Disclaimer: I don't own anyone from the Zootropolis, the rights and the characters belong to Disney and not me...except for the new Box/Funnie baby.
A Wild birth
It was a calm, lazy Sunday morning.
Zootropolis had never before seen so much peace, especially after the first bunny and fox police officers had joined the main police force; Nicolas Piberius "Nick" Wilde and Judith Laverne "Judy" Hopps were some of the cities finest officers of the centuries. It had been four years since the two had solved their very first case together and took down assistant mayor Bellwether when she darted predators with the now infamous Night howler serum to make them go savage in order to not only maintain power but to also force predators into becoming vicious beasts.
Ever since then, Nick and Judy had become an unstoppable team.
They had become fine enforcers of the law and had even become the pride of Zootropolis and the inspiration of many but, of course, when the two had announced that they had become not only working partners but wanted to become partners for life as well, their union wasn't met without controversy. A predator fox marrying a prey bunny was both strange and wrong in the eyes of many mammals but it didn't quite matter to either of the two newlyweds what others thought.
They loved each other and that was all that had mattered to them and now they were both starting a new chapter in their lives...
When it was discovered that Judy was expecting to have her very own litter, everyone was stunned beyond all reason since everybody simply assumed that it wouldn't be possible for a fox and a bunny to have kits together. It was downright flabbergasting to even the two new parents-to-be since they just assumed (like everybody else) that if the topic of starting a family ever did pop up then adoption would be the only choice.
Nevertheless, when they finally got over the shock, both Nick and Judy were thrilled at the prospect of becoming parents.
Nick currently sat in the hospital waiting room where he would fidget continuously on the stool he had been seated upon, the back of his head resting against the wall as he tried his best not to let his fears overcome him. The tension was so heavy that one could almost hear a pin drop, especially as far as the first Fox police officer was concerned as he fumbled with his paws, his exotic green eyes carried a concerned gleam in them, and his big bushy tail faintly swished when he felt his anxiety increase.
He never imagined that he'd get to see the day and he never dared to dream that this would ever happen due to the impossibility that this whole event presented.
"Anxious" was the biggest understatement of the century for how Nick was feeling.
The foxy-tailed police officer had a few other mammals whom were injured, showing signs of sickness and disease, needing checkups and some even showing signs of about to have babies themselves seated next to him as they chatted amongst themselves in soft murmurs about either the circumstances of their hospital trip or the fact that the famous police officer fox was among them.
Nick hated his celebrity status sometimes.
Out of impatience, he spared a quick glimpse towards the clock that hung on the other wall facing him and it read 9:25. It was still early morning as he could even feel his stomach gnaw with hunger due to the fact that he had been at the hospital since later the previous night and he'd refused to leave the waiting room corridor just encase he got word on Judy's condition. He decided to dwell on his own hospital visit instead of the fact that he was inspiring gossip from everyone around him as he simply just worried for Judy's well-being after she finally had the kit/kits.
Everyone worried that this would be too big for her to handle. Sure, all mammals were born small but that didn't stop medical experts worrying for the bunny's wellbeing since there was a chance that her bunny body just may not be able to tolerate her pregnancy as she just wasn't meant to carry babies as big as fox cubs. Nobody could even be certain if the kit would survive, it was the very first of its kind to exist —the child of predator and prey mammals, the offspring of two natural enemies.
The fox, however, trusted that his wife would be fine; Judy Hopps was a tough rabbit whom nobody should ever mess with and no one knew that better than he did. She once took on four large rams in the midst of that first Night howler case during a dramatic fight on a speeding train...and not every bunny could say they could accomplish such a feat.
He heaved a deep, long sigh and closed his eyes. How long was this going to take...? It was feeling as though a full eternity was passing him by right now and he was growing sick with worry.
Nick's eyes snapped open and he jolted upwards in alarm when his ears twitched in response to hearing a loud shriek carry itself through the hallway.
It was a shriek he instantly recognised.
"C-C-C-CARROTS!?"
Nick basically shot to his feet so fast that he knocked the stool he was sat on backwards which caused the other awaiting patients to stare in complete shock with their jaws simultaneously dropping to the clean floors.
Without commanding his feet to do so, the fox tore his way down the antiseptic hallways and (in as little time as a foxes legs allow) was soon making a frantic sprint towards the large double doors leading towards the cubicle where his wife was being kept. His heart had leapt high in his throat, galloping with the force and speed of a horses hooves as it drummed harshly throughout his entire, lanky body.
He felt as though a bolt of electricity had shot through his mind and forced his limbs to go into overdrive.
The ex-con artist was vaguely aware of the fact that he was being hotly pursued by hospital staff whom were intent on preventing him from entering and disrupting the delicate process that his wife was going through. He didn't care, he was the husband and the father and he knew he deserved to be in that room supporting his beloved mate! The fox officer ignored the but took a quick cursory glance over his shoulder at his pursuers and almost skidded to an abrupt halt at what he saw. He saw a trio of nurses —one was a Jaguar, another was an antelope and the third was a koala bear— as well as a couple of security guards whom were armed with fox tasers.
"MR. WILDE!" The antelope nurse called out to him "STOP! YOUR WIFE DOESN'T NEED YOU LOSING YOUR HEAD!"
He panted heavily as he kept running and his heart felt as though it were about to explode.
Nick looked back towards the double doors and found that he was just a few more steps away from going in there and finding Judy, but he didn't expect to be electrocuted as he felt a painfully tingly sharp sensation crawl up his spine and his arms and legs. The pain was unbearable as he slumped to the ground quickly before a few of the security guards sat on top of him. He grit his fangs tightly in a mix of pain from what he assumed was the fox taser shocking him and the frustrated desire to see his wife. He flailed his arms around and writhed beneath the collided heavy weights of the security guards sitting on top of him.
That was until he heard a familiar voice.
"Snap out of it, Foxy-loxy! Can't let you show weakness unless you want Cottontail to kick your sorry bushy tail."
Cottontail...there was only one mammal he knew of whom called Judy by that nickname.
Clawhauser...
Nick's eyes widened in shock when he heard that voice which caused him to look up at who exactly it was sitting on him. It turned out that whom he first thought were hospital security guards were actually some of his work colleagues; there was officer Fangmeyer the tiger along with officer Delgato the lion and they were accompanied by officer Grizzoli the wolf, officer Pennington the elephant, officer Benjamin Clawhauser and even Finnick had decided to join in on the dog (or should I say "fox") pile.
The fox couldn't help but groan out in pain as he still tried to struggle beneath the pile of mammals in spite of his surprise of seeing them there at the hospital.
"C'mon, Nick!" Clawhauser said encouragingly, "Don't start freaking out now! Judy is a very strong fluffy bunny and if anybody could handle something like this it's her!"
"...Does chief 'Sunshine and rainbows' know you're here?" He asked the chubby, donut-loving cheetah in a deadpan voice as his ears drooped and he gave a look of bluntness towards the officers sat on top of him.
He was referring to chief Bogo of course.
"We maaaay have shirked our duties for an hour or two to come and give ya a smack to the face of sense." Delgato admitted rather sheepishly.
Nick almost felt touched by the gesture. These guys (with the exception of Finnick) were risking getting their faces melted off with Bogo's screams of fury just to give him the pep talk he needed to not lose his nerve while his wife was giving birth, however he couldn't help but feel a slight mixture of guilt for getting them all into trouble with the police chief and a near-overpowering sense of exasperation.
"And was the fox taser really necessary?" Nick asked, the screaming of his nerves painfully twinging from the shocks finally starting to numb.
It was Pennington's turn to answer a question.
"We're sorry about that, Nick, but we needed to get you to stop and keep your head on your shoulders to prevent you from losing it out of pure worry."
"Now, I've just got one last question...CAN YOU ALL GET OFF OF ME!?"
"Will ya swear not to lose your cool if we do?" Retorted Finnick, bending down to hand the red fox a cup of coffee.
Nick angrily snatched it out of the fennec fox's paw and then proceeded to raise the rim of the plastic cup to his lips and take a sip. He felt the faintest tingle of pleasure as the warm morning beverage trickled down his throat and pleased his taste buds, even though he was still angry.
"What's going on out here!?"
A kangaroo nurse asked rather abruptly, interrupting the officers and former con-artist.
She poked her head out the doors leading into the cubicle where Judy was and looking down at the scene with a dumbfounded expression plastered upon her face. She also spared a swift glance to the other nurses who had gathered at the scene, whom gave her rather sheepish smirks right back. She then looked back down at the fox laying underneath the pile of police officers and couldn't help but find the scene somewhat amusing.
It dawned on her then what must have happened.
Perhaps fatherly instincts was the culprit of this case...?
The kangaroo smiled gently and made a gesture of her paw for the officers to get off of the nervous father-to-be, which they reluctantly obeyed, and she watched as Nick got to his own two feet with some assistance from two of the nurses standing by. As he was gingerly standing, the female marsupial hospital caregiver decided to ask a question that almost sent him falling straight back down on the floor.
There was a hint of amusement in her voice as she asked Nick the question.
"Soooo...do you want to meet your kit?"
A/N: Here's a short Zootropolis story about Nick and Judy having a baby, I know it's strange but I think that Nick and Judy are so sweet together and thus this fic was created. I'm already halfway done with the second/last chapter of this Two-shot fic and I'm happy with how it's going and I hope you guys like this too.
Have a nice morning/afternoon/evening.
-Chloemcg