Chapter 3
When they arrived at the police station, Nick and Judy called Mrs. Maxwell to let her know what had happened and that Rita was safe. Still a little shaken from what had just happened, Rita took Ronnie out of her backpack, and held her.
Looking around the station, she saw Clawhauser eating doughnuts, and decided she wanted one too.
"Excuse me?" she asked.
Benjamin looked down, and saw her.
"Oh, hi, what's your name?" he asked.
"Rita, can I have a doughnut?"
"You sure can."
And Clawhauser, giving her a chocolate glazed doughnut.
"Thank you." she replied, taking it, and eating it.
"Rita, this way." called Judy.
She was led to Judy's desk, and a few minutes later Mrs. Maxwell came.
"Rita, thank goodness, you're safe." she said, hugging her.
"They were after me, Mrs. Maxwell."
"Mrs. Maxwell, can we have a word with you?" wondered Nick.
"Of course."
They asked a pair of officers to watch Rita, and led her outside.
"Mrs. Maxwell, there's no easy way to say this but, it looks like that car you've been seeing outside the orphanage for the last few days has been watching Rita." explained Judy.
"What?" asked Mrs. Maxwell in disbelief.
"We need to know everything we can about Rita, do you have her file?" asked Nick.
"Yes, but I'm afraid it's not that much."
Mrs. Maxwell handed them a folder. They opened it, and saw a picture of Rita when she was 2-years-old, and some information about her.
"Let's see, Rita was brought to Zootopia's Children's Home when she was 2-years-old by social services, her mother died when she was only a year old, and her father died in a car accident when she was two, there was no other family to take her, so that's when she was brought to the orphanage." Judy read.
While it was good they had some info on her, there was nothing in her orphanage file that could tell them who was after her and why.
"Hey, that's that doll she has." Nick observed.
In the photo, Rita was holding Ronnie.
"Yes, when she first came to the home she wouldn't let it go, she said her father gave it to her." explained Mrs. Maxwell.
"We're going to need to put Rita in protective custody." Judy told Mrs. Maxwell.
"Leave the orphanage with some dangerous criminals after her?"
"Don't worry, she'll be protected." assured Nick.
"She's a seven-year-old orphan, what would someone want with her?"
"That's what we're going to find out." said Judy.
At the orphanage, Rita was getting her things, with Nick and Judy watching her.
"So, I'm going to go to a place that's safe, so these animals won't hurt me?" she asked as she packed.
"That's right, you'll be safe there while we try and figure out who's after you." replied Judy.
"Well, it'll be nice to have a different room."
"This is a pretty nice room, you've had it all to yourself?" wondered Nick.
"Well yeah, my friends were in here with me, before they got adopted."
"Oh, so now you're here all by yourself?" Judy questioned.
"Yeah, but with the home's open house coming next month, I'll see if I can find a home. I'm ready to go."
She gave Mrs. Maxwell a hug goodbye, and left in a police car. The car drove her out of the city, and into a small town in a rural area. After getting settled in, Nick and Judy had to go back to Zootopia.
"Now these officers will take good care of you, and if you need anything just call us." Judy told Rita.
"Will I be able to go back to Zootopia soon?"
"Don't worry, kiddo, we're gonna do all we can." said Nick.
Rita smiled, and went inside with the officers.
"So what's the plan?" asked Nick on the way back to the city.
"We need to find out more about Rita's past and family, that should give an idea about who's after her." said Judy.
"Yeah, because no one goes after an orphaned kid for no good reason."
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