Well I guess it's been a while, I bet the delay has been unbearable, buy hey, it's here now! The only reason its been this long is because of laziness and that this chapter was really difficult for me. In that frustration, I got the two chapters after this one done, so there is at least one positive.
Well be sure to tell me what you think, and if my writing declined in some way.
That god damn fox slipped right through my fingers in Savannah, he slipped through them in the rainforest, and he slipped past me again in the meadows. And that was only the first damn week. He will not slip past me this time, or I'm quite probably gonna shoot the next mammal who pisses me off.
At first I was only gonna stun him and bring him in to the shrew, but now that fox is gonna get a particularly painful piece of lead right in his leg. I'd prefer the face but Mr Mcshrew wouldn't like that and then I wouldn't get paid the rest.
So now I'm just waiting, my trigger finger already itching for him to get here.
I scratched the side of my head as I stared over the side of the building overlooking the tundra town limo service. It was closed and nobody was around, just how I like it. I checked my rifle over as I listened for a break in the silence, and as I moved the bolt back the sound of a small engine echoed through the air.
I let out a chuckle "Finally" I said in relief as I looked down the road and saw them driving this way. The small joke-mobile made its way down the road and stopped in front of the gate of the limo service. I smiled widely as they got out and walked to the locked gate, I quickly activated my microphones that I placed everywhere.
"Great, it's locked" the bunny said as she shook the lock angrily.
"Oh and I bet you don't have a warrant, darn it, it's a bummer" the fox said sarcastically with his hands in his pockets. I let out a quiet chuckle of my own and took aim at his right leg.
The angry bunny turned around with a fire in her eyes "you wasted the day on purpose" she said accusingly.
He leaned closer into the picture before pulling back "well then they should've gotten a real cop to find him" he said teasingly with a little bit of an insult in there.
Her eyes widened with anger, oh I love it when bunnies get angry, they look so cute when they do "What's your problem? Does somehow seeing me fail somehow make you feel better about your own sad, miserable life?"
I gave the trigger a little hug.
My eyes widened in surprise as the fox suddenly moved to his right and the bullet impacted between the bunny's legs. The bunny looked directly at me and already had a paw on her elephant tranquilizer.
Well shit.
I aimed at the bunny and hugged the trigger again, but she quickly moved out of the way.
I pulled back from the sight and looked around for the fox, but he was nowhere in sight.
My eyes started to twitch, I clenched my hands and teeth, and I let out a savage scream.
"That fucking bunny is gonna taste my lead if it's the last thing I do. I'LL FEED IT TO HER IF i HAVE TO"
I quickly zeroed in on the joke mobile the damn bunny was hiding behind and put a few shots into its tires. The pops echoing through the air caused that damn bunny to scream. I let out a sickening laugh and I swear it echoed all the way down the street. I let out a few more shots into the jokemobile before activating a small drone with my wrist pad.
All my drones have been equipped with a facial recognition program, so it should be able to find that damn fox, if he hasn't gotten that far that is. I growled and glared angrily down at the bunny who was hiding behind that jokemobile like the damn bitch she is.
I heard it lift off the ground behind me and I was about to take aim at her again, but the drone behind me was suddenly drowned out by the sound of police sirens not to far away. I quickly looked to the right and basically a wall of light slapped me in the face.
I blinked a few times and took a step back from the ledge "well crap... you better watch your back bunny, or you may find a bullet in it" I said to myself with an angered growl.
I quickly grabbed my backpack that was on the ground next to me and folded up my rifle up before carefully stuffing it into the bag. I was about to zip it up but the situation ran through my mind again and I grabbed a device that fit around my right hand and halfway up my forearm like a glove.
It's a prototype of mine that I created a few weeks ago, I actually got the idea from this world's many stupid comic books. I never got around to testing it so now should be the perfect time, I just hope it won't rip my arm off because I got some activities later and this arm is crucial.
I stood up and quickly activated the prototype glove but I let out a pained groan as it tightened almost to the point of making me scream. I shook arm in a vain attempt to alleviate the pain "I definitely got to adjust that later" I said with a pained groan.
I raised my arm up in front of me and a little sight appeared out of thin air on top of the glove. The holographic sight zeroed in on the ledge of the building across the street and it flashed green, signaling I could fire. I took a deep breath and prepared to be pulled through the air... wait a sec… how do you fire this thing?
My hand was outstretched and I turned my hand over then back "how the hell do you shoot this thing?" I said with some frustration. Of course I forget how to fire it, only when I need things the most is when I can't fucking remember. I wiggled my fingers, waved my hand, that hand gesture that one spiderguy makes, and none of them worked. I growled and made a fist, I raised an eyebrow as the holographic sight started to blink and with a "BANG", the wire shot out.
I almost fell over due to the recoil and of course it made my arm hurt even more "God dammit" I said with a painful hiss. The sound of a helicopter in the distance almost made me jump and I quickly focused on the the glove again.
I twisted and turned the glove in an attempt to remember how to make the thing pull me forward. I groaned "come on you peice of junk" I yelled at the metal glove, making a fist. The holographic sight suddenly turned orange.
"Wooaaahhhhh" I yelled as I was roughly jerked forward and pulled through the air. I stayed straight for about a second before I started to swing down towards the side of the building.
"Oh shit oh shit oh shit" I screamed out as I swung closer and closer to the building. I felt the wind move through my fur and I braced myself for impact with the wall. I closed my eyes and held my breath and felt myself move through the air before smashing into the wall.
I tried to hold back my cry of pain but I couldn't when I started to be dragged up it.
"Fuuuuahhhhh" I screamed as the cement cut through my coat and into my skin on my right side. I screamed again as I felt my arm pop and a fresh batch of pain riveted through my arm and shoulder.
I slowed to a stop with my right arm above my head and left arm at my side. I let out a low and painful growl as I hung there, looking at my side, which now looked like it belonged to a zombie. I winced and looked up at my arm and It honestly felt like my arm was ripped off, but it was still there, most likely broken or popped out of its socket.
"Fuck"
It was all that was needed to be said
I looked back up at the edge of the building and slowly twisted my body to the left so my stomach was facing the building. I looked down at my feet and noticed a small ledge. I quickly planted my feet in it and looked back up before reaching up with my left arm.
I grabbed on to the edge of the building and shakily pulled myself up, trying not to slip due to the snow. I made it up the ledge with a groan and rolled onto the snowy roof spread eagle.
I stared into the night sky, contemplating life, while my arm hurt like a bitch. I growled and tried to lift my right arm but other than the pain, the grappling hook was still connected to the damn ledge.
"Never again" I said with a frustrated and painful sigh
_Judy_
I whimpered slightly and tried to take my tranquilizer gun out of its holster, but my body refused to move and I couldn't stop shaking. A sickening laugh, presumably from the shooter, made me shiver and I silently prayed to whatever deity that would listen to spare me. A few more shots hit the car but I snapped my head back up as I heard the sound police sirens getting louder and louder by the second.
"Yes!" I said in relief as I saw the wall of red and blue light appear out of nowhere. I turned back to the building and listened for any more shots. My brows furrowed as a few more seconds of silence went on. I thought about peeking over the buggy but that's a fantastic way to get your head shot off.
"Officer Hopps what is your location?" Clawhauser almost yelled through the walkie-talkie I forgot I had. I jumped slightly and quickly grabbed it out of its holder.
"Clawhauser I'm pinned down at tundra town limo service, requesting back up" I yelled through the walkie-talkie.
"I'll patch you through to Bogo, he's on his way" Clawhauser said in a hurry as something fell in the background.
"What's the situation Hopps, we're almost there" Bogo said quickly as the loud sirens in the distance came through the walkie-talkie.
"I'm behind my small car and there's a shooter on the roof of the building directly across from the limo service, I don't know if he's still there though so I can't move anywhere" I said in a hushed tone.
"Do NOT try and find out Hopps, but did you get a look at him before you took cover?" Bogo asked urgently as I heard the sound of tires screeching in the background.
"Y-yeah I did, it was male raccoon I think, average height, wearing something... orange, but that's all I got" I said in a hushed and shaky tone as a shiver went down my spine.
The sound of sirens suddenly got noticeably louder and I quickly looked back behind me, sighing in relief as several cop cars along with a swat van were barreling towards my position. I looked into the air as a helicopter flew overhead with a searchlight pointed at the roof of the building. I smiled and looked back at the cruisers that stopped about 100 yards away, creating a barrier across the road.
Bogo quickly got out of his cruiser stared directly at me before turning to talk to the other officers. I heard the back of the swat van open up and several animals came out from behind it, taking up positions from behind the doors of the cop cars.
"Alright Hopps, stay put, I don't want you getting shot" Bogo said sternly..
"Yes sir" I said into the radio.
I groaned as I struggled to stay behind the small frame the the buggy, my paws and knees voicing their discomfort in response and want to streach out. I shivered slightly as a cold wind gust felt like moving down my spine, these clothes are definitely not meant to be worn in the cold. My phone started to buzz madly in my pocket and if I was anywhere else I would have checked it. It was probably mom or dad, and considering the situation I'm in, the media is filming me right now.
I hope there not too worried
_Bunny burrow_
"Honey, I'll watch the news and be right up" Stu said tiredly as he sat down on his recliner, resisting the urge to fall asleep.
"Alright hun... just don't fall asleep down there, you remember what happened last time" Bonnie said knowingly.
Stu shivered as the thought passed through his mind once again, the kids running around with his clothes still fresh in his mind.
"Definitely not going to falling asleep" Stu said confidently, but his body seemed to disagree with a yawn. Stu just sighed and picked up the remote, quickly turning on the local news to see what the whether was going to be like tomorrow. He was immediately met with the headline "OUR LOCAL BUNNY COP, JUDY HOPPS, UNDER FIRE" it read. Stu's face twisted into one of terror as the screen showed the live aerial view of Judy taking cover behind a small car.
"BONNIE GET DOWN HERE" Stu yelled like he never had before, probably waking up everyone in the burrow.
Stu rifled through his pockets but of course his phone wasn't in any of them, most likely upstairs. He would have gone and got it but he couldn't move himself from his spot, to afraid that if he looked away his baby would get shot.
"What is it stu you're gonna wake th... oh my god" Bonnie yelled as she ran to the TV. Horrified by the live video in front of them, but more by the headline.
"Do you have your phone on you?" Stu asked quickly as he got up and started to pace back and forth, his eyes never leaving the screen.
Bonnie didn't waste a second and in .0001 seconds her phone was ringing Judy's.
_Judy_
I stayed behind the now seemingly impossibly small car for about ten minutes and I was still not getting any response from Bogo about the plan they were coming up with. If the shooter was still there, he hasn't made any moves, and I was starting to doubt that he was still there.
A sudden crack of pebble to my right got my attention and I looked into the parking lot of the limo service to see two police cruisers slowly making their way closer and closer to the fence, each with a few officers with... flood lights? In their paws.
"Um Bogo…. what do you need flood lights for?" I asked curiously as a few of the officers nodded at me.
"We got a plan, it's a little risky but we're doing it… we're going to light up that buildings window with as many lights as we can, a tactic I saw the previous chief use against sharpshooters" chief said making me hum in realization.
"Now, when the lights go on, I need you to run to my position, but not in a straight line, understand?" Bogo asked as I saw him eye the windows.
"Yes sir" I said firmly.
"Good"
Lights from every direction suddenly turned on and I didn't even think as I got up from the ground and bolted out from behind the joke of a car and ran towards Bogo. I heard the helicopter come low again and the barrier of cops I was running to was basically a light wall. I swerved to the right and squinted my eyes, the light making it hard to see. I started getting closer and I swerved to the right while Bogo told me to run through the radio.
I was about two yards away I used my momentum to slide under one of the doors of the police cruisers. I slid across the ground and slowed to a stop a few feet past the door, letting out a huge breath that I didn't know I was holding. Several officers looked down at me with smiles on their faces, but quickly turned back to the building to deal with the shooter.
"Get up hopps" Bogo yelled as he walked out from behind one of the many police cruisers.
I smiled awkwardly and quickly jumped up as Bogo walked past me with a pair of binoculars.
"Hopps, go with Delgado, we got it from here" Bogo said dismissively as he leaned forward slightly.
"But chief I thin-"
"Hopps, with Delgado..." He said sharply, not even looking at me.
My awkward smile faded and my ears flopped down to my neck. A few more officers approached Bogo and he now had his full attention on the building. I sighed and turned around to Delgado, who gave me a pitiful look before mentioning me to follow him to one of the ambulance's in the back. I glanced back at Bogo who was now fully focused on the building. If bunnies could growl that's what I'd be doing right now.
"I've never sweared before in my life… but that… goddamn cow pisses me off" I muttered quietly to myself before following Delgado away from the front line.
I suddenly felt a thing vibrate in my pocket, it wasn't stopping and… oh no.
I hesitantly slid my phone out of my pocket and I groaned slightly as the flood of my parents calls and texts continued to flow from the phone.
If you think it's rushed I apologize, but I wanted to get past this damn part so I can write more and at least a get a few more chapters out there. So to any of you who stuck around to read this old story of mine, I bid you a good day.
