Judy looked into his wide eyes as he pinned her tiny form in the corner of the elevator. His arms and legs blocked any exit she may have otherwise had. "Listen to me judy, and dont forget this," Nick said gasping " I dont ever want to hurt you" He pulled out the standard issue muzzle and handed it to her. "I trust you to put this on me," he took in a deep breath "whatever is going on i won't be of any help to you." He winced then he grabbed the bars on the elevator tighter. "Judy, Do it. Now!" He said sternly through gritted teeth. suddenly his eyes changed and Judy quickly put the muzzle on him and found an escape as he lashed out with his claws. Judy cuffed him to the bar of the elevator and went to the oposite corner of the spacious compartment. she watched from her corner as he lunged and clawed at her, being so close but not quite reaching her. he growled and barked at her through the muzzle as she brought her knees up under her chin. she was curled up in her corner staring in horror as the fox she loved became more savage as the moments passed.

"Oh Nick, what do i do now?" she asked going over the events in her mind. he had pinned her in the corner for safety which had initially worked. they fell 10 floors then stopped abruptly. then Nick flinched like something hit him in the neck. that was it! judy temporarily forgot her situation and took a hop forward. "Nick! I figured out whats wrong with you!" his left claws went across her right cheek. Judy instictively covered her wound.

It was as if time had stopped when Nick realized what he had done. he whimpered and curled into his corner of the elevator. His eyes went wide when judy took her paw down and he saw the splash of red on her dark silver fur. he inched forward slowly and got as close as possible and gently nuzzled her paw. the neander-fox's apology caused her heart to melt. she uncuffed him and put the handcuffs away then sat down by him indian style. he curled his body around hers and put his head in her lap. the tip of his tail could touch his nose and make a full circle of red fur around judy's small grey form. she went to take off the muzzle but Nick shook her hand away. she tried again with the same result.

"Nick you don't need a muzzle, you wont hurt me." she tried again but he still shook her paws away. he put his head back down and closed his eyes. after a while Judy wondered if he was sleeping, then she heard a low rumble and saw Nicks ears twitch. He was hungry. Nick opened one of his beautiful emerald eyes. she realized how fast the time had passed when she heard her own stomach growl. then she remembered she had snacks in her purse. she always packed something because nick got hungry quicker than she did. she looked around the spacious compartment and spied it in the middle of the floor. she pet his head and looked down at him.

"Nick, Nick i have take your muzzle off, you need to eat." she tried the muzzle again and he shook her paw off and growled at her. "I have food in my purse." she said trying again. he moved from his spot and padded over to where her purse lay and he pulled it back to her lap with him returning to the circle he had been in before. Judy sat there for a moment no sure what to do, when she felt something vibrate. it was her phone. she pulled it out of it's place in her purse and saw she had one text that came in 3 hours ago. she opened it and read

?: The cameras stopped transmiting, i saw how he looked at you. He will break through those cuffs soon and then what are you going to do? he'll get the muzzle off to then rip through your throat. then he will take you as an offering to his mate. wont that be nice?

she closed out of the conversation and tried to call Chief Bogo, to no avail. then she looked down at Nick.

"How about some music?" she asked knowing he wouldnt respond. she turned on her most recent playlist. the first song that came on was one by John Leogend, a leopard from the rainforest district.

What would i do without your smart mouth? drawing me in and you kicking me out

Nick had stopped looking like himself. he looked weak and tired. Judy pulled a oreo type pack of cookies that were blueberry. She tried the muzzle one more time and Nick didn't have the energy to struggle so she got the muzzle off and then opened the package of cookies. Judy held one cookie to his nose and smiled as Nick gently nibbled at the small circle. he sniffed at the package and slowly ate all of them. Nick sniffed the wrapper and Judy pulled a pack of carrot cake cookies out of her purse. Nick's excitement grew as he ate the cookies. after he finished half the package he licked his lips and looked at judy. she took out a bottle of juice from her purse and used the empty cookie package as a bowl. after shaking out the cookie crumbs she poured some juice into the makeshift dish and set it on the floor. Nick drank from it generously and then looked up at Judy and nudged it forward. "No thanks," she said. "i'm fine." Nick nudged the muzzle that lay on the floor. "You wont hurt me Nick" Judy said and she got up to streatch. Nick followed her like a puppy without a home. Then she heard a noise. she picked up the rest of the cookies and put them in her purse and did the same with the bottle of juice and her phone that was still playing music. she picked up her purse and turned to see that Nick, even on all four was taller than her. that wasn't right. the night they took down bellweather he was only half her height when he pretended to turn savage. the noise got louder and she saw Nick shake his head. it sounded like a whistle. Judy went over to him slowly and tried to cover his ears but he beared his teeth at her and growled. she shrank back for just a moment.

"Nick, Nick you have to fight it!" she kept hearing the whistle "Nick" she covered his ears for half a second but was thrown off and hit a wall. her phone fell out of her purse making the music louder again. Nick slowed down and that gave judy and idea. she quickly turned up the music and watched nick settle down and to her relief curl his body back around her. his head in her lap, he took his paws and covered his eyes whimpering.

"I know Nick, I know." Judy stroked his back gently. they sat there like that for a while and thats when she found the small divice. she carefully removed it and saw nick turn back into himself.

"Hey carrots," Nick said "what happened?" he rubbed his head and looked up at her.

"it's complicated" Judy said just glad to have him back. she tried to put the divice in her purse but she dropped it and it landed on her wrist attaching itself to her fur. her eyes grew wide and she looked at nick worriedly.

"Whats wrong Judy?" Nick asked

"Nick don't be mad at me," she said trying to get the divice off.

"Judy, what are you talking about?" Nick asked. he stood slightly and Judy backed away. it hadnt taken her as long to go savage, as she was smaller than Nick. she huddled herself in a corner. he stepped toward her "Judy?" and she bolted to another corner. he heard a buzzing and realized it was Judy's phone. he picked it up and saw that it was Cheif Bogo.

"Officer Wilde reporting for Officer Hopps sir."

"Wilde! whats going on?" the chief bellowed through the phone "we recieved a call that you had gone savage and you had mauled Hopps in a broken down elevator!"
"We are both alive, i have some memory loss and Hopps is acting strange." Nick looked at Judy.

"Wilde! ~~~~~~~~~ Can you hear~~~~~~~ stay th~~~~i re~~~~ there ~~~~~ be~~~~~~~morni~~~~~" the line went dead and Nick saw the no service messege on the screan and the phone went back to playing music.

Nick looked at Judy and took in her stance. Judy hopps was cowering in fear from him, Nicolas P Wilde, the fox who loved her to the ends of the earth, the fox who wanted nothing more than to hold her and tell her that everything would be alright. she stared at him with those wide amathyst eyes. he looked at the side of her face and saw that there was blood. he reached out toward her and she ran to another corner. then he noticed the blood on his paw. it wasnt deep but still he had hurt her. he sank to the floor and sat there in shock. that meant he went savage. he did some figuring. he had gone to get her for lunch at 11 and it was... he looked at the clock on her phone... 8 pm. they had obviously not made it to lunch. so then why wasnt there more than a scratch on her face? he heard something crinkle next to him. it was the wrapper from the blueberry cookies and next to it was Judy's purse. from the corner of his eye he saw a patch of her grey fur. he looked up at her and she turned tail and ran back to her corner. then he realized what had happened. She fed him but the dumb bunny didnt eat anything herself. he looked in her purse and found the half pack of carrot cake cookies. he pulled them out and set them down next to him as he saw Judy slowly inch closer to him. he sat indian style with his tail coiled around him forming a little nest. he quickly grabbed Judy by her ribs before she had a chance to run away again. he could have sworn she had gotten smaller. he took a cookie from the pack and held it in his knifelike claws. her nose wriggled and she looked at his long sharp nails and trembled.

"Lets test a theory Fluff," he held the cookie close to her nose. "I must have still been me lets see if you are still you."

Judy sat perfectly still except for her twitchy nose, then she slowly took the cookie into her mouth. Nick wondered if he should let go then he felt her tug on the cookie. he smirked at this. Judy loved to play tug of war.

"Okay we can play but only after you eat" Nick said letting go of the cookie. Judy nibbled it happily then sniffed his paw. he grabbed a few more cookies and held them in front of her. they repeted this untill all the cookies were gone. she sniffed his paw and shrank back when she got to his claws. he realized that that was the paw that had scratched her. she curled herself up into his chest.

"Oh Judy, I'm so sorry, I swore i'd never hurt you, but look what i've done!" nick said, then he began to cry. the tears fell and one landed on the divice that had latched itself onto Judy. the divice short circuted and Judy slowly returned to normal. Nick didnt notice at first and Judy blinked her eyes and looked up at him.

"You foxes are so emotional." she said after a moment or two.

"JUDY!" Nick shouted with glee

"OW!" she said "i have sensitive ears you know"

"sorry, I'm just glad you are you again" He replied

"Likewise, how did you remove the divice?" she asked

"Divice?" he looked at her quizically.

Judy looked down at her paw and saw that the device was still on her wrist. she tried to get it off but it just wouldnt budge.

"Do you trust me?" nick asked in a small voice.

Judy stopped fiddling with the device and looked up at the fox. Nicks eyes were sad and pleading. she was so close to him. why was he asking her that question? Slowly he brought his paw up to her cheek. she flinched slightly when he touched the scratch but then she moved into his touch.

"Yes" she said confidently

Nick took her paw in his and pressed his nose to the divice. he opened his mouth and bit just underneath the device. he hadnt gotten any skin, but he took some of her fur off with the divice. she flipped her paw over and He dropped the device. Judy tossed it aside and leaned into his chest.

"What time is it?" Judy asked

Nick looked at the clock on Judy's phone. "almost midnight, we should get some sleep."

"Yeah..." Judy said "Nick?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm dont want to close my eyes" Judy confessed.

"Why?" Nick asked

"i'm afraid you wont be here when i wake up."

"Come on Carrots, where would i go? we are stuck in a broken down elevator" he felt her move into his embrace even more. "Listen, even if i could i wouldnt, Judy, and i'm so sorry i hurt you." he pulled away and looked into her eyes

"You were scared, it's ok, this" she gestured to her cheek "this was my fault, i shouldnt have made a sudden movement towards you when you were in that state. you went savage and i thought i lost you. i was so scared. but you knew what was coming and you prepared me for what was going to happen. you were still you, Nick. and i love you for you, because i know you are safe. and you don't have to love me the same way but i love you with all my heart and ~~"

Nick put his lips on hers. he kissed her with a gentle passion. one that said 'i have wanted to kiss you for so long and i want this so bad, but i dont want to over step my bounds.'

"Judy, I do love you, with all my heart and soul," nick said

"Really?" Judy asked still lingering in the after glow of the kiss

"Yes Really, you dumb bunny" Nick said with a smirk. he pushed her purse away and layed down, taking her with him "we need to get some sleep,"

"M'Kay," Judy said laying in the curve Nick had made with his body."promise, you will be here when i wake up?"

"I promise." He replied folding his arms around her, his tail instinctively wraping itself around Judy like a blanket.

Judy lay there wondering why it couldnt always be this way.

"I will be there every time you wake up," nick said as if hearing her quiet thought.

"Every time is a long time, are you sure you can handle being with a dumb bunny that long?" she asked

"Yes" he replied "Do you think you could live with a sly fox that long?" he pulled her closer to him
"Only if it's you." she said. Nick kissed her forhead and they fell asleep after a few minutes.