Crouched on top of the building I surveyed the ground bellow, knowing any second the thief would strike. As expected just moments later a slight commotion was heard as the door banged open, leaping form the roof top I landed squarely on top of the weasel thief. Causing the large bag of stolen goods to go flying, leaving one foot firmly in the middle of the weasels back I used one of my for paws to snag the bag. The sound of police sirens caused me to hurry slightly, wouldn't want to get caught. Quickly zip tying the criminals hands to the bag as well as the lamp post, I made a beeline for the nearest alley that had a fire escape I could climb.

For a full ten seconds I thought I would get away completely scot free, however the bunny in blue standing in front of me proved that I was wrong.

"Identify yourself!"

Mentally cursing my fate I said "who me? what did I do?" Making sure to put on a hurt tone of voice, while making sure my hood was hiding my face enough and that my tail was tucked up out of sight.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?"

Just when I thought life couldn't get any weirder than there being a bunny cop trying to stop me, the bunny's partner walked into sight. It was a fox, what was the world coming to, a fox cop. "A bunny and a fox, I wold make a joke but I'm sure you've heard them all."

"Excuse me?"

Grinning I said "your excused." Lunging forwards, I noted the way the bunny went for something on her belt. Rolling my eyes as I jumped, flipping over the wide eyed and shocked looking bunny, I made sure to wink and wave over my shoulder just for them. "See ya cotton tail, wouldn't wanna be ya Todd."

I could hear them chasing me down the alley, cursing up a storm. Turning a corner I jumped, using the half open lid of the large dumpster as a spring board to launch myself onto the fire escape, where I continued the escape at high speed. Reaching the roof I sprinted across the flat open space, I could hear the rabbit shouting something but I was focused on my escape. Reaching the edge of the roof I jumped, for several long seconds while I was airborne I felt completely free, then as the land came flying up to meet me I rolled to lessen the impact. Once back on my feet I was running again, jumping to the next roof and the next.

Peering over my shoulder I was pleased to see no sign of the odd duo of cops. Relaxing just a bit I made my way towards my part of town, ducking through alleys and keeping to the shadows. Approaching the back door to the night club I part owned and worked at, I pressed the small hidden doorbell. Moments later the door swung open and I was stepping inside the dimly lit back room of the club, finally relaxing now I was out of sight. "Come on you need to get dressed, your late."

Nodding at my best friend and co owner I said "sure thing Reg ill be out in a minute."

Ducking into my changing room I started stripping, pulling off the thick black hoody I had been wearing, my black fluffy ears sprang up and my equally fluffy black tail relaxed. Next removing the black tank top and cargo pants, I set about getting cleaned up before dressing in the long sleeved but extremely short and sparkly blue dress I wore to dance here. Staring at my reflection in the mirror I took in the odd sight I made, I was a fox but instead of red fur mine was pitch black with silvery markings. I was unusual, exotic even, so I was perfect for the club. Eyeing the gold hoop in my left ear I frowned and swapped it for my silver one, nodding one at the mirror I moved on, exiting the dressing room and making a beeline for the stage.

"Hello everyone glad you could all make it, sorry I'm a bit late. You know what us girls are like, and I wanted to look my best for all you lovely animals. So on with the show." The music was slow at first gradually getting faster as the song got into full swing, swaying my hips, my tail swished as it twisted with my movements.

Customers continued to come and go and I recognised some of the animals, however two of them really stuck out. The blue police uniforms making them very obvious in the crowd. The bunny and the fox circled the room talking to absolutely everyone, when they got closer to the stage I overheard some of their questions "do you remember seeing a black clad figure run through here?" "she was about this tall, of unknown animal origin with a black face, do you know anyone with that description sir?"

The questions continued in this direction and I found it funny that they never even looked at the stage. When Reg who doubled as the barman told them they would need to leave or buy something, the two bought drinks and settled down at a table to talk. Probably discussing leads or such, although it looked like the bunny was drawing something. A loud whoop filled the room as I kicked the dance moves up a notch as the song got faster, and it caused both cops to look for the source of the noise apparently finally noticing me. The fox was clearly checking me out and if the look the bunny was shooting him was any indicator, then she was not happy about this.

When the song came to an end there was a brief pause and then both cops were up and heading my way, stepping off the stage I let the next song play unaccompanied. Frowning I waited for the cops to reach me, curios about what they were going to ask me.

"Hello Im officer Judy Hopps and this is my partner Officer Nick Wilde, I was hoping you would be able to answer some questions of ours miss...?"

"Oh, I'm Vix, Vicky Vix. Its a pleasure to meet you officer Hopps and Wilde, so what questions do you need answering?"

"Oh we just would like to know if you have seen anyone enter this establishment with this likeness," when she finished speaking she held up a sketch. Studying the pencil drawing I realised this must have been drawn from a compilation of details she had seen as I didn't recall having pulled that pose, the me in the sketch was crouched slightly arms held out to the side one sleeve riding up to show the edge of a scar and the hood concealing most of the face only the vague shape of a muzzle visible and a pair of glowing ice coloured eyes. I was pleased to note both my tail and ears hadn't been included in the sketch so they definitely must not have seen them.

Shaking my head I said "nope I don't recognise them but if they are a criminal you should try a couple alleys down, I heard there is a fledgling mob boss running around there and this person your looking for might be one of them."

Bouncing happily Judy said "thank you so much for your time miss Vix this is so helpful. Finally Nick we have a lead, lets go."

The bunny dragged the still staring fox towards the door, Giggling I waved at the stunned looking fox, flashing him a dazzling smile and a wink.

"Vicky Vix huh, well you certainly con people well Vicky."

Grinning at my friend I said "I sure do Reg, I sure do." Stretching I said "now the excitement is over I guess its back to the stage then."

"Yep, you get these guys buying drinks Vicky."

Saluting the otter that was my best friend I said "sure thing Reggie," before bounding back onto the stage and grabbing the focus of the patrons again as I started dancing once more.

xxx

Blinking my eyes open I frowned at the light dancing across the ceiling, huffing I rolled out of bed and padded across the large one room apartment, into the kitchen. Puling the fridge door open I frowned at the lack of anything edible. Sighing and shutting the door I checked the cupboard and found it in much the same state, although there was some bread left. Grabbing the remains of the loaf I shoved two slices in the toaster and set about making coffee.

Five minutes later I was sat at my tiny table with a plate of dry toast and a cup of coffee. Speeding through breakfast, I made my way into the bathroom and completed my morning ablutions. Stepping out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel, I headed for my wardrobe and pulled out a long sleeve blue top, a pair of jeans and a grey hoodie.

Once dressed I grabbed my phone purse and keys and bounced down the stairs, ending up in the back room of the club. Crossing the dark room I exited the club and started walking towards the nearest grocery store.

Entering the little convenience store I started grabbing the things I needed, more milk, butter, bread, vegetables, various other products and such. When I got to the till with my basket the cashier sneered and said "we don't serve foxes here."

Blinking I opened my mouth to ask why when a familiar voice interrupted me "excuse me, why not?"

The cashier and I both turned to see Judy standing behind me, looking irritated. "Well ma'am, we have the right to refuse service to anyone, and I am refusing to serve this fox."

"Why?"

"What do you mean why? She's a fox."

"So? My partner at the ZPD is a fox, and we get on great together."

"You...you're officer Hopps?"

"Yeah I am but I am also a rabbit and I don't see why if I can get along just fine with a fox, why nobody else can. They are just like everybody else and this discrimination really annoys me."

"Oh uh well I suppose I could just..." the cashier trailed off and just started ringing up my items.

Smiling I turned to face the bunny and said "thank you officer Hopps, and its nice to see you again."

"Again? Oh! You're the dancer from the club Nick and I talked to yesterday right?"

"Yep. Good to see you didn't forget me. How are you? Oh and did my suggestion help at all?"

"Yeah Im good, a bit tired, I don't know how you can be so awake right now. And no sadly we couldn't find anything relating to either of our cases there, but thank you any way."

"Of course anytime." shoving my items in my bag I handed some money to the cashier before continuing "I would love it if you could tell Nick something for me."

Something that looks suspiciously like jealously flickered across her face before she concealed and said "why don't you tell him your self here he is now."

Reaching behind me she dragged Nick into my line of sight, blinking I said "okay" turning to face Nick I smiled and said "I want to thank you."

The fox looked surprised "what for?"

"For being an inspiration."

"Huh?"

Even the bunny was looking confused now instead of irritated, nodding I continued "yes, you've inspired me. Im going to apply to the ZPD, I always wanted to be a police officer but nobody would accept an application from a fox. But maybe now they would, with the example you've set, Im hoping I can finally make a difference."

"Aw, thats amazing Vicky. I would be happy to vouch for you."

"Thank you officer Hopps but I want to try on my own if they still won't accept me as a fox, I don't want to force them. Officer Wilde proved himself in the field I haven't had that opportunity."

"Oh well maybe you could help us out on our cases"

Bingo, "really? That would be amazing."

"Of course, here we should swap number so we can call each other if we get a lead."

"Okay," handing Judy my phone as I programmed my number into Judy's phone. Swapping back I shoved my phone in my pocket and scooped up the rucksack containing my groceries, waving over my shoulder as I left the store.

Retracing my steps back towards the club, I pulled out my phone and stared at Judy's number. When she programmed her number in she just typed Judy and put a little carrot emoji after it, it was adorable. Slamming into a hard surface I blinked and looked up form my phone, staring wide eyed at the huge rhino in front of me. Normally I wouldn't react that way but this guy looked terrifying, completely decked out in tattoos and missing over half his horn which had been replaced with a razor sharp metal prosthetic. Backing up a step I noticed the young cheetah unconscious behind the rhino, being shoved into a large white van by an equally intimidating bear.

"Uh...I didn't see anything." Spinning around I tried to make a run for it, while simultaneously pressing the call button on Judy's number. However the running aspect failed as the rhino grabbed me by the scruff of the neck, leaving me hanging from his meaty fist. Spotting the symbol that said Judy had picked up I quickly muted Judy's end and then put mine on speaker phone so she could hear what was going on, but not be heard. Shoving my phone back into my pocket I said "uh so you guys are the traffickers?"

The rhino laughed and said "yeah and it looks like we just got a two for one, the boss will be pleased. I must admit you are certainly exotic looking, should definitely fetch a good price at auction."

Cringing at the rumbling voice I continued "where are you taking me?"

"what does it matter to you? You won't be there long." Now the bear joined in laughing and as they both roared with laughter at my expense I just hoped Judy had a way of tracking my cell phone. But if not then I was going to hope they were near by. Sucking in a deep breath I screamed as loud as possible, and a fox screaming was pretty loud. Similar in pitch to a babies cry only a lot louder. The scream was cut off when the rhino slammed a hand around my muzzle pinning my mouth shut, "you filthy little fox."

Scowling I swiped my claws at his chest until he released my muzzle to retrain my arms and as he did I said "excuse you I showered this morning just like every other day, so I am most certainly not filthy."

Shooting me dirty look the rhino dragged me over towards the van and the bear lifted a syringe. Oh hell no. Swinging my head round I bit the rhinos arm that was holding my scruff as hard as I could, while kicking off his chest to break his hold on my arms. The manoeuvre worked perfectly and I landed lightly about a meter away from them. Whipping around I sprinted for the end of the alley, not bothering to slow for the corner I jumped at the last second and spring boarded of the wall. Stumbling as I landed I ignored the twinge in my ankle and kept running, back pack bouncing between my shoulder blades as I did.

Spotting a half open dumpster I repeated my manoeuvre from escaping Judy and Nick, launching myself into the air I flew towards the fire escape and was concerned when I saw it was much higher than the other one had been. Stretching I just managed to grab the bottom rung and pulled myself up, rolling onto my back I panted trying to catch my breath.

"Argh, where could she have gone? That slippery little she devil."

Smiling I had to stifle a snort 'slippery little she devil' of all the insults. Peeking over the edge of the fire escape, I watched the rhino pace for a moment before turning to head back the way he came.

"Vicky?" The quiet whisper had me turning to look at the mouth of the alley, and spotting the small grey head peeking around the edge of the wall.

"Judy!"

My voice caused the rabbit to look up and when she did her eyes widened comically and her mouth opened and closed several times, "how did you get up there?"

Eyeing the distance to the ground I said "I jumped silly."

"You jumped! what are you? Part rabbit?"

Shrugging in response to Nicks question I said "who knows I never knew my dad." Which was true, I may have known who he was, but I never knew him as a person.

"Oh, well how are you going to get down?"

Standing I grinned and said "like this." Stretching my arms over my head, I tipped forwards and allowed myself to plummet to the ground bellow.

"VICKY!?"

Twisting mid air I kicked of the wall and as I approached the opposite wall I repeated the action, completing this manoeuvre several times and there by slowing my descent dramatically. Landing heavily I winced as my ankle twanged painfully. Shaking it off I stood and stuck a dramatic pose, "tahdah!"

"Vicky what the hell was that?"

Grinning I said "that was years of gymnastics and natural grace."

"That was awesome."

"Nick dont encodage her, that was dangerous. Vicky you could have hurt your self."

Sighing I fished my phone out of my pocket and hung up and then said "Oh yeah I found your traffickers"

Instantly snapping into police mode Judy said "can you describe them?"

"Sure. So one was a rhino, he had most of his horn missing and had a metal prosthetic, he was also covered in tattoos and seemed larger than normal. Although that last bit could have been fear. The other one I saw was a black bear, he also had tattoos and had a scar on the left side of his face."

"Wow thank you, Vicky this is the most we've had to go on since we took on the case."

"Uh your welcome Judy, maybe my terrible luck will finally benefit someone."