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(I'm going to do this again) I don't own Zootopia or any of the characters except the OCs (Edward, George and so on) I do own them. Don't steal them without asking! You can steal them, just ask first!

Chapter 6

Because I'm Chief

Morning; some say it's a time to start fresh. A true statement for most people. It was the morning of June 12th in the city of Zootopia. The sun was shining and mammals were still getting up to get to work. Others were just returning from nights out on the town to seek sleep. And some were enjoying the odd day off.

Nick and Judy both arrived to work at the normal time. They were both in high spirits about the ongoing case, and the new leads they had on it. Even though it was going to be a busy day, they were hopeful.

The precinct was bustling as usual with officers getting to the bullpen for the briefing. To secretaries and other tech people getting to their respective places of operation. There was even a group of the latest recruits taking a tour around the station. It wasn't just police that occupied the front lobby either; there were civilians.

One such case was McHorn's wife; who had probably driven the burly rhino to work. And now was gushing over how her husband's uniform looked, much to the embarrassment of the officer. But before long she handed him his lunch and gave him a kiss on the cheek, before leaving the lobby. It could all be summed up as very orderly chaos, if you weren't used to it. But it was the average morning for the fox and bunny, and neither wished it to be any other way.

They both stopped at Clawhauser's desk to talk before they went to the bullpen. At said desk was Clawhauser who was talking to Wolford. Wolford was leaning up close and was talking in a hushed tone. Clawhauser was barely holding in one of his squeals. Both fox and bunny shared a knowing glance.

"You're sure you want to put that much down? I mean it's a lot." The overly cuddly cheetah asked.

Wolford scoffed. "Yes I'm sure. Did you see them yesterday? They have to be more than just friends. I even herd them mention going to dinner together!"

"We all think that, but that doesn't mean that it's true." Clawhauser argued as he wrote in a note book that was sitting in front of him.

"I don't care, just put it down. I have a good feeling about this time."

Judy jumped up on the desk. "Good feeling about what?"

Clawhauser threw the pen he was using in the air and lunged for the note book that he had been writing in. While this was happening Wolford almost took off running in the opposite direction, but managed to stop himself from doing so.

"What are you talking about Hopps? We were just betting on…" From behind the bunny Wolford was shaking his head and his arms vigorously. "…How long it's… going to take you guys to…" Wolford's eyes just about rolled back in his head. "Finish the case?" Wolford let out a sigh of relief and nodded his head, but still looked jumpy.

Nick wasn't convinced. "And how does that have anything to do with us going to dinner last night?"

Wolford was quick to answer. "Isn't that what you always do; plan your attack?"

"Yeah, sometimes. But how did you know we were going to dinner last night?" Judy asked.

"I heard it over your radio right after I called in to check on you guys last night. By the way; I forgot to mention that Edward invited you guys to the monthly sky viewing at the observatory. It's in a few days."

Judy adopted a curious look and tilted her head to the side. "What's that?"

Wolford's plan worked perfectly; the bunny in front of him was completely distracted from the original conversation. She may be a good cop, but she's still gullible sometimes, which is exactly what I need.

"Every month the observatory opens to the public so they can look at the stars. They only have so many spots for people to go however. Edward said if you guys want to go you're welcome to. It's this Saturday."

Judy rubbed her paws together and jumped up and down in excitement. "That's so nice of him! Do you want to go Nick?" Her enthusiasm was amazing.

Nick was still suspicious about this 'bet' but decided to let it go, this time. "It couldn't hurt; why not? Plus I could get more of that coffee!" His smirk returned in full force.

"Nick! Life isn't just about coffee." Judy scolded as she jumped down from the desk. "There are more important things; like work!"

Nick rolled his eyes and put his hands on his hips. "That's not a surprise coming from you; there isn't anything more important than work."

Judy turned around and pointed at him. "That's not true! There are other things I care about!"

"Like what, humm?"

She was quiet for a moment. In all honesty she did have one thing or rather one person that she did care about more than she did her job. But she was never going to tell Nick who it was. The only logical thing to do in a situation like this was to lie.

"My family?" Or try to lie anyway.

Nick corked an eyebrow. "Really? I know you're lying. You're cute bunny face just screams 'lying' to the world." He put a paw to his chin as he thought. "If you're not telling me it must be someone important to you. Maybe a boyfriend?" He wiggled his eyebrows. "So, spill the beans; who is it?"

"I don't have a boyfriend Nick. Do you really think I have the time for dating right now? Let's get going; it's time for rollcall." She turned around and started to walk away hoping that she had escaped. But the fox was persistent and followed her.

"Quit trying to dodge the subject Carrots. I will figure this out, even if I have to keep a twenty-four hour watch on you."

"Now you're just starting to sound like a stalker."

He shrugged. "Fine, I admit; that did sound a little strange." The bunny nodded.

Wolford and Clawhauser watched as the two walked out of the room; still arguing. Wolford pulled out his wallet and started counting out some cash. Once he was done he slapped down it in front of Clawhauser, who jumped at the sudden noise. "Double my bet. I have a really good feeling about this time!" Clawhauser only numbly nodded as he started to record Wolford's new bet.

Rollcall went the same as it usually did; lots of hooting and howling and the beating of tables. But nothing super interesting happened case wise. Other than Judy asking if her and Nick could talk to the chief afterwards. Which earned them both a glare before he sighed, then answered.

"I have a meeting later this morning. But after that I'll be free to answer any questions you have. Until then, work on your backed up paperwork." He pointed at the fox. "That means you Wilde! No excuses." He then turned and stormed out the door with a slam.

As soon as he was gone Nick threw his arms in the air. "Oh come on, I already finished all my paperwork! What is he talking about?"

"The case from three weeks ago. You know; the one in the Rainforest District."

Nick immediately shuddered. "I thought you finished that!"

Three weeks ago Nick and Judy had been assigned to their very first undercover mission, with Wolford as a teacher. They were to infiltrate a local night club where they were told they could get information on the local drug ring. The mission was going well up until the point their informant turned out to be a fake, and had lured them there into an ambush. After the first few punches were thrown Judy's outfit (It was kind of skimpy in her eyes) was torn in some slightly awkward places and she went ballistic. After the fight (It was a total slaughter.) Nick just couldn't hold his tong and made a dumb remark. It didn't end well for him to say the least.

"I finished my paperwork, I didn't do yours. You still need to describe the events of the case."

"I don't want to relive that. And we agreed not to talk about that ever again."

Judy shrugged and nodded her head. "True, but you still need to finish your paperwork no matter the agreement we had."

He laid his ears down and made the 'sad fox face'. "You're so mean sometimes."

"We all have our moments. Now go!" She waved her arms at him in a shooing manner.

If it was even possible Nick's ears dropped even lower and his tail started to drag the ground as he walked away. He turned his head over his shoulder and gave Judy one last completely heartbroken look before he disappeared out of the bullpen.

Judy had to admit that the look Nick gave her did pull on her heart strings a little. He was just so hurt looking. She shook her head; he had to be faking it.

But what if he wasn't? Did filling out those papers really cause Nick that much pain?

No, no it could not.

Could it?

No that's not possible!

Maybe she would get him some coffee to make him feel better before they went to talk to Bogo. She nodded her head as she steeled her mind.

Nearby Nick decided to swing by Clawhauser's desk and ask about the 'bet' he was a part of, before he returned to his office. He was still slightly upset about the paperwork but he had played it up considerably there at the end. That still didn't mean he wanted to do it though; he hated paperwork. It almost caused him physical pain.

Once he arrived at his destination he started working out his plan. "Hey Spots. You mentioned a bet about me and Officer Hopps. What exactly was that about?"

Clawhauser instantly started to fidget with a doughnut that he had in his paw. "We actually do it quite often with you two. You guys have such great case closeout rates, no matter if it's high profile or just petty theft. So it's just a matter of time before you close the case. So… we kind of started betting on how fast you guys can get it done." The more he spoke the more he shrunk into himself.

Was that really all that the rest of the station was up to? Nick didn't know, but he had ways of getting answers. "Really now? I would never have guessed. We really must be awesome to get most of the station betting on us."

"Yeah, you guys work quite well together. Almost like you can read each other's minds or something." Clawhauser gestured around his head, spilling sprinkles all over the desk in the process. "How do you guys do it?"

Nick put his hand to his chin and pretended to think about the question. "I don't know; its luck most of the time. It helps to know and understand each other too."

The information Clawhauser was hearing was a gold mine. This was going to be the turning point of his betting pool. But now wasn't the time for thoughts like that. He had to get Nick off his back or he would be in a world of hurt.

"Yeah I'm sure it does. So wha-"

"Grizzoil to dispatch."

Clawhauser picked up the radio. "I'm sorry Nick, I got to take this." The fox nodded his head in understanding. Clawhauser hit the button on the radio. "Go for dispatch."

"I'm responding to the disturbance here on 28th. There's a goat here that say's he sees hundreds of butterflies, but there aren't any around. Want me to bring him in?"

"Yeah, try not to traumatize him."

As he turned to leave; Nick just shook his head and sighed. There wasn't a boring moment around this station. He was happy he got some information on this so called 'bet.' Clawhauser was hiding something. He'd started getting nervous and was fidgeting way too much for the fox's comfort.

Nick sighed again. He really didn't want to do his paperwork, but Judy was making him and he really, really didn't want to make her mad. There was a chance that she would make him be her sparring partner for the third time in a row. A chill ran down his back at the thought.

As soon as Nick had left the room Judy turned in the opposite direction and started to walk towards the receptionist, desk using a more roundabout route. She would use her walk to the coffee shop as some time to patrol. But she would need to check in with Clawhauser so someone would know where she was in case they needed her.

As she wandered through the halls she noticed all the older posters that promoted the ZPD. Some were even older than Chief Bogo. I wonder what it was like to be a cop back then?

As she got closer to the front of the building there were less posters and more pictures, awards and newspaper clippings that went to outstanding officers and some of the ZPD's greatest moments.

Judy's favorite among all these was the front page headline that read: 'ZPD hires first fox Officer; Nickolas Wilde. Mr. Wilde was crucial in solving the Missing mammals cases that were assigned to Officer Judy Hopps. Later he also played a huge part in assisting Hopps again as they exposed Bellwether's plan to turn prey against predators using the Night Howler serum…'

It still made the bunny feel giddy knowing that Nick and her were really working together to make the world a better place; it was a dream come true. Which reminded her; she needed to go get her favorite fox some coffee.

One brisk walk later, Judy arrived once again at the well-known receptionist desk. "Hey Clawhauser, I'm going to go and get some coffee. If anyone needs me; just call."

"Sure thing Judy, see you later." He waved goodbye but Judy couldn't help but notice that he looked a little nervous. She decided to brush it off and ask him about it later.

As she was heading out the revolving doors she saw Grizzoil leading a goat into the station. In his paw he was carrying a big net. She flicked her ears over in their direction to better hear what was being said.

"You said there was going to be more butterflies and I'm not seeing any. Where are they?!"

Grizzoil sighed. "Sir I never said there was going to be more of your imaginary butterflies, I just asked you to come with me because you were disturbing other people."

"You lie! You said there was going to be butterflies!"

Judy shook her head. There was never a dull moment around the station. With that interesting moment out of the way she started her little journey to the nearest Snarlbucks.

Nick slumped back in his desk chair. That was one of the most mentally draining things I have ever done. He shuddered as he reread what he wrote. Worst of all: the Chief was going to be reading it at some point. He needed a coffee or he wouldn't make it ten more minutes.

Just then the door opened and in walked Judy. "Hey Nick. Did you finish your report?" He nodded slowly. "Good, here is your reward." She held out a cup with the coffee that she had gotten.

He eyed it for a second; with the way the bunny had been acting she might be planning something. But it was free coffee. With the thought of free coffee in mind he couldn't resist and decided to accept the offered cup to take a sip. She had doctored it up the way he liked to whenever he spoiled himself, she had even added blueberry flavoring!

He hummed in satisfaction. "Thanks Carrots. I really needed this after what you put me through."

"It's what you get for being a good fox." She cooed in a baby voice.

Nick rolled his eyes at the bunny. "I'm going to have to do my paperwork more often if I get coffee like this."

He raised his eyes up to her in a pleading manner. "Would the nice bunny get the fox coffee every time he finishes his paperwork?" He replied in an equally exaggerated baby voice.

Judy just smirked at Nick's attempt to bribe her. "No, I was just feeling like being nice. This is a onetime deal."

Nick gave up the puppy eyed look. "Can't blame a fox for trying."

"You tried, and failed spectacularly. Now, it's almost time to go see if Bogo is available so we can follow up on these leads."

Nick groaned as he got up and stretched his back; acting like he was much older than he really was. Judy rolled her eyes at the display. They nodded at each other and left the office.

On their way to the third floor neither of the small officers said anything. They were both somewhat nervous about talking to the Chief; as he was rather intimidating. Even if he wasn't mad at Nick or something.

They were a great deal away from Bogo's office when they saw two elk and a deer all wearing black suits walk out of the office. Judy recognized them as ZBI agents. She looked at Nick and shrugged. He had already been looking at her and shrugged back.

They both knew they could get in serious trouble for sticking their noses in to the ZBI's business. The pair slowed down when the three walked past. Judy as subtly as possible turned her ears in the agents' direction. She heard only one sentence before they turned to go down the stairs and were out of earshot.

"What'd you hear?" Nick nudged her as he whispered.

"All I heard was that 'number one wasn't going to be happy.' Any ideas?" The fox just shook his head no.

Chief Bogo stood from his desk and walked over to the window. He hadn't had time to open the blinds this morning before his visitors had arrived. He opened the blinds and let in the sun shine. Bogo really enjoyed the light and hated to have his office dark more than necessary. Contrary to what many people thought. He stood there for a second enjoying the view, then sighed and rubbed his forehead. Two hours and I already have a headache.

He walked back to his desk to get an aspirin. He sat down and took a drink of coffee from a mug that said: 'Why? Because I'm the Chief!' Just as he was setting the mug down there was a knock at the door.

Knock knock knock knock

"Come in Hopps." She had a tendency to knock really fast, so he knew who it was.

The door opened and Judy stuck her head in. "Chief, do you have a moment?"

"Yeah, come in and sit down." The door opened further and the fox and bunny walked in. They flanked both sides of the middle of the three chairs in the room and climbed on to it. "What's your status on the case?"

"We have a lead; that's actually why we're here sir. What do you know about the Silent Hand?"

"Grant and Ryan Snowlence? You think they're the ones behind this? That's not possible; they're still doing time." He paused had put a hand to his chin. "But the circumstances do match up to what they were doing. I'll give an order for the old case file for you; it should have all the information you should need."

Nick didn't want to read a case file. Especially one as big as the Silent Hand one could be. "Sir we would like to hear your opinion on them, if you don't mind."

Bogo sighed. "Fine, I'll tell you some of the finer details. Ryan is a lynx/mountain lion cross. He's bigger than the average mountain lion but is the spitting image of a lynx. Grant is a polar bear. His family adopted Ryan when they were both two years old. There were no records of Ryan before then. We don't even know what happened to his original family."

The same as usual; Judy had her pen and note pad out and was writing everything the buffalo said down. Surprisingly; Nick also had a pen out and was taking notes too.

"They started their criminal occupation after their mother was having kidney failure. Their father had died a year before that. Ryan was the brains, and Grant was the muscle. Their little moving company wasn't big enough to make enough to pay for the cost of the surgery to save their mother. They ended up selling their company but it still didn't pay the full cost, and sadly their mother passed away shortly after. I'm assuming they turned to a life of crime because they didn't have anything left to lose, and there was big money involved.

I tracked them personally on and off for most of the beginning of my career. They're good; they never left a trace of evidence. It was just pure luck that I caught them. It was late and I had just come back from a night patrol. I had already dropped off my partner at his house and was just returning the keys to the car before I was going to go home myself. When I walked in the back door I'm face to face with these guys. You should have seen the looks on their faces." Bogo chuckled.

"It turns out they were commissioned to get their hands on some powder firearms. They were standing there with the whole ZPD armory in their hands. They just dropped what they were carrying and ran. It was quite a chase too, but I got them. The current Chief was ready to skin me alive for all the damages we caused to the station. But he was impressed and promoted me to Captain instead."

The buffalo had a full smile on his face, and to be honest it was kind of scaring the two tiny officers that were sitting in front of him. But as soon as the memory faded his face returned to its normal default scowl. The bunny and fox breathed a silent sigh of relief.

Nick stood up and stretched as if he had been sitting way longer that he had been. "I think that is all we need to know. We'll look at the case file if we need anything else. Now we're going to have to bid you adieu." He nudged Judy. "Come on carrots let's go."

"Wait a second Nick." The fox groaned. "Is there anything else you want us to do today?"

"If you're up to it I want you guys to head over to the academy and help with the mock search-and-rescue drill. Or you guys could be on parking duty for the rest of the day."

"What, why? You already gave us out assignments today!" The fox cried in exasperation.

Bogo just picked up his mug and before he took a drink said: "Read it and weep Wilde, read it and weep." He ended his statement with a smirk that even Nick was amazed at, and a wink.

"Will do sir." The bunny gave a crisp salute and jumped down. "Come on Nick."

Nick dropped his arms to his sides and started mumbling. "Fine, I guess I'll go do more work."

As the door was closing behind them Bogo herd the bunny speak. "Don't be that way Nick. You remember how fun everyone says it is to be in on one of the drills, right? Just think of the possibilities!"

Why do I get the feeling I just made a huge mistake? The bovine thought with dread.

Soon after; the pair were back in their office reading through the case file. There was so much information that it was probably going to take them several days to get it sorted in to some usable evidence.

"You know Carrots, it would be faster and easier to go and see if we can talk to these guys tomorrow sometime."

"Yeah but they might not know anything; might not even be involved."

"Let's go get lunch and plan our attack."

The bunny laughed. "Guess we really do that don't we?"

"Yeah, it's kind of weird that everyone pays enough attention to know our pattern. I didn't even relies we did it until it was pointed out."

"You're right; that is weird. Anyway where would you like to eat?"

"Let's just eat here. I don't feel like spending a fortune on food."

"Sounds like a plan to me slick."

AN #2:

Okay guys what did you think? How'd you like Bogo's mug? I'm thinking about making him have a different coffee mug every time he has an appearance. If you like that idea let me know in a comment. Also if you're feeling especially awesome and you have a funny coffee mug you'd like to see the chief use put that in a comment too.

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