First of all I wanna thank everyone that read, favorited or followed my story.

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P.S.- Someone asked me why Balnden and his family didn't use the bunny caps when visiting Zootopia. There's several reasons for this, but the two main reasons are: (1)because he dosen't care and (2)he knows that the cap won't help him.


"I should've given Carrots a visit." Nick says regretfully as he enters the precinct.

"I told you so, Foxy." Kaz teases him as they make their way to greet Clawhauser. Nick sighed and smirked weakly, Judy had messaged him canceling their outing the day before, due to an unexpected sickness. He wanted to visit her and help out but the strong heat wave hitting Zootopia lately, the fear of catching her sickness and the new air conditioner they now had on their bedroom combined forces to prevent him from going.

"Hey guys." Clawhauser speaks without his usual enthusiasm sweating heavily while fanning himself with some evidence files. They nod to the melting cheetah and go to the bullpen, sitting on their usual spots.

Nick looks at the empty space on the chair he shares with his bunny and sighs.

"Alright silence." Bogo says nonchalantly as he enters the bullpen.

"First of all…yes we have received new air conditioners for the precinct…" His speech is cut short by the cheers of the officers, specially the sweaty polar bear.

"Enough, unfortunately it's a new model and no one knows how to assemble the damn thing." The officers looked at each other in confusion and annoyance.

"And that brings me to today's assignments, this is Simon Zorro, he is the reason we don't have the air conditioners running today." He opens a file and takes out a picture of an arctic fox.

"You must really hate the heat to have a file on this guy just for this." Nick jokes earning a few laughs and a glare from Bogo.

"Zip it Wilde…as some of you may know every month an inspection is made on the climate walls to make sure everything receives the proper maintenance and is running smoothly, that inspection is supposed to happen in five days from now, on New Year's eve." He stores the picture in the folder and continues.

"For the last six years was the one doing this job, as he is the expert in this area."

"But what does this have to do with our acs chief?" Delgato asks before being glared to death by Bogo.

"This fox works at Ozzy's Tundraland, the biggest store for cooling and heating machines on Zootopia and he was supposed to teach their techs how to work with this new model but he has been missing for two weeks." He clears his throat and says.

"I don't know why they only reported it yesterday…but the mayor heard about this and…" He sighs and presses on.

"With the end of the year he wants everything peachy, especially the wall, so as you're on patrol all of you will keep an eye open for this fox…now for your assignments..." The chief handed each of the officers their tasks and as they left he turned to the three left behind.

"Wilde, the mayor wanted you and Hopps on this one, but since she is on a sick leave today, you and Wolfgang will be the ones looking for the fox." Nick nodded weakly and stole a glance from the wolf by his side, her mischievous grin that gave him shivers. They mockingly waved goodbyes for Kaz and leave the room.

"What about me chief?" Kaz finally asked.

"Andar, ever since you began you have worked very well and somehow helped Wilde with some of his own behavior problems…" Kaz slightly closed his eyes, not liking were this was going.

"And after seeing the pictures on Furbook of your new air conditioner working, Clawhauser gave me the idea of giving you a light day of work…"

"No, you wouldn't…"

"After seeing the state of your cruiser after the last stake out…yes, yes I would." Bogo says seriously as he turns hiding his smirk and as he closes the door he says.

"Start with the one on my office."


Judy woke up felling the dryness on her mouth. She got out her messy bed and drank some water but it didn't help her in the slightest. Looking at the mess on her apartment she once again fought against the tears as she remembered what had happened.

Before she knew it she already was sitting on the ground while crying weakly. It took her a few moments to recompose herself. She was the first bunny officer. She was stronger than this…better than this…

Wiping her tears she picked a clean set of clothes and a towel, she needed a shower.

Slowly opening the door she peeked fearfully the hallway, before dashing to the bathroom on end of it. She quickly locked the door and turned the shower on. The water was cold, too cold to help her clean herself. It took some time until it heated enough.

She stood there feeling the hot water run through her body and suddenly noticed how dirty she was. For what it felt like an eternity she furiously scratched herself, cleaning the dirt before finally turning the water off. Even though she was clean and dressed she still dashed through the hallway to her bedroom.

Gulping down and breathing heavily she started taking all the dirty sheets from her bed, angrily throwing them inside a garbage bag.

Then she turned to the puddle on the ground and the wolf's words again passed through her mind.

"…you're not being feed fox meat." Even with all her newfound determination she couldn't stop herself from throwing up, thankfully on the already dirt floor instead of herself.

Sighing she took a piece of cloth and used it as a rug to clean the floor before throwing it on the garbage bag. She sniffed and looked around, searching for anything else that might be dirty… that might need cleaning and that's when she spotted the paper on her table.

She picked it with the tip of her fingers, as if it was the source of an infectious disease and didn't even bother inspecting it before throwing it on the garbage.

After a quick trip to the bin on the side of her building she lay on her bed and stood there staring at the ceiling, without anything else to distract her from her thoughts.

Her mother had been right. Nick doesn't love her as she loves him and that's the painful truth, more painful than the mistake that awoke her yesterday.


Nick fastened the seat belt and looked around the cruiser in awe. It had claw Simons and dents all around. Reminiscent of limo after Otterton had gone savage inside it.

"Hey Al, what did you and Pink did here?" Alice laughed a little.

"Don't worry fox, I'm not stealing your Nuts." She said with a smirk before giving him a punch on the arm. He let a small yelp of pain escape at this rough display of camaraderie, instantly regretting complaining about Judy's punches on the past.

"Oh, speaking of stealing, Robin, where do you wanna look first? His job or his house?" Nick gave her a shocked look before glaring daggers at her. The wolf glanced at the pouting fox glaring her through his aviators and broke in laughter. Sighing in defeat and crossing his arms Nick answered.

"His job is closer, we can go there first." He said annoyed, the wolf giggled and ruffled the fur on his head playfully, nearly breaking his neck.

"Welcome officers." The caribou said as they entered the store.

"Hello we are here to talk about the missing mammal, Simon Zorro." The caribou nodded nervously and said.

"Yes is waiting for you." They followed him and when he opened a door for them they entered and he quickly closed it leaving the two alone in the room. Nick and Alice looked at each other for a second before their attention turned to the revolving chair in front of them.

"Officers I'm so happy to see you here…sit sit." Ozzy was many things, except what they expected. When they entered the room and noticed the freezing temperature they had thought that the owner of this place was a polar bear or some arctic mammal. Instead in front of them was a skinny camel past his fifties, wearing a Hawaiian shirt and shorts, shivering uncontrollably on the cold. They nodded and seated.

"Thank you, Mr.?" Nick asked, thankful that his shades were hiding the fact that he was staring the camel in shock. Ozzy shook his head energetically for a few seconds and said.

"Call me Ozzy." Nick nodded awkwardly and tried to avert his gaze from the camel's tired eyes. He had extremely large bags under his eyes and taking into account the number of dirty coffee mugs he had on his table, he had been awaken for a long time.

"So…Ozzy, what can you tell me about ?" The camel looked to his side, picked a portrait and showed it to them, it was him with a little arctic fox.

"Little Simon liked so much to play machines when he was younger, the day after I picked him from the orphanage he was already trying to open our stove to see how it worked, I had to stop him from burning the house do…"

"Ozzy." Alice interrupted him and said.

"Could you tell something more recent…like where could he be or why has he disappeared?" The camel looked at them and laughed maniacally while taking back the portrait.

"Why didn't you ask…me and my son haven't talked a lot lately, the last time I saw him he was talking about it being a very important night or something like that…and that's it, he left work one day and never came back." Nick was fighting against the cold and he couldn't imagine how this mammal in front of him was still alive. Apart from the fact that the camel seemed like it was convulsing with each shiver, he was normal.

"W-why haven't you called the ZPD until now?" Nick said stuttering.

"Well, I'm not a helicopter father…and I may have just noticed it two days ago when the others started asking me about him."

"Have you tried to contact him?" Alice asked, it was a dumb question but the camel seemed senile enough to commit this mistake.

"Yes I called his phone and sent poor Johnny to his house on this heat but nothing worked." The two officers nodded to each other and asked.

"Does he have any enemies?" The camel snorted and said.

"Of course not, he's a good boy." Finally giving in to the cold Nick said.

"Thank you for your time Ozzy, we'll be going now." He stood up and nearly jumped out of the room, rubbing his body furiously to warm himself up.

"To his house then?" Alice asked shivering.

"But first a warm drink." Nick said with a smirk.

With cups of warm coffee on their paws they stood in front of the building the arctic fox lived in. They entered the lobby and received a questioningly stare from buck working as a guard.

"Is there a problem officers?

"No, we're looking for Simon Zorro, he lives in this building right?" Nick asked while Alice drank her coffee.

"Yes, apartment 404…he's not in trouble…is he?"

"He's missing actually, when was the last time you saw him?"

"A few weeks ago I think." Nick nodded and asked.

"Did you notice anything unusual about him?" The buck scratched its chin pensively before snapping its hooves and saying.

"He always wears Hawaiian shirts and shorts like he is going to the beach you know, but that day he was wearing fancy clothes, tuxedo and all that." They thanked the guard and took the elevator ride to the fourth floor. When they arrived in front of the fox's apartment they rang the doorbell and waited.

"I don't think he is home." Alice said before Nick rang the doorbell again.

"Hey, are you feeling a little cold?" Nick asked and looked at her. Alice nodded and touched the door.

"It's cold…someone's using the air conditioner in there." Then she rested her ear on the door and listened for a while before saying.

"There's a noise inside." Nick leaned on the door and after a while nodded.

"Simon, are you there?" He asked knocking on the door.

"Damn it's locked." Alice said trying the doorknob.

"We can't get in there without a warrant. We might have to go back to the precinct." Alice said with her ears hanging low.

"Maybe not Al." Nick said smirking. She gave him a questioning look and followed him back to the elevator.

"Hey friend, does someone here have a spare key for Simon's apartment?" Nick asked the guard.

" , the landlady..."

After a short ride and a few knocks, the door to apartment opened, showing them an elderly goat with large glasses and a cotton shawl leaning on a cane.

" …" Nick's speech was cut short as the old goat said energetically.

"Simon my dear, it's too early for your rent." Nick and Alice looked at each other and Nick said.

" I'm officer N…"

'Crack'

Once again he was interrupted as the elderly goat viciously hit Nick's head with her cane.

"Simon, you had such a nice fur, why did you dye it orange?" Nick yelped in pain and rubbed his head. He then heard some giggles by his side and gave Alice a death glare before turning to the senile landlady again.

" I didn't dye my fur, my name i…"

'Crack' Once again she hit him and this time Alice had to cover her muzzle to prevent herself from laughing.

"Don't you lie to me boy." The goat said sharply while pointing accusingly at him.

"But I…" He stopped, as she was lifting her cane again, and crawled down while covering his head.

"I just need the spare key." He whined and stole a fearful glance at her. The old landlady looked at him and them to Alice before saying joyfully.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I know you two love birds have better things to do than to chat with an old goat." She said giggling as she skipped away. A few moments later she returned and handed him the key before staring curiously at Alice while fiddling with her glasses.

"My dear you're the biggest vixen I've ever seen." Alice chuckled and said.

"I'm a wolf." The goat gave them a shocked look and shook her head disapprovingly before closing the door.

"Nice old lady." Alice joked. Nick gave her a sharp glare and said.

"This better be worth the pain." He said looking to the key on his paws.

"Oh, c'mon Robin that's not the hardest cane that ever stricken you." She said punching his arm. He whined in pain and as they entered the elevator he gave her a displeased look and said.

"Can you stop with the punches…and the jokes, it's not funny." She rolled her eyes and said.

"Gawd, you two are such babies…fine I won't touch you anymore, brittle bones." She then leaned closer and said teasingly on his ear.

"But I'll keep the jokes…we have an agreement remember."

Nick sighed in defeat and nodded.

Nick slowly opened the door and shivered.

"Of course this place had to be colder than Ozzy's office." He whispered annoyed.

They entered the dark apartment and noticed how dirty everything was. Empty cups of noodles lay everywhere and an open box of ice cream with a spoon shoved into it lay by the couch's side. They turned on the lights, closing the door behind them and listened to the noise they had heard before.

'All by myself…' The music was very low and it came from the front of the couch.

"Mr. Zorro?" Nick asked shivering. No response came and he looked to Alice. At the camel's office she handled the cold better than him, but now she too was trembling a little. They looked at each other, with clouds of steam forming on their muzzles as they breathed, before walking closer to the couch.

"You gotta be shitting me." Alice said weakly.

The source of the music was a cell phone resting on the small table in front of the couch. On the couch, curled up in a ball, was a fluffy arctic fox with very white fur wearing only red boxers to hide his modesty. The fox gave them a small glance before silently returning his gaze to the object he was staring earlier, a small open box with a golden ring inside it on the table.

Nick and Alice looked at each other, they had found their fox.

"Uhm…Simon." Simon looked at them, his blue eyes were red and tired due to crying and lack of sleep. Nick gulped and asked.

"A-are you okay?" The fox nodded once and rested its head on the couch again. Alice then said cheerfully.

"Great, so now you can go back to work and inspect the w…"

"No." Simon said with a dry voice. Nick looked at Alice, that had a furious look on her face, and jumped in front of her when she tried to approach the white fox.

"Look here pal. I didn't get my hopes up praying for a kidnapping for you to be ac..." Nick shut her up by stomping on her foot, making her whine audibly and glare at him. He then said.

"Simon, you need to get back to work, there's people that need you…your father haven't talked with you for weeks." The arctic fox gave them an annoyed look.

"I talked with my father yesterday…he would remember that if he slept once in a while." Nick cleared his throat and said sternly.

"The climate wall inspection is coming, you need to get ready…"

"No."

"Look, it's your job, you have to do it, whether you want it or not." The fluffy fox gave him an angry glare and said sharply.

"They always called me as a freelancer, so I'm not contractually obligated to do anything." Then he turned his back to them. Nick looked to Alice, who was still pouting, and sighed. He turned his head, looking around the apartment and noticed a picture on the wall. It was Simon and a white vixen. He then looked again to the golden ring on the table and to the fox on the couch. One didn't need to be a genius to know what had happened.

"Uhn, we will be right back." Then he grabbed the she wolf's paw and dragged her out the apartment.

"Great, we found him. Now let's get back to the precinct and get a real assignment."

"I don't think it's gonna be that easy Al, the mayor wants everything peachy remember…and he is not going to do anything in that state." She gave him a confused look and asked.

"Then why did we left?"

"To brainstorm outside the frozen tundra…now, he was gonna propose and got rejected...hard, or else he wouldn't be like this." He adjusted his shirt's collar and continued.

"We need to talk him into getting back to work…so." He gestured to her and to the door. She looked shocked at him and said.

"Wait me? You go talk to him."

"He probably got his heart broken. He needs someone to cheer him up."

"So just because I'm female I should go there and help the crybaby sort his feelings." She said giving him an annoyed look.

"Well…ideally yes." She snorted and said, crossing her arms.

"Do I look like Nuts to you? I'm not good with this type of stuff." When he heard this he had an idea and snapped his fingers.

"That's it, we need Pink." He then took his phone and called Kaz number. After a few rings he heard the human's voice.

"Hi Foxy."

"Hi Pink, you're on the speakers."

"Hi Nuts." Alice said

"Hey Fangs, so what's up?" Just as Nick was about to speak they heard Bogo.

"Andar, you still haven't finished?"

"Chief, I said I didn't know how to build this."

"But you built the one on your place."

"It took me SIX hours." Alice and Nick looked at each other and continued listening in silence.

"Well I don't have six hours, I need to use my office now."

"If you didn't annoy me every five minutes I would have finished by now." Then they heard Kaz talking to then again.

"Is this important?"

"We need your help with the case…" Nick said but heard Bogo speaking again.

"Maybe if you stopped talking on the phone you could have already finished."

"Why? So that you can listen to Gazelle?"

There was silence on the line for a while before Bogo said.

"You humans were supposed to be good with tools but you can't even use a screwdriver right."

"Chief, I'm doing the best I can, so just go away or..."

"Or what."

Alice and Nick heard the sound of Kaz's phone falling on the ground followed by sounds of fighting.

"You're a bad influence on him." Nick said accusingly and the wolf looked at him sticking her tongue out. After a while the sounds of fighting stopped and they heard something heavy falling on the ground.

"Sorry about that, so how can I help?"

"Pink, is the chief okay?" Nick asked a little worried.

"He will be…in two…maybe three hours." The wolf started laughing hard and the fox said.

"What?"

"Don't worry, he probably won't remember what happened."

"Alright…so Pink we found our guy."

"Okay, and?"

"He's not missing…he is just…a little sad and we want you to talk to him."

"Alright, I guess."

"Good, just a second." Nick removed Kaz from the speakers and entered Simon's place. When he got to the couch he almost laughed, Simon had burrowed himself into several pillows and only his snout was visible.

"Hey Simon." The arctic fox head appeared and turned to him.

"I wanted you to talk with a friend of mine, if that's okay for you." The white fox sighed and said tiredly.

"If I do that, you'll go away right?" Nick nodded and Simon said.

"Alright." Nick gave him the phone and turned to exit the freezing place. Before getting out he gave the couch a small glance and heard.

"Hi Kaz I'm Simon." Nodding approvingly he exited and closed the door after him.

"Now what?" Alice asked.

"Now we wait."

An hour and half later Nick was seated on the ground snoring heavily with his head leaning on the wall while Alice kept staring at the ceiling. When she heard the sound of the door opening she jumped in surprise, waking the red fox. Nick cleaned the droll from his muzzle and got up.

"Hey officers, I wanted to thank you guys." Simon said weakly, standing in front of them. He had showered and changed from his boxers to a light blue Hawaiian shirt with coconuts stamps and dark blue shorts.

"Don't worry." Nick said with a friendly smile as he retrieved his phone.

"Kaz asked if you could give me a ride to the precinct to help him." The fox said shyly.

"Sure." Alice said energetically and bolted away.

After getting into the precinct they made their way to the chief's office. When they got inside they could see Bogo knocked out on his chair and Kaz seating in front of his desk. Seeing them he got out of the chair and kneeled. Then Simon quickly ran and gave him a hug, while sniffing audibly.

"There, there." Kaz said while returning the hug. Nick looked at this and one of his eyes twitched. Noticing his stare, Alice giggled a little, earning herself a punch from the fox.

Kaz then broke the hug and asked.

"Are you feeling better?" The white fox nodded and Kaz said while petting his head.

"Okay…the tools are there, if anything happens call me." Simon nodded and went to work.

"Hmn." Bogo mumbled while trying to stand up.

"What?" He said looking at the human.

"You tripped on the screwdriver and fell." The buffalo nodded and didn't notice the fox and wolf mocking smirks. He then looked to the mammal going through the toolbox and said.

"I see you found him…good job."

"What is that…a compliment, you really hit you head chief."

"Shut it Wilde." Bogo said reclining on his chair and turning his back on them.

They giggled and turned to exit the office. When they were leaving, Nick noticed Simon looking at them. He them passed his arm around Kaz waist and glared the white fox, giving him a 'I'm watching you' signal with his fingers before closing the door behind him.