Benjamin was endlessly searching for Judy and Nick in the gathering crowds of Gazelle fans, but he couldn't find them anywhere.

"That's odd…" he said to himself, "Those two would never leave their post, unless it was for…" the thought made him chuckle but then frowned, "Then again, they know how important this is. So in love or not, those two are an elite crime fighting team and they always see a mission through. Something must be up."

By then a thousand fans started screaming Gazelle's name. He smiled toward the stage as the gazelle he started falling for greeted the mass. He could see her as the star she is but there's something more as well. He started focusing on the animal that was behind the glitz and fame and he totally believe she was someone he could love without the music. He had to remember thank Nick and Judy for teaching him that you don't have to be the same species to love someone.

The singer started singing and immediately he noticed something was very different with the singing. And how she moved…

That's weird… why does Giselle sound different tonight? He listened to every song, watched every music video, and went to every concert that he could. Gazelle had never ever sounded like this before.

Something is not right…

When the concert was half-way done there were cheers and Gazelle went backstage. Ben had to know why Giselle changed things in her act. He found her and called out, "Giselle!"

The gazelle turned to him in confusion with perhaps some fear.

She slowly said, "Yes? Officer…?"

"Officer? I thought we agreed we wouldn't be formal around each other?"

"What? Um… I must be disoriented from the excitement…" she gave a nervous chuckle, "Perhaps you better refresh my mind…?" she gave a flirtatious smile.

Okay, clearly something is up…

This wasn't Giselle. It was crazy to think that but there was no other explanation for Giselle's lapse of memory, there was no way she could forget him so quickly. Whoever this was he had to be careful if he was ever to find the real Giselle and possibly Nick and Judy.

That must be why they're not here… They came across this imposter and she did something to them!

Thinking quickly, he put on a goofy smile, "It's Benjamin, and you're right, it must be the excitement getting to you."

"Yes! Absolutely!" she grinned, "Now if you'll excuse me, I must get ready."

"Of course." he pleasantly smiled but once she left, he put on a serious face and quickly looked around, whispering out, "Judy! Nick! Giselle! Where are you?!"


Judy kept leaping in the air as she tried reaching for the trapdoor high above them. She could barely reach for it and with each bounce she was getting tired.

"Carrots, as amazing as you are in long distance hopping, it's not going to work."

But she kept on jumping even if she was getting weak with each bounce. "Have… to… keep… trying!"

"You're wearing yourself out." her partner stated.

"He's right." Gazelle sadly agreed.

She stopped and landed on the floor, panting, "I just need to rest then I'll try it again."

"I wish there was another way but we're pretty much stuck in this deathtrap." he went next to her and wrapped his arms around her.

"But it can't end like this!" she was on the verge of tears. All our dreams… All our hopes… The life we could've had… "After my dream to be a cop was realized, my new dream was you and only you…"

He looked like he was going to cry, too, "After I was muzzled and Vivian, I didn't think I would have anymore dreams, until I met you…" Proposing to her then would have been ideal but seemed pointless and cruel given they don't have much time left.

Giselle gave a sympathetic look toward the lovers, "I was so happy when Gina came to me… But then just as I was about to leave she told me with hatred that she was tired of having to live in my shadow and knocked me out… I am so sorry you had to be in the crossfire of my past coming back to haunt me…"

"If you ask me, Gina has some major issues to work out." pointed Nick.

Judy mentioned, "This really isn't your fault, you were the victim in all this."

"And yet I can't help but feel responsible for her actions, her choices in life… We did everything together as children even as teens. She was like the sister I never had. Then I go and start singing apart from the rest and I get instant stardom. I left her alone and I never once tried to contact her. What kind-of friend was I to never try to reach my old friends? Gina and Harry both lost their way and I wasn't there for them…"

The partners weren't sure what to say. Until suddenly they heard a creaking noise above and saw the trapdoor was opening! They braced themselves for Gina's appearance but instead to their surprise, Clawhauser showed up!

"Guys!" he called out and waved.

"Ben?" they both said.

"Benny?" Gazelle's eyes gleamed.

"How did you find us?" Nick asked.

The cheetah blushed, "Truthfully, I didn't… it was by accident since I bumped onto that lever, but I'm so glad I found you! And I was right, that was a fake Giselle!"

Judy smirked, "How did you know?" feeling proud she was right that Clawhauser could tell a fake from the real singer.

"She just sounded so different to the real Gazelle and when I tried talking to her, she acted like she didn't even know me!"

Gazelle smiled, "I could never forget you, Benny."

"Exactly, that's how I know you're the real Giselle, you're using my nickname."

"Say Ben, think maybe you can get us a ladder or rope?" Nick inquired, "We're pretty stuck down here with no other way out."

"Oh! Right!" he quickly found a stage ladder and put it down the hole.


They saw in the wings of Gina getting ready to sing the next song on stage. Judy handed Giselle a microphone while Ben smiled, "Go show them who the real Gazelle is…"

She kissed his cheek, "I certainly will."

Gina sang out, "Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh… I-"

She was cut off as Giselle abruptly came on stage singing, much to the fans' surprise, "I messed up tonight, I lost another fight… I still mess up but I'll just start again… I keep falling down, I keep on hitting the ground… I always get up now to see what's next… Birds don't just fly, they fall down and get up… Nobody learns without getting it wrong…"

With fury in her eyes, Gina sang back, "I won't give up, no, I won't give in… 'Til I reach the end and then I'll start again… No, I won't leave, I wanna try everything… I wanna try even though I could fail… I won't give up, no, I won't give in… 'Til I reach the end and then I'll start again… No, I won't leave, I wanna try everything… I wanna try even though I could fail! Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh… Try everything… Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh… Try everything… Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh… Try everything…"

With pleading eyes, Giselle sings, "Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh… Look how far you've come, you filled your heart with love… Baby you've done enough, take a deep breath… Don't beat yourself up, don't need to run so fast… Sometimes we come last, but we did our best… I won't give up, no, I won't give in… 'Til I reach the end and then I'll start again… No, I won't leave, I wanna try everything… I wanna try even though I could fail… I won't give up, no, I won't give in… 'Til I reach the end and then I'll start again… No, I won't leave, I wanna try everything… I wanna try even though I could fail!" Gina tried to cut in but Giselle kept on singing to the crowd, "I'll keep on making those new mistakes… I'll keep on making them every day… Those new mistakes… Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh… Try everything… Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh… Try everything… Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh… Try everything… Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh… Try everything!"

A great shout went over the masses. Knowing the fans recognized their idol, Gina admitted defeat.


This was the happiest that Nick and Judy had ever since from the Chief. They had apprehended the culprit at last and Chief Bogo was grinning! They escorted Gina to the squad car just as Chief was reading her rights. Once they placed her inside and they turned to the cape buffalo.

"There's still one thing we don't understand Chief, how did she get into the party and tamper with the chandelier?" Judy inquired.

"Then you better get over to the station and start interrogation."

Gina said in annoyance, "Or she could just tell you…"

Nick joked, "Not going to use your right to remain silent?"

"Hey, if I'm caught might as well make sure he was caught too."

The police trio looks at her with intrigue.


Nick, Judy, and Ben escorted Gazelle back to her penthouse where Carlos was waiting.

"I have the most exciting news! The record company just called saying they got you a spot on the Nocturnal Show! Not only that but…" he stopped when he saw the solemn glances from his star and the cops. "Why the long faces? This is great news!"

"Carlos… Are you not aware that I could have been killed tonight?!"

His eyes widen, "Wait… Does that mean… you're not...?"

"Gina? I'm still the same gazelle you met at that high school concert all those years ago."

Nick stated, "Pretty sneaky, trying to have Gina replace Giselle, the question is… why?" he raised his brow.

"I… I don't know what you're talking about!"

Judy said, "You see, we caught Gina trying to knock out Gazelle and she confessed she was behind the "accidents" but it was a matter of figuring how she did it. It was clear she needed to have inside help in order to do them. Like at the party, the only way anyone could have got in was through the guest list and the only animal to have access to it was you…"

Fear was etched in Carlos' eyes but he kept a straight face, "That's ridiculous! She could have easily sneaked in without the guards' notice!"

Nick countered, "But could she have been able to sneak in the dark and try to kidnap Gazelle?"

Judy added, "Gazelles don't have exceptional night vision like most predators… And the fact Gina has an alibi tells us that someone else staged the kidnapping."

"And you think that I…? That's absurd! Why would I want to kidnap my own superstar?!"

Judy pointed, "At the record company, we found out that Gazelle was slowly losing popularity and that you were trying your hardest to raise publicity for her sake."

Nick mentioned, "What better way to do that is by having your star in near accidents? The social media just eats up any type of gossip or drama happening to a celebrity…" he smirked.

Carlos ended up sputtering, "I… I… Alright! I was trying to immortalize Gazelle in the music industry! For the last past few years, I told Giselle to take her music up a notch to keep the fans engrossed but when she refused I started worrying of her becoming a has-been."

Ben suddenly shouted out with anger in his eyes, "Has-been?! Has-been?! Let me tell you something, bud!" he went up to the agent's face.

Nick and Judy gave each other surprised glances, never had they seen Ben act this way before.

"Gazelle is more than just a famous singer! She promotes unity and diversity in Zootopia! She will never be forgotten as long as there are those who support and carry on her cause!" he felt a gentle touch on his shoulder easing him back and he saw Giselle giving him a reassuring smile, silently thanking him for defending her honor. He smiled back.

Judy told the leopard, "You were saying?"

"I…" he sighed, "So when I found Gina impersonating Gazelle, we thought of a plan that would allow her to be the new Gazelle without anyone noticing the difference. It was never our intention to kill Giselle, when I went to go kidnap her, I just wanted send her somewhere far away from Zootopia. But when she pulled out of my grip I had think of new plan after you had sent her to Tundra Town. I was hoping to convince her to come out of the shadows and with your blessings it worked, and so I told Gina it would have been an opportunity to switch places with her and I would have come later to take Giselle away. Of course, that didn't work… Given you managed to catch her…"

Nick started, "Actually… We didn't know until she told us outright. We had our own plan to capture the culprit by having her be a double."

Judy took over, "But she had to make like she was acting on her own since she needed you to get to the top. She managed to trap us with Giselle and was going to set the stage on fire to make it look like an "accident". Ben found us and we arrested Gina where she made a full confession."

"WHAT?! All this time you were pretending?!"

Nick gave his usual smirk, "That's right, we figured you wouldn't confess so easily if we told you that Gina confessed of who her boss was, but since we didn't have solid proof…"

Judy smiled, "We had to make our own."

He protested, "That won't be enough for court!"

Nick motioned, "Oh really? Given there are four witnesses, including three of them being cops, a full confession by your associate, and a carrot pen that was recording the whole thing for good measure." he held the pen up.

Judy grinned, "I think that's all the proof we need…" she turned to the door, "You can come in now, Chief!"

The buffalo walked in with a couple more officers and arrested the agent.


When the agent was being driven away, that just left Judy, Nick, Ben, Gazelle, and the Chief to talk about the recent events.

Bogo told the singer, "Well, Miss Gazelle, I'm pleased to report that you are now officially safe from harm."

"I know, and I have these three brave officers to thank."

Ben smiled, "Please, it's like I told you, I would do anything for you."

"Does that mean you would like to come to a restaurant tomorrow night with me for our date?"

"Of course!" they held hands.

Bogo was looking shock while Nick and Judy noticed and were smirking. The large chief bent down to them.

"Am I missing something here?"

Judy giggled, "It's long story, Chief, one I would be happy to tell you on the way back to the station." she went to go get their car that was park down a block.

As Nick watched her go, he smiled and whispered to the buffalo, "Chief, I'm going to need a favor."

Bogo eyed at him suspiciously, "Depends, is it good or bad?"

"Good. It's very good."

"I'm listening."