Credit

* All Zootopia characters that debuted here belong to Disney.

* The "Cal" rabbit character Gideon mentioned belong to me.

* The small scene between Gideon and Judy that I made is referring to Bleach episode 169, where Ichigo reached for Rurichiyo Kasumiōji.

~Second Monday Mid-Morning~

The chubby red fox, Gideon Gray, went to the morning meeting with the rest of Bunnyburrow residents so they could come up with better plans for the next festival. With all residents in the meeting, he was the only predator attending. The rest of the residents were bunnies and sheep. During the meeting, he had a weird feeling in his gut, telling him that something was happening at the farm. Since it wasn't part of the meeting, he chose to ignore it and focus on the meeting instead. He gave some advice and tips on improving the festival. Several hours later, the plans for the festival were settled and sealed. Gideon was able to leave once the meeting ended. While he walked down the road toward his house, he checked on the instinct that alerted him early, now finding it silent and relaxed. He frowned at himself, thinking that he had gotten lazier over time. He huffed as he started to pace faster.

~Second Tuesday Evening~

At his farm, after he collected the blueberries then loaded them into a box, Gideon put a box of blueberries on top of a piles of boxes, making a thumping noise. He blinked as he heard a shout from his left. He turned in that direction and a male rabbit approached him.

"Gideon! Something appeared at Hopps' house! I think that you're the only mammalian who can handle the uneasy situation and see what is going on. Please go and see what is up there!" the rabbit exclaimed once he was beside the red fox.

The red fox blinked then patted on the rabbit's shoulder as he walked toward the Hopps' house. He replied, "Thanks, Cal. Please look after the blueberries in my absence. I am going to see what is up over there."

Once he reached the Hopps' house, the front porch of the house was crowded with many rabbits and sheep. He wriggled his way forward through the crowd toward the front door. He blinked as he saw the cop rabbit crouching in front of the porch. That was what had drawn the crowd and he noticed that the crowd kept their distance from that rabbit, at least ten to twenty paws. He realized what Cal meant when his assistance was required - the rabbits and the sheep were the prey while Gideon was the only predator. He moved closer to Judy Hopps once he recognized her.

"Judy? Judy Hopps?" he inquired, making sure to keep his tone soft. He slowly reached for the isolated rabbit, "Is that you?"

He saw her head lifting from the ground and glancing at him with comforting gaze. The crowd started small talk to each other quietly as the red fox took a step closer, trying his best not to startle her. He knew from his days as a bully that approaching a target with aggression would cancel any attempt to comfort. When he was at least three paws from his neighbor, he knelt on the ground and slowly stretched his right paw toward her. Fortunately, she returned the gesture by resting her paw on his opening paw pad. He curled his digits and pulled her closer. She buried her face in his chest then he wrapped his arms around her lightly.

"Oh, G-Gideon..." she mumbled in his chest, startling the crowd from their small talk.

"It's alright, Judy," Gideon cooed, comforting her. He caressed the backside of her folded ear with his right paw as he continued, "You sure attracted attention today."

He few her paws on his chest beside her head as they shared the peaceful atmosphere for a minute. The crowd resumed their small talk, but their discussion was positive rather than confused. Gideon considered that the discussion was complaisant. Judy, however, had a different thought. He felt her paws pushing on his chest to get her face off him, forcing him to loosen his arms to not strain her. He saw her amethyst eyes with his blue eyes. He had forgotten that Judy was different from the rest of victims that he used to bully - all he had to do was to get closer to her to snap her out of her protective stance.

"My instinct... is telling me that... Dawn is somewhere, away... away from the prison. For... Forgive me that I have... borrow you to take... me back to Zootopia," the cop rabbit explained.

He blinked then glanced into her eyes, which were completely round at this point, then he replied, "Hm, alright. That would lessen the crowd here. C'mon, get up and let's go."

They stood up and he started to guide her away from her house, through a bunch of bunnies and sheep, who instinctively moved out of the way. Halfway through the crowd, Gideon remembered the purpose of Judy's being here. By the time they reached the edge of the crowd, he glanced at Officer Hopps and spoke, "So... um, do you know where my pickup truck is?"

She nodded then he continued, "Good. Go and make yourself at home in the white truck. I need to go fetch me key as well as check couple of things."

They walked a few pawsteps away from the crowd then he let her go and watched her patter her way to his vehicle, however, he chose to not question why she was running on her four paws. He needed to find the final puzzle piece, the reason that Judy was present in Bunnyburrow. Once Judy went past the hill and disappeared from his sight, he turned to Hopps house as the crowd dispersed and took their leave, returning to their homes. He worked his way around the building until he reached the backyard, where the carrot garden was. He glanced at the back door of the house and saw a shotgun lying next to the back porch. He also saw something beside the porch, so he moved closer to check it out.

"Oh," he exclaimed, surprising at his discovery.

~Second Tuesday Evening - Fifteen minutes later~

After Gideon explained to Cal about Judy's presence, the males loaded the boxes of blueberries in Cal's pickup truck. When Cal departed from the front porch of Gideon's house, Gideon walked up to his white pickup truck. He glanced over an open cargo bed and saw that Judy had built something with his neglected things into a custom item - most of the items she used were some leg-length pipes and couple of belts. He cracked a smile, feeling happy that she put them in some use. He opened the driver's door to climb in the truck, shut it and then he started the engine.

~Second Tuesday Late Evening - An hour later~

Gideon blinked as he heard an alert ringing from the dashboard and glanced at it to see that the fuel gauge was a couple of tenths from the Empty. He glanced up and saw a gasoline station approaching then he pulled his right paw to the window behind him and knocked an index digit on it. He signaled Judy to hide herself. Much to his exultation, he didn't have to explain to her the reason - she picked up his hint and hid herself under the thin blanket.

"Hm," he grunted, steering his pickup truck onto the driveway of the gasoline station.

After he parked the truck next to the fuel pump, he got out then he took one of the nozzles from there then holstered it into his vehicle to fill up. His pointy ears suddenly focused on noise from his vehicle, picking up the sound of taps on the metal frame. He recognized that Judy was sending Morse Code with the taps, telling him that she was thirsty and was needed a cup of water. He patted on top of the frame twice, telling her that he got the message.

"Ah," he blinked, feeling the click from the nozzle that prevented gas from overflowing.

He removed the nozzle from his truck then holstered it up on the fuel pump then glanced at the price and the number of gallons of gasoline. He walked to the store, fetched two sets of evening meals and two bottles of water then paid for them along with the gasoline. He returned to pickup truck, put one of the bottles and one of the evening meals in the open cargo bed then walked to his driver's door and opened it. He sat, put his bottle of water down, shut the door, and then started the engine. Turning his right ear backward, he heard the gulping noise, telling him that she had what she desired.

~Second Wednesday Afternoon - Eight hours, a night's rest, and a couple meals later~

The white pickup truck slowed to a stop on the side of the road. The driver's door opened, and Gideon stepped out of the vehicle once again. He looked over the open cargo bed of the truck, and saw Judy Hopps shouldering her custom item. She hopped off the cargo bed and stood next to him.

She moved closer to him, leaning on him, "Thank you."

Gideon linked as he felt her mouth on his muzzle. He blinked again as his childhood friend scurried past him. He turned around to see her climbing on the wolf-sized motorcycle, attaching the custom item to her hind leg, and driving off as if it was second nature to her. He finally put two and two together to see that she used his neglected pipes and belts to reach the gear-switching pedal of motorcycle. And that motorcycle was three times the size of a rabbit bicycle. He shook his head and sighed, then walked back to his pickup truck. When he was about to open the driver's door, he flinched as an orange rabbit popped from her hiding spot inside the pickup truck.

"Hey, there," the orange rabbit waved at him from inside.

Gideon blinked as he glanced at the young rabbit. He realized that this rabbit was Judy's sister; Elena Hopps. He opened the driver's door and gave her a concerned gaze while she rested her knees on his seat. He knew that she wasn't with them since he drove Judy back to Zootopia and Elena hadn't been seen in Bunnyburrow for a week, even after Bonnie told him of her escaping.

"Em? What brings you to me?" was his question.

~Second Thursday - Early Morning~

Nick jogged on his fours in the hall, running toward his chief. He passed the cross-hall where Gideon and Elena stepped out. The orange-furred rabbit turned her head opposite of Nick's direction and then started moving toward his previous location. Gideon turned his head in Nick's direction and walked in that way. He chose to follow the cop fox, knowing that Elena could take care of herself and would be able to find Judy. Gideon, however, wanted to go and see the chief of the canine in blue. A few minutes later, Nick managed to outpace Gideon while the latter tracked him down by scent. He learned that Nick's behavior was similar to Judy's because they walked on four paws. A suspicion rose in his head.

"Hm," Gideon considered as he followed Nick's scent into the meeting room filled with the segregated cops and their chief.

Every mammalian in the meeting room turned their attention to Gideon, included Nick, as Gideon stood at the door.