Chapter Notes:

Wow I just really love the feedback from everyone. I only ever planned on one chapter but here we are at number 3, I'm just glad to have so many smiling faces here for the ride :D

Hehe that was probably funnier to me than it was to you guys.

I've listened to what you guys wanted and well in the first chapter a lot of you wanted Emily to avenge Judy. Well….careful what you wish for, because now you just might get it.

So is anyone even still smiling at this point? I don't know why you all kept reading this far but thank you for doing so and I hope you enjoy the chapter! (read at your own risk!)~

Longing:

Waiting always seems to be the best solution for problems and obstacles. Taking a step back to look at what is really ahead let's you think from outside the problem leading you to out of the box solutions. But just how long is too long to wait, it all depends on the problem doesn't it; maybe a year, maybe several, but what about a decade. Well ten years was too long for Emily, and she was not going to wait any longer.

"Why do you keep treating me like a kit dad?" Emily asked from the kitchen table while doing her math homework. This was not the first time the conversation had come up, but that might have only been because to Nick she will always be his little kit. At the table sat a strong independent young rabbit, while she was only fifteen she didn't like having to rely on others to succeed but that didn't mean she was any less of a daddy's girl. No that is quite the opposite; Emily loved her dad with all her heart, and he loved her even more.

With the hardships they have faced in life they grew close to each other understanding what family truly meant to each of them. But that didn't mean there were things that were kept in the dark; no, there was something that Nick had always avoided. But now at the wonderful age of fifteen he couldn't hide things from his intelligent daughter; she was a sweet little rabbit just like her mom, but was just as much of a sly fox as he was.

But right now, Nick couldn't find the strength to tell her why; how could he tell her the truth, how could he tell her what happened to her mom all those years ago. It wasn't that she didn't need to know or deserve to know, but just he wasn't ready to talk about it; and he didn't know if he would be. However he had always told her when she was older he would tell her what happened, he never lied about that day but he just never fully explained things, but maybe now that time was here; no matter how much he hated it.

He sighed heavily; there was no avoiding it anymore. "It is just something that's hard to talk about Emily." Nick said in a voice filled with solemn, and regret. He knew that today was going to be the day he told her, and he wasn't looking forward to any part of it.

"Hard for you? What about hard for me?" Emily shot back putting her book down without even bothering to mark her page. "All I know is what everyone tells me. I can barely remember her now. Even uncle Finnick knows more about mom than I do." She said as she began losing her flare to the sad truth.

Nick stepped over from the kitchen to comfort her giving her a quick hug before kneeling beside her so she would look at him. "I'm sorry Emily, I never thought about what might have been best for you." the fox said as he gave his daughter's paws a light and supporting squeez. "Let's go to the couch and we can talk about it, okay? I can tell you everything if you think you are ready." he said, and of course she agreed after composing herself.

They moved to the couch both of them sitting on one end of the couch, Emily sitting criss cross facing her dad, but Nick sat with his elbows resting on his knees as he slouched off the couch; she was ready, but was he. His eyes were not the vibrant emerald they often were, instead they were a dull green, they were longing and they were suffering. After taking a few minutes to get himself together and with Emily's patient waiting, he began sharing the truth that he never wanted to share.

At the beginning Emily was happy and hopeful, while she knew how serious this talk was and where it lead she thought it would finally bring a sense of closure she never had before. But as the story went on her happiness faded away, her dad grew more and more solemn with every word. The room seemed to get colder and darker as the air got thicker and heavier, but it was too late now. As Nick choked out the ending of what had happened Emily's tears spilt forward.

Nick heard as she began to sob, she wanted to know the truth, but this reality was one she could never have been ready for; no one could have been. He went to wrap his loving arms around his daughter to hold her close and let her know everything would be better, but she slapped his arms away. "Emil-"

"Get away from me!" she screamed through tears. "You killed her!"

"Em-" he tried to speak not knowing what to say anymore.

"You killed mom! She loved you and trusted you!" Emily yelled. She had never yelled in such a way before, she had never been so hurt before either.

Nick was stabbed through the heart with those words. He had been beaten before countless times, but nothing ever hurt as bad as this moment. What could he say, what could he do. While he hated it, she was right; he had killed his wife, it was because of him that she wasn't there anymore.

"You killed her! YOU KILLED HER!" the scream came from everywhere in nearly every voice he had ever heard. It chanted and tortured him from all around, but the voice that hurt the most was his daughters, it cut through the rest with ease, and cut through him even easier.

"GAAAHHH!" Nick woke up screaming in the top of his lungs in a cold sweat as he thrashed in his blankets trying his best to throw them off. It took a few moments for him to realize it was all just a dream and that he was still laying in his bed in the middle of the night, he was breathing heavily and ragged as he was unable to stop himself from shaking.

"Daddy?" Emily's soft voice came from the doorway of the room. She was in her favorite warm PJs to help her sleep through the winter months, and in her small paw she was holding her favorite stuffed bunny as she rubbed the sleep from her eye with her free paw. "What's wrong daddy?" she asked as she stepped over to his bed.

Nick looked at his young little kit at only six years old as he sat up in bed and started to get control of his heart and breathing once more. "Daddy just had a bad dream sweetie, it's okay. Here, why don't we get you tucked back into bed." he said as he stood up and picked up his little bunny in his arms.

"Can I sleep with you?" she asked from his arms as she held her own bunny in her arms. When Nick looked down at her sleepy purple eyes he couldn't say no to her, besides she would be asleep before they even made it back to her bed to tuck her in. So instead he put her in his bed and climbed in next to her putting the covers over her as he did so. "Goodnight daddy." she said as she nuzzled against him enjoying the her dad was always warm.

Smiling back at the little angel that was his daughter he held her close. "Good night, Emily." he said giving her a kiss on the forehead, even though she was already fast asleep. "Don't you ever grow up." he said before slipping back to sleep himself to enjoy the peace and quiet of the cool winter night once more.

Christmas time was fast approaching for Zootopia, in fact it was only already a few days away. Mammals everywhere were in a rush and every shop was busy, there was always tons of last minute shopping to be done for many who lived in the fast paced city life. But two mammals that weren't taking place in the panic and rush were Nick and Emily. The father daughter duo were currently watching another movie to their Christmas movie marathon, right now Emily was singing along to one of the several songs in Floatzen when the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it, you keep singing." Nick smiled as Emily stopped for a moment before happily going back to singing along with the song without hesitation. When the red fox opened up the front door he saw Finnick standing all bundled up in thick and heavy clothes to keep warm and his cart behind him with a few presents on it. "Hey glad you could make it Finnick." he greeted his long time friend as he stepped inside pulling the cart behind him.

Finnick began taking off a few warmer layers as the door was closed, "Took you long enough, I was freezing my ears off out there." He grumbled as he rubbed some feeling back into the tips of his ears again. But when he heard the singing still coming from the couch he couldn't help but alos smile too, but his was more of a smirk, "Did I interrupt your singing time?" he was still being nice to the younger fox, but they both knew if Emily asked him to sing he would do it.

"Very funny, we both know you came so you could sing too." Nick shot back with his own smirk as he took the presents from the cart to the tree in the corner of the living room. Nick had moved the furniture around a bit so that way the tree can sit there with plenty of room to decorate and to put presents around.

A little while longer into the movie and Emily's favorite part was coming up, "Daddy you have to sing!" she demanded from the red fox getting a laugh from her uncle, they all knew that Nick was going to sing because that's what she wanted but it was still the funniest thing to the older fox.

"Yeah come on Nick, you have to sing with your little girl. It's the holidays." he said in his deep voice through his chuckles.

Two mammals singing along was fun to Emily, but what was even more fun was three. "And you have to sing too uncle Finnick!" she exclaimed happily to have another family member to make demands to.

"Uh-uh kid, sorry but I don't sing." the light brown fox refused causing Emily to stop singing and turn to him; her eye were near glossy and her ears droopy. "Nope, sorry Emily that doesn't work on me." he said confident in his resolve.

Emily's expression dropped a little bit more, "but it's the holidays." she said before casting her gaze down at the floor. Nick could feel his heart tremor watching his little girl sad during her favorite song, and was just about to see if he could comfort her when Finnick spoke up.

"Alright, alright. I'll sing along." he sighed defeatedly. Even his heart couldn't take making the little bunny sad.

"YAY!" the little rabbit cheered before hopping back into the song as if she never stopped.

Nick sitting between the two of them began chuckling at his friend's expense. "She hustled you." he smirked before joining his daughter in singing.

Finnick looked at Nick's smug face for a moment before he too gave in to the evil little princess, and with a sigh he sang along. "...here I stand…" his deep voice obviously protesting singing, and yet a small smile crawled across his muzzle. "...in the light of day…let the storm rage ooonnnn...the cold never bothered me anyway." he finished the song and looked away from the giggling bunny; and unfortunately for him he missed Nick slipping his phone back into his pocket, with a new video that just finished recording.

It was a little while into the next movie that the trio was watching when the doorbell rang again, and once more Nick got up to go answer it; but he already had a good idea as to who it was going to be. "Hey Flash, we were just about to call you." Nick smiled warmly as he let in his three clawed friend into his house. "You didn't want to bring Percilla over?" he asked seeing that his friend didn't bring his fiance.

"She wanted...to go see...her parents." he said slowly explaining the absence of the other mentioned sloth. Once he came in and took off his coat wh slowly made his way over to Emily and Finnick. "Hi guys…" he said waving at them as he sat to the side of Finnick receiving hellos from the both of them "Happy Thanksgiving." Flash said with a wide smile before bursting into his own form of hysterical laughter, it wasn't long before the two foxes were laughing along at the sense of self humor.

They watched movies for the rest of the night before all tucking in and heading off to bed in a slumber party fashion, each one of them wrapped up in the living room in thick warm blankets to keep the cold away.

It was Christmas Eve in the next morning when they woke up, and it definitely felt like it, especially for Emily who couldn't stop running around. She was excited to finally catch Santa, and this year she wasn't going to miss him again this time.

As for the normal routine Nick made breakfast consisting of pancakes and with sides of potatoes; this was Flash's first time being over for breakfast and he completely loved the mammal face pancakes, especially the sloth one. Emily helped her dad clean up by putting the clean dishes in the dishwasher to dry after Nick handed them down to her; he always said that Christmas was the time to help others and she loved helping him the most.

The day went by quickly for the four of them between getting everything ready for the big day tomorrow and watching movies together to pass the time. Emily did everything from watching more christmas movies to playing games with Flash and Uncle Finnick, but her favorite part of the day was being able to help out her dad with baking cookies.

Once the cookies were done they all got to enjoy a few of the delicious cookies, they came in shapes of candy canes, presents, and anything Christmas; but Emily was more than happy to save the best ones to leave out for later tonight so that way Santa to have when he brought her presents from the north pole. To make things a bit easier on himself cooking and cleaning wise, Nick ordered pizza for everyone to enjoy, which wasn't hard thanks to everyone liking the same things in the first place.

As the night began to roll in with dinner Nick brought out a space heater to keep everyone nice and toasty as they all sat down in the living room together watching another movie. Finnick on the left followed by Flash in the middle and Nick sitting on the right of the couch. As for Emily, she had the most comfortable spot in the house, wrapped up in her grandma's quilt she got for her birthday and snuggled up sitting on her dad's lap.

Nick had just taken Emily to her bed closing the door after she fell fast asleep thanks to the sugar crash after eating so many sweets throughout the day. And with her door closed after he came out he was getting everything ready for Christmas morning. Hidden in the back of the pantry was a bag filled with small toys and goodies to fill the stockings with and those were the first that he put out. The next thing was the presents from Santa. He looked over to see if if Finnick would help but was he saw was that Finnick was passed out on the arm of the couch. But what caught his attention more so was Flash.

"Shhhhh" the sloth shh'ed him slowly with a wide grin as he made his way over to the sleeping fox and putting one of Emily's tiaras on the top of his head between his large ears. Nick had to bite his tongue to keep from laughing at his friends antics, even Flash was doing his best not to laugh too loud as he slowly got his phone out to take a picture.

Not wanting to wake up his friend for it Nick got help from Flash as they quietly took the presents hidden in Nick's room out to the pile under their decorated tree. There were presents for everyone there and looking at the pile of presents and the rest of the Christmas decorations around the house really made Nick's heart brimming with warmth and happiness, but that happiness quickly vanished.

"Oh no!" Nick hissed as he pulled down his ears in worry when he realized that something was horribly wrong.

Flash was slowly startled by his friend's sudden concern, "What...is wrong...Nick?" he asked hoping that it wasn't anything bad.

"I forgot to get hot chocolate, and I promised Emily we could have some in the morning when we opened presents." he explained the 'major' problem. While it wasn't life threatening or anything it was still a promise to his little princess. Nick looked at his watch and saw it wasn't actually that late and some stores would still be open. "I need to run to the store before they close. Will you be okay here?" he asked Flash wanting to make sure it wasn't a problem if he went to the store right now.

Much to Flash's relief that it wasn't something bigger he was okay with stay inside where it was warm. "I will...be okay." he started, "...do you...want...to take...my...car?" he offered Nick so he didn't have to walk out in the cold winter night.

Nick thought about it for a second; he wasn't much for driving and only did it if he absolutely needed to. "I'm okay, thanks though Bud." he said while he grabbed his coat and threw it on, "I'll be back in a bit." he said as he stepped outside locking the door behind him.

Nick was almost to the convenience store on the corner just before the turn that lead into their housing community, he was slightly panting from the hurried walk over to make sure he got here before it close but now as he was close he slowed down so he could catch his breath. Winter was his favorite time of year, he and Judy always loved going on runs together in the park during winter; there was just something about the crisp cold air that they both loved. Emily in turn always loved seeing their breaths come out as white puffs of smoke when her and Nick walked around the neighborhood.

There was a few people in the store when Nick got there all getting a few last minute things or just stuff for themselves. Nick went looking through the aisles and found that there was only one box of hot chocolate left, it was a little dented and banged up but it wasn't leaking any of its powder so he took it to the registrar.

While he paid for the mix the sound of a fire truck blaring past the store drowned out the elevator music for a few moments before it disappeared off somewhere in the distance. Nick headed out the door back into the cold air enjoying the way it nipped his nose briefly before heading back home. However then the smell of smoke burnt his nose slightly and he saw smoke pluming from down the road and felt bad for whoever might live in the area and hoped everyone was okay. But then realization hit him much like a fire truck; the plumage of smoke looked like it was coming from his neighborhood.

Quickly he took off running forgetting everything else but to run as fast as he could to make it back home. His arms pumped hard beside him as his paws pounded against the hard frozen sidewalk, his lungs burned as they filled with the fridge air; but he didn't care, he had to get home. With all his years of chasing criminals much larger and faster than him he made it back to his street in no time, his fears becoming more and more real with every step; and as he turned the last corner they were realized.

What he found was smoke billowing from every window in his house and fire spitting from several of them. The fire crew that blew past the store earlier was spraying down the roofs of the neighboring houses to prevent the fire from spreading as a few of them came out of the front door along with plums of smoke; his eyes and nose burning from the horrible smell filling the street.

One was carrying Flash while another carried Finnick out of the house and to safety across the street. Nick dropped the chocolate powder where he was not carrying about in anymore and ran over to them; both of them seemed okay at the least. However both of them coughing and covered in soot and minor burns, Finnick seemed a like he had it worse and they brought a mask to help him breath. But Flash was trying his best to fight his helper, and turned to Nick with a horrified look on his face. Nick didn't even spare a second to ask anything, all that mattered was that Emily was still inside.

As he ran to the front of his house two of the firefighters grabbed him unwilling to let him go. "Sir please! You have to stand back!" one yelled muffled through his mask.

"My daughter is still in there! My daughter is in there!" He yelled desperately fighting the two emergency responders. There was nothing on his mind but getting through to her, it wasn't even clear if he knew they were holding him back. They looked at each other and one let go about to run in when the front door area gave way and collapsed sending embers over the small yard.

Then he shouted into his radio on his shoulder, "Chief! There is still a girl trapped in there!" Nick couldn't hear the response but it was clear it wasn't good. "But sir!-"

And that was as long as Nick was going to stand for, without thinking or caring what would happen next he turned to the lion still holding him back and hit him in the stomach as hard as he could. His heavy protective gear was meant to stop heat from getting through, not the firm hand of an officer; even if Nick was small he could pack a punch. The second he was loss he made a break for it darting past the firefighters that tried to grab him, and as the flames roared and the smoke billowed out of the burned down door he ran in without any hesitation.

Nick was afraid of a lot of things; he was afraid of clowns, he was horrified of drowning, and even more so being burned alive. But Nick was not afraid to risk his life for his little princess; even if it meant walking through this blazing inferno. And in that first step his feet screamed in pain as they burned on the floor. "Emily!" He shouted at the top of his lungs as he crawled over burning debris through the living room inhaling the thick cloud as he did so. He couldn't breathe, he couldn't see, and he wasn't even sure if he could hear; but he fought his way through this hell to the back of the hallway.

Emily's door was thrown open by the firefighters that came to help, and Nick threw himself to the floor in a violent coughing fit. The air was to thick with smoke for him to breath and even worse now is he could feel parts of his fur burning off making the smell around him that much more worse. His paw pads lit up in searing pain as they came in contact with the blazing floor, his feet long having lost any feeling; and any fur.

Despite everything else he crawled through the fire to the center of the room and made it to his daughter's bed where he pulled himself up by the frame. Two things happened in that moment, the first was he felt Emily's small still form on the bed, the second was that even if he could make it out he didn't want to anymore.

His eyes burned as he opened them, the sharp emerald green standing out against the orange and red all around him. But what burned him even more was seeing his daughter's beautiful and soft grey fur nearly all covered in ash from the room around her, he didn't even have the strength left to breath as he wrapped himself protectively around her screaming his heart out with whatever air he had left to use.

The fires and smoke took the rest of his life bit by bit as he fought desperately to keep his little girl wrapped tightly in his arms. That's when everything left slipped away, and there was nothing. The pain, the roaring fire, his burning eyes, and his devastated heart; all of it just slipped away. And when there was nothing left to slip away, so did he.

GAP

"Late last night Zootopia saw one of the most devastating house fires we have seen in years." the news anchor reported for the morning news. "Back there behind me is the house of officer Nicholas Wilde, where him and his daughter were enjoying Christmas Eve with family friends when their night took a turn for the worse." the zebra said. She said it so calmly as if nothing happened, she said it knowing what had happened; but she wasn't allowed to say that for the morning news.

But that didn't matter, the city as a whole had heard the news by social media already; such a dangerous and harmful thing that spread faster than word of mouth. The police precinct all hear it early morning and every officer that called Nick's phone heard the same horrifying message at the end. While the news could only be confirmed to some mammals exclusively, the absence of good news was all the city really needed to know the truth.

"We haven't been told much about the incident last night, but early reports are saying that the fire was started by a malfunction in a space heater. We will let you know when we get an update." Her report was then changed to a traffic report by another reporter.

Judy was there surrounded by the white light spilling in from the clouds all around her, she could tell there was something wrong with this night; but she didn't know how wrong until she heard a voice and her ears snapped to its direction.

"Mommy?" a small voice asked from behind her, a voice she didn't want to hear where she was now.

But her fears were realized when she turned around to see her baby girl standing there with her in the clouds dressed in the same pure white robe that she was wearing. "Emily…" her voice was dripping in sadness near broken as she spoke her daughter's name.

"Where are we mommy?" Emily asked as she looked around to see that they were not at the beach that they her mom always came to visit at, and then she saw her own dress. "Mommy look at my pretty dress, now I'm just like you." she said happily and innocently not yet knowing the true meaning behind it. But to her the dress was always so pretty when she saw her mom in it, and now she too had a pretty dress just like her mom.

Judy felt a swirl of emotions, but overall she was heartbroken; because she knew what this meant for her precious kit. "Oh Emily." was all she could say before she got down on her knees and wrapped her arms tightly around her kit; and for the first time she was actually able to feel the small bunny in her arms. This moment was bittersweet for Judy, but the longer it lasted the more bitter it became instead. It was a while before finally explained where they were, but Emily was content holding onto her mom all the same while she waited. "This is heaven Sweetie."

"Is there anything else you can do?" Chief Bogo asked the Dr. that had somehow saved Nick's life last night after the fire. The only reason why the chief was here on Christmas was because someone needed to be here for Nick when he woke up, and the chief was the only officer that all of the hospital staff was too afraid to say no to.

The Dr. looked over at the proud cape buffalo fighting back whatever emotions he felt for his officer whose life hung in balance; it must feel awful to see your own officer head to tail in thick bandages, especially with the stinging smell of burning fur still present in the room. There was other things hanging in the air dampening the mood, but the Dr. wasn't allowed to know all the details that he didn't need to know.

"It's all touch and go right now. Nearly all his fur was burned off in the fire, and he is completely covered in second and third degree burns. But the worst of it is the amount of smoke inhalation from being in the building so long, even if he pulls through I don't know if he will ever wake up." the pig said bluntly knowing that sugar coating the situation wasn't going to help anyone right now. "We should inform the officer's family on his condition." he said trying to follow the procedures that the hospital had in place.

Chief Bogo turned from Nick to the pink mammal, a cold harsh glare that froze him in place and a low growl coming from his throat. There was nothing more that he wanted to do than to beat some sense into this mammal, and the Dr was lucky that he had enough restraint not to. "Do you think that they wouldn't be here if he had any family left!" his voice rose with every word until he was just shouting; but even that didn't help vent his painful emotions.

Everything was dark. And the dark was cold. And in that cold dark was Nick, and in Nick was that cold dark. But then some unknown time would pass and it became bright and warm until the point where he was blinded by the white light all around him; his orange red fur near glowing from the brightness robe he wore. That's when the voices finally reached his ears.

"Nick…"

"Daddy!"

He spun around unable to believe what he heard. But when he turned he saw his beautiful wife and daughter standing there in the clouds wearing pure white robes. He didn't think about anything but running over to them and scooping them both up in his arms holding them against himself.

Judy and Emily had been there together for hours talking and holding each other, Emily didn't know how or why she was there but she did know where they were now. As Nick held onto them tears began to flow from his eyes and drip down his cheeks, he knew why they were all there. He was the reason why his family was here, his wife had come here because an accident together, and his daughter was here now because he wasn't strong enough to save her. "I'm sorry...I'm sorry...I'm sorry…" he began sobbing near uncontrollably to his family.

Judy did her best to wrap her arms around Nick to comfort him; it had been so long since she last was able to touch him and hold him. "It's okay Nick, it's okay…" she cooed softly as she always did before when her husband needed her comfort. She nuzzled into his neck as she tried to help calm him down further, she loved the way that his fur felt against her cheek again. "It's okay Nick, it isn't your fault." she said as his sobs lightened a bit.

"What's wrong daddy?" Emily asked as she also held onto her dad not wanting him to be sad, and her voice so pure and innocent almost broke her dad's heart.

But Nick couldn't tell her what it was that made him feel this way, she had passed on in peace and he wasn't going to ruin that for his precious kit. "Daddy is just happy so see mommy again." he said as he knelt down to Emily's level and putting his paw on her cheek stroking his thumb across it gently. Judy came down to their level and put a paw on his shoulder giving him a supportive squeeze, "I just missed seeing you mom so much." the fox said as he looked at his beloved wife's beautiful face again.

The heart rate monitor connected to the chest of the still unconscious fox beeped its steady beep over and over endlessly. Chief Bogo sat at the bedside of Nick watching over his bandaged figure. As he sat there it went under his radar, but the beeping steadily slowed ever so gradually until.

*BEEEEEEEEEEEE* the heart rate monitor attached to Nick flat lined and the speaker emitted it's dreadful tone making the large mammal shoot up in his chair. It wasn't more than a moment when the Dr. came back in a hurry.

"I need a crash cart!" he shouted over his shoulder as he looked at the other vitals on Nick's monitor. He removed the tube that was helping Nick breath and began compressions on his chest. "Chief Bogo I'm going to ask that you step out of the room please." he said between each push on the officer's chest. Not wanting to argue with the Dr. the horned mammal stepped out without making a scene.

It was only a few moments after the Dr. shouted when the crash cart finally arrived, the pig stopped the compressions to remove the bandages off Nick's chest to make room for the defibrillator and then a nurse applied the conductive gel. She grabbed the paddles and readied the charge on the machine, "200 volts. Clear." she said before giving the first shock.

Heavens light flashed away for a moment to Nick. "What's happening, why is the light going out?" he asked standing up and looking around worried because he had no idea what it meant for the reunited family.

But to them it wasn't the light that flickered away, it was him. "Nick…" Judy said with fear and worry lacing her voice. Both her and Emily remembered that is similar to what happened during her visits at the beach.

"Is daddy waking up?" Emily asked as she tugged on her mom's paw unsure if it was the same thing. She was always sad when she had to wake up, but this time it wasn't her that would be waking up, it would be her dad. But that still made her just as sad.

Judy looked down at the little bunny, "yes, daddy has to wake up." she said with a sad and forced smile.

Nick didn't know what it meant at first, but seeing the sad look on his wife and daughter's face along with their sad tone of voice he knew. "No. Nonono." he said panicking as the light flickered away again making him even more frantic and afraid. He had lost his wife, he couldn't save his daughter, and he had finally been reunited with them; but now they were being ripped out of his arms.

"It isn't your time Nick." his wife told him sadly before his figured flashed again. "They still need you." her voice was solemn and heavy. She didn't want him to leave, but there was nothing either of them could do to prevent it. "Nick you have to let go." she said brokenly.

"I just got you back Judy! I can't let you go!" he said as he squeezed his arms around his wife and daughter. "Please please please" he began sobbing.

"Clear!" the nurse exclaimed again as she delivered the next charge to Nick.

They all had hope he would make it through this, and they weren't going just sit back and let him die like this. The Dr. was still continuing compressions to keep Nick alive. He was a great officer and did everything he could to help the city, and the Dr. wasn't going to be known as the one to lose him. "Again!" he said, he demanded.

"Clear!"

The light was flashing away more often and it was staying away for longer. Judy couldn't handle hearing her husband sobbing, and her emotions turned to sniffles which then turned to her own tears. Before she could give in Emily did first. "But I don't want him to wake up." she sobbed into her dad's robe burying her face in it's fabric.

But then the light of heaven flickered away until there was nothing. The warmth Nick felt seconds ago was completely gone, he was alone in the dark and cold, the wife and daughter he cherished were gone. "Emily...Judy…" he sobbed alone with noone to comfort him.

Author's Notes:

TT~TT im crying