Amelia ran down the streets of Tundra Town. Her mind was swimming as she felt the darkness slowly envelop her. Its my fault...i killed warren she shook her head trying to dismiss the thoughts when a loud pop echoed from nearby that made the vixen drop to the ground.
"Stupid car! Need to get the engine checked" the mammal shouted.
Amelia laid on the ground panting heavily. Her paws were covering her ears.
"Ma'am are you alright?" a mammal asked as he moved over to her.
Amelia slowly nodded her head as she got back up off the ground. She looked around assessing her situation. Her eyes locked on the mammal who was cussing at his vehicle. She made her way back to her apartment and sank down to the floor her mind flashing back to her mandated 'talk session' with Dr Lynch.
Two weeks prior
A coyote sat in a chair looking at the vixen who laid on the couch her eyes were closed as if she was resting.
"Amelia we need to talk about this otherwise you won't be back on duty" he sighed.
"You have no idea what I've been through" she stated through clenched teeth.
"Try me, I've seen cases like yours before" he retorted.
"Cases 'like' mine? I highly doubt you have ever handled this... I bet you haven't been out of your cozy office or been near an active bomb? Or how about live gunfire?" Amelia seethed as she sat up and stared the doctor down. "I don't have the patience to play these mind games doctor...clear me for duty so I can do what I do best"
"I cannot do that...unless you want to talk about what happened?" he offered, earning a scoff from the vixen who laid back down.
Present day
Amelia stood outside the main building as she tried to steel herself for the day she slowly pushed the front doors of the ZPD open as she walked in wearing her uniform a forced smile on her face. She had been on desk duty since the incident and today she was finally going out on parking duty.
The moment she entered the building she saw her favorite cheetah sitting at the front desk eating a donut while playing with some new app.
"O. Amelia, have you seen the new Gazelle app?" Ben called out as he was playing with his phone.
The vixen laughed as she made her way over. "How good is it? Has the chief seen it yet?" she asked looking over the desk.
"Not yet...wait the chief is a gazelle fan?! O. !" Ben squealed.
"Not a word about who told you," she smirked as she looked at the clock "oh shit I'm gonna be late for roll call!" She quickly scampered off towards the bullpen.
The bullpen was abuzz with its usual excitement as a lion and a hippo were arm wrestling. She took her seat at the very front.
"Oh look the fox is back...wonder when she is just going to get that she is not wanted here" a voice scoffed.
Amelia ignored their speciest comments as she did every morning.
"Bet she's sleeping with the chief, it's why he doesn't fire her, I mean after what she did to Boss Hog, she should be conning some poor mammal out of their money" a voice spoke.
Right before Amelia could say anything the doors to the bullpen were slammed open and a very angry water buffalo walked in.
"Delgato! Dismissed! Get your ass out of my bullpen before I take away your badge!" he shouted.
"Did you forget I'm working a case chief?" Delgato asked shocked.
"Didn't forget, just don't care...I will not Tolerate speciest comments in my bullpen" he responded.
"Now to address the elephant in the room...Francine..." Bogo started as all eyes turned towards the pachyderm "Happy birthday" he smiled.
"Happy birthday Francine!" Amelia shouted as people began messing with her jokingly.
"Second item of the day. We have 14 missing mammals ranging from the biggest polar bear to the smallest otter... and city hall is right up my tail to find them... Grizzoli, Styles Tundra town swat..." Bogo started he rattled off where every other officer was going leaving Amelia sitting in her chair. Her ears were perked and her tail had a slight wag as she anxiously awaited her assignment.
"Snowpaw...Parking Duty..." Bogo stated as the vixen nodded her head.
Amelia hopped off her chair and headed towards the showers.
She walked into the locker room. She stopped in front of a locker designated 'A. Snowpaw'. Upon opening the locker she was greeted with the sight of her meter maid jacket and a worn picture that hung on her door. She looked at the picture of an older fox and a young vixen. She grabbed her phone and quickly hit the speed dial #1.
"Hey Sweetheart, how are you? I hope your day is going well I'm sorry I can't talk right now but know that I love you...and I'm sending you kisses" the voice said.
"Hey, dad...I uh...I'm going out on a patrol...well parking duty today...it's been 7 months since...since I caused his death...everyone looks at me like I'm gonna do it again to someone else... the beat cops just don't understand me like my friends at boomtown... I miss you...and I miss war- him" she said as a tear began to make a trail down her muzzle. She hung up her phone placing it in her locker, stripping down and heading into the shower. The parking violations could wait. As soon as the water hit her body she let the sobs she was holding in wrack her form. Her arms were wrapped tightly around her body.
A snow leopard walked into the locker room. She stretched her arms upwards as a pop came from her back.
I hate overnight stakeouts... she thought as her ears twitched. She slowly made her way towards the sound of crying.
"Oh my god, Snow" she gasped as she ran over and wrapped her arms around the vixen. "It's ok, I got you..."
Amelia turned her face around and buried her muzzle into her coworker's shoulder. The sobs still shaking her body. A few other mammals passed by the pair and shot them weird looks before Amelia finally pulled away.
"Thanks, kitten...I needed that..." she said.
"Wanna talk about it?" she pleaded. She had asked her this question multiple times since the academy and every time Amelia turned her away.
"It's...it's hard to talk about..my dad...he uh. He passed away a few years ago, I guess I'm still not over it.." Amelia admitted "I just I miss him so much"
"Doesn't it feel better to talk about it?" the Snow Leopard asked.
"I guess...thanks kitten..you really are my only true friend" Amelia smiled softly.
"Officer Accalia Snowclaw ZPD's hottest leopard and best friend to its only fox," she smirked.
"Sometimes it sucks being a fox," Amelia sighed. "All the regular cops treat me like shit because of what happened at boom town and because I'm a fox..."
"I'm gonna have a few words with chief Bogo about this, because it's bullshit" Accalia snarled.
"Might wanna change first...you are soaking wet...and not in the good way" Amelia teased.
Accalias face went a slight shade of red under her fur. The snow leopard left the shower to go search her locker in hopes of a spare uniform or even some street clothes. Amelia grabbed her towel and wrapped it around her form after she turned the water off. She stopped in front of a full-length mirror.
Accalia may be the hottest leopard...but I bet if we actually had a Miss ZPD contest I could win...assuming people didn't accuse me of cheating... Amelia sighed.
After finding a clean uniform in her locker, Accalia made her way to the chief's office. Right before she knocked a gruff voice shouted for her to enter.
"What is is Officer Snowclaw?" Bogo asked.
"Sir permission to speak freely," she replied.
"Just spit it out damn it" Bogo sighed.
"Sir its utter bullshit how Amelia is treated, she should have been valedictorian but because of her species, she was accused of cheating and got handed an unfair judgment. Now she can't even take a damn case because people are gonna file complaints to city hall about a fox handling evidence!" she spoke her eyes locked on Bogo. "With all due respect sir, this shit needs to stop"
"I couldn't agree more" Bogo stated as he leaned back in his chair.
"Sir that's Bull-wait what?" she asked taken aback by the chief's answer,
"I said I couldn't agree more. I want her on every case I can send her way until she goes running back to Bomb Squad but because of how everyone views her and how much city hall is already up my tail I can't afford to show favoritism" Bogo admitted.
"Then how can we fix this shit storm?" accalia questioned.
"We can't... that's up to Amelia to figure out" Bogo smirked "and if I know my officers it won't be long"
Back in the locker rooms.
Amelia put her uniform back on and pulled the vest on. She stood in front of the mirror a new look of determination in her eyes.
They wanna say a fox can't be a police officer? Well then let's see how they like me She smirked.
She walked past the dispatch towards the carport. "Good luck Amelia! Knock them dead!" Clawhauser called from his desk.
She gave him a thumbs up over her shoulder as she walked to the podium.
"Off to parking duty? I fixed the seat up so it has a cooling pad, I know you tend to heat up outside of Tundra Town" a small otter smiled from behind the podium as he held up a set of keys.
"You are the best Blake" she grinned as she took the keys from his outstretched paw and gave him a quick hug.
"Oh don't leave yet, I think they needed you down in the requisitions office" Blake stated.
"Got it, I'll head over right away," she smiled as she turned around heading back inside the department and heading for what all officers referred to as the Greigh Area since there was no telling what you might find being worked on.
"Carl! Where the hell is my screwdriver?" a deep voice shouted from behind the desk.
"I don't know! You had it last!" another voice shouted.
"Umm excuse me? You wanted to see me?" Amelia called out.
"Carl get me the case! I'll meet you at the desk" the deep voice called out as a towering mass of black fur came around the corner. "There's my favorite vixen, how are you today?" he asked as he rested his arms on the countertop to look down at her. He had a sorrowful look in his eyes.
"Another day in Zootopia, what did you need to see me for Greigh?" she asked avoiding the real question.
"Right this is why I called for you, Carl did you find the case!" Greigh hollered back.
"No, I didn't you tree of a wolf! You must of put it on the top shelf!" Carl shouted back.
"That's why we have a step ladder is it not?" Greigh grinned.
"Get it your damn self before I fill you full of tranq darts you Monster wolf!" Carl yelled.
"One second... I got an otter to experiment on...Carl! Don't you run from me!" Greigh shouted as he made his way back into the depths of the requisitions back office. The sound of air hissing could be heard followed by a soft thud.
Greigh came back around the corner carrying a small case.
"Here it is, the new and improved Class F body armor" Greigh grinned as he opened the case revealing the vest to Amelia.
"So what's different from my normal vest?" she asked curiously.
"It's a lighter weight material that can still stop a projectile..so it will do the same as your current vest but it will keep you from overheating in places like Sahara square. I know your old vest isn't made with a heavy coat in mind" greigh smiled softly. "Now don't go telling people I make special orders or I'll have to deal with Carl more than I already do, Also your new bomb suit came in.."
"I promise... I won't tell anyone where I got the new vest" she winked as she removed her current one setting it in the case and grabbing the new one. She could immediately feel the difference. Her old vest was more restricting while this one felt lighter and more breathable. "Thanks, Greigh, ill see you later...meet you at the 10-7?"
"Sure thing later Snow" Greigh chuckled as he turned away taking the case back "Carl you awake yet?" he laughed.
Amelia let a small giggle leave her lips as she turned around heading back towards the motorcade.
"Drive safe Officer" Blake called out as he waved her off.
"Thanks! Gonna try for 100 tickets today" she joked as she climbed into the car and turned on the engine. She let out a soft murr as she felt the seat immediately began cooling down. She sat in the motor pool for a moment. Memories flooding her mind of when she and Warren would be driving around in this very same squad car. A tear trickled down her face as she put it in reverse and sped off.
She drove off towards Sahara square, ready for whatever today might bring.
A few hours later she was sitting inside the car panting as she let the seat help cool her down. She often got weird looks from other mammals but she wanted to keep her white fur so sacrifices had to be made. She glanced around as she waited for a meter to go off when she spotted a fox slinking into an ice cream parlor. Amelia's breath caught in her lungs when she watched him. She shook her head as her mouth went dry. She quickly got out of the car and made her way into the ice cream parlor.
"Listen, buddy, what? There aren't any fox ice cream joints in your part of town?" the elephant at the counter said as Amelia glanced around seeing the fox from before with a smaller fox in what looked like an elephant onesie.
"Uh, no-no. There are, there are. It's just, my boy, this goofy little stinker, he loves all things elephant, he wants to be one when he grows up" the fox smiled as the smaller one pulled on the hood and made a happy toot from the trunk.
Amelia felt her heart swell at the sight.
" Look, you probably can't read, fox," the elephant said as he produced a sign "but the sign says 'We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone', so beat it!"
Amelia felt her blood boil as she stepped forward. "Excuse me, sir," she said.
"Wait your turn meter maid" the elephant spoke.
Amelia slid the orange vest out of the way to reveal her badge and uniform. "Actually I'm an officer, are your customers aware that you aren't washing your trunks or wearing a trunk cover when handling their food?" she asked as an elephant spat out the ice cream at his date. "I do believe that is a class three health violation... I would be willing to overlook it providing you apologize and finish selling this nice man and his son a jumbo pop"
The orange vulpine smirked. He hadn't expected help from the law but it seemed like everything was coming up good for him. "One cherry jumbo pop please" he smiled.
"Fifteen dollars" the elephant sighed.
"Thank you so much, Officer, Thank you." he smiled as he pretended to check his pockets " Oh no, are you kidding me? I don't have my wallet!" he chuckled nervously. "I'd lose my head if it weren't attached to my neck. That's the truth. Oh boy, I'm sorry, pal. Gotta be about the worst birthday ever. Please don't be mad at me." he said to the smaller fox.
"Nice try slick, but you missed a pocket...your front pocket on your pawaiin shirt" Amelia stated crossing her arms.
The fox sighed as he reached into it and grabbed his wallet "well I'll be a vixen's lover, how did you know my wallet was there?"
"Lucky guess," she sighed.
"Nicholas Wilde," he said as he held out a paw to her, his eyes widened slightly as he looked at her as if he knew her.
"Amelia Snowpaw" she replied shaking his paw.
"Well if you will excuse me" he stated as he paid the elephant the fifteen dollars then left with the jumbo pop and little boy in tow.
"One sec," Amelia said as she walked up to the smaller fox, "don't let anyone tell you what you can or cannot be...always dream big" she smiled as she placed a junior detective sticker on the suit earning her a toot from the small fox.
After Amelia walked away the smaller fox looked up towards Nick. "Isn't that the girl?" he asked.
"Shut up," Nick stated as he walked away. There wasn't much in the world that Nicholas Wilde regretted but that day was definitely up there.
Amelia sat in the air-conditioned vehicle. She reached over and grabbed the radio "Zulu 221 to Central"
"Go for central Zulu-221" Clawhauser called back.
"Going 10-7 Code 1" Amelia stated as she drove the car down the road heading towards the all too familiar location. Amelia's phone began to ring with the image of Chief Bogo.
She sighed as she picked up her phone knowing she was in trouble.
"How are you holding up Snowpaw?" Bogo asked.
"Good as I can be sir" she stated as she parked the car.
"What's your Location?"He questioned.
"10-7" she sighed as she looked at the building. She locked eyes with Petey who looked concerned.
"You know it's against regulation to drink while in uniform?" Bogo stated more than asked.
"I know" she groaned. She needed this drink but she didn't want to risk her job for it. She hung up the phone and sat there for a moment before grabbing the radio.
"Zulu-221 to central" she called into the mic.
"Go for Central" Clawhauser called back in his usual cheery voice.
"10-8" she groaned as she drove away from the bar.
"10-4 Zulu-221 marking you 10-8" he replied
She drove down the streets until she saw a bright red van and that little fox from before. She smiled as she pulled over. Her smile faded as she saw him pushing a glass jug underneath a gutter drain and red liquid flowing down. She followed the drain up the side of the building and couldn't bite back the snarl on her face as she saw Nick melting down the jumbo pop from earlier. As soon as it was fully melted Nick got down and into the van as him and the other fox drove off. Amelia stayed right on their tail as they drove into Tundra Town. she watched as they made smaller popsicles from the liquid of the larger one using the elephant onesie and some small popsicle sticks. After that, she followed them to a large building as they then sold popsicles to mice for $5 a pawpsicle. She couldn't lie in the current weather she almost wanted one. She watched as the smaller fox pushed a trash bin out that held all the sticks, his binky still in his mouth. She drove the squad car down the road as they went to a construction site in little Rodentia and proceeded to sell the popsicle sticks as "redwood" she wrote this down as she got out of her car and approached Nick who had split the money with the younger fox who drove off.
"You...you scheming mammal! You are why people give our kind a bad name!" she seethed as she walked over towards him.
She felt her body heating up as she stalked closer and closer to the russet-furred fox.
"It's called a hustle sweetheart" Nick stated as he began walking off.
"You are under arrest!" she retorted.
"Under what grounds?" he asked.
"Let us see, selling food without a permit, carrying commerce across district lines, and false advertising" she huffed.
"Permit, receipt of declared commerce" he started pulling out the aforementioned documents as they stopped at an intersection. "And I didn't falsely advertise anything"
"You told the mouse that was redwood!" she snarled.
"Yes,red wood, wood that is red...with a space in the middle, You can't touch me Snow white, been doing this since I was born" Nick smirked.
"You are gonna want to refrain from calling me Snow white," she remarked.
"My bad just going off fur color" he replied as they walked across the intersection. "Look, sweetheart, I bet you came here thinking 'I'm gonna make the world a better place! I'm gonna change how everyone thinks of foxes' well I got news for you, nothing has changed...we are both still foxes, the city still doesn't trust us...and life still goes on" he finished as he stopped short.
She stepped right in front of him "you have everything wrong! I was a successful EOD! I was at the top of the charts! Everyone at boomtown respects me! I'm not some token fox!" she growled.
"Sly fox," Nick said pointing to himself "Dumb vixen in wet cement" he smirked as he walked around as she began to sink a bit.
The beavers who were working on the sidewalk shot her annoyed glares.
"Catch you later snow white" Nick called as he walked off.
With the help of the beavers, Amelia managed to get unstuck. She apologized profusely before making her way to her car. She sat down turning on the ac and the seat cooler before grabbing her radio.
"Central to Zulu-221 come in Zulu-221" Clawhauser's voice rang out.
"Go ahead Central" Amelia sighed.
"Bravo gave ok for 10-7 enjoy your day Zulu-221" Clawhauser replied as she cranked up the car and drove to the motor pool.
She was only a few minutes away from going to her favorite building with her favorite otter. She approached the desk and handed the keys of the car to blake.
"What happened? Get your feet a little too wet?" the otter chuckled.
"Shut up blake" she groaned as she walked towards the showers.
"Hey Snowgal how's it hanging!" a male called out as she walked past the bullpen.
"Hey T, not a good time..." she sighed as she trudged towards the shower.
"Oof what happened girl? Get cold feet?" he teased.
"I will slap the stripes off your ass!" Amelia threatened with a playful glare.
"Don't threaten me with a good time...hey me and some of the other Boomtown residents are heading to the 10-7 you in?" he offered.
"Was already going there once I get showered. I'll meet you there" she smiled softly as she walked into the women's locker room.
She stood in front of her locker and examined it thoroughly as she looked for anything ZPD related she could wear to the bar. Her eyes locked on an empty part of the locker where a picture of her in a dress from when Warren had forced her to the police mammals ball was missing. She squinted her eyes slightly as she began removing stuff from her locker trying to find the missing photograph. She sighed when she didn't find it. She resigned to getting clean and heading to the 10-7 she knew they had a copy so she could at least have a copy of it back in her locker. She removed her tactical vest and uniform before heading into the shower. She scrubbed her feet hard to try and remove the concrete dust from her paws.
Stupid Nick!...stupid pawpsicle hustler! She seethed as she began to picture that annoying tod...his beautiful emerald eyes...the way his tail swished side to side and his teeth. She felt a shiver go up her spine and a warm heat form at the center of her body I am not seriously thinking of him that way...am I? No bad brain...we don't screw con artists...
She felt a slight pressure going up her leg. She looked down and saw her own paw was moving towards her sex as if it had a mind of its own. She groaned softly as she felt her digits slide right up her heated slit. She let out a soft moan as she began to rub at the bundle of nerves right at the top. She braced herself against the wall as her legs twitched and her tail curled slightly. Her jaw dropped open as her eyes closed. Her mind was a blur as she pictured a russet-furred paw playing with her sensitive nubbin, another one kneading her supple breast. She bucked her hips against her own paw as she felt her climax coming to the surface. Her mind then moved to feeling the todd's knot pushing inside of her as she plunged her fingers inside her sex sending her over the edge as she climaxed right there. She leaned against the wall panting heavily. Holy shit...that was amazing...
She washed away all the scents of the day using a special body wash designed for scent covering before she climbed out of the shower, her cheeks tinged pink. she got dressed in a ZPD blue t-shirt and her tactical pants she hasn't worn since the incident. She made her way out of the showers and went directly to the 10-7 desperate to see her otter friend and maybe get some advice about her current affection for a certain todd.
She walked up to the door of the 10-7 holding out her badge for Petey to examine.
"Go on in" he stated as he pushed open the door.
Amelia walked inside and made her way to her usual stool at the end of the bar, having to take a bit of a detour thanks to a group of rather rowdy firefighters.
"So?" a tender voice spoke as Em made her way over to the vixen. Her standard firetruck red 10-7 shirt tied so the fur around her waist was visible, several eyes around the bar lingering on the otter's slender figure.
"So what?" Amelia shot back, trying to put on a friendly smile but her tone gave her away.
"It doesn't take a detective to know that something is up with you," Em began with a sweet smile. "For a fox, you have a lot of tells."
"Do not!" Amelia shot back with a chuckle.
Em stared directly at the vixen who suddenly felt like she was being x rayed, the urge to cover herself up was almost too much.
"Let's just say I met a tod and he got on my last nerve...and to top it off I lost the picture of me and him at the Police Mammals ball" she finally admitted, letting out a defeated sigh.
"Oh no!" Em said as she put a paw to her small mouth. "And you looked so beautiful in that dress." Em looked over her shoulder towards one of the walls covered in different pictures from the many first responders from around the city. "You know it may not be the original but I know Echo has a copy on the wall somewhere. Want me to track it down?" she offered smiling at the vixen, who just nodded her head happily. "Alright, sweetie just give me a minute or two and then we can discuss this tod issue."
Amelia groaned as she laid her head down on the bar. The last thing she wanted to do was talk about that tod.
Em returned with a martini and a photograph setting both items in front of the vixen. "So who is he?" she asked with a small smile.
Amelia eyed the drink before her and then quickly reached out, scooping the glass up with one of her paws and draining the contents in one go. Em's eyes widened slightly and the otter let out a chuckle at her friend's antics.
"Looks like he really got under your fur," Em teased as she took the now empty glass and began to create another concoction for the vixen sitting at the bar.
"Just a con mammal that I tried to bust today...he was so infuriating! He was getting hassled by an elephant because he wanted to buy a jumbo pop... I stepped in and got him the jumbo pop. he tried to con me into paying but I'm not that dumb... then he had the nerve to melt it down and sell it to other mammals as if it was his unique thing...he then sold the popsicle sticks to a construction company calling it red wood," she seethed "red wood, with a space in the middle, wood that is red" she mocked "and to top it off he had the audacity to call me a dumb vixen!" she seethed.
A/N hope you enjoyed! As always Read and Review and if you haven't checked out BlueLighthouse's stories...what are you doing? Go now!