Disclaimer: I do not own Zootopia or its characters, however, the OC's and this story is mine
Chapter 2: He's coming
The two partners pulled up at the National Zootopia Hospital (NZH for short) and requested at the reception desk to see one of the victims of the so called 'nightmare' "One of our patients is in ward 10 floor 6 room 26, but be careful you two, he has been lately on edge, if you need any assistance if he does, just call for help, there will surely be a doctor near by" the receptionist explained to Judy and Nick. "Ok, thank you for your help" exclaimed Judy in a nice tone. "Is this really that bad? I'm starting to think there is more to this guy than we think, Judy" Nick said with a worried look fixed on his face, meanwhile, thoughts, questions and conspiracies rushed through her head at immense speed.
'Who was he? Just another crazy guy attacking people, or was there a reason to his rampage'
The questions messed with her head, giving her a small headache. Holding her paw on her head, she finally realised Nick was talking to her. " Hey, Carrots? Judy? Anyone awake inside that bunny brain?" he said this whilst tapping his paw on top of her head. This made her giggle a bit and blush slightly, Nick notice this and gave her a little smirk before speaking. " About time someone woke up in that head of yours, and i thought I was the lazy one" he chuckled slightly "OW!" he shouted as Judy punched his arm with force " Oh shush, I thought u foxes were strong" she said giving a little seductive look at him whilst grabbing his tie, it was her turn to play the flirting game. "um...Carrots...can you...stop tightening my tie!" she soon realised that he was choking of how hard she pulled the tie. " Nick, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to!", "Don't worry about it, Carrots, but next time, try not to kill me" he chuckled whilst continuing walking down the white halls flooded with Doctors, surgeons, nurses and patients.
Eventually they arrived at the room that one of the patients was in, they quietly opened the door trying not to bring a fright to the mammal. The mammal was Panther, and looked seriously beat up with all bandages over his body, this shocked Judy, she has never seen someone so beat up in her life, the thought of the culprit haunted her mind.
"Hello sir, we need to talk to you about something important, I hope you don't mind" spoke Judy in a calm voice. The Panther looked at her with a smile, "No No, it's ok, come, sit" he exclaimed pointing to the wooden chairs by him. Judy smiled lightly and walked in, dragging Nick in who's eyes were focused on his phone. " Thank you mister?" "Thomas, Craig Thomas" the Panther told judy, "ok, thank you, the reason why we are here is to discuss with you your encounter with this criminal, please try to remain calm whilst we question you, if you feel uncomfortable, please let me know, ok?" Judy spoke calmly. "o...ok, please go slow officer" Craig spoke with a frightened tone to his voice, "ok, Craig, my partner Nick will ask you a few questions then I will do some, ok? Let's get started" Judy said. "Nick, get your eyes of the goddamn phone for one sec, i swear you like than phone more than I like you" Judy finally realised what she said, she would slipping up, she needed to cover it up some how. The Fox's eyes shot up like a bullet and stared at judy with shocked eyes, he was surely on to her now, "As a friend! ok!? I swear I didn't mean it that way!" she shrieked blushing furiously, he let out a soft chuckle and put his phone away, pulled out a clipboard full of questions then without warning, his face turned from fun and laughable to a serious face.
"Ok Mr Thomas, let's get straight to business, let me know if there's anything u need, I'm all ears, but for now, please give us the things you about him in these questions, sound good?" Judy was so surprised how well Nick was handling this, 'it's cute when he gets serious and works hard' she thought.
" Question 1: Can you give us Mammal features of the culprit" " He was...he was a Fox...a black one, with silver tip of hair, that was just his face because he was wearing a Hoodie and what looked like body armour holding two large swords...but...he never used them, he has Blue eyes, but when he attacked...they turned red, blaze red, like fury" Craig spoke trying to hide his fear of the memories. Nick immediately started writing every detail the mammal gave him on facial features and to some extent clothing. "so far so good Mr Thomas, question 2: Do you know any reason he attacked you, or did he say anything to you?" Nick said with a serious look, he really wanted to get this case done, Judy could tell, this is the best she has seen him work since his Con man job. With a unsteady tone and slightly deeper breathing, Craig brought himself to the question… "No, i do not know why he did it...he...he attacked...f-from nowhere whilst I was going to work, after he had done with me, he said 'remember me for I am your nightmare, for Smith, co-ordinate 234-175-634… 20th August' before he disappeared without a trace" the Panther was on the verge of tears, Nick and Judy could tell this was too much already. " Ok Mr Thomas, that will be all for now, we will be back later if we need any more information, get well soon...i hate hospital myself, don't worry about it" Nick finished of with smile and a handshake to the Panther
"You handled that better than I thought you would slick Nick" Judy said with surprised tone to her voice, he placed a paw over his heart and gave a shocked look "you doubted me Carrots, how could you fluff" he said before giving of a chuckle and a sly smirk, 'god i love that rabbit' Nick thought as they exited the Hospital and into the Police SUV.
Few hours later
The Fox climbed into his house at night which happened to be a attic of a abandoned house, wasn't too abandoned, and it had a great look over Zootopia. The Fox lied down on his mattress already tired from today's work, he picked a small picture frame which he rubbed his thumb on it "I'll make you proud mama and papa" he said before throwing a knife at a picture of a yak, he layed back down more calm now, falling asleep in the quiet, Dark attic.
The next morning, Judy woke up to what looked like the sofa of her apartment, she slumped up only to find a red furred creature right by her, holding her, she started to freak out for a moment until she realised that it was movie night last night "ooooooohhh" she said to herself whilst getting up to get ready for work, she thought it would be fair to give Nick a few more minutes due to his laziness and plus he looked cute and handsome when he slept, she blushed furiously and a warm vibrant feeling went down her body, she shook it off before getting Nick up. "Come on, sleepy head, time for work" she said shaking him "i was enjoying that dream as well" he spoke in a grumpy manor, he got up, went in her bathroom to give himself some privacy to change. After he had got changed, he came out with glistening and smooth fur. Judy was absolutely shocked yet falling more in love with the Fox " Did you...is that what I think it is?" she asked, still shocked, "yes, it is, i did it just keep your smile, i love that smile of yours" he stated, this made Judy feel warm inside and blushed, she hoped Nick didn't see, in which he didn't.
"So Carrots, enjoy our night? I sure did" he said with a happy look on his face whilst driving to the ZPD
"I thought it was kinda...you know...romantic, but mostly enjoyable, yes, by far" Nick looked at her for a couple of seconds and then turned away trying to hide his blush with few coughs and looking out the window, but it was no use, Judy seen and she said "Aww is little foxy blushing" She said with seductive look and tone of voice. "huh...what!...no!" he said very childish. "Ok, Nick, whatever" she said sarcastically "you better have that information sheet for chief Bogo, otherwise he won't be happy, and a unhappy Bogo is a unhappy ZPD" she added. Nick swiftly pulled up a piece of paper whilst saying "check"
Nick and Judy arrived at the ZPD and met there admirer, Clawhauser, "were was you guys yesterday, you didn't check out, are you 2 ok?" he said kinda worried. "Don't worry about it Clawhauser, we were just really tired after yesterday's work, so I just stayed in just stayed in Judy's apartme-" he was cut of by Clawhauser childish squeals of joy. " i knew it, you to are in love!" he squealed even more, "What! No! Were just friends!" Judy pushed in. "Ok whatever you say Judy" Clawhauser finished off. After the little argument that went on, they made their way to way to bogo's office to give him the information of what they know of the 'Nightmare'. They proudly walked into Bogo's office to give him the information, Nick opened the door to his office and walked in placing the clipboard on the desk, "that's all we could get from him" Nick stated, Bogo put on his glasses and slowly read through the info. "Silver fox? there has never been a silver fox in zoo ever, and eye colour change, he must be a hybrid of two different species." bogo spoke, Judy stepped in "but we can find out who he is if you look at 'for Smith' who is Smith?" Judy asked Bogo, all Bogo could do is go on his computer and search it up, Judy hopped on his desk to see what he was searching up 'Smiths in zootopia' after pressing enter, a whole list of Smiths came up, but one specific one caught his eye, it read 'Mrs and Mr Smith murdered cold blooded in a small cottage out in the forest district, a female wolf and a Russian domesticated red fox, interspecies relationship and had a child who was an unidentifiable creature but was silver furred, the child was put into a orphanage school and was bullied until he was 15 when he ran away without a trace' the page read, bogo finally spoke "So his surname is Smith, at least we are getting somewhere" he said with a smile, "let's see what these coordinates are shall we?" he added. Nick sat there, daydreaming Judy thought, what she didn't know is that inside Nick's head, there was fear, distraught and sad, this nightmare was getting to him, he finally stood up when he heard Bogo's voice to get out his office, "and another thing just, tell them to step security, maybe this guy won't come if he sees so many guards" "will do sir" Judy replied, Nick just walked out drooped "are you OK Nick, you don't look well" she said holding his shoulder " i'm fine Carrots, don't worry about me" he said pulling a fake smile, "Hey Judy, would u like to, you know, go have dinner with me tonight? Just thought i thought I would ask" he said with a embarrassed look on his face, she quickly replied "Yes! I would love to, but isn't this kinda a date?" she stated, "No no no no, as friends, ok?" Nick quickly rushed in trying make things not awkward, "I'll pick you up at 7" Nick added on before they went and told the festival managers to step up their security and look for a silver fox, they were puzzled at first but Judy explained to them and they understood. No matter what it took,they will find this 'Nightmare' and bring him down for justice.
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Looks like Nick and Judy are getting closer mow, find out in the next chapter what happens to the Nightmare and Nick and Judys feelings for each other
