Inside an area where banks of cell room were from right to left, an officer was escorting the handcuffed Bunnie to her cell, while some prisoners whistled towards her. Some who recognizes her.
"It's that DEA agnet chick we heard about." The first prisoner replied
"Hey, girl. Come in here and give a guy some luvin'." A second prisoner suggested, which issued other prisoners to burst out laughter.
Bunnie ignores the prisoners as the guard releases her from her cuffs and puts her in the cell. He closed the cell as Bunnie's back was to the door. Bunnie was in disbelief of what was happening after years of being in the DEA and now she has to be arrested.
"Sir, I can't believe you did this." A voice said, V.O
Int. Yanar's Office
Inside Yanar's office, Manic was standing at the front of his desk.
"You're putting her under arrest because she capped off a couple of DL Echidnas."
"Look, I told her three times to stay off the case and she disobeyed. Three strikes for her and she's out. Besides, she chose to quit. She's out of control and she needs time to grieve."
Manic then walks up to the wall and yanks Bunnie's badge from the wall before speaking.
"Let me tell you something. She chose to quit because of an incident that took place that she should've prevented from happening. (Paused) But maybe I'm blaming the wrong furry."
Yanar tightened his gaze with a glare due to Manic's implication.
"You're out of line, Manic."
"Am I? She loves her parents and sister very much to let some report in the paper keep her from seeing them."
Yanar grew silence as Manic continues.
"You know, when Bunnie took me in with her folks, they told me once before and Bunnie always reminded me that there's a difference between protecting people and crossing the line. Now with what happened with her folks yesterday, she's torn between personal vendetta and acts of duties. (Shows badge) She already chose that path. Now I thought at first that she lost her mind but I learned to respect that. You said yourself that she was doing her job and you respect that, but as long as she's in the DEA business, you call the shots. (Paused, gazes at badge) I think she, uh, took that under advisement after you threaten to fire and arrest her, but I guess she fired herself and you took advantage of that to arrest her."
Yanar took time to have every word sink into his head as Manic continued.
"Now I'm going to the station and pay a $150 fine for bail. You got a problem with it sir, just say the word and I'll quit just like that."
A long silence issued from Yanar as Manic stodd there, awaiting his answer. After a brief thought, Yanar closed his eyes and sighed deeply before speaking.
"Go ahead."
Manic nods.
"Thank you, sir." Manic siad before making his leave from the office.
Ext.
Manic's car was parked outside the county jail.
Int. Inside
Inside, Manic was walking over to a desk where Dirk is writing on a clipboard before noticing his presnece.
"Can I help you?" He asked
Int.
A guard was leading Manic to Bunnie's cell block when they finally got there.
"Cell 102, Bunnie Rabbot, you got b-"
The guard stopped his statement as he saw that the cell was empty.
"What the hell?" The guard responded in surprise
There was some broken bars in the window as Manic and the guard noticed.
Manic shook his head to the indication of her escape.
"Oh, man."
Int.
In the office, Yanar, with his gaze to Manic, who stood at the front of his desk, grew shocked after what was revealed to him.
"What?"
"She's not there. She escaped."
Yanar lowered his gaze from Manic, shook his head and sighed deeply.
"Jesus. Okay, I'll put out a search warrant for her."
"No, I'll find her."
Yanar met Manic's gaze.
"You sure?"
Manic nods.
"Yeah."
Yanar briefly grew silence.
"Alright. Be careful."
"Thank you, sir." Manic said before making his leave.
Int.
Inside the car, Manic was searching through the streets and numorous places to find Bunnie's whereabouts and so far haven't found nothing.
"C'mon, Bunnie. Where can you be?" He muttered to himself
Manic continues driving around and even asking bystanders around. It took a couple of minutes until he stumbled upon a bystander on 4th and Neil St. who last saw her heading for Knothole Village. Manic didn't waste any time in making a dash towards his destination.
Ext. Knothole Village
Manic's car was parking in front of the house as he naturally got out the car and approached the house.
Int.
Inside, the door opened as Manic entered the house, which was still a mess with the front of the house guarded in tapes. It was a little quiet as he search the place for Bunnie. He then made his way to the hallway searching from the bathroom to the closet and hasn't found nothing. He then went to a room opening the door.
Upon entering, he started looking left and right in the bedroom. He then started seeing various pictures of Bunnie and her families in the photo when they were younger. Manic picked up the picture and read an inscription on it.
"'Families Forever'." He quoted before nodding in understandment
"Nice picture, isn't it?" A voice came
Manic turned and was surprised to see Bunnie sitting alone in the brief shadows next to a window on a chair and smoking a cigarette.
Manic placed the portrait down before speaking.
"Yes, it is."
Bunnie blew out smoke before speaking.
"Mah father took that automatic snapshot when ah was five." She said before sighing deeply
Manic approaches her position, which gave him sight of her full feature from the darkness.
"Bunnie, I was looking for you. I mean, Yanar almost put out a search warrant for you."
Bunnie gazed him.
"What for? So he can put me back?" She said before chuckling in amusement to this before gazing from him.
"Bunnie, please. I'm not here to put you back in jail and neither is Yanar, okay? Believe it or not, you're the best damn DEA agent a guy could ever have. It really doesn't matter what you were back in the past."
Bunnie gazed him in surprise after that statement.
"Y-you mean it?"
Manic smiled.
"Of course. You may be living two jobs, but that doesn't change who you are at all. You're the best in this agency and the greatest partner I ever worked with."
Bunnie was speechless. She never heard anyone say that to her before and yet it came from Manic. With a smile, she replied.
"Thanks, sugahog."
Manic kept his smile and replied.
"Welcome."
Suddenly, the phone ranged.
Sighing, Bunnie got up and answered the phone.
"Hello?"
Bunnie listened in on the phone when her expression changed to utter shock at to what she was hearing. Manic noticed but didn't interrupt as Bunnie spoke.
"T-thank you for notifying me. (pause) That's okay. Goodbye."
She hung up the phone and got into shocked silence.
"What was that?"
With a long silence, Bunnie finally answered.
"That...was the hospital."
"What happ-" He started to say before Bunnie intervened
"Manic, can you get me some water, please?" She requested
Manic grew silence in concern before speaking.
"S-sure."
Manic soon left the room leaving Bunnie alone. Manic could tell that something tragic has happened due to Bunnie's expression, but he didn't take anything to chance. As he was out of sight, Bunnie was pacing across her room with her head down and tears running down her eyes. But she didn't cry instantly. Instead, she unleashed her aggression by wrecking everything on her drawer and breaking glass after glass from the mirror in hatred, grief, and remorse all the same way. To this reaction, she was informed by the hospital that her sister gave out due to the loss of blood and weak respiration, hence the shocked expression Bunnie was giving off. Bunnie's family was all she had and now she lost everything. It didn't take long for Manic to come in with the water before placing it down and running up to a disheartened Bunnie Rabbot, who was weeping with tears on her bed. Manic approached and kneeled to her before speaking.
"Bunnie..." He started with a brief silence. "I-I'm sorry about what happened."
Bunnie sniffed up tears a bit and lifted her head to meet his eyes.
"S-she was mah best sister and so was mah family. (sniff) Now everything is gone."
Bunnie buried her head and cried her eyes out onto Manic as he held and comfort her.
Dissolve To:
Ext.
Outside, a fire was started, encasing Bunnie's house in a world of flames. It took a while for Bunnie to keep her emotions in check, but she finally managed herself. Manic and Bunnie were outside watching the flames consume the house as Manic sighed deeply.
"What are you gonna do now?" He asked which issued a brief silence from Bunnie
"Ah wanna get this ova with and do what ah gotta do while you guys handle the rest of the gangs."
Manic gazed her in surprise.
"You guys?"
Bunnie met his gaze and smiled.
"Ah guess it's about time for teamwork."
With a smile, Manic handed Bunnie her DEA badge. Bunnie looked at the badge before speaking.
"You know, mah mom always tells me that whateva happens to them, ah must move on. (Gazed Manic) Ah guess it's about time ah took her advice."
Manic kept his reassuring smile and spoke.
"What are you gonna do when this is over?" He asked as Bunnie sighed
"Ah, um, ah'm gonna bury mah parents and sister at the cemetery and continue on. Put this behind me."
Manic nods in understandment.
Int. DEA HQ
Yanar was heading to his office before the phone rings. Desperately, he ran and answered it.
"Hello?"
Int.
In the car, Manic was in the front seat on the cell phone while Bunnie was in the pasenger's.
"Yanar, it's me."
Int.
In the office...
"Have you found Bunnie?"
"Yeah. We'll be there shortly, but we're gonna make a little stop first."
"Where?"
Int.
In the car...
"That's for us to know and for you to find out." He said before instantly hanging up the phone
Int.
In the office, Yanar hung up the phone.
"Shit." He said in dismay