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Chief Bogo was a happy mammal. It was the holiday season for most of Zootopia and the amount of serious crimes had decreased. It was true that Shoplifting was happening at a higher rate, as well as some other smaller crimes, but things were just generally better in the city this time of year. Except for the exponential increase in the number of suicides. That was pretty depressing, actually. That one did not make the Chief happy. They had a hotline and free therapeutical clinics all around the city, but only so much could be done. It was just genuinely awful. There's not even a joke in the script for this. It's just sad.

As happy as the lower crime rate made the Chief, what made him ecstatic was another, more specific reason. Officer Judy Hopps had gone to her family's home in Bunnyburrow to celebrate the holidays. More importantly, she had taken her boyfriend, Officer Nicholas Wilde, with her. The Chief was completely free of his antics and able to truly enjoy the holidays. Well, as much enjoyment as the water buffalo allowed himself. He still had his precinct to run.

While filing paperwork and dealing with the annual expense reports, Bogo found his thoughts drifting to his two officers. He wondered what might happen in a conservative town like Bunnyburrow when a rabbit brought home her fox lover. Perhaps the drama would've been interesting. Ultimately, the Chief defaulted to his normal philosophy when thinking of his officers and their personal lives.

He tried to be like the majestic honey badger, which neither cared, nor gave a shit. He applied this philosophy now as he continued signing off on various documents, forgetting all about his two vacationing officers.

MEANWHILE AT THE BUNNYBURROW PD

Sheriff Randy Taylor lounged at his desk, eating pie and reading his book. He loved books. He really hated reading, though. I'm not particularly sure how those two ideas really meshed, but that's just how it was. I didn't write this tripe.

He moved his head and cocked an ear when he saw the door to the station opening. His deputy, Barney Floof, walked in, quickly followed by a fellow Sheriff Taylor had never seen before. Randy would have remembered if he had seen him, mainly because he stuck out from the Bunnyburrow's regular population.

"Well hey there, Barney. Who's your new friend?" The Sheriff asked with a wide smile on his face.

Deputy Floof roughly shook the fox, who Randy could now see was in handcuffs. "This here is an intruder I found up at the Hopps' residence. There was a call about a suspicious figure in that area."

"I didn't do anything." The fox said. He turned his head towards the Sheriff. "Deputy Himmler here arrested me for no reason."

"Quiet you!" Snapped Barney as he led the prisoner to one of the two holding cells in the small station. He pushed the vulpine into the room and closed the cell door. He quickly undid the cuffs he had used to restrain the prisoner.

"Ah huh." Said Sheriff Taylor, his eyebrow cocked at the prisoner. "Uh, Barney? Mind telling me what exactly he was supposed to have been doing? Or who he is?"

"My name is Nick Wilde, and I'm guilty of relaxing in my girlfriend's living room." The vulpine yelled from his cell. "For which your deputy was good enough to arrest me for."

"Nice to meet you, Nick. I'm Randy, and this is my deputy, Barney," replied the Sheriff politely.

"Yeah, great. Please let me go now." Wilde said, clearly annoyed.

"Absolutely not!" Interjected Deputy Floof. "Randy, we got a call about a suspicious individual in that area matching his description."

"His description?" The Sheriff asked.

"Yes, the call mentioned that the individual was red furred and lean." The deputy said.

"You mean like almost every fox? Real fine detective work there!" Called the lean, red furred beast in the cell.

"And, uh, who exactly made this call, Barney?" The Sheriff asked, his ears twitching with apprehension.

Deputy Floof quickly averted his eyes from the Sheriff, instead opting to look at his feet as he awkwardly shuffled them around. He mumbled out something completely inaudible to the Sheriff, which was a feat considering how sensitive the rabbit's hearing was.

"What was that, Barney?"

"I said the that it was Bertha Bounce who called us." Barney said, looking anywhere except at his friend's eyes.

Exasperation showed on the Sheriff's face, and when he next spoke his voice was a slightly higher pitch. "Bertha calls about a suspicious figure whenever anything happens, Barney! Gideon Grey delivered her a pie once and she called it in."

"It's my duty as an officer to never ignore a citizen in need, Randy!" Barney exclaimed.

"Barney. Let him go." The Sheriff said, his eyes closing as he sighed. "You can't arrest people because Bertha called us."

"Oh finally," said Nick from his cell, which he was currently holding the bars of. "Someone said something reasonable."

His deputy took a step closer to his superior, leaning over his desk with disappointment clearly etched on his features. "Oh, come on, Randy. I haven't gotten to arrest anyone in weeks. Can't we juts keep him a little while?"

"Barney!" Sheriff Taylor exclaimed with finality and more than a little annoyance. The fox in the cell looked equally vexed by the deputy's attitude.

"Fine." Deputy Floof sighed as he moved towards Nick's cell with the key. Nick waited for him impatiently, his usual smirk replaced with an expression of irritation. The sooner he was out of there, the better. He had never been a fan of jail. Especially when it was a jail that had him inside it. That was his least favorite type of jail.

"Hurry up and get me out of here!" He said as the deputy stood in front his cell door, the key extended.

The door to the station slammed open before he reached the cell, however. All three heads in the room turned when they heard the slam of the wood against the walls. A young, angry looking bunny stomped into the room, her ears completely straight and her fists curled into balls. She looked at the Sheriff with an emotion that would be difficult to describe.

Most people would call it anger. The word anger doesn't seem strong enough to describe what she was feeling. The phrase 'Glacier-melting inferno of rage' was even seeming a bit weak right now.

"Hi there, Judy." The Sheriff said, pretending she didn't look like she was about to commit murder. He smiled tentatively. "Long time no see."

"I take it back. Leave me in the cell. I want there to be bars between me and her right now." Nick whispered to the deputy standing in front of him.

"You arrested my boyfriend!?" Judy half yelled as she stared at Sheriff Taylor.

"Your boyfriend?" Randy said, quickly glancing at the cell. His smiled turned into a frown as he realized how bad the situation had just become. "Oh, no."

"YOU ARRESTED MY BOYFRIEND!?" Judy had now begun full yelling. Nick Wilde shrunk to the back of his cell, trying to avoid line of sight.

"Uh, well Judy-" Randy started, smiling and trying to diffuse the explosion that was about to happen. "Calm down and I'll explain."

Judy glared at him. "Calm down? You want me to calm down?"

It was then that Sheriff Taylor knew his choice of words was not a good idea.

"I want you to explain to me why I had to come home from my family's carrot fields and hear about how my front door got kicked in and my boyfriend arrested and dragged down here." The little bunny's voice had a tremor in it as her fists tightened.

Taylor looked to his deputy. "No, Barney you didn't kick in the door did you?"

His deputy fidgeted in his place. "Well I had to Randy. I thought he might run if I announced myself first. And he had his teeth out near those kids."

"Of course his teeth were out! He was talking to them. They're not retractable!" Judy screamed, her attention shifting on the deputy. Barney Floof wilted under the combined pressure of her shouting and intense glare.

Then Deputy Floof puffed up his chest a bit and stared back at Hopps. "Now, listen here. The suspect has never been seen in the area before, and when got a call about a suspicious figure in the area!"

"He's visiting my family with me! Of course he's never been seen in the area before. He doesn't live here, Barney!" Judy responded back to the overeager deputy. "Sweet cheese and crackers, no one should be this incompetent!"

Barney shrunk back at her harsh words.

"Carrots, Carrots," said Nick, "This was all just a big misunderstanding. Complete accident, really."

As annoyed as he was, he didn't want this to get out of hand.

"Quiet, Nick. I'm handling this." Judy snapped at the vulpine.

Nick shifted back in his cell, not wanting to challenge her further. Sometimes he felt it best to simply avoid her when she was like this. On the bright side, at least she wasn't mad at him this time. He decided to just savor the moment and smirked as he watched the scene unfold.

"You're unlocking the cell and letting him out. Now." Judy said to the Sheriff bluntly. It was obvious by her tone that she would accept no arguments.

Sheriff Taylor, still hoping to salvage the situation spoke up. He was known around town for having a silver tongue, and hoped it could maybe make things a bit more pleasant. He smiled at Judy and said, "Well, as a matter of fact we were just about to do that anyways when you came in."

"Unlock the cell. Let him out. Now." Judy repeated as if she had not heard Randy.

The Sheriff gulped. There wasn't a way to resolve this he could see. He chuckled and continued to smile as he examined the young bunny in front of him. He knew everyone in Bunnyburrow, and had known little Judy Hopps since she was a tiny doe. Because of that, he knew that now was a good time to cut his losses and just stop trying.

His eyes never left Judy as he said, "Barney."

The deputy, who was currently feeling very small, hastily unlocked the cell and opened the door. He didn't say a word of protest as the fox casually walked out of the cell, a smug smirk on his face. He had slipped back into his normal demeanor. He walked to his mate's side and stood there.

Judy flashed a warm smile at Nick before returning her attention to the Sheriff. She glared at him for a moment more. The smile Taylor had put on shrunk as he saw the look on the bunny girl's face had not softened at all. He prepared himself to be berated again.

Just as the rabbit opened her mouth, however, the fox next to her leaned over to whisper something in her ear. He gave a small wink to Randy Taylor, which confused and slightly worried the Sheriff. After the fox had finished Judy closed her mouth. She stared at the Sheriff for a few more seconds before huffing and walking out the station's door, Nick following behind her.

Before he left the fox turned around and smirked at the Sheriff. "It was nice meeting you, Sheriff."

The Sheriff smiled in response. "Nice to meet you too, Mr. Wilde. Hopefully next time I see you under better circumstances."

The fox smile grew. "Officer Wilde, actually. Of the ZPD." He nodded again to the Sheriff. Then he looked at the deputy still standing in silence by the cell. "Bye, Director Heydrich."

With that, the vulpine ducked out of the station and hurried after his partner.

Randy Taylor's smile fell as he looked at his deputy, who was avoiding eye contact. "Barney."

"Hmm?" Barney hummed, trying to look nonchalant.

"You arrested a police officer?" Sheriff Randy Taylor asked incredulously.

Deputy Barney Floof coughed, but did not respond.

The Sheriff leaned back in his wooden chair, putting a paw on his forehead as he groaned. He was not looking forward to attending the holiday dinner Stu Hopps had invited he and his deputy to.

AN: I didn't have a lot of time to write a normal chapter today, but I still wanted to write something up. As is always the case, whether I continue will be based on response.