Judy went into the interrogation room with a folder and laid it on the table. "I hope that's what you wanted," she said timidly.

Nick opened it, glanced at it briefly, and slammed it down. "No, it's not!" he snapped. "Can't you ever get anything right? Do you always have to be such a dumb bunny?"

Her nose twitched nervously. "I'm not a dumb bunny."

"Just…" He took a deep breath, clearly trying to hold onto his temper. "Just get out."

The bunny crept out the door, closing it gently behind her, and Nick turned back to the zebra he was talking to. "I'm sorry about that. She's not a real cop, she's a political appointee, and I'm the one stuck babysitting her."

"She's your token bunny?"

Nick chuckled. "I guess you could say that. Nothing but trouble." He leaned forward and lowered his voice. "Sometimes it's all I can do not to just haul off and belt her. Females are the worst."

The zebra nodded. "My girlfriend is like that. Sometimes you just have to put them in their place."

"I get it." The fox nodded sagely. "That's really all that happened, right? You didn't mean to hurt her, you were just showing her who's boss."

"Exactly." The zebra smiled widely. "I only hit her once, it's not my fault she fell down the stairs and broke her leg."

Nick smiled back. "Sure. It was just an accident."

Judy came back in and Nick looked fondly at her. "Did you get it, darlin'?"

She pressed a button on the tape recorder in her paw. "I only hit her once, it's not my fault she fell down the stairs and broke her leg."

The fox looked impressed. "That has really good sound quality." He grinned at the zebra. "Don't you think that sounded good?"

"Hey, wait a minute!" The zebra shot a glare at Nick, then turned it on Judy. "You played me?"

"It wasn't hard," said the bunny disdainfully. "Your girlfriend told us all about how you treated her, we just put on the kind of show you like."

Nick pulled out a pair of handcuffs. "I think you should do the honors, Officer Hopps."

"Delighted." She snapped them on the stunned zebra and handed him over to a waiting sergeant, then opened the folder she had handed Nick earlier. "So what do you want for lunch? There's the noodle place, the grilled veggie bistro, oh, and there's a brand new juice bar in Tundratown." She spread out the menus on the table.

"They have blueberry pudding?" Nick pointed excitedly to the juice bar menu. "Let's go there!"

Judy hid a smile. Nick was so adorable when he was being a dork. Adorkable. Was that a word? It fit him perfectly and she said gravely, "If you want blueberry pudding for lunch, you can have two servings."

They headed out but as they reached the main lobby of the ZPD, a small otter in a purple dress hurried up to Judy. "Officer Hopps, can I have one minute of your time?"

The bunny smiled. "Of course, Mrs Otterton. I hope Mr Otterton is doing well?"

"He's fine, thanks to you and your partner." The otter looked hopefully at Nick. "Could you also hear what I have to say?"

"Glad to." The fox bent his head. "Would you care to step into an interview room?"

"Well…" Mrs Otterton looked around the busy lobby and said, "If it's not too much trouble…"

"It's no trouble at all," said Nick kindly. "You go to room 5 and I'll get us all some coffee."

Judy escorted the otter to the interview room, making small talk with her until the fox came in with three cups of coffee and a little bag of sugar cubes and coffee creamers. "Here you are."

"Thank you." Mrs Otterton dropped in a couple of sugar cubes, tasted her coffee, and turned to Judy. "I want to report a crime."

The bunny's eyes widened and she took out her notepad and trusty carrot pen. "Let me have all the details."

"Oh, I don't have any details."

Judy frowned. "What exactly are you trying to say?"

"You know the Mystic Springs Oasis?" Judy gulped and nodded and Mrs Otterton went on. "Emmet was there the other day and Yax, the owner, told him about a crime that's going to happen."

"So Yax is the animal we need to talk to?"

"Exactly!" said Mrs Otterton brightly. "Yax is a psychic and he's predicted all sorts of things and they've all come true. He predicted a crime that's going to happen but he didn't want to come here so I'm letting you know about it."

"I see," said Judy weakly. "Well, thank you for coming in, Mrs Otterton…"

"You don't understand!" The otter caught Judy's paw. "He said someone is going to be kidnapped and if they're not found in time, they're going to die. You have to do something!"

Nick put a reassuring paw on Mrs Otterton's shoulder. "We will, ma'am. You have my word. Why don't you leave Officer Hopps and me to deal with it now? And thank you so much for coming in to alert us." He walked the otter to the door and came back shaking his head. "That's just sad. She must have cracked up after Emmet disappeared."

"You don't believe in psychics?"

"Do you?" asked Nick incredulously.

"I like to keep an open mind," said Judy primly.

"So do I. I just don't want my mind so open my brain falls out."

The bunny glared. "What if Yax overheard something and he passed it along because he's afraid to report it himself? At the very least we should talk to him."

"Fine, I'll go," sighed the fox.

"No, we'll go."

Judy had that determined look on her face that Nick found so endearing but remembering how upsetting the nudist club was to her, he felt equally determined to go alone. He'd been through enough today, having to talk so cruelly to her to get a confession out of that zebra. It had been Judy's idea, but he felt bad enough about that without the added misery of seeing her around all those naked animals. He grinned. "You know, it would be better to talk to Yax here. If you're right and he actually heard something, we need to get a formal statement, right?"

Judy's eyes narrowed suspiciously. "I suppose so."

"So I'll pick him up, you grab some lunch for us, and we'll meet back here."

"I know what you're doing, Nick," said Judy. "You're just trying to spare me going to that place again."

His sharp green eyes met her soft purple ones. "Would that be so bad?"

"It would if this were an actual crime," she said strongly.

He held up his paws. "I know."

Nick's eyes were pleading and Judy huffed, "Fine, you go get him. But make sure he puts on some clothes before you bring him in here!"