Jack quickly got what he needed and headed out, erasing the history of Judy accessing the Z.P.D files so late at night. Jack and Wade managed to get into the inventory room where they found tons upon tons of Hydra tech that made Jack's mouth water.

Jack snapped out of his amazement and found a piece of salvageable tech that looked like a wrist piece, sorta like a watch. Just as he was about to take it and wear it, a voice rang out from the end of the room "Ok, what are you two up to?"

Jack swore under his breath and Wade moaned out loud, he knew that voice anywhere. Nick stepped out of the shadows with a smirk on his face as his arms were crossed.

Jack was about to reply when Nick did it for him "Lemme guess, you came for the Hydra tech...or at least...anything you could salvage right?". "Blast mate, was mind reading something that Hydra taught you?" Jack asked, frustrated a little.

Nick's stance faltered as his eyes slowly moved towards the ground "Not you too..." Nick mumbled under his breath but Jack managed to catch in and he regretted saying it "Oi mate, i'm sorry, i didn't mean to.."

Nick held up his hand "It's fine Jack, really it is...Take what you can and sneak out, i'll pretend that i never saw you". Jack felt guilty and tossed the device to Wade and asked him to get going while he had words with Nick. Wade nodded set off whilst Jack stayed behind, and Nick knew he was still there but for some reason...he just didn't care.

Nick felt like his life was ruined now thanks to Hydra, and to think...he was actually going to propose to Judy three months from now. With those dream crushed, he had nothing else left and although it was true that Judy loved him...he had to think about the big picture, Hydra would come after her.

Jack sensed the tension and went up to the fox cop and sighed "Look mate, just cause you got a fancy shiny arm doesn't mean that i hate you now. In fact..." Jack explained as he stopped mid sentence because he noted that sparks were visible from Nick's left hand. "That arm of yours is busted...do ya...mind if i take a look at it, to see if i can repair that"

Nick turned around and looked at Jack for a bit before putting on a light smile, brightening up his features and making his ears stand upright. "Alright, if you know what you're doing" Nick replied.

"Maybe tomorrow afternoon, we can meet up and hang out. And maybe what you need is to blow some steam off mate" Jack said with a smile etched on his face. Nick nodded and replied "Sure! You'd better bring some ice packs though...i'm going to wipe the floor with you".

Jack laughed "We''ll see mate, we'll see". The two departed with a wave and went their separate ways with Jack going back to the academy please and Nick going back to his place where Judy was staying overnight with a happy mood due to Jack's acceptance.

Nick went home and was greeted by a hug from Judy as he closed the door and hugged her back, kissing her as well. They talked for a good while and Nick told Judy about his encounter with Jack.

"Well, that's great...though i never doubted that he hated you. Not even for a moment, so go ahead...go out with him, have fun" Judy replied with a smile. "Will do carrots, will do" Nick said as he kissed her again.

The couple went to bed a few hours later, holding one another in each other's arms

The next morning...

As promised, Nick met up with Jack in the local gym for a round of boxing. Even while they were at it, Nick's mind wandered off wondering what Hydra would have planned next.

He dodged one of Jack's strikes and threw one of his own before thinking 'What's Zemo up too? just hope it's nothing too bad...damn what am i thinking?! This is Hydra for gods sake! Nothing is ever good when it comes to them! nothing!'.

Jack noticed that Nick was distracted but didn't take advantage of that and to interrupt his train of thought. Nick landed a punch on Jack take caught him off guard and took him out for the count.

"Nice one mate, you got me" Jack chuckled and Nick smiled back in response when his phone rang "This is Nick". On the other end, Chief Bogo informed him that Hydra was spotted at Tundratown's railway station and that he should have a look into it. Nick responded by saying "Sure Chief, i'll give it a look see." he hung up and apologised to Jack before taking off to get Judy so that they'd take out Hydra