Okay, so this chapter didn't come as early as it should have, but what I do have to say is Merry Christmas! I wanted to do something a little special for those of you that were waiting for something to happen, so I did it. You'll have to find out by reading the chapter, though!

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Judy slapped her paws together as she set her last bag down. Her and Nick had been assigned to help out in Tundra Town due to all the hibernation. Ardenhu had been sent with them, and he had brought a friend with him. One that Judy had never seen before, but Nick seemed to recognize her. He didn't say anything about it, but he seemed to recognize her.

It was hibernation season, and most of the larger mammals such as the bears had gone into hibernation. The Tundra Town district needed more enforcement. What made the trip even better was that Fru Fru had helped them out by lending them a couple of rooms for the two. The only problem was that most everything was for mammals larger than what they were.

¨Ow!¨ Nick shouted as a loud bang sounded. Judy turned to look at him and saw that there was a box next to him. It looked like it was heavy, even by his standard. He seemed to be okay but he was holding his left paw. ¨That thing is heavy! What is in this thing?¨

¨Well, why don't we open it up and see?¨ Judy asked. Nick shrugged and cut the tape with his claw. Judy's nose began to twitch in anticipation. As he pulled the box open and grabbed what was inside. It was a bottle of what looked like wine or brandy of some kind. Judy raised an eyebrow at it.

¨It's from Fru Fru.¨ Nick said as he picked up a letter that was at the top of the huge pile of packing peanuts. Judy walked over and began to dig around inside it. She found a few things that she could call useful. A portable heater, a few frozen dinners, and some other commodities. It made Judy giggle. It was ironic, the fact that the daughter of a mob boss was friends with a cop.

Nick had already put the bottle of alcohol into the mini-fridge along with the frozen dinners. Judy sighed and looked at the single bed that was had been provided. For them, it was entirely too big. But for a mammal of Ardenhu's stature, it was almost a queen sized bed. With both of them being small class mammals, it was rather big. Especially for Judy.

Not to mention the fact that she was extremely nervous having to sleep next to Nick. Just thinking about it made her fidget. She felt sweat roll down her cheek as she pulled the mini heater over to the wall to plug it in. Once she did and looked up, Nick was gone. She blinked and figured he was in the bathroom. With a little struggle, she managed to climb onto the bed and flop down.

"Why, oh why do I have to love that stupid fox?" She whispered to herself. "With his big, green eyes, fluffy and soft fur, floofy tail…." She trailed off, not realizing that Nick was right there. "Oh, Nick…. Why do you have to be so close, yet so far away…?" She asked.

When she opened her eyes again, Nick was right above her, a smile across his muzzle. Judy's eyes went wider than they ever had.

"How much of that...did you hear?" She asked. She figured she knew the answer, but wanted to know from him.

"I heard all of it." He said as he let his smile slip and breathed a sigh. He sat back and looked at her when she had turned to sit in front of him. Judy's cheek were on burning. She was so nervous that she was shaking slightly. Nick sighed again. "Look, we need to talk about this."

Judy nodded yet kept her mouth shut. She let her eyes fall to her legs. She stayed like that for some time. It felt like time was passing so slowly while they sat there. Neither of them spoke, made a move, or anything of the sort.

Nick suddenly let out a sigh, causing Judy to flinch. "Look, Judy, I know how you feel. You're scared, confused, nervous, and everything else in between." Judy's ears seemed to flop even lower than they had been already. "I've felt that for some time as well." The rabbits' hope seemed to be cracking and on the verge of shattering.

"I can guess why…." Her voice was full of sorrow without even a sliver of hope. Nick scoffed lightly, and her sense of hope cracked ever more.

"I'll bet you you can't." Judy looked at him with slight anger. She gave him a look that told him that she was being serious. "I know, I know." He let the smile that had adorned his muzzle fall. "But...you don't need to be. How did you put it? 'Why did I have to fall in love with a stupid fox?' Well, why did I have have to fall in love with a dumb bunny?" He said, a small yet hopeful smile across his muzzle.

Judy looked up to him with amazement and felt her hope restore itself tenfold. She began to tear up, a smile appearing on her own muzzle. With amazing speed, she slammed into Nick with a hug. She heard him let out a pained gasp before they hit the bed.

"Jeez. Didn't know you could move that fast." Nick chuckled and pulled her ever closer to him. They both began to laugh when they let each other go. Judy let out a sigh of relief. Tears of joy flowed down her already wet cheeks. She sat back and looked up to him.

"So...what now?" She asked him. He shrugged with an awkward smile across his muzzle. Nick and Judy both jumped as a loud thump hit the wall in the next room. A loud yell was heard, as well as gunshots.

"Fuck!" They heard Ardenhu yell. Without another word they duo jumped off the bed and out into the cold, despite being in light clothes. The door to their apartment was wide open and a limp panther at the foot of it. He was holding a wound in his stomach and reaching for a gun. Quickly Judy kicked it away from him. Nick ran into the next room, trying to help Ardnehu.

"Get back! I've got this. There's a hospital not too far from here. I can make it in time, I know it." The wolf picked up the arctic fox that he had been leaning over and near jumped out the door and started running. He was fast, too. With that amount of speed, he could probably match a cheetah step for step. Within a few seconds he had turned the corner and was gone.

Thinking fast, Judy ran back into their apartment and grabbed her keys. "Get in." She told Nick. He nodded and jumped into the cruiser. Without another word, the rabbit pulled out of the parking lot and followed Ardenhu´s trail. Nick pushed one of the buttons to turn the flashers and siren on so they could get there faster. Cars began moving out of their way almost instantly.

After a few minutes, they reached the hospital. As fast as she could Judy stopped the car and they both ran in as fast as they could. Arden was already in there, staring down the hallway as doctors and nurses with tasks meaningful or meaningless. The duo padded up behind the wolf. Nick touched his shoulder so he didn't round on the two of them. He was breathing heavily yet he didn't seem to notice.

"Ardenhu?" Judy asked. His ear flicked in response. "Are you okay?" He gave a short nod in response. Without a word, he walked over to one of the chairs and sat down while putting his head in his paws. He seemed to be emotionally broken down. Nick jolted as his phone rang. He pulled it out and looked at Judy with concern.

"Hello? Chief?" He said into the phone. Judy didn't care to listen to the conversation any further as she sat down next to her instructor. Nothing had ever gotten to him this bad. He seemed a stone block when it came to emotions. No reaction out of him whatsoever. Judy couldn't blame him, though. He was trained to be that way.

"She'll be okay." Judy tried to comfort him. The only response out of him was a flick of his ear to indicate that she had been heard. Without warning, the wolf stood up and walked out of the hospital, a deadly gleam in his eyes. He pulled out his phone and typed in a number.

"I need you at my apartment asap. No excuses." He ended the call and continued to walk. Judy followed in silence. She rubbed her arms at the cold. She blinked as a jacket was draped over her. She looked up to find Nick there smiling down at her. She smiled right back.

"This seemed to have really gotten to him." The fox whispered to her. She nodded and followed the wolf onto his apartment. Chief Bogo was there talking with one of the investigators. Paramedics were kneeled over the body at the foot of the door. They left Ardenhu with Bogo and went into their own apartment. Nothing this serious had ever happened in their career but it had in their instructors. They doubted those happenings had gotten to him as badly as this did. It just didn't seem that it would.

Judy looked over to Nick as she shut the door to their apartment, making sure that Bogo would leave them alone for the time being. Exhaustion overcame her as she reached the bed that the fox had been sitting on. She flopped into his legs and went limp as she was lifted into Nick's arms. She let herself melt into his warmth. Her mind slipped and she fell into sleep where lands of bliss and other things overcame her.

Booyah! I got it done, and on Christmas too! That's not exactly a good thing, but I got it done! So, did you like what I did? Maybe leave a review and tell me.

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And that's all for now! I hope you will all cope with me as my mind will be distracted with the new fic I will be working on along with this one, and I will be tending to my heart as my new gf will be shooting arrows with heart shaped arrowheads through it.

May inspiration light your paths,

Leon