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Here's Chapter 11. Enjoy!
Judy pushed the huge, metal door which led into her partner's cell shut, a radiant smile still evident on her face. Nothing could bring down her spirits today or any day from now, because after years of heartbreak and almost three weeks of silence her partner was finally beginning to recover!
It had only been a few minutes since Nick had spoken to her for the first time in years. He had uttered only simple sentences, no more than four or five words in length, and aside from moving his muzzle and flicking his ears his actions still appeared to be primal. But that wasn't worrying her too much. Her partner was consciously speaking to her! That was the best news ever! Even more, one of the simple little phrases he had said was truly magical.
"Love, Carrots."
Judy closed her eyes and repeated the sentence over and over again in her head, her heart bursting with affection for the fox who had said it to her.
He loves me! Was all she could think. He loves me, he loves me, he loves me!
There wasn't any need for her to wonder about what would happen if he didn't share the same feelings she felt for him - because he loved her! Once he gained control of the rest of his body and mind they could finally be reunited - never separated by any physical or mental barriers again. The only thing left for her to do was wait. Today Nick had spoken to her. Tomorrow he might stand up straight, and for all she knew by the end of the month he could be one hundred percent better!
"Come on, Judy," Judy told herself, moving to lean against the cool, metallic door in an attempt to calm herself down. "You've already waited two years for Nick. You can wait another few weeks for him."
Judy pushed herself off the door and began to walk down the bleak, concrete hallway with an extra skip in her step. It'd be hard, but she could wait a few more weeks for her dumb fox.
But in the meantime... Judy thought, her paw falling into her pocket and fumbling with a small, carrot-shaped object inside. The Chief and Doctor Zdanskyi will want to see this. If they're both still here.
Judy reached the end of the hallway and pulled her access card out from her back pocket, but before she could jump up and slide it down the access port at least a yard and a half up the wall a bright, toothy smile came onto her face and she exasperated in a feeling of joyful defeat.
Nick loves me... She warmly thought, her mind still reeling from the revelation. But before she could dwell too much on the experiences that she and her partner would one day share the serious and organized side of her brain kicked in and she shook her head and leaped up into the air, swiping her card and unlocking the door with a loud click! What she and Nick would do once they were together again weren't thoughts meant for work.
She'd have to save those for her break time...
The door to the outside world slowly cracked open, and Judy stepped through the doorway once it was open enough, thankful that she didn't have to heave open the massive metallic object with her own two paws. Being small, as it turned out, did have some advantages around the office - one of which was how any secured door in the headquarters could read that she was a rabbit from her access card and proceed to open itself on its own volition.
Once Judy was through the doorway she turned down the hall, aiming to meet with Chief Bogo before the day's work made him unavailable. But before she could even take a step away from the doorway she was stopped by a great spectacle in front of her. There seemed to be mammals everywhere, each one of them wearing the standard ZPD uniform and running back and forth carrying stacks of papers or coffee or the classic manila folders which were constantly spread throughout the headquarters like a plague. The sounds were just as active as the sights, with mammals shouting to one another and a near-endless ringing of phones in the background accompanying them. All Judy could do was watch the chaos in surprise. It looked like any old workday at the ZPD.
"But this early in the morning?" Judy mumbled to herself, pulling her phone out of her pocket and holding down its power button. After several seconds all her phone did was flash a symbol of an empty battery, and Judy slid the phone back into her pocket and suppressed a grumble. She'd forgotten that it had died when she was with Nick.
"Judy?" A curious voice exclaimed in confusion and surprise, and Judy nearly jumped out of her fur at the sudden, high-pitched exclamation which rose above the din coming from the cubicles. She turned toward where the sound had come from, perking her ears in the process, and was greeted with a massive, spotted mammal who was absent-mindedly dunking a donut into his cup of coffee over and over again.
"Clawhauser!" Judy exclaimed, her voice full of friendliness. "It's good to see you! Why is everyone here so early?"
"Judy, what have you been doing?" Clawhauser asked, ignoring her question and bending down to fret over her like he was a mother and she was his kit. She pushed his huge paw off her, a curious expression making its way onto her face as she cocked out her hip and rested her paw on it. What the heck was Clawhauser talking about? Everyone in the ZPD knew she inspected the cells before assignments were handed out.
"Inspecting the cells," She politely answered, raising her other paw out to her side. "What else?"
Clawhauser shook his head, not accepting her answer, and stood back up, reaching into his coffee cup and pulling out his now soggy donut.
"Okay, you were not inspecting the cells," Clawhauser said, staring down at her with huge eyes twinged with curiosity. "I was one of the first officers here and your knapsack was on your desk when I arrived, so you've been 'inspecting cells' for at least five or six hours!"
"Five or six hours?" Judy slowly repeated, her eyes widening in shock. Had she really been in there that long? It didn't feel like that at all! But thinking back on it, how long had she talked to Nick for?
Judy groaned, her ears falling behind her head as she moved both her paws to cover her face. She had been in there for several hours, and as a result she had missed role call and assignments and looked like a disoriented idiot right now. If she had stayed in there for any longer she could've jeopardized Nick's whole recovery!
"Chief's going to kill me," She moaned, her paws falling back to her sides, and Clawhauser vigorously nodded at her statement.
"He wasn't the nicest mammal when he was giving out assignments today," He commented, taking a large bite from his donut. "He kept on grumbling about how you were taking your sweet time to inspect the cells, and some of the officers told me that he even mentioned insubordination! But that's not what's really getting on my tail."
Clawhauser shifted his weight onto his right paw and leaned around Judy, staring down the hallway through the cracked open metal door which lead to her partner's confinement cell.
"What does get on my tail is that you spent so long 'inspecting the cells'," Clawhauser commented, his curious gaze turning down towards Judy, and she could feel her face heating up as his eyes scoured her and his nose carefully sniffed the air for any information. "I'll ask again; what were you doing in there, Judy?"
Judy sent Clawhauser a nervous, toothy smile as her small body straightened to stand at attention and her foot extended out behind her and with a massive push slammed the metal door shut.
Ben's starting to get suspicious. She frantically thought as she continued to look up at her feline counterpart. Come on, Judy, you can fix this situation. Just make something up...
"I was- um..." She awkwardly began, her gaze falling to look eye-level at Clawhauser's knees. She couldn't think of a good excuse right now!
"I was- there was a crack in one of the cell's pipes!" She finally blurted out, raising up on her toes and looking back up at Clawhauser's face as she raised one of her paws and pointed a finger in the air to emphasize her point. "So I fixed it!"
Clawhauser just stared down at her, his demeanor looking unconvinced. Judy's awkward smile grew the longer she stared up at him. That was the absolute worst excuse she could've ever come up with. Why couldn't she just make up lies as well as Nick could? It'd make situations like this a heck of a lot easier.
"There was a crack in a pipe?" Clawhauser asked, and Judy's raised paw fell stiffly back to her side as she profusely nodded. "And you fixed it?"
'With my own two paws!" Judy eagerly replied, and Clawhauser continued to look down at her for several seconds until he burst into laughter, clenching his eyes shut as he tried not to spill his coffee and waving his free paw downward. Judy joined in the laughing as her eyes widened, not understanding why her feline friend was taking amusement in her fabricated story.
"Oh, Judy!" Clawhauser joyfully exclaimed between laughs. "Here I thought you were hiding in a cell because you didn't want to work, but you were really making the headquarters a better place! You'll fix anything broken, won't you, you eager little bunny?"
"You bet!" Judy rhetorically answered between her own forced chuckles. "Making the world a better place one pipe at a time!"
Clawhauser only laughed harder at her joke and turned to walk down the hallway, his paws taking him towards the headquarter's common room and his desk.
"I'll talk to you after work today, Officer Hopps!" He gleefully called out over his shoulder as he dunked the uneaten half of his donut into his coffee cup.
"Yep!" Judy called out, sending him a quick salute as she quickly marched across the hallway and into the rows of cubicles across from it. "Talk to you then!"
If the Chief doesn't make me work overtime for the next month. She silently added, beginning to stress over what had just happened. If anything else had gone a little differently these past few moments then Nick's continued existence would've been on every website on the internet. Had she exited from his cell a little later then maybe an officer who's curiosity would've gotten the better of him or her would've entered the restricted area and found her partner locked away inside. That would've been egregious- she'd probably end up losing her position on the force! And what would happen to Nick?
Judy suppressed a shiver at that thought as she rounded a cubicle's corner. He'd probably be sent away to some far-flung research facility where he'd spend the rest of his life. She'd never get to see him again...
Suddenly, a realization dawned on Judy, changing her entire mindset from joyful and awkward to deathly serious in an instant. She wasn't just protecting Nick's existence for the mayor's sake anymore - she was protecting his existence for him. So that once this whole chaotic situation passed they could be together again. It was a little selfish of her, true, but she didn't ask for much in this world. Judy clenched her mouth in solidarity, a nervous expression no longer plaguing her face and instead replaced with seriousness. She could never be seen leaving that room again.
Finally, after what seemed like another six hours, Judy turned a final corner and walked into her completely over-sized cubicle. She launched herself up the side of her chair and scrambled up to stand on the top of it, ignoring her knapsack hanging off the chair's back as it began to sway back and forth. With a heavy, defeated sigh her head fell onto her barren desk as a small feeling of guilt nudged itself into her thoughts.
Clawhauser was right. The Chief was going to kill her over and over again.
A large thud! and a huge rush of air right in front of her drew Judy's attention away from the seat of her chair she was blankly staring at and up to her desk. A massive pile of papers which hadn't been there a moment ago was now ominously towering over her.
"Officer Hopps," A gruff voice began with what sounded like a deliberate twinge of false elation. "It's good to see you back after your long absence."
Judy turned around in her chair and was met with a familiar, bovine face with one eyebrow cocked in interest and which demanded an explanation.
"Chief Bogo!" Judy delightfully exclaimed as she turned toward her superior and sent him an awkward and apologetic smile and politely clasped her paws together in front of her. "I can explain."
"Please do, Officer Hopps," Chief Bogo continued as his gaze burned into hers and he stepped toward her chair to menacingly tower over her, his arms crossed as they rested against his chest.
"There was a leak," Judy explained, her nervous smile only increasing in size. "One of the pipes leading to one of the cells was leaking, so I decided that I should repair it. It just took a little longer than I was expecting."
Chief Bogo took a moment to blankly scan Judy's face, and in that time embarrassment began to flare up inside of her small body again. What an absolutely terrible excuse. She was lucky that Clawhauser was so gullible, but the chief was a completely different story. Regardless if he knew the true reason for her un-punctuality, she'd consider herself lucky if he let her off with only the massive pile of paperwork he had let fall onto her desk.
After a few more tense, silent seconds Chief Bogo finally gave Judy her punishment with an angry snort and a large, furrowed frown.
"Hopps," He threateningly grumbled, his voice progressively becoming louder and more aggressive until Judy swore that every mammal within a three block radius could hear him. "The pipes were leaking? Are you trying to make a joke? Because it isn't working. I don't care if you were fixing the city's plumbing or doing something which you shouldn't have, whatever you were doing back there I never want you doing again. What kind of example are you setting for the younger officers if you run off and hide during assignments? If I ever catch you skipping your duties from now, then we're going to have a very long talk. Is that understood?"
Judy gave the chief a defeated nod as her ears fell behind her head in embarrassment and she became aware of the sudden silence which had taken control of the busy workplace around her. She could feel every pair of eyes in the room focusing in onto her cubicle.
"Yes Chief," She answered, not daring to move her eyes off of the chief's.
"Good," The chief responded, his voice calm and serious. "I don't have time for any more of your deviations. You're going to take those files home and upload them to the database. Consider it homework. For the meantime, you're on patrol with Officer Wolfenstein. Understood?"
"Yes Chief," She answered again, and Chief Bogo nodded. He turned to look above the walls of her cubicle and at the faces of the mammals that Judy knew were inevitably staring at him.
"Back to work!" He ordered, and almost at once the din of phones ringing, mammals talking, and papers being filed returned. The chief spent an extra moment looking around the room in every possible direction before he ducked down to kneel just in front of Judy, his body hidden from view and expression hard but lined with curiosity.
"What. Happened?" He broadly mouthed, and Judy's ears perked in interest. She knew that the conversation would eventually end up about her partner again.
"He talked," She mouthed in response, and she couldn't help herself as a small feeling of excitement began to pulse up in her chest again. Chief Bogo's eyes widened slightly at her and he leaned in to study her face, his frown becoming unhumored and stringent.
"Talked?" He repeated, and Judy brusquely nodded as her paw fell into her pocket and pulled out her carrot pen. She reluctantly held it out toward the chief, a small part of her not wanting to let it go, but as the chief's hoof expectantly reached out she gently placed it in his hoof. His eyes didn't move off the small object for several seconds, and as Judy watched him a small smile came onto her face. The chief's gaze was becoming easy and almost thankful. She had always known that there was a kind-hearted mammal underneath all of that thick skin.
When the Chief's eyes finally moved off of the pen and onto Judy's smiling face he gave an annoyed grumble and straightened himself, dropping the carrot pen into his pocket and holding both of his paws behind his back.
"Get to work, Hopps," He commanded, stepping aside so that the exit from her cubicle wasn't blocked. With that the smile faded from Judy's face and she sent her superior a brief nod as she slid off her chair and quickly made her way out into the hallway just outside of her cubicle, an extra skip still in her step.
There were mammals coming from every possible direction. Each one was an individual atom of H2O, but instead of making up a sea of water they instead made up an ocean of mammals. And Judy's job was to make sure every one of them was obeying the law.
In reality, it sounded a lot more difficult than it actually was. After years of patrolling, she knew exactly who to look for in the crowds of mammals passing by her parked cruiser. Anybody making too much noise or who was travelling with a large group of mammals or their family was automatically off the list. If someone wanted to commit a felony, they'd try to be as inconspicuous as possible. The pairs of mammals were next, since scammers and pickpockets often worked in duos, but as Judy looked over all of the pairs of mammals she could spot she didn't find any of them to be out of the ordinary. Because she didn't have the ability to look over every mammal she could see from her cruiser, the last division of mammals Judy kept an eye on were ones that just looked out of place.
On her side of the four way intersection she had parked the cruiser on that included just two. The first was a lioness in a grey work dress with a briefcase at her side and who looked stressed and nervous as she waited to cross the street. But as Judy continued to watch her she couldn't believe that she was doing anything wrong, aside from being late for some kind of business meeting.
The next mammal on Judy's list was far more suspicious than the first. He was a beaver donning nothing more than a stained white tank top and a pair of denim shorts standing just outside of a bakery. His paws were in his pockets and his head was systematically scanning the sidewalk for any mammals approaching him. Judy watched him for several minutes, her brain trying to decipher what he was trying to accomplish. He certainly looked like a criminal, but looks were always deceiving. She couldn't spot any large bulges in his pants pockets aside from the ones created by his paws, which meant that he probably wasn't armed with a weapon, but Judy wasn't going to take any chances. The very least she'd do was go up and ask him what he was waiting for.
Judy's paw moved off the steering wheel and onto her door handle, but before she could open it a furry, orange object obscured the beaver from view and caught her attention. It was a fox's tail, but not just any fox. Judy could swear she was looking at Nick, only much, much older.
The fox was wearing a pair of grey khakis and a massive jacket made of artificial fur which Judy was surprised he could stand in the late August sun. His eyes were just as piercing as Nick's and his muzzle was almost completely grey with age. He was walking down the street, coming towards Judy from across the intersection, his hands motioning around him as he talked to a white wolf wearing a black turtleneck walking beside him. As he threw one of his paws up into the air in some kind of outraged motion a bright reflection caught Judy's attention, and she leaned forward in her seat to see what it was.
Before she could spot the reflective object the sound of a car door being opened entered her straightened ears, and she quickly turned away from the fox and towards the passenger seat.
"You would not believe how many mammals there were in there," Officer Wolfenstein commented as he stepped into the car, one of his paws carrying a tray with two StarBucks coffee cups on it. Judy didn't pay much attention to the wolf's comment and turned back to the street, but much to her disappointment the fox and his counterpart were nowhere to be seen, most likely swept away by a herd of elk that had just crossed the street.
She stifled a sigh and fell back into her seat, letting her arms fall from the steering wheel and rest on her arm rests.
"Here," Officer Wolfenstein said as he shut his car door shut and put on his seat belt with a single paw, his other holding out the tray towards Judy. Judy sent the black wolf a smile as she took one of the cups off the tray.
"Thanks Officer Wolfenstein," She thanked after she took a careful sip of the boiling drink. "I'll pay you back after work."
"Don't bother," Officer Wolfenstein said with a downward wave of his paw as his sunglassed gaze swept over the opposite side of the street. "After what the chief put you through this morning, you need something to fire up your engine. Spot any suspicious mammals?"
Judy nodded and sat up in her chair, her paws once again returning to the steering wheel.
"There's a shady looking beaver on my side," She commented without turning away from her suspect. "And a minute ago there was a fox and a wolf together, but I don't think they were up to anything bad."
"A fox?" Officer Wolfenstein curiously asked with a twinge of interest, turning towards Judy. "What'd he look like?"
"Almost like Officer Wilde, only much older," Judy answered as she watched the beaver pull a cigarette from his pocket and light it. "He was wearing a fur coat and the wolf next to him was wearing a black turtleneck. Just keep an eye out for the both of them."
"Will do," Officer Wolfenstein said, turning back to monitor his side of the sidewalk. Judy returned to scanning the sidewalk as well, keeping a careful eye on the beaver, but an annoying sound prevented her from focusing in on any other potential criminals.
Officer Wolfenstein was anxiously tapping his foot against the floor of the cruiser, a sound which, while small, was just loud enough for her sensitive hearing to pick up and just high-pitched enough to distract her from the job at hand. There was something strange about his tapping, as if he was nervous sitting with her alone in the car. Judy turned towards him with a reassuring smile as she picked up her coffee cup and took a small sip from it.
"Something on your mind, officer?" Judy asked, and Officer Wolfenstein's ears perked up at her question. He let loose a huge sigh before he answered, and Judy took another drink from her cup as he turned toward her with a troubled expression.
"I wanted to thank you," Officer Wolfenstein said, and Judy frowned and tilted her head at his gratitude as her coffee cup came down to rest in her lap.
"For what?" She asked, and Officer Wolfenstein shrugged.
"I don't know," He answered, giving a forced huff of nervous laughter as he turned to look back down the busy street. "Everything, I guess. Before I joined the force I was working twelve hours a day down at the docks, just moving shipments back and forth. When the Night Howler Incident happened I lost my job and didn't really do anything for a few years. That's when I heard about how much you and Officer Wilde were helping the city, so I studied my tail off and got into the academy. You see, I also have a partner who's not my species, and she thought it'd be great if I joined the force so I could work alongside you two."
"That's great!" Judy exclaimed, reaching forward to put her cup in the cup holder between her and Officer Wolfenstein. She didn't know that other, or at least an other, inter-species couple existed. "We can always use more officers in the ZPD. May I ask what species your girlfriend is?"
"She's an Oribi," Wolfenstein answered, a comforted smile coming onto his face. "She works as one of the mayor's aides up at city hall. We met at a mutual friend's wedding back in 2010 and we've been together ever since."
"That's so sweet!" Judy warbled, clutching her hands together as she raised them onto the seat belt strapped across her chest and let her ears fall behind her head. Officer Wolfenstein awkwardly chuckled at her compliment.
"Thanks," He warmly said, turning to look at her. "It's comforting to know that we're not the only inter-species couple the city's ever seen. Speaking of which, how's Officer Wilde's recovery going?"
Judy's heart skipped a beat and her eyes widened to the size of an elephant's ears as she continued to stare up at Officer Wolfenstein's sunglasses. How the hell did he know about her partner? Did he sneak in and find him? Smell a trace of his scent on her uniform?
"How do you know about Nick?" She asked, her voice as cold as an arctic gale and the smile on her face blown away. Officer Wolfenstein's expression became surprised and quizzical as he observed the hostile expression she now bore.
"I was there, at Arctic One, when we found him," Officer Wolfenstein answered with a slight tilt of his head. "Don't you remember?"
A memory began to play itself in the forefront of Judy's thoughts, and as she watched it she shook her aggressiveness off and sent Officer Wolfenstein an apologetic gaze. She did remember him, but more importantly she remembered what he gave to her.
"You returned the carrot pen I gave to Nick," She genteelly recounted, her ears hanging limply behind her head. "I'm very sorry. I owe you a great debt."
"Don't worry about it," Officer Wolfenstein said, brushing off her rude behaviour with a shrug as he turned back to monitor his side of the street. "I'm sure if my partner was where yours was right now I'd be short tempered as well."
"Thanks for your understanding," Judy politely responded as she turned back to her side of the street, her paw reaching down and grabbing her coffee cup.
"And to answer your question," She continued as she slowly rolled her cup in circles in her paw. "Officer Wilde's doing great. He spoke to me today."
"Spoke?" Officer Wolfenstein repeated in surprise, his eyes widening underneath his sunglasses. "What did he say?"
"Not much," Judy answered, taking a small drink from her cup and letting the now lukewarm water sit in her mouth for a moment before swallowing it. "A few juvenile remarks, just like his old self, not to mention one or two 'Love You's."
"That's great news!" Officer Wolfenstein joyfully exclaimed as he picked up his own coffee cup and downed a large portion of it. "If I may ask, what's your plan when he's fully recovered?"
Judy stopped the coffee cup approaching her lips as she began to think about how to answer Officer Wolfenstein's question. She hadn't really thought about what would happen once Nick was better. I mean, she had had some ideas, but it wasn't like she had a master plan all set out.
According to Chief Bogo, even Mayor Lionheart and the city council were having a difficult time on deciding what to do with her partner. One day after all the other officers had gone home the chief had called her up to his office to give her a brief summary on what was going at city hall. In short, he had heard nothing but hushed whispers and rumors coming from the legislative heaven. The only thing the mammals under Lionheart seemed they could decide on was that Officer Nicholas P. Wilde was dead, and that to protect their employer's reputation and the city he had spent so long serving there would need to be some kind of cover-up. That worried Judy. A cover-up could range from anywhere from an identity change to relocation - both of which didn't sit well with her.
So, put it all in perspective, Judy had no idea what would become of her and her love interest once he was back to normal. The only thing she was sure about was that once they were back together, they'd be back together, and that's what mattered most.
"We'll be together again," Judy answered, turning towards Officer Wolfenstein with a smile full of the purest form of emotion she could show. The black wolf just smiled, not feeling the need to say any words, and Judy turned back to stare at the sidewalk, an overwhelming feeling of glee taking control of her thoughts.
The first thing she and Nick were going to do when he was better was sit on his couch and watch a movie, since they had only ever done that at her house with her ridiculously small TV set. It annoyed her that Nick never invited her over to his warehouse when his TV was much, much larger than hers. After the movie, they'd both have a bite to eat. Nothing special, maybe just some carryout from a local restaurant. But then came the night's climax - literally.
Or should I call it dessert? Judy thought, closing her eyes and shuddering at the romantic, and not all physical, moments playing out in her head. She couldn't wait for that day to come around...
"Officer Hopps," Officer Wolfenstein said, his voice filled with a twinge of amusement as he interrupted her daydreaming. "It looks like your beaver's up to something."
Judy sat up straight in her chair and gripped the steering wheel with both paws as her eyes swept over her side of the sidewalk. In the time she had spent thinking about things she probably shouldn't have been thinking about while she was on duty, the beaver had pulled a black, sock-like mask over his head and was opening up the door to the bakery he was standing outside of.
Judy turned the keys to the cruiser and ignited the engine, her body suddenly filled with determination and an urge to arrest the beaver. She'd have to wait until after work and after her extra paperwork was filled out to think about her partner again.
"Have you done this before, Officer Wolfenstein?" She rhetorically asked, turning towards the black wolf with a raised eyebrow. The wolf stared down at her, a smile coming onto his face.
"I've been on the force for two years, Officer Hopps," He responded, his eyes lighting up. "I've only caught half as many criminals as you, but at least I can press charges on them."
Judy growled at the wolf and pulled out into traffic, unamused by his reference to how she was forced to let Duke Weaselton go about a week prior since no charges could be filed against him for sitting on a public bench, even after she had linked him to the mammal with the metal claws still running amok somewhere in the city.
"Let's just make the city a better place," She grumbled above the roar of the cruiser's engine, her voice lacking kindness, and she heard a faint chuckle come out of Officer Wolfenstein.
The rabbit wasn't going to be the death of him, because the rabbit was already killing him.
Nick pulled his lips back in a snarl as he continued to pace around the perimeter of his prison. Every day that prey came to him, mocked him, loathed him, and as of today changed him. No longer could he hear her taunts and no longer could he growl or bark. He hated it.
It hates rabbit. He violently thought, and if he had the ability he would've growled. It hates her. She changes it. She ends it.
That's when something else inside him spoke. His mouth and muzzle were moving for no longer than a few moments, but that was long enough to still drive him into a fit of rage. He didn't know what the thing inside him was saying, but it didn't matter. It wasn't him.
It must survive. Nick thought, rage building up inside of him. It cannot survive with rabbit. Rabbit must not survive!
But there was no way he could execute his desire. He was still trapped behind the thick, reflective surface in front of him and was sealed in by the stone floors and walls surrounding him. The rabbit would come again and again, and there was nothing he could do about it.
There is. Nick countered in his head. But It will not survive.
It was too late for him to survive anyways, and when he died so would the thing slowly taking control of his body. With a cold and hating demeanor he stopped pacing around the edge of his cell and stared at the chair where the rabbit always sat.
It will die. Nick grimly thought, his eyes burning like the sun as something inside him clicked and a painful feeling erupted in his heart. It does not matter. It will not survive in this life. In the next... Yes.
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This chapter was last edited October 23, 2016