Nick sat back in his chair, his paws folded contemplatively as he stared at the ceiling. His eyes were squarely fixed on infinity as he zoned out in front of his desk, not really bothering to take note of the agitated rabbit coming towards him. Judy's voice was hard when she addressed him.

"Working hard huh?" Nick let his eyes come back into focus and stretched a little as he replied.

"You know it!" He shifted so that he could make eye contact with her, "what's up?"

"We're supposed to be working and you're zoning out!"

"Yeah, well we haven't really had anything to do since last week. After breaking up that Catnip farm there really hasn't been much for us to do."

"What do you mean that there isn't much for us to do? That Puma is still out there, what we should be doing is trying to put him in jail." Nick became more serious but broke eye contact with Judy.

"Look Hopps, you know as well as I do that's not going to happen." Nick shifted in his chair to turn back to the computer that he was working at, absentmindedly opening up the case file to make a point.

"What do you mean it's not going to happen!? I was an eyewitness and he gave me his business card!" Nick reached for a cup of coffee and took a long sip, glancing back at her before setting it down and pulling up a page on the puma.

"Yes, and what you told me is that he 'intimidated' one of the workers and then left after making sure that his property was in good condition. All of that is perfectly legal Carrots, and furthermore he is Santiago Vasquez, one of the most powerful mammals in Zootopia." Judy had heard this all before and was trying her best not to let it get to her, but she was still angry.

"So what!? I don't care if he owns one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the city, and I don't care if he's managed to do stuff like this for years because of 'technicalities.' He is connected to more crime in this city than any other mammal – since Al Capybara!" Nick sighed and turned in his chair to face her again.

"Oh yeah? And what proof do you have?"

"Well I- "

"Exactly, you don't have any. No one does. Judy, I care about you so I am going to ask you to do something for me." Judy's annoyance left as Nick gave her a soft look and she felt a growing concern.

"Sure, what is it?"

"Give up on him."

"What!?"

"Promise me. He's not worth it Judy. He's not worth risking your career, your reputation, your life. Just promise that you won't go after him okay?" Judy looked down at the floor and shuffled her feet as she tried to formulate a response. When she looked up though she saw Nick's eyes had grown large, filled with genuine concern. She looked up as Nick grabbed her paws, head hung low in a silent plea.

"I… I guess I could let this go…" Nick reached in and gave her a hug.

"Thank you."

At about that moment their radios crackled to life as Clawhauser buzzed them.

"Hey guys? Bogo needs you down in his office." Judy picked up her radio and responded.

"Alright, we're on our way, you know what for?"

"Don't know. He just told me to get you two."

Judy and Nick shrugged as they went towards Bogo's office, arriving only about ten minutes later. Entering his office, they noticed a pile of tissues and a tigress sitting at one side of the desk, chief Bogo trying to console her as he stood at her side. Nick and Judy cautiously approached, giving a mild cough to signal their presence. Bogo turned around and nodded towards them.

"Here they are miss, these two are some of our finest. If anyone is going to find him these two can." Judy and Nick both nodded and Judy spoke up to address her.

"That's right. Just tell us what happened and we'll start looking into it." The tigress sniffed as she took up another tissue and blew into it.

"Thank you. I… I really feel pretty silly with all of you making such a big deal out of this." Bogo padded her on the shoulder.

"That's because it is a big deal miss." She touched his hoof and nodded before looking back at Judy and Nick.

"Alright. Well, a little over three weeks ago I met a Bison, his name was Greg, though that's probably not his real name. He and I were hanging out for a while and then last night… Something happened…" Judy looked concerned.

"What happened?"

"We got dinner, then we went back to his place. I remember that I didn't feel right, I felt… Funny… It wasn't me, something was wrong but-but I did it anyway…" She was crying a little bit again now.

"Did what?"

"After the movie… We… We cuddled…" Judy looked a little stunned as the silence elongated and she realized that this is what was making the tigress so upset. She didn't understand what the big deal was.

"So?" The tigress looked up, understanding a bit of Judy's confusion.

"You don't get it. I don't like him like that. I didn't want to be close to him like that. What happened that night wasn't something that I wanted to have happen." Judy was starting to look a little annoyed.

"So? Just because you re-" Nick covered Judy's mouth and reached around with another paw to pass a tissue to her. He looked up at chief Bogo who nodded back to him. Uncovering Judy's mouth he pointed her in the direction of the door and chief Bogo.

"Sorry about that. Tell me everything that you can remember about Greg…"

Judy walked with chief Bogo in silence as she glowered at the floor, miffed at what was going on. When he felt that they had reached a safe distance Bogo opened the conversation.

"That wasn't very professional Hopps."

"What do you mean? It sounds to me like she is just crying about a decision that she happened to regret." Bogo rolled his eyes.

"Sure. That's what it sounds like if you don't bother to hear the rest of the story." Judy's annoyance turned to embarrassment as she sensed a new bit of information coming forward. Bogo opened up a file that he had been holding in his other hoof since they left the office.

"You see Hopps, when she first came in she told the boys downstairs that the bison 'Greg' gave her an odd looking drink before all of this. Said it was a special cocktail but she said it tasted … off."

Judy tensed up as the realization hit her.

"Drugs… again…"

"Yeah." He sighed "For that reason, we're treating this as a sexual assault case. When she was at Greg's apartment that night it wasn't her Hopps, and that tigress that Greg brought out of her used her body without her permission." Judy's embarrassment crashed over like a tsunami.

"I must look like a total jerk."

"Yup." Bogo shrugged and started leading her back towards his office, "oh, and one more thing."

"Yeah?"

"We had a doctor take blood samples after we suspected drugs. Care to guess what they found?"

"Catnip?"

"No, but you're not far off. A derivative of a far more powerful plant. Night Howler."

"Not this again." Bogo chuckled a little bit as he stood outside his door.

"What? You really think mammals would ignore the discovery of one of the most powerful psychoactive plants now known to exist. Someone was bound to find new uses for it eventually, seems that this is just one of them. And it's our job to shut this one down too, just like the last one."

Judy sighed as Bogo passed her the folder and opened the door for her. Nick got up from where he was and walked over to meet with her as Bogo returned to comfort the Tigress and close up her interview. Nick didn't have to say anything, the shame was written on her face. He put one arm around Judy's shoulders and guided her out of the office, trying to make her feel a little less bad about what had just happened.

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Authors note:

Sexual assault and rape are both extremely serious offenses and should be treated as such regardless of the situation in which they occur. For victims of such crimes, both male and female, it is extremely important that you contact your nearest qualified consular or member of law enforcement. I have received training in these areas when I was in college and I encourage those who are in college or considering college to strongly consider volunteering their time with organizations to help those who are victims of such crime. Thank you.