Some violence and a brief mention of child abuse, thank you for reading.

"Got a plan Nick?" Jack asked the fox as he followed him closely behind.

"Come in, wreck Henry's shit, cuff him and get out." Nick briefly explained bracing his body for any conflict.

Judy wasn't sure about Nick's insistence, "Before we do anything that could ruin an innocent person's life, do you have any rationale for your 'plan'?"

Nick snorted, "What's more to tell you about? He's the only officer besides me that knew anything about stopping the Pathfinders, and now he's nowhere to be found and he's not even responding to his radio."

"Seems a little harsh to place him as the suspect officer considering how much he's done for us in the first place." Jack rebutted.

"Did Henry tell you anything about what he was going to do?" Nick asked the buck.

The agent was so consumed by assuring Judy's safety that any other concerns were until now put on the back-burner, "Now that I think of it, no...not really. I just assumed that he was going to look for Judy and the tigers. Perhaps in hindsight it would've been better to ask him about his actual motives."

The doe groaned, "Even if he turned out to be the guy we're looking for what makes you think that he's going to admit to that in the first place?"

"I'll force it out of him." Nick replied in an ominous tone.

"Where are you even going Nick? Looking for Henry is going to turn out to be a goose chase since we don't have a location on him." Jack responded.

The fox tapped his nose, "I'll follow the scent."

Jack squinted at him, "You're...kidding me right?"

"He's got quite a distinctive smell to him, a mix of police uniform, sweat, and classic Redstone cologne." Nick described to him.

Judy's nose twitched at the suggestion of it, "You never used your nose to find suspects before."

Nick snorted, "First time for anything right? Besides, a stadium like this has the concrete smell that makes it easy to distinguish any individual's smell. Jack, do you have anything idea where he might have gone to?"

The buck shrugged, "Not a clue, I believe that he left my car at some point and walked straight inside."

"Well, we're at the front entrance at least, if he came here recently then I should be able to sniff something out."

The two rabbits watched as the fox began to walk around the area intensely the air around him, "I think Nick's lost it."

Judy shook her head, "I think he's onto something..."

Suddenly Nick stopped and turned his head immediately to his left, "Got him!"

"Oh...well guess I'm the one loosing it right now." Jack muttered.

A determined smile appeared on Judy's face, "Let's follow him."


"Did Jack ever tell you about the time he proposed to me?" Skye asked William.

The cat thought back on it, "Well he told something happened between you guys but I assumed it was mostly...well, it's kind of awkward to say it."

Skye chuckled, "I understand what you're referring at, well anyways he popped the question after dinner at a diplomat's meeting."

William was always curious about how Jack and Skye's relationship even developed in the first place, let alone almost leading to marriage and then a nasty split.

"Really? Did you say yes?"

"I did, and I was so happy to hear him wanting to elope with me. For a while it seemed like a sure thing that we would live our lives together, Jack even suggested our wedding take place at the church he went to." she reminisced.

"But...you guys never got married."

Skye nodded with her smile disappearing, "In the end it didn't work out. Actually, I feel that it was my fault that we ended our relationship."

William sat straight up in surprise, "What did you do?"

"Jack and I had this big argument over how to approach our missions. In the end I got so angry at him that I left to finish our assignment on my own terms."

"Did he say anything?"

Skye took a deep breath, "The last time we met under the ZBI he asked me why I walked out on him. I told him I had to do what I had to do and there I told him the wedding was off. I remember he immediately broke down, and stupid me instead of trying to console him left on his own. Maybe we were never meant to be in the first place. "

"I...I remember he came home one day and he looked so sad and angry at the same time. I tried asking him what was wrong but he..."

The cat struggled to overcome the painful stigma associated with that night, "He hit me, several times. He said it was my fault that he wasn't happy."

The vixen gasped, "He did what?"

William hid his face away from her, "I had bruises on my face, and he didn't talk at all to me the entire next day, he just would glare at me like he hated me and then go back to drinking, I almost ran away but I didn't want to become an orphan again. For a while, I was so scared of him because I didn't know if he would hit me."

The cat heard Skye begin to growl and bare her teeth, "That motherfucker-"

He held her shoulders to try to calm her down, "There's more, I remember that night he came up to my room, I hid under the blankets thinking he was going to wallop me again. But all he did was sit down on my bed and for like...ten minutes he didn't say a single word."

Skye forced herself to calm down to listen to his story, "Did he actually do anything?"

"All he said was, 'I'm sorry'. And then he went back to his room."

She still was suspicious, "That doesn't sound like Jack at all."

William looked out the window, "You know, after that day, something changed in him."

"What makes you think that?"

He fumbled his paws trying to articulate the best description of his father, "I don't know...he became like, more distant in a way? I think this is when he started getting more stressed out about things."

Skye wrapped her head around his observation, "Stressed huh? I could see that, the old Jack is definitely gone. Even with Jack acting the way now there's something missing."

"Like what?"

"Before he was passionate about his work, you could tell that deep down he had fun in this sort of stuff. But now he's too serious about it in a way."

William sighed, "You know, maybe he's not all there anymore mentally at least. I think he's one more emotional breakdown away from going crazy, until recently he was drinking more and more. Sometimes I wonder what would happen to him when I leave."

"Seems like you're doing a good job of keeping him alive at least." Skye said in a slightly amused manner.

Her claim made him reflect on his relationship with Jack, on the surface it seemed like a normal father-son relationship, but underneath especially as William became older he had doubts whether or not he could frame them as just that, a family unit.

"I'm really worried about him though, what's going to happen when I leave for college? I swear I feel like I'm his therapist, but I'm not equipped to do that stuff, I'm only 18 for God's sake!" he spoke out his worries clearly getting upset.

"I'm sure he'll find something to cope with. He's still pretty smart if not exactly sure of himself, his job should keep himself busy for the meanwhile right?" the arctic fox offered her answer.

"Cope with what? More alcohol? Is he just going to pick up his things and move back to his hometown? Jack's trying really hard to keep himself upright but if he's alone what's going to keep him from going back to his bad habits?"

William's tail began to swish around and he slammed his paws on the seat underneath him, "Damn it, I'm getting tired of waiting! Is he coming back or not?"

Skye couldn't help but be troubled by the young cat's distress, "Calm down, he will as soon as he can. I'm sure he wants to be here just as much as you want him to."

The thought of going it alone in life frightened him, "He's the only family I have Skye, without him I feel like I'm by myself in this big, dangerous world."

The arctic fox frowned, "That's not true. I'll be here also, you're important to me as well. I busted my ass to make sure you and Jack are safe in the first place. I'll tear this entire city down if it means keeping you away from harm."

"I know that, but...I still don't really trust you." he admitted.

"Why not?"

William huddled himself as the air in the car began to cool, "You're probably a nice person and all, but you also seem kind of...destructive."

Skye was taken aback by his description, "Destructive?"

"I saw what you did at Hunter's mansion, Jack told me that you're an assassin. Even now being with you I'm still a little...nervous."

Skye could see his tail's end twitching, "I'm not going to murder you in the car, let alone in public. Besides, Jack would be on the warpath if I did anything to harm you."

"I mean...he does get a little intense with protecting me..."

"Oh yeah, Jack will get his vengeance if you were hurt in any way. He's told me that several times already and every time he's as serious as a heart attack." she told him pretending to silt her own throat.

"That's um...nice to hear?" William responded feeling more awkward than nervous now.

The vixen whipped out her phone, "Tell you what, let's just watch some funny videos on Zootube while we wait for Jack to get back alright?"

The cat could only do as she proposed, "Alright, if it'll stop you from talking about murder."


Jack huddled in his coat as his fur bristled, "Brr...why is it so cold here?"

"I don't know, it seems like the lights are dimmer here. I guess we got far away enough from the center of the stadium that the heater doesn't reach all the way here." Judy responded rubbing her arms.

Nick continued to sniff, "Whatever it is, it makes the scent easier to keep track of Henry's scent."

Jack couldn't help but be worried, "You know, perhaps we should come back with more help."

"What's wrong? Little Jackie's scared?" Nick teased the buck.

"No, I'm just concerned we might be heading towards something we would have trouble getting out of."

"If you're looking for an excuse to back out just tell us, I know you want to be back with your kid quickly right? I won't judge you at all." Nick suggested with sincerity.

"I appreciate your offer Nick, but I want to know for sure that this threat to our city's safety is contained." Jack affirmed.

"What? You don't trust us to stop the baddie?"

Jack shook his head, "It's not that, I'm just trying to make sure we are all safe."

The fox stopped for a moment, "Wait...he's here somewhere."

Judy's ear caught someone coughing, "I hear someone."

"It's him, ready your tranquilizers." Nick instructed the other two.

Jack reluctantly did so, "Let's not jump into conclusions Nick, please keep this civil."

"Of course buddy, what made you think I wasn't going to?" Nick said with a smug smirk on his face.

"My father said before when I was just a bunny not to assume things can be solved by needless fighting." Jack told him.

Nick shrugged, "Your father may say that, but I'm going to stick with my instincts."

"Follow me, I think the noise came from over here." Judy said to them.

Heading down a flight of stairs, they entered into what seemed like the locker rooms for when sport teams are holding games in the stadium.

"Ah, reminds me of the shower rooms at the ZPD." Nick commented.

"I heard more coughing. He's inside those showers."

Jack saw that it was dim inside and instantly his brain told him not to go there, "For fox's sake Judy, I'm not a fan of dark places."

"It'll be fine, we'll stick together. He can't overpower the three of us." Nick assured the buck.

"That's not what I mean Nick, I just...don't like dark places in particular." Jack admitted.

Judy chuckled, "It's okay Jack, sometimes I trouble too considering we have trouble seeing in the dark anyways. Nick should be better off since his eyes are made for this stuff."

"Hmm, a smoke screen would've been nice, choke him out of his hiding hole." Nick winked, "In this case I'll take the lead."

He aimed his lethal pistol towards the showers, "Alright, whoever's in there put your paws up and remove any weapons that you have on you!"

"About time."

"I'm impressed, it is Henry! Okay, before anything we should at least ask what he was doing here first." Judy told the fox.

"Alright then. Officer Meyer, please explain what you are doing here." Nick said in his more stringent police officer tone.

Henry appeared from the darkness with his own stern face with his paws up, "Just following orders."

Jack crossed his arms, "What orders?"

"Something that had to be done." the wolverine responded with no sense of irony, sarcasm, or satisfaction.

Nick held up his gun, "And that something is?"

"You're kidding right? Subduing that damn mole of a officer of course!" Henry exclaimed.

Judy was surprised by his discovery, "Huh? You found him?"

Emotion flooded Henry's face, "It's hard to keep your head down when you're a freaking bear."

"Bear? But..." Nick thought on it, "It isn't Friedkin is it?"

Henry gave them an exasperated expression, "What? No! It's...I'll show you."

The wolverine ran back into the showers and emitted a loud grunt along with a thump before he dragged an unconscious brown bear into view, "Here! Here's your mole, or should I say bear?" he said before chuckling a little.

Nick gave the bear a poke to the face, "Hmm, so this bastard's been the one pulling the strings huh?"

Jack closely inspected the officer, "Eh? The badge says Officer Harold."

"Must be from another precinct, either way the Chief isn't going to enjoy having to investigate this whole thing. Also, I'm worried that more officers may be into this scheme." Judy chimed in.

Henry cracked his knuckles, "I have two jobs, being an officer of the law, and taking down supremacists of both sides."

"I haven't seen this side of you before, I like the feistiness though." Nick admired the wolverine's determined resolve.

"I've been trying to keep it on the low down, but now you guys now about my mission."

Jack rested his body on the bear's stomach, "Well, I appreciate the sentiment...what?"

The three's eyes were wide open, "Jack, you may want to get up." Judy warned the buck.

The agent heard a loud snort and for a moment was overcome with the sensation of relieving himself, "Oh...I may have been too hasty."

"I thought you knocked him out!" Nick yelled at Henry.

"I did! I just didn't think he would get back up so soon!"

The bear struggled to pick himself back up but was otherwise furious, "I'm going to get you little fucks!"

"Yeah, good luck with picking off four highly trained officers mate. I'm sure that'll go well." Jack sarcastically goaded Officer Harold.

Nick sighed and quickly grabbed his tranquilizer gun, "Fine, I'll bring him down."

However before the fox was able to aim towards the bear, Officer Harold rushed towards him on all fours and took a swift swipe. Despite his claws missing the fox, the impact on the gun itself was enough to stun Nick's arm temporarily causing him to drop the weapon.

"Ah fuck! That stings..." Nick said rubbing his paw.

The bear snorted through his nostrils and growled loudly, "Gotcha now."

Jack made a quick leap onto the bear's head and covered his eyes, "Excuse me, didn't mean to interrupt your brutish behavior."

Officer Harold attempted to grab the buck, "Get off!"

"Judy! Now!" the buck said holding onto the bear's fur for dear life.

The doe without a second thought grabbed her gun and took the shot, however the dart missed him by inches as he swung his body wildly trying to toss the rabbit off him.

"Your stupid darts aren't enough to bring me down!"

Officer Harold managed to grab the Jack's scruff and violently threw him onto the lockers, the sound of the buck's body slamming into the metal lockers was proof enough that the agent sustained some damage.

For Jack himself it all seemed a blur from being thrown off the bear to the moment of impact, but once the sensation kicked in the buck found himself immobilized by pain in his lower back as it took all of his weight.

He coughed loudly and swore that he tasted blood at the back of his throat, "That doesn't seem good..."

His hearing also took a beating as muffled yelling attempted to reach his ears, but Jack lacked the strength to even refocus his vision.

"Ah well, fuck it I guess I'm done then."

Suddenly he felt himself being picked up and put into a sitting position, "Jack! Jack, get up!"

He recognized it as Judy's voice, "Stop him..."

"Stay with me Jack!"

The buck could feel himself hurting inside, "I'm in a bit of a bind Judy."

It wasn't clear to Jack whether his age was the culprit behind his reduced ability to take pain or if it was a lack of exercise but he knew his body was already at its limits without risking injury.

"I can't fight..." he forced himself to regain his composure, "Judy, you have to help Nick and Henry."

Judy looked back to see Nick being chased by the bear, "But-"

"Carrots I need some help here!" he yelled to her.

"Now Officer Hopps. I'll be fine." Jack affirmed the doe.

She looked to him and gave a firm nod, "Yes sir."

Judy quickly joined by Nick's side, "Alright, got any ideas fluff?"

The doe found her confidence again being by her partner, "Well..."

The bear was being distracted by Henry who leaped from side to side of the locker room benches, "Aw heck, let's have some fun."

Nick grinned, "I like the sound of that. What are we going for?"

"We'll use his size against him, remember what Jack did earlier?"

"I don't know, Jack tried being a hero and look at him now." Nick sarcastically noted.

Judy quickly looked around and found something that she thought would be useful, "Grab those bags!"

Nick saw that they contained soccer balls inside, "Definitely left of field thinking Carrots, let's hope that pulls us through."

"Hide behind that wall, I'll tell you when to come out!" Judy told the fox as she ran for the bear.

"Crazy bunny, but I love her for that." he said fumbling one of the soccer balls in his paws.

Henry was panting from running back and forth evading the bear, "J-Judy, help!"

The bear directed his sights towards the doe who happily waved at him with a big smile, "If you want me, you're going to have to catch me!"

"Oh I will Officer Hopps, when I get my paws on you!"

The bear charged for the doe, who immediately sped off back towards where Nick was. Once she ran past him she gave him the signal, "Now!"

Nick tossed the bag and with it a volley of soccer balls flooded the floor, the bear realized seconds too late and despite doing his best to stop he tripped and fell on his stomach on the floor.

"Huh, that was fun." Nick said stepping around the soccer balls with a smug grin on his face.

Every time the bear picked himself up he came right back down after losing his grip, "Screw you Officer Wilde, I should've killed you when I had the chance!"

Nick whipped out his large cuffs, "Yeah yeah, tell it to the judge."

Judy reappeared, "Good work Nick!"

The fox shrugged, "It was nothing. Another day, another dollar."

Nick kicked one of the soccer balls which landed on the bear's stomach, "Oh and..."

He went around Officer Harold, "Take a nap."

He grabbed a dart from his belt and stuck it right into the bear's bottom.

"Ah! You dirty fox, I'll...I'll..."

Quickly the bear when to sleep, "Night night pal."

Judy gasped, "Jack! Is he okay?"

"I'll check up on him. Call in help." Nick told the doe.

He went back for the buck, "Yo Jack! You doing okay there?"

The buck weakly gave him a thumbs up, "Hanging on, nothing's broken I've decided."

To Nick it felt like he was talking to a child who was adamant that they didn't just hurt themselves in an accident, "Just sore? I find that hard to believe after what just happened to you."

Jack nodded, "Nothing a hot cup of tea and some biscuits in bed would do. I'll go see a doctor later."

Nick chuckled and patted Jack's arm, "Couldn't fit the stereotype more if you tried."

"Can't help it, those things comfort me. Well that and some brown liquor."

The fox found the rabbit's insistence both pitiful and amusing, "I get the impression sometimes that you may not be as bright as you think you are."

Jack rubbed his stomach to try to ease the pain, "And what makes you say that?"

"You just jumped onto a bear's head and tried to blind him. Children do that Jack." Nick jokingly scolded him.

The buck felt embarrassed over his predicament, "Guess I got a little too cocky, I do apologize for that stunt."

"Well, better you saying it rather than me having to say that to your son at your funeral."

Jack grunted as he tried to lift himself up, "I may need some help."

"Course, feel free to hop onto my back, heh...hop." Nick said hoisting the buck onto his back.