Alright! This is good! This is good! I finished the new Pokemon game (which was pretty good, to be honest) in less time than I thought I would, and wrote most of this chapter in one day! Go me! Okay, so I'm a little late. I need to figure out a game plan so you guys can have chapters a lot sooner than I've been putting out.

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"What do you mean by 'back'?" Nick asked. His ear twitched slightly, and he brought a paw up to scratch at it. The wolf continued to watch the tv. Though he seemed to have heard what was said.

"I mean that the mythical creatures that you heard about as a kit, are real." He said as an ear swiveled towards the two on the bed. "I'm not surprised though. I actually looked into something like this a long time ago. It was just a matter of time before they came back and revealed themselves." His tail swished happily, though his face showed no emotion.

Nick was still rearing from the revelation that something that his mother used to scare him with was real. It was just something out of a fairy tale. Something that couldn't really be explained by science. No one in their right mind believed that they could have ever existed. No one had ever seen one. The only inkling that anyone had were ancient drawings of them on stone caves that were recorded and shown in museums.

Nick sighed and rubbed his temples, trying to get a grip on the current situation. His mind was clouded with Judy's scent, which for some reason permeated the entire room with hints of Ardenhu's. Then he had the revelation of an old wives' tale. He jolted as Judy touched his arm.

"You okay? You're sweating pretty bad." She asked, her eyebrows tilted up in concern. Nick nodded, giving a short explanation. She let go of his arm and turned back toward Ardenhu. Though he could still feel her eyes on him.

"Anyway. As I was saying, this group of mammals is extremely dangerous. They've been operating for some time now, and they started around the time you two stopped Bellwether. She was working with them." His serious tone returned, and the two snapped back to attention. "She was working with them. They're extremists. Which spells trouble for us all. The ZBI has already been notified as well as Bogo and any other higher ups of the ZPD. I was cleared to tell you two based on how well you work together."

The amount of information that had just been spilled made Nick's head start to hurt. It was all this cloudiness and confusion that made it hurt so much. It wasn't like he couldn't process any of it. It was the amount that he had to process. Especially when he couldn't think straight when Judy was around.

"So, what you're saying is that this new organization is sort of like that one group we took down. Man, what was the name of that group?" Judy asked herself. Her eyebrows drew down in thought. She began to chew the side of her finger.

"The Cleansing. I was there. Undercover, but I was there. I took that blast from that grenade so you two could keep going to stop James." Ardenhu said to the bunny. Her ears shot up and she looked at him with caution.

"When did you make such a good recovery? I haven't seen anyone come back from that kind of blast. Ever." She asked, amazed. It seemed that she believed it was something that could only happen in movies and the such.

"It's amazing what top notch medicine and treatment can do." He chuckled lightly. It sent a shiver through Nick's back. This caused his fur to fluff out. Judy looked to him as his neck, tail, arms, and legs tripled in size. This caused Judy to start snickering at him. He just let out a long sigh and laid back onto the bed, bringing his paws to rest under his head.

Over the next few days, things went rather smoothly at Precinct One. Criminals were brought in almost every day now. It was starting to look up for everyone. Especially with the holiday rolling around. It was getting that time of year where the climate control systems would get turned onto the colder temperatures and hibernation would take effect. Not to mention canine mating season. Which always hit Nick like a truck with urges.

For him it was odd, though. Even when he was out and about looking for something to get for Judy, the vixens never really interested him that much. He never could tell why. Perhaps because he wanted Judy to be his instead? Who knew? He never really payed any mind to it, though. It made it a little easier for him that way.

Nick sighed for the tenth time as he looked through the clothes that were hanging on racks in front of him. He was in the Rabbit section of the store, which put him out of place and made him even more nervous than he had been. He knew he was being eyed by the rabbits that were in the store. It wasn't like he was hard to miss. He was taller than a lot of the things there.

"Excuse me, sir, is there anything in particular you're looking for?" A female asked from beside him. Without looking he could tell it was a vixen. His nose twitched several times, taking in the scent. He blinked a few times and turned to her. She was pure white and very pretty. It was odd to see an arctic fox around these parts of Zootopia.

What caught his attention was that she smelled heavily of the special agent back at the ZPD. It was odd because the wolf didn't seem like the type to have someone around just for one night of pleasure. He was calm and collected. If Nick was being honest with himself, he might as well not have had pleasurable company in his entire life. And he was older than what he looked.

"No, but thank you. I sort of know what I'm looking for." He said, turning back to the article of clothing he was looking at. It was a bunny sized dress in a nice emerald color. Judy had said it was her favorite color.

"Okay. Well, if you need anything, just ask me or any of the other mammals around here." She gave him a smile and walked away, her tail swishing happily. He blinked a few times and looked back down at the dress in his paw. It wasn't all that much, but apparently it was made by someone with extreme talent. He had read that she had been shamed for making a piece of clothing that some big name clothes expert that judged others based on their ability.

He shook the thought from his head and walked to one of cashiers. He laid it down and pulled out some money from his wallet. He didn't say anything to the cashier, even though he had asked him a question. As he walked away, he heard 'stupid fox' come from the buck. He stopped and turned back. From his pocket he pulled out his badge.

"Not that it matters, but I'm not some stupid fox." Nick said, a smug smile on his face. The buck froze, only making Nick smile further. He turned and walked out with the bag in his paw. He had about two weeks until Christmas. That was more than enough time to get his present ready. A ping came from his phone in a familiar tone. Instantly he knew it was Judy. He pulled out his phone and looked at the text she had sent. It read, 'Hey, Bogo wants you to come down to the station. I'm headed that way now.'

He stuffed his phone back in his pocket and ran back to his car. About ten minutes later he was walking into the station with his paws in his pockets. He had no background info on what the chief wanted with him and Judy, but it must be important to call them in at such and hour.

They were all standing in front of the reception desk, including the special agent. The wolf's ear twitched and he looked over his shoulder then back to the desk. As he walked back up, he could see that they were looking at someone, not something. He hadn't noticed the panther in front of the special agent, which was rather odd.

"That's all I know. I swear!" He was cowering in fear as he stared up at the wolf. It made Nick wonder what had occurred while he was away. "I was told to come here with the package! That's all they told me!"

"We've established that." Ardenhu said. "Apparently, this guy came in here with a bomb in a box and tried to give it to me. Not a good idea especially when I know what a bomb made with sulfur smells like." The wolf shook his head at the panther, motioning to the diffused bomb on the desk. He could smell the large amount of sulfur coming from it as well, though his nose probably wasn't as sharp as the wolf's.

"He's also told us he works for the EOZ. Asked us to put him under protection so they couldn't kill him. Didn't quite make sense to any of us." Bogo explained in short. He snorted and the panther flinched a little.

"Just what did you do to this guy?" Nick asked as he quickly glanced over to the buffalo. Bogo snorted again.

"I jumped on him to keep him from running." Judy said. Nick chuckled a little at that. "What's so funny?"

"The fact that you scare even top-of-the-food-chain predators with that cute face." He teased. Surprisingly, she didn't really react to him calling her cute. Normally she would. It sort of worried him. He 'tabbed' it in his thoughts to ask about later, yet stared down at the panther. After kneeling, he put on his usual smile. "Now, is there anything else you can tell us?"

"No! There isn't! I swear!" He yelled. He looked terrified. Nick sighed again. He had too many things on his mind to deal with this joker.

He pulled a rather large roll of money and showed it to the panther. "How about now?" The panther went quiet at that as he watched the wad of money being waved in his face.

"I might know a few things that you could use." He said as he looked up to the fox. Nick smiled, knowing it would work.

"Tell us, and this is all yours." The panther's eyes widened, and the bait had been taken.

Whew! That took a while! Now, I know some of you have questions as to who the hell is the EOZ, but fear not! You will know soon enough. Hopefully. God I need more coffee.

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There we go! All done! Now that that's over. I'm gonna get some sleep, coffee, and a crapton of words on documents for the next chapter. Cause baby it's gonna be big!

May inspiration light your paths,

Leon