7:59 AM
The sun shines through the window pane; Morning folks doing morning routine; The neighbors are little audibly shouting with each other that can be heard through the thin wall.
And our little bunny's still hugging the stuffed fox dressed as cop and dreaming about the fox: The fox that save her life.
*BEEP*
*BEEP*
*BEEP*
The time now is 8:00 AM and the rapid beeping of Judy's alarm clock disturbed her peaceful slumber. She turned off the alarm clock.
"I'm up!" she weakly uttered.
Moving like molasses, Judy enter her bathroom. She washes her face, brushes her teeth and lastly, she flosses them.
She now wonders what to put on. What cloth was appropriate for her visit back home. Something a little sassy? A little formal? Why not the usual: Checkered pink long sleeve shirt with blue stripes on it and a casual jean.
All was set but something's missing: Her morning text to Nick.
"Hey-a Nick "
"I'll be out of town for the day, okay?"
A little later, Nick replied: "Okay, be a good bunny!"
"I will " she answered.
She's now ready to go. She grabbed her music player along with the headset then she locked her door.
The train station was busy like the usual: Irate customers at the ticket booth, janitors cleaning dirt that folks left in and out of the trains.
Judy now walks inside the station. She remembers she needs to bring something from the big city. Before she falls in line for the ticket booth, she enters a little bake shop that's inside the station.
The door's bell rang as she enters the shop.
"Good morning!" a kind otter welcomed Judy as she entered.
"One carrot cake, please!"
"Petit?"
"The large one" she said.
"That'll be $18" the otter price.
Then she handed her pay.
The polite otter boxed the cake Judy selected for and wrapped it with a ribbon. After he boxed the cake, he handed it to Judy.
Judy smiled while saying "Thank You" to the otter.
"You're welcome! Please come again" the otter replied.
Judy turned away from the counter and approaches the exit.
Meanwhile at Nick place: He dressed up to meet with Finnick while Judy's away for the day to visit her parents and her uncle.
With his usual floral printed shirt and pants, he walked out his door.
Moments later while he passed the bridge where Judy begged for forgiveness, a "SmirkChat" notification popped on his phone: A selfie of Judy holding the box of cake with the train at her back with a caption "Gonna go now".
Nick commented on the photo "Can I have some?"
"Haha, no" she said.
After her reply, Nick took a selfie and sends it to Judy with a caption "Guess where I am".
Nick's selfies with the background of that bridge.
Judy replied "Har har" afterwards.
Nick answered Judy back with "Send my regards to your folks!"
"Okay" she returned. The conductor blew his whistle, the sign of the last call for passengers. Then Judy boards the train.
"I'll be going now! See yah later" she added for the last time.
Nick read and returned his phone inside his pocket and continues walking.
Moments passed after taking the road by foot, he now reaches an abandoned alley in Savannah Central where Nick and Finnick used to and still hangs out.
"Knock, knock!" with a tone while Nick knocking at the back of Finnick's van.
He knocks again for a while but there's no response. Then he picks the lock and enters the door. He chuckled a bit to what he saw: A sleeping fennec on the floor while smiling, dreaming.
Nick lied down beside Finnick like one of your French girls while looking at him. After an awkward and mute seconds later, Finnick opened his eyes in half. Blink after blink after blink, Finnick awakened, screamed and was surprised by Nick face.
Finnick banged his head to the side of his van. He scratched his head: "Ow"
"You should be locking your door before bed. So, what are you doing in the top of the morning?" Nick questioned the fennec.
"Sleeping. What are you doing here anyway? Aren't you supposed to be with that copper?"
"Judy? Since she left to see her folks back home for the day, I got the day just for us, bud!"
Nick wander his eyes inside the van and noticed something. "Hey, have you cleared out our stuff?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Nothing"
"Since I'm going to be your asset, I've cleared out evidences that might be used against me. That can make me your credible source" the fennec reasoned.
"Make sense. Say, wanna drove this thing around?"
So then Nick and Finnick had a little road trip in Savannah Central. While rolling on the streets, Nick saw and saluted to Rhinowitz stationed at a street corner. Rhinowitz noticed Nick and saluted back.
"You know I'm kinda jealous to you now. No one gives a damn to you before, but now folks around recognizes you"
"Well I never thought of it that way either. After my attempts to be at the top, to be a successful fox myself to show those yahoos, I accepted the fate of being a street hustler. I never thought one single bunny could change my ways. You know, it takes a twisted moment in your life to be part of something that is special" Nick monologued.
"You're just saying that"
"Ha! Trust me, it may come you someday. It maybe not today but be prepared for the worse"
"You're right…" Finnick said.
A couple of meters later, Nick asked Finnick:
"Hey, can we stop at a convenient store? I'll get us some snack"
"Can you get us some beer for later?"
"Sure thing bud"
Finnick drove to a nearest "8-12 Convenient Store".
Nick step out of the van.
"Daddy won't be long, okay?" Nick again mocks Finnick.
"Do you want me to smack you again?" Finnick replied.
"Just Kidding".
Minutes later, Nick's holding a bagful of snacks on his left arm and cans of beer on his right from the convenient store. He lightly kicked the passenger door to caught Finnick's attention listening to the radio.
"A little help?"
Finnick turned the volume down. He said "What took you so long?".
"Hey, it's just ten minutes tops. Could you just open the door? It's getting a little heavy"
"Okay, okay"
Finnick reach for the door to open it for Nick. After he put down the stuffs he bought at the seat, A familiar scent flew over the air, coming over a dark alley. Along with his curiosity, he followed the trail.
"Hey dumbass, where're you going"
Nick ignores Finnick and followed the scent continually. Finnick stepped out of the van as well to catch up with Nick.
Nick sniffs again to pick up the strongest origin of the scent and follows it.
After taking the long, narrow, and dark alley, they ended up in front metal door. But behind the door is where the scent was strongest. As eerie as it gets, Nick reaches for the door. Unfortunately, the door was closed shut.
Luckily there's a window right above the door but it's unreachable.
"You're not seriously going inside, are you?" Finnick's concerned.
"Come on!"
"Seriously? Finnick said then he groans out of fear.
Nick and Finnick climb a ledge through that can lead them behind the metal door.
They ended up inside where the only light was the sunlight through the holes on the ceiling illuminating throughout the empty building. They've looked around just a tad and moves along. Nick continues to sniff that familiar scent.
Nick followed his hunch. By taking a little step, they heard a water dripping echoing from a distance.
The origin of the sound was also where the scent is the strongest: It came from a room without a door.
They've entered inside and never believed what they saw: A white creature covered in white fur lying down beside a puddle of water.
Nick grab the creature to examine if the familiar scent belonged from someone from his past. He was dumbfounded after he saw the creature almost with no life: It was Joy Anderson.
"No…" Nick uttered with shock in his face.
He dialed the ZPD to call for help. "Clawhauser! I need help, now!"
Then, the ambulance and the police came over to examine the scene.