AN: I guess tomorrow it the second anniversary of Zootopia. It really doesn't feel that long ago. And so much has changed for me since the first time I saw the movie. in the comments tell me how Zootopia had changed your life. Happy (11 minutes early) anniversary Zootopia! may there be many many more wonderful years to come. I'm looking forward to sharing them with you guys.

Chapter 14

Free at Last!

Chapter quote:

"I preach darkness. I don't inspire hope-only shadows. It's up to you to find the light in my words."
-Charles Lee

Bonus quote:

First they will ask why you're doing it. Then they'll ask how you did it.

-Javed Momin

A lone figure sat in a dark office. The office was quite nice, there were two book cases on the far wall and a beautiful hard wood desk sitting in the middle of the room with equally nice wooden chairs in front.

For the life of them the parson didn't know if it was night or day, he'd been there too long to remember. He was on the phone and was listening carefully to the voice on the other side of the line.

"No we're not ready for that." he answered. He sat and listened again. "I'm well aware of what Ryan and Grant have caused and am changing the plan accordingly."

…

He got up and started pacing behind his cluttered desk. "Yes I know Hopps and Wilde could become a problem. It is critical that you keep this under wraps, we are still not ready. I will handle Grant and Ryan; personally." He chuckled.

...

"Yes I mean lie; do whatever it takes. You know as well as the rest of us what we're working for. So don't go soft now after all these years."

…

"Yes I know and I'm sorry. Give me an update in a month, alright? If anything else happens notify me immediately." He paused. "We are the darkness."

Over the phone he heard his contact reply; "Who will save the world from the light."

Clay Stone had always enjoyed being a doctor. He loved the fact that he could save lives. He also loved the rewarding feeling of saving lives, and when his patients and their family thanked him for what he had done. It was a nice perk of the job but it wasn't the reason he had the occupation he did. But he couldn't worry about that right now, he had to go and check on his newest patients; Nick and Judy.

As Clay walked down the busy hallways he loved to think to himself about really anything. This morning the topic was Zootopia's greatest cop partners.

He still was amazed how Judy had pulled through what she did, Nick too. When the chief of police himself brought them in he had feared the worst. Nick had lost so much blood and was growing weaker by the second. And Judy's back could have been so much worse than it was. She should have died the second she hit that tree.

When he had looked at Nick he was told he had been shot. To be honest Clay had never dealt with a gunshot wound before. Guns were so rare in Zootopia and were highly regulated. There was a stockpile of them at each police Precinct and only the most elite had excess to unlock them. And even still they were only for moments of national emergency when there wasn't any other choices available.

When he questioned Nick the fox had said the gun was a revolver and looked to be on the older side. There were only a few places a person could get a gun like that. One: out of the country; through the black market, two for sporting events, and three in Bunnyburrow. The laws were different and everyone owned a gun there, but nobody ever shot anyone else. How else could the fathers there do shotgun weddings?

Clay walked up to room 152 and knocked. It was still pretty early and there was no answer. Clay wasn't surprised. He sighed and opened the door and went in. When he turned around from closing the door he saw why the fox and rabbit didn't answer. There on the oversized bed were Nick and Judy. Judy was curled up in a ball and relaxed into Nick's gentle touch. Nick held her close and rested his chin between her ears, one of which was flopped over his face.

Clay silently laughed to himself "Oh just wait until the WildeHopps shippers hear about this. They're going to flip." He quietly whispered. He had heard from Cody that they were together shortly after Judy had come out of her coma. He was happy for them. It wasn't often that a fox and bunny fell in love.

Clay laid a stack of papers on the table in the room. They were his latest evaluation of Judy's back. She was healing quickly and was going to be able to leave to go home later today. Though he would like her to comeback in every three or four days for a checkup just so he could be sure she was really going to be okay.

Clay took one last look around the room and at all the flowers that had accumulated over the last few weeks. He also noticed that several of them had the buds missing, specifically ones closer to the bed. She must be eating them. He chuckled. Quietly as not to wake the cute couple Clay turned and left.

Nick stirred as soon as the door clicked shut. "Is he gone?"

Judy stretched herself out and groaned in satisfaction. "Yeah he's gone."

"Good, what did he say?"

"Something about WildeHopps shippers. Nick what is shipping?" She rolled over so she was facing him and asked.

Nick stretched out and then grabbed Judy again and pulled her back into his chest. "I'll tell you later Fluff let's just go back to sleep." Judy silently nodded to him, before she started to drift off again.

Ralph Wolford silently drove towards Zootopia Central hospital. The chief had given him the job of chaperoning Nick and Judy home. He couldn't complain; it was the least he could do to help.

He had been among the group that had rushed to help the duo on that fateful night. He'd been the first one on scene and had thought they hadn't made it. He could still remember Nick's voice as he whispered directions over the radio to where they were. He'd silently cried a few tears as he heard the fox's words.

The wolf shook his head to clear it of the troubling thoughts. There was no need to feel that way anymore. Nick and Judy had both pulled through. They were so strong. It still amazed him just how strong they each were, both physically and mentally. They were only one fox and one bunny and yet they did the work of mammals ten and twenty times their size. Anyone could take a lesson from them.

Surrounding the cruiser he was driving was the normal city. He was close to down town but it wasn't super busy for the time of day. Every mammal imaginable walked the sidewalks. The buildings just as tall and magnificent as ever watched over all that was below them. It was just like a normal patrol.

As Ralph continued to drive he noticed the hush that seemed to hang over the city. Like an invisible rain cloud was dampening the mood.

It was no huge secret that Zootopia's heroes were in the hospital but no one knew why. Naturally there was always going to be reporters asking questions. But there weren't that many really doing so. They seemed to sense that there was something going on, the whole city did. It felt weird. It was almost too quiet feeling but just as loud as ever.

Wolford knew there was something else going on other than the thefts of telescope equipment. Something much bigger then he originally thought. Instead of just him and Fangmyer, mostly him, working on the case like they had been almost half the department was now in on it. So far they had nothing.

Not a single lead, there was nothing: zilch. No evidence of break in and tampering, the locks were even relocked to make it seem as if no one had been there. The only thing they had found was a dent in the metal door in one of the smaller domes that led outside. And after closer inspection they realized Judy had caused it trying to burst through the door as she chased after Ryan.

And then there was the fact that Grant and Ryan Snowlence, the legendary Silent Hand brothers had been the ones behind the stolen equipment. And somehow all along had managed to remain in Zootopia maximum security prison. Who let them out? Did someone even let them out or have they managed to perfect a way to escape and get back in without anyone knowing. What happened to the equipment? From his sources it hadn't been spotted in the black market. How did it just disappear without a trace? These were some of the questions that were being asked at the ZPD on a daily basis.

Yeah Wolford knew there was something BIG was going on. Somewhere there was a puppet master pulling all the strings. All Wolford needed to do was find out who. Easier said than done though.

He perished the thoughts as he approached the hospital and saw none other than the dynamic duo of Zootopia themselves. They were sitting on the front steps waiting for him like he'd asked them to when he called earlier. Judy was dressed in a pair of black leggings and a gray tee shirt. Nick on the other paw was dressed like he normally did; in an ugly untucked orange Pawaiian shirt and khakis. Judy also wore a black back brace around her like a huge belt. And Nick had his arm resting in a sling.

It had been a while and Nick was healing nicely and was able to do most things with his arm again. But that didn't stop the hospital from giving him the sling, it was protocol after all.

Judy was relaxed and leaning up against Nick like he was a chair. Nick was busy messing around on his phone while at the same time had an arm, and a tail, wrapped around Judy. It was rather chilly for a late August morning so he was trying to keep her warm with his fuzzy tail. Not to mention they both loved the contact.

Wolford stared so long at the two that he almost missed his turn into the parking lot they were sitting in front of. He had to swing the cruiser so hard its tires screeched and left skid marks on the road. "Oh I hope they didn't see that." Wolford prayed.

Nick and Judy sat up and looked at the cruiser that had made such a loud and startling sound. "So Carrots you think word is already out that we're a thing now?"

Judy sighed "From Wolford's uncharacteristically bad driving just now. I'd have to say most likely."

"Yeah I was thinking the same thing." Nick grumbled. After a literal second he went back to his phone. As he did he gave Judy a reassuring squeeze. Almost instantly Judy relaxed again.

"Thanks Nick." The bunny murmured.

Eventually the cruiser pulled up and out hopped Wolford. "Hey there's my two favorite cops. How have you guys been doing?" he called happily as he walked around to them "I know you've been trapped in a makeshift prison for the past month, but other than that how's it been?"

The fox and rabbit started to stand. "Well we're still alive so we're doing pretty great. Aren't we Carrots?" he pulled her to his side and rubbed her shoulder affectionately.

"Yeah we're doing pretty well." She happily but gently hit Nick's sore arm.

Wolford stared at the two dumbfounded. Even after all his watching to see if they were in any kind of relationship he'd never seen them act like this. Something had to have happened. "So… you guys seem to be rather affectionate today." He mentally smacked himself for sounding so awkward. Good one Ralph. Now you've gone and goofed. What would Fangmyer do? Probably smack me on the side of the head into whatever object was nearby. Yep she would totally do that.

Since Nick had his arm around Judy paw on her shoulder and she had hers around his midsection they were able to sign each other.

N: How does he know?

J: I don't know! Maybe us trying to hide it is making it more obvious?

N: Yeah maybe.

J: What should we do?

N: Just act normal it's all we can do without attracting more attention to ourselves.

J: Alright.

N: Hey Carrots?

J: What?

N: I love you.

Judy couldn't help the smile that came to her face and the laugh that accidentally escaped her lips. She didn't have time to really think as she saw Wolford staring at her like she had two heads. "Quit tickling me Nick!" She swatted at him and even managed to pull off a blush to sell the act.

J: I love you too, you dumb fox. She still wasn't used to the feeling the surged through her when he said or in this case signed that to her. She hoped she never got used to it.

After another minute for small talk Wolford told them to get in. Nick turned around to grab their bag while Wolford and Judy approached the cruiser. Nick opened the passenger door and threw the bag to Wolford who caught it and put it into the back seat. Then the fox helped lift Judy up into the seat so she wouldn't get hurt climbing up herself. At last Nick himself hopped up and closed the door.

After a second he realized what he'd just done. He was sitting in the front passenger seat right next to Judy. He was supposed to be in the back and was about to climb back there when Judy reached up and buckled them both in before he could move an inch.

Wolford had watched the whole thing happen right before his eyes. "Um, what are you guys doing?" He knew it was legal to have more than one small mammal in a single seat as long as the seat belt held them both in place, but this. He wasn't expecting this.

Judy looked up at Wolford and gave him the most innocent and at the same time the most devious smile he'd ever seen. "Oh nothing Ralph. I'm just buckling us up so we don't break any laws." She winked up at him and returned her attention back to Nick.

Wolford stared almost open mouthed at the two. If they weren't together there had to be… something going on! Maybe it was a joke on him. Or maybe? His pupils shrank to pin pricks, maybe they finally found out about the bet going on at the precinct.

Alright Wolford just use your undercover skills here and you'll be just fine. He often times found himself giving pep talks to himself to help keep calm in a bad situation. Right now didn't feel much different from when he was undercover. He didn't like it, oh no; not one bit.

To help distract himself Wolford shifted the big vehicle into gear and started driving the dangerous duo back home. "Where are you headed again?" he honestly didn't know where they were going and needed to find out soon or else he might make a wrong turn.

"Take us to 155 east fifth street. Faded white building black trim." Nick spoke up. The building he was talking about was moderately new being built in the last twenty years. It had once been a bright white but as it grew older faded to a cream color then to a light brown. But it was home so he didn't complain.

The drive was quiet and uneventful. Nick watched the city roll by in a blur while he was immersed in deep thought. Judy had her head rested against his shoulder as she dozed off. Her new pain killers could make her drowsy. Wolford was on auto pilot as he thought over just how much this case had changed them all. Especially the two tiny mammals sitting in the seat next to his. He was also worried about how else it would continue change them all, and whether it would be for better or for worse.

Roughly ten minutes later the police cruiser pulled up to Nick's apartment building. Wolford let out a sigh as he relaxed away from the wheel no longer having to pay close attention to the road. "Is there anything else I can do for you guys?" he looked over at Nick who was still staring out the window.

"Nah, I think we'll get by." Nick answered.

"Alright if you need anything don't hesitate to call anyone down at the station. We're all more than happy to help, even Bogo." They both chuckled for a second.

Nick looked over at Wolford and smiled gratefully. "Thanks buddy, it really means a lot."

Wolford took on a serious tone. "Any time Nick. We're here for you and Judy just give us a call. You know the number and Clawhauser and the other dispatch officers would love to talk to you two again." He winked with a smile.

"Thank you." Nick unbuckled himself and the gray bunny sleeping next to him. He carefully shifted her into his lap and slid out the door. She was so out of it that she barely stirred in his arms.

While Nick was busy getting himself and the rabbit situated Wolford grabbed their bag out of the back and got out. Nick had already started carrying Judy into the building before he remembered the bag. When he looked back he saw that his friend was already thinking ahead of him.

His friend; Ralph Wolford; his best friend. For a fox that hadn't trusted anyone for more than twenty years having friends, real friends he could always trust and rely on was a new feeling for him. He liked it. He had friends, a great job, and to top it all off; the greatest partner, both at work and now in life, on the whole dang planet. Even now almost two years later he still couldn't believe how lucky he was.

He looked down at the cute bundle of tough fluffiness in his arms and couldn't help the goofy smile the spread across his face. She seemed to since what he was thinking and nuzzled into his shirt and cooed happily.

The trio walked up into the front lobby of Nick's apartment building. They wordlessly walked across the polished wooden floor to the shiny steel doors of the elevator. Wolford pushed the call button and they waited.

With a ding the doors opened and they walked in. "Fourth floor." Nick said, Wolford nodded and pressed the button. Their stomachs flipped as the elevator's motors overcame gravity and they started moving up. The feeling always reminded Nick of when he was little and rode in elevators. He'd always wonder if that was what it felt like to go into space. He sighed that was a long time ago, before he realized how the world really worked, and how it saw him.

He looked down at Judy who was still asleep in his arms. He sighed again, this time happily. Things were different now. He was a cop, people respected him and looked up to him for guidance. Sure there was always going to be prejudice mammals out there. But their opinions didn't matter to him, only Judy's his mom's and his friends' did. He found himself staring at Judy as she slept peacefully. Her face was totally relaxed except for a tiny smile that played across it. She was what mattered to him now anyone else could go scream at a brick wall for all he cared.

Nick was torn from his thoughts as he realized Wolford was saying something to him. He looked up at the gray wolf. "Say what buddy? I kind of zoned out there for a second."

Wolford took a breath ready to ask the question everyone wanted to know the answer to, but didn't have the guts to ask. "You really love her don't you?"

The first thought that crossed Nick's mind was: Oops, shouldn't have been staring at her like that. Then he sighed. "Yeah I do." He confessed. Instead of feeling the embarrassment that he thought would he felt a since of relief instead. He finally admitted it to someone else, got it off his chest. It was a good feeling.

"Why don't you tell her then?" It was an innocent question, one born of pure curiosity.

Nick smiled a sly smile up at his friend. "Who said I haven't?" he finished with a wink.

Wolford just stood slack jawed and stared. "When? What did she say? Are you two together?!" Wolford was having a very hard time controlling himself and not jumping up and down out of joy for his friends.

"Well it may have happened during a certain date we went on, let me tell you it was out of this world." He winked again. "And I'm not the one that started it, she did. And yes we are together now."

The elevator doors opened with another ding and Nick walked out with a flick of his tail and a smile. Wolford just stood being left in the dust as Nick rounded a corner up ahead. When the wolf did lose sight of Nick he shook himself from his stupor and gave chase.

When Nick saw Wolford again his eyes were as big as dinner plates. If they could get any bigger they might have fallen out of his head. Then a huge goofy smile spread across his muzzle. "That's great! I'm really happy for you two. Didn't I tell you? You two make a cute couple."

"Yep, I should have listened to you." Nick stated happily. He was thrilled that his friend didn't think any less of him because of who he loved. When Nick reached his door, apartment 238, he fiddled with his keys to get it open. After the relatively challenging task was complete he opened the door and ushered Wolford in side. "You can set that bag where ever. Thanks again for all the help."

"No problem Nick. I'd better get going. The chief wanted me back after I was done helping you guys out. He said it was something important about the case. Congratulations on you two getting together." He set the bag down, waved, then gave a thumb up and left the room.

"Thanks Ralph." Nick called as the door clicked shut. He stood still thinking about what his friend had said. Then he looked down at the bunny in his arms. She was so light, so frail and small feeling. But she had a hidden strength too. Not only physically but mentally. She had stayed so strong through everything that had happened over the last month, and Nick could only admire her for it.

He smiled at her. "Come on Carrots let's get you to bed." He started for his bed room. It was good to be home.

Wolford took the stairs back down to the ground level of the building. The elevator was nice and all but he needed speed right now and that elevator was just too slow. He rushed out of the stair well and across the lobby. Out the front door, across the sidewalk and around the front of the cruiser. The driver's side door flew open so fast that it rebounded off its hinges and would have hit him if he hadn't have already clambered up into the seat and out of its way.

He considered using the lights and siren for this but quickly changed his mind. He turned the ignition and carefully but quickly backed out of his parking spot and into traffic. He needed to share the news. There was a betting pool to settle.

Clawhauser was sitting behind the front receptionist desk at Precinct One of the Zootopia police department, like normal. He loved his job. He loved being able to help and interact with mammals. He'd seen nearly everything a front desk receptionist could. Though he had been surprised a lot recently. First by a giant doughnut literally flying in the front doors with a weasel stuck in it. Then less than two days later he was surprised to see a fox and a bunny leading in none other than Mayor Lionheart in paw cuffs.

That was only the beginning, there were other instances as well. Some were funny like that time Judy drug Nick in by his tail. Others more awkward like when Nick came in without his uniform shirt on carrying a ball of wet cloth and Judy came in wearing his missing shirt. It was obvious that was the only thing she had been wearing by her bare legs and cherry red blush that covered her face.

From the moment he'd seen them walk in holding paws, leading in a lion one hundred times bigger than the both of them combined. He knew it was only a matter of time. He's seen them laugh together, cry and comfort each other, and even scream and yell in each other's faces in fury. Benjamin Clawhauser knew that there was more between those two than met the eye.

This was becoming a common subject for him to think about, almost as common as him going on about Gazelle. It had been about a week since he'd last seen them at the hospital. And it was starting to affect him. It was affecting the whole station. It just seemed duller without the color they brought to the job. Even Bogo seemed to be in a worse mood more than normal. They made everyone's job a little more fun, gave it life, something that had been missing from it for most of the officers for a long time.

Nick's constant pranks always kept everyone on their toes and plotting revenge against him in some way. While Judy always, ALWAYS encouraged everyone to try to make the world a better place, even if it was just by making someone else smile for a second.

Clawhauser was jarred from his nut covered maple doughnut when Wolford burst in through the front doors.

He waved his arms around and even jumped up and down a couple of times as he ran up to the cheetah receptionist. "Clawhauser, Clawhauser! I have the news of the year!" He nearly yelled.

"Is Gazelle doing another concert?" Ben asked excitedly, starting to bounce up and down in his chair.

"No." Wolford waved his arms as he answered. Clawhauser visibly deflated. "It's better!"

Clawhauser looked up at the timber wolf as he barreled into the desk. He made an 'ouff' sound and fell to the ground. Before Clawhauser could ask if he was okay Wolford was standing again "I'm fine, I've never been better!" His tail was wagging so fast that it was acting like a fan and was making their fur move.

"What is it Ralph?! Tell me!" Clawhauser asked in desperation.

"Hopps and Wilde are together!" He shouted quietly. And he started jumping up and down. "Nick just told me as I dropped him and Judy off at his apartment."

"Really?!" Clawhauser reached under the desk and ripped out a gray note book. The cover had a very poorly drawn fox and bunny on it. The only way anyone could ever tell that the lines were a fox and bunny was by the shape of the ears. "Do you know when?" Ben started hurriedly flipping through the pages.

"Not really he said it was while they were on a date." Wolford explained.

"Well the chief said they were on a date the night they almost caught Ryan Snowlence." Clawhauser said.

"That makes since. That makes so much since! That sly fox! He said the date was out of this world, and they were at a star viewing! Of course it was out of this world!"

"That was Saturday almost two months ago." Clawhauser said as he tried to flip to the right page. Then it dawned on him that it had been almost two and a half months since the tiny partners had been on duty. It really has been that long?

Clawhauser read through the notes he'd made and his pupils became pin pricks. He clumsily reached over and picked up the dispatch radio.

Bogo was, as usual, up in his office going over paper work. There was a lot more paper work when he was chief than when he had been a normal officer. Not to mention the amount of responsibility it took to do his job. But he was getting by.

If it hadn't have been for the case that Hopps and Wilde had been on it would have been a very slow month. But it was never slow; he had every available officer working on tracking down Ryan and Grant Snowlence. They were getting nowhere fast so far. No lucky breaks, no clues; nothing. And it was driving Chief Abrams Bogo up the wall.

This was the exact same way he'd felt when he was the one trying to track them down before he was even a Captain. He sighed. Things seemed so much simpler back then. No evil ewe mayors trying to make predators go savage. No crazy fox and bunny cops. And definitely no crazy bets about the crazy fox and bunny cops. Yep those were the simple days.

He wondered when Hopps and Wilde would pull their heads out of their tails and just get together. It would end so many problems, starting with that blasted betting pool. He'd found out about that not even a week after it had started. But he let it slide. It was a good boost to the station morale which was always a good thing. Unhappy cops didn't do their jobs, and Bogo didn't need to deal with that. Though he was afraid he was going to have to if moods kept plummeting like they had been since Hopps and Wilde had been hospitalized. He might have to get them together for a pep talk; to keep trying for Hopps and Wilde's sake.

His thoughts were stopped by the radio on his desk coming to life. "Attention all officers!" Clawhauser's voice came through the speaker. "We have a code purple and green! I repeat; we have a code purple and green! WildeHopps is now a thing!"

There was a silence all noise seemed to cease throughout the station. Until…

"Well we're all thinking the same thing; who won?" asked Delgato.

"Yeah who is it Clawhauser?" Asked McHorn.

The radio exploded with questions and comments each louder than the last.

"Guys guys! Please! How am I supposed to tell you if you can't hear?" Clawhauser yelled. Everyone quieted down after a second. "Alright the betting pot. Goes to… Wolford!" A series of grumbled replies were heard until Bogo heard something else.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooo! I won! I can't believe I actually won. Wooooooooooooooooo!" The wolf howled gleefully down stairs.

Chief Bogo listened in horror as the other wolves in the station started to howl too. He even heard some outside his window start up as well. This was going to be a city wide thing. He listened and more and more wolves, coyotes, and various other members of the canine family started to howl.

Bogo picked up his radio and mashed the button on the side. "SHUT YOUR TRAP WOLFORD! AND THE REST OF YOU TOO! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER HOWL IN THIS STATION EVER AGAIN! AM I ABSOLUTELY CLEAR?!" Instantly the howling in the building stopped and an eerie quiet settled over everything.

"Yes Sir!" Several voices shouted over the radio at the same time.

"Good." Bogo said to himself. Then he chuckled. Eventually his chuckle turned into a full blown laugh. "It's about time they got together, bout time indeed."

Nick was lying on his bed next to Judy as she slept. He was scrolling through his social media stuff trying to catch up on what he had missed while in the hospital. He was looking at Clawhauser's furbook page when he saw a brand new post from 'Gazellelover' reading:

'Hey all you WildeHopps shippers! I've got news for you! Just today I've gotten conformation that Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps are in a relationship! Isn't it great?!'

Nick stared in dumfounded shock at what he had just read. And then at the thousands and thousands of comments that were under the post. He scrolled through some of them and found that they were mostly positive. He was curious and scrolled up back to Clawhauser's post. Upon closer inspection he found it hadn't even been five minutes since Clawhauser had posted. How in the world had his post gotten over five thousand comments in less than five minutes?!

"Alright, that's enough of that." Nick shut off his phone and tossed it across the room so it wasn't anywhere near him or Judy. "Come here Carrots. It's cuddle time." He laid down behind her and pulled her into his chest where she instantly curled into a ball and nuzzled into his fur. "We'll handle this storm later." He kissed her between the ears.

Right then, right now the outside world didn't matter to either of them. They were in their own little world. One where they didn't need to worry about what others thought about them and their relationship. One where they didn't need to worry about cases that were more than just simple cases. And where they didn't need to worry about anything but each other. One where they could always stand together.

Hey guys, Assassin here. What did you think of this new chapter of ours? Is Judy going to have a very large cheetah rug soon? What did you think of the scene at the beginning? Got any suggestions to help me improve? What is going to happen next? I can tell you one thing you may need a hazmat suit for the huge amounts of fluff, depending on how good of a job I can do on it.

I'm really sorry for the long wait. It's just been total chaos here for me. About three weeks ago I had the timing chain go out on my truck so it was broke down for the whole week. That left me walking everywhere in the Sub-Zero weather. That was hard. Now last week I had my heat go out for two days so the inside of my house was about twenty degrees. And this week the choke on my truck is giving me trouble. On top of that there's work and school and I'm doing online classes too. And to top all of that off its midterm's season, I actually finished those last night (I'm so tired). But I tried my best and still got this done. If there's any spellin or grammar mistakes please tell me, I will fix them.

As you may have noticed I have been mentioning guns a lot in the last few chapters. I just wanted to clarify that the sizes and calibers are the same as they are in real life. Like the gun Nick was shot with was a 357 magnum. I know what you were thinking; 'that would have blown him apart'. The bullets Ryan was using were full metal jacket. So they punched a hole straight through him and didn't cause a bigger more lethal wound like a what a hollow point would have. Also when I mentioned guns were more legal in Bunnyburrow that is only to an extent. Most of the guns there don't work or don't have ammo made for them anymore and are now wall hangers and for looks. But like I said that doesn't stop shotgun weddings. XD

Also a huge thank you goes out to the guest reviewer on the 2/22/18. Thanks for all the nice comments. They were a little hard to read but I still enjoyed them.

Another huge thanks goes out to everyone that had faved, followed and so on and so forth. You all are awesome! I'd hug you if I could. Give me your address and I'll show up at your door to give you a hug and shake your hand. Alright guys thank you so much for sticking with me through this. It means the world to me. :)

last thing Wolford's first name comes from either Foxinthehenhouse or Zanrok maybe both. I didn't come up with it. Go read all their amazing stories they're way better at this than I am. XD