Chapter 6

"Well shit." I said as the police car pulled up behind the van, its black tinted windows blocking the view of the drivers. "What do you think we should do Finnick?" I said to the small light brown furred fox who was punching the dash board repeatedly in frustration and anger. I let out a tired sigh before dragging a paw across my orange furred face in an effort to quell my frustration before looking into the wing mirror of the van. I could see the police cars doors begin to open slowly as I looked towards Finnick who was still punching the dash board in anger. "Finnick just quit it already." I yelled as I grabbed his arms, ceasing his barrage on the innocent dashboard. "What the hell is it man. I was trying to think of something." Finnick growled in anger as he looked at me, golden brown eyes filled with frustration meeting leaf green eyes filled with a spark of an idea. "I have an idea Finnick." I said as the small fox's attitude turned from anger and frustration to curiosity and interest. "All I need you to do is play along Finnick. That's all I'm asking. OK." I said in a calm and relaxed tone of voice as Finnick nodded at me in confirmation to my question. "OK then Finnick." I said as I took another quick glance at the police car behind us and spotted the two police officers who had pulled up behind us and where now making their way towards the van. The first officer was a rabbit… I'm not even joking. The rabbit was female by the looks of it and had grey fur which covered almost all of her exposed body. The only bits of fur that weren't grey were the tips of her ears which were black and the underside of her small muzzle which was white like the underside of her paws. The rabbit also had purple eyes which surprised me. The rabbit was wearing a dark baby blue and dark blue full body suit which slightly clung to her body. She had a black utility belt around her waist with seemed to least have three pouches on it as well as stainless steel buckle to keep the belt in place. She also had what seemed to be a black armored vest which had a golden badge pinned to it and a pair of black knee and elbow pads. I suspected that the badge on her vest was her police badge. I began to calm myself as the officers came closer and closer to the van. The second officer on the other hand was a male red fox just like me except his fur was a tad lighter than mine. A brief thought flashed across my mind of a fox and a rabbit being bitter enemies and absolutely resenting each other, but these too seemed to be just fine together. 'It must just be this world.' I thought to myself as the officers continued to approach

The fox had light orange fur that covered most of his face except for the tips of his ears which were a darker orange and under his muzzle which was a cream color. The fox was wearing a navy blue US styled police uniform which had a black tie as well as a golden police badge which I had now guessed had the letters ZPD on. The long sleeved police top also had two breast pockets one on both side and a name tag above the right breast pocket. I didn't have time to check the name tag as I focused quickly on what else the fox was wearing. The fox had a pair of navy blue trousers which matched his long sleeved police top whilst his orange and black tipped tail on swished behind him as he walked towards the van. The last thing the fox was wearing was a pair of black tinted aviators which hid his eye color from view. The fox and rabbit walked completely different too each other with the rabbit walking with bravado and vigor whilst holding a carrot in her right paw, which to be honest I my opinion was quiet funny. The fox on the other hand walked in a relaxed and calm manor which was the opposite of his partner, whilst holding a white Styrofoam cup of coffee in his right paw. After analyzing the officers I turned around and faced Finnick giving him an affirming nod as he did the same. As the officers got closer I could hear the two of them conversing with each other as my ears began to swivel around to get the best out of my hearing. "Why are acting different for this call in Nick?" I heard a kind but serious female voice say to which I suspected belonged to the rabbit. "Your acting the same way you did when you approached the car Flash was driving." After hearing the rabbit talk I heard a suave sly male voice respond. "Let's just say that I might know the owner of the vehicle that is right in front of us as well as the favored outfit worn by said owner for cons." I gulped in fear as I turned to face Finnick who surprisingly looked even calmer than before.

"Finnick." I loudly whispered to the small fox that looked at me with a raised eyebrow. "What?" Finnick answered in his gruff voice as he kept his eyebrow raised at me. "My plans not going to work." I said as my ears began to lower as I hear the officer's voices only a few feet away. "It doesn't matter now anyway." Finnick said as he kicked up his back legs and rested them on the steering wheel whilst folding his arms behind his head. "Why not?" I whispered angrily at the small fox who was now smiling slyly at me from his seat. "Because that fox officer is none other than my ex con buddy." My eyes widened in fear at what Finnick had just said as my ears had now lowered completely so they were flat on my head. "You…..mean…Nick….Nick Wilde?" I said as I heard the voices of what were presumably nick and his partner just outside. "Yeah…what's the matter Ben...you seem worried." Finnick said as he took his hind paws of the steering wheel and looked at me in slight worry. "Um….yeah I'm fine Finnick…..I'm just going to….go to the back of the van." Finnick looked at me quizzically as I crawled over my seat before making my way to the back of the van as there was a knock at the vans window. Finnick took one last look at me as I mouthed 'I'm not here' to the small fox that just shook his head and chuckled before lowering his window. I however was attempting to unlock the vans rear door in a futile attempt to escape as I heard a familiar sly voice speak through the window to Finnick. "Well if it isn't my old buddy toot-toot. How are things Finnick my man?" I heard Nick question as I kept struggling to open the stuck lock with my black paws. "Not bad Nick. Not bad at all. So what brings you and Judy around these parts?" I could hear the entire conversation unfolding as I was still trying to open the vans rear door. 'What is wrong with this lock?' I yelled in my mind as the conversation continued. "OK Finnick enough talk. Nick and I were sent here by the chief to see why an employee at Jumbeauxs cafe called the ZPD." Judy said cutting off the conversation between Nick and Finnick. "Come on carrots. Finnick here is as innocent as me." Nick said coyly to which I heard a tired sigh escape from Judy as I know knew. "He might be your friend Nick but I still need to ask Finnick some questions. We have to stay focused" I heard Nick chuckle as I looked over my shoulder to see Finnick chuckling as well.

I had given up hope of opening the lock with my bare paws and I was now instead looking for something to smash the lock open. I waited for Judy to start asking Finnick before I began to quietly crawl towards a crowbar I had seen whilst crawling to the vans rear entrance. The crowbar was situated right behind the vans seat I was in previously but with both Judy and Nick peeking through the window I would have to be extremely quiet for them to not notice me. As I crawled on my paws towards the crowbar I could hear the volley of questions that Judy was asking Finnick from what he was doing yesterday to what he was planning to do. Everything was going extremely well as I slowly reached for the crowbar, grasping the cold steel in my right paw before turning around and slowly beginning to make my way back to the rear of the van. That was until Judy asked Finnick a question which made my body freeze still. "Aright Finnick this is the last question. Do you have anyone else other than yourself in the van?" I nearly dropped the crowbar in shock at Judy's question as I gulped in fear. I hadn't feared anything in a long time but this. This had me worried. I took a deep breathe before I slowly carried on crawling towards the back of the van. "Actually Judy now that you mention it. There is someone else in the van." By now I had reached the rear of the van and nothing was going to stop me from escaping. "And who might that be toot-toot?" Nick said in his calm sly tone of voice which made Finnick growl slightly. "I told you to never use that nickname again or I would….." "Bite your face off." I heard Nick reply in a sarcastic tone of voice which made Finnick growl and Judy snigger. "Ha. You're so funny Nick." Finnick said repeating Nick's sarcastic tone of voice. "But I'm sure Ben would back me up." 'Damn it Finnick.' I yelled in my head as I heard Nick chuckle before I could see his black paw grasping onto the vans door. "Oh and who is this Ben If you don't mind me asking Finnick?" Nick said in his suave voice as I inhaled deeply before lining up the crowbar with the lock. "His name is Benjamin Sherwood." As Finnick said this I jammed the crowbar just underneath the lock and yanked said lock of before opening the vans rear door. "Nick did you hear that?" I heard Judy say but I was surprised to hear no response from Nick as there was just silence in the van. "OK Finnick, enough with the jokes now. Who else is in the van?" Nick questioned his voice sounding darker and more aggressive than it was a few seconds ago.

"I'm serious Nick. That's who's in the van with me." Finnick said whilst raising his arms up in a submissive manner to Nick's sudden change in demeanor. "Nick just cut it out." I heard Judy yell as I hopped out the back of the van before I began to quietly close the vans door as not to alert anyone furthermore. What I didn't realize was that Judy had already heard my commotion in the back of the van. "Nick did you hear that. Someone's trying to get out the back of the van." Judy said as I began to quickly walk away from the van and onto the pavement, passing the police car that had pulled up behind the van. "Stop right there." I heard Nick yell as himself and Judy reached the back of the van. I took a quick glance behind me as I continued to quickly walk forward. I could see both Nick and Judy begin to make their way quickly over to me as I quickened my pace, whist Judy pulled out what seemed like a gun of some sort from her belt. "Stop their right now or I will shoot you." I heard Judy yell from behind me. "You had better do as she says." I heard Nick say as I stopped walking and froze to the spot. "…And what if I don't…you going to shoot me officer." I said adding a hint of malice to my tone of voice. "Look we just need you to answer some questions. That's it. We're not here to arrest you." As Judy said this my head began to hurt as a weird vision began to play in my head. I brought my paws up to my head in an attempt to stop the vision from playing in my head. 'What the fuck is wrong with my head.' I thought as the pain intensified. The vision itself was weird. I seemed to be running from a wolf that was dressed in the same uniform Nick was in except I was much smaller. The scenery of the vision seemed to be in a town except the buildings were all wobbly and distorted in appearance as I continued to run. I took a quick look at my arms and found that they were much shorter which also seemed to be the same situation my legs were in. I turned my head back around to take another look at the wolf chasing me only to trip and fall onto the cold hard concrete floor. "You're coming with me you little brat." I heard the wolf say in a dark and angry tone of voice as he grabbed my small body before turning around and heading of in the opposite direction to which I was running.

I tried to struggle and move but my body seemed to weigh a thousand tones as the wolf continued to hold me with his paws in a vice like grip. "You're going back to your farther you brat and there's no way your escaping again. He's going to teach you a lesson" I heard the wolf say as he chuckled darkly. When the wolf mentioned my so called farther a feeling of absolute terror seemed to wash over me as I tried to struggle even more than before. "Here we are." Said the wolf as he stopped briefly giving me time to see where I was and where the wolf was taking me. The building in front of me and the wolf that had me hostage was a shock. The building towering before us was an exact replica of the apartment complex that I was living in previously before arriving here in this place. I looked at the building in awe as every detail was the exact same as it was when I was on earth. I couldn't help but stare at the building as the wolf made his way to the main door to the apartment. "This is it brat." The wolf said before he knocked on the main door to the apartment as an evil smile began to appear on his muzzle. After a few minutes the door opened and revealed a male adult fox. The fox had piercing blue eyes which seemed to shine through my soul as well as dark red fur which seemed to cover most of his body except for the cream fur under his muzzle and on the tip of his tail. The fox's posture looked old and tired but his eyes seemed wild and crazy with malicious intent as he looked down on my small form. "Hello son." The fox said as a wicked grin appeared on his face. "You've been a bad boy haven't you Ben." He said chuckling evilly as the wolf dropped me onto the cold floor. I looked up in fear and began to shiver in fear as I felt my ears flatten on top of my head, as the fox spoke one last sentence. "It's time to teach you another lesson." He said as he held up his paw before admiring his sharp claws. Then everything went black.