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Chapter 3: The Escape
Crash motioned a doctor to his unit and smiled " Doctor, may i speak with you in private please? " the doctor nods and walks inside the unit, the jaguar suddenly closes the door and knocks the doctor out with a quick but firm chop to the neck, the doctor collapses and Crash takes the doctor's outfit and badge, he hides the unconscious creature under the blankets and breaks the lock on his way out " Unit 783.. " Crash starts walking down the hallway towards Nick's room until he was stopped by a pair of nurses " , I'm Here to see " The nurses nod and let him past as he closes the door, he approaches the sleeping fox's bed and takes off his lap coat revealing a blue filled ball and places it down next to the napkin filled with blueberries, Nick cracks his eye open a centimeter to see who was in his room to find that it was the victim they helped last night... but why would he be in possession of night howler poison... ' This guy isn't what we thought he was ' Nick said in his mind and closed his eyes, The jaguar takes the ball and slips it into his drink and shakes the fox awake " Rise and shine .. my name is , i was instructed to look after you until you got better " The jaguar states with a sickly sweet smile, something Nick in all of his years on the streets could tell was a dead give away of something not being right, he sits up and looks at his leg " Hey Doc. How long until this cast comes off? " Nick looks over to his water and noticed that it had turned blue and takes note
" You should be able to leave the hospital after today, you were lucky that it wasn't fully snapped, otherwise you would have been in here for a very long time. " Crash said and turned around filling a needle with sedative and placing it into his leg " Ow... " Nick cringed and gripped the bed and gritted his teeth " Damn... " The jaguar takes the needle out and unwraps the cast looking at the fox's injury, it was true that he could actually walk out today, though he wasn't gonna tell him that.
" You're doing very well .. have a drink if you need one, some people find water very relaxing. " He hands the fox the poison water and turns around, Nick quickly pours it into the plant beside him and squashes a blueberry lacing it in the second cup of water that Judy had left him, he drinks the blueberry water and sighs " You were right doc.. that does make it better. " the jaguar smiles and opens the door to leave, thinking that his work was complete and the effects of the advanced night howler poison will start soon " Just call if you need something ok ? " The fox put on his best smile and nods " Oh don't worry.. i will. " The jaguar puts on a fake smile as he walks out of the unit ' stupid cop.. ' he chuckles and walks over to the seating area where Judy and Clawhauser were waiting to return to their friend in need " You can return to him now. " Judy flicked her ears suspicious of the oddly familiar animal speaking to them, but decided to leave it for now and ask nick about it later " Come on Clawhauser. " she steps off the chair and starts walking down to the unit
" He Tried to do what!? " Judy looks at Nick slack-jawed at his accusation " I said that he tried to lace my water with Night howler poison, luckily you brought those blueberries and i was able to trick him into thinking i drunk his " Cure-All " " Nick chuckles and knocks his knuckles on his leg that no longer had a cast on it and smiles " I always did have high bone protection " he wiggles his paw toes and slowly steps off the side of the bed putting pressure on it, he seethed still being in pain, but at least he could still walk.
" Nick are you sure you wanna get up so soon? " Judy stabilizes him by holding him up at the back, Clawhauser holds his other arm and makes sure that he doesn't just flop over " Judy is right you know, you can always take a break.. " Clawhauser says putting him back onto the bed in a sitting position, Nick huffs and looks around and see's a pair of crutches at the corner of the room " Over there, pass me those crutches carrots. " Judy drags the crutches to Nick and he puts his paws on the lifting his bad leg off the ground and hopping around " There see? Much better. " Judy and Clawhauser look at each other uneasily and turn around as they hear growling, similar to the noise they heard last night " Judy... Clawhauser... RUUUUNNN! " Clawhauser picks up Nick as they burst through the door to find that the entire floor they were inhabiting was filled to the brim with Savage animals, with the distinct blue mist that had belonged to the Night howlers.
" This is not good... " Clawhauser slams the door shut on the creature as it batters and slams itself on the door trying to get through, Judy looks at a window wide open at the beginning of the hall and gulps " On the count of three.. run for that window! " Nick double takes at Judy and blinks " CARROTS ARE YOU INSANE!? " Judy looks at Nick and gulps " Insane enough to know that if that thing gets us, We have no chance! " The Creatures claws burst through the wooden barricade and they all collectively take a deep breath " Whats on the other end of that window? " Clawhauser says while looking back at them pushing against the door with his shoulder " Its a river leading to Artictown! it's gonna be cold so prepare! " Clawhauser loses his balance and drops Nick onto the floor, Nick landed on his crutches and looks at the two, "... Here goes nothing.. " Clawhauser picks Nick and Judy back up and faces the window, the door now seconds away from splinters due to the ferals on the other side " ONE! TWO THREEEEE! " Clawhauser starts sprinting to the window and jumps out of it as the ferals break through.
" AHHHHHHHH! " They scream as they quickly plummet to the icy cold waters with a very large splash, Nick was the first to surface looking around in the area for the others, he looks to the left and finds Clawhauser clambering onto a ice block shivering but notices a lack of Judy " Judy!? " Nick dives underwater to find that Judy had been grabbed by a feral otter and was being pulled to her watery grave, " Judy! " He screams and starts swimming after her, he grabs Judy's paw and pulls himself to her foot and punches the otter in the face causing it to let out a massive screech and swimming away, he grabs the bunny under his arm and starts swimming to the surface as quickly as he could, he starts to cough as he runs out of air and bursts through inhaling deeply, he swims them both over to the ice block and throws Judy up first, using Ben's paw to clamber on himself, he puts his ear to Judy's mouth and widens as he see's she isn't breathing " No..nonono.. Judy come on.. " he pushes his hands onto her chest four times and breathes life into her... no response, Nick repeats the process again and breathes into her " Come on Judy.. you can't leave me.. " he pushes harder four times as she coughs up a cups worth of water out onto the ice block and turn on her side breathing deeply " Judy... Judy... Thank god you're alright... " Nick helps her up into his arms and puts his muzzle to her head desperately " I..I thought i lost you.. " Judy giggles and puts a paw onto his fuzzy cheeks and whispers " Foxes are so emotional... " She closes her eyes and starts resting into his arms trying to keep warm, Clawhauser brings them both to him and hugs them trying to keep them warm
The trio huddle together being insanely cold they hop off their block when it comes close to land and start walking in the direction of the nearest part of livable civiliazation for mammals such as them selves, for as tough as she was.. the artic was no placed for a short haired bunny, which if Nick remember correctly was Tujunga rainforest, Nick stuck his nose into the air and sniffed around for any specific smells that could tell them where they were, " N-N-Nick? " Judy's shivvered voice emmitted from Clawhauser's fur " I'm right here carrots.. don't worry. " Judy shakes her head and looks to the sky and noted that it had turned dark " We should find shelter. " as if on cue the sky started to thunder and Nick's tail bushed, as much as he'd hate to admit it, he hated thunder... " OK carrots.. I think there is a cavern around here.. " Nick hops down a couple of steps and looks at an abandoned dark hole " Perfect. " he motions to the others to come over to him, Clawhauser sat down and sighed wiping his head and looks at the others " I dunno about you... but that was enough running for me for the rest of my life.. " He passes out on his back and snores loudly
Nick and Judy chuckle at the exhausted feline and huddle to themselves, Nick stands up stretching his back out and walks around without his crutches using the wall for stability, Judy looks at Nick with adoration and a smile " You never truly give up do you Nick? " He looked over to the rabbit and huffed an amused sigh " I wonder where i got that from? " he lets go of the wall and begins to lose his balance cringing that his leg had still hurt, Judy quickly runs over and holds him up slowly lifting him down to a sit " I'll go grab some firewood.. " Judy leaves the cavern with a point stick, in case she had encountered anything " What a girl... Nearly drowned and she is still running strong. " Nick pondered to himself as the snoring of the feline snapped him out of his daze, he curls up into a ball and closes his eyes beginning to become sleepy.
"...ck... Nick... You still alive? " Nick fluttered his eyes open to the sight of the rabbit holding dry wood and a few berries, she sets it down in a pile and kneels, he rubs the two sticks together starting the campfire and sits down putting her hands out and drying herself off " How do you do it? " Nick says uncurling himself " How do i do what Nick? " Judy looks at him confused " How do you always get up.. I mean.. You almost drowned today, yet you still refused to give up, you got food, you somehow found dry wood, you even have a smile! " Nick points out the smile on her face as he was listing the things that had happened " Well... it's simple.. " Judy looks at him and offers him a berry " Not simple enough that i can figure it out then.. " Nick says sarcastically " Stupid fox... It's because of you i can't give up.. " Judy whispers quietly, Nick looks at her incredibly and blushed " Because of you... i was able to get where i am... i'm not going to take that for granted.. i owe you my life Nicholas... " She looked away a little and sighed " That kiss... it wasnt just a spur of the moment thing was it? " She looks at him and gulps " I mean... i-i... " Nick silences her by putting a paw on her lips and replaces his paw with his slowly bringing the bunny into his warm embrace, not caring that he had nearly died today, not caring that they were in the middle of goodness knows where.. Home is where Judy is.. " I understand now... your resolve is the strongest of all... and it's one that i can now share.. " Judy pushes him onto his back and lays on top of the wet furred fox, she pushes her lips against his yet again and slowly finds herself wrapping her arms around his body, Nick followed suit by raising his hand to the back of her head and holding her protectively, as if she was suddenly going to be ripped from him, they pull away slowly, a strand of silver saliva connecting them as they stare into each others eyes, no lust, no want... just trust and love... and they wouldn't trade it for anything in the world..
End of Chapter 3