Judy and Nick looked down at the blank sheet soon to be the plan that frees them or sets them up for life. After Brainstorming for an hour, a plan was starting to emerge between the two survivors, starting with the end in mind would be best.
"Where will we go after we get out of here?" Nick asked as he paced the floors. "He knows where New-Topia is, he'll just come right back to us."
"I was thinking of escaping to the bunny burrows countryside, my family lives down there and they might be more than willing to help me and my friends, there's less city, and Jack won't find us in the thick forests of the country side." Judy said writing the Idea down.
Nick did like the idea of a countryside, the Isolation, and bountiful amount of land would prove useful to their survival. But as always there was doubts and concerns lingering in the back of Nick's mind.
"Alright, sounds good but will a colony of Bunnies take kindly to predators like me?" Nick asked. "And how do we know it doesn't have just as many Undead as Zootopia, rabbits do have tons of offspring that could turn do they not?"
"Don't worry about stereotype prejudice We have Guns, a Pulse and supplies, in these times you'll be their best friends." Judy answered. "Plus my family is full of gun nuts and farmers, they had to have figured out some way to survive this better than we did."
Nick finally agreed to the idea as their end-game, not like he had a better idea They then went to work deciding their next move.
"Ok First we need to get into their supply Cache, I've seen it while I was at the front gate it's unlocked by a key." Nick said. "A Badger guard has the key and rations out food for the day, if we get his key we can get the supplies we need."
"Hey You know how to pick pockets right?" Judy asked as an idea formed in her head.
"Why, cause I'm a Fox, you assume I can just pick pockets?" Nick asked taking slight offence to Judy's question.
"Well, can you?" Judy asked.
"Yes." Nick said defeated. "But not cause i'm just a Sly fox."
"Ok I get it sorry, I was just thinking we draw the guard to us and when he's not looking you snatch the key." Judy said.
"Why not just jump him?" Nick said pounding his fist in the palm of his paw "It'd be quicker and way more fun."
"No we can't draw that attention to ourselves, they'll eventually know he's disappeared he is the rations guy after all." Judy shut Nicks plan down.
Just as Nick was about to suggest another idea, he was interrupted by the squeaky sound of the gates behind him opening.
There were footsteps quickly approaching them. Nick, fearing the worst case scenario that Savage was behind him, panicked, without even a second to think he went with the first thought to cross his mind. Nick took the plan and shoved it into Judy's shirt to quickly hide it. Shocked, Judy smacked Nick hard across the face as her face turned red.
"Did I come at a bad time?" A females voice said as the gate slammed shut.
Turning to the source of the voice, they saw only the White Vixen Skye, standing there awkwardly. "I'll leave you two be if you need some time, no judgements here."
At this point even Nicks face was turning Red, (Well, more red technically.) "N-no this isn't- I thought you were Jack and we..." Nick stumbled over his words embarrassed.
"Ok." Skye drew out the word, cutting off Nick. "Anyway Listen, I considered your offer to escape with you and I came to tell you I'm in just tell me when we start."
"Alright if you're serious you're in but I swear double cross us or rat us out to Jack and you'll regret it." Nick said in a serious tone, trying to suppress his previously embarrassed tone.
"Trust me I've been here longer than I've wanted to I won't blow another chance to escape I'll come back tomorrow morning to help with your plan til then Jack will be back soon and you don't want to be caught up past dark they're strict on that here." Skye said taking her leave and closing the heavy gates behind her.
After Skye left, Judy and Nick looked at each other in awkward silence with Judy looking at Nick with a less than pleased face. Nick decided to speak up and break the silence.
"Hey listen, about earlier I'm really sorry I just thought-" Nicks apology was cut off by Judy putting her finger over his lip.
"No,we will never speak of this again." Judy said shushing Nick and pulling the plan out of her shirt and shoving it in Nicks paws.
Nick sighed and pocketed the plan as he and Judy fell back into the small mattresses on the ground, Judy slept far from nick facing away from him. it was still as uncomfortable but they both had gotten used to uncomfortable sleeping arrangement.
Elsewhere.
Jack and his scavenging team had just returned from their mission The supplies Cecilia had claimed were gone were actually stored away in New-Topia, Mostly untouched. Jack also took some other New-Topian supplies with him, not like they would need it after what Jack did to them while scavenging. They pulled the faction trucks into the camp and started unloading their cargo.
As soldiers carried in supplies, Jack walked up to the door leading into the room Celia was being kept hostage in, he turned the metal knob and opened the door letting a beam of light into the dark room. Celia was sound asleep still strapped to the torture chair.
"WAKE UP!" Jack yelled which made Celia nearly jump out of her skin getting a small laugh out of Jack.
"You have no idea how funny that is to do." Jack laughed "How'd you sleep by the way?" Jack asked mockingly.
"Strapped to a chair you son of a bitch!" Celia snapped.
"Yep, that's usually the answer I always get nowadays" Jack leaned up against his desk "We found those supplies in that settlement, the ones you claimed had vanished, You told half the truth though when you admitted they were there though, So tell you what, do me a small favor and I'll set you free." Jack said.
Cecilia was almost too scared to ask what favor Jack had in mind, but she still heard "What favor?" Slip out of her mouth.
"If you give me a small kiss I will let you out and back to your friends." Jack offered.
"You can't be serious." Celia said nervously. she saw Jack had a serious face that he wasn't Joking. "Fine." Celia said with a sigh not like she had a choice, she was strapped in a chair after all and as much as she didn't want to do this, freedom did seem like an acceptable trade.
Jack gently took hold of her face and his lips locked with Celia's for a split second before a knock at the door quickly interrupted the moment, Celia looked up and thanked God for this miracle from above.
Jack turned to see Skye standing there in the door innocently. "For Fox sake how many times am I gonna walk in on people tonight." Skye thought to herself.
"Oh, hello Skye is something wrong?" Jack asked trying to act Normal or at least his definition of normal.
"The boys downstairs need your help a Zombie somehow got through one of our defenses." Skye said to get jack out of the room.
"I thought I told those morons to check the defenses before we left." Jack said before he ran to aid his faction, as soon as he left Skye walked over and undid the cloth straps keeping Cecelia hostage, as soon as they were undone Celia quickly thanked Skye.
"Listen, don't ask questions just run back down to Nick and Judy back in the gated area I'll take the heat, just go." Skye said urging Celia to run.
Cecelia obeyed and ran all the way through the camp, making sure not to run into any guards or god forbid Jack. After running through the huge stadium Celia finally reached the Gated area, she quickly swung the gates open and slammed them, which of course woke both Nick and Judy from their shallow rests.
"Celia?" Nick said getting up to greet her, with Judy following close.
After everything she went through with Jack, Celia was so glad to see a friendly face. She reached out her arms, wrapped them around Nick and hugged him, she never was one for showing emotions in this way but she was just so grateful to be able to see the only people she could trust these days.
Nick was taken back by this, but accepted the hug. "It's good to see you too, Celia." Nick said breaking the hug.
"Not gonna lie, I thought you wouldn't come back for a while." Judy said.
"No such luck I guess." Celia bantered.
"What happened, where were you?" Nick asked concerned.
"That asshole Jack strapped me to a damn chair and started hitting me, then he made me Kiss him just so I could leave." Celia explained.
Nick and Judy were surprised by this, Celia had said Jack was a psyco, but Nick always thought it was an exaggeration. "Don't worry Celia, we have a plan, and come tomorrow we're putting it in action."
"But for right now the best thing for us is rest." Judy said "Come on we have a long day ahead tomorrow."
"Sounds good to me, beats sleeping in a chair." Celia said taking a spot on the nearest bed. she closed her eyes and quickly zoned off to sleep, Her only release of this dark world, something which she savored every second.
