As of Chapter 10, Judy is now a protagonist.
Chapter 10 - The Case Begins, Horribly
The sun was bright and shining early in the morning, kids we're outside and playing with their friend's in the neighborhood. You could hear birds chirp as well. Today marked another day in this new born life.
I yawned and rubbed my eyes. My ears twitched and I opened an eye. It seems that I was in my room. I stretched myself and jumped out of bed. I looked at the clock in my room and it was almost noon. Did dad forget to wake me up today? I shrugged and went to my door.
I opened the door and saw dad's room was open. I headed inside and nobody was in. The room was completely neat and clean, nothing was out of place and the floor was neatly cleaned. Did he do all of this yesterday, or today?
Now I was curious, is he even home to begin with? I got out of his room and closed it. I went downstairs slowly and I saw nobody was in the living room. I peeked to the kitchen and nobody was there, I knocked on the bathroom. No response at all.
Suddenly I heard the doorbell ring. My ears raised up. I slowly walked up to the door and peeked through the little hole. There was Finnick.
I jumped and unlocked the door. Finnick opened the door and saw me.
"Oh, sorry! I came a little late." Finnick said while scratching his head and holding a small bag on his hand.
"Finnick?" I said while looking at him and raised an ear.
"Hm? Are you wondering where your dad is?" Finnick said.
I simply nodded, but I know he's gonna say he's at work. Isn't he...
"He's at work with your mom, he asked me to babysit you until he get's back so no need to worry.
I knew it, I remembered yesterday he told me his vacation ended, dang it. Not even mom is here to spend time with her own son. But I need to be babysat? I guess. But I feel like I can be fine on my own.
Sigh, I shoudn't let this get into my head so quickly, Finnick is here anyways to help.
"Did you just wake up?" Finnick noticed my eyes had dirt under them.
"Hm!" I nodded.
"Are you hungry?" Finnick also asked me.
"Yeah..." I said and rubbed my stomach.
"Luckily, I brought something to eat for you." Finnick gave the bag to me and I grabbed it.
"For me?" I raised my ear and looked inside of it.
"Yup! I brought some chicken and fries for you. I already ate so don't worry about that." Finnick smiled at me, I didn't know how to thank him properly so I gave him a hug and wagged my tail.
Finnick chuckled and rubbed my back, shortly after I let go. I went to the living room and sat down on the floor, placing the bag on the coffee table. I pulled out everything from it and began eating, Finnick headed to the kitchen and looked at a note in it.
He grabbed it and the note was everything Finnick needed to do for me.
'Remember to feed Omid three times a day, give him a shower. I don't think he's showered in a while so go ahead and do that for me.
Watch him at all times. Keep him company. Play with him.'
Finnick rolled his eyes and tore down the note and threw it on the trash, he already knew what to do and didn't need Nick telling him how to take care of someone.
It seems today is going to be a long day, hopefully it won't take my parent's the whole day to come back. I feel like today will be a really good day thought. Nothing bad is gonna happen.
Nick's POV...
The whole ZPD office was loud and full of noises. The wolves were singing, the polar bears were playing wrestle and the lion's are watching a video on their phone's. Until after a few seconds.
"Everyone! Be quiet and sit down!" Chief bogo pushed the door open and smacked a ruler on the board.
Everyone was now in place and sitting quietly. Looks like Bogo ain't in a good mood today.
Nick and Judy we're on their usual spots, sitting down and paying attention on their seats.
Bogo began talking and told everyone what to do for the day, let's make this faster alright? Every single one of the cops we're told what to do except for Nick and Judy who we're the last one's as always. The office was now only left with them three remaining.
"You two." Chief bogo looked at them directly in the eyes.
"Yes Chief!" They both said at the same time while putting their hand on their head, doing the salute.
"I have a very special and important case for you two now. It's the case about the economical problems of Zootopia, and I need you two. My best cops to help put an end to this." Chief bogo said.
"Aw, just for us?" Nick chuckled.
"Shut it Wilde. Not in the mood for your stupidity right now." Chief Bogo yelled at Nick.
"Jeez, alright." Nick rolled his eyes and shrugged it off.
"As you we're saying...?" Judy said while looking at Bogo.
"As I was saying. I have a case for you two. Recently I've found out about a mad scientist out here, that's causing our economy to drop down. They've been stealing money from people's bank accounts and using it to his experiments. How people are allowing him to do this? It's not known. But their experiments are pretty illegal you know. Haven't been able to track them down, or hear anything about them. But last time it was heard that their recent purchase is somewhere in Savannah. Someone who looked shady passed by there. If you guys could find it as soon as possible, and put an end to their plots. You'd do this town a great favor. I'm counting on you two for this." Chief bogo was explaining the case to them.
"We got it Chief. How much time do we have for this? Judy asked him.
"Before the town goes into chaos. You've seen how the town is right now? The faster you do this, the less angry they will be." Chief bogo pointed to the window outside, people we're already rioting in front of the mayor's place.
"Oh geez, got it." Nick said and gasped as he looked outside.
"Here you go." Chief pulled out the documents and handed it to Judy.
"Thank you, Chief. We both will make sure to put an end to this as soon as we can. Any particular reason why you chose us as well for this?" Judy asked Chief Bogo again.
"You two are my best cops! Jules and Nick!" Bogo smirked at them.
"Jules?" Nick raised an ear.
"Uh, Judy. Yeah Judy. My bad. I'm not thinking straight." The chief laughed and apologized for his mistake.
All Judy did was roll her eyes and sighed.
"Anyways. Go on, scram. I'm gonna supervise on the newbies now. Our newly signed cadets." Bogo slammed the door open and left the area.
"He just called you Jules!" Nick snickered and tried to hold his laugh.
"It wasn't funny. It was more, weird than funny. This is the first time he mistakes my name." Judy facepalmed herself.
"I'm sure he just did it jokingly, no need to worry carrots." Nick got up from the chair and Judy hopped out after him.
The two of them got out of the office and we're greeted by Officer Benjamin Clawhauser.
"Judy! Nick! Hello!" Clawhauser waved at them.
"Hey! We need one of the keys for a car please." Judy asked him kindly.
"Got your case already?" Clawhauser asked them.
"Yup. We're going to Savannah right now to check it out." Judy said.
"Is it about the economical problems? Or a different one?" Clawhauser asked them as well.
"Hm. Looking at the documents we don't have any suspects yet. But, we do have the location of the person who sold some items to them. In a store called Grabn'go" Judy opened the documents and looked through everything.
"If Bogo gave you it, he must trust you guys a lot." Clawhauser said.
"We are the best cops in the whole city, aren't we?" Nick said and smirked.
"You guys are! Haha!" Clawhauser smiled and began eating a donut from his counter. He grabbed one of the keys and threw it to Judy.
"Thank you Benjamin. Take care!" Judy said as she began hopping away from the building with Nick, Clawhauser waved them goodbye.
The two of them walked to the parking lot now, they pressed one of the buttons on the keys and a car honked their horn. The two of them got inside of it, with Judy being the driver.
She turned the car on and stepped on the gas, quickly leaving the area with Nick.
After a few minutes, they arrived to Savannah City, the city full of desert dwellers and animals. Nick was looking around on the window and saw Grabn'go was located right across the street, inside an alley.
"This is it carrots!" Nick pointed to his right. Judy went onto that direction and stopped the car, she parked it a few blocks away from the store and civilization. The whole street was deserted and nobody was seen in sight. This place was truly shady.
"Watch the car alright? Lock yourself inside and don't let anybody in. This place looks super fishy indeed." Judy took off her seatbelt.
"Go it!" Nick said and saw Judy getting out of the car. She locked the doors on her way out.
"I mean it Nick. Don't open for anybody. Or else." Judy was serious about this.
"Jeez, I won't." Nick groaned.
"Alright. I'll be going now." Judy started hopping her away to the shop, leaving Nick alone in the car.
Nick turned on the radio and started listening to it. He put on the pop station and started jamming inside.
Judy went inside the shop, and there was a few people inside. She went and looked around for an employee.
An old lady was seen outside of Nick's view. She was walking around with a cane, looking like she was about to fall down. Nick noticed her and looked at her poor defenseless self. Hiding her face with a hoodie and her skin shaking each time she took a step.
Nick was feeling a bit sad for her, she didn't have anybody to help her walk.
'Nick, you need to stay inside. Don't do it.' Nick was saying to himself, he knew if he didn't listen to Judy. He'd be in trouble.
'DO IT. SHE'S A POOR OLD LADY.' The other side of Nick kept telling him, Nick shaked his head and rubbed it.
"God damn it. I'll do it. I'm gonna regret this." Nick opened the lock and got out of the car, he went towards the old lady and helped her walk to the other side of the street. Luckily there was no cars passing by.
"Oh my. Thank you, young man for helping me." The old lady thanked Nick for the help.
"No problem Miss! It's my job to help you!" Nick rubbed his shirt and smiled.
"Nobody would ever help me, so I have a reward for you, young guy." The old lady said.
"No need for the rewards. Seriously, I do it for free." Nick said.
"Please take it...I feel like, I bothered too much being helpless." The old lady said, looking down on the ground.
"Uh, Ah. Alright. Fine." Nick said and shrugged.
"T-Thank you." The old lady began looking through her purse, but she immediatedly stopped and smacked Nick in the head with it. Nick coudn't react fast enough to avoid that.
Nick was knocked on the ground unconsciously now. She threw the purse on the ground, revealing a brick inside of it. The old lady took her hood off and rubbed off the make-up from her face. The old lady was actually a crocodile with make-up on.
"Good work. Can't believe they fell for the obvious trap. Fools. The rabbit even told her to stay inside. Now take him down the sewers." A radio was heard from the crocodile's chest.
"I will boss, I will." His voice sounded deeper now, he was pretending to be an elder all along. He grabbed Nick and went towards the street's sewer. He opened it from the outside and threw Nick down, someone was already down and catched him for them. The crocodile got inside and closed the sewers, beginning to climb down now.
Judy's POV...
Judy was at the manager's office with the store owner, fully tied up with rope on the ground next to the door.
"So, what's his name?" Judy asked the manager. They we're a weasel.
"I'm not telling." The weasel glared at her said.
"If you don't tell me, you'll be heading straight to jail. Mr. Tripp." She looked at his name tag.
"I can't go to jail without commiting a crime." Tripp growled at Judy, trying to break free.
"Let's look at your logs then." Judy said as she began walking her way to his desk.
"You can't do that! It's invading privacy!" The weasel accused her.
"Hiding something it seems? It's not invading privacy when you won't answer a cop's questions." Judy said and smirked.
"Illegal, I tell you!" Tripp yelled at her.
"Let's look at this now." Judy turned on his computer.
"You're gonna get arrested by your own chief for doing this!" The weasel was still accusing Judy for invading his privacy.
The computer turned on, and the wallpaper of it. It wasn't something ordinary. It was more like, perverted.
"EW!" Judy quickly pulled a tab open to get it away.
"I told you so!" Tripp growled and blushed, feeling embarassed having a wallpaper like that.
"Hm. The tapes." Judy opened one of the bookmarks. It was all the recording's from the camera's on the shop.
"NO! He'll kill ME!" Tripp yelled out.
"Oh? That's him?" Judy said as she looked at him. It was a giant lion with a green tuxedo on.
"N-No! Damn it! Yes..." The weasel groaned, giving away his position.
"What's his name?" Judy asked him.
"I don't know it." Tripp lied to her.
"Say it. Or I'll delete everything in your computer, except for this." Judy selected almost every single file in it.
"P-Please don't!" Tripp cried out now. His computer meant everything to him. He can't afford to lose all those pictures of him.
"Then say it. I'll give you to the count of three, you're wasting my time now." Judy said.
"Stop it!" He yelled again.
"3..." Judy said.
"Please..." He kept yelling.
"2..." Judy said.
"Enough!" Tripp said.
"1..." Judy was about to click the delete button, until...
"IT'S KEVIN. His name is Kevin." He finally spilled his name.
"And his last name?" Judy demanded it.
"He doesn't have one." Tripp said.
"Are you sure?" Judy was close to deleting everything now again.
"I'm serious! Look." The weasel tried to pull out a receipt from his pocket.
Judy got out of the seat and went to him and pulled it out. His last name was crossed out with a pen.
"When I handed him it to give his signature, he crossed out his last name and just left after paying. I looked at his credit card name's on the store's bank account and all it said was DARK INDUSTRIES. I'm assuming that's his company or something." The weasel said.
"Company eh? So you don't work for him?" Judy asked him.
"'Course not! But he did threathen to kill me if I revealed him, and I did! SO NOW. I'm gonna die!" Tripp was about to cry now.
"You're not dying at all, because this is all I wanted." Judy smiled at him.
"Why?" He asked her.
"He's a criminal. He's causing problems in this city by stealing money from people's bank accounts." Judy went to his computer once again, and began searching for his bank account.
"But did he just not give me money?" Tripp was confused now.
"Check again." Judy opened his bank account, and he had the exact balance of 100.00$
"He scammed me! How? I had thousands!" He growled.
"Exactly. Now do you understand? He goes around stores, buying stuff and stealing money from them using some weird gadget or something which somebody sold him. The person who sold it to him and himself are going to jail. This is why we're looking for him to stop him." Judy said.
"I do. Sorry for, getting angry and stuff." Tripp sighed.
"No problem. If you spot him again, be sure to tell me." Judy got off from his desk once again, and untied him.
"Alright, Officer. Just, scram now. I'm embarassed you looked through my stuff." Tripp rushed over to his chair and sat down on it. Closing every tab Judy had opened.
"I'll regret that decision indeed." Judy facepalmed herself.
"Okay okay, cya! Go go! I'll holler if I see something fishy" Tripp demanded her to leave.
Judy rolled her eyes and walked out of his office and looked at the store which the employees we're all on the ground unconcious.
Long story short, Judy asked each one of them for the manager and nobody except one of them told him where he was hiding.
She went out of the store and looked at where the car was at. She noticed the door was open.
"Oh god." Judy ran all the way to it.
She looked outside from the car and Nick wasn't found inside.
"God damn it Nicholas Piberious Wilde! I told you not to get out! You better not be exploring around!" Judy was angry now, the key's we're also missing for the car. Nick had them and she couldn't go anywhere now.
Suddenly her ears picked up some noises. She looked at the left side of the car and saw a purse on the ground, she heard it vibrate pretty loudly thank's to her ears. She opened the purse and there was a giant brick inside, and a half cracked phone.
"Did someone just steal a lady's bag and put a brick inside of it? I doubt Nick could had done this." Judy picked up the phone and it was vibrating for charge, It was about to die out. She was about to call Nick from it but the phone had died as soon as she started dialing.
"Dang it!" She threw it and it landed in the sewer's cover. She noticed how the lid was a bit out of place and she went towards it.
"I swear to god Nick, If you went under here." Judy mumbled to herself while opening the lid.
She looked deep down inside, It was completely dark inside. She pulled out a small pocket lamp from her pocket's and turned it on. Pointing it towards the bottom, she began climbing down the stairs, on her quest to find Nick now. She began thinking, If Nick was safe, or if he was looking for someone, or even if he got kidnapped!
'Nah, I doubt it. Nick knows how to take care of himself, and has always been curious.' Judy said on her mind.
"Wait 'till I get you Nick, you are going to get a big scold from me for not listening. Judy mumbled to herself again, thus the chapter ending right here.
Chapter 10 END.