Well my friends it's the sixth, and to all of this who've seen it, I hope you all enjoyed guardians 2 as much as I did. This chapter is a day late and I hope yo can forgive me... but without further ado...
"More bad news in a city gripped by fear, the shooter responsible for the death of four officers and the almost deadly shootout in tundra town has taken a hostage, his name is Andrew Hopper, a bunny from tri-burrows attending college at Animalia state" said the snow leopard or tiger dramatically.
I would usually give a crap about what species they were, but at the moment I just don't.
I carefully wrapped gauze around the kids lower back, his fur was still singed and the skin beneath it was... less than shabby. I stupidly turned up the generators voltage a little to fucking much and now I may have physically scared this kid.
I growled at myself and gently placed some medical tape at the edges of the gauze. I looked up at the kids face and he still had that blasted pained look plastered all over it. His ears were limp and a few dark bruises broke through the fur on his back. I grimaced and picked him up from my lap and gently placed him on his stomach on top of the mattress.
I got up with a groan and moved towards the ladder, the sound of a whimper making me stop in my tracks.
"P-plea... " the bunny mumbled in his sleep, the sound of fear in his voice obvious.
I kept my eyes on the wall in front of me, another fracking whine coming from him. I shook my head with a growl and quickly looked back at the kid. He was weakly reaching back at the edges of the gauze, his eyes shut tight.
"Dammit kid, you pull at all the heartstrings" I said with a defeated growl.
I looked back the ladder in front of me and sighed.
"What are you doing Rocket" I said with a depressed sigh as I deeply rubbed my eyes, the situation playing through my head.
If it weren't for that damn bunny cop and Mr. Mcshrew, I wouldn't be having to deal with this damn kid. I shook my head and crawled up the ladder and closed the hatch behind me.
"I gotta get rid of this kid soon."
Rocket
I smiled happily as I looked out the kitchen window, the moon was up and the stars were twinkling. Judy texted me earlier that she would call tonight, Stu gave up waiting 10 !minutes ago. My ears twitched as I heard the pitter patter of feet on a floorboard and I quickly turned around only to see a tail disappear behind the counter. I glared at where the tail used to be and I quickly jumped forward towards the edge of the counter. I looked to the floor but the sneaky little bunny was already gone. I walked forwards and turned to the right, looking down the hallway that lead to the front door and the staircases going up and down. I listened for the pitter patter of feet but it seemed the little bunny got away.
"Oh you kids" I said with a tired sigh
'Ring ring, ring ring'
I jumped in surprise and quickly turned around, sighing as I realised it was the landline on the wall. I shook my head with a chuckle, can't believe I let a phone scare me. I glanced back down the hallway one last time before walking to the ringing phone.
"Hello" I asked as I picked it up off the wall.
"Hey Mom… " Judy greeted with a depressed tone.
"Judy… Why are you calling at such a late hour"
"You know the case I'm working mom, with the raccoon?" she asked.
"Yeah, that nasty creature that shot at you. What about it?" I asked with slight confusion as I pulled out one of the kitchen stools and sat down.
"Mom… he has Andrew…" Judy said quietly.
I raised a brow I'm thought and looked down at the counter. Andrew? The name seemed familiar, and the only bunny other than Judy that went to Zootopia was… oh my god! Andrew!
"STU! GET IN HERE!" I yelled down the hallway, trying my best to not cry as I quickly got up from the kitchen tool and walked through the doorway leading to the living room.
"IS IT JUDY!?" Stu yelled back from upstairs, almost sounding annoyed.
"IF YOU DON'T GET DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW I'M GONNA SKIN YOU ALIVE" I yelled, my eyes feeling heavy as I held in the tears.
"ALRIGHT ALRIGHT" he yelled back, the creaking of the floorboards making themselves apparent.
I quickly moved to one of the lamps in the room and turned it on, the light not bothering me as I quickly sat down in the rocking chair beside it.
"Mom-"
"Where's Andrew Judy?" I interrupted, secretly hoping she would say she knew where.
"The techs at the ZBI narrowed the call down to the rain forest district and Canal District, narrowing down our search area! … but it's all we got" Judy said sadly, a sigh breaking through the speakers.
"What does Judy want now" Stu said tiredly to my left.
I quickly looked over at Stu who was standing in the doorway with a glare that could kill and he quickly straightened up, his trousers almost falling down.
"Do you remember Andrew Stu? He's the one who got a scholarship to one of those schools in Zootopia and left last year" I said sternly, my glarE fixated on him.
"Y-yeah, I remember, we had a going off party for him before we took him to… Animalia State University? Yeah that's the one" he said nervously, not knowing if he was in trouble or not.
I lessened my glare at him and sighed "The Raccoon has our boy" I said softly.
"Raccoon?"
Stu stayed quiet, and as it dawn upon him what I. meant, his eyes slowly morphed into slits as he clenched his fist.
"That no good, scoundrel, SON OF A BITCH" Stu yelled.
"Stu-"
"First he goes after our Judy, and now has one of our sons, h-he's only SIXTEEN for god's sake… if I ever get my hands on that damn coons neck I'm never letting go" Stu screamed with his right fist in the air.
I watched with concern and understanding as Stu stormed out of the room and down the hall towards the front door. He yelled a dew more curses before opening the door than slamming it shut behind him. I sighed and leaned back into the rocking chair, I probably wouldn't let go either if I got ahold of him either.
"Mom, is dad alright?" Judy asked with concern.
I looked down at the floor and shook my head.
"Yeah… I just won't see him for the rest of the night" I said tiredly
"... well there's a thing I'd like to ask you to do" Judy asked cautiously, making me raise my brow in suspicion.
"What is it honey, and why are you whispering?" I asked.
"My partner is nearby and he didn't want me to tell you, and it would be better if I told you than the TV" she said with frustration.
"Partner?" I asked.
"I'll tell you about him later mom" she said with a hint of awkwardness in her voice.
"Alright Judy, now what is it you wanted to ask us?"
"The fox who we're searching for may have a lead on where the raccoon is, and it's a very small chance, but he may come through town, so I'm sending you and the sheriff pictures and a description of the fox" Judy said in a whisper.
"Why are you sending it to us? Not that I'm complaining" I said with a smile as I rubbed a few tears from my eyes.
"I don't know… I just got a feeling that's all" she said with a sigh.
"But if the fox does come through mom, Keep. Him. There. and call me immediately. Be as friendly as you can with him. Buy him a meal, or even some new clothes, anything. Because if he were to come there and you scared him off… we may not find him again" she said quietly.
"Oh don't you worry hunny bun, I'll make sure that fox never leaves if he shows up around these parts" I said determination, a smile spread across my face.
"Thanks mom, and his name is NIck Phiberious Wilde, I'll send you the rest" she said cheerfully.
"Your welcome dear, now go and find our boy" I said seriously.
"I will mom, don't worry" she said cheerfully before she hung up.
Rocket
I smiled deviously as the recorded phone conversation from last night between the damn bunny cop and her mother ended, the plan I came up with finally moving its gears. If Nick goes there and the cops get him first, this whole situation will get way to complicated and they'll have leverage against me, probably the shrew too since he wants to kill him. I looked down at the frozen and tied up bunny next to me on the floor, I wouldn't have brought the kid down here but I needed to let him out of his little box for a while..
His constant foot tapping sure is annoying though.
"So Andrew, what do you think about talking to your mother?" I said softly as I leaned down towards his twitching ears.
His foot immediately stopped tapping against the ground and slowly but surely he turned to look up at me. He held an impressive glare for a bunny as cute as him and I chuckled as I leaned back up into the chair.
"Not if you're going to threaten my mother" he said defiantly, his glare unwavering.
I looked back at the bunny for a few more seconds before shrugging and turning back to the screens on the wall in front of me, still smiling deviously mind you.
"Well I guess you don't get to say anything kid, just a scream will be alright" I said with an evil laugh.
I quickly hacked the phone Judy used to call her mother and applied the call ID number to my own so she'll surely pick up. I glanced back down at Andrew and he was trying to wiggle out of his restraints.
Again.
"You know that's not going to work right" I said bluntly before turning back to the screens on the wall.
"Don't bring my mother into this" he pleaded, his chains ringing annoyingly.
"Oh don't worry kid, this is just a precaution" I explained.
"Please" he pleaded.
I growled lowly and looked down at the kid with a glare, his ears immediately went down behind his back again and he stopped moving.
"Quite" I stated sternly.
His eyes widened with fear and he quickly quickly nodded his head with a whine and looked back down at the ground. I glared at his head for a few more seconds before pulling out my phone. I dialed the number to a one Bonnie Hopps and chuckled slightly
I waited for her to pick up the phone as the mechanical ring went on and I quickly put it in speaker and set the phone on my lap. I had a headset connected to it so Andrew couldn't just barge in on our conversation, it has a cool voice changer with it as well. I glanced back down at the kid, and he seemed to be staring at the ground.
"If you want to talk with your parents just… wiggle your chains around" I said with a frown.
'click'
I quickly looked back at the phone on my lap and smiled. With a tap I activated my headset and moved the microphone closer to my mouth, the phone still on my lap.
"Hello? Judy?" said the voice of Bonnie.
"Let me talk to her" said a masculine voice, most likely her husband, stooge I think it was?
"Hello… Mrs. Hopps" I said slowly, the voice modulator working it's magic.
There was silence and if I listened very closely, I could swear they were whispering.
"W-who's this?" Bonnie asked cautiously.
"I'm just a very concerned citizen Mrs. Hopps... especially when I have your son" I said deviously.
It wasn't two seconds later.
"You BASTARD! LET OUR SON GO!" stouge yelled angrily, the sound of glass breaking in the background.
"He doesn't even have your last name" I said with a laugh.
"That doesn't matter raccoon, LET HIM GO" he yelled again, getting angrier by the second
I growled at the word "I will Mr. Hopps, don't worry. I do however require your full cooperation for that to happen" I said harshly.
They were silent again but they're whispering was even more now. I looked back down at the kid and he was hunched over, his ears sprayed out on the ground in front of him.
Shouldn't be long.
An alarm went off on the screens and I smiled as my failsafe program ended an outgoing call to the bunny cop.
"Trying to call for help huh" I said with a laugh.
I heard stouge shout something in the background and another sound of glass breaking.
"I'm just gonna state my terms Mrs. Hopps, if Mr. Wilde shows up, do what your daughter told you to do and he keep him there. Break his leg if you need to, but with one exception, DON'T contacting anyone connected in any way to the police or ZBI. Including your daughter" I said warningly.
"I'll know if you do" I said
"Contact me with the number provided If he shows up, I'll come with the boy. If not… you may not see him again" I said with a dark chuckle.
"W-why are doing this?" asked the trembling voice of bonnie.
"To get off this rock" I said with a growl.
My eyes widened as I realised what I just said, why did I fracking say that.
"Oh, and keep everything about our little conversation between us to yourselves, or I'll make it even worse for him" I said with one finally growl before ending the call.
A silence now filled the room, and
I pulled off the the headset from my head and threw it to the ground on my right. I picked up the phone and quickly texted Bonnie the number, no one would pick up of course but a recorded message would play and I would show up.
"I'm surprised you didn't want to talk" I said passively before jumping off the chair and moving to stand in front of the bunny.
He looked utterly devastated and was still slumped forward on the ground. I grimaced as I noticed gauze on his back looking a little red and worn.
I'll get him some food than change it in the hole.
I sighed tiredly and rotated my right arm. I got rid of the cast this morning and now I only had gauze wrapped tightly around my arm.
"Get up kid, as much fun as laying on the ground is, I need to change the gauze on your back" I said flatly.
He didn't move for several seconds and I was about to kick him in the shoulder, but he started to push himself up with his cuffed hands and in a second he was on his feet. If you didn't count the ears he was a foot or so shorter than me, with the ears he's the same height. His gaze was fixed on the ground and I could see tears sliding down his cheeks.
I shook my head and turning him around towards the door. I could see him shaking and his ears were pressed against his back.
"W-why are you doing this to me… " he asked fearfully,
The good person inside of me was demanding an answer and it was so tempting to just...
"Don't worry kid, I'm not gonna to bad to ya" I said with a groan as I pushed him forward, the metal door opening with a groan, revealing the spiral staircase.
"... then why say it" he asked, a little anger in his voice.
I pushed him forward and we started to ascend up the stairs, the chains around his feet restricting his movement.
"So your parents don't tip off the police, or hand them the fox. I need that fox to get me something, and your either the easiest or most complicated way to get it" I said with a frown.
"Why?" he asked.
"Well you see... Ohh, I see what you're doing, trying to interrogate me huh" I said with a chuckle.
He started to stutter as we reached the top but I shushed him and turned his head away as I typed in the code into the final door. The door let out a beep before opening with a hiss. I lead him down the hall, his head staying down.
I probably shouldn't be showing him where everything is.
He was shaking even more now and was about to move to the left towards his hole in the floor, but as we reached the end of the hallway I gently directed him towards the kitchen on the right.
His ears raised slightly as I pointed at one of the chairs as. I walked around him and pulled out the chair for him. I glanced back at Andrew and he had the most confused face I've ever seen him with.
"What? Never sat in a kitchen chair before?" I asked sarcastically as I turned around before moving backwards towards the fridge.
His eyes moved from me to the chair, and a few seconds later, he slowly nodded his head. He hesitantly stepped forward and sat down on the chair, looking as stiff as Groot, his eyes fixed on me. I shook my head with a sigh and opened the fridge door.
"So kid, anything you'd like?" I asked.
He continued to stare at me and he didn't even look in the fridge.
"Some bacon? Steak? Fish? I think I have a carrot somewhere" I said, listing off a few items as I glanced at the inside of the fridge.
"Steak... " he said timidly.
I raised a brow at him "Really? I thought all you bunnies were vegetarians?" I said with some surprise.
He simply shook his head and finally looked away and down at the table.
"Anything to drink?" I asked.
"... Apple juice?" he asked hesitantly.
"Apple juice? Oh yeah, best damn drink aside from alcohol on this rock" I said with a smile.
I turned completely to the fridge and pulled out a small jug of it that I bought a while ago. I actually really like this stuff, mixes great with a few drinks that I like, I'll probably take some with me if I ever make it off this planet.
I placed the jug on the counter next to the fridge and I pulled out a Tupperware container with the kids steak. I made a bunch of it last night and it should heat up in the microwave well, that's if it doesn't blow up first.
"So Andrew, I heard your last name was Hopper... why not Hopps?" I asked as I popped the lid off the tupperware.
I heard the kid shuffle in his seat behind me and I slid it into the microwave. He stayed quiet and as I glanced back at him I saw him flinch and quickly look away.
"T-They took me in" he said shyly as he looked back down at the table.
"Really? Your parents hit the hay?" I asked as I crossed my arms in front.
He didn't respond.
Good job me.
"well kid, enjoy your meal" I said with a sigh.
The sound of the microwave was all that was between us and as it beeped, he looked up at me, directly in the eye.
"After?" he asked fearfully.
"Your going back into the hole" I said bluntly, the terrified look appearing in his eyes again.
Dammit kid, I don't know how much longer I can keep up this up.
Well my friends I hope you enjoyed the Rocket centric chapter, even though there's not much action. Now don't forget those reviews my friends, it gives you a chance to raise your issues with the story and helps with the improvement of it. I hope it fills your crave for Rocket after seeing the movie and I hope you all have a wonderful day.
