Credit

* Zootopia characters in this chapter belong to Disney

Author Note

I have to make an apologize for my small time schedule mistake - If you had read this chapter before the change that had the story set a day early than it was supposed to be. That's wrong - Instead of starting this story out on Second Saturday Evening, it's actually starting out on Second Sunday Evening, then by the half way through this chapter, it continued off in Second Monday Morning.

So please accept my apologize for the schedule misleading. And thank you for take your time to read this small note.

~Second Sunday Evening~

It was two hours since Judy had given her childhood friend a warning. This bunny was laying on her left side in her new 'home', curling in the fetal position. The nest where she laid was the home that her mate built and crafted prior her arrival, and she was impressed that it was made to last at least a week. That included the food that was prepared to serve anytime. While she had a healing factor, she had to rest as she had one weakness; a headache from a long and hard day of training. To making up for her resting, she was in charge of looking after the 'home' this evening while her partner was out hunting. The hunting of the fleeing lamb. Judy reflected on how well prepared Nick was, however that brought her more questions than answers. She picked up familiar pawsteps approaching behind her.

"Hmm," she lifted her head and looked over her shoulder, seeing him emerge from the dark. Though she knew instinctively, she felt the urge to ask, "Did you find her yet?"

"She got away, Carrots," Nick responded, shaking his head as he sat on his fours beside her. He continued, "I will try again tomorrow."

Judy sat up then turned to him, resting her muzzle on his cheek to nuzzle and lick his yellow fur. She sensed his closing eyes and heard his sound of joy as she showered him her boost of love. After a few minutes of grooming him, she pulled from his cheek and felt his arm on her back that pulled her to him. They flipped onto their sides and cuddled together, slowly closed their eyes as they fell asleep.

~Second Monday Morning~

The biologic clock in Judy's head had stirred her from her slumber, she slowly opening her eyes. She smirked as she rolled onto her back, stretching the stiff muscles in her back. She felt satisfied being in her partner's arms.

She chirped, "Good morning, Slick."

At the corner of her right eye, she saw his yellow jaw opening into a yawn. The next thing he bestowed her was his right paw on top of her head, caressing her grey fur. His leaf green eyes blinked then turned to focus on her amethyst ones.

"Morning, Fluffy. Get any plans today?" he inquired with a gentle smile.

"Hmm... I have decided to go visit my home in Bunnyburrow. Last night, my savage side studied and learned the details in my memory," she said, starting to rant with the discover she recently made. Her partner rolled onto his back and pulled her on him as she continued, "At the same time my savage side acts as my instinct, my savage side discovered that my dad had something hidden from me. And I am certain that my savage side urged me to go there and sort it out."

"Typical bunnies, you two," Nick groaned, rubbing his eyes with the back of his forepaws.

Judy blinked, confused by her love's response, "Huh?"

"You two always overanalyze anything like that," he explained his previous comment.

She furrowed her eyebrows with confidence, "That's how my life developed. C'mon, let's get breakfast ready."

The grey rabbit pushed up then dismounted from her partner. They went to make breakfast using the resources in the forest and ate together. Once she finished her meal, she left Nick to go to the river and stripped off her uniform, all but her hind-paw gauntlets. She washed her uniform in the river then hung it up. She started her bath immediately after that to get clean. While she paced from the river, she realized that they were not preparing some 'bathroom' stuff so she had to move away from her drying uniform and shook the water off her fur. Shaking her forepaws dry, she walked back to her uniform and felt it. She nodded as she donned her dried uniform, then worked her way back to the 'nest'. She found that her 'home' was vacant, and her instinct told her that he had made the bag of blueberries then left to take his bath right before she returned. The cop bunny nodded in understanding, then she turned around and let her guard down. She took a few minutes to wander through the forest, enjoying the stupendous atmosphere. She had seen the forest at least twice in the past; once when she first moved into Zootopia after graduating from Cop Academy and again during the time she searched for the witnesses of the Night howler victims, especially Renato Manchas. During those times, she didn't get a chance to sit down in one place and look through the forest. Now this was her chance as she walked past several trees, absorbing the secrecy of nature. She was glad that her chief had given her a chance to experience the freedom instead of putting her behind more desk work, even though he's no longer the chief. She stopped walking and perked her rabbit ears.

"Hmm," she blinked, listening to the canine's pawsteps at the 'home'.

Judy turned around then jogged her way back to the nest. As soon as she returned to the 'home', she saw Nick walking in from her left, wearing a pair of pants with a towel resting on his shoulder. She raised her eyebrow at the presence of the towel.

"Don't tell me we were staged for the whole drama of Chief Bogo's job loss?" she inquired, referring to the towel.

He grinned, bending over to pick up the bag of blueberries, "Nah. It was at the abandoned warehouse - I took it and left it somewhere you couldn't find. Plus, if there were any cameras around here, you had already found them when you arrived yesterday."

She lifted her right forepaw as he tossed the bag to her, which she caught flawlessly. She weighted the bag, measuring how much she could spend while she was away from her 'home', then she stored it in her cop belt. She walked inside the nest to exchange a warm hug with Nick.

"It's time for me to go," Judy said, breaking out from the hug.

She stepped out of the nest, receiving this response from her partner, "Take care, Fluffy."

"I can say the same to you, Slick," she replied without looking over her shoulder.

The bunny walked on her hind-paws until she no longer sensed the red fox's presence. She leaned onto her forepaws, then she crawled in way similar to her ancestors. Her savage side took over and she started to run in the direction of her childhood home. Dodging trees and small rivers through the Rainforest District, she reached the body of water that separated Zootopia from the rest of the mainland. Once she reached the edge of the land of Zootopia, she stopped running. She had just dried her uniform, eliminating the option of swimming across the body of water. She decided that it was better to continue on dry land until she found a way to across the body of water without getting wet. Since she went was headed towards her left, she turned to that direction and continued along the border between the land and the water. Her amethyst eyes set on the train station that was placed on top of the cliff in the forest. She estimated that this station connected to Savanna Central, if she remembered the map correctly.

"Hmph," she grunted as she shifted her forward momentum to her left, bolting into the forest.

Judy had to hide herself from the zootopians' prying eyes as she continued toward the station. Once she was within one mile of the station, she slowed her pace and started to sneak through the forest, reducing unnecessary noise. Upon her arrival at the pillar of the trail bridge, she glanced over her shoulder, checking for any ravaged zootopians - so far, she saw none. She began to climb up the pillar, thanks to her new strength she was able to reach the platform, which was multiple boards clipping together, of the pillar effortlessly. The platform was placed below the trail floor. Fortunately, the platform she stopped on was currently unoccupied. She started to ran across the platform over the body of water. A new thought appeared in her head as she realized of the instance that she was on her fours while she encountered a modern zootopian. She now understood why Chief Bogo had Wilde family removed from prying eyes as well as why Ex-Mayor Lionheart seized from public view each and every mammalian that succumbed to their savage state. Her behavior proved that it was difficult to stay on hind-paws after being infected with the Night howler dosage, or in Judy's case, the special Night howler dosage. If she had been caught by one of the zootopians, anything that she was involved would be thrown into chaos. She narrowed her eyes as she recalled the incident that included anyone related to the savage victims of 'The Missing Mammals' case she had triggered with her first speech. That led to the small cold war between the preys and the predators within Zootopia.

"Ugh," Judy grunted, showing her disgust at the idea of all of the hard work that would e lost upon being discovered.

She slowed down when she reached the end of the platform, which was closer to the mainland. She jumped off the platform onto the grassland. Once she landed, she immediately moved away from the area where she could be easily seen. She started to jog toward Bunnyburrow, continuing on her fours. Each time she felt the muscles in her body and limbs rip, they healed almost immediately. The energetic bunny kept her breath as steady as possible while she jogged. Like yesterday, she was still grateful for the dosage that the chief had infested her as it healed her as well as relieved her fatigue. She traveled through the meadow for a little bit, mostly jogging with a little bit of bounce. By the time she arrived at Bunnyburrow, it was noontime. She started sneaking behind the houses and barn, reaching for the bag in her belt. Judy grabbed a blueberry and popped it into her mouth as she slipped through backyards, avoiding her neighbors' prying eyes. She trusted her instinct to alert her if she was about to be spotted or approached by the mammalians. With her athletic skills adding to her savage dosage, she could easily vanish from sight, leaving no traces.

"Hm," Judy mumbled as she moved past several backyards, having not seen any mammalians.

After she traveled through at least thirty yards that were loaded with various fruits and vegetables, she arrived at the backyard behind her family house. It was only planted with carrots; therefore, it would be tricky to make her approach to the house with a little to no cover. The cop bunny had to lay as low as possible while she crept her way across the garden to her family house. She narrowed her pupils into slits so she could see the details of the back door of the house, even from the other side of the garden. She kept her breath steady as she moved toward the house. Her noise-sensitive ears picked up pawsteps from inside the house, she realized that there was only one mammalian in the entire house. That brought up the question in her mind - where were her siblings and her mother? She blinked as she shifted her interest from her question onto the sound of the rumbling doorknob. That halted her sneaking any farther and she laid as flat as possible. Her attention was on the back door as it opened, and her dad stepped outside with a shotgun in his paw.

"Huh?" Stu uttered, walking down the mini-stairs of the porch onto the ground.

Judy and her savage side already understood his self-defense method by just looking at him. Her dad walked a few pawsteps closer to the garden that she was hidden in. She realized that he was trying to figure what triggered his prey instinct. She learned that the longer they lived, the better their instinct developed - that meant her dad was aware of her presence long before she even attempted approaching the house. She understood why Ex-Mayor Lionheart had pulled strings to keep the savage mammalians hidden - her own dad didn't know about her turning into a savage mammalian at this point. Seeing Stu approach the garden halfway from the house, the cop bunny firmed and stabilized every muscles in her body, preparing to dodge whenever he pulled the trigger. Her amethyst eyes met his chestnut eyes, startling him. He changed into his shooting position, and he lifted his shotgun at her. She felt a chill rushing through her body as she saw his digit hooking on the triggers.

"Die, beast!" he yelled, pulling the right trigger.

Immediately, Judy dashed to her left, dodging the blast range of her dad's shotgun. However, she miscalculated the width of the blast. It destroyed her right hind paw, along with the gauntlet that covered it. She mumbled her grunts at first as she zipped to the wall of the family house, disappearing from the elder buck's sight. Her instinct balanced her weight on her three paws, keeping her right leg in the air. She turned her head to her dad, who was now her opponent, and bared her rabbit teeth at him. Stu searched over the garden, trying to find her after she vanished from his sight. Her savage side took over once again and she dashed toward him. When she was within lunging range, she grunted, jumping into the air while her momentum was still toward him. Her arms stretched forward, her bottom jaw pulled down, and her eyes were burning with anger as she watched him turn his head to her. Once her forepaws contacted him, the world went into darkness.