It had been over a year since the Night Howler incident. Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps had found the evidence necessary to incriminate the mastermind behind the incident, Bellwether and put her behind bars. Afterwards, Nick endured a brutal six months of the Zootopia Police Academy, managing to come out on the other side as Judy's brand new partner at the Zootopia Police Department.
Judy and Nick had become unlikely friends, best friends even. They saw each other almost daily, hung out after their shifts and were described by some as lovers, however, that was an accusation which was quickly shot down by both individuals whenever it was brought up. No, they were closer to a brother and sister, practically family. They cared for each other deeply and their relationship caused them to become good partners.
Since his graduation, they'd had a quiet time solving small time cases such as drag racers speeding down the streets among other petty crime. Judy and Nick, due to their work on the Night Howler case, were given challenging cases and they soon became quite adept at detective work. While they were certainly no strangers to action, Judy, and Nick as well as the rest of the precinct decided that they should leave any combat to those more suited to it. After all, a large mammal need not fool around with Kevlar vests and synthetic material when they are strong enough to wear plate metal with ease.
However, as things calmed down for the officers of the ZPD, another threat was ready and waiting to strike out at the city and break apart the bond of two very important Officers.