AN:/ I'm here with another chapter~! :D I hope there isn't too OOCness with Judy and Nick last chapter. Especially Nick.

I have plans for the fuuuuuuture! So expect some stuff! Also, there is fluff here, but nothing too serious. ;)

Hope you enjoy this chapter! ^^

Last Chapter:

After being chased by Manchas in his savage state, Suzanne managed to receive a concussion, as well as a tail wound. After getting a shot of morphine, the ZPD allow her to continue on with Officer Hopps, and Nick Wilde. Though during the gondola ride back to Zootopia, Suzanne finds herself being teased and emotionally played with by a certain fox. It doesn't take her long to realize that he's acting pretty weird, but why? All she ever figures out is its irritating, and a part of her wants to play his game.

(I might add these to oncoming chappies. They're fun to write. :D)

As the green gondola traveled across the forest surrounding us, I felt my heart leap in my throat, at the distance below us, and the stars above.

I have serious thing for space.

"Oh, wow. It's beautiful." I say, and my grin softened. I turned to look down at Judy, who was near the front of the gondola. Her ears were down, and realization dawned on me. Yeah, this is where Judy learns about Nick's past! I look around, and shrug, deciding to sit down, and stare out at beside me, since there was a curve in the wall of the gondola. I scooted to the corner, and leaned my head on my hand, elbow on the edge of the metal.

Closing my eyes, I sit in silence. Waiting for the conversation. I didn't want to interrupt this, it was too important.

Fate had other plans, I guess.

As I was sitting down, I hadn't seen Judy turn to look at me, and walk over, a calm look over her face. I felt a tap at my shoulder, and opened my eyes and turned my head to look at her. "Mm?"

She grabbed my 'paw', and dragged me over to where she was, and went back to her earlier position.

"Hey... " I heard Judy start, and flicked my eyes over in her direction. "... I'm sorry." She confessed, furrowing her eyebrows. I raised mine, and my 'ears' lifted up in mild surprise. Well.

Turning my head now, I look down at Judy, who was intently staring down at the area below us. Then up to see Nick, just as surprised as me. "Uh... Might I ask, for what?" I prod, putting a hand to her back, smiling gently down at the saddened bunny.

She sighed. "If I... If I hadn't of trusted... Trusted you more, you wouldn't have been... As.. Limited, in our- Escape from Manchas." She explained, hesitant in her words.

I felt a sting in my chest. Trust? I felt eyes on me, and they weren't Judy's. I didn't look up.

"Oh... Well, it's alright now.. We're here, and we still have 9 hours, we can do this." I say, nodding, determined.

She shook her head, now turning to me. "No, no! What if it wasn't fine? What if you, or Nick, got hurt?" She argued, ears even lower. "You did get hurt. It's my fault."

I groaned. "No, it's not! I'm stuffy and drowsy in rainy weather!" I add an excuse, crossing my arms.

She still didn't look any better. I slumped my shoulders. "Judy." I say, staring down at her sternly. Her ears perk a bit. I hardly ever called her by her name. Now I'm glad I liked the nickname Carrots for a bunny.

"Listen to me. We are here in one piece, no one died, we are safe and sound. All you have to do, is find Mr. Otterton, and we'll both be out of your way. Trust me. I want to help you to the end, and I have no doubt Nick does too. That cuff didn't keep me here. Okay?" I say, shaking my head, and turning to the right of the gondola, I stared out.

"Please, just trust me." I add quietly, and even didn't know I said it, until Judy gasped, and her ears fell.

"What do you mean by that? She probes. I sigh loudly, wagging my tail in irritation. "That was supposed to be the signal for end of conversation! Silence!" I say, turning to her, with an exasperated face. "You weren't silent!" said, frowning. "Yeah, course I wasn't, not with those ears of yours!" I bit out.

Nick chuckled.

I turned to glare up at him. "So we finally see your angry side. It's cute." He said, smirking at me from his place on the other side of the gondola. I felt my ears fall back. Cute? "You sound like a frustrated country-mammal." He added.

"Excuse me? Cute? Do not call me cute! If anything, I am a fat, orange, fruit to you!" I growl out, getting ticked off. Though I was grinning like mad. He continued smirking, and Judy stepped back, and I stepped towards him, trying to frown.

"Don't forget fuzzy. Very fuzzy." He spoke up, ruffling the fur on the sides of my face, 'paw' pressed against my cheek. I huffed. Fuzzy?!

"Yeah! A peach! A friggin' peach!"

"Okay then, a cute peach." He bargained, as Judy tried to contain a laugh at my angered expression, as I was too oblivious to Nick's apparent playful teases. I was taking him seriously.

I groan and hissed, grinding my teeth, crossing my arms, and blinked rapidly, noticing his face had gotten unexpectedly close. What the-?

"I've been meaning to try the flavor peach before, but never had the chance." He said, and I jumped out of my skin at the realization of the contact on the side of my face. It had been there the whole time?! WHY IS HE HOLDING MY FACE?! IS IT BECAUSE I'M FLUFFY? PEACH? WHAT? I continued to scream in my head, ears lowering, and meanwhile, Judy saw the gondola hovering over cluttering traffic below. She gained an idea.

I looked anywhere but his eyes. I felt awkward. Can I bite his hand? I see him move his face closer, and I scrunch my shoulders, and squeeze my eyes shut, turning my head away, and accidentally burrowing it into his paw, awaiting whatever my mind was coming up with. A poke in the eye, flick to the nose, a kiss, ruffle of the head, or a simple 'move-away-and-act-like-nothing-happened'.

I only felt what I assumed was his lips pressed against my other cheek. My ears flicked. "That was for earlier." I shot my eyes open, and in reflex, turning to look to the side, and saw nothing. I gaped, and saw Judy pass by me, a pep in her step, and I shake my head. Before frowning, and looked to the side. I growl, fur bristling. Judy laughed, and I scowled, storming over to the seat, sitting down in a mess of embarrassment and anger. But like snow, and my temper, it fades away in a short period time.

Especially after a long nap on a gondola.

(Meanwhile, as OC-chan slept)

"Nick. What was that? She was clearly angry at you! And you tease her more?" Judy rolled her eyes, and shook her head, disbelieving. Dumb fox. Leaning against the front of the gondola, she awaited his eventual response. They had awhile before they arrive at the Sky-Tram docks.

"It's not exactly my fault." He replied, rolling his eyes. Judy looked at him. He gave her a startled face. "What? It isn't!" He then smirked, and sighed in defeat.

"..Fine. I did it because why not? She's almost always happy, so I thought, hey? Why not a change? That's it." He looked away from Judy's scrutinizing gaze.

"Sure. That's why you stole the pen?"

He jumped, and turned to her, ears back, eyes wide. Before he could get one word in, Judy interrupted him.

"Don't bother denying it, I see it in your front pocket. Plus your face says it all. Anyway, we need to get to City Hall." She said, as they finally approached the docks, a few mammals awaiting to get on there.

"What?.. Why?" Nick asks, furrowing his eyebrows down at the rabbit.

"You'll see. Now wake her up, and let's get going." Judy answered, ears up in determination.

Nick sighed.

(Timeskiiiip! :3 Brought to you by, my crappy keyboard!)

Now, if I told you what a City Hall was like, I could only tell you from a foxes perspective.

And it isn't very interesting.

Walking on the polished, cold floor made my eyes water. A clean, SURFACE! Thank the Lord, finally. I need to start a shoe business. Judy was walking a few steps ahead, and I was on her right, and Nick was beside me, on her left. It honestly must've looked a little weird, considering a rabbit was being followed by two foxes.

Yeah.

Looking around, I noticed how big this building really was, and had a lot of different doors, a high ceiling, and freaky elevators.

Upon approaching a sheep, who looked troubled, I realized it was her, but decided on helping her with the binders and paper anyway. She noticed Judy before me, and yelped at my place at her right, since she had faced Judy. I raised an eyebrow, and shrugged, giving her Nick's "Seriously?" face. I shook my head a little at her startled expression, and went back to helping her, a sigh closing in on my next breath if she dares 'Baaing' at me handing her stuff back.

(Honestly, I hate short sections, but I oh well)

Now, not 10 minutes later, we were inside what looked to be a place for cleaning equipment, but in her case, it was her office. Seemed cramped.

"We just need to get into the traffic cam database." Judy told her. (*okay, I'm done with the her's.)

The sheep nodded, and continued typing on her computer. I was behind her chair, and to my right was Nick, to my left, Judy. Oh yeah, I loved this part!

Nick looks over to Bellwether's, to me, weird fluff of wool on her head. He raises a paw, and pricks at it, before his eyes widen, and poofs it, making me wonder how long he had been wanting to pat a sheep. I raised an eyebrow at his awed expression, my face mostly impassive. (Like Flinn Rider from Tangled, "A horse" scene. Or mainly Disgust from Inside Out. :3)

"So fluffy!" He whispers, grinning. I reached over and grabbed his paw, and held it in my other hand, and patted it with the one I used before to stop his strange wool stroking.

"Listen, sweetie, stop playing with the sheep, and think about how creepy you're being!" I end in a quiet exasperation. He rolled his eyes, and went to mess with it again, this time, Judy caught him.

"Hey!" She whispered loudly, glaring at Nick. He only continued. "Sheep never let me get this close." I kept the same face from before, and blinked slowly at him. "Jee, I wonder why." I muttered in a monotone voice. "You can't just touch a sheep's wool!" She exclaimed, as I sighed.

"It's like cotton candy!" That made me grimace. So he just, gropes cotton candy anytime there is some? "Remind me never to take him to a carnival." I add, face-palming.

Judy only swats his hand away. "Stop it!" She catches the wool back in place just before Bellwether turns to her for the specific location. "Where to?" Judy flails her paws, then manages to respond.

"Uh, Rainforest District. Vine and Tujunga." She then glares at Nick when Bellwether looks away. He just grins, and I elbow him in the side. His cheeks puff up like a squirrels, and he winces. I nod in approval.

The sheep's computer is then decorated with tons of camera icons. I peer around her shoulder. "There! Traffic cams for the whole city. Well, this is so exciting, actually." She looks down to her keyboard. "I mean, you know, I never get to do anything this important."

Judy smiles comfortingly to Bellwether. "But you're the assistant mayor of Zootopia."

I can see why Bellwether was so angry and frustrated with predators. She was never truly appreciated, and dealt with that for a long time. She became fed up with it. Still, no matter the reason, her meddling still caused a lot of grief. Especially for Judy.

I frown at what was to come in the movie. "Oh, I'm more of glorified secretary. I think Mayor Lionheart just wanted the sheep vote." I look to the side. Makes sense. "But he did give me that nice mug." She gestures to a coffee mug with the words "World's Greatest Dad" on it, with Dad crossed out and over it had Assistant Mayor". Well, he could've just given it to her as it was, and said to use her imagination. I deadpan.

"Feels good to be appreciated." She says, sounding content. Yeah, and I'm a platypus.

I jolted at the lions voice coming through the phone on her desk. "Smellwether!" After a short pause, me, Judy and Nick all exchange looks. Really?

"Ah, that's just a fun little name he likes to use. I called him Lionfart once," I chuckle. Nick and Judy nod at her, Nicks face in this scene always cracked me up. "He did not care for that, let me tell you, it was not a good day for me..." Dude, I ship it. "Yes sir?"

Through the intercom, I raised a brow at his voice. "I thought you were going to cancel my afternoon!" He said in a type of booming voice you'd find only at Football games. Never been to one, or watched one, but still.

"Oh, dear." She hops off her chair, and begins to leave. Since I was behind her, she ran into me, and yelped in surprise. "Sorry about that.." I say, smiling kindly, stepping back to give her room. I go to help her up, but she smacks my hand away, and gets up herself.

I press my back to the file cabinets, and look to Judy. She shrugs. "S-Sorry." Sounded forced, cotton-head. "I'd better go. Let me know what you find." Shes closer to the door, and I couldn't help but notice how she made herself distanced from me as if I had the plague. Rude.

"It was really nice for me to be..." She began, only to be interrupted by Lionheart. "While we're young, Smellwether!" She then hurries out the door. I turn to Nick and Judy. ""You think when she goes to sleep, she counts herself?" Me and Nick ask in unison. I look at him, and pout. "Dude, that was totally my joke." I say, with a surfur-bro accent. Judy rolled her eyes. "Oh, hush you two." Judy scolds. I cross my arms. "She was jumpy." I muttered, and Nick patted my back as I walk back over to the computer. Judy sat down, and Nick was still at her right. I decided to crouch at her left to get a better look.

Judy begins looking through the cams. "Okay, traffic cams... Tujunga, Tujunga... " She mutters, and eventually finds it. "We're in."

We all see the footage of Manchas chasing us, and then me and Nick falling, with Judy jumping over after us. Then a van drives in, and two timber wolves approach the raging Manchas. "Who are these guys?" Judy asks aloud, eyebrows furrowing. I roll my eyes.

I look to Nick, and he looks to me. "Timber wolves." I say, shaking my head. Nick continues, "Look at these dum-dums." We see one of the wolves, I think the left one, fires a net, trapping Manchas. I involuntarily jump, expecting the loud "DUN!" that was in the movie. That friggin' part scared the crap out of me. I like Josh Dun, not loud one note trumpet sounds in movies.

"Bet ya a nickle one of them's gonna howl." The one that caught Manchas howls, then the other follows. "And there its is." He says, and I flick a nickle at him. He looks at me with a done face. "Wolves howl to communicate to each other. They're basically alerting others that they finished their task. Doubt the 'others' can hear them though. It's a gut thing." I explain, knowing his further question.

Judy then gasps, and punches her fist in one of her paws. "Howlers! Night Howlers! That's what Manchas was afraid of, wolves!" I freeze. Should I? ... "The wolves are the Night Howlers!" ... No. I shouldn't. Everything will turn out right in the end. Though, there are things that have happened, that weren't in the movie because of me.."If they took Manchas..." Does that mean, that even if I don't tell them, things can end not in the scripted way?

"I bet they took Otterton too!" Nick finishes Judy's thought, as I remain silent. "All we gotta do is find out where they went." What if I mess something up? Would it be better to just tell them? I shake my head. No. Just leave it the way things are going. The guilt hurts, though.

"Wait, where'd they go?" Judy looks at the screen in confusion. There were no suspicious vans driving down the road. I lean my elbow on the table, and rest the side of my face against the palm of my 'hand'.

Nick moves the mouse over towards himself, and moves to another area of footage. "You know, if I wanted to avoid surveillance because I was doing something illegal, which I never have, I would use..." I interrupt him, "Tunnel 68?" I say, somewhat vague. Nick nods. "Yup. Maintenance tunnel 68. Which would put them out... Right there." He clicks a few times, and we see the van driving out through the tunnel.

"Ha ha! We are masterminds at escaping prying eyes, to continue our illegal work." I say dramatically. Judy and Nick only give me a look. My ears lower in embarrassment. "Sorry." I say, sass level 9000. Judy rolls her eyes, and only leans back in the chair.

"Look at you two, junior detectives. You know..." She starts, and I squint my eyes at her, and stand up straight, leaning against the top of the chair, looking down beside her. "I think you both would make pretty good cops." She says, looking at us both. I fake gag, and pretend to choke on air. Nick raises a brow.

"Ugh. How dare you." We both say. I glare at him. "Dude. What did I say, like, not 2 minutes ago." Surfur-bro voice back in action, and he rolls his eyes. "Not my fault we're so in sync." I snort, and shake my head, as Judy chuckles.

Nick continues looking through the footage, following the van. "Acacia Alley." What the heck is an Acacia? "Ficus Underpass," Sounds poisonous. "South Canyon."

"Hey look! A normal title!" I blurt out, eyes comically wide in relief. Judy flicks my nose, and I pull her ear. "Ain't got that cuff no more, Fluff." I say, giggling. She glares, then turns back to the road.

"They're heading out of town." She states, then as the van goes down a long thin road, Judy asks us both. "Where does that road go?"

I smack my forehead, and drag my paw down my face. "All I can say is, don't tell me we're going to have to ride in the joke-mobile." I grumble, as Nick laughs at my suffering, so I simply elbow him in the side again, and feel a bit better at the squirrel face he made for me.

(This is extra! I didn't add one last chapter, so, why not here? x3 This is as they were in the middle of leaving City Hall)

After figuring out where to go, we were on our way to an Asylum. Great. Though, a part of me was happy Judy had gone ahead, because now was time for some payback.

"Hey Nick..." I ask, moving over, to the now be it well hidden, nervous fox. He tried to casually turn to face me, and hummed in acknowledgement. Oh, he knew. So he tried to walk a bit faster.

"You have a spider on your face!" I say, with a fearful look, pointing at his muzzle. He raised his eyebrows, and before anything else, I grabbed his tie, and pulled him harshly down, my eyes open. I then carefully placed my, what I see now as slender-like, small, paws against the sides of his face, and turned his head to meet my searching gaze. I heard his breath hitch. I decided to test him, by rubbing my nose against his, and he practically fell against me, sighing.

I raised an eyebrow, eyes scanning his now closed lids, he looked as if he was expecting something. I simply blew a puff of air over his face, and grinned evilly when his eyes snapped open.

"That.. Was for earlier, Nicholas." I say in a soft voice, and slowly dragged my 'fingers' down his face and over his neck, and stopping down to his chest. Only to giggle in a sultry way and shove him into a crowd of elephants that were exiting an elevator.

I grinned, and stuck my tongue out, when I knew he could see me, as he was getting chewed out by a rather ticked off elephant in a suit. He was smirking.

Oh, he'll play this little game.

And he was going to win.

Though he didn't see me almost fall over my own feet as I turned a corner, grasping onto a wall. WHAT IN THE- %$!*& $!?

AN:/ THERE ARE A TON OF REFERENCES TO A LOT OF THINGS. I dare you to try and find them all. :3

I wanted to add a little bit of funny fluff in this one. OC-chan could never do something like that to Nick, ever. It's totally Vivan's cool, suave, and witty side that's overpowering OC-chan's shy, and polite nature when it comes to Nick.

Nyehehehe... Hope you enjoyed! And I wish this wasn't too fast-paced with the plot. D:

Have a good rest of the day/morning/afternoon/night!