A/N: Two chapters in the matter of a few days, shocking I know! Well all I can say for this one is to have some tissues handy... and I'm sorry, please don't hate me.

"Thank you, Gideon, if we see him we'll be sure to send him packing as well. Yes, we want to protect them too so we appreciate the warning. Goodbye." Bonnie hung up the phone and looked down at the two kits playing in their car seats as the truck bounced down the family dirt road.

"So that bastard actually thought he could come sneaking around looking for Nick and Judy. Maybe I should have grabbed my shotgun to and carry it around." Stu glared out the windshield as he spoke gripping the steering wheel tight.

"It will be okay Stu. We are here to protect them, not to mention all of the other bunnies in the burrow." Bonnie smiled as she watched Nathan pass a toy to Sophia who giggled and waved it around. "Who knows, maybe getting shot at by Gideon scared him off for good anyway."

"I just don't know. Some mammals are too stupid or hard headed to give up, especially reporters. I swear if he does try to hurt them they won't ever find his body." Stu's paws had started to turn white with how hard he was gripping the steering wheel.

Bonnie put her own paw on his and gave a comforting smile to him knowing he was telling the truth. Stu relaxed his grip and smiled back at Bonnie as he turned onto the main road to their produce stand. Soon they pulled up next to the stand and took the kits from their seats to let them play with the other bunny kits.

"Hey mom and dad did you bring the stuff I asked for, we're almost completely out now." Susan, one of Judy's littermates was currently running the stand.

"Yep, got them in the back of the truck. Hey, have you seen a snowshoe hare or pickup truck with a missing..." Stu stopped talking as the sound of tires squealing took everyone's attention. Just down the road, a white pickup truck sent smoke from its back tires as they spun out causing the truck to lose some control before turning directly at the stand.

"RUN!" Stu yelled before grabbing Bonnie and diving for their truck making sure to hold Nathan tightly to him as Bonnie did the same with Sophia. Bunnies scattered everywhere as the truck smashed into the stand sending wood and produce everywhere before hitting the side of Stu's truck. The collisions brought the vehicle to a stop before shortly backing up and speeding off sending rocks, dirt, and dust everywhere before turning back down the road it came.

Stu looked down at his wife and yelled over the ringing in his ears, "Bonnie, Bonnie are you alright!"

"Yes Stu, the kits!" Bonnie yelled her eyes going wide in terror.

They both looked in their arms and were relieved to see both kits in their arms crying but unhurt.

"Susan!"

Stu gave Nathan to Bonnie as he jumped up and looked over the truck bed, the scene creating a mixture of emotions in the old rabbit. He ran around the truck to see the entire stand in pieces with bunnies helping each other up. The sight of his son-in-law John digging through the rubble tore at his chest.

"Susan, Susan answer me." Stu ran over and begun helping to dig. "Oh god no. Please, no. No no NO!" Stu looked over at John and his heart sank, Susan's chocolate brown eyes were wide open in terror and frozen that way. He went over and placed a paw on Johns' shoulder, trying to comfort him, and himself.

"No, she can't be gone. Susan, no..." John completely broke down crying cradling Susan in his arms. Stu got up and looked over to see Bonnie walking over, he went over to her quickly shaking his head.

"Don't bring the kits over there, I don't want them to see that." He looked down at the kits who had stopped crying and were just sitting still in Bonnie's arms. Anger welling up inside him, "I'm going after him, call the sheriff!" Stu ran over to the truck but the driver's door was pinned closed, he ran around and climbed through the passenger door of the truck trying to get it to life but it wouldn't start. He began pounding the steering wheel as Bonnie walked over, looking into her eyes he finally lost it and began crying. "I cant let him get away, Bonnie. He took Susan from us and has to pay!" He openly wept before finally reaching for his phone, "I'm calling the other families, he wont make it out of Bunnyburrow."

"What about an administrative leave of absence, with pay?" Bogo raised the question to Leo.

"Possibly, but we still need to..." Leo was interrupted by Judy's cell phone ringing.

"Hey mom, it's kind of a bad time…" Judy began before being interrupted by her mom.

"Judy someone just attacked us!" Bonnie yelled into the phone.

"What happened." Judy's face had a look of dread on it as she looked up at Nick. The entire room had gone completely silent with the rabbit's reaction.

"They drove their truck through our stand. Your kits are okay but Susan…" Judy could hear her mom start to lose it and other crying in the background, "Susan couldn't get out in time. She got pinned in the stand… oh god. Judy, she's dead! Someone killed Susan!"

"Oh, my, God." The phone slipped from Judy's paw crashing to the floor, her amethyst eyes welling with tears as she completely broke down in the chair. Nick was immediately by her side and picked up the phone.

"Judy, Judy?" Nick could hear Bonnie on the other end as he brought it to his ear.

"Bonnie, whats going on! Is something wrong with Nathan and Sophia?" Nick asked while cradling the devastated Judy.

"Nick! No, they are alright. But, Judy's littermate Susan was just… killed when someone drove their truck into our stand trying to get at us." Bonnie was having a hard time keeping it together as Nick could hear sirens in the background approaching.

"How do you know they were trying to attack you?" Nick was hoping this was just a terrible accident and not someone targeting them.

"Gideon called us, saying some hare from Zootopia was looking for you two. He scared him off but the truck that crashed into the stand was the same one that he was driving."

"We'll be on the first train back, we'll get him and make him pay!" Nick's fire in his eyes and voice didn't go unnoticed by Bogo and Leo who shared a concerned look between them. Bogo made a motion with his head toward the door which Leo understood leaving the two small mammals alone in the room.

"The sheriff, Stu, and countless others are already looking for him. Right now all I need you to do it take care of Judy, she and Susan were always very close. She was one of the few bunnies who actually pushed Judy to go through with her dream of becoming an officer. She needs you right now, not to come down here right now. Take care of her, please." Bonnie abruptly ended the call leaving Nick with the broken down Judy in his arms.

He just held her while she cried knowing nothing he could say right now would help calm her. When the tears finally slowed she pulled her face from Nicks' chest looking absolutely crushed, "It's… my… fault..."

"Judy don't even try to say that." Nick was trying to be comforting.

"BUT IT IS NICK! If we didn't go home, if we didn't have kits, if I had never left home…" Judy broke down again

Nick lifted Judy's face to look right into her eyes, "Don't, for one second, think that you are the cause of all this. It's the actions of a sick and twisted individual, not yours, that has caused all this. I'm sure your sister would not want you putting all the blame on yourself."

"But…" Judy tried to speak before Nick gentle put a paw to her mouth.

"No," Nick gently shook his head, "I don't want to hear you blaming yourself, right now all you need to do is grieve. You lost your sister, I can't even begin to understand what you're going through. But, I'm here for you. Lets just got home and forget everything going on right now."

Judy wiped her eyes and gave a weak smile, "No, I want to go to the gardens. Sitting at home won't help, I want to go the gardens and just… walk."

Nick stood up and took Judy's paw, "Ok, Judy. Let's go."

The walked to the door and were stopped when it opened and Bogo walked in and knelt down. His normally stern face replaced with the kind and gentle look he had when Judy had quit the force "I'm so sorry Judy." He held out his large arms and took Judy into a deep embrace. "you're already on two weeks leave, but take longer if you need it. I'll speak with the mayor on the situation and what your decision is on the interspecies issue." He stood up and looked down at Nick, "Wilde, I don't want you to do anything rash. If you leave the city I want to know about it. If you don't let me know consider your badge on my desk." The large buffalo had his normal stern look back on his face.

Nick just nodded as Bogo stepped to the side letting the couple walk by. Leo walked into the office as Bogo shut the door shaking his head, "When is life finally going to stop knocking those two down."

"They always seem to bounce back each time it does though." Leo went to the chiefs cupboard pulling out two glasses and a bottle of brandy.

Bogo took a seat at his desk, taking off his glasses pinching the bridge of his nose in frustration, "I know. But, I wonder what toll it's taking on them. I've seen more experienced cops crack under less strain."

Leo poured them both a drink, "I know. But, they are two of the toughest we've had. We just need to be there for them and give them the best options available to make sure they don't crack. Or, be around to pick up the pieces."

"I really hope it doesn't come to that," Bogo said sadly raising the glass to his lips.

Stan pulled the truck over a few miles down the road after getting tired of batting away the airbag that had deployed when he hit the other truck. He took out a knife and cut the fabric away finally giving him a clear view over the steering wheel. He looked at the knife in his paw slowly turning it over watching it glint in the sunlight. Something had snapped in his the brain the moment the truck hit the produce stand, he had locked onto the golden doe's eye and her realization of what was about to happen. But he didn't care, "Just a small casualty in the cleansing. Those two kits met their end, soon their parents, and then any creature who dares stand in my way." He embedded the knife into the dashboard as he took off down the road again with his sights set on Bunnyburrow. "They are all filth. They all deserve to die, and I'm just the mammal to do it." Stan had a wicked smile on his face as he pulled into town knowing exactly where he needed to go next. He found himself a quiet alleyway across from his intended target, all he had to do was wait.

"Oh no, I can't believe someone would do something like that. Does Judy know yet? She does, well let her know she can always call me if she needs someone to talk to, and let us know if there is anything we can do to help. Goodbye Bonnie." Sharla hung up the phone and wiped away the tears that had formed in her eyes. Gideon walked over and hugged his wife close, she pulled back slightly looking up at him, "that could have been you Gid, please be more careful next time and just call the cops if you believe someone is following you."

Gideon pulled her in tightly again, "Don't you worry about that. There won't be a next time, if the sheriff doesn't find him I'm fairly sure the mob that has formed will. He won't last long if they get their paws on him. Now let's finish closing down and get home, tomorrow we'll go over to the Hopps and see if there is anything we can do for them."

Sharla pulled Gideon down for a kiss, "Okay Gid, well bake something nice for them as a small condolence." She went into the back room to finish the day's paperwork as Gideon cleaned up the front of the store, wiping every table, mopping the floor, and cleaning all the display cases. He took great pride in his bakery, not just in the goods served but the way it looked. He wanted to show all of Bunnyburrow how much he had changed, and it showed in the dedication he put into the bakery, and his marriage. He turned off the lights and paused looking out over the dark bakery, his mind going to the loss the Hopps had sustained earlier in the day but quickly shifted back to Sharla and that in a few days he would have his own kits to look out for. Hoping that hare would be caught quickly and blaming himself for missing on the first shot, "If only I had a better aim." He said quietly to himself.

"What was that Gid?" Sharla had come out of the back room trying to put on her coat but having difficulty with the rather large bump she now had.

Gideon smiled and chuckled as we walked over had helped Sharla put her coat on, "Nothing hun, just talking to myself. I know the perfect thing to make the Hopps." He put his large paw over her shoulder as they walked out of the bakery and to the van he had parked out front.

Gideon picked Sharla up and placed her in the seat to her laughing and protesting, "Gid, stop. I'm pregnant, not handicapped."

He closed the door and kissed her through the open window, "I know, but the doctor told you to take it easy since you can go into labor any day now. Let me spoil you a bit more before I spoil the kits rotten."

"I guess I can allow that you big lug," Sharla said with a smile as Gideon walked around to the driver's side, pulling himself in and beginning the drive home.

"I just can't imagine what they are going through, I know death is 'common' in rabbit families but to have someone taken in that way." Gideon shook his head trying to get the image out of his head as they pulled up to a red light.

Sharla tried to reach over to comfort her husband but couldn't reach, so she removed her seatbelt so she could lean over and place a paw on his arm, "It'll be okay Gid, the Hopps are a strong family and with all their friends around here they'll eventually recover."

Gideon looked over at Sharla and smiled before the honking of a car behind him brought his attention to the green light. He looked up and started to drive before looking back at her, "You really should put your seatbelt back on you never know..." but he never got to finish the sentence as a pair of bright headlights shone through the passenger window.

The long wait was finally over, Stan could see the fox and sheep getting into the pink van. He was spinning the knife in his hand again before slamming it back into the dash in front of him, "It's your turn now." He said wickedly as he slowly eased out of the alleyway and onto the main road intentionally keeping his headlights off. He watched as they stopped at the red light and waited for it to turn green. Once it did he hit his high beams to distract the fox and again pressed the gas peddle as hard as he could. As he expected the fox looked up in shock and didn't take off as he slammed into the passenger side of the van. The sound of crunching metal became deafening to the rabbit but the most surprising thing was getting propelled from his seat. In that split second, Stan realized he had forgotten to do one critical thing, buckle up his own seatbelt. With the airbag already deployed and cut away nothing was in the way of him and the windshield, except the knife and it to become dislodged during the initial hit. There was nothing to prevent it from ramming into his eye as he smashed through the windshield and into the side of the van as the two vehicles crushed together. The pain he felt was excruciating but brief as his neck snapped when it collided with the side of the van.

Gideon was in a daze. He could hear muffled voices and beeping but the thing that stuck out was the pain he felt all over. He tried to remember what was going on when his eye suddenly snapped open and screamed, "Sharla!"

He tried to sit up but was forced back down onto the gurney, "Take it easy you've been in a serious car accident and we don't want you moving right now. You have a broken arm and were not sure about your back and neck yet."

He looked up and saw an elk doctor with his hoof pressing him back down, "But my wife, she was in the passenger seat. Is she alright?"

Gideon saw a flash of fear in the doctors face, "I'm sorry sir, she didn't make it."

"But..." the slow horror dawning on him, "she was pregnant! What about the kits!"

A tear formed in the elk's eye, "We did everything we could, only one of them survived and were not sure if she will make it through the night. We have her down in the pediatric intensive care ward."

Gideon didn't even try to hold back the tears, "I, I want to see... her."

"Once your X-rays come back and I know you don't have any spinal issues I'll have a nurse wheel you down to see her, but again she's in intensive care. You won't be able to hold her yet." The doctor was fighting back his own tears.

Gideon just laid back down and wept for his lost love and kits. The doctor came back shortly with a wheelchair and the news that his spine was clear of injury. He helped the fox get into the chair and brought him down to the intensive care ward. He wheeled him beside the tiny chamber that held his kit and locked the wheels in pace and handed him a page button, "Your free to stay here as long as you want, I'll be sure to let the nurses know. If you need anything press this button." The elk left the room leaving the grieving father alone.

Gideon reached his paw inside the enclosure and lightly touched the kits tiny paw. She had a majority of fox features but with a smaller muzzle and short, curly, jet black fur. The large fox couldn't help himself and openly wailed as his kit was hooked up to all manner of machines fighting for her tiny life, "Please. Don't leave me as well. I can't lose you too... Sharla."