Inside the closet was none other than Joe ,Nick's father. He was wearing a large trench coat over his suit. But what caught the eyes of Nick and Judy the most was the bleeding bullet hole in his side.

"Dad what are you doing here?" asked Nick

"I..I knew that Bellwether would try and destroy any evidence that she signed a prenup, so I came to stop her, but I was too late. She was already leaving the room when I got there and then one of her goons shot me and shoved me into this closet" replied Joe.

"Come on let's get you out of there" said Nick offering his paw to his father. Joe gladly excepted his son's paw.

Joe grunted at the pain when he was pulled up from his propped up position. Nick put his dad's arm over his shoulder and helped him walk. As they started to make there way out of the corner of the room they noticed that some sheep armed with guns busted into the room. Luckily they didn't see the three Wildes and they ducked behind a shelf before they could be seen.

'dammit, I didn't think they would come back' whispered Joee.

'What do we do?" asked Judy.

'Our only way out is to shoot our way out' said Nick.

'you maybe right, but there are too many of them for just you to take on, we need some backup' said Judy.

Nick new she was right, there was at least 10 - 15 of them, all with guns and plenty of ammo. He would be a fool if he thought he could take them on all at once. A light bulb then went off inside of Nick's head, he knew that if he could draw their fire then Judy and his dad could escape and get help. It was daring, but Nick knew it was the smart thing to do at this point.

'alright, I'm going to draw there attention while you two sneak out and get help' said Nick. Joe nodded, but Judy wanted to protest the plan. They couldn't just leave him here alone to deal with Bellwether's goons. But she also knew that if they all stayed here that they were all as good as dead.

She trusted Nick, she knew he would make it out, at least she hoped.

'alright let's get it over with' whispered Judy. Nick nodded and stood up.

"Hey fellas" said Nick to the sheep. They all turned and looked at him, before any of them could react Nick shot one in the head killing him instantly. He didn't like killing people, unlike Finnick who had no problem with it what-so-ever, but he knew it was for the greater good. Nick then ducked back into cover as the sheep open fired on him. Bullets by the hundreds load continued to hail down on him.

The bullets stopped for a moment and he took the opportunity to take a few shots of his own. He managed to wound three more of them in the shooting arms before being forced back under by gunfire.

He looked over to his right and saw that both Judy and his Father made it out of the room, no doubt by the door that was swinging. Now he had to be careful with what he did, cause if he got downed then there was no one to help him out.

Nick then moved to his right towards the exit and fired blindly at the sheep just so he had some breathing room to move. When he got to his new position he noticed that one of the sheep was trying to move around to his side to flank him. Nick saw that he had a clean shot to the sheep's head, so he took it.

The sheep dropped dead, his buddy's then took cover fearing for their lives. Nick then fired a few more shots, but while doing this failed to notice the sheep that managed to flank him. Nick spotted him but it was too late, the sheep shot at Nick. Luckily it didn't hit him it just grazed him. But man did it hurt like a motherfucker, Nick managed to put two rounds into his head before he collapsed because of the pain that was coursing through him.

Nick knew that this was not good, cause all it took was one sheep to realize that he was downed and then they would swarm and kill him. So he forced him self to keep firing so at least he could have some time to figure out a plan. As he was planning what to do Nick was able to faintly hear sirens in the distance, and they were getting louder. It was good to know that Judy and his Dad got out safe and got help. Now the real question was, could they get here in time.

But his thoughts were interrupted by a new hail of bullets coming his way. He could here foot steps moving closer to him. He knew that if they didn't get there soon that he may not be there to greet them. Nick stood up and fired at the sheep that were left standing, but as he got off the first few shots the pain in his shoulder pulled him down in agony.

Nick knew that he had to push threw the pain. If Bellwethers goons found out he couldn't shoot then he would be killed. So he blind fired with his other hand just to hear the worst sound anybody in a gun fight can hear *click*. Nick was out of ammo.

Nick's body froze, he knew that the goons heard this and that he would have to think of something clever. So he pocketed the gun in its holster and he behind a shelf, waiting for one of the sheep would come around so he could steal his gun.

The sheep moved fast but cautious to where Nick was, but instead of finding a red fox on the ground, all they found was a small puddle of blood. The few that were left started to fan out to find the fox.

One of the sheep was nearing Nick's position. Nick had readied himself, when the sheep's shotgun got with in grabbing range Nick grabbed the end and punched the sheep in his face then turned the shotgun around and shot the sheep in his chest.

The others heard the commotion and started towards Nick. Nick managed to peak around the corner saw there were about 4 left. He took some pot shots at the nearest sheep he managed to keep him in cover. So Nick took this opportunity to move back and put some distance between himself and the rest of the goons.

But as he backed up he tripped and the gun flew out of his paws. He knew that this was the end. One of the sheep that was carrying a pistol walked over to him and stood over him, pointing the pistol at his head.

"Its time for you to say goodnight, foxy" said the sheep. Nick closed his eyes waiting for the sweet embrace of death to grip his mortal figure and carry him to the land of promise and shadows.

But then he heard something he swore was a miracle, he heard a gun fire, but not the sheep's, no. It was one that was by the door, after the shot was fired he heard metal clang on the ground, and then heard a feminine voice yell gruffly.

"GET ON THE GROUND DIRT BAG".

Nick opened his eyes and stood up to see Judy and a few other police officers pointing guns at the four remaining sheep. The other three then put their hoofs up in surrender as well as kick their guns to the side. The police then moved in and began to cuff the sheep that were still alive.

"Nick!" said Judy running to her fox. The two embraced and kissed each other, just then Joe entered to find his son and daughter-in-law making out. He coughed and the two broke there embrace and looked over to Joe who was chuckling at the site of the two. Nick noticed that they had bandaged his gun shot wound.

"So dad hows the bullet hole doing"

Nick's father smiled, even during this time his son was still able to make him smile.

"The medics said it should be fine, as long as I don't go and try to play hero again" replied Joe.

"Well that's good" said Nick.

As the two foxes were talking Judy noticed that Nick had a wound himself.

"Nick, you need to get that checked out" said Judy pointing at the bullet graze. Nick turned and looked at what she was pointing at. At that moment all the pain came rushing back and he dropped Judy to the floor.

"Ow! Hey you didn't have to drop me" said Judy.

"Sorry" replied Nick.

Judy shook it off and lead Nick out to an ambulance so they could look at his bullet wound. The medics said that it was nothing too serious but that they should get to hospital and have in cleaned and examined by a doctor.

Judy agreed and told Nick that one of the officers would give them a ride to the hospital. Nick was reluctant at first but then agreed because he didn't want to worry Judy.

The drive didn't take too long. But it was long enough for Nick to complain about his wound more than a few times. But then they got to the hospital and the Fox and Rabbit hopped out of the car and headed towards the entrance.

Nick then spotted his mother standing near the entrance. When she spotted him she bounded towards and embraced him in a tight hug. Nick noticed that she was crying, Nick quickly returned the embrace not wanting to see his mother cry.

"I...I..I T..Told your father not to go, but he didn't want to listen" said Sylvia between broken sobs and gasps of breath.

"And then I found out that you got shot too and I...I..I" Sylvia once again broke down in tears. Nick sat there comforting his mother for a good 20 minutes.

"Alright mom come on inside, I have to get patch up and then Judy and me have to get back on the trail to find the papers" said Nick.

Sylvia nodded and the three headed inside the hospital. They entered and Nick was immediately taken to a room to get his graze wound patched up. Judy and Sylvia sat and talked to each other while Nick was in getting patched up.

It only took then a few minutes to patch it up enough so that Nick could be able to move it normally. After saying goodbye to Sylvia, Nick and Judy headed back out to try and find the marriage papers.

They decided to take the train to Fox Burrow, that way they could avoid traffic and hopefully find the priest before bellwether did. As they sat both Nick and Judy were silent. Judy didn't like how quiet Nick was being. She knew the reason why, but non the less she didn't like it, it didn't suit him.

"Nick, is there something wrong?"asked Judy. Nick sighed and looked at his wife.

"Yes, yes there is" replied Nick.

Judy leaned in with concern glossing her eyes.

"This was supposed be our time to enjoy our honeymoon and now I have a grandparent in the hospital on the brink of death, and now I'm stuck chasing the same psycho from over two years ago" said Nick.

Judy was about to say something but Nick continued.

"Judy, I'm scared".

Judy's ears thought they had deceived themselves. The Nicholas Wilde had just admitted being scared. Judy would have to tease him some other time, when the situation was less dire. Instead Judy pulled him close and hugged him.

"Don't worry everything's going to be fine, we'll find those papers and Richard will be fine, if you haven't noticed he's one tough old cookie" said Judy.

Nick nodded and pulled Judy closer. The two sat close the entire train ride to Fox Burrow. When the train stopped the two reluctantly pulled apart and headed out onto the street. Judy had never seen Fox Burrow before, let alone be there. But what she saw was not anything like her father had told her.

It was beautiful. It looked like a quaint little town. Cobbled roads, street vendors with friendly smiles, the smell of fresh baked goods and foxes of all sizes and ages walking down the street taking in the air.

Judy had always been told that Fox Burrow was a low life, filled scum town, filled with nothing but criminals. This of course she believed as being only a little girl when being told it. But they were wrong, it seemed like a quaint little town from the 50s. Women in dresses, men with suits carrying briefcases, there was a barbers shop, a grocery store and every other need imaginable right on main street.

Time did not have seemed to catch up with this place.

"Nice isn't it" said Nick.

Judy looked up at him with wide eyes.

"I...I don't know what to say" replied Judy, she racked her brain with a way to describe the town before her, but she couldn't in a million years come up with words good enough.

"Yeah the media and just about every politician loves to talk about helping out the poor and disenfranchised people of Fox Burrow, some have even gone as far as to say we live in grass huts, which you can see is not true" said Nick starting to walk forward a little bit.

Judy was still thinking when he started to walk, so it took her a bit to get moving. When she caught up to him she took his paw in hers.

"How could they not show this, it seems to stretch on for over a mile, I don't think there could be a bad section of this town" said Judy.

"See that's were you'd be wrong carrots, the news only likes to show the poorest part of this town, which is, thanks to the mammal inclusion initiative, is starting to rapidly disappear into more nice neighborhoods" replied Nick.

"Well that's good" said Judy.

The two walked in silence until the were starting to near the end of main street. Up ahead she could see a large stone structure.

"Nick, whats that?" asked Judy pointing to the structure.

"That's what were looking for" replied Nick starting to walk a little faster.

"Its the church that they got married in, if anyone has the marriage records it should be the priest" said Nick.

Judy noticed a few things about the church, it was large and stone but also very ornate, its was made in a Gothic style.

"Nick how old is this church?" asked Judy.

" I thinks its about 1200s, something like that, its been here forever" said Nick.

Judy chose not to respond and just continued to walk with Nick to the church. After reaching its giant wooden double door Nick pulled one of the knockers back and slammed it a few times.

They heard footsteps approach the door.

(A/N: hey guys I know the chapters are short, but I'm trying my best to keep the story interesting enough. But anyways thanks so much for the support and the reviews, so keep'em coming. As always, Ta Ta For Now)