Chapter 7: Mouse Napped!
Author's Note: I originally intended Miss Logan to be just a throwaway OC character for this story not unlike Harold Housecat in my last two stories. However, she is just so much fun to write that I absolutely love her and hope I can think of ways to keep her around for future stories. I designed her loosely from Howard's mother on the Big Bang Theory and those cartoon characters from the 90's that love being gross and smelly. Hence the "reverse compliment" idea.
I think her build would be a bit larger and bulkier than Nick. Much tougher too as you'll see in this chapter. She's mean, nasty, smelly and proud of it!
And for those unfamiliar with my other stories, I use "roach" as a term for "b #ch". In a world full of talking animals, being called a female canine would be an odd insult.
Jake the fox was pounding on the door, trying to scare the mouse pups on purpose. Definitely NOT one of the good foxes, Jake was a low life scumbag who would do whatever odd job paid well and Clara was paying him pretty dang well as of late. A criminal mouse having a fox for hired muscle did have it's advantages. He was a bit older than Nick and the fur on his head was starting to bald at the top so he let his fur in the back of his head grow into a mullet. His whiskers were thick and oily and drooped down resembling a mustache. He looked like a redneck fox. (Don't worry folks! This author will refrain from making a Jeff Foxworthy joke.)
Jake was in the right place at the right time when he bailed himself out jail at the ZPD. He was taking a dump in the men's bathroom when he heard Nick and Judy talking in the broom closet next door thanks to an air vent. The missing children, the secret knock. Everything. He relayed that information back to Clara and they set up a plan. She would go "missing" for a few days to take any suspicion off of her. This gave them time to stake out the apartment and hatch out a scheme.
"Little pups! Little pups! Let me in! HAAAHAHAHA!" Jake laughed. His job was to scare the kids so they'd run right into Clara and the plan worked perfectly with one exception.
Miss Logan was not part of the plan.
"HEY YOU! NICK AINT' HOME AND I WON'T BE SHOWING THE ROOM UNTIL TOMORROW SO GET OUTTA HERE!"
"SHUT UP ROACH" Jake yelled and he threw a punch so hard into Miss Logan's face, it would break the jaw of any normal fox.
Lucky for Miss Logan, she's not a fox. She's a wolverine and they don't come much tougher than her. The punch landed hard on her face, but she didn't flinch. She spit out some blood and two fangs and then smiled at Jake.
"OH! YOU LIKE TO FIGHT HUNH?! LET'S PLAY!"
Jake started to back away in fear of Miss Logan. "Oooh I instantly regret that!"
A half-hour later, Nick arrived at the apartment complex and rushed up the stairs.
"HEY WILDE! I GOT A PRESENT FOR YA!"
"NOT NOW!" Nick shouted. "KIDS! KIDS ARE YOU OKAY?!"
He rushed up the stairs and ran to the door. He was gonna burst it open, but was worried they'd be on the other side and get hurt.
TAP...TAP-TAP
He then opened the door and looked around completely panicked.
"KIDS?! KIDS?! WHERE ARE YOU?!"
He ran into the bedroom.
"CINDY! CHRIS! COME ON OUT! PLEASE!"
He then heard some crying.
"Owwwieee! Owiie! Baaahaaahaaah!"
Nick looked in the mouse hole. "Chris! Oh thank God! Chris are you okay?!"
"My shoulder hurts! Owwwie!"
Nick put his hand by the hole. "Can you crawl over here? I'll pick you up."
"I-I'm coming." He did his best to crawl forward, but the pain in his shoulder made it slow going.
"OW! Aunt Clara shot me! You were right about her!"
Nick was terrified. "Oh God! Oh God! Are you bleeding?"
"A little." Chris said as he got to the entrance. "She took Cindy! She's gonna make her sign over the company and then kill her!"
Nick knew panicking wasn't gonna help Chris or Cindy. "Never let them see it get to you." He'd say, but this situation was getting to him. He had to calm down for their sake.
He picked up Chris and quickly looked him over. There was something resembling a sesame seed lodged in his shoulder. He guessed it was whatever they used as a bullet. He had no time. He had to get it out now.
He set Chris down on the bathroom sink and looked around for tweezers and gauze.
"Leave me! Go get Cindy!" Chris shouted.
"Don't be dumb! I'm not leaving you to die. Such a drama queen." He then found the tweezers, rubbing alcohol and gauze.
Nick warned Chris "I'm gonna pull the bullet out. This is gonna hurt, okay?"
"I don't care! Just hurry!"
Nick couldn't help but get a sense of pride. He chuckled. "You really are rough, tough and all that stuff!"
He held down Chris with two fingers and slowly pulled out the bullet with the tweezers. Chris gritted his teeth, but didn't cry. His focus was solely on his sister. Thankfully the mouse bullet, a bronzed sesame seed, didn't penetrate too far as it hit a thick part of his shoulder. The bleeding was minimal.
"Okay, now this is REALLY gonna hurt." Nick warned as he dripped a drop of rubbing alcohol off a Q-Tip onto Chris' shoulder.
"Why? It's just alcohOOOOWWW!"
"Warned ya."
Nick then wrapped a tiny bit of gauze around Chris' shoulder. The blood absorbed into the guaze, but not too bad.
Nick checked to make sure he was okay now. "You okay? Can you move your shoulder?"
Chris sat up and rotated his shoulder."It hurts, but...it's okay!"
Nick was extremely relieved. "Great! Let's go rescue your sister! We'll get you seen to later." He grabbed Chris and put him on his shoulder. "Hold tight!" Chris grabbed on tight to his fur and they bolted out the door.
As he was running down the stairs, Miss Logan yelled for him again.
"HEY WILDE!"
"NOT NOW!"
"LISTEN STUPID! I FOUND THIS A-HOLE BANGIN' ON YOUR DOOR! HE PUNCHED ME SO I BEAT DA CRAP OUTTA HIM AND TIED HIM UP FOR YA!"
She then held up Jake who was beaten, bruised and had a black eye.
"Miss Logan! You horrible, foul-smelling woman! I love you!" Nick shouted with glee. Nick grabbed Jake's muzzle with his paw and buried his claws deep into his face.
"WHERE IS SHE?! WHERE'S CINDY?!"
Jake laughed. "You can't touch me cop! Or I'll report police brutality!"
Nick got a huge, nasty grin on his face. "I noticed Miss Logan tied your hands pretty good. You see... I'm not going to do a thing to you. SHE'S not going to do a thing to you..."
Nick then looked over his shoulder at his soon-to-be mouse son. "Chris?...Finger."
Mere seconds later...
"AAAAHHH! I'LL TALK! I'LL TALK! HE'S HITTING BONE!" Jake screamed as Chris was biting down hard into his finger with the incisors of his teeth.
"Let go Chris...You? TALK!"
"They took her to Little Rodentia!" Jake gasped. "Clara's gonna pick up the papers from the Mousey's office while the rats take the little girl to their hideout. They'll kill her after she signs!"
"Where's the hideout?!" Nick growled.
"On the east part of town beneath a condemned apartment building!"
Jake started to laugh. "You can't get in! Your too big and I doubt you'll bring this little brat into harm's way!"
"I've got another way you bastard!" Nick growled. He then looked over at Miss Logan. "Logan? I can't thank you enough. Let's go Chris! We have no time!"
Nick then ran off with Chris on his shoulder.
"YOU WANNA MAKE IT UP TO ME?! MAKE ME ANOTHER ONE OF 'DEM COFFEES! I LOVED IT!"
A Taxi or bus would have taken too long. Nick ran as fast as possible on all fours. Chris was barely holding on.
"That guy tasted terrible!" Chris said. "Where are we going?! Little Rodentia's THAT way!"
"We're going to see the only person who can help us. A certain little meter maid."
"Judy?"
"No. Not Carrots."
Meanwhile..
"I was only gone for three minutes!" Shouted an angry mouse.
"Too bad! Said officer Brie. You should always put money in the meter even if you're only gonna be gone a short time."
The mouse gave up. "Well, at least you're not that bunny. She put one-a those large tickets on my car and it blew away!"
Just then, the ground shook beneath them and thunderous footsteps came closer.
"Officer Brie! I need your help!" Shouted Nick who had just arrived.
"Oh hey! Nick! Glad to see you! I wanna thank you for what you said to Chief Bogo. Thanks to you, I'll be patrolling the streets of Little Rodentia in two weeks!"
"That's great Brie!" Nick replied. "But Little Rodentia needs you right now!"
"What?!"
"My sister's been kidnapped!" Chris shouted.
"B-But I have no jurisdiction there yet!" Brie argued. "I had to go through a ton of paperwork just to check on your aunt!"
"The aunt is the kidnapper." Nick replied. "Look, you're not the hero Little Rodentia deserves, but your the one it needs!"
"Why wouldn't they deserve a hero?" Chris asked. "What'd they do?"
"Well...nothing it's just...it's a parody thing, okay?! Look Brie, we need you to step up to the plate! Now, are you a man or a mou-errr...bad analogy. It's just...there's...there's a little girl who needs your help desperately. MY little girl and I'm begging you to be the hero we need!"
"You had me at 'hero' Nick. It's MY time to shine!" Brie ran towards Nick and threw off her meter maid outfit in a scene not unlike the way Judy did when she chased after Duke Weaselton. She jumped up to the other side of Nick's shoulders.
"Now let's roll!" Brie shouted and Nick took off running towards Little Rodentia.
Meanwhile, Miss Logan was busy babysitting Jake who was sitting on the ground. Logan wasn't paying attention and Jake was slowly getting the ropes loose.
"THE COPS WILL BE HERE SOON, JERK-STORE!"
Just then, a taxi stopped in front of them. Jake saw his one chance. He flipped his head back and smashed Miss Logan's nose. He then quickly hopped his tied feet over to the cab and jumped in.
"GET BACK HERE YA BASTARD!" Screamed Logan as she ran towards the cab.
"Drive! Drive!" Screamed Jake.
"Sure thing buddy! Where to?"
"Little Rodentia and step on it!"
"You got it!" and the driver sped off. Miss Logan was on the sidewalk cursing up a storm.
The ewe driver looked over at Jake. "Say buddy, I'm not one to ask questions but uhhh..I see yer all tied up at the moment!"
Jake was busy loosening the ropes and untying himself. "Mind yer own business! Don't worry I got money to pay ya!"
"Well dont'cha worry pal! I won't judge ya! Because I'm Drue, the unbiased taxi ewe! Prey or pred, I'll pick up anyone because everyone deserves a chance! I never turn anyone down!"
"How often do you get robbed?" Jake asked.
"Four to five times daily."
Nick and company arrived at Little Rodentia. Nick was running on the outside of the city and looking for the east entrance.
"East! East! Where is the east entrance?!" Nick asked frantically.
"Right there!" Brie pointed out. "..and keep your head down below the wall! They can see you outside! You're like a giant y'know?"
"Sorry." Nick crawled his way over to the east entrance and set Brie down. "This is it Brie! It's all on you! PLEASE be careful!"
"Yea Brie!" Chris added. "Cindy's the only family I have left!"
"Great!" Brie replied. "No pressure at all! I'll get her, but if I don't come back, tell my wife I love her!" She then ran into the city.
Nick and Chris had a moment to sit and relax.
"I'll take you to the hospital to make sure you're okay once this is over."
"Okay da- I mean, Nick."
Nick chuckled. "I liked the first one." He then looked over and saw Jake leaving a cab and running right towards them. His jaw dropped.
"WILDE! I'M GONNA KILL YA!"
"Oh no! Chris! Run inside and tell them to evacuate the city! I have a bad feeling this fight is gonna go where I don't want it to!"
Chris listened and ran inside as fast as he could. Nick ran head long into Jake. Ears down and teeth bared. He snarled as he leaped towards Jake.
"You wanna fight, fang-face?! You got it!"
Next Chapter: FoxZilla vs. Jake Kong