A/N: I actually have nothing to say. :P

Disclaimer: Zootopia and its characters belong to Disney. Or was it Pixar? Nope, it's definitely Disney.


The next day…

Jack was on his way to the train station in Savannah Central just as what the message told him. He barely got some sleep the other night with all the thinking he has been doing. But, nevertheless, he had a mission to accomplish and whatever it was waiting at the train station could actually help quicken the pace.

He set off at 7 in the morning and arrived after more than half an hour. He looked at the time. 7:49am.

"Well… I'm here…" he said to himself. He turned off the engine to his car and got out. He tidied up his suit a little bit and combed his fur from head to ears with his paws, trying to look his best and natural as possible. He was still aware that it could be a trap, but just in case. He needed to look calm, not to scare whoever it was that sent him here.

He looked left and right before taking a seat on one of the bench and waited for something to happen. He waited, and waited, and waited. Eventually, as the sun was high up in the sky, he fell asleep after all that patience. However, he did woke up in the end.

He shook his head and checked the time on his wristwatch. It was almost 10 in the morning and he groaned. Was that message all a prank? He rubbed the back of his neck and sighed. He has waited 2 hours and nothing has happened.

"What a waste of time…" he said in annoyance. He stood up from his seat and pulled out his keys to his car which he accidentally dropped. And as he bent over to pick them up, he noticed something under the bench he was sitting on. There was a package there wrapped in brown paper. "Was this here before?" he thought. He reached for it.

He looked at the package. There was something written on it. "Thank you for your patience," it said.

He looked to his left and right, making sure nothing suspicious was at hand. "Thanks, whoever you are," he said softly.

He walked to his car and entered before putting the package next to his seat. He looked at it and thought for a moment. His mind kept placing each decisions on top of one another but it wasn't too hard for him to make up his mind. "I'm gonna have to check this at the ZPD…" he finally decided.

He left the scene and went straight head on to the ZPD, as he was about to investigate the package he has received.

At the same time, Judy was in her office typing away on the report of the case she and Nick were working on. She blinked a couple of times and yawned. She didn't have breakfast today and closed her eyes tight for a few seconds.

"Working hard?" Nick said, coming in with two cups of coffee.

Judy smiled weakly and backed away from her computer, letting out another yawn. "You think?" she asked sarcastically.

Nick chuckled and placed a cup on her desk. "Brewed way better than mine," Nick said. "Made by yours truly."

She chuckled and lifted the cup with two paws, taking small sips and lets out a sigh with the steam coming out of her mouth. "Thanks," she said with a slightly stronger smile. "You know…" She put down the cup. "I haven't seen Agent Savage today. Think he's done with his side?"

"I doubt it," Nick said, sitting down at his desk. "That last lead we found was way too small to even solve anything. Not even sure if it had anything to do with his case."

Judy tapped her fingers a bit. "You said you and him found a gang of cats at the Rainforest District?"

"No, not us. Someone. We just asked her and she told us about it. They're seen often but all of them were different mammals."

Judy placed her index finger on her chin, looking down at the ground, leaning on the chair while thinking. She tapped her chin softly and slowly. "I think we should try to find them," she suggested.

"What if they're not related though? Could be bad reputation for ZPD if we mistook them."

"Nick. I don't care about the reputation. A good cop doesn't care about something like that. We do what is right. We serve and protect. Not take care of our image. And I know you can understand that. Can't you?"

Nick looked down at his keyboard. He closed his eyes and sighed before looking up at her with a smile. "Alright," he said. "You do know that every time you do something crazy, I'm always along with it, right? So why bother asking."

She laughed. "Well, I thought you'd get a good lesson as to what a real cop does."

"Oh?" He stood up and walked to her, leaning on a cabinet. "Am I not good enough to be a real cop?"

"Well…" she said, pulling onto his tie, inching his face closer to hers. "The way I see it, you're still a sly fox with bad experience as a cop."

Nick chuckled and rubbed his thumb on her cheek, about to kiss her until…

"Officer Hopps? Officer Wilde?" said Clawhauser through the pager. "Mr. Jack Savage is here to see you two."

Judy pushed the speak button and held her finger on it. "Let him in," she said. She let go of Nick's tie and fixed it making it look neat and tidy again. "Remember," she said. "No rivalry. We're just working for now, aren't we?"

Nick sighed. "Okay, okay…" he said hesitantly.

A knock on the door was heard.

Judy turned around to it. "Come in," she said, standing up.

The door opened and Jack entered. "Hopps, Wilde," he said, nodding at both of them. "I need your help on this one."

Jack placed the package he got from this morning on the table. "Someone left this for me at the train station," he said.

"And that someone is…?" Nick said.

"No idea." Jack crossed his arms. "Whoever that was, sent me a letter even at the Palm Hotel. He or she might have meant this."

"And you haven't opened it yet?" Judy asked.

"I can't risk it. That's why I came to you."

"Why?" Nick asked.

"Because I feel like I could use both your help. It might help me get some sleep once we're done even."

Nick frowned. Jack's eyes were a little baggy. At least he knew that he wasn't lying. But yet, he felt there might be some other reason. "Let's open it then," Nick suggested.

Jack nodded and took out his multitool and pulled the knife, cutting the tape neatly and carefully. The three of them embraced for whatever it was inside. Jack slowly swung the lead opened. Inside the package were covered in white velvet sheets with a burnt red leather in it.

Nick and Judy looked in confusion. "Um… Okay," Nick said. "Now what?"

However, Jack's eyes slowly opened when he saw it. It looked so familiar to him. He picked it up and under the cloth laid a message on the white velvet sheets.

"Find me if you remembered?" Judy read the message aloud. She looked at Jack. "What does that mean?"

Jack shook his head and shrugged. "I seriously have no idea…" he said.

"Okay, so… It turns out to not be so threatening at all," Nick said. "Big deal. Want some coffee, Savage?"

Jack shook his head. "I'm fine, thank you," he said, still observing the red leather.

Nick's eyes squinted a little and looked at the item. "Hold on…" he said, taking it from Jack. He rubbed his thumb on the leather and gasped. "This is the same leather as the jacket you found!" he said to Judy.

Judy touched it. "It DOES feel the same…" she said, still doubting.

"Maybe because it was burnt."

"What jacket are you two talking about?" Jack asked.

The two looked at each other for a moment. "Carrots found a jacket on top of the lighthouse at Cliffside," Nick explained. "We think it may have to do with something about OUR case."

Jack placed his index finger on his chin. "How can you be sure it's from the same brand?" he asked.

Nick showed him the way the red leather was sewn. It was sewn in both in diagonal ways like a diamond and a smal cross in the diamonds. "What's more, it's crocodile skin," Nick said. "Only McKroc has this kind of material with crocodile scales on them."

Jack yawned after Nick gave him back the red leather. "I see…" he said, drowzily.

"Hey, this may sound crazy," Judy said. "But what if both our cases are… Connected?"

"Could be," Nick said shrugging. "If so, then we just got two birds with one stone. Or three in this case."

Jack chuckled. "You could be right, Hopps," he said. "If so, then maybe we can work together on this one."

A quick knock on the door was heard and the three of them turned to it.

"Door's unlocked," Nick said.

The door swung opened quickly with Wolfard standing with some papers. "Hopps! Wilde!" he said. "I found something on the cams!" He placed the papers down. They were all pictures from cameras around Zootopia.

"Look," he said, pointing to one picture. It was a crowd walking across the street and his finger was pointing at what looks like a jaguar or cheetah in a chestnut-colored jacket. "This guy over here has the same kind of jacket you found the other day. It's a McKroc."

"How can you tell?" Nick asked.

"Because…" He brought another picture on and pointed to the same cat mammal wearing the exact same jacket. "This one was 3 days after the one I showed you just now. There's no one else who has worn the same kind of jacket even. And the sleeves were sewn in a diamond shape with crosses in them just like the back of the jacket you found, Hopps." Wolfard brought out another picture. "This one was just 5 days ago." The picture was shown somewhere shady with the lights dimly shining above his head that says 'The Tunnels' shining in pink as outlines.

"Where is this?" Judy asked.

"Grass Street," Nick answered. "No way I can't recognize that. It's a nightclub."

"And yet you still don't know everyone?" Judy joked.

"Hey, I knew everyone because I was a con fox back then okay?" he countered.

Jack looked at the two and sighed. "They look so happy…" he thought. He smiled and combed his fur with his paw. "We should wait for a few days," Jack suggested. "He doesn't go there often, does he?"

"Well, we checked the day before we got this picture," Wolfard said. "So, no."

"Then until we are alerted of his presence, then maybe we can take a look."

"Good idea," Nick agreed. "At least now we have a strong lead on something." He patted Jack on the back. "I think it could be a good time for you to rest."

"You noticed huh?" he said chuckling, rubbing the back of his neck. "I guess I can try. Again…"


A/N: I'm gonna have to stop here. I may have overlooked at some errors so please forgive me. The next chapter will take part a few days after this one. But I'll post it in the next 3 or 4 days. So expect it soon or never. :P

It's just that, I feel like none of you are actually hyped for this so tell me if you want me to continue. If not, I'll just cut to the chase in the next chapter. And I'll be honest, I'm disappointed in this story too. :P