Chapter 34 - Fathers Part II

Written by JKnight97

"ZPD! Freeze!" Nick yelled as he burst into the door with Judy beside him, their tranq guns trained on the group. "You touch one hair on their fur, Chuck, and you'll really see a savage mammal," Nick warned.

"It's just the two of you against the five of us. You think you can take us, Wilde?"

"I didn't sign up for this," Doug muttered as he tried to slip away only to be felled by a pair of tranquilizer darts from the guns of a striped hare and white arctic vixen who stepped out of the shadows.

"Grabbing the glory again, eh, Nick?"

"Sorry, Jack. I know this is ZIA's bust but when my kids are in danger–"

"Your kids?" gaped the groundhog. "Who in their right mind would be crazy to marry you?"

"That would be me," announced Judy.

Chuck noticed the matching pair of golden bands on their fingers. "You disgust me," he sneered. "A prey marrying a predator. And a fox, of all mammals. Get your kinks in the sheets much?"

"Watch your language, Chuck!" Judy warned. "There are kits present."

"Yeah, well, whatcha gonna do about it? You come any closer and these two are kaput, capiche?" as he produced a butterfly knife. "I'll carve my initials on these two then I'll gladly finish what I started in the Junior Ranger Scouts."

The loud guttural growl startled everyone present. The marmot started to quake when he realized that it wasn't coming from the male fox but the very scary-looking female doe who had begun to snarl as she holstered her gun.

"Judy, wait!" Nick yelled as he stepped closer and grabbed her by the shoulders.

"Why are you stopping me, Nick?" Judy angrily swivelled her glare at him. "Those are your kits, too!"

"Just want to make sure that your bodycam is working, sweetie," Nick smirked as he pressed a blueberry against its lens. "Well, whaddya know? Seems to be out of whack. Mine seems to be on the fritz as well," he said as he dropped his device and stepped on it. "What about you, Savage? You have any objections?"

"Me? Nah," said Jack as the arctic vixen slung the unconscious ram over her shoulder. "Skye and I have what we came for. So, will me and the missus be seeing you two Sunday night?"

"Is Skye making her turkey pot roast?" Nick salivated. Skye turned and gave him a thumbs up as she and Jack disappeared into the darkness, holding paws.

"Now, Mrs. Wilde-Hopps, where were we? Oh, yes… get 'em, sweetie!"

When the dust had settled, Judy was vigorously rubbing her cheeks against the two kits that she held tightly in her arms. Nick, in the meantime, whistled a happy tune as he placed pawcuffs on the unconscious mammals. "That last kick was a doozy, Carrots. Have you ever considered trying out for the National Pawball League?"

"Mooooom," complained the tod, "I'm okay, seriously. So's Mary. They never even touched us."

"Listen here, Robin Thaddeus Wilde-Hopps, just what were you thinking of, dragging your little sister along on one of your crazy schemes?"

"Wasn't crazy," he mumbled, eyes downcast. "And I didn't drag her along. She forced me to bring her with me."

"And you, Marianne Laura Wilde-Hopps! I thought I taught you better? You both shouldn't have wandered off from your Grandma Marianne like that. You made her worried. Good thing we were nearby on paw patrol when she called us."

"We just wanted to get something for dad," she whispered conspiratorially in her mother's ear. "It's Father's Day tomorrow and Unca Finn said–"

"Hey, Carrots! Looks like Yak's tip was correct. His old Junior Scout group really was trying to smuggle out Nighthowler serum in these fake cans of coffee! Looks like Bogo will be pleased at finally tying up the loose ends."

"There's no Blue Pelican coffee?" groaned Robin as he face-pawed himself. "All that for nothing."

Judy smiled at her two kits as she whispered into their ears.

The next day found Nick in bed, lazily stretching as Judy entered, wearing only her bathrobe. "Carrots, I gotta say that was the best Father's Day gift that you and the kids gave me," Nick smiled. "Sleeping in all day is just what this fox needed."

"That's good that you got a lot of rest, Slick, coz Father's Day isn't over yet." She winked as she naughtily slinked into bed while dropping her bathrobe to reveal herself in just her birthday suit. "Bogo's given us the day off tomorrow after the bust, the kits are at your mom's place, and we're all alone tonight."

"Best Father's Day gift ever." Nick grinned as he gathered the love of his life into his arms.