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Ghoul (Guest): It seems that every time Judy and Nick get closer together something always makes it more difficult for them. It's all up to Nick to try and find a way out of the situation for him and Judy and that is if she chooses to follow his lead anymore. Well Nick and Judy are now even on helping each other out in bad situations and will the dynamic change between the two? Well that would be telling.
Toons Girl: If Nick does tell the chief and ends up in jail then surely he is safe from Mr. Big in there, and I have a small feeling that Mr. Big isn't the one he needs saving from anymore.
Zootopia Stereotypes
Chapter 7: Friendship Short Lived
Breathing heavily from the shock of the truth being revealed to her. At first she didn't believe it but the more Judy looked at the picture, the letter and the drawings, the more it made sense.
The fox carrying a limp dead bunny over it's shoulder was representing Nick and the most obvious feature being the bunny over his shoulder, representing Darren. The red on the unoccupied paw showing the blood from Darren.
With each breath Judy took the overwhelming sent of Nick entered her nose. Fear of what might possibly happen around the fox caused Judy's nose to twitch more and more.
There was one question in Judy's head at the time that she struggled to find the definate answer to "why is he here?"
There was multiple possible answers she had ranging from the completely possible "trying to cover up his tracks" to the unreasonable but still possible "he wants to kill the entire Jummps family". As she thought this Judy quickly jumped up and looked out the window towards the house. It looked reasonable calm and she couldn't hear any screaming or shouting and neither could she see anyone running out the house.
Taking a sigh of relief and sitting back down against the driver side door Judy spoke out loud to herself, not seeing any reason to stay quiet "at least they are all safe" "for now" her brain quickly added to the end of her sentence. If it was just a couple hours earlier, Judy would have corrected her mind and say that she was being speciest and Nick was better than that.
But now that she has figured out that Nick was the killer, Judy knew that the thought had a good reason behind it other than some stereotype that was placed upon him just because he was a fox. Her thought behind being reluctant around him were completely justified and rational.
The more she thought about Nick, the more scared and fearful she came of him. Someone she was comfortable around and trusted enough to tell her dream job to, was a criminal in a police uniform. A wolf in sheep's clothing.
Thinking back to all the things they did together in the short period of time that she considered Nick a friend, Judy was both annoyed and confused. Annoyed because she could of easily avoided this whole situation if she just let her father kill the fox instead of getting in the way. Annoyed because she called for an ambulance to help a criminal.
But then she grew confused. Why did he justify her actions against the hare a few hours ago? Why did he give her time to tell her side of the story when she was clearly struggling?
With thoughts flying through her head at a hundred miles per hour and wanting to do what she could no longer do and make the world a better place, Judy quickly pulled out her phone and went straight to her camera. Quickly taking pictures of the letter, Darren and the drawings and just as quickly pocketing her phone when she considered herself done.
Leaning back against the door, Judy looked out the opposite door's window and noticed the sun slowly setting along the horizon. Slowly without the doe realising, sleep started to overtake her and caused her eyelids to shut heavily.
"Seriously, how can they look after so many kits?" Nick questioned as he exited the Jummp's residence "I would barely be able to hardly one or two let alone four hundred"
The questioning was anything but eventful. All he did was ask the same questions to every bunny who was home at the time and the majority of the time he got the same answers or anything similar to what was already told.
Slowly trudging towards his cruiser-turned-bed-turned-temporary-house he held the stack of paper that could easily reach the height of Finnick, he was blinded by the sun rising in the distance. Balancing the papers in one of his paws he used his free one to reach for his pocket where he usually kept his sunglasses. Only to come up empty handed. Putting the papers in his other paw he checked his other pocket only to come up empty handed again.
Holding his spare paw up to cover his sensitive eyes he continued the rest of the short walk to his cruiser.
When he reached his cruiser he put the stack of papers on the hood of his car and leaned against the door, letting his head hit it with a dull thud. Closing his eyes as he reflected over the waste of time that just occurred throughout the entirety of the night. Nick was thankful for naturally being nocturnal so that he wasn't anymore tired during the whole event than he already was.
"Who knew police work could be so boring" he said as he took a step back and turned around to face the door. Reaching out with his right paw for the door handle he grabbed it and pulled. He wasn't expecting anything out of the ordinary to happen so he was surprised when the door was opened enough Judy came falling out with her paws held out trying to grab something until she hit the floor with a thud.
"How could I forget about her?" Nick internally questioned himself as he looked down at Judy. Slowly falling down onto his knees and leaning forward so he could look at her more clearly "You alright there Carrots?" He asked with a little bit of concern in his voice
Slowly opening her eyes after she closed them upon impact Judy found herself staring straight into the emerald gaze of a concerned looking Nick. "Yeah...Yeah i'm fine" Judy said as she slowly pushed herself up and back onto her feet with assistance from the fox.
Once Judy was back on her feet she turned to face Nick and gave him a thankful smile. Nick smiled back and gestured with his paw back towards the cruiser "Ladies first"
Blushing lightly, Judy walked the short distance back to the cruiser and climbed in. When she was standing on the drivers seat, her eyes were laid upon the letter that she looked at before she had fallen asleep. Then she remembered all about the previous night and her discovery. Quickly picking everything up and pocketing it all before the fox could see it. Nose twitching from the dominant smell of fox, Judy walked over to the passenger seat and sat down as close to the door as possible.
Noticing her sudden change in behaviour, Nick was naturally curious about why she had suddenly changed but decided to let it be. Climbing into the cruiser himself and closing the door he noticed how far away Judy was sitting. Tilting his head to the side slightly as he looked at Judy who seemed to be deep in thought and staring at nothing in particular.
Deciding to try and start a conversation Nick put the keys in the ignition and turned them so that the engine roared to life and turned to face Judy "Next stop, Hopps household" When Judy slowly shook her head and looked at Nick,the little bit of joy he had left in him died at the fearful look on her face "What has happened to her? It's not like she's figured out who the murderer is from the phone call" Nick thought to himself but was still feeling slightly nervous "Don't worry, she's just a dumb bunny, she couldn't figure it out if I held a sign saying I did it" he thought added trying to build up a little bit of confidence "Judy, your parents are probably worried sick, you just left with someone they tried to kill without so much as a note, message or phone call"
He didn't get much for an answer, there was no audio confirmation but just a subtle head nod that was barely noticeable.
The cruiser was filled with nothing but an awkward silence. Nick's eyes were focused on the road and where he was going while Judy's were just staring blankly out of the windshield. Nick was stuck thinking about the possibility of Judy knowing the truth while Judy was stuck thinking about the truth.
When they had arrived at Judy's home, Nick finally decided to speak up and break the silence between the two as his curiosity got the better of him "Ok Fluff what's wrong with you?"
Judy looked at him, the fear on her face turning a little to hate "What!? nothings wrong with me, what's wrong with you?" she questioned bravely as she stood up on her seat and reached for the door to get out but found that it was still locked "Unlock the door Nick" she said bluntly.
Nick made no move to unlock the door and was slightly taken aback by the way she had talked to him. Knowing he wasn't going to unlock the door until he was finished with the conversation, Judy turned to face him with her back against the door
"Carrots, why are you acting like this?" Nick asked as he redeposited himself as well so he could face Judy at a comfortable angle
Taking a deep breath before she started talking, Judy stared Nick right into his eyes "acting like what Nick? I'm preety sure this is a reasonable way to at when you find out one of your friends is dead"
"But Carr- Judy You haven-" He had more to say and had questions to ask but was cut off by Judy
"Don't you dare start because I'm not finished" she said with he voice rising in volume "My friend dies and his last words aren't anything meaningful towards me, no they are just something that you would say during a normal conversation,it wasn't anything like 'Goodbye Judy, It was nice knowing you' or 'I love you' or anything that holds any meaning behind it"
"But then when I go and call about his disappearance slash murder slash whatever the hell this investigation is called instead of sending a trained, experienced officer who knows how to handle these situations, no they send a rookie and not just any rookie but a fox. An untrustworthy, sly, sneak and conniving fox that has probably stolen something from both my house and the Jummps house and probably isn't even investigating properly for any evidence or anything. A fox that more than likely didn't listen to anymore that three or five of them bunnies before he got bored and started drawing on them piece of paper. A fox that had to be saved so he could continue playing pretend investigation by a civilian when he was almost killed by a concerned parent" she said as she studied the hurt look in the foxes eyes. Walking so she could grab the keys Judy grabbed them and used them to remotely unlock the door before she walked back to her door and opened it before turning back to face Nick "and you know what? you would be better off dead anyway"
Judy jumped out of the cruiser and slammed the door shut with more force than was necessary and stormed her way towards her house. A tear slowly creeping down her face as she could feel the foxes gaze on her as she walked into her home. Opening the door and slamming it shut again with more force than necessary, Judy didn't even chance a look back at Nick. Neither did she pay attention to her parents and siblings as their cries and questions as they fell on deaf ears as she hurried towards her room.
When she got there she closed the door and put her desk chair in the way so no one would be able to enter unless she moved it. Not even bothering to turn the light on Judy just flopped onto her bed and let the plushies fall onto the floor and land on her back and ears. Her ears twitched slightly when she heard muffling and the sound of pawsteps outside. Slowly rising from bed towards her window, she saw her father wielding a pitchfork as he made his way towards the stationary cruiser. Said cruiser suddenly started and drove off quickly leaving a puff of smoke and dirt in it's wake.
Rolling her eyes at her father and the cowardice fox, Judy turned back to her bed, picking up the plushies that fell before she jumped back on it and stared at the wall. Finally feeling safe, Judy let go of the control she had over her emotions and openly wept thinking about the fox that she grew to trust and grow feeling for.
AN:
I know it's a bit shorter than usually (Actually, it's the shortest chapter so far) but I felt like this shouldn't really be a hectic chapter and should instead focus on how Judy feels rather than trying to have more scenes filled with activity.
