Boom! Another chapter. Hope you guys like it and prepare…for whatever it may hold (muahahaha). Oh, here are some reading recommendations. Just some fictions from very good writers:
"Embrace it" by Starfang's Secrets
"Derailment" by Zanrok
"Primal: A Zootopia Fanfiction" by VeryEagerPerson (cool name tbh)
All Cimar of Turalis WildeHopps. Literally, the entire Cimar´s Zootopia fictions that had been written are amazing.
I had a lot of trouble writing this chapter. Blocks, university process and school issues. You´ll read it completely at the end, now it´s not time to complain. It´s time to go on with the chapter!
Things get complicated
"Liked what I did to your fox? Brace yourself, things are just getting started."
Bogo slammed the door of his cruisier and towered inside the precinct. As he might look calm to the officers that were on the lobby, the insides of the buffalo were turning and his head was buzzing. He had no idea how that envelope had reached his office, but by all means necessary he was about to find out.
"Clawhauser."
"Yes Chief?"
"Go to the security room and bring me yesterday´s security footage, try to find my office´s video. And please do it with a low profile, I don´t want anyone to get worried by this."
"On it boss." The cheetah moved towards the room in a fast pace for him, but it looked like a normal walking speed for the buffalo.
Bogo went for his office and once he closed the door and sat down he examined the letter over and over again.
"Who are you? And what can you possibly win from this?" He placed the letter on his desk and raised his hoof to his face. The buffalo was starting to get a headache and the fact that this attack to one of his soon to be officers seemed to have been premeditated did not make the pain go away. Groaning he stepped off the chair and served himself a cup of coffee. The noise of his cellphone made him grunt and leaving the mug on his desk he took out the device and answered the call.
"Hey sweetie."
"Hi sleepyhead."
"Something wrong? You sound annoyed." Bogo sighed, but smiled inwardly. After being married for such a long time she still had the dame caring attitude that caught him, the only difference was that his wife had acquired the technique to automatically know when something was bothering the buffalo.
"Remember what happened to Wilde just yesterday?" The approving hum that came from the other end signaled him to continue. "Well, I received an envelope that had a letter and that letter said 'Liked what I did to your fox? Brace yourself, things are just getting started.', so things started fast today at work."
"What are you going to do?"
"I´ll check the cameras and see who dropped the envelope. I hope that gets me somewhere. I´ll call Hopps and inform her about the situation that´s developing and that she needs to keep an eye on Wilde."
"Well, I wish you the best of lucks."
"Thanks Jackie. See you at home."
"Bye," The buffalo cut the call and sighed. Once more he picked up the coffee and an idea pooped in his head as he picked up his radio.
"Clawhauser, bring the sandwiches my wife left you please."
"Of course Chief."
The buffalo enjoyed his cup of coffee while Clawhauser arrived to his office. He decided to have some relaxing time until the cheetah arrived with the tapes and snacks, which by surprise was just one minute after he asked for the latest.
"That was fast."
"You seemed to be in a hurry Chief."
"I am. Now come here and help me with this."
"The sandwiches?"
"No, with the tapes. The sandwiches are mine." Bogo smirked at Clawhauser as the chubby mammal passed him the snacks and placed the tapes on the desk.
Bogo took the first DVD and placed it on the computer´s tray. Staring at the video that was showing the lobby he started thinking which animal might have come into his office and placed this cursed paper on his desk. While scanning through the mammals the video went pitch black. Bogo fast forwarded it and it returned to normal, but the counter showed that the time had gone up by five minutes.
"That´s odd."
"It sure is Clawhauser. Pass me the tape of the second floor corridor. And leave that sandwich right there unless you want you paw to stay where it is." The cheetah dropped the snack and passed the DVD to the buffalo, who shook his head while taking it. Looking at the screen and now at the time both mammals saw that the screen went black two minutes after the one of the lobby and took another minute to return to normal.
"That´s three minutes."
"You do know your math Clawhauser. Pass me the last one." As he took the disc and placed it on the tray he saw as the screen went pitch black for mere thirty seconds and returned, the white envelope now being on his desk. "It is pretty obvious right now that they messed with the tapes."
"But why?"
"See that letter there? I found it yesterday on my desk. It says that what happened to Wilde was orchestrated, not some random hit. It also stated that there is more coming."
"Do you have any idea of who might have done it?"
"No. I hoped this tapes helped with it, but they are useless…unless." Bogo picked his office´s phone and quickly pressed a couple of buttons and waited until the line was answered.
"Hi Jimmy."
"Hello Chief. What can I do for you?"
"Well, I have in my possession some tempered video tapes, I was hoping you could do some magic on them."
"Of course. If you bring them to me I´ll see what I can do. Although it might take some time Chief. Depend on how tempered they are."
"The screen went pitch black at some points."
"Ufff, that´s bad. I´ll have them in two months tops."
"TWO MONTHS!?"
"Yeah, Sorry. I´m probably dealing with deleted content so I´ll have to recode the disc or discs. Plus I won´t be able to work full time on them, I have to attend to other officers´ pleads."
"I understand. Thank you Jimmy, I´ll give them to you once I go down to the lab."
"Oh, you are coming for the DNA results?"
"Yes."
"They just came in. Well, I heard the mammals at the lab say that just now."
"Well, I´ll see you in a couple minutes."
"Oki doki." The Chief cut the call and grabbed all the DVDs. Going out of his office he looked back and saw Clawhauser staring at the sandwiches.
"Don´t you even think about it Benjamin. Now, go to your station or I will take your donuts privilege away." That seemed to get the cheetah out of his trance and he sprinted out of the office. Bogo closed the door and shook his head. "So, he is fast when food is involved."
The buffalo chuckled as he made his way downstairs, but stopped and took his cell phone out, dialing a number he waited several seconds until the call was answered.
"Good morning Chief."
"Good morning Hopps. How are you?"
"I´m fine Chief thanks."
"Nice to hear that. How is Wilde doing?"
"Well, he´s himself."
"I have a little tummy ache Carrots." Bogo chuckled at the fox´s words and how Judy started reprimanding him.
"Nick! I´m on the phone, stop pouting."
"But my tummy aches."
"Well, maybe it´s because you got stabbed?"
"It´s not like I asked for it."
"Shush! Ugh, see Chief? He´s still himself."
"I´m glad to hear that, although I do not have very good news."
"What is it?"
"Would you like me to go there personally and speak to both of you or do you want to talk over the phone?"
"Over the phone is okay Chief."
"Very well, put your phone on speaker. Wilde needs to hear this too." Once the bunny had done that the buffalo started talking.
"First of all, good morning Wilde."
"Good morning Chief. So, what´s this thingy that´s got you all buzzed and worried?"
"Well, it has to do with your recent condition, specifically about the attack you suffered."
"Wait, the attack?"
"Yes Hopps. I have in my possession a letter that says 'Like what I did to yor fox? Brace yourself, things are just getting started'."
"What!? They targeted him specifically!?"
"I think it was kinda obvious Carrots. I mean, the dude got inside a police academy building with the intentions to kill me."
"As obvious as it may be Wilde, this only means that the perpetrator is not only accepting that he went for you, but that something else is on his mindset. We´ve got to be cautious."
"Chief, how did the letter get to you?"
"That´s what I´m going to find out. The letter was over my desk on a plain white envelope, I have already checked the cameras of the precinct, as well as the one of the second floor hallway and the one at my office. The entire precinct videotape has a pitch black gap of five minutes, meanwhile the ones of the hallway and the office are kept dark for a shorter period of time, but they match with the five minutes of darkness. I´m sure the tapes have been messed with and I´m already heading with Jimmy so he can help me out."
"So we have no idea of who placed the letter there?"
"Unfortunately not by now. Jimmy told me the tapes would be up and running in two months."
"Two months!?"
"Yes Hopps."
"But they might try to do something to Nick!"
"Don´t worry Carrots, I´ll be okay."
"Don´t tell me that I need to be okay with this. Nick, you could have died and with that mammal around who knows if he´ll try it again. I don´t want anything bad to happen to you." Over the phone Bogo was sure the he heard the sound of a kiss and a pleased hum, but he did not dwell too much on the issue.
"Judy, I´ll be okay. I promise. I´ll check my surroundings all the time."
"And Hopps, I´ll talk with Sergeant Sonya so that during the night an officer is assigned to guard the sleeping room. That way someone will check on Wilde constantly."
"Thanks Chief."
"You are welcome. I´ll have to leave you now. I´m heading towards Jimmy. Also, the knife analysis just came in, once I have the results I´ll let both of you know."
"Thank you. Goodbye." Both mammals said in unison.
"Goodbye." Bogo cut the call and placed his phone in his pocket. He shook his head and chuckled a bit. He imagined those two had great chemistry, but he never imagined that they would actually become a couple. Shaking his head once more he erased those thoughts of his mind and told himself to not jump into any conclusions. He continued his path once more and arrived to the laboratory, where he was greeted by the smiling figure of an overactive deer.
"Hello Chief."
"Hey there Jimmy. I see you have been enjoying some coffee." Bogo stared at the trashcan and was left amazed by the sight of ten disposable cups of the brown brew.
"I can´t help it boss. Coffee is my elixir and keeps me going."
"I know, I know. Moving forward, here are all the tapes that I want you to fix."
"Sure Chief. I hope the ETA that I gave you is okay. I´m filled with job and one cannot know when an officer is going to need something."
"I completely understand Jimmy. Don´t worry, I can wait, just have them ready as soon as you can."
"Sure thing." Bogo looked around and when he was sure that no one would eavesdrop he leaned and whispered to the deer.
"And Jimmy, do not tell anyone about it. I don´t want to raise any doubts inside the precinct. So, extreme subtleness, got it?"
"Got it boss, leave it to me."
"Thanks. Now, you were going to tell me the results of the DNA test that was obtained from the knife."
"Oh yeah, right. Well, we´ve got three mammals´ DNA, but the bad news is that none of them are from a weasel."
"What?"
"All the DNA that was achieved comes from mammals that attend to the police academy, one of them being the victim. You know, the fox."
"Wilde."
"Yup, him. So we have no trail towards the weasel that did this."
"And can you tell me something about the knife?"
"It´s just a knife Chief. No special pattern nor design. Although it´s a professional knife, we have no clue of where was it sold."
"But we may know from where it came."
"What do you mean?"
"Every professional knife comes with a serial number. This isn´t told to the buyers, so they don´t try to block it or erase it. It´s well hidden inside the grip, so if we investigate the serial number we might as well know who the manufacturer is. Contacting them could lead us to the store where it was sold and we can ask the manager if any weasel came into the store and bought this knife."
"That´s pretty amazing Chief. I´ll pop open the grip and we´ll be able to see the number, right?"
"Correct."
The deer took a thin tool and passed it through the grip´s little crack. Once a little pop was heard Jimmy removed the grip, showing the weapon to Bogo, who´s eyes widened by what he found there.
"Looking for a serial number? Too bad, you won´t find it here."
Bogo huffed at the weapon and gave it to jimmy, who read it and was left dumbfounded.
"Wait, you said the buyers don´t know about the serial number."
"Yes, they do not."
"So, what does this mean?"
"It means that things are just getting more complicated. Thanks Jimmy, I´ll leave you so you can work."
"Okay Chief." The buffalo left the laboratory and went towards his office. Going up the stairs he took several deep breaths as he was getting annoyed by the witty and challenging attitude that this mammal was presenting. Once he arrived to his office he slumped on his chair, sighed and took his cell phone out and dialed a number.
Minutes earlier
Judy heard the call getting cut and turned to look at Nick with compassion all over her eyes. She felt so much sympathy for her fox at this moment since he seemed to be the designated target of a crazy mammal. Nick smiled softly at her and placed his paw on her cheek and gave it a squeeze.
"Carrots, it´s going to be okay."
"I´m just really worried Nick. I can´t imagine what being targeted by a criminal is like. And you haven´t finished you training. I can´t stop thinking that something might happen to you and that only makes my worries go higher. I don´t know what I would do if something happened to you."
"Judy, relax. You heard your boss, he´ll have an officer guarding the room during the night. Meanwhile at day time there´s nothing that weasel can do without being seen by another cadet or Sonya herself. It´s all going to be alright Carrots."
She leaned her face on his paw and grabbed his wrist with both of her own. How was Nick able to make her feel so sure was simply a mystery. One second ago she was worried sick of him and what could happen if he leaved her side once more. But in a blink of an eye the fox not only made her feel that everything would actually be alright, but he slipped some happiness inside of her. That was one of the things that made her fall in love with Nick. How he´s always cheering her up and making sure that she feels comfortable and pleased. She saw directly into his eyes and smiled tenderly at him.
"I love you so much Nick." The fox smiled at the bunny and leaned to get a cute little kiss from her. Once they parted she smiled even more and he moved so that they could cuddle and snuggle, until Judy´s cell phone rang once more.
"Hello?"
"Hello Hopps."
"Hey Chief, what´s got you calling so quickly after our last talk?"
"Put the phone on speaker please." Judy did as she was told and Bogo initiated the small briefing. "First I have to say that we found no DNA trace of any weasel in the knife."
"What? But he had no gloves!"
"We don´t know why Wilde, but those seem to be the lab reports. And Hopps, as you already know, every professional knife that is sold in Zootopia has a very well hidden serial number inside the grip."
"Yes, I remember."
"Well, when we opened the grip the serial number was nowhere to be seen. Instead we were received by another message, which said 'Looking for a serial number? Too bad, you won´t find it here.' Not as serious or witty as the last one, but this mammal seems to be really well prepared."
"And now the important question is: Who is this mammal?"
"Actually, that´s not the most important question."
"Then which is Nick?" Judy saw the grin on Nick´s mouth grow wider and she saw the glint of mischievousness that was in his eyes, but it was too late. She couldn´t stop the upcoming quip.
"The real question is: Where is McQueen?" A dreadful silence fell upon the room and through the line. Even a cricket´s chirp could have been heard, if only there would have been a cricket nearby.
"Excuse me?"
"You know. McQueen? The Pawxar movie?"
"Nick, you cannot be serious."
"Okay, bad time, my bad. Ouch!" Nick rubbed his shoulder as Judy gave him a punch, reacting a little over the board. "Geez Carrots. Sorry."
"Dumb fox." Judy shook her head and rolled her eyes at the smirking fox. "Sorry Chief."
"You have nothing to apologize for Hopps. Wilde, don´t joke while such a serious situation is developing around you."
"Sorry."
"And you are right Hopps. We need to find out who is this mammal. The academy cameras don´t show a single glance of the weasel, so it seems that he had studied the building beforehand."
"What should we do now?"
"Wilde must complete his training proficiently. You will do your usual duty Hopps, but stay aware of any suspicious activity when you see a male weasel. I´ll scan the database and identify all the registered male weasels. Also, I´ll talk to Sonya so you can visit Wilde once a week Hopps." Judy beamed at that and turned to look at Nick, who shot her a tender smile and grabbed her paw. "Once your training is done Wilde you will join Hopps during her assignments, as well, pay attention to any suspicious weasel activity."
"Sure thing Chief."
"Is there anything else Chief?"
"One more thing. Hopps, Wilde, are you a couple?" Judy´s ears blushed and a knot formed on her throat. She felt Nick´s tail go stiff and his paw held hers stronger. She inhaled and braced herself for what was coming. It could mean that they wouldn´t be partners, but she was not going to hide her love for Nick from anyone.
"Y-Yes Chief. We are."
"Since when?"
"Since yesterday."
"Very well. See you tomorrow Hopps and see you soon Wilde."
"Chief wait. You are okay with this?"
"As long as this doesn´t interferes with your work it presents no problem."
"Thanks Chief. Goodbye." The line got cut and Judy let out breath that she didn´t even notice she was holding. She felt Nick lose the grip on his paw and she turned to see him smiling deeply at her. She crooked her head as she wasn´t sure why he was smiling and was about to ask, but Nick´s words came out first.
"Thank you Judy."
"For what Nick?"
"For making me feel these way. For being here with me. Thank you for changing my life in such a good way. I love you, you sweet, caring and beautiful bunny." Nick hugged her and tightly and Judy could feel him shaking while returning the hug.
"Nick, are you crying?"
"Just a little bit." He moved so that she could see him and he could see her. "It´s just that…I´ve never been this happy before. You have filled me with happiness, hope, dreams. There are no words to tell you how grateful I am for everything you have done."
Judy leaned and connected his lips with hers. She could feel the feelings that Nick had for her in their connection. She knew that everything he had said was true. When they stopped to catch a breath she smiled at him and took his paws.
"You don´t have to use words Nick. I can feel it. And I´m so happy that you feel this way, since I feel the same way. Grateful, happy and mostly I feel that I belong here, by your side." She hugged him tightly while he passed his paw over her ears, caressing them with swift, tender moves that made her hum from the comfort it gave her.
She felt like she was in paradise. Nothing annoyed her and she was having the time of her life with her fox. Whenever she looked up at him she was always faced with his sweet smile and his caring eyes. The love she feels for the vulpine was getting bigger and bigger every passing day. She didn´t know how, but Nick seemed to be just perfect for her. When she felt his claws doing circles on the back of her head she shivered and let out a pleased hum, which was followed by those squeaky noises she did only with Nick.
"Oh God, those noises." Nick hugged her while covering the both with the bed´s sheets. Judy chuckled and planted her face on his chest while rubbing it with her paws.
"You seem to like them."
"Like them? Judy, I adore those little noises you make."
"Good to know." She nuzzled his chest and gain a chuckle from Nick. Feeling his rising chest only made her happiness increase exponentially.
"You are perfect Judy." He gave her a kiss on the top of her head, which made her do the same noises once more. Every time that sound hit his ears he couldn´t help himself and hugged the bunny even tighter. Judy snickered and gave his cheek a little kiss, only to be received by the growl that formed in Nick´s chest. She felt that this growl was different. It presented no threat, actually it felt to her that it invited her to be there, by the fox´s side. She moved so that she could see Nick, who looked concerned.
"Did that scare you Judy? I´m sorry, it´s just that…"
"Nick, that didn´t scare me. It was nice. You have a little sound of your own, don´t you foxy?"
"Well, it seems that I do." Judy smiled at him and place her forehead on his, both looking into each other´s eyes lovingly.
"I love you Nick."
"I love you Judy." Each other grabbed one of their paws and smiled, but a thought that popped inside Nick´s mind made his smile falter, movement that was noticed by the bunny.
"Something wrong Nick?"
"Well Judy, you have already met my mother."
"Yes and she is such a nice lady."
"Yeah, she´s great. But the thing is…well there are actually many questions. Anyway, one of them is that, what will your parents say about this?"
The bunny´s eyes widened at the mention of her parents and ideas of how they could react to her relationship with Nick started popping in her mind. She groaned and placed her paw on her face while remembering the very first thing that her parents had tried to give her when she first came to Zootopia. The idea of those "anti-fox" products made her shiver. Yeah their parents are more open minded about predators, but with foxes it was different. They do have a partnership with Gideon Grey, but that´s way too different to having a daughter that is involved romantically with a fox. And that her fox used to be a con-artist. Plus the years of previous prejudice can´t vanish that easily from one´s head. But her mind suddenly stopped thinking about that and focused on what really mattered for her now. Nick.
"Well, I can imagine which are the other questions."
"Oh you do? You are such a clever bunny aren´t you? Well enlighten me."
"When are you going to meet my parents? That´s one. Will they try to do anything to you? That´s two. And, what will happen between us if they don´t accept what we have? I guess that´s the last one." She smiled when she saw Nick crook his head at her.
"Clever bunny."
"Yes I am."
"So, you got all the questions right. What could the answers be?" Although he was using his joking tone Judy could feel that Nick was genuinely worried about the issue.
"So, to your first question the answer is…soon. Maybe at your graduation day. Or maybe one weekend when we go to BunnyBurrow."
"Oh."
"Yup. Moving to the second one, if they do try and do anything to you, they will have to get past me first. I´m not letting anyone do anything to you."
"Phew. Thanks Carrots, at least now I know that I won´t be ravaged by bunnies."
"Shush. And the last one. Well, if they don´t approve or try to dissuade me from what we have, I guess that would make me sad. But I won´t let anyone tell me what I can or can´t do."
"I do know that."
"And, well. I will explain them how I, no, how we feel for each other and I hope they understand."
"Very well Carrots. One more thing."
"Shoot."
"Bang." Nick had his fingers pointed at Judy and she shook her head at the fox.
"I meant the other thing."
"I know, just messing with you a little bit."
"You silly."
"What I want to ask you is, well, wouldn´t it be better if your parents knew beforehand that you are dating a fox? I mean, if I just meet them on the blue and you present me as your boyfriend, wouldn´t that be surprising for them?"
"I…don´t know. I´ll think about it."
"Very well. Cuddle time?"
"Cuddle time." Both rejoined in their embrace and cuddled with each other while stealing some little pecks from time to time.
Minutes earlier
Bogo cut the call and shook his head. He stood up and went downstairs and once he reached Clawhauser´s desk he couldn´t resist the chuckle that escaped from his mouth, which made the cheetah look at him.
"Something wrong Chief?"
"I just can´t explain how are you able to do this Clawhauser, but here you go." The buffalo extended his arm to the buffy mammal and gave him a twenty dollar bill.
"What´s this for Chief?"
"Well, you won the bet."
"Wait, what?"
"As you heard. You won the bet. Hopps and Wilde are a formal couple."
"No."
"Yes. I told you, I have no idea what you do or how you do it." The cheetah squirmed in his place and the buffalo snickered at the mammal. "And what was that for?"
"It´s just that they look so cute together! I knew that they would become a couple. No one has that type of connection with another mammal and not feel something for them."
"I honestly thought it was platonic."
"It may have looked like that Chief. I honestly had a bit of luck. Is like their relationship was created by some bigger entities that wanted them both to seem platonic, but at the same time they seem to have feelings for each other."
"You are derailing a bit Clawhauser. That sounds like a Disnar film in which Wilde and Hopps are the protagonists."
"I´m pretty sure it would be one of the best films ever!"
"It might be. But please do not make this public, they just became a couple so they need some time with each other."
"Don´t worry Chief. I won´t tell anybody."
"Thanks. Anyway, I have also come to ask you something."
"Anytime boss."
"Can you get me all the information we have on male weasels?"
"Are you searching for Wilde´s attacker?"
"Yes, but the knife had no DNA of a weasel on it and Wilde says that the mammal wasn´t wearing any gloves."
"That´s odd."
"Yes it is. When you have gathered the information send it to my office please."
"Will do Chief."
"Thanks. Oh, Clawhauser, do you want one of the sandwiches my wife made?"
"Seriously?"
"Yes. When you give me the information you can have one."
"Thank you Chief."
"You are welcome." Bogo left the cheetah´s workspace and left for his own. Once he arrived he sat on his chair and searched for the sandwiches. He took out one and smelled it, which made him chuckle. "Jaqueline, you are always one step ahead." He placed the tuna sandwich on the side, leaving it for the always hungry Clawhauser and he took his sweet onion one. Munching on his snack the buffalo waited for Clawhauser to bring the information, which came unexpectedly fast.
"I´ve got the info Chief. We have at least six hundred male weasels registered in the system."
"And those are the only ones that are registered, now imagine the ones that are not. Thank you Clawhauser. It seems my wife prepared you a tuna sandwich."
"She did? My, tell her that I say thank you."
"I will. Well, it´s time to search for this mammals and ask them some questions." With that the buffalo grabbed the many sheets of weasel information and started roaming through them while the cheetah started munching. "This will take a while." He took his cell phone out and called the small pair once more.
"Hello Hopps."
"Hey Chief. Speaker?"
"Yes please."
"Okay Chief, what is it this time?"
"We have at least six hundred male weasels registered in the system. Do we have to look for anything in particular Wilde?"
"What do you mean Chief?"
"Estimated age, height or physical attribute."
"Well, I´m sure he was between his early or mid-twenties. I couldn´t actually pitch any height nor any physical attributes. But the mammal had some strange accent."
"What do you mean by strange?"
"Well, he only said the word 'Gotcha', but his voice sounded like the one of rednecks in movies."
"I understand Wilde. I hope that helps with this, at least the list will get shorter since now we know the age range we are looking for."
"Chief, do you have any idea who could have messed with the tapes?"
"Not at all Hopps. We can´t know yet if it was any kind of inside job, which I hope is not, or if it was hacked remotely. Either way the problem cannot be fixed by now."
"I know, it´s just that I can´t imagine what that weasel has in mind or why he wanted Nick dead."
"Neither do I. Let´s just be cautious and not rush into any conclusions."
"Right Chief. Well, if you have anything new regarding the subject call us."
"I will, goodbye."
"Bye." Bogo cut the call and returned to roam through the weasels´ information, now with a better parameter to identify and locate probable subjects.
Savannah Central
"You are telling me that the police thinks that only one mammal is involved in this?"
"Yes and they think it is Travis."
"Wait, they know about him?"
"No. They only know about a weasel that attacked the fox. They even think that the weasel lives in Zootopia."
"So they don´t have a single clue we are behind this."
"That´s correct."
"Thanks kid. I´ll organize a meeting soon."
"Sure thing Martin. Goodbye."
"Goodbye." The giraffe cut the call and laughed at the present situation. "I cannot believe the ZPD is do dumb. It´s not possible for a mammal to work like that and be alone. This gets a lot of weight off my shoulders. Now I just need to wait and see how things develop from here."
"Hi Martin." The giraffe turned to look at the weasel that had just came into his household.
"Hey there Travis. Did you hear the news?"
"What news?"
"Well, the ZPD thinks you are working alone."
"What!?"
"My bad, my bad. They think that a male weasel, who lives in Zootopia, is working alone in this. So basically you are safe, just don´t do anything that may look suspicious to the eyes of the ZPD."
"Oh, okay. Isn´t it, I don´t know, silly from their part to believe that a mammal can do all of that by himself?"
"That´s exactly what I said! Anyway, seems that what you did ended up serving its purpose."
"Told ya."
"Oh you are such a humble mammal."
"When is the team meeting?"
"In one month."
"Okay, that´s all I needed to hear. See ya later Martin." The weasel left the giraffe´s house and the big mammal went to pour himself a glass of water.
"In two months the process will begin. I hope those morons at the ZPD are prepared…wait, what am I saying? Nothing can prepare them for what is coming and when it happens they will be in complete shock." Finishing his drink he left the glass at the sink and went to his television. "That new chapter of 'Game of Paws' is almost starting. I hope this one is good." He laid his legs over a table while smirking, enjoying himself and what was about to come.
The next day
Judy was walking with Nick towards the hospital´s reception so that Nick could complete all his departure process. She stared at him in awe while he was filling papers, both sitting in some cushioned seats in front of the reception counter. She could stop smiling. Seeing her fox being able to leave the hospital was a relief, but knowing that now she had permission to visit him at the academy was filling her with joy. She wouldn´t have to wait for him to finish his training, she could be with him during some of that process. She continued to stare at him while he filled his form and didn´t realize that he had turned to look at her, until a surprise kiss to her forehead took her out of her trance. She looked with wide eyes at the now smirking fox, who chuckled at the surprised bunny.
"Looking for something Carrots?" When she stayed with her mouth open he gave a quick kiss to her nose, which stopped its previous twitching. "Come on Fluff, return to Earth."
"I...I...I." Nick moved quickly and placed another kiss on the bunny, this time on her cheek. Nick chuckled when Judy shook her head, seemingly returning to the moment.
"Nick!"
"Yes Carrots?"
"You can´t just kiss me like that!"
"Why not? I thought that I was your fox and you were my cuddly bunny." He placed the forms on his sides and gave the bunny a hug. At first Judy resisted, but she desisted and let herself be embraced by the fox. Nick heard her mutter something between the lines of "annoying Nick" and "my fluffy fox", so he nuzzled the top of her head, which made her make those squeaky noises that he loved so much. "Awww, those noises." Nick squirmed by her side and both stayed hugged for some minutes, until Nick started filling his forms again.
"You haven´t finished yet Nick?"
"Well, I was entertained by the beautiful bunny by my side."
"You are such a hopeless romantic."
"Just for you Carrots." They shared a quick peck and Nick continued with his form filling while Judy leaned on him. When the fox finished and delivered his forms both headed out of the hospital and towards the police academy. They were walking with their paws intertwined and Judy had a noticeable skip on her steps. They were so happy with each other that they didn´t even notice other mammals that turned to look at them when they passed by their eyesight. They arrived to the doors of the police academy and stopped holding paws, only to look at each other and smile.
"Good luck Nick."
"Thanks Carrots. Remember what you did the last time we were here?"
"Oh, you mean this?" Judy moved closer to the fox and got on the tip of her toes. Placing a sweet kiss on Nick´s snout made her remember the moment they had basically two months ago. The bunny felt the action being returned and she felt happy that the cherished moment was being recreated, but now they were a couple. They broke the kiss and Nick got down to be at eye level with Judy.
"That´s exactly what I meant." He placed his paw on Judy´s cheek and felt the bunny lean hear face on his paw and grab his paw with both of hers. Seeing the bunny smile at him so lovingly filled him. It was the first time in his life that he was filling complete and genuinely happy. "I love you so much Judy."
"I love you too Nick." They shared a quick peck and Nick got up once more. Judy started leaving and turned to look at him, he waved at her and she returned the movement until she saw him go inside the building. She skipped towards her home to get her uniform and get to work.
One Month Later
And we have reached the end of this Election Day. After the last month in which John Muzzner took over the mantle of our city we saw the two candidates run an amazingly fast campaign that managed to reach every mammal in Zootopia. We have the official results that say that Patrick Holts has been elected as Zootopia´s new mayor. The hippopotamus won 65% percent of the votes while Ian McFarlane achieved 35%. We hope that after the recent events with our two previous mayors Patrick Holt will be able to make the city trust City Hall one more time. Later on we will discuss about the unprecedented speed in which this mammals´ campaign was done and how that affected the result.
Bogo shot the T.V of his office and resumed his ongoing conversation over the phone.
"Congratulations Patrick."
"Thanks Chief."
"Oh please don´t tell me that you are going to drop my name and start calling me Chief."
"As the mayor I have to address those who represent an institution formally, so yes. I am calling you Chief Bogo now." The buffalo grumbled and place his hoof on his face.
"You are right about that."
"Thanks for proposing me as an option Bogo. I´ll give this city the best I can and I hope that their trust on our government will be reformed."
"I hope so too. Patrick, might I be able to visit you soon? I have to explain to you a developing situation."
"Of course. I won´t be able to accept you this week since there is a whole lot of stuff that needs to be done, so I´ll see you next week."
"Sure. Once again congratulations Patrick."
"Thanks. Bye."
"Bye." Bogo cut the call and was about to place his phone on the desk until a message came into it. Looking at the number and seeing that the number was not registered to his phone made the buffalo become wary. When he opened the message he huffed and dropped the phone on the desk while it was displaying a message.
"Congratulations to your friend. Nice seeing that a moron like yourself finally did something for the city. Don´t waste time trying to figure out who am I. You will learn soon enough."
CONTINUES IN CHAPTER 4!
Hello everyone! I´ve been writing this chapter for the last two weeks and it was really complicated. I already have fought against writer's block, but the one that came while I was writing this chapter seemed to be way too strong. I wasn´t even able to update Fluffy Stories since the block was preventing me from writing anything else. I liked the chapter and how it went, but I´m glad that it is finally out. I sincerely got frustrated at some points of the story and had to stop writing before I ended up erasing what I already had. Anyway, here is the chapter and I hope you enjoyed it (please enjoy it. I worked hard and needed a lot of coffee). A university process just came to a closure and some issues at school are now closed, so now I am more relaxed and have more time to advance with both of my stories. Now I hope that you keep reading them and well, that would be all.
Have a nice day everyone!