Sorry for the late chapter, well late by a few hours. Had a giveaway with pokemon stuff. Lots of people to trade. Anyways, enjoy the chapter. Lots of pov parts in this, small parts but a lot of jumping around.


Ch. 7

3 months later

It had been 3 months since Nick opened his home to Vikki. He never really realized how much he enjoyed coming home to dinner made or almost ready and a clean apartment. Vikki was a real big help with just about everything in his life. Whenever he was sore she would give him a massage. Whenever he left the apartment a mess if he was looking for something she would clean it up. She cooked dinner every night he was working. If he ended up getting home late she would stay up and heat up the food for him while he relaxed. There were times he fell asleep on the couch and in the morning he would wake up in his bed beside Vikki. He had asked Vikki if she wanted to work anywhere and she had said she might apply at Hot Pawpic. Since she liked their merchandise so much she might as well work there. Maybe she could get some kind of employee discount. She had filled out an application and was waiting for a call for an interview. She was so excited when she got the call only to be disappointed when they never got back to her. Nick helped her though it by complimenting her and always being around to cheer her up. He would even give her massages every now and then. She really seemed to enjoy those.

They were still only talking and getting to know each other. He didn't want to rush things, especially since things were going so well right now. He figured they could wait a while longer, just to make sure that they were still on the same page, and well as much as he did like her he didn't know if she missed her home. Her real home, where she came from. He had tried to get her to go out and try to find her friends. Maybe they had some thought on the topic. But she refused every time he brought it up. To him it seemed as though she didn't want to speak to them after abandoning her. He also got the feeling that she didn't want to go home, she just wanted to be with him. Which warmed his heart. For he wanted to be with her. But waiting was the best thing for everyone.

At work, Judy didn't say a thing about her. She kind of just ignored the topic of her if she ever came up in a conversation. Nick didn't understand why Judy acted the way she did, but he was glad she dropped the subject of always reprimanding him about her.

It was when they got a call from the chief that he was snapped back to the now.

"Officer Hopps. Wilde. We got a called from the Rainforest District that some kind of creature has attacked a bystander. Get over there!"

"Roger that sir."

Judy said before taking off in that direction.

"Do you think whatever it is has gone savage?"

"I don't know, I hope not. I don't think I can go through another one of those cases."

Nick nodded and sat silently for the rest of the ride.

It only took a few minutes for them to arrive. What with the sirens on the car they were able to bypass traffic. Nick and Judy jumped out of the car and over to the ambulance where they were loading up an injured lion. Nick watched as Judy went over to the patient and started asking questions.

"Ma'am? Do you remember what happened?"

"There was this creature of pure black and red eyes. Its fur was flaming!"

"Flaming?"

"Like it was on fire. But when it attacked I didn't feel any burning."

"Interesting, did you see where it came from or where it went?"

"I don't know where it came from, I was helping my friend move when I heard a snarl and turned around to see that thing. I did see where it went though. It ran off it that direction."

She pointed to the direction of the Tundra district.

"Thank you ma'am."

Judy then went to others and asking if they saw anything.

Nick however was looking over the scene. There was scratch marks along the ground and trees. There was also blood, probably from the victim. The strange thing was there was no paw prints.

Nick heard Judy coming over,

"No one else saw anything. This is very strange."

"You're telling me, look at this. Claw marks but no paw prints."

Nick watched as Judy's face looked as confused as his did.

"It is now even stranger. We better call in and let Chief Bogo know about it."

"Good, idea."


Meanwhile Vikki was walking around town. In the Tundra district. She was looking at the stores when she felt something or someone watching her. She looked around to see no one there but the feeling wasn't going away. She decided to go into a shop, maybe whatever it was would leave her be.


Judy was driving to the Tundra district with Nick, they had just been to the crime scene and the victim told them the thing was heading to the Tundra district. They wasted no time in calling in and moving out. That thing, whatever it was, was still out there. And by the looks on the victim it was out to kill.


Nick was texting Vikki; he had put her on his plan so he could always get ahold of her when she went out. He was telling her to stay inside or away from the Tundra district. She wasn't responding to his texts and he got worried. He just kept thinking,

Please be okay. Please.


Vikki was inside a store and the feeling of being watched washed away. After a few minutes she left and started walking again. She felt her phone go off and looked at it.

Nick had sent her several messages warning her not to go into the Tundra district. That there might be a dangerous creature there. Not but a moment later Vikki heard a low growl. She turned to her right and looked down an ally way to see some kind of dark creature staring her down, it had red eyes and it was baring its teeth. She froze and slowly started texting Nick.


Nick saw her typing then it stopped. It didn't continue after several minutes.

"Uh Nick…"

"What?"

Nick looked over at Judy, she looked shocked and frightened.

"Is that…is that Vikki?"