5 days later, new years Eve
The new home
Jack's P.O.V
"Alright, that's it, the last box is unpacked!" Nick says coming back into the living room after recycling the empty boxes. "Feww, I'm beat, whos up for some bugga burgers?" Nick asks looking over at me sitting on the couch setting up my account on the PAW-Station 4.
"Me!" SK says coming down stairs, "I'm so hungry I could eat a cow!" She says, then she gasps, "Ohhh, sorry I didn't mean that I- I- I am just-".
"Really hungry," Nick suggests, "and don't worry, although it is a weird saying, it doesn't bother me or Judy, right Carrots." Nick says.
"Ohhh no, don't worry about it SK, yourr perfectly fine to say that, just, don't say it around any cows." Judy chuckles, "But seriously, how can you guys eat those things. Bugga burgers are awful!".
"That would be where you are wrong my dear Carrots, bugga burgers are a godsend!" Nick says.
"Amen to that!" I say getting up from the couch and turning off the T.V. and PAW-Station, "I would go for a bugga burger, also, when does the party start mom?" I ask grabbing the cane I'm now using instead of a crutch. SK and Nick call me 'old man' for it but it's easier to manage than a crutch, and more comfortable as well.
"Well, not until 9, but Fru Fru is coming over early to 'help' out, how, I don't know, I don't even think she could set the table if I asked her!" Judy exclaims.
"Ohh, well I can help you set up!" SK says. Judy happily accepts and SK tells me which Bugga burger she wants. Nick and I go get the burgers and some other supplies for the New Year's party we are throwing for the police force. When we get back it's 8:30 a few police cars are already out front of our new home. Nick and I walk in to see Ben sitting on our couch playing uncharted 4 on our PAW-Station 4. Nick's friend, Wolford jumps Nick when we walk in and tries to put him in a headlock, but Nick flips him over his back and Wolford grunts getting up as Nick walks over him. I walk past him and shrug my shoulders saying 'don't look at me, although I can pull the same move, it wasn't me this time'. I go upstairs and here a faint whisper and giggle coming from SK's room. I walk over to it and peak inside to see SK playing with Fru Fry's daughter Judy. I smile and go to put my stuff in my room. At 9 I knock on SK's door and point at my watch to tell her to check the time, then I head downstairs as the doorbell rings.
"I got it mom!" I call seeing Nick and Judy are both occupied in the kitchen cooking.
"Thanks honey!" She calls back. I walk up to the door and open it to see Chief Bogo.
"Chief, come in, how are you, I hope you found our house alright." I say in a polite manner directing the Chief towards our living room.
"Thank you Jack. I'm well, and I found your place all right, thank you for the directions. I'm glad to see you moving around better. How are you feeling?" He asks walking towards the living room.
"Hey Jack. Who is it?" Nick asks from the kitchen.
"It's the Chief" I call back, to Bogo I say, "I am doing better, I'm still sore but I can put more pressure on my leg now and my other than the wound to my abdomen im almost healed.". Bogo grunts and dismisses himself to a table with snacks on it.
"Hey, Chief buffalo-butt! How you doin?" Nick calls from the kitchen mockingly.
"Wilde, I thought I ordered you to drop that name!" the Chief says irritatedly turning towards the kitchen.
"And last I recall, I'm not on duty so I don't have to follow your orders." Nick retorts.
"Wilde if you weren't my second best officer, I would fire you!" the Chief snorts.
"I love you too Chief!" Nick exclaims.
"I don't care Wilde" the Chief snaps before returning to the snack table. The night carries on and almost all the police force and their families come, most of the kids are sent upstairs but I stay downstairs for a while talking to officers until I feel a tug on my pants and see the tiny fennec fox Tom, finnick's son in an elephant onesie pointing upstairs. I am about to lead him upstairs when I hear some loud banging on our front door. Who is banging on our front door, I thought everyone was here. I think walking over to open the front door, however no one is outside and everything is quiet. I take a few steps outside and sniff the cool air. Someone big was just standing here, where did he go, I can still smell hi- my thoughts are interrupted when I see a dark figure moving towards me. I turn and start to hop back towards the house dropping my cane and falling face first to the ground. I turn onto my back and see the mouth of a large black canvas bag coming towards my face. The HUGE ram holding the bag clamps it down around me and flips it up over his shoulder. I manage to slip my paw out of the bag and grab the back of his neck with my claws, he grunts and throws me across the yard.
"Ooof!" I grunt untangling myself from the bag.
"Your gonna pay for that you little bastard!" The ram snaps, "Now get back in the bag before I break your neck!".
"That's gonna be a no, I'm not a fan of confined spaces and weird rams," I reply back the the ram cooly, "plus I've already taken down two rams while in a worse physical state than this so your scare tactics won't work on me!"
"You haven't taken me down yet!" the ram says, "Plus you are still injured and cant use speed to your advantage, my brute strength will snap you like a twig."
"Man, your almost smarter than your friends, almost." I pause looking behind him to see Tom pick up my cane and run back inside. Please go get someone you little fox, please go get the Chief or someone big, because this ram is too strong for me and I am not faster than him right now. I need to stall him. "Hey, dummy, your right I'm not strong enough to fight you, or quick enough, but he is!" I bluff looking past him into nothingness, if I'm gonna win this, I have to fight dirty. He falls for my bluff and I take the chance to leap up towards his face barring my claws and aiming for his eyes. But my attack is to slow and he has quick reflexes and grabs me out of mid air and slams me to the ground, I feel a few ribs pop and I find breathing much more painful. "Ughhhhh" I wrasp trying to get air back into my lungs. The ram steps over me straddling me. Bad move mister, I'm fighting dirty, I think as I deliver a powerful kick straight into his balls with my good leg. He jumps away from me bending over and breathing hard. I hope destroyed your manhood. I think savagely. "How did that feel, like I said, your almost as smart as your friends." I cough out still finding it hard to breath.
"Alright that's it, I'm gonna kill you here, I don't care what the boss wants!" The ram shouts walking over to me and raising his right hoof high over my head. I try to move but i'm too slow to react and I realize that I won't clear his blow in time.
A lone shot rings out and the ram's body falls before he is able to bring down his hoof to kill me. Unfortunately he falls over on top of me smothering me and setting my ribs on fire. I hear someone running towards me and recognize the sound of the pawfalls as Nick's. Nick pushes the ram off of me and I gasp for air and try to sit up. But fall back down and yelp in pain.
"Are you alright, where are you hurt!?" Nick asks me frantically.
"Chest! Cant breath!" I wheeze out looking at nick with pleading eyes begging him to help me.
"Wilde what the hell is going on!" the Chief yells from the house.
"Bogo, get Garcia over here right now!" Nick shouts back, "And start your car right now, we need to get to the hospital!" Judy comes running out of the house and falls next to me crying.
"Ohh my god! Nick stop the bleeding!" Judy says mistaking the rams blood that I am covered in as my own. She presses down on my chest and I scream out in pain. Nick grabs Judy's paws but she fights to put them back on my chest.
"Judy, stop! It's not his blood, your hurting him, look, I shot the ram, it's the ram's blood!" Nick says pointing at the dead ram laying next to me.
"I'm fine mom" I assure her, "I just got the wind knocked out of me no big deal, I think I may have broken a few ribs, but nothing else."
"Ohhh ya that's just fine, just a few broken ribs, no big deal my ass!" Nick says angrily.
"What happened? Oh my god Jack. No no no!" SK screams running over to my side.
"It's ok I'm ok, for the most part. My chest hurts like Hell though!" I say weakly sitting up and wincing.
"No, no make him lie down!" Garcia says running up to me. The tall deer lays me down and I see a worried look in his eyes when he sees the blood on my body.
"I'm ok, really, it's not my blood!" I say trying to calm down the situation.
"Not all of it," he says lifting up my shirt, everyone gasps when we see the large incision in my abdomen from where I was shot has been ripped half way open and I get woozy when I see dark red liquid slowly leak out and turn the white fur around it that same dark deep red. "We are going to a hospital, right now!" Garcia yells, "Hey Jack you think he broke your ribs right?" I nod a yes to his question, "Ok, I'm going to pick you up, this is going to hurt, a lot." Before I can react he picks me up under the knees and shoulder.
"AHHHHHHH!" I yelp and grit my teeth trying not to cry.
"I know buddy hold on, we're almost to the car." he says walking towards Chief Bogo's car. Every step he takes sends searing hot sikes of pains through my ribs and I pass out from the pain and shock of it all.
Nick's P.O.V
When Tommy comes in with Jack's cane
The New Year's party, home
I am talking with Delgado and Wolford when I see something out of the corner of my eye. Tom, Finnick's son is wandering around lost holding Jack's cane. I excuse myself over to Tom, once he sees me he lifts up the cane for me to grab. "Hey bud, why do you have Jack's cane?" I ask curious, an uneasy feeling settles in my chest. Tom points to the front door which is open. Through the open door, I see a black bag go flying across the yard followed by a fewming ram, sticking out of it is white paw covered in blood. Jack! What, how is he outside, who is that ram, I need my gun. I run over to the coatrack where I am keeping my sidearm, then I turn back to the door and see Jack facing the ram, his bloody paw curled into a fist. Then the ram looks behind him and Jack takes the opportunity to attack jumping up at the rams face with his claws unsheathed. Jack is to to slow though and the ram catches him out of mid air and slams into the ground, Jack yelps and rolls over weakly looking beaten. But the ram makes a mistake and straddles Jack, Jack takes what strength he has left to slam his good leg into the ram's nut sack. He will be feeling that for a year, I think. The ram falls off to the side and for a second I think Jack might have taken him out. But the ram regains his composer and makes his way over to Jack, Jack looks up at him and I see him realise he can't move to get out of the way. In slow motion I see the ram raise his hoof to end my son's life, at the same time I raise my gun witch I remember I have in my paw and aim it at the rams chest. I fire just before the ram delivers his blow, the bullet goes a little high and ends up blowing the ram's head clean off. The lifeless ram falls onto my son who lets out a muffled yelp and I run to his aid.
"Are you alright, where are you hurt!?" I ask frantically.
"Chest! Cant breath!" Jack weases out looking at me with pleading eyes begging me to help him.
"Wilde what the hell is going on!" the Chief yells from the house.
"Bogo, get Garcia over here right now!" I shout back, "And start your car right now, we need to get to the hospital!" Judy comes running out of the house and falls next to me crying. Jack has blood all over him but it's not his, he just said he can't breath and his chest looks deflated, he must have broken ribs!
"Ohh my god! Nick stop the bleeding!" Judy says mistaking the rams blood that Jack is covered in as his own. She presses down on his chest and he scream out in pain. I grab Judy's paws but she fights to put them back on Jack's chest.
"Judy, stop! It's not his blood, your hurting him, look, I shot the ram, it's the ram's blood!" I say pointing at the what's left of the dead ram laying next to to Jack.
"I'm fine mom" Jack assures her, "I just got the wind knocked out of me no big deal, I think I may have broken a few ribs, but nothing else."
"Ohhh ya that's just fine, just a few broken ribs, no big deal my ass!" I say angrily. God dammit, why does this kid always get hurt, it's like he has a death wish or something.
"What happened? Oh my god Jack. No no no!" SK screams running over to my side.
"It's ok I'm ok, for the most part. My chest hurts like hell though!" Jack says weakly sitting up and wincing in pain.
"No, no make him lie down!" Garcia says running up to us. The tall deer lays Jack down and I see a worried look in his eyes when he sees the blood on Jack's body.
"I'm ok, really, it's not my blood!" Jack says trying to calm down the situation.
"Not all of it," Garcia says lifting up Jack's shirt, everyone gasps when we see the large incision in his abdomen from where he was shot that has been ripped half way open and I get woozy when I see dark red liquid slowly leak out and turn the white fur around it that same dark deep red. "We are going to a hospital, right now!" Garcia yells, "Hey Jack you think he broke your ribs right?" he nods yes to Garcia's question, "Ok, I'm going to pick you up, this is going to hurt, a lot." Garcia picks Jack up as quickly and gently as he can and turns towards Bogo's car.
"AHHHHHHH!" Jack yelps and I cringe wishing Jack could pass out and not experience all the pain he is surely in.
"I know buddy hold on, we're almost to the car." Garcia says walking towards Chief Bogo's car. As if on cue, Jack passes out and his head lols to one side. Few at least now he wont experience any pain. Judy runs up next to me and we get in the car.
"I left SK in charge and promised we would call her once we get to the hospital." Judy informs me from the front seat as the Chief take off down the road. I am sitting in the back with Jack's head on my lap. Bogo's car is large enough that Garcia sit on the floor boards as he tries to stop the bleeding in the reopened wound. We make it to the hospital and I try to follow Jack as long as I can but I'm stopped outside the room by the doctor who saved Jack's life 2 times already.
"If You don't mind me asking Mr. Wilde," Dr. David Smith says to me while scrubbing clean to go in and operate for a 3rd time to save my sons life, "what the hell?! How the fuck does your son get into so much trouble!".
"Doctor, if I knew I would tell you." I reply coldly, wishing I know how and why Jack keeps getting into these situations.
"Well, If he survives this surgery, you and I are talking about keeping Jack safe." The doctor says walking into the O.R..
"Is he gonna be OK?!" Judy asks worried, "those jerks up front wouldn't let me through because I wasn't a fox!".
"I think he will be fine if he makes it through the surgery, he has severe internal bleeding that they need to stop." I say slowly. Judy starts to cry and I give her a hug wrapping my tail around her in love.
"Nick, what happened? I thought we finished off Bellwether's goons at the school." Judy breaks down in my arms. Alright, i've had enough shit, I'm done waiting for things to happen, it's time to go on the offensive!
"Judy, I'm going to go to the station to reopen Bellwether's case, we are going to stop these asswholes and put them in jail for life, tell SK that Jack will be fine, I'll be back in the morning!" I say giving Judy a kiss and walk out of the hospital towards the precinct one building. You better look out asswholes, because you pissed me off, and foxes hold grudges for life…
SK's P.O.V.
The hospital
6 am the next morning January 1st
He looks so pale and fragile, Judy told me they operated on him for 6 hours. His breathing mask sounds like Darth Vader from Star Wars, still, I get a pit in my stomach when I look at his chest and abdomen witch are wrapped in clean white bandages hiding nasty wounds and large incisions from the surgery. I become lost in the memories of our last life together, before we died. His heart rate monitor flickers a little and I look up to see him staring at me with cool green blue eyes unique only to him. "Jack, your awake!?" I ask surprised. He tries to speak but finds he can't through the breathing mask so he simply nods his head. "How do you feel" I ask pressing the nurse call button. He signs to me, 'tired, my chest hurts, I need water, how are you doing?', I forgot I taught him sign language, I can't believe he remembers after all this time. I smile and sign back to him 'much better since you are awake, we will get you water, the nurse is coming.', he nods slowly and smiles slightly. The nurse, Jessica a female deer, comes into the room and smiles.
"Hey there Jack, did you miss me so much you decided to come back, even with the awful food here?" Jessica says walking over to check Jack's monitoring machines. Jack smiles and nods, then makes a face and signs 'bad food' to me.
"He says he is happy to see you, but he needs some water and agrees that the food here is awful." I say to Jessica who tells us she will be back in a few minutes with water. 5 minutes later Judy walks into the room and drops her salad when Jack waves a hello to her.
"Jack! Don't scare me like that, when did you wake up?" Judy asks cleaning up the salad after gently giving Jack a hug. Jack shrugs and points at me.
"He just woke up, he says he is thirsty and sore but otherwise fine." I inform Judy.
"Can you talk Jack?" Judy asks wondering how I figured out how he was. Jack shakes his head no and points to the air mask, then he signs to me, 'sorry but looks like your my translatore until I get the mask off, tell Judy I say hi, ask how she is doing, also, where is Nick, he was here last night I think right'.
"Jack and I know sign language," I say, "he says hi, he asked how you are doing, he also asked where Nick is." I say with a warm smile directed at Jack.
"I'm much better now Jack, thanks for asking, and Nick is at the station working on a case." Judy says with a sad smile. Jack nods again and signs, 'what is the case about?'
"He asked What the case is about." I say to Judy.
"I'll tell you later, but right now you need rest so close your eyes and get some sleep." Judy replies back to Jack who rolls his eyes but is soon asleep.
"When we get out of this hospital, we are going to see my family in bunny burrow, we need to get away from this city for a while." Judy says softly to herself more then me. That's a good idea, we could all use some fresh air…
1 week later, Bunny Borrow
Jack's P.O.V.
The last morning in Bunny Burrow
Man I love this farm, I think to myself as I walk along a dirt road, to bad we have to go back, but starting school in 3 days will be fun, and SK will be there so at least I'll have one friend. Earlier, during breakfast this morning, I watched the news when they broadcasted my story. Nick opened the Bellwether case again and then some reporters found me in the hospital and interviewed me about how I was involved.
Flashback to watching the news earlier…
"Jack! It's on come in here." Nick calls me from the living room of the Hopps's house. I walk in and see the leopardess anchor staring at the camera with a warm smile.
"Hello and good morning zootopia!" She says enthusiastically, "This morning we've got a few stories but the most interesting one by far is the first one. If you will remember, 5 weeks ago, Zootopia High School was held hostage by X-mayor Bellwether's supporters. Thanks to the heroic work of the ZPD no one was killed. But did you know, there was another hero in the school that day. An Arctic fox and adopted son of zootopia's finest officers, Judy and Nick Wilde, Jack Wilde snuck into the school and fed critical info to the police about the situation." A picture of my drivers license photo appears on screen next to the news anchor, " Jack was shot twice completing his mission, he even saved his father's life by taking a bullet to the abdomen that was aimed at his father's heart. Jack had since recovered and was living in his new home with Judy, Nick, and another Arctic fox, more on her later. During a new years party Jack answered the door to a ram with a sack, the ram tried to kidnap Jack, however, Jack was able to fight back, even after the ram had broken 6 of his ribs. Jack kept fighting long enough for his dad, Officer Wilde to shoot the ram saving his son's life. It seems that Nick wilde and his son Jack Wilde take turns saving each other's lives. Jack was transported to Zootopia central hospital where we were able to interview him and his lady friend fox who goes by SK. That interview is on our website and we encourage you to watch it to see that even after all Jack has been through, he is still his usual happy self. Our next story, right after this quick break…" some commercials come on and Nick turns off the T.V. sighing and shaking his head.
"Jack, I know there was nothing you could do about this last one, but you need to be more careful." Nick says gravely.
"I know dad, I'll try ok, but if I see something wrong, I have to fix it, it's who I am." Nick nods a at my comment and ruffles the fur on my head between my ears.
End flashback
I hear an engine behind me and turn to see Judy on a four wheeler speeding towards me.
"Need a ride?" She asks happily pulling up next to me.
"Sure let's get back to the house so I can pack up and we can leave." We turn back towards the house and drive home…