Soon enough, it was morning and time for the interview. At the ZPD, reporters had gathered for the interview for Judy.
"Oh, Atticus, I was so worried..." Darla latched onto her big brother.
"Hey, it's me, was there ever any doubt?" Atticus asked.
"No, I guess not..." Darla smiled up to him.
"Ladies and gentlemammals, fourteen mammals went missing, and all fourteen have been found by our newest recruit, who will speak to you in a moment." Chief Bogo spoke to the members of the press before Judy would speak with them.
"Oh, I'm so nervous." Judy gulped.
"Okay. Press conference 101," Nick helped. "You wanna look smart, answer their question with your own question and then answer that question. Like this," he then pretended to be a reporter. "'Excuse me, Officer Hopps, uh, what can you tell us about the case?'" he then did an impression of the female bunny rabbit. "'Well, was this a tough case? Yes, yes it was.'" he then concluded in his normal voice. "You see?"
"Not so hard." Tod smiled.
"You should be up there with me," Judy said to the adult male fox. "We did this together."
"Well, am I a cop?" Nick replied. "No. No, I am not."
"Hmm... Funny you should say that. Because, well, I've been thinking, it would be nice to have a partner.," Judy said before handing him a job application and her carrot device. "Here, in case you need something to write with."
Tod could feel a thing between his uncle and Judy.
"Officer Hopps, it's time!" Bellwether's voice called out.
Judy crossed her fingers toward Nick and soon went up to the podium to be interviewed.
Nick soon noticed the look in his nephew's eyes. "What're you smirking at, kiddo?" he then chuckled.
"You love her, don't you?" Tod smirked.
"W-What?!" Nick's ears twitched. "What're you talking about?"
"Sure, you had a rough meeting, but you seem to like her, Uncle Nick," Tod folded his arms. "She is a clever bunny..."
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean I like her, wanna buy her a cute new dress, maybe sometimes hold her paw by the sunset on the beach, or take her out to dinner, I mean, come on!" Nick rambled nervously.
"You're rambling~" Tod teased.
This caused Nick to blush as his nephew was right.
"They appear to be in good health, physically, if not emotionally," Chief Bogo told the crowd before turning the spotlight onto his bunny employee. "So now, I'll turn things over to the officer who cracked the case, Officer Judy Hopps."
Judy walks up to the podium and reporters talk all at once, trying to get her answers. "Uh, yes?" she then pointed to a beaver.
"What can you tell us about the animals going savage?" The beaver asked.
"Well, th-the animals in question..." Judy stammered at first until she looked at Nick and remembered what he taught her. "Are they all different species? Yes, yes they are."
"Whew!" Mo sighed quietly.
"Okay, so what is the connection?" A female snow leopard asked.
"Oh, all we know is that they are all members of the predator family." Judy replied.
"So, the predators are the only ones going savage?" A male ram asked.
"So far so good." Danny felt so proud for his old friend as he stood with Sawyer.
"Y-Yes, that is correct." Judy replied.
"Why?" A male pig asked. "Why are predators going savage?"
"We have a theory that it may be their biology." Judy said which caught everyone's attention.
Nick then took notice in confusion.
"What?" Darla whispered as she stood beside Atticus while he held hands with Mo and Cherry stood by with her hands in her pockets.
"What do you mean by that?" A badger asked.
"A biological component," Judy explained. "You know, something in their DNA."
"Do you care to elaborate on that?" A female reporter asked.
"Yes. What I mean is, thousands of years ago, uh, predators survived through their... Aggressive hunting instincts," Judy explained before looking at the screen behind her before Nick looked confused. "For whatever reason, they seem to be reverting back to their primitive, savage ways."
Nick's eye twitched as he began to remember what happened in his childhood of being muzzled by the other scouts.
"Officer Hopps, could it happen again?" A beaver asked.
"It is possible, so we must be vigilant, and we at the ZPD are prepared and are here to protect you." Judy answered.
Tod began to look scared again as his nightmare began to come back to him.
"Will more mammals go savage?" A female reporter asked.
"What is being done to protect us?" A male reporter asked.
"Have you considered a mandatory quarantine on predators?" Another female reporter asked.
Chief Bogo and Bellwether looked at each other.
"Okay, thank you, Officer Hopps," Bellwether said as she took Judy away from the reporters as she saw the bunny was getting overwhelmed. "Uh, that's all the time we have. No more questions."
'Does she realize what she just said?' Patch thought to himself, referring to Judy and her facts.
"Was I okay?" Judy asked the female sheep.
"Oh, you did fine!" Bellwether smiled to her before going off.
"Oh, that went so fast," Judy looked relieved as Nick walked up. "I didn't get a chance to mention you or say anything about how we-"
"Oh, I think you said plenty." Nick replied darkly.
"What are you talking about?" Judy asked him.
"'Clearly there's a biological component'"? 'These predators may be reverting back to their primitive, savage ways?'" Nick quoted her. "Are you serious?"
"I just stated the facts of the case," Judy replied. "I mean, it's not like a bunny could go savage."
Cherry winced to that. "Ooh, that's cold..."
"Right, but a fox could, huh?" Tod was angry with Judy like his uncle was.
"Or possibly a dog?" Patch added.
"Oh, guys, stop it," Judy replied. "You're not like them."
"Oh, there's a them now?!" Nick glared.
"Ugh. You know what I mean," Judy tried to explain. "You're not that kind of predator."
"Oh, and you think keeping fox repellent makes it any better?!" Tod glared at Judy.
"What...?" Judy asked which made Nick even more mad.
"Yeah, you don't think I noticed?" Tod pointed it out that she had since her first day of work.
This caused Judy to sigh as they had a good point.
"What kind of predator do you mean anyway?" Nick glared at Judy in heartbreak. "L-Let me ask you a question: Are you afraid of me? Do you think I might go nuts? Do you think I might go 'savage'? Do you think I might try to EAT YOU?!" he then lowered his voice while flaunting his claws and snarled.
Judy gasped and reached out for the fox repellent as her nose twitched while she felt scared of that. Tod felt hurt as Judy was going to use the fox repellent.
"I knew it," Nick scoffed. "Just when I thought somebody actually believed in me, huh?" he then gave her the application back and peeled off the ZPD sticker before walking away. "Probably best if you don't have a predator as a partner."
Tod soon joined his uncle.
Judy looked at the application that is completely filled out and looks up, sees Nick leaving, tearing off his sticker and throwing it away, and becomes more horrorstruck. "No, Nick! Nick!" She cried out, trying to go after the adult male fox.
"Officer Hopps, were you just threatened by that predator?" A beaver reporter asked.
"No, he's my friend." Judy replied.
"We can't even trust our own friends?!" A fellow rabbit yelped.
"That's not what she said at all." Atticus said.
"Are we safe?" A beaver reporter asked.
"Have any other foxes gone savage?" The rabbit reporter asked.
This was soon getting out of hand for Judy.
Danny and Sawyer were soon in front of the TV and they tuned into ZNN: Zootopia News Report, and they saw a male moose and female snow leopard discussing about predators.
"Oh, great..." Sawyer groaned.
"This is insane..." Danny frowned. "This is worse than when we were blamed for flooding Stage 13 and got kicked out of Hollywood."
"Mommy... Daddy..." Sally came toward the cat couple. "Can me and Darla still be friends even though I'm a cat and she's a human?"
"Of course you can, dear." Sawyer smiled.
"Really?" Sally smiled back.
"Sally, you can be friends with anyone you want as long as they promise to be your friends back and never hurt you." Danny advised.
"Yay!" Sally smiled.
Danny and Sawyer were happy for her, but angry at the news. Sally soon stopped as her favorite celebrity was on TV right now.
'Zootopia is a unique place,' Gazelle frowned sadly. 'It's a crazy, beautiful diverse city where we celebrate our differences. This is not the Zootopia I know. The Zootopia I know is better than this. We don't just blindly assign blame. We don't know why these attacks keep happening, but it is irresponsible to label all predators as savages. We cannot let fear divide us. Please, give me back the Zootopia I love.'