Destiny of Merida Bogo Chapter 8

The depressing atmosphere the previous night left Merida and Judy in a pretty sour mood the next day. It certainly didn't help matters that there were a lot of protests from complainants that received parking violation tickets. None of them really liked that they'd received them seconds before reaching their vehicles.

"I was 30 seconds over!"

"Yeah you're a real hero, lady!"

"My mommy says she wishes you were dead."

"Uncool, rabbit. My tax dollars pay your salary."

Most of these comments were aimed at Judy. No one really tried it with Merida since she was a water buffalo. She may be a female but her stature was still somewhat intimidating to strangers.

By early afternoon Judy was basically done wanting this day to be over.

They were taking a bit of a coffee break inside their cruiser. Judy was currently ignoring the coffee from Starbucks Merida had bought and was banging her head on the steering wheel. Merida winced slightly with each impact.

"I am a real cop. I am a real cop. I am a real cop," groaned Judy.

Merida rubbed her partners shoulder sympathetically.

Both women were so distracted they weren't paying attention to their surroundings and nearly missed the robbery that happened right next to them.

A weasel darted out of a flower shop carrying a duffel bag filled to bursting with stolen goods.

The florist chased after the thief in a fix. Seeing he wasn't going to be able to catch the criminal he went to the two cops sitting in front of his store.

"Hey, hey, you two," said the florist, running up to their vehicle.

Robotically, assuming he was an irate ticket receiver, Judy sighed "Sir, if you have a grievance, you may contest your citation in traffic court."

"What are you talking about? My shop! It was just robbed! Look! He's getting away," screamed the florist, pointing at the fleeing weasel thief. "Are you cops or not?!"

Judy instantly lit up. In her mind this was something a real cop would be doing, chasing down a thief. This is exactly what Merida was thinking too.

"Yes! Don't worry, sir. We've got this," exclaimed Judy, excitedly.

Merida and Judy left their car to pursue the weasel. As they were running Judy tore off her meter maid cap and vest. Merida was more neat with the disposal of hers taking them off before she even vacated the vehicle. Judy was ahead of her by a few feet, but she quickly caught up.

"Stop," shouted Judy, causing the weasel to turn and then pick up speed as he saw two cops chasing after him. Especially since one of those cops is a water buffalo. "Stop in the name of the law!"

"Catch me if you can, Cottontail," shouted the weasel, skidding round a corner and into a crowded open square.

Judy and the weasel were easily able to maneuver through the legs of civilians, but Judy was much larger. The sight of her bulldozing towards them sent people scattering in all directions to avoid being run over by her frame.

The weasel reached the edge of the square and almost got hit as a third officer arrived on scene.

"Coming through," shouted the thief, small enough to run under the cruiser.

A Rhino Officer stepped out of the cruiser speaking into his radio, saying "This is Officer McHorn, we got a 10-31."

"I got dibs," said Judy, enthusiastically, hopping over the roof of the cruiser to get to the other side. "Officer Hopps and Bogo. We are in pursuit!" She released a big cheer as she picked up speed.

Merida and Judy chased the thief all the way to Little Rodentia. Merida thought they had him boxed in, but the weasel had other plans. Where the duo thought they had him cornered he saw this as his getaway.

Tossing the duffel bag over the fence the weasel squeezed through the entrance hole mice would usually use to get inside. Judy went rough the same way. Unfortunately Merida was stuck on the wrong side of the gates. The weasel was hiding behind buildings, but it didn't take long to pinpoint him. The orange bag he was lofting above his head is unmistakable.

"You," said Judy, pointing at him. "Freeze!"

The weasel took off at full speed.

"Judy, go after him. I'll circle around! See if we can cut him off," said Merida.

Nodding, Judy said "Got it."

Officer McHorn arrived just as the two partners broke off.

"Hey, meter maids! Wait for the real cops," he said.

Not in the mood to deal with him, Merida retorted "Oh stuff it, McHorn!"

Merida had a handheld radio as did Judy. So Judy gave her partner regular updates on her location. As Merida got closer to the opposite gate of Little Rodentia Judy told her that the thief was just about there. Luckily Merida got there first.

Merida was on stand by as she watched thief dash down the street. He was heading in her direction, but he kept looking over his shoulder to check where Judy was. At one pint he kicked a donut model off a donut takeout restaurant hoping it would slow her down dropping his bag in the process. It worked. She had to stop and catch the fake donut to make it avoid hitting an innocent bystander. If Judy didn't grab it in the nick of time the young lady would surely have died.

The thief got cocky smirking proudly as he hefted the stolen merchandise back into his arms.

"Come to papa," he said, patting it satisfyingly.

The weasel turned to walk away only to find Judy standing over him hefting the oversized donut over her head. She then bashed the weasel with it causing him to get wedged in the middle dropping his precious cargo. He'd been apprehended.

Judy then led the suspect outside of Little Rodentia where Merida was waiting to cuff him. Once that was accomplished the two rookies fist bumped each other. Their first arrest, a total hit!

At the ZPD 1st Precinct Clawhauser was trying to abate the anxious worries of an overwrought Mrs. Otterton. She'd been in her everyday for days now since her husbands disappearance two weeks prior and she was always sent away with little to none information on their progress. She was pressing to see Chief Bogo, but there were so many other people he had to see ahead of her which Clawhauser was busy explaining to her now at the front desk.

Gently, Clawhauser said "You're gonna have to be patient and wait in line just like everyone else Mrs. Otterton. Okay?"

Whatever Mrs. Otterton was about to say as a response was abruptly cut off when out of the rolling doors came the weasel all trussed up in a donut and cuffs. He bounced along on the floor until he collided with Clawhauser's desk and rolled to a stop under the bemused eyes of everyone in that hall.

Merida and Judy walked in to stand proudly over their catch.

"We popped the weasel," declared Judy, grinning at the unintended pun.

"MERIDA!"

Merida instinctively stiffened at hearing the vexation and displeasure in her father's voice. Slowly she looked up and saw her father on the third floor glaring down at the two of them. Wordlessly Chief Bogo firmly pointed towards his office and Merida gulped recalling all the other times he'd been angry at her whenever she did something that didn't agree with him.

Oh she was in a world of trouble.

Authors Note:

Yeah…Chief Bogo is definitely not happy.