"What do you mean we're banned from yard time?!"

Judy's words came out in a harsh whisper, barely able to control her anxiety as she registered what Nick had just said.

"Exactly what I said, Carrots. We're stuck in our cells until the day after tomorrow."

By this point, even Finnick had realized the trouble they were now in. Despite wanting more than anything to get some sleep after the long day, he managed to pick himself up off of his bed and join Judy by the cell door as Nick watched.

"Listen, what's this about? Why are you two so crazy about getting out to the yard?" asked Nick, a puzzled look on his muzzle.

Neither Judy nor Finnick wanted to answer that question, especially considering they've already established that it was too much of a risk with the guards. However, their options were limited, and Nick looked like he was already starting to get annoyed with how much he was being kept out of the loop.

Reluctantly, the two of them traded looks, Judy deciding to defer answering the question to Finnick considering he was more experienced in this kind of topic.

"Look Nick, all I can really say is that our plan involves being out in the yard, and considering we can't go into the yard until the day that you're being transferred, we've literally only got one shot at this."

This actually ended up shutting Nick up for once, as the fox looked away from the others for a few moments to think about what Finnick had just said.

"Wow, uh…I guess life can't be easy all the time, huh?" he commented, an awkward chuckle emanating from his throat.

As he turned back towards the others, he noticed Finnick nodding in agreement, but as for Judy, she had something else in mind, standing up as she spoke.

"Hey, we'd probably better get some sleep. We've got a long two days ahead of us."

"It's not even night time yet, Carrots. Chill out a little bit. We've got time to kill."

Judy was admittedly a little confused, wondering what the deal was with Nick's lackadaisical attitude considering the predicament they were in. However, as she looked outside of her cell, she found that there was indeed natural sunlight coming through some of the windows around them.

After quickly realizing that she was getting herself too worked up, she quickly closed her eyes, slowly breathing in and out so that she could calm herself down sufficiently.

Eventually, she did manage to pull herself together, and as she opened her eyes once more, she found that Nick was still in the same spot he was originally in when she first went through those exercises.

As for Finnick, though, he had already returned to his bed, having had enough of all of the problems that they've been through today. Judy was definitely worried about how he was holding up, but she had just gone through calming herself down after one episode. She really wasn't interested in having to go through another.

So, after deciding to hold off on helping the fennec fox for now, she sat down near the bars once more, leaning her head up against the wall.

Judy and Nick spent the next few hours talking. Unfortunately, there wasn't a lot that they could talk about considering most of the stuff that Judy and Finnick got up to while Nick was locked away wasn't something they could freely say without implicating their cohorts, so most of their conversation was about random topics.

Eventually, night did end up falling, and both Nick and Judy were worn out, the former even more so considering he was still pretty sore.

Saying good night to each other, the two of them made their way over to their beds, Nick falling asleep relatively quickly after flopping down on the mattress.

As for Judy, falling asleep was a little more difficult. Finnick just happening to be someone who snores didn't help (Judy made a mental note to ask him about that later), but the real reason that she had difficulty sleeping was that she was incredibly worried as to how they would pull off breaking the three of them out of prison.

She hoped that the Big family members that were in the prison with them were aware of what was going on, but that was the least of their worries. If they didn't pull this off perfectly, Nick was as good as dead once he got sent off to the Devil's Backbone.

She clearly doubted that her or Finnick would be any better off if they screwed the escape up. Frankly, she had no idea what the guards would do if they were caught. Her question, however, was soon answered, as a pair of guards passed by on their evening rounds to make sure everyone was asleep.

In an attempt to hide that she wasn't in fact asleep, Judy turned away from the cell doors so that they couldn't see her open eyes. One of her ears, though, was subtly pricked up, Judy trying her best to angle it towards the guards so that she could hear what they were talking about.

At first, she didn't hear anything interesting, but the conversation soon turned to her and Finnick, and her ear nearly shot up straight as she listened intently. When she heard what they had said, though, a sick feeling grew in the pit of her stomach.

"These two are heading off to the Devil's Backbone with Wilde, right?" asked one of the guards, apparently pointing towards them with an outstretched thumb.

"Yep. Order came straight from the mayor herself. Kind of surprised, though," said the other.

"How so?"

"A few of my friends are guards there. I've heard a lot of horror stories about that place. Guards not afraid to shoot you to keep control, violent inmates…hell, everyone's violent in that place. Just imagine the amount of fatalities in that place. They'd be dead meat."

"Okay, why the hell are your friends crazy enough to go to that place? That sounds like absolute hell."

"It pays good. Plus, they're kind of crazy themselves."

There was no reply after that one comment, Judy assuming that the one guard must have been rendered speechless as they began walking.

Once the sound of footsteps were far enough away, Judy let her ear fall back to where her other one was, rolling on to her back as she attempted to sleep.

However, it was easier said than done knowing that she and Finnick were also going to the Devil's Backbone if they failed to get out of here. Sure, they'd still have Nick with them, but if it meant that they'd only have a limited amount of time to spend with him before they inevitably get killed in there, Judy would prefer to stay as far away from that place as possible.

Thankfully, though, when it seemed like she was never going to go to sleep, her eyelids soon grew heavy, and she fell asleep, lucky to have the opportunity.

With the three of them still unable to leave their cells due to the lockdown, the next day was pretty uneventful. They were all fed, which consisted of cheap food that you'd more likely see inside a frozen dinner more than made inside a cafeteria shoved through a slot inside the cell that was only used in this type of situation. Still, none of them could really complain, as they were only too happy to at least be fed in the first place.

Outside of that, the day was spent once again with talking. This time even Finnick joined in. Unfortunately for Judy, though, she attempted to get an answer out of Finnick about his snoring problems, but the fennec fox refused to answer, so she quickly dropped the subject.

The next day, however, was much more important, as it was officially their last day in the Zootopia Correctional Facility. Either they would be free to continue their fight against Bellwether, or they would never see Zootopia again, and the sheep would be free to do whatever she wanted to the city she loved.

The three of them were currently out in the yard, having just been released from their cells. In an attempt to prevent the guards from catching on to their plan, they all had an apparent look of indifference on each of their faces, Nick managing to keep his together the best thanks to his years of experience. The other two were a little less convincing, but thankfully none of the guards said anything, so they were free to move on.

Out in the yard, the three of them kept to themselves, staying out in the corner of the yard. On its own the scene would look suspicious to anyone who was paying attention, but they were also sharing the yard with the cell block next door, and it just so happened that said cell block contained five members of the Big family, who were all polar bears. Even Judy herself could tell that they were part of the family considering they were all sticking together, but she was reassured when one of the polar bears came over when they first arrived, sitting down for a few moments as he addressed Judy without looking at her.

"The shower room is on the far end of the first floor inside our cell block."

Without waiting for a reply, the polar bear stood up, dropping something on the ground in front of Judy before walking back over to the others. As Judy made a mental note of the location, she looked down on the ground in front of her and found a key. At first she was a little puzzled as to where this would go, but then she realized that it must belong to the door out of the yard, which was part of a large cage keeping the inmates inside.

And so, the minutes passed as Nick, Judy and Finnick stood off to the side, wanting to avoid getting stepped on by the much larger mammals before they could get ready to start.

Out of the corner of her eye, Judy noticed one of the polar bears stand up. Walking over to one of the other inmates, who happened to be a tiger, the polar bear reared back and punched him in the muzzle, sending the tiger reeling.

This set off the mammals nearby, who were most likely either his friends or part of a gang with the victim. Stepping forwards, they started angrily shouting at the polar bear, only for the rest of them to join the one who started the fight.

After some time spent trading insults, one of the other mammals threw a punch, and the fight was on, spreading like wildfire through the yard.

Judy could see some of the guards step in and attempt to break up the fighting, but by the time they even got there, it became wildly out of control, almost becoming a full-blown riot like how the plan was supposed to go.

Once it looked like the guards have sufficiently lost control of the situation, both Judy and Finnick stood up, the latter gesturing for Nick to join them.

"Come on Nick, let's go. Stay low."

"Where are we going?" he asked. "I'd like to know what I'm getting myself in to."

Judy was admittedly a little worried that Nick was going to stand his ground until he was informed of the plan, but thankfully he started to move after he finished speaking, staying low as was asked while Finnick took the opportunity to share what they were doing.

"We're heading for the shower room in the cell block next door," said Finnick, weaving through much larger feet as he spoke. "We're getting out of here through the drains."

Luckily, Nick remained moving, but Judy could see the disgusted look that the fox had on his muzzle, no doubt remembering the last time he had to crawl through drain pipes.

"Seriously? You do know that I didn't have a fun time last time we did this, right Carrots?"

"Yeah, I remember, but seriously Nick, this is our only way out."

"Okay, I understand. We get out through there or we're screwed."

By the time the three of them finished their conversation, they'd finally reached the door out of the yard. Reaching into her pocket, Judy fished out the key before sticking it in the lock, hearing a satisfying click as it opened.

However, just as they actually escaped the cage, a small group of three guards greeted them at the entrance to their cell block, having just been called over to help contain the riot.

Both groups froze, no doubt surprised to have run into each other. It didn't take long, though, before the guards went into action.

"Don't move!"

"Run!"

Judy took the lead after giving out her command, running in the opposite direction towards the cell block where they were supposed to go to, the guards giving chase as Finnick and Nick were close behind.

Initially, things were going well as they entered the cell block, as they were managing to keep their distance from the pursuing guards, and they were also beginning to tire out thanks to the speed they were going.

However, the three of them were also tiring out, and while it didn't seem like a bad thing at first considering how the guards were doing, they were soon beginning to catch up.

In an eerily similar outcome to what happened at City Hall, Judy and Finnick managed to dodge the grasp of the guards, the former landing a powerful kick to take her down while the latter punched his, showing quite a bit of power for someone of his size.

Nick, however, wasn't as lucky, as his injuries combined with his lack of physical fitness once again caught up with him.

This time, though, Judy wasn't about to run away. Once she caught sight of Nick struggling with the guard, she rushed back towards him, hopping off of the ground and off of a cell door before landing a mean drop kick, knocking the guard away from Nick.

Taking the opportunity, Nick kicked the stunned guard in the face as hard as he could before rushing off, Judy and Finnick keeping close by.

Eventually, the three of them reached the shower room, and they quickly went to one of the shower drains, only to find that it was covered, and it was also larger than the three of them combined.

Coming to a stop next to the drain, Judy listened intently, hearing the screaming voices of guards over the sirens signaling a riot in progress.

"We don't have much time. We're going to need to work together to get this thing off."

"Lovely. I can't wait to be swimming through discarded bear fur," commented Nick, earning an eye roll from Judy.

Taking their positions on each side of the cover, the three of them looped their fingers through some of the holes before lifting it at the same time.

At first, it seemed like it wasn't going to budge, but eventually it came loose, and just as a new set of guards entered the shower room, the three of them had already jumped in, the cover replaced as it was never removed in the first place.