A/N

What is up guys! This is my first ever writing/fanfic/book thing... so I hope I'm not too terrible. Constructive criticism is appreciated so don't be shy to leave a comment about your thoughts. I will try and reply to your questions as much as possible. And as for an update schedule I have no heckin idea what it will be so sorry about that... I'll try for once or twice a week but I am in university with 6 classes so I do have a lot of homework. Plus I'm not to sure if I'm gonna be doing this forever. But WE SHALL SEE!

Enjoy.


A million thoughts raced through Judy's head as she holds onto the arm of one worried fox. Judy looks down at her cut leg to see the exposed flesh of her newly formed wound. She chances a look behind her to look at her pursuers when suddenly she feels the wind knocked out of her lungs. She lets out a strangled cry as she and Nick are launched into one of the exhibits with walls that are unfortunately to tall to climb.

Judy gasps for air as she recovers from her fall and is vaguely aware of her partner Nick doing the same behind her. She tries to stand and instantly regrets it as a sharp pain runs up her leg. She stumbles forwards and leans on a fake rock.

"You really should have just stayed on that carrot farm of yours, huh?" Dawn Bellwether said as she walks into Judy's view. Bellwether is flanked by two rams in police uniforms, which are obviously fake. Nick finally gets up behind her and walks over to puts a comforting hand on her shoulder.

Judy scowls and looks up at her attacker. "What are you gonna do, kill me?" Judy says as Bellwether cocks the the gun in her hands which is loaded with night howler venom. "Oh No, no. Of course not" the small sheep pauses to aim the gun straight at Nick. "He is!"

Judy's world slows as she witnesses her partner and best friend get shot with the one thing they promised each other to stay away from. The blue pellet explodes into nicks shoulder with a splat. Nick falls over onto his hands and knees while heaving in pain.

Judy turns over to Nick. "NICK!" Judy yells in terror. Nick growls as his pupils spaz out like he is trying to fight the effects. "You can fight this." Judy pleads quietly.

Bellwether pulls out her phone while putting on her most innocent voice. "Yes police! There's a savage fox in the Natural History Museum. Officer Hopps is injured. Please hurry!"

Judy looks into nicks eyes. "You have to fight this Nick. Please. Fight this."

"Oh but he can't help it can he?" Bellwether smirks. "Since preds are biologically predisposed to be savages."

Judy snarls at Bellwether with a deep hatred in her eyes.

"Gosh just think of the headlines." Bellwether continues. "Hero cop killed by savage predator."

Judy looks back at Nick and starts to back away as Nick starts to growl. "So that's it? Prey fears predator and you stay in power?"

"Yeah pretty much."

Judy ducks behind a rock as Nick falls over and starts to writhe around on the ground violently, still trying to combat the night howler venom.

"It won't work!"

Bellwether leans forward menacingly. "Fear always works, and I'll dart every predator in Zootopia to keep it that way!"

Judy smirks knowing Bellwether fell into her trap. With a satisfying click of her pen signifying the end of a recording, she pockets the item and looks back at Nick, who seems to be enjoying his role a bit too much. Judy notices the feral sheen in Nicks eyes and her heart skips a beat.

Did Bellwether find out their plan? Did nick actually get hit by the venom? Bellwether seems to sense her worries and speaks with distaste. "I saw through your plan Judy, you think I wouldn't notice a blueberry in the chamber instead of the night howler dart?"

Judy's heart stops and her eyes go wide with terror as she realizes that Nick isn't acting. Nick begins to prowl closer with his hackles raised and lips drawn. Judy backs herself into a corner and shields herself from the inevitable attack from her best friend. Judy barely hears bellwether over the blood rushing in her ears. "Bye bye bunny."

Nick stops in his tracks and starts to sniff the air. He visibly relaxes before beginning to bristle again once he sees the cut on Judy's leg.

Judy looks on in confusion. "Nick?" Nick then starts moving towards Judy again while sniffing the air frantically. Nick finally finds the source of the smell and gingerly noses Judy's hurt leg with a whine.

Bellwether is visibly shocked. "What? Why isn't he attacking?"

"WHY ISN'T WHO ATTACKING!?" Bogo's voice booms across the large room, startling everyone within ear shot.

Bellwether jumps at the sound of his voice and drops the dart gun in shock. "Chief Bogo! I didn't expect you to come so soon. The fox is in there! Somebody help Judy!"

Judy averts her eyes from Nick who has nuzzled his way under her arm and is softly whining on her behalf while licking around her wound; to look up at the now arriving police force. "Chief! Bellwether darted Nick! Don't let her escape." Judy said frantically while still visibly in shock due to the whining fox curled up beside her.

Bellwether looks up at Bogo and smiles sheepishly. (No pun intended XD) Bellwether you are under arrest for suspected use of illegal substances to influence predators to go savage. You have the right to remain silent. Everything you say can, and will be used against you in the court of law." Bogo says with a raw hatred that is only used for people whom he truly hates. Wolford and Delgato cuff Bellwether as Bogo picks up the case and gun that are laying on the floor.

"You ok down there Hopps?" Bogo asks.

"Yeah, I th-think so." Judy stutters.

"What's up with Wilde?"

"I have n-no idea s-sir"

A pause

"Can you get me out of here please?"

Bogo rolls his eyes as he motions an officer to sedate Nick with a mild tranquilizer.

Nick jumps within Judy's arm as he is shot once again by an unwanted projectile. His eyes roll up into his head and his tongue lolls out of his mouth as he slumps into a deep sleep.

Judy slowly strokes Nicks head while revelling in its softness. "Everything will be ok nick, I promise."

After nick and Judy were rescued from the exhibit they were both drove to the hospital, Judy to a regular emergency room, and Nick to an enclosed chamber with only a single bed and a toilet. Very similar to a prison cell.


Judy wakes up with a start, her eyes taking a moment to adjust to the harsh whites of the emergency room. She looks around the room while rubbing her eyes and smoothing down her now alert ears.

"Oh good, your awake." A male badger exclaims as he is writing notes on a clipboard. "Before you ask any questions I would just like to run a few tests to check for any signs of a concussion, this will only take a moment."

Judy nods slowly, her mind surprisingly blank as she tries to remember the past events. She barely notices a light being shone in her eyes and an annoying clicking sound in each of here ears as the doctor completes his test.

"Well no sign of a concussion but your leg has sustained quite a cut. Thankfully it didn't rip any tendons or muscle so you should be able to walk on it in a couple of days." The badger says, snapping Judy out of her stupor.

"O-ok thanks doctor." Judy replies quickly once she realizes a response would be appropriate.

"No problem, please call me Dan. Also, your chief would like to speak with you about a few things, would it be ok if I were to send him in?" Dan asks politely.

"Uh yeah, that's fine. I guess I can ask him all my questions then..." Judy replies

"That works. I'll send him right in." Dan says as he closes the door behind him as he leaves the room.

Judy sighs and sinks into the bed in exhaustion. Thankfully the anesthetics have numbed the pain in her leg for the most part. Now it's just a dull ache to remind her of Nick's current situation and the fact that she won't be walking for a few days.

A few soft knocks are heard as Judy looks up to see Chief Bogo slowly open the door to poke his head into the emergency room.

"Hey Chief." Judy says quietly.

"Hey Hopps, hows the leg?" Bogo asks. His face blank and emotionless.

"Numb." Judy pauses to collect her thoughts. "How's Nick?" Truth be told Judy was terrified of the answer to that question. She knows there hasn't been a cure for the night howlers yet and she is extremely concerned for Nick's health. No one knows if there are any long lasting effects of the serum and it scares her.

She wants her fox back.

"He's currently locked up."

Judy starts to feel the anxiety rush back into her and she chokes up a sob. "It's all my fault..."

"Now Hopps, don't be too hard on yourself. Nick's fine right now, the doctors have him on some pretty hard meds to keep him fairly docile so he won't end up hurting himself, or anyone else." Bogo replies calmly.

Judy allows herself to relax a bit as she listened to the somewhat good news. "How is the cure coming along?" Judy tentatively asks, fearing the worst.

"The last doctor I asked said they were making some headway but they expect it will take another week or so at least to make the final cure stable enough to start proper testing." Bogo replied to the anxious bunny.

Judy sighs, accepting the facts reluctantly, knowing not to rush the extremely precise work of finding a cure. "Thanks Chief..." Judy pauses one more time, thinking about trying to press her luck.

"Can I see him?"

"I don't think that would be a good idea Hopps, we don't want him to get too excited, and you reopening your leg."

Judy looks at him with her big pleading eyes, droopy ears and quivering lips. "Please Chief?" Judy asks pitifully. Her voice cracking like she's on the verge of tears.

"Damn you Hopps. I hate it when you do that." Bogo rubs his forehead as if he has a massive migraine. "Fine, but you have to be accompanied by an officer just in case he attacks."

"YES!" Judy bounces in her bed and pumps her fist in the air. "I mean... thanks Chief, I'll be careful."

Bogo smirks at his officers antics and quietly gets out of his chair to leave the room. "Oh and Hopps." Bogo turns around while fishing something out of his pocket. "You dropped this the other day... we don't want a police officer on duty without her badge now do we?" He softly tosses the badge onto Judy's bed and leaves the room.

Judy grins widely and looks at the scuffed badge with her name etched into it. She notices the small scuff and quickly polished it off with her bedsheets.

With Nick no longer on her mind, she finally is able to sleep before one final thought reaches her conciseness.

"Holy crap what are my parents going to think!"


A/N continued...

So that's chapter 1, so far it seems pretty cliché I know, but I have no idea how the rest of this is gonna play out. Tbh I have no outline made and I'm kinda writing as I come up with ideas so sorry if it seems a little similar but I will try and make it as unique as possible.

REFLEX OUT!