Hey everyone! Terribly sorry about yesterday but I've had time to think and apply some mental writer's-block-be-gone!, so here's the beginning of Arc 2:

The doors of the hospital opened automatically with a soft whirring, Nick and Judy walked into the foyer of the large-sized building in the Zootopia hospital complex. Normally they would go to the medium-sized wards but seeing as they were visiting their chief, whose attitude was somehow even larger than him most of the time. They waltzed up to the receptionist desk, whose counter was twice their height. Judy hopped up repeatedly until she gained the elephant receptionist's attention.

"Oh! I'm sorry! I almost didn't see you two cuties down there!" Nick chuckled as he saw Judy begin to fume

"It's ok, but please don't call us cute…" She tried to be nice about it but there was just a slight tinge of trigger in her voice.

"Oh I'm sorry darlin' , who you two here to visit?" She gave a fake smile, as any trained receptionist would, which irritated Judy to no end. To save their hides, Nick decided to step in.

"Were looking for a , the police chief, please" Judy grabbed his paw, grateful for what he did.

"Ah yes, Terry Bogo is in room 621 on floor E, ill notify him that he has visitors, your names please?" She began dialing his room number on the desk phone. Her eyes rolled as it rang, boy did she have an attitude. "Hello, Mr. Bogo? Yes two visitors are here to see you…"

"Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps" Judy quickly spat out, she really didn't like this lady.

"A Nick Wilde, and Ruby Hopps? Okay Sir I'll send them up" Judy was now softly growling, Nick put his paw on her head and ruffled her fur, amused at how salty she could get. The receptionist vaguely pointed in the direction they should go in as she took a call from what sounded like her BFF, Nick grabbed Judy's paw and dragged her off.

After a solid twenty minutes, at least, of asking people for directions they finally arrived at the chief's room. They let themselves in and saw him sitting up on his hospital bed, his reading specs on. He was enthralled by a novel,

"Hey Chief, never would have begged you as the intellectual type" Nick remarked, causing Bogo to close the book and take off his specs, placing them on the bedside table. Nick waited for the oncoming verbal assault, only to be surprised that it never came.

"Hello Nick, Judy. Thanks for coming to visit" He actually had a genuine smile on his muzzle, he seemed calm for once in the entire time they had known him. He gestured for them to sit in the guest seats, which were comically large for the small cops.

"Sir, are you feeling okay? How are your legs?" Upon uttering that word his face scrunched up a bit.

"I'm feeling fine, and well, as for my legs… I'm afraid that I will be restricted to a wheelchair…indefinitely…" There was a slight pang of sorrow in his voice. Judy hopped up and gave the large prey a hug, she could tell he needed one. Nick, of course, was less emotional.

"It's okay chief, you can still be bossy from a wheelchair!" Without breaking the hug, Judy snapped her head and glared at him, he shrugged it off as if he had said nothing wrong.

"Thanks Hopps, and just for that Wilde, as soon as I return you're getting a week of parking duty." Nick's mouth gaped open, the existential look of 'Why?' plastered on his face.

"First, however, I am ordering you and miss Hopps to take two weeks of paid vacation, for two reasons: one, because of your father's death and two, because of a job well done." He smiled at them, giving them a thumbs-up.

"B-but sir, we let a lot of officers get killed, and we don't have any perps for questioning. How did we do a good job?" Judy looked distraught, remembering the terror that had occurred that night. Bogo put a large hand on her shoulder, understanding

"Listen, things may have gone wrong, but that's not on you. We had no idea he had this all planned. You, both of you..." He turned to Nick and nodded "Did an exceptional job in gaining his trust and Nick if it wasn't for you and your father he would have gotten away. Our service owes him a lot and we shall be honoring him at his funeral this Sunday. I wanted to give this to you personally before it printed." He reached over and grabbed a newspaper, handing it to Nick. The Zootopia Times, It was dated for tomorrow. On the front page was a giant portrait of his father, saluting. The words underneath read: Vincent Kirk Wilde, The hero no one knew. Nick was stunned, his eyes began to fill with fluid, tears dripping onto the paper. He wiped his watery eyes and looked up at Bogo, his entire façade shattered by the kindness he had just received. He scurried up to him and gave the large buffalo a big hug, something that shocked even Judy.

"Th-thank you…" He managed to get out in between sobs, he was using the hug as a cover to let the tears flow. He was unable to bottle them up. Chief awkwardly patted his back, being about as versed in emotional support as Nick. After the sobbing stopped, Nick wiped his eyes again and climbed down, giving Judy a quick hug. They chatted with Bogo for a couple more minutes before his nurse came in and told them that he needed to eat. Nick's stomach rumbled with hunger as well so he and Judy decided to head out somewhere for lunch. They said their goodbyes to the Chief and Nick made sure not to let Judy even see the receptionist on the way out.

"So Carrots, what's the plan?" They had gotten in Nick's car and realized they hadn't decided where they were going. Judy was about to answer when her phone erupted in a screech of alert tones, signifying her parents were texting her.

"It's my parents, they heard about the case and want us to come down for a week to relax." Judy looked at Nick, looking to him to answer a question she didn't know how to begin to solve.

"Well, that sounds good to me! I've always wanted to see what Bunnyborrow looked like, ooh! Do you guys still all live in holes in the ground? Is everyone there a carrot farmer? Just how many siblings do you..." He was silenced by her paw gripping his muzzle tightly, worry on her face,

"But Nick…they don't know that we're….dating." She blushed heavily when whispering the last word.

"We are? Huh….almost forgot" He gave her a quick kiss on the lips before she could punch him.

"Carrots I'm sure they'd be fine with it, and anyways, we don't have to let them know right away. We can ease into this, I know you bunnies like to multiply quickly but we can take things slow" His sly grin creeped across his face as she only blushed harder and hit him softly in the arm,

"Dumb fox, you really think it will be ok?"

"Judes, I know everything will be fine. I want to go! I could use a week in the countryside…fresh air should help clear my head." He smiled, and she finally did too. "Maybe it won't be so bad, Nick's right, we need to relax"

'grrrbbgguugrgh' She looked at him and burst into laughter at the obnoxiously loud sound of his stomach crying out for food.

"Oh yeah, we still have to decide where to eat" He chuckled, putting the car into gear.

"How about Supreme Shakedown? We did just solve a case after all…and I want chocolate." She smirked, imaging the chocolate shake.

"Alrighty, Supreme Shakedown it is…chocolate, huh…I thought you weren't in heat anymore?"

She reached over and grabbed his tie, pulling him into a deep, sensual kiss.

"We'll wait until we get back home to worry about that you sly fox~"

He just grinned, "I love this bunny"

What a cute chapter huh? Now I know what I want to do in this arc so it can begin rolling out more smoothly~ Once again thanks to everyone for the support and love! Nearly 180 followers?! Holy shit… Well keep them coming! Reviews and favorites as well!

Love you guys! Night! ~sidra~