Nick sat in his seat next to Mr. and Mrs. Hopps as he waited for the ballet recital to start. Marcus was sitting on the seat next to him. He had been nursing an extra-large cup of coffee since he had gotten home last night and had to get the girls ready for their recital. When they had asked where mommy was though, he had told them that she was very busy, but that if they got lucky she might make it in towards the end. They hadn't seemed too excited about this, but told him that they understood how mommy was very busy. However, they didn't understand why the scarlet rogue was so bad. Nicole was the one that seemed to have the hardest time understanding the situation.

"The Scarlet Rogue and the Tawny Bandit are heroes aren't they?"

"No sweetie. They are terrorists." Jessica didn't understand this word.

"What's a terrorist daddy?"

"A terrorist is someone who tries to scare people into doing something." Nicole once again seemed to disagree with Nick.

"But daddy, the scarlet rogue and the tragic pack don't scare people."

"They don't scare most people. You see girls, a terrorist can be a hero to some and villain to others." Jessica seemed to finally get the message.

"Oh… Kind of like how you like chocolate ice cream and mommy doesn't right?" Nick gave a little chuckle.

"Sure girls. You see, just because a lot of people happen to agree with the Tragic Pack doesn't mean that what they are doing is right. The law exists so that everyone can get a fair say in things, and the Tragic Pack is ignoring the law so that their opinion can be heard above everyone else." The girls nodded, now understanding the situation a little bit better.

Nick was now sitting in the chair waiting anxiously for Judy to show up, but as the music started and the first set of dancers moved onto the stage he began to lose hope. By the time they had almost reached the end of the recital he knew that Judy wasn't going to be able to make it. The recital ended and the girls came on stage with the others to do their bows. Nick could tell that they were looking for their mother and saw the disappointment in their eyes when she wasn't there.

With the performance over, Nick stood up and got ready to talk to the other parents at the snack bar. As he stood up though he saw Judy standing in the door at the back of the theater out of breath and tears welling up in her eyes. Not missing a beat, Nick passed Marcus off to his grandparents and walked over to Judy. She had already left the door and looked like she was heading out of the theater. Nick jogged after her, not wanting her to leave without him being able to talk to her.

"Hey." Judy didn't look up as she stood in front of a door that led outside.

"Nick…" The tears in her eyes now started to fall down her cheeks, "I'm a terrible parent Nick!" She began to cry and buried her face in Nick's chest. "I'm so busy chasing after some stupid terrorist that I don't have time to go to my own daughter's recital! And that dumb puma! He made me stay even longer because of his stupid 'important item'. I'm an awful mother!" Nick cradled her in his arms and stroked her head.

"Shh… It's okay sweetie, it's okay. I talked to the girls this morning, they understand. I bet that dumb puma said you couldn't do your job huh?" Judy paused in between sobs to look up at Nick.

"Yeah… I got him back though. I put him under protective custody at his own apartment."

"Clever Bunny. Now, what do you say we go and say hi to your parents and our girls before you go back to hunting down terrorists, okay?" Judy sniffed hard and tried her best to put on a smile, her voice still cracking a little.

"Okay… Thanks Nick."

"No problem carrots." Nick gave her a kiss on the head and led her back to where the other parents were gathering for refreshments.

Judy did her best to put on a brave face, but was pleasantly surprised at the happiness the girls showed when they saw her. They gave her a play by play of the performance and introduced her to all of their friends. Nick knew that this would happen, that their daughters would be so incredibly proud of their mother the Assistant Superintendent. Letting her get lost in the roll of a proud mother, Nick checked his phone. He had to give Finnick a call.

"Hey, we have one more job tonight."

"What!? Man I thought we were done!"

"We aren't done until we stop the destruction of the neighborhood."

"Alright fine. So where are we going?"

"I'll send you the address. I'll meet you there later tonight. Don't worry about bringing the equipment, I'll just pick it up in an hour or so."

"Alright, talk to you later Nick."

"Bye."

Nick's eyes were hard now. He still had one last job to do.