Hey guys, thanks so much for the positive feedback. I really appreciate it, I plan on digging into this story because it demands my devotion. Well, I seem to have caught your attention with the previous chapter. I hope I won't disappoint. Oh, and sorry about any grammatical errors I make as, the device doesn't always pick it up and, alas, I am only mortal. But as you all were waiting for, here's the story. (I forgot to mention that this is mine and not belonging to or related to Disney's Zootopia, of which I do not own, The folks at disney do.)
"Judy!" Nick practically shouted with relief and happiness.
"Judy? Don't get all formal on me, Nick." She said smiling and then giggled.
"Hah, sorry Fluff, you just had me worried." Nick said.
"I'll just give you two some privacy." The nurse said. Then she looked at both of them and made the "I'm watching you" gesture with her hoof. "I don't want any overexertion from either of you. Got me?"
"Got it." Nick replied.
"Yup." Judy replied at the same time.
"Good." The nurse said as she closed the door.
Judy hopped on her crutches over to a fluffy armchair next to the bed by the window and sat down, hopping up into it, wincing a little when she landed. After getting herself comfortable, she looked over at nick.
"So, are you alright?" Judy asked him uncertainly.
"I have to say, I've been better. But it got significantly better when you walked in, fluff." Nick said, chuckling a bit.
Judy smiled and giggled a bit, but somewhere in her head, she wondered just how he meant that. "They told me that you saved my life 3 times last night." Judy started.
"I did what I needed to do. To do for you." Nick sat up and quickly regretted that decision. He looked over his shoulder and found bandages over stitches on his back with a lot of bruising. He laid back down but kept his eyes on judy.
"I remember falling and then stars, and that's the last thing. They said that you jumped down and destroyed the drugs and saved me. You caused the place to blow sky-high then we flew through the air. You nearly died to save me from an impact."
"And I'd do it again with no second thoughts." Nick told her sincerely.
"Well, I... Thank you... Nick. I owe everything to you. That otter, his name is Clause Vorpen. He's the third child in a violent crime family from up in Blocslavania.
Almost all crime in Blocslavania has been attributed, overseen, or tied to the Vorpen family. But because of feuds with other crime families of the other states, they have primarily existed in Blocslavania. Clause Vorpen is known to be the most ruthless member of the Vorpen family still alive, more than his father, Frederick Vorpen, who was considered responsible for the murder of 23 people for various business reasons. He's compared with his great-grandfather, Capone Vorpen who was responsible for the creating of Vorpen influence in Blocslavania and responsible of the Holiday Massacres and the frozen-spine incident." Judy said grimly.
Nick layed his head against his pillow with lack of hope in his eyes. He let out a deep sigh. "God... Whats he doing here? We're a long way from Blocslavania."
"Well... We don't know that yet. It could be a sign of the Vorpens expanding outwards and thought clause the only one ruthless enough to kick-start here, or there was a falling-out between Clause and his family and they exiled him. For all our sakes, We hope its the former." Judy said uncertainly. She slid her ears down.
"Well, he might have died in the explosion, right?" Nick asked.
"No remains of the forensic team found evidence of him dying in the explosion. He must have ran before the place blew."
Nick pinched the bridge of his snout with pain from his arm and paw. "Well, reasonably he'll lay low for a while. So we should have at least a few months of some peace."
"That's true. We'll still need to be ready, but beyond prep, we've got some downtime." Judy said, sighing.
"Well not if we spend forever in here." Nick said, chuckling.
"I looked at our charts, they'll let us out after a few days of no complications. They said that we were remarkably not as hurt as we could be. They told me that you must have some kind of guardian angel. And that... You were my guardian angel..." Judy looked down.
Nick spread his pained arms out for a hug. Judy looked up and painfully hopped onto the bed. She dropped her crutches and rushed into nicks arms and hugged him tight.
Nick wrapped his arms around her in return. The hug hurt nick extremely but he didn't feel it once she was right next to him. He got a whiff of that intoxicating smell. It was dusty, but like a natural dust. Not like tomb dust but outdoors dust. There was a bit of vegetable there with that earthy smell. Then there was something else that smelled sweet, like flowers but much stronger. He couldn't pinpoint it but it perfectly described judy to him. She started sniffling and tears started flowing from her eyes. No words came to either, they just held eachother, but as time kept marching, nick was more holding her. So nick held her. She started to quiet down and nick kissed her cheek.
1 Year Earlier
"You bring shame to this family!" Frederick shouted at Clause.
Clause balled up his paws. "After all I've done for our family, you're throwing me out because I love her!"
"She is wolf and your relationship compromises our family. You reject duty for these feelings towards a wolf! Not an otter! This is scandalous, son! This could be used against us by the other families! Your charades hurt us clause! And you are too angry! You killed the miskalini boy and now we have a war with the miskalini, interrupting our operations. You are now more of a burden than an essential member of the Vorpen family." Frederick pushed his glasses up on his snout and folded his hands behind him in his black business suit with his icy water blue tie.
Clause bared his teeth and spoke through them as he gritted. "So what do you intend to do with me, father?" He said with uncontained rage.
"I exile you. You are no longer recognized as a member of the Vorpen family so your antics cannot come back to bite the family on our tails and you are cut off from all communication with us or money. And I'd prefer if you went as far away from blocslavania as possible. I don't ever want to see your pelt again."
Clause looked like he was going to explode or go feral.
"This is by no means personal, Clause. This business. This is why you could never lead the family. As a leader, you have to be able to make the hard decisions and do what is best overall, no matter how much it hurts. If a spider bites your finger, and its venom can kill you, you cut off your finger to save your life. This is one of those times. I will give you 24 hours to collect your things and get your pelt on a train."
Clause flipped a table and threw a chair against the wall, shattering it. He stormed out baring his teeth and you could visibly see the vein in his forehead pulsing.
He slammed the door to his fathers office. His father pulled out a pack of cigars and lit one. He huffed and puffed it as he went and looked out of the window in his office,
looking at the horizon to see the lights of the capital city of blocslavania, Bloc.
Clauses siblings didn't seem excited to see their brother go, but they never particularly held any affection for him. He packed his things and his mother was the only one who actually stopped him to talk.
She brushed the dust off his jacket and looked clause in the eyes. "Life is just one long dying breath with moments of absolute beauty and wonder, if only brief. Let those moments define you, my son." And with that, she sent him on his way.
Mika(pronounced Mee-khah), his wolf companion, was perfectly content with following clause out of blocslavania. Her father was sent out to the tundra lands by the former dictator,
never to return and her mother, with seven other mouths to feed was fine with her leaving, but gave her money, clothes, and advice then tearfully sent her on her way.
Her little siblings reminded her of their love and asked her to write and tell them all about wherever they end up.
Such kindness was alien to Clause, he could never imagine having that kind of relationship with his mother, much less siblings who genuinely cared for him. In a way, he envied Mika, but he didn't know what he would do with a loving family. Clause walked hand-in-hand with mika until the train station where there were so many animals,
the problems would mount if they were seen. He wore the old aviator jacket of his great-grandfather to mask his identity, but he further masked it by buying aviator sunglasses to hide his eyes. Mika was a nobody so she didn't need to take such precautions.
Clause loved Mika. And no amount of societal expectations could convince him otherwise. She was able to keep him calm and remind him of the good. She was beautiful from her slate grey, soft fur. To her beautiful mountain spring blue eyes. To her hips as they gently curved away from her body. The clothes they wore for warmth in Blocslavania kept him from seeing her bust, except in private, but even that was fine for him. They weren't large but Clause didn't love her for her body, he simply couldn't help but admire it.
They passed off as good friends in public and clause used his travel money to buy tickets to Nietslavania. From there, they'd take a train directly from the north-east down to Zootopia. If they could live fine anywhere, it would be there.
Clause whispered to Mika. "I promise Mika, I will work as hard as I can to do the absolute best for you... And the absolute best for the pups."
Mika smiled. "I know. And I trust you. I love you."
Clause's heart melted and all the pain from the day fell away like a heavy coat. "And I love you too. I will do anything, and everything, for you."
The train started moving out of the station with a rumbling noise and the loud blow of a whistle.
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