A/N: We had some action in the last update, not against the dead but the living, as Mr. Big's polar bear henchmen, Kevin and Raymond try to capture Nick and make him pay for saving Mr. Big's life and destroying his car during the war. But, it was in vain, even though everyone put up a good fight, they got tranquilized and captured. What will happen now? Read to find out, enjoy!
(Judy's P.O.V.)
I woke up feeling dizzy and lightheaded, my vision was pretty blurry, I couldn't make out what I was seeing. All I saw was black fuzzy carpet and a blur of colors I could recognize as Nick's. From his fur, to his jacket, I could tell that was definitely Nick.
"Judy. Judy, wake up" I heard Nick's voice whisper to me. I tried to move my paws to my sides to help me stand up, but for some reason, I found it extremely difficult to separate my paws an inch away from one another and I put my paws in front of me. My vision had now fully readjusted and back to the way it was and saw that I had silver cuffs binding my paws in front of me, Nick was wearing them around his paws too, Clawhauser and Gazelle too had the bindings on them.
"What happened? Where are we?" I asked as I sat up, regaining my upper back strength and pulling myself up to face Nick.
"We're in Kevin and Raymond's car right now. They're taking us to Mr. Big" Nick whispered to me. I looked around to see were in the back seat of some gaudy tacky limousine and the partition was fully up, blocking the view of the driver's and shotgun seats.
"This is bad" Clawhauser muttered.
"Don't worry. I can get us out of here" I told him, giving him a reassuring face. I looked to my belt to see my tomahawks were gone, even my sawed-off double-barrel wasn't in it's casing on my back anymore.
"They took our weapons. My machete and pistol, Clawhauser's golf clubs, Gazelle's bow and arrows... everything. Probably stowed them away in the trunk" Nick said as I was looking around for my weapons.
"You think you can pick the locks with your claws?" I asked Nick.
"No, my claws aren't that sharp enough to pick through the locking mechanism on these things. I haven't taken good care of my claws since the war ended" Nick said looking down at his dull claws, they looked like they needed to be cleaned up, just like his bruised paws that looked like they were sore from punching something (Probably zombies).
"Woah woah woah, wait you guys... you feel that?" Gazelle asked, we were all turning our heads left and right as we felt the car slowing down.
"The car's slowing down. What's going on? Are we stopping?" I asked Nick, who jumped up on his hind paws and looked up the window to see something and looked back down.
"We're at Mr. Big's estate and sanctuary" Nick said. Just as he had finished saying that, the doors opened up to reveal Raymond and Kevin, and they had bandages and gauze with some blood seeping out from underneath them, which probably came from all the damage we dealt on them when we were fighting them back at the mansion we spent the night at. Kevin was carrying all our weapons in a white plastic trash back, I could tell because I could see Gazelle's bow sticking out from the side, getting ready to break through the plastic surface at any minute.
"Get out the car" Raymond said holding up his paw and formed into a fist, revealing it was bruised from punching Kevin the stomach a bunch of times by accident.
"No need to be so hostile, we were gonna get out anyways" Nick said giving off some attitude back at him as he got out the car first. I decided to get out next and Clawhauser got out third and lastly to get out and follow behind us was Gazelle.
"Mr. Big doesn't like to be kept waiting, let's move" Kevin said and we began moving towards the large establishment and once we got inside, I felt a burst of hot air hit our fur. It sure felt nice, even after standing out in the snow fighting Raymond and Kevin for that long. After walking up a flight of stairs and were guided to the last door on the left, we were in a very large office. A desk stood in the middle of the room and we were made to stand on the center of the rug in the middle of the room itself.
(Normal P.O.V.)
Raymond walked over to behind the desk, and turned a small chair in the middle of the desk to reveal a small Arctic Shrew in a tuxedo. Nick recognized the Shrew all too well as Mr. Big, he looked exactly the same as the day he saw him when he saved him during the war. Gazelle, Clawhauser, and Judy a little bit shocked (even though they didn't really show it much) that Mr. Big was so small.
"Nice to see you again, Wilde" Big said sarcastically.
"Good to be back. Now tell us why we're here" Nick said moving closer to Big and giving off a serious face and showing off his metallic bindings that kept his paws bound in front of him.
"You know all too well why you're here. During that little war of yours you destroyed my Five hundred thousand dollar car. I just happened to have had it tuned up before you destroyed it" Big said tapping his claws on the arm-rest of the chair he was in.
"When was the last time you had a reality check, you little shrew!? There were zombies surrounding your car and if I didn't do anything about it, you and your... bellhops here would be one of them by now!" Nick shouted slamming his paws onto the desk, which made Mr. Big snap his claws and Raymond pushed him back to where he was before.
"Do you know how long it took me to find a car so beautiful and the most amazing interior I've ever seen in my life?" Mr. Big said while Nick was getting up from where Raymond had forced him.
"You actually value a luxury car over your own life? You should be grateful Nick saved you, forget the car, think about your own life!" Judy said walking up to Big and giving him an angry look that showed she was not having it with the way she was treating her friend and faction leader. This only made Mr. Big chuckle.
"I never really understood you soldiers. You always have this big sense of duty, an oath to protect the innocent. Always focusing on the bigger things like life, but never the small things like luxurious things I can only afford" Big said after chuckling.
"Are you listening to yourself!? Are you saying you'd rather have died instead of having Nick save you!?" Clawhauser called out in outrage and confusion.
"If it meant I would have gone down with my beautiful car, than yes" Mr. Big said. Nick got back up and got even more angry, but tried his best to keep his cool.
"You'd better let us go, and just maybe I'll let you keep your head" Nick threatened with a hoarse growl in his throat. Mr. Big response was a mere chuckle before speaking again.
"Your petty threats humor me, Wilde" he said, passing off Nick's threat as if it were a joke.
"I'm being dead serious. Let us go, or else something really ugly is gonna happen" Nick said narrowing his eyes down at the shrew again.
"You not only have the nerve to threaten me, but just happen to allow yourselves to be captured on the day my daughter is to be married?" Mr. Big asked rhetorically as he began tapping his claws on the armrests again, and leaving tiny little markings.
"Who said we allowed ourselves to get captured? your lackeys tranquilized us!" Gazelle piped in.
"I've had enough of hearing your meaningless threats and trying to convince me that the car was nothing compared to me not becoming one of those walking corpses outside my doors. Ice them!" Mr. Big shouted. Raymond pushed the faction off the carpet and took it off to reveal it was a trap door with a whirlpool of ice water filling it up, with large ice chunks floating around in it.
"Wait! You're gonna just let us freeze to death!?" Clawhauser cried out in shock as he saw what was to become of them.
"That's about the gist of it. Throw them in, boys" Mr. Big said. Just as about Kevin and Raymond were about to be pushed in, a tiny female voice called out. It was a younger shrew but with black hair and wearing a beautiful white wedding dress.
"Daddy! The reception's about to begin" she said, walking up to Mr. Big.
"Just one minute, Fru Fru, daddy's handling something right now" Mr. Big said looking to his daughter and then back to Nick, Clawhauser, Judy, and Gazelle.
"Daddy! What did we say!? No icing anyone at my wedding!" Fru Fru scolded Mr. Big.
"I have to baby, Daddy has to. This is the same Fox who destroyed my car" Mr. Big said referring to Nick. Fru Fru then walked a little bit closer to the edge of the desk and looked to Nick.
"You're the one to save my Daddy during the war?" she asked. Nick only nodded and waited for a response, fearing Big poisoned her mind by saying terrible things about him and how he was no better than the zombies (which was so not true).
"Thank you for saving him. You truly are an angel. And thank you so much for your service during the war" Fru Fru said gently and kindly with a warm smile that would make anyone feel very happy and comfortable in their company.
"But baby, Daddy's car" Mr. Big said getting nervous, feeling his heart race in his chest.
"No buts, Daddy. This nice Fox saved you and you decide to ice him and his friends? If it weren't for him, you wouldn't be here, or attending my wedding. Life is a fragile thing, and it's better that you're alive instead of a zombie" said Fru Fru placing her paws on top of Mr. Big's. The older shrew only sighed and let out a smile.
"Perhaps you are right, maybe I overreacted" Mr. Big said before turning to Raymond and Kevin.
"Let them go boys, take the bindings off and give them their weapons back" Mr. Big ordered. The bears did as told and shut the trap door, taking the metal bindings off their paws. Kevin then tore open the plastic trash bag and all their weapons spilled out onto the floor. Nick had reclaimed his pistol and machete, Judy with hr double-barrel and tomahawks, Clawhauser with his golf clubs, and Gazelle with her bow and arrows.
"Thank you, Mr. Big. And congratulations on your daughter's wedding" Judy said as she put her gun back in the casing and the axes back in her belt. Fru Fru let out a girly giggle at Judy's statement.
"Thank you very much. Why not stay for the reception? We would be honored if you stayed for a while" Fru Fru offered.
"Nothing would make us happier" Clawhauser answered.
"Well then, now that all that's out of the way... let's start the reception, shall we?" Mr. Big said walking to the door holding Fru Fru's paw and walked her out the door, Kevin and Raymond walking by their sides. Nick and the rest of the faction then followed behind them.
"That was close. REALLY close" said Nick as he still felt his heart beat fast from the fear of that he was gonna die freezing to death.
"Tell me about it. I thought we were goners for sure. But at least we got invited to a wedding reception" Judy said.
"I wonder if the cake will be good" Clawhauser said. And with that statement, Nick and Judy smiled and rolled their eyes together. The time had now come for the reception to begin as they had entered a large Ball-room.
A/N: And there it is. Mr. Big and Fru Fru making an appearance in the story for the first time. Nick and the other faction members should consider themselves lucky because if Fru Fru hadn't showed up, they'd be dead, wishing it was the zombies that killed them instead of being frozen. The reception and what happens next will be in the next update. Please review, thanks.