Chapter Twenty-One: Lasting Damage
Moral beliefs are what control many of our actions when one's morality is broken, the things they desire can be confusing, and more often broken. Hoping that what they long for will bring them the peace they are searching for.
"Who are you?" The old panther asked.
"Miss Willow I'm detective O'Nail. My partner and I are here to ask you some questions," The red-furred wolf answered with a calm tone as to not frighten the sick animal.
"Oh you must be Darcy's friends, I'm sorry he's not here right now," She said suddenly changing her tone not remembering they were cops.
"Can you tell us where he is?" Nick asked.
"With Ellie of course, he visits here once a day to give her a flower," She said with a smile before it faded and she blanked out before it came back with her saying, "How may I help you?"
Nick walked up to the Panther and went to say, "Miss Davis-"
"It's Mrs. Davis, I have a husband," She cut in.
"Mrs. Davis, can you tell me where your grandson is?" Nick asked hiding his frustration with her lapses in memory.
"With Freddrick of course," She replied, "He's only three."
"Willy, can you look at me," The tiger cut in. The smiling Panther did so, and he added, "It's me, Willow, your caretaker, Danny."
"Oh Danny, when did you come back?" She asked with surprise.
"I never left Willy," He answered, "But can you tell these nice officers where Darcy is?"
The panther had looked at the time before she looked at Nick and Olivia saying, "It's too late, he goes to see Ellie at noon every day to give her a flower."
"Where is Ellie?" Olivia interjected.
"T-The ...," She said pausing suddenly her focus fading and her ears falling back.
"Willy?" The tiger spoke.
Willow began to cry, and she blurted out her paws covering her face, "O-Officers, h-he was just trying to protect her!" She went on to say, but before getting anything else out, she again blanked out.
"I told you two this is nit something she can handle, her mind is too jumbled," The Tiger spoke out.
"I don't care, we need to find Davis, and she is the only one left who can tell us where he is going to be," Nick threw out with anger.
Olivia grabbed Nick's forearm and said, "Nick he's right, she's too far gone, whenever, her from now is here we don't have enough time."
"Holland Street," She spoke out. Nick and Olivia turned their head to Willow to see her again say lacking a smile, "Ellie is on Holland Street."
"Liv, write that down," Nick ordered. "Willow, is that where she's buried?" He asked begging for an answer.
Willow looked down at her feet then back up at them saying, "I-I'm afraid so, she died some time ago, Darcy goes to see her at noon every day to give her a flower."
"Thank you, Mrs. Davis," Nick replied with a kind tone.
"It's just Miss now, my husband died some time ago," She interjected.
Nick cleared his throat before saying, "Well thank you for your hospitality we must be going now."
"Yes thank you," Olivia added following Nick who was leaving.
"When you find my grandson! Tell him I miss him," Willow spoke out before she drew a blank and forgot what she was talking about.
Olivia looked at her one last time her smile coming back as she asked who they were.
"I can't help but feel such sympathy for her," Olivia said suddenly as they walked out the front door.
"I feel inclined to agree with you," He added, "Now e know where he's going to be tomorrow at noon, so we plan an assault team to take him down so he can answer for his crimes."
They walked up to their cars, and Olivia asked, "What are we going to to until then?"
"You still up for that Dinner?" Nick replied with a smirk.
"Oh ... uh, sure why not, come by around seven," She answered.
"Cool, I'll see if Judy is up to it," He added opening his door and getting into his seat.
"Is she doing okay?" Olivia asked as Nick closed the door to his car the window being down so he could still hear her. "I only ask because you two were out for the first time last night in a long time," She added.
Nick smiled, and he said, "Much better, she wants to get things back on track, you should talk to her yourself at dinner tonight."
"O-Okay I'll see you in a few hours then," She said waving to Nick before he waved back putting his window up driving away.
Olivia opened the door to her apartment, and she closed it behind her. She walked into her living room and fell flat onto the couch.
She closed her eyes and began to drift off to sleep.
"Hey," Her brother spoke out.
The tired Wolf opened her eyes to her large brother hovering over her.
"Isaiah, you're good at cooking right?" She asked suddenly.
"Y-Yeah ... why?" He asked as Olivia sat up.
Olivia smiled and answered, "Well, Nick and Judy are coming over for Dinner at seven."
"W-Wha, y-you mean Nick and Judy?" He yelled in joy. Isaiah Grabbed his sister and pulled her into a hug her feet dangling off the ground, "Oh thank you so much! I've always wanted to meet them."
"N-no problem," She replied with a muffled voice, struggling for air her muzzle in Isaiah's dark red chest fur, "But could you put me down I need air."
"Oh," He replied before letting her go, "Sorry."
Oliva landed on her feet, and she said, "Thank you." she looked down then quickly back up at Isaiah's face, and she added, "And maybe you should get some clothes on, you can't be parading around in your boxers."
"Oh, sorry about that, I was going to take a shower," He replied looking down at his own body.
Olivia grinned and remarked, "Yeah, do that too." She chuckled and added, "You're a tad musky, no really musky."
"Will do," He replied, "Then ... wait what do rabbits eat?"
"I ... look it up, because I do not know." She replied.
Isaiah began to walk towards the bathroom as he said, "Will do."
"Good!" She shouted, "I'll clean up this living room of your clothes. Oh and don't leave your fur everywhere!"
Olivia began to pick up Isaiah's clothes and put them into a laundry basket.
"God, Isaiah, you're a pig," She said to herself, picking up a pair of underwear from the coffee table.
She tossed it into the basket then grabbed it, she took the basket to her bedroom and left it there hidden until Isaiah could wash them. She went back into the living room and cleaned up, she swept the both the kitchen and living room and cleaned up the couch Isaiah was using as a bed.
"Did he even realize this turns into a bed?" She chuckled, "Probably should have told him that," She laughed.
As Olivia finished cleaning up, Isaiah came out of the steam filled bathroom; he came into the living room water dripping from his wet fur with a towel around his waist.
Isaiah smiled, and with a chuckle, he said, "Don't worry, I didn't leave my fur everywhere, I picked it up and put it into the trash bin."
"You better wipe up all hat water you're dropping all over my clean floor," She replied.
Isaiah looked around and noticed his stuff missing, "Uh ... Liv, where are all my clothes?"
"I put all your dirty clothes into a basket and put it into my room," She answered, "Why?"
"Not all of those were dirty," He grumbled.
"Sorry, maybe you shouldn't leave dirty and clean clothes all over my living room," She remarked, "I found underwear on the coffee table."
"Well I need some clothes," He added.
"Well go get some from the basket," She ordered.
"But I don't know which are clean or dirty," He whined.
Olivia sat down on the couch and grinned, "Sniff them."
Isaiah did just that, he went into Olivia bedroom and closed the door behind himself to find clean clothes and get dressed. Once he did, he came out and began to prepare dinner for him, Olivia, Nick, and Judy. He did, in fact, search up what bunnies ate and created a fruit and vegetable salad for her.
Judy Curled her ears around her face; she held them down to hide her eyes from the world and to try to escape the hundreds of noises confusing and scaring her.
"Judy, Honey, I'm right here," Nick spoke out placing his paw on her head stroking it subtly, "We're almost there okay.
Judy moved her ears away from her eyes and looked at Nick, she grabbed his paw and brought it up to her mouth, giving it a kiss, before holding it to her chest.
After a few minutes, Judy let go of his paw so he could make turns, they pulled up to the apartment building Olivia lived in, and Nick parked in the underground parking to make it easier for Judy.
They walked up the stairs then took the elevator to the floor with Olivia's apartment. Nick knocked on the door, and they awaited an answer.
Olivia walked up to the door and opened it.
"Hey, guys!" She exclaimed, "Come in!"
"Hey Liv," Nick replied seeing she still had her gun holstered to her right side practically hidden from view her sweater covering it.
"Hi ... Olivia," Judy added her nervousness clearly showing through her voice.
"Come on in you guys, Isaiah is making dinner," She said with a smile on her face.
Nick walked in, and Judy followed holding onto his arm, her fear making the whole situation uneasy. However, she wanted to do this; she needed to do this, she needed to destroy the fear.
Olivia walked into the kitchen and stood beside her brother as she said, "Guy's this is my brother, Isaiah, he's been going crazy wanting to meet you."
"It's so nice to finally meet you two," He shouted extending his paw.
Judy saw his huge sharp claws, and she jumped back.
Isaiah watched and with confusion asked, "D-Did I do something wrong?"
Nick turned around and hugged Judy her face lightly pressed against his chest as he murmured, "It's okay, we can just go, Liv would understand."
"I-I saw Davis, i-it wasn't real, b-but I saw him," She stuttered out.
Olivia pulled Isaiah back and said to him, "Judy has been through a lot that past year, she isn't the same animal you saw years ago protecting this city, she's been broken and is still trying to fix herself."
"I-I'm sorry, I didn't know h-how did I scare her?" He asked still perplexed by the situation.
"It has nothing to do with you," She whispered. "It's your fast movement and sharp claws," She added knowing exactly what the problem was, Nick, having told her some time ago.
Nick and Judy walked up to the two wolves, and Judy said with a smile, "S-Sorry about that, I-I was a little spooked by you, it's just you reminded me of someone else."
"Oh ... I-I hope it doesn't happen again.
Judy looked up at Nick and said, "Have you met Nick.
Nick looked at Judy then up at the wolf before he grinned and said, "Hi I'm Nick I work with your sister."
"Pleasure to meet you both," Isaiah replied with a smile spread across his muzzle. "Well, shall we get dinner served and have a nice time?" He asked.
"yes, let's uh, do that," Olivia agreed.
Nick walked over to the table, and he pulled out a chair for Judy since Olivia was almost as small as Nick, she had seats small enough for them. Judy sat down, and Nick pulled out a chair beside her and sat down.
Olivia took her seat across from them, and Isaiah began to serve the three. He gave Judy the fruit and vegetable salad he made for her plus a fort for her to eat with.
"I-I didn't know what else you ate personally, so I thought I'd make you a salad," He said trying to keep a soft tone.
Judy smiled and replied as she looked down at the salad then back up at the wolf, "It's alright, this looks delicious."
The big wolf smiled back before he gave Nick his food a plate with sliced up fish and mashed potatoes with rice on the side, and a spoon and fork for him as well.
"Thanks, big guy, this looks good," Nick remarked with a grin.
He again smiled before giving the same dish and utensils to Olivia and himself. He sat down beside his sister, not in a chair but on the ground there not being one he could fit on.
"Alright, you may start," Isaiah spoke out as he stuck his fork into the sliced up fish.
As they were eating Isaiah swallowed what was in his mouth and asked with a smile, "So Nick, Judy, how did you meet my sister?"
"Nick looked at Judy and then at Olivia, "Uh ..."
"We met when I was transferred to precinct one after being promoted to detective, Olivia cut in.
"Oh, y-yeah," Nick remarked going along with the fabricated story, "I came up to my desk, and bam, right beside me was Liv, at first I was a little confused, I thought she was a fox, but then I saw her fur was closer to a red wolf. Later she told me what happened when you two and your other brother were born."
"Cool cool," He replied, "So you guys catch a lot of criminals?"
"Let's not talk work right now okay," Olivia cut in with an order in her tone.
As Isaiah went to speak there was a loud knock on the door that spooked Judy.
Olivia looked at her then at Nick before she said, "I'll go see who it is." Olivia stood up and walked over to the door and opened it, "Hel-"
Olivia pulled her gun, but before she could do anything, a loud BANG filled the apartment and the hall.
"Davis!" She spoke out her gun hitting the floor as she looked down at herself, blood pooling into her paws
"So sorry about this Olivia, but this is how it has to be," He said lacking emotion.
Then he ran.
Nick came running up to her as he yelled, "Olivia!"
She fell to the ground while she held her stomach. Nick fell beside her and picked her up, "Liv, hold on!" Nick turned his head and yelled at Isaiah who was standing five feet away from them, "Call nine one one!" Nick looked at Judy, and he said, "Judy, I-I need your help."
But she could help, she stood there in utter shock her fear completely taking over and it making it impossible for her to even think of moving. Her mind went blank as everything became nothing but silence.
Knowing she was too petrified to help Nick decided to do it on his own.
"Alright Liv, I need you to stay calm," He said with more composed voice. her looked under her blood dripping onto the floor, "Okay, it went right through you, I'm going to need you to do me something okay."
"O-Okay," She coughed out with blood it splattering onto Nick's face.
"I need you to hold on," He cried out.
Isaiah ran up to him and said with worry, "T-The ambulance is on its way it should be here in three minutes."
"Nick I-I'm sorry, I-I'm in love with you," She coughed out in pain.
"I-I know," He said with pain as he pulled her closer.
The three minutes went by, and an ambulance showed up the EMT's came running in, they got Olivia onto a stretcher, and they rushed her to the hospital Isaiah going along with them. Nick calmed Judy down and helped her through the panic attack. Before they drove to the hospital where a doctor would need to perform surgery to try and save Olivia from death.
"How is she doing?" Nick asked the Nurse who was walking out to tell him such.
The Deer answered, "I'm afraid it doesn't look good, she suffered significant damage to her stomach, and some of the stomach acids made their way to other organs, the Doctor is doing his best to clean it up but it may be too late, I'm sorry."
Isaiah began to cry before he fell to his knees.
The Deer left going back through the doors she came from.
Judy, doing her best to control her fear walked over to the weeping wolf, and she said to him, "Isaiah ... It's going to be okay; she's going to be okay."
Isaiah looked down at her as she placed her paw on his forearm, he smiled and with a sniffle said, "thank you."
"Why did Davis do this?" Nick asked suddenly.
"To tear you down," Judy answered looking towards Nick.
"No this ... this is different, he wouldn't have done it like," he replied walking back and forth.
"What do you mean?" Isaiah questioned standing up with anger.
Nick stopped in his tracks and answered, "I mean, if he wanted to tear me down, Davis would have killed her, and not with a gunshot ... Davis would've taken her life in such a brutal way you wouldn't come to the hospital to see her you would have had to come to the morgue at the ZPD to make sure it was her because she would've been so tortured her face would be unrecognizable."
"Stop!" Isaiah called out. "Just stop, I-I don't want to hear anymore, t-this is my sister!" He cried.
"You think I hate this any less than you!" Nick shouted. He walked up to the wolf and spat out, "I see the damage that fucker leaves in his wake, he's done things that would make you and anyone else shut down and ball! I kept going, why, because he needs to be stopped!" Nick drew back and collected himself before adding, "Look I'm sorry, but Olivia's life isn't the only life I'm thinking about here, my wife, this whole damn city, the one we let get ripped apart by one animal." He lifted one finger and said, "One, he killed so many, and I can't find him, I can't stop him before he gets to my friends, my wife!"
"Nick you're scaring me," Judy spoke out."
Nick looked down at his wife and realized he was again yelling, he sighed and spoke, "I-I'm sorry Judy." He let his posture go to a less tense one, and he walked over to Judy who he then hugged and said to, "I just don't know what to do anymore."
"Find him," She replied. Judy looked up at him and again said, "Find him and stop him before he kills anyone else."
Nick looked back at the doors to the hallway they couldn't enter where the nurse had walked to, then to Isaiah, he looked back down at Judy and gave her a kiss before he said, "I love you. Do you want me to take you home?"
I-I think I'll be okay, just stop him," She answered giving him another kiss."
"You tell me what happens okay?" He asked of Isaiah letting go of Judy.
"I-I will," He replied with a calmer tone.
Nick looked back down at Judy and said once more, "I love you, I'll come back for you."
"I love you too Nick," She spoke with a crack in her tone.
Nick walked way from them and headed outside of the hospital. He opened the door and the light shined on him, he pulled out his phone to check the time and saw that it was nine AM and over thirteen hours had gone by. He rushed to his car and got in turning it on before rushing down the streets of Zootopia to get back to the precinct so he could get an assault team together to rush the graveyard where Davis was going to be at noon.
Nick parked in front the main entrance before he turned his car off and ran into the ZPD.
He made his way to the detective department and when he got there said, "Listen up!" Everyone looked at him, and he said, "I know where Davis is going to be at noon today! I need the assault team to be ready for eleven."
Everyone on the assault team obeyed his orders and dropped what they were doing to prepare for what Nick was asking of him. The officers and detectives who were on the team all made their way to the briefing room on the first floor; it was rarely used now that there wasn't anyone in charge to do a morning briefing or any briefing for that matter. Most officers just learned to do it on their own; some even got permission from the administration of police and security to sign off on their own file reports there being no one to do it for them.
As the twenty members of the assault team took their places, Nick walked in and began to say," As all of you know already know there is a criminal tearing our city apart, and most of you don't know but, Olivia O'Neil was shot was night By Darcy Davis."
everyone knew who she was and they began to talk amongst themselves about what they just heard.
Nick spoke up over them, "Now I know that's surprising to hear, but we have a job to do, today at Noon Davis will be at the graveyard on Holland Street in Savanah Central." Nick lowered his voice as the rest stopped talking and he added, "He doesn't know we are aware of this, so we need to act fast before he finds out. Davis isn't one to mess with if he needs to he will kill you and you won't be able to stop him."
"Hey Wilde," A tiger spoke out, "I think we can handle one guy, some of us here have fought more than one criminal at a time."
"You know this is the guy who bombed the city right?" Nick pointed out with sarcasm, "Davis is stronger than this whole police force, and he will kill you without thinking, don't get cocky!" He ordered with dominance.
"Shut up Elias, Wilde knows what he's talking about," A rhino cut in.
"Alright!" Nick called out, "Look I know we don't have a leader, but that's no excuse to be fighting over something as trivial as this, let's just get this guy and be done with it, he's done enough damage."
A gray wolf stood up and spoke out, "Wilde's right let's just nail Davis and make him answer for the crimes he's committed to this city."
"Alright let's do this!" The Rhino yelled.
Nick cut in and said, "Get in your gear and be ready by eleven and let's end this once and for all."
He walked down in between the rows of animals sitting and standing, once he left the rest did so as well. Nick went to his desk in the detective department and pulled out his phone and called Judy.
The phone rang twice than Judy picked it up and said, "Hey Honey."
"Hey Carrots," He replied trying to sound positive. "How's she doing?" He asked losing that positive tone.
Judy took a breath and spoke, "She's ... still in there with the doctor, they're trying their best to stop any further damage, and the nurse said that the bleeding has stopped and the stomach acids are the only thing they're worried about."
Nick's eyes widened, and he said, "T-That's great, Carrot's I'm going to call you after the assault on Davis. Okay, I-I love you."
"I love you too Nick, Be careful okay," She replied in clear she feared him losing his life to Davis.
Nick ended the call, and he sighed leaning back into his chair.
He looked up at the ceiling and said to himself, "Today is the day I stop you from hurting anyone again."
As the time drew closer, Nick got up from his desk and went to the armory and began to get into the assault uniform with the rest of the animals on the team. He loaded an assault weapon, an MPfive, then he loaded his pistol and put it into his holster attached to the uniform.
Once he finished he went down to the basement parking along with the rest of the team to the black vans; they were to use to get to the graveyard Davis was to be at.
"Okay, listen up!" Nick called out, "I want everyone to come back from this assault, so please listen." Nick waited for everyone to look at him before he said, "Davis is the most dangerous animal Zootopia has seen, for some reason, I haven't been able to find out, a higher authority hasn't gotten involved, and we have been left to deal with him. He is stronger, than you, smarter, and faster, and well trained, but he doesn't know about us yet, and we need to keep it that way. Don't pull any reckless moves; we can't afford any of them."
Everyone got into the vehicles, and the team left the ZPD armed and ready. Nick sat in the back of the first van, and he patiently waited for them to reach Holland Street and end this once and for all.
"Hey Wilde," a lion spoke out.
Nick opened his eyes and looked, "Yes Andrew."
The lion spoke out and asked, "Do you think we will get a chief again? I-I mean after Bogo, short did a pretty shitty job and no one has even been asked to take his place."
Nick smirked but quickly lost it as he said, "It's a hard chair to fill, Short was too emotional to be in that position, and he was only there because the mayor wanted him there." He looked down at his feet then back up at the lion and added, "But they will put someone in charge soon enough. The administration can't leave its first precinct without a leader; they are just afraid of the same thing that happened with short to happen again, so they're probably holding off until-.'
The van stopped, and the driver said, "We're here.
"Alright let's move out!" Nick shouted.
They opened the back doors to the van nd rushed out.
"I see him," Andrew said softly pointing to Davis who was standing in front of a grave.
Nick looked ahead and saw a Panther standing in the distance, and he said, "Let's move."
but before he could do anything Davis turned around and smirked.
Nick saw Davis say and he read his lips, "I always win."
He lifted his paw and inside was a cylinder with a black button, and he pushed it ...
Nick opened his eyes looking up at the sky, but all he could see was black smoke and hear the screams of animals in pain from what happened. Nick turned his head and saw a lion saying beside him his mask torn off and blood falling from his skull.
Nick sat up and pulled off his head gear and looked around him, the van he came here in was crushed and on top of it the other vehicle blown up by Davis who had done something to cause such an explosion.
"Fuck!" a voice screamed out before Nic heard a loud BANG!
Nick looked around himself, and he heard more shots coming from an automatic weapon as someone yelled, "Son of a bitch!"
Then a loud single BANG! from a pistol, Davis was taking them out in the smoke.
Nick stood up and held his side before ripping off the vest that covered hs chest that had a piece of metal sticking in its side that almost reached Nick.
BANG! He heard again as another voice yelled out.
"Davis!" Nick called out as he limped away from the dead animal beside him. Blood dripped from his arm where something stabbed him, he looked at it and said, "Fuck."
Then as he heard another shot, he turned around and behind him stood Davis, "Hello Nick." Davis pushed him down, and he fell onto the body of a wolf who had been shot in the head, "Did you think I didn't know?" HE laughed and said, "She may forget who she is at times, but she's still kicking, I'm going to have tabs on her, or at leat bug her house."
Nick looked up at Davis and yelled, "Come on then, kill me you son of a bitch!"
Davis laughed uncontrollably before he said, "Y-You think I want to kill you?" Oh, Nick, you have a lot to learn, no ... I want you ... to kill me."
Nick's eyes widened, and with utter shock, he questioned, "W-What?"
"I need you to kill me, is it that hard to understand?" He spoke out.
"W-Why?" Nick asked trying to stand up.
"You won't do it will you?" He questioned him. "Why won't you, I've killed so many, your friends, I kidnapped your wife, I killed your parents!" He yelled out with anger.
Nick stood up and coughed, "No one deserves to die, even you."
"No Wilde some do, I am one of them, and you will kill me, even if I have to destroy this whole city I will make you end my life."
Davis began to walk away, and Nick called out, "Stop!" He pointed his gun at him and said, "You're under arrest for the murder of thousands!"
Davis chuckled and grinned, "You can't stop me, and you won't kill me, and either way even if you did, it would be what I want." He turned around and said, "I'll see you again, and it will be the last time, or I will bring hell down upon you."
Davis walked away, and Nick fell to his knees dropping to his gun. He fell onto his back and lost consciousness.
"Officer!" A voice called out, "Sir!"
"Nick opened his eyes and standing above him was a deer with the letters EMT printed on his shoulders and chest.
"Sir, I'm here to help!" The Deer spoke out, "Can you stand?"
Nick sat up and suddenly all he could hear was the sirens of ambulances, cops cars, and fire trucks.
"Son of a bitch!" Nick screamed in agony as he looked at his leg there being a sharp piece of shrapnel stuck in it.
"Sir don't move," He spoke out trying to get him help.
Nick looked at his right side, another piece of metal from the truck was in him, "Fuck!"
Another EMT came running over, and they got Nick onto a gurney and put him in an ambulance.
The ambulance rushed to the nearest hospital to get Nick the help he needed to remove the shrapnel from his body without killing him or causing more damage.
Judy sat beside Isaiah, and they had the TV in the waiting room they went into as they were watching it the program got cut off and came on the news with a moose saying, "We interrupt this program to advise Zootopia that there has been a bombing in the city."
the leopard sitting beside the moose said, "The ones responsible for this seem to be known by the ZPD their assault team being completely taken out by the criminals aside from one officer, a Detective Nick Wilde who has been severely injured and has been rushed to the Savanah general hospital in Savanah Central."
"Nick!" Judy cried out. She stood up and then fell to her knees, "T-That was Davis, h-he killed them all!"
"Is everything alright miss?" a nurse asked walking into the waiting room. She looked up at the TV and saw the images of the bombed vehicle and that there were bodies everywhere, however, they were blurred out so that it wouldn't be as graphic.
"Oh my god," the antelope spoke out, "Do ... Do you know someone on that team?"
Judy didn't answer she just cried.
"J-Judy," Isaiah said with a soft tone bending down beside her. "A-Are you okay?" He asked going to place his large paw on her back, but deciding not to touch her as to not frighten her.
"N-No I'm not okay!" She sobbed, "He's still out there, h-he killed an entire team of police officers trained to stop animals like, a-and Nick, h-he almost killed him!"
Judy Stood up and said, "I-I need to go to him!"
"I can't leave my sister," Isaiah replied.
"D-Don't worry about me, I-I'll be okay," She replied.
"W-Where are you going?" He asked standing up himself.
"To see my husband," She replied, but before she left, Judy grabbed a pen and paper from the coffee table in the waiting room, and she wrote down her phone number she passed it to Isaiah and said, "Call me the moment she's out of surgery and okay."
"I-I will," He replied.
Judy walked out of the waiting room and then ran out of the hospital, she reached outside, and her fear began to control her, the noises, the dozens of animals around her was too much for her to handle at once, but she pushed on through it.
She told herself, "I can do this, I can do this, Nick needs me."
She took a deep breath then opened her eyes, the world around her feeling less, and the deafening noise fading and becoming nothing more than faint rain falling on the top of a car.
She made her way to the street and hailed a cab to stop and pick her up.
a taxi stopped, and Judy opened the door and climbed in the driver saying to her, "Where to miss?"
"Savanah General Hospital," She ordered, "Step on it and I'll pay you double the fee."
"You got it miss, "The horse replied.
Judy strapped in, and the cab driver drove into traffic and passed as many cars as he could, going faster than usual to reach the destination he was giving.
"Did you hear about that bombing in Savanah Central? IS that why you're going to the Hospital there?" He asked.
"Y-Yes, m-my husband is there," She replied.
"Oh, is he alright miss?" She asked.
"I don't know," She answered, "Can you please do me a favor and this is nothing against you, but can you please not talk to me, I-I need to think."
"Of course miss, I'll be quiet now," The horse complied.
"Thank you," Judy said before looked down at her paws.
She felt her finger that had been cut off by Davis over a year ago, her finger worked, but damage to it caused a loss in feeling making it almost impossible to feel anything with it. She felt where it was reattached the feelings going from almost nothing to everything; she would go back and forth like this when thinking.
then the cab driver came not a stop Judy looked up, and she was at the hospital, time flew by while she sat in her own thoughts.
She pulled out her wallet and grabbed her debit car, she tapped it and paid for the price of the ride, plus the double she promised.
She opened the door and rushed out closing it behind her. Judy ran into the hospital, and she took another breath as the weight of being outside alone was becoming impossible to hold back.
"I-I made it," She said to herself with a smile.
She looked around, then ran down the huge white hallway and right to the reception desk.
"Hello how may I help you today?' the receptionist asked with a pleasant smile.
Judy looked at the otter sitting in the smaller chair with her counter much lower than the rest, and she answered, "Y-Yes, m-my husband was brought in not too long ago."
"Okay, I just need a name and species, please?" She asked.
"Nick Wilde, Red Fox," She answered.
"The otter looked at Judy with some confusion, then realized who she was before saying, "You're Judy Hopps?"
"I-It's Wilde now, and yes, but please w-where is my husband," She replied.
"O-Oh yes," She replied typing the name into the computer, the result came up with his current state. She looked up at Judy and answered, "Your husband is currently in the emergency surgery, to remove shrapnel from the explosion early today."
Judy's eyes widened, and she begged for an answer, "How is he, is he going to be okay?'
"Mrs. Wilde, please calm down, I'll find out for you, all right," She replied before grabbing the phone beside her computer. The Otter spoke on the phone for a few minutes before hanging up and saying, "Mrs. Wilde, your husband is going to be okay, they just had to remove the shrapnel carefully so they wouldn't damage anything.
"I-I want to see him," She demanded.
The receptionist smiled and said, "I've told the doctor to have you called from the waiting room in the emergency department in section C of the hospital, as soon as he's in a suitable place for you to see him." She smiled again and said, "Just follow this hallway to the end and turn right you will come to section C."
Judy smiled "Thank you."
She walked away, and down the hallway until she came to its end and she turned right, then walked until she came to a double door that had a sigh which read, "C." She pushed through the door, and the noise of animals sick or in pain filled her ears.
her thoughts began to race as fear pulled it's way to the top, but she said to herself before taking in a deep breath, "I don't need to be afraid, I don't need to be afraid, I can do this, he needs me." She opened her eyes and let out her breath and the fear, lesser in her mind, but there, just enough to make her uneasy.
Judy walked towards the waiting room, and she took a seat in the corner away from anyone.
she waited and waited, but no one called her over to see Nick.
"Judy Wilde?" A voice called out.
Judy looked up to see a bear standing in the entrance to the waiting room, "Yes, that's me!"
"Please come with me," He ordered.
Judy jumped out of her seat and followed the bear until he stopped at a closed door.
The Doctor said with a pleasant tone before opening the door, "Now I need to tell you, he's been through a lot, but he will heal and be up on his feet in a few weeks." The Doctor paused before saying, "But ... There is some lasting damage you need to be prepared for."
The bear opened the door and let Judy walk in.
"Carrots they told me you were here, I didn't think you would come all by yourself, that's such a step up!"
Hello my friends, for the most of June I will, sadly, have to cut back on writing which I have already been doing for the last two weeks.
This is unfortunate because I had seven short stories planned to be written and finished plus the rest of the story. Now, this doesn't mean I won't be writing, it just will be much less of it meaning it will take me much longer to get out what I have planned, so chapter twenty-two may take just as long as this one to come out.
I hope you guys can forgive me for making this note so late into this situation of mine, but now you all know. Thank you.
Until Next Time ...