A Son of his own Chapter 7: Is he not enough?
Rainforest District, Near the sky trams, 4:30AM
After being untied by the police, Nick requested a medic to help patch up his sons head injury after Manchas nearly got him.
Luckily one of the Officers who was a tiger had a first aid kit and helped clean Nathan's injury.
"And, there we go, make sure to change the bandages once a week until he heals okay?" the tiger said.
"Thank you, and I will" Nick said as he scooped his son into his arms.
After that, Judy started leading the other officers up to the sky tram so they could the savage Manchas for themselves as she said "I thought this was a missing mammal case but it's way bigger, I believe that Otterton and this jaguar, they, they went savage sir."
"Savage? This isn't the stone age Hopps, animals don't go savage" Chief Bogo said.
"I thought so too, till I saw this" Judy said as she moved some bushes out of the way to show the sky tram platform, only to realise that Manchas was nowhere to be seen.
"The cuffs were gone too, and the broken wooden plank was gone too, the blood was cleaned up and and there was no sign of a fight.
"What?! He was right here!" Judy said as she saw that Manchas was gone.
"The savage jaguar?" Bogo said sarcastically.
"Sir I know what I saw! He almost killed us!" Judy said.
"Or any large predators look savage to you rabbits, let's go!" Chief Bogo said and everyone turned around.
"No, sir! I have witnesses, Nick! Nathan!" Judy said to get the foxes attention.
Nick was holding Nathan close and Nathan slowly opened his eyes and let out a little squeak of pain.
"What? You think I am going to listen to foxes?" Chief Bogo said.
"Don't, start" Nathan tried to say but miserably failed.
"Sir, they are both key witnesses and-" Judy said before getting interrupted.
"Two days to find the Otter, that was the deal, badge" Chief Bogo said as he left out his hoof.
Judy, Nick and Nathan were silenced by those words, but they hadn't even gotten close to completing the case.
"But sir I-" Judy said.
"Badge!" Chief Bogo shouted.
Judy started to slowly remove her badge but Nick wouldn't put up with this.
"No" Nick said.
"What did you say fox?" Chief Bogo said.
"He said no" Nathan said.
"Look at my son, is he not enough evidence? Are his injuries not enough to show you that we were attacked?" Nick asked.
"Look, you gave her a clown vest, a three wheeled joke mobile and 2 days to solve a case you haven't solved in 2 weeks? Yeah, no wonder she needed to get help from two foxes, none of you were going to help her, were you?" Nick said as he stood beside Judy.
"Hold-" Chief Bogo said.
"The thing is, you gave her 48 hours and she still has, Nathan?" Nick said.
"10 hours" Nathan said.
"So if you don't mind, we have a very big lead to follow and, the case to crack, good day" Nick said as he started walking to a sky tram and Judy followed.
The trio hopped into the sky tram and the tram slowly made its way up the steel wire and towards downtown.
"Thank you" Judy said softly.
"Never let them see that they get to you" Nick said.
"And don't let them push you around because you're a rabbit" Nathan said.
"So, things do get you?" Judy asked.
"No, not anymore" Nick said.
"What happened? Someone crush your dreams?" Judy asked.
"A long time ago, when I was 8 or 9, I wanted to be a junior ranger scout, so my mother scrapped up enough money to buy me a uniform, I was so proud, but as I got to initiation, the other scouts, they, muzzled me, and mocked me just because I was a fox, I ran away and I cried the day away, my optimistic side died that day, but then, Nathan showed up and he, made me feel happy again" Nick said as he rocked Nathan in his arms.
"So what happened after the incident?" Judy asked.
"I learned two things they day, one, I was never going to let anyone saw that they got to me" Nick said.
"And two?" Judy asked.
"If the world is only going to see a fox as shifty and untrustworthy, there is no point in trying to be anything else" Nick said.
"Nick, you are so much more than that" Judy said as she placed her paw on Nick's.
He shifted over and looked down.
"Boy look at all that traffic, how about we hit Chuck at Traffic Central Chuck how are things looking in the Jam cams?" Nick said.
"Nick, I'm glad you told me" Judy said.
"The Jam Cams" Nick said as he now noticed the cameras on the tram poles.
"Seriously, it's okay" Judy said.
"No no shh Shh, there are traffic cams everywhere! All over the canopy! Whatever happened to Manchas-" Nick said.
"The traffic cams would've caught it!" Judy said.
"Yeah however, if you didn't have access to the system before, I doubt Chief Buffalo butt would let you in now" Nick said.
"Yeah, but I have a friend at city hall who might!" Judy said.
"Who? Mayor Lionheart?" Nathan asked.
"No, I wish but Assistant Dawn Bellwether, she can help us" Judy said as the sky tram slowly made its way to Downtown.