Chapter 11

The next day I woke up and put on a Quillswitch Engage shirt. It was my first time in a while that I wore a band shirt again. I was so excited at the prospect of seeing Emmitt again. I had barely slept last night and was very tired. However, my excitement kept me awake.

Ashkii was wearing a blue knitted sweater. Corey was wearing a shirt that said "I love Minecraft" on it while Piper was wearing her soccer uniform.

"Alright," Ashkii said, "11 am is what officer Hopps said. The hospital is a 20 minute drive."

I looked at my watch to see the time. It was currently 10 am. I had just finished a small breakfast and was sitting on the couch.

"So," I said, "We should leave 30 minutes from now."

"Oh I can't wait," Corey said.

"She also said that I should go in first," Ashkii said, "The rest of you can come in once he wakes up."

That makes sense, as Ashkii has known Emmitt the longest out of all of us. I went to their wedding when I was 3 but don't remember it.

Before we knew it, it was 10:30. We were now starting to leave the house. We got into Ashkii's Prius and drove to the hospital. Immediately outside we met Officer Hopps. She was back in her police uniform.

"Officer Hopps!" Mrs. Otterton said excitedly as she ran in to hug her, "Thank you so much for what you've done!"

"Welcome," Hopps replied, "And don't forget to thank Nick Wilde as well, he might come to visit too."

"Oh great!" Ashkii replied. He was now becoming a good friend with the rest of my family.

We followed Officer Hopps into the hospital and took the elevator up one floor. We walked down a white hallway and were led to a room numbered 1992.

"Mrs. Otterton," Judy said, "You can go in. They say he'll be awake shortly."

My cousins and I stood off to the side as Ashkii went into the room. Inside, we saw Emmitt in his hospital bed asleep. Ashkii sat down on a chair to read a book while waiting. I looked at Facebook on my phone. Corey was playing a video game on his phone while Piper was watching videos on her tablet. I was eager to finally talk to my uncle again.

Within a few minutes, I looked up to see through the slightly open door. I could not believe it. Emmitt was waking up. I was too excited to say anything but alerted my cousins so they could see as well.

Ashkii, who was sitting on the chair, noticed as well.

"Emmitt?!" she said excitedly as her ears perked up and she got off of her chair.

Emmitt then awoken even further to notice that Ashkii was right there.

"OH EMMITT!" Ashkii said as she ran up to hug him. I had never seen her this happy ever before. I had also never been this excited in my whole life as well.

As the two embraced each other for the hug, Ashkii then looked back at Judy Hopps, thanking her for this moment.

"Oh, Ashkii," Emmitt said, "what just happened?"

"We'll all tell you," Ashkii replied happily.

Judy Hopps then motioned for my cousins and I to come into the room, which we then did.

"Oh, Corey, Piper!" Emmitt said excitedly, "and even Alister!"

We each leaned in to hug him. I hadn't seen him since the winter. Every winter we fly out to Vermont to go skiing.

"Yes, it is me," I said, "I finally got kicked out of Muskegon and now live here in the basement."

Emmitt's smile increased as he leaned in to hug me even more.

"Oh Alister," he said, "I love you so much."

Judy Hopps walked a bit closer.

"Who is that?" Emmitt asked, pointing at her.

"That," Ashkii said, "is who saved you. Her name is Judy Hopps. We thought we wouldn't get you back."

"And she is from Michigan!" I said autistically (Otter's note: I have autism myself so this isn't ableist. Alister also has autism as well).

"Bunnyburrow, to be exact," said Corey.

Suddenly, the door opened a bit more and I looked back.

"McFluff!" Nick Wilde shouted as he came in. He was wearing a black Finntroll shirt and a pair of sunglasses with the Nightwish logo on them, "It is so great to see you back, finally!"

"Nick 'da mothafucken axegrinderrr' Wilde," Emmitt said (that was the name of Nick's old Zootube channel).

They also hugged as well.

"So," Emmitt said, "I was on my way to see Mr. Big. I'm his florist. That day, I had heard from someone that a bear had gone savage in Tundratown. I immediately knew that it had been the night howlers. After buying a pawpsicle from my motherfucker Nick right here, I went to Mystic Springs to remove my stress. I knew that soon, there would be more night howler instances around the city. I knew I had to go tell Mr. Big about it. I got in a limo and was on my way there. However, somewhere in the Rainforest District, I was hit by a small object. I knew exactly what it was."

"So THAT was why you were so off," Nick said, "You knew about it as well."

"I tried to warn my driver, but before he could respond, everything went black and now I'm in here."

"You went savage," Ashkii said.

"IT WAS A WIZARD!" shouted Piper.

"Volsemort!" said Corey.

"Ah, you two," Emmitt said, "When I was a kid, my father, Thomas, would tell me storied about my Scottish ancestors. He would talk about how they fought evil wizards, killed goblins, and rode on magic dragons. I loved those days."

"After you got hit," Officer Hopps said, "You attacked the driver and ran off. You got captured and were put into an abandoned hospital."

"Oh really," he said, "definitely not this one."

"I moved in about a week later," I said, "My parents had caught me listening to Slipknotter and thought I was a Satanist. I even met Judy Hopps on the train."

"Yes," Officer Hopps said, "I'm from Bunnyburrow, 45 minutes from Muskegon."

"Alister had asked me about your whereabouts," Nick said to Emmitt, "he went looking at places where you may have been. He still couldn't find you."

"And then," Ashkii said, "I went to the police station, see if anyone could find you."

"She found me," Judy Hopps said, "I was one of your case solvers, Nick joined me as well."

"I was the last one known to see you," Nick said, "She tried to arrest me but then I joined in to assist. Eventually, we found you savage in cliffside asylum."
"You seriously didn't respond to anything we said," Judy Hopps said.

"Then," Nick said, "Carrots right here tried to blame a 'biological component' on the savagery."

"Shut the fuck up!" Judy said, "That's what I thought at first. I was indoctrinated into that belief back in Michigan. I then realized that it didn't make ANY sense at all about a week later."

"Just playin' with ya," Nick said.

"The city became a whole circle pit of chaos," I said, "Everyone believed this. But I knew something was wrong. I knew someone was behind all of this."

"Ha ha! It's that Scottish blood!" Emmitt said, as he patted me on the back.

"Hopps took us in to see you in your savage state. You were quite a sight to behold," Ashkii said.

"I visited their house as well," Nick said, "They are the reason why I eventually forgave Officer Hopps and why you see the two of us standing here. We helped solve this together."

"Plus you even got us into deathcore!" I said to Nick, "Carnifox fucking rips!"

"As the city got more chaotic," Judy said, "and more predators went savage, I resigned from the department and moved back to Bunnyburrow."

"It was a long few months right there," I said, "but Nick's music helped us."

"One day," Judy said, "I learned about what these 'night howlers' really were and immediately came back."

"After she thought I wouldn't forgive her," Nick said, "we got to solve this case together. We found out that a half-Norwegian Weasel had been selling the Night Howlers."

"Oh, Duke 'Big Gooch' Weaselton," Emmitt said, "Weird guy."

"Yep that was him," Nick said, "took him some time and pressure, but he told us the truth."

"We found out where the night howlers were," Judy said, "and caught the ones growing them."

"We had to escape the secret lab," Nick said, "and crashed an entire train car."

"But at least we found Bellwether, who had become the mayor," Judy said.

"And She was the one behind all this."

"THE EVIL WIZARD!" Piper shouted.

"We put blueberries in her gun," Nick said, "and she tried to turn me savage. We pretended this whole thing."

"And," Judy said, "she walked right into a trap. Soon, the department showed up and arrested her."

"And that was just yesterday," I said, "and now we're here."

"Damn," Emmitt said, "that was a fucking lot!"

A Tayra doctor then wheeled themselves into the room.
"Greetings," they said, "I am Dr. DeTayra, here to check the condition."

"Hi," I said.

"It seems," he then said, "that he is doing quite excellent. He will be released later today!"

"Yee-fucking-haw!" Piper shouted.

"We all resorted to swearing when you were gone," Ashkii said.

"And we got some surprises for you at home," Corey said, "but we won't tell you now."

"And I got a surprise for all of you," Nick Wilde said as he got out a piece of paper from his pocket.

"Oh shit!" Emmitt said, "Barkway Drive! I fucking LOVE them!"

"And everyone is invited," Nick said, "Sound Galaxy, Meadowlands Neighborhood, first show here outside of Outback Island, two weeks from now. My old hustling partner will be there as well. And you are all invited to come to the Wild Times theme park before the show!"

"Oh shit!" I said. Wild Times was a theme park that was much bigger than Michigan's Adventure. They had just built a brand new 325-foot roller coaster aptly titled the Furry 325.

"Plus," I continued, "I'll go in my very first mosh pit! I've never done it before!"

"Oh you'll love it," Nick Wilde said.

"This will be my first concert!" said Corey.

"Me too!" said Piper.

"My first metal concert!" Judy Hopps said, "Only other shows I've been to are shitty country acts."

"Oh thank you so much," Ashkii said, as she hugged Nick Wilde as well.

"This is just the beginning," Nick said, "You can come to other concerts soon as well! Especially now that you live in a place that actually gets them!"

I was so excited. Now I got to go to even more concerts.

A Honey Badger doctor then came into the room.

"I have been given the info," she said, "Emmitt Otterton, you are clear to go home."

We all squealed in excitement and ran in to hug each other once more.

"It's been a long time," Emmitt said as we walked back to our car, "I can't wait to get back home."

We said goodbye for now to Judy and Nick and drove back to the Rainforest District.