Hey there! So, this is my first story on this site and I would appreciate any reviews and/or criticism offered! :)
Disclaimer: I own nothing of Zootopia!
Enjoy! :)
The scenery of Zootopia glowed and shimmered behind a set of fog in the early. This rare occurrence of fog began to become more prominent as the generators for one prominent district was deemed as 'outdated' and were more at risk of shutting down during the night due to 'overuse'. Havoc settled in the many lives of predator and prey since their adequate life style began to, for some, melt away.
Tundratown became a living nightmare to animals as the days progressed. Having houses, stores, and any permanent building begin to flood with the melting snow by day, and the frozen iced coated streets by night. Therefore, making it impossible to drive cars once the sun set. Now and then a small building's settlement would give out and side down the steep hill only to be stopped by another building. The ZPD were assigned to evacuate all animals from Tundratown town until the snow generators could be fixed, until then Tundratown was deemed in habitual.
Sahara square and the rain forest district took precautions and built a temporary sandbagged dam to ensure the melted snow would not cross over into their districts. This required every animal to pitch in to ensure the safety for their districts, which was ran by the ZPD themselves.
Chief Bogo requested backup and newly graduated cadets to maintain the peace in Downtown while the rest of his staff was split between jobs. The ZPD split the officers into two teams: builders and evacuators. Builders wore their uniforms and bright neon vests to grab the attention of many animals and to help make it easier to give directions. Evacuators wore thick bright orange jackets over their regular uniforms and rain boots that went up to their mid-thigh to ensure not to catch hyperthermia from the frigid temperature of the melted snow. Among some assigned to the builders was a duo whose temper seemed to be unending in the early morning.
"We shouldn't be here!" Officer Judy Hopps exclaimed as her foot thumped the sandy ground in frustration.
"Carrots, calm yourself. It's too early for my brain to process anything. I'm just running on coffee right now." Officer Nick Wilde casually said as he took another drink from his third cup of coffee.
"Nick! We aren't needed to supervise the constructions! Chief Bogo only assigned us here because of our height!"
"What are you trying to get at here, Carrots?" Nick said as he lifted his sunglasses and gave her a look of annoyance.
"Nick, you and I both know that we aren't the tallest officers in the ZPD." She said. "Heck! The water level is far above our heads! But the evacuators are short a couple of officers needed to search, and he just assigns us here! His best team!"
"Don't remind me," he said as his shoulders sagged. "Hey, what happened to the whole… Hmm, how did you put it? Try everything?" He batted his eyes while quoting her in a squeaky voice.
"I don't sound like that."
She sighed and sat down on the ground watching animals come to drop sand bags off at the Tundratown's 'dam' wall.
Her ears fell, "I'm sorry… I'm just tired, I haven't got enough sleep."
The fox sits next to her and puts his right arm across her shoulders.
"Hey look at me." He said.
She lifts her head and he gives her his all-knowing smirk and half lidded eye stare.
"You're not the only one. I nearly fell asleep on the counter while ordering coffee this morning. We're partners and if I'm suffering than I know you must be too." He leans closer to her to whisper in her ear. "Hey, just to let you know you look cu-"
Judy pushes his face away from hers, a little harder than the canning fox expected.
"Ow! Hey-! Judy that hurt!" He dramatically stuck his bottom lip out and gave her puppy eyes.
"Sure it did." She laughs and looks up only to be met with the sight of Flash slowly dragging a large bag of sand to the wall. Judy stands up and runs towards the Flash to help him drag the bag faster, much faster.
Nick smiled as he observed his partner. Even though he was tired out of his mind, he will always have enough energy to mess with the little bunny. He chuckled to himself as he heard Judy trying her best to make Flash hurry up, but instead he decides to have a nice conversation with her.
Nick grabs his collar and pulls it to loosen up his uniform as much as possible, even for it to be early in the morning the heat generators are doing their jobs right in creating their very own dessert. He takes another sip of his coffee, and smiles as he remembers Judy's and his first assignment together about five months ago. It was a small lizard that burglarized a vender's booth, ending with the small lizard's arrest. Nick frowns at the thought that was only five months ago, it must be true that time flies.
Nick was brought back to reality when he saw Judy's face turn bright red at something Flash said, or done. He smirked and got up to see what was going on. After all, he didn't want his partner to be picked on unless he was a part of it.
And that's it for the first chapter! Please let me know what you think! :)