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Rebecca limped out of the alleyway, still feeling sick. It had been a while since she had managed to bring herself to leave the alleyway, and she felt severely pissed off. But when she saw the area around her, she was dumbstruck. She was surrounded in a jungle canyon, which had a small town in the middle of it. But that isn't what really surprised her.
"What the…" she gasped, staring at yawning cheetah walking toward her, wearing a suit.
She dived back into the alleyway and hid behind one of the dustbins, gradually becoming more and more paranoid. She peeked out from behind the dumpster and saw the cheetah looking down the alleyway, seeming to be concerned.
"Hello?" he called "Anyone there?"
"George, what are you doing?" asked a just as well dressed panther who walked up to the cheetah. "We're already late!"
"I thought I saw someone…" the cheetah muttered as he walked away.
Rebecca simply froze, totally unresponsive, as she tried to figure out what was happening. Clocked into overdrive, her mind raced to find a solution to her predicament, but her mind was partially clouded by confusion, as it tried to comprehend the current situation.
"My phone!" she exclaimed, finally remembering that she had it "I can just call…"
She trailed off, as she realised that her phone was going to be useless due to being soaked in puddle water. Her stomach growled softly, causing Rebecca to feel extremely hungry. She fumbled in her pockets looking for her wallet. Although she found it, it too was completely soaked, but there was a damp $10 note from the day before. After a moment of hesitation, she ventured out of the alley, hoping to find somewhere to eat and perhaps get directions out of this hellhole.
"I wonder if Dollars still works here?" she asked herself as she walked along the street, trying to hide her face under her soaked hoodie. She passed a couple more animals who looked at her strangely, causing her to internally panic, but she just kept herself from doing anything rash. She noticed a small café and darted inside, trying not to be seen.
Driving to the rainforest district, Judy and Nick were still unhappy about their assignment.
"I'm still annoyed at Bogo for giving us parking duty, we deserve to be doing more than this!" Judy exclaimed, ears droopy "We are probably doing this because we were late to briefing!"
"Why does it always have to be the fox's fault?" Nick countered angrily "We weren't even late!"
"Look, let's just stop arguing. Even though we don't like it, we still have to do what Bojo tells us…" Judy muttered while parking the car.
"You do look really cute when you are annoyed, Carrots" Nick teased, looking down at the pouting grey bunny at his side.
"Nick!" exclaimed Judy, blushing deeply "I told you already, you shouldn't…"
"I know, I know, just can't help it cottontail" Nick interrupted smiling, looking into Judy's amethyst eyes. He'd probably never admit it aloud, but this one plucky rabbit was someone he really couldn't live without.
"Just don't do it again!" Judy groaned, softly punching Nick. If she'd wanted to, she could've shattered his arm being far stronger than she looked, but being Nick, she just played along with his friendly banter.
"Ow, that hurt Carrots!" Nick playfully exclaimed, almost laughing, starting to enjoy the day even though they had parking duty to do. Somehow, just having Judy with him always turned the most boring and bland into something fun and interesting. He simply loved her sparky, can-do attitude, and found her total innocence both hilarious and humbling.
"Yeah right!" Judy replied, grinning at the orangey-red fox climbing out of the other side of the car. "come on, let's start already."
