Unbreakable Chapter 4: The Cycle

Judy woke sometime later hanging from the ceiling still naked, and sticky from sweat, and who knows from what else. From the smell she could only guess what they had been doing. Looking around all she could tell was she still alone in the same dark room as before, yet a cold chill covered her body making her shiver every so often.

From the cold bite of the shackles she could tell the room was freezing more so than her body could tell. The prolonged exposure had caused her body to slowly become numb to the cold air. Yet even with most of her body numb, she could still feel her nipples were hard enough to cut glass.

Since she was still alive it was clear they knew what they were doing, either they had done this before with possible losses. Or they had been more prepared for this, and kept the room cold enough just to be uncomfortable. While having some minor effects on her body.

She didn't know how long she had been out, or how long she had been wherever "here" was. But what she did know was she was hungry, and slightly dizzy because they hadn't given her any food or water. At best guess she could say a day at the least, but all things considered that was probably intentional on their part.

Struggling to lift herself she felt her body ache with dull pain from the beating the wolf had given her, but surprisingly other than her broken nose her shoulders hurt the most being forced to hold her entire weight. However little that may be, for what she assumed was however long she had been here. A short time after she awoke she started to hear voices from the other room, for a moment they sounded muffled and low as if they were whispering.

But slowly their voices grew louder as they became a little more clear. A good sign they were growing closer to her. Hoping to ignore the pain she began trying to lift herself up as quietly as possible, if she could somehow slip out of the shackles she could get the jump on them when they opened the door.

"Boss says give her the Cycle."

"Really? We haven't done that in like for ever."

"Well we are doing it now."

"Mmmmm roasted bunny yum!"

"What is wrong with you?"

Judy didn't not like the sound of whatever this 'Cycle' was. "Come on Judy you can get yourself out of this," she thought to herself as she struggled a little more to free herself from her restraints.

But again all she accomplished was making the door across the room creaked open causing her jump and to stop her futile escape.

'Don't bother little bunny you won't get out of those shackles!" A voice spoke in the darkness the light from the other room barely illuminating the animal's features through the cracked door. "Time for the "Cycle" little buddy enjoy!" he chuckled while reaching into the room.

From what little she saw of his silhouet she thought one of her captors had to be a bald lion, slowly his hand moved around till it hit some kind of switch or button. After that there was a noise in the room that sounded as if something shut off. Looking through the crack of the door she noticed three other beings just past the one at the door.

Staring at her captors Judy could see the outline of the bodies, as their shadows seemed to cloak them with the blinding light at their backs. One of them seemed jittery than the others, almost like he was ready to pounce on Judy as she hung there.

"I'll see you later my sweet little bunny," the lion said again in a sing-song tone before shutting and locking the door again, leaving her alone in the silent blackness again.

Judy was confused having first thought she was going to be put through another round of beatings.

But they just left her here. "What's going on?" she pondered, struggling against the shackles, "What was this Cycle?" she wondered rubbing her legs together as a burning itch began irritating her upper thighs, only to give way to the fact she may have been tied up with rope at some point.

Not knowing was almost worse than knowing what was in store for her. Each guess was enough to make her wonder if she could ever escape. What the 'Cycle' was, quickly became apparent as the room quickly got warmer and warmer.

She soon realized the sound she heard earlier was the air conditioner turning off. Recalling what one of them had said, she began to worry if they were planning to cook her alive. With the temperature continuing to rise quickly, Judy hung there helplessly struggling with the shackles as feeling slowly returned to her wrists and fingers. Hotter and hotter and hotter it got for what seemed like hours before eventually the room felt as though it was boiling, even her shackles had heated up significantly causing her great discomfort.

She had to be somewhere in Saraha Square at best guess from how damn hot it was becoming, as sweat began to slowly roll down her body. Before long she could smell the shame they had placed on her, she couldn't tell what they had done. But her arm smelt like strawberry jam, only making her ponder if they were in a processing plant of some kind.

Hours past as she endured the furnace like heat in the room, she tried desperately to take her mind off the heat. She thought of all her of two hundred and seventy brothers and sisters and their smiling faces. She thought of her parents Bonnie and Stu, she thought of Nick and how worried sick he must be over her.

She prayed she would make it out of here alive and see them all again. That one thought would drive her forward. She would survive this hell and see her friends and family again.

"You won't break me," she whispered into the darkness the heat making her throat dry and her voice scratchy, "I will be unbreakable!" After several more hours of this grueling heat she began to hear the faint sounds of an owl hooting, signifying that it was dark outside and possibly the best chance to attempt another escape.

But as exhausted as she was any attempt would result in her returning to this same spot, so she decide to try and get some sleep in the hopes she could escape this hell for a bit. Though doing so was easier said than done, as the foul stench radiating from her body filled her nostrils.

How she wished for a long hot bath at home. And when she got dressed, she would enter the room to see Nick sitting on her bed. She would lay down next to him as he stroked her cheek, telling her it would be alright. It would be peace and quiet as she rested and recovered from this ordeal.

As she tried to rest she began to feel the sores of her beating slowly building on top of her already aching body. The heat only added to her worsening pain in her shoulders as each small twitch sent pain jolting through her body, but somehow, eventually sleep found her as it always finds every living thing. She couldn't tell if she had fallen asleep or just passed out, but at some point all her senses seem to fade away.

And for awhile she felt nothing, she was grateful for the nothingness that had enveloped her in its sweet loving embrace. She had become blissfully unaware of the world around her. And for once that was a good thing.


Again the naked rabbit awoke in the dark room the heat still blistering, and her shoulders still screaming out in pain. Her stomach desperate for food and her throat desperate for water, she feared she had entered a state of dehydration as the sweat that once dripped from her body was not gone. Patches of her fur stood on end as the crust like feeling of dried sweat touched nearly every part of her body.

Again she had no idea how long she hung there, but in the irritating heat it felt like it had been days.

She began to pep talk herself, "I won't break," She really wanted to, "I won't break," She really really wanted, "I won't break!" Her body said yes but her will said no.

She repeated those three words over and over again, until she heard the same voices from before on the other side of the door were sounds chairs moving around like they were all sitting down around a table.

"She still alive in there?"

"Yea I checked earlier."

"What the thermometer say?"

"It is 110.2 degrees in there."

"Why not turn it up, and put it at roasting temp? A nice cool 125..."

"Just because you live in a desert doesn't mean anyone can live like you do. That hot it would have killed her, the boss wants his drugs back. Not some roasted corpse you want to skin and eat."

"Yumm."

"Again what is wrong with you!"

"Oh shut up and deal the damn cards. And if the boss really cared, he could just get some more later. And hey look silver lining, he can keep her body warm and then have his way all night, every night."

"Okay, the fuck does your browser history look like!?"

Judy heard the sounds of chips clinking and cards being shuffled, they must be playing poker at best guess. Deciding to focus on the game and there conversation to take her mind off the heat for a while, Judy moved her wrists trying to find a more comfortable feeling as the iron dug into her.

"Just like everyone else's I suppose. Why do you ask?"

"Because no one talks about fucking a dead body, we rape and torture those we catch. Necrophilia is a step too far."

"Just shut up and deal the damn cards."

"Fine, fine."

Judy listened as the cards were dealt each player received two cards, They were playing Zootopia hold'em. Chips were placed the game started, and all the comfort she could find in the shackles was a bit of sweat that had been hiding between the iron and her fur.

"I raise."

"I call."

"I raise one hundred bucks."

"You are crazy you know that."

"Yep."

As the game went on Judy payed very close attention to every detail, and word spoken as she tried her best to ignore the heat.

"Fuck it, I'll match your bet. Are you going to raise it again?

"Oh well ya, hang on the thermostat is-"

"Not that shit for brains! Are you going to raise your bet again?"

"Oh, no I'm good."

"What you got?"

"Three kings!"

"Three aces!"

"Damn it!"

The cards were shuffled and a dealt again and more chips clanked again. The bunny continued to eavesdrop on their game. She closed her eyes and focused on their words.

"I call."

"Call."

"Call."

"Call."

"How long till the rabbit breaks? I raise,"

"Another day and she will be begging to talk. I raise."

"I raise you five hundred."

"Hey you can't bet with my chips!"

Judy heard a loud growl followed by chairs moving. "One day? Im tougher than that!" she thought to herself and promised herself she wouldn't break no matter they did to her.

"Ok ok you can have the chips! Crazy ass lion."

"That's what I thought!"

"Fold."

"What you guys holding?"

"Two pair fives and tens."

"Three sevens."

"Four twos baby! The pot is mine!"

Chips were pushed across the table to someone, followed by the sound of the cards being shuffled and dealt once more. Judy listened to them doing her best to ignore the intense heat in the room, as they played game after game of poker all throughout what she assumed to be day. Assuming being all she could do since hanging in a pitch black room made it impossible to tell time.

Eventually some time later after many games of poker, which she had stopped counting after twenty five, she heard the chairs move again and another door open before their room fell silent only thing giving her any sense of time was the return of hooting owl in the distance so that told her that it was dark outside but soon even the owl stopped leaving her in complete silence, darkness, and blistering heat.

The rabbit didn't know how or when it happened but through pain in her shoulders and body, the heat and her growing hunger and thrust she managed to find sleep's sweet embrace time however she had a dream that she was with Nick on their date. They were at the restaurant sharing a drink and giggling about this and that for what seemed like forever.

She found herself and Nick both leaning across the table about to share their first kiss. She blushed as their lips got closer and closer, but just as their lips were about to meet she was jolted awake by a vicious slap to the face. When she awoke and her senses returned to her she noticed the lights were on and it seemed to be extra bright causing her to squint.

One of the reasons for that being in pitch blackness for three days will do that to you. She also noticed the bald lion was standing in front of her. He must have been the one to slap her.

"So I see you are still alive after two and a half days at 110 degree heat, A little well done but alive!" the lion chuckled stroking his long beard, Judy could tell he was also sweating from the heat.

She stared at him but remained silent as he began pacing back and forth, "Before we begin I want you to answer this very simple question. How many eggs are on the cat?"

"W~hat?" Judy roughly groaned pondering the question, "What kind of question is that?"

With a satisfied groan he muttered something about being thankful she hadn't lost her mind, "So rabbit are you ready to tell me what your cop buddies did with our one hundred grand worth of drugs you took from us?" the lion asked getting closer to her and bending down to eye level with. "I need my fucking fix so start talking!"

"You'll never see those drugs again baldy!" Judy said as confidently as she could while trying and failing to kick at him. "Never!"

"I thought I pulled off the look rather well. Or at least many of the women I've been with said I do," looking down at her legs kicking caused him to smile with childlike wonder, "Oh you're a feisty naked little wabbit ain't ya! Trying to kick me how cute!" he mocked pinching her cheeks while making a kissy face, "You know stripping you in your sleep was so much fun!" the crazy lion said with with a gleeful tone as he clasped his hands together.

"You were so cute while I played with you in your sleep," the lion smirked remembering his dirty deeds. "I've had my way with many a lioness and other animals but you are by far the softest of them all!"

The lion watched on and smiled as Judy couldn't help but shiver in disgust at his words. It amused him to no end and Judy hated it.

"What did you do to me!" Judy yelled at him with hatred in her voice, "Tell me!"

"Ok tell me where the drugs are being held and I'll tell you everything I did to you in great detail," the lion offered crossing his large arms while accenting his last words, as though he was talking about a trophy he won.

"Go to hell asshole!" Judy spat at him wishing she could somehow beat him senseless.

"Okie Dokie then we will just continue the Cycle," The lion said before the sweaty bunny interrupted him.

"Cook me all you want I'm not telling you a damn thing!" Judy shouted at the lion she now wished death upon.

The lion smiled at that. "Oh we are done cooking you now we are gonna freeze your little bunny butt!" The lion said as he walked to the thermostat next to the door, that Judy just now realized was there.

Judy gulped, she hated the cold. "What are you gonna do pack me in ice?" Judy asked with sarcasm.

She actually kinda hoped she was right so she could at least get some much need relief for her shoulders but that hope was quickly dashed.

"Oh good idea bunny but there is no need for that because you are hanging in big ole empty freezer!" the lion answered back enjoying himself more than he should as he set the thermostat to 33 degrees.

"Well have fun being bunny-cicle I'll come back in a few hours. Oh and by the way you have the best smelling snatch I've ever had the pleasure of sticking my nose in!" he laughed as he shut off the lights and left the room leaving her alone again.

"FUCK YOU!" Judy screamed at the lion with her hoarse voice hoping he heard her before he left.

The air conditioner kicked back on shortly after he left and it was louder than before. The room quickly began to cool off. At first Judy was relieved as the cool air invaded the room, at first it was relaxing and offered much needed relief from the immense heat. As she hung there in the dark she let out a sigh of relief as the temperature returned to a enjoyable degree.

The relief didn't last long however as the temperature continued to drop by the minute. As the room got colder and colder the sweat covering her body began to rapidly cool, causing her to shiver and it wasn't long after that when she started to see her breath in front of her face.

"Come on Judy you can handle this! You are a tough bunny!" she told herself as the temperature still plummeted.

As the minutes ticked by slowly Judy could feel every degree the temperature fell. Every minute it got colder, every minute her cooling sweat chilled her more, every minute her breath became more visible. Soon enough each minute felt like a stagnate, agonizingly long hour inside the dark freezing room.

Judy shivered every few seconds with enough movement that her shackles rattled and shook with her. Her freezing sweat and the rough 85 degree temperature change in a little under an hour was hell. She knew the lion set it to 33 degrees but massive and rapid temperature change combined with her freezing sweat, made it feel like it was somewhere in the negatives and Judy hated it.

In the dark she soon realized the purpose of that first question, she had heard about a mental disorder that came from inmates in solitary confinement. And clearly so had that lion. Trying to take her mind off of things only caused her to focus on the dark room, she couldn't tell what was worse the intense heat or the freezing cold.

Actually that was a lie the cold was much much worse causing her aching body and especially shoulders to hurt even more so than they already were.

"So this is the 'Cycle' as they put it? Going from being roasted alive to frozen alive, It was definitely a sick form of torture alright," Judy thought overcome with another fit of shivers, each fit longer than the last.

The cold was horrible, her hunger and thirst was horrible, the pain in her shoulders was horrible but nothing was worse than knowing that scumbag lion had touched her in her unconscious sleep. She hated him, she wanted to kill him though she knew she couldn't. She decided right then and there that she would endure whatever hell they would put her through.

And make sure that bastard lion or any of his buddies would never see those drugs again, even if that meant she would never see her friends and family again. A choice she willingly made, though she regretted having to do so. Her only hope was someone had already begun searching for her, and all she could do was hold out long enough to be found.

What felt like forever but was only about four grueling hours Judy hung there in the bitter cold. Slowly ever so slowly she felt a icy feeling work its way through her fur and down to her skin and into her very core. She did her best to fight against the pain and hunger fighting fits accompanied by ever worsening shivers, and her chattering teeth forcing herself not to give in.

Just as her senses were about to fade away again the door opened and the light came on once more revealing that perverted lion clad in a thick jacket carrying a plate of hot food, a cup, and a large pitcher of ice water. Jody's stomach growled at the sight and smell of the hot food.

"Hey there how's my favorite naked rabbit doing?" the lion said nonchalantly placing what he was carrying on the only table in the room before walking over to Judy.

"FU...C...K Y..OU!" Judy stuttered out through her chattering teeth.

"Oh such bad language! You just need to chill out little lady!" the lion said laughing at his own terrible joke. Judy only glared at him with hatred.

"Here I brought you some food," the lion said reaching into his jacket and pulling out a rather old looking carrot and putting it in front of the bunny's face,"Eat!"

It smelled terrible and Judy didn't want to take anything from this lion, but her stomach forced her to open her mouth and bend her neck forward to reach for the old carrot. But just as she was about grab the piece of food, that dastardly lion pulled it away from her.

"Na ah ah if you want it you gotta say please!" the lion chuckled holding the carrot just out of her reach, "Come on say pwease." he mocked talking like an infant as he teased her lips with the carrot.

Judy didn't want to comply with this lion whatsoever, but her hunger temporarily overpowered her hatred of the lion and begrudgingly did as he asked, "Pl...eas..e."

"That's a good little rabbit, here you go," the lion laughed letting Judy take the carrot in her mouth and eat it.

The carrot was stale and tasted horrible, but Judy devoured it and forced the much need food down her throat. She was still hungry and wanted more but at least they gave her something.

"How shameful of me. I should be a more gracious host," Picking up the pitcher he waved the water before her eyes, "You sound like you could use a nice long drink of water." his taunts knew no limits as he held it over an open drain, "But then again, maybe I'm wrong and… you don't… want…" he tilted the pitcher allowing a small amount to fall, only to smile as he watched how she seemed to pant while licking her lips.

The lion repeated the process with the ice cold water again, forcing her to say please as he teased her with just pouring it all down the drain. Once she did he poured some into the cup, and held up to her lips and let her take a few sips before he pulled it away. Taking the chair by the table he sat right in front of Judy with his plate of hot food.

"So little bunny are you enjoying the cold?" the lion asked taking a bite of his mashed potatoes. Judy could practically taste them.

Her glare was like daggers but he felt nothing and shivered a little as he hummed from the taste of his food. "Um I'll just take that as a yes." he chuckled seeing the look on her face, "So how was your day little lady?" the lion asked sarcastically taking another big bite of his mashed potatoes.

"Wh-at do you th-ink ass-hole?" Judy retorted she could tell her shivering was amusing him greatly.

"Good to hear!" The lion said stopping to take a bite of his corn that Judy wanted oh so badly. "Oh how was my day you ask? Well let me tell how wonderful it was!" the lion said even though Judy clearly never asked, while being forced to watch him eat one of her favorite meals in front of her.

"So where to start?" the lion pondered for a second, "Oh yes I went fishing, I went golfing, I went bowling, I went to the strip club, I shanked a tiger, I shanked myself," his eyes almost seemed to roll towards the back of his head in delight of that part, "I shanked the tiger's brother and I watched some cartoons, then I came here. Quite eventful if you asked me," the lion managed all in one breath.

Judy was silent only staring longingly at his plate of food that she knew she couldn't have fighting her stomach and her shivers.

"So are you ready to tell me where your pin-pals are keeping our drugs?" the lion asked stuffing his face with a large cookie.

"I to-ld you you'll nev-er see them aga-in!" Judy said giving her best attempt at making her point clear to the lon.

"You know you don't have to put yourself through this right?"the lion said purposely waving his fork of mashed potatoes just out of the reach of Judy's mouth. "All you gotta do is tell us where they are and you are free to go."

"I wo-n't tell you anyt-hing!" Judy retorted shaking her head back and forth. "I made an oa-th as a cop to prot-ect Zootopia from scu-mbags l-ike you!"

"Oh such harsh words from a cute little nude bunny," the lion said in cute voice as he nuzzled her broken her to flinch in pain.

With every word or action the lion said and did Judy hated him all the more. "Does your oath mean more to you than your own well being because if you don't tell us the pain will only get worse."

Judy gave him the best stern look she could muster through her constant pitiful shivering and chattering teeth. "Lik-e I said do-o your wor-st!"

The lion only chuckled as he ate, "I was hoping you'd say that," he sighed setting down his plate, "More fun for me! Oh and the other guys too, but mostly me!" he almost squealed as he clasped his hands while raising one foot back.

Judy remained silent hoping beyond hope that her stare could somehow inflict pain upon the lion sitting in front of her, though she knew it wouldn't.

"Now I get to come up with all kinds fun and painful things to do to you!" the lion said with glee before his phone went off, "Oh would you look at that my cartoon marathon is starting soon so I gotta go."

Reaching back he grabbed the pitcher of ice water and walked up to Judy. "Would you like some more water before I go?" he asked her almost in a nice manner which she found strange, "You gotta say please again little bunny," a reminder as he began pouring her another glass.

As much as hated it she really wanted morewater so again she forced herself to comply with the lion's order. "Ple-a-se," Judy answered softly shivering yet again.

"Good bunny here's your water," the said bringing the cup to her lips but before she could take a sip he pulled it away and from her and unceremoniously pouring the entire pitcher of water over Judy's head. "There you go bunny enjoy."

Judy's eyes widened as the icy water ran down her body and chilled her to the bone and caused her to shiver uncontrollably. She shivered so much it almost hurt. She was thought she slowly growing use to the cold but this was a whole new level of cold she didn't think existed.

"Yo-u as-s-hole!" Judy barely managed to get out through her rapidly chattering teeth.

That damn water made the cold many many times worse, she almost couldn't stand it she felt like she herself was a piece of ice. The lion only laughed at her without remorse as he emptied the cup down the drain.

"Well I'll see you in a few hours when my marathon is over," the lion said still laughing his ass off at Judy's obviously amplified discomfort, before turning out the lights and left the freezing bunny in the cold dark once more.

Judy hung there in darkened room freezing her tail off. Her now damp fur causing her to shiver more than she ever had before.

"I wo-n't b-rea-k…" Judy whispered to herself over and over as her shivers slowly intensified from the unrelenting and worsened cold.

She could only wait for the lion to return to cause her more pain, if she even managed to make it that long. So freezing cold, wet, hungry and miserable she waited. Hearing the water drop off her feet echoing in the room.

Slowly the sounds of water droplets began to stop as a whisper came to her ears, it was faint yet loving though she couldn't make out a word. Focusing on the voice her body shivered causing the whisper to turn back into the droplets once again.

"O-h… f-fu-c-ck.," she whispered to herself.


Here you guys chapter 4! Poor Judy am I right?