Seanix walked in the apartment door, his face downcast. Even though his shift was over, he wanted to stay and see what Talon Smith had to say; such as who he was working for, how much he was hired for and where his boss probably worked.
David, who was eating some fruit, looked up. His brown eyes were full of confusion and fear.
"Seanix..? Is it true another animal got murdered today? And you where there?" He asked, his ears pricked forward.
"Yes. Was it on the News?" He asked, closing the door behind him.
" 'On the news' is an understatement." David said, turning the TV to the News. Seanix looked at it. There was a snow leopard and moose on the news, and on another channel there was the interview with Seanix. The News15 channel was showing an amateur video recorded by a bystander.
"Great." Seanix frowned. "Now I am going to be famous as 'The Bird Cop who shot a murderer with a taser'."
"That's so cool! You haven't even been in the police force for a week and you are already famous!"
"I don't even think it's that cool. I haven't even solved the case yet." Seanix fretted as he watched himself be interviewed on screen. Then he turned to David,
"Look. I want you to always be with someone else. That murderer is going after deer like you. He and some other wolf already killed a caribou, moose, white-tailed deer and a ram. Don't go out by yourself." Seanix said, looking his friend in the eye.
"Seanix, I'll be fine. I'm never alone at my job. And anyway, my job is inside so he will have to walk into the building to get at me. Don't worry." David smiled and began to get ready for bed.
Seanix sighed. {I'm only doing this for your safety. But I hope he is right..}
As Seanix walked up to greet Clawhauser the next morning, the cheetah looked at him.
"Chief Bogo wants to see you."
Seanix wasn't too shocked. He nodded and began advancing towards the buffalo's office. As he knocked on the door, he heard a gruff voice,
"Come in."
Seanix gently opened the door and stepped in, sweeping his tail feathers in before closing the door quietly behind him.
"Sit down." He said, looking up from a paper he was reading.
Seanix sat down in front of the cape buffalo. Chief Bogo sighed,
"You said something about seeing Talon Smith yesterday during the arrest. Tell me about that." The large cape buffalo stared down the white peacock.
"Well, it's nothing interesting. It started yesterday morning. I was leaving the apartment to come work, and when I got on the elevator, the raven joined me. He didn't say anything, other than when I offered a friendly greeting. He only muttered something in return. He was wearing a grey hoodie with ripped jeans. When I left the elevator, he turned to me and said 'You didn't see me'. Then he sprinted off before I could say anything else."
"Ok." Chief Bogo said, recording everything. Seanix nodded as Bogo continued, "We are going to ask the raven some more questions before we give him his trial."
Seanix nodded, "May I leave, Chief Bogo? I'm pretty sure I have parking duty.." He whispered the last sentence to himself.
"No. We are going to interrogate him now."
"Now?"
"Now."
Chief Bogo stood up and made his way towards the door. Seanix stood from the chair, following the buffalo to the holding cell.
"HE'S WHAT?!" Chief Bogo bellowed. Seanix gasped as he looked at the hole in the ceiling. The wolf guard explained that while they were switching out the guards that Talon must've escaped.
Seanix walked into the holding cell, staring in disbelief at the hole. How could he have escaped?!
Several of the dogs and wolves were sniffing around the cell, searching for anything that could've aided the raven in his escape.
"Featherworthy!" Chief Bogo called. Seanix looked back at him.
"Yes, Chief Bogo?"
"You can fly, right? You're a bird."
"Well, yes, kind of, bu-"
"Great. Go after him."
Seanix felt his stomach twist. He was supposed to go after that criminal!?
"W-What?! But, Chief, how am I..?!"
"Don't worry. I will send some of the sniffing dogs with you."
Seanix, instead of putting tickets on cars, was now trekking through Savanna Central, three smelling dogs and a brown bear at his side. The brown bear, Officer Kodiak, was supposed to be his partner, but Seanix was beginning to suspect he was there just to guard and babysit him.
The sun began to set as Seanix and his crew were investigating some feathers the sniffing dogs found in an alleyway when his phone buzzed in his pocket. Seanix excused himself and checked his phone. It was David.
"Dude! It's practically night time. Where are you?"
"Look, David," Seanix answered, "Our suspect for the murder escaped and we are investigating where he went. We are on his trail. But until we find him, stay away from the windows and always have someone with you, ok?"
"Wait, Se-" Seanix hung up right there. He felt a bit of shame rise in him as he stared at the screen. {It's for your own safety.} He thought as he rejoined the three sniffing dogs and Officer Kodiak.
Seanix used his tweezers to pick up the black feathers that were littered along the alleyway.
"I bet he was here." Seanix muttered, inspecting a large feather with his tweezers before putting some of them in an evidence bag.
Officer Kodiak looked at him, "I bet something happened here, causing his feathers to fall out. If a scuffle happened here, why isn't there any blood..?"
"It shouldn't hurt when a bird molts. When a feather falls out, it will just grow back. But if his feathers are cut or clipped, they can't grow back unless they fall out." Seanix stated.
As he said that, one of the sniffing dogs growled at a trash can. Seanix raced over, and looked in, pulling out a piece of paper.
"Zootopia Central Station." Seanix read the paper. One of the dogs spoke up,
"I smell that raven on it."
"I bet that is where our raven is heading." Seanix said. "I can investigate it tomorrow." Seanix nodded, blinking sleepily.
As Seanix drove back to the police station and parked the police car, he looked at and examined the paper advertising the train station. {I need to know where he could be heading.} He thought as he pulled up to the police station.
Seanix entered the Police station. Despite it being almost 10 pm outside, it was brightly lit inside. He looked at the reception area. Instead of Clawhauser, a lioness was manning the front desk. She had cleaned the front desk, and Clawhauser's donut box was scooted over to the side.
"Officer Featherworthy." She nodded to him.
"Hello. I just wanted to say that I am headed home. I will continue the Missing Raven investigation tomorrow morning."
"Consider it done." The lioness nodded to him and typed something into the computer. Seanix nodded,
"Thank you." Seanix turned and left the police station.
