Chapter 11
After I had stopped my laughter and Ryan had ceased his howling as well as punching me in the right arm in abrupt anger Ryan walked over to the unconscious body of the black wolf that lay motionless on the alleyways cold hard ground. "Hey Ryan." I said as Ryan crouched down next to the black furred wolf before picking up said black wolf and hoisting him onto his back. "What is it?" Ryan questioned as he stood up to his full height once again with the black wolf on his back. "Two things really." I said as Ryan began to make his way towards the alleyways exit with myself following closely behind. "Number one. Why did you punch me in the arm?" I said with a hint of anger laced into my tone of voice as Ryan glanced at me with a toothy grin plastered on his white furred face. "Because Ben." Ryan said as he turned his head away from me before looking forward. "Foxes like yourself are to sly for my liking." I scowled at Ryan before folding my arms in slight anger as the pair of us continued to walk towards the alleyways exit. "Oh ha, ha Ryan." I said in mock amusement as Ryan just chuckled to himself as we continued on. "And number two." I said as a sly smile began to creep its way onto my face as I spotted a familiar looking device that was peeking out of one of Ryan's trouser pockets. "I need to borrow this." I said as I quickly swiped the device out of Ryan's pocket which I was surprised to notice that Ryan had no clue that he was now missing his mobile phone. "Need to borrow what?" Ryan said in a cheery tone his as he glanced toward my direction only to loose his cheery tone and expression as he noticed what I was holding in my black paws. "You sneaky Fox." Ryan said growling slightly as I looked at Ryan with my usual sly smile before turning on Ryan's phone. "So Ryan." I said in an upbeat tone as Ryan huffed in anger before continuing on. "What where you saying about foxes?"
After a short and boring lesson from Ryan about how stealing was bad and that I shouldn't embrace my species stereotype or something myself and Ryan made our way out of the dark alleyway and into the light of day once again. My ears where immediately assaulted by the sounds of cars and other numerous motor vehicles as well as the usual crowds of animals that where making there way down the street. I could feel my ears lower down to my head slightly as Ryan began to make his way down the street whilst gaining odd looks from passers by which wasn't too unsurprising as he was carrying an unconscious wolf on his back . "OK Ben." Ryan said as he made his way over to a small brick wall which was connected to an apartment. An apartment looked very familiar to the apartment that I had on earth. To be brutally honest it was almost uncanny. "I need you to wait here with our friend whilst I go and get some help from the police station." Ryan said before placing the unconscious black wolf against said wall. "And why do you have to go?" I said in slight annoyance as Ryan brought a paw up to the back of his Neck in what i suspected was embarrassment as he looked away from me. "Because I said so alright." Ryan said with his head still turned away from me as I just looked at the white wolf in curiosity. "And because you said so that means that you should go? Somethings telling me that you want to go for another reason." I said in a questioning tone of voice and manner whilst folding my arms as Ryan looked at me once again before sighing. "OK fine." Ryan said as he brought his white paw back down from the back of his neck. "I want to go because I want to see if a friend of mine is their." Ryan said to which I raised an eyebrow up in curiosity. "Im guessing this is when you where an officer right." I said to which Ryan nodded slowly before I let a smile make its way onto my face. "No need to say anything else Ryan." I said as I made my way over to the wall before leaning against it. "Just make sure you don't mention me to a fox and a rabbit who might be in their OK." Ryan just smiled before nodding his head to me as he turned around before jogging off in what I guessed was the direction to the police station. I let out a small chuckle as I shook my head from side to side before sighing. 'I cant believe this is real.' I said as I brought a paw up to my muzzle before examining it as if it was the strangest thing in the entire world. 'Well if this is real.' I though to myself. 'Then there must be away out of here.' "What do you think my friend?" I said out loud before looking down at the unconscious black wolf that lay next to me. "Just as I thought. NO comment." I said as I chuckled before I began to whistle a little tune to pass the time.
"My god." I groaned in annoyance as I slowly began to slide down the wall into a sitting position next to the unconscious black furred wolf. "How long does it take someone to get some help." I said as I looked up to the sky and sighed. "I should have never of let Ryan go. I bet by now he's having a good old chat with an old friend or something and has completely forgot about what he was meant to do." I sighed once again before a certain smell caught my attention. The smell in question was no other than the smell of a blueberry pie. "Oh my dear old friend Mr blue I missed you." I said as I inhaled deeply allowing the smell of the blueberry pie to wander up my black nose whilst the sweet smell of the pie began to fog up my mind. "Where ever that smell is coming from is where I should be." I said as I stood up onto my hind legs before looking around to locate the sauce of the blueberry smell, my tail swishing side to side in excitement. The smell of the pie to be coming from just down the street a few blocks away from where I was. Just as I was about to take off in the direction of the smell I realized I was forgetting something. I slowly turned my head and looked back to the wall as a sense of guilt began to well up inside me as I gazed at the unconscious black wolf that was still laying against said wall. As I looked at the unconscious form of the black furred wolf I began to picture how annoyed Ryan would be if I left the unconscious wolf just so I could go and search for a pie. I also imagined how disappointed both Judy and Nick would be if I left the wolf all alone. Especially a wolf who had attacked both myself and Ryan.
I let out a soft whimper as the smell of the blueberry pie continued its attack on my nose in an attempt to draw me away from the wolf. 'Wait why am I struggling to make a decision between a pie and a crime suspect?" I thought as I looked away from the wolf and towards the direction of the smell. 'There's only one clear answer here.' I thought as I took one last glance at the wolf before I turned sharply around and started to head down the street towards the hypnotic smell, my tail swishing happily side to side as I made my way along the bustling street. Or that's what I would have done if I wasn't for a great big buffalo police officer who hand cuffed to said unconscious wolf before abruptly stating that I was under arrest for assault and causing panic among the citizens of Zootopia. The buffalo officer in question was big and when I mean big I mean he was at least another 4 feet taller than myself. His fur was light grey in color with some hints of silver laced into it as well which made him look aged. The buffalo also had two very prominent horns as well as his ears that stuck out the side of his head just under his horns. In all the officer seemed to match perfectly with his strong appearance. The buffalo also wore a stern and fierce expression on his face which only added to his intimidating appearance.
"So." I said as the buffalo officer knelt down and inspected the unconscious wolf that I was now cuffed to, the buffalo's eyes seemed to take in everything that he looked upon. "What now...Bogo?" I questioned as I peeked at the officers badge to which I had gotten said officers name. Bogo stood back up away from the wolf before glaring daggers at me with his huge hazel colored eyes. "Name and age." Bogo demanded as he took out a note pad and pen from one of his uniform pockets. "How about...no." I said as I glared at Bogo with my leaf green eyes whilst a sly smile began to form on my face as I waited for Bogo to react. Bogo lowered his head towards mine as he looked directly at me eye to eye, his hazel eyes showing both anger and annoyance. "I wont ask you again fox." Bogo said in a dark almost malicious voice as I lost my sly smile and began to feel a little worried and fearful of Bogo. "Uh...S..sorry." I said in slight fear as Bogo smiled darkly before leaning away from me as he waited for me to answer. "My names Benjamin..." Bogo gave me a skeptical look as I began to fumble with my free paw hoping that he would move on to my age and forget about asking for my sir name but he didn't. "Come on fox." Bogo said taping the pen he had against his note pad. "I don't have all day." I let out a long sigh as I stopped fiddling with my free paw before looking up to face Bogo, the expression on his face showing clear annoyance and frustration. 'Oh no.' I thought as I began to imagine how Nick and Judy would react if they found me being taken into the station hand cuffed to a knocked out wolf whilst being dragged in by a giant buffalo. "Um...my last name is..." I quickly began to search for anything that could be used as a last name, my leaf green eyes darting around the few buildings that I could see as Bogo was blocking most of my view. "My...my last name..is...sly?"
The fearful expression on my face only intensified as I watched helplessly as Bogo grunted before turning his head to the left of him before he began to chuckle slightly in amusement at what his big hazel eyes had come across. "Sly. Is that the best you can come up with fox?" Bogo said as he turned back to face me as I felt my ears begin to lower in both shame and embarrassment as well as fear. "What?" I said trying to sound confident and brave in an attempt to hide my true emotions as Bogo raised his right eyebrow up at me in questioning fashion. "Just because the bar on the other side of the street is called sly's doesn't mean Im not telling the truth." I said as Bogo chuckled darkly once again before crouching down so he was near my height. "Its been a while since I made an arrest Fox." Bogo said as he brought his muzzle next to my lowered ear before speaking once again in a lower more intimidating voice than previously. "I don't like liars Fox." Bogo said as he lifted up the body of the unconscious black wolf which in turn made me stand up onto my black and orange furred hind paws. "Looks like your coming to the station with me and wolfy here Fox." Bogo said before he began to lead myself down the street with the unconscious wolf draped over his right shoulder which gained a lot of attention from passing animals as they began to whisper to each other with some even going as far as to video the whole thing. To be honest I couldn't care less about what the other animals where saying or what they thought. I didn't belong here so I. Didn't. Care...that was until I heard an animal mention the word chief followed by Bogo to which I promptly realized. I was In a lot of trouble.
"Hey Judy. Do you think I should have gone with him?" Nick asked his partner as he made his way down the ZPD stations main stair way to the front desk whilst Judy followed close behind. "Im sure Ben will be fine Nick." Judy said as she caught up to the side of Nick before placing a grey and white paw on Nicks shoulder in reassurance. "Im sure hes fine Nick. I mean he is a Wilde after all." Judy said smiling as Nick let out a small chuckle. "Yeah I guess your right carrots." Nick said as the pair made their way towards the stations front desk where a certain cheetah made himself. "Oh hey Judy and Nick." The plump cheetah known as Clawhauser said with excitement as both Nick and Judy made their way over to him with smiles on their faces. "Hey there Clawhauser. Anything new to report?" Nick asked as the chubby cheater put a paw to his head in thought whilst both Judy and Nick waited for a response. "Well since you two came back from getting some evidence from where the thief was reported to be stealing there hasn't been anything really." Clawhauser said as he shrugged his shoulders before picking up a doughnut from seemingly out of know where. "Oh wait." Clawhauser said as he ate the whole treat in one bite before licking his fingers clean from the doughnuts icing.
"What is it?" Nick questioned as Judy was busy trying to find a logical explanation for the sudden appearance of a doughnut. "Well the chief did decide to go out and look for the thief himself. And he only recently called in to say he caught the thieves." This seemed to snap Judy out of her musings as she quickly jumped up on to Clawhauser's desk before grabbing him by his police tie and dragging his face into hers. "The chief is actually out on patrol." Judy yelled in Clawhauser's face as the chubby cheater only nodded his head rapidly in response to Judy's question. "Nick." Judy said still holding onto Clawhauser's tie as he turned her head to face her partner. "Didn't Bogo say there was only one suspected thief in that area?" Nick nodded his head slowly in response before Clawhauser spoke again. "Yeah." Clawhauser said which caught both Nick and Judy's attention again. "The chief said he found an unconscious black furred wolf who had the belongings that where stolen from the reports as well as a male red fox who was standing beside the unconscious wolf." "A fox?" Judy questioned before she continued on talking. "Wasn't the cafe where we left Ben one of the locations where the thief had been seen before?" Judy finished before a thought came to her head. "You don't think the fox the chief is on about could be Ben.?" Said Judy in surprise as she let go of Clawhauser's tie before immediately turning to face Nick who's expression actually showed signs of anger at the information he just heard from Clawhauser and Judy. "NO. It isn't him." Nick said reassuringly which was more to reassure himself then to reassure both Judy and Clawhauser as he began to clench his paws in a mix of anger and worry. "Yes..of course it isn't Ben." Judy said as she hopped down from Clawhauser's desk before making her way over to Nick who was still clenching his paws. "But Nick we should at least see who it is. I mean we where the ones who where meant to track and take the thief down right?" Judy said to which Nick nodded his head slowly. "I guess your right carrots." Nick said as he chuckled lightly before he and Judy began to make their way out of the station. "Besides." Nick said as the pair opened the main door. "Ben never gets caught."
