I really don't expect this to be updated like this regularly, or maybe it will, I don't know.
The movie never reveals Bogo's first name, so I just made his name the name of the voice actor. I'll do that to some characters.
Thanks to AndyH for his help.
Explicit Content Ahead
Of Toxic Reporters and Flowers
A splitting headache was the least of the problems that cursed the ZPD Chief of Police.
The flashing lights and a crowd of reporters didn't help.
Idris Bogo was currently on the front steps of Precinct One, and in front of him was a horde of reporters and news cameras.
"Chief Bogo is it true that former Officer Judy Hopps has been killed by a savage Fox?" One Giraffe cow spoke into a microphone that was attached to a boom pole to compensate for her height
A flurry of questions blended the words together, drowning each other.
Idris motions for everyone to quiet down "No, Miss Hopps was not harmed. The Fox in question has shown no hostility towards her."
A Whitetail buck speaks out "If Miss Hopps was not harmed by the Fox, why was her blood found in and around the museum?"
"Hopps was attacked by former Mayor Bellweather and a her accomplices. Most of whom were at or nearby the museum, and the others have already been arrested and are awaiting trial."
"If Miss Hopps was not, and will not be harmed, why was she being taken by the Fox?" A Ferret jill calls out
"We don't know why or where she was taken, but right now finding both Miss Hopps and this Fox are the ZPDs top priority right now. No more questions. We don't have anymore time, as we need to get back to task on hand" the room erupts into unintelligible chatter, desperate to have their questions answered.
Idris moves off the platform and walks back into Precinct One.
"Clawhauser! Call all available Officers on site to the bull pen." The aura that the Buffalo emits demands obedience.
That happened four days ago. And it has been six days since the museum fiasco.
Since then officers in and around city center were looking for the two most famous mammals in Zootopia. Rainforest District, Savannah Central, the Meadowlands, Deerbrooke all have officers patrols searching. These districts were chosen through the process of elimination. Sahara Square is too hot for either Foxes or Rabbits, Tundra Town is too cold, Nocturnal Ranges and Marshlands were inaccessible by land, and the Tri-Burrows or anything else are too far.
The newest lead was a report of poaching in a reservation park in Rainforest District. The local Rangers reported fish remains and bird carcasses localized within a square mile.
Coincidentally Red Foxes of old had territory ranges of one to three miles. A search party was organized from the resident Precinct Three and a couple of Canine and Ursine as well as some other experienced officers from Precinct One are on their way to begin the search.
…
Teams were divided and arranged so that each search group has a tracker that is familiar with Judy's scent, or at least one that can recognize vulpine and/or lagomorph scent.
Joseph Wolford ran point with Micheal Higgins, a Hippo from Precinct One like himself, and a Jaguar Park Ranger flanking both sides.
The Timber Wolf had guilt weighing on his conscious, if she had the lead, why hadn't she come forward and allowed the ZPD to take care of this?
The answer is simple. They didn't give her a reason to trust them.
The moment she had walked through the front doors of Precinct One, she was treated like a joke, an annoyance, a publicity stunt pulled by Mayor Lionheart for the upcoming election, that was rescheduled, to secure the votes of small mammals (Rabbits primarily as their population was ridiculously large). However, after arresting Lionheart, her coworkers started to become interested in her.
Questions were asked, answers were given, and the curtains were lifted. Her Valedictorian status was not granted like they had thought.
It was earned.
While she wasn't the fastest or the strongest mammal, Judy Hopps held the record for quickest enormous criminal takedown, had record time for the climate courses, and had highest test scores since Bogo himself.
And the mammal that Judy goes to first with the lead is a civilian.
Some feel slighted, as if she said that they weren't competent enough.
Others felt like it was a wake up call for them. It revealed that they were blind to their own prejudice while they called themselves fair and just.
Either way, Judy and that Fox needed to be found. While the todd showed no active aggression, he was still savage. What he intends to do or already did to Judy cannot be predicted.
Hopefully she is still ok. Joseph wanted to apologize to Judy. While she was still a meter maid, Judy had tried to be as friendly as she could be to her "fellow" officers (not as if they returned the favor). Judy had even tried to start a conversation with him once and he brushed her off not even a minute in. His thoughts are interrupted as his nose starts to twitch
His nose detected her scent.
Hers and the Fox's.
It smelled li-
Oh…
OHH.. umm.. what is he supposed to do?
He looks over to the Ranger, and noticed that he froze as well, while Micheal was looking between them.
The Hippo easily picks up their change in demeanor immediately "Found them?"
"That's definitely Hopps' scent."
Micheal relays the information to the others "All officers be advised, Hopps' scent located in section 14, northwest of the Clayton Bridge."
Snapping out of their shared daze, both trackers take deep breaths. Drawing in and analyzes all smells, both old and new. They lead the way.
The den is located.
Officers and Rangers converge around Nick and Judy.
No mistaking who it was and where they are.
They search for the openings to make sure that they cannot get away this time, and they find three.
The Zootopia Ranger Core are a police division whose jurisdiction covers parks, reservations, sanctuaries etc.. They specialize in Search and Rescue missions, tracking poachers, and data collection of the local flora and fauna.
But that doesn't mean that they are eager. The smell paints a picture that they are not excited to intrude in on. And the snarls and growls that grow whenever the Rangers get closer doesn't exactly seem all that inviting. But they have to whether or not they like it.
The musk of sex was overpowering.
A Badger boar prepares a sevoflurane canister and tries his best to breathe through his mouth. As he moves to the entrance to get in position, he sees what is inside.
Nick stands over Judy. Or at least he tries to as he is tied to the rabbit doe. He snarls and snaps his jaws at the intruding Badger, his lips drawn in a snarl, revealing his sharp teeth.
Judy is trying to hide under him away from the predator that is invading their warren. Her Mate is doing his best to protect her, but she realizes that now is the worst time for this to happen. Neither of them able to move, the most that can happen is when the invader gets close enough, her Mate could try to dispatch him quickly.
Something flies in. And Nick catches it in his mouth, and thrashes it, shaking it side to side like he would for small prey.
Two things happen.
One is something expels from whatever it is, into his mouth and nostrils causing him to hack and cough to get whatever it is out.
The other causes Judy to go cross eyed. When he thrashes, it is a full body motion, and shakes her side to side by their connected hips. Then the following coughs makes him move back and forth slightly causes Judy to practically melt into a bunny puddle (kinda like the one on the ground).
Her vision fades, and not in the good way. Her eyelids are heavy and limbs even heavier. She barely noticed that Her mate is not moving.
He isn't moving…
Get up!
please…
Her eyes flutter close as the Badger enters.
no…
And a paw reaches for her.
…
Nicks' eyes open. White is surrounding him in all directions. The bedding not familiar and sterile of any scent other than his.
Where is she?
Where is his Mate?
Head high in the air, eyes closed, Nick is desperate to find even the smallest trace of her scent.
His mood is rapidly darkening. Where is she?
There is a shiny thing that holds water and another one that had, from what he could smell, poultry. They are next to the bedding not even a body length away. There is a reflective surface, kinda like a still water surface at night, that travels floor to ceiling.
Ears flat, eyes pinched, tail tucked, and body curling in a circle, Nick begins to whine. His emotional pain is clear to those who have ears and can hear.
…
Judy isn't better off.
She is huddled in a corner in her own room. Ears down, eyes wide, statue still. Her heart beating fast with distress.
She also sought her Mate when her eyes first opened, but like him she couldn't find him. Did the Badger kill him? Or did he not bother with the todd, instead just taking her? Not knowing his fate hurt.
However long they are there for doesn't really matter. Both are becoming increasingly non-responsive, refusing to eat, losing both sleep and weight. Eyes no longer the lush green or vibrant violet that they had been when they arrived.
…
Thirteen days pass outside the quarantine chambers, nineteen since the museum. And the antidote is slow coming, no surviving samples of the serum means that there is no way to know what is the main toxin.
None of Bellweather's accomplices are cooperating, including the chemists that apparently developed the serum. The fur tearing frustration is at a peak, all that the doctors and scientists could do is draw blood samples do whatever it is that they do. Idris doesn't know, and he doesn't care.
What he does care about is results, and that is something they haven't gotten.
Someone has to know something.
But for now, he can only hope that there is light at the end of this tunnel.
At this moment, Idris is on his way to speak to the Head Veterinarian
from the medical team responsible for overseeing the savage mammals.
He expected the worse but hoped for the best.
What he didn't expect was for the head scientist to be preoccupied with a small group of rabbits, two of whom he recognized as Judy's parents.
One of the other rabbits was speaking "- be simple enough afterwards to create an antidote after we acquire some fresh samples."
The word antidote causes the Buffalo's ears to perk up. Seems like not all hope was lost
"Treating the toxin from Midnicampum Holicithias actually quite easy, but this is obviously a concentrate or is processed in some way. The toxin from the flower doesn't last this long.
"Thank you for all your help, we are looking forward to working with you Dr. Hopps."
As their conversation ends, the small group starts to head off. Idris steps aside to allow them to pass and waited until Stu and Bonnie got close, then he cleared his throat to grab their attention.
The two Rabbits stop and look up at the towering Buffalo.
When he knew that he had their attention started to speak "We at the ZPD offer our condolences to your family, Mr. and Mrs. Hopps."
Bonnie stepped back to see his face better "Thank you Chief, thankfully you can expect that the victims will recover in the next few days with the help of my brother Terry."
End Note
Clayton Bridge is a reference to Clayton from Disney's 1999 Tarzan.
