?"

Judy giggled and gave a loving kiss on the side of his muzzle before speaking, "You were much bolder and pawsy that night than you are now..." she teased.

"Carrots, I was drugged," he mumbled in embarrassment.

"Besides, if you think that I am not pawsy you are wrong. You know that I am very physical mammal." He grinned and gave a little wink.

"... Something that I love about you... And I can't say that I'm not one either..." she giggled and spoke after they had been just rubbing each other's paws for a moment, with loving looks on each other.

"Mhhm... So does that mean that you don't want to try it again?" She smiled teasingly and licked his muzzle.

"Try what fluff?" he asked with a puzzled voice, and he could not sense that he was about the get eaten by the bunny as she kept looking at him with that look. This was all so odd to experience right now. But then it started to come to him. He started to remember... HE REALLY DID. That look had sparked it.

Now that he started to really put his mind into it, the pictures of their night together started to become clearer and clearer. He spoke after a while as a large smile was starting to spread on his muzzle.

"I was without a shirt... You said you liked me without it," he said suddenly.

Judy stopped giving him small kisses on his face and spoke with surprised voice, "W- wait.. You remember?!" she asked happily.

"Oh, it's starting to come back a little bit... I remember the whole conversation about that... You naughty bunny," Nick teased, making Judy give a little shy smile as he continued. "Wait... I know what helps my memory... I think you are more than okay with me trying to refresh my memory this way, since you said you want me to..." he said with a love hungry look.

"Climb on my chest again and lay down, Judy," he ordered with predatory voice.

Judy felt her fur almost spark up from the tone that Nick was suddenly taking as he was starting to remember more and more. The bunny wiggled her tail happily and did like she was ordered. She gave a little shy smile as she was about to climb on him when Nick suddenly told her to hold on.

"Wait... Just a second," he signaled and started doing something. Judy gave a puzzled look at first to the fox but felt her cheeks blush as Nick started to take his shirt off.

After a while, he had taken his favorite green tropic shirt off and threw it next to them, making Judy stare at his bare fur once again with a shy smile, feeling her arousal grow again.

"Now. On top of me please, beautiful," he ordered with a hungry voice, making Judy obey more than happily as she felt his warm fur under her again. She laid down on his chest and got comfortable as best as she could.

Nick continued speaking after giving a quick lick on her small pink nose, "I remember something else... Oh right.. Something might refresh my poor memory... These jean shorts do seem very familiar. I think I have to make sure, Fluff... Can I?" he asked with a kit like smile. Judy intentionally lifted her butt in the air a little bit and gave more than an approving nod as her tail wiggled from anticipation.

Nick slowly started to run his paws first on her back, feeling the fabric of her pink gazelle hoodie before slowly going lower. After a couple of seconds he gave a small touch on her wiggling, soft tail with his claws, making Judy close her eyes and give a happy smile as she brushed her cheek against his bare chest affectionately.

Nick gave a warm chuckle and after playing with her tail for a moment, he brought his paws around her perfect and round rump, giving it a greedy grab right away and felt his eyes go lazy as he let out a small exhale. Judy gave a small squeak and felt the devilish tingle strike her at that second like thunder when Nick started squeezing her butt hungrily with his both paws.

"Yes... Noooow I remember... Yeah... As perfect as I remembered..." he whispered with predatory voice, making Judy's ears run hot as he was talking about her body like that.

She felt the devilish tingle grow every second and she knew where that always led to... But so what... Completely worth it. She had spare panties after all. For now she just wanted to kiss him so much as he was making her more and more horny.

"Nick..." she said with a dreamy gaze and leaned closer. Nick gave a loving smile back knowingly and closed his eyes again. He was preparing for the passionate kiss that was about to happen again. He could not help the pressure in his pants as he kept groping her butt and playing with her tail occasionally while now kissing her hungrily. He knew that he didn't have guts to ask more even if his male instinct wanted to feel his paws on her bare fur. To feel her soft fur run between his fingers...

They both started to kiss each other furiously, and Judy fought with her small tongue as best as she could but Nick's predatory instinct was winning the fight.

In middle of all that she remembered something. NICK'S PROMISE TO HER. He didn't... Remember it himself.. But it was something that she wanted to use now. That was the thing that had been bothering her the whole day. Now would be her time.

She was definitely in the mood again. It didn't take long when it came to Nick and his romantic touch.

She had waited long enough. She couldn't take it anymore. Now would be the time to make her wish. The thing was... Would he keep his word? What she was about to ask from her fox was not a small thing. She didn't even know how he would react. But a promise was a promise. She loved him so much and she wanted him to truly know it tonight.

She wanted to experience it. Just like most of her sisters had long before her. The thing was... She was going to do it with a predator. A fox on top of that. But it didn't matter to her. She wanted him so badly that it hurt. She didn't even know how it would go but she wanted it right now more than ever. She wanted Nick. Now!

"Wait... Wait.. Nicholas..." she let out with love hungry voice, breathing the air rapidly after breaking their amazing and lustful kiss. Nick stopped rubbing her rump with his paws and wanted to kiss her right way again.

"What is it, Whiskers? Come here," Nick hummed and started licking her face, making Judy giggle and yelp as she took some distance from her love hungry fox.

"Everything is okay... I.. It's something that I have to ask... Something important to me..." she said quietly as she felt her heart beat faster and faster as the moment was closing in. She was going to ask it.

"What is it, Fluff?" Nick asked with a loving voice and sat up a bit while he brought his paws to her waist and waited for her to speak.

The bunny thought for a while how to represent her request without freaking him out... But this was something most males wanted? Right?

Would Nick freak out if she just asked it?

She just kept thinking if this was a good idea when Nick hummed warmly, "Carrrooottts... What is going on in that mind of yours? You know you can talk to me."

Judy sat up on his stomach and started to talk quietly, "It's... About something that you... Promised that night.. Just before you fell asleep on this couch. You promised something for me and told me that you would keep it when the time comes. I would like to use that."

Nick raised an eyebrow and spoke in confusion, "That... I don't remember doing. I do remember that you... Asked if I want to try doing what I just did on your bare fur," Nick said with hopeful voice and wiggled his eyebrows to the bunny, making her blush as she tried to speak.

Nick asked, "What did I promise exactly?"

"... You promised that once the operation was over and we find ourselves on this couch again... Together.. That we would continue right where we left... And you said that you wanted to have a fun little game. That if I would ask anything from you... You would do it. Anything at all. Those were your words... I know that you were drugged and it doesn't count but-"

"Noononoo, now you have piqued my interest, Carrots. You are not a liar. You never are. I believe you. That even sounds like me," he chuckled and brushed her cheek.

Judy just gave a happy smile back and wiggled her tail furiously.

"Anything, huh? You have something in your mind that you want to ask, Fluff? I am a fox of my word. Anything it is," Nick said smugly and placed his paws in akimbo while waiting for her request. Judy felt her blush deepen and her ears run hot as she collected her mind to this moment. Moment of truth. Now or never. He promised you just now.

"I... You have to promise that you won't make fun of me, Nick... Don't laugh. Please?" Judy pleaded and avoided his eye contact.

Nick just chuckled warmly and placed his paw under her chin, signaling her to look at him. "Hey... Just ask me, Judy. It's okay. A promise is a promise," he assured.

Judy felt her heart almost burst as she held her breath and then whispered. She in fact whispered it so quietly that Nick didn't even hear.

"I... Want to have sex with you..."

There was moment of quietness until Nick spoke right away, "Carrots... I didn't hear that. Louder please, my bunny," he said with a warm smile and Judy could feel like she was going to sink under ocean again as she gathered strength to say it properly and louder.

"... Nicholas... I want to have sex with you..." she said and gasped for air again before she continued fast, "I want to... Do... The.. The thing... C- can we?" she asked and felt like fainting after she finished.

At that moment it looked like Nick had turned into stone statue. For a moment he didn't say anything. He just looked at the furiously blushing bunny. It took whole ten seconds before Nick spoke. Well, he didn't speak: He bursted into laugh.

"AHHAHHAHahhAHAHHHAHAHH!" he laughed like a hyena and held his stomach.

Judy felt her eyes widen as the reaction caught her completely off guard. After a moment that surprise turned into a state of anger.

"YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULDN'T LAUGH! NICK!" she yelled accusingly, drumming her paws against his stomach and making the fox laugh even louder after he was under assault.

"I can't... The thing! You... AHhaahha you are so cute! I am dying!"

"STOOOOP! YOU ARE SUCH A JERK!" Judy yelled in genuine anger as the fox was rolling on the couch and holding his stomach while trying to block the angry bunny attack as best as he could.

"That was the cutest memory of you I will ever have!"

"NICK! I HATE YOU! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?!" she yelled.

"I can't... You... Judith, I am so sorry but I... Ahahaha... The same meter maid that I met all those months ago just asked me to mate with her... I'm sorry it's just so crazy! HAhahahah!" he said and continued his laughing.

Judy knew that he was going to go on with this for a while. She hopped off from the squirming fox and sat far away from him, sitting on her yoga pose and placing her arms in akimbo as she kept staring at him with a murderous look. Why did he have to be such a jerk to her about this? Why could he not just say "Ok?" Why embarrass her more than needed? This was already most awkward moment of her life and he had to behave like a kit.

His laughter continued for ten good seconds after he started gathering his breath rapidly and turned his gaze to her as he was wiping the tears of laughter from the corner of his eye.

"You done?!" she asked angrily.

"Carrots, you..."

"Say that I look cute when I'm angry and I'm leaving right now, you dumb fox!" she said, but they both knew that she didn't mean it. But she was really angry at him right now.

Nick just gathered his breath again and pleaded for Judy to stay with his paw, waving it her way in terms of surrender.

"Okay... I... I think I got it now.. I.. Hahaha... That was just... I'm sorry, Carrots, you were just so.."

"Don't say it. I will hit you," she ordered and turned her back on him, facing the other way.

"Fluff... I'm... Just... Wait. Look at me please. I won't laugh anymore. I promise."

"Like you promised not to do moments ago? You liar!" she accused and didn't turn to look at him. Nick just chuckled at her cute and angry state and crawled closer to her.

He then spoke again with warm voice, "Juuudyyyy... Come on look at me. Paw on my heart. I won't laugh anymore. Let me explain," he assured.

Judy was quiet for a moment and turned around slowly, looking at the fox that was laying on the couch on his stomach, while looking at her with a teasing grin.

"... What?" she asked, demanding an explanation.

Nick then spoke with loving voice, "The reason why it amused me was because you don't know what you are asking right now... It's not that I don't want to do it, Judy. I mean like... That was just... Wow... I mean it just surprised me that you were so confident to be the one to ask for it out of us two... Don't get me wrong, I love you... But the thing is... I don't think you are ready for it. I think you are rushing things between us. And I know you are doing it for me. You don't have to. Most males can't wait, but as much as I would like to do what you just asked, more than you know, Judy... I think you should hold on to that request till you are really ready. You know? I can wait for as long as you need. I am already happy about what we have now."

There was a quiet moment between the two when suddenly Judy spoke with confused tone, "Wait... So you want to do it?"

"Oh, I would be terrible liar if I said that I didn't want to. You have no idea, Whiskers, but-"

"BUT... What you are saying is that you think that I am not ready for it? You think I am rushing things just to please you? Is that what you are saying?"

"... Yeah," Nick said with a warm smile and nodded.

"I am ready for it! How on earth do you know if I'm ready or not?!" she asked with an angry voice, making Nick chuckle as he swished his tail.

"Oh I know, Whiskers... I know you and I know your heart. I could have imagined you to let me see your bare fur like you promised but... Actual love making? Not ready, farm girl. City fox's orders. Let's just take small steps. Right, Whiskers?" he said with a loving smile, but there was still the hint of a tease in his voice.

Which only made Judy angrier. "I am ready Nick! I am not going to change my mind!"

"You are so adorable that it's killing me. I have a bunny that is begging for some fox loving from me. Crazy world."

"You are such a jerk!" she yelled and pulled her ears.

"You know what, Fluff? How about a test? If you pass it, I will do it with you. Deal?" he challenged with grin.

"FINE!" Judy said without even a second of hesitation.

"Wow, eager, aren't we? Okay."

"Bring it on, you dumb fox!" she ordered, ready for whatever he was going to ask.

"Say the naughtiest thing you know. You never curse. You are the most innocent and sweetest girl I have ever met. It's not a bad thing, Carrots. It's one of the reasons that I found you so attractive in the first place. One of the reasons I love you.

But the thing is... You don't have naughty secrets. You don't even watch porn. You can say that you do, but I know that you don't. So surprise me. Say something frisky and naughty to me. Try to make it good. Think the naughtiest thing you can figure out and say it to me. Let's see if you can pass the test, farm girl," he chuckled and knew that he had won the game already. Judy was not ready for such things and he knew it.

Judy was quiet for a while and stared back at him with a blank expression, wondering what to do.

Then it hit her. She had something that would probably win this challenge of his. It was her best bet. In any other circumstances, she would probably suck her defeat and admit that he was right, but she was not thinking clearly. She just wanted to slap that smug smile out off his face right now. Being frustrated, angry, but also really horny was not a good combo. But it was something that made her bold right now. She was going to tell him her naughtiest secret right now. A small devilish part of her always wanted Nick to know. Might as well be now. But he would never look at her the same way after this probably. But she was too frustrated to care. She wanted to prove him wrong. She wanted to win this little game. Part of her brain argued back furiously, yelling that she was crazy for even thinking about telling it to Nick but the hunger to win this game of his was too much.

"I will whisper it to you, Nick."

"Ooooh, intriguing... What could it be? Exciting!" he chuckled smugly as the bunny crawled closer to him.

After a couple of seconds she was next to him, looking at him with a determined gaze. Nick just looked back curiously as Judy signaled with her finger for Nick to lean closer. She felt a shy blush overcome her and her brain screaming, "What are you doing!?" as she was about to whisper to, Nick. There was no going back now. DO IT.

Nick gave a mischievous smile as he did as he was commanded and leaned closer to her. Judy gently placed her paw against his chest and the other behind his ear, gently pulling him closer as she started whispering quietly to his ear. And the tone she started to speak with from the first moment, made Nick's fur bristle from the warm feeling as she whispered with loving and tender voice, "Ever since I started to have these... Feelings for you the first time... When I knew that I was falling in love with you... All these... Ideas started to make me crazy in my head at night... Until I couldn't just take them anymore... I tried resisting them for so long, if you only knew how much.. Nick I... They felt so wrong.. But so right at the same time... I would spend hours at night just... I would... touch myself over and over again while thinking about... Your gentle paws all over me and doing all these naughty things for me... Sometimes I would have five orgasms in one hour while thinking about how it would feel when you are... Doing it to me... How it would feel to have you bite my ear... And tell me how much you loved me while doing it for hours... That's the real reason why I was sometimes so sleepy when I would come to visit you at the academy, Nick... You were the one keeping me up... Without you even knowing it... But you do now..."

There was complete silence between them, but only Judy's furious heartbeat was the only thing heard among Nick's as she slowly leaned away from his ear.

She carefully looked at Nick to see his reaction and it was quite something alright. She had probably never seen the fox so stunned in her life. It looked like his mind had exploded. It looked like his universe had stopped at that moment as his fur still bristled with warm shivers from her words. Judy gave a little shy smile as she was trying to calm her furious blush down under Nick's frozen gaze.

"D-did I pass the test? Nick?"