A frightened Coyote.
As the rain came pouring down in Savannah Central. A scared pup sat in an alley inside of an empty box trying to escape the rain and keep warm as he cried to himself.
Clutching on a grey stuffed bunny in his paws. That was given to him from his dad before he passed. The young pup was lost mentally and physically as the tears fell from his muzzle.
His mother was very abusive towards him after his dad died. She would lock him in different closets for hours at a time if she had male company over. Beat him for every little thing he did wrong and even starve him from time to time.
He had been through a lot of pain in the past two years of his young life. He had to escape. After receiving a nearly fatal beating by his mother's paws the previous night.
He decided then that he would sneak out of his bedroom window with the clothes on his back and his bunny in his arms. Then head for the train station and hop on the first one he saw heading out of Tundra Town.
Now the coyote pup homeless and hungry, sat in the empty box shivering.
Judy was walking down an alley that Nick said was the fastest way to her apartment building after getting off the train. She muttered to herself, "that dumb fox and his directions getting me lost."
She walked past the box only to suddenly stop in her tracks as her ears picked up the sound of crying. Pulling out her phone, she turned on the flashlight looking around.
Stopping the light on the box she went to investigate the source of the crying. Kneeling down in front of the box Judy was shocked at what she saw.
"Hey little one are you lost? I'm a cop I can help you, " she said as she eased closer. The coyote pup lifts his head up off, his lap and looked up after hearing an angels voice.
Finding his voice the young pup replied back, "Please don't send me back with her! She's going to kill me when she finds out I left the house."
Judy felt her heart sink as the pup cried out. "It's ok, I won't send you back. What is your name?" She asked, still moving closer to the coyote pup.
"It's Lumine" he replied back.
"Well Lumine. My name is officer Judy Hopps and I want you to come with me to my place so you can keep warm" the bunny said as she held on to his paw.
Lumine got up out of the box and was now standing right next to the bunny. Judy started walking as she lead the way to her apartment building.
After walking down two blocks Judy's apartment finally came into view. The doe looked down at Lumine saying, "Well, there it is my apartment building. Let's hurry and get inside so I can get you something to eat."
After Judy and Lumine got into her apartment. Judy went to her small frigerator and got out a bowl of mixed fruit and a bottle water sitting it on the desk. Then she told Lumine to sit down at the desk and eat the fruit.
Lumine climbed up on the chair and began to eat the fruit as quickly as he could. Seeing this Judy said, "Lumine! Slow down when you eat its not going to run away from you."
Lumine stopped eating as he looked at the bunny standing before him. Looking at her in her soft lavender eyes as he asked, "do you hang around any foxes? If so, the fox you hang around with is a keeper and I think it really likes you, but it's just scared to tell you."
Judy watched as Lumine's eyes change from honey brown to dark red for a split second.
"Yes, I do hang out with a fox and his name is Nick Wilde. He's my partner on the police force and thank you for the insight" Judy replied with a smile.
Lumine continue eating the bowl of fruit a little slower this time. As Judy looked in a suitcase she brought back from the burrows. Finding a shirt and a pair of shorts for Lumine to change in to.
Placing the clothing on the bed, a small stuffed bunny that was laying on the floor caught her eye. Picking it up she asked, "is this yours Lumine?"
As Lumine put the last piece of fruit in his mouth, he looked over to see what Judy was holding. Seeing she was holding his bunny, he replied, "yes, that's mine my dad gave it to me before he died."
Judy's ears fell to her back after hearing that the pup lost a loving parent. Looking at the stuffed bunny she was holding in her paw. She was amazed that it looked similar to herself except for its eyes. She placed the bunny on the bed near the clothes.
Lumine got down off the chair with the empty bowl in paw as he passed it to Judy as he said, "thank you for the food it was yummy."
"I'm glad you like it. Now take off those wet and dirty clothes and put on the clothes that are lying on the bed" Judy said.
Judy sat on the bed as Lumine stripped off all of his wet clothing. Judy looked at Lumine's body seeing his ribs sticking out from under his fur told her, he had been starved for some time now. And a few claw marks on his back and tummy.
Judy asked while passing him the clothing, "did your mom do that to you? And how old are you?"
"Yes, she did and I'm 5 years old" Lumine replied as he put on the shirt and shorts.
Judy patted on the bed next to her as Lumine climbed up and sat down next to her. Judy gently wrapped her arms around the pup as she slide him into her lap.
Rocking him back and forth, humming a song her mother did for her when she was a kit. After 10 minutes of Judy doing this all she could hear was Lumine lightly snoring fast asleep. Placing him down on the bed gently she then slipped off the bed and headed to her door with her phone in paw.
Leaving out of her apartment she made a call to the chief. "officer Hopps do you know what time it is? What do you want?" Bogo asked still half asleep.
"Sir I found a coyote pup on my way home and he has claw marks on his body and he's been starved. I was wondering if me and officer Wilde can have the day off to take him to the hospital." Judy replied.
The line went silent for a moment until Bogo said, "yes, and keep me updated on him. What is the pups name?"
"It's Lumine sir" Judy replied.
"I want all of you to come pass my office when you are done at the hospital, we need to talk" Bogo said then hung up.
Removing the phone from her ear, she text Nick and told him what was going on and that she needed him to run her to the hospital.