Hey all, DLW here with a new chapter. Continuing with this storyline. More info at the bottom. A huge thank you to all the readers, follows, fav's and reviews (helps me think more so thank you all)! Disclaimer: Zootopia and its characters are copyright Disney. (I own none of the characters in the story aside from the O/C's.).

Note to all my readers: Once again I apologize for all the confusion. I wanted to make this an easier read for everyone and less tedious for me in the long run. I wanted to do this sooner than later and this begins the new set of chapters for the story. To any who have been keeping up with the story, I tahnk you for your patience. More to come soon. Also, a huge thank you to all the readers, follows, fav's and reviews (helps me think more so thank you all)

The Dystopian Society

Chapter Two: Feelings Mutual

'Field Trip'

"I asked you once, long ago, 'How did our world become so cruel?'"

[February 4, 'Near Happytown' 2:15 PM]

The police cruiser sped across town, stopping only at designated areas but never slowing its pace towards its desired destination.

The two who sat in the vehicle, a fox and a rabbit, were of different walks of life. Their inability to understand and cope with one another was made clear by their constant bickering.

Even from outside the vehicle, one could see the frustrations of one or both of them swap from time to time.

"You know, you never gave me the chance to even call shotgun." Nick chided, smirking at the rabbit driving at a high speed down the street.

He had always tried to make the best of a bad situation, even when wearing the kill collar he made due with what he could. Currently, his best bet was to poke and prod at the bunny's psyche for a good time.

"You're a prisoner," Judy hissed back, only taking her eyes off the road for a split moment to see the conniving fox in her rear view mirror. "You belong back there."

In the second that she averted her gaze, she had managed to run through a red light unaware.

By the time she had turned back to see the road, she noticed something was off. She had driven through a traffic stop and cars were beeping at her, she made a mistake.

Nervously gritting her teeth, she could hear the telltale sounds of laughter coming from the back of the car.

"I see we have a criminal in the making," Nick voiced, laughing so hard he had caused his collar to beep in warning. "It's best to keep your eyes ahead."

Now furious that the fox had made her mess up her perfect record, she clenched her paws on the steering wheel and pressed the gas further. She'd be more cautious of the traffic if he wasn't there to bother her.

Having had his jab at her, Nick leaned back in the to make himself comfortable. It wasn't easy with his paws cuffed behind him and not being given a chance to hop up on the less than welcoming chair, but he managed to at least rest his head on the seat while he sat on the floor.

Not hearing so much as a peep from his prey parole officer, Nick thought of what he could do to pass the time.

"So, Carrots," His voice carried over and through the metal mesh to the now angrier rabbit. "How long have you been on the force?"

Though his question was one of sheer curiosity, Judy was too upset to even try to answer. She didn't like the situation she was in, much less the fox she had to put up with for the time being.

"Can it." She muttered, not making the mistake again of taking her eyes off the road this time.

She had, in fact, seen there was a stoplight several hundred yards away that had begun to change. Slowly, she pressed on the breaks to ease the car to a stop.

Feeling the vehicle halt its motion, Nick sat up. He wasn't finished agitating the bunny cop just yet.

"Can't do that carrots." He replied with a smug grin.

Not even a second later, he could hear her high pitched grunt of frustration. It sounded like a muddled scream.

"Don't call me carrots!" She shouted, eye twitching as she managed to catch the flash of his teeth in her mirror.

It bothered her to no end that he kept smiling. She had wondered why Jack let him loose without a muzzle.

Nick, however, was in absolute joy. He tilted his head to the side and with an air of arrogance answered. "Sorry, it's just that I assume that you eat mostly carrots."

Judy froze, not able to believe that he had just said something so... stereotypical about rabbits.

"Why would you..." She began, tensing and tilting her head towards the mirror.

The moment she saw the mocking and belittling stare of Nick, she sighed. "Ugh. Forget it."

Nick's ears stood up in excitement, he was slowly etching at her. What could he say, he was bored and already had a long enough rope.

"So, you do!" Though his tone was that of a jubilant kit, he was still cautious to some degree. Judy could just as easily put him back in his cage, but he was needed for now.

He was a prisoner after all, but he never once had the chance to fact check a rabbit.

Adjusting his pose and clearing his throat, Nick began his lecture.

"You know, eating too many carrots is actually bad for you." His voice was even and steady, not wavering even at the obvious huffs and groans of the bunny.

Finished with his informative speech and feeling his collars rub awkwardly against his fur, Nick leaned back to scratch his neck against the car seat.

"Just stating the facts." He followed, gliding his shoulders left and right to appease the itch that crept up on him.

Now more upset that this predator had ridiculed her for her dietary habits, Judy thought of an equally demeaning response.

"This coming from a meat eater!" She shot back, now being given the chance to move as the light turned green for her.

"Actually I-"

Nick would never get the chance to finish his sentence as Judy tore off the instant the light changed. She cared not that the fox fell back from his seated position with a painful sounding thud.

He had fallen over on his side, and with a slightly pained huff he looked up towards the drivers seat. Nick knew he wouldn't be able to get up again until their next stop, but that wouldn't prevent him from pestering the cop.

"Can you drive any slower please?" He asked, bearing a tone that both mocked and chastised together.

Judy, though furious, kept her head level and her eyes towards their destination.

"We have a case to solve," She said in a flat uninterested tone. "And I refuse to dilly-dally when I'm at work."

If the fox was going to bother her repeatedly, then she would have to stop him in his tracks every time.

Being the sly fox that he was Nick had already prepared a plethora of responses. He cheerfully chose the one that best suited him and chuckled at the thought.

"Then can you please drive any faster to a hospital?" He asked, faking a few coughs for good measure.

Unsure of whether this was a medical emergency or not, Judy quickly responded. "Why?"

Her years of being a cop told her that if it was serious then she'd be responsible for any damage to him, and if not then it was a waste of her time.

Nick continued to to chuckle. "Just wondering if you can cause enough bumps to get me a slot in the Predator Intensive Care Unit for a few weeks."

It was just as she had thought, definitely a waste of her time.

Thinking of what to say in response to the foxes constant rambling, she remembered something that Bogo gave her. She took one paw off the steering wheel long enough to locate the small bottle that she obtained at the prison.

Not even needing to take it out of her pocket, she replied. "That's what your pain meds are for."

While Nick knew this to be true, he still wanted to have the last say in pestering Judy.

"Well, with the way you drive, they won't be needed."

Nick patiently awaited some kind of response from Judy for a few minutes. His ears practically itched in agony to have some kind of accompanying voice to scratch them.

But no such voice came, not even the slightest huff or groan from the rabbit was heard at all. His little poke at her seemed to be effective as he could feel the car pick up in speed.

This was a bit odd even to him, it had been a few minutes since she had last spoken so something else was going on in her head. He couldn't understand why the constantly yappy officer would go at such a high speed down the street without having been notified of any activity on the radio.

Curious as to the sudden change, Nick tilted his head up to take a look out the window. Immediately, he knew where he was and could guess at what Judy was thinking.

He turned to the metal window and voiced his thoughts. "What's wrong rabbit, don't like the pred neighborhoods?"

He had either hit a nerve or startled her as he felt the car shift gears slightly, they were picking up speed. Though he never got to see how many close calls with red lights they had, he could definitely tell she was tense.

"Deep breaths Carrots," He said almost reassuringly as countless buildings whisked past them. "Everything will be just fine."

Nick could feel the vehicle slow down just a little, though they were still clearly well over the speed limit.

"This is 'Happy Town' after all," He cheerfully added, leaning closer to the cage. "Where every pred knows your name."

The vehicle slowed by just a bit more. Barely noticeable, but maybe a mile or two this time.

"You know, we all don't bite," Nick assured her, half intently half not. "Not much anyways."

Suddenly, the vehicle took a sharp turn and came to a screeching halt.

This momentum threw Nick against the car door, further causing him distress but nor much in line of injury from the way he was already positioned.

"You're impossible!" Judy shouted, unbuckling herself from the seat and causing the parked car to beep incessantly.

Turning her focus to the fox behind the mesh, she hopped up to finally tell him what was on her mind.

"I'm here, so I'm just very unlikely." Nick quipped, raising himself from his tumble and beating Judy to an answer.

Though he wore his sunglasses, he had met her furious glare with a calm and diffusing stare of his own. But in the end, Judy wouldn't have any of this.

"Preds like you belong in the Jungle!" She declared, with paw clenched and ears standing on end.

The sound of her voice nearly made the mesh rattle. Nick sat wide-eyed seemingly frozen in both fear and disbelief.

As he began to rise to his feet, he shuddered at the weight that her words carried. He hadn't expected this kind of backlash over a simple joke.

He rose to meet her fiery glare with a fierce look in his own eyes as he felt his shades fall to his muzzle.

"Preds like me? Preds like me!" He reiterated, feeling his blood boil.

His countenance now twisted and teeth bearing from the single accusation, he never even bothered to hear his collar warn him of the incoming shock.

"And what kind of pred would that be?!" He yelled back in rage.

When he did feel the inevitable shock that came with his flaring temper, he fell to the floor as it was equally as strong as his anger.

Judy, though unaware she took a step back, never took her eyes off the fox who could easily have attacked her had he not had his set of collars on.

She didn't feel at ease with the sight before her, a caged fox that could still bite. Much more than that was a fox that got what he deserved.

Having the upper-hand and still looming over him, she gave her judgement. "The ones guilty of breaking the law."

Still quivering from the pain, Nick craned his neck to face Judy. He wasn't able to see her as he was still on the floor, but with ears a mile long he knew she could still hear him.

"I've known preds, that came back from there," He wheezed, trembling from the aftershock and trying to calm himself before another warning. "They were-"

"What, blood thirsty?" Judy cut him off.

She didn't know what else to say. From what she knew about preds in her time on the force, she had come to expect the worst.

Nick, having heard Judy's rant, breathed deep and shook his head.

"Forget it." His tone was nothing but dreary.

Judy waited for the fox to say anything more, anything that she could shoot down in an instant; but nothing was spoken, nothing was heard aside from the squeak of the seat cushion as Nick readjusted himself again.

Winning the fight, Judy turned her attention to the building in front of them. She had a job to do, and a call to make.

She hopped back down to her carseat and cut the car off, no longer would she need to race down the road as she had made it to their stop.

Before she headed out of the car, there was one thing that was still on her mind.

'What if he tries that again?' She thought.

Mindlessly, her eyes were drawn to the glove compartment. She had always been prepared at a moments notice and this would be no exception.

Hopping the seat and opening the rather large container, she was welcomed by a personal favorite side arm of hers; her well trusted taser. She smiled at the black and yellow device and quickly clipped it to her belt.

After securing the gun and opening the car door, she jumped down to gain a better view of her surroundings. In the afternoon sunlight it was easy to see the towering structure that had had had somehow eluded the law for so long.

She was back here again, back where it all started. There stood before her a clinic at the edge of a dock. Its yellow walls had been worn and riddled with various graffiti. The red and white sign with the fox's smiling face had long since faded.

Specks of grass had grown into the sidewalk surrounding the area, and the parking lot was void of any potential patients. It wasn't the same as when they had first gotten there, it was now a mere shell of its former self.

Relieved that they were getting somewhere, Judy pulled out her phone and dialed the number that Jack had given her earlier. She took a deep breath as it rang.

"This is Savage!" An uppity voice answered.

Unbeknownst to her she squealed a little on the inside.

"Jack, this is lieutenant Hopps." She answered, almost snapping a salute.

She could hear the engine of a car roaring in the background of the call.

"Judy! I told you, I don't do formal. Any-who, how ya' holding up?"

Having thought about her current role in the assignment , she had to tell him.

"Miserable."

A loud burst of laughter echoed from her phone.

"Good to know. I assume you're at the theme park, yes?"

She hadn't known Jack for long, but he did have an odd sense of humor.

"Yes, we've just arrived on the clinic ." She replied.

"Good, good, I'll swing by there in a few. Just take Nick with you and head on in."

Her countenance fell from this, did he not remember what she said before?

"What? I can't go in alone with him!"

Having shouted at her phone with no response, she waited.

"...Come on Judy, he's not gonna hurt you."

Jacks voice was calm, almost apologetic.

"Intentionally anyways, there's no telling what may or may not happen by accident."

Apologetic maybe, but not comforting in the least.

"Yeah, well, he already shocked himself."

There was a chilling silence between them.

"Why?"

Jack's voice seemed to carry a heavy and desperate weight to it.

"Well I," Judy stammered, smoothing out her hair in irritation. "Kinda told him he belonged in the jungle."

There was a screech followed by the unmistakable sound of a crunch that sent shivers down her spine.

"Jack?" She called out of worry.

No response.

"Jack?!" She shouted in distress.

Still nothing.

"JA-"

"WHAT!" He shouted back, cutting her off.

She took a deep breath in relief, but the noise still bothered her.

"Uh...what did I hear on your end?" She inquired, hoping that it wasn't too serious.

"Oh, that sound? Nothing, it's nothing." Jack admitted hastily.

Judy, however, was unconvinced at his tone.

"I heard... crunching." She pried further.

Her ears perked up at the faint beeps of a car horn.

"Nah, just getting... great, now I need buff and a wax, for the car."

Judy clutched the phone in her hand, surely she didn't just hear him say that.

"Are you in a carwash?" She accused, feeling her ears droop slightly. "Is that what your errand was?"

"What, yea? I mean no!"

Jack sounded distracted, but Judy was still uncomfortable with where she was.

"Look, Judy, I know you're upset, but don't joke about the Jungle. I've been out there and it's..." Jack's emphasis on the 'Jungle' didn't go unnoticed, Judy could feel the concern in his voice.

Hesitant to reply, Judy glanced over to the cruiser. Even though she didn't like the fox, what Jack had said troubled her. Did she really mean to go that far?

"Never mind, don't worry about it Judy, just head inside I'll be there soon."

With an abrupt click, Jack was gone.

Her call finished, she took a moment to look around the area. There was nobody there to bother them, and no way out of her predicament.

Still agitated that she'd have to bring the fox out into the open, she walked up to the car door and shook her head. She was glad to at least have her side arm.

"Angrily you answered, 'Because you were my enemy!'"

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