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It was Judy who broke the silence after Sebastian had stopped talking.

"All our plans revolve around Liska and Burchell being a united front, what would it mean for us if they are enemies instead?"

Sebastian who seemed like he was trapped in his own thoughts did not reply at all however.

"SEBASTIAN!" Came the call back to order from Judy.

The fox flinched and shook his head. "Yes, if Liska and Burchell are enemies then that means that our plans might be obsolete."

Runa watched both mammals closely as he said that and it was clear that the revelation hit them hard. And so it was Runa's turn to ask. "How did you not even consider something so obvious?"

Judy was about to open her mouth when Sebastian interrupted.

"Because of two simple reasons. One, Liska is a loyal mammal and betraying the government is the last thing he would ever do. Thus it was viable to assume that he would not go against Burchell."

Judy gave her comrade a confused look,"there is another reason?"

"Sure," came Sebastian's reply.

"The other reason why we never considered this option was the fact that we would not be able to do anything about it."

Judy's ears fell and her expression became even more concerned,"what is that supposed to mean."

Sebastian seemed to get angry when he replied. "It means exactly what you think it does. Liska and Burchell both have immense power in this country. Their respective forms of power do vary of course. The main difference is though that Burchell, unlike Liska, has a god damn conscience!" He balled his paws into fists and low growl escaped his maw.

"If Liska truly has no mammal above him which gives him orders. Then that means that he is free to do whatever he wants in order to achieve his goals. And as someone who has known him since he was a kit, I can say that he will get revenge! Because he always strives for new conflict. And he will destroy this country in the process if he has to. "

A shiver went down Runa's spine as she remembered her burrow burning down.

It was true that Liska had been more or less indifferent about the whole thing apart from his apologies to her.

Was she sure that he wouldn't do something like this?

No absolutely not!

In fact she had never been more unsure about avbsolutely everything in her whole life.

Was it likely that he would use methods which would result in the death of many?

Most likely as far as she knew from the presentation.

Did that mean that he was evil?

She had no idea, she was not even sure if she could trust the mammals before her.

If anything, Liska had always been the one who had been there for her and pushed her to grow stronger.

Stronger...he had done that hadn't he?

Had he trained her?

What if he really intended on using her for something?

Would she be willing to aid him no matter the cost?

Runa was feeling very conflicted.

She wanted to be a good rabbit!

Good rabbits would not betray their own...or would they?

Wouldn't she be bad too if she stood beside someone who was bad?

Her train of though was interrupted when Judy spoke up.

"So you are saying that we have two enemies instead of one. Is that correct?"

Sebastian nodded in affirmation and Judy continued.

"Then what are we supposed to do now that our plans are compromised like this?!"

She had started speaking calmly but by the end of the sentence it was very clear that desperation dripped from every word that left her maw.

A sigh came from Sebastian followed by an answer that neither Judy nor Runa had expected.

"Bellwether might know an answer to that question. And until she does...well..the plans are already made. So we might as well continue to follow them. Since we can not do anything about Liska at the moment, I mean. "

Judy tilted her head,"and that is another thing I do not understand. Liska is supposedly untouchable. But we just stole her..."

She pointed at Runa angrily.

"...right from under his nose. So why can't we just take him down?"

"There are a few reasons for that. For one, unlike the Senator who is a public figure, Liska is a criminal. And as such he has no boundaries that confine him. So it is hard for us to actually attack him effectively. Once he is onto us planning to attack him. Secondly, you kitnapped his petrabbit for all we know! Liska is a trained fighter with more "

This time Runa felt the urge to ask,"So you are just planning to keep going like this?"

Judy jumped to her feet and looked directly at Runa.

"Of course not! This is why you..."

However she was cut off by Sebastian.

"Yes, we are going to continue like we have before. Nothing has changed. We can let Liska and Bruchell fight among themselves while command comes up with a new strategy."

Judy turned around and gave Sebastian a look somewhere in between drop dead and why are you suddenly in charge?

Sebastian seemed to have calmed down though and he just stared back at her without any visible expression on his muzzle.

Both mammals continued staring at each other for a while before a knock on the door broke the uncomfortable silence.

"Do come in." Came the polite order from Sebastian and the same buffalo from before entered room.

His booming voice filled the voice as he reported,"Sorry to interrupt Ma'am. However, the other prisoner has woken up and the doctor is asking for you. He told me to tell you that he will come up here himself and tranquilize you if you don't come down now to so that he can have a look at you."

Judy looked uncomfortable all of a sudden. "I told you not to call me Ma'am. And tell the weasel that I am fine and that his services are not requi.."

She could not even finish the word before Sebastian cut her off once more.

"Doctors orders Hopps! Even you will not go against that. So go and meet him while I finish up here."

"Fine." Judy grumbled under her breath as she made her way towards the door where the buffalo was already waiting.

Once the door was closed Sebastian sprung into motion.

He moved up uncomfortably close with just a few well practiced paces.

"So Runa, tell me are you really not going to join us?"

This question out of the blue confused Runa somewhat.

"Uhmm...I..I never said that did I?"

But Sebastian was having none of that.

"Then say it now, are you staying with us or are you going back?"

"But there is no going back is there?" Asked Runa sarcastically. The question itself angered her. There was not going back, she would either join or be killed.

However Sebastian managed to surprise her and consequently stun her once more.

"The door is over there. From there you take the stairs and the exit is illuminated with green signs."

"What?!" Was all she managed to bring out.

Sebastian stepped back a little and started to explain.

"I am not going to keep you here unless you want to actually join us. And I would kill any other mammal who wouldn't want to. Normally, however imprisoning you or killing you for that matter is not an option for me."

This made no sense to Runa. "Why?"

Sebatians reaction was to start laughing but he answered her question none the less.

"You really have no idea who Liska is do you?"

He paused and calmed down for a moment before he went on.
"Liska is strong and the FPM does not have the resources to fight him at all. I know Liska and because of that I know that he took you in for a reason. Whatever that reason might be. And I am not going to agitate him while he is angry by messing with you."

He gave another sigh, "so go now if you want to leave. If you are still here when the Judy is finished with her examination then you are going to be stuck here. And that will be bad for both of us."

She wanted to jump up and leave. But a voice in the back of her head keep telling her to stay.

Not to trust Liska after seeing what he was capable of.

Maybe she could make a difference here?

When Nick woke up he felt like his entire body was made out of lead.

And a bright light seemed to sting from above as he opened his eyes. Which caused him to close his eyes right back up.

Damn that had hurt!

"Oh, you are awake", came a foreign female voice from somewhere right next to him and Nick wondered where he was exactly.

Bright light, heave body and a strange unknown female voice.

He wasn't dead was he?

Panic came over him for a moment.

No!

There was no way he was dead, it just wouldn't be fair. After all he went through to get out of that damn mall.

The mall...Judy...where was Judy?

Was she okay?

Wait...was this the hospital?

He tried to slowly open his eyes once more but the bright light caused sharp pain in his head that forced his eyes shut once more.

"Is the light to bright?" Asked the female voice and he heard someone jump down from what he assumed was a chair, which was hard to tell just from sound alone.

He heard soft paws hit the ground in rapid succession as the other mammal moved through the room.

"The Doctor said that this might be the case. Wait a second let me fix that."

There was a clicking sound and Nick assumed that it was okay now for him to open his eyes.

The room was pitch black, not because of its color but rather due to the fact that there was no light anymore, at all.

The distinct noise of someone running into a heavy object followed by a squeak and the sound of metal crashing onto the floor which resulted in a muffled,"dammit" made his ears perk up.

"So...I just totaled your meal and...I..uhm..well...am just going to get something else for you. Just wait here for a moment."

Nick who was still feeling somewhat dazed was almost to slow to even get a word in as the unknown female said," please close your eyes for a moment, so that I can open the door without blinding you."

"Wait!" It was supposed to be a shout but his throat was so dry that it ended up being just a weak caw.

His eyes were finally adjusting to the darkness somewhat and he could already see rough shapes in the dark which rapidly formed into actual objects.

And by what he assumed to be the door stood a rabbit.

"Sure, do you need anything?"

He nodded weakly.

"There is so much I need to know. For example how long was I out or who are you."

The doe reached for the door while answering,"I am Runa and you were out for about two days. If you have anymore questions then direct them at Judy once she gets here."

With that she opened the door just enough to slip through and Nick closed his eyes reflexively as light streamed into the room, if even just for a second.

So Judy was here, he had no idea if this was good or bad.

Well, only time would tell.

Authors Note:

It has been 10.000 years!
And I am sorry for that but things are pretty hectic for me right now.
I might be gone for the next for months starting next week since I got a new job and I have no idea when I might get to touch a computer again.
I hope that I can find another way for that but when I do this story is up on the list for new chapters to be released.(to make up for the long time since the last chatper[and ths short chapter])