Morning rolled around and Nick woke up first. he woke up to the sound of Judy's phone buzzing, and he looked at it. It was Ben Clawhauser, the ZPD's desk clerk.

"Ben? how much longer are we going to me stuck in this metal box?"

"NICK! WE ARE TRYING TO OPEN THE DOORS! WHAT IS YOUR CONDITION?" Ben yelled into the phone. Nick held the phone away from his ear, and realized that ben was right outside the elevator. "NICK? NICK!" The over emotional feline screamed.

Nick rolled his eyes and hung up the phone. he held Judy just a little bit tighter.

"good morning" Judy said sleepily

"Good morning, carrots" Nick said into her neck.

suddenly there was a ray of light and then a gasious substance filled the cabin. he breathed in and realized it was sleeping gas.

"Nick whats going on?" judy asked coughing heavily

"it's sleeping gas. judy, they think we went savage." he replied. "hold on tight, they may try to seperate us." he pulled judy a bit closer.

"I have an idea." Judy said and she tore her shirt a little then wrigled herself under nicks uniform shirt. "Now they wont be able to seperate us" she said faintly but triumphantly as she faded into the drug induced sleep.

"I sure hope you're right about this cottontail." nick said fading into sleep. he barely saw the doors open and the medics file in like soldiers.

"Both subjects are down, i repete both sbujects are down!" a leopard said, and he and a panther looked at the pair. the panther smiled. She hadn't seen two animals so deperate to be together since her parents passed away in eachothers arms. she then noticed blood on the rabbits cheek.

"Jason get them on the streatcher, don't bother to seperate them just get them in the ambulance!" she said

"Yes Dr. White!" the leopard said. then he whistled and 2 more emts brought in a streatcher. Jason picked up the fox and rabbit and put them on the streatcher gently then he motioned for the streatcher to be taken to the ambulance.

"what's their status?" chief bogo asked as his two best officers were carried out.

"They're both alive." Dr. white said rushing out after the EMTs.

"that's it?" bogo said rushing after her. "What happened in that elevator?" he asked putting his hoof on her shoulder and spinning her around to face him

" , i cannot help them if i cannot examine them, and i can't do that if you insist upon me doing your job as well as my own!" she took his hoof off her shoulder "Go collect your evidence and i will try to give you an update as soon as i can" and with that she rushed out and got into the ambulence.

"Cheif, we collected all the evidence and we found a video recording in the servailence camera of the elevator." Officer Del Gato said handing over the tape.

Bogo took the tape and grunted. "i'll go to the hospital you go get the evidence to the labs."

Cheif bogo watched his officers get into their squad cars and head toward the station. he started his car and drove toward Sahara Medical. he went into a conference room accross from the nurses station in recovery that way he could be updated as soon as possible. he noticed a vcr attached to a big screen tv in the corner. he turned it on and put in the tape then pulled out a note pad and pen. he fast forwarded until he watched his officers enter the elevator.

~~~24 hours earlier~~~

"So where do you want to go for lunch?" Nick asked as they got into the elevator.

"I don't know, How about that new garden bar and grill on elk avenue?" Judy suggested putting her phone in her purse. "I hear they have the best grilled carrots this side of zootopia."

"well, alright but if we don't like it i get to hustle a free meal from em" nick said jokingly

Judy heard a noise and her ears perked up. "Nick..." she said cautiously.

"Oh comeon Jude, just a little one" he said pushing the ground floor button

"No! Nick the elevator cables are gonna snap!"

"Quick get in the corner!" he said shoving her to the nearest one availible "what ever you do, dont move from there!" he said and he stood over her gripping the bars on the elevator. the elevator jerked and Nick braced for impact. they fell 10 floors before they stopped and the emergency lights came on.

"Are you ok Judy?" he asked getting his bearings

"Yeah i'm okay, are you?" she asked looking up at him, she had wrapped her arms around his abdomen durring the fall.

"i'm oka-" he flinched as something hit his neck.

"Nick?" judy said "Nick? what is it? are you hurt?" Judy gasped as Nick beared his teeth to her

"Judy, i need you to listen to me..."

As the stern police cheif watched his officers on the screen he felt an involuntary tear roll down his cheek. he heard a knock at the door.

"Mr. Bogo, Are you alright?" , the black panther from earlier asked.

"Yes, Fine" he said, quickly wiping the tear away. "How are they?"

"Well, it's hard to know what wounds came from the elevator crash and which came from the reported savage activity." She began "Officer Hopps has a scratch on her right cheek and a dislocated shoulder, and Officer Wilde has a broken wrist and an injury on his neck which looks to have come from some sort of collar or-"

"A muzzle," Bogo finished. he pointed to the screen and pressed play.

"I trust you to put this on me" said the fox on the screen.

the Doctor and Police chief watched as Judy made swift work of putting the muzzle on nick then getting on the other end of the elevator after cuffing him to the bars.

"He wouldnt even let anyone do that during training..." Bogo said in a soft voice.

"Really?" Doctor white said thoughtfully

"They each had poor experiences when they were young. his was with a muzzle." bogo said still watching his officers on the screen.

"And what about hers?" Dr. White probed. Now she was curious.

"Hers was with a fox." bogo said not looking away from the screen.

"thats very interesting..." Dr White said. "When we found them she was inside his shirt"

"Why?" Bogo asked with a confused look, finally turning away from the screen.

"it's an old hospital trick to ensure that mates stayed together when transfered to a hospital" Dr. white explained "The female tore her blouse and then for decency hid in her mates shirt. it let the doctors know that they were lifemates, and durring their hospital stay, they would share the same hospital room or bed, depending on how much space was availible."

"She comes from a family of over 200, her mother probably taught her that." The police chief said turning his attention back to the screen. he watched as nick struck Judy causing her to bleed. Dr white gasped in horror at the sight. then she watched the fox cower and as he did that she caught a glimps of the device.

"Pause that." the doctor said. and she squinted at the screen."Damn, i left my glasses in my office, can you see that?" Bogo put his glasses on and got close to the screen "It looks like some sort of divice" continued. "It wasn't on him when i examined him"

"I'll have my officers check evidence, that could be what caused all of this." Bogo said.

"I'll go check on then and give you an update in a bit" Dr. White said walking out of the room and over to the nurses station.

"Doctor," a small voice said .

"Yes Claira?" Dr white questioned looking up from her paper work at the otter before her.

"We have finished examining the two officers, but we are not sure how to proceed" Claira said in a meek voice

"I thought my instructions were clear, put them in recovery room 9" Dr white replied looking at their emergency contacts. "Are those their personal effects?" she asked the small nurse gesturing to the plastic bag on the desk.

" yes," Claira handed Dr. White the bag "wait you meant together?"

"Yes, they are life mates." she said finding a small box in the bag and putting it in her lab coat pocket. it had been just barely noticable on the screen but the fox definitly had something in his pocket, and as there was a saying about cats and curiosity.

"Stop!" she said as she saw the two patients wheeled toward the recovery room in seperate beds. Recovery room 9 was small, and 2 beds would not fit in that room. She gently moved the blanked down off nick and picked up Judy. she set Judy down on nick's chest and covered them with the blanket again. "you go back to the ER" she said to the nurse who now was wheeling an empty bed. the other nurse wheeled nick and judy into room 9. looked down at their charts to see if she could find someone to call, but they only had eachother listed as emergency contacts. she went back to the conference room to find Bogo now crying openly. it didnt take long to find out why. on the screen she saw Judy trying to calm Nick and get thrown off and hit the wall.

"Here Cheif." she said offering him a tissue, which he gladly accepted.

"Thank you" he said. He paused the tape and blew his nose loudly. "I'm sorry doctor, what can i do for you?"

"it's quite alright, i was wondering if you had any more information regarding your officers families, they only have eachother listed as emergency contacts." she said looking down at their charts.

"Wilde has no family, not since his mother passed away." Bogo began, "And hopps has requested we only contact her family for her funeral if she needs one."

"Very well." Dr white said and she turned to leave

"Are they alright?" the police chief asked causing her to stop in her tracks.

"I wont know for sure until i know what happened in that elevator. and they still havent woken up yet." she said honestly.

"This video probably has the answer to that" he paused

"keep me posted," they each said at the same time. and Dr. White walked out. she leaned against the nurses station and looked in at the odd couple in recovery room 9.

Nicks eyes flickered open and he felt a weight on his chest. He realized it was Judy and put his arms around her. he turned on his side and gently slid her next to him.

"You are one sly bunny" he whispered into her neck.

"I wish i had my pen." she said giggling at the feel of his words on her fur.

"How did you pull it off?" Nick asked still in awe that it worked.

"it's an old trick my mom taught me. rabbits use it during natural disasters." Judy elaborated "in the eyes of the doctor on staff it lables us as mates"

"really?" Nick said with a smirk.

"yeah, it is only supposed to be used by engaged or married couples though." Dr white said walking in "You could get in serious trouble for lying to your doctor"

"If i had my personal effects, i could fix this..."

"Catch" she tossed the box she had taken from the plastic bag. without another word she walked out.

Nick caught it with his good hand and held it out toward Judy

"What do you say Jude, are we ready to be booked for life?" He said opening the box. the ring had a large blue violet sapphire on it an then a small group of emeralds that formed a leaf.

Judy's eyes went wide as Nick slipped the ring on her finger. With as much energy as she could she hopped into nicks arms with a loud "YES"