Hi everyone
welcome to another chapter of Blue Paradise
A special thanks to Scottishwalhalla and his precious editing assistance
Sleep.
One of the real pleasures of life.
Or at least that's what it should be, in fact, how can you wake up every day more tired and worried than the day before? Peaceful nights, pleasant dreams and mornings full of energy, were just a painful memory for Judy Hopps.
She couldn't help it.
Not that giving tickets every day five days a week was a particularly tiring job.
The fact was that she missed the closeness of her brothers and sisters…
Living with so many siblings did indeed have its disadvantages, there was no arguing with that, but when your world is turned upside down you'll realize how much you missed what you always considered a bummer...and what you wouldn't give to have it back.
Sadly, her large collection of bunny sized dolls weren't a worthy substitute.
Rabbits in fact were, by nature, very physical mammals, they crave bodily contact and closeness more than everything in the world and ever since she left her home to follow her dream, she hadn't been able to sleep for more than two hours at a time, even the other day, instead of sleeping, she was just counting the cracks on her ceiling until she heard a dull noise and decided to go check on it and found Nick in the alley,
Yet...oddly this morning, despite being still half asleep, she felt good, more than good to be honest, almost like her old self. She hadn't felt like that...well for a very long time, and even the usual dampness of the room, for once, didn't bother her at all.
There was a gentle warmth surrounding her lithe body, a warmth that, she was sure, had nothing to do with her pink coverlet.
It was different...deeper...and violet scented?!
She slowly opened her purple eyes and she found herself pleasantly immersed in a sea of soft copper fur.
Fur?!
Wait...Nick?!
Why was she sleeping in her bed with a stranger?
Ok...not exactly a stranger but still...why they were sleeping together? Why was he hugging her tenderly to his bandaged chest? Why was his tail wrapped around her waist as if she had always belonged there? Above all...why she was loving every second of it?
Stupid rabbit she chided, but despite everything, she couldn't stop her finger when it decided, of its own accord, to gently trace the outline of his jaw, eliciting in the sleeping fox a brief, and honestly adorable, quiver of his ears.
Fru, you're right, he's so much more than just good looking.
And she really meant it.
Even with half of his face still swollen and deformed she couldn't deny it anymore, he was...attractive….he was…
Her disobedient little digit continued unhindered his path on the tod's muzzle, delicate like a butterfly touch, sliding down his jaw, to his chin, until it reached his black lips where it stopped for a minute.
...handsome.
Tentatively, almost reverently the tip of her blunt claw brushed from the corner of his mouth to the whole of its length, not expecting to find it so soft and smooth at the touch.
The sweet curiosity of the discovery, however, was very quickly replaced by fear and shame when said fur less skin unfolded itself in a satisfied and lovely smile, subsiding a little only when she realized he was still fast asleep and he just reacted subconsciously to the pleasant affections.
Embarrassed by her improper attitude towards the unconscious mammal the cute bunny tried to withdraw her finger but, for the second time since he barged into her life, she felt his fangs gently bite into her fur and flesh, jamming her where she was.
A shiver of deep and pure delight run down her spine and her heartbeat sped up considerably when his warm and wet tongue lapped sensually at her finger pad and her eyes doubled in size at the sheer forbidden pleasure each stroke of the soft muscle was making her feel.
Her whole body was taut like a violin string and ready to burst, slowly her eyelids closed over her glazed eyes finally giving in to the beautiful sensation of him.
Warm body.
Soft fur.
Sinful tongue.
Flowery scent.
Unconsciously, or maybe not, she slowly slid closer to the bigger predator with a trust she only ever experienced with her close relatives I must be crazy, yet when two strong but gentle arms hugged her tenderly pulling all of her flat against his front, and his deadly claws started to delicately caress her back, she knew without doubt that there was no other place she wanted to be.
It was all so perfect she didn't even try to resist...he was so sweet, so good with his paws that eventually...releasing a long and loud moan...she gave up...clasping her own arms around his shoulders….clutching him hard against her, only mildly aware of the bandages covering his torso.
The gentle beating of his heart was lulling her into a word she barely had experienced with but in any case never with such intensity or urgency.
When soft and warm breaths suddenly ruffled the thin fur of long gray ears she discovered that she had no saliva left and her fingers curled even deeper into him, how it was even possible that he was able to make her feel such deep sensations if he was still in dreamland? And with nothing more than a sweet brush of his paw…
What if he were awake?
What if he used that skilled tongue of his for... You are beautiful, I wanted to do this since the moment I saw you
Her eyes opened up at once.
Stop crying for fuck's sake...you are so annoying, you must be proud to be fucked by the hottest buck of Bunnyburrow
The delightful tingle in her spine was now a shiver of horror and disgust.
You just make me gain 50 points, thank you...by the way, cute panties...I think I will keep them.
No
We have a little help...it's a sort of hallucinogetic aphrodisiac...I can even fuck the keyhole of my door and believe it a supermodel of Victoria's crickets...
Sweet cheese and crackers rabbit...what are you doing?
As fast as she could, she disentangled from the intimate embrace taking extra care not to wake him up, but luckily for her the fox's only reaction was to move his arms around in an attempt to find again the warmth her body provided to and, when he found nothing, he settled for the pillow hugging it like he did with her only a couple of minutes before, the whole thing together with a super cute whine of disappointment.
Judy stood perfectly still for a long moment watching with a hint of envy at her 'rival'
"Beat by a pillow and a trash bin" she exclaimed with a sad smile shaking her head "What did you expect after all? Serves me right" and with a last wistful look at the peaceful tod she hastily adverted her eyes.
The old electronic alarm clock on her nightstand showed it was only 5,30 am, still very early for her but it was just as easy to get ready for another one of her 'exciting days' with a good breakfast at least.
She opened her tiny fridge looking for something suitable for both preds and prey between her limited choice of foods, opting ultimately for a healthy fruit salad.
Closing the fridge door's with the back of her foot she put all her fruit on her chopping board with an uncommon anticipation, it was...weird to cook breakfast for someone else other than herself, but it was a good feeling, she didn't even mind the silly happy tune she came up with while chopping pears, apples strawberries and bananas in small pieces.
Eating her share directly from the trencher she put everything else, plus a generous dose of fresh blueberries, in a big bowl covering it carefully with a foil and placing it with a big glass of orange juice on the same tray she used the night before.
Nick was still sleeping hugging his pillow so the pretty gray bunny just brought his fresh breakfast on the small nightstand together with his wallet and phone for an easy reach when he was going to wake up, adding, after a little afterthought, a little note with her cell number for any necessity.
That solved, it was almost time to get ready and change into her uniform but she was a bit dubious to do it with a male in the same room, of course she could change into the common bathroom but there was still the risk to run into one of her pesky neighbors.
And that would be even worse.
"Oh well, it's not that he can see you, and even if he does...there is nothing interesting for him" she bitterly claimed unbuttoning her shirt ant throwing it in the laundry basket, immediately followed by her pants.
She didn't know that a sly fox was watching with great interest at her every move with his two bright green eyes, finding her tonic body clad in only a lacy blue bra and matching panties very far from being 'not interesting', especially when she took them off to wear the extremely skinny uniform and the flashy orange vest.
When she turned around however said fox's eyes were carefully hidden behind heavy eyelids like nothing happened and they remained like that even when he felt her tender touch back on the swollen side of his muzzle, or when she gently placed another pack of frozen vegetables on it, or when she covered his nude form with the pink coverlet to keep him warm.
Only when he heard the noise of the door closing he deemed safe enough to end his farce, thanking god and every angel in heaven that his red fur could hide his deep bush.
It had been hard enough pretending to be asleep during her curious exploration of him but when she undressed herself? God it was the hardest thing he had ever done, innuendo intended…! Did he really call her breathtaking when he first met her? Like hell...she was perfection in fur and flesh and he wasn't talking about her physical appearance only.
Gritting his teeth, he lifted himself from the bed waiting until he could spot her leaving the building and walking down the road to a job she loathed.
His little proud beautiful bunny.
He looked at the pack she put on his face and laughed heartily "Frozen peas? Whatever happened to my baby carrots...Carrots? I'm almost disappointed" he said lifting a big brown paw to gently caress her retreating figure though the window's glass "Have a good day Sweetheart" he whispered fondly placing the cool compress back on his cheek following her until she disappeared from his sight.
At the same time, in another country, miles and miles away from the small apartment and from the city of Zooopia, in a secluded basement hidden in a verdant vineyard in the beautiful Toucany in Itaily, a very elegant brown bear in a dark suit and a large number of case files in his arms was running down a modern steel hallway lit only by faint neon lights.
His panting, and claws hitting the ground, drown out the vexing buzz of the artificial lighting in a scene worthy of a classical sci-fi movie and, more than likely, the sturdy runner would have wanted that it was the case.
Unfortunately for him, it wasn't.
He arrived at the end of the narrow passage leaning heavily on the cold steel surface pressing repeatedly on the only red button located to the left, "Come on, come on, come on" until as if by magic, where before there was nothing but a glossy iron wall, opened up an invisible sliding door leading to what apparently seemed a very technological elevator.
The bulky bear quickly squeezed his huge body in the confined space and waited for the door to close up again, there was no dial to press and even if, after no more than a couple of seconds it begin his descent, it did little to soothe the nervousness of the only passenger because, as soon as it stopped, he didn't even wait for the doors to open up completely that he rushed out sideways, even if he had to comically suck in his belly in the process, hopping on one leg in an attempt to balance his huge load of sheets.
The floor in which he landed consisted in a bare room no bigger than the elevator itself, the only thing visible was a rather small black screen with a slot for a magnetic strip like the one used for A.T.M. machines and a single security camera.
Shifting part of his cargo under his left arm and part in his mouth the brown mammal grabbed the key card hanging from his broad neck swiping it with some struggling, into the slot and dialing a long numeric code, at the end of which, the screen lit up in a bright green light before opening another invisible sliding doors, this one however, unlike the previous, led to a massive chaotic room where about fifty mammals of different sizes and species were engaged in various activities.
Hastily cobbling together the jumble of paper he carried the bear entered the whirlwind of bodies, furs and furniture doing his best to dodge the maze of electronic cables scattered all over the ground "Sorry...sorry...coming through...don't mind me...sorry" he repeated going around in circles like a clumsy ballerina "Alessandro" he shouted towards a mammal whose back was turned.
The big bear scowled when he noticed that his interlocutor didn't take a shit on his calling clearly too focused on a long wall full of lots and lots of pictures and newspaper clippings, some of them connected with a thick red line, "Alessandro" he shouted even louder trying to get his voice heard over the clutter of the many wandering workers "Al..." he said a third time before tripping over on a crate overflowing with fur dye substances.
Documents and case files flew in the air like big confetti, one of them even managed to reach the still turned mammal's head, still, before it could even graze it, he caught it with a swift and slinky move of one of his pure white paws.
Despite the fact that the bear, now completely covered in papers and colorful cases from head to toe, knew the secretive animal from a lifetime he couldn't help but to be mesmerized by his usual flawless grace in everything he did, even now, when he shouldn't even have seen what was happening, with a simple motion of his arm, he grabbed the object as if it simply materialized in his grasp, "Sorry Va, Matteo is here, I'll call you back in a minute" he said untroubled into a microphone attached to the very technological headset he was wearing.
"Sorry Va the jester is here and I had to play the role of the almighty hero saving the day and, if we still have time, maybe even the world" Matteo said in jest mimicking the deep velvety tone of the mysterious mammal trying at the same time to clean all the jam.
"Really Nice entrance Teo " the albino cougar quietly said when he finally turned around offering the file case back to the bear with the ghost of a smile on his face "And fancy hat" pointing to a flashy pink case folder on the massive head of his friend
"Don't be smart with me Alessandro" Teo said roughly snatching it from his paw "Darn it, why do you keep those atrocities on the wall?" he argued covering the view with the pile of documents.
"Mmh? You mean the pictures of those poor females?" the white mammal turned his deep red eyes towards the gory images of dismembered, quartered and slaughtered corpses in different level of decay covering the wall behind him.
"Yes, yes those photos" Teo said rapidly still looking away from them "I wonder how can you sleep at night without nightmares...or even eat for that matter?" he added pointing at the remains of his meal on the desk.
"They remind me who I'm doing it for..." he answered calmly "...and I will sleep and eat again only when the bastard who did this to them will be on the bed ready for his lethal injection...or even better lying in a body bag with his stomach full of buckshot"
"Gross...and unprofessional Alex"
"Yes...exactly like him" the albino exclaimed in a deadly tone slamming his paw rudely on the wall next to a tag upon which was written in red capital letters 'THE COLLECTOR'
"Whatever you say" Teo scoffed "But when you're done being an arm candy it might interest you to know that he's finally moving"
"WHAT?! Why you didn't report it immediately?" he replied now with his full attention to the bear.
"Well let's see...maybe because every time I try to call for you I never got a line clear? Or because I had to get down fifteen flights of stairs with no elevator? Or maybe because the only one we have is WAY TOO SMALL FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME? OR..."
"Okay okay, I got it my friend..." Alex said gently truing to appease the agitated animal "...calm down now, or you're gonna give yourself a heart attack"
"Tsk, my heart is fine..." Teo replied sticking into his paw one of the folders he carried "Here...our boys just decrypted Luca's coded message...he'll do it in two months"
"TWO MONTHS?! Holy shit, the bastard is six months early" the cougar cursed flipping to the files
"Yeah, there's no way we will be ready in time" Teo agreed slamming all his dossiers on the desk in rage "Almost two years of going undercover down the drain"
"Unless..."
"No, don't even think about it Alex, we have no other choice but to abort the mission, it's way too dangerous to keep Luca there."
"Luca knew the potential risks from the beginning Teo, and if I'll decide to call him back and nullify all his hard work, hell gouge my eyes out and play marbles with them" he grinned at his own joke "No, we need to go on"
"Al be reasonable man, you and Vanessa can't do this alone, you need a back up team but to set up a trustworthy one we need a lot of time and..."
"Where he's headed to?"
"Did you even hear a single word I said?!"
"Teo please, trust me, where he's headed to?"
Exasperated Matteo dig through the massive heap of papers on the desk "Here are the coordinates" he pointed for Alex a place in the middle of a map while the white feline bend over his shoulder to get a better look.
Then he unexpectedly smirked "Mhm interesting"
"Why there I wonder"
"Isn't it obvious Teo? Big city, different variety...easier to hide. It's perfect"
"Perfect? Alex I'm afraid we have different opinions of the word"
The white cougar chuckled "It can goes both ways my friend" he said patting the bear's big forearm
"Alessandro what do you have in mind?" he asked alarmed "It's suicidal"
"No it's not, I've given the matter a good deal of consideration for some time" he begun to pace back and forth "We don't need many mammals for this, just a cover for me and Vanessa to infiltrate and then we'll look after the rest from inside"
"Alex...I won't let you do this alone, forget it"
The albino feline stopped in front of the taller mammal with a very serious expression "Teo listen, contact the mayor and the police department, tell them we need help with a huge case but don't elaborate on it"
"Alex..."
"We are in too deep to give up now Teo, if we cooperate with the local police things will be easier, those mammals are already trained, they just need a good backstory"
"They have family, we could put everyone in danger"
"That will not happen Teo, I can read him like a book, I know what I'm doing"
"I wish I could say the same" Matteo sighed "Very well, I will inform Luca about the change of schedule and make the appropriate arrangements"
"Thank you, my friend" the cougar said gratefully
"Just promise me I won't see your picture displayed on that wall anytime soon Alessandro"
"I promise, besides have a big dream to fulfill you know? I want to see the both of us in the same retirement home talking about diapers and swapping dentures"
"Mine won't fit you Alex" Teo stated sadly
"The usual megalomaniac Teo" Alex said amused then frowned "Wait, are you talking about the diaper or the denture?"
They both laughed, then the bear sighed again "Well let's get to work then, there's a whole load of things I need done on my list today – Rob I need an outside line NOW"
On his own again the cougar turned towards the creepy wall once more pressing a small button on one of the earphones "Va it's me, you'd better start packing babe, it's finally happening" he smiled hearing the excited answer from the other side "Yes I can't wait either Va and no, given that we had to prepare all our stuff I think three weeks, maybe more" he nodded despite the fact 'Va' couldn't see him "Have you ever been to Zootopia? I've heard it's a beautiful city"
