It's just another day for Judy and Nick. As they stroll into precinct one the atmosphere is the same. "Hey you two!" Benjamin shouts. "You guys ready for another day?" Judy looks at her partner and mate as Nick gives her a hustler grin. "We sure are Ben, we gotta get going but we will stop by later and catch up." Judy says as she pulls Nick by his tie towards the bull pen.
As they take their seats they hope as they hold each other's paws that today they might get something other than patrol work. Sure they know that patrol work is important but it's not vey interesting for the dynamic duo. They were lost in there own world that they didn't hear the door slam open as Chief Bogo entered the room. As the room filled with its ritual of hooves and paws slamming on tables. "Alright, Alright, SHUT IT!" As the room quiets down chief puts his glasses on. "Listen up for assignments."
"Ugh why did we get this assignment. Another patrol, ano.." Judy looked at Nick when he didn't finish complaining. As she saw horror in her mate's eyes she didn't get the time to ask when shots rang out and started peppering their cruiser. "Carrots this way!" Nick yelled as he grabbed Judy and opened his door. They bolt towards an alley to escape the gunfire. "Dispatch this is Z117 we are under fire send back up" Judy yelled into her radio. "Nick we have to get to some cover. And wait for back up." Her last few words weren't heard by her fox. As Nick pulled her towards a dumpster and drew his sidearm. Sounds of paws against the pavement could be heard as the gunmen started to close in. Nick and Judy braces for the fight, ready to defend themselves and each other. "Hey federal agent! Drop your weapon!" The duo heard paws turning and then gunshots. The alleyway filled with the sounds of guns. Nick and Judy kept themselves covered knowing that they wouldn't have an advantage. Cries from mammals getting hit and dropping to the ground could be heard. The silence that followed what seemed like an eternity was deafening. "Z117 where are you? ZPD Z117 where are you?" They heard the cry with worrying behind it. "Here! We are coming out!" Nick yelled. As they emerged from their cover they found the aftermath of the shootout. Bodies and blood filled the alleyway and from their cover they knew that they would be in the middle of it. They looked around and saw a lone wolf. His fur pattern was nothing like they saw before. A painted wolf stood before them. "Thank god you two are alright! You guys hit?" The wolf asked as he moved towards them. "Who the hell are you!" Judy yelled as she got her composure back. "I think that would be best answered by your chief." The wolf said. The sounds of sirens filled the air as backup came. They turned to the sound of sirens and when they looked back the lone wolf was gone. They looked at each other both wondering the same thing. Who was he?
When both Nick and Judy were checked out by paramedics,Chief Bogo walked over. "Wildes! Come with me." His tone was not the normal gruff like they are used to hearing. But a softer and kinder tone that meant he was worried. As all three of them drive back to precinct one the shock slowly started to wear off. Nick and Judy grabbed in to each other and cried silently till they reached the precinct. "My office please." Chief Bogo said as they made their way to his office paw in paw. Not caring about the states that they were getting from their co workers. When they reached the Chiefs door they paused, not wanting to deal with the world at the moment. "Enter." Came the reply from their knock on the door. As they entered they saw the painted wolf standing by the Chief. Anger filled both Nick and Judy. "You!" Nick yelled. "You could have gotten us killed! You could have gotten my mate killed! You bastard!" Nick Was about to leap at the painted wolf only to be held back by the tiny paw of his mate. Judy looked at him with anger in her eyes. She wasn't angry at Nick but at the painted wolf. "Sit both of you." Chief said as they took their seats. "Now I'm going to explain who he is. This is US Marshal Jager Scott. He is in charge of the protection program. And he is here for the two of you." Confused looks came and replaced the look of anger across the faces of ZPD's smallest officers. Bogo raises his hoof before they could speak. "I'll let him explain." Chief said as he looked at his two smallest but best officers with worry and fear in his eyes. It has only been a little over a year for the two smallest officers. He felt a strong sense of pride for how well they work together and how they, though he will never admit it, were his favorite. So with this new threat, this threat targeting his two favorite officers had him feeling fearful and uncertain. Nick and Judy looked at the chief and saw his stoic mask break and his features soften, like a heavy load was placed on his shoulders. "Chief? What's going on?" Judy asked. But before she could get an answer Jager walked up from behind the chief and placed a file on the desk. It was thick and a little heavy for Judy, Nick reached out and helped Judy bring the duke to their laps. Jager looked at Nick and Judy. "That file and the mammals that were after you today come this group that we have been monitoring. They call themselves the Knights of light." Nick and Judy looked at the painted wolf with sickened eyes. For in the file, it was filled with pictures and reports of the most gruesome kind. "This group has a cult like following. Mammals are constantly joking their ranks and they're only objective is to kill all those who are in an interspecies relationship. They have killed in this city before. Many years ago. But they are back and we have managed to get some information that their next target is you two." Judy and Nick look at each other then turn their heads to the painted wolf with their jaws open. "What do we do now?" Judy asked Jager. "We can't just run away and hide while this group of psychos are out there targeting us and who knows who else to fall victim to these nut jobs."
Jager looked at the two officers in front of him. "No, I'm not going to hide you away and hope this goes away. You two as well as myself are going to investigate and bring this group down one and for all. You will be in a safe house until further notice and I will be living in that house too. I am charged by the Chief here to keep you both safe and alive. You will have my agencies database to work with as well as your own. I'm sorry that this has come and landed on the two of you." Remorse could be heard in that last part by Nick and Judy. As they closed the file and put in back on the chiefs desk, they looked at each other and both knew that they weren't going to like what is about to happen but both knew is that it was something that they need to do to keep each other safe. "Okay Marshal, what do we do now?"