Nick started to wrap his scarf around his neck, the wind was bothering him. He noticed how cold Judy was. He stopped, and handed her the scarf.

"Here." He said softly. "Take it."

Judy smiled and took the scarf. "Thank you..." she quickly threw it across her shoulder, looping it around her neck,so the rest of it fluttered behind her in the wind.

Nick nodded, looking forward. They were nowhere near leaving Tundra Town, and even then they had five miles of highway to walk.

"Damnit, we should have had a backup car!" He scolded himself. He buried himself in his thoughts.

Judy distractedly leaned into him, for warmth. She looked up, and she saw a familiar someone.

"Nick, Finnick is here." She said.

Nick grinned. "Thank goodness."

They walked up to the fennec fox.

"Care to give us a ride?" Nick started, but Judy slapped his arm.

"You're not going to ask if he and Weaselton are ok? Or how they escaped the ZIB?"

Finnick laughed. "That can be talked about later. I just wanna get out of this god forsaken city." He looked Nick dead in the eye. "Something tells me that you want to head to our old stomping grounds."

"It's much for than our stomping grounds.." Nick said, staring into the distance. "It's your home. It's MY home... it's where I..."

Nick was suddenly very distressed, his breath hiccuping.

"Dude, you don't have to see you mom if you don't need to. I mean, that was YEARS ago, Nick."

Judy felt inclined to reply, but decided this was too personal to interrupt.

"Finn, I... I left my mother drowning in a debt I put her in." Nick whispered. "How can I just burst in on her, in a worse position now then I was when I left?"

"Nick, you know what?" Finnick asked, getting mad. "Yo mama probably heard you was a cop, and I get you she was so proud she cried, and she wished she could have been there to see it."

Judy stood at Nick's side, silent. "Besides his mother, Nick hasn't mentioned any other family members..." Judy thought.

Nick sighed. He didn't feel like arguing with Finnick. "Yea, you're right..."

Finnick frowned. "Now get in the van." He ordered them.

Judy opened the side door and Nick climbed in, The rabbit jumping in after her and shutting the door. Finnick hopped in, grabbing a CD from his glove compartment.

"Nick, this is gonna make you feel better." He said, putting in the CD and pressing play.

As Finnick drove off, Judy fried finding at least a seatbelt in the seatless van, and was disappointed when none were found. Nick ignored all this as a song started vibrating through the van.

"I'm coming home, I'm coming home.

Tell the world I'm coming home. Let the rain wash away, all the pain of yesterday.

I know my kingdom awaits, and they've forgiven my mistakes.

I'm coming home, I'm coming home.

Tell the world I'm coming..."

Nick couldn't help singing the next lines with Finnick. This song DID make him feel better, he felt way better. Ready to face anything. As long as he was with Judy.

Judy, smiling, hummed along to the song. She couldn't understand the parts being rapped, but had heard enough of the song to guess it was inspiring.

They all had an inspiration boost, to face the world and whatever it threw at them.

Nick knew, no matter what happened, they would power through.

He heard Judy singing, and his heart melted. Finnick was mildly impressed, and his opinion of her went up a notch.

"I'm coming home! I'm coming home!

Tell the world! I'm coming home! Let the rain! Wash away! All the pain of yesterday!

I know my kingdom awaits! And they've forgiven my mistakes!

I'm coming home! I'm coming home!

Tell the world! I'm coming... home!"

Everyone sang along, to boost morale, as they headed to the city limits.

Finnick drove through a particularly run down neighborhood.

"You'd best be careful around here, Judy." He said, putting on his shades. "This is an all predator neighborhood. Prejudice is high. Anyone here could just as well shoot you than talk to you."

Nick wrapped his arm around Judy.

"I won't let that happen." He pulled a small revolver out of his pocket and placed it on his lap. "I'll protect you."

"Where is your .45?" Judy asked worriedly. She patted her holster, her gun snugly kept in there.

"I left it at the station, I figured if someone attacked me I have my own gun."

Finnick pulled into a driveway next to a fairly clean house, the paint not yet peeling, but not new either. The bricks of the walkway a dull red,with few cracks. Only one window, on the door, hadn't been boarded up in an X pattern. The grass was thick and overgrown in some places of the small yard, and completely dead in others. Nick and Finnick jumped out, Nick helping Judy out, and pulling her into his chest,quickly kissing her forehead.

"There's probably going to be an awkward confrontation between me and my mother..." He murred into her ear."

"It's fine, Nick..." Judy whispered.

"Oh for F- get a room!" Finnick gagged.

Judy and Nick, started laughing walking up to the house. Stopping, he picked up a potted plant and grabbed a key from under it.

"Mom always has one there." Nick commented. He went to unlock the door, but when he tried opening it, the door stay shut.

"It was probably unlocked, and you locked it again." Finnick observed.

Nick scowled at him. "Why thank you for that wonderful insight." He unlocked the door and led his companions in.

"M-Mom? Uh..." Nick chuckled nervously. "Well, I'm home!..."

"Nicholas, dear!" A gentle voice exclaimed. "Is it really you? Oh, do come here... I've missed you so! I'm in the living room!"

Nick placed the revolver on the table, taking Judy's paw and leading her to the living room.

"Hello, Moth-!..." Nick's eyes widened, he took a step back, he has dropped, he pulled Judy closer to him.

Nick's mother was in good condition. Her fur in the process of going from red to silver. Her green dress and eyes going nicely with her fur. She smiled slightly upon seeing him. But it wasn't his mother that caused Nick to be so shocked. Sitting across from his mother in his father's chair, was the head of the Zootopia Investigational Bureaucracy, Jack Savage.

"Nicholas, won't you say hello to our guest..." Ms. Wildes' voice leaked her concern.

"No need for that, Ms. Wilde." Jack stood. His voice would sound like butter to any bunny. But to Nick it was snobbish.

"The asshole has that annoying cultured accent" He thought to himself.

Jack stood, immediately noticing how Nick held Judy.

"Jack Savage, Head of the ZIB." He held out his paw.

Nick refused to even look at it. "Nicholas Wilde, ZPD."

Judy shook his paw, if Nick wouldn't. "Judith Hopps, ZPD."

Jack smiled at her. "Please, sit. We have lots to discuss." Jack sat in the chair again, looking at the duo expectantly.

Nick scowled at him, but Judy glanced at him. With a sigh he sat next to his mother, Judy next to him.

"I won't let you arrest Nick!" Judy blurted. "He did nothing wrong!"

"Hmph." Jack grunted. "Straight to business is it, not been going to have some tea?" He motioned to the four cups of hot tea on the coffee table.

"Nick's doctor put the Night Howler in his lotion! Nick is innocent!" Judy yelled.

Jack grimaced. "Ms. Hopps. I know all this, and let me assure you we have no intentions of arresting you OR Nick, despite the various crimes you've committed while evading us. We simply want to take Nick in for some... evaluations, if you will. Now, I have 20 ZIB agents in this house, and on my call they will rush in and beat both of you into submission." The head of the ZPD noted Nick grabbed Judy and held her close to him.

"Or you can simply come with me, Mr. Wilde, to the ZIB Labs for your tests." Mr. Savage sipped from his cup of tea.

"So Nick, shall we have it the easy way, or the hard way?"