Hey guys, thank you so much for the reviews and favorites and what not, I am sure glad of receivingthis support from everyone, it has really driven me to use all my free time on this. I will also try to make the next chapter before next weekend.

I have as well recived questions from people asking me 'Why is it that Forrest suddenly looks like a soldier if he is a farmer?'. Well I honestly was not going to start explaining that this chapter so I included a bit of a sneek peak in the story. Yet the most important announcement is left for last...

ENJOY!

(12:13 am, in the forest aside from Cliffside Asylum, P.O.V. Forrest)

The cops had already arrived at the place where I was taken and arrested every convict while also rescuing some other mammals that I was told were also kidnapped. Still trying to maintain my distance from the commotion I managed to get Judy's attention. "Psst! Judy!" I whisper through the bushes, she turns around and walks my way behind the plants. "Hey, I know we have only known each other for a while but I really need a favor."

"Sure, you did after all get us out of there with impressive ease." she answered admiring my abilities that made me think that these animals did not know how to fight at all.

"Yeah well, I am going to need for you to take Todd with you to your home."

"What?" she asks confused

"I know it sounds a bit strange considering I did look all over the city for him but I need him to have a roof to sleep under, you understand?" I ask pleadingly.

"I do, and after all it is my job as a cop to help mammals in need." she answered proudly

"Thank you, I will just need you to tell me where you leave so that i can visit and make him feel less lonely."

"Okay, do you have anything to write with?" I searched my pockets desperately looking for a piece of paper and a writing utensil with no success. "Just kidding, I have a notebook and a pen right here." she said lifting up the mentioned objects, she wrote down the address to her place and I told her to bring Todd to me so that we could say our goodbyes.

(same place, a minute later, P.O.V. Todd)

"Hey Forrest, what do you wanted me to talk about?" I asked following Forrest behind some bushes.

"You are going to be living with Judy for a while." He said as nothing. Words just wouldn't come out, they were just plain mumbles and incomplete words. "I know you are a bit nervous because we recently got separated but you will be fine, she is an officer, and I can take care of myself."

"It's not that Forrest, I just want us to live as a family again." I cried trying to keep my voice down.

"I know bud, I know, but you are still young, this is just the best option at our disposal." He said pulling me into a hug and wiping off my tears. "You will be fine Todd, you'll be fine." I pulled him tighter but unintentionally I took out my claws. "Ow, ow, claws in my back, claws in my back." I quickly pulled away and apologized looking at my blood dripping claws. "It's fine," he said "I don't feel a thing now. Now go with Judy." I nodded back at him, gave him another hug and left to go with Judy.

On the way to Judy's apartment I just looked at the window admiring the city suddenly from time to time remembering when we were back in our world. "You okay Todd?" asked Judy concerned.

"I am, I just keep thinking of how I got separated from my family, much similar like this."

"How so?" she asked before a stoping by a red light.

"One day, in the forest, my family and I were on our trip to find a new home, we were nomads if you prefer to put it that way. I was told to scout ahead for any trouble while dad would take mom to the campsite, since she felt sick. After walking for a long time I found a barn, I decided to investigate it, shortly after that I heard someone coming. I hid the best I could but that proved to be the worst option, because the farmer, otherwise known as Forrest's family, locked me inside by mistake saying 'Let's hope that the tornado won't get the barn.' Sadly, shortly after that I heard them scream and their screams soon enough ended after a while. During the tornado a part of the barn broke lose and stabbed me in the leg piercing through, I was left there for hours unable to get it unstuck. Then, Forrest appeared, he saw me in pain, and he healed me up, he even agreed to have me live with him."

"And what about your family?" She asked a little hesitant.

"I once insisted for Forrest to take me to our camping sight, it lied in the path of the tornado." I paused letting my tears stay inside, and with a sigh I continued "Since then Forest has treated me like his son although he doesn't know what happened to my family. And I think of him as my father, because in a way he does remind me of him, always doing everything to keep me safe." The light turned green and Judy drove once more to her apartment, the way there was silent, not a single word came out or our mouths until we reached the apartment door.

"Well, here we are," she said as she unlocked and opened the door "home, sweet, home." Her apartment was incredibly small, to small for one person, I can't imagine us both living here. "You can sleep in the bed if you want, I'll sleep in the rug."

"No, I can't do that with conscience, I will feel eternally guilty, let me sleep in the rug."

"Not a chance Todd, I am the one that lives here and what I say goes." I was about to argue with her over the decision but she gave me a look that retracted me from challenging her.

"When you put it that way, I cannot deny your decision." I said as I immediately got to bed. "Good night."

"Just so you know," said Judy "I will wake up at 5:30 to get ready for work so sorry if I wake you up."

"No problem, we normally get awake as early in the farm." I answered, Judy reached for the light switch at the entrance turning it off leaving only a digital clock to illuminate the room. I ignored the bright light and tried to sleep, for tomorrow might be crazier than today, after all it has gone that way up to now.

(The Bridge, 12:41 am, P.O.V. Forrest)

"Hey Forrest," called Nick from beside me I looked down at him with a simple expression. "Since you lost your t-shirt I asked my friend to get you one and he should be here any moment." Immediately a car pulled over the bridge and a widow scrolled down where out came a rolled up t-shirt.

"You're lucky I owe you a favor," said a deep voice "next time I won't do this a dammed midnight." As the car drives away I walked to the dropped package revealing a white t-shirt roughly my size and once I tried it it did fit.

"How did you know my size?" I asked him with a lifted eyebrow.

"I figured you were about the shape of a wolf so that's what I told my friend to bring."

"Well, thanks for the t-shirt, I do suppose it will get cold tonight, I'll go under the bridge to sleep."

"Suit yourself." he answered with a grin as I walked to a grassy spot of under the bridge.

I looked at him as I was about to lay down noticing that he had placed his shades on and was curled up in his chair, I yawned and laid down slowly going to sleep.

(WARNING: Todd and Forrest are dreaming different dreams so if one doesn't know what the other does that is why. You will see what I mean by that. BTW this is P.O.V. Forrest)

I woke up in a hospital room, connected to medical gear and that beeping heart beat machine, I begin to get all sorts of feelings back, pain, agony, and the happiness of being alive, but mostly pain. A doctor comes in holding a clipboard, he is human, I tried giving a surprised look but my face does not follow my instructions, instead I groan and ask who he is. "I am Doctor Wilmington, I just saved your life from being ended in a car crash, although I cannot say the same for your legs sadly."

"What do you mean? Did they get cut off?"

"No, they just got paralyzed, permanently." said the doctor firmly. "Your legs are still intact but you cannot use them."

"Can't I get new legs, like the ones disabled ones have?"

"Do you think you would be able to pay $40,000 every four years or so?"

"No." I said in a defeated voice "By the way doc, there was a fox with me do you know where he is?"

"He was taken to the vet," answered the doctor "and I was going to leave him with you right now but it got delayed with our conversation." the doctor opened the door and in came Todd with his left hind leg on some sort of wheelchair for animals. "As you can see, he also got his leg paralyzed, and permanently as well."

As Todd got closer I got a better look at him, he was so happy to see me and I was to see him. "Guess we couldn't get that lucky could we Todd?" he nodded sideways in sign of no.

Everything turns black and then another scene appears, I am on a wheelchair in front of my desk from my house counting bills and making checks. The whole room seems entirely empty except for the desk and some boxes with my belongings that used to be all around the room. One of my best employees walks in after knocking on the door saying "The last of the cars were filled and taken away with all of the remaining cows, as well as all of our grown crops."

"Thank you Joseph, here is your final paycheck," I say extending a check to him "take care my friend."

"I hope you can do so as well." he mentions before leaving the room.

"Geez, that medical bill sure took a toll. What do you say Todd?" I ask as he looks up to me from his bed "Are you gonna help me with the small boxes or are you just gonna sleep?" Todd yawned and began to close his eyes as he rested upon his bed. "You lazy fox." I say with a chuckle, I direct my wheelchair towards him and gently hold his bed over my lap without waking him up.

Things go dark again and now I am in a bar although I don't drink any alchohol, my questions were answered when I only asked for water. I was sitting at my table minding my own business when suddenly a man sits in the opposite side of the table. "Hey, my name is doctor Aden." he said extending his arm.

"What do you want? Money, well bad news I don't have any." I answer thinking this guy wants to hustle me.

"No, no, no, I am not interested in your money, my friend doctor Wilmington told me about your problem and I am here to offer you a solution."

"What's the catch?" I asked with a nasty look at him as he ch

"The catch is that you would be the first human to test this new drug."

"And what exactly will it do?"

"It can give you back your legs, and as a bonus, if you agree, we can give the treatment to your fox, after all it has been successful in foxes."

"I would normally give some thought to this but you got me with the fox cure, it's a deal." I answer extending my own hand.

"Good, we will have you up and running in no time."

(Dream ended)

And again the event goes black only to have me wake up with my face in the dirt and the sun barely rising. "What the fuck was that." I whispered to myself

(Todd's dream)

I wake up in a table, the solid table made me feel cold but once I tried to move I noticed that one of my legs was not answering. A human vet came in with some sort of wheelchair for animals, noticing me struggle with my movement, he gently placed it on my leg. "There you go buddy," said the vet, "you better rest now, but tomorrow I am taking you to see your owner who is in a coma right now." I tried asking the doctor why Forrest was in a coma but no word could come out of my mouth.

Everything instantly went black and then bright again, this time I was in front of a door, and once it opened I entered. The first thing I saw was Forrest connected to different devices and liquids, I immediately sped up to him and he reached his hand down to touch me. "As you can see, he also got his leg paralyzed, and permanently as well." said the doctor who opened the door for me."

I was happy to see that he was still alive because that car crash did get us hard. "Guess we couldn't get that lucky could we Todd?" I nodded sideways in sign of no.

Scene changes, this time I am in my bed with the wheelchair beside me, "What do you say Todd?" asked Forrest as I look up to him from my bed "Are you gonna help me with the small boxes or are you just gonna sleep?" I wanted to help but I just simply yawned and positioned myself to sleep again, and again everything goes black.

Now this time I wake up in the passenger seat of the car with Forrest driving, since he could not move his legs he used poles to press on the pedals. After a while he stopped and got out of the car, I looked up through the window and saw that he was headed towards a bar, he did not drink so he was probably going for water since we were in a very remote place. I decided to get myself in a sleeping position and after a while of sleeping it was interrupted by the sound of my door opening. I turned around thinking it was Forrest but it was no one I knew, and before I could even react the person grabbed me.

(Dream ended)

"AAAHH!" I screamed from the top of my lungs causing Judy to jump in surprise.

"Todd, what's wrong?" said Judy trying to calm me down by softly grabbing me by the shoulders, my hyperventilation begins to cool down and I end it with a sigh.

"Just a bad dream, or maybe even a memory?" I said thinking on how everything was realistic and played exactly after the car crash, but thinking of the car crash only accelerated my breathing.

"Woah, calm down, easy, try to relax and let everything out, maybe you can talk about it." suggested Judy as she sat beside me on the bed.

"Well, it all started after the car crash, I woke up in a room where a doctor, or as we called them vets, came into the room and gave me a sort of weird wheelchair, but still in a strange way effective. After that I visited Forrest after he woke up from a coma, I overheard a doctor saying that both of us got our legs paralyzed, permanently. Then, we had to sell the farm to cover the hospital bills that we had been charged, from then we went on a long road trip. Using poles to drive the pedals he was able to safely take us around the country in look for a place to settle. One time he stopped at a bar/gas station, he got off and I waited for him in the car, then someone went to the car opened the door, and grabbed me. That was why I screamed."

"Wow, you sure have gone through a lot." answers Judy as she wraps her arm around me with.

"Tell me about it, I sure don't think this will the last of it, if it is a memory then it couldn't end there."

"I think you just might be a little too stressed out, how about if I take you with Forrest, after all, I have to go for Nick since I think he could be needed in the press conference." says Judy hopping out of the bed

"Press conference?"

"Yeah," she answered optimistically "the press wants to know more about the incident of the missing mammals, and now that I think about it you might be needed to."

"Me? But why me, I was just standing by while you guys did all the work." I asked curiously

"But if you weren't with us then Forrest wouldn't have saved us, I don't know if we could have gotten out of there."

"Remember that we can't mention to anyone about his existence, not even the cops, I think they have enough troubles for now." I warned

"I guess you're right, either way, would you want to go with me to the press conference?" she asked with certain glee of the idea of me watching her.

"Sure, bet it will be entertaining to watch."

"Okay, I am all ready, so let's go get some breakfast and meet Nick at the station."

"Can we get some breakfast for Forrest as well? He has not eaten since yesterday."

"Sure, we'll get him something to go." Shortly after the two of us got out of the apartment and went on our way to the subway system headed towards a restaurant Judy knew. On the subway and on our way through the side walk and even inside the restaurant, eyes were staring at us. "Was it the extra food I had in a plastic bag? Did I smell so bad? Oh, geez! It's probably that."

I couldn't keep my suspicions a secret any more so I told Judy. "Hey, haven't you noticed that everybody's been watching us?"

"Probably because one does not normally see a bunny and a fox together." she answered quickly.

"Or because they already saw the news." I said pointing at a giant tv in the ZNN channel as we both stopped.

"The 14 missing mammals have been found," started a siberian tiger "novice officer Judy Hopps found the 14 missing predators in the once abandoned Cliffside Asylum where Ex-Mayor Lionheart hid them. More details will come up next at ZNN as we approach our time for the interview at the ZPD, stay tuned."

"Well that was convenient." I said eyebrowing the screen

"Why is that?" asked Judy confused by my statement

"That just summarized what we just accomplished and what we are about to do, it just seems so convenient."

"Yeah, I guess it is, but we better get to the station quickly before the interview starts." said Judy as she started to walk again.

A few minutes later we arrived and spotted Nick waiting for us while leaning toward a wall, "Hey Nick, good to see that you made it."

"Wouldn't miss it for the world cottontail, you sure did something impressive." remarked Nick with a grin

"Oh, come on, you played an important role as well. By the way," she said signaling me to give Nick the breakfast we bought to go. "this is for Forrest, we figured he would be hungry after so long."

"Thanks for saving my time and money carrots, I was going to get something for him on the way back."

"No problem, either way it is good to help someone in need." Judy looked at the podium where chief bogo was giving an introduction to what the case was about. Her ears flattened as she confessed "I'm so nervous."

"Okay, press conference 101. You wanna look smart, answer their question with your own question and then answer that question. Like this: 'Excuse me, Officer Hopps. What can you tell us about the case?' 'Well, was this a tough case? Yes, yes it was.' You see?" For the Nick I knew up to know, this a completely other fox, he actually seemed nice and helpful in a willing way for once.

"You should be up there with me. We did this together." said Judy still unconfident.

"Well, am I a cop? No. No, I am not. Why? Because only the best are chosen for the job."

"Funny you should say that. Because, well, I've been thinking. It would be nice to have a partner." And out of her pocket she got out a folded paper that seemed to be an inscription paper to be part of the ZPD "Here. In case you need something to write with." She continued holding out the carrot pen.

"Officer Hopps. It's time." said the Assistant Mayor signaling Judy to go up to the podium.

"Hey Nick, if you do become a cop could I turn on the siren?" I asked mockingly.

"You know, I think I am actually going to do it, I feel like I want to." He says a bit hesitant about his decision.

"Well, what are you waiting for? Fill out the paper." With a click of the pen he used the wall he was reclining on to fill out the paper as we heard the rest of Judy's speech. I honestly did not hear most of what they were saying for all the commotion but by Nick's expressions, it couldn't be good. He suddenly started to panic and hyperventilate while placing a paw in his chest. "Woah, woah, woah, easy there Nick calm down?" Judy came down from the podium walking to us not noticing what Nick was having at the moment.

"That went so fast, I didn't get a chance to mention you or say anything about how we-"

"Oh, I think you said plenty." Interrupted Nick.

"What do you mean?" asked Judy confused.

"'Clearly there's a biological component'? 'These predators may be reverting back to their primitive, savage ways'? Are you serious?"

"I just stated the facts." defended Judy.

"But remember that this is the media, they twist words around to make things more intense. And Nick, you know that the reporters were pushing her."

"Stop it Todd, this is between me and her."

"Nick, stop it, you're not like them."

"Oh, there's a 'them' now?"

"You know what I mean, you're not that kind of predator."

"The kind that needs to be muzzled? The kind that makes you think you need to carry around fox repellant? Yeah, don't think I didn't notice that little item the first time we met." He said pointing at the fox repellent on her belt.

"Well I sure didn't." I said

Ignoring my comment Nick continued "Look. Let me ask you a question. Are you afraid of me? Do you think I might go nuts? You think I might go savage? You think I might try to eat you? Huh!" He said posing a 'ready to attack' position, Judy quickly made a step back and prepared herself to get the fox spary. "I knew it. Just when I thought somebody actually believed in me, huh? Probably best if you don't have a predator as a partner." He answered giving Judy back the paper he finished filling out, and began to leave.

"Nick, Nick!" I shout as I follow him trying to catch his attention.

"If you are going to take her side then fine!" shouted Nick "I don't know why I cared about you." mumbled Nick loud enough for me to hear.

"No, Nick. Nick!" called Judy as he left the station, shortly after a bunch of mammals surrounded Judy in such a scale that I was bumped out of the way, and into the ground as some of the reporters said "Stay away from us fox, we don't want you to eat us." I felt terrified, scared, and alone, I just stood up and ran away from the establishment almost bumping into some preys as they shouted mean comments at me.

"Watch where you're going." said a rhino

"Stay away from my baby." pleaded a deer

"Go back to the hole you came from!" shouted a pig.

I couldn't take the comments, and shouts of others I ran into an alleyway and hid behind a dumpster where I began to cry with my head behind my legs. Nick had left me, I was now in a worse position than with the humans judging me back home, and now everyone could really kill me. I kept crying for a couple of minutes before someone showed up and told me "Stop crying fox," said a ruthless male voice "it's time for you to be a true predator." I lifted my head up to see a sheep holding some kind of gun at me, and he fired.

(P.O.V. Judy)

I had finally liberated myself from the nasty reporters and would have been on my way to look for Nick but I remembered seeing Todd running in the opposite direction, so I headed that way. I went from mammal to mammal asking if they have seen Todd, and some of them did having me end up in an alleyway. I heard groans of pain and agony, behind the dumpster, I got my tranquilizer ready and asked sheepishly "Todd? Is that you?" I turned to the other side of the dumpster seeing Todd holding his head with force as if he just had an enormous headache. I knew it wasn't that, because this was the way Mr. Manchas reacted before engaging on us.

"Sheep! Sheep!" Cried Todd trying to control himself, but as he finished those two words he began to quickly lose control of his body and began to stand on all fours. I was at first hesitant, I did not want to shoot down Todd, but I knew that thing was not him standing in front of me. As soon as Todd sprang into action I pulled the trigger and got him down in a couple of seconds as he began to lose his energy. I calmed myself down seeing that it was all over, so I called 911 and got him to an ambulance.

"What happened?" asked a bever medic

"This poor fox just suddenly turned savage," I explained "so I had to dart him."

"Oh the poor thing, wait, I think I recognize him, would you happen to know if his name is Todd?"

"Um, yeah? How do you know that?"

"He went to the hospital asking for a wheelchair for his friend, and that's about it, i'm Amy by the way."

"Nice to meet you Amy. Woah!" I said before being interrupted by the sudden acceleration of the ambulance "My name is Judy Hopps, officer of the ZPD."

"I can tell, you are the only rabbit officer in the force, imagine what comes next, a sheep perhaps."

"Speaking of which, do you know why he might be screaming 'sheep' when I found him?" I asked with a worried face looking at him.

"Probably his instincts talking for him, after all it is in it's DNA like you said."

I sighed and admitted "Yes, I think I did."