Author's Note: Well. I'm honestly surprised anybody read my story, truth be told. Now I guess I should "commit" to a loosely based deadline. Call it twice every three weeks. Now I reserve the right to change this deadline at any point of my choosing, but I'll try for that. Now I'm excited for the next few chapters because I have bits written of the next three and I'm SOOOOO happy with an OC loosely based off my roommate.

For this chapter, I included Jack Savage and Skylar Frost due to lack of any original character ideas. I'm not adding them in the description because they won't be big parts of the story. HOWEVER, Nick's sister will be, so I'm adding OC to the description.

(I am realizing that the stories refuse to double space the breaks in the story. I'll figure out another way to figure it out)

If you reached this far, then I hope you liked the first chapter, so… thanks for returning? Ah. Who cares?

Nick stared in disbelief at the paper right in front of him. Olivia and Judy alike were peering over (or for Judy, under) Nick's shoulders at the exact same paper Nick was looking at.

"I didn't think that was possible," Judy said, a look of confusion plastered across her face.

"It isn't, or wasn't believed so. Now, the problem is that it goes for all nervous system modifiers."

"So that explains why painkillers don't work for you," Olivia said. Nick nodded.

"But, that also means that he's immune to the more… weaponizable ones, like whatever was in that building," Judy said. "You're sure it isn't mustard gas and just a accidental mixing of chemicals?"

"Positive. No odor," Nick said. The chief medical examiner, a short and stocky gazelle, nodded in agreement.

Nick folded the paper and put it in his pocket. He'd have to some investigation about the whole immunity to nervous system modifiers. He thanked the medical examiner and left, not wanting to spend another minute in that small office.

"I drew the short straw for the press conference. See you guys after?" Judy asked. The pair both nodded.

The pair walked up towards Nick and Judy's shared office. They passed a few officers, a few giving a double take. Nick groaned mentally when Clawhouser walked past, knowing that he would want to talk.

"Who's the vixen, Nick?" Benjamin asked, his expression full of joy and curiosity. Nick saw no way out, so he figured a few mammals learning a small part of his backstory wouldn't hurt him.

"T-"

"I'm Olivia, Nick's twin sister," Olivia said, knowing perfectly well that she would get a reaction out of her brother.

"You never said anything about a sister, Nick," Benjamin said.

"I don't talk about my personal life often," Nick replied, knowing word about his sister would spread like wildfire. "Well, Ben. It's been great, but we've got to go."

Nick lead the vixen away from the Clawhouser and to the second floor office. Nick tossed the stack of paperwork off the chair and gestured for Olivia to sit.

"You're a rookie officer with an office?"

"Technically, Judy is almost out of the rookie stage and I'm her partner, so that's how this happened," Nick said. He leaned back in his chair.

"Are you embarrassed of me?"

Nick knew the question was coming and had his answer prepared. "Of course I'm not. We're foxes though, Liv. You know how secretive we can be. And then I'm more secretive than most foxes."

"Trust me, I know. I used to think it was you and me against the world, but now I-" Olivia started.

"Don't think for a moment that I'm not standing by you. Things may be a bit more complicated now and will only get more complicated with my relationship with Judy, but I'll be there for you. Those five words I swear to you," Nick told the vixen.

*ring*

Nick and Olivia both jumped as the sound startled both. Nick picked up the phone. "This is Wilde."

"Nick. I have a visitor for you. You free?" Clawhouser asked, Nick tapping his claws against the desk.

"Yeah. Will you take Olivia down to the break room?" Nick asked.

"Actually, it would be better if she stayed," Clawhouser replied. Nick looked confusedly at Olivia.

"What do you mean?" Nick asked.

"It's been a long time," James Francis Wilde told the pair.

"It's only been 22 years, 2 months, 19 days," Olivia replied angrily. Nick knew his sister and knew she was using all her willpower to hold back the urge to slap their father. And if he was honest with himself, he was too.

"Only missed our high school graduation, my acceptance into the the police force, Olivia's college graduation, and so on," Nick added, crossing his arms angrily.

"And for that, I am truly sorry."

"And you were so sorry that you never came back? Tried to contact us?" Nick asked, snapping at his father.

"How long have they been at it?" Judy asked Benjamin.

"Awhile now," Benjamin replied, leaning against the corner. It didn't alert any of them that he was watching, but it wasn't very easy to see and they couldn't hear because of the soundproof glass. "I thought you and Nick were an unstoppable force, and I'm not saying you aren't, but damn. Those two read each other so well. It's like they know each other's move before they know it themselves."

"Hmm…" Judy replied, scratching the back of her head. "Which one is older?" Judy felt embarrassed as she didn't know wether her boyfriend's sister was older or younger than him.

"Twins."

"I never even knew Nick had a sibling. He never said anything about her," Judy said.

"I wouldn't think anything of it, Judy. Nick never said anything about his family to anybody. He never even spoke about his past," Benjamin replied, taking another bite of his chocolate glazed doughnut.

"He visits his mom once a week. DON'T let that get out. You know the others will give him shit," Judy added sternly. Benjamin nodded, the rabbit's tone telling exactly what would happen to him if he were to let it slip. "That's all I knew about his family except for the fact that he tried hunting his dad down when he first joined."

Judy watched as the two twins walked out of the office and stood by the doorway. Judy walked over, Olivia spotting her first before she pointed Judy out to Nick.

"Well. Introductions. Olivia, Lieutenant Judy Hopps, my girlfriend. Carrots, Oliv- sorry. Doctor Olivia Wilde, my twin sister," Nick corrected himself.

"Nick! Quit introducing me as Doctor! You make it sound like I'm a medical doctor!" Olivia complained, pulling Nick's ear.

"Ow, ow, ow ow! Okay! I give up!" Nick cried out. Olivia let go of Nick's ear, watching him gingerly rub it. Judy would have to remember that trick.

"I take it you're the better twin?" Judy asked, teasing Nick. Judy had been expecting a comment targeted towards her family, yet what she received was a surprise.

"Of course she is. Have you met me?"

"Oh! Mom texted me. She was in the rainforest district, so she's on her way," Olivia said, staring into her phone.

Judy stood and listened to the conversation between her boyfriend and his sister.

"What do you think of this?" Olivia asked, giving Nick a look.

"He changed. My nose is telling me that he gave up drinking, or at least does it moderately," Nick said.

"Still smells of cigars," Olivia replied. She scratched her head. "He puzzles me to this day. Do you remember that scar running down his cheek?"

"No. He definitely is hiding something, but I can't figure out what."

"He still loves your mother."

"What?" both foxes asked, spinning towards Judy. She pointed through the glass door at the tod, holding a picture of a younger him and a younger vixen. "No way."

"We can't tell Mom. She'll pity him and get back with him. We have to let him win her back."

"Why are we even assuming that we want to see him again?" Olivia asked.

"Because we want to see Mom happy again. We can suck it up if Mom is happy," Nick replied, the vixen remaining quiet for Nick. She rolled over for a moment before nodding.

Judy was nervous around the family of four. As Olivia had told her, the entire family had taken a quick liking to the doe. However, it hardly made her more comfortable. What had made her comfortable was that Nick's paw was laced in her's the entire time.

"So let me get this straight. You ran into a building full of a then unknown gas, who had affected the others all in a negative way?" Nick's father asked. Nick nodded. Judy could tell he was having a hard time with his father. "I'm trying to decide if there is more courage running through your veins than I expected or fewer brains than I expected."

Judy's mind jumped to half a dozen witty comebacks that Nick would use, yet the lack of any of them surprised her.

Judy's phone buzzed from a text from her friend.

'Yo, Jude. Saw the press conference. I'm on the case over here. Our bosses are on the phone right now.'

'Damn it, Jack. It is not really a great time for this.'

'Fine. Text me when you get a chance. It's been a long time since I've talked to my childhood best friend.'

Judy hit the power button on her phone, giving Nick a look for looking over her shoulder.

"I'm allowed to have old friends," Judy defended herself. Nick raised his paws.

"I'm not threatened," Nick replied, stroking his bunny. "You bunnies are so eager to jump to conclusions."

"Are not!"

"Whatever you say, Carrots," Nick replied.

Judy stood, washing her paws in the lowest restroom sink. She looked up to the vixen, who was taking the next sink up.

"Ms H-"

"Judy."

"Very well, Judy. It is rare that I see my brother like this. He has been happier than he has been in years. So, let me disclose some information. We are 26, not 30 or whatever he says nowadays. Second. Many mammals would consider him rich. I know the full extent, but I will let him tell you when he's ready. Finally, this is just a little information about foxes. When we've found someone that we're willing to spend our lives with, we hold on and always try to make it work. If you're not comfortable with that, then I'd suggest getting out of the relationship."

Judy was surprised that a vixen, who she had just been acquainted with, was telling her all this information about her boyfriend.

"Don't think for a moment that I would ever get out of a relationship with Nick. I've fought too hard to be with him," Judy replied, staring the vixen in the eyes. She had the exact same green eyes that her brother had. "And I could care less if he was penniless or if he was the richest mammal in Zootopia. And finally, his file says his real age."

The vixen nodded, looking down at the rabbit, as if she was thinking about what the doe had just said. When she finished, she spoke. "He doesn't open up to many outsiders, but you may be an exception. My brother doesn't open up to mammals because, and you didn't hear this from me, he fears that anyone he opens up to is going to leave us like our dad. Make it clear to him that you would never leave him."

Judy laid against Nick as they watch a movie. Nick had begun to lightly pet Judy while he watched. The movie was a comedy, the one genre the pair could agree on.

Judy snickered at a particularly funny joke that flew right over Nick's head. It probably dodged him since the joke was about farming.

That's how all comedies went in the city. There were jokes for predators, jokes for prey, jokes for large mammals, jokes for small mammals, and the list continued.

Judy looked up into the green void that were Nick's eyes. If it were up to her, she would get lost in those eyes for hours on end. She felt Nick's tail curl around her.

"You know I am with you to the end, right?"

"Where is this coming from?" Nick asked, cocking an eyebrow at the ball of grey fur. "Liv set you up, didn't she?"

"No. Well- Kind of. It was my decision, but it was her suggestion."

"I'm not easily convinced, Carrots," Nick replied.

"I'm sure a ring would do it," Judy countered, watching Nick go wide eyed. She knew it was early in the relationship and that talking about marriage was a huge step, but she had to convince Nick.

"You're serious?"

"Nicholas Wilde, I am so serious that I would quit my job to be with you," Judy replied, smiling as the trick had been done.

Judy checked the time on her phone again, the album cover of one of her songs taking up the background as the song played in her ear. It was still early, but Jack was always early.

Judy sipped at her carrot tea before gagging in disgust. Judy set the tea down and looked out the window at the light snowfall of Tundratown out the glass window. The idea to meet here was Jack's idea, and she didn't mind that it was within walking distance from her shared apartment with Nick.

Judy jumped as someone tapped her on the shoulder. "Well, Ms Valedictorian. Nice to see you."

Judy smiled and pulled out her earbuds before she hugged her only childhood friend outside of family. Jack was really the only one back home that knew what Judy was going through, wanting (and succeeding) to get into the ZBI.

"It's good to see you too, Jack," Judy replied, jestering for Jack to have a seat across from her.

"Remember that diner down by your parents property that we would always do some competition to see who bought lunch at?" Jack said, smiling at the memory. Judy giggled and remembered if wonderfully. "Oh how the times have changed."

"How so?"

"I mean we used to always hang out after class. Now, we have our own personal lives," Jack said, sighing a deep sigh and taking a deep drink of his coffee. "I miss those days."

Judy thought about how much time she was spending with Nick before he had the nerve to ask her out. Practically every day, they either planned something or just spent it on Nick's couch, watching TV.

"Jack? Did you ever…" Judy hesitated. If she finished her question, Jack might think about her in a lesser way. "Ah screw it. Did you ever have feelings towards me?"

Jack snorted, coffee spilling from his lips. "What?!"

"You heard me," Judy replied, her fingers lacing through each other. She realized here the horrible idea that she had.

Jack sighed. "Never really had it for a doe." Jack's eyes widened. "That came out wrong. I- ugh…"

"Don't have a thing for rabbits?" Judy suggested. Jack, blushing through his fur, nodded. His ears were covering his face.

"I mean…. I have a girlfriend, Jude," Jack stared blankly. He shook his head and laughed again. "A vixen at that."

"So. You're just like me," Judy implied. Jack's ears immediately shot up and his deep, brown eyes looked at the last bunny he expected to be going out with a predator.

"You've got a thing for foxes?"

"You know it," Judy replied, smiling. "No way in hell I know how to tell my parents, and I'm assuming you're the same way."

"I know," Jack replied.

The two looked at each other, realizing that their struggles were quite similar. "How's the ZBI treating you?"

"It's rough, but it's what I signed up for," Jack replied, looking cautiously out the window.

"You expecting someone?" Judy asked, trying to look at what Jack was looking for. An arctic vixen walked into view, and Judy heard Jack's breathing change. What surprised her was her boyfriend was chatting with the vixen.

Judy watched as Jack's face turned red, obviously from anger of what he probably presumed a fox flirting with his girlfriend.

"You know that it was HIS faul-" Nick said, walking through the door to the near empty coffee shop, the bell that alerted the workers ringing.

"Listen here, you orange bastard. Th-" Jack cut Nick off from talking, pointing a finger at the fox an inch away from his muzzle. Nick simply pushed the finger out of his face.

"Jack. Calm down," the two females said at the exact time. They shot each other a confused look.

"Jack. This is my friend, Nick," the vixen said, gesturing to Nick.

"And my boyfriend," Judy added.

"What is with rabbits jumping to conclusions so easily?" Nick asked the vixen, getting a slug from Judy. "Well, Stripes. I'll let you introduce these two."

Jack looked between the two and mentally sighed. Every inch of his body wanted to do the complete opposite of what that stupid fox told him to do, but it wasn't like him to not introduce mammals.

Jack, sighing in defeat, introduced the two. "Jude, this is Skye. Skye, Judy."

The two immediately held out their paws and shook them. "Nice to meet you, Skye."

"And you, Judy," Skye replied.

The three exchanged conversations, Nick being the quiet one oddly enough. His phone buzzed six times, all from a group chat with his family.

Nick, seeing an opportunity to slide away, took it. He was out the door quickly and hailing for a cab.

"Avalanche and Frostbite."

Nick shot Judy a quick text that he had left to deal with his family.

Judy pulled out her phone, expecting an explanation text from Nick.

'My mom and dad are getting over some dark stuff and my mom wants me there with her'

'No problem'

"Hey. Where'd Nick go?" Skye asked, her eyes darting around the small shop.

"His dad showed up yesterday and the four of them are trying to figure things out," Judy replied. The vixen went wide eyed.

"You're kidding."

"Yeah. He's kind of shaken up. I've never seen him like this. I knew he lied about his age, but I never knew he had a sister," Judy explained.

"Yeah. He keeps Liv a pretty tight secret. And he doesn't say much about his family. He still visit his mom every other month?"

"It's every month now, but yeah. He does," Judy replied. She shook her head. "Alright. We met up for a reason. W-"

"ALRIGHT! LISTEN UP! THIS IS A ROBBERY! EVERYBODY ON THE GROUND!"

Nick stared at his childhood home from the curbside.

"You want me to wait?"

"Nah. This might take awhile," Nick replied. He walked across the lawn, raised his paw to the door, but hesitated. Was he willing to forgive his father?

Nick, sucking it up, quickly knocked twice. Olivia opened the door and ushered him inside without saying a word. When it came to Olivia, they rarely even had to speak to get their point across with the other. He had been told that it was just a litter mate thing, but it always freaked others out, so they rarely did it in public.

Nick walked into the living room, smelling the faint smell of cigar smoke that lingered long after their dad left. The appulsty looked newer, probably a few years old now.

"Dads out back," Olivia told Nick, eying him carefully. "Moms upstairs. It's definitely been tough on her."

"She's strong, though," Nick replied, walking over to the stairs.

"Hey!" Olivia called up. "How is this on you?"

"It's okay," Nick said, shrugging his shoulders. Olivia folded her arms. She knew her brother far too well to actually know that he was okay with all this. "It's rough, Liv. You and I both knew that it would be hard if he tried to come back into our lives. It's far from over as well."

"Nick. Do you ever… regret him not being here?"

"Honestly, it would have been nice growing up with two parents, but if it were to change how we turned out at all, I'd rather it stay the way it was," Nick replied. Olivia nodded. "I'm going to go get Mom."

Nick walked up the stairs, remembering every minor detail. The seventh stair creaking, the broken railing post nearest to Olivia's room, even the paint chipping next to the master bedroom door.

What caught Nick's attention was the slightly open door to his old room. He pushed the door open and marveled at the fact that it was exactly as he left it.

Nick had always returned to that room, whether after an easy day of conning or a hard week of his more questionable means.

Nick, deciding it wouldn't hurt to take a peak, pushed the door open. If he needed to lay low after a particularly dangerous, or stupid, or illegal stunt, his mother always welcomed him in, no questions asked.

Nick walked in and sat on the bed, taking in all the memories.

"Been awhile since you've slept there." Nick turned to face his mother. She was growing grey fur around her muzzle and eyes, but her smile was full of warmth. "I am glad that you found yourself somebody, Nicki. I kind of gave up hope for grandkits after what happened with the junior rangers and how solitary you became after. Only ever saw you when you came down to eat."

"It's not going to be easy if we do decide to adopt, Mom. We'll obviously have to find new partners and while the mammal inclusion initiative is making headway, the larger tigers, lions, and whatnot are all the ones making the top 5. Judy and I were kind of abnormalities," Nick replied. "So you and Dad."

"He wants a second chance. He's been trying to prove himself to me."

"But the past is getting in the way," Nick finished the sentence for the vixen. She nodded.

"My financial situation isn't the best either."

"And I am always happy to help," Nick replied.