Chapter 2 – What Happened Here?

The scene was like that from a movie, six police cars surrounding the parking lot each with their lights blinking while one of them left the siren running. A single fire truck with an ambulance closest to the two that had been attacked. Sitting next to the moving truck, a familiar half badger half snow leopard, Patty Bella. She was wrapped in what looked to be a light blue blanket that looked like it should have been placed on an antique bed rather than her shoulders. She sat there, getting checked out by a female cheetah as the paramedic made sure she didn't need to go to the hospital. "Thank you!" Patty said as the paramedic nodded and packed up her things. Just then, two familiar figures moved into her view, Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde. "I guess you really were telling the truth!" she said as she looked to the red fox. His blue uniform contrasted with his fur, and yet somehow fit him perfectly.

"Come on Patty, would I do that?" he asked.

"The old you yes!" Judy said, "The you today, it depends if the lie is helpful or not!"

Nick looked at her, false shock in his eyes, "I'm surprised at you Carrots!" he said, "You know me way too well!"

"Patricia Bella?" Judy asked formally, "I was informed that you wished to speak with us about something urgent?"

Patty instead looked to her husband, the leopard that had been thrown into one of the pillars. "Is he going to be alright?" she asked with a nod.

Judy looked over her shoulder, spying the male as the paramedics closed the door to the ambulance, "Paramedics say he's got a severe concussion, but with some treatment, he'll be fine in a few months."

"I guess I'll have to tell his boss about that." she said, then she tightened her grip on the blanket.

"You said you had some important information for us?" Nick asked.

Patty looked up at the fox, her eyes locking onto his, "I...don't really know where to start." she said a bit nervous.

"I understand that this can be a bit unnerving, please try and take it easy. Remember, we're here to help." Judy said as she placed her paw on the predator's shoulder.

To this, Patty simply nodded, gulped down her sense of nerves and leaned in, "He's going to find them." she said silently. Nick and Judy both knelt down, Nick placing a paw on Patty's shoulder. "He's going to try and revive the demons. The dolls were the demons." she told them.

Nick dropped his paw from her shoulder, "You knew this and you sold them to kids?" he hissed in a whisper.

"Honestly, Adrian didn't leave me any choice. If he gets his paws on the dragon, it's all over." Patty whispered.

"You know about the dragon?" Judy asked.

"Better yet, what's your connection with Adrian?" Nick asked, a question even Judy hadn't really thought of, "Why did you have the dolls?"

Patty hesitated, almost ashamed, but when Nick placed his paws on his knees to lift himself up to leave, she stopped him by grabbing his arm, "He's my great, great, great grandfather." she told them, getting Judy so gasp in shock. "Nick," Patty said quietly, "he tried to use the garage door to kill me. How do you think it was when I had to try to take care of him?"

"So, he gave you the dolls for…what?" Judy asked, her curiosity rising.

"He didn't, I sort of stole them from him. He was going to release them on the world to destroy innocent animals when he revived the dragon, he…has a thing against mixed breeds." she admitted.

"But, you're a mixed breed." Judy quietly said.

"Yah, and that made everything worse growing up." the female said with a shiver, "He wasn't going to give my family anything but we were the only ones that were left nearby when he died."

"I'm sorry, died?" Nick asked in confusion.

"Yah, how do you think he stays alive. He steals the bodies of his own family." she told them. "I ran away when I watched him steal away my Grandpa, and I took the dolls with me, with every intention of destroying them, but…" Her words sort of trailed off, "That's a bit harder than I thought. Several of them couldn't be destroyed by simple means, and I wasn't able to find a way to completely destroy them."

"Any ideas?" Judy asked Nick. Nick looked around, his eyes scanning the area. In his search, he thought he saw something, a shadow under a lamp, but when he looked again, it wasn't there. His mind on alert now, he scanned the area again, "Nick?" Judy asked.

"Patty, would you like to accompany us to the precinct, I'd like to ask a few more questions." the fox said.

"If it's alright with you, I'd like to go with my husband, to make sure he's alright." she replied but then looked into his eyes those mischievous eyes that right now, were full of dread and fear.

"I insist." was all he said, and let his paw fall to a comfortable level, one that was open to help her up.

Judy could see it to, but what could have scared him so much? "Alright." Patty said and reached her paw into his. The fox lifting the mixed breed to her feet, and the bunny tossing her keys into the air.

"Get ready to gas it." Nick mumbled through his teeth to Judy.

"Huh?" she asked.

"We're being followed." he said in a harsh whisper.

Judy stiffened up a bit, and swiveled just her eyes, trying to see what he saw. But it was useless, everything was dark around her. 'I wish I had the night vision he did.' She thought to herself as she climbed into the patrol vehicle. The second they did, she passed him her phone, "Call Gurē, he might be able to do something." she told him and was surprised when something looked like it loomed in front of them as she turned on her headlights. "What is that?" she asked, just as the shadows that surrounded it moved from the face, almost like a hood being removed, and underneath was the skeleton of a monkey. However, this monkey had large horns that sprouted from its head.

"The Shinigami!" Patty said, "I thought that one was beyond revival!"

Suddenly, the shadows again moved, and from its left hand, a sword with a bright white blade appeared.

"Punch it!" Nick said quickly and lifted the phone to his ear.