Chapter 17 – Part 2
A/N- Well, here is part two of chapter 17! I hope you will like this entry! Once again, thanks for the continued support and reviews by you guys!
Nobels Amusement Arcade, the hub for all gamers and kids alike! The sounds of whooping arcade machines to the occasional cheers of an animal beating a high scores wailed through the atmosphere, sure to catch a group to play a game or two. After the bumpers of fun that was the dodgems, Judy and Nick happily walked to the fun house. Following Finnick's little 'accident', they just laughed it out and got on with their date. The little bunny's ears twitched in every direction, surrounded by arcade games and coin dozer's. "This looks fun!" chirped Judy. "You wanna go on something first?" Nick was happy with that plan. "Yeah! Why not?". He scanned through the claustrophobic room, only to find an old school game. "Monkey Kong! Oh my goodness, this used to be my thing!" exclaimed Nick pointing towards the arcade cabinet. Nick used to the best player in the whole area from where he was from when he was a teenager. Animals would ask him desperately "How do you do it, Wilde?" and Nick would just reply with that sly expression of his replying; "I guess I was just born with the skills to master this game."
"Lets see if my name is still on there." said Nick rubbing his paws together. The high scores flashed on screen. "YES! I'm still there!" Judy searched through the list, looking for his initials. "Huh, where is it? I dont see a NPW anywhere." queried Judy giving him a funny look. Nick chuckled at the sound of that. "You really think that I would be that bland? No, no, no. I'm right here!" he pointed a finger toward a field reading "SNG" Judy looked confused towards him. Nick sighed. "Do I really have to explain everything to you?" he nudged whilst smiling. "That stands for Sir Nicholas the Great!" Judy sniggered when he explained what it meant. "Very original! Heh, heh!" Nick laughed softly along with her. "Ahem. Well... wanna see how it's done?" Judy gave him a mischievous look. "Go on then. Impress a bunny with your only life skills." she joked. Nick shook his head with his face focused on the screen. "Ha ha. You are talking to an officer here, Hopps!" He popped a quarter in the slot and cracked his knuckles with a distinct pop. "Prepare to be mesmerized by my skills, Miss. Hopps!"
The game started and Nick was already on a roll. He hopped over barrels of... pickles? He also jumped over many hazardous objects such as fireballs lurching towards his player. Judy was impressed. 'This should be his real job' she thought jokingly. Before you know it, he was at the top saving the damsel in distress. "How about that?" asked Nick looking to the gob-smacked looking bunny. Judy shook her head and cheered. "That was very good, Nick!" She looked to him with the same mischievous look in her eyes. "Besides, I bet you cannot get to the final level." Nick took this as a challenge and he wanted to prove her that he can keep going. "Oh, ho ho! Getting sassy little bunny? I can keep going for as long as I like!" Judy pulled him by the tie closer to her face smiling, making Nick freeze still. "Go on then... prove me wrong." she said softly, letting go of his tie slowly. Nick snapped out of his love trance and managed to blurt out a reply. "Okay, watch me!" countered Nick, once again concentrating on the game.
Ten minutes later, the fox was already on the final level. Judy was disbelieved. Well, not really. She thought that he used the most of his living life playing that game and just wanted to show off what he COULD do. The monkey bashed his clasped fists on the supporting platforms that held his advantage point high. The fox dodged the live fireballs looking seemingly not bothered by them at all. Finally, the last support beem disappeared when he stood on it. The tower collapsed along with the distressed monkey. Nick had beaten the game. "Winner!" shouted Nick holding his paws in the air. "I told you I could do it!" Judy took his paw and smiled. "I know. I always knew that, you big lug! How about we go shoot some things?" Judy led Nick by the paw towards a big machine screaming 'House Of The Preds'. It was a new on-rail shooting game that you played as an agent wolf with his stereotypical looking weasel shooting their way through a predator apocalypse trying to find their way to escape the city. "Oh, ho ho! You got a good taste in gaming, Judes!" exclaimed Nick as he gazed upon the machine. They both grabbed a shotgun and started to play.
They blasted through hoards of savage predators, grabbed ammo and saved fellow survivors. "Right there, next to you Nick!" Nick quickly pointed his gun at a blood covered tiger, the worst of all of them! Nick pulled the trigger and the virtual bullet hit him right in the head. "Take that! Right in your thick skull!" Nick then remembered the jaguar. "That should have been that jaguar in my first day, am I right?" Judy's ears drooped as her face did the same thing. She would prefer not to remember that character of an animal. It slowly decayed, nearly non existent all of a sudden, it came back fresh in her head when Nick mentioned it. It made her bare her teeth by the thought of it alone. "Heh heh... yeah... serves him right, huh?"
They went on and on and on for fifteen minutes until Nick was clumsy and didn't pay attention to what was going on around his player. The predators ate him and his partner alive. "Dang it! We were so there!" exclaimed Nick, slamming his paws on the top of the machine. "Well, fun doesn't last forever unfortunately." Judy chuckled softly. "Dumb fox... well I had fun at this place too! The fun may be over now, but the night isn't yet! Where to next?" she asked placing her gun in the holder. "How about a movie at the theatre?" Nick suggested pointing at the huge building a few blocks down. "I heard that they have a good movie that you and me may like!" Judy could live up to the idea of a movie. She was having so much fun! But there was one question that remained on her mind; 'When do I go for it?' "Boy, that sounds like fun! Can't wait to see it? What is it called?" Nick chuckled slyly with the look he specially gave her. "You'll have to wait and see, or guess now since you are a sly bunny, huh?" Judy giggled that cute laugh that Nick so dearly loves. "I'll just wait. I don't want to spoil the surprise!" Judy took his paw and they both walked towards the movie theatre, both smiling towards each other.
The Zootopia Astro Theatre was comfortably situated between the fast food joint and arcade. The beloved building housed twelve screens that either shown new, classic and foreign films, in other words there was something for everyone! Even the biggest elephant, to the teensiest little otter can go into the same screen without anyone blocking their view. Nick and Judy arrived at the entrance. Nick cleared his throat. "I thought you may want to see the newest crime slash drama film. I think it looks pretty good!" Judy looked at Nick weirdly. Nick noticed the expression on her cute little face and he started to look worried. "Or... if you want to see something else that's fine-" "That's sounds very exciting! Besides, I love crime films! How did you know I liked those?" Nick's conscious slowly regained itself from the verge of breaking down with worry. 'Huh? How DID I know?' he asked himself disbelieved. 'I just took a wild guess because she is a cop! Heh, wild... ha ha. Good one 'Wilde'.' Judy was wondering why he was laughing. "Uh, Nick... you alright?" tugging his shirt lightly. Nick suddenly came back to reality shaking his head. "Huh? Oh yeah, I'm great. I was just laughing to myself because I knew these were your favourites all along!" Judy giggled and smiling strongly. "Well, we better go and get tickets, it starts soon." reminded Judy chuckling. "Alright, whiskers. Let's go."
The rabbit and fox went towards the ticket stand where a teen cheetah was standing at his post wearing a smart uniform. "Welcome to the Astro Theatre!" chirped the cheetah. "How may I help?" Nick rested his elbow on the table in front of the window. "Maybe you can. Two tickets for 'Locked Up' please, guv." "Certainly sir! Two tickets, coming up!" Nick smiled and decided to spark a conversation. "So... how long have you been working here for?" The cheetah looked up from his desk. "Hmm? Oh, I've just started like six days ago! It's good to see the animals have fun, like you two!" Nick smile grew. He liked the attitude of this animal, that it was almost impossible to tell if this was a teenager! A normal teen animal would be moody, sweaty and possibly smoking somewhere under a bridge. This particular animal was trying to put on a show, like he was trying to put an impression on the place and feel as inviting as it could be! "That'll be $9.59 for both of you!" Nick looked to Judy who was reaching for her purse. Nick was about to offer to pay for both of their tickets until she pulls out a $10 bill. He remembered that Judy insisted that she could pay for her own stuff, but he didn't want to interrupt her. Besides, he thought it was nice that his ticket was being paid by her! Judy looked towards Nick, seemingly looking like she was waiting for some response from him. She gave the money to the cheetah. She started to look puzzled.
"Thank you madam! Let me get your tickets." thanked the worker as he reached for the roll of tickets. Nick looked towards Judy, in which she almost did at the same time, smiling. The employee slid two tickets through the gap in the window. "There you go! Enjoy the movie!" Nick and Judy thanked the cheetah and walked inside, grabbed some popcorn and sat in the middle row of screen three ready for the movie to begin. Judy put her paw on Nick's own and they both felt warm inside when their claws met. Nick started to groom her paw with his sharp, large nails. Judy thought it felt blissful and made her relaxed. The bunny hugged the fox and they both looked toward the screen that then lit when the flicker of the projection started to display the images of the movie. They were getting closer by the minute and it was getting to the point were they cannot contain their deep feelings and emotions within themselves anymore.
A/N- Looks like things are going well for the two! Next part of the chapter will come soon, so stay tuned! I hope you have a great rest of the day! It will definantley be a great one! -RetractedEmotions