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Chapter 5: The Raid
Brer Fox and Bear approached the suspicious looking weasel who was lurking on the street corner, who was selling counterfeit or possibly stolen products. The weasel reminded them of a good friend back in the briar country and talking to him really made them feel right at home.
"Heya fellas, what can I do for you?" He said, greeting the fox and bear with an obnoxious grin.
"Can you help us? tell us where we can find bunny burrow!" spurted brer fox in an excited voice.
"yeah please tell us!" nodded Brer Bear in agreement.
"Ok, so you fellas are asking for directions? they come at a price you know. I ain't got no time to waste" he replied sternly whilst folding his arms.
Brer fox scanned the weasel and quickly sensed what the weasel may want in return.
"We ain't got no money's" said Brer Fox said slyly whilst putting a paw up to his chin and looking around to make sure no one was listening.
"…But we can pay you in other ways, or even help you out" he whispered with a wink.
The weasel thought hard for a second.
"Yes, of course. You seem like a couple of useful fellas. My name is Duke Weaselton by the way" he extended an arm to shake both of their paws.
Duke wasn't selling much today, and he already had a couple of angry customers come back to complain after he sold them fake goods. Now he thought would be a good time to pack up and skedaddle before more customers returned, especially that lion he just sold a broken television set to. The weasel started packing his stall into the back of a van.
"Ok follow me" he commanded with another obnoxious grin on his face.
Duke Weaselton was leading them back to his inner city apartment where he would discuss his wicked plans with them further. Along the way, the three got to know each other. Duke Weaselton was enjoying learning about Brer Fox's scoundrel ways and his association with the Foul Fellow club- a group of criminal animals who liked to make other critters life miserable. Brer Fox was telling him about the cruel tricks he had played on other animals in the briar country, including some of the pranks he played at the expense of his foolish companion, Brer Bear.
"…and do you remember that time Brer Bear, where I tricked you into getting your fat ol' head stuck in an outhouse pit as I told you there was honey down there!" Brer Fox spurted in a fit of laughter like a deranged hyena. Brer Bear however didn't see the humour in the joke and now was giving his companion an angry glare.
"Man, you were stinking for weeks!" he giggled whilst elbowing Brer Bear hard in his plump stomach.
Duke Weaselton now thought it was appropriate to intervene in order to stop an impending fight breaking out between the two. After all, he wanted them in a fit state for his big plans tonight.
"Whoa now calm down fellas.. I need to explain to you our plans for tonight. So, there is this fancy-schmancy jewellers down-town, which sells everything from golden fangs, to diamond encrusted collars and leashes. Everything these high-class mammals need. I have been thinking of ways of breaking for a while, but I can't do it on my own. So here's the plan…"
Some time later…..
It was roughly 11pm Zootopian time. Outside of a garish jewellers complete with displays of huge mammal manikins wearing striking golden claws, tusks, teeth, hooves and huge diamonds collars, stood the three critters wearing black balaclavas and carrying sacks.
"Wait here whilst I disable the alarms". Whispered Duke Weaselton. The weasel then expertly crawled through a loose vent with his slinky thin body and worked his way inside. He knew straight away what to do, as though he had been planning this moment for a long time.
A few moments later, the weasel popped back out through the vent.
"Heehee! We are all ready to go" he said gleefully.
The fox and weasel looked at Brer Bear and nodded to give the signal.
Brer Bear took his huge fist and slammed it into the glass pane of the jewellery shop window, it took a few attempts, but he managed to completely shatter and clear the glass.
"Dah, all clear" Said Brer Bear proudly.
The fox and weasel divided in like children at a candy store. The three greedily took everything in sight, packing their sacks full of the precious metals and gems. They even stripped the manikins of bare of their products. When the three were satisfied they could no longer carry anymore, they thought it was time to leave.
"We better get out of here.." Said Brer Fox nervously as he heard the sound of sirens in the distance.
The three slinked back to Duke Weaseltons apartment. Brer Bear being the strongest, carried the largest sack. Duke Weaselton chose a different route back to his apartment, through some alleys and backstreets so they would remain undercover.
They quickly returned to Duke's damp, dingy apartment which was located above a run-down looking takeaway shop which sold deep fried grub burgers. As soon as they got inside, they poured the contents of the sacks on the floor.
The three greedy critters rolled around in the stolen loot, admiring, and drooling over the gold and the jewels. Duke was growing fond of these characters, and was hoping they would stick around for a while.
"Good work we did today fellas." He said, whilst admiring a huge emerald. "Maybe we can work together more often.." he added.
Brer Fox slowly got to his feet and wiped away the drool from his mouth with his furry arm. He had a mischievous look in his eye and a smirk on his face.
"Sure thing…" he said slyly. "But first, we have business to do…"
Without asking the weasels permission, he started to gather all of the treasure from the weasels apartment, and load them into two huge sacks. He got Brer Bear to do the same.
"What are you doing!" exasperated the weasel.
Pretty soon there was hardly any of the jewels left.
"Just taking our share." Brer Fox replied in a smug voice. Sensing the weasel was going to try and put up a fight, we went to grab him by his collar and put his face close to his, exposing his huge fangs.
"Remember, if we were to work together, I am the leader. And If you try and stop me… I will put weasel on the menu for dinner tonight" he snarled and gave a sadistic laugh.
Brer Bear felt abit sorry for the weasel, and reached in the sack to throw him some of the gold.
"Wait where you going!" yelled a shocked Duke Weaselton, as he saw the two animals heading for the door.
"We are heading to Bunny Burrow. We are going to use this here loot to buy us a nice house. Den, we have all the bunnies in the world to eat." He drooled. "Now tell us, which direction Bunny Burrow is in."
Duke pointed in a vague direction. Now he just wanted them out of his apartment. He maybe a criminal, but the thought of cannibalism disgusts him. The two villains left, leaving Duke alone in his apartment with only a tiny fraction of the stolen goods left behind.
Meanwhile, Brer Rabbit was all by himself, attempting to sleep under the stars. He felt bad about what happened earlier and how he tricked Judy, but he felt panicked and overwhelmed. He missed home greatly but just didn't know how to get back. Then, his ears pricked up at the sound of police sirens. He stood up and noticed a few police cars whizzing by. They were gathering outside a shop down the road. Having nothing better to do, Brer Rabbit decided to have a look for himself. He noticed what looked like a raided jeweller shop, and some policemen standing around including a water buffalo, a rhino, and a couple of wolves. However, no sign of Nick and Judy.
The police looked liked they were interviewing a witness. Thanks to his brilliant hearing, Brer Rabbit was able to eavesdrop. "So, this witness reports he saw a grizzly bear, a fox and a weasel.." said one of the officers, whilst making notes. "Could it possibly be something to do with that old scoundrel, Duke Weaselton?" replied another. Duke Weaselton had an extensive criminal record from committing petty crimes, and was well known to the police force. "Might be checking in with him, although this crime seems a bit too high profile for his reputation"
Roughly 20 minutes later, Duke Weaselton was awoken from his traumatised trance by a loud knock at the door.
"Open up, Police!" called a voice.
Thinking he had nothing to lose, Duke opened the door, and was almost delighted to see Nick and Judy standing on the other side.
"I can tell you everything!" he said. He was happy to snitch on Brer Fox and Bear considering how they treated him, whilst he made out he was an innocent bystander to the crime. He told the officers Brer Fox and Bear were heading or bunny borrow and that they were dangerous cannibals.
Not so far away, Brer Fox and Bear were skipping joyously down the road, just as happy as if they won the jackpot. Their joy was interrupted abruptly however, when they heard someone call "Freeze!"
They turned their heads to find Nick and Judy standing behind them with taser guns.
"Well look who it is, isn't it the bunny-hugger?" Brer Fox snarled, whilst glaring at Nick.
"Look buddy, fox to fox, I mean it. Now freeze or we may need to take more serious action" Nick replied whilst gritting his teeth.
"Nah Gov'nor, now excuse us, we are off to bunny burrow" Brer Fox replied sharply and started walking onwards.
Before he knew it, Nick was right by his side and holding a taser gun to his neck. "I am arresting you for robbery and attempted murder" he replied slyly in his ear. Meanwhile, Judy had a taser held up to Brer Bear.
Unfortunately, after a brief struggle, Brer Fox broke free from Nick and stood opposite him, posed for a fight with his teeth baring.
"First, I am going to get that precious bunny of yours and tear her to pieces!" he snarled to a frightened Judy.
"Just try it.." growled Nick, who is now also baring his teeth and ready to fight.
Just when Brer Bear and Fox were about to pounce, they fell and face-planted the ground, and quickly went unconscious. Both had darts sticking out from their butts. Behind them standing was chief Bogo holding a tranquiliser gun.
"We got them…" He said.