Dr. White watched from the nurses station as the fox was knocked backwards by the enthusiastic rabbit. Dr. White chuckled to herself as she turned her attention toward the conference room. walking over she knocked on the door frame and went in.

"Hey Cheif, hows it going?" she asked sitting down across from him.

The great buffalo blew his nose loudly "It seems that the device we saw on his neck attaches to anything with a pulse. It appears to cause the wearer to revert back to the primitive ways of their ancestors."

Dr. White looked at the screen and saw Judy running from Nick then sneaking right back over to him.

"they don't lose sight of who they are though," Bogo continued

"Has she always run toward the danger?" Dr. White asked

"I'm not sure you could call Wilde dangerous, but yes. It almost cost her her badge during her first case." Cheif Bogo said

"They are getting married" Dr. white said as they watched Judy and nick react to eachother on the screen.

"Took him bloody long enough," Bogo replied grabbing another tissue

"The ring is shaped like a blueberry on the vine." the panther said still not sure of the significance.

"Oh how romantic..." Bogo dabbed his eyes, then he noticed her confused look. "That's how they solved the night howler case. He replaced the serum bullet with a blueberry from her family's farm."

they watched the screen for a moment as they saw Nick pick up Judy and put the scared bundle in his lap and pulled out a cookie.

"They say love is blind, but that isnt true." Dr. White said. "Love sees it all, every quality and act, both good and bad, and decides to accept it and not be afraid to take that leap of faith."

felt Bogo stare at her as she stood silently and walked back to the nurse's station to find claira in a panic.

"Whats wrong Claira?" Dr. white asked as she watched the otter scurryback and forth from one end of her desk to the other

"Um... Mr. Big is on his way here to see the police officers." Claira said franticly

"Who is Mr. Big?" Dr. White asked

"He's one of my cousins bosses. and he is on his way here!" Claira said stopping for only a moment. "I have to tell the patients!"

"Claira! relax, I'll go tell the patients, you greet Mr. Big when he arrives." she went over to room 9 and listened in on Nick and Judy's conversation.

"Lets get married right now!" Nick said

"Nick, we cant get married right now!" Judy asked

"Why not?" Nick asked.

"First we need to find a priest, do you know any preachers who approve of inter species relationships?" she asked crossing her arms.

A group of polar bears carrying 3 arctic shrews pushed past Dr. White.

"We can help with that, cant we daddy?" Fru Fru said holding her baby girl.

"Of course baby, anything for my grand daughters god mother." Mr big said from his chair.

"And isn't my goddaughter just darling!" Judy said smiling at the sleeping bundle of fluff. "Wait, how did you know we were here?"

"Mr. otterton's cousin claira is the nurse" FruFru said "She told me all about it and i said We'd be right over! Plus Daddy has information about the divice." fru fru said with glee, proud that her father could help the police yet again instead of just being the biggest crime boss in zootopia.

"I heard some talk amongst my business associates" Mr. Big began "about a new product being tested for mates to use during mating season. it was supposed to enhance the effectiveness of finding a potential mate by accesing primitive mating instincts."

"How were they testing it?" Nick asked pulling Judy a little closer

"as far as i knew, they were using volunteer couples to test the product." Mr. Big said noticing that nick was getting nervous with the conversation. "it is supposed to help us find our inner animal."

"Find our inner animal?" Judy repeted

Nick shuddered at this. He didn't want to find his inner animal. he could have killed Judy in that elevator. he curled his tail around judy and pulled her closer to him and wraping his arms around her

"Nick? are you alright?" she asked.

"Hmmm? Yeah i just..." he kissed the crook of her neck "I just really want to marry you."

Judy could tell he was trying to play it cool. "What about a priest?"

"Raymond, You're credentialed right?" Nick said casually.

"I'm not getting married in a hospital gown, and neither are you" her arms folded across her chest.

"Not to worry my child," Mr Big said as he snapped his fingers. "we prepared a beautiful selection for you"

Kevin rolled in a rack of wedding dresses and on the end of the rack was a tux labled Nikky.

"There see," Nick said with some satisfaction and a smirk, "we can get married now."

Judy looked at them for a moment. "Nick, I know you love me, but this is all so sudden and i still need to tell my family. Can't we wait until after this case? that will give us time to get everything organized." her gaze lingered on a white gown with a lavender belt and trim with pale emerald beading along the neck line and bodice. she went to touch it but then heard nick's faint reply.

"But by then it may be too late." Nick whispered to himself.

Judy turned and looked at him "Can we get a minute?" she asked Mr. Big. The arctic shrew looked from judy to nick and back again.

"Come on daddy" Fru Fru said cheerfully "we'll go talk to the florist about the bouquets for the wedding!" she said to judy

"Or the funeral." Mr. Big added, glaring at nick. he was obviously still upset about the skunk butt rug.

"Nick..." Judy said as soon as they were alone again "What did you mean when you said it could be too late?"

"Judy, i love you." He began "When i held you in your primal state i realized that i could have killed you when i went savage. I don't even know why i didn't kill you. but i dont want to risk your safety like that ever again." He touched her cheek where he had scratched her "What if something like this happens again and i can't controll myself? what if you can't calm me down? how bad" his thumb gently caressed the wound "could this have been? how far could i have gone?" his paw traveled down to her neck then he shrank back "what if i had gotten your neck?"

"But Nick, you didn't" Judy took his paw "And even if you had, i would have been alright. whatever is going to happen we are going to make it through together. even if one of us goes savage again." she leaned into him. "Fun fact about rabbits: once we like you, we dont stop liking you."

He wrapped his arms around her "Foxes and rabbits have a lot in common." nick put his nose on her forehead and sighed "I'm don't want to lose you because i can't keep it together"

"You won't lose me, I promise." Judy said turning her head upwards, meeting his lips with her own. she moved back and blushed. they sat there like that for a minute or two.

"i almost lost you once, during that stupid press conference." Nick said curling his tail around Judy.

"What do you mean? i was the one out of line, i should have checked my facts before answering any of their questions."

"I mean afterwards, when i acted like..." he hesitated "Like a predator..." his eyes fell. he didn't want to look her in the eye.

Judy met his gaze "do you know why I carried fox repelant?" she began, causing him to look at her "because when i was a kid a fox in my class stole my friends tickets for a carnival. I wanted to be a cop even then, so i stood up to him and he pushed me down and scratched my face. He told me i'd never be anything but a dumb bunny" tears began to well up in her eyes "My parents never forgot that day, and when i moved to Zootopia, my dad made me promise to carry it, so i did."

"Judy, i'm so sorry, i had no idea..." Nick trailed off now thinking that he had reopened her old wound. she brought his paw up to her other cheek and had him feel where the old scar was. "I should go beat him up." nick then realized how much his body hurt.

"Dont worry, i gave him a bloody nose that day." she said with a little bit of pride, she liked gideon grey, but that day he deserved it.

"Now how did you manage that?" Nick asked with a small laugh

"I kicked him, when he was standing standing over me. i just went with my instincts" she laughed to herself "he told me i didnt know when to quit, and he was right, both then and now."

"I'm glad you don't know when to quit, Going with your instincts is probably what got you on the force" nick said brushing his paw across her cheek "you probably have your ancestors to thank for that. your great great great grandpa was probably a kickboxing champ in his day. i tell ya we could learn a lot from our past."

"He was not! he was a carrot far-" Judy stopped "Wait, what did you say?"

"We could learn a lot from our past?"

Judy's eyes lit up at the revelation as she hit the nurse call button.

"Judy?" Nick called to her "What is it? whats wrong?"

"Oh Nick, don't you see? there is no product at all! it's an experiment to see how far predator and prey can survive!" she was really excited "Oh nick! you're a genious!" Judy took his cheeks in her paws and kissed him deeply.

Dr. White ran in thinking there was something wrong but stopped and leaned against the door post when she saw them in such a passionate embrace. she cleared her throat. this made judy jump back leaving nick with a smirk on his face.

"i hope this wasn't a false alarm" Dr white said as she saw Judy hide under the bedsheet from embarasment.

"We need to talk to our boss, Cheif Bogo," Nick said "It's about a case"

"He's in the conference room down the hall, i'll go get him for you" she said and she walked out and down to the conference room. she went in and saw Bogo reviewing his note pad.

"Hey doctor," he said still looking at his notepad. she walked up behind him and leaned over his shoulder.

"Find anything interesting?" she asked.

"Actually, Yes." he said flipping through the notes "Hopps got an anonymous text from someone wondering if she was frightened." His attention was drawn to the screen when he caught a flicker of movement from the corner of his eye.

~~~Sometime during the night~~~

Judy had gotten up and paced around, picking up all the little bits and bobs that had escaped throughout the day. she took a drink from the juice bottle before putting it in her purse.

her phone was playing Not Alone by Patty Griffin, a lioness from tundratown. she picked it up and saw she had two new texts. she opened her phone and read the first text from her dad.

Dad: hey Jude dude, your mother and i never got your call tonight, let us know you're doing okay.

she went to respond but her phone blinked no signal at her. she went to the next text. it was from the same person as before. no name, no number, just question marks. the text sent chills down her spine.

?: Hello officer Wilde, by now you have probably killed your precious token bunny by now. your ancestors would have expected you to give her to your mate as a wedding present. oh the irony and sadistic humor! i can't wait to see how you tore her to shreads mauling every inch of her!

Judy quickly closed her phone and threw it in her purse. she turned and looked at Nick who was reaching out toward her as if he were searching for something. she lay back down next to him and felt his arms wrap around her.

"You are not alone" she whispered feeling his arms hold her just a little closer and his tail wrap around her.

"Someone really doesn't like them" Dr. white said "Noone goes to this much touble"

"It's an occupational hazard at the ZPD" Cheif Bogo said grabbing another tissue and wiping his eyes.

"I know how that goes" the panther sighed "Families are not always forgiving when you can't save everyone." She sat down in the chair next to cheif Bogo.

"As long as you do everything you can, the families should be understanding of that." he said with great authority.

"But you and i both know that they don't." Dr white replied her ears flattening at the sad truth. there was a soft knock on the door frame and they both looked to see claira standing there with a file in hand. "Yes Claira?"

"the toxicology reports are in, i think you need to see this." the small otter said quickly making her way over and handing Dr. White the folder then making an even quicker exit. dr. white scanned it and her eyes went wide.

"Come with me" she said to Bogo. she quickly walked with him to recovery room 9.

They were met with the sight of judy asleep laying on her belly and nick gently rubbing circles into her back. Nick was staring off into space and looked like he was in a trance. Cheif Bogo cleared his throat

"oh, hey cheif. Judy had a break through in the case, but i'm not completely sure what it was. Something about learning from our ancestors," Nick said trying not to fall asleep so he could finish updating Bogo." said there was some sort of research study for this new mating season product, but Judy thinks it's a cover up to seehow long predators and prey can suvive bassed in theur basic skills"

"Mr. Wilde, do you remember anything from when the device was on you?" Dr. whire asked

"The only thing i remember before Judy went savage was handing her the muzzle." Nick said

"The toxicoligy reports came in, your system had excessivly high levels of Phenylethylamine and Mendicampum Holicific acid" she said,reading off the 2 toxins that caused this mess

"Wait," cheif bogo said "Are you telling me the device injected a chocolate bar laced with Night howler serum into my officers?"

"Well that's one way to put it Mr. Bogo," Dr. White said, slightly impressed with his chemistry knowledge

"Remind me to avoid sweets until this is over." nick mumbled "Why are Judy and I being targeted?"

"Occupational hazard" Bogo said

"Great, so how do we catch the guy?" nick said.

"You don't" cheif asked. "You and judy are being placed on mandatory leave until further notice"

"But cheif! we can help!"

"This is not up for debate Wilde," the cheif bellowed quietly "you and Judy need to get as far away as you can and hide out someplace where nobody can find you. got it?" Cheif bogo didnt wait for a response before storming out followed by Dr. White.

"Yes Sir," Nick said then he looked down at his long eared angel. He had to keep her safe, then he remembered an old hustle he had planned out. he picked up the phone and called the one con artist he knew would help.