Judy sat smirking in the driver's seat of the police cruiser while Nick sat in the passenger seat leaning his muzzle up against the window, resting his head on his paw and stared out above him at the inky night sky of Sahara Square. Judy looked over at Nick while she was at a stop light and was prepared to gloat about her victory on their bet but frowned at the sight of how disappointed Nick was.

Judy was used to Nick moping around when she did something better than him, especially if it was something that he gloated he could do better than her and then ending up eating his own words.

But this time was different. This time Nick actually looked despaired that Judy beat him, in a foot race, on all four paws.

"Nick, are you okay?" Judy asked Nick. "Yes Carrots, I'm fine" Nick replied. "No you're not, your ears are droopy" Judy said back, slightly smirking.

"Really Judy, why do you always have to use that as an excuse to get me to admit my feelings about y-" Nick said but then stopped himself realizing what was coming out of his mouth. "What was that Slick" Judy asked eagerly.

Nick sighed and turned to face Judy and said "It's just that if I'm a fox and you're a bunny-". Judy cut him off and said "I'm pretty sure we all know that Nick" and smirked.

"What I was saying is that if I'm genetically supposed to be faster than you and I can't even do that, then what's the point in even trying if I'm ALWAYS going to bested by a bunny, the very mammal I'm supposed to be better than" Nick said and frowned.

"Nick, I didn't mean to lower your self-esteem of what you can or can't do or what or who you're supposed to better than" Judy replied frowning as well.

"I know Judy I just don't want to always be in your shadow, and I don't want you to forget me and leave me in the dust" Nick said. "Nick, you know for a fact that there are some things that you are better at then me" Judy said trying to encourage him. "For example, you can see WAY better in the dark then I can, and you have a much better sense of smell then me too".

"Yes Carrots that's true but if I can't beat you in a foot race on all four paws which is the very thing I was supposed to be better at then you, then what's the point of even trying" Nick said, lowering his head in shame. "I'm a mockery of everything a fox should stand for". "Especially Robin Hood" Nick muttered under his breath so that Judy didn't hear him.

"Nick, you are so much more than that, even if you're not like your ancestors, I mean that's good for me right?" Judy said but wished she chose her words more carefully. And exactly what she was afraid to happen, happened.

"Oh, so now this is all better for you, huh Judy" Nick yelled. "So basically what you're saying right now is that your glad that I'm the worst fox out of all my ancestors, that your happy I'm a mockery of my species".

"Nick-" Judy tried to say but Nick cut her off by quickly moving towards her and saying "And I know the reason why you responded with that sentence".

"You're afraid of me" Nick said. "You're afraid, aren't you Judy, just admit it!" Nick yelled while leaning closer to her. "You're afraid that I might attack you, aren't you, you're afraid that if I was better then you at everything then one day I might turn on you!". "Nick no that's not what I was trying say!" Judy said, crying from Nick's behavior and fear of what he was going to do to her.

"Then what were you going to say Judy, what is it!" Nick yelled. "You're afraid of one day if I'm better then you, that I would eat you, that I would rip you to shreds, is that it, is that what your trying to say!" Nick yelled and was practically looming over Judy with his teeth bared and his claws retraced, dangerously close to her face.

"Nick, No!" Judy yelled. Nick coming to his senses, realizing what he was doing he looked at the fear in Judy's amethyst eyes and saw her nose twitching uncontrollably from his actions, he leaned back to his side of the vehicle and covered his muzzle with his paws and shriveled away from Judy.

Judy realizing that the light was green stepped on the gas and took a left and then proceeded to park on the side of the road.

Judy then unbuckled her seat belt and moved over the divider in the middle of the car and sat next to Nick. Nick crying, tried to look away from what he did to her and tried to pretend it didn't happen.

Judy, sitting next to Nick on his seat felt his tail brush up against her leg and she saw Nick wrap it around himself, trying to shield himself from Judy. Judy then intercepted it before it completely wrapped itself around him.

Nick, feeling that something touched his tail, looked over at the bunny sitting next to him with his tail wrapped around her instead of him.

"Judy I'm SO sorry, I didn't mean to do that, I just got so angry" Nick said, still crying. "Nick" Judy said and curled closer to him. "I will never hate you, and I will never abandon you no matter how far gone you are".

"Judy, I did something that never that I could do to anyone, to rabbits, or, to you" Nick said, his last comment caused Judy's eyes to widen in sadness.

"I just felt so much anger, so full of hate, so full of envy and jealously, that's been bottled up for years and I'm afraid of what I might have done to you if you didn't snap me out of it" Nick said. "Not because you're a bunny and you can run faster and jump higher and hear better than me, no, what I'm jealous of is your ability to see the best in people, your imagination and intuition and to just help everyone get their life out of the gutter" Nick paused and looked at Judy and said "And your belief in me".

Judy stared at Nick bewildered at what he was saying. Judy thought to herself "In all the time we've known each other Nick has NEVER shared his feelings about me this intense before".

Nick wrapped his arm around Judy and pulled her closer to him. "Judy, thank you for believing in me because if you hadn't I would still be a Pawpsicle hustler right now" Nick said and smiled, his eyes shining with joy.

"Your welcome Nick, and thank you for helping me realize what an amazing partner you are, and an even better "friend" to me" Judy said while putting air quotes when she said friend.

"Well then, you're an amazing "friend" as well Judy" Nick said and copied Judy's air quotes.

Nick thought to himself "Alright Nick, It's now or never". "Judy, I've been meaning to ask you something" Nick said.

"Something I've been wanting to ask you for about a year and a half since we first met". "What is it" Judy asked, curious for the answer.

"Would-" Nick started to say but was stopped by a bright light in the middle of the street ahead of them that formed into what looked like a wormhole of some kind. Both Nick and Judy were blinded by the sudden light for a second, mostly Nick because of his night vision.

Both of the mammals saw what appeared to be two streaks of lightning shoot out of the wormhole past them at incredible speed, causing newspapers, trash cans, and even small vehicles to fly everywhere in their wake.

"In the name of Carrots, what was that!" Nick yelled. "One, I have no idea, and two, what does my name have to do with this?" Judy asked. "Oh, so you like the name Carrots now eh?" Nick said and smirked. "Dream on Nick" Judy said and hopped off of Nick's seat and onto the driver's seat, put her seat belt on, revved the engine and sped off down the road after the two streaks.

"Lets go Nick we need to follow them" Judy said. "Wait, how do you know there's two of them?" Nick asked completely caught off guard of what just happened causing him to forget what he wanted to ask Judy. "It's simple really, I saw two streaks come out of the portal, one was yellow and one was blue, keep up Slick" Judy said while dodging in and out of cars.

"I can't, don't you remember your better than me in pretty much every way" Nick said while putting on his shades. "Nick this is not the best time to have this conversation, again" Judy said sternly. "I know, I just really needed to ask you something" Nick said.

"Save it for later we have a job to do" Judy said and put her foot all the way down on the accelerator. "Deal" Nick said while putting his trademark smirk back on his muzzle.

All Nick saw out the front window was blurs of lights and flashes of color here and there. Yet Judy was navigating perfectly around flipped over cars and random trash cans in the middle of the street. Nick glanced over at Judy and saw her ears prick up and listen to every detail available.

"Must be using those cute bunny ears of hers" Nick thought to himself. Then, out of the corner of his eye he saw two streaks dash towards the docks. "Judy over there!" Nick yelled pointing to the right, where the two streaks went. "I see them" Judy said and drove to the left and quickly pulled the E-brake and skillfully drifted around a car driving straight through the intersection.

"Geez Carrots, where did you learn to drive like this?" Nick asked. "Back home in Bunnyburrow, my dad used to let me drive the family pickup truck around the unplowed fields to get the soil ready to plant" Judy said and smiled. "Oh, so THAT'S why your family's blueberries are so good, you made them" Nick said and smiled at Judy.

"Well technically yes, but I can get you some even better, I have a secret stash at the ZPD in my locker" Judy said. "So that's why you always smell better when you come out of the changing room, you've been keeping blueberries with your clothes, duh!" Nick said and lightly hit himself on the head with his paw.

"Is that why you like me so much, because I smell like blueberries?" Judy replied. "That and the fact that your a cute little bunny who also loves blueberries" Nick said and smirked. "Well if were being honest, the reason why I like you so much is because of the carrot themed boxers you've been wearing every day for the last year and a half" Judy said smirking.

Nick's fur turned so red that even his crimson fur couldn't hide the fact that he was blushing. "How, how did you know?" Nick asked, completely and utterly embarrassed. "Really Nick, you wear a tie, but you don't wear a belt, and apparently the belt on your police uniform is for show only" Judy said smiling at Nick while not even looking at the road but still perfectly dodging everything in her path.

Nick growled under his breath and ran both of his paws down his face and tried to avoid eye contact with the gleaming bunny sitting next to him but utterly failing.

"Don't worry Nick, we'll have a nice long chat about this later, but for now, we have to catch up to those two blurs" Judy said and pulled the E-brake and with a screech of the tires stopped right out side the entrance to the docks.

Judy opened up the door to the cruiser and jumped out onto the cold hard pavement. Judy then reached her paw into a holster on her belt on her police uniform and pulled out her tranquilizer gun.

As Nick got out of the vehicle he smoothed his ears down with his paw and walked over to where Judy was standing. He then noticed what she was holding. "Carrots, where did you get that?!" Nick asked completely perplexed.

"I've had this the whole time I was a cop, even when I was on meter maid duty" Judy replied. "Well then, lets hope for our sakes you don't need to use it" Nick said and ruffled Judy's ears with his paw.

"I can shoot you with this you know" Judy threatened. "I know, but where's the fun in not taking chances for the greater good?" Nick said and leaned down and kissed Judy on the forehead.

"See, greater good" Nick said and smirked. "C'mon Slick, lets go" Judy said and turned to walk towards the docks when the two streaks flashed towards them. The blue streak that was ahead of the yellow one barreled into Nick and Judy, causing them to fly through the air.

The yellow streak that was following the blue one looped around and sped towards Judy and grabbed her in midair and set her down two blocks away. The streak then ran back to Nick, grabbed him in midair and brought him back to where Judy was and stopped in front of them.

He was a little bigger than a wolf, he was wearing a full red suit that opened up around his eyes and mouth. On his chest was a white emblem with what appeared to be a yellow lightning bolt than ran diagonally across it. He also had the same emblem where both his ears were located as well.

"Wow, that was a lot of running, even for me!" the figure said, his voice sounded disoriented and Judy know if it was from the running or if that's just how he sounded.

The figure looked at the two mammals he just saved and said "Animals!". "Oh man, Cisco would love this!" the figure said and laughed. Nick broke the awkward silence of the mysterious person talking to himself that just saved their lives by saying "Who are you" and pointed his finger at him.

"Oh, ya, me" the figure said and smiled. He then reached up to his mask on his face and pulled it back to revel his red hair and beaming personality.

"My name is Barry Allen, but you can call me the Flash" the figure said.

"And I need your help".

Both Nick and Judy thought to themselves "This is going to be a long day".