=Author's Notes=

So, this story is about Nick and Judy but it will also have mystery, drama and complications! Hope you enjoy. Also, a writing experiment for me, this story takes place from Nick's POV.

Co-cops

"You know you love me." Nick said, a smirk tugging at his lips.

"Do I? Yes, I do." Judy confirmed, as she begun driving. Nick swallowed thickly as he absorbed the words. Sure, Judy didn't mean them the way he did. But hey, it was still love, wasn't it? He let out a sigh. He wasn't sure how he'd figured out he loved Judy that way. All he knew was how much it hurt when Judy spoke against predators at the conference.

His ears lowered sadly as Judy kept driving to their destination. The investigation was simple-looking, but he and Judy were practically the most well-known detectives in Zootopia. Not that they had been promoted to that title. Yet.

They drove through the streets. Judy groaned. "I can't believe this. We solve one of the greatest conspiracies ever formed, expose the one responsible and all we get is a speeder!"

"You've got to start from somewhere, Carrots. This is my first official mission after all." Nick said, putting a hand on her shoulder for consolation.

Her ears lifted up, but only a little bit. "So what? We practically saved every predator in Zootopia! We deserve better than some mediocre job." She grunted.

In an attempt to make her feel better, Nick used his nails to scratch behind her ears softly. "Let's just prove to the Chief we can handle anything he throws at us, okay?"

This time her ears did lift up completely and her eyes lightened as she flashed a smile. "Okay." At that moment, a red blur passed through them.

"That's him! Go!" Nick said. Judy's paw hit the pedal and the police car sped up as Nick turned on the alarm. They raced after the car through the roads when it suddenly stopped. Nick opened his door and hopped out of the vehicle.

"Sir, you were going 115 miles per hour, I hope you have a good explanation." Judy said. Suddenly the car's window lowered.

Nick took off his sunglasses. "Flash, flash, hundred yard dash!" Of all the people!

Judy stared at them wide-eyed. "…Nick!" The sloth said after several seconds with a still-forming grin.

"Oh man! Look at me Flash, could you have ever seen it? Me, a cop?" Nick said happily. The sloth's expression took another twist and after several seconds formed again into a grin.

"Lucky… me… imagine… if… it… had… been… somebody… else!" The sloth said lazily.

"Okay, okay, hold up a second. The guy who puts turtles and snails to shame is a speeder?" Judy said, still disbelieving.

"Where do you think he got the nickname from?" Nick told her, still happy over the surprise of his friend. "C'mon, carrots, we can't cut him a ticket. He did help us out. Without him, all the predators could right now be locked up."

Judy rolled her eyes. "Yes, mighty good help! Six hours, Nick. SIX HOURS to search a car." She groaned. "Still, I suppose a favour's a favour. I'll… oversee it this time."

Then the sloth actually winked and the window pulled up before the car disappeared in a blur. Nick's smirk was fully returned. "I don't even have to look at you to know you're happy about this!" Judy hissed at him.

"Happy about what?" He said innocently.

"Even as a police officer, you're still inclined to do illegal things! Nick, this is our first official assignment and we blew it." She told him.

"Horns will get over it." He said easily. Ah yes, Horns. What Nick was calling the chief of Police. He thought Judy was absolutely adorable as she refused to look at him and walked pissed off. He quickly launched at her and hugged here from behind. "C'mon Carrots, don't make me feel bad. We owe a lot to Flash."

She relaxed. "Yeah, we do I suppose. Think the Chief will understand?"

"Mmm… he will if we don't tell him." He offered.

"Dream on, foxy. You're taking the blame for this." She said with a smirk.

"What? Why, you're the one who let him go." Nick retorted.

Her grin grew. "Falsifying information. You know Flash's real name and yet you called him Flash. Not to mention, you're the one who influenced me to let him go." She pulled that annoying carrot-pen of hers and clicked a button, as Nick's voice echoed from it.

'C'mon, carrots, we can't cut him a ticket.' She looked pretty damn pleased with herself.

Nick poker-faced. "You're an evil little bunny."

"I grew up in a farm, not the Wilderness." She said, hopping inside the car. Nick grumbled as he closed the door following her inside.

"You still have the manners of somebody that grew in the Wilderness."

"Oh yes, says the guy that tricked me into buying him an Ice Pop so he could resell it!" She said, starting to drive again.

"Judy, that was a looooong time-" He begun.

"Not even a week." She interrupted him.

"So things happened… what matters is I atoned for my mist-"

"You never even apologised." Judy interrupted him again.

"But I've become such a better per-"

"You just let your friend escape a speeding ticket, which, need I remind you, is very illegal." She said looking ahead at the rode.

"Will you stop inter-"

"Nope." She smirked.

Nick grumbled and silenced himself. He felt Judy's paw on his hand. "You know I'm joking, right?"

He couldn't help but smile at her. "Of course I do, Carrots." She smiled back at him as they drove towards the Police Station.

"Clawhauser!" Judy hissed at the receptionist as they walked inside. The large feline quickly snapped his attention from the doughnut

he was admiring and focused on them.

"Hey guys! How did your first mission go?" He asked.

"I… don't want to talk about it." Judy said. "Can you tell the Chief I want to talk to him?"

"Just go in, it's quiet today." He pointed at the Chief's door as Judy fixed her shoulders and begun walking.

"Hey, Judy… um…" Nick begun to grab her shoulder but thought better of it and retreated himself, scratching his head.

"Hard, isn't it?" Clawhauser said.

Nick raised an eyebrow at him. "What do you mean?"

"Trying to ask somebody out, what else would I mean?" He said in an obviously-kind-of-way.

Nick's fur spiked up. "W-what? What do you mean?" /=Note= Fur spiking up is the equivalent of a blush!l

Clawhauser rolled his eyes. "Well it's too obvious. The way you look at her. It's so romantic."

Nick balled his hands into fists. "I… this is…" He took a deep breath. "There's nothing going on between me and Judy. We're just really good friends. She's a bunny!"

Clawhauser rolled his eyes again. "Oh honey you're not the first predator and prey to be together. It's not that rare."

"It… it's not?" Nick asked.

"Well it's not an everyday fact, but it's there alright." Clawhauser said with a sympathetic smile.

"Anyway, me and Judy are not together." Nick retorted.

"Hmm… that must displease you a great deal, huh?"

Nick's fur spiked again. "Of course not!"

"She's coming." Clawhauser said.

This time Nick's fur spiked up even harder as he twisted around quickly to look for Judy's approach. As his eyes scanned the area, he noticed he…'d ben played. He narrowed his eyes. "I could sell you. Leopards make fine rugs this season. In fact, I know somebody whom I owe a rug to."

Clawhauser took a bite off his doughnut. "Please, you're a kitten deep down. Or… a kit. Whatever the fox equivalent is, anyway."

Nick hissed at him before somebody called at the reception. "Call in Officer Wilde, thank you." Chief Bogo's voice spoke.

Nick raised an eyebrow before he walked towards the door. He walked inside and glared at Judy. "You snitch!" He hissed at her. "How could you tell him I'm the one at fault for letting Flash go?"

"You what?" Chief Bogo said.

"I…" he didn't miss Judy slapping her forehead, "My, your horns look exquisite today Chief Bogo!"

The chief let out a loud groan. "Look, we'll get back to that later. One way or another, you two are my best detectives. Somehow. I feel like I'm being mocked by the Universe. But you still are."

"We're not detectives." Judy pointed out.

Chief Bogo raised an eyebrow. "If you can solve this mystery, you can consider the title yours."

Judy's eyebrows rose at that. "Wait there big guy, we just finished unmasking a politician seeking to get rid of my species, and you think we're ready for another mystery?"

Bogo raised his eyebrow again. "Yes?"

Nick flashed a grin. "Good. I don't like being underestimated." Judy chuckled and Bogo rolled his eyes.

"For some reason, some very specific beverages are causing animals to go savage. And this time, it's not just predators." Chief Bogo said.

"So, ban the beverages and you're done." Nick said simply.

"That's the deal. This isn't limited to some specific types of soft drinks. It could be just any soft drink, regardless of the Name, flavour or company. We think that Bellwether was part of something much bigger." Bogo said with a serious expression.

"We have the antidote." Nick said simply again.

"That's the thing. It's not working on these new victims. We don't know who or what or why is causing this. We've analysed hundreds of soft drinks and we haven't found anything abnormal in them, save for the gross amounts of chemicals anyway."

"What if it's a chemical though? It could be untraceable or destroyable by oxygen. Meaning that the moment that the can is opened the chemical only has a little time to enact before being destroyed?" Judy asked.

"We thought about it, we opened some cans in deoxygenated areas, still same results." Bogo said.

"What if it's just one in a million though?" Nick pointed out. "What will we do then?"

"We thought about that too. It seems suspicious that whoever is doing this stopped attacking just predators. We're not sure, but even Bellwether might have been nothing but a pawn thinking she had her own gain. After all, how does one simple sheep organise such a big operation?"

"She was pretty smart." Judy said. "With the proper assistants she could have easily-"

"What about the money? The resources, the connections required to pull it off? Was she really the mastermind?" Bogo asked. "And if so, whoever adopted her idea, what's the point of targeting random people now?"

Judy shrugged. "How do you expect us to solve something like this? We have no clues."

"We have some leads. But this is serious. There's no going back if you accept this." Bogo said, pulling out a file and holding it in front of them.

Nick raised an eyebrow at Judy. "I'm in, but not if you don't agree." She told Nick.

"What are you talking about, carrots? We're a team. I could never let you do this on your own. You'd probably blow it, anyways." He smirked.

Judy smiled at him before she turned to Bogo. "I guess this means we accept."

"Oh isn't this great, Nick! We're on the chase again, trying to save Zootopia, make the world a better place!" Judy said, throwing herself at his side.

Nick chuckled. "Easy there, Carrots. Don't forget, this is super serious. The future of Zootopia is at stake."

"I know. But I feel like, if I have you by my side, I can do anything." She said happily, raising her arms and stretching out before getting inside the police vehicle.

Oh, Carrots. Do you ever think before you talk? He thought affectionately.

=Author's Notes=

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