Chapter 7: Alex's Wilde Side/She's A Badass Cop

An eleven-year-old Alex was walking around the streets of Zootopia at night. All of a sudden, something came flying out of the doorway to a local community church. A young fox wearing a muzzle slammed into the sidewalk, fear in his eyes as if he was afraid for his life. "Augh!" He screamed as he crashed into the sidewalk. A woodchuck, zebra, rhino, and hippo dressed in scout uniforms ran out of the building and surrounded the young fox. They started to kick him.

Alex ran towards them. "Hey! What do you think you're doing?!" Alex yelled.

The woodchuck, who seemed to be the leader of this group of boys, turned to face him. "We're showing this untrustworthy fox what it means to be a member of Ranger Scout Pack 914," The woodchuck answered.

Alex growled in response. "Why are you doing this?! He hasn't done anything to hurt you!" Alex howled, appalled that an animal so young could do such horrible acts.

"Well, we're teaching him a lesson. He's a fox , after all. They can't be trusted. You know what my mom says? She says the only good fox is a dead fox," The woodchuck sneered.

"I won't let you hurt him any further!" Alex declared, charging forward.

Even at the age of eleven, Alex was good at fighting. You had to be, or else you wouldn't last long living on the streets of Zootopia. The wolf extended his claws, raking them down the cheeks of the woodchuck's head. The woodchuck screamed in pain, running off and retreating to the building.

Alex then turned to focus on the three other animals that were still attacking the muzzled fox. As he ran towards the rhino, zebra, and hippo, he analyzed their positions and the way they were moving. Curling his paw into a fist, Alex punched the zebra in the nose with all his might. A satisfying crack was heard as he drove his fist into the zebra's snout. The zebra turned and ran into the building.

Now for the rhino and the hippo. Alex slashed with his claws towards the hippo, managing to draw blood. Squealing in pain and retreating, the hippo waddled inside as fast as he could. The wolf then faced the rhino, glaring at him. "Scram or I'll slice you!" Alex threatened. The rhino scrambled up the stairs in sheer terror and slammed the door.

The attackers were gone now, so Alex bent down and looked at the fox. The muzzle was too tight for this fox, and he must have been having trouble speaking with it on. "Don't move, I'm going to get this thing off of you," Alex told the fox. He grabbed the muzzle by the iron part, and then lifted it up, pulling it off of the fox.

"T-thank you!" the fox gasped. He clutched his stomach where the animals had kicked him. That wasn't good- he could be bleeding on the inside, or worse. Alex bent over and helped him stand up. When he tried to stand on his own, the fox yelped in pain and keeled over.

"I think I twisted my ankle…" the fox whimpered. The crotch of the vulpine's pants were stained with piss and blood. Alex assumed one of the four had clawed him down there and caused the fox to lose control, wetting himself. A strong blow to the bladder area could do that to young animals, Alex having experienced that a few times in the past.

"That's okay, kid. Lucky for you, there's a hospital a few blocks away from here. I think I can carry you there," Alex reassuringly told the fox. He lifted the fox up and slung him over his back. "What's your name?" Alex asked as he started walking to the hospital, cradling the young fox in his arms carefully. In the library, he had read that you should talk to the injured animals, or else they might go into shock.

"Nick… Nick Wilde," the fox answered as they walked to the hospital.


Alex was driving around in his police cruiser on patrol. He wasn't surprised that he hadn't been assigned to one of the missing mammal cases. Some of the missing mammals had been gone for months now, and Alex had exhausted his leads attempting to find Stephanie Stalkinew and Barry DiCaprio.

He was sitting in traffic when he saw a grey blur dart across his field of vision and stop at a parking meter. Taking a closer look, he saw that it was Judy! Her ear raised as she heard something in the distance, and she darted across the road, vaulting over several of the cars and landing on the roof of his own before jumping to the other side of the street and giving out another parking couldn't help but watch her gracefully maneuver across the streets as if she had been living in Zootopia her whole life, and give out parking tickets to anyone who violated the parking meter time limits. "She is one badass cop…" Alex murmured dreamily.

Only when she had left his field of vision did Alex feel something wet on his shirt. Looking down, he was shocked to see a strand of saliva connecting his mouth to the wet stain on his uniform. He'd been… drooling?! In all of his time around herbivores, he had NEVER drooled, or even had a reaction anything like this! What was happening to him? Shaking his head, he got back to the present. He'd ask his mom about it when he had the chance.

Patrol continued as normal for the next few hours, and then it came time for his daily ritual. He had a friend who had a concession stand of sorts, and although they normally were closing up around this time of day, they always saved one of their delicious icy treats for Alex. Of course, he wouldn't get it for free; Alex actually insisted on buying, wanting to help support his friend financially.

As Alex approached the usual spot, his foxy friend waved him over with a smile, and Alex parked in an old lot and walked up to his buddy. The wolf nodded and gave him the five dollars, and the vulpine gave him the pawpsicle. "I can't believe you stood me up like that! I stood up for you, and you lied to me! You LIAR!" Judy's voice rang out. In the blink of an eye, Alex's casual enjoyment of hanging out with his friend turned to anger. "You did WHAT?!" Alex snarled at Nick.