Finnick was still fast asleep but Nick was up just at dawn, planning to meet with Judy and the two would go off together for work. He grunted as he pulled up his pants and fastened his belt. The small noises coming from the belt made Finnick stir in his sleep. Seeing this Nick made his motions careful and slow. Usually he would take a moment to look at how cute the small sleeping fox looked but he had to make sure he was ready for this day in particular. With one last glance at Finnick, Nick tiptoed out of the bedroom.

All that was left for Nick was to grab his sunglasses off the coffee table and ease his way out of the front door. He made sure to lock the door behind him and strolled down the hallway towards the stairs. Down in the lobby he found Judy waiting for him.

"Hey, Nicky." She greeted him with a pep in her voice.

"Hiya, Carrots. You seem pretty happy," Nick grumbled with a stretch and yawn.

"Well? You ready to go?" The bunny asked, twirling her keys in her paw.

"Alright, alright. Let's go, fuzzfoot."

The next few minutes were spend by both fox and rabbit making terrible animal puns back and forth. It was only when Judy pulled into the ZPD's parking lot that the two finally stopped and stepped out, preparing themselves for work. Nick especially gave himself an inner pep talk, lately there had been a string of crimes around the area. They were petty crimes, but crimes nonetheless.

"So today's the day you actually get started around here, huh?" As the two walked side by side Judy sensed the fox's dreary mood and tried her best to cheer him up.

Nick sucked his teeth and rolled his eyes. "Hopefully it'll be worth it after two days of complete boredom."

"Come on, Nick. I had to go through it too."

"Uh, no. You came in and took in a missing otter case, found the other missing mammals, you became a hero, learned from and fixed your mistakes. And by doing all that you became an ever bigger hero. Any of that ringing a bell?" Nick recounted.

The duo stopped just outside the two doors. Judy looked up at Nick and gave him another smile. "And I couldn't have done any of it without you."

Nick smiled as well, placing his paw on the door. "You know…I'm pretty sure they're gonna make a movie about you."

Together the rabbit and fox entered the main entrance of the ZPD side by side. Thanks to the bunny's words the vulpine was in a much better mood.

"Hey! Officers Hops and Wilde, both of you are supposed to report to case assignment," Clawhauser called to the two of them. The two friends looked at one another and made did as they were told, heading for case assignment.

Once all officers had taken their seat Chief Bogo wasted no time handing out assignments.

"We got a huge amount over the weekend," Bogo boomed. "All the info you need will be in the case files…" Judy and Nick were given separate cases, something neither of them were expecting. Both walked out of the room, exchanging info about them.

"I got a case of hit-and-run. Suspect is unknown, but it has some leads and some suspects.." Judy summed up the gist of it and flipped through a few more pages.

"I got..ooh…A drug bust," Nick blinked. "This should be interesting." He read the details aloud to the curious bunny.

"Apparently there's a gang of raccoons in Tundra Town. We finally got the evidence that they are shipping it to Sahara Square. Looks like we found out where they're making it, too." He flipped a bit further, until he landed on the last page. "Hmm, it says the ZPD have been trying to get these guys for 5 years now."

"Oh, you're talking about the Hood Masks?" Judy asked, the details sounding very familiar.

"You know about this?"

"Yeah. They're a pretty notorious gang. Apparently their leader, who goes by the name of Ringtale, works pretty closely with Mr. Big," Judy explained.

"Well if you know so much about this how come you're not on this case? This is my first case and it's some drug bust. Shouldn't I be dishing out parking tickets or something?" A rise of panic came from the fox's voice. Was he ready for something like this? What would happen to him if something went wrong?

"Don't worry, you'll have backup. It comes with these kind of assignments," Judy assured him. "Clearly Bogo trusts that you can handle it. I mean, you helped me solve the whole missing mammals case. That shows you're more capable than you think."

Nick took a deep breath and gave a slow exhale. "Alright, I'll give it my best shot."

"Okay then," Judy said. "Well, I got a hit-and-runner to catch." With those final words she scampered off out the front doors.

"Go get em flat foot," Nick encouraged.