SpiderFox & Black Bunny
Looked over by Berserker88
AN: Sorry for the wait on this one, guys. A whole bout of writer's block, coupled with some other issues really sank the drive to write lately. But now it's back and here you go. :)
"Oh geez...really? She doesn't see through that?"
Nick rolled his eyes while Judy continued to yell at the TV, it callously ignoring her advice as the female horse report Louis Neigh, failed at figuring out SuperMammal's identity.
"I mean, really? Glasses? Glasses alone could hide his identity?" Judy continued. "No wonder she's always in trouble if she can't see through a disguise that...that..."
"Obvious?"
"Obvious!" Judy repeated before huffing back into the couch, her right foot idly thumping the air as she drug a paw down her face. "I mean, really?"
Another few minutes passed before Judy was again up in arms. This time, the two characters were in a sinking ship, all alone in the middle of the ocean. Louis was screaming frantically as Clark Konik fell overboard, disappearing into the broiling, churning sea, only for SuperMammal to appear from the depths a few seconds later, lifting the boat out of the frothing mass and flying it towards shore.
"She better get it now..." Judy grumbled, arms crossed as she glared daggers at the screen. "If she doesn't when Clark magically reappears, then she's slower than a stuck tractor."
Nick chuckled as he wrapped a paw around his wife and pulled her close as she eeped in surprise."Have I ever told you how much I love your farming phrases, Judy? Stuck tractor, buttery biscuits, sweet-"
"Sweet cheese and crackers!" Judy suddenly shouted, leaping forward at the screen. "HOW can she not know that Clark is SuperMammal! He fell off the boat miles away, and suddenly she believes he was in the hold the entire time?!"
Judy gripped her ears in frustration as she began to pace, grumbling about 'dense reporter this' and 'blind reporter that'. Nick let out a heavy sigh. He was hoping that tonight's movie date night would go well, but apparently he had found another genre that Judy couldn't stomach. Last week's horror film had her questioning every poor decision the actors had made, while this week's superhero movie seems to have hit the same nerve.
The screen on the TV went dark with an electronic 'blip'.
"Huh?" Judy's ears flipped up as she turned around to see Nick, remote in his paw, leaning back into the couch.
"Alright, Carrots, it seems like another movie night went bust. I'm calling it here as it only gets worse from that point on."
"Oh..." Judy's ears flopped just as quickly down behind her as her nose twitched twice. "I'm...I'm sorry I ruined another movie night."
Nick shook his head as he pushed off the couch, making it to Judy's side in three quick strides. "It's alright. We've just established the fact that you should be the one directing these movies, not Zach Stagder."
He felt Judy laugh against his chest. "Or at least have the main characters realize what is just in front of their muzzles."
Nick blinked.
"Hey, Carrots?" He asked after a moment.
"Yeah?"
"How about we salvage this movie night by making our own?"
Judy turned her head, nose twitching, an absolutely cute sight if Nick thought...which he did. "What do you mean?" The question was barely out of her mouth before her eyes lit up in realization. "PIXAR?"
"Right in one."
"I'll make tonight up to you, Nick," Judy said, nodding as she walked towards the door, reaching to the end table for her keys, the blueberry fob dancing on the end of a keychain. "We'll make the best movie ever imagined or made!"
Nick chuckled. "I think they already made that one about us that we guest directed." Together they walked out the door, paw in paw as they made their way to the next experience...
"Thanks for walking me home again, Eliot, even if we do live in the same building."
"My pleasure," replied the wolf, grinning down at his classmate. "I'm sure you'd do the same for me if I were a bunny in the big city."
Judy rolled her eyes. "Har, har. But if you haven't noticed, I am studying to become a police officer, so if either of us are better able to handle ourselves around the city, it would be me." Judy pointed her paw at herself before grinning; adding a little raised eyebrow. "Would you like a demonstration?"
Eliot raised his paws, giving a slight chuckle. "Woah, no need to get all kung-fu bunny on me. I believe you. And have seen you in our physical education class. You aren't one to be trifled with. Now only if we could find you a cute-"
Judy shot him a second arched brow.
"An adorable mate for you that I could plan out dates for the two of you!"
Judy sighed, shaking her head as Eliot continued on about how he was searching for the perfect mate for his bunny friend. It was an everyday conversation, but his zeal in wanting to help her brought out her smiles.
The two friends walked amiably towards their apartment building. The pair had met in their first semester at Zootopia University the spring before, and even though one was a wolf from the city studying art, and the other a bunny from the burrows studying law, they had become fast friends.
"So, what do you think of our new classmates in Calculus?" Judy asked, hoping to change the subject, before adding with a grin. "That thylacine seems to have taken your attention away from the lectures several times now."
Judy watched in amusement as Eliot sighed, his eye's eyes betraying his mood as he smiled. "Ah...sweet, sweet Chloe. She is such a beauty. One day I will ask her out and she'll say yes to marrying me."
"Eliot, you're supposed to go on a few dates before that at least."
Judy's ears swivelled towards the new arrival to their conversation while Eliot's smile broadened further. "Nick!"
Judy groaned, then glanced upon the fox that had joined their group. "Nick."
"Carrots."
"Don't call me that."
"Alright, I won't...Carrots."
Judy's scowl deepened, though she couldn't help the slight blush coming to her ears as the fox tod brushed the head lazily, her own paws batting his away to his light laughter.
"You know you love me."
"That remains to be seen."
"Ouch, do you treat all males like that who try to befriend you?"
"No...I.."
"So just me?"
"Yes, I mean..no! Ugh..!"
"Don't worry, Carrots," Nick cajoled, a thin whisper of a smile gracing his muzzle. "Your secret's safe with me on the condition of a date this Friday."
Her jaw dropped while Eliot howled.
"YES! I can't wait to tell my pumpkin that you two are soon to be married!" The white wolf grasped both mammals into a tight hug, or, at least tried to. Even with the wolf's quick lunge, the fox deftly dodged out of reach, spinning in a way that Judy was able to grab onto his arm and be pulled right out of the wolf's grasp. Eliot blinked as his arms wrapped around nothing. "Huh? Where are the two lovebirds?"
Movement brought his eyes up to the two mammals waving at him while walking away. "See ya later, Eliot!" Judy shouted. "Don't you have art class soon with Chloe!"
"Oh my goodness! I must leave right now!" Eliot sprinted down the street in the opposite direction, blitzing around mammals as he raced towards the university.
Nick leaned towards Judy. "He doesn't have art class today. It's Tuesday."
Judy's smile was calculating as she grasped Nick's larger paw in her own. "I know. Just didn't want him to see this and listen to his 'aww'."
"Smart bunny."
"Thieving fox."
"Huh?" Nick blinked and looked down at his walking companion, only to see her glaring across the street. "I think that fox just stole that sloth's wallet."
Nick looked across the street towards the grey fox ambling down the road. His fur began to stand on end as he glanced around them. "Oh, that reminds me, I need to get some homework done, Fluff. I'll catch you later."
"What?"
Judy blinked and saw Nick racing off, turning down an alley that led the opposite direction of his apartment. Quickly shaking her head, Judy jogged down to the nearest crosswalk and quickly crossed it, watching the grey mammal in front of her for any more suspicious behavior.
And there it is..
A small smirk graced Judy's lips as she watched the fox snatch a wallet from the purse of a hippo who was far too engrossed in her phone to notice. Ducking down a nearby alley, Judy quickly pulled off her shirt, revealing a black, fur tight top with a sharp v neck-lined with wool. A further shirking of her pants and the pulling of a mask from her backback completed the ensemble.
Judy smiled. "I love being the Black Bunny. Now let's go make the world a better place. Super style!"
With a massive 'woot woot', Judy sprung into the air. Luck don't fail me now. Her power of bringing herself good luck appeared once more as a lioness popped open a window just below her, holding two sides of a towel. Judy landed on the fabric just as the lioness flicked it upwards, the towel acting as an incredible trampoline for the bunny, catapulting her up to the rooftop of the six story building. The doe rolled to a stop and grinned. "I love this power." Her words lined her race across the rooftop before jumping across a gap to the next, keeping the fox below in view.
It wasn't long until the mammal ducked into an alleyway, Judy halting as she peered below. She was thankful that the buildings had become shorter, with only a three story drop to the ground below.
An easy jump with one blessed with good luck.
"Let's show him what a bunny from the burrows can do."
With a deft leap and arms out, Judy leapt into the open air and spun, a sudden updraft catching her, slowing her descent enough for her to land safely on three paws, the fourth out in her favorite pose from the comics of her youth.
"Stop right there!"
The fox froze, head slowly turning around to eye the grey bunny from top to bottom. "Wowza's...looks like I got myself a lucky day. You're a real looker, toots."
"Please give me the wallets and you won't be getting hurt."
The fox snickered. "Really? You's come onto the turf of the Red Bandits, threaten one of us and expect to leave? Forget about it." A long whistle send several nearby doors opening, nearly a half dozen mammals joining the grey fox from a weasel to a polar bear. Judy furrowed her brow and took a fighting stance.
"Get her."
The group rushed forward and Judy readied herself for a fight.
THWIP
"Woooah!"
The legs of the polar bear gave out as they were incased in a white, sticky film. As Judy's luck would have it, he fell on top of the next tallest gang member, a shirtless lion, pinning the feline beneath his bulky frame. The distraction was timely, and Judy rushed forward, grabbing a medium sized lid from a trashcan and tossing it towards a lynx running at her. "Catch!"
The lynx did so, his view blocked with the lid, though that was probably a blessing for him as to not see the bunny sized projectile flying towards him.
CRUNCH
Judy's kick left a dent in the lid, as well as a knocked out feline in its wake. Judy leapt backwards off the lid, backflipping down the alley as two raccoons with knives swiped at her.
TWHIP! TWHIP!
"Whut dah!"
The raccoon's stared down at their paws, now both encased in the same webbing substance as the polar bear's legs. A blue and red blur jumped down towards them, landing on a the lid of a dumpster. "Knife to see you two."
"Really Spiderfox? Knife to see you?"
The fox arrival shrugged, and Judy could tell he was smiling beneath the mask. "What can I say, when you're a superhero, you make lame puns."
"Maybe you do, I don't."
"You just need to be more super then."
Judy rolled her eyes then smiled as a wolf that had been sneaking towards her found himself a hat as a flowerpot fell upon his head. A quick look up showed an old zebra wearing dark sunglasses muttering loudly to herself. "That's the fifth flowerpot this week..."
I love my luck...Judy said to herself as she ran ahead, Spiderfox jumping off the dumpster as the final mammal, a massively muscled Great Kudu, slammed its hooves upon it. As the mammal turned, the last thing it saw was Spiderfox's paws in front of his face.
"Smile."
The webbing coated the kudu's eyes, blinding the larger mammal. He stumbled backwards, Judy ready and waiting with a broomstick and slid it between his feet. The mammal fell onto the ground with a groan and was quickly detained as webbing wrapped around his arms and legs, sticking him to the grimy ground.
"I believe that leaves one left..."
Turning, Judy saw a flash of metal in the corner of her eye before leaning back. The grey fox's knife sliced right above her twitching nose, barely missing the bunny. Judy landed on her hands, then leapt back, kicking the raised blade from the vulpine's paw with her knee.
WHABAM!
Her left foot caught the fox's chin, lifting him into the air. Spiderfox, watching the mammal's flight, quickly opened the dumpster lid and watched in a satisfied glee as the smaller fox landed inside.
"Well, that is one way to take out the trash," he said as he dropped the lid. Two shots of webbing and it was secured shut. Looking around at the unconcious mammals around the two superhero's, Spiderfox couldn't help but fold his arms. "That was a clean sweep, wasn't it, Carrots."
"Don't call me Carrots, Spiderfox," Judy said in annoyance as she approached the fox.
"Alright then...Jud-"
CRASH
Nick leapt forward as a flowerpot fell right where he had been a moment before. His roll brought him nose to nose with a glowering Black Bunny, who yanked him muzzle to muzzle with him and whispered quietly. "Do you WANT to blow my cover, Nick!"
Nick gulped, raised his paw and shot a string of webbing upwards. Grasping The Black Bunny in his other arm, he shot them upwards onto the rooftop of the nearby building, both landing safely, though with crossed arms.
"How did you know who I was?" both said at the same time.
Nick chuckled. "You mean besides you being the only bunny within one thousand miles that would be willing to get in a fight with anyone larger than yourself? That and your running outfits in our gym class have allowed me to memorize quite a bit of your body...And you are the most beautiful bunny I've ever seen, so how could I forget the most gorgeous mammal around?" The blush that tinged Judy's ears brought a smile to Nick's face. "I still don't know why a grey bunny is calling herself the Black Bunny, but, you do look absolutely ravishing and beautiful in that spandex, Carrots. Though now, how did you know I was Nick?"
Judy's ears burned under the compliment, falling down across her back to hide her blush, though it was also Judy's turn to smile. "Easy. You just told me."
Nick's jaw dropped. Then after a moment, he began to chuckle before removing his mask. "Smart Bunny."
"Dumb Fox."
"You know you love me," Nick said as he moved forward, leaning over until they were again muzzle to muzzle.
"Do I know that?" Judy stated, pondering the question for a moment while smiling at the canine. She leaned in, placing her paws on his shoulders and saw how Nick's eyes began to close as he leaned in.
His lips only found Judy's finger pressed against them. "I guess you'll have to find out Friday when you take me out to Jumbeaux's for ice cream." The giggling bunny leapt away, running across the rooftop before leaping to the next one.
Nick couldn't help watching the movement of her body as she ran away, the outfit searing the memory into place. "Did you just ask me out?" he yelled after her.
He saw Judy turn, backflipping over to the next building. "Depends if you show up, Spiderfox!" She hit the ground and performed a somersault, leaping high into the air while letting out a massive "WOOT WOOT!" before heading off the way she'd came.
The tod leaned against a nearby water tower, chuckling to himself. "Looks like Friday is going to be a good day." Suddenly shaking his head, Nick sprinted across the roof top, slinging his webbing onto another water tower and shooting through the sky.
Judy was smiling as she ran across the rooftops towards her clothes and backpack. Nothing like a good day of crime fighting to make the world a better place. Another hop took her between two buildings, only to feel an arm wrap around her.
"What?"
She turned to see SpiderFox grinning at her as the two flew through the air. "Guess it's your lucky day if I managed to grab you mid-jump."
Judy let out a smile. "I guess it is. Couldn't wait for Friday?"
"Absolutely," came the swift reply." One hundred percent true."
The two mammals woke from the simulation, blinking away the haze and memories. "Well, that was quite the experience," Nick began with a smile. "Though one question remains...who was the luckier mammal in that simulation?"
Judy smiled. "That is a tough one. I mean, it seemed like my powers as The Black Bunny was luck in itself so...I'd say I was the luckier superhero."
Nick walked up to her and wrapped his arm around her waist. "I think it was me, as I still got the bun of my dreams in the end."
"Awww, sappy fox."
"Adorable bunny."
The two walked out of Fitwik's paw in paw. "So, was that a better movie night than the movie we watched?" Nick asked timidly.
Judy nodded. "It was...though I think we have another opportunity to be heroes tonight."
"Oh?" Nick looked around the street, trying to spot what Judy had seen until he did. A sloth was slowly trying to walk across the street, but the traffic kept him on the sidewalk. Nick sighed. "Well, it may not be glamorous," he began as he smiled down at Judy. "But being a superhero isn't all capes and powers."
"Nope," Judy replied as they reached the sloth. Together, the two were 'superheroes' in an average way, and they wouldn't have it any other way.
AN: Just two stories left until the "What if...? Collaboration" is finished. There will be some extras that come in from time to time, but only two left after this one.