"Hopps, Wilde report to my office immediately. I have an important case for the two of you." Chief Bogo voice spoke from both Judy's and Nick's tiny radio on their uniform.
"We are on our way." Judy responses back. The bunny makes a sharp U-turn to head back to the ZPD. Nick places his shades back down and he flips the sirens on so they could get there faster, but Judy switches it off.
"This is only for emergency Nick. Don't abuse the badge." The bunny lectures the fox. Nick smirks as he looks at his partner.
"The Chief said immediately. I think that counts as an emergency." He shot back making the bunny shake her head.
"What am I supposed to do with you?"
…..
"Murder?" Judy asks softly as she looked at the case file Chief Bogo gave to her. The Cape buffalo nods as he removes his reading glass to look at his top two officers.
"It would appear so. An Arctic wolf named Grey Clawston body was found this morning by a housekeeper in the Waterloo Garden hotel. He was strangled in his sleep. So far we have no leads and that why I called you two in for this case. If anyone could find something out of nothing, it is the two of you." Chief Bogo states as he sips his black coffee from his tiny white ceramic mug. Judy felt flattery blossom in her chest as she sat up straight with pride as her eyes shined happily. Nick smirks cockily as he easily sweeps away the case file from the bunny and he looks through the file carefully.
"No witnesses and no recent photos of where he may have been? Well, this seems like a tough nut to crack, but me and Carrot's here are all over this. You can count on us to bust this case wide open Chief." Wilde promises as he closes the case folder and tucks it under his left armpit. The Chief nods his head as he leans back further in his chair.
"I know you two will. Now you both head over to the evidence room. Officer Madden will like to show you one of Mr. Clawston item. They found a cellphone maybe it could help you find a clue." Judy and Nick nod their heads and got off their seats and headed to the evidence room. Once inside they were being waved down by a Tasmanian devil. The duo made their way over to the female who is typing furiously on her keyboard.
"Hey, Bogo told me you guys would be coming by soon, so this is what I got for you two." She says as she hands Nick a touchscreen phone in a baggy. He rolls his eyes and removes the devices from the baggy and slides the button to unlock the phone.
"Nick you're not supposed to touch the evidence!" Judy nags as she scowls her partner. Nick scoffs as he pats her head softly.
"Look, you can't expect us to look through the phone with the baggy covering it, sides they found no paw prints before I touched it. If you read the file, you would know that." He resorts back smoothly as he searches through the phone.
"I did know that." She snaps back playfully earning a larger smirk from the sly fox. Nick looked through the contact list. Empty. Text board. Empty. He clicks on the majority of the apps and there was nothing, even the internet history been erased.
"The phone is not under any service company. He most had bought it from the black market, so no one can trace it. It only works when it is connected to WIFI. Since that is the case we could not trace where his phone has last been." Officer Madden explains as she stares at her screen trying to figure out anything that would help Wilde and Hopps. Nick hums as he clicks the photo album and the only thing that was an image of a bold O with a small x inside the O. Why does this seem familiar to him?
"What about this image?" he asks the Tasmanian devil. The small mammal turns her attention and looked at the picture.
"I don't know, I really didn't think it meant anything." She says honestly as she shrugs. Judy looks at the phone screen as she tilts her head in confusion. She never saw this symbol before. Nick hit the home button and looks through the apps to see if he could find anything else. He analyses all the apps tilt his green eyes caught something.
"Why does he have two calculators?" Nick asks as he opens the original calculator app and he punched in an equation and got an answer. He exits out that one and opens the downloaded one and put in the same equation and got the same answer. That's weird, why would any mammal need two calculators?
"I just thought he didn't like the original one, but I thought it was weird too. And this is odd as well. There is only one photo on this phone, but when I hook it up to the computer it says he has 1Gb of photos in there." Madden explains making the partners look at the screen. The computer says there are photos stored in this device, but where? Nick whips out his phone and goes to his app store and put in the name of the downloaded calculator. He browses through the app store and saw the same app. He clicks on it and reads the review.
SexCanine123: This is AWESOME! I can hide all my gf nudes here!
SwaggerJagger- Great app to hide photos from my jealous side bae ;)
SweetLikeHoney_#2016- I LOVE LOVE LOVE! This is super dope! My man doesn't even have a clue about all the cute boys I have on my phone. Best app eva!
Nick tilts his head is confusion as he read the reviews and then he read the apps details. After scanning through it he finally understood what this app is actually meant for.
"The pictures are in the app!" Nick says to Judy who stares at the fox in surprise.
"What app?"
"This app! He is storing the phone in this app! He just has to add in his personal equation and BOOM the vault is open!" He explains to the bunny. Her eyes widen in understanding and she playfully punches his shoulder.
"Good detective work, Slick!" She complements happily making the fox chuckle with pride.
"I know. But the only thing is how do we open it?" He asks the bunny and her smile fell slowly. Before she could say anything she was interrupted by Officer Madden.
"Leave it to me, but this will be a process, I'll let you know if I found something." Nick nods his head and looks at Judy.
"Come let's go, I think we got a lead." He says to his partner.
"We do?" Judy asks slightly taken back. Nick nods as he shows her his phone with the image of the bold O with a small x in the middle.
"Oh yeah, I believe I know someone who can help us out."
….
"Hey, how's my favorite bootlegger?" Nick asks as he strides over to the jittery weasel. Weaselton scoffs as he chewed the toothpick harsh at the sight of him and the bunny. He is at his typical corner selling his movies and then these buster come around ruining business for him.
"Lookie here, flatfoot and the nark. What do you coppers want?" he spat at the two. Nick stops in his tracks and places his paws over his heart with a sadden expression.
"Oh, that hurts, that really hurts. Can't old friends visit one another without assuming they want something?" He asks in a saddened tone as he lowers his pointy ears.
"We ain't never friends nark, it was just business." The weasel scoffs as he flicks his toothpick at the fox making Nick frown with disgust. Judy rolls her large eyes as she pulls out her phone and shows Duke the image they founded on the wolf's phone.
"Do you know what this image means?" She questions him. Duke squint his beaded eyes as he examines the photo. Oh, he knew what this is. A smirk widens across his face as he stood back up.
"Oh that there, is a logo." He says simply and as he pulls out another toothpick to chew on. Judy arches her brows and looks back at Nick; the fox shrugs and averts his green eyes back to the con-artist before them.
"Logo? Logo for what?" Nick presses on making Duke chuckle under his breath as he leans against a wall from an old abandon building.
"It's for only the top gangsters and mafias in Zootopia. They use that image to get into an exclusive speakeasy, even though they at odds with another. The speakeasy is where they let go of their personal vendetta to relax, drink, eat and be entertained. Especially by the beautiful, Eve." The weasel swoons at the name of the mystery woman.
"Eve?" Judy repeats.
"Yes, Eve. Did I stutter cottontail? Anyways I've never seen her, but she sings like an angel." Duke says softly like a love-struck fool. He was having a flashback to when he would sneak to the speakeasy and sit on a stack of old crates by a vent to listen to the serene voice of Eve.
"Well, does anyone you know, know what she looks like?" The bunny shot back again as she wrote down the information the weasel was giving them. The low-tempered scammer cackles empathically at the bunny's question.
"Didn't you hear me flat foot? It's exclusive, only for the top mammals in the city. Why would a con-artist like me and my crony have any business in a joint like that? And besides ain't no one that dumb enough to take pictures in that place, that's the only sanctuary they got in the game. They ain't gonna ruin it by taking pictures inside and post it online so cops can find them." The weasel explains to them as he shrugs nonchalantly. Judy taps her foot as she hums softly while Nick tries to think back to a time if he ever seen or heard of a speakeasy in Zootopia, but he wasn't coming up with anything. That's the first.
"And you don't happen to know where this speakeasy is?" Nick finally spoke as he steps closer to the slim mammal. Duke's nose twitches as he nods.
"Of course, I do, but if you want me to take you, you gotta take me." Duke bargains with the cop. Nick shrugs and extends his paws out for Duke to grab.
"Deal." The fox promises making the weasel crack with happiness.
"Nice, but first you two gotta get out them nark costumes."
…..
After going back home to change out their uniforms, the trio drove deeper into downtown where it looked dark and grim. Judy never saw this part of Zootopia, this must be the slums. The cops park the car in a dark alley four blocks away from the speakeasy. Judy wore a simple black cocktail dress that went to her knees and wore light makeup. Nick wore an all-black suit, but he still used his signature blue tie with red stripes. And he wore a black fedora with his favorite pair of shades. While Duke still wore his normal clothes, he just added on a black blazer and a loose black tie.
"You could have worn a black tie, Nick" Judy whispers to her partner as she links arms with him. She couldn't believe he decided to keep that thing one; it was hideous in her opinion. Nick smirks as he shrugs.
"It's my good tie." He answers back as they finally approached an abandon movie theater. The building looks completely old and on the verge of collapse. The color of the chipping paint is a dirty beige wash, the windows, and doors to the building are boarded up and it seems like no one has been here for years. Judy looks at Weaselton with a light scowl.
"This better be the place." She whispered to him making the weasel roll his eyes brown eyes.
"This is the right place sweet cheeks, Nick give me your phone." Duke instructs. Nick did as told and took his phone out his dress pants pocket and hands it to him. Duke snatches the deceive, he unlocks the phone and pulls up the photo with the logo on it. The poorly dressed mammal knocks on a metal door that is broad up with a sliding peephole. After a few seconds, it slides open and a pair of angry brown eyes glares down at them.
"What?" The voice barks making Judy flinch, but composed herself and stood confidently next to Nick. Duke shows the phone screen to the angry pair of eyes. The doorkeeper shifts his harsh stare from the weasel's phone to the bunny and the fox. After a few seconds of a stare down, the peephole door slams shut and the metal door opens. Nick hums to himself, it was smart on their part to make it seem like this door was actually boarded up.
"Enjoy the show." A rough voice spoke; Judy peeps over and noticed it was a huge rhino wearing a black muscle tee-shirt with a pair of worn out black jeans and heavy looking black boots. The trio walks through a dimly lit hallway till they saw a light at the end and heard jazz music plays in the distance. When they finally arrived at the end of the hall, Nick pushes aside a beaded curtain that blocked their view. When he did so his eyes widen in amazement.
This place is incredible! The walls are painted gold and it is draped with velvet red curtains; the floor is covered with a maroon carpet. A large gold chandelier is hung above them held over 200 lite wax candles and there are other smaller light sources lighting up the room. There is a large bar made of cherry oak set up to the left of the room with various types of drink behind the counter. To the right of the building is a large dining hall with round tables with white silk tablecloths, the chairs are made of metal and have red velvet seat and back cushions. And a band played in the right corner of the hall and there is even a decent size dance floor that is being occupied with a few couples. Nick chuckles to himself as he took in his surroundings. The fox was soon pulled out his trance when Judy pinches his left cheek.
"Ow, what was that for?" he asks as he rubs his cheek.
"Stay focus." She whispers. Duke, on the other hand, was over the moon, he is going to be able to listen to Eve! He quietly wonders away from the cops and looks around the revamped theater in search of Eve's next show. His greedy eyes spot a sign that reads: Want to see a Dangerous Woman? Then watch Eve Live at 10:35P.M. The weasel checks Nick's phone that he still had and saw it is 10:31 P.M now! He better gets a move on if he wants a seat! He rushes into theater two, but Nick spots him before the weasel disappears behind the double doors. The fox groans as he tugs Judy to the same theater to catch the mammal before he blew their cover. The pair pushes through the large double doors and enters the large room with many seats that are occupied with animals of all species. This room to had been remodeled as well. It held the same theme as the main room, but there are still many old movie theater chairs there, expect the ones from the very front. They had been removed and eight round tables have been placed in front of the large wooden stage that the screen used to be at. The stage is made of cherry oak wood, it has been raised higher and there is a small flight of stairs in the middle of the platform. The stage red velvet curtains are down for the time being which gave them time to look for Duke. Nick squints his eyes from behind his shades, his green eyes finally caught sight of Duke who sat down at the very front in of the round tables in front of the stage. He was at table 4 which is a good distance from the stage. Nick grabs Judy right paws and drags her down the long flight of stairs. The officers made it over to Duke who orders himself and the two and glass of red wine.
"Sit down, and shut up the show is going to start." He says excitedly as he drunk his glass of wine in one gulp. Judy was ready to protest, but the lights dimmed down and the music began to play. The two officers sigh and sit in their seat to watch the show. Nick took his glass of wine and sips it slowly as he watches the thick curtains slowly rise up.
Oh, yeah
A dark figure stood in the middle of the stage in front of an old fashion microphone, she has three backup singers on her right and three on more on her left with a band behind her.
Don't need permission
Made my decision to test my limits
'Cause it's my business, God as my witness
Start what I finished
Don't need no hold up
Taking control of this kind of moment
I'm locked and loaded
Completely focused, my mind is open
All that you got, skin to skin, oh my God
Don't ya stop, boy
A bright spotlight shines down on the singer as she snaps her eyes open. The singer is a female raccoon with a strand of thick curly black hair swept to the left of her face, stunning green eyes and she wore a silver choker with a tight fitting green dress that compliments her thick, curvy figure. The dress has a sweetheart neckline and two slits in front of her dress, one on her right and one on her left. Nick's mouth gapes open as he eyes the female while Duke whistle and claps his hands loudly.
Somethin' 'bout you makes me feel like a dangerous woman
Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout you
Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't
Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout
Nothing to prove and
I'm bulletproof and
Know what I'm doing
The way we're movin' like introducing
Us to a new thing
I wanna savor, save it for later
The taste of flavor, 'cause I'm a taker
'Cause I'm a giver, it's only nature
I live for danger
All that you got, skin to skin, oh my God
Don't ya stop, boy
Somethin' 'bout you makes me feel like a dangerous woman
Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout you
Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't
Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout you
Eve scans the audience looking for someone interesting enough to be her next victim. But she sees the same faces, the raccoon mentally sighs. She is so bored of the same guest, she wants someone new. Eve shifts her green orbs to the table in front of the stage. Her orbs immediately stop on a fox wearing an all-black suit with a blue tie with red stripes. He wore his dark sunglasses, but she could tell he is fixated on her. He do just fine. She smirks to herself as she stares at the fox as she sang.
All girls wanna be like that
Bad girls underneath, like that
You know how I'm feeling inside
Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout
All girls wanna be like that
Bad girls underneath, like that
You know how I'm feeling inside
Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout
Eve took the vintage microphone off its stand as she walks down the stairs in front of the stage. She walks seductively towards the fox's table. She saw the bunny, but ignored her. Eve didn't care if that was the handsome fox's girl. The raccoon want to have some harmless fun with him. Nick notices Eve is making her way over to him which causes him to shift in his seat nervously. As she strides over to the fox she strokes nearby guests cheeks making them swoon under her touch, but she never broke eye contact with the fox. She flicks her thick curly strand of black hair out her face. When she stood before the fox, she hikes up her dress and straddles his hips and proceeds to sing to him. The audiences roar with cheers as Eve did so.
Somethin' 'bout you makes me feel like a dangerous woman
Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout you
Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't
Nick felt his heart slam against his chest as he watches this very attractive raccoon sing to him as she straddles him. His paws gently settle themselves on her hips to keep her steady; or that's what he kept telling himself. His mouth went dried as his breath got hitched in his throat. Is this happening?! Eve strokes under his chin as a sly smirk spread across her mouth. Nick could feel a pleasurable shiver go down his spine as she presses her chest to his making Nick gulp hard on his saliva. She is so close to him.
Eve giggled softly at his nervous demeanor as she slowly reaches up and removes his shades, when she did so her green eyes were greeted by his electrifying green eyes. Her heart squeezes as she stares down at his familiar hypnotizing eyes. Eve held her composure and continues to sing her high notes in the fox's lap.
Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout you
All girls wanna be like that
Bad girls underneath like that
You know how I'm feeling inside
Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout
All girls wanna be like that
Bad girls underneath like that
You know how I'm feeling inside
Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout
Every fiber of Eve being shout at her to stay in control, to stay focus. But how could she? All she wants to do in the moment was smile like a fool and kiss the stupid fox on the lips. The young female sighs as she tucks away the sunglasses in the front of the fox's suit pocket. She leans down and pecks his left cheek, Eve felt him stiffen under the kiss and she smiles softly. The raccoon got off his lap and made her way to the stage, leaving a shock fox behind.
Yeah, there's somethin' 'bout you boy
Yeah, there's somethin' 'bout you boy
Yeah, there's somethin' 'bout you boy
(somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout you)
Yeah, there's somethin' 'bout you boy
Yeah, there's somethin' 'bout you boy
Yeah, there's somethin' 'bout you boy
(somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout you)
The thick red velvet colored curtains descend slowly and the room erupts with applause and cheers. Judy was smiling at a fluster Nick, who claps slowly. Duke, on the other hand, cheers wildly as he stood in his seat.
"Wilde, you lucky fox!" he shouts as he punches the fox shoulder playfully making Nick jolt out of his mesmerized state. The bunny giggles at the fox's expenses.
"Seems like someone is in love~" she teases back making Nick's ears tuck back in embarrassment.
"No, no she just took me by surprise is all." He defended only making Judy giggle more. Nick groans, he was going to come up with a snarky comeback but he heard his phone page him. Duke stops his cheering at the sound the phone made, he digs in his pocket and hands the device to the officer. Nick gently grabs and sees he got a text for Madden. He slides it open and presses on the message board to read the text.
'Your perp is a raccoon, her name is Rizzo coon'
Nick's eyes widen as he read the text. His stomach twists and he felt like he was going to vomit.
"It…It can't be…" He thought as his heart beats louder in his ears.
The text came with an image and it shows a picture of a young female in her late twenties, she has a thick strand of curly black hair swipe to the left side of her face, she wore a denim vest, with a sleeveless white tank top, and dark blue jeans. And she wore a silver choker and her eyes are an icy blue color.
"It be." He muttered. Judy looks at Nick and tilts her head.
"What be?" she asks. Nick passes her the phone and Judy quickly read the message. Her long floppy ears droops down as she looks at Nick with sad eyes.
"I'm so sorry, Nick." She mutters. Nick rubs his eyes with his index finger and thumb as he heaves a heavy sigh.
"And I know where she is." He adds softly.
"Where?" The bunny questions back. Nick lifts his head back to the stage as he re imagines 'Eve' singing, she wore an identical choker that Rizzo wore in the picture.
"She backstage."
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I am so sorry this took long! Sorry for the errors!
Song: Dangerous Woman by Ariana Grande
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