The next morning, Rita woke up and stretched herself to start the day, Adjusting her eyes to the darkness of the den.
Walking out of her room, she headed towards her mother's room to greet her good morning, feeling alittle nervous from her and Hugo's talk last night.
Working up the courage, Rita gently shook her mother awake.
" Good Morning Mom, how are you feeling? " She asked her.
" * Yawn * Good Morning, Rita, I'm feeling well. Thank you for asking, Dear. " Rita's Mother yawned and shook herself awake. " Would you'd like to join me in capturing some breakfast? " She asked Rita.
" Sure, I want to talk to you about something. " She accepted.
The two vixens walked out of the den and headed into the city.
Hugo was snoring when he stirred in his sleep and felt around for Rita, noticing that her warmth was suddenly absent from his side.
Looking around, he wondered where she went off to before he realized that she must've went hunting with her mother.
Stretching and yawning, he then sprinted out of the den to try to find some fruit to eat to wash out the taste of the day old rabbit meat, not that he didn't like the food that Rita's mother worked so hard on catching, it just smelt and tasted horrible as he was eating it.
He climbed up some trees to get a good vantage point of the city, hoping to spot a market stall with some Delicious fruit on it. Making it to the top, Hugo watched the sun rise over the clouds as he then scouted the area, spotting somebody pushing a cart out of a market in the distance.
Excited, he smacked his lips and climbed back down the trees to head towards the market, hoping to snake some fruit from the cart without being seen.
Meanwhile, in the city, Rita and her mother were digging into some trashcans behind a restaurant, hoping to find some discarded turkey or some left-overs that nobody wanted.
" Lookie, Lookie who's wandered into our turf again! " a female cat hissed from being them.
" Hello Cats, want some more of my delicious home-brewed ass kicking? " Rita's mother asked them as she cracked her knuckles, flashing them a threatening smile and getting ready to fight.
" Mom? need some help? " Rita asked her, joining her side, baring her teeth at the cats.
" No Rita, I need you to go back to the den, I've got this! " her mother declined.
" Well? we're waiting here! " The Female leader shouted impatiently.
" Are you sure? there's alot of them..." Rita hinted as she noted the large group before them.
" Are you calling me old? " her mother said flatly, staring at Rita sternly.
" No, just making an observation. " Rita replied, smiling smugly at her mother.
" Fine. " Rita's Mother said sharply as the two faced the cats and snarled at them.
The Leader took the first swipe at the two, Rita's mother countering it with a swift uppercut to her jaw. The Leader then took a bite on her assailant's front leg, With Rita slamming her on the side in retaliation.
" Hmmf! that's the best you got? Ha! I've taken bear traps with more bite than you! " Rita's mother taunted, her leg stinging from the bite.
Undeterred, The Leader prepared herself to attack again, her motioning the others to attack as well, Before she could attack Rita, her mother gripped her tail and swung her around in a circle, Making the Leader dizzy.
Releasing her grip, She watched as the leader was sent flying over her troops and into some junk.
" Anyone else? " Rita's mother threatened.
Instead of retreating, the rest of the cats closed in to fight the two vixens, One cat lunged forward and pounced on Rita, only to be kicked off by her hindlegs.
Another cat tried to bite her mother's rear, with her slapping him in the face with her tail.
Rita snapped her jaws at another female cat, only to get scratched on the nose, drawing some blood.
Seeing this, Rita's mother kicked the cat she was fighting and came to her daughter's aid, grabbing the feline with her jaws and tossing her at some charging cats.
" Rita, you're hurt! let's retreat back to the den! " Her mother said as she gripped Rita by her scruff.
" Mom, let me go! I can take them, I'm not a baby anymore! " She argued as she tried to get out of her mother's grasp.
" No! There's too many of them! " Rita's mother said to her as she started to run from the pursing cats.
They didn't get very far before they were surrounded, the leader recovering from her injuries and rounding her troops.
" Think you can get away so eas-OW! Who threw that? " She hissed as she rubbed her sore face, seeing that a pear was the culprit.
They all looked up to see that it was Hugo that threw the pear, standing on a roof surrounded by fruit while tossing up an orange in his hand, staring down at the cats who dared to hurt his beloved and her mother.
" Hugo! " Rita and her mother shouted in unison.
Flashing a smile at them, Hugo started to pelt fruit at the cats, each one hitting their targets on their faces and rears.
" Let's get out of here! " The Leader ordered her men, all of them scattering away from the crazed yellow bear and his arsenal of fruit with his viscous vixens.
" Thanks Hugo, " Rita thanked him as he jumped down to help the two.
" Are you alright? " He asked them.
" Got alittle scratched, but I'll be fine. " Rita replied, rubbing her bleeding nose.
Hugo turned to ask Rita's mother if she was alright, noticing that she was quiet the whole time.
" I'm fine Hugo, my pride's alittle damaged, but I'll live. let's get Rita back to the den. " Rita's mother replied as she limped over to Hugo and Rita.
" Before we go...What was the thing you've wanted to talk about Rita? " She then asked Rita, who's ears perked up at the dreaded question and sent shiver's down Hugo's spine.
" Okay, here it goes, Mom...me and Hugo want to get married. " She finally revealed as she exchanged glances with her fiance.
" THUD!" Was all her mother did in response as she had fainted after hearing the news.
" Mom? are you okay? " Hugo asked, trying to wake her up.
" Let's take her back to the den, Hugo. " Rita said to him, trying to lift up her mother.
The two struggled to carry the unconscious vixen back to the den, wishing that they had something with wheels to carry her with, until they spotted an overturned shopping cart.
Pushing her mother inside it, Rita and Hugo then lifted the cart back onto it's wheels, finally relived that they've got transportation.
" I'd say she took it well! " Hugo said cheekily.
Shooting him with an ugly look, Rita made sure her mother's head was straight and that she was comfortable.
" If you call fainting, " taking it well " then I'll have to agreed with you! " She replied back. " Let's head back home. "
Sharing his remaining fruit with Rita, Hugo pushed the cart while she sat inside as they made their journey back to the den.
At Albertslund Prison, former film producer, Conrad Cupmann spend his days sitting in his cell waiting for his parole, which had been denied to him several times due to the fact that he burned down a forest and almost murdered Hugo and Rita.
His namesake film company had since been gotten taken over by Sensuella, with the money from her films used to replant the forest and restarted Miss Nutzi's career.
Yes, Karma was a bitch to the shark-toothed loser, and it all started because of his spoiled bratty, ex-wife wanting a super rare pet and his own ruthlessness on trying to capture said pet.
Conrad marked his cell wall with tally marks for each day he's spent in this hell-hole with a pocket knife Izabella gave him for his birthday years ago, something that the guards should've taken away from him in case if he did anything drastic.
Suddenly a guard ringadinged his baton against his cell door to get his attention.
" Mr Cupmann, you got a visitor, Now get up! " He ordered as he opened the door, making sure to confiscate Conrad's pocketknife.
" Is it my shrill harpy of an ex-wife come to rampage my ears for more alimony? " He asked the guard.
" No sir, somebody has sprung for you bail, says he wants you specifically. Total nut-job if you'd asked me, Maybe you two should get a cell together! " the guard laughed, much to Conrad's snarling.
The two men walked out of the cell holding area and into the visitation room, where various inmates made conversation with their loved ones and significant others, But for Conrad, it was an scientist by the name, Professor Strix, who ran an expedition in Antarctica and tried to experiment on Hugo.
" Ah, the famous film producer, Conrad Cupmann. I've enjoyed most your work! " Mr Strix complemented.
" Most of my work huh? What do you want? an autograph? " Conrad seethed.
" Oh no! I'm here to give you a job opportunity, We'll talk more in my car after you get your belongings. " Professor Strix told him as the guard escorted them to the belongings office.
After waiting for Conrad to change out of his prison jumpsuit, Professor Strix guided him towards his car, a tiny little beige and brown hatchback.
the two men got into the car and drove off.
" Tell me about this job opportunity, Egghead. " Conrad grumbled, crossing his arms.
" Rude, Anyways, are familiar with this animal? " The Professor questioned as he handed Conrad a picture of Hugo.
" Take me back to the prison, I don't any part in what ever scheme you're cooking up! " He protest as he tried to escape, only to pulled back in by the Professor.
" Calm down Conrad! I know how you feel... that little runt and his hussy has ruined you and you want revenge! " He exclaimed to the sightly unnerved convict.
" I did that to myself..." He pointed out. " Besides, what's your beef with the little punk? "
" Well, I wanted to clone him. " Professor Strix said simply.
" That's great, you've wanted to unleash yellow hell. Good for you, how did that work out? " Conrad snarked.
" Poorly, which is why I need your help in capturing him, Finish what I started! " The Professor explained.
" And we'll get thrown in prison, Sounds like a smart plan! " Conrad said sarcastically.
" Enough with the sarcasm, Conrad. Are you going to help me? I'll pay you handsomely..." Professor Strix bribed.
Thinking it over, Conrad rolled his eyes and nodded his head.
" Alight I'll do it, but I'll do this covertly, got it? Don't screw me on this, Strix!" He told the Professor, clearly not trusting him.
" Excellent! " Professor Strix as he grinned evilly that he finally succeeded on restarting his cloning program, With Conrad Cupmann on board, there's no way Hugo will escape his clutches this time...
Rita's Mother slowly woke up at her den to see Rita and Hugo staring at her, with some fruit behind them. Not the most ideal food for a fox but it'll do.
" What happened? " She asked them wearily.
" I'd told you about my engagement to Hugo and you fainted. " Rita explained.
" He didn't get you pregnant did he? " Her Mother snarled, ready to tear Hugo a new one.
" Uh...N-no Mom! We didn't do any of that stuff! " Rita quickly denied, her face turning bright red.
" Yeah, We've mostly cuddled! " Hugo chimed in.
" Hugo, shush! " Rita hissed.
" It's okay Honey, I'm happy for the both of you. " Her Mother told them. " Where are you planning to have the wedding? "
" We haven't decided yet. " Hugo told her. " Still ironing out the kinks on that one. "
" Speaking of kinks..." Rita said to herself, thinking about her wedding night.
" Well, wherever you decide, I'll be happy to attend your wedding. " Rita's Mother said to them.
Hugging her mother, Rita cried tears of happiness.
" Thanks Mom! " She thanked her for understanding and accepting her and Hugo's union.
After finishing their dinner, the three of them went to bed, unknowing of the danger that would be fall them the following morning...