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"So yeah, basically all of the victims disappeared during the day, all were on their own property, all were female, all were in intimate relationships." Salta's voice drolled on. The room was filled with volunteers of goat, rabbit, and fox origin. Nick was grateful that he wasn't the only fox, he was concerned that he would make the mostly rabbit population uncomfortable, but it appeared to be slightly more diverse than the rabbit only hicktown that he imagined when he first met Judy. He gazed at a placard on the wall, which read "Officer Salta, first Bunny Sheriff, December 2015." That was after Judy became a cop. He made a note to congratulate the bunny later on how she inspired members of her hometown to follow in her footsteps.

"The doe's have disappeared from various areas around the Burrow's, but it is hoped that if we branch out on the Hopps property, we can at least find some clues. Miss Hopps,"

Judy shot up at the mention of her name, her ears were straight up in the air.

Officer Salta rubbed the back of his neck. "Sorry Officer, your sister, Josie." He coughed into his elbow. "Ahem, your sister disappeared from your family's west field, amongst the blueberry bushes I believe. She was accompanied by her mother and two younger brothers. We will start there in the morning and look for any evidence that may have been missed by the volunteer search parties. The family members have already been questioned and they didn't see anything, they only heard a male voice, so we just need to go to the sight to look."

The meeting was adjourned and the volunteers slowly filed out of the room, which left Judy, Nick, and Officer Salta. Judy tapped the older bunny on the shoulder. "Excuse me sir, but my partner and I would like to search for evidence now, before the trail goes cold." The portly rabbit turned to the pair and tossed Judy a pair of keys. "Judy, take care of the truck, I'm going to turn in for the night, don't get yourself or your fox friend hurt."

"Come on," Nick groaned as they approached the truck. "Why can't I ever drive? I call speciesism!" Judy pushed his shoulder playfully. "Oh yes, it is, don't you know all foxes are horrible drivers?"

Nick lifted up his tail up into her face, wagging it and smacking her. "I don't know what you're talking about, Carrots."

Judy swatted his troublesome tail out of the way. "Yeah, I think it's the tails, always getting under their feet." She stuck out her foot and the fox tripped. He almost fell flat on his face but caught himself on the door handle of the truck.

"Sly bunny."

"Dumb fox."

Nick opened the door for her, as he climbed in she cranked the truck and the engine roared to life. Nick looked up at the sky, he had never seen so many stars in his life. Judy was looking too. Nick wondered what she must be thinking, she was probably worried about her sister and mentally going through the facts of the case. It was funny, he had rarely ever seen her under the starlight, in Zootopia the only time you could see the stars was during the occasional power outage. Judy was gorgeous, her purple eyes reflected the cosmos like a planetarium he had visited on a school field trip once. It made him wish that one could see the stars past the midnight lights of Zootopia. He shut the door of the truck and they sped off into the night.

Once they got to the crime scene, they were quite disappointed to see that the area hadn't been taped off and most of the evidence had been gathered haphazardly and the footprints had been trampled on. There wasn't any sign of a struggle, but that could have been erased as well by the well-meaning but sadly search parties. Judy used her flashlight to look for possible evidence while Nick was content to use his night-vision, one of the predatory traits that came in handy at his current job.

Judy was worried about her sister, there was no sign of a struggle, but she knew that her sister wouldn't have run off. There were no tracks, the kidnappers must have covered them.

She heard a rustling amongst the blueberry bushes. She couldn't see Nick anymore, she whispered his name. "Nick?" There was no answer. She shined her light in the direction of the sound and lo and behold, it was Nick, his mouth was full of blueberries, the juice running down his snout. "Hewwo Judy" He gave her a blueberry filled grin.

"Nick! My sister is missing and you're eating on the job!" She started tapping her foot angrily.

"But Carrots, this is the first time I've ever seen blueberry bushes! Want some?" He extended his paw, which was piled high with blueberries, towards her.

Judy stomped her foot. "Nick, my sister could be dead, stop messing around like a fucking five year old and be my partner." She grabbed his tie and and dragged him closer to the crime scene.

"Wow, Carrots, wait." Nick's eyes went wide as he passed another bush.

"This tree smells like shit."

"What the hell Nick?"

"No, really, it smells like shit, what's with that?"

Judy thought for a moment. "It must be the fertilizer, they must have been fertilizing the bushes when she went missing."

Nick sniffed the ground. "Phew, it trails off into the woods, I'm guessing that that's your sister because it smells a little like you." He grinned sheepishly. "Not saying that you smell like shit or anything."

"Nick let's follow that trail before I turn this into a homicide case."

Nick could smell Jodie's scent mixed in with the… unpleasant aroma of fertilizer. Jodie smelled like Judy, they both smelled like produce, particularly carrots, strawberries, and blueberries, mixed with a hint of cinnamon, Nick guessed they must have used similar shampoos. He always liked the way Judy smelled, it was as if the scents of her home had ingrained themselves into her skin. It followed her everywhere and lingered where she touched. In fact, there was a cushion on Nick's couch that he refused to lay on with the only exception being special occasions because it smelled like her. It was her favorite spot on his couch, equal distance from the TV to the fridge for movie/pawpsicle day.

*Wham*

A branch caught his snout, he whimpered and rubbed his sore nose.

"Judy, what the hell?"

Nick decided he didn't like the woods at all. There were spooky noises everywhere, owl hooting, cicadas chirping, and frogs croaking. Every rush of wind rattled branches and reminded him of the ghost stories he read as a pup. He grabbed Judy's paw, he didn't want to admit that he was scared, but he wanted to know she was there. Judy, however, wasn't paying attention to him at all, she was standing on her tiptoes with her ears straight up in the air.

"Carrots, what's up?"

"Hush Nick! I hear something!"

Nick perked up his ears, attempting to catch the sounds she was able to detect, but his hearing simply wasn't good enough.

"Nick, come on!"

Judy grabbed his tie and took off through the underbrush at a breakneck speed. Thorns flew into Nick's face and his legs could barely keep up with his partner's bounding strides. Her grip on his tie was choking him. "Judy!" he screamed, trying to get her attention. "Slow down!"

She didn't. She didn't slow down until she came to a clearing where a single male bunny, dressed in a suit and tie and holding a bouquet, was rocking back and forth and crying. Judy came to a complete stop, ripping her tranquilizer gun out and yelling "ZPD, hands in the air, don't move a muscle or I will shoot!"

Nick stepped in front of his over zealous partner. "What my dearest partner meant to say is, I'm sorry to interrupt your pity-party, but you wouldn't have anything to do with the missing bunny cases would you?"

The rabbit didn't even look shocked by the dramatic entrance. He stood up, wiped his tears with a hankie and extended his hand. "Yes, I do, I'm Jack Savage and I am engaged to Josie Hopps."

Judy put down her tranquilizer and pulled Savage into a hug. "I'm Judy, her litter mate, and I'm so sorry."

Savage pulled away, and Nick took a good long look at him, he looked like he had been ran over with a truck. He was so sweaty that it was gathering in white froth on his suit. His fur was out of place and his eyes were red from crying. Nick couldn't blame him though, he could only imagine what would happen if he lost Judy.

Judy cleared her throat. "Jack, you need to turn in and give it a rest, you need to look after your own health.

Jack's eye twitched. "Josie is gone and you expect me to sleep? She's the love of my life!" He ran his hands through his fur nervously, as if he was in fight or flight mode. Nick put his arm around Judy's waist, the guy was obviously a bit deranged and he didn't want Judy getting hurt.

Judy walked out of Nick's grasp and put her paws on Jack's shoulders. "And she's my sister, so why don't you tell us what you know?" She lead Jack to a log a few feet away and made him sit down.

"All I know is that the trail goes off that way, I followed the broken branches as far as I could." Jack said, his voice wavering but determinedly monotone to give an illusion of strength. "Earlier that day we went to the market after she stopped by the doctor's office, there was some creep that kept asking her if she would come to his place and be his playboy bunny, and I didn't defend her, I just let her tell the asshole off, and now she's gone, and it was probably that jackass."

"What did he look like?" Nick got out his note pad. Years of hustling tourists for overpriced caricatures had given him some level of art skills.

"He was a brown rabbit, mid-twenties, white spot on his nose, droopy ears." Nick wrote down a few notes. "He had a thin face and a large, red nose." Jack twitched his nose awkwardly.

"I'm not going to quit looking, I don't care what you say."

Nick laughed and gave the nervous rabbit a safe, non-toothy smile. "The more the merrier, Savage, we're happy to have ya."

The trio plodded along the path. Savage was continuously twitching and jumping at every sound while Nick and Judy were leaning on each other, each of them half asleep. Judy's ears lay down on her head, and Nick's tail dug tiny canyons out of the ground as it dragged behind him. Judy looked behind her, to the east, and saw the first rays of the sun. She rubbed her eyes and grabbed Nick so he could see it.

"What a pretty sunrise." It was a half statement, half yawn that exited the fox's mouth.

He looked down at Judy, she had a loopy smile on her face as she looked up at him.

"We found them." She said, but her mouth wasn't moving.

"What?" Nick said, maybe he hadn't heard her right.

"We found them." This time, her voice was louder and more excited, and, weirdly, male.

Judy took out her radio, which was blaring with Officer Salta's voice, "Oh," Nick thought.

"Judy! They've been found, all of them! The missing bunnies, they're here, on the Hopkins farm!"

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