Chapter 3
Enemies or Friends
"Stop struggling, make this easier on yourself" a police officer said while struggling to put the angry fenneck in the back of his squad car.
"No, let me go" the fenneck said struggling against his pawcuffs even more.
"Finnick stand down now and keep your mouth shut that's and order before you make this even worse on us" nick said angrily
The fenneck stopped struggling and looked at the fox being searched at the opposing vehicle, he knew his former commanding officer meant business so he did as he was told.
"Yes major general Wilde sir"
The officers around them stopped and looked at the fox, baffled at how he was able to stop the struggling fenneck in a minute and it took them there times as much time to put him cuffs or the military rank the fenneck just gave the fox, no mammal there could tell you what stopped them.
Nick was put into the car he was searched on mere moments ago and as soon as the door was shut he turned to look at an ambulance where a unconscious bunny was being loaded onto. He couldn't tell if she was alright from this distance as the ambulances back doors were being shut. The squad car he was in lurched forward in the opposite direction of the ambulance.
That was hours ago, nick didn't even know the time, it didn't bother him that he didn't know, mostly because they've found out how this was all a big misunderstanding but he was concerned about the bunny if she was seriously injured nick would have to get the others and run, that draw to much attention to him to stay.
Several hours ago after they checked his ID his background and Finnick's they came into his interrogation room and started to apologize up and down for the inconvenience and mistake. Form there Nick was able to negotiate Finnick's release and return of his van from there he had Finnick return to the girls home in Tundra Town and wait for him. Nick could have left to but he was told that he would be asked to come back to speak to the chief. A rhino walked into the room and looked down at nick.
"So Major General Wilde, the chief is here but has to go through his morning routine then he will speak with you in his office, is there anything I can get you while you wait?" Nick took a moment to think.
"No thank you I'm good, and please call me nick officer..?"
"McHorn" the rhino answered nicks question quickly. Nicks ears perked up to his name.
The rhino left nick in there alone. "Could he really be his brother, he did tell us his brother was a cop, do the others all have some kind of tie to this city" nick thought.
An hour or so later a tiger walked in nick remembered this tiger as the one from last night.
"Hello Mr Wilde I am officer Fangmire" said the the tiger standing in front of nick now.
"Yes, I remember you, you were one of the officers that arrested me last night" nick said with a friendly smile. The tiger looked at him struggling as what to say next.
"Well..., um, yes I was and I would like to deeply apologize for that misunderstanding."
Nick noticed how Fangmire was having a hard time keeping eye contact with him. Nick was curious why? Nick hasn't done anything to receive this kind of treatment from him not that nick hasn't done anything to not get it, it must be their chief, him must be doing to them. "Now I'm really interested in this chief of theirs, to instill this kind of fear in them" nick thought. Nick put on a gentle smile.
"It's alright, mistakes and misunderstandings happen all the time, and please just call me nick"
Fangmire looked up at nick and smiled as a wolf walked in and started to speak, when nick caught a very familiar smell come in on a light breeze, it was an incredibly faint smell most mammals wouldn't be able to detect it, but in an instance it grabbed nicks attention and was the only thing to hold it.
"Hey Fangmire, Bogo wants to see..."
"The bunny from last night she's here? Is she alright? Can I see her?"
The wolf looked at the fox in amazement at what he just said, Fangmire looked back and forth at two before speaking.
"Chief Bogo wants to see Mister... I mean nick here, Delgato?"
The wolf returned his attention back to the tiger.
"Yes he does" he turned to nick "if you would please follow me I'll take you to him"
Judy woke up in a strange room blinded by the bright lights that lit up the rooms. After her eyes adjusted to the brightness she noticed see was in a hospital room. After a few moments of thinking she recalled how she was fighting the suspect and was thrown incredibly hard at a wall of boxes that fell over on her, she remembered someone yelling carrots but thought she was hearing things as the boxes were going to fall on her.
"Ho No! Did the suspect get away? Did Delgato and Fangmire find me under those boxes? The chief is going to give me parking duty till I retire, ugh"
Just then a female antalope dressed in a nurse outfit walked in.
"Oh your awake, how are you feeling?" The antalope said to Judy picking up a clipboard from a box on the side of the bed. Judy started to get up in a panic.
"The suspect did he get away? What happened?" Judy said. The antalope rushed to sit the panicked bunny back down.
"Don't worry, all that has been taken care of by officers Delgato and Fangmire, just relax and don't strain yourself, you had boxes 3 times your size fall on and they were just as heavy, your lucky you were nocked unconscious last night, we need to run a few more tests before we release you, now stay here while I go and get the doctor."
The nurse left and Judy was left speechless lying in her bed. She began scanning the room until she snapped her head to the right and made a face of horror at the clock on the wall, that said it was 6:30am. Judy began to panic and get up once again.
"Nurse!" she yelled.
The moose doctor and and nurse from before were able to calm Judy down after some time they explained the situation to her.
"Miss Hopps you are fine the chief said that once you were cleared to leave you had two hours to report to his office. Now calm down so we can get you cleared"
Judy stopped and did as she was instructed by the doctor. She glanced over at the clock from earlier, it said it was now 7:00 in the morning."today is going to be a long day" she thought.
Judy opened the door to her small apartment walked in and shut the door behind her, she stopped and sighed heavily. She was exhausted. She walked over to her bed and nearly threw herself on it. She looked to her left at the clock in the window, 8:00am. She was cleared from the hospital at 7:30, which meant she needed to be at the station at 9:30. "I need to take a shower" she thought.
Judy proceeded to get up and get ready to head down to the shared bathrooms in her apartment complex when her phone rang. She looked at the screen and saw her parents were muzzle timing her. She put on an expression like she was fine and answered.
"JUDY!, what happened are you alright?" Her parents said simultaneously. Judy cringed at he parents yelling.
"I'm fine I was just nocked unconscious last night, that's all I know on what happened" Judy put on a smile to reassure her parents. Her parents looked at Judy wanting to say something but didn't so Judy continued.
"Now I now you guys want to talk but I'm very busy and I need to be in work in an hour, I promise I'll talk to you guys later" Judy said trying to convince her parents to end the conversation. The too older bunnies looked at each other and back at Judy before her mother spoke up.
"Alright Judy, but call us as soon as you can alright"
"I promise" Judy said with a smile before her parents hung up. Judy sighed.
"Don't you need to get ready for work?"
"Shut up pronk, she just lied to her parents"
"No you shut up"
"No you shut up"
Once again judys anoyiing neighbors were yelling at each other. Judy rolled her eyes and looked at the clock now saying 8:05, Judy got up and proceeded to to get ready for the long day.
Judy was walking up the steps of the ZPD building thinking on what kind of treatment she would get for last night. Praise for being such a dedicated officer or being known as a failure for being easily taken down. As she walked through the door she noticed the clock above the front desk say it was nearly nine o'clock. At the front desk she noticed Clawhauser, Delgato, and Fangmire. As she got closer to the front desk she noticed Clawhauser was talking to the others about some new Gazelle promotion, he stopped when he caught sight of Judy.
"Judy your here? Are you alright? Tell me what happened last night I've only gotten slim details and I want to know m..."
The other two officers have turned to look at the bunny and she couldn't tell if they were happy or angry to see her, Fangmire certainly didn't mind interrupting Clawhauser.
"Well look who decided to show up, Bogo wants to speak with you about the suspects you caught last night" fangmire said catching judys attention.
"He does?" Judy looked at Fangmire and a sense of pride was starting to grow in her.
"Yes he does, I need to go check up on one that's still here, see you guys later" Fangmire said walking away. Judy had a curious expression grow on here face at fangmires last sentence and started to inquire what he meant.
"Wait what do you mean check up on the..."
"HOPPS MY OFFICE NOW!" Bogo said looking down from the third storie balcane of the ZPD precinct.
Judy walked into Bogos office, he was now talking on the phone.
"Please send him in here immediately"
Bogo hung up and gestured toward the chair across from his desk. Judy sat in the chair and waited for Bogo to speak. They both sat there in silence before Bogo began to speak.
"I specifically told you to observe and report nothing more, now I have a vet who just got home and the first thing that happens to him is that he is arrested for braking and entering his own home" The buffalo said looking down at the bunny sitting in an oversized chair across from his desk.
"Sir, I had no clue who he was, he also made no attempt to identify himself" Judy said confident in her reply.
"He didn't have to when he thought he was being robbed" the buffaloes temper seemed to have let up some. Bogos words confused Judy.
"What do you mean, I gave him no reason to think I was robbing him." Judy had a look of confusion on her. Bogo put on his glasses and picked some papers off his desk.
"I have multiple reports of eyewitnesses saying a strange mammal sitting alone in an abandoned park, and one eyewitness saying you didn't conduct your duty properly, not properly identifying yourself as an officer of the law, and lunging yourself st the suspect without warning." Bogo was now looking back at Judy.
"I..I..." Judy began to struggle under the buffaloes gaze.
"You will apologize to Mr. Wilde and will await his response if it has you fired or not, do I make myself clear" Bogo said now leaning over his desk.
"Yes sir" Judy said hers ears behind her head. At that moment she felt like a complete failure.
At that moment the door to Bogos office opened and a boar walked in, catching Bogo by surprise.
"Mayor Boarington what do I owe the pleasure for?" Bogo said obviously forcing a smile.
"Cut it Bogo, I heard about what Hopps did, and you can bet if I heard the press has and are already trying to make this look bad."
Bogo looked at the mayor and huffed.
"Officer Hopps please wait outside"
Judy did not need second telling, she immediately got out of the chair and exited Bogos office and took place in one of the chairs outside his office. Judy saw Delgato walking her way with Fangmire and... a very familiar fox, that left her confused as Delgato held Bogos office door open for the fox to enter alone.
"Mister Wilde" Bogo said the door shut.
Nick couldn't help smiling as he walked past the now utterly confused bunny. "She doesn't look seriously injured" he thought. He nodded to officer Delgato now holding the door open for him.
"Mister Wilde" A buffalo behind a desk said.
"Please just call me Nick" nick said keeping his smile on his face.
"He can't it's against the rules" A boar to nicks right said.
"Mister Wilde this is Mayor Boarington, and Mayor this is two star general Nick Wilde" Bogo said with a smile.
"Pleased to meet you Mister Wilde" Boarington said.
"The pleasure is mine and please call me Nick, Mister Wilde was my father" Nick said shaking Boaringtons hoof.
"As you know Mister Wilde the miss understanding that happened last night, we would like to deeply apologize about it and hope you understand the mistake that was made." Bogo said trying his best to sound apologetic which wasn't his strong suit.
"Apology accepted" nick said with no hesitation, leaving both buffalo and boar surprised. "I need to keep this quiet" nick thought.
"It was an accident and nothing more, it's just..." nick was a little embarrassed by the situation he was in
"Just what?" Bogo said.
"I would like it if this not put on any records, it just doesn't look good when you're asked if you were actually arrested for breaking into your own house." Nick asked nervously.
"That is something we can do for you Mister Wilde" Bogo said.
"Just one problem Mister... Nick" Boarington spoke up.
"And what's that?" Nick asked
"You see if the media gets ahold of this it's not something that can be denied, or it will be very bad for all of us." Boarington said.
Nick smiled, and this caught both buffalo and boar off guard, they were both expecting a different reaction from the fox.
"I have a plan that we could use to fix that if the need arises" Nick said
The suspense of sitting alone has gotten to Judy, Fangmire and Delgato left as soon as they had came with the fox. "There's no way he's telling the truth, but he was wearing that coat, and if he is I just made his life a hole lot harder". Judy thought putting her face in her paws she was being filled with guilt. Then the door to Bogo's officer opened starting her, and three mammals exited.
"Thank you for being very understanding Mister Wilde" Boarington said.
"Yes thank you Mister Wilde" said Bogo.
"No problem accidents are by accident, and please just call me Nick" said the same fox that had entered now standing a couple of feet away from Judy.
"You know we can't do that Mister Wilde" Boartington said. At this point Judy had gotten up and started walking towards the fox.
"Yes, you can't blame me for trying, and if you don't mind I need to be leaving, you have the address I'm staying at should you need to contact me." Nick said shaking the board hoof and then going for the water buffaloes hoof. At this point Judy was now behind the fox, and when she spoke up she surprised the boar and buffalo, then there expressions turn to anger.
"Mister Wilde?" The fox turned to look at her smile still on his muzzle.
"You may not recognize me but I am the officer from last night and I would like to..." Judy was then interrupted by the the very fox she was apologizing to.
"Are you alright carrots?, you weren't badly injured were you?, I didn't know the boxes would fall or that I threw you that hard" the fox now had a worried expression on his face.
Judy was stopped by the name he called her, she was almost about to tell him how degrading it was to call her that, but then a huff that could normally be dismissed as heavy came from behind the fox and Judy noticed and angry look on Bogo, which meant "don't mess this up".
"I'm fine Mister Wilde, it's just that I wanted to..." Judy was not making eyes contact with the fox until she was interrupted once again by him.
"Good, I was worried that I may have actually hurt you by mistake, and please just call me Nick" the fox said noticeably getting relaxed surprising the mammals around him.
"Mister Wilde..." Judy continued
"Nick" the fox said
"What?" Judy was puzzled once again by why she was interrupted.
"My name is Nick not Mister Wilde" the fox said. Judy was puzzled by why the fox had interrupted her over something as meaningless as by he was called.
"Mister... Nick I would like to formally apologize for what I did last night I jumped to conclusions and did not follow procedures and any inconveniences that I have brought apon you by my actions." Judy said this looking like she was about to burst into tears.
"That's alright, it was an accident and by what I hear you were alone and you thought I was a mammal involved with a string of robberies, only those who don't look at the situation logically would get upset." Nick moved to where the buffalo, boat, and bunny were all in view.
"Now if you don't mind I must be leaving so I can let my friends know everything is alright, Mayor Boarington, Chief Bogo, Carrots." Nick said looking at each one and nodding.
"Also carrots pleased don't strain yourself working to hard, don't want you to get hurt because of me throwing you" nick said smiling.
The fox then waved goodbye and left. Leaving the three mammals there in awe at how the vulpine treated the entire situation. Then the buffalo spoke up.
"Hopps go home your on leave for a week"
"But sir!?" Judy said not know what to say.
"No, just go home" the buffalo said turning to the boar.
"Is there anything else I can help you with mayor?"
"No, now I have a meeting to get to goodbye"
The boar and buffalo left leaving the bunny in awe not knowing what to do. She felt angry towards the fox for calling her carrots.
As nick left the building and started walking to get to the apartment he chuckled as his thoughts. "I can't believe I actually got away with calling her carrots and her boss let me" nick saw a ZTA station sign and headed towards it. "I better hurry before the others get to worried, don't want Finnick to kill me for making Jessica and the others worry." Nick knew Finnick and Tiff would be fine but the three vixen sisters would lose their minds worried about Nick. He knew this because this isn't the first time he's been taken in by the police and the girls worried about him every time.
AUTHORS NOTES:
Alright heres my next chapter. I haven't decided on length of my chapters my goal is to leave you wanting more. Also I want a cover picture but my problem is I'm not an artist so I'm asking you guys to help me on chapter two I described the emblem on nicks coat I want that for the cover picture, I plan on have the next chapter out by may 20-25. If someone would like to help me please contact be sending me a pm or leave a review or just leave a review telling me what you think of the story so far.