NIck reviewed his case once again, still reeling from the knowledge that he would be accompanying the ZPD SWAT team. Judy's words echoed in his head over and over.
They're a pretty notorious gang. Apparently their leader, who goes by the name of Ringtale, works pretty closely with Mr. Big.
The fox just shook his head and scoffed, setting the file down on his desk.
This is crazy. This is insane. Can I even go through with this?
His thoughts were interrupted by a white wolf, looking around. His eyes landed on the fox and narrowed. "Are you Wilde?"
"Y-yeah, I am." Nick nodded, placing a paw on his desk.
"We're ready for you. Just follow me," the wolf made a motion with his paw for Nick to follow. The fox gulped but still followed after the lupine.
Not soon after he was off to Tundra Town. Instead of taking a standard police car, he rode in the van with the other members of the SWAT. Even though he was surrounded by fellow officers there was a feeling of unease that wouldn't leave him. Most of the animals that surrounded him were bears and wolves, mammals more suited for colder climates.
"So..?" Nick asked. "What I am doing? I mean, I know what you guys do but what am I going to do?"
"Don't worry," the white wolf from earlier spoke to him. "We'll be doing most of the work. Once we're done all you have to do is read them their rights."
"Really?" Nick asked, feeling a bit relieved. "Is that all?"
"Well, it is a bit more than that. But in your case, yeah that's it. We have all the info and evidence we need so it should all go pretty easy. Well, as easy as these things can go. Get in, make the arrests and get out." The wolf explained.
"Hmm. Alright," Nick mused to himself.
The squad van passed the border separating Tundra Town and central Zootopia. The air around them quickly turned colder. Nick shivered a bit, waiting for his body to adjust, his breath now being seen in the air as small puffs. Looking around Nick could see that the others were affected by the climate change. Some snuck a quick shiver, others let out puffs of their breath, watching it swirl and disappear.
The van jerked and stopped. All the units stood up, looked at one another and nodded. Some kind of code or signal that Nick didn't fully understand. The wolf nodded as well and turned to the confused fox. "We're gonna get out there and secure the perimeter."
As they began to file out of the van Nick looked out one of it's windows. It was just a small shed. It's shingles were stripped from the roof. The shed itself was made of rusted metal, a mix of brown and red. The side Nick could see had two windows, one of them broken. There was a 'Keep Out' sign that made the fox chuckle. Totally inconspicuous.
He continued to watch as one by one each squad member deployed from the van and took their place, some where setting up lights and barricades while the others were forming a circle.
"Hey," the wolf called. "Ready to go?"
"Sure, uh. Your name is..?" Nick asked.
"Thomas," the wolf answered proudly. "But friends call me Fangs."
"Why's that?" Nick chuckled.
"It's a long story, we can talk about that later." Fangs smiled. His smile revealed that his fangs were remarkably thicker and longer than any other wolf Nick had ever seen. "Oh, yeah! Here, you'll need one of these." He reached down and tossed Nick a bulletproof vest.
"Uh, thanks." Nick replied. He looked down at the vest, shrugged and put it on.