Chapter 4

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The cruiser sped down the busy main road following to the main shopping district. They were hot on his tail and showed no signs of giving up. The perpetrator was a male jaguar who belongs to a gang called 'The Perks' was driving like a maniac to say the least. There were near misses, going on the pavement, even knocking over a mail box. The jaguar was trying everything to shake the two coppers off.

Judy wasn't a good driver either but at least she was cautious and went through less populated areas so no people would get hurt.

"All surrounding officers, Officer Hopps and Officer Wilde in pursuit! We have a 481, going westbound Sahara Square, need backup ASAP!" Judy screamed into her radio at the top of her lungs.

"Uh y- yeah. We need more cops here please." stuttered Nick not feeling confident. He never knew he would be in a huge mess like this on his first day. No. Not a savage, bloody mess, but a reckless, hesitant mess.

The jaguar looked at his dashboard mirror, he saw that the bunny and fox were still after him. He snarled and took a tight turn to the right, where he didn't know, was an alleyway for a size of an elephant, so it looked like an entrance to a bystreet.

The fierce predator looked behind him, watching the only way out of this situation get blocked off by Nick and Judy's cruiser. He then frantically pulled out something from under his seat, put it into his pocket and opened the door of the car.

Nick and Judy realized that he was trapped and got their tranquilizers, cocked them and stepped out of the cruiser. Both of them aimed down the sight of the dangerous weapon, and pointed towards the open door of the car ten feet away.

"ZPD!" shouted Nick. "Come out with your hands up, and we wont hurt you!"

Judy thought to herself "Oh yes we will, ya dumb fox!" she had a happy trigger finger at this moment in time.

The jaguar stepped out in defeat of the car, looking rather mischievous. "Come on now officers" he said in a rough, cold voice. "You know you will be making a big mistake if you take me in. A BIG mistake."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Nick asked, losing his concentration.

"Nick!" whispered Judy gritting her teeth. Nick then pointed his tranquilizer gun at the jaguar again.

"On the ground now!" shouted Judy sternly, showing that she was not playing around.

"You should just let me go." growled the jaguar. "That one hit was a mistake. It was just a puny cub. We kill loads of idiots by hand if they made a huge mistake to deal with us."

Nick's blood drained down to his stomach, where he was feeling cold and wonder what sick, twisted feline would do something like that.

"You've got ten seconds." said Judy aiming at the jaguar's stomach.

"You sure you two don't want a coffee or something down the road? We can laugh it out, and forget that this ever happened." offered the jaguar.

"Ten... nine..." Judy started to count.

"I'll give you some dough if that's what you really want." bribed the jaguar. "That foxy friend of yours looks like it needs some chump change for the dry cleaning."

"My partner looks a lot handsome compared to you." rasped Judy.

Nick could not believe his ears when she said that. He felt like that the connection may not just be in him, it was in her too. He could just pass out in love if he wanted. His heart was beating fast in lust.

"Seven... six..." continued Judy

"You have a second chance to change your mind, or it will get really messy."

"Five...Four..."

"THINK FAST!" the jaguar suddenly said as he pulled out a 12.7mm pistol out of his black leather jacket and pointed it at Judy and took a shot. In the split second he shot his round, Judy shut her eyes tightly and shot her tranquilizer dart at the jaguar, which hit him in the stomach. He let out a soft 'meow' as it hit him.

Opening her eyes, she saw Nick in front of her, blocking her view. Nick was shaking violently that she thought he was going to shatter to pieces. Nick fell to his knees screaming in agony, clutching his chest.

She thought she was imagining it. Nick was seen with blood coming out of his chest and back as it was seeping through his uniform. He looked in shock and in pain at the same time. Judy eyes went wide, her ears drooped as her jaw dropped. "No..."

Nick's chest that was once filled with love five seconds ago, was now emptied in a second from a bullet. His vision blurred as he smiled as hard as he could to Judy "Carrots... don't worry. I'm going to be okay. You'll see..." he struggled to say as he fell face first to the ground.

"NICK!" Judy shouted. She placed his head on her knees quickly. Her vest, shirt and badge were being stained by Nick's rich blood. She put pressure on his wound with one paw as she radioed for help with the other. "Office Hopps to dispatch" she cried down the radio. "10-00 officer down-all patrols respond, Officer Wilde down! Send the paramedics!"

"Officer Hopps, we are approximately two minutes from your location. Medical service on the way." said McHorn on the radio.

Judy put both paws on his heavily bleeding wound whilst she waited for help. At this point, Frank was seen going down the pavement and he saw the cruiser with it's lights on. Curious he went to see what's happening.

"Hello? Is there a problem?" he called.

"Yes, I need your help with this officer!" Judy responded. "He has been shot and is bleeding heavily!"

Frank knew that voice anywhere. 'Judy?!' he thought.

"Judy? Is that you!?" he called riding the bonnet of the cruiser. He saw a fox on the floor in a pool of blood. "Oh my god! I'll do what I can! What happened?" he said traumatized as he put his paws on Nick's chest.

"Frank?.. My friend..." Judy sobbed and gasped uncontrollably. "He... he..." Frank didn't need her to finish her sentence as he saw the jaguar that shot Nick on the floor.

"Oh man..." he said in disbelief. "So is this your partner right here?"

"He... he is more than a part- partner. He's my friend!" Judy cried out.

Tears started to roll down her cheeks and landed on Nick's eyes and nose. She tried to be the brave bunny she is normally and not cry, but this was unbelievable to her. Her best friend, shot. Shot in the line of duty on his first day. Sirens were heard coming closer and closer to the crime scene. The road was then filled with cop cars and an ambulance.

"Keep clear from the casualty!" shouted Chief Bogo as he ran towards Nick with a paramedic beside him. He suddenly stopped. "Oh-my-god..."

"Excuse me," the paramedic said as she started to bandage Nick's wound quickly. When he was temporarily bandaged, the paramedic checked his pulse.

Something that surprised all of the officers, Judy, Frank and even the paramedic came.

"He's got a pulse!" the paramedic shouted. "Quickly, get him on to a stretcher and to the vehicle pronto!"

Nick was then lifted on to the stretcher carefully as the paramedics took him to the ambulance as officers arrested the jaguar who was about to wake up. "You coming officer..."

"H- Hopps." Judy said still crying. "Yes, I will come with you..."

Frank clasped his hands together closing his eyes as Judy jumped into the back of the ambulance where they put Nick and let Judy calm down. As the ambulance sped towards the hospital, Judy was standing up looking below her seeing Nick's face, eyes still shut. She gently laid her paws across his forehead and kept them there.

"Don't die now..." she said to herself "Stay strong my friend..."

A/N: OH NO! Poor Nick... what will happen? Find out in the next chapter that will be released some time next week! Once again, thanks for the great support you guys! Cheers! :-D -RetractedEmotions