Note: Sorry everyone for ending on a cliffhanger and then taking a bit long to update. Just to let you know I've decided to write the Russian in the normal letters (Well normal to me anyway) so that you could try to pronounce them if you want. Keep in mind I used google translator to do this so if you do speak Russian and what is said there makes no sense then you may blame google.


A random (and different) alley-way with a familiar white van

Andy Koslov ended the call and threw the phone into the snow a few feet away. He looked back at the van where a wombat stepped out of.

"Sistemy byli unichtozheny, ser (Systems have been wiped, sir)." The wombat informed him.

"Khorosho. Sadites' v mashinu i sdelat' dlya bezopasnogo doma (Good. Get in the car and make for the safe house)." Andy ordered. He smiled, straightened his jacket and slightly lifted his fedora. "Your next, Nick. You and your little bunny friend." He said to himself.

Another wolf then approached him. "My gotovy , chtoby poluchit' dva drugikh (We are ready to get the other two)."

"Prodolzhit' i prinyat' etot furgon na svalke (Proceed and take this van to the junkyard)." He commanded the wolf and started to walk to the black SUV.

He got into the left back seat and closed the door with a thud. In the drivers seat was another wolf and across him was the wombat. Next to Andy sat Christoper with muzzle on and a thick rope tide around his wrists. He also had a blindfold on him to make sure he didn't see anything.

"Don't worry Christoper my friend. This wont go on for too much longer. Soon you'll meet your friends again and we can take care of this situation." Andy told him and motioned the driver to start the car and go.


Back at the apartment

Nick was busy packing away his stuff in his bag as fast as he could. When he was finished he picked it up and went to the kitchen. Judy stood there with her arms crossed and with a worried look on her face.

She looked at Nick when he came to her. "Nick, we can't just leave. They'll kill Chris."

"Waiting here for them to come and take us wont help either. Andy made it perfectly clear that he simply wants us dead." Nick said, frustrated with everything.

"Nick, calm down." Judy tried.

"I can't calm down Judy." Nick's voice cracked a bit. It was all getting to him. "I-I helped this monster to commit a crime! Now his seen my face and knows we've come for him. Which caused him to come after us." Nick said grabbing his head and closing his eyes shut.

Judy tried her best to stay strong for Nick's sake. Her partner was hurting and needed her. She slowly approached him and placed her paw on his chest. "Nick, we're going to get through this. You, me and Chris are going to make it out alive."

Nick took controlled breaths to help ease his nerves. "I know, I know."

"And remember Nick." She stared into his eyes. "No matter what happens I'll be by your side." She reassured him

Nick nodded. "Thank you Carrots."

The rooms telephone started to ring and the two mammals looked at each other. Nick gulped and walked over to the phone. He took one look at Judy then picked up the phone. "Mr. Trueman speaking. How can I help you?"

"Uh... Mr. Trueman. There are some men here to see you." Said the receptionist. "They say their boss arranged a pick up for you to take part in a meeting."

There was a moment of silence while Nick tried to formulate a response. "What's your name?" Nick asked her.

"Candice." She answered with a confused tone in her voice.

"Candice, tell them to come and get us at the apartment. I'm just taking care of a few things before I can go. When they come up I want you to leave." Nick instructed her.

"Excuse me sir?"

"Don't ask questions. Please just leave out the back door if you can. Trust me." Nick knew that she was likely to be the first 'casualty' should this go wrong. He needed her to get out while she still could.

"Okay sir. I'll do that."

Nick heard the phone on the other end being placed back where it belongs. He did the same with the phone in his paw and looked over at his worried partner. "Their here."

Judy felt her body tense up and her paws shaped into fists. Her adrenaline was raising and it was now time to choose between fight or flight.

Nick pulled out a taser gun from his jackets pocket. "I'll hold 'em back as long as I can. You make a break for it."

"Nick I'm not leaving you." Judy said sternly.

"No, your simply gonna remain out of sight. If I get caught follow us back to wherever they take me and send in the cavalry." Nick said and leaned against the wall next to the door.

"Nick, I-" Judy tried.

"Go!" Nick yelled at her.

She ran for the fire exit and started making her way down as fast as she could. Meanwhile Nick waited by the door. He heard foot steps approach and then a knock on the door. Nick remained quiet and heard them say something in a language that definitely wasn't English.

In the next moment the door was kicked open by one of the wolfs. The wolf struggled a bit to get in due to the his size compared to that of the living space. This apartment wasn't meant for animals his size.

Nick took the shot and tasered the unsuspecting wolf. He felt the electricity run through his leg, where he was shot, to the rest of his body. He groaned in pain and fell back. Nick was ready to take the next shot.

"We have the girl fox. You wouldn't want her white fur to be all covered in red." Said another wolf.

Nick knew then that they took Candice prisoner. There was nothing he could do without putting her in harms way. Even though not doing anything would do the same. He dropped his gun and stepped out with his paws in the air.

"That's better." Said the wolf holding Candice.

"Dumb fuck shot me in the leg. You'll pay for that." Said the first wolf as he slowly got back up.

Nick looked at Candice. She was held in the air by the second wolf, terrified by the situation. Judy was now his last hope. Their last hope.


Unknown location somewhere in a basement

Christoper hung by his arms by pawcuffs attached to a chain. His feet were only a few inches from the floor, but he was high enough to feel the fool effect of the strain on his arms, shoulders and wrists.

"Comfortable?" Andy asked sarcastically.

"No! I feel like my arms want to fall off." Chris retorted.

Andy chuckled and stepped closer. "Keep in mind that we have haven't actually tortured you. luckily for you there's no information we want about your mission that your computers hasn't already provided."

"So how are you gonna do it? Do I have to dig my own grave or something?" Chris asked, keeping his eyes on the wolf.

"Not a bad idea, but no. Your deaths will be quick and painless. Provided you don't try anything. What we do with your bodies afterwards is hardly any concern to you." He told Chris, eyeing the chain he hung from.

"Painless you say. Not to call you a liar, but my arms are telling me a different story." Chris said and grunted at the feeling from hanging like that.

Andy walked over to a table that had a few tools, knives and other strange equipment on it. Along with that was a bottle of vodka. he picked it up and poured some of the liquid in a small glass. After placing the bottle back down he picked up the glass and walked back to Chris.

"Drink." He told the jackal.

Chris eyed the vodka. "Would have preferred some strong scotch as a last drink, but I ain't a picky prisoner."

Andy chuckled again and helped Chris drink it. Chris exhaled strongly after taking the drink. "Yeah, that will do. You treat all your body bag stuffing like this?"

"Only the ones I like." Andy said and made for the door. "I may just kill you in first to save you from watching your friends die."

"Oh yes, die first that way when someone comes to save us last minute I'll be to dead to be happy and cheerful about it." Chris said with anger mixed into his voice.

Andy smiled and exited the room. Leaving Chris alone, still hanging from his arms.

"Insignificant canine." He muttered.

He looked over to the table and noticed that some of the equipment still had some dry blood on it. It made him feel sick to his stomach. "Not to worry. Nick and Judy are probably on there way right now to save me."


Outside the apartment building

Judy stood close to the fire exit hiding behind a dumpster. She breathed heavily, trying to get here oxygen intake under control again. Thanks to her rabbit ears she heard Nick tasering one of them, but then she got to far from them to really make out what happened next.

She peaked around the dumpster and saw the hood of a black SUV. "Must be their ride." She thought to herself.

After a moment of waiting she heard the sound of doors opening and then closing. The SUV roared to life and started moving forward. When it had moved away from the building Judy quickly ran to where it was. With her phone she snapped a picture of it's license plate before it got too far away. She knew she couldn't follow it without alerting them and there also weren't any available vehicles near her.

She'd had to use a few tricks Nick taught her to figure out where the SUV went to. She was going to save her dumb fox and bring down Andy Koslov at the same time. Last time she was this determined was when she placed her career on the line to solve a dead end case and prove herself to everyone.

Nick and Candice sat at the back of the SUV tide up with muzzles and blindfolds. Nick tried to stay calm, mostly for the civilians sake. He hated muzzles, no, he despised the very idea of one. Convincing himself that it was placed on him because he was a captive and not because he was a fox helped him coup. They probably did this with all the predators.

He heard the heavy breathing from Candice. Poor girl, she was just doing her job and now look where she is. Another mammal he unintentionally caused harm to thanks to the work of that damn heartless wolf.

"It's okay, we'll get through this." He said to her. Thankfully the muzzle was still big enough to allow his mouth to slightly move as he spoke.

All she could do was nod even though Nick couldn't see it. She left out a few sobs and sniffed as well.

"Come on carrots. You can do this." He whispered to himself.

Judy just got off the phone with chief Bogo after having informed him about the turn of events. She put her phone away and made for the apartment. She hoped the laptop was still there. She'd need it to track down Koslov's men. She ran into the building through the front door and stopped in her tracks.

In front of her by the receptionists desk was a broken computer, a magazine on the floor and some scattered papers. "Shit!" She cursed.

As she went back upstairs she quickly texted the chief to inform him about the civilian captive. She remembered how Nick talked about 'surviving' this. Never did she imagine it would go down like this. After getting into the apartment she looked around for the bags. Luckily they were still there on the floor. "They must have been in a hurry to miss that." She thought.

She opened the bag containing the laptop, removed it and placed it on the table. The moment it turned on she entered the ZPD's system and started her search for the vehicle. She used everything from traffic cameras to who the SUV was registered to and what suspicious looking properties they owned. Eventually she came across a warehouse not to far from here.

"This could be it." She muttered.

After a CCTV camera caught sight of the vehicle with that same license plate driving to it she felt sure of it. The angle the camera was in didn't actually show the SUV enter the building, but there was just no way it could be a coincidence. Now all that was left to call in the cavalry, save everyone and take Andy Koslov to jail.


Note: End of another cliffhanger... I mean chapter.

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