Mystery cub Chapter 8: Paperwork surprise
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James woke up at 11:30AM by the sound of his phone vibrating.
He touched the messenger app and Judy just texted him.
"Hey James! How are you? How are things going with Luke? Text back soon!" the message read.
James texted back "Things are going great with Luke, he makes me feel happy when I am down".
James then looked at Luke who was pressed against his bare soft furry chest and didn't look keen on letting go.
James rubbed Luke's head softly and got up out of bed with Luke attached to his chest.
"Maybe I should home school him when I get the chance" James thought.
He didn't want to send Luke to a proper school because he was afraid some students might get suspicious of Luke's behaviour and movement since he has a human mind.
James fell into the couch and lay in his back as Luke cuddled against his chest.
He then turns on the TV.
"More humans have been reported missing by the human protection forces as the numbers are slowly decreasing due to possible kidnapping. ZPD have no leads on the suspects whereabouts but the Protection Forces fear this might be a new organisation that want no humans in Zootopia, currently there are 23 humans reported missing, all adults and have different facial features, we are still asking the ZPD and the Protection Forces about the sudden disappearances" the ZNN news anchor said.
The phone starts ringing.
James immediately picked it up as it was the Chief.
"Officer Wolford" James said.
"James, one of your documents contains information that might help us to find the culprit responsible for these disappearances, check them asap and make sure to look at every detail and listen to all the tapes" Chief Bogo said.
"Acknowledged, I'll check them now" James said.
"Dismissed" Bogo said as he hung up.
"Hm? What's happening?" Luke said as he woke up with a yawn and got startled by where he was.
"Some humans have been reported missing" James said in a worried tone.
"What do you mean?" Luke asked.
"Some humans are getting kidnapped and we don't who or why he or she is doing it" James said.
"But that's impossible, they should have sensed the animal before they could make a move" Luke said.
"Maybe if I look in my paperwork we might find our answers there" James said as he got up and held Luke close.
James walked upstairs to the small office and put Luke onto the couch near his desk.
"Stay here and read a book or two" James said happily as Luke tried to get comfy.
James walked over to his desk, switched the computer on and got his paperwork.
"I was looking through some files and your name came up, it said you ran away from an orphanage, I'm not mad but is that true?" James asked.
"Yes, I ran away because I hated it, the other kids who were mostly prey bullied me because I am a wolf, not also to mention I hated staying indoors all the time, humans like to be outside and be free so my subconscious kinda got to me" Luke said nervously.
"Well that sucks, I'm sorry" James said.
"For what?" Luke asked.
"That you had a rough time at birth, you were abandoned and placed under bad conditions" James said.
"Yeah, but then you found me beaten in that alleyway and took me in, I never thought anyone would help me and I thank you for that" Luke said.
"Well, I get bored living by myself but you suppress that feeling" James said.
James typed away at his computer while Luke meditated to calm himself.
Meditation is very relaxing for Luke, he sees it as a gateway to a place of safety and often meditated when living on the streets.
The documents contained nothing valuable to the case, only petty theft or pickpockets.
But one document contained a lead to the human kidnappings.
James looked at the CCTV tape and it showed a human in armour walking down a street at night before collapsing to his knees and face planting into the cement, then a tall bulky figure is seen walking over from a dark alleyway and drags the human away.
"Ouch" James thought as he saw the human collapsing.
He replayed the video over and over to see what caused him to collapse but he didn't see anything hitting the human.
"Wait, play that again" Luke said.
James played it again and Luke listened.
"He fell because he was hit by a sonic wave of ear piercing sound that only a human can hear" Luke said and got surprised by what he said.
"Well, I give you the name of junior detective!" James said with joy.
"Okay then" Luke said nervously.
"A wave of sound, so that is causing the humans to collapse! It makes sense now!" James said as he picked up the phone to call the Chief.
After waiting for a bit, the phone spoke.
"This is Chief Bogo"
"Sir! I may have found what's causing the humans to disappear" James said.
"How?" Bogo asked.
"My son Luke helped me, he said they were knocked out by a wave of sound and got dragged away by a tiger in dark clothing, my son could hear something odd from the recording, you know how wolves are very sensitive when they are young" James said to cover up Luke's secret.
"Huh, well I thank you and your son for helping out on this, when your break is over, bring your son with you" Bogo said.
"Yes sir, goodbye" James said as he hung up.
Luke still meditated on the couch and James looked at Luke confused.
"What are you doing?" James asked curiously.
"Meditating, it helps me relax when I feel unhappy or rushed' Luke said.
"Oh, right" James said.
"Well now what? It's past one in the afternoon and we just finished your paperwork" Luke said.
James then started to get the feeling to go savage again.
"I wanna play tag" James said as he got in all fours and started growling.
"Oh not this time!" Luke said as he started hopping faster than a rabbit.
James gave chase but couldn't catch Luke easily.
"Ready to quit?" Luke taunted.
James growled in response and started chasing Luke again.
The two wolves chased each other through the house, but Luke then made a mistake.
He tripped on the soft carpet and couldn't get up, James took the chance and pinned Luke to the floor with his paws.
He started sniffing Luke curiously and Luke stayed still out of fear.
Then he started nuzzling and licking him like crazy and Luke laughed from being tickled.
Luke then started gently stroking James's muzzle and James whined in comfort against Luke's soft paws.
He then lay on his back and Luke gave him a nice belly rub.
James then started to turn to his old self again and Luke stopped rubbing him.
"Were you just rubbing me?" James asked.
"Yes?" Luke said nervously.
"Relax, I actually liked it" James said.
"Thanks for playing with me, I never thought anyone would" Luke said as tears came out of his eyes.
"Your welcome, and dont worry, you'll be safe with me" James said as he hugged Luke.
"Thank you Dad"
"No problem"
So, humans are going missing, what should we make of that and how can these kidnappers be stopped? Find out next time on Mystery cub!
