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Chapter 12

The Grand Pangolin Arms, while tall, was nowhere near as grand as its name claimed it was. Judy had learnt all that first-hand the moment she had moved in. Still, her tiny room on the fourth floor was everything she'd hoped for. It was so… different from the family home back in Bunnyburrow and that was exactly what Judy had wanted.

The moon was currently high in the sky and mammals everywhere were deep asleep. Judy was no exception, she was clutching one of her pillows to her chest and seemed to be having a nice dream.

"Nooo" she mumbled in her sleep grabbing the pillow tighter "Nick, you can't, we're on patrol…"

The bunny rolled over, a happy expression plastered on her sleeping face.

Outside her window, red eyes gleamed in the night… and the Shade watched.

Nick stirred from where he was twisted on the sofa, his back was crying out from how he'd been sleeping and his mouth felt full of fuzz. Groaning he checked his phone and then groaned louder when he saw that it was gone two in the morning.

The fox stumbled to his feet and walked into the kitchen. Nick fumbled for a glass and hurriedly filled it with water. Taking a deep gulp to clear his mouth out, he refilled the glass again and headed for his bedroom. Hopefully his body wouldn't ache in the morning. Taking another, smaller sip of water this time, Nick put the glass down on the bedside table and slumped onto the mattress. He slowly got comfortable and pulled the covers around himself but something felt a little off.

Ah… it doesn't… smell like…

Zzzzzz

The Fox was soon out like a light once more. Out in the living room silent paws lifted up a panel from part of the flooring. Red eyes stared down at a duffel bag hidden there for a long moment before simply replacing the panel again.

"Judy" came a mumble from the bedroom… and the Shade listened.

Mondara Bogo was a family mammal. His wife and daughter meant the world to him even more so than his job and city. They lived in a simple but nice two-story house in one of the more pleasant suburbs of Savanna Central. Currently the cape buffalo was staring at the ceiling of his bedroom. His wife was breathing softly beside him and her comforting presence was normally enough for Mondara to drift off to sleep himself.

Something didn't feel right. With a quiet snort, he climbed out of bed being careful not to disturb his wife. She rolled over in bed but didn't wake at his absence. He gently kissed her forehead before leaving the room. First the buffalo headed for his daughter's bedroom. She was safely asleep in her bed, though she'd managed to throw the covers all over the place. Mondara scanned the room carefully, making sure nothing was out of place, he checked the closet and under the bed. Only when he relaxed did he readjust the covers on his daughter, tucking her back in.

Though most of his worries had been eased the buffalo still patrolled the rest of the house. He didn't need a weapon; his powerfully muscled body was more than enough to deal with any intruders. He had been a cop for a long time, working his way up to Chief of Police, and his finely tuned senses hadn't deteriorated in the slightest even though he was no longer out on the streets. Right now, he felt one of the worst things… that he wasn't alone.

However, after sweeping the entire house there was nothing to find. Mondara frowned, he always trusted his instincts but at the same time he was an animal that relied on facts and evidence. And he saw nothing out of the ordinary. With another snort, he decided he was probably imagining things.

Still he thought as he headed back to his bedroom better to be too alert than not alert enough.

As he shut the door to his bedroom behind him and went back to bed, a pair of red eyes gleamed out on the landing near the stairwell… and the Shade watched.

The current mayor was a red deer stag called Reginald Exmoor. While he was a bit pompous he was nowhere near the level of Mayor Lionheart. Mayor Exmoor did an excellent job preventing the city from falling to pieces in the aftermath of the Night-howler case. The stag believed very much in the worth of a mammal rather than the worth of their species. His accepting attitude and eloquent speeches went a long way to help Judy Hopps' example for predator and prey to get along.

Now his first year in office was about three quarters done and Mayor Exmoor's popularity had only risen. He was quite the exercise nut and strongly believed in bettering himself. He could often be found taking jogs around Downtown near City Hall. If anything, this simply appeared to make him more down to earth with his voters. He was certainly more popular than the previous two mayors.

Currently Reginald was still in City Hall, the annual parade was coming up soon and there was a lot of work to do. The stag was often thankful that he was single, with the amount of late nights he pulled he'd hate to be his significant other. In fact, the stag had installed a camping bed in one corner of his office just for nights such as this. The moon was high in the sky as he put down the sheaf of papers he was reading through.

Mayor Exmoor stretched as he stood up, he'd done enough for one day, so there was only one last thing to do. Walking to the corner where his bed was located there were a series of dumbbells leaning against the wall. Just wanting to stretch a bit before he went to sleep the stag picked two of the lighter ones. Holding them straight out at arms-length, he began twisting and bending his body, making sure to stretch out all the aches that came from being sat behind a desk for so long.

After about ten minutes Mayor Exmoor felt that he had had enough. Putting the dumbbells back where he found them he took off his suit trousers and hung them with his jacket which had long since been removed. Slumping onto the little camping bed that he slept in more often than not, the mayor was quickly dead to the world.

Silent paws and red eyes leafed through the papers on the mayor's desk without making a sound… and the Shade watched.

Judy woke up bright and early as she always did. She stretched and looked down at the pillow she was still clutching. Judy didn't normally sleep like this however ever since she had realised her feelings for Nick she found her bed feeling rather empty. Her mind drifted back to when he had wrapped her up in his embrace, feeling the soft fur of his chest and the heat. She wanted that again.

Judy shook her head a few times to clear out any dangerous thoughts, she had to get ready. Her morning routine was well engrained now and she was dressed and ready for the day in fifteen minutes. One of the best things about being up so early was that no one else in the Grand Pangolin Arms was. The blessed silence was a rare commodity in the apartment complex, especially for Judy given who her neighbours were.

Judy quietly went downstairs and let herself out. Taking out her keys she clambered into her little green car and just sat there for a minute. She was going to go see Nick shortly and she really needed to clear her head before dealing with him.

So we have feelings for a fox, I doubt he returns them in the same way

Well he never seems to mind when we cuddle up to him

Friends do that… friends cuddle right? Yeah, I'm sure they do, I mean, we're friends

Nick is my best friend in the entire city and probably the world, I couldn't ruin what we have

Judy nodded to herself, ignoring the fact that she was going to try and hug Nick again at the soonest opportunity.

She took out her music player and put in her earphones setting a Gazelle track going. Head bouncing to the music Judy pulled out onto the empty roads and headed for Nick's. Empty roads and plenty of parking was another reason Judy liked getting up so early in the morning. She got through two-and-a-bit Gazelle songs before Nick's apartment complex rolled into view. As the bunny expected there was plenty of space to park and she pulled up right outside the doors as usual.

She was early, she was always early, though she never told Nick just how early she got here. Suffice to say that the fox had never walked out and not found her already parked up. Judy did as she always did, sat back in her seat, closed her eyes and focussed on her music. The time just seemed to fly by like that. She didn't even notice how many songs she had gone through when there was a tapping on the window loud enough for her to hear.

Judy took out her headphones and opened her eyes as she unlocked the doors. The russet coloured mammal that had been haunting her dreams last night climbed in next to her. She was glad to see that Nick was looking a lot better than he had when she had left his apartment the night before.

"Ready for the day Slick?" Judy asked as she always did.

"Other than needing a chiropractor, yeah I think so" Nick chuckled at the questioning look he got "I managed to fall asleep on the couch, luckily I woke up in the night and transferred myself to the bedroom but I think the damage was done"

Judy giggled lightly, she remembered just how tired Nick had been last night, it was quite adorable actually. Nick coughed and looked out the window, he tried to distract himself from the fact that Judy's laugh was perhaps one of the greatest things he had ever heard.

"How's parking duty been?" asked Judy to break the silence.

"Well, I'm tired of it, that's for sure" smirked Nick "and that is with the most action I've ever seen while on parking duty happening this week. I can't wait to be back working with my partner"

Judy felt a little giddy when Nick admitted that he wanted to be back working with her again. She could understand, while she was enjoying working with Lunette it just wasn't the same as having Nick around.

Nick contented himself with having a morning snack of blueberries to pass the time. Occasionally he would toss one at Judy and be amazed at the bunny's lightning fast reactions as she snatched them out of the air.

The rest of the morning passed in a bit of a blur for the fox. He knew he'd talked to Clawhauser and Lunette and sat through briefing in the bull pen. And he was about to head out on parking duty again. But he hadn't really noticed any of that, the fox's attention had been entirely on a certain grey doe. Nothing out of the ordinary happened, Nick just found himself watching all the little movements that made Judy... Judy, things he hadn't really noticed before.

When he finally did set off on his own for parking duty he was glad to get some solitude. He needed to sort out his mind, he kept on straying into dangerous territory, and the fox really didn't want to end up remembering certain things from his past.

Judy and Lunette were on patrol again, Lunette was driving this time, Judy insisted since the wolf would need to learn the streets of Zootopia sooner or later. Since she didn't know the city that well yet Lunette was quite cautious in her driving, rather different from the rabbit sitting next to her.

"Are you okay Judy?" asked Lunette "you seem a little off today"

Judy jumped at the question, did she seem off? She wasn't sure.

"Ah, no, I'm fine" said Judy smiling as best she could "I was just a little worried about Nick, I think this week has gotten to him"

"That's it?" asked the wolf raising an eyebrow.

"Well… also I don't know what to do tonight" said Judy slowly thinking of something "I was going to go round to Nick's but he's busy… say, do you want to go out for a drink this evening?"

"Really? I'd love to" replied Lunette grinning.

Judy and Lunette had just finished organising the details, when to meet and where, when Clawhauser's voice came over the radio.

"Calling all officers on patrol, return to the precinct, repeat, return to the precinct"

Judy and Lunette glanced at each other, the cheetah kept on repeating the message but nothing else seemed to be forthcoming. Shrugging the wolf pulled over a lane and started heading back to the precinct.

"Wonder what's going on?" said Judy to herself.

"Only one way to find out I guess" said Lunette "and just as I was getting into driving"

"I'll convince Nick that you should drive next week" said Judy grinning "if you bring him something blueberry related I'm sure he wouldn't be disinclined to acquiesce to your request"

Lunette just glanced at Judy out of the corner of her narrowed eyes.

"Did you just?..."

"I don't know what you're talking about" said Judy with a giggle.

Lunette found herself joining in as they pulled up into the station. Since they were patrolling Savanna Central they hadn't been that far away. The two hurriedly entered the building once the cruiser was parked and headed straight for Clawhauser.

"What's going on Benjy?" asked Judy slightly nervously as Lunette tossed the keys onto the desk.

"Hmm" the cheetah held up a paw as he finished on the phone "sorry bout that Judy. Logistics"

"What?"

"It's a logistics error" sighed Clawhauser "something's gone wrong with the system and the only way to check is to run a full inventory. The Chief is furious, we've had to recall all the cruisers which is a big dent in patrolling officers"

Judy deflated, she had been sure there was going to be some terrible situation that required every officer available. Although she was glad it didn't turn out like that.

"What should we do now then Ben?" asked Lunette.

"Oh, Chief said you two can just patrol on foot, you were covering Savanna Central anyway, Downtown is close enough"

Judy perked up a bit, she was worried that they would get stuck in the department doing paperwork or some such. It was a nice sunny day, she hadn't stretched her legs properly in a while, she could show Lunette some of Zootopia properly. The more Judy thought about it, the better this logistics error sounded. Saying goodbye to Clawhauser, Judy was practically pushing Lunette back out of the building.

They'd been patrolling for about an hour without anything interesting happening. They were still keeping an eye out but it seemed like it was going to be a quiet day. After a brief discussion the two of them came to the conclusion that, since everyone was walking patrol today, the area they could cover would be safe. No criminal would go out with so many cops on patrol. The same couldn't be said for the districts they couldn't reach on foot. They were probably going to have a very busy week next week.

Taking advantage of this fact Judy was showing Lunette the city, or at least as much of it that they could reach on foot.

"I'm sorry" said Judy, her ears drooping slightly "if Nick were here this would be so much better, he knows the city like the back of his hand, it wouldn't surprise me if he'd worked as a tour guide at one point"

"It's fine Judy" smiled Lunette "it's a lovely day, I have good company, and we don't seem to have much work"

The two of them wandered round another corner, turning off the main road they were on onto one of the smaller streets. Lunette walked a few more paces before she realised that Judy wasn't next to her anymore. Looking back Lunette saw the bunny with an evil grin on her face.

"Lunette?" asked Judy still grinning "Do you have a pair of sunglasses?" the wolf nodded slowly "Good, now follow me, don't talk, just do as I do"

Judy put on her pair of sunglasses and crossed the road in a break in the traffic. Lunette followed behind pulling out her own pair of shades wondering what was going on.

A little way down, on the side of the street they were now on, there was a little stall set up. At the top it said 'Junior Scout Ranger' and there was a whole assortment of boxes of different types of cookies scattered over it. There was a big jam jar about a third full with notes and coins that was obviously being used to hold the stalls earnings. At the opposite end of the table to the jam jar was a board with the prices for the various boxes of cookies.

Behind the stall, stood on a soap box so that he could actually see, was a fennec fox dressed in a Junior Scout Ranger uniform, complete with matching hat. Seeing the two police officers approaching the fox's eyes narrowed but he didn't say anything.

Judy walked up and stood at one end of the stall and started scanning the perimeter, a perfect picture of a cop on patrol looking out for a little boy scout. Lunette raised an eyebrow behind her shades and moved to stand at the other end of the stall. From what she could see they were going to offer a little protection to a young kit. But this certainly didn't warrant the evil smile she'd seen on Judy's face earlier.

The two officers didn't say anything, they just stood on guard with blank expressions, watching the public going past. Actually, if anything, the stand became even more popular now that there were two cops watching over it. After about an hour or so of customers coming and going, the jam jar had been filled to the brim with money. Lunette did find it a little odd that the fox kit hadn't spoken a word the entire time they had been there, he only pointed to the price board and looked adorable.

Judy had just finished talking to an old lady goat who was thanking them for taking the time to look after the children. Waiting till the goat was out of hearing distance, she turned back and pulled out her phone, the street was momentarily empty and she'd been reading the signs on the fennec fox over the last hour.

Sure enough, the fennec fox turned round and reached up to grab the hat on his head, staring daggers at Judy.

FLASH!

The fox froze in the sudden burst of light, when his vision cleared up again he saw Judy holding her phone out with an evil grin on her face. The fox looked particularly angry now, in fact, Lunette noticed that he no longer appeared that young.

"Goddamnit Bunny cop" shouted Finnick in his characteristically deep voice "You better not have saved that pic!"

Judy ignored him and turned to her current partner.

FLASH!

Judy smirked as she looked at the wonderful expression on Lunette's face, there was shock, confusion, disbelief all merging together into an excellent photograph.

"Y-you're not a kit" said Lunette slowly.

"Do I look like a kit to you!" shouted Finnick before looking down at his current outfit "don't answer that. Whatchu want Bunny cop?"

"Aw come on Fin" said Judy smiling normally now "I just came to say hi, see how the junior rangers were treating you"

"Hardy har har" said the fox folding his arms before turning his back on her "you know how hard it is to find a suitable hustle since you stole my partner?"

Finnick began to dismantle the stall, everything on the top went into crates that were hidden underneath it and the whole thing was on wheels. With well-practised ease, the little fox had the whole setup ready to haul away in thirty seconds.

"I never stole Nick" said Judy a bit indignantly while Finnick just raised an eyebrow and gave her a knowing stare "He came of his own accord"

"Still your fault"

"Well, look how much money we helped your raise today" said Judy whose smile slowly turned evil again "and all for the little price of one photograph"

"You better get rid of that picture Bunny cop" glared Finnick.

"I was thinking of sending it to Nick since I'm not going to see him for a while" said Judy looking at the phone thoughtfully.

"You do that and I'll bite your face off Bunny cop!"

Lunette tensed, the two obviously knew each other but this seemed a little too close to threatening an officer. Judy noticed her partner's discomfort and held a paw up comfortingly.

"Wait…" said Finnick noticing something "you ain't seeing Nick later? You two are like an old married couple, hardly ever apart"

"Nick's seeing his brother this evening" said Judy struggling to keep the redness from reaching her easily visible ears Is that really how Finnick sees us?

Finnick had been about to tow his stall off the street back to where he'd left his van when he froze. Slowly his head turned back to look at Judy in disbelief.

"What did you just say Bunny cop?" he asked slowly.

"I said Nick was seeing his brother" said Judy tilting her head "Nick's been in a right state this week since he turned up"

Finnick just stared at her wide eyed as he tried to take in what Judy had just said. He shook his head and grabbed the handle on the stall. With a gruff sounding "Ciao Bunny cop" the fennec fox began to drag the stall towards the alleys where he had parked his van.

Bunny cop wouldn't lie about that sort of thing he thought furiously hell, it's not something you could just guess

He flung open the back of his van as soon as he reached it and grabbed a hook near the doors. He attached it onto the stall and jumped up to a winch on the inside of the van. The fennec fox was too small to manhandle something of this size. But he was used to that sort of thing, that's why he had the winch system set up in his van. Grumbling under his breath, Finnick turned the handle over and over as the stall was hoisted up into the back of the van.

So Noct is back and they ain't told me the fennec chuckled deeply Oh imma introduce my bat to their knees real good

Finnick hopped down and slammed the back of the van shut again. He had just walked round to the driver's door and climbed in when his phone started going off. Checking the caller he saw it was Nick, he stared at the call for a long time before finally picking up.

"Whatchu want Nick?"

"Hey Fin, listen I meant to call yesterday but I completely crashed after work, something big has happened"

"You mean that Noct's still alive and back in town?" asked Finnick growling slightly.

There was stunned silence on the other end of the phone.

"You met Judy didn't you"

"Yeah I saw Bunny cop" Finnick sighed, he knew he couldn't really blame Nick for getting so worked up "So it's true?"

"Yes, he's back, and speaking of, you free this evening? We're going for a drink"

"Yeah, not like I got anything better to do" the fennec's eager expression didn't match his words but Nick couldn't see that "What time? Where?"

"Around 6 at Moonlight"

"Moonlight?!" asked Finnick surprised "You made up with Albert too?"

"Yeah, it's been one crazy week"

"Sounds it, alright I'll be there, Ciao"

Finnick hung up and sat back in his seat, he stared into space for several minutes before the light returned to his eyes.

"Oh this is gonna be gooood"

"And then I convinced Nick to go apply to be an officer" Judy finished up.

She and Lunette were sat on a bench in one of the large squares that littered Savanna Central. They had grabbed a bite to eat from one of the vendors and then Lunette had asked for a little background with Judy and Finnick. This kind of snowballed into Nick's past, and eventually Judy just ended up retelling the entire Night-howler case.

Lunette had followed the entire thing in awe, when she had first heard how Judy met Nick and what he was doing, the wolf was rather worried. But as she listened to the whole story, how Nick had stood up to Chief Bogo for Judy, how much he'd helped, how Judy had hurt him but he'd forgiven her, how he'd refused to abandon her at the final moment. Well, it painted the fox in a whole different light.

She could certainly understand why the two were so close and why Judy wanted no one else to be her partner on the force. The two obviously had a chemistry that just worked, even Lunette could tell that, and she'd only seen them together a couple of times.

"You know" said Lunette leaning back in the sun "that story was even more unbelievable than what was reported in the Night-howler case… and that had entire cities disbelieving it"

"Urgh, don't remind me about that" groaned Judy "I hate that sort of attention"

"Not much you can do about that little miss celebrity" grinned Lunette "Can I have an autograph?"

She chuckled at the glare Judy gave her. Lunette looked around, the square was full of mammals going about their business. Families were out for a walk, people were having lunch from the vendors, lots of mammals were just hurrying here and there in the sun. Everything was so… nice. It was a far cry from what she was used to back in Los Antleres.

"Um… excuse me"

Lunette and Judy looked round, there was a little brown hand grabbing Judy's jump suit. The hand was attached to an equally small brown bunny with one black ear.

"Are-are you Officer Hopps?" asked the little rabbit slowly.

Judy smiled warmly down at the little kit, while she didn't like most of the publicity she had gained, dealing with children was something she very much enjoyed.

"That's me, Officer Judy Hopps, ZPD, what's your name?"

The little bunny's eyes lit up and a smile started contesting with a rather shy look on her face.

"M-my name's Katie" whispered the bunny twiddling her thumbs together.

"That's a lovely name" said Judy gently "what do you want to do when you grow up?"

"I want to be a cop!" shouted the kit jumping up and down "just like you!"

The kit's words struck Judy deep inside and she struggled not to let anything show on her face.

"Well, it's a lot of work Katie" said Judy slowly "you aren't a lazy kit, are you?" the little brown bunny shook her head frantically "then I'm sure you can do it… cos in Zootopia anyone can be anything"

The star struck little kit nodded and hugged Judy's leg for a moment before she ran off again. The two officers watched the little rabbit carefully till Katie joined up with another group of rabbits, obviously her family. Her mother was clearly worried and angry that her baby ran off but her expression softened as Katie said something and pointed towards Judy and Lunette. Judy waved and the mother nodded gratefully before shepherding her family on again.

"That wasn't so bad, was it?" asked Lunette with a little smirk.

"No, it wasn't" said Judy as she watched the family move off "it's for times like this that I can put up with the rest of the publicity"

Judy jumped off the bench and stretched, it was moments like that where she could see real change happening. Not just for now but for the future, and she had had a paw in it. Lunette stood up as well and the two set off again, they had spent enough time sat around. On one side of the square was an alley way that Judy knew was often frequented by crooks and other shady deals. So rather than continue the patrol on the streets Judy led the way towards the alley.

There wasn't anything in plain sight when they reached the alley but it started to twist and turn after about ten meters so who knows what could be happening down there. Not many cops would go out of their way to search it, in fact Judy only knew about it because Nick pointed it out to her. The fox knew all the little hideaways and spots people gathered in to be away from prying eyes.

Judy was about to lead the way in when there were shouts from behind them. Turning back the square was in a bit of chaos. A few stands and vendors had been knocked over and mammals were running here and there. Judy was about to rush back and see what was happening when she caught sight of someone long and thin agilely snaking their way through the legs of the crowd. Seeing they were heading towards the alley Judy gestured for Lunette to follow and they both hid behind a dumpster near the mouth of the alley.

Sure enough, just a minute or so later, Judy's sensitive ears picked up panicked running. Judging the time, she nodded to Lunette who reached an arm out and grabbed. Judy stepped out from behind the dumpster to see Duke Weaselton struggling in the wolf's grasp.

"Well, well" said Judy "what have you done this time Duke?"

"Oh great, it's flopsy the copsy" groaned the weasel before twisting to look behind him again "look, I ain't done nothing this time, you gotta let me go"

"Now why would we do that Mr Weaselton?" asked Lunette "You caused quite a mess back there" she nodded towards the square.

"Look" the weasel was getting very panicked now "there are some people after me, you can't let them catch me or I'm dead"

Judy frowned, she'd interacted with the small-time crook enough to tell that he was scared this time. Turning to look back at the square Judy was just in time to see three mammals force their way through the crowd towards them. The one in front was a polar bear, though quite short for one, and he was flanked by a pair of tigers. Seeing that their target was stuck they slowed down and sauntered over.

"Thank you for looking after our friend here" said the polar bear with a sneer "if you could just hand him over to us then we'll be on our way"

Judy raised an eyebrow.

"I'm afraid we'll be taking Weselton here down to the station on the grounds of assaulting those street vendors back there" said the doe carefully reading the three mammals like Nick had taught her. There was an annoyed "It's Weaselton!" from behind her.

"Listen here cottontail" growled the bear getting angry "you're going to hand over the weasel or things are going to get ugly"

Judy raised her eyebrow even higher and turned to Duke who was also shocked.

"Are they serious?" asked Judy to Duke "Do they know what they sound like?"

"I-I guess so" said the weasel as he looked at his three pursuers pityingly "they said they was new in town"

"I'm going to have to ask you three to come with us to the station" said Judy curtly.

"Oh yeah? we haven't done anything cutie" growled the tiger on the left.

Duke Weaselton winced at this and decided he was very glad that, for once, he was on the rabbit cop's side.

Zwzwzwvup You're going to hand over the weasel or things are going to get ugly Zwzwzwvup Oh yeah? We haven't done anything cutie Zwzwzwvup cutie Zwzwzwvup cutie Zwzwzwvup cutie

The three mammals stared at the carrot pen held in Judy's hands in confusion.

"I think speciesist harassment and threatening an officer of the law are suitable grounds to bring you in for questioning" said Judy smiling slightly.

The polar bear's gaze switched between the carrot pen and Judy a few times as he tried to catch up with what had happened. When they realised they'd been had the three animals growled and attacked, much to the officer's surprise.

The polar bear was closest and lunged down at Judy, she easily stepped inside the grab, right underneath the bear's head. Judy tensed and kicked straight up, doing a full split as her incredibly powerful hind leg slammed into the bottom of the bear's jaw. His head flipped back and the stocky polar bear actually came a few inches off the floor before he landed in a heap unconscious.

The tigers were stunned at this, they'd never heard of a bunny that could go toe to toe with giant predators before. Judy took advantage of their hesitation and leapt towards the tiger on the left.

"Don't call me cutie" was the last thing the big cat heard as a grey foot rushed towards his face, filling his vision, and then everything went black.

The other tiger snarled and tried to take advantage of the fact that Judy had her back to him. He thrust right paw towards the rabbit, claws glinting, when a white blur appeared behind him. Two blows to the back of his knee made the tiger stumble, his attack on Judy disrupted. Lunette grabbed his left arm as he threw it out for balance, she twisted it behind his back and forced the tiger face first onto the floor. The tiger's right arm swung back at her but the wolf easily swayed out of the way, she grabbed that arm as well when it was at its most awkward position and forced it down with the other arm behind the tigers back. Judy held out a pair of handcuffs which Lunette took gratefully and cuffed the tiger.

Duke Weaselton hadn't run away, mostly due to shock, as he'd watched the bunny take down a polar bear and a tiger barehanded. The wolf accompanying her wasn't to be messed with either. He swallowed, very happy for once that he hadn't committed any crimes.

"Are you gonna arrest me too" he asked dully, he'd given up on running away at this point.

"No" said Judy after staring at him intently for a long while "for once I think you're telling the truth" the weasel visibly relaxed "But" and un-relaxed "I want to see you in the precinct on Monday morning to give a statement. If I don't see you I'll get Nick and we'll track you across the city and then we will arrest you"

Duke nodded so much his muzzle felt like it was about to fall off before he turned and vanished down the alley like a bolt of furry lightning.

"You sure that's okay?" asked Lunette while keeping an eye on the still conscious tiger.

"Yeah, Duke's just a small-time crook and if there's one thing he has it is confidence, which I certainly did not see today. This tells me that he's got stuck in something bad"

"Do you know every crook in the city personally?" asked Lunette smirking.

"No, I think you've met them all now" Judy grinned back before she grabbed the radio at her waist "This is Officers Hopps and Furle, we have dealt with three mammals on grounds of threatening, and assault of, an officer"

"This is dispatch" came Benjamin's familiar tones "you're lucky, we've got enough of the inventory check done to send a car out to you, where are you?"

"Near the alley on the west side of Acorn Square in Savanna Central"

"Okay Judy, they'll be with you shortly"

"And now we wait" said Judy as she sat down on the unconscious tiger.

"Are you sure you should do that? He is unconscious" said Lunette raising an eyebrow.

"And he also called me cutie" growled the rabbit "I'm definitely going to need a drink later"