The Zootopian Chronicles II: Darkness

by Menser

The Protectors: They came with promises of safety and protection from all the threats facing Zootopia but what if the greatest threat is The Protectors themselves? Nick, Judy and their Furless friend must forge an alliance with old friends and Legends from Zootopia's dark mysterious past to save their city and world against these invaders from within and new otherworldly threats.

23. Gazelle Concert – Part 1

Gazelle Concert – Part 1

Finally a chance to let your inner beast loose, let your fur fly free and party like it was… well… like you were Ben Clawhauser and Judy Hopps in their favorite dream ever. Wait! This wasn't a dream. It was actually real. They were at Gazelle's concert accompanied by their favorite mammals in the world… well two worlds… and not only that, they were special personal VIP guests of that special singer with the most rockin' hips and gorgeous voice ever. Boy was Bogo gonna be jealous. And hmmm there was a special surprise for them on top of a whole day full of surprises. Ben might explode if we keep him in suspense much longer. So let's get to it shall we.

This chapter was meant to be a fun little break in the constant recent heavy drama, but out of nowhere a certain fox went and did his fox thing and all hell broke loose. And thus the chapter is rated M for suggestive themes of sexual assault. Again none of this was planned as usual and will require a rewrite of some prewritten future chapters, but I followed it watching it lead to drama and then more drama. Also it blew up so large I had to break it into parts. This is Part 1 of the concert. Part 2 is coming very soon as it is mostly complete. I had to know how large it was going to be before splitting it. Anyway if you enjoy drama and madness hang on tight. Word of warning. ALWAYS watch that fox closely, he is a slippery one.

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Zoodate: 125 – 130 P.C.

Judy couldn't believe the day was finally here and it been the most memorable day she could have ever dreamed of so far. It just seemed to surprise her more and more as the day had gone on. She was amazed Ben's heart had held out so long, but it might not last much longer after the furless creature currently holding her in his arms had told them that the Mayor had pulled some strings and had a very special surprise for them. Well the whole day had been full of wonders but this one must be a big one. The human had gotten a special call earlier in the day from the Mayor herself and Judy hadn't been able to make out much even with her super ears except the words special favor and ultimate experience. The big extraterrestrial had a huge mischievous grin on his smooth face and simply told her it was a secret. The human was cute when he thought he could keep a secret or really anything from her. But he somehow had lasted the whole day and she had tried everything to get him to spill the beans.

Well Gazelle, the nicest mammal she had ever met by the way, had just left to get ready to go on stage. They had been grouped with the other VIPs and dignitaries and were heading to the special seating area when their sextet was stopped by a huge rhino security guard. Ben got a horrified look on his pudgy face, "What! We are supposed to be with them. Our VIP Host said we all would get the best seats." The desperate cheetah held up his special 3-D lamented VIP lanyard so the rhino could clearly see and looked at him pleading for mercy. It was the greatest day of his life and to ruin it now was quite cruel.

The rhino glanced at the lanyard and the pleading face of feline and gave him a bored unsympathetic grunt as he looked at the human asking with a low voice and flat tone, "I take it you are the Human Ambassador."

The furless one gave the security guard his practiced smile and response, "What gave it away?"

The rhino didn't seem to be amused by the human's attempt at humor as he grunted and turned down a hallway, "Come with me."

Judy noticed her beloved didn't seem at all surprised they had been separated from all the other VIPs and had that silly grin on his face of someone that knew a secret no one else knew. From the confused looks of everyone else in her group it seemed he was the only one who knew the truth. She only hoped he knew what was really going on as the concert was about to start in a few minutes and they were being escorted into a private access elevator. The expressionless rhino used a special key card and told the group to get inside. He told them to push the top floor and then the doors began to close. The horrified cheetah held up his paw to try and stop the rhino, "Wait! Where are we going?" But no answer was forthcoming.

A furless finger pushed the button to the upper floor and Judy looked into face of the owner of that finger who was staring forward intentionally trying not looking at her wearing a slight grin. She tried sticking her paws under his shirt and tickling him to get him to break. It didn't work. His only response to her was a gentle kiss on the top of her head. Hmm he was being very infuriating at the moment. Nick looked amused as he always did with that half smile of his like he knew something. She knew her ZPD partner was only pretending he was in the on the secret. Both her roommates could be quite aggravating at times. Well she could only hope for the best and turned to face forward as the elevator headed up and up.

Finally the doors opened and they exited and walked along a catwalk. They were way up at top of the entire stadium. They could see the massive crowd looking like a swarm of insects and the tiny stage below them. She heard the despondent voice of her cheetah friend, "We are up so high. I can barely see anything."

The adorable little furry bear next to the cheetah held his arm and tried to console his companion, "Look at it this way Benny, we have the best view in the house."

An amused voice in front of them answered, "You sure got that right. You must have an amazing friend very high up."

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It was the start of the week after the momentous emergency marathon Security Council Meeting and the hottest place in Zootopia over the following days was not the Sexy Sizzle Celebration going on currently at Tail Whip, but instead the massive warehouse party taking place at the hottest new club which opened at West Plant where they were playing the most kicking tunes anywhere in the new SMA (Saving Mammal Asses) genre. In fact it was a constant flow of the latest in club equipment coming in through the strange portal accompanied by a whole light show. In fact they had setup a new top secret warehouse area for the new equipment with a whole staff of partygoers in the form of engineers, mechanics, agents from the newly formed ZDOD (Zootopia Department of Defense) and some representatives from the Mayor's office.

The instructions from Drew was to have most of the equipment configured on the human side before sending it through to make the job of installing and setup much simpler. All the AWRE units and the KRV equipment were already linked into a network when they received them on the other side. The Stinger Racks and eight AWRE were mounted on special prepared well protected high speed vehicles with equipped CPRs (Compact Power-8 Reactors). Six of the units were transported to the docks for mounting on specially designed high speed ships adapted to be powered with the CPRs. The remaining unit was attached to a large command unit which had monitoring and communication equipment for a full staff of ZDOD agents. The large folded KRV radar dish was covered and transported out on a flatbed accompanied by several engineers for mounting the unit on a large transportation vehicle. The thirty stingers were checked and taken to a secure ZDOD facility outside the city under security escort. The preset smaller KRV units capable of tracking human UAVs back to their source were mounted with power units on some vehicles capable of a wilderness pursuit. The normal preset KRV units were mounted on vehicles capable high speed road pursuit.

Two Stingers were used for testing one ship mounted AWRE and one mobile AWRE with a successful test in each case. Six ship mounted AWREs now patrolled the outside water of the city. Two of the AWREs were setup in the southern and western suburbs. The Command AWRE unit was currently stationed outside the West Plant. The remaining mobile AWRE units were stationed outside the city. The large KRV was placed south of the city and smaller units were stationed on the outskirts of the city with two pursuit and two detection units stationed on the southern border. Two teams with Stinger Racks were stationed on the southern border with the KRV units and the remaining two were stationed ready to be positioned upon need.

Drew helped with programming the gondolas as friendly patterns into the AWRE system and assisting with the testing by utilizing empty gondolas to confirm it was working properly before going online. He also assisted with the test firings of the two Stingers and two AWRE units. The human confirmed the network link and all the software to make sure everything in the command center was working properly. These systems were then all backed up and a redundant secondary system was setup in the event of any problems with the primary command center.

By the end of Tuesday every unit was in place and fully operational. All video was sent to Drew by the Mayor's office and he had his staff prepare media packages describing all the new defensive measures and distributed these and the Mayor's interview and public address on all the steps taken to safeguard the city. The new media campaign had gone over very well with coverage on every major network and outlet. Initial response was extremely positive.

The campaign by Reynard's media group kicked off very strongly on Monday and continued to gather steam every day throughout the week. They timed news story after news story discrediting The Protectors and their false promises. They even used a lot of information provided by Honey's group educating the public on the dangers of the group. Also mysteriously all the posters and literature of The Protectors seemed to be replaced with anti-Protector messages and pro-Le Pew posters, rallies and literature. There were even beautifully designed free t-shirts and buttons to show support for the Mayor and current council. The electronic billboards all over the city now showed the lovely Mayor warmly welcoming them to a safe and happy city and giving each citizen positive heartfelt messages. There were radio contests with many prizes, free concerts and food in the city, entertainment, free movies and so many other positive methods all promoting the current administration. Drew was flabbergasted by what Reynard and his people had pulled off. He suspected the fox had some connections, but he had no idea what the mysterious fox could really do once he flexed his muscles. At this point he couldn't put anything past the capabilities of the fox.

Upon receiving the media package Reynard had sent, the human spent all his free time when not helping with the new defensive measures working with Reynard's new internet division setting up websites supporting the Mayor and administration and also setting up Anti-Protector websites offering "truths" about this group. He helped the group set up internet advertising directing users to these new websites as well a full social media and advertising campaign on Muzzlebook, Zoogle, Tweeter, Muzzletime and any other major internet presence.

After observing the amazing results of all these campaigns by Reynard's different teams, Drew realized his bunny had definitely made the right call and he was very fortunate to have her brilliant mind by his side. In fact that same brilliant mind had done most all the work for him regarding the new business venture, and he only had to put in the requisitions for all the growing supplies from the human side. But one of the most genius moves of the gray long eared entrepreneur involved an expansion of the venture to cover the creation of vineyards for growing grapes for consumption and use in food products as well those for growing wine. Drew got her all the reports on the types of wines most preferred by the palates of the Zootopians based on their testings and requested cuttings of the best varieties of grapes for the regions where they would be growing based on environmental conditions. The human marveled at how quickly the bunny became an expert at operating a vineyard. She really was a farm girl at heart and truly her father's daughter. If the numbers held, this move could almost double the profits of the entire venture. The human wanted to put her on the business venture's account. In fact he was quite insistent. But Judy prevailed pointing out that if this information became public knowledge it could look very bad. The human did however succeed in having the bunny listed as the sole Account Owner Survivor in case anything happened to him. This was Zootopia where anything could happen he reminded her. She wasn't happy about it, but couldn't argue his logic.

The end result of the media campaign involving the new defensive initiative and Reynard's complete pro-Le Pew and anti-Protector blitz campaign was dramatic. Not only was the momentum of The Protectors stopped. It had been bitch-slapped into the other direction hard and The Mayor and current council all were seeing gains of 5% a day in the polls. By Saturday The Mayor and existing council were leading in the polls by over 10% across the board. Judy didn't know what to be more excited about. The new poll numbers or the upcoming concert. Everyone knew where Clawhauser stood on that issue however. They were still unsure he even knew an election was going on.

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Friday at work Judy came in hauling a large narrow box and a bag. In fact the package was taller and wider than she was and as she held it in front of her she couldn't see where she was going. Fortunately, she knew this entrance like the back of her paw as she was in the front entrance of the massive ZPD City Central Police Station. She counted the paces she knew would take her to the reception desk where if her ears didn't deceive her which they rarely did, she could make out the munching sound of certain jolly cheetah snacking on a morning meal of Lucky Chomps cereal.

She stopped in front of the desk and waited for a response, but apparently the cheetah was quite engrossed in enjoying each chomp and had not noticed her. She set the package down in front her and tapped her right food loudly on the newly polished floor. After the second attempt she heard the chomping sound stop and heard a familiar voice ask inquisitively, "Well isn't this a mysterious surprise. A box magically appeared in front of me. But what is holding it up?"

Judy stuck her head out from around the side and gave the curious cheetah a big grin, "Officer Judy Hopps reporting for duty!"

The cheetah looked down and saw the bunny, put down his bowl, put his paws up to his face and got the biggest smile ever exclaiming with joy, "O.M. Goodness, aren't you the cutest delivery mammal I have ever seen."

She gave the cheetah a fake annoyed look chastising him, "You shouldn't call a bunny cute."

The cheetah responsed with a grin and false apologetic tone, "I am so sorry. A flabby, donut-loving cop stereotyping you, a bunny… the shame."

The bunny gives him a big grin and forgives the only cop to be her friend since the moment she first stepped though that same door around two years ago, "Hi Ben. You are forgiven as always. Look what I got for you from… " She put her paw to the side of her mouth and whispered "Gazelle."

The pudgy cheetah's eyes got wide and the shocked look on his face told her everything she needed to know as he answered her in an awed voice, "Oooooh… is it… you know… part of the special… V… I… P..." The cheetah looked around the with a worried look as if someone was ready to break in and drag him away for uttering such words.

Judy smiled at him and assured him, "Yes. It's fine Ben. It is not like it is a state secret or something."

Ben looked back at her with concern, "I am just worried if Bogo finds out he'll want to come and we don't have an extra ticket. I don't want him to try and take… " He whispers, "Brian's place."

She assures her friend, "The Chief is visiting relatives this weekend anyway. He was so upset he would miss the concert, but planned on catching another show next week."

Relieved, her chubby friend beamed, "Spectacular then. What is it my angel with horns has graced one who is not worthy to share the same air with her with?"

Judy pushed the box up onto the desk with great difficulty and with assistance from the shaking paws of the biggest fan of the reverently forementioned artist. She tossed up the big bag as well and hopped up on the desk to find out what secrets were held within.

"I hadn't open mine, Drew's or Nick's yet as I wanted to experience it with you. Drew took the other package to work for his assistant."

As the large paws of the cheetah carefully touched the box, he seemed to remember something and reached under the table, "Ohhh my hands still have glaze on them. Could you help open it while I clean them off?"

"Of course." The bunny responded as she carefully opened the end of the box and left it for the cheetah to examine.

He slid the contents out on the table and looked at them with awe and reverence like a priest before an altar. Inside was a limited edition numbered silkscreened framed tour poster with a handwritten note and signature on the poster Ben, Let love always find you. Gazelle. Ben looked at it like a holy relic and carefully put it and the other poster to Brian back inside the box. He noticed the Certificates of Authenticity showing that they were special numbered sets of 50. He then noticed the basket and looked inside and found a large wearable 3-D commemorative lamented VIP All Access Badge, an XL and XXL Unreleased Limited Edition Tour T-Shirt, two signed limited edition two disc cds of Gazelle's new album, two signed tour programs, a pair of amplifier glow sticks that would change color every time you shook them, two early merchandise shopping experience access codes for the new Gazelle website, two Gazelle mobile phone cases, and two bracelets that would have different lyrics for her songs appear on them if you turned your wrist. Ben just stood there staring and then carefully looking through all the items over and over and looking at Judy with an open mouth showing awe and wonder.

She just beamed at him and examined each item herself.

Finally her cheetah pal uttered some amazed words, "All this is… so much… I… I just don't know what to say."

Judy handed him a pair of itineraries for the following day and let him know, "It is a very busy day. Drew has one of his helpers from the office driving us to the concert tomorrow and will pick you and your roommate up around noon if that is good."

Ben got a big grin and told her, "Oh we'll be ready. With bells on. Hehe."

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As the large SUV rumbled toward Elm St. in Savanna Central to pick up the final member of their party, Judy was in high spirits. She sat between her partner Nick on the left and her love on the right who had arranged all this. Behind them sat a very large beaming cheetah excitedly talking to his own love Brian, a very cute fluffy light brown bear who seemed to be in high spirits himself. The human secretly holding her paw asked the young timber wolf driving them, "Sammy, how long til we get to Marvin's?"

An eager looking muzzle turned partly back to say, "Be just a couple minutes Boss."

The fox to her left got an amused look on his face commenting, "Boss? Getting to be a bit full of yourself aren't you Furless."

Judy thought Oh no, not more of this. Can't you ever give it a rest Nick?

The pale skinned one on her right answered the annoying fox, "It's what he likes to call me. I tried for a long time to get him to call me by name but… well he prefers that. Isn't that right Sammy?"

From ahead of them they heard a cheery voice respond, "Sure thing Boss."

Again another quip from the owner of the bushy tail to her left, "Well if your assistant calls you that as well, I may have to get out and walk to make room for your giant head."

The human released her paw and got out his cell phone and began entering a text. She could make out the words "… there in a minute" before he put it back into his pocket and gently clasped her paw hidden by his leg.

A little over a minute later they pulled up to the front entrance of a nice looking condominium complex and saw a grinning middle aged raccoon probably around Nick's age or slightly older wearing some loose fitting dark gray slacks and a loose fitting green knit shirt. What stood out to Judy was the slight scarring around his face and one of his ears was bent to the side. Some of his fur was matted and deformed from partial healing. Drew had never mentioned anything about his assistant's past or anything personal. Most likely the human never even asked or probably even cared. He was just that way. But she could certainly tell he was very excited to see the raccoon from the smile and happy look he currently had on his face as he quickly opened the door to the SUV and went over and hugged the raccoon warmly. He escorted him over to the van with his arm around the coon's shoulder. He then introduced everyone to Marvin Fisher his assistant at the Office of Human Affairs. Apparently the best assistant in all of Zootopia if the human was to be believed. Judy couldn't argue his proclamation as Marvin had always been the most cordial, professional and competent mammal she had ever dealt with in the government or private sector. Well he also appeared to be one of the friendliest as well as he greeted everyone quite warmly as he was introduced to each.

The masked charmer apparently was giving Nick a run for his money as he bent his head forward bowing as held Judy's extended paw and giving it a light kiss, "My dear Judy, it is so good to meet you after hearing your lovely voice on the phone so many times." The raccoon then looked a bit uncomfortable as he realized what he had said and looked to Drew with trepidation.

"It's fine Marvin. They all know she is my roommate. Nick is as well." The human responded to assuage his concern.

As far as Marvin knew, Judy was an extremely close friend of his and his roommate. Her mate had explained to her that it wasn't that he didn't trust Marvin completely, but he always wanted to minimize those that knew the truth if it could be helped. She was never ashamed of her relationship, but understood and supported his concern. It never hurt to be as safe as possible.

After the raccoon settled into the seat up front next to Sammy, they began heading toward Lions Gate at Zootennial Stadium where the concert was to be held. It was then that Judy realized two things. She was the only female and only prey in the entire group of seven in the vehicle. While this would have terrified nearly any female bunny or other small prey animal in Bunnyburrow that didn't know these guys, she couldn't have ever felt safer and more comfortable. How things had changed so much since she had left her family's farm two years ago. If her old self had seen her current self, she would probably have found herself with mouth wide open staring in shock and wonder and finally refusing to believe what she saw. But here she was surrounded on all sides by those she loved and those that loved her. No wonder the human had the look of euphoria as the emotions in the air must be heaven to him. Well the subject of her current search for pure elation and enthusiasm was waiting just ahead of them. She so hoped she would have a chance to actually meet her favorite artist of all time, or at the very least get a picture with her. Drew had assured her that she would get some interaction with the pop star, and possibly be able to ask her some questions. That thought gave her such excitement, but also made her quite nervous. She then gained confidence as she knew the mammal holding her paw would make sure those doubts and concerns would be distant memories when the time came.

She did find it amusing that she could face any bad guy, stop any conspiracy, lead a major press conference to the entire government council and media, and yet still be scared to death of asking a simple question of a singer. It is just one of those strange things that made life complicated yet interesting. A smooth voice from her immediate left broke her out of her contemplation, "Carrots, you excited to see what she has for us this time?" Her best friend gave her a sly grin.

"What do you think?" She responded with a big grin and sparkle in her eye, "But maybe you might actually do a bit of dancing this time. Mister I am just too cool for this."

"You just couldn't handle of my moves if I brought them out. I don't want to make you look bad." The crafty fox intoned in a teasing manner.

She countered, "I'm willing to risk it. Let's see what you got."

The red one smirked glancing at Drew, "I don't want to make the human look bad. It being his first concert and all and him getting us these special tickets."

"Well if you want to thank me, just dance with her for heaven's sake. Why do you always have to be so cool all the time?" The human retorted with slight frustration.

The fox responded with a patented grin and a wink, "Hey, I gotta be me."

"Well just because you had narcolepsy, doesn't mean you shouldn't get out of bed and join the waking world for a change." The human across from him chided.

Judy agreed, "He's got a point Nick. Let you fur down for once in your life. We wouldn't think any lesser of you for it. Quite the opposite."

The fox relented, "I'll think about it."

Judy hoped Nick would finally relax and let loose for a change. It must get awfully tense just bottling up all your feelings all the time and pretending not to care. She thought she might explode if she didn't let out whatever was inside her all the time. At work she really tried to keep all that professional, but being with those she loved she had learned to just release everything that was inside of her and not care what anyone thought. Her human had encouraged her immensely to lay her heart bare at all times with him with no fear of judgment or recrimination only love and encouragement. He was the first one in her entire life to actually request that she do it. Most others had become embarrassed or uncomfortable. When she would question him, Drew would say, "Be like Ben. He never hides anything he feels. And we love him for it."

The freedom was fantastic. Everyone should try it sometime. She vowed she would not hold back this entire concert experience. If Nick was gonna be him, well she was gonna be her and everyone would just have to accept it.

As if timed perfectly to her thought, they pulled up to the VIP entrance at the concert and she clapped her paws excitedly in front of her bouncing up and down on the seat with an enormous smile on her face. They were finally here! After all that waiting, it was finally happening!

The two wolves at the entrance checked their IDs and bags and then handed each of them with a special personalized 3-D lamented VIP All Access Pass lanyard which had Follow Your Heart Tour printed at the top with the image of Gazelle surrounded by her four tiger dancers all making a heart symbol with their arms. Ben examined hers and she examined his as each of them beamed with giddy excitement at each other.

They were escorted into a reception area where they met their VIP Host Charlotte Fulgen an adorable red panda with beautiful orangish-brown fur and striped tail with white muzzle, white eyebrows, white ears and white patches on each cheek which gave her such an amiable and charming expression. She greeted everyone and got all their names and gave them a schedule for the days events. The first item on the list definitely got her cheetah friend's attention, "A VIP Greeting Gourmet Buffet with Signature Refreshments!"

Their lovely host gave him a warm grin, "I hope you came with an appetite. This is where you get to meet all the VIPs enjoying some wonderful catered food and excellent drinks while enjoying conversation with some of the most interesting mammals Zootopia has to offer. You would not be here unless you were quite special."

"Ummm what if we aren't all that special." The cute fluffy pastry chef asked.

Their host walked over to the bear and inquisitively looked him over, "Well you certainly are the most adorable bear I have ever seen. I have a strong feeling the other members of your party don't share that opinion." She then glanced around indicating all the expressions of the other five all looking at Brian with warm smiles.

The bear looked down embarrassed, "Well… I just hope we don't have to make a speech or perform."

"Of course not. You can choose to interact or not, it is your choice. Everything is your choice today. If you don't want to do something with your group, I am sure I can find something you would enjoy." Their host assured him and the whole group. "This is your day. I am here to make it as special as I possibly can. If there is anything I can do please don't hesitate to ask."

"Can we see the buffet?" The cheetah with a rumbling belly inquired.

Charlotte gave Ben a big smile grabbing his arm locking it in hers and led him down the hall to a large room where a whole variety of wonderful smells wafted all around them, "Of course Ben. I must apologize for delaying you. How careless of me."

She escorted them into a large blue room where one wall had a variety of entrees and side dishes and one wall had a salad bar and whole dessert bar with an attendant to make any custom ice cream dish. There was a whole table with a whole variety of different drinks. They had some juice blends, several varieties of tea, cold and hot and a high end coffee maker imported from the human world.

The room currently had twelve other VIPs in attendance and Charlotte brought the group over to introduce their party to them. She hurriedly introduced Ben to everyone as she could sense he was quite distracted by the delights all over the walls just waiting for him to sample. Once he was introduced and released, he immediately bolted for the buffet examining each item and getting more and more excited. The other VIPs in the room included the CEO of FursNational Bank and his two daughters, Councilmammals Fritz Leopold and Glis Shear, a leopard and sheep and their spouses, the owner of Bug-Burga Sidney Snowpaws a cheery older snow leopard, three executives from Kodiak and the President of Targoat Razel Pacos a large female fluffy alpaca.

Judy caught the gaze of Drew and nodded her head toward the VIPs and gave him a light shove in their direction. As Human Ambassador, her companion had to entertain curious dignitaries who wanted to visit his office wishing to make deals, or at the very least peddle influence with the one controlling trade with the human world. It never hurt to have friends or at least contacts like many of these influential Zootopian leaders. She had already told him beforehand to take advantage of the opportunity and leave her out of the schmoozing as she had many other friends to keep her company. She was a farm girl and a cop, not a top mover and shaker in the political or business world, and was much more comfortable just hanging out with her friends.

However apparently she had a couple fans who wanted to talk to her in the form of the two daughters of FursNational CEO Thaddeus Digg a pocket gopher while Drew and his assistant Marvin warmly greeted the collection of dignitaries. The younger was named Jani who was wearing a pink dress with white stripes and white lace. The older was Staci who was wearing a black tights and red skirt with a black blouse covered in sequins forming a shooting star pattern across the front with smaller stars scattered around the rest of the blouse. Both girls seemed quite excited to meet her jumping up and down. Each had wide awed expressions as they came up and asked for her autograph in their autograph books. As Judy happily signed a personalized message to each, apparently her jealous partner wanted to hone in on her fandom, "Girls you realize you have an even bigger celebrity right here."

The two girls looked at the fox with confused expressions with Staci responding, "Who? The human? I am sure Judy did all the rescuing and convincing him to help."

"No… not the human." The fox responded trying to keep a grin even though Judy recognized the pained expression on his face.

"I don't know the… happy… cheetah… or the bear. Are they famous?" A perplexed Jani responded with a curious look on her face."

Judy tried to heal the bruised ego of the fox, "I think he means himself girls. This is Nick Wilde my partner at the ZPD."

The two girls turned to him excitedly. She could sense the fox was glad someone was finally noticing him, but the questions asked by the two girls were not going to help his self-esteem, "How did you get to meet her? Did you win a contest? What's it like being with Judy?" The questions and idol worship continued leaving her partner quite uncomfortable and downcast. Judy was very nice and tried to answer all their rapid questions as best she could, but the two girls seemed to have only endless questions for her and her partner. And I thought Tala had a lot of questions. Well at least there was only one of her. This tag-team of enthusiastic inquisitive little gophers was something else entirely. Thankfully the ZPD team was rescued by the girls father who apparently had an idea of what a pawful the two could be, and escorted the two toward the buffet with an apologetic nod toward her and the fox.

She knew she would pay a heavy price and sure enough her partner decided to start the opening salvo of his revenge, "So Carrots, what is it like being a famous celebrity partnered with such a useless good for nothing fox?"

Judy gave the fox an exasperated look, "Give it a rest Nick. They are just young girls. Think about it from their perspective. They are small female prey with big dreams just like I had at that age. They romanticize about what those like myself and Gazelle have done. Don't take it so personal."

"Well, I never see any young fans of my own coming up and asking for my autograph."

"You seem to get a lot of older fans if you know what I mean." She remembered far too often being shoved out of the way as vixens, female predators of many species and a handful of female prey decided to show their appreciation for the smug fox. She never gave him grief during all these incidents, but heaven forbid she have a few fans of her own. The fox got his ego bruised far too easily and got annoying when he was not the center of attention.

"Oh look… another admirer. This should be good." The fox grinned mischievously as she saw a buck break from the group of Kodiak executives and hop directly toward her with a confident gait. She knew this could be trouble with a vengeful partner by her side. And she was not wrong.

A middle-aged gray buck who was quite tall and lean for a buck and attired in a fancy silk suit bowed before her and introduced himself as Finley Fuzzbottom, the youngest division head ever at Kodiak. Judy politely offered her paw only to have the buck smoothly lean in putting his arm around her back and nudging her away in an attempt to separate her from Nick for a private conversation. Thankfully her partner followed his movements following behind them looking down at the two until the buck relented and decided to address both her and her partner. She would have much preferred that Nick had left her alone with him if she would have had any idea of what was to come.

"My dear Judy, there is no need to introduce yourself. Your exploits are quite well known to those in my circle. While my adventures are not quite so well known as your own, I like to think we are both true trailblazers of our species." Finley said with all modesty, or the lack thereof.

Not that the buck wasn't attractive. In fact he was far more handsome than any bucks she had known with his freshly fluffed and trimmed fur, whitened teeth and sharp impeccably tailored lavish suit. But she was not the same fresh-faced easily impressed farm girl that had arrived in Zootopia with wide-eyes, wonder and huge dreams. She had seen his type many times before and they tended to be quite full of themselves. The buck was looking for a famous, high-profile and attractive piece of arm candy to increase his social status among his peers. He had sights on a top executive position and a famous trendsetter in the bunny community would be the absolutely perfect choice to impress the higher ups or even possibly bear him a few litters of bunnies and retire to the life of homemaker for her successful husband.

Her supportive partner decided to kickoff his revenge, "Carrots, I think we have finally found someone truly worthy of your attention."

The buck got quite a big grin after hearing from her wonderful partner, "Indeed! I would have imagined such a lovely doe would have her fair share of suitors." He gave her a sly wink.

Before she could respond, the fox got another dig in, "She was just telling me yesterday that she was so hoping to meet a dashing buck like yourself. She really is quite lonely. She talks about it incessantly like… oh if only I could meet a nice and handsome bunny to sweep me off my feet. So many bucks are so nervous approaching her because she is a cop and so famous. But they are right not to try as none of them are remotely worthy of her affections."

The fox could be so annoying at times. And this was certainly one of those times as this encouragement was going to cost her dearly. She knew she needed to try and head this off, but before she could respond the buck gave her a charming smile, "And rightly so. Such a lovely doe only deserves the very best. I can assure you while no one could truly be worthy enough for your attentions, I would submit myself as one such that could at least be considered to share your company." The slick buck bowed with his head up and painted with a grand smile.

Judy was sure that this buck was used to such a line working on every doe he encountered and expected her to swoon at his attentions. She did have to admit she was flattered by the attention of such a quality buck. But she instead politely smiled and attempted to let him down gently, "Finley, you are quite impressive and eloquent, but I am too unsophisticated for you. I have plain tastes as I am just a simple farm girl."

The buck had a ready response, "You are anything but simple my dear. You are a flower freshly grown in spring. Compared to those that this city has molded, you are a breath of fresh air. You are a rocket shooting toward impossible prominence. You are one such that a humble bunny such as myself could only hope to bask in your glow as you continue your rise toward unheard of heights."

Well this buck is certainly talented. Apparently he did not have the same problem talking with ladies that Drew had. He could even teach the fox a few things. Speaking of the fox it seems he was not quite done, "Carrots, Finley here is easily the most handsome, charming and successful buck I am sure you have ever met. If you don't pay him some attention, I may have to try and steal him away for myself." The mischievous grin and lowered head told Judy that the fox was not going to relent until he had his pound of flesh.

It did feel good to have such a handsome and charming buck paying attention to her for a change instead of seeing flocks of females all over her furless mate or all the many vixens and other ladies trying to get her ZPD partner's attention. It was nice for someone to actually see her as a doe, as a female, as a prospective mate. But this had gone on long enough and she decided to bring this to a halt giving Finley a patient smile, "I am afraid my partner here is a bit forgetful. Nick, don't you remember that I am seeing someone else. A close friend of the family." Neither of these statements was a lie. Judy hated to ever lie.

The fox however had no such compunctions about doing exactly that, "Don't listen to her Finley. She is just shy. There is no one else. You know your parents and family would absolutely love this exquisite buck right here. What a spectacular son-in-law he would make. And just imagine the gorgeous little bunnies you two would have. Here Carrots let me help you." Her roommate decided to shock her as he deftly slid his paw around her fluffy tail and nudged her forward so that she stumbled forward into the buck so her face was pressed into his neck and her chest and paws were pressed up against him. The fox kept his paw hidden pressed deftly into the small of her back so she couldn't back away without a great deal of force and it being quite noticeable. The fox had really pushed it too far this time, literally. He could be annoying at times, but this was way over the line. She wanted to bless him out, but had to remain polite in front of this important dignitary. She was pressed flat against the buck and could feel and hear his heartbeat increase. She could sense his fur begin stand on end. His neck was warm. This was bad, really bad. The fox now had this buck believing she was desperate for his affection and had pressed up against him on purpose and no amount of her excuses was going to change that.

Uh oh. She was avoiding looking up at the buck, but he grabbed her face in his paws and tilted her head up to look directly into his eyes. He smiled at her, "My dear Judy. I can assure you I am a most gentlebuck. You need not be nervous around me. I only have the most honorable of intentions and would only like to spend time to get to know you better." They were nearly touching lips and the fox was preventing her from backing away gracefully. She was not sure what to do to get out of this situation. It was extremely uncomfortable. She was unsure what had gotten into Nick. A little jesting is one thing, but forcing her into this situation was quite another. Their faces were so close together at this point nearly touching that she was afraid of even opening her mouth. She managed to turn her head enough to glare at the fox with a look that meant she intended bodily harm. He only greeted her look with a nonchalant grin and a wink. What could he possibly be thinking?

She turned back to face the buck and brushed his lips with hers. She then felt him begin to press forward for a kiss that she knew she could not avoid as he still had his paws on either side holding her head in place. Well this may look undignified as all heck, but she was absolutely desperate at this point and had no choice and stunned the buck letting her legs go completely limp collapsing onto the floor.

There were gasps from the several others who saw the incident and she instantly found Drew holding her in his arms. Oh no! She had merely wanted to get out of the situation, but the human must have instantly sensed she was in trouble and she realized she had made a serious mistake causing her covert love to react this recklessly. Darn that fox. Why did he have to push the situation like that and risk their safety. She tried to assure the human she was okay and intentionally put her paws and arms out in front of her so he could not pull her into the embrace she knew he instinctively craved. Instead she firmly stated to him and the others around her, "I'm fine. I'm fine. I guess I need some food."

She relented and let Drew carefully pull her up so she was standing and he stared deeply into her eyes while staying crouched on the floor and asked softly, "Are you really okay?"

She gave him a small smile and nodded mouthing softly, "I'm fine. It's all okay."

He seemed to be satisfied with her answer, "Okay. I am going to get you some food. How about you sit down and relax until then, okay?"

She let him escort her to a chair at a nearby table and help her up. As he went to get her some food she saw Finley and the fox slowly approach her and stand to either side of her.

"Are you okay my dear?" The buck said with a concerned look on his face.

"I'm fine. Perhaps I am a bit more overwhelmed at being here than I had first thought." Judy responded with a gentle smile.

"Carrots, I'm so sorry." The fox said softly looking rightfully guilty for his actions.

"How did the human get to you so quickly?" The buck asked with a stunned look, "He was talking with other executives and had you in his arms before I even knew what had happened."

"I guess humans are faster than they look. They may look clumsy and awkward, but perhaps looks can be deceiving." The fox added in a hopeful attempt to explain Drew's actions.

Judy tried to explain, "I spent a whole lot of time on human Earth with him looking out for me. I suppose the human can sense if I am in any trouble." Again not a lie.

"If there was anything I did to cause you to… whatever it is that happened. I must humbly apologize." The buck said with a sincere expression.

"No Finley, you were not at fault. It was just a bit too much for me." Again not a lie as it was a certain foxes fault and it was definitely too much for her.

"Well I don't want to upset you further, but I hope you will call me. I would love to take you out for a very special and I promise delightful evening sometime." The buck handed her his fancy business card in printed gold leaf. "I hope to converse with you a bit later this afternoon when you are feeling better."

The buck then hopped off to rejoin his fellow executives. As soon as he was gone Judy turned to glare at her partner giving him an angry scowl.

"I'm sorry Carrots. I am not sure what came over me. I don't know why I forced that. I guess I was just curious to see what would happen." The fox managed to utter after looking down at his feet for awhile.

She angrily responded, "You almost caused an incident that we would have been hard pressed to explain. Drew nearly gathered me up and whisked me away to safety. You know how hard it is for him to avoid doing anything like that when he thinks I'm in trouble. What were you thinking?"

"I didn't know that was going to happen." He tried to explain.

"You just don't think of the consequences of your actions sometimes. Your jokes are all well and good, but that was pushing it way too far. I just wanted to come here and have some fun and not have to worry about having my private life completely exposed and laid bare before the world."

Just then Drew arrived with a plate full of vegetarian entrees and a large salad with Judy's favorite toppings and dressing and placed them and a cup of Gazelles' Tiger Tea in front of her. The human still looked very anxiously at her, "You sure you are okay? I could sense your distress instantly. Was the rabbit bothering you?"

"No, no, nothing like that. He was being a perfect gentlebuck." Judy began digging into the meal, "How about you two get something to eat and join me. That will make me feel a whole lot better." She didn't want to lie to the human, nor did she want to tell him the truth. It wouldn't help make things better if he got upset with Nick which would have definitely happened if he knew the truth.

The two of them and Marvin joined her at the table with a plates of gourmet food and drink. Marvin asked about her health and she had to once again make sure everyone knew she was just fine. She was regretting her decision, but still couldn't think of a better alternative that didn't involve insulting the important buck.

The cheery raccoon encouraged her, "You should meet some of the others Judy. They are all quite fascinating. I never thought we would have anything in common with Mr. Snowpaws and Bug-Burga since I thought we would be competitors, but he wants to branch out and try serving some human meatless protein substitutes as well many human side dishes and condiments. The Kodiak guys are all interested in the technology we can offer. And Miss Pacos is interested in carrying a whole line of consumer products featured in all her stores."

Nick gave the raccoon an impressed stare, "You have been really busy. How did that all happen in such a short amount time?"

The human beamed, "I told you this bristly ball of fur here is an amazing asset. His mind is always working. The wheels are always turning behind that mask."

The raccoon blushed at the compliments and then grinned, "Well that's why you brought me along isn't it?"

Drew looked at him as if affronted, "Of course not. I merely thought you needed a reward for all your amazing hard work lately. These past few weeks have been quite trying. But you have held up spectacularly, and have been a miracle worker."

"Well I can't argue the fact that it has been quite tough. But it wasn't just me that has done such an amazing job." Marvin defended not wishing to take full credit.

"Well I couldn't bring everyone. And besides they all get paid overtime for the work unlike yourself. Unfortunately there are caps on the amount of bonuses I can offer or I would offer far more." The human admitted reluctantly.

The raccoon did not appear to be the least bit concerned, "You have paid me far better than anyone in my position. I have checked the amount just out of curiosity not out of any concern. I am paid almost twice that of even the Assistant Mayor. I am still curious. How are you able to do that?"

"I am able to assign a portion of my discretionary funds to performance bonuses. Because I am able to split the proceeds of the sale of all human products in Zootopia with the government, all that money goes into that budget so it gives me a huge pool to work with. I haven't figured out how to get around the 100% cap that they limit on such bonuses." Drew showed true regret that he could not reward his assistant even more.

Nick wondered something, "If the money is split what do you do with all of it? I have a few business ideas you can invest in with some of the money." The fox gave him a sly grin.

"They wouldn't happen to involve any bridges or monuments would they?" The human grinned at the fox referring to some of classic old scams from the human world.

"Huh? Oh no… nothing like that… well maybe some buildings… nightclubs… a few sections of town that need renovating… am sure Finnick has a few things." The sneaky fox responded with practiced casual indifference.

"It is a valid question though. The government uses some of the money to cover the additional cost of regulating all the goods, collecting the revenues, covering all the additional costs required by the changes, but the vast majority goes to funding new public works such as improvements to the roads, rail system, parks, education, etc. Recently a lot of the money has gone to cover all the additional costs of the ZDOD and related expenses. Most of the money in my budget goes to the costs of mining operations, surveys of new locations and running operations at the portal, but I use the other for many things including testing the viability of human products and technology and ideas for use in Zootopia, and many of the additional costs of running the office not covered under the standard government budget. Performance bonuses would fall under that category." The Human Ambassador clarified to his friends.

Just then their lovely red panda host arrived with six more VIPs and everyone was introduced to a Remy Lingu, Drew's rat ally from the Security Council and his wife Margie, Mick Maus, the mouse governor of Little Rodentia and his wife Sophie, and Rod and Todd Jumper, two lemming heads of Lemming Brothers Bank.

Drew immediately went to greet Remy and offered to host the group over at his table and had small tables and chairs setup on top of his table facing his group. Marvin gathered tiny food and refreshments for all the newcomers. Ben and Brian finally joined them at the table after carefully balancing a sampling of everything offered at the dessert bar. Their group of six happily chatted with their six diminutive guests. Judy noticed that the concert promoters had a large bear staff member assigned to the group of six smaller VIPs to carry them in a set of six tiny custom recliners each with footstools and small tables. Apparently these important guests would be cared for in special style just like her friend Mr. Big and his family were personally looked after.

About fifteen minutes later the final group of VIPs arrived consisting of Hamilton Grace and Filbert Grizzoli, two of the top stars of the pawball league. Hamilton was a lightning fast springbok with amazing leaping ability and easily the best outfielder in the game. He was accompanied by an absolutely gorgeous female springbok named Shale Arsup wearing an exquisite Preyda dress and huge flawless diamond teardrop earrings and matching necklace. Apparently he was paid quite well and could afford to keep his girlfriend in the finest most extravagant style in Zootopia. Filbert was a large grizzly bear with an equally large attractive girlfriend named just Mozzel and was probably the biggest slugger in the game. They were accompanied by executive representatives of their sponsors MouseterCharge and Groomingdales.

After roughly an hour giving the VIPs sufficient time to get to know each other and get their fill of the wonderful food offered, their host took them on an extensive backstage tour of the entire production. Judy and Ben got quite excited when they saw Gazelle's tiger dancers in a side room practicing some synchronized dance moves. Ben and the gopher girls asked Charlotte about saying hi to them, but they were told there would be time to meet them later. It was important that they not be disturbed when they were practicing. The group was shown everything including a large room with numerous outfits for costume changes which she had to restrain Ben from rushing headlong into, lighting operations, soundboard recording, speaker systems, special effects operations and numerous other parts of the production. They were even allowed out onto the stage where they were currently testing several set changes.

"Isn't this so amazing?" Ben exclaimed seeing how they seamlessly switched huge sets in and out.

It really was. One thing that amazed Judy was how many mammals were involved in everything. Apparently their group were the only ones in the entire building that were not part of the production, and they had seen many mammals all over backstage and in the stadium. She decided to ask Charlotte about this, "Who are all these mammals we see everywhere backstage?"

The red panda gave her a big smile, she really was the perfect host making any question asked seem like the most important she had ever received, "It does seem there are so many just milling around doing nothing, but each have a reason to be here. Many are members of the media, writers for publications such as Enterfurment Weekly, Billboar Magazine and Vanity Fur or the newspapers. Others are representatives of sponsors like Preyda and Furberry."

"I guess I fit in quite nicely." Shale Arsup exclaimed holding up the latest and most expensive Furberry Bridle Bag in Alligator and Haymaker Check nearly costing Judy's yearly salary and showing off her Furberry snakeskin boots which cost several months of her salary and Shale's custom designed Preyda dress which Judy had no idea what the cost might be but far more than she could ever afford or imagine spending on a dress. With the diamond jewelry Judy estimated the pawball player's girlfriend was causally wearing five times or more her yearly salary.

Judy barely heard a voice behind her say, "Those would look lovely on you Judy my dear. But I am sure we could do better for you." She glanced back at the source of the voice and saw Finley smiling at her noticing her admiring Shale's outfit. She knew that he said it so only someone with bunny hearing could have even heard him. He really doesn't know who I am at all. For she was the same Judy who had never even owned or worn a dress until Drew bought her the special one for their meeting with Reynard. She was the same bunny who had never worn jewelry and had wanted to be a cop her whole life, not rub elbows with high society wearing other animals skins. She would never be one to judge others, but that was just not who she was at all.

Staci held up her paw until Charlotte responded, "Yes my lovely little dear."

The young gopher girl inquired, "What is with all the cameras I see everywhere? Are they filming a video?"

"An excellent eye Staci." Their red panda host informed her, "They are actually filming this specific performance of the concert for a special live home experience in ultra HD 4K and 3D. Most concerts have some camera setups, but this one is quite special with camera angles all over."

The little gopher beamed with pride at her observance, "Do we get a copy of the performance?"

"It will take awhile to finish it with all the special features. But I am sure your father will make sure you can get one of the first ones made. In fact all of you got an access code to the early merchandise shopping experience in your preshow packages so you can be the first to pre-order it as soon as it is listed."

"I already ordered it." The grinning cheetah blurted.

"My don't we have an alert fan with us. Were you pleased with everything offered?" Their host asked the excited cheetah.

"OM Goodness, Yes! There is are so many limited edition items. I always wondered where some of the guys on the fan-sites got theirs from. Now I know!" Ben enthusiastically volunteered. He then whispered to Judy, "You have to check it out. Some of the items are only available until someone gobbles them up. You have to be fast."

Judy nodded to him. She didn't really buy all the kinds of merchandise that her ZPD cheetah friend did as she was more a fan of the artist's music and life, but she was really glad it was offered for his use. She only hoped he kept within a budget and saved some money. You never knew when you would need money for important needs, and she worried the cheetah had huge impulse control issues. His diet also attested to this. Being a farm girl she always knew they were good seasons and bad ones and you always needed to prepare for the rough times. She herself was socking away every penny of her paycheck for a rainy day. Living with Drew she had nearly no expenses as he had a budget for nearly everything. About the only thing she spent anything on was some inexpensive civilian bunny clothes like the leggings and blue shirt she currently wore. She had very simple tastes. She knew what living on a budget was like as she had learned to be quite frugal scraping by during her first couple years in the city. There was a bit of guilt that she was mooching off her boyfriend, but he reminded her constantly it cost him nothing as it was all within his allowance and he was the one that begged her to move in with him quite insistently as soon as they finally had become more than just close friends. It wasn't a difficult argument as her lease had been up and she wanted to spend every minute she could with him. But she knew that all of this couldn't last especially with The Protector takeover looming. But hopefully that was behind them with all their hard work over the past few weeks. There were still a couple days to go, and barring a disaster everything was looking good, but she knew better to stop being vigilant and planned on keeping the pedal pressed down all the way over the finish line.

Thinking of him, she glanced up at the human and saw he was looking at her with a big smile. He was trying to keep his distance from her, but she knew it was torture for him to be so close and yet distant. She would have to find some way to make it up to him later. He was being really good so far except for the hiccup caused by a certain fox.

Speaking of the fox, the bushy tailed one seemed to be quite fascinated by their VIP host's fluffy striped tail as he was staring at it intently in his normal casual carefree way. Perhaps there was someone else to finally grab the attention of her partner. She sure hoped so as he really needed it quite badly. She hoped their excuse to Marion was not in fact truth, and the fox would be unable to share his feelings and love for another until his own past family issues were resolved.

Thinking of Marion, she hoped she was doing well. She knew that the doctor Drew had found had an initial interview with her at her home earlier in the week and she was scheduled for her first official treatment today. It was difficult when things like this were out of her paws and she had to depend on others being successful. So much depended on their success with Nick's mom. She was kind of afraid to hear the rest of Reynard's story after his recent revelations, but she knew it was important they know what really happened to Marion to make her the way she was now. It was also important to know what might be haunting her best friend and partner. It was horrible seeing those you loved suffering so and not being able to do anything about it. Well she needed to put all these worries behind her and just have fun today. She felt the human feeding her positive thoughts. He must have sensed her worry. She glanced at him smiling and nodding to let him know all the dark thoughts were gone.

They were then escorted to a special party room where they had many things available to keep them all busy. They had refreshments, a dance floor with music and a DJ, lounge chairs to just hang out and relax and talk, and a couple special items that really got her and she was sure Ben's attention. They had a special photo room with props and scenery for taking as many pictures with friends as they wished and automatically loaded onto the personalized Gazelle flash drives each had been given. Everyone who went in would just plug their flash drive into the console inside of the extra large booth and everyone inside would get a copy of the pictures. Also they had something which caused her to have to hold onto her cheetah friend in order to contain him. They each had access to The Special Gazelle Souvenir Room. Ben informed her he had heard rumors the place existed, but never believed it was real. Apparently it was real and she was unsure if anyone else would get anything if the cheetah was first inside. Fortunately it seems Charlotte already anticipated this and each group of six was given a lottery to determine the order they would visit, and their group was fourth of five. Ben seemed disappointed but he quickly accepted this and went to attack the refreshments with Brian.

Apparently Marvin was still working on business with some of the executives so she decided she would try the photo booth first. She whispered to Drew to join her in there in a few minutes for some personal photos of just the two of them before the crowd discovered it. She then slipped inside and plugged her flash drive into the selection console and starting examining all it had to offer. She was excited to have some fun photos of just her and her man. I think that is the term the human females used.

The booth appeared to be big enough for about eight or so medium mammals or a couple large ones. There were all kinds of sceneries she could choose on a computer screen and have appear behind her. There were places all around Zootopia, in the air on a gondola, one in space with the moon and stars, some on different planets, some with space ships fighting in the background, one in front of a castle, one at the top of a ferris wheel, one in a train, some forest and mountain scenes, some on the water, some with Gazelle and her tigers in the background, one atop the highest mountain in the world the humans called Everest, a few places from human Earth she recognized from her browsing of the internet while there, one Drew had said was something called sky diving, a few scary scenes like a haunted house and graveyard, also another one of the giant monsters called a dinosaur trying to eat them, and so many more it would take awhile to go through them all and choose.

There was a huge box of props. All kinds of props and costumes imaginable including fake swords, shields, flowing silk gowns, an open faced knight helmet, antlers, a fake arrow that looked like it went through the head, big furry paws with claws, eye patches, pirate outfits, a space helmet, several laser guns and some light sabers that glowed different colors, fishing gear, fake jewelry and treasure, fake skeletons of different animals, doctor smocks, robot arms, capes, fakes muzzles, fake teeth of different sizes in a special disinfectant, even a fake ZPD uniform and badge, different fake ears of various animals, a graduation cap and the list went on and on… it could take forever to explore all the possibilities.

She had been so engrossed in looking through all the props tossing them all over trying get down to the bottom of the trunk that she didn't notice someone had come in until she felt them holding her hips so she didn't fall in completely as she was close to doing since she was bent over headfirst into the large trunk trying to reach the bottom with her feet high up in the air.

Well he was right on time as usual. She let her sweetie know, "Thanks for the hand. But don't be thinking you can get a quickie in. The door to this thing doesn't lock you know. But maybe we could make out a bit or maybe something a bit more if you are quick about it."

Eureka! She found what she was looking for coming up with a large cape for a large mammal, "We can use this to hide under in case anyone comes..."

Judy got a shock as she saw a gray buck staring at her with a surprised smile on his face.

"How did you know it was me?" The startled Finley asked, "Oh and what did you mean by thanks for the hand?"

Judy regained her wits just enough to respond, "Oh... I... smelled you. Like um… who else could it have been?" Who else indeed. Wow this is not good at all and she had screwed herself this time.

She then tried to explain the other question, "It is a human expression I picked up being around one so often. It just means thanks for the assistance. I nearly toppled into the trunk, and that would have been quite undignified."

The buck seemed to accept these answers with a big grin and slid in beside her on the seat of the bench and grabbed the other end of the cape she was holding and put it over the two of them so they were covered in case anyone entered. He put his arm around her shoulder and pulled her tight against him. She could sense he was quite aroused as his heartbeat had increased and his pheromones smelled strong. Think Judy think, how can I get out of this one? Being flattered someone was actually paying attention to her was one thing, but she was getting a feeling that this was quite another. But how does she explain what she said to him while she was in the trunk?

While she was busy furiously considering her options he leaned over and nuzzled her and started kissing her neck and rubbing her leg. Judy kept her body frozen still not moving as she tried to think of a demure way out of this. If he had noticed her bodily language, he would know she was not into this, but he didn't seem to notice or care. She considered pretending she was overcome as she had done earlier, but she really didn't want to think what might happen if she tried passing out. Once a buck gets this turned on, well they are really hard to stop, and she and Nick had unfortunately given him all go signals all afternoon completely unintentionally. If she pretended to lay unconscious this may only encourage him more and she may find herself in an impossible situation she couldn't escape from quite quickly. He pushed her down against the seat kissing her tightly closed mouth rubbing her belly with his paw under her shirt and he started to pull her shirt up over her head. By the time she realized what he was doing and tried to resist he had pulled it up to her head as he was a lot quicker and stronger than he looked and must be incredibly fit.

This is quickly starting to get out of hand. She decided this had gone far enough to satisfy what she had said a minute ago and she was going to strongly protest at this point before anything went farther, but her paws were caught in her shirt on top of her head and she desperately tried to free them. He also was preventing her from speaking kissing her insistently covering her mouth anytime she opened it. She felt him scent marking her rubbing against her. He is laying claim to me! She could feel he was quite aroused at this point as he was pressed up against her and poking her. She had dealt with amorous bucks all her life, but she had never led them on or given them any encouraging signals at all. She realized she had never intended to give this buck any of those signals either, quite the opposite, but from his perspective she was absolutely begging him to take her supposedly shy self and make her his. Bucks were not shy like Drew and with any encouragement at all they aggressively pursued sexual contact with a doe they liked. While she gave Drew the impression they were mindless sex machines, in reality this was not always the case as many of the desirable ones could be quite picky. And this particular buck could afford to be the one of pickiest bucks in Zootopia as he was the ultimate package when it came to any buck. She admitted she was quite flattered now that she realized his interest in her was not as purely window dressing, but as something romantic in nature. But unfortunately this had led to her letting this get completely out of control instead of shutting it down immediately. Because of this she now found herself in a desperate situation she had to get out of urgently at all costs.

She tried to squirm and back away from him yelling out and began to stand up to get out of his reach but instead slipped as he pulled her back down and fell hard knocking the breath out of her as she was flipped facing forward. Then she felt paws begin to pull her leggings down. Fortunately she had finally freed her paws from her shirt and immediately grabbed ahold of them on each side with each paw tightly in a death grip, but felt them rip completely off as they were pulled down and then off her feet. The situation had now escalated beyond desperate and while she had not wanted the embarrassment and controversy this would bring, and had not wanted the buck to think her a tease, she realized the alternative of this happening was not an option. But she didn't realize that the current situation may be completely out of her control at this point. She always thought she was in control, but sometimes you can't always stop a locomotive once it has picked up sufficient speed and was thundering down the tracks.

But she was going to try everything she could and she began to scream "STOP!" into the seat in front of her as she attempted to roll herself over onto her front, but she had her shirt still in her face and the huge cape they were under had slid on top of her head burying it under a pile of thick cloth so her voice was completely muffled and she desperately tried to grab at the cloak with her paws to remove it. But unfortunately since her paws were busy trying to remove the giant cape there was nothing to prevent her panties from being yanked down past her tail and down her legs getting caught on one of her feet. She kept trying to yell as she kept pulling on layer after layer of the endless heavy cloth and tried kicking, but then two strong paws grabbed ahold of her hips pulling them backwards and pushed her down firmly against the edge so she couldn't kick as she was bent over the seat with her rear in the air and he had his legs pressed firmly against hers so they were wedged apart and pressed against the bottom of the bench so she couldn't kick or even move. She then felt something furry and hard rub up against her backside and then begin slapping hard against her rear repeatedly as she desperately tried to rip the cape off and then heard and felt a huge woosh sound and felt the form that was pressed up tightly against her suddenly pull away just as she finally yanked the cape and part of her shirt off her head with a gasp and turned her head behind her to see her furless one standing over them.

He was the angriest she had ever seen him. His face was bright red and his eyes looked like they were on fire and would burn a holes in the ground. She knew she had to do something quickly to prevent a horrible scene as she knew he would normally never hurt a fly, but at that particular moment he looked capable of easily committing cold blooded murder. She flipped over on her back exposing her entire chest and well everything else completely to both males but it couldn't be helped and tried waving her paws at him prevent him from doing anything and then awkwardly tried to reach for her panties precariously dangling from the end of one of her long feet. She saw the buck hadn't turned to see Drew yet and the buck's pants and underwear were down and his… well… his… oh sweet cheese and crackers… his buckness was fully out and very aroused. It had been quite awhile since she had seen one and it looked relatively tiny but was certainly big enough to do the job on her or any doe and appeared bigger than normal for a buck from what she remembered.

Fortunately the buck had an embarrassed expression as he saw her frozen eyes staring directly at his… well… you know… and was busy trying to pull up his pants so he didn't see the angry red face staring down at him and the hands reaching for his head. Judy tried pulling her panties partially up one of her legs, but saw the buck was turning toward the human now and desperately reached forward and grabbed Finley's collar pulling his head toward her lap so the buck would not see how furious the human was as well as to try and protect him by having him next to her in case Drew tried to grab him. Unfortunately this gave the buck a very up close and personal eyeful of everything she had to offer as he stared with his mouth wide open in shock. Her absolute extreme embarrassment could not be helped as at least he was staring at that and not the human that currently wished him death and very much looked ready to execute that order at any moment. She kept her gaze transfixed on the buck making sure she had his full attention while she blindly tried to pull her panties up one leg and fit her other foot in the other hole but missing several times as the buck's head was blocking her entire waist and below as he was nearly close enough to lick her… her… well… her unmentionable area. She prayed he didn't try as she was sure it would be the last thing he ever did based on the expression of the human trying to stop himself from reaching for his neck. She was very troubled he would glance behind him, but she needn't have worried as he appeared to be quite contented to just stare at her… her… small pink region while she squirmed desperate to pull her panties back up her legs and finally position them where they very much belonged and then grabbed the frozen open mouthed face of the buck and pulled his face down so it was buried in her belly and said so both males could hear, "Oh, I am so sorry. We didn't mean to monopolize the photo booth. Ummm… Drew could you please wait outside just a minute so we can finish our photos. I forgot I had asked Drew to take a few photos with me earlier Finley."

She gave her human a look which she hoped said she was okay and to please just wait outside until she called for him as she waved her paw toward the exit. The human was currently still trying to restrain himself from grabbing the buck around the throat. Upon seeing her look and her waving paw the human went from furious to a bit confused. She could tell he still wanted to strangle the buck and rip his ears and tail off and then rip off his much smaller and more sensitive part. But luckily he seemed to recover enough to realize how that would look and would cause a huge incident that would be very difficult to explain. He gave her another stare that said you better be fluffing okay or he would rain down hellfire on the entire stadium. She nodded vigorously and motioned her head several times for him to step out.

At this point the buck seemed to realize she had something covering at least part of her now, "I… I'm… I am so sorry Judy my dear. I… I don't know what came over me. I can assure you I only have the most honorable intentions toward you. And I… I didn't mean to stare at your… your… private… it… you just shocked me is all. My actions were shameful and certainly most undignified." The buck looked up into her face deeply ashamed.

She pet his ears and head gently, "I understand. I admit I wasn't ready for that at all. Not even close. But it was entirely my fault for tempting you so, although I did warn you that this was not the place or time for such things."

"There is no excuse for my actions, treating you like a... a… common... meaningless… fling. You are so far beyond anything common and certainly not remotely meaningless to me at all. Quite the contrary. And my exposing your beautiful… I can't believe I nearly… nearly… my behavior was inexcusable. You are more precious than all the diamonds that pawball player could possibly think of buying. My only justification is that my feelings for you are truly sincere and thus manifested themselves in a base raw animal form. And I regret you seeing me that way." The buck said in a very sincere sorrowful tone. She didn't know if he was referring to his raw form or his raw... buckness. He then looked at her ruined leggings as she tried to unsuccessfully fish them off the floor and pull them back up, "Oh my heavens! I can't believe I did that. Please let me find you some replacements immediately. Please wait in here my dear. You can not possibly be seen like that."

He backed away excusing himself and then nodded to someone outside whom she could only assume was Drew and apologized to him as well and left.

Drew immediately entered the booth looking extremely concerned. She hadn't seen him so worried since he had found her tortured or when she was locked in the mental prison. She could see him staring at her in her panties with her shirt still around her head. She managed to pull down her shirt and tried covering her underwear unsuccessfully. He then stared at her ruined leggings and began trying to speak, "Jud… what… your… buck… what the fuck?"

She quickly tried to explain what had happened from the misunderstanding earlier with only partial blame to Nick and not the part when he held her against the buck so she couldn't back away. She then told him what she had said when she thought it was Drew entering the booth since she had been expecting him at that moment.

"I got delayed. Some of the other VIPs wanted to discuss human culture and a comparison of pawball to human sports such as baseball and American football. Judy he… the buck was trying to… he was raping you!" Her human said as he began to get red and furious again.

She tried to explain, "I… I know you won't believe it... but he was quite restrained from what I have heard. You never want to lead a buck on unless you are prepared to face the consequences. He had been unintentionally led on by me all afternoon. It is not the same as for male humans. The hormones of a buck are so many times greater than a human male. Once they get excited they are nearly impossible to stop."

"Why didn't you yell out? Fuck this secrecy shit if it would mean something like this would happen to you. I'll go on every fucking talk show there is to prevent anything like that from happening to you!" The human fumed looking ready to go to war with the entire world on her behalf.

Judy tried desperately to calm him, "I didn't believe it would happen. I was trying to yell for him to stop and kick him off but I got buried in the cape. I would have tried earlier but I just didn't want to make it look like I was leading him on or something. I am not a… what they call it… rooster tease."

"Cock tease." Drew finished for her, "You let him go on with this… let him go this far just because you didn't want to appear to be a tease! Do you know how ridiculous that sounds!"

Judy felt terrible. He was right. But she just didn't want Finley to think she was like that. She liked the buck, not like like… but had gained some respect for him. He didn't just think of her as simply arm candy like she originally thought, but something more. Maybe just lust, but more likely something else. He didn't deserve to be led on, "I have never been a tease my whole life. I would never do that to any male. Just like I would never try and use my female anything to try and get a male do something. You know that!"

"But were never leading him on. It was just a misunderstanding. You should have told him that. You were not a cock tease. Even if it may have looked that way. Besides you do that to me sometimes. You promise to do… well snuggle later… to get me to do things." Drew countered exasperated.

"That is not the same. I was never leading you on. I was never just teasing you. I always meant it every time. The only reason was because you were distracted and it was not a good time for that. When have I ever used snuggling to get you do anything. I only delayed it or promised it at a later time is all. And I couldn't explain to the buck it was a misunderstanding as the only explanation would be there was someone else. Someone that was supposed to be in the photo booth. You." Judy defended very upset that Drew would ever think she would use sex or anything to manipulate him.

Drew admitted her point, "Yes Judy you are right. I apologize. You have never used your cute little fluffy tail or promises to get me to do something other than just do it at another time. I am just extremely upset and not thinking clearly. I always told you that you were an anomaly among every female mammal I have ever known. But the fact remains you were NOT leading the buck on… you were NOT a tease. So what the fuck does it matter if he gets some impression you were. You know you weren't. So you have to fuck him so he doesn't think you are a tease? What kind of shit logic is that?"

He wasn't understanding her. But he was right. Was her ego or the buck's opinion of her so important that she risk letting what happened occur? As the realization of what occurred began to sink in she felt herself losing control and tearing up. She didn't want Drew to see her this way. She wanted him to think she was in control of everything, but… oh God. The tears began to come then. She tried to explain, tried to make him think she wasn't a failure, "I… I thought I was in control of the situation. I thought I could manage it."

Unfortunately Drew was not buying what she was trying to sell him, "He had your fucking panties all the way down. Completely exposing your… your… everything. He was sticking his… in your… Judy you should have shut this down way earlier. You should have NEVER let it get this far. Let him think what he wants. I don't give a fuck. Why didn't you tell me this was going on?"

"I was embarrassed it happened and thought I could really deal with it on my own. Nick pulls that kind of thing all the time and I did not want to worry you unnecessarily and causing you to react poorly around Finley and the other executives. It was not his fault." Judy tried explaining to her furious mate.

Apparently Drew finally remembered the ultimate compromised position in which he had found her, "Did he… touch you? Was he… " He said acidly with venom dripping with each word.

She didn't have to be asked what he meant, "No. No… he never… was inside me there. And he never… well… he..."

"Judy don't you dare try to say nothing was happening. I saw his pants down below the cocksucker's fluffy tail and am sure that his bunny dick wasn't sticking out there for decoration right in your... He was just… fucking… he… AH…" Drew couldn't finish he was far too enraged as he clenched his fist pounding an invisible buck in frustration.

She knew he was right. She didn't want to mention that she was quite sure he was very much just seconds away from doing exactly what he feared quite vigorously with his bunny thing. In fact she thought at first when he was pressed tightly up against her rear several times and humping her that he actually had, but she hadn't felt anything at all. Just something firm against her rear not… well… very close but… not… in there. She hadn't ever done that with a buck but couldn't imagine if he was inside her she wouldn't feel anything. It wouldn't be because she was stretched because the opening compressed back so it was still as tiny it had ever been such that even if Drew used his small finger she felt it extremely intensely. And while the buck was smaller than that… he was large for a buck and she was sure she would have still felt something at the very least. Perhaps he was too excited or out of practice and had just missed. She would not lie to her love. Most certainly not about this. She had to be right. Perhaps the buck had just been preparing himself. If she thought it had happened she would have told Drew no matter his reaction.

She had never seen him so angry with her though. She knew it was only because he was concerned about her and loved her, but it was still terrifying. She had never felt any threat from the human since the moment she had met him and certainly felt none now, quite the opposite. But the anger was still terrifying in what he might do or might have done to the buck if he hadn't interrupted him in time or she hadn't tried to protect him. Also Drew never cursed unless he was furious like when he had found her tortured and maimed when they first met. She hadn't heard him curse even close to this much since that time. He was really outraged and she had no idea how to calm him. Not that she blamed him. He had every right to be. She had screwed up. She tried to do everything right, but ended up endangering herself, Drew, the buck and well completely making giant mess out of everything possible.

She decided she couldn't possibly calm him with any words should could possibly think of, only her actions. She stood up pulled him to her and hugged him tightly. He sat on the long seat and hesitantly hugged her back. The tears that had been coming slowly turned into a torrent, and she began to sob uncontrollably thinking of how much she had hurt him with this and how close she had come to a horrible mistake. He was right that all of this wasn't worth it if anything like this happening was the risk. All this secrecy is what led to the whole situation with the Lopps as well as this horrible mess with the buck. And of course in each case one sneaky mischievous fox who should butt his nose out of anything regarding her relationship. She was going to give that partner of hers a serious talking to after this was over. She felt her human soften finally and felt him give her the feelings of gentle love and support she so desperately craved. Their communication was wordless just as their feelings for each other never needed to be spoken. She was going to just have to stay near him the whole rest of the day and everyone could just think what they wanted. He was right. It was not worth all the risk if anything like this could happen.

After a few minutes she stopped crying and he gave her a gentle kiss and rubbed her ears. She gave him a hesitant smile and buried her face into his chest hugging him again. He hugged her back and then found some tissues and helped clean her face up so she didn't look like she had been crying. He even found a spray bottle of water and wiped her face clean. She then looked down and realized she had been standing in just her panties the entire time. She wasn't embarrassed to be that way with Drew obviously only that it was a reminder of the entire situation she had lost complete control over, but it was the fact that anyone could walk in at any time and find her this way with him. They found some large silk scarves in the prop box and fashioned her a makeshift skirt out of them stuffing them into the waistband of her panties.

"Well you are fortunate that your underwear wasn't shredded as well or you would have had to spend the rest of the day completely naked so everyone could get a good show and not feel left out." The human stated matter-of-factly.

She got a shocked look on her face until she saw he had a slight smirk and she realized then he was teasing her. She grinned back at him. It was good to see he could joke about this which meant he had forgiven her at least partially and wasn't furious anymore. She turned around letting him inspect their makeshift skirt. He nodded that it looked okay at least temporarily. Drew told her if the buck didn't have any success he would text Sammy to pick her up some new leggings no questions asked.

"He really wouldn't ask why?" She wondered.

"Sammy never questions any of the numerous crazy things I ask him to do. It is what makes him such a perfect helper." He explained, "He was so happy to be able to get a job where he wasn't guarding something. He said he had been looking for such a job for quite awhile, but apparently mammals stereotype wolves into those positions here. I told him I wouldn't stereotype any mammal for any position. My best friends were a bunny and a fox that were cops if that told him anything. He appreciated the opportunity so much, just like Marvin did, that he worked extra hard with amazing devotion and vigor. When you give mammals a chance like Zootopia did for me, and the ZPD did for you and Nick, you find they appreciate the opportunity and work harder than any mammal just given something automatically."

"Well give Finley a few minutes first. I am sure he is quite resourceful to get where he was as a bunny. I know a bit about that. I know you want to kill him, but he really isn't at fault here. It was more a matter of a misunderstanding and bunny hormones."

"Maybe, but if he had hurt you… if you had acted like you were in trouble in any way… bunny hormones or mis… whatever… I… I guess I know how you felt with the scalpel to that monster's throat now." The human explained not wishing to finish the thought of what he might have done to the buck.

Judy looked down guiltily, "I know. I am so sorry for putting you in that position. I thought I had everything under control."

"You had everything about as far from under control as you can get!" Her mate reminded her lifting up her makeshift skirt to emphasize the fact.

Instead of arguing, the two of them spent their remaining time waiting on Finley taking silly pictures with each other. Drew was about to sneak some pictures kissing her when she remembered something examined the console in front of them making sure only their two flash drives were in the photo booth. Apparently Finley had thoughts about sticking something else besides a flash drive in a slot. Judy couldn't believe she thought this. When did she get such a dirty mind? It couldn't be the human as he liked her sweet and innocent as he was fond of saying. It had to be the fox as he was always saying such things to her. She preferred sweet and innocent as well.

They took a few romantic pictures in one scene Drew identified as a water gondola in someplace called Venice, one in front of the fountain in downtown Zootopia, and one Drew got a big kick out of atop a mound of hay. He explained she was a farm girl and it was always a fantasy being with a farm girl on a pile of hay for some reason. She let him know that was not done on her farm, but apparently that image was something humans had. She would have to keep that in mind the next time they were on her family's farm though. They were starting to take more and more risqué photos starting with kissing and progressing to a lot more suggestive poses when they heard a knock on the door and they quickly rearranged themselves and Finley entered carrying a package.

He let them know he had found several pairs of leggings in different colors and sizes he thought were right. They both wondered where he had found all these, but he merely responded he was quite motivated to redeem any wrongdoings on his behalf. The buck winced a bit noticing her makeshift skirt as a reminder of what he had done, and thanked the human for protecting her modesty while he had gone to find the leggings. She was very glad the buck only saw the human as a protector and friend and nothing else. That would certainly make things easier. The two stepped outside to guard the door while she tried on the different offerings the buck had brought to find one that fit best.

Once she found a pair that felt and looked perfect she invited both males back in and was surprised to find them chatting quite amiably with each other. She was afraid she was going to have to protect Finley from bodily harm as regardless of how fit the buck was and how much of a pacifist Drew was, the human regularly worked out daily quite vigorously in their home gym whenever she wasn't around or when she was busy with something like paperwork in order to try and keep up with her he would always say, whatever that meant, and she knew if so motivated the human could do tremendous bodily harm to the much smaller buck. Apparently this was unnecessary as the buck seemed to have charmed her mate. Finley was quite talented in this respect, and in different circumstances she might have taken him up on his offer… to date… ONLY to date. Nothing else she told herself. She was not a trollop. Far from it. Not exactly the exact opposite now, but pretty darn close regardless of what her fox partner liked to insinuate. Her secret companion had proposed marriage several times to her well before they ever did the deed as humans would sometimes call it. But she knew it would have been very problematic with that becoming public knowledge. Perhaps once the media got bored with them and found someone else of interest and the political climate was resolved she would accept his offer and end this charade once and for all.

The human was thankfully back to ambassador mode laughing with the buck. He was embarrassing her quite a lot by mentioning that her modesty was quite secure as he had seen her in various states of undress numerous times before and in quite a whole lot less with nothing left to the imagination just as he had found her when he had arrived in the booth just a bit ago while they were on their many adventures together. He explained that where he was from none of the bunnies wore any clothes. Finley thought that was scandalous, but being a buck she knew he was going to be imagining such a thing in his fantasies for a long time to come. It was no slam on him. He was a young virile buck and it was just part of his biology. Although he was quite a sophisticated, well heeled, and highly motivated buck at that. She supposed Drew was exacting a bit of revenge for her careless actions with this embarrassment of her. But it also served to assure the buck that seeing her in such a state of complete undress wasn't unusual for the human. That was certainly true, but not for the reasons the buck thought. Besides compared to the Drew finding her in such a situation and the buck staring at her… literally right in front nearly touching her… sigh. She couldn't even finish the thought it was so embarrassing.

Well this was certainly going to complicate things as she was quite sure the buck wasn't going to accept any simple excuses for not seeing her after this. Not with that vision of her burned in his skull. Unfortunately there was nothing they could do about it now unless Drew could find some more of that forgetting drug he had used on the monster. But she would never want to use that or harm Finley in any way. He really was a sweet charming buck regardless of the fact that he nearly… well… humped her. But she had a bit of personal experience with bucks and tons of experiences hearing about them from her sisters and friends, and he did seem like one of the good ones, and she was very glad he had not been harmed. He did not deserve that.

She would just have to figure out how to deal with that later and try and enjoy the rest of the day. This was supposed to be her day of fun. She knew it was going to be very interesting, but certainly not this kind of interesting. She had a brilliant idea now how she could stay very close to Drew the rest of the day without anyone questioning it. Where was this kind of imaginative thinking when she needed it so badly just a short bit ago? Well thankfully she had not been harmed physically. The mental suffering of her and Drew would last awhile however.

She convinced Finley to plug in his flash drive into the booth console, and the three of them took some pictures together. It wasn't until a bit later that she realized that the buck having lots of pictures of them together might not be the best thing for him to forget her. But her brilliant mind was not exactly working too well when it came to relationship things. That is the problem with having very little experience. It was also another reason why things progressed as far as they did. Females that had lots of experience with attention of the opposite sex of the buck's kind didn't get quite so infatuated with the idea of the flattering attention, and could much more easily say no to such unwanted advances. Fortunately Judy only had an extremely embarrassing memory and not something more scarring mentally or physically. Sweet Carrot Cake I could have gotten pregnant! She had forgotten that worry at the time with everything else going on. She was so used to being with Drew, that the thought had never entered her mind at the time. The human was right to be furious with her risking so much for her stupid ego. She resolved to make sure nothing like this ever happened again. But why did it not seem to matter to Finley? But she knew why. For the same reason he marked her. The buck wouldn't have minded having bunnies with her. He probably wouldn't mind quite a few. It may accelerate his timetable a bit, but it would get her out of the ZPD and into the role of mother and wife. She didn't think that was entire purpose in what the did or he wouldn't have bothered with the pretext marking her or his foreplay. It was very spur of the moment and certainly unplanned as someone like Finley planned everything quite carefully. But if it happened, she was quite sure he would not be upset as it furthered his ultimate goals and locked down his prize doe.

After the three of them took a bunch more photos one of the Kodiak executives came and told Finley it was their turn in the Souvenir Room and most of the others in their group had already been inside. Finley asked Judy if she would like him to get her anything. From the glance she saw from her love she decided to nix this idea quickly, "Thanks Finley but that is completely unnecessary. Drew promised to treat me to anything I wanted today, and accepting anything would be an insult to his hospitality." She felt confident this was not a lie as the human had pretty much told her words to this effect.

The buck looked to the human for confirmation, and Drew echoed Judy's statement, "That is kind Finley, but today is my day to treat my lovely little bunny buddy here."

"I certainly understand. She deserves to be treated as special as she possibly can at all times as she is a priceless jewel of unfathomable beauty and grace. If I am the one unable to perform such a gratifying duty, I am glad that she has a friend such as yourself who recognizes her incalculable value and limitless worth and will treat her in the way she so merits." The buck solemnly declared bowing to the two of them and waving his paws palm up in a symbol of reverence and backed out and took his flash drive and left.

"You know Judy, methinks the buck fancies you a bit." The human glared at Judy with his eyebrows raised in a part teasing tone and part chastising tone.

Judy sighed looking deflated as she slumped down, "I know. I really screwed up didn't I."

The human put his arm around the despondent bunny pulling her into an understanding embrace and kissed the top of her head holding her close, "He is not going to easily forget you I'm afraid."

She looked sadly up into his eyes realizing he was very right. She had definitely left a lasting impression on this buck in so many ways. Well if it came to it, she was quite certain her big furless love would support telling the buck truth and let the chips fall where they may. She was quite sure he would rather risk that than allow any chance of a repeat of what happened here today. She hoped it would be unnecessary, but all options were on the table now.

When she looked up she saw a toothy grin staring at them through the door as a certain sneaky partner enter the booth, "So this is where you two have been hiding this whole time. Ben has been freaking out wondering where you were, afraid you would miss your chance at this room he keeps going on about." His grin then almost vanished and his eyes nearly imperceptibly showed concern as he saw their expressions, "Why so glum. Who died?"

"It's complicated." Judy said with her head down.

"Ah… do I get to guess?" The foxes grin was back and his eyes lit up.

"You can try. But I doubt even you can figure this one out Nick." Drew said looking very skeptical and giving Judy a reassuring squeeze.

"Hmmm… okay a challenge. Challenge accepted Furless!" With that the fox began looking the pair over closely and lifting their arms and sniffing. He saw the leggings on the floor and sniffed those carefully. He then sniffed Drew over and then began sniffing Judy and stopped and then began intensely smelling her quite closely around her chin and neck. He even stuck his nose down the top of her shirt resulting in a giggle from the bunny and some shooing away with her paw. The human got curious as the foxes eyes got wide and he looked very shocked. He then began carefully sniffing Judy all over lifting her shirt up slightly and then sniffing around her belly. He then climbed behind them and sniffed Judy's tail and then stuck his paw down the top of her pants and underwear and pulled both the waistbands and stuck his nose and muzzle far down her pants breathing in deeply.

"Hey! What do you think you are doing!" Judy shouted shocked at what her partner had just done.

"I'm sorry Carrots. I didn't realize what I was doing. My mind was on the smells. I didn't see anything if that is what you are worried about." The fox said sincerely for a change.

"What were you doing?" Judy wondered.

"The nose knows." The fox grinned, "I think I might know what might have happened, but… it seems impossible."

"Just tell me what your nose says happened no matter how impossible." Drew asked curiously.

The fox stood in front of them looking a bit shocked staring intently at Judy who put her head down guiltily under his glare.

"I just never would have thought. I mean… were you…" The normally confident fox looked shaken and looked at Drew, "And you're okay with what happened?"

The human met the fox's gaze and realized Nick must have a good idea what happened, "Of course I'm not fucking okay with what happened! But tell me what you think happened for my curiosity."

The fox bent down looking up at the embarrassed face of the bunny trying to avoid his gaze, "Oh Carrots, I hope nothing I did… It was only supposed to be a stupid joke… I never intended anything like this at all… not even close… but how could that have happened. Did he…"

"Just say it Nick." The human asked him impatiently.

"Carrots… fuc… that buck had sex with Carrots." The fox looked stunned as he uttered the words.

"No! I… no we... didn't... do that." Judy denied the accusation uncertainly.

"It's all over you. You have scent marks all over your neck and chest, and most telling… you… you are marked quite strongly all over your… Carrots there is no denying… the buck marked your… private parts with his… quite strongly I might add. I apologize for smelling your doe parts but I had to be sure. I couldn't leave that to chance. There is only one explanation and only one position for that to happen. And it would involve two very naked bunnies in an extremely common very naked bunny position for that to happen. And don't think I didn't notice you changed into new pants. The old torn and shredded ones over there smell of the buck as well as your shirt. Did he… did… NO… he took your by force?" The normally stoic fox began to look very angry as the realization of the torn pants, the smells, and the expressions of his two friends all supported this narrative, "I will kill that motherf..."

"No Nick. It… he didn't… well he tried to… but… this is so embarrassing!" Judy covered her face with her paws and buried it in her lap.

"Not the entire picture. But you got it pretty darn close though." Drew admitted very impressed with the fox's expert sniffer.

"You know everything? She admitted it?" The stunned fox said with a wide eyed stare.

"Well… I witnessed…" Drew began.

"And you didn't stop it!" The fox continued in disbelief.

"Of course I would have stopped it… if it had... continued. If she had seemed in any distress I would have strangled… I… I don't want to even think about it." A dejected Drew admitted as he realized what he would have very likely done to the buck, "Judy get over your embarrassment and tell him everything that happened. It couldn't be any more embarrassing to you than what actually happened."

Judy sighed and finally resolved to admit everything to her ZPD partner. As she told him every detail the fox stood there with a disbelieving stare and mouth open. He finally closed the hanging jaw and stood contemplating everything with his head cocked to one side.

He finally responded, "I never would have believed. You are just fortunate the buck was more interested in marking his ownership of you before he… well... fully committed. He tried to mark ownership all over you. You are lucky humans can't smell that because that much marking is not going to come off anytime soon."

"I suppose it is good he was more interested in claiming ownership of me than snug… humping. I am just glad I know for sure he was only marking me back there and not…" Judy left what they all knew she meant unsaid.

The fox got an amused look on his muzzle grinning as he realized something, "So… since you are doing a full show and tell now… it only seems right I get one as well."

"Huh?" The confused bunny responded.

"You know… I mean I need to fully understand what this buck saw to understand what exactly happened. Think of it as a visual aide." The fox grinned at her slyly.

What the fox was asking slowly dawned on the confused bunny with her expression doing from shock to anger to embarrassment, "Nick, that is cruel to kid about. Haven't I had enough embarrassment?"

"Really Nick." Drew echoed as the fox had gone way too far to tease her at a time like this.

"Who was kidding? I mean everyone gets a full look at Carrots but her partner and best friend. How is that fair?" Nick stated in a surprisingly serious tone.

"Everyone was not looking at me. And it's not all that special. Why do you want to look so badly?" An embarrassed Judy countered looking down completely dejected.

"Who says it is not special? It's yours so it's special. Come on Carrots. I am just curious what all the fuss is about is all." The sly fox told her.

"You're mean to be pushing this when I feel so bad. Like it is quite annoying normally but right now it is just cruel." The depressed bunny told him.

"It'll make you feel better. I promise not to not ask again." The mischievous fox countered.

"Oh sure why not. I don't think I can get any more embarrassed than I already am anyway. Should we invite everyone else in here so I only have to do this once or do I have to do a private show for each?" The formerly defeated bunny challenged her partner with a spark of fire.

Nick was a bit shocked by the obviously sarcastic comment by the bunny but decided he would push it anyway, "Just me is fine." He gave her a big grin.

Judy had enough of the fox's annoying constant badgering. She was so tired of everything she was beyond caring at this point. She couldn't believe he sniffed out her secret sniffing down her pants. At least she now knew what the buck was doing back there right before. But it was still one more embarrassment in a series that seemed to be piling up today. Finally a bit of her fire came back. How could he hound her about something like this after all the crap he pulled today to cause this in the first place. And then now to tease her about this on top of it all. She decided to have some revenge on this pain in the rear partner of hers. She lifted her feet up facing the fox with her back to the human who seemed to be staring down deep in thought ignoring their whole exchange. She bent her legs in front of her so her knees were elevated at chin level and her legs pushed together. She glanced at the fox who was staring at her with an amused grin and nonchalant look on his face. He doesn't think I will do it. He's probably right. She really didn't have the guts to do it. Think of all the grief he would give me. But she probably deserved it anyway after all her mistakes today. She finally resolved her mind. Maybe this will finally shut him up. She then put her paws into her waistband and began to push her leggings off. She didn't look at the fox, she just stared dead ahead resigned to another embarrassment which she felt numb to at that point and pushed them down around her ankles. She then grabbed her panties and began sliding them off. She glanced at fox who appeared to be staring in disbelief at her. Good, she finally surprised him for once. The question was did she have the guts to go all the way. She started this just to shock him and make him shut up for once. Maybe he was right and she was now some slut dropping her drawers for everyone. She had been so careful all her life not to try and turn on bucks or any males and all this was happening. She had always prided herself in being sweet and innocent. She had become everything she vowed her whole life not to be. It was like she was some Lopp girl going after every male she met. She looked down and suddenly realized she had absently slid her panties down past her knees almost to her feet without even intending to when all of a sudden two smooth hands grabbed her paws and slid them back pulling her panties back on. They then reached to help with her leggings.

"That's quite enough of that." The human said from behind her with his body next to her and arms wrapped around her.

He felt warm and safe. It was so good to be held close by him after everything.

"Oh come on. Furless how could you do that? I didn't even see anything with her legs in the way." The clearly disappointed fox was not pleased one bit by the bunny's rescue.

The human was quite pissed, "How could you try and take advantage of her like that when she is clearly not herself. You have her feeling like she is worthless and a slut. But she is anything but. She is more valuable than anything in two worlds. Judy I am so very sorry I did not support you more when you needed it earlier." He pulled her in to his waist bending over her and hugging her tightly with her back to his torso.

"But… he was right… I was exposing myself to all of you..." The bunny admitted sorrowfully.

"Nothing could be further from the truth. First of all none of that was remotely your doing. You didn't do anything, the buck did. Second of all the only ones who saw you were two mammals that clearly have incredibly strong romantic feelings for you and wish to commit to you with all their heart. You have nothing to be embarrassed about at all." The human tried to explain but with a confusing very strange admission.

"What? Furless what are you talking about?" The confused fox inquired.

"I don't understand either. You are saying… that… huh?" Judy responded bewildered.

"I mean that I know Finley deeply cares about you. He obviously sees you as a very potential ideal mate, a wife, and seems very smitten with you. Being… well… unclothed in your condition with someone who feels so about you is normal regardless of how it happened… and does not make you a slut or anything but what you are. An adorable somewhat naive beautiful young lady who is still just as sweet and innocent as the day I met her." The human explained attempting to remove the self-doubts and worthlessness she was feeling.

"You are okay with the buck going after Carrots?" The fox asked incredulously.

"Going after her I am fine with. I only wished I had known this was going on is all so I could have tried to prevent something like this in advance. She is a beautiful, sweet, brilliant and brave young doe who I have been so very fortunate to know and spend time with. But realize I never expected to be with her unchallenged. I could only hope she found my love, company and everything I offered to be sufficient to keep her as my own. I realize that this buck has a lot he can offer that I am unable to. And he does seem quite sincere in his feelings for her." Drew honestly opened his heart and deepest secret thoughts to his bunny love.

She didn't know what to say. She thought he was disappointed with her. That he thought she was unfaithful and no longer the sweet and innocent bunny he loved. But nothing could be further from the truth. It seemed like he was only upset at the thought of not being able to offer her what this buck did. But that was not true at all. The buck didn't offer her anything she really wanted. She had to know why he thought that, "Why… why would you say that? He doesn't offer anything to me that you don't and far more. How could you think that?" She stared into his eyes as hers started watering. He looked so sad.

"For many reasons. But most of all because he is a bunny. He is your species and one of the best your species has to offer in all aspects it seems. He can provide you with offspring. You can proudly walk with him in public wherever you want with no worry of what others would think. Everything would work the way nature intended it. Everything would fit the way it is supposed to. He is handsome, clearly intelligent, very driven and determined, well respected, very successful, I am sure quite wealthy or very soon to be, and seems to genuinely care for you quite a lot. You also seem to like him. He is everything you could want in mate. Of course I want you more than anything imaginable as you mean the entire world to me, and I would fight for you with my entire being with everything I have… figuratively of course. I do not wish any harm to the buck. But ignoring he exists and what is has to offer is unfair and would only seed resentment in you for trying to ignore such a potential match." The human finally finished what had been on his mind and most likely why he had been deep in thought just before.

"You really are terrible at selling yourself Furless. But you are amazing at selling Carrots on Mr. High and Mighty Fancy Pants." The fox looked pretty disgusted with the human.

But Judy was still in shock about what he had said. She really never considered Finley over him. Sure she had grown to like the buck and not want him hurt, but it didn't mean she remotely cared for him like she did Drew. She didn't realize how it was actually the human who had the most self-doubts and insecurities brought out by this entire thing. She thought she had them, but realized she had no need to feel the way she did. He loved her more than ever. He only wanted what was best for her, even if it wasn't him. How could he think that? She stood up and buried her head in his chest and hugged him dearly. She so hated that she had made him feel this way. She had made him feel absolutely horrible. But she was glad he felt this way and not the way she was afraid he felt about her after all that happened.

She didn't know exactly how to respond to him though but she tried, "First of all, the buck means nothing to me. The only reason I got in this mess was because I was trying to protect us, to protect you. I don't want a normal bunny life. That is why I became a cop and left Bunnyburrow. That is why I avoided bucks and getting pregnant. Sure it was flattered to have attention paid to me by someone else. But you pay attention to me every moment of the day. You have since the day I met you. And you never took me for granted ever. You have only tried to love me and make me happy every single day we are together. If I want bunnies, which I don't for the foreseeable future by the way, I could always adopt or use many other methods, I don't need something like that. Also I have never wanted social acceptance, money, wealth, fame, fancy clothes, jewelry, none of that. I only want someone who would love me and look at me like you do every day. Someone who respects my wishes rather than trying to change me. You don't think I know that Finley would want me to quit my career the moment we were together? You worry for me every day I am out there on patrol, but you don't try to stop me. I know you so desperately want to since you can't protect me out there… but you let me anyway because you know what it means to me. The short answer is there is absolutely nothing he offers over you."

The human stared into the bunnies eyes in silence for awhile until the fox finally couldn't take it anymore grinning breaking the silence, "Okay well glad all that is cleared up. Maybe I should leave you two to have massive makeup sex while I guard the outside door? I promise I will ignore all the noise and won't peek. I swear."

Drew held Judy's face in his hands and kissed her quite deeply for awhile. He then responded to the foxes comments, "Your devotion is appreciated Nick, but I think any making up can be done later as I am sure we are quite late for the souvenir room. And I am sure Ben is missing us quite a bit."