A Son of his own Chapter 30: Apologising, a singing Wolf in the shower and Calling Nick
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Hours after the events of Chapter 29...
Savannah Central
The sun was just beginning to set and the vast majority of the Zootopian population began to pack it in today from their jobs or current occupation and return home to their families.
After clocking out from an exhausting cubicle day in Precinct 1, Judy, holding Nathan's paw gently walked through Savannah Central until she finally reached her new apartment.
She was trying her best not to show that she was exhausted, Nathan even asked Judy if she was alright and she said "I'm okay, just a little tired".
She had noticed Nathan was actually a lot better now, he was walking perfectly and his arm could move in any direction so she assumed Nathan must've had a quick recovery from the Missing Mammals case.
Nathan held his medal box close to him and he even got himself a free ZPD t-shirt by Officer Fangmeyer whom Judy made good friends with.
It wasn't long before the duo finally arrived at the brick apartment building Judy stayed in and they both entered the clunky elevator with the poorly played elevator music.
Walking up the hallway to Judy's apartment, they arrived at the door and Judy unlocked it with her keys and they both walked in with smiles on their faces.
"So, you got yourself a medal, congratulations!" Judy said excitedly as she tightly hugged Nathan which caught him by surprise.
"Judy! Can't, breathe!" Nathan struggled to say as Judy tightly hugged him and lifted him off the floor.
"Sorry! I just get so excited sometimes!" Judy said as she placed Nathan back on the floor and tried not to jump up and down in her excited state.
Nathan eventually caught his breath and relaxed as he sat on the couch and cuddled against the soft cushions.
"Hey Nathan? Can we talk about something?" Judy asked in a rather sad tone as she sat down beside Nathan.
"What do you want to talk about?" Nathan asked as he huddled against Judy's side.
"I'm, I'm sorry" Judy said as she gently rubbed Nathan's head.
"Sorry? For what?" Nathan asked in a confused tone as he looked up at Judy who showed a look of apology.
"For, everything, I got you and Nick involved in that case and, I got you injured a few times and I'm, I didn't mean for that to happen but, I *sniffle*" Judy said as her voice began to break as she started to break down into tears.
"Judy? It's okay, relax, don't cry, please" Nathan said in a very innocent tone which immediately stopped Judy's crying.
Judy looked down at Nathan with sadness and pulled him into a hug as she continued sniffling and holding back her tears.
"I'm so sorry, I know you helped me solve the case along with Nick but, I didn't want you getting hurt" Judy said as she continued hugging and gently rocking Nathan.
"Judy, I knew helping a Police Officer would get me hurt, but I didn't care, as long as I got to help you, I'd take any injury so we'd keep going, we had to try everything we could" Nathan said as he highlighted "Try Everything".
Judy slightly broke the hug and just looked Nathan in the eye with her happiness restored.
"Do, do you mean that?" Judy asked as she placed her paw on Nathan's shoulder.
"Judy, I mean that" Nathan said as he smiled which warmed Judy's heart.
While she did have to cuddle her baby brothers and sisters back in Bunnyburrow, Nathan was very different not because he was a Fox, but because his personality was more, mature.
"Wow, Nick took very good care of you" Judy said as she smiled at Nathan.
"Yeah, he's the best Dad in the world! But I miss him" Nathan said as his tone lowered and he lowered his head down in sadness.
"Oh, you do?" Judy asked which made Nathan nod in response to her question.
"Well, I could give him a Muzzle time call, he should be done training at the academy now" Judy said which got Nathan's attention.
"Yeah! Yeah do that!" Nathan said as he started wagging his tail with excitement, hopping up and down the couch and his eyes sparkled with happiness.
"Okay, let me take out my phone and I'll give him a call, hopefully he'll answer it" Judy said as she took out her ICarrot phone and turned it on.
Pressing the Muzzle time app, she dialed in Nick's phone number and let it dial.
Bunnyburrow ZPD Academy
Nick's eyes watered from the intense heat blowing towards him from the finish line of the Scorching Sandstorm Exercise, out of all things, a god forsaken Sandstorm!
Raymond had made it to the end of the course and was the only Mammal standing at the finish line encouraging Nick to keep going.
"C'mon Nick! Don't give up!" Raymond shouted, his voice was nearly hard to hear from the sand filling Nick's ears.
Nick began to pick up the pace only to have his mouth filled with sand, he spat it out and spluttered but he kept going as fast as he could, he ironically felt like he was back in Sahara Square whenever the sandstorms enveloped the district, making it difficult to see when you're outside on the streets.
He was the only one left on the course, everyone else was waiting impatiently except Raymond who kept giving Nick the encouragement he needed, even if Raymond was being silently mocked by the other cadets.
If Raymond wasn't there, Nick would've felt completely hopeless about completing the course, but he wasn't, even if he had one piece of encouragement, he'd take it.
He felt like as if he wouldn't succeed the course with the sand constantly filling his eyes, mouth and ears, but Raymond's encourage kept him going.
"You're almost there Nick! C'mon!" Raymond shouted over and over again, yet all the other cadets were going like "Why is that Wolf even helping that Fox?"
Nick was worried he wouldn't be assigned to Precinct 1, or heck, even have Judy as his partner, but Nick forced those thoughts out of his head and blocked them out with a clear "No entry!" sign inside his brain.
Eventually, Nick finally made it to the end of the course and collapsed onto the grass where Raymond walked up to him and helped him.
"C'mon Nick, open your eyes" Raymond said as he pulled Nick onto his feet and patted his back.
Nick's eyes were still blocked with sand along with his mouth and ears but he began wiping the sand off and soon he and Raymond were approached by Major Friedkin.
"Well, to be honest, I thought Firefox wasn't going to get through! But his boyfriend Snowy was there to save the day!" Major Friedkin mocked which caused some laughter among the cadets behind her.
"Major Friedkin, no offense to you, but if you have to call me his boyfriend again, I'll-" Raymond said before Friedkin interrupted him.
"You'll what? Attack me?" Major Friedkin asked in a mocking tone.
"No, I'll report you for sexual harassment, that won't look good on your record now will it?" Raymond said as he gained the upper paw and helped scratch the sand off Nick's ears.
"Damn you're good, fine, I'll stop calling you boyfriends, doggies" Major Friedkin said as she walked away and mumbled under her breath.
"Idiot" Raymond said as Nick shook his body as if he was wet, removing most of the sand off his body.
"Jesus Christ, that was intense!" Nick said as he coughed and coughed from the sand drying his mouth.
"You made it, that's what matters, I'll get you some water" Raymond said as he patted Nick's back and went over to a small water faucet nearby and got a bottle of water to rehydrate Nick.
Nick greedily took the bottle and drank the water very quickly, coughing some out from sand particles in it.
"You done well Nick" Raymond said as he knelt down to Nick's point of view and placed his paw on Nick's shoulder.
"I know, but that Polar Bear, she's a real annoying woman" Nick said while whispering at the end so Major Friedkin didn't hear him.
"Alright Cadets! Head to the showers and get some sleep! We have an early morning course on the ice wall!" Major Friedkin shouted as she marched in front of the cadets who stood in line except for Nick and Raymond who were on the grass.
"A good shower should help you and your sandy problem" Raymond said as he stood up and helped Nick walk back into the academy building and escorted him to the showers.
Each shower was in a private cubicle, the stench of testosterone was strong in the air along with the scent of vanilla shampoo and the showers were running with some cadets already in the cubicles.
"I'll leave it to yourself, I don't want to see you without any clothes on!" Raymond bantered as he and Nick lightly laughed as they both stepped into their cubicles and began undoing their clothes.
Nick let the rather lukewarm shower soak his body as he put on some vanilla shampoo which seemed to be the only thing in the entire academy that smelt good unlike everything else.
One thing however caught him off guard, in the cubicle next to him, he heard singing.
"Your sin gonna waste you brother"
"No way you'll be alright"
"You're messing with the wrong wolf baby"
"Darkness gonna break your light"
"No prayer gonna part my thunder"
"No one's gonna change my mind"
"You're messing with sickness baby"
"You're heart is a plague on mine"
"I am a missle"
"I am a fire"
"Love is destruction"
"But this war is mine, but this war is mine"
"I am a missle"
"I am a fire"
"Love is destruction"
"But this war is mine, but this war is mine"
"I am a missle"
"Vengeance is a cold-"
"Whoever is singing in there, SHUT UP!" Major Friedkin yelled as she stepped into the doorway.
The singing immediately stopped and the entire shower room fell silent.
Nick knew that it was Raymond who was singing, and he was actually enjoying it.
"Wow, he's a good singer, too bad Major Polar Butt had to stop it" Nick thought to himself as he kept scrubbing himself, the smell of vanilla shampoo filling his nose.
After Nick was finished scrubbing himself and drying himself, he left his cubicle with his bed clothes on and made his way to the cadets sleeping quarters.
Due to complaints from previous cadets about the bunk beds constantly squeaking and water leaking in through the poorly kept roof, the Academy officials decided to give each cadet their own dormitory where they would share with one other cadet or more if they wished.
Nick was placed in a small dormitory along with Raymond, no one else was sleeping in the same dorm as they were thankfully for Nick because the other cadets shunned upon him but Raymond was the only cadet in the entire Academy that was nice to Nick.
"I'm so tired..." Nick said lazily as he plonked onto his hard bed like he hadn't a care in the world.
"I feel you Nick, but you learn from your mistakes and you never make them again, the next time you do the Scorching Sandstorm, I know you'll do well" Raymond said as he lay down on his back against his hard bed and looked up at the ceiling.
Nick suddenly got a fright when he heard something underneath his pillow vibrating.
He lifted up his pillows and he saw that it was his phone that was vibrating.
He flipped it over and he saw that it was Judy calling for a Muzzle time call.
He pressed the answer button and he was met with Judy's happy smiling face.
"Hey Nick!" Judy said as she waved at the camera.
Nick was glad to see Judy again, her amethyst purple eyes, her smooth grey and white fur, her tall and sensitive ears, it warmed his heart to see her again.
"Hey Judy" Nick said as he tried not to sound exhausted.
"How's the academy going for you? You working hard?" Judy asked as Nick saw she was walking into the kitchen in her apartment.
"Yeah, I'm doing okay" Nick said, even though he was sorta lying.
"By okay, he means he got the receiving end of the Scorching Sandstorm!" Raymond said audibly enough for the phone to hear him.
"Raymond!" Nick said in a near angry tone as Raymond started laughing.
"Who's that?" Judy asked when she heard the voice of someone else.
"My roommate and my only friend in the academy, Raymond Wolfkins, hey Raymond, wanna say hey to Judy?" Nick said as he invited Raymond over.
"Judy? Is she your girlfriend?" Raymond asked as he stood up and walked over to Nick.
"Yeah, with a space in the middle, a friend who is a girl" Nick said, but it didn't sound right in his head.
He kept trying to fight it, but he was starting to develop feelings for Judy.
Raymond alligned his face to the camera enough so Judy could see him from her side of the phone.
"Is that your roommate?" Judy asked curiously as she looked at Raymond who now appeared in the video call.
"Yeah, he's a very nice guy" Nick said as he looked up at Raymond.
"Hey, you're this so called Judy aren't you?" Raymond said happily as he smiled which made Judy giggle slightly.
"Well yeah, I am, so, you helping Nick through the academy?" Judy asked in response.
"Yeah, seeing him struggle made me feel sorry for him, so I thought I'd give him some help" Raymond said as he patted Nick on the back.
"Raymond, thanks for giving Nick the support he needs, even if he is a Fox" Judy said.
"Jeez Judy, that's a low blow" Nick said as he held his chest like as if he had a pain in it, even though he really didn't.
"He he, I don't care what mammal he is, if he was a Bunny, I'd still help him out" Raymond said as he lightly laughed.
"Fair enough, what's that? You wanna speak to Daddy?" Judy said as she heard a voice in the background.
Nick's heart melted when he heard the sweet voice of someone very important to him.
Nathan.
"Nathan wants to speak to his Daddy, will Daddy let him?" Judy asked in a childish tone.
"Daddy will let him speak to him, put him on Judy" Nick said as a big smile formed on his muzzle.
He watched without looking away as Judy gave her phone to Nathan who excitedly wagged his tail and his eyes were filled with lots of joy.
"Daddy!" Nathan said excitedly as he smiled at the video camera.
"Hey son, how you doing?" Nick asked in a warm and happy tone.
He was so happy to see his son again, even if he was only a video as of now, he didn't care, at least he got to see him.
"I'm doing great Dad! Look! I lost a tooth!" Nathan said as he opened his mouth and showed Nick where he had lost his tooth.
Nick just smiled for his son, watching him grow up warmed his cynical heart.
"Wow, did the tooth fairy come?" Nick asked happily.
"She did! She left me a Dollar!" Nathan said as he nearly hoped up and down.
Nick's eyes started to fill with tears of joy, Raymond noticed this and decided to give Nick the great time he needed with his son.
"You don't need crutches or a cast anymore I see" Nick said happily as he sighed with relief and sniffled.
"Yeah, I healed quickly didn't I? Judy took me to the ZPD today!" Nathan said excitedly.
"Did she? What trouble did you two cause?" Nick asked in an excited and intrigued tone.
"We mostly hung around her cubicle which was boring but I met lots of new Mammals! And, well, I got a scare from one of them" Nathan said as his tone lowered at the end.
"Who scared you?" Nick asked with a defensive tone.
"The Chief, I thought I was in big trouble but it turns out it was the opposite!" Nathan said as he became happy again.
"Really? What did Chief Buffalo Butt want?" Nick asked in a joking manner which made Nathan laugh slightly.
"He wanted to congratulate me on helping you and Judy crack that case, and he even gave me a medal!" Nathan said which intrigued Nick very much.
"You did? Can I see it?" Nick asked how very intrigued and proud of his son.
"Yep, just let me get it and, here it is!" Nathan said as he grabbed it off the couch and held it close enough to the camera to see it.
Nick looked at the medal Nathan had received, it was shaped like a Fox's head, it was made of copper and was held onto by a red and green ribbon.
"Wow Nathan, I'm proud of you, really, I am, if it wasn't for you, the Missing Mammals case would not have been solved" Nick said in a happy tone as he smiled at his son.
"Thanks Dad" Nathan said as he began sniffling.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Nick asked as he too started to feel sad.
"I, I miss you Dad, I miss being with you, you're the best thing that's ever happened to me in forever" Nathan said as he began gently crying.
"I know son, I miss you too, but I'll be back quicker than you can blink! Is Judy taking good care of you?" Nick said to comfort his sad son.
"She is, she's, she's so nice and kind to me" Nathan said as he began to feel happy again.
"That's good, you behaving yourself?" Nick asked in a demanding tone.
"I am, don't worry, I'm a good boy!" Nathan said happily.
"You better be, else the next time I see you, you'll get a visit from the tickle monster!" Nick said as he began making monster noises which made Nathan giggle.
"Nathan! Dinner's ready!" Judy shouted from the kitchen.
"Coming Judy!" Nathan said as he ran to the kitchen and made one last goodbye to his Dad.
"Bye Dad! I miss you!" Nathan said as he gave the phone to Judy and they both stayed in the video for one final goodbye.
"Do us proud Nick!" Judy said in an encouraging tone as she and Nathan waved goodbye.
"I will! See you guys!" Nick said as he pressed the red call button and the call stopped.
Nick felt more relieved now that he got to hear his son's voice again, he was more determined to pass the Academy than ever before.
With the help of Raymond, he'll surely pass the Academy.
Won't he?
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