Nick just stared at his mother with shock. His mouth seemed to want to say something but he just couldn't.
"Just going to stand there or you going to hug your mother, Nick?" Bogo asked.
"That's quite alright. I will go to him." Said Mrs. Wilde as she made her way to her son. Her arms coiled around Nick's torso and she rested her cheek onto his chest.
Nick wrapped his arms around his mother and a single tear went down his left cheek. The small reunion made Judy get teary eye as well.
Mrs. Wilde looked up at Nick. "I shouldn't have stopped talking to you, my son. I should have been there for your police graduation too."
Nick's ears went down. "It's okay mom. I blame myself for making our relationship turn sour."
Mrs. Wilde smiled for a second before she began to cough badly. She quickly sat on the couch as she wheezed a little.
"Mom, are you okay?" Nick asked with concern.
Mrs. Wilde nodded. "N-Nick, I have to tell you something."
Nick leaned a little bit closer to his mother as she spoke again. "I… I have lung cancer."
Judy placed her hands onto her mouth as she gasped slightly. Before Nick could let out a weep, Mrs. Wilde quickly spoke to calm him down. "Don't worry. The cancer is in stage one and the ZPD is paying for my medical treatment. The doctors said it is very easy to manage and get it to remission."
Hearing that bit of good news brought a smile to both Nick and Judy.
Mrs. Wilde looked at Judy and her eyes widen. "You're Judy Hopps. The one who saved Zootopia and created a bright image of predators across the nation. Oh, where are my manners? My name is June Wilde." The female fox extended her hand to Judy.
"Well, I don't want to brag but.. yes I am. And it's nice to meet you." Judy said with a smile and shook June's hand. Clearly being a little cocky.
Nick playfully stuck his tongue at Judy, which made Judy do the same.
"Mrs. Wilde. I believe you have some more information to tell." Bogo said.
"That is right." June looked directly at Nick. "My son, you're not an only child. You have a younger brother named Dave."
Nick sat up straight on the couch and Judy gasped once again.
"That's not all... I believe he's affiliated with the reptiles." June said.
Bogo then laid out some papers on the table. Nick and Judy picked the papers up. Some of the papers were bad drawings of different kinds of reptiles while other papers were written in an unknown language.
"One year after you left the house when you was 17, Nick, I moved to Boe city and that's when I had Dave. In the beginning, he was just like you until he started to change... He would tell me stories of seeing creatures and mutants in the forest. I didn't believe him because he was only eight at the time, but the more he talked about them to me, the more I started to get worried and scared. After his 16th birthday, he suddenly disappeared from the city." June's voice caught as she tried not to cry.
Bogo continued for her. "A three-month police search and rescue was issued for Dave, but no one could find a clue where he could have gone. Then about two days ago, Mrs. Wilde came to the ZPD, claiming she might know something about the reptiles and where they might be hiding. Some of those papers look like drawings of maps and locations."
Judy then thought of something. "If Dave is truly with the reptiles, then he could tell them where Zootopia and Boe city is at."
"Worse, he has lived in five cities with his mother before disappearing, and to add, he could tell them where our night howler factories are at." Bogo said.
"You did like to travel a lot, huh mom?" Nick said with a smile.
June chuckled slightly. "Just love being in different places."
"Does Norse already have copies of these papers, Bogo?" Judy asked.
Bogo nodded. "Yes. Hopefully, he and his group can figure something out. In the meantime, there is already extra security in place for all night howler factories and farms across the nation."
"Nick, I want you to look for Dave and talk some sense into him before it's too late. I don't want a war to happen, and if one does… I want him to be on our side at least. And I am sorry for not telling you this sooner, just every time we talked, we would get into and I just forget." June looked up at her son with watery eyes.
Nick went silent before his ears perked up and he hugs his mother tightly. "I promise to get him back, mother."
June soon unwrapped her arms from Nick and waved bye to Judy. "I have to go now. I will come back to visit you two soon."
Judy waved back at the female fox. "Goodbye Mrs. Wilde. Nice meeting you."
Bogo walked June out of the room. As soon as the door closed, Judy forced herself from the wheelchair and sat next to Nick.
"A lot was put on you. You okay, Nick?" Judy asked as she leaned onto the fox.
Nick's arm went around Judy as he smiled down at her. "Yes. I am very happy to see my mother. I am even more happy to know I have a brother that I know I will save. The best part of is that you're here by my side through all of this, Carrots."
Judy slightly blushed and smiled to herself as she closed her eyes.
It was nighttime across the whole nation. Under a field of tall grass, there were shadow silhouettes zipping by. Some of the guards on the outer rim of the factory sudden got snatched up without a sound. After clearing all the guards outside, the figures met up at a back door.
One of the figures came under the light of a lamp. It was a male fox that looks very similar to Nick, just having a younger and more petite appearance. He had the key ring and tried each key for the lock before one of the keys went in and unlocked the door. He signals for the reptiles to storm in.
They were like ninjas, not even making a sound as they moved along walkways and paths. One by one guard was just simply disappearing without alerting the other guards. One lonely guard finally noticed he was all alone in the big factory.
The guard pulled out his radio to talk in it. "Unit M and B, are you still there?" No answer was made on the radio.
"No, but we are." Said a deep voice.
The sudden voice caused the pig guard to drop his radio and aim his shotgun at a dark part of the factory.
"W-Who's there?!" The guard shouted.
A brown, scale-covered hand grabbed the pig's shoulder and forced the pig to turn around. Before the guard could react, a long tail smacks him on the face, knocking him out.
"Tch, this is just too easy. They didn't even put up a fight. A little boring if you ask me." Said the male fox.
The Komodo dragon hissed slightly. "Stop your complaining. Means we can get a lot more done, Dave."
"True, but still. Would love a little more action, Eloi." Dave said as he picked up the shotgun.
Eloi snatched the shotgun from Dave's hand. 'Shut your pie hole and get collecting, you maggot!"
"Jeez, you just treat us like we're soldiers." Dave rolled his eyes and walked off.
Eloi signaled the reptiles to collect any night howlers they could find in the factory.
Dave made his way to the very back of the factory and saw a large safe door. "This has to be hiding something." Dave said to himself.
The young fox made his way back to Eloi and lightly pushed the Komodo to get his attention. "Say, I found something in the back, Eloi."
Eloi sighed and looked towards Dave. "First off, I am your leader so you will call me sir! Secondly, you will talk to me with respect!"
Dave stuck his long tongue out and started to speak like he had a speech problem. "D'ookay, sir. I has fond somethang in the backs of the fartorie."
"You're on thin ice! The only reason why I put up with you is because you know this outside world better than any of us." Eloi said sternly.
"You need to relax. Stop being so uptight. I mean, being uptight everyday give you headaches, doesn't it?" Dave asked as he leads Eloi to the safe door.
Eloi didn't say anything and studied the door.
"I take that as a yes." Dave smiled.
"Be quiet and tell me how we can open this. Does it need rocks to open it?" Eloi asked.
Dave laughed. "Up here we are more advanced than using rocks to make passwords. This door can be unlocked by either turning that big, heavy turn wheel or putting in the password on that keypad."
Eloi grunted and walked off. When he came back, he was carrying the pig guard. He dropped the guard in front of the keypad.
The guard slowly woke up and saw that was surrounded by reptiles. The guard trembled in fear as Eloi stood in front of him.
"Give us the key code to open this door." Eloi demanded.
"O-Okay. It's 6-2-1-1-60-54." The guard said in a shaky voice.
Dave blinked for a second and thought. Eloi went to the keypad and put in the numbers.
"Wait, don't put in those nu-!" Before Dave could finish, the alarm system went off.
"Why you little!" Eloi was about to hit the guard again but was stopped by Dave. "Hey, we got to go before we get caught!"
"I will remember you, fat pig!" Eloi said loudly before leaving the factory.
Dave looked at the guard. "Smart move. Should have realized that you gave that key code up to us way too easy just to set the alarms off. Give you credit for that." The fox then left the factory soon after.
Judy, Nick, and other recovering hospital patients were watching the news on TV
"Last night, around 2 a.m., a night howler factory near Tile city was under attacked by reptiles. Even though they took out every guard in the area, they didn't take them away. More good news is that the factory was empty of night howlers as a precaution in such of an event. The CCTV cameras were able to capture some of the attempted robbery. Here is some of that footage." Said the male giraffe new anchor.
The footage showed the time the reptiles got into the factory and knocked out the pig guard. Nick focused on the only being with orange fur. The camera was too far away to get a clear look at the orange fur animal but he knew that had to be Dave. The footage ended with a 'lost signal' screen.
"That's all we can show for now. Please stay tuned for more updates." Said the new anchor.
"Did you see what I saw, Carrots?" Nick asked.
Judy nodded. "Mhm. That has to be Dave with them. No doubt about it."
Nick stood up slowly. "I have to get out of the hospital and go find him."
"But Nick, you're not cleared to leave just yet. We got just two more weeks of physical therapy and then we can leave." Judy said.
Nick slowly looked down at the ground. Judy reached forward and lightly rubbed her fox friend's back. "It will be okay. We will find him."
Nick sat down on the couch and nodded.
August 22nd, 2016.
After two weeks passed. Judy and Nick were discharged from the hospital and reinstated to ZPD. All of ZPD welcome them back.
"Welcome back, you two. We missed you a lot." Said Lois.
"We missed you all too." Judy said with a bright smile.
Norse went to both Nick and Judy. Suddenly, the Zebra lightly waved a device along their bodies. Both Judy and Nick looked at Norse confused. The device started to beep loudly.
"Just as I thought. You two have Hilos in your blood." Norse said.
"Hi...los?" Nick asked.
"Long story short, you two have what the reptiles got. Able to heal faster than normal, be more resistant to pain, and have more stamina." Norse simply said.
"Uh.. what?" Nick rubbed the back of his head.
"But how? Every other animal who volunteered to take Hilos fell ill, but not you two. Why is that?" Norse asked himself.
Judy shrugged. She wasn't even sure what Norse was talking about.
"Have you both not noticed that your bodies looked different? More resilient, muscular, toned, curvy, and define features." Norse said.
Judy and Nick looked at each other and within seconds, they could spot the difference from the other.
"Nick.. your muscles." Judy just stared and so did other female wolf and dog police officers. Nick has grown about five inches. All of his muscles would more define in the police uniform.
"Carrots.. your body." Nick's eyes looked up and down at Judy's body. Her curves, especially her legs, were more toned than before. She bore a pear shape body.
Lur whistled at both Judy and Nick.
Bogo soon stood in frontJudy and Nick. "Enough sightseeing."
All the ZPD officers stood straight up in Bogo's presence.
"Need to re-evaluate you two to see if you're ready to work with the F.B.I. and homeland security in the field." Bogo crossed his arms over his built chest.