Chapter 6

Otter's Note: STOP BEING A PREP! Nick Wilde is acting differently because he is friends with Alister. You need to read My Immortal. PS Alister is only 14 in this so that is why he is talking about those specific bands. His taste has changed throughout the past years. Plus the new Bring Me The Horizon album is very good. It's just too short. Plus Nick Wilde has ancestors from Finland and is related to Jonne from Korpiklaani. That is why he loves Korpiklaani so much. Also you need to read my Of Fur and Fire trilogy.

I woke up the next morning and put on a black Slipknotter shirt. They were still my favorite band back then. Corey Tailor had injured his neck and had to perform in a neck brace. I got my contacts in and went upstairs.

As I went upstairs, I noticed Ashkii with a look of confusion on her face.

"Ashkii," I said as I went up to hug her, "what is it."

"I don't understand," she said, "what happened?"

"Okay what actually did happen?"

"So," she said, "Hopps texted me. They told me he went off to visit Mr. Big. He is a notorious crime boss, but Emmitt is also his florist, so we get along quite well. Turns out, it was his daughter Fru Fru's wedding and Judy had actually saved her life earlier on. They were invited to the wedding."

"And," I said.

"Before getting there, they found the car he rode in. Emmitt didn't actually make it to Mr. Big's place. There were claw marks everywhere, so they assumed he was attacked. Apparently, Emmitt attacked the driver and was on all fours. They mentioned him yelling about so-called 'night howlers' before attacking. The driver made it out, but Emmitt soon disappeared."

"Oh fuck," I said, as I felt a worrying stress in my body.

"Then," Ashkii said as she started to get more emotional, "They visited the driver. He was about to give them more information."

"And them?"

"He went savage."

"OH FUCK!"

"Hopps told me that the driver, who was a Jaguar, chased them throughout the Rainforest District and apparently we all slept through it. When they tried to show Chief Bogo, the Jaguar was gone, and no one believed her. She nearly lost her badge but then Nick spoke back to defend her."

"I fucking love that dude now," I said.

"Nick told her all about his traumatic childhood."

He hasn't told me about that too much. All I know is that he once went through a lengthy emo phase back in the 2000s.

"Said that he tried to join the Ranger Scouts but was bullied out of the group for being a fox."

"Oh fuck."

"However, He and Judy Hopps are getting along pretty well now. Nick looked at the rush hour traffic to see how backed up it was. Hopps was reminded to search the traffic cams to see what happened to the Jaguar."

"Alright," I said.

"Right now, they are on their way to the City Hall to check."

"Great," I said, "Maybe soon we will see what happened to Emmitt."

"I'm still hoping," Ashkii said.

I had a breakfast of smoked salmon. The two pups were watching cartoons in the TV room. Piper still had her soccer ball and Corey was jumping on the couch. I started listening to Avenged Sevenfold and Weasel War. I tried to see if Ashkii liked it as well.

"I think I am getting into more of your music," Ashkii said.

"Great," I said, "hopefully we can introduce Emmitt into it when he comes back."

"We can only hope," Ashkii said as she went up to hug me. I hugged her back.

A few hours later, Ashkii got a text on her phone.

"Oh," she said, "it is probably them."

She immediately got out and looked at her phone.

"Oh shit," she said as she looked at her phone.

"What is it?" I asked as I came over.

"They found him," she said, "he's alive."

I breathed a sigh of relief.

"But," she said, "He was off."

"I remember Nick telling me he was off the day he went missing."

"They said he was very off," she said, "he wasn't responding to anything they said to him. Most of his clothes were missing and his glasses were broken. He wasn't saying any words but instead was making strange noises."

"Oh shit," I said as my heart sank.

"They said he went savage."

I was stressed now.

"They found out where the Jaguar had been taken. The Jaguar was there and so were many other missing mammals. They all appeared to have gone savage."

"Fuck."

My hope had dropped a lot. I was now uncertain about Emmitt. Would he break out of this? Would this be permanent?

"Hopps told me she has a press conference tomorrow about the case. The mammals will be put in a hospital. She invited me to see his condition once he is ready." I could see her start to cry.

"I'll come too," I said, "I know you want my company."

"Oh thank you so much Alister!" she said as we hugged each other.

"We can still hope," I said, "that he will eventually be okay."

We then let go.

"Also, Ashkii," I asked.

She looked at me sadly.

"Can I please sleep in your bed tonight?"

"Oh of course Alister," she said, "and every night until Emmitt is back."

We leaned in to hug once more.