Chapter 5: Run Boy Run

Sorry about the wait lol i have a work schedule that doesn't exist, anyway here's another one :)

Woodkid

2 hours of absolutely boring walking later…

Nick's POV

"So are we getting any closer? Or are we lost like I keep saying we are." I say for the 4th time to the worried looking bunny leading me on through the dense jungle forest.

She stops and turns around to face me.

"Look, I've said this before and I'll say it again….WE ARE NOT LOST! I'm just trying to take the most hidden way back. If we get caught before we even get anywhere, then why the hell am I doing this in the first place?!" She says almost screaming at me.

In a huff, she turns around and starts walking again.

Wow…. She seems stressed, good thing I actually have a pretty good idea of where we are.

Suddenly we begin to hear something that we weren't expecting. At first it sounds like a dull rumbling noise, but as we walked further it became louder. It soon got to a point where it hurt to listen to it, like if we were walking into a large factory.

It soon became obvious what the noise was as several helicopters came flying from the direction of the prison.

"Well, it was nice to be out for the few hours we had." I say sarcastically as she pulls me into a bush.

I start to panic as I think about being stuck in that cell for even longer than before, that is if they decide to even let me live at this point.

I waited for a few minutes while listening to the deafening noise, but that's all that happens. The noise slowly dies down as the helicopters grow further and further away from us.

I look at Judy and notice that she has the same look of relief that I do. They hadn't spotted us.

After a few minutes of letting the helicopters leave, I start to realize just how big this breakout was. I'm near the top of the most wanted mammals in zootopia right now and I just broke out of prison. By now every cop on duty is probably searching for me, maybe even the military.

"I think we're clear, let's keep moving before they decide to come back." Judy says starting to continue on our path to food.

Something suddenly hits me.

"Hey carrots, I just realized that even if we do make it to the town and somehow don't get seen, I'm still wearing a bright orange jumpsuit." Judy pauses for a second.

"Yea, that is a pretty big problem. I think I might be able to sneak in and get you some different clothes. Well you know, if I'm not on that wanted list as well." She says as we resume cutting through branches and leaves.

"Well we better make it quick because I think I'm seriously starving, I really haven't eaten since yesterday."

"Ha, told you I wasn't lost!" She says cutting me off and pointing down the hill.

A small town sat just at the bottom tucked away in the trees almost completely hidden by branches and leaves.

"Hmm, well it sure seemed like it while we were walking." I smirked at her." Good thing I was here to give you advice, or we would have been lost forever."

"You mean the random comments on how we were going to die and we were lost?" she says smiling at me.

"Yeah, well I mean, they kept our mind off of the walking so we made it further." She looks at me for a second.

"Yea, I'm sure that's what you were doing…. Well I guess you should stay here while I go try to get you some new clothes, then we can go get something to eat." She says as she starts to head towards the town.

"Ok, just please don't get caught or something stupid. Because then I wouldn't get dinner." I said smiling at her.

She looks back at me like I'm stupid, then walks off.

I really mean it, I think as I lay down by a bush to take a nap, I'm hungry.

-Judy's POV-

"Time to find out if anyone here actually knows me." I say slightly under my breath as I walk into a small convenience store.

The store was pretty small compared to the bigger stores downtown, but so was the town. It was a more "off the beaten path" town, with not a whole lot of animals in it.

I walk down one of the isles towards the fox sized clothes.

I can't lie, it feels a little weird shopping for Nick's clothes, especially since I'll have to purchase them with everyone-….OH NO!

Just then I realized that I can't use my credit card, because it can be tracked. I'll have to find an ATM machine and get the cash from there.

I put all of the clothes I had back where they were and walk out of the store. Luckily there happens to be an ATM machine just outside the building.

At least this is slightly harder to track and they won't know what I bought, I think as I get the money I need.

After a few minutes of watching it spit out my hard earned cash, I walk back into the store.

I laugh slightly as I think of something.

I earned this money putting away criminals, but now it's helping one escape.

I walk back to the isle of clothes to where I found the clothes for Nick. But of course, there has to be someone there right in the way.

This is going to be awkward.

"Excuse me, I need to get to those." I say as I point to the clothes.

It was a smaller sized antelope that was in the way. He looked down slightly at me, then looked confused.

"You sure you're in the right isle?" He asks me.

"Yes I'm sure, I'm just grabbing some new clothes for my friend's birthday that I completely forgot about. Can you hand me those?" I say, fake laughing at the same time.

Oh god that was horrible.

"Oh ok." He says as he grabs the things I need.

Really? Your fine with that answer?... wow

Just then I look down the isle to see 2 police officers asking a panther if they had seen the fox on the picture they were holding.

I freeze.

Oh my god why?! Why right now!?

I look back up to see the antelope grabbing the last thing I need. Suddenly the cops said thanks to the panther and started walking this way.

"Thats all you need?" He says, grabbing the last thing and handing it down to me.

"Yes, Thank you." I say quickly while walking away with my face covered, making it around the corner just as they ask the antelope that helped me.

I quickly run to the aisle with my sized clothing, grabbing everything I need as quickly as possible, while avoiding the cops, and head to the register.

I really need to get out of here, I'm gonna be seen. I'm REALLY surprised nobody has questioned the police uniform yet, maybe it's the fact it's almost unrecognizable from how dirty it is at this point.

I stand up to the counter and put all the clothes on it. The cashier looks at me then decides not to question it. I hand her my money and I grab the clothes and get out as quickly as I can.

As I'm walking down the street, I notice the cop's car sitting in front of the building. It hadn't been there when I went in.

I walk a few blocks away and cut through a backyard or two and now I'm getting close to where Nick should be.

Nick, I swear if you got caught again. I think just as I come to the edge of the forest where I left him.

To my relief he was still there, just fast asleep. He literally could've been caught if they had simply looked down the street.

"Nick, wake up. I have your clothes." I say as I lightly kick him with my foot.

He moves slightly and mumbles something, definitely not wanting to wake up yet.

I try kicking him again, just slightly harder than before.

"OH FUUU-! Ow! What the hell was that for?!" He says as he sleepily gets up holding his chest.

Ok maybe I kicked him a little too hard that time.

"I brought you your clothes, and you weren't waking up so I kicked you." I say half smiling at him.

"Doesn't mean you have to break my ribs to get me to wake up." He says as he grabs the clothes out of my hands.

"Oh by the way, you owe me like, $50 now!" I yell at him as he is walking away through the bushes.

"Yea yea I'll put it on my to do list." He replies walking behind a big bush to change.

I grab my clothes and change out of my still slightly wet police uniform.

Feels so much better not being wet. I think as I put on my new shirt.

After a few minutes he comes back wearing the new clothes.

I look at him for a second.

"You know, you look pretty good in those," I say smiling at him," if we do ever make it out of this mess, then I think you should keep that style. Because your old ones are kinda….. out there, if you know what I mean."

I didn't know what he liked besides his old clothes so I had chose the most basic stuff I could find at the store. I got him a pair of blue jeans and a dark green T-shirt.

"Well I'll have you know that I happen to really like my old clothes, but since they're back at the prison with the rest of my stuff, I don't think you'll have to worry about seeing them for awhile." He says sarcastically.

"Hmmm, well I think we should go eat since you said that you were just dying to have food. And I'm also getting pretty hungry as well, " I say, beginning to walk back to the town," hopefully nobody recognizes you in those clothes."

We get into the town and make our way to the nearest restaurant. We start walking down the sidewalk when a car turns up the street and heads this way.

It's a police car.

"Ah! Nick quick hide, " I say grabbing his arm and quickly dragging him into a nearby alley.

Seconds later the car drives by and I let out a sign of relief as it doesn't seem to notice us. Nick notices the car and quickly realizes why I pulled him into the alley.

" Man they're really after me aren't they." He says while looking around the corner and making sure the car was gone. I notice the small restaurant across the street and I point it out to Nick.

" They should have something good to eat there, " I say as we make our way across the road.

We open the front door and suddenly the smell of the delicious food fills the air.

"Is it just you two today?" The waiter asks and we nod.

"Alright then follow me to your table."she says turning and walking further into the restaurant.

-Nick's POV-

"Well this is a nice place." I say as we finish our lunches.

"Yea but it's pretty pricey, but since you haven't had anything good for almost a year now I thought this would be fine." She says looking at her phone.

"So I'm still confused about something. Why did you decide to break me out. I mean, you will probably lose your job and maybe even go to prison yourself for doing this."

"Well things just weren't the same without you and I couldn't get over the fact you were in jail because of something you hadn't done. So I decided to fix that," She says grinning at me, " Even if I might lose my job over it."

"Hm, well sacrificing yourself to save me probably wasn't your best idea, but if you think it's a good reason to break me out of prison, then be my guest." I say slightly laughing.

"Well not only that but the city and the ZPD have been making really questionable decisions lately, like one of the laws they passed was that you have to have these new cards. They are like ID cards except they are used to get into everything." She says pulling hers out," luckily this place hasn't been updated to the new system yet or we would have been screwed. " I grab the card and look at it for a minute.

"So what happens if you don't want one of these cards?" I ask her.

"Well that's where the ZPD comes in, we made sure people had these cards. If people refused to get them we would arrest them and provide one for them ourselves. That's when I started to question if what we are doing is right."

" That's really strange. " I say, still inspecting the card.

"Yea, and they even said not too long ago in a meeting that they might move from cards to collars. The collars being a more permanent way to keep people "safe" because the ZPD would know where they are at all times."

"Isn't this privacy infringement?" I say still holding the card.

"Not since the city council said it wasn't. "

"Wow, you weren't kidding when you said the city was making questionable decisions."

She looks back down at her phone and we become silent. Looking at her I can feel the stress almost literally radiating from her so I decide to lighten the mood.

"You know, if we weren't running away from prison and being chased by the cops, I would say this was a wonderful date."

She freezes then looks up at me with a slightly embarrassed face.

"Now why would you say that?"

"Well, fancy place, pricey food, and its just the 2 of us."I say smiling at her as her face starts blushing.

"If you really want to call it that then go ahead, but we are just eating lunch." She said looking back down growing slightly more red in the face.

I smile at her, as I think that it may not have been her intention to do that but it became a pleasant side effect.

We sat for a minute in silence, then Judy's voice breaks it.

"So where are we going to now? We can't really go back home, because that would probably be one of the first places they look." She says looking up at me again.

"Yea I've been thinking about that and I think I have an idea, it's been years since I've been there and I feel like it would be a pretty safe place." I say, kinda sad that I don't get to see my old home for a while.

"Oh yea? and where would that be?" She says skeptically.

"Well…..my parents are usually home."