Author's Note

* The title name is "Neck-Break Rush, Broken Bones Heal" - this was added in here due to the characteristic limits on the title up above.

Credit

* All Zootopia characters in this chapter belong to Disney

* I only own the following names; "Baro" for Chief Bogo and "Vivian" for Mrs. Wilde since their full names were not given


~Second Wednesday Afternoon~

The white pickup truck slowed to a stop at the side of the road. The driver's door opened and a chubby red fox, Gideon Gray, stepped out of the vehicle. He looked over the open cargo bed of the truck, and saw his bunny friend, Judy Hopps, put the customized item on her shoulder. She hopped off the cargo bed and stood next to him.

She moved closer to him, leaning on him, "Thank you."

Gideon blinked as he felt her mouth on his muzzle. He blinked again as his childhood friend scurried past him. He turned around to see her climbing on the wolf-sized motorcycle, attaching the customized item on her left hind leg, and driving off as if it was second nature to her. He shook his head and sighed, then walking back to the pickup truck. When he was about to open the driver's door, he flinched as the orange rabbit popped from her hiding spot inside the pickup truck.


"Hm," Bogo sighed, closing his note then pocketing it.

He heard the sound of a vehicle stopping behind him. He turned to the sound and found himself surrounded by his old friends; France Fangmeyer, Rhinovich McHorn, and Francine Pennington. He glanced over his shoulder, seeing that Finn gave him a sly grin. However, their reunion was cut short by the loud engine of a motorcycle that approached them. It drew their attention to the road and they watched the first rabbit cop drive past them. Wordless, the large mammalians got in Bogo's Type-A Jeep, startling Mrs. Wilde in the backseat. Bogo started the engine and started to chase after Judy. The large mammalians watched the smaller prey bouncing slightly on her seat a half mile ahead of Bogo's vehicle.

"How can she manage to drive a motorcycle meant for wolves?" Fangmeyer questioned, amazed at how skillful the rabbit was.

The large mammalians in the backseat mumbled at each other over the red vixen, showing their curiosity at the power and strength of Judy Hopps. Bogo and Vivian remained silent as the cape buffalo focused on following the rabbit on the highway. After fifteen minutes of racing along the highway, Bogo blinked as he watched Judy pulling over to the left side of the road. He pulled over as she jumped off the motorcycle, allowing the two-wheeled vehicle to fall into its destruction. Bogo parked his jeep just a few paws from other vehicle and the large mammalians left his vehicle. With his focus shifting from the motorcycle to the grass side of the road, Bogo now learned that she was looking at Nick, who was unconscious on the grass, watched over by the sheep.

"Detective Hebrew? Officer G. Woola? What's the statue you have here?" he asked, approaching the small mammalians.

"We got a call and we had come to check out the crash site. All we found was Officer Wilde out cold here," Hebrew explained, pointing her hooves at the red fox.

Bogo nodded in understanding, then turned to his large friends, starting his orders, "Pennington, you take Wilde here to my jeep, where Mrs. Wilde is. McHorn and Fangmeyer, you go in Hebrew's vehicle."

"Aye, Chief," Pennington and McHorn obliged. Fangmeyer, however, had something on her mind, "Hey, what about Hopps?"

Pennington knelt to pick Nick Wilde from the grass then worked her way to Type-A Jeep.

"Don't bother. She will be with us in a short time on her own, making cheetahs run at the pace of camels," the cape buffalo dismissed the question, walking back to his jeep.

By the time Bogo reached his jeep, Pennington and the unconscious fox were already inside. Fangmeyer joined McHorn in the backseat of Hebrew's vehicle. The rhino raised his eyebrow as the tigress clicked the belt.

"What delayed you, France?" he inquired.

"I was just wondering why Baro decided to ignore Judy's presence. He told me to not worry about her since she can catch up with us easily. Saying that she made the cheetahs run like camels," she explained as the vehicle started to move.

The tigress and the rhino looked around the zone inside the vehicle as it shook on the road. After a full minute of idly gazing around, McHorn peeked over his shoulder, looking at the road behind the vehicle. He blinked, surprised at something there.

He responded, "Uh… France… she sure is making the cheetahs run like camels. No doubt about her speed."

Fangmeyer lifted her paw to her shoulder radio and pressed on the button, "Fangmeyer here. McHorn has confirmed that Hopps can make cheetahs run like they are camels."

"Now you understand why it was hard to keep up with her while she drove the motorcycle. That's why I told you to not bother," the grumpy voice spoke through her radio.

She removed her paw from the radio and exchanged the shocked expression with McHorn. They were bound to learn the dark secret behind Judy Hopps' change sooner or later.

Two hours later, Bogo cut off the engine and spoke, "Let's get in the hideout… and get him to a comfortable room as soon as possible! He needs to recover from his hit-and-run."

The mammalians got out of the vehicles and worked their way into the building, carrying Nick Wilde on a tiger-sized gurney. Once they were inside, Judy hopped on the gurney while Fangmeyer grabbed its top right corner. The large mammalians raced through the hall while Vivian Wilde rode on Bogo's shoulder. Once they reached the end of the hall, Fangmeyer took a split-second to glance at the unconscious cop. The red fox opened his savage eyes so rapidly that it startled her into a soft 'meow'.

~Second Thursday - Early Morning~

Higgins sat in his chair, putting his weight on his elbows as he leaned them on his knees. He watched over Nick and Judy as they laid on the gurney. This ex-officer had to take caretaker duty since the small duo's synchronizing breath was driving the previous caretakers crazy. From what the hippo zootopian could see, the red fox laid on his back in his uniform since his disappearance. On the fox's right side was the gray right cuddling him with her right leg hugging his hip. That was to avoid putting weight on his injured thigh. Higgins closed his eyes and shook his head as he couldn't believe that Nick was alive after he was smashed in the thigh by the stolen police cruiser. He couldn't get over the scene of Fangmeyer's startled reaction to Nick's savage eyes. Higgins knew about Nick's savage dosage, but he hadn't seen that another predator was alerted by the savage one. Once the ex-officer opened his eyes, the large prey startled as Nick flung the first rabbit cop across the room in his awakening.

"Oh," Higgins flinched, standing up and jogged toward the stunned rabbit.

He reached the smashed up emergency service table, where Judy Hopps laid in the middle. He gentle removed the surgical scissors and thumb forceps from her body. He peeked over his shoulder and watched Nick sit up with a dazed expression. Higgins remembered the order that his chief gave him prior his arrival.

"Uh… Bogo wanted to see you. Go t o him if you can. Um… please just don't worry about Judy… He needs you as soon as possible," Higgins passed the order, doing his best to pass Bogo's gibberish message word for word.

Nick blinked a couple times then he gave the bigger mammalian an acknowledging nod. The red fox hopped off the gurney, landing on his fours, and walked out of the room. Higgins flinched and winced at sight of Nick walking on his paws. He knew that Nick's femur was shattered from the hit-and-run the previous day. With the fox out of the room, Higgins blinked, turning to the unconscious rabbit and gentle picked her off the ruined service table. He left the messy room with Judy Hopps in his arms and entered the room that Pennington occupied. She looked up to him as he walked to her.

"Um… Nick has just woke up and has left at the chief's order. I… I just can't believe that he recovered this fast, even though I knew that he was inflicted with the dosage," Higgins said, laying Judy on the cleaned gurney.

"Yeah… me too," Pennington nodded. Higgins scrutinized Judy's appearance, finding that she had a dislocated jaw, several cuts on her exposed flesh, and a sprained ankle. He explained his actions, "It's been five minutes since this happened to her."

He sat on the chair behind the african elephant, continuing his explanation, "And if Nick can recover from his injury, then Judy can do the same, considering that she had to keep up with you guys on her own paws. Grab the timer."

Meanwhile, Nick jogged on her fours in the hall, running toward his chief. He passed the cross-hall where Gideon and Elena stepped out. The orange-furred rabbit turned her head in the opposite of Nick's direction and then started moving toward his previous location. Gideon turned his head in Nick's direction and walked in that way.

"Hmm," Pennington considered, checking the timer. Judy's jaw reconnected to her skull, back in its correct position. The elephant replied, "Four minutes, twenty-six seconds to heal her jaw."

Higgins wrote down the time on the clipboard. He responded as he finished, "Recorded."

In the hall, Elena reached the dead end twice and had to turn back. She switched her navigating strategy from vision to using her nose and smelling her sister. She used Nick's scent since his scent was intertwining with her sister's. It helped her pinpoint the specific path to her sister faster.

"Nine minutes, fifty-seven seconds for her to recover her ankle," Pennington approached, checking her timer.

"Hmm," Higgins nodded, writing the record down on the clipboard. Once he finished, he responded, "Recorded."

The tuskless elephant shifted her attention from the timer strapped to her trunk to the unconscious rabbit, who still had various cuts on her exposed flesh. In the hall outside the room they were in, Elena walked to the door. She pressed her shoulder on the wall next to the door and listened to the room. At this moment, Judy's flesh healed and left no openings.

"Well, hello, Hopps," Pennington said solemnly, talking to the rabbit cop.

The gray rabbit, who already sat up, stunned as she shifted her attention to the african elephant. She replied, "Hello, Francine."

Elena flinched as she heard a slap from within the room. She heard the following sentence; "That was for disappearing on us."

"Please don't do that again, ok?" Francine sighed loudly. Higgins watched Judy's swollen cheek shrinking back to its original size.

"Yes, madam," Judy said, attempting to rub her muzzle to get rids of the stinging feeling. Elena lifted from the wall and walked in the room.

The first bunny turned her head to the door, sensing her sister's presence. Elena sighed in relief, being glad that her sister was alright. She ran to the gurney, jumping on it and embraced Judy. The solemn atmosphere in the room faded, Higgins and Pennington sighed happily as they watched the rabbits comforting each other. Once the younger sister dozed off, the elephant mammalian sensed the tension as she watched the gray rabbit looking at the door then turning to the largest mammalian. Pennington realized that the orange rabbit had been waiting for Judy to return after disappearing for two long nights.

"Since you asked me to not 'disappear' on you again, so… it appears that I am needed again. It's actually related to the big case that I solved seven months ago," Judy explained the change in her behavior.

Higgins glared at his partner anxiously. The african elephant leaned forth, resting her elbows on her knees, and spoke, "I am listening."

"Can you go alert your team, and have France attempt to record the whatever the culprit will unwinding… while I pull a magic trick out of my hat for that culprit," Judy started to explain her next plan.