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CHAPTER 10

Judy had retrieved her gear for the ZPD, and issued a "Accidental Suspension" decree, due to the fact that she was presumed dead. As they drove back to the station, she was searching through her phone for anything she might have missed.

"Jeez, you would think once somebody died they wouldn't try to call or text you."

Nick scoffed.

"I've heard people talk about sending messages to lost ones months after losing them."

Judy nodded, reading all of the sincere messages from friends and family.

"How do you think they'll react to seeing me?"

Nick pulled into the parking lot of the police station, then stopped the car, smiling at her.

"Ecstatic."

Judy had her bag with her, and was in front of Nick as they walked into the building. It had been a while since she had seen the interior of the building, so she looked up to the roof, noticing the roomy windows above her. She then shifted her attention, seeing Benjamin sitting at the front desk, looking lonely. Slowly walking up to the table, Judy placed her badge on the desk, and Benjamin noticed. Looking beyond the desk, she saw Judy with a very large smile.

"JUDY!" Benjamin screamed in surprise and happiness. He climbed around the desk and gave her a big hug, his tail flying around like crazy from happiness. He backed away and began to fan his eyes from the tears of joy.

"Goodness, we thought we lost you!"

Nick walked up almost laughing.

"You had the same reaction her parents did, Ben."

He rolled his eyes and walked back to his desk, and gave a big smile, putting his fist on his cheek as he listened.

"We came by to re-enlist.I figured that if i was supposedly gone i would have to come back to work at some point."

Benjamin scrolled through on his monitor and searched for Chief Bogo's email, then messaged him, explaining that Judy was back. Benjamin then pointed his attention back to Nick and Judy.

"So i won't ask any questions about the time it happened, but did you get to see everybody you needed to?"

Judy giggled and nodded.

"Yeah, i went to see my parents with Nick." Nick pulled out his phone and began to pass time as Benjamin and Judy spoke to one another. Eventually, several other officers had realized that she was back, and in a matter of seconds, Judy was surrounded by several officer welcoming her back with high-fives, handshakes, and even hugs. Eventually, Nick noticed what had happened, and swam his way back through the crowd to Judy, and once he caught up with her, a loud voice bellowed for silence, and every officer went quiet. A pathway opened up between the other crowd officers, and Chief Bogo could be seen standing at the other end. He had a straight face after having to deal with the crowd, but after seeing Judy, his face lit up with a small grin.

"Officer Hopps." Bogo spoke as he woke up to Judy, giving her a handshake. "I am glad to see you came back."

Judy smiled and saluted, speaking.

"Officer Judith Hopps, reporting for duty!"

Bogo smiled and walked with Judy and Nick to the debrief room, where he had a specific topic he needed to talk to them about.

"I understand you were expecting to see a party in your honor, but unfortunately, we don't have the time for that today."

Judy smiled.

"Not a problem, Chief. I'm just here to make the world a better place."

Nick looked at her, and Judy gave a smile.

"Well anyway, we have more hostage calls going off almost every other day of the week. And we need you to grab a squadron of officers to check the building after SATPAW secures them."

Judy became concerned and asked,

"Have you guys even found any leads on to why they're doing this?"

Bogo scratched his horns as he explained.

"Well, we tried with every bit of info, but with no reasoning behind their actions, it's like it just happens by several other people for absolutely no reason!"

Judy looked around as she thought about it, and spoke again.

"Have you asked any notorious groups or even eye witnesses?"

Bogo nodded.

"Even the mob boss, Big. We asked several inmates at the county jail, and we've even tried making public announcements to keep an eye out for anything suspicious."

Nick spoke.

"Then let's go undercover."

They both stared at Nick with a questioned look on their faces. He then clarified what he meant.

"Let's try to get attention by seeing who can recruit us, and pinpoint where the orders come from."

Judy saw how it could possibly work, but Bogo crossed his arms.

"And you're going to do this, right Nicholas? Because i'm not giving up any of my officers to your little game."

Nick became irritated with his attitude and Judy spoke up.

"Will you relax, Bogo? I'll go with him. That way there's twice the amount of officers to cover one another."

Bogo snorted when he heard Judy volunteer herself, and almost called her out for getting shot in the first place, but he then realized that she wasn't even on duty when it had happened, so doing his best to let it slide, he struck a deal with the two.

"You can go and help Nick with this, 'undercover' crank you want to pull, but if it fails…"

He pointed at Nick.

"You have to re-enlist to the ZPD."

Nick looked down and thought, but once he understood that this was for a good cause, he looked back up with a determined face, and nodded. He spoke back.

"If we succeed, you promote her to captain."

Judy looked at Nick with a surprised look on his face, and back to Bogo, who was locking eyes with Judy. She shook her head and spoke up.

"No no no, you don't have to do that Chief, i promise!" She smiled and Bogo held his hand up.

"I'll allow it."

Nick nodded, then saluted.

"Where can we first look?"

Bogo thought for a moment, and answered.

Try asking somebody at one of the bars in town. Maybe you'll find something there."

Judy nodded, following Nick out the door.

"You didn't have to do that."

Nick grinned. "You know it's a win-win. If i fail then i get to work with you, but if i win, then i can see you almost at every event."

Judy grinned and agreed.

"I guess I'll have to look at it that way."

She winked and Nick smiled as he walked to the exit, back to the vehicle. As they drove away from the station, Nick had taken a left instead of a right to the bar, and Judy noticed.

"Nick, the bar's that way." She pointed with her thumb to the back of the vehicle.

"I know." He answered. "I have to let my commanding officer know what's going on. THat way i don't get fired for not being off duty."

Judy nodded and watched traffic fly by as Nick pulled up to the abandoned building. Once he stopped the vehicle, he spoke.

"I'll be back in a few minutes. Stay here."

"Got it," Judy spoke. "Stay safe."

Nick looked back and gave a thumbs up with a smile. When he entered, Judy looked back into the window to watch the traffic drive by. As she noticed the amount of taxi cabs driving down the road, one stopped in front of a hotel and let off an important looking wolf out of the back seat. Behind that cab, was another vehicle, carrying four tigers, all wearing armor as if they were part of a militia. Judy wondered what the importance of this person was about, and there was something that sparked her curiosity.

The badge that one of the militia members wore was similar to the one the coyote wore.