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Zootopia Reversed

Chapter 4: Strategies and Solutions

Catherine opened the door and hugged her and then her son. Then mother and son clung to each other. As Judy watched she felt her eyes grow watery and then the tears came. His mother released him and Nick turned to her.

He smiled.

"Ok. Oh you Bunnies, you're so emotional," her Fox said and held his arms wide.

His bunny put her head on his chest and he enfolded her in his arms. Then he tucked her head under his chin and rubbed her back. His bunny cried a little and he made little calming noises. Catherine watched and smiled. She knew that they were attracted to each other from the first time she'd seen them together. Well, she thought, we'll just see how it goes. After a while they sat on the couch and Judy leaned against him.

"So how's your investigation gone so far?"

"Nick's been a big help!"

She went on to describe what had happened over the last five days.

"So did Nicky behave himself?"

"He was a perfect gentlefox," she said and looked at him. "Even he brushed my fur." Catherine raised an eyebrow. "So did Ben."

"Ben?"

"Didn't I tell you about Ben before?" she asked and Catherine shook her head. "He's the officer I'm working with. I stayed at his apartment the day Chief Bogo died." She snuck a glance at her Fox. "He the sweetest Cheetah you'd ever wanta meet."

Catherine looked at her son's face and chuckled at his expression. Then doorbell rang and Catherine went to get it. She returned with Ben on her arm.

"Ben!" Judy cried and leapt into his arms

The Cheetah caught her and she kissed his cheek. Ben giggled and sat on Judy's other side. Nick didn't look happy.

"It's good to see you Judy," he said and extended a hand to Nick. "You must be Nick Wilde. Ben Clawhauser." Nick took his hand and shook. "Judy told me how much you've helped her. She's one smart bunny … Rabbit."

Judy patted both their arms and smiled. After a quiet minute Catherine sighed.

"Would anyone like something to drink?"

"Yes, mom."

"Thanks Catherine."

"Yes, please Mrs. Wilde."

Catherine returned with four drinks, three skunks, and a Fox.

"This is Jesse," Catherine said touching the one nearest her, "and her sisters Ann and Rachael. This is my nephew James. You remember him, don't you Nicky."

"You're a lawyer, right?"

"Yes."

"And Jesse and her sisters are private investigators," she said and smiled. "They and some of their friends have been helping me out with your case."

The doorbell rang again and Catherine returned with Finnick. He sat a box on the table and removed the top.

"Mr. Big!" Nick said.

"Anthony!" Catherine said and picked up the Shrew.

She kissed him and the gangster actually blushed.

"Catherine, you're as beautiful as I remember," he said and smiled. "You haven't changed a bit."

"Anthony, you haven't changed either. You still know how to charm a female."

Anthony laughed and winked at the vixen. Then he looked around the room and his gaze settled on Judy.

"Officer Hopps, it looks like you have some interesting animals helping you."

"Thank you, sir."

He held out his arms and Judy went to him and kissed his cheek. Then he returned it.

"How did you end up with Joe?"

"My business associates were looking into your problem they just happened to run across him. So when he mentioned your name they brought him to me. When he mentioned this meeting I thought I would come to visit Catherine."

"Thanks for coming everyone," Judy said and looked at her Cheetah. "So Ben, what did you find?"

He grinned and pulled out a DVD. Catherine turned on the TV and the DVD player. He put it in and hit play.

The first few seconds showed an empty road where the dirt road intersected it. Then a van pulled up and stopped. It turned right onto the paved road and drove away. The picture jumped and next camera picked up the van. This continued until it entered a tunnel and Ben frozen the picture.

"I lost them here and had to check all exits," he said and smiled. "Then I found those sneaky little devils took the maintenance tunnel 6B."

He continued the movie and out they came. The cameras continued as before until the last one showed the van driving away.

"That last camera is on South Canyon. So they are heading out of town."

"Good job Ben! I'm surprised it only took you three days!" Judy said and hugged her Cheetah. "I didn't know you were so good with computers." Ben smiled and blushed. "Ben, where does that road go?"

"Cliffside Sanatorium," four voices said simultaneously.


The four looked at each other and laughed.

"Ben?" Judy asked cocking her head.

"There's only one place out that way where they could be holding those animals," Ben said and shrugged.

"James?"

"Well when Catherine explained it to me I thought where could you keep 14 savage mammals? The first thing that popped into my mind was a hospital or clinic. Since they needed to keep it a secret they couldn't keep them in one that's active. So it has to be one that was closed. There are too many of those around Zootopia. Cliffside Sanatorium was the only one where the electricity had been turned back on."

"Joe?"

"Like you said Judy there weren't any bodies. So they had to be keeping them somewhere and they were savage. It had to be some place that was secure. Well years ago I knew a Leopard that started attacking other animals. The ZPD got him and when they tried him he was found innocent by reason of insanity. Well they put him in a insane asylum. As James said it had to be one that was closed. Also, since it was closed and probably abandon it probably needed some work done on it and some things brought in. So I started to ask around and I found some animals who did that kinda work for cash if you know what I mean. I suggested that I might have some work for them and might need a lot of animals. I asked to see where that had worked before. Eventually some of them told me about Cliffside and what they did. So I went to have a look for myself and bumped into Mr. Big's business associates. Apparently Mr. Big had the same idea as me."

"Jesse?"

"Well as Catherine said we're private investigators, but sometimes we do security work too. Well since they were capturing and keeping savage animals we thought they would need some animals to do security. So we know everyone who does security work in Zootopia. So we started asking around for high paying cash only security work. Eventually someone told us about some timber wolves who were working security and were throwing around tons of money. So the person who told us also told us what bar they hung out at. We just went there, got friendly with them, and listened."

The three skunks grinned and Judy blushed.

"Judy, what do we do now?" Nick asked touching his bunny's hand.

"We can't take that place down ourselves," she said and then looked around the room. She was greeted by smiles and winks. "Well I mean we shouldn't. I've already gone out on a limb getting a bunch of civilians involved, but really didn't have much of a choice with the state of the ZPD now."

"Judy, you should call Wolfard and he could get SWAT involved," Ben suggested.

"Good idea," Judy said and patted her Cheetah's arm. "I'll just call him and explain what we've found."

Wolfard and Fangmeyer showed up thirty minutes later.


Zootopia SWAT deployed on a ridge above the sanatorium. They were soon joined by Judy and her friends.

"Judy, why are they here?" Wolfard asked.

"I own the Cliffside Sanatorium," Mr. Big said and Judy looked at him in surprise, "as of this morning. Also, being a loyal Zootopia citizen I have brought gifts for the ZPD."

Three Polar Bears six large cases and opened them.

"Were the devil did you get those!" Wolfard said shocked.

"One of my companies builds them."

The Polar Bears began to setup the six automated sniper rifles. Once that was complete they were attached to the USB ports of a bulky laptop computer which was in a seventh case. When it booted up and stabilized the six rifles went through a test procedure moving back a forth and reporting back that they were ready. A moment later a window opened requesting 'Acquire Targets?' Mr. Big hopped down, moved the cursor, and tapped the touch pad. In the next few seconds the rifles moved back and forth. Another window opened 'All Targets Acquired. Ready to Fire.' Mr. Big turned to Wolfard and smiled.

"These rifles don't fire ordinary bullets," he said. "They fire darts with charged capacitors. When they strike a target they deliver a 50,000 volt charge."

"Like a taser!" Judy said.

"Exactly!" Mr. Big said and smiled at the Rabbit. "You're one smart bunny!" He looked at Wolfard. "So let me know when SWAT is ready."


SWAT passing by the seven prone twitching bodies and entered the building meeting little opposition. Later Judy followed by her friends walked past the cells holding the 14 missing mammals. Judy and Ben entered a room guarded by two SWAT officers while the others waited outside. They saw Wolfard and the District Attorney sitting across the table from a Honey Badger.

"Judy, she's agreed to talk," Wolfard said.

"Since I believe she at least had the mammals best interested at heart," the District Attorney. "So I'm going let her plead guilty to unlawful detention and drop all other changes that could be brought against her. You will face at least one year in prison."

"Thank you," Madge said and then began to talk.

Judy listened for ten minutes and her fury only grew by the moment.


She sat in Mayor's outer office looking calm as if she hadn't a care in the world.

"The Mayor will see you now," his new secretary said.

She entered and Mayor Lionheart came around his desk.

"Judy, how's the case going?"

"Sir," she said and wanted to spit. "This morning SWAT raided the Cliffside Sanatorium and have taken ten Timber Wolves and one Honey Badger into custody." The Mayor gulped and took one step back. "Dr. Madge Honey Badger gave a very interesting confession."

"Judy, I …" he began.

"One thing has bothered me throughout this entire case," she said and smiled. "How did the Timber Wolves know where to capture the mammals once Dawn's accomplices shot them with the Night Howler derivative? Someone must've known ahead of time and told them. You knew about Dawn's plans all along! Who was feeding you the information?"

In that moment the Mayor lunged at her and she sprang away. She landed and drew the nine millimeter. The Mayor froze and his went eyes wide.

"Get down on the floor, put your hands behind your back, and grab your ankles!" she yelled and the Mayor did exactly as he was told. "Mayor Leodore Lionheart you're under arrest for kidnapping." Judy pulled the card from her pocket and read. "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you. If you decide to answer questions now without an attorney present, you will still have the right to stop answering at any time until you talk to an attorney. Knowing and understanding your rights as I have explained them to you, are you willing to answer my questions without an attorney present?"

The Mayor said nothing. Members of SWAT entered just as she finished reading him his rights.


Six months later Judy was running for the sheer joy of it. Behind her ran her Fox and Cheetah. Ben was no longer the 'flabby donut loving cop', but he was now a handsome, sleek, and well muscled Cheetah. Nick was in the police academy. It had taken some convincing, but her Fox finally agreed to join the ZPD and in just over a month he would graduate. She slowed and then flopped down under a tree. Nick sat on one side of her and Ben on the other. She knew that were glaring at each other. She rolled her eyes, got up, and turned to face them.

"Judy," they both said and looked at each other.

"Nick," she said and went to him. She leaned up and gently kissed her Fox.

Ben sighed and she turned to him.

"Ben," she said softly and hopped on his chest. She took his face in her hands and kissed her Cheetah.

"But," they both said.

"I've made my choice," she said and gave them both a coy look.

The Fox looked at the Cheetah and they both grinned.