Chapter 15
I was walking as fast and far away as I could from the three officers of the law with a furious look plastered on my auburn furred face. 'I cant believe it.' I thought angrily as I continued to storm down the street in anger, my auburn red and white tipped tail hanging lazily behind me as I continued on down the pavement. 'How can Nick say that to me without giving me a chance to defend myself. Why didn't he believe me?' I began to growl in anger the more and more I thought about how Nick had taken Bogo's side in accusing me. I just didn't get why Nick would immediately take Bogo's side without hearing me out. I thought Nick said we were like brothers. "Well." I said quietly with malice and anger in my voice. "I need to calm myself down." I continued on as I kept my leaf green eyed gaze forward before my eyes began to make out a familiar shape running towards me through a number of animals who where also on the pavement. "Is that..." But before I could finish my sentence I was immediately rugby tackled by the familiar white furred wolf that was Ryan. The tackle sent me crashing down onto the hard concrete pavement to which I landed on my back painfully. "Uuuggghhh...what the heck Ryan." I said slowly before wheezing and groaning on the concrete floor as Ryan Immediately sprang up off of the floor before rushing over to me. "Ah sorry Ben I was In a rush to get to you." Ryan said as he scratched the back of his white furred head with his right paw as he looked at me in slight guilt.
"You know what Ryan..." I said tiredly loosing my previous anger as I began to slowly pick myself up off of the ground. "Its fine...but I could use a favor from you." I said as I swiped my black paws across my trousers to get any dust off them before I looked directly into Ryan's sea blue eyes. "Whats the favor then?" Ryan asked in curiosity before he folding his arms which added to the curios look that was plastered on his face. "Its not that big of a favor Ryan can you at least believe me on that?" I questioned Ryan with a genuine saddened tone to my voice as I gazed down at the floor briefly with my leaf green eyes. "Whats got you so down?" Ryan said whilst raising his right eyebrow up in questioning as I sighed sadly before looking back up to Ryan meeting his sea blue eyes with my leaf green ones. "Nothing gets me down Ryan. Im fine." I said trying my hardest to put on a sly smile but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. 'Wow.' I thought in my head as I began to chuckle lightly which caused Ryan to increase his questioning look towards me as I finished my chuckling. 'This world has destroyed most of my mental locks and barriers in only one day. One day destroyed them all and made me put my true emotions out to bear. "So." Ryan said as I looked back up to the white furred wolf who was in front of me. "Your OK then Ben. Because to be brutally honest you don't look fine at all." Ryan said as I looked down sadly at the floor once again before letting out a sad sigh.
"OK fine you got me Ryan." I said slowly before looking back up to face Ryan once again. "Im not fine...I've just had a stressful and overbearing day...a...and It would be great If you could tell me where the nearest bar is." I said with a mixture of sadness and hope evident in my voice as I looked at Ryan. "Um...are you sure that's...wise Ben." Ryan said as he put a white paw on my shoulder in what I guessed was in reassurance and worry. "Im sure Ryan." I said as I brushed off Ryan's white right paw with one of my black furred paws. "So Ryan." I said as Ryan looked at me with his right brow raised as I continued on. "Could you lead me to a bar."
"So whats so good about this bar then Ryan?" I questioned the white furred wolf as he led me down the busy pavement which I guessed lead to the bar. "Well." Ryan said in his deep voice a she turned around briefly to face me. "The bar I have in mind is a bar I've been to for years Ben." Ryan said as he turned his white furred head back around whilst I folded my auburn red furred arms in confusion and wonder. "So if you've been going to this bar for years then it must be good then." I said as I followed behind Ryan whilst he continued to lead me down the busy pavement. "Yeah its a very good bar. I meet up with a friend of mine to talk about work every week." Ryan said before he chuckled slightly to himself whilst I on the other paw looked to my right as a female black furred panther and a male deer pulled out their phones and began to take photos of me. I stopped in my tracks as I gave the two mammals a questioning look which caused them to stop taking the photos. The female black panther was wearing a plain black t shirt which seemed to blend into her fur. She was also wearing a pair of red shorts which stood out against her black fur. The male deer on the other hand was wearing a black t shirt that had a white tick on said shirt. Underneath the white tick symbol there was a sentence in white that said 'Just zoo it.' The deer also had a pair of white shorts on which had the same tick symbol on the right short leg. I could see that the male deer was about to open his mouth to talk but I beet him to it.
"Why are you taking photos of me?" I questioned the male deer with a suspicious tone of voice whilst I also quickly glanced over at the female black panther. "Don't you know?" The deer said in a shocked voice as the female black panther made her way next to the male dear. "Know what?" I questioned as the deer and the panther looked to each other in shock before they exchanged a smile with each other as they turned to face me once again. "Your famous." The panther said in a happy tone as she began to tap on her phone before she shoved the phone in front of my face as a video began to play. The video was of me being escorted down the street by Bogo as said buffalo had the most annoyed and angry expression on his face ever as he continued to follow behind me. "This is the best part." The female panther said as I focused my leaf green eyes a bit more on the phone screen. "I spy with my little eye...something beginning with B." I couldn't help but smile slightly as I continued to watch the video knowing what was going to happen next. "Come on." The video version of me said slyly whilst Bogo continued to scowl angrily in the video before I continued. "This is an easy one." The video then showed Bogo shoving me in the back slightly which caused my digital self to stumble slightly. "Oh ha ha Bogo." My digital self said in sarcasm whilst Bogo chuckled slightly. The video then stopped before the female black panther pulled the phone away and smiled at me. "So." I said as I looked at both the panther and the deer. "Why am I now famous?"
"Are you serious?" The pair said as they looked at me in shock whilst I just nodded my head slowly in confirmation. "Your the first animal to have made the chief smile and even chuckle on camera." The deer said as he continued to look at me in shock as I began to chuckle lightly whilst Ryan finally made his way over. "Are you serious?" I said as I finished my bout of chuckling whilst Ryan began to speak. "Whats got you chuckling Ben?" Ryan said as I looked over to Ryan before smiling slightly. "Not much really Ryan." I said casually before I began to examine my right black furred paw as if said paw had some dirt on it. "Oh really?" Ryan questioned as he folded his arms in suspicion whilst I looked at the white furred wolf with a sly smile on my face before speaking. "Well actually Ryan thanks to these two individuals I can now say that I have achieved something great today." I said whilst Ryan raised an eyebrow which added to his suspicious look. "Whats this great thing then?" Ryan questioned me to which I smiled slyly before beckoning over the female black panther. "Sorry to ask er..." I paused waiting for the panther to tell me her name as she smiled happily ate me. "Mary." She said as I nodded my head whilst smiling before I continued. "Sorry to ask Mary but could you show my friend hear the video?" I questioned Mary to which she smiled happily before bringing up the video once again on her phone. "Look at this Ryan." I said as the video began to play. I didn't take long for Ryan's face to change from confusion to surprise and then finally to happiness as he began to chuckle at the end of the video.
"I cant believe it." Ryan said as he finished chuckling at the video whilst the female black panther put her phone away for the second time before she took a step back so that she was next to the male deer once again. "You actually made the chief chuckle. An don camera none the less. I never thought it could be done." Ryan said as he looked towards me with a wide smile plastered onto his white furred face. "Well I guess Im just to funny." I said as Ryan lightly punched me in the arm. "Yeah sure you are." Ryan said as I thanked the two mammals for showing me the video before myself and Ryan began to head of down the pavement once again towards the bar.
"So this is the bar then Ryan?" I questioned the white furred wolf in front of me as I gazed upon the old grey bricked building. The bar itself really stood out against the other buildings that stood side by side the bar as they where like the rest of the buildings that I had seen in Zootopia. They where colorful and new but this bar wasn't. The grey bricked bar had an old metal sign that hung around the bars front door that read in big and bold black lettering. 'BAR'. The bar also had a few wooden framed windows that ran along on either side of the bars old looking wooden door. In all the bar was very different to what I was expecting. "Yep this is it Ben." Ryan said as he too looked at the bar before I heard said white furred sigh. "This is the best bar in Zootopia Ben." Ryan said as he continued to look at the bar fondly whilst I made my way over to one of the bars windows to have a peek inside. The inside of the bar shocked me as I took a step back away from the bars window in shock. "Whats wrong Ben?" I heard Ryan say as I turned around to face him before putting on a fake sly smile. "Its nothing Ryan. Im just surprised to see a building like this in a city like Zootopia." I said to which Ryan nodded his head in acknowledgement before I turned to look towards the bar once again. "Yeah I know what you mean." Ryan said in his deep strong voice as he looked toward the grey bricked building again.
"That's one of the main reasons I like this bar so much." I nodded my head once again but inside my head I couldn't help but have another meltdown at seeing something so familiar from earth here in Zootopia. "Ben...Ben...Ben are you there?" Ryan said as he waved a white paw in front of my muzzle which immediately snapped me out of my thoughts. "W..what oh...yeah sorry about that." I said as I scratched the back of my auburn red furred neck with my right black furred paw whilst Ryan let out a small sigh. "Well anyway how about a drink then?" I questioned the white furred wolf that was Ryan as I smiled slyly at said wolf before making my way to the bars old wooden front door and into the bar. "Great." Ryan said as he sighed in slight annoyance before he put his right paw into his right navy blue jean pocket before pulling out a leather wallet. "I guess Im paying for all the drinks then." And with that Ryan followed me into the bar of his choosing.
"Well Ryan." I said as I held up a pint of alcoholic blueberry juice whilst I sat on an old wooden stool. Or what Ryan said was alcoholic blueberry juice and to be honest It was a free drink so I didn't question whether it was alcoholic or not. "Cheers." I said in a cheerful tone of voice as Ryan also raised a glass before I began to chug down my blue beverage. "Uh..." Ryan said as I held up my left black paw as a sign for Ryan to wait as I continued to chug down my drink. "Aaaaahhhh..." I said in slight bliss as I finished the blueberry beverage before looking towards Ryan with a raised eyebrow. "So what where you going to say then Ryan?" I questioned the white furred wolf who was sitting on a similar stool to mine opposite me. "I was going to warn you about how you shouldn't be drinking that fast." Ryan said as he looked at me with a slight hint of worry as I chuckled slightly. "Don't worry about me Ryan." I said as I waved my black paw up in the air which caught the attention of one of the bar keepers on hand. "I can handle myself." I said to Ryan with a smirk on my face as a female red vixen began to approach me from the side. "Hello can I help you?" A scarily familiar young female voice said from the side of me as I felt my auburn furred ears spring up in surprise. I quickly turned my head to the side as I came face to face with an auburn red furred vixen who was looking directly at me with her bright green eyes which met directly with my leaf green ones. 'No way. It cant be.' I thought in my mind as I stared blankly at the auburn red furred vixen whilst said vixen smiled happily at me. Said vixen was wearing a bright red tank top which only slightly stood out against her fur as well as a pair of blue skinny jeans. After noticing the familiar clothes that the vixen was wearing I quickly looked at the small metal name tag that hung on to the vixens red tank top.
'Hi.' The name tag read. 'My names Jane.' I couldn't help but chuckle out loud as I stopped staring at Jane as I began to cease my laughter before smiling slyly at Jane. "Hello there Jane." I said in a confident and sly tone of voice to Jane whilst Ryan just looked at me in shock and surprise. "Hi." Jane said as she continued to smile widely before she continued. "Do you want another drink sir?" I nodded my head in confirmation as Jane seemed to pull out a notepad and pen from out of nowhere. "Ill have another alcoholic blueberry drink or what ever it is and how about I buy a drink for your lovely self." I said as I kept the sly smile plastered on my face as I watched as Jane began to giggle slightly before she wrote down my order. "Ill bring your drink over in a jiffy sir." Jane said as she turned around and began to step away before stopping suddenly in her tracks before she spoke in a happy and sly tone of voice. "I finish my shift in half an hour." Jane said as she turned her auburn furred head around so she was looking at me once again. "And if you two wouldn't mind I would like to join in." She said as I nodded my head rapidly whilst Ryan dragged a white paw over his white furred face in annoyance. "Sure." I said as Jane walked off to go and fetch my drink. "Well I guess were forming a table party then Ben." I heard Ryan say as I dragged my attention away from the vixen that was Jane before looking towards a slightly annoyed looking Ryan. "Come on Ryan." I said as I leaned over on my stool before lightly punching Ryan in the arm as I chuckled. "What could go wrong?"
"Jerry?" Ryan questioned out loud as he heard the familiar voice of his friend as said friend made his way through the bars old wooden door. "Ryan? What are you doing here?" The grey furred and black tipped eared Jerry questioned Ryan as said wolf sighed tiredly as he pointed behind him to which Jerry could see a drunk looking male auburn red furred fox who was dancing around a stool with a pint of blue liquid in his right paw. "Wow Ryan. The people you hang out with nowhere days." Jerry said in his slightly deep voice as he chuckled at the sight whilst Ryan put his white furred head in his paws. "Come on Ryan." Jerry said as he noticed that a female red furred vixen was watching the male fox dance around the stool with a slight dreamy look in her bright green eyes. "I have an idea Ryan. But you have to trust me." Jerry said as he smiled slyly whilst Ryan looked up at his long time friend in curiosity. But before Ryan could answer Jerry's question said grey furred rabbit watched in amusement as the male auburn red furred fox danced over to Ryan before giving said wolf a full on hug before the fox began to sob slightly. "Great." Ryan said as he sighed in annoyance whilst Jerry began to chuckle loudly as said rabbit watched the male auburn red furred fox break off the hug before he downed the last remains of his drink and passed out on the floor. "I shouldn't have gone to this bar." Ryan said in annoyance whilst Jerry clutched his stomach with his right black furred paw as laughter began to wrack his body.