Puttering slowly in parallel to the rocky shores, water rippling with the tide, Ash steered left avoiding large rock clusters piercing through nature's mirror reflecting the lunar rays. The whole view was quite beautiful with the island lit up by its towering skyscraper and the moon hanging high up in the sky. It was very tempting for him to howl even, but it always went against his best judgement, let alone the poor timing of it. Cranking the torque up a notch, the water vehicle maneuvered through the perimeter buoys surrounding the isle. Cruising up along the coast, the natural lighting was abruptly cut off, a large looming shape overtook the large orb hanging in the sky. It was a bridge, huge mammal-made bridge consisting of two main means of transport: car or train. The huge structure was consisting of two main levels, a large multi-tracked monorail on the top, and underneath, a widely constructed highway; All of it lit up in a warm orange glow of streetlamps and other artificial sources of lighting gleaming out. "No wonder they couldn't support the financials," muttered Ash, Dawn next to him staring at the empty structure as well. "Wait, why was it empty?" he asked himself noting how the entire structure was in fact seemingly abandoned. Passing underneath the behemoth of concrete and steel, a slight thought came to mind, "Why was a slow dingy the chosen out of all means of travel?"
"Where are you guys?" another thought spoke; Pulling out his phone to see if there were any new texts or directives. As it turns out, his question was answered, via ship radio to his surprise. Jumping at the sudden crackles of it receiving word, he listened in to hear the crackly voice of Nicholas speaking with clarity, "Hone in on… Shoal Bay." Not bothering to reply, instead he just asked, "Shoan Bay, where the ffff is that…", under breath, skimming the map for answers. Eventually the process was interrupted as he passed by a large flashing light, waving him in. Shutting off the motor, he and Dawn looked out straight at the blinding blot of white. "Well… Seems fairly obvious."
The bunny was rampantly tapping her flatfoot in both anger and anxiety. "Chance at what?" first thing she said, emphasizing the final word as the ferry docked. Looking through the cabin door's peephole, Ash prepared for the worst, and pulled the door open, revealing a small Dawn Bellwether standing in front of the doorway with open arms. "Judy," she warm-fully spoke up, holding on to the last syllable. "Bellwether!?" Judy harshly reacted, Nick tugging off his sunglasses in the background. Spotting the bunny-cop edging towards her gun holster, Ash stepped in between the two miniature prey animals and began calling a time-out. "You did this? This was your chance at something? What are you crazy?!" she huffed at the large wolf. Even though the timber wolf was considerably small considering his species, the argument was hilariously out-of-proportion, a tiny feisty rabbit assaulting a massive predator with words. Literally reciting the police regulations handbook at him, all he could do was repeatedly try to cut in, "Judy, Judy, Judy..." Eye twitching slightly at her stubbornness, "Hopps!" Stopping her in mid-speech, he thought with a mild sense of achievement, "That caught her attention." He pulled out his wad of papers from a pocket and shoved them into her paws. "Everything is in order, check them yourself," he said while arrogantly away with the ewe's hooves in his hand. Steaming, she stomped after him, "Since when were you given permission to release-" fluttering her tiny paws, "Her?!" "When I was granted 'full permission and authority'. After all, you were a witness, listening in on the radios when this was stated right?" Judy was at a loss for words, he was right, he played the chief. "It's called a hustle, Sweetheart," he quoted, Nick snickering at this and Dawn smiling sinfully.
Treading on the tinted sidewalk over to the parking lot where the jeep he was granted sat with the lights on. He tugged on the door: Locked. "Looking for these?" he heard from the back of his head; Turning around, his sight was met with Judy again, only this time having a little revenge by flaunting the car key around. Trying to swipe them out of her grubby little paws, she swiftly pulls them back and asks a final question, "What makes you think you can trust her? "Because she is with me." "Yeah, a predator!" Sarcastically he placed his hands over his heart and went, "That really hurts my feelings you know." "Yeah right." "Yeah right ya cute BUNNY!" he achievingly shouted as he finally managed to snatch the key from her wrist. Hopping in the front while Bellwether just calmly and abidingly sat inside. Turning on the ignition, the bunny looked up at him spitefully and stated, "Don't call me cute." Looking down on her, finishes it off with a single word, "Cutiepie," before taking off.
"Don't you think you were a little harsh on her?" Dawn chimed in. "Harsh? Naw, trust me, that's just one of the many petty squabbles we've had everyday in my recent life." "Recent life? What comes before that?" The ewe could tell she may have made a mistake in asking that judging by Ash's cold expression; Expecting a sort of harsh scold from the predator, she slightly shrunk in her seat a little. To her surprise she was received with a considerably fine reply, "That is something I'd rather not get into." Driving on down the road, a orange glow became apparent as he got closer downtown. As the tall brick buildings transitioned into the wolf's visibility, he was shocked to see much of the street ransacked and vandalized. "Holy Jesus…"
