The little bunny in my arms was getting restless in my arms as we walked through the hospital, She had her nose buried in the crook of my elbow, I could feel her nose twitching.

"Hey Carrots, What's wrong?" I said calmly, giving her my half smile, trying to calm her down.

She rolled over and

We got out to the truck, and with me and Hopps being so small, we shared a seat, not that we minded the close contact.

Muzzleton started the truck and got us moving.

I yawned and felt a tickle in my nose, I sniffed the air and my nose alerted me to new unfamiliar smells such as salty, tangy, and floral.

"That's odd," I thought to myself.

I sniffed the air again, and instantly located the source,

Carrots.

"Hey carrots, are you okay?" I asked nudging her ear with nose.

"Yeah why?" She looked up at me.

"You smell tangy and salty and kinda flowery." I planted my nose against her skull, inhaling.

Muzzleton chuckled, shaking his head as we drove.

"Okay Chuckles what is so funny?" I snarked, slightly irritated at his constant chuckling.

Muzzleton sighed and looked at me from the corners of his Orangesicle eyes,

"You, that's what's so funny." He scratched his chin and shook his head and sighed.

"I'm glad I'm a source of entertainment for you, now do you care to explain how I'm so entertaining to you?"

"It's like watching a pup grow up, as he grows up, he begins to see things differently but he's not aware of that he's different" Muzzleton said calmly.

"Very straight forward, but that doesn't explain why it's so funny." I said rolling my eyes.

"Actually it does Nick." Hopps piped up,

"Huh?"

She sighed and smiled at me,

"Nick, I've hanging around this guy for almost 20 minutes, heck I don't even know his name but even I can see that he's been through the same thing you have,"

My face deadpanned, she was right.

"By the way what is your name?" Judy turned to Muzzleton.

"The name's Muzzleton."

"But why did Bogo call you Lupus?"

"That's my first name, Don't care for it honestly. So now since we're playing 20 questions, I can ask you something. What do you know about this situation so far?" Hopps sighed and scratched her ears.

"Well a whole lotta nothing, honestly," she let out a small half hearted chuckle.

"What I do know is that nothing is as it seems, I was so wrong about the world being so simple. I know that everything is a lie and not a simple piece of cake." She said almost disappointed.

"The Cake is a lie." Muzzleton chuckled as he shook his head.

Hopps turned her head, then shrugged her shoulders.

"So what is going on?" She asked warily, I put my arm around her, comforting her.

"A whole lotta bullshit. Like this traffic," Muzzleton joked as he gestured to the dead and empty streets ahead of us.

Hopps cheeked a smile and sighed, shake her head.

"No? Okay, anyway; what is going on is that You and Wilde have been, well actually are, part of an investigation on night howlers and the underground drug market. Mw and other Agents from the ABI have been working on this case for almost 15 years. This case has cost the lives of 6 ABI agents, 5 agents from the Core Intelligence Bureau and countless police officers and civilians alike. THere has been over 50 arrest, 5 being key government officials,"

Judy's eyes widened, I gulped.

"Yeah this case has been a pain in the ass. Any way, You guys are important to this case for 3 reasons: 1. Nick and his reaction to the Night howlers and his history 2. Your connections with the big family and 3. You proved yourselves valuable agents by cracking a part of this case, alone."

"Wait wait do you mean Nick's history? He only was a hustler and maybe did some catnip selling right?" Judy looked at me and at Muzzleton, Muzzleton raised an eyebrow.

Judy glared at me, causing me to gulp, I looked at Muzzleton for help.

"Sorry buddy time to bite the bullet…" He said sympathetically.

"Nicholas Wilde, what are you hiding?" Judy grabbed my shirt collar and we were nose to nose

"Judy, I can explain.." She let me go,

"You better start now." She huffed, I groaned.

"Well you see, I wasn't only a hustler, or small time dealer. And Gabriella, wasn't just my partner, she was also my ex girlfriend and…" Hopps was staring at me intently, like a kit enwrapped in a story being told.

"And?" She prodded, I took a deep breath.

"And now she's dead...because of me." Judy gasped and covered her mouth, her little eyes wide in horror.

"Nick, did you?" I held back a snarl

"NO! I did not Kill her, Judith." The beast inside me puzzled at the situation.

"Then who -" She was interupted by Muzzleton's phone ringing.

He pressed a button on his steering wheel,

"Howdy Savage, what's goin on?" Muzzleton said casually.

"We're at the airport, waiting for you. Marci has all the badges and stuff back at headquarters, did you get the goods?"

Hopps looked taken back, her ears turned to the sides and then turned backwards, honestly kinda cute.

Muzzleton looked over at us,

"Sure did Savage, Wilde was just explain to Hopps about, well everything."

I heard a chuckle over the radio.

"Oh that had to be entertaining, Wilde, if there's one thing that's impossible to do, it would be to hide the truth from your woman, Trust me, they always find out. Good luck, man and Judy, I look forward to meeting you. So Muzzleton how far away are ya?"

Judy raised an eyebrow and thumped her foot, I gently nudge her thumping foot with mine.

She looked up at me, irritated no doubt.

"10 Minutes give or take, see ya soon brother." Muzzleton hung up and looked at me,

"So carry on with your half assed explanation." He chuckled

I sighed and looked at Judy, who was still irritated at being called "Goods"

"Who was that? And who does he think he is calling me goods, like I'm some sort of package!?" She demanded,

"That was Savage, Jack Savage. He's another ABI agent, he's with his partner, Skye. Jack saved my ass from being killed or me ending up killing Gabriella.I didn't go there to kill her Hopps, I went to talk but she-she pushed my buttons too far and I...snapped," I grimaced at the memory of so much blood and knowing that I was now about to lose my best friend.

"I'm a monster Hopps, I lost my shit and went...Savage. It's like I was being driven by instinct, and bloodlust. It was like being under the nighthowler again, and I can understand if you don't want to be around me. I would never blame you."

I hung my head in shame, hearing myself confirm that I was a monster.

"This is Wilde, say goodbye to your best friend." I was surprised when I felt a soft paw on my arm.

I looked over at Judy, she had a pained look on her face, but also a look of understanding.

"But Nick," She whispered quietly and gently as if her words were meant to caress me.

"You got the antidote to the Nigh Howler. I watched them give it to you, Your head was on my lap, Bogo and even Finnick was there…" She trailed off, her face contorted with confusion

"I know Carrots, but for some reason, the antidote only treated me, not cured. I can still turn into a monster." I sighed and turned away from her.

"Nick…" She sighed and leaned her forehead against my arm, her little nose moving like crazy.

Muzzleton cleared his throat,

"I uh hate to interrupt the moment but, we're here." I looked up, we were at the airport. The sky was pitch black and there was no moon, but i could make out the shape of a jet.

I sighed and nudged Hopps, she looked up me, little tears filled her eyes.

My stomach dropped, I held back a whimper.

"Way to go asshole." I thought to myself as guilt smacked me, I had to fix this.

I wiped away the small tears that polluted her face and stroked back her ears.

She sniffled, I reached over and unbuckled us. I carefully gathered her into my lap and hugged her.

I sniffed her ears, and nuzzled them with my wet nose, essentially tickling. She giggled and squirmed, I stopped and scratched between her ears.

She smiled at me, i relaxed and gave her another hug, inhaling her scent and then mine.

"Ugh, can never get away from it." Muzzleton groaned rolling his eyes. Judy let out a giggle, I leaned against the door to give Muzzleton some room as he reached into the backseat and grabbed his bag.

Suddenly the door opened.

THUMP!

CRASH

I groaned at the crash landing on to the ground, Hopps was on top of me, her little bunny ears back, and her eyes wide.

I wanted to aww and coo,

"God damn it Wilde! Man up!' This bunny was going to be the death of me.

"Hello Wilde," I looked up at the voice, Savage.

"Hello Savage, how nice of you to open my door for me. You must be a real Gentlemammal." I said sarcastically.

"Wait? You're Savage? You're a bunny?" Hopps squeaked as she sat up on my chest, I tried not to imagine what this would be like if she was in a skirt.

"Not okay man, not okay. She's your best friend, and partner, don't be so crude." I scolded myself, instead I focused on the conversation.

"Yes I am Jack Savage and I am not a bunny, I am a Jack Rabbit. Now if you will please come with me , we can get going to the plane and get back to headquarters." Jack said matter-of-factly.

He reached out for her hand, without realizing it, My hands clamped around Judy's waist.

Jack chuckled,

"Oh yeah, it's there." He stepped back and let me help Hopps on to the plane.

As we bordered, a familiar smell hit me, the smell of vanilla frosting.

Skye sitting window in the middle of the luxurious jet. The interiors were black leather and gold trimmed, with chrome floorboards. Pure luxury, I was in awe at the crystal chandelier and cherry wood dining table.

Skye giggled and got up, she looked much different without matted blood in her virgin snow colored fur. She was wearing a soft pink tank top covered with a white cotton cover up and a pair of black fitted dress pants.

"You like it yes? I can tell, your reaction is normal. It is pleasure seeing you again Mr. Wilde," Her gentle sapphire colored eyes floated down to the small and transfixed rabbit in my arms.

"And you must be Judith Hopps! It is a pleasure to finally meeting you." Skye smiled and held out her paw, Judy shook it timidly, awe struck by the beautiful vixen

"Let's get you settled in now. Can you walk?" Skye asked gently, I sniffed the air, no harsh smells.

"Barely." Skye sighed, she looked around and stood up straight.

"I am a doctor, I want to take a look at your leg, may I?" Judy nodded, Skye looked at me then to Judy.

"Nick I'm not going to hurt her. Can I hold her and check her out?" I nodded, Judy rolled her eyes. I felt bad, I was treating her like as if I owned her.

Skye gently took Just out of my arms and sat her on a table, before examining Judy, Skye sniffed her and smiled for a brief second. Then she rolled up Judy's pant leg and removed the bandaging.

I moved to the left of Skye so I could watch. As the bandages came off, a smell hit me. It wasn't pleasant at all.

"Infection." The word popped out of my mouth before my brain even knew it, Muzzleton chuckled from behind us. Skye smiled at me, she stopped unwrapping and had me go to the opposite end of the plane, so Judy's leg was out of view.

"You're right, can you tell me how bad?" I saw Skye pull off the last of the Wraps. I inhaled deeply,

"It's not too bad just uh, starting? I'm not sure, why do you ask?"

"She's testing your nose. Since you're part savage, your nose will be more sensitive." Muzzleton spoke up,

"How do you know what I'm experiencing?" I narrowed my eyes, time for some answers.

"Because I'm a savage, just like you Wilde."