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Things click

Judy moved backwards and stared into the eyes of her fox, eyes which were settled on her. She squeezed his paw happily as she felt the amount of love Nick was oozing towards her. It was all in his eyes. The way he was staring at her, the way he was smiling at her…it made the bunny elated as she smiled at him as well. She knew what she had just done and the consequences it would carry, but little did she care. She was yearning to be with Nick. She wanted the entire world to know exactly how much she loved her fox. She wanted to be free to show it to him, whenever she would feel like it and in front of whoever was with them. She wanted Nick and her to show the world, that they were wrong. And it was all thanks to the fox, who kept staring at her as if she was the only thing on earth. In those green emerald orbs, Judy found the truest feeling she had ever known…but their small moment had to come to an end, as both mammals finally registered the raging sounds that were being shot towards them.

"THE FOX!? Judy are you crazy!?"

"I told you they were together! They have so much chemistry!"

"…this is a joke, right?"

"Finally Judy found someone. Thought she would be alone forever."

"Oh man, I really thought I had a chance with Ni-"

"JUDY, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN!? WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT FILTHY TRASH!? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!?"

"Seriously Jerome, if you don´t shut up, I will shut you up." Ben stood angrily as he saw how his older brother kept throwing speciest remarks at Nick, as well as insults towards Judy.

"Shut up Ben! You are as sick as her!"

"Jerome Raymond Hopps!" Bonnie´s scream silenced the entire table as she stood from her place, all eyes darting at her as she glared at her child. "You will now apologize to all those who you have insulted! And then you will shut up for the entire breakfast!"

"Mom you have to be kidding me! They are preds!"

"You heard your mother Jerome! As long as you live under this roof you will not behave like a stupid brat! Apologize to you siblings and their mates immediately!"

"But dad-"

"But nothing! DO IT!" Jerome sighed as he placed his paw on his face. Not lifting his gaze to meet any of the interspecies couples, he mouthed a small "sorry" and sat down, angrily. All the bunnies kept their eyes glued to Stu and Bonnie, as they sighed and retook their places. After several uncomfortable and silent seconds, all eyes turned to Judy and Nick.

Judy felt quite disturbed by the reaction of her brother, as well as some faces of disgust could be seen in some of the bunnies. But the reassuring paw that was holding hers made her turn to Nick, who shot her a soothing smile. She smiled back at him and scooted her chair to be closer to him, when she heard the first question. Luckily for them, it came from her father.

"Judy, care to explain?" With a small sigh Judy turned to look at her father, all eyes on her at the moment, but no nervousness was present on her. Feeling Nick´s paw pads was actually relaxing her and making think clearly, her answer already elaborated inside her mind.

"Well…heh, as you can see, Nick and I are a couple." She heard the several disgust sounds that some of her siblings, aunts and uncles made, but ignored them as she focused on her father. "We have been together almost three months."

"Three months? Judy, why didn´t you tell us before?"

"I…we were a bit…scared." She saw the frown her parents shot at her, so she quickly kept talking to ease the pair of rabbits. "It´s just that, even with Ben being mated to Zara, we were scared because…well, Nick is a fox. And foxes and rabbits had a bad history. So…many scenarios crossed our heads."

"Oh honey…I understand. But you shouldn´t have kept it from us."

"I know. I´m sorry." Then the eyes turned towards Nick.

"So that´s why you didn´t attack her when you were hit with the serum."

"Oh. Well, yeah. Mostly because…" Nick stared at Judy with a questioning gaze, mostly looking for approval of the rabbit to let go of more information. With a sigh Judy nodded, allowing Nick to continue. "…it´s mostly because I had already imprinted on her."

"You…you did? You think of Judy as your…mate?" Bonnie asked with surprise as she heard this. She had liked Nick and was actually happy with both of them being together, but hearing that the fox saw Judy as his mate…it was a small surprise for her.

"Well, mom…we actually are mates." The shocked eyes from the entire table settled on the pair once more, making the gray doe blush.

"But…where is his mark?" A reddish bunny asked with real curiosity.

"We used scent deodorants. We…we wanted to tell mom and dad privately…but I just couldn´t keep hiding this. Hiding us. I love Nick. With all my heart." The fox gave a really soft purr, one that he made sure only Judy could hear, making the bunny relax as she rested her head by his side, his arm wrapping around her.

"So, you were ashamed, right?" Nick and Judy turned to look at a scarlet bunny that was watching the scene with hateful eyes. Judy sighed, as she saw it was exactly the one bunny she had heard talk badly about them yesterday, Sasha. She was about to react, but Nick beat her to it, his trademark mask present on his face.

"Well, she actually just said that we wanted to tell you parents first. We wanted to avoid what just happened and introduce this slowly to the clan."

"You failed miserably." Nick frowned a second at Sasha´s words, noticing the hate they carried with them.

"Well, if my mate wanted to kiss me and show publicly that she loves me, then there was nothing I could do. Because I love her. More than anything. And seeing that this is her family, I saw nothing wrong on letting her show her feelings towards me. Do you?"

"I…I…well-"

"What is it, Sasha? You were so sure about your words yesterday while you were talking to Aunt Nichole." Judy shot at her sister, who widened her eyes in shock as she stared at her aunt, who lowered her gaze towards her dish. Sighing Sasha averted the fox´s gaze and looked at Judy.

"I…I…Judy it´s just…I mean…it´s not…natural." Sasha stared at her parents, who were frowning at her. She stared to the floor and the shot Judy an apologetic look. "I…I wish I could understand Judy. I really do. But don´t worry. I will not make any kind of remark or anything of sort. It´s your decision and I am no one to question it."

Judy was left dumbfounded as she heard her sister. She was expecting another outburst just like Jerome, but was faced with a bunny that, even if she was not in her same page or disliked the situation, understood the fact that indeed this was Judy´s life decision. She sighed and shot Sasha a tiny smile, only to have the bunny turn her head towards her meal.

"Well now that all the drama has passed, Judy." The gray bunny turned to look at the creamed color bunny seating nearby her. Judy chuckled at her sister´s Jeannette tone when she directed to her, knowing exactly what this bunny was going to inquire about. "How did this happen?" She said as she signaled them both. "Because, last time you were here your attitude was all sad and you only kept talking about your mate here and that case of flowers over the city."

"Oh, I want to know that too!"

"Tell us the hot goss, girl!"

"Please Aunt Judy, please."

Seeing how the entire thing had passed from almost tragic to a newfound interest in her relationship with the fox, Judy´s body stopped being stiff as she prepared to tell their story.

"Well, it started almost a year ago, on my very first day as a police officer."

"You mean the meter maid duty?" Ben quipped in, making Judy shot a mocking glare at him while Nick snickered.

"Still a police officer, Ben. Anyhow, I had just finished placing the double amount of tickets for the entire day when I saw this fox, who almost got hit by a van. Then, he entered suspiciously to an elephant ice cream store."

Judy kept narrating their story with pleasure, seeing the many faces that the events generated on her family. It was until she started narrating their gondola ride when Nick stepped in.

"When Carrots here was about to lose her job, I stepped in. It was just…natural. I saw how all her efforts were about to be shot down, so I decided to lend her a paw. It was then when I saw that Judy was actually just trying to make a change. A good change. So, we entered this passing gondola and went towards city hall. During the ride, something in me…moved. I saw in Judy something I hadn´t seen in a while. Someone I could trust. Yeah she saving my life had something to do with it. But, there was something more."

"You started liking her since then, right?" Zara said softly, understanding Nick as she started feeling the same way for Ben when something similar happened to them both.

"I…I think so. Maybe it was something in that zone, but I knew that I wanted to help her." He felt his paw gain pressure as he turned to look at Judy, who smiled at him sweetly.

"You dumb fox." He chuckled and gave her a quick peck. Judy kept telling the Nighthowler story, Nick stepping in to make a clarification or to explain something that Judy slipped. The entire clan had their total attention in the mammals. They started to understand why Nick and Judy had actually become so close to one another. Even after that ended, Judy kept telling them how they started to hang out and become even closer, until the day they became a couple arrived.

"Wait, you got stabbed?"

"Inside the academy!?"

"How did that weasel entered without being seen!?"

"Darned weasels."

"Can we see?" Nick chuckled as he stood up and lifted his shirt enough so that his scar could be seen. "Wow!"

"Hey everyone, let me continue with the story, geez. As I was saying, Nick got stabbed and, the moment I got ahold of the information, I ran towards that hospital. I was a mess and it took a while for me to actually be able to see him. Once in his room I…well I-"

"She got all dosed on love and planted a really big kiss on me." The fox chuckled as Judy groaned with the fox´s interruption.

"Har har. Still, best decision I have ever made." She smiled at her fox, who winked her with a playful face.

"So, Nick. In the past three months, you were stabbed and hit with NightHowlers?"

"That´s right."

"It must be awful. So soon into your new life and…this things happen to you."

"It´s all worth it Mrs. Hopps."

"And Nick, about the…marking-"

"Dad!"

"Jude, I just…well, you know that foxes have a specific way of marking each other."

"Dad, I know. We actually had quite an…episode with Nick´s mom."

"Yeah, she chastised me for not marking Judy as I should, even for not doing the previous steps."

"That´s what I am curious about. Foxes always ask for the female´s parent´s permission."

"Dad, Nick didn´t do any of these because it was me who marked him first."

"You what? Judy, that is insane!" Judy saw as a dark brown rabbit was overwhelmed by the news she had just gotten.

"Why, Aunt Rachel?"

"Because, among the clan, it has always been the male the one to mark first. It´s tradition."

"I…I really didn´t think about tradition at that moment. I wanted Nick to know that I will spend the rest of my life with him. And I wanted to do it strongly, so…I thought that I could mark him."

"And I don´t really mind. She took the jump before I did. That´s one of the many reasons I love this bundle of fluff. She knows when to take a risk." Judy smiled at her mate, who was rubbing his thumb around her paw to calm himself down. Yes this was going…better than expected, but seeing so many rabbits kept having Nick on edge for some reason.

"And does anybody know about you two?" Stu asked with concern, knowing that people could become quite problematic if they saw what Judy and Nick have as…inappropriate.

"Only the mammals at the ZPD, the mayor, and some other ones that smelled our scents when we were heading towards the train station. This is actually the third day since we marked each other."

"Wait, only three days?"

"Yup. This weeks will also allow to us spend some time together as mates, since we have been having a rough time."

"I think rough would sugar coat this situation, Carrots." The bunny playfully punched Nick´s shoulder, who smiled at her sweetly, catching the bunny off guard. "Really glad it came to an end." He cupped Judy´s cheek, making the bunny blush. Bonnie smiled at her daughter, her happiness making herself grow happy for her as the door sounded with a couple of knocks. Stu stood up with the sound of chuckles behind him as he reached the door and stared at the wild cat in front of him.

"Good morning Stu."

"Hey John! Bringing in today´s news?"

"…yeah. You…you gotta read this one. Well…see you tomorrow Stu." The wild cat nodded at the bunny, who waved at him slowly, confused by the wild cat´s attitude regarding the newspaper. Stu closed the door and opened the paper´s front page, widening his eyes as he saw the headline.

"Nick, Judy." Both stared at Stu, who arrived at his place and turned the paper around, showing the image it displayed to both of them. "I think more mammals know."

Zootopia: Savannah Central

"M…mates?" Fin stood still as he saw the newspaper´s headline, which was being hold by Martin.

"Yeah, freaking mates. That pair just can´t stop meddling with my plans!"

"What do you mean meddling with your plans?" Robert Bogo spoke, gaining Martin´s attention, Fin still in a state of shock.

"When the city sees that two very important mammals inside the ZPD, who turn out being from different species and, even worse, from different feeding classes, they will believe strongly that mammals can join together. In peace. By their example."

"Not every mammal will."

"But the vast majority sure will. Now, I need to put them down as fast as possible. Does this article show where they were going to?" fin stood up quickly and started moving towards the door, confusing the pair of mammals on the couch. "Where are you going?"

"I need to go. Call me if anything pops up."

"But we haven´t started the meeting, Travis hasn´t even arrived."

"I NEED TO GO." Fin sneered as he got outside of the house. Cursing he jumped into his van, his destination clear as his head was fuming with unwavering determination. "She will confirm it for me."

As the door closed, both mammals stared at each other and simply shrugged, focusing once more in the paper on their hooves, until the T.V. they had on started blaring with the news.

ZPD GOES WILDE. INTERSPECIES RELATIONSHIP HOPPS INSIDE THE POLICE FORCE.

It´s known by everyone that Nicholas Wilde, former con mammal, is now a member of the ZPD and partner of the well-known Judy Hopps. What it hasn´t been told is that both of them are currently part of an…interspecies relationship. We got ahold an interview with the reporter that caught the infamous photo, displayed in the Furdian newspaper, of the couple when he was present during a train ride in which the couple was. He told us the hideous smell the predator and prey duo were emanating was making him feel sick. That´s right, the small mammals are not even ashamed of publicly displaying that…they are mates! As told by the reporter, the stench penetrated his nostrils and generated disgust among his person for both mammals. It is known that, though incorrect, interspecies couples have been more frequent this days, mostly after the futile attempts from former mayor Bellwether to turn predators into savage animals that would maul everything they crossed paths with. For now though, this is not a confirmed fact, since neither the ZPD nor the alleged couple have been reached to clarify this morbid situation. If true, there is a high chance that Judy Hopps might be in danger around the fox. If you ask me, this sounds like nothing but a ZPD´s publicity stunt. This was Hox News Today and I am you host, Larry Skips, wishing you a swell day.

"Good old Hox News. You can always count on them doing the public hate speech."

City Hall

Anger took over Patrick as he turned the T.V off, turning to look at Delgato and T´Challa.

"Those jerks at Hox News."

"They have always been like that Sir." Delgato said to the hippo, trying to ease the big mammal. So, T´Challa decided to continue forward with what was left unresolved yesterday.

"So, Patrick, the weasel."

"Oh, right. I…I hired a private investigator to find him. She has returned to me the three locations where she has seen him the most. Unfortunately, she will not be able to be helping me anymore since she has to solve some personal issues."

"…it was Jessica Paws, right?"

"How do you know?"

"If I would hire a PI, it would be her. She´s the best, though quite bizarre. Son why didn´t you tell this to me before?"

"I wanted to be certain as to where he might be."

"Patrick, you have to trust me more. I know that the fact that there is a snitch inside the ZPD makes you weary, but I am the ZPD´s captain, trust is needed between Zootopia´s mayor and its chief of police."

"…you are right. Sorry."

"It´s okay. Well, now that I have this information, I will send a police officer to one of this locations, hoping he sees him as soon as possible."

"Who will you send Chief?" Delgato inquired, hopes up that it would be him. Though he knew that was a long shot.

"I am sending Wolford. He´s the best nose at the ZPD and, seeing how he actually is fond of Wilde and Hopps, he will surely take this case more serious than any other."

"Wait, fond to Hopps and Wilde?"

"Yeah. During the NightHowler case, one of the wolves that was shot with the serum was Wolford´s mate. Seeing how Judy and Nick actually solved that case, he is now too fond of the pair. Heck, he was even the first one to woot for them when they came into the precinct as mates."

"Wow. I had no idea."

"It´s not something he shares a lot. He has only told this to me, ´cause I´m the chief, and to both Hopps and Wilde."

"He told them?"

"He sure did. Assured them he would always have their back. Delgato, let´s go to the precinct. Roll call it´s almost due." The lion nodded at the black panther and both officers walked outside the mayor´s office, who smiled at seeing the efficient work the T´Challa was doing.

Valerie´s Wilde home

"This morons." She turned the T.V off and got of her couch. She had just finished eating a small tray of cookies with tea when the news had started blaring those nonsense about her son and his mate. Even when she had read today´s Furdian, she had already become upset. "How can they judge a pair of mammals that love each other? This society of ours it´s so…stupid." She grabbed her purse and checked herself on the mirror before going to her door. She was going to buy Nick and Judy a present for their marking, seeing how the day they arrived as mates she had been…a little too rude. She was about to open her door with joy, until a knock came. Confused, she opened the door to find a mammal she was…not happy to see.

"Oh, it´s you."

"Hello Valerie."

"What do you want, Finnick?" The fennec fox flinched at the angry tone in which Valerie talked to him, knowing exactly well why she was angry.

"I just came to ask a question."

"Do it quickly."

"Well, is Nick actually…mated to the bunny?"

"…why do you want to know?"

"I…well…we haven´t…talked in a while."

"Really? I can´t imagine why."

"Valerie-"

"Look, Finnick. There´s a reason why he seems to have pushed you out of his new life. You drove him into that path of…of…conning. You showed him how to trick mammals and basically made him the living image of a fox´s stereotype. Now, if he doesn´t talk to you, then stop acting like he is your friend. You used him for your scams, you never were a friend of his. And, even if you had been a friend of Nick, you would have tried to contact him."

"How do you know I haven´t contacted him?"

"I know your type Finnick. You expected Nick would always been watching over you because you "helped him", but Nick has changed. He is now how he used to be, a happy mammal. And one of the things that gave him happiness was leaving you and that part of his life, out of himself." Valerie got out of the house and closed the door, her glance still glued to the fennec fox, who seemed to be a bit shocked by her words, making her sigh. "Look Finnick. You know there was a time when I saw you as my own son. Johnathan saw you as a part of our family. But, what you did with Nick is unforgivable. At least for me. But I will tell you this. Even now that it looks like Nick pushed you away, I don´t doubt that if you call him, he will answer." The fennec stared at the vixen, who shot him a tinge of a smile. "You know Nick, he has always had a kind heart."

"Valerie…I´m sorry." The fennec fox nodded and left the vixen´s house. His mind had been a puzzle since he finished talking to the vixen. He was sure that she had just given him the trust to call Nick, but everything else she said…how he betrayed both of Nick´s parents by dragging his son to an unrighteous path. How he used Nick for his personal gain and ended up corrupting the fox. Sighing he revved his van´s engine and left the place. He had a lot to think about, even after all he had been an accomplice of.

Valerie saw as the van got away from her home and sighed. She walked through the city as she kept thinking if what she said to the fennec fox was okay. She felt those things, but, maybe the smaller mammal really saw Nick as a friend.

ZPD-Precinct 1

"Listen everyone, this are today´s assignments. Grizzoli, Fangmeyer, Delgato, you´ll patrol the Nocturnal District, look for any kind of suspicious hyenas since precinct 8 has been reporting several robberies from such mammals. Head first to the eight precinct, there Angela Batson will inform you the situation."

"Batson? Thought she wasn´t precinct´s eight captain anymore." Delgato inquired and glanced at T´Challa, who simply nodded at the lion. The black panther kept calling mammals to get their assignments, until one team was remaining.

"Higgins, Snarlov, there was a robbery at Pawrovsky´s biggest store in Tundratown, I´ll want you two to investigate it. Wolford, you stay here." The wolf was confused as he saw his partners stand up and leave the bullpen, both shooting him confused looks of their own. Once they were alone, T´Challa got nearby the fox, who stood up and walked towards the panther.

"What is it Chief?"

"I have a special task for you. Seeing that you are the best nose in the ZPD-"

"I wouldn´t say the best. I mean, yeah I´ve won three times in a row the ZPD sniffing clues tournament, but Marcine from precinct five is quite good at it too." The wolf saw as the panther just stared at him blankly, so he apologized with a sheepish smile. "Sorry sir. What is this task you have for me?"

"Remember that Wilde got stabbed?"

"Yeah, like five months ago by a weasel. He keeps escaping our grasp."

"Well, we may have some possible locations the weasel frequents."

"Seriously!?"

"Yeah. So, I want you to make stakeouts." He gave the wolf a yellow folder and kept talking as the wolf read the file inside. "There are three locations where he has been seen the most. Today you will be scouting one of them, see if you find him."

"And if I do?"

"Follow him. We want to know who the other mammals involved are. This task will be taking you a lot of time Wolford, probably the whole week since he might not show too frequently."

"Don´t worry Sir. For Nick and Judy I´d do anything. So, stakeout places? Or regular car?"

"Go with Clawhauser, he has the list of stakeout places around the city. He can tell you if there is something nearby there to scout the area. If not, then take a regular car."

"Sure thing. Until what hour do I stakeout?"

"It´s nine right now…I would say until 8:00 p.m."

"Got it." The wolf saluted the panther and got outside of the bullpen, making T´Challa chuckle at his antics.

Gary Wolford felt himself fill with determination as he approached Clawhauser´s desk. Nick and Judy had been the mammals that had helped her Sofia out of that terrible experience, one Nick was familiar with. So now he had the chance to return the favor. He arrived with Clawhauser, who shot him a friendly smile.

"Hey Wolford. What can I do for you?"

"Could you hand me stakeout locations? I need to know if any of those is nearby the points I need to be in."

"Sure thing." The cheetah signaled the wolf to accompany to the back of the desk, so he could see the information that was displayed on the computer. "So, which are the addresses?"

"The first one is…Glacier & Tropic number 56." The cheetah typed the words quickly and showed the monitor to the wolf.

"Here. Glacier & Tropic 61. Apartment number 2."

"Noted. The next one is Jondrel & Dune 77."

"There´s a house right in front of it, Jondrel & Dune 78."

"Nice. And the last one is Downtown Savannah Central 29." The cheetah mumbled the direction for himself as he typed it away, sighing when no results came through.

"Nothing there man."

"Don´t worry. I´ll take the car to that one. Thanks Clawhauser."

"Hey Gary, wait a second." The wolf turned to look at the cheetah, who was shooting him a concerned face.

"What is it Ben?"

"I just wanted to know…well…you´re following the weasel, right?"

"…why the question?" Gary grew weary of the cheetah´s inquiry since he never had asked about the officers´ stakeouts.

"It´s just…well that guy has damaged Nick and Judy too much. I really want to see him behind bars."

"Oh…well…yeah, I am tracking the weasel. And don´t worry Ben, he will hurt Nick and Judy no longer." The wolf nodded at the cheetah and left towards T´Challa´s "office" to receive further instructions. He knocked the door and heard the panther allowing him to enter, though he was surprised with the mess he found.

"Sorry about the mess."

"Don´t worry sir. It´s fine for being a provisional one. So, I got the stakeout places. Is there anything else I need to know?"

"…there is. Look, I now this will be hard to hear, but there is a snitch inside the ZPD. A snitch that caused Bogo´s death."

"…are you sure?"

"I know it sounds doubtful, but it is certain at this point. So, thread carefully and move with caution. If there´s a ZPD officer around the zones the weasel frequents, I want you to write it down. If you can actually name the mammal, perfect. But identifying the species will do fine."

"Understood sir. Will I have to come to the briefings?"

"Not at all."

"And my team? What will you tell to Higgins and Snarlov?"

"That you have a different assignment. That´s all. You need to be the only one that knows about this."

"Uh…I just…told Clawhauser."

"That´s fine. Ben is a faithful mammal. But I am serious Wolford, be careful. We don´t know who is behind all of this."

"I will Chief. I will head home to inform my mate."

"Sure thing. Take what´s left of the day off. You can start tomorrow at eight in the morning."

"Thanks sir. Have a nice day." The wolf left the interrogation room and headed outside. He took the train towards his home and, once he arrived to the Rainforest District, he walked calmly, going through everything he just learnt in his head. Once he arrived to his home all those thoughts were off his head, as he just opened the door and announced his arrival.

"Honey! I´m home!"

"Hey sweetie." The wolf was greeted with the sight of his wife, a sight he would never get tired of seeing. Especially now that she carried his babies in her tummy. They shared a kiss and gave each other a small affectionate mark, Gary holding to her strongly, though her wider stomach was starting to make his arms stretch more than before. "Seems you are a bit yearning. Why are you here so early?"

"Well, the Chief gave me the rest of the day."

"That´s so nice of him!"

"Yeah. But, this week I´ll be working overtime, Sof."

"Overtime? Why?"

"Well, the Chief gave me the task to scout the locations where Nick´s stabber has been seen more frequently."

"He gave you that mission!?"

"Yeah, I am quite glad he did. I…I want to repay them both…for helping you during those times."

"Oh Gary, don´t even think about that. It´s in the past."

"I know. I am still so grateful for what they did."

"I told you, when this little kits thing is over, we´ll invite them to have dinner with us."

"That sounds nice." They broke their embrace and Gary smiled at her. Sofia was a tad older than him, being twenty nine and him being twenty six, but she was really well preserved. Her fur was mostly gray, except for the cream colored section down her chin, something Gary found quite amazing to look at since he thought it made her look even more beautiful. Both mammals headed to the dining room, where their meals were already served. Both ate the Italian prepared chicken peacefully, but Gary couldn´t stop staring at her. Ever since they knew Sofia was pregnant, Gary felt how his yearning for his mate increased exponentially. So, now that he was going to be some time apart from her, his mind started worrying about her.

"Gaaaary, I know what you are thinking. Relax sweetie, everything will be okay."

"But, if the kits-"

"Gary, it´s gonna be fine. I still need three more weeks of gestation and you will only be away for one. Plus, you´ll come back every day. It´s not like you´ll stay over there the entire time."

"But-"

"No buts. It´s your job and it´s a favor for Nick and Judy."

"…you´re right."

"Well yeah, I´m always am." Both wolves shared a quick laugh, making Gary relax a bit. But he was nervous about another thing. Something that was hunting him as he remembered his wife during those days…and Wilde as well.

What if the weasel is carrying NightHowlers with him?

"Yeah, nothing will go wrong."

Savannah Central

"You are late, Travis."

"Oh, excuse me for having to walk with outmost precaution. It´s not like I am not wanted by the entire ZPD and their canid officers have my scent."

"Could have called a cab." Robert pitched in, making the weasel shot him a hateful glare.

"It doesn´t matter. I assume you have seen the-"

"Yeah yeah. Bunny and fox mates, who cares."

"Wow. Anyway, I have another job for you."

"Martin, to be fair, I have been the only one that has done anything…well except for the Bogo Jr."

"Don´t call me that."

"And do you forget that it was me who shot the fox with the serum?"

"Ugh, anyway, what´s this meeting for?"

"Oh, yeah. I want to make it fast, gotta go to the lab. Anyway, I wanted to ask you both to get ahold of the location of the cop couple."

"What for?"

"I need you to get rid of them."

"Rid of them?"

"For good. No NightHowlers, no tricks. End them."

"Why don´t you do it?"

"I would gladly do it, but a smaller mammal than myself has a better shot at doing it and not getting caught."

"Fine. Then, why don´t have Fin do it?"

"Our little friend Finnick is already playing his part on this. The best part is, he doesn´t even know about it."

Somewhere in Zootopia

The small fox sighed. It had been a while since he left from Valerie´s home, thinking on what to do. On what he had done…and what he knew. An inner struggle started to raise inside the fennec as he kept wondering if what he was doing was right. Months ago, he was certain it was right. The city having thrown rubbish at predators and Nick getting into the good side of the law made him think it was right. But now, with so many mammals hurt and…Nick´s graces with death made him doubt. Hard. So, he decided to start making somethings right. Slowly, since he knew that Martin could disappear him immediately, no one even noticing his absence. Picking his cellphone he dialed a number and hesitated, until he finally pushed the green button. He waited after three buzzes and then in came a voice he hadn´t heard in quite some time.

"Hello?"

"Hey Nick."

CONTINUES IN CHAPTER 14!

Hey there guys! Thanks to everyone who has read and keeps reading! I am quite grateful! I honestly don´t know how to feel regarding this chapter. I read it and I love it, but sudennly some doubts appear in my mind and well, makes me feel weird. But I am quite satisfied with the final product. I really hope you enjoy it guys. And I am excited to use Wolford as what now will probably be a regular character in my story. Well, this is it, so see you next time! Oh, and how about that I am using Finnick as a member of the bad guys? I´m sure a lot of you knew already, if not everyone, but those who didn´t I hope you were surprised. (No reviews, so directly into that good old catchphrase.)

Have a nice day everyone!