It was an average day in the ZPD, Judy was filing paperwork since most of the available officers had either called in sick or had already been deployed. She was organizing missing mammal cases, there were a lot more than 14 cases there were almost 38 missing mammal reports in the last 2 weeks. Judy's heart sank upon the discovery that most of the missing mammals were very young as young as 12 years old, Judy began to tear up as she imagined a young kit being snatched off the street by a heartless mammal in a dark brown trench coat.
Judy started to rapidly wipe her tears away as she heard a knock at her office door ''come in'' she said casually.
A few moments later, Chief Bogo walked in setting a file on her desk ''Hopps, I need you to investigate another missing mammal case.''
"another one?" Judy said getting tired of filing papers all day.
''This time in person, most of the mammals have been going missing in the rainforest district I need you to go on a stake out tonight to catch the criminal.'' Bogo said in his usual enigmatic tone.
''yes sir. Um, have you seen Nick?'' Judy asked slightly concerned.
''officer Wilde called in sick this morning. And all other qualified officers are attempting to stop the riots outside zootopia asylum, the public thinks that life in prison is too good for Bellwether. I'm sorry Hopps, but you will be alone on this assignment.'' Chief Bogo replied, his tone showed little to no sympathy.
Judy sighed as she glanced at the clock on the wall, it was 7:45 pm her shift was nearly over so she packed up her things as she went to prepare for her stake out.
Judy picked up all the files that she was organizing and put them back into her filing cabinet by her desk then she turned off the lights in her office, as she exited her office she made sure to lock her office door and double checked that she did not forget anything. Judy prepped for her stake out by making a few stops. Her first stop was the armory, from the armory Judy took night vision goggles, a taser, and a gun in case things got intense. She grabbed her gear and stuffed it into a ZPD duffle bag. Judy's next stop was the front desk, she needed to search for clues and to do so she needed a bigger lead than a general location
''hey, Ben!'' Judy greeted with enthusiasm.
''hey Judy!'' Benjamin squealed with delight ''didn't your shift end 10 minutes ago?'' Ben realized.
''I'm on a stakeout tonight'' Judy assured ''and I need all of the missing mammal reports that occurred in the rainforest district.'' she said with a melancholy voice.
''sure thing Judy, good luck.'' Benjamin replied while handing her a large stack of files.
''ok, one last stop'' she said to herself as she jammed the files into her duffel bag.
Her last stop was at the vending machine Judy reached into her pocket and pulled out a $20 bill with former mayor Lion Heart on it. Since Judy was a lot smaller than the vending machine she had to jump in order to slip the bill into the machine,
''let's see, I'll get some crackers, some chocolate, and some carrot sticks'' she said to herself as she was hitting buttons on the vending machine while jumping simultaneously.
Moments later snacks fell from the machine, Judy took the snacks and slipped them into her duffel bag. Judy waved to Benjamin as she made her way to the parking lot. As Judy climbed inside her cruiser she started her car and drove off.
_Nick's Point Of View_
I woke up with a severe headache as I slowly rolled to the side I picked up my phone and checked the time, the time was 8:15 AM ''oh cripes'' I grumbled as I jumped out of bed.
''I was expected to be at work 10 minutes ago'' I sighed as I started rifling through my drawers looking for my uniform.
After 7 minutes of looking I decided to call in sick out of frustration, this would be my 4th unscheduled day off this week and Chief Bogo was getting tired of my inconsistency. I sluggishly dialed the Chief's number, shortly after the call was answered
''Wilde, I swear if you're calling in sick again, I will personally see to it myself that you are fired'' Bogo warned.
I thought long and hard before I replied ''it's just...my grandma got sick yesterday, and she has no other relatives to help her'' I begged, trying to sound upset.
Bogo sighed ''if this...ever and I mean EVER happens again, you're fired!'' Bogo replied very slowly.
''Yes sir!'' I said with a grin as I ended the call.
''Well, I have a whole day to myself'' I whispered to no one in particular as I lay sprawled out on my bed.
I decided to watch Petflix and catch up on my shows, I casually laid down on my sofa and turned my TV on, after several hours I had dozed off. When I woke up the time was 7:45 PM, after several seconds of consciousness, I felt a sharp pain in my side...hunger. I lazily stood up and walked into the kitchen, as I was cutting some onions for a salad I noticed a suspicious mammal from outside my apartment window. Upon further inspection I confirmed that the mammal was a raccoon maybe in his 40's, the raccoon was in the alley across the street and he appeared to be holding another mammal down, but it was hard to tell since the alley was dark. I was conflicted, on one hand, it was my job to protect the citizens of Zootopia, on the other hand, there was a slim chance that I would win a fight without my gun. After debating with myself, I decided that gun or no gun that mammal needs help.
I ran out my apartment door and raced down the stairs until finally, I was outside. I silently crept on all fours towards the raccoon, as I got closer I chuckled when I noticed that mammals were taking one look at me and began dialing the police, my ears perked up when I heard them mention the word fox to the operator ''hehe, I can only imagine their surprise to learn that I'm an officer'' I whispered to myself. As I got closer to the raccoon I noticed that the poor mammal being held down was a gazelle. The gazelle was was maybe 17, his paws were flailing but he was not screaming
''freeze! ZPD put your paws up!'' I yelled trying to sound intimidating.
The raccoon flinched at the sound of my voice but continued to hold the gazelle down.
''Freeze! Or...or I'll shoot!'' I threatened, hoping that he didn't turn around to see me unarmed.
I slowly inched closer to the raccoon and was puzzled to see that the gazelle had stopped flailing his paws as if he passed out. I took out my phone and shined the light at the raccoon and I was shocked the gazelle stopped flailing because he was dead, he had blood all over him especially his neck.
''What...the hell!'' I yelped in horror.
The raccoon slowly turned his head toward me, revealing a bloodstained mouth and red eyes. ''Sweet cheese and crackers!'' I gasped.
I charged at the raccoon hoping to knock him out cold, I attempted to punch the raccoon but he grabbed my hand and stopped my punch immediately ''what the?'' I said tilting my head to the side.
The raccoon smiled as he placed his other hand on my throat, I started panicking, the raccoon was several times stronger than me and I felt my mortality was at stake as I witnessed the raccoon slowly lean closer to me. Before I passed out, I heard police sirens and the raccoon then dropped me on the ground right before everything went black.
Judy was on her way to the rain forest district and she was getting quite bored ''this is soooo boring. maybe some music will help me pass the time.''
to Judy's surprise, when the radio turned on she heard an all to memorable tune ''I'm a loser!'' the radio beamed.
''Stupid machine'' Judy bellowed as she changed stations.
''You can't do nothing right!'' the radio blared loudly. Judy sighed as she decided to turn the radio off since it was obvious it would only get more irritating.
Judy smiled at her discovery, she had arrived in the rainforest district. Judy then proceeded to park her cruiser behind a nearby tree, afterward, she grabbed her gear and quietly climbed up the same tree her cruiser was behind. Judy smiled as she slipped on her night vision goggles
''hehe, nothing is getting passed me.'' she giggled.
Judy however, was not aware that she was not the hunter...she was the prey. It was 3:00 AM and Judy was getting tired of sitting in a tree waiting for a criminal that may not even show.
Nick sat up quickly with a yelp, he was still in shock from being knocked out cold. As Nick examined his surroundings, he was in a hospital bed ''what happened?'' Nick said to himself, unaware that Chief Bogo was sitting in the back of the room.
''Quite a lot actually'' Bogo said in his usual unsympathetic tone as he sat up straight.
''Chief, is that you?'' Nick sheepishly asked.
''Wilde? Did you get hit too hard?'' Bogo chuckled.
''I think I did'' Nick replied with a serious tone.
''Don't worry Wilde, I'll have the doctors check on you in the morning. Then you can tell me what happened to you'' he eased.
Nick glanced at the clock on the wall, the time was 3:12 AM.
''you wouldn't happen to know where Judy is right now, would ya?'' Nick questioned hopefully.
''She's on a stakeout right now, why?'' Bogo asked.
''Call it off.'' Nick replied.
''Why'' Bogo asked worried about his best officer.
''I'm 29 years old and that creep went after me, he's defiantly going to go after a 24-year-old bunny. That guy almost killed me! Imagine what he's going to do to Judy'' Nick begged.
Bogo's eyes slowly widened as he took out his phone and called Benjamin.
''yes chief?'' Ben yawned as he sat up in bed.
''Clawhauser, do you still have that spare radio transmitter?'' Bogo asked.
''yeah?'' Ben answered.
''Good, call off Hopp's stakeout'' he ordered.
''Yes sir'' Ben groaned as he ended the call and went to get his radio transmitter.
Judy was still in the tree waiting for the kidnapper, she was convinced that he would never come. Judy was about to leave, then she noticed that way off in the distance there was a mammal dragging another mammal. She was about to run towards them, but she hesitated when she heard Ben's voice coming from her cruiser.
''I'm sure he just wanted to say hi or something'' Judy convinced herself as she started running towards the two mammals.
As Judy neared the two mammals, they went behind a tree. She stopped in front of the tree
''freeze! ZPD put your paws in the air and turn around!'' she bellowed while holding up her gun.
Moments later, Judy started side stepping around the tree with her gun raised. Judy gagged as she circled the tree, on the ground was a young zebra on the ground covered in blood. She almost vomited as she examined the body, there was a bite mark on the zebra's neck.
Judy was about to run back to her car and call for backup, but when she turned around she was staring at a raccoon with a blood stained smile and red eyes.
''Freeze! Don't come any closer!'' She yelped aiming her gun.
The raccoon ignored her as he took a step closer. Judy was scared, she had never killed someone before but this would have to be her first. She tightened her grip on her gun, she aimed at his head...and fired. Judy gasped, the raccoon vanished into smoke
''What the hell?!'' she yelped.
Judy slowly backed up until her back hit something when she turned around she was shocked to see the raccoon. Judy started firing her gun at the raccoon, only for him to swiftly dodge each bullet while leaving a blur in his path. Judy dropped her gun and started running back to her cruiser, terrified of the raccoon. She was almost back to her cruiser, but she felt an arm grab her leg. Judy screamed as she was being dragged behind the same tree that harbored the dead mammal.
Benjamin was perplexed ''why isn't she answering?'' he wondered.
After a few more minutes of attempting to reach Judy Ben decided to call the Chief, moments later he heard his voice.
''Is she back?'' Chief Bogo questioned.
''Um sir, she isn't answering her radio.'' Ben replied.
''Then mobilize every available officer to her last known location . and bring an ambulance just in case'' Bogo answered.
''How sir? It's not like there's a GPS in her car.'' Ben said.
''There is.'' Chief Bogo replied as he hung up on Benjamin.
The raccoon dragged Judy behind a tree, with incredible strength almost like a demon. She tried to wiggle her way out but the raccoon had an incredibly tight grip. Judy felt hot tears stream down her cheeks as she realized that her life could end right here and now. Judy screamed louder as she noticed the raccoon was slowly bringing his teeth closer to her neck. Judy closed her tear-streaked eyes and waited for her suffering to end. Several seconds later Judy heard a high pitched scream, she opened her eyes to find that the raccoon was gone and in his place was nothing but a pile of ashes. It was sunrise now, Judy quickly got up and ran to her cruiser still sobbing. When she reached her cruiser she was greeted by half of the ZPD. Judy's face turned a new shade of red, everyone was staring at her red face. She quickly dried her tears and ran up to Chief Bogo. Judy tried to tell him what happened, but it all came out as gibberish.
''calm down Hopps, we'll get you to the hospital, make sure nothing is broken, then you could tell me what happened.'' Bogo eased, his voice carried a hint of sympathy.
''yes sir'' Judy replied quietly as she climbed into the ambulance.