And here we go again, maybe...
With in the station in a waiting room, a group of worried animals sat. Two artic fox sat on a couch, a male and a female. The couple was a bit older, and the male held the vixien close to him in hopes to comfort her. A cheetah was also leaning against the wall looking helpless at the ground. In a chair sat a white lynx, restlessly circling her thumbs around each other.
They were Vixie's family and friends, Mr and Mrs McKenzie, Zero and Kaylee. They all were notified of Vixie's disappearance. Being told that while she was at the opera, Vixie was most likely kidnapped by Kasich and her location was utterly unknown. Beltran had look frantically for her but his search was short lived, the mission was commanded to be aborted shortly after Vixie's disappearence.
Later on the night of Vixie's kidnapping, Beltran had notified her parents and their friends. Soon they knew that Counter Conspiracy team Lighting's plan to raid the Blackhawks. The family was not allowed to see Lighting or came to any contact with them. They were also unable to leave the station until the raid was over. So they sat in the ZPD waiting for this raid to finish hoping that Lighting would find Vixie durning the process.
It was mid morning when Bogo came to address the group. He walk in and they all stood when he entered. "Ladies and gents" he started in a respectful tone. "We are preparing to leave for operation Ra Ra. You will have to stay here until further notice." The two foxes looked at each other, then Mrs. McKenzie spoke.
"Have you gotten any word about Vixie?"
"Not yet mam. We have been working extremely hard to locate our officer but we haven't found any information yet." Bogo said and the concerned mother just looked at the ground. No one else spoke.
A few moments after Bogo left Kaylee left the room. The lynx walked the halls of the station with her paws in her jacket pockets. This was hard for the cat, her best friend was locked away or possibly dead at the hands of drug lords. What thought, Vixie being killed by drug traders. Kaylee knew she couldn't assume that Vixie was dead but she mentally prepared her self for the disgusting reality that may be.
At a hallway intersection Kaylee put her hand in her eyes and leaned against a wall sliding down to her bottom crying. She heard footsteps rapidly approach her. The lynx looked up to see a red fox.
The fox kneeled beside her. "Hey, what's wrong mam."
"My friend has been taken and for all I know she could be dead." Kaylee spat the words.
"She died?" The fox asked.
"Well." The lynx wiped her eyes. "She was kidnapped by so really dangerous people." Again Kaylee looked at the fox, she recognized him. "Are you Nick?"
Nick nodded.
"So you worked with Vixie and Beltran?"
"Yeah, I do work with them. Are you Vixie's friend?"
"Yeah I am."
The fox spoke tender words of an open mind. "Just because Vixie was takin that doesn't mean she's dead. We'll find her I promise." Nick shortly reflected on his words, filled with promise and meaning. He was starting to sound like Judy.
"You know Vixie has a pretty big crush on you." Kaylee told him.
Nick slightly chuckled. "Yeah?" She assured him with a nod. At that moment Judy shot around the corner.
"Nick let's go." Judy motioned toward him before she realized their was an emotional lynx.
Nick gave Judy a head tilt letting her know that he would be there in a moment. "I'll make sure that crush stays." Again locking on to that hopefull promise that he did not know that he could keep.
"Thanks." Kaylee said. "Please bring her back safe."
"I will." Nick said as Kaylee hugged him.
After she left Nick went down the hall into the yard with Judy.
"That was pretty great Nick." Judy said.
"What was?" Nick asked.
"Comforting her, she is Vixie's friend right?"
"Yeah." Nick shrugged.
"What, hate being emotional sound?" Judy caught on to his motives.
"I prefer the word emotionally superior." Nick grew a smile.
"Shut up, I know you're soft." Judy reminded him.
When they came upon the yard they saw Lighting. All of them were predators, a set of wolves, three tigers, one lion, and two cougars. All of them male, all of them ripped. They were godly animals. Nick observed the team of eight, each one was gifted with a broad chest and large legs. But despite their impressive size they also seemed very capable of quick speeds and good form.
Nick appoached the lion. The lion had a short but we'll maintained mane and he wore a pair of sunglasses which were to Nick's liking.
"Hello there." Nick said extending a paw to greet the lion.
"Hey there mate." The lion obliged by shaking Nick's paw.
"So, you're going to bail me out of taking out the Blackhawks?" Nick began a conversation.
"That's the plan." The lion said tightening the laces of his boots.
"Great, when I saw you my first impression was 'wow, what a horrid replacement.'" Nick said making a joke.
The lion smiled but no laugh came. "I bet you're first impression was 'great, I won't need to go down that rat hole to get shot up!'"
"Pretty much." Nick half hartly ammited, Nick wasn't ever planned to parciapate in the actual raid. "What's you're name cat?"
"In the team I am King."
"What about outside the team?"
"Unfortunately I can't tell you that sir." King said lowering his well tied boots to the ground.
Nick shrugged. "Fair enough. So what say you, are you scare?"
"Of the mission?" King asked, Nick nodded. "Not at all. What do you think I am?"
Nick tilted his head. "A soldier."
"Wrong." King said pointing a finger at Nick. "I am a machine." And with that the lion left him as King returned to rest of his combat team.
Lighting was heavily prepared. They all had chest rigs, assault rifles, pistols, radio ear piece sets and large Kar-Bar combat knives. The were not allowing any weak stuff to harm them.
"You ready?" Judy asked Nick.
"Yeah." Nick turned to see Beltrand and a goat approaching them. "Who's this?" Nick said to Beltran as he looked at the goat.
"This is Markem." Beltran said as he patted the goats shoulder.
"You helping us?" Nick asked Markem. The goat nodded as he held a long black bag.
"What's that for?"
"It's my M24." The goat said, Nick blinked. "It's a sniper, I am a marks man."
Nick made a face of approval. "Great just what need."
The group of four made their way to a service car. And at similar times, Lighting and a score of police cars left the station.
It was discovered that the Blackhawks hideout was connected with a series of sewage systems underneath the city. The group of four was responsible for covering one exit. Cover a exit they would, but not without bloodshed.
With in a dark room Vixie laid, still tied to the chair, still laying on the ground, still stained with blood. Her arm was wegded between the side of the chair and the floor, she couldn't feel it anymore. She had been laying down like that for more than eight hour now. Her rib cage would constantly zing when she would try to take a deep breath. The kicking had done a number to her abdominal region. And half her face was caked with dry blood. Resorting in painting half of Vixie's canvas white face with red. And not to mention a piece of ear always in the veiw of Vixie's eyes.
Finally after for what seemed like eturnity, an animal walked in to Vixie's room. She expected to see the otter but was surprised with a fox. The fox bent down and set Vixie right side up and began messaging her arm allowing blood back into the constricted limb.
"Thank you." Vixie gasped. Breathing lightly but quickly.
"Shh." The fox said. He was made up of mostly grey fur and dusty ridges. A scar hung over his left eye. From his pocket the fox drew a length of fabric. He then put the cloth in her mouth and tied it to the back of her head. "I can't have you making to much noise now."
After the statment she instantly felt uneasy. Something bad was going to happen.
The fox placed his paws on Vixie's legs. "Just stay clam now." He said slowly moving his hands underneath Vixie's black dress she had woren to the opera. She immediately tightened up every where, as her heart rate sky rocketed.
Vixie could feel her swollen rib cage twitch and the stiff strain her body was producing. The grey fox progressed his hands further up her skirt and began sliding his fingers across the lining of Vixie's underwear. "Oh, yeah." The fox said as he began to slip her trousers off. Vixie was shocked and horrified at the Fox's intentions. She began to weakly shake, praying that what was happening wasn't going to happen.
The answer to her prayer came short with a gunshots that sounded like lighting in summer storm. The fox withdrew his hands once the gunshots in the distance echoed. And with a quick burst the raccoon and a boar barged into the small room.
The raccoon looked at the grey fox. "Simeon, what are you doing? Leave!" The fox without a word obeyed and quickly left the room. "Cut her out." The raccoon then gave orders to the boar. Who had a very malicious facial expression.
The hog pulled a combat knife and to Vixie's uneasiness her cut the ropes that bound her. After the cuts were made he grabbed Vixie's dress and drug her to her feet. At that moment they artic fox felt extremely weak and her legs collapsed underneath her. "Up to you're feet now!" The boar ordered her.
Vixie made her best effort to stand and stand she did. "Let's get moving now!" The boar brutally pushed her forward. With the sudden shove Vixie tried to put a foot forward. Her left foot extended and planted in the ground, but she couldn't put the next foot in front of her and with a loud pop from her ankle Vixie yelped in pain and fell.
The boar grunted in frustration and gripped the skin behind Vixies neck and started to drag her along as they followed the raccoon. Vixie was in so much pain she could hardly hear the gun fight taking place a distance behind her. To her the sounds of warfare could have been kids playing with fire crackers.
Markem, Judy, Nick and Beltran where all stocked in a three story brick building facing a man hole. The raid had started 45 minuets ago but no fighting had taken place at their specific spot. Nick and Judy were on the lowest level clamly observing the situation for the buildings windows. Their service car was parked in an ally way to the right of the building.
Markem and Beltran were stalked on the roof looking down at the man hole in a prone position. With sniper to his side, Markem noticed movement from the steel door. He hit Beltran's shoulder and radioed to Nick and Judy. The man hole popped open and a raccoon came from the opening.
With a micro phone Markem said. "Put you're hands up!" The raccoon looked up observing his surroundings. Next from the hole came a boar. "Hands up!" Markem demanded. "Or we will shoot!"
The raccoon yelled from the street. "You won't shoot sir!" Markem grabbed his rifle and pointed at him. "Because if you do we'll shoot her." Then the boar pulled Vixie into view.
Beltran's eye went wide open as he tightened his grip of his assult rifle.
"That's Red." Nick said through his radio to Markem. "And our lost officer." He finished cocking his combat pistol. Judy prepared her self for the a shooting as well.
A black four seater car drove next to Red and he kept on talking. "You see now, we'll just blow her putrid brains out if you make a move." Red approached the car. It seemed full and with a nod to the driver the trunk of the car opened. Red pointed at the boar who was holding Vixie up with a pistol to her head. The boar then pushed himself towards the trunk.
"We need to make a move. I get the boar, Beltran aim for Red, Nick and Judy try to hit the driver." Markem gave the commands.
Nick looked at the passenger. He recognized him. The albino wolf with the yellow eyes. The wolf that had shot him in the streets.
"Three, two, one." Markem counted down and a volley of shots filled the air.
The boar dropped instantly falling to the ground losing his grip on Vixie. Red jumped into he car as it started to speed away. Judy began to fire. Directing her shots to the driver as Nick saw his singular round cut threw the air hitting the passenger. His attended target.
With a hole in the window and a swerving car a splat of blood splashed on the car's interior windshield. The passenger dropped forward lifeless on the dash board as the car drove away. Nick's heart pumped as he realized what he had done. He killed the wolf.
Beltran ran down the flight of stairs in an instant, Judy also bolted out to the police car. Bullet holes where engraved in its shell. The enemies fired but not at them, their car. She turned the key attempting to start it to no avail. She hit the stirring wheel and cursed the car.
Beltran ran to Vixie's side which laid next to a dead pig. He saw that she was breathing as he picked her up. As he held her she stiffened hard as a rock. Vixie's left eye was sealed shut with dry blood and she turned her head to see who was holding her. As soon as she realized it was Beltran he could feel the strain of the fox leave. Vixie knew she now safe.
In the buildings window Nick stood horrified. Judy began to approach him from the outside looking at through the broken window. "What are doing get out here." She told him.
"I killed him." Nick stared with a blank expression.
"What? The only one who killed anything was Markem."
"No." Nick said. "The passenger, it was the wolf." It was the first time he had takin another animals life, even if it was a criminal.
Markem was already down the stairs calling an ambulance. "Wolf?" Judy asked confused before she knew what he talking about. She became wide in the eyes.
"You know when Bogo told me he didn't want me in the case because he thought I would kill that wolf. Well I did it, I killed the wolf."
"Nick, we are in combat. Don't worry about that right now."
A couple of hours later the raid was complete. The Blackhawks foot in Zootopia was stopped by a team of eight militants. No team Lighting member had died, but the totals of dead were number to over 20 animals and 13 arrested. The numbers were outrageous in Bogo's mind. Each Lighting member had at least killed two Blackhawk members and sustained all but one casualty, where King had gotten shot in the shoulder shattering a part of his clavicle. Otherwise King was more than okay.
Vixie was takin to the hospital. She sustain a broken zygomatic, broken ankle, fractured ribs, an array of stitches and half of her ear cut off.
Late that evening Judy was in Vixie's room with her friends and family. Vixie laid in the bed trying to make small conversation not wanting to worry to much. Her parent bombarded her with questions and major concerns.
Judy stayed for a short time before she started back to the apartment. She had texted Nick but he hadn't texted back since he left her at the station. He seemed to shrug things off concerning the wolf he had shot. And he told that he was going to head home after the events of the day to get rest.
Judy had taken a shower at the station before heading back to the apartments. She wondered about the meeting they had after the raid. It was addressed to Coronado that Red, the leader of the Blackhawks in Zootopia, had gotten away. Matters concerning Vixie's health were also discussed.
Entering the complex Judy started to Nick's room. She tried the door, it was unlocked and she walked in to see Nick laying on the floor crying with his arms wrapped around himself. Judy ran to his side.
"Nick what's wrong." He was still in his uniform, crying quietly as tears stained his carpet. He had been lying for a while.
"I saw him, I knew it was him I shot him. In the head, blood spluttered against the window, I killed him." He sobbed.
"If you wouldn't have killed him he would have killed more people. He's a hit man Nick he would be killed you or me if he had the chance."
"That doesn't make a difference, he is still an animal, like me or you." Nick held him self tighter than before.
Judy sighed as he sobbed. She bent down and lied on the ground. She wrapped her arms around him like he did when they slept. Nick seizing body stopped shaking at her touch. He claimed and started to breathe in deeply, no longer taking short breaths that were drowned in snot.
Nick extended his hand to hold Judy's. "I know you know that I am soft." Nick said. Before he fell asleep in her arms.
Wow that happened. Glad Vixie is safe, I am done screwing her over for like forever hopefully, *hopefully.* But what do you think of Nick's reaction, was it dumb or good? And always let me know how this chapter went. Cheers.