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The two fugitives were finally brought the station, having slept the entire trip back to the precinct the wolf and boar looked more refreshed if not still starving and suffering from the lack of proper nutrients. The pair of police officers then made their way to Bogo's office as it seemed as he wanted a word with them. They looked at each other curiously as they arrived in front of the large office, exchanging questioning and curious glances before pushing often the door.
Bogo's ears flicked at the sound of the door being pushed open and looked up to see the two smaller officers enter the room.
"Officer Hopps, Wilde. I appreciate you coming here on such a short notice but I am sorry to say you've more cases to solve." The pair's eyes widened.
"What is it Chief?" Judy's nose twitched worriedly as she looked up at her boss.
"There has been a disturbance at Tundra Town, Savanna Square and the Rainforest district. It seems there have been a raid carried out in all three areas at the same time by some civilian mammals at 9 last night simulously and a large number of mammals have been kitnapped and have been taken away to who knows where."
"This couldn't be a coincidence….. It was all planned out. But if they have took mammals why don't they use them as hostages fo get ransom money? Unless that wasn't their goal….." Nick racked his brains at every possibility that he could come up with, confused as to what this all would mean, why would mammals be taken but not used as hostages for ransom. Why would they need mammals for if not for money or to kill? It was as clear as day that this was no ordinary case. Something wasn't right, they had been missing something this whole time but what was it?
First the case with Carla and James and then the case with the kits and their parents. Mammals had been taken into hiding in the second case, hidden away. But why? What had they missed? His head felt like it'd explode as he kept thinking before a soft paw found his arm to hold it gently. He looked to the side and saw Judy's worried eyes. It helped him to calm down and he let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. Bogo looked over at the two exhausted officers and sighed.
"But, I suppose the tracking can wait. You two are part of the few who are still available to handle this case and I need you to be well rested to handle it. Take the rest of the day off and report bright and early tomorrow to start figuring out the masterminds' motives behind of both the first and second case. Dismissed."
With those words they saluted and hopped off the large chair. Usually, a case or two wouldn't be too tiring but this? This was chewing them out and drawing out the energy from them from thinking and moving their minds into different things constantly. They hadn't the time to fully recuperate but they had a job to do and duty to perform. But for now, they wanted to sleep, badly. The day had been surprisingly tiring and their eyes didn't seem to want to stay open as they drove back home. Well, Judy's home. Nick's home had suffered and it had to be taken down all over again and rebuilt, hence, moving in with Judy was the cheapest and the most convenient of his choices. There was also a few more benefits to living with the rabbit…. Some not as appropriate as others to speak of. The tod smiled to himself, yawning as he felt exhaustion inch closer as he parked the car and turned off the engine.
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A sheep in an old room kicked a wall and growled. Stupid tiger, this place was so dusty and dirty, and yet he wanted her to stay here?!?? The disgusting place could go collapse on him for all she cared…. She took a deep breath and sighed. Not good Carla. Keep your cool. Everything is going perfectly. You can't discard your scapegoat now or else you'll definitely be caught. She sighed and smiled sweetly at nothing. A few more days and she would either conquer and rule the whole of Zootopia or use Jones as a scapegoat so she would still have a chance to take over. She turned and walked to the drawer next to the bed, opening a compartment and fishing out an old picture, yellow around the edges and a bit torn. Two small lambs were smiling, hugging each other and wearing matching glasses, one was taller than the other and both wore big smiles on their muzzles. She ran a hoof over the image of the smaller lamb.
I'll make your dream come true sister. Trust me. I will.
The next morning a grey doe woke up early, 5:30am on the dot. She yawned and stretched, humming as she heard her joints popped delightfully. She looked over at the couch and smiled as she saw the fox still snoozing away. The doe got up, though reluctant to wake him up and break the moment of cuteness they had an important task today. Shaking him awake, he slowly got up and smacked his lips, stretching wide before flopping back down.
"Mornin' Fluff" he mumbled.
"Good morning to you too. Now why don't you wake up now and get dressed so we can have some coffee before work?"
Nick hummed at the thought of the familiar bitterness of coffee and its aroma.
"Sure Fluff. Drinks on you."
"Oh come on. Aren't we adult enough to get our own drinks?"
The tod chuckled and opened an eye, looking at the wonderful bunny in pj's.
"Nuh uh, I'll always be a kit inside."
Judy giggled at his words and patted his head.
"Oh fine. Drinks on me. But you gotta get up first."
"Okay, okay…" he chuckled as he got up, popping the joints down his spine before yawning and heading to the shower with his uniform.
Judy watched the red tod stroll into the shower, smiling. To think they were first enemies. It was an unthinkable thing now.
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"Alright. So what do we know about Carla and Jones' plans?"
Judy thought aloud as she tapped the back of her carrot pen against her chin, notebook at the ready. They were at their office, figuring they needed to sort out some clues they could have gotten to try and crack the case.
"Well, Jones masterminded the kitnapping of several mammals before. And this time he and Carla are constantly sending terrorists to get ransom money."
Judy scribbled it down, nodding her head.
"And why are they doing that?"
"Not too sure… Maybe it's the usual money obsession…. I can't of anything else."
Judy hummed and leaned on her fist.
"We didn't have much time to investigate this case… So how about the second case?"
"Well, we found kitnapped kits and found out families had been kitnapped at night. While the kits were tortured the adults were trained brutally. But for what purpose….?"
Nick tapped his chin in thought, clearly, this was all too odd. But what was the connection? What were the masterminds of the kitnapping case aiming for? And what were Jones and Carla aiming for? Something felt off about both of these cases. They seemed…. One sided. Just pieces of a puzzle. But how did they fit in? He frowned and Judy scratched her head with her pen. Something was very very wrong here. After a while Nick ruffled his fur and sighed.
"Hey carrots. I think we need to find more clues… We're not getting anywhere at this rate."
She sighed too. "Agreed. I have to admit, though, these masterminds have done quite well to clear their tracks…"
Just then, someone knocked on the door. Curiously, Judy hopped off her chair and answered the door, it was Clawhauser.
"What's up Benji? Need us for something?"
"Well no, but the chief asked me to send this to you." he said as he pawed a file over to her.
The doe curiously flopped open the file, before her eyes widened.
"Nick. I think we found a big clue."
Nick raised a brow and walked over, peering over her shoulder and his eyes widened too. Inside was Grey's mug shot and profile. But that wasn't shocking. What was was his statement that read.
"I used to be a part of Carla's gang so when she asked me to kitnap families I didn't hesitate to do it, afraid for my life if I refused."
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A/N: Eeeey that's that. I knowknow, I'm a dumbo for dragging this out too long... Could've done more chapters... I realize that too. But it's after exams! And hopefully I'll get mkore chapters faster and more lengthy... If ya'll like my old way of more content in one chapter. And also I'll try to get more art done so see let's see if I get anything out on DA hahaha.Anyhow. Thank you guys for... Favoriting this story and following me even though I dunno why I got some of those while on my very long procrastination streak... But thank you. For the continuous support even if it's small compared to bigger writers it's more than I could ever ask for. So yeah. Uh... That's it for now. Toodles!