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Judy jumped from the enormous chair to the desk, opening the files that were on it. She examined the first pages thoroughly and carefully. All the attacks that were mentioned had simple connections: The perpetrators were armed with technologically equipped bows, all the police officers that were on the scene were not able to catch them nor find useful clues and the witnesses had not been able to identify an exact specie due to all the commotion and variety of physical appearances. Normal gangs were usually conformed by members of one single specie or directly related species, but during these events the suspects had appeared to be from jaguars to mice (a lot of different kinds of mammals), all identified as part of the same group because of their armors and battle suits. Those were the most remarkable characteristics from the criminals named The Archers. The name had been assigned by the Zootopia Police Department and that was the title displayed on top of the files. Judy faced her partner, who was sitting comfortably in front of the desk, and asked for his opinion using her expression. She had mentioned out loud the most important facts. Nick understood what she meant and guessed what she was going to say so he spoke before she did.

"I know, I know. We are going to solve this case." the rabbit seemed pleased with the answer. Then, her attention turned to the big buffalo standing near the door.

"Chief, count us in."

"Either you accepted it or not, I was not going to give you another option. I am going to assign as many officers in this case as they are needed, but you two have proved your ability to work under hard circumstances so you will be doing a particular investigation along with some other organizations that we ended up working with. Hopps, Wilde make sure you take into account all the evidence, trace, or connections that you find, but do not get too carried away with anything specific. They have tricked other officers and detectives using that technique."

"We will not disappoint you sir." Judy said.

"Take the files; they will help you familiarize with the case."

Nick and Judy left Chief Bogo's office, the bunny holding the papers. Precinct One was full of noise and movement at the moment, the criminal activity had increased almost 6% since the hospital's attack. This gave the citizens, the government and the ZPD a hard time. Nick took out his aviators the moment they crossed the establishment's doors and got into their car. All the police vehicles were quite enormous.

"Looks like some mammals do something really bad and the other ones turn the whole city into a battlefield to see who owns it. I wonder where society is heading these days. "The fox said giving a quick check to the papers.

"That's the reason we are here; to help make the world a better and safer place, helping with what we can. First, we are going to catch these criminals. Second, we will keep protecting our city."

"Sure Carrots, but remember first things first. We have to pay a few visits to the places that these guys wrecked."

Judy nodded, turned the car on and drove to the Rainforest District Emergencies Hospital.

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Mr. Big's home:

Fru Fru happily watched her daughter play a Tic Tac Toe 'competition' with Koslov's son. The Artic shrew was losing and the polar bear cub was winning. Koslov stood next to them, hiding a little smile that crept to his face each time his son Morris was around.

"They are growing so fast, aren't they?" Fru Fru asked.

"Yes, they are."

"It still feels like if it was yesterday when my husband and I decided to name her after the rabbit that saved my life and became her godmother too."

Fru Fru took a deep breath. Judy had saved her once, but Zootopia was full of danger that increased every day and she feared for the safety of her daughter. Especially after the recent problems his father was dealing with. Their family had gone through worst. However, she felt that there would not be a rainbow after this storm.

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The hospital was still standing, but one look at it was enough to guess what had happened. It was surrounded by the police, reporters trying to enter the crime scene and members of other organizations. Windows' shards and parts of the building were covering what was left of the rooms that had survived the explosions and the surroundings.

"According to the information that we received the explosives were less powerful than average grenades, but they served for their purpose. Create panic." A bear kept talking about the details while the rabbit next to him wrote everything down.

"Do you have any idea of how those explosives looked like?" Nick was the animal who asked the question, getting bored because he had been interrogating the witnesses the whole afternoon. Well, a job was a job and he chose to be a police officer.

"One of the nurses - a coyote - had her cellphone in camera mode during the attack. After calling the police she took photographs of the abhorred criminals and their weapons. The images do not have the best quality or angles. Nevertheless, in the paws of an expert they can be useful clues." Judy knew that whoever took those photographs could have other important information.

"Could you tell us the nurse's name?" She asked. The bear did not seem anything near comfortable at the moment.

"We also thought she could help us. Her name was Mina Purple, she had been employed a few weeks ago," he highlighted with a deeper tone the word was, this made both officers turn their ears and put more attention, "she died a few hours after the RDEH (Rainforest District Emergencies Hospital) incident. After answering our questions she was allowed to go home. A squirrel tried to pickpocket her and she resisted. The guy had a gun. I think you already know the rest, she is gone."

Gone. Dead. A life that had ended.

"Luckily the responsible is in a trial right now. The judge will decide what goes next for that squirrel."

Nick went along with the bear to get the images. Meanwhile, Judy was inspecting the zone. After a few minutes, she encountered a civilian, a female badger to be exact. 'What is she doing here? How did she even get through the security protocols?'

"Come on. I know you're here. Ha!," she jumped into a pile of garbage, apparently searching for something. Judy approached her carefully, grabbed her tranquilizer gun and spoke.

"ZPD! Paws where I can see them!"

"'What the-?! It wasn't me! Have you seen that porcupine over there? I am sure he just stole something," she turned to face Judy, "IhavealawyerIamdangerousIknowwhereyouliveand... and... You are a bunny?"

"Yes, so what?"

"The bunny invasion has begun." The badger muttered. Judy did not know how to react so she just followed what she had learned.

"State your name and your reasons to be here."

The badger hesitated, but at last talked. "My name is Honey Badger and I'm looking for a cop. Nick Wilde."

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Nick sneezed.

"He, someone must be talking about you." The bear said as he brought the printed pictures; they were in a small blue box.

"Told you they were not the work of a professional, but it is the best someone can do while hiding to stay alive."

"Thanks for the clues. We´ll keep you informed." The fox took the box and received a call from Judy.

"Nick?"

"Did you find something, Carrots?"

"Yes. There is someone here who wants to see you; she says her name is Honey Badger." Nick had not heard of Honey in years. ´Last time we met was... never mind. It´s better to forget.´ He thought.

"I know who she is, you two wait for me in the hospital´s entrance. I´ll be there soon."