COPYRIGHT NOTICE: The song 'Monster' belong to the group 'Imagine Dragons, not me! I am merely using it for this book and I do not intend to make any profit off of it whatsoever! Thank you, and enjoy the chapter!
Nick grinned cheekily and pulled Judy to her feet. "A Frisky Fox?" He asked. "Well that's certainly not a good thing, is it?" Judy laughed and nuzzled his shoulder.
"Not necessarily... because your not just any fox." She smiled and kissed him. "Your MY fox." Nick smiled, but it quickly faded. "Nick, what is it?" Judy asked with concern. "Carrots, that was a lot a Night Howler serum..." He said with worry. "I'm sure you will be fine..." Judy said with a small smile. Nick sighed and pulled away. "You don't understand..." He started. "What do y-" Judy started, but Nick interrupted, pulling out his iPear and quickly playing a theme.
"Ever since I could remember, everything inside of me, just wanted to fit in!... Oh- Oh- Oh..."
"He's singing..." Judy thought, staring blankly at the fox.
"I was never one for pretenders, Everything I tried to be... just wouldn't settle in! Oh- Oh- Oh..."
Nick turned his back to Judy, the only thing visible in the darkness of the apartment being his mouth when he turned his head to the side.
"If I told you what I was, would you turn your back on me? And if I seemed dangerous, would you be scared?"
Judy still stood there, not sure whether or not she should interrupt his moment or not. He turned back to her, swiping his arm through the air.
"I get the feeling; just because, everything I touch isn't dark enough... That this problem lies in ME!"
His face crunched up in a snarl, and Judy took a hesitant step back.
"I'm only a man with a candle to guide me! I'm taking a stand to escape what's inside me!"
He ran his paws over his ears, angrily.
"A monster! A monster! I've turned into a MONSTER! A monster! A monster! And it keeps getting stronger!"
Judy walked up to him. "You're not-"
Nick gently pushed her back. "Can I clear my conscience, if I'm different from the rest? Do I have to run and hide? Oh- Oh- Oh.." He walked away from Judy.
"I never said that I want this; this burden came to me, and it's made it's home inside. Oh- Oh- Oh..."
"If I told you what I was, would you turn your back on me?"
Nick looked at Judy with sadness in his eyes.
"And if I seem dangerous, would you be scared?"
Judy tried to get an answer in, but Nick interrupted.
"I get the feeling just because; everything I touch isn't dark enough, that this problem lies in ME!"
A single tear ran down Nicks' eye.
"I'm only a man with a candle to guide me! I'm taking a stand to escape what's inside me!"
"A monster! A MONSTER! I've turned into a monster! A monster! A MONSTER! And it keeps getting stronger!"
Judy started crying a little. She was confused to why Nick was doing this, but it was really hitting her hard how emotional he sounded. He turned to her with a regretful look.
"I'm only a man with a candle to guide me! I'm taking a stand to escape what's inside ME!"
"A monster! A MONSTER! I've turned into a MONSTER! A monster! A MONSTER! And it keeps getting STRONGER!"
Nick fell to his knees as the music faded out, hanging his head low. Judy walked over to him, her breath, as well as her body, shaking quite a bit.
"Y-you done there, Wilde?" She asked, lifting up his chin. He smiled a bit at her.
"Y-yea... I guess I am." He sniffled.
"If your worried that badly," She started, helping him to his feet. "We'll go to the doctor's- A REAL doctor, and get you a booster for the Night Howler antidote, ok?"
Nick smiled down at her. "Yea.. s-sure thing Carrots.. Sound like a plan..."
Judy zoomed down the road in her truck, Nick sitting in the passenger seat.
"Aren't you going a little fast?" Nick questioned.
"Of course not." Judy replied. "We need to get you to the doctor as fast as legally possible."
They zoomed past a minivan, it's horn blaring. Nick clutched at his door handle.
"Carrots!" He exclaimed. She ignored him and zoomed through the green light, seconds before it went red. She calmly drove along at, what was to Nick, an alarming speed.
"Carrots, slow down!" He yelled. No response. She swerved around an old, puttering truck.
"Whiskers!" He yelled, again. She was going at least 15 miles over the limit.
"JUDY!" He barked angrily. She screeched over the curb and came to a perfect stop in a parking area.
"We're here." She said happily, smiling at him. Nick was confused, but he got out anyways, grinning at her. They walked towards the office building.
"So this doctor of yours..." He started.
"He's a tiger." Judy said. "I wouldn't think he's a sympathizer with Bellwether."
She opened up the door and they walked over to the assistant desk, where a white wolf was organizing some papers.
"Hi Sasha!" Judy exclaimed. The wolf looked up and smiled.
"Judy! Hello! This is a surprise!"
She noticed Nick, who waved shyly.
"Oh! Is this the mysterious Nicholas Piberius Wilde?"
She giggled.
"She's told me all about you." The wolf started, but Judy quickly interrupted.
"Is Dr. Mohr here, Sasha?" She asked. "Nick is here for a Night Howler booster shot."
Sasha raised her eyebrows curiously.
"Night Howler booster?"
"Just to be safe." Nick reassured her. Sasha turned to the computer.
"The doctor is wrapping up an appointment. He'll be able to see you in about ten minutes."
She gave Judy an application.
"Fill this out, please. For insurance, etcetera. Ya know."
Judy grabbed the paper and they sat down in the waiting room.
"Told her all about me, huh?" Nick jived, casually rubbing Judy's ears flat onto her head. She smiled and pushed his paw away.
"What? No way!" She looked down at the application, a small blush forming on her cheeks.
"What's this?" Nick questioned, wrapping his arm around Judy and pulling her towards his side.
"A blush?" He pulled her closer to kiss her.
"N-Nick!" Judy giggled.
"Not here!"
"What?" Nick said with a fake whine.
"Nick, please don't don't do that!" Judy pleaded. Nick nuzzled her shoulder and whined again.
"Nick, there are people looking!" Judy gasped. The two of them were interrupted by a harumph.
"Mr. Wilde, I presume." A thick Indian accent said. They turned and saw a massive, but greying Bengal tiger standing before them. "I am Dr. Mohr." He offered his paw.
Nick stood and gave Dr. Mohr a pawshake.
"A pleasure to meet you, Doctor." Nick said.
"The pleasure is all mine." Mohr replied. "Now, right this way." He lead them down a hallway.
"This is your doctor?" Nick whispered to Judy. "He's super-"
"Nick, don't you dare!" Judy whispered. "That's rude!"
The three of them stopped at an open area with various equipment.
"Now wait here and the nurse will be along to take your weight, blood pressure, all of that good stuff."
Dr. Mohr walked away, but stopped. "And Mr. Wilde? I may be 'super old' but I still have impeccable hearing." The doctor left Nick and Judy with wide eyes and slack jaws.
"I Told you it was rude." Judy, said.
"Oh come on!" Nick replied. "He wasn't insulted!" Judy frowned.
"Well maybe he just didn't show it."
"When will the nurse get here?" Nick asked grumpily.
"R-right... here." A shy voice said. The duo turned and saw a small, chocolate brown bunny before them.
"I-I'm Nurse... Runs. Clover Runs." She said, walkimg slowly over to them.
"You m-must be Nick. I... I already kn-know Judy."
Clover loudly whispered.
"Y-you said... he was cute. B-but I didn't... expect this."
Everyone I'm the room got bright red.
"H-he's... super cute." Clover continued. She hopped over to Nick.
"Pl-please stand... on the scale... s-so I can measure.., y-your weight... and height."
Nick stood on the scale, as ordered, and Clover peered intensely at it, then took some large rimmed glasses out and put them on.
"Ah!.. F-four feet... zero inches... a-and eighty pounds." Clover wrote this down on some paper.
This went on for five minutes as Clover took his blood pressure and heart rate. Then she directed Nick and Judy to Dr. Mohrs' patient office. They walked in, and Dr. Mohr was waiting for them, sitting on a painfully small stool.
"Mr. Wilde. If I could direct you to this bed."
The tiger pointed to the sheet covered platform before them. Nick claimed onto it and sat before the doctor, Judy standing beside them.
"Now Nicholas, why do you want the Night Howler booster four months before schedule?"
Dr. Mohr peered down at him.
"Just to be safe." Nick said nervously. "You can never be too safe."
Dr. Mohr grimaced. "Nick, have you been feeling the symptoms Mania, incoherence, aggression, restlessness, anxiety, irritability, aggression, paranoia, or delusions?"
Nick shook his head. "No, none of those." Dr. Mohr took some notes. After 10 minutes of questioning, the aging doctor stopped, peering at his notes.
"Ah.. well I guess I can go ahead with the booster."
He pushed an intercom button on the wall.
"Clover, priv, do you have the booster ready?"
"It's r-ready... chikitsak" Clover's shy voice replied, barely heard over the static. Seconds later she walked I'm carrying two needles on a small circular tray.
"D-don't worry... Mr. Wilde... this'll be... real quick." The small bunny hopped onto the platform. She put on some rubber gloves and rubbed a jelly onto Nicks arm.
Nick was shaking. "Judy... c-could you?.."
"H-hold your paw?" Judy teased, but she quickly stopped when she saw how badly Nick was shaking.
"Nick, you're really scared of needles?" She asked, climbing onto the platform and taking his paw. Nick could only nod.
Dr. Mohr murmured.
"Trypanophobia. The fear of needles and injections. As much as 10% of the population have this condition, whether it is learned, or surprisingly, inherited. Of those who have this phobia 20% of them avoid medical treatment because of it."
"Th-there." Clover said, putting some band-aids on Nicks arm.
"Y-you didn't... even notice." She handed a vial of blood to the doctor.
"You took his blood?!" Judy exclaimed.
"Yes." The doctor replied. "We must take a required blood test every time we give the booster out."
Nick nodded calmly. "Of course."
"Clover, lead them out." The doctor said.
"Of course." She replied. Clover lead Judy and Nick out of the office.
"S-see you... later, Judy." Clover smiled. Judy waved as they climbed into the car.
"Judy what are we going to do?!" Nick panicked.
"I don't know!" Judy replied. "Relax!"
"I can't!" Nick exclaimed. "That stuff is illegal and there must be at least 100 milligrams in my system!"
Judy sighed. "Well-"
She was interrupted by her phone ringing. She grabbed it.
"Nick..." She whispered. "It's Dr. Mohr."
