A.N. Hello everyone, forth chapter here. Let's see how things go with the security cameras and if Judy gets anything.
Nick went over to the shop next door. He walked in to see it filled with different fruits and vegetables. He walked up to the cashier to see a wolf, wearing a blue dress shirt and jeans, cleaning the counter.
"Excuse me good sir," Nick said, which caught his attention. Nick then showed him his badge. "Officer Nick Wilde, ZPD."
"Is there a problem officer?" the wolf asked.
"Last night, someone snuck into one of the apartments across the road," Nick explained to him. "Evidence showed he scaled the outside of the building and got in through the window. We've noticed you have camera's outside the store, so I was hoping to see if they caught a glimpse of what happened last night,"
"I'm the owner of this store, and that's no problem," the wolf said as he left the counter. "Follow me, please."
The wolf led Nick to the back of the store and into a room with a desk and a computer. The wolf sat down in the chair and started typing onto the keyboard.
"What time do you want it from officer?" the wolf asked.
"From yesterday from 9pm," Nick answered. The wolf typed in and pulled up the footage.
Nick then took over and started to fast forward the footage. Nothing interesting came up at first, but then something came up.
Nick stopped the fast forwarding to look at the footage. He a figure in black somehow floated down with rope attached to the. The figure then got onto the ground and pulled the rope down from the building. He then got into a car and drove off.
"Got a figure, let's see if there's a licence plate number," Nick said as he rewinds the footage. Once Nick got a look at the car, he zoomed in to look at the licence plate. But, he only saw the first three digits.
"4KL…" Nick said when he saw them. "Not the full licence number, but this is good enough." Nick then pulled out a memory stick and downloaded a copy of the footage onto it.
Once he was done, he took out the stick and turned to the wolf.
"Thank you for letting me have a look, this is good enough info," Nick thanked the wolf as he got off the chair.
"You're welcome officer," the wolf replied as they made their way to the front of the store. Just then, the wolf noticed something in the store. "No, don't put that there, that's not right at all, now it's ruined!"
"You get back to your work, sir," Nick encouraged the wolf.
"Thank you, Officer. You have a good day," the wolf said as he walked into his store, but he could still be heard. "You realise that's coming out of your payment!"
Nick rolled his eyes as he made his way across the street to see Judy standing outside the front door.
"Hey Carrots, how did questioning go?" Nick asked.
"Nothing good," Judy admitted with her ears down. "Everyone inside said they were asleep when it happened. I hope you have something good."
"Well, it's good enough," Nick said as he showed the memory stick.
They then hopped into the cruiser and drove back to the Precinct.
Once they arrived at the precinct, they made their way to the cubicle they shared together. Nick then put the memory stick in the computer and showed Judy the footage. After seeing the footage, she was impressed.
"So, he grappled up the wall," Judy said as she saw the footage. "Grappled up to Buck and Pronk's apartments and sliced open the window."
"That seems about it," Nick said.
"Did you see if you could get a licence plate number?" Judy asked hopefully, until Nick shook his head.
"I got three numbers, but not the whole plate," Nick explained as he zoomed into the plate number.
Judy looked at the numbers.
"Well, it's a good start," Judy said to Nick as she wrote down the numbers.
"Any word from Marcus about the device that was used to cut the antlers off?" Nick asked.
"I asked him, and he said he's still working on it," Judy answered. Nick then looked at the clock.
"Well, we'll ask him tomorrow once we get some rest," Nick suggested.
"You're right Nick," Judy agreed. "Let's go home and get some rest."
Nick and Judy left their cubicle and left the Precinct to return to their homes.
The next day, Nick and Judy met up in front of the precinct.
"Morning Carrots," Nick greeted her. "Slept well?"
"Slept great, because Bucky and Pronk are still getting checked out," Judy said as she stretched, which made Nick laugh.
The two walked into the precinct and walked up to Clawhauser's desk.
"Morning Hauser," Nick greeted him.
"Oh, thank goodness you two are here," Clawhauser said as he saw them.
"Why is that? Judy asked.
"Because it happened again," Clawhauser said.
"What?" Nick and Judy said in unison.
"Another deer had his antler cut off," Clawhauser informed them, much to their shock.
"What?!" Judy and Nick exclaimed.
"Actually, it's two deer's," Clawhauser corrected himself. "A Mr Manfred Hornell and his 19-year-old son, Kyle, woke up this morning to find that their antlers have been cut off, like what happened with Bucky and Pronk."
"Where are they now?" Judy asked the cheetah.
"They're in Chief Bogo's office waiting for you two," Clawhauser told them as he pointed to the right direction.
"Thanks, Hauser," Nick said as he and Judy walked off to Bogo's office.
They walked up to Bogo's office. They knocked on the door and, once given permission, entered.
They entered to see Bogo. Sitting across him was a deer, wearing a blue T-shirt and jeans, and a younger deer wearing a grey tank top, black dress shirt and jeans. Both these deer had only on antler. Next to them was a female deer wearing a white shirt, purple cardigan and jeans, and there was a little deer girl wearing a purple shirt and pink leggings.
"Hopps, Wilde, I think you know why you're here," Bogo said as they suggested to the deer family. "This is Manfred Hornell and his nineteen-year-old son Kyle. Next to them is Manfred's wife, Jessica, and their daughter eight-year-old daughter, Nia."
"Thanks for seeing us," Manfred said as he and the family shook their paws.
"So how did this happen?" Judy asked.
"Well, me and my wife woke up this morning to hear my son screaming from the bathroom," Manfred began to tell.
"I woke up early just use the bathroom." Kyle said. "When I got there and turned the light on, I noticed this," Kyle suggested to his antler.
"His scream woke us all up," Jessica continued her husband held her close. "When we saw him, we were all shocked, but then I noticed it happened to my husband as well."
"And, well I think you can guess the rest," Kyle said.
"Okay, did anything happen to you two yesterday, seen anything strange?" Judy asked.
"Nothing out of the ordinary for me. And last night, we all went out for a meal because Kyle's visiting for the week from College," Manfred explained.
"How am I gonna face my friends like this," Kyle whimpered, which Nia got onto his lap and hugged him.
"I'm sure they'll grow back," Nick reassured them. "Deer antlers usually do."
"Did you notice anything yesterday?" Judy asked.
"Well, I just got home from college yesterday morning," Kyle explained. "Everything seemed normal."
"Is there anything else?" Judy asked the family.
"Nothing else, I'm afraid," Manfred said as Jessica held his hoof.
"Will you please help daddy and Kylie?" Nia asked with big eyes.
"Don't worry sweetheart," Nick reassured her. "The brave officers will solve this mystery."
"Thank you, Officers," Manfred said on behalf of his family.
The family then left the Precinct to leave Nick and Judy to their work. But one thing's for sure, the investigation is gonna be difficult.
A.N. Okay, now there are more victims. Now things are getting crazy, but there's still more to come.
Till then folks ;)