Chapter 16
As Nick and Judy listened around the corner, Husky carried Finnick in his arm toward the two guards who stood firm and raised their weapons at them.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?" one of the guards demanded.
Husky gasped in a lady-like shriek, "Oh! I - I ha-have been wandering this hall since this happened. Don't hurt my baby and me!" Husky said in a high-pitched feminine voice. Judy started to giggle, but Nick quickly covered her mouth to prevent the sounds from escaping.
The other guard glanced at Finnick, who gave a very convincing loud baby cry. The guard asked Husky, "Is this baby an inferior deaf?"
"W - what?" Husky asked in a feminine voice, "Oh, no. This baby is healthy. One of my kids is deaf here at school. I have been looking for him since this morning. I was visiting him when all this explosion happened, and I hid in one of the audiologists' hearing testing rooms – you know, one of those soundproofed rooms – before I have had chance to meet my poor son. You know how I am scared of bombs. A-and, I just heard that crash sounds, didn't you just hear? I'm scared."
Around the corner, Nick and Judy kept giggling quietly at the conversation, but they both bit their paws to prevent any sounds coming out.
The other guard looked at Husky with lust. Husky stared at him and slapped him.
"Don't you dare to look at me like that, you pervert!" Husky exclaimed in a feminine voice. The second guard laughed and dropped his arm carrying the gun.
"This one is a frisky one, eh?" the second guard sneered as the first one rubbed his cheek.
Judy got an idea, gestured to Nick her plan, and yelled from behind the corner, "No! I am the frisky one!" and motioned at Nick to get ready. He nodded.
"Who's that?" the first guard asked. Judy came out from the corner. "Me, of course!" Judy said in a sexy voice, "Don't you find me tasty, sweetheart?"
"It's that bunny!" the second guard exclaimed, and ran after her. Judy walked casually back behind the corner and quickly put her foot away for the guard to trip over. Finnick and Husky took the opportunity to attack the first guard and overcame him as the second guard tripped over Judy's outreached leg, and Nick knocked him out on the back of his head with the butt of the rifle. Finnick jumped down from Husky's arm and kicked the balls of the shocked guard as Husky knocked him out with a right fist to his head, and then a chop to his back of the neck with right paw, knocking him out instantly.
The quad looked at the unconscious guards and took some weapons from them. Nick turned to Husky, "Congratulation on your winning the Oscar for your awesome performance!" Nick said.
"Oh, shaddap, fox," Husky growled, as he quickly took off the dress and bra, drop it on the floor as if it were on fire. Finnick also took off his baby costume and put them in his back bag along with woman clothes he picked up from the floor.
Nick opened the door and the group came out and, suddenly faced an armor truck arriving just in front of them, unsure whether it's friendly or not, they all raised their paws in case.
Someone opened the vehicles' door. It was Chewhauser who yelled, "Did y'all asked for an armored taxi?"
The quad looked at him and put down their paws in relief and laughter.
Chewhauser waved and yelled, "Y'all better haul your tails in fast before the rest of the Naxi come here! C'mon!"
They went in the truck quickly, and Chewhauser closed the door just in time before the Naxi came and shot at them but the bullets ricocheted from the armored door as Wildhoney stepped on the gas while Floater was manning the rear gun to shoot back at the enemies.
Inside, Nick turned to Chewhauser, "Thanks for your help, Spotty!" as Husky stood face to face with one of the polar bears, unsure of what to say.
Nick, on the other hand, turned to the polar bears, recognized them, and said, "Raymond! Kevin! What a surprise! Did you do this for me?"
Husky turned to Judy, "Am I to guess that they are Mr. Big's bodyguards? How did you manage to get them to help us?
The polar bears grunted as Judy said with glee, "I pulled some favors with Fru Fru, and she sends Raymond and Kevin to help us out with the rescue."
"Ah, of course," Nick replied with disappointment, but Raymond grabbed and rubbed his head. "Hey! Watch it!" Nick exclaimed as Judy giggled.
"Brace yourself for another crash party, lad!" Wildhoney yelled as he sped up toward the fence that separates them from the front entrance where the cougars were still engaging in conversation with the rest of the Naxi. The others took a seat quickly and put together their seat belts.
The ride went from the asphalt of the street to the grassy ground and then crashed through the fence. They got over the fence and running toward the cougars and the Naxi. They shattered away from the armored truck as the Naxi shooting at them while the cougars took cover behind their car. They drove out the front gate to freedom.
Nick recognized the cougars and said to Judy, "Are those cougars from ZPD? One of them looks like Montana to me. What are they doing there?"
"Yes," Judy answered, "Those are Montana and Wildcat who are there as a diversion for us acting like a couple of drunk Naxi sympathizers that crashed through the front gate so they can 'join' their efforts."
"Won't we have to go back and rescue them or what?"
"Nope, You'll see in a moment," Judy answered as she pointed toward the back door's window. Nick went to the window to see scene behind them.
The 'drunken' cougars got up, and Wildcat yelled, "Who are they? Let get 'em!"
Montana went to the nearest Naxi, yelled, "Can I borrow this?" and grabbed the weapon from him before the Naxi could reply, and yelled, "Thanks!" and went to the car, shooting at the escaping armored truck, missing it on purpose as they were still pretending like drunk. They got in the car and ran after the truck with Montana shooting like a bad drunk shooter toward them.
"Damn!" Nick remarked as he watched the action through the window, "I never thought I would see a day that a couple of sharp shooters running after us and missing us on purpose!"
"Of course," Judy said, "and they had to act like a drunk, so they missed us on purpose to show the Naxi that they are 'drunk.' I'm sure that you noticed that they are driving like a drunk."
"Oh!" Nick exclaimed at the window, "They just jumped the curb and nearly hit a couple of otters – looks like our Emmitt and his wife, perhaps?"
"Emmitt!" Judy exclaimed, "We forgot to come and visit them last month! We forgot because o- of… something – uh…"
"That was the burglary/murder case in the Savanna District that came up that time, remember?"
"Oh! That's right! But, we should go and visit them soon!"
"Oh, we will, Carrots. We will. If we come out alive of this Naxi nonsense and –."
Judy was in deep thought. Nick walked from the window and sat next to his partner.
"Penny for your thought, Carrots?" Nick asked.
"I – I just remember something from that case," Judy stammered. "T – there is something familiar about that case."
"Really? How so?"
"Oh my gosh!" Judy jolted, "That soldier we knocked out back in that room! He's that guy what was involved in the case! We are gonna see that artist sketch of the suspect to be sure!"
"Hey…" Nick said calmly, "You know something. While I was in that room with that guy, I had a funny feeling that I had seen this guy from somewhere but I could not recall because I was busy thinking of a way to escape until you and Finnick came down from that vent. I guess you are right about this guy. That case is still open, right?"
"Yes, it is still open," Judy answered, "We should go check it out soon. Maybe that case is connected to our current situation, hmm?"
"That is a possibility, Carrots," Nick smiled with a devilish grin. "Ah, ha! You know what?"
"What, Nick?"
Nick pulled out the gun from his pocket. "This is the gun I pulled out from that guy," Nick answered. "Maybe we could eliminate my prints on the outside as I used it to escape and pull some 'extra' prints out of that gun's clip and bullets inside, and identify this guy and perhaps connect him to that burglary/murder case."
"Perfect!" Judy exclaimed, turned to the others, "Anyone got any clean bag so we can run the gun for prints?"
Nick put on one of the latex gloves and removed the clip from the weapon as Chewhauser got the bag and handed it to Judy. She opened it, and Nick put the clips inside the bag and removed the bullet in the chamber and shell fell into the bag. Then he put the gun inside the bag. Judy closed the Ziploc. Nick took it and put it in one of his pockets for safekeeping.
"Okay, We ne –"
They were interrupted by the siren sound and Nick got up and look out the window. One of the ZPD patrol cars came and pulled over the cougar's car. Nick relayed the situation to Judy.
"Oh," Judy said, "that is the cover up that Bogo devised to fool the Naxi that the police catch them and 'arrest' them for drunk driving. That'll make the Naxi to back off and go back."
"That's mighty clever of Bogo," Nick smiled.
Soon, they arrived at ZPD's main headquarter. As soon as they got inside the underground parking lot connected to the prison to give the media the appearance of bringing the guys in for prison. The animals got out of armored vehicles and they gave each other high fives as they congratulated each other for their success. Soon, the ZPD patrol car with the 'arrested drunk' cougars arrived and they all got out.
The cougars, still in their drunken characters, walked 'drunkenly' toward Nick and Husky, and Montana said, "Hey, look who are here from the clinches of the Naxi!"
They playfully 'attacked' Nick and Husky by tickling them as the rest looked on with laughers.
"ENOUGH!" a firmed voice yelled from the door. They all stop the 'attacks' and laughter and look at their boss, Chief Bogo, folding his arms. "I know you are thrilled at your success, but we got some bad news, get in here and see the news!" he barked. Everyone followed his order and went inside the station.
They noticed a group of animals surrounding a large television. They joined the crowd while Chief Bogo went to a different direction toward the press conference room. Nick and Judy recognized one of the spectators as their friend, Alex. Nick walked to his old friend and asked, "What are you still doing here? I thought you had gone home."
"My wife is downstairs to see Eddie and I were about to go down and get her to go home when this news came on just now," Alex answered.
They turned to the television to see the news.
"… their leader has demanded that the police returned their traitors, Officer Wilde and Officer Husky, who have escaped with the help of the army and the police officers just a few moments ago," the ZNN anchor, Mr. Moosebridges said, "And… just a moment… This just in… The ZPD Chief Bogo will be at a press conference in just a few moments."
The news switched from the station's anchors to the ZPD's press conference room. Chief Bogo stood behind the podium filled with many microphones from various TV and radio stations. There was an overlap of questions and voices from many reporters. Bogo barked, "One at a time, ladies, and gentle mammals! One at a time!" Bogo pointed at one of the reporters, a male bunny.
"Would you please clarify what the SPS terrorist's leader say about the demand and the consequence if you don't give in to the demand?" the reporter asked.
"From what the so-called Fuhrer said," Bogo began, "that there are some of their supporters in strategic positions, armed with explosives around the city such as Savanna Central Station, shopping centers, and other public locations, who will try to kill as many people as possible. Because of this, we have just evaluated the animals from such public sites as we speak. Our sports teams in Zootopia from high school to the Zootopia Dynamo have agreed to cancel the sporting events tonight and the next few days until further notice. And –"
Suddenly, there was the sound of an explosion heard at the police station, startling everyone.
Few blocks from the police station, there was a new giant crater of what used to be one of the metro stations, Little Rodentia Station, across the street from the main entrance to Little Rodentia was located.