For all of you who thought this was going to be a cute story *Laughs evilly and shakes head*, ya sorry… I'm evil when it comes to my favorite characters. And sorry if Nick is out of character, but can you blame him? Anyway, there will be happiness in the future, along with even more heartbreak.

Thank You Carrots

Nick looked at his nose and saw the muzzle strapped onto his face. Immediately he started to hyperventilate. "Please!" he choked out but it was barely a whisper. His breaths became faster and shorter. All he wanted to do was to pull the damn thing off and curl into a ball. He struggled underneath from the officer's grip and started to shake as his tail curled underneath of him. He could hear Lynn cry; memories and insults fled his head as the wolf told him his Miranda Rights.

"You have the right to remain silent…"

"You think we'd ever trust a fox without a muzzle!"

'untrustworthy, double-dealing, dishonest.'

'Don't let them see that they got to you…' Nick thought with his eyes closed tight.

"Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law..."

"You're dumber than you look!"

'disloyalty, cheating, naughty.'

'Don't let them see that they got to you…' Nick repeated struggling to hold everything together.

"You have the right to speak to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during any questioning..."

"Awww… is he going to crrrrry…"

'mischievous, tricky, sly,'

'Don't…' He struggled to breathe while tears started to stream down his cheeks.

'fox.'

With that last thought going inside his head; his eyes opened in shock, and his mouth had a small gap, letting out any air left in his lungs. He knew that he lost the battle. He didn't know what to do… He looked like a wreck and felt as if he had been punched in the gut multiple times. Finally, his body forced him to take a gulp of air, but after that breathing became a struggle. Other than the sound of his rapid/wheezing breaths; he let out long quiet howls and whimpering that showed his pain.

"Hey!" The officer that was still pinning Nick at the moment, stopped talking and looked up at the sound of the voice. "Wha-What. Is. Going. On. Here!" Judy demanded through her teeth. Once she grabbed Lynn's car seat and a small pouch of Kit Formula that the coroner "gladly" gave to her. She walked outside the doors and saw 3 police cars surrounding her own. Once she saw her fox pinned on the ground she immediately rushed as fast as she could to her partner and dropped the items as she sprinted by. Her heart broke when she saw the muzzle strapped on Nick's face. And the cries that he was making, was a mix of different pitches that made her wince as her sensitive bunny ears soaked it all in. "GET OFF OF HIM!" she went to go by his side and planned to help pick him up, but the only thing that stopped her was an outreached white paw that gripped the back of her collar, and prevented her to get any closer to her friend.

"Back off bunny. This is a crime scene." The gruff voice from the polar bear said.

"My name is Officer, Judy Hopps, of the Z.P.D." Her voice was deadly cold, as she tried to get a hold of the burning anger that was inside of her. "And I demand! To know what the hell is going on here." Everything was dead quiet other than Nick's and Lynn's cries. The bear looked at her in disbelief, then he noticed her uniform.

"They actually hired a bunny on their force." The creature scoffed "It seems like they will hire anyone these days."

"Top in my class." She snarled "What are you doing to my partner."

"Partner?" the officer bellowed a short mocking laugh, "This fox was attempting to steal your cursor (I'm guessing) that YOU left unattended!"

"That fox, and this bunny, took down single handedly one of Zootopia's BIGGEST crime-" she was stopped by a white paw shoved inches away from her face.

"Look. I don't care about other city's problems. I have to deal with my own as it is. Including this one!" he pointed at Nick.

"He's an officer!"

"He has no police I.D. on him, he has a kit without a car seat, and he attacked one of my crew! I DON'T GIVE A DAMN IF HE'S THE CHIEF OF POLICE. He's coming with us." Before she could defend Nick anymore, the polar bear shouted orders to take the canine away. Judy knew there was no way of dealing with this cop, and even though it killed her! It was her last shot of saving Nick. She swallowed her pride, took out her phone, dialed the number, for FaceTime, and quickly explained everything.

The wolf grabbed the poor fox by the skin of his neck and violently lifted him up to his feet. His cries finally died down, but his anxiety grew.

"What in BLOODY HELL is going on here!" Judy's phone boomed. The white bear froze in place and didn't dare move a muscle, he knew that voice all too well. After 3 seconds he gathered his cool, forced a smile on his face, and turned around to face the water buffalo.

"Chief Bogo!" Even though Bogo worked in a different department than Yelp City, he and other chefs from all over would always be in close contact. In other words, it didn't matter what city you worked in, you piss one of them off, you better get on yourpaws and knees and pray they will go easy on you.

"Can it! Officer Hopps already explained everything. I want you to release one of my best officers, NOW!"

"With all due respect… I cannot do that Chief." The polar bear looked at the angered Bogo's face through the phone, trying to reason with him.

"The reason this officer is in the state he's in is because he had an emergency to deal with. With my permission!"

"Did the rabbit also explain that the fox snapped at one of my crew members?" Bogo crossed his arms, and his temple started to throb.

"A sly comment isn't the same as-"

"Like I said before. He snapped." The Bear was starting to lose his cool. "Assault & Battery is a pretty good excuse to keep him handcuffed."

"I'm only going to say this once. You will release Mr. Wilde. Or I will come down there and personally make sure your career is ended by endangering a young kit's life!" with that, the polar bear nodded his head and told his crew to release Nick. The wolf un-cuffed the fox and took the muzzle off his face. A rush of relief came over Nick as he placed his paws over his muzzle and rubbed. Still trembling. It took all of Judy's strength not to rush over to him to make sure he was ok. She was still holding her phone out with Bogo on the other end. Both she and the water buffalo saw the blood dripping down from his lip and to his chin. Both sickened by the state he was in and what he was going through.

Finally, Nick snapped in reality and thought about his niece, all his fear washed away with only worry and anger replaced. He walked straight to the mountain lion, arms outstretched, and grabbed the little kit without any words. The lion cowered after seeing the glare in his eyes. But once Nick had little Lynn in his arms, his eyes softened as he tried to calm the kit down. He once again placed her to his neck and smiled knowing that her cries turned into soft whimpers as she buried herself in his fur. He closed his eyes and sighed as he completely calmed down as well.

With that, the cops from Yelp City dispersed. "When you three make it back to Zootopia, I would like you to come to my office and tell me more details. Of course after dropping off Wilde first."

"Will do Chief," Judy confirmed as she turned her phone off. She walked over to Nick and the only thing she heard next was,

"Thank you Carrots…"