A Son of his own Chapter 5: Mr Big
Tundratown Limo service, 11:00AM
Nathan, Nick and Judy drove to Tundratown, where the snow covered everything and the dark made it look colder and a hint of creepiness with the streetlights, they reached the metal gates to the Limo service but Judy was distraught to see it was locked.
"Closed? Great" Judy said as she put her paws on her hips.
"And I will bet you don't have a warrant to get in" Nick said "Oh darn it, it's a bummer."
Nathan was a bit tired and didn't pay attention to the feud.
"Nick! Save your jokes, I'm not happy" Judy said.
Nick saw Nathan leaning against his leg.
"Hey bud, wake up" Nick said as he shook his leg and Nathan woke up.
"I should send you both to rehab school had I not made a deal" Judy said.
"It's not our fault the world hates foxes, we can't do much so we have to do drastic things to survive" Nathan said.
"I didn't ask you, and what's wrong with you? Does seeing me fail somehow make you feel better about your sad miserable life?" Judy asked.
"It does 100 percent" Nick said "So, since you're sans warrant, I guess we are done?"
Judy groaned and took out the carrot pen and said "Fine, we are done, here's your pen."
Nick grinned but before he could grab it, Judy threw it into the air and across the wire fence.
"First off, you throw like a bunny and second, you're a pretty sore loser. So long Officer Fluff, so sad this is over, wish I could've helped more and-" Nick said before he realised Judy was already on the other side by digging a hole under the fence and was holding the pen.
"The thing is, you don't need a warrant if you have probable cause and I think I saw a shifty low life climbing the fence, so your doing great, c'mon!" Judy said happily and Nick showed a look of anger.
"Twice in one day, and I thought we were finished helping" Nathan said sadly as he was on the other side of the fence.
"Stay there and keep a lookout okay? Let me know if someone is coming" Nick said as he walked to a limousine.
Nathan watched as his dad Nick and a bunny called Judy get into a white limousine that had the same number, just as he turned around to make a snowball, he bumped into a leg.
He landed on his bottom and looked at two angry looking Polar Bears wearing fancy suits.
He didn't say anything as the Polar Bears cold stares pierced his soul, just as he was about to get up, one of the Polar Bears grabbed him furiously before he could scream.
He was carried roughly to the back of a car and was tossed inside very painfully, the Polar Bear that tossed him in locked the door and left Nathan in there slightly crying.
The force of the landing sprained his left arm, he tried to open the door but it wouldn't budge because of how small he was.
It wasn't long before the Polar Bears returned with Nick and Judy within their grasp and next thing they knew was that they were sandwiched into the car with Nick, Judy and Nathan between the two Polar Bears who were busy typing away at their phones as Rat Pack music played in the background.
"Nathan, you okay?" Nick whispered, Nathan was sitting on Nick's hip.
"Yeah, but where are we going?" Nathan whispered.
"Back to a place I wish I could forget, we are being taken to Mr Big's house" Nick whispered.
"Who's Mr Big?" Nathan whispered.
"He's the most feared crime boss in Tundratown and he doesn't like Nick ,what did you do to make Mr Big so mad at you?" Judy whispered.
"I, uh, I may have sold him a very expensive wall rug that was made of the fur of a Skunks, butt" Nick whispered.
"How did you make it?" Nathan whispered.
"You do not want to know" Nick whispered.
The trio stayed quiet as they were escorted into a compound and led them into a fancy, creepy office you would see from a Godfather film. They remained still as three Polar Bears entered the room and one of them stood behind the dark wooden desk and opened his paws to reveal a small Arctic Shrew in a small chair, Judy and Nathan were surprised by how "small" he was.
Nick started talking but Mr Big showed his rings which Nick had to kiss,he explained further but Mr Big didn't seem interested until he saw a child in his office.
"Who is this?" Mr Big asked.
"Our friend Nathan who is helping us find Mr Otterton" Judy explained before Nick could explain.
Mr Big looked at Nathan and said "Take the young fox away, I want this chat private."
With that, Nathan was grabbed by a Polar Bear and led him out of the room. Nick was worried that Mr Big was going to something horrible to him but was worried more for his life as he knew Mr Big had something nasty planned for him.
His fears were confirmed as Me Big ordered them to be iced. Nick was now worried about Nathan more than himself now that he was about to die, but before he and Judy were frozen to death, Mr Bigs daughter Fru Fru entered the room and scolded her dad about not icing anyone at her wedding but he refused to listen, but she then realised that Judy was the bunny who saved her and told her dad she was the one who saved her from a giant doughnut prop.
Shortly after some thank you's and kisses, Nick and Judy were led to another room, the room where Fru Fru's wedding was taking place and among them was Nathan, who was happily playing with the guests by dancing with them with his paws. Nick felt relaxed to see his son was unharmed and was happier that he was still alive and not a frozen corpse in icy water.
Later, Nick, Judy and Nathan had some wedding cake with Mr Big, even if it was a tad bit tiny but they dealt with it.
"Otterton is my florist, he is like a part of the family, he said he had something important he wanted to discuss, that's why I sent him that car to pick him up, but he never arrived" Mr Big explained.
"Because he was attacked" Judy said.
"No, he attacked" Mr Big said, surprising the trio.
"Otterton?" Judy asked.
"Otterton, he went crazy, ripped up the car, scared my driver half to death, and vanished into the night" Mr Big said.
"Were his eyes red?" Nathan asked.
Mr Big turned around to look at Nathan.
"Yes, he did, how did you know my child?" Mr Big asked as he placed his tiny paw on Nathan's.
"Because, I've witnessed this kind of thing before" Nathan said.
Nick, Judy and Mr Big froze when Nathan said that, he knew what must've happened to Otterton.
"Really? How?" Mr Big asked.
"It's, personal, but I'll tell you for the sake of finding Otterton, before I found Nick, my parents, they didn't love me, all they did was beat me and beat me, but one day, my old dad, he went crazy like you said with Otterton, he ripped up the hallways, and my mother didn't care, he even tried to, eat me" Nathan said as he shedded a tear.
Nick placed his paw on Nathan's shoulder.
"You've seen this before? What do you think causes it?" Nick asked.
"To me, I think maybe Mr Otterton has a grudge match or something bad happened and he went brain dead, but I can't clarify, all I remember is a distinctive smell" Nathan said.
"The limo did smell funny afterwards, like, a mixture of honey and cinnamon" Mr Big said.
"That's it, so whatever made my old dad go crazy must've gotten to Otterton somehow" Nathan said.
"I thank you for filling some unanswered questions child" Mr Big said.
"But, Otterton is a sweet little Otter!" Judy said.
"My child, we may be evolved, but deep down, we are still animals" Mr Big said "You want to find Otterton, talk to the driver of the car, his name is Manchas, only he can tell you more."
They bid the crime boss farewell and were escorted out by the Polar Bear guards who led them back to the lot, leaving them in the snow before heading back to the mansion.
"No rest for the weary huh? Guess it's going to be a long night" Nick said.
"But I'm getting tired" Nathan said as he rubbed his eyes.
"Don't worry, nothing a couple of soda's can't fix, so Judy, on the way can we stop by a vending machine or a convenience store?" Nick said.
"Sure, but no long distractions like last time" Judy said with a frown.
"I promise, besides, I'm parched" Nick said.
After getting some lemon and lime soda's, they eventually left the frozen world of Tundratown and into the dark and rainy rainforest district.