They didn't get very far. When Judy had caught up, she saw Nick cornering the puma in the women's restroom. She must have thought she could hide in there. Nick was in the doorway, and the puma was sitting down against the far wall. In her hands she cradled the fragmentation grenade that Lionheart had left behind.
Instinctively at this point, Judy scanned the puma with her Dominator. "Crime coefficient is 261. She is a target for enforcement action. Enforcement mode: Lethal Eliminator. Please aim carefully and eliminate the target." It read out loud.
Judy felt her blood run cold. "Psycho-Hazard." Judy muttered.
Nick nodded, his own Dominator pointed at her. "Lionheart rattled her so much that she was already set for enforcement. You stopping Honey from doing her job only escalated things, and now Sibyl sees her as a killer."
"I-I am a killer! I'll kill you both and myself if you don't just step away!" The puma screamed, apparently having found her voice. Live explosives do wonders for your confidence.
"I didn't-I just wanted to help her-" Judy stammered, realizing the gravity of her actions.
Nick looked back at Judy with regret in his eyes. "Sorry, Carrots." he told her before turning back to the puma and took aim.
Time seemed to stop for Judy, as she was about to see an innocent civilian killed before her own eyes.
"Don't!" Judy shouted at the top of her lungs, taking aim at Nick's back. With the pull of a trigger Judy shattered the scene that was frozen in front of her. Her Dominator flashed and forcefully shot a small blue projectile straight into Nick's unsuspecting back.
With a sudden yip from Nick, he fell down to the floor, completely unconscious from the Paralyzer shot.
The puma watched in awe as one agent just attacked another.
Judy, without even thinking, let her Dominator clatter to the floor. She then began to slowly approach the puma.
"L-listen, you crazy bunny. I'm not letting you- stay away!" The puma threatened, flourishing the grenade in front of Judy.
"What is your name?"
"...Sarah."
"Sarah. You don't want this. You have a life worth living."
"I have this shitty job. And my boss decided to ruin me forever, body and mind. I'm tainted because of him now!"
"I believe in you, Sarah. Mammals recover from stressful incidents like this all the time. You were perfectly healthy before this and you're going to recover just fine. This is just one awful night in your life. Don't throw away your future because of it, please."
"W-what do you care? You're too scared to come near the big, ferocious pred. Don't act like you don't look down on me. You think I'm a monster...and at this point you're probably right!"
"I'm scared of that grenade. I think I'm just scared in general. This is actually my first assignment with the ZPD. I'm scared too, Sarah. Tonight was terrifying." Judy stepped even closer to Sarah, now only a few feet away. "But we're going to get through this together, okay?" Judy moved forward and was now on top of Sarah. She threw her arms around her neck. "I promise I'll protect you."
Sarah's eyes welled up with tears. She let her paw fall to the ground, and the grenade rolled out of it onto the tile floor, making a clattering noise. She held onto the bunny with her large paws, overwhelming her with their size. For a long time Sarah stayed like that, sobbing endlessly into Judy's shoulder.
"Thank you." Sarah croaked.
Judy stepped back away from Sarah, and stretched a paw out towards her. "Now let's get you out of here."
Judy froze as she heard a shot buzz past her and hit Sarah square in the chest. Sarah let out a pained meowing sound but quickly slumped over where she was sitting. Judy spun around to see Inspector Bogo in the doorway, Dominator still poised, with the rest of the Enforcers behind him. Duke looked miserable. Honey looked cheerful but confused, like she was trying really hard to stay positive. Maurice looked even more tired, if that were possible.
Bogo had his typical scowl on. "Not the most graceful job, Hopps. Not by a long shot."