Hey guys, sorry for the long break it took on this story, I had to finish the other one once and for all, as some of you may have noticed, but now I´m concentrating on this one again. I´m curious what you guys think of this chapter and I´d be glad if you leave me some suggestions about where you want me to go with this story in the comments ;)
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Corrected and improved by AxelAshes, thanks a lot again buddy ;)
Zootopia – The Story of Nick Wilde
Chapter 19 – Deja-vu (Normal POV)
As they arrived the ZPD repair shop, which was actually integrated into the ZPD building, the pair gave the keys to one of the mechanics and headed for the reception then.
"Oh, hi!" Benjamin Clawhauser greeted them, excited as he was known for, and waved to them happily.
"Hey Benji, what´s up?" Nick greeted back.
"Well, nothing much. You know, the usual happenings here and there… But who cares? What about you, how´s the vacation?"
"Quite relaxing." Nick sighed back, grinning sligtly. Clawhauser giggled a little.
"Yeah, I heard of the little accident at Judy´s farm…" Nick shivered for a second. "…with the police car." Clawhauser added. Nick sighed in relief, Clawhauser didn't know about the Night howler drama from the night before.
"Yes…" Judy began. "My father confused gas and brakes as he tried moving the car away from where we had parked it. But our little Nicky here survived it only with a few scratches…"
Nick just shook his head in annoyance of her teasing and let Clawhauser do his "awws" and "ohhhs" for a little while.
"Can you do us a favor and give us another car for a couple days?" he asked then. "My place is pretty far and our "Wildehopps"-Mobile is in the repair shop as you can imagine."
"For pretty damn sure I can do that, I´ll ask the chief in a second. But there is something else I need to tell you: Finnick wants to talk to you again. He promised to answer everything, as well as explain to you what this all is about. But he still refuses to talk to anyone else…"
"This has to be a trap. First of all: he still hasn't told me what the whole incident was all about. Second: he wants my attention for something. I think he knows a lot more than all of us can imagine. He is clever, he is good at predicting and timing stuff, and he knows a lot of people. Third: …okay, he´s not going anywhere before telling us something important. Fuck it, let´s go!" Nick announced, all of a sudden sounding quite motivated.
"Yeah?" Clawhauser asked in surprise. "Okay, I didn´t expect you to say that during your vacation time. I´ll let Fangmayer know, that's if you're really sure you wanna talk to him…"
"I´m eager to hear what he has to say, I don´t care about losing 30 minutes of our vacation time!" Nick then searched for approval from Judy, she simply nodded in agreement.
"Alright, give me a second!" Clawhauser stated before grabbing his telephone.
20 Minutes later (POV Judy):
I stood outside the interrogators room again, this time not hiding from anybody and kept an eye on the little fennec which sat there, tied onto the table with the usual metallic handcuffs, not pleased by the lacking presence of his old friend.
Nick kissed me gently and smiled, before entered the room, closing the door behind him.
"Hey buddy, how are you today?" he started after sitting down at the other end of the table, directly opposite of Finnick.
"Oh I´m fine, thanks for asking. How are you? Had a rough night? You look tired and…well… a little fucked up…"
"Well, if you call it rough to get hit by a car and smashed against a stable, then yes, I had a rough night…"
"But at least you had a nice girl taking care of you…"
"Why are you telling me this?"
"Oh, I had no intention of revealing that 'secret' about you so soon…" the fennec grinned back and leaned back against the chair.
"Say it already."
"Do you remember when I told you about the "crazy nurse" I met the other day?"
My head started racing as Finnick finished that sentence and I could tell that Nick´s mind was too. However he managed to keep his cool somehow, feigning ignorance, in contrast to the fact that he knew what he was talking about.
"I think I never told you more about herself, or her family, but she is a bunny as well. And I know some secrets about her which may be really interesting for you...since that´s what you´re into…"
"Why are you telling me this? Why now?"
"Because I can smell it. You smell like Night Howlers. And I know exactly who would use them for…twisted reasons. Since I knew that this day would come eventually, I'm guessing that you've finally visited the Hopps's farm yesterday. That´s why I was asking. Or was it perhaps you wanted to spice up your love life a little? I dunno…" he continued teasing.
"Shit, now I remember where I know him from…" I whispered to myself, while still watching the two fox´s conversation, before I left for Zootopia, I remember a similar looking fennec being with Maria sometimes. But this was already a couple years ago. But she never talked about him very much, maybe because it was odd for a predator, a fox especially, to associate with a bunny in the country. It was a bit funny to think I knew of Finnick long before Nick.
For a few seconds Nick didn´t react at all, obviously thinking of a way to avoid this, but the fennec noticed his hesitation and began laughing hysterically.
"I hope…I…hahaha…I hope your little Judy is not sitting outside listening again, because she really shouldn´t be hearing this. But I think you know what I meant with the "rough night" earlier…"
Nick seemed to compose himself in time, and had great idea to change the topic, which was apparent to me by the look he gave me through the window. There was no point in denying it, Finnick knew about Maria and he knew that Nick was drugged by her with Night howlers, but he didn´t know what really happened, he didn't know the full story.
Nick thought the same as well and sent me an excusing look through the window of the room. I just shrugged my shoulders and nodded then, telling him that she wouldn´t be mad at him, whatever he´s going to tell him.
"She knows already." Nick then told his fennec friend. "…And yes, she is listening. But tell me, what is the point of all this? Do you think this changes anything?"
"Does she hate you now?" Finnick asked with excitement in his voice.
"On a physical level: yes, maybe. But I think she's willing to forgive me about scaring the shit out of her sister. And I don´t think anybody will believe you, no matter what you say about me…"
Finnick just sighed, nodding in defeat.
"I know. But your reaction was priceless!"
"Anything you want to tell me about the blackmailing?"
"What do you want to hear, Nick? Isn´t it obvious that I´m bored as hell with my life!?" the fennec suddenly cried out in anger and frustration.
No reaction from Nick.
"Isn´t it obvious that I miss you? That I miss old times where we spent every evening fooling around, playing video games and watching stupid horror movies?"
"I remember the old times. But it cannot see what all of this has to do with this. All I see is an old friend who turned into a frustrated and hateful little asshole. Did you really think risking innocent lives would make me spend more time with you again?"
"No, I didn´t. The simple answer is, I was offered a lot of money to do this. Isn´t it always about money in the end? I had two choices: risk it and be rich for the rest of my life, or cover an old friend and his girl from some dump sheep they would have wrecked anyways. As it turns out, it was a really stupid decision."
"Because we arrested you before we rescued the hostages?" Nick asked. "…And you were offered a lot of money for doing what? To kill some foxes, or just me and Judy?"
"I didn´t wanted you to get killed! At least not in the first place! They told me that they would kill me instead if I wasn´t able to get you out of the way as a cop!" the Fennec confessed, fighting tears.
"Let´s say you actually are telling me the truth right now, which isn´t that unlikely since you´re nearly crying…why didn´t you just tell Judy and I about your problem with the sheep clan?"
"I don´t know Nicky…" Fin sighed. "I really don´t know."
Suddenly, I felt strangely sorry for the little fennec, so I decided to join them in the interrogators room.
"I´m sorry for everything I said earlier, about you and your family." He told me while I sat down besides Nick and rested my arms on the table like he did. I nodded slightly, accepting his apology.
"Finn…" Nick started again after a little pause. "…You really are an idiot sometimes!"
"Yeah, …I know. But since all of my blackmailers, and your blackmailers, are captured and imprisoned now, just like me. What do I have to fear now?"
"Some rough times in the prison shower maybe?" Nick grinned back.
"Nick!" I chuckled in disbelief of his dry comment.
"Sorry."
"So what do I have to do to get the shortest time in prison possible?"
"Tell us what you know and we will see!" Nick explained, before the fennec finally began to speak.
That's it for this one. Feel free to tell me, what you want to read next!
Comments:
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