-City of Zooopia-
-ZPD Headquarters-
-12:00 PM-
-Nick & Judy-
Nick and Judy quietly waited outside Chief Bogo's office as, he was busy reading their reports. The shadow of the large cape buffalo could be seen approaching through office's opaque glassed door. The door flew open revealing Chief Bogo in his blue police uniform with 4-Star insignias on both of his collars.
"You two, In my office now." Bogo said, pointing inside his office.
Judy and Nick glanced at each other, and quietly entered Bogo's office. "Have a seat." Bogo said, motioning towards two seats in front of his desk. Nick and Judy obliged and sat down as, Bogo took to his own seat.
Bogo crossed his hoofs together and sighed, "I've read your reports," Bogo uncrossed a hoof so he could reach for two folders lying on his desk. "I hope you put actual effort into these, because they sound like they're from a sci-fi story." He said throwing the folders in front of Judy and Nick.
Judy spoke up, "Will all due respect Chief, you're wrong. This wolf had supernatural powers."
Bogo leaned back on his chair running his Hoofs down his face, "You two are my best officers, I don't need you two making up silly stories."
"Chief, you gotta believe us." Nick said, causing Bogo to stand up and slam his hoofs down onto his desk.
"Fine, but If this turns out to be a joke, I'll consider your positions on the force," Bogo threatened, before taking a seat back down. "Im giving both of you full control over this case." Bogo said.
"That'll be great! Thanks Chief." Judy smiled.
"No problem but remember, I want this case solved ASAP." Bogo replied, shooing them out of his office.
Judy smiled in glee and grabbed Nick by his paw and dragged him out of the room. "Geez Carrots, I could've walked myself out." Nick said, rubbing his paw.
"I'm sorry Nick, but I'm just so happy." Judy said, hopping up and down uncontrollably.
Nick grabbed Judy by the shoulders; stopping her erratic jumping. "Calm down will ya." Nick chuckled.
"Right, sorry." Judy replied. "We gotta make things right for that poor pup." Judy said.
"Let's get looking then." Nick replied.
"Okay, let's go." Judy said, walking off.
As Judy and Nick went on to continue their investigation, they were stopped at the receptionist desk by an overweight cheetah, who went by the name Officer Clawhauser.
"Hey guys!" Clawhauser yelled, waving his paw at Nick and Judy.
"Hey Clawhauser!" Judy replied, "What's up?"
"Oh nothing, just enjoying some sprinkled donuts." He said, eating a sprinkled donut whole.
"Oh! I almost forgot," Clawhauser licked his fingers with delight. "There's these two scary looking dudes looking for you."
Judy raised an eyebrow. "Scary looking? Where are they?" She asked.
"Over there." Clawhauser said, pointing just behind them towards two very observant looking individuals, who were wearing black sunglasses and dressed in black open suits, with black ties, and white long sleeve shirts underneath, standing by the HQ's front entrance.
Judy stared at the two individuals. "I don't think we should go talk to them." Nick whispered into Judy's left ear.
"They seem nice." Judy grinned, Nick just shrugged in response.
"Thanks Clawhauser." Judy said, looking back at Clawhauser's desk.
"Anything for you guys." Clawhauser replied, eating another donut whole.
Nick and Judy walked over to the two dark suited mammals. Closer inspection revealed that one was a husky or a wolf, who had black fur with white fur running down from beneath his muzzle and disappearing under his suit. He also had a earpiece wire running from his ear and disappearing into his suit.
The other one was wearing identical clothing to the husky, but appeared to be a cheetah instead. Judy also noticed they both had badges attached onto their belt, which were next to their belt buckles.
Both of their eyes were hidden under their sunglasses. The husky seemed to notice Nick and Judy approaching them.
"Can I help you?" The husky asked in an emotionless tone.
Judy stopped walking and replied, "Yes, I was told you gentlemen were looking for me and my partner."
Both the husky and the cheetah glared at each other. "Officer Judy Hopps and Officer Nick Wilde?" The husky asked.
"Yes, Sir." Judy replied.
"I need to speak to you both privately." The husky said.
"Um, we have interrogation rooms we could use." Judy suggested.
"That'll do." The husky quickly replied.
"Okay... Uh, follow me." Judy said, walking off.
Nick rushed next to Judy and began whispering into her ear. "Are you crazy? I don't feel safe being in a room with these people."
"You can wait outside." Judy replied.
"And leave you alone with them? No way Carrots." Nick replied.
"Then stop your complaining." Judy grinned.
Nick just huffed in response.
After a long four minute walk, they made it to hallway full of interrogation rooms, with some used by other ZPD officers.
Judy approached one of the interrogation rooms, and opened it revealing a room colorless room with a wooden table, four wooden chairs, and a dim light over the table.
This room was meant to maximize discomfort, which made Nick a little uneasy.
"Please have a seat." Judy offered.
"We're fine standing, Ma'am." The husky replied.
"Okay," Judy nervously chuckled. "so who are you?" Judy asked.
"I'm Special Agent Sparks of the Federal Bureau of Investigation." The husky said. "And this is my partner Special Agent Carter."
"You're in the FBI?" Judy asked, surprised.
"Yes, Ma'am." Agent Sparks replied.
"Well, its a pleasure to meet you both." Judy smiled, extending a paw towards Agent Sparks.
"The pleasures all mine." Agent Sparks replied as, he firmly shook her paw.
"And you too, Agent Carter." Judy extended her paw towards the cheetah, who scoffed and crossed his arms.
"Nice to meet you too." Judy chuckled nervously.
"My friend here isn't really the social type." Spark said. "But enough with the introductions, we're here to talk about your case."
Judy froze. "What about the case?"
"We're here for it." Agent Spark said.
"What do you mean 'here for it'?" Judy quickly replied.
"The FBI is taking over this investigation." Agent Spark answered, crossing his arms.
"What are you talking about? You can't ju-" Judy was briefly interrupted by the husky.
"We need all your leads, notes, reports, and-"
"Listen here bud," Judy pointed at Spark as, she slowly approached him. "I don't know who you think you are, but this is our case not yours."
Before Judy could actually lay her finger on Sparks, Agent Carter moved in to intercept her. He growled, reaching for something hidden under his suit.
"Woah, calm down!" Nick yelled, holding Judy back.
"Nick, stop them!" Judy yelled.
"Carrots be quiet." Nick hushed.
"No, either you stop them or I'll do it myself." Judy threatened, which caused Nick to look at the Agent Carter, who still had his paw under his open suit.
"Okay look, can we reach some sort of agreement or deal?" Nick suggested.
Agent Sparks placed a paw on the cheetah's shoulder, ordering him to stand down, and move back behind him.
"A deal with a Federal Agency?" Spark replied, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes, a deal."
"Hmm," Agent Sparks scratched his chin. "Fine, only because I'm feeling a little generous today, but it's under my terms."
Judy began to grow furious. "Under his terms!? What abo-" Nick placed a paw over Judy's mouth.
"What are the agreements?" Nick asked.
"You will be allowed to apprehend the pup, but you aren't allowed to speak to him, or acknowledge his pleads."
"Okay, anything else?" Nick asked.
"Yes, I want him immediately turned over to the FBI once he's been captured." Spark replied.
"Is that it?" Nick asked.
Judy slapped Nicks paw away. "How do you even know about the pup!?" Judy questioned, which promptly caused Nick to replace his paw over her mouth.
"Yes, that's all." Spark replied, before looking down at Judy. "And to answer your question Officer Hopps, you weren't the first one to find out."
"Do we have a deal?" Spark asked.
Nick was about to respond, but was cut off by Judy once again slapping Nick's paw away. "Can we at least talk about why this is happening?" Judy asked.
Spark sighed. "A corporation has been illegally experimenting on mammals, and we suspect they've been doing it mainly on children."
Judy gasped in shock. "That's insane! Can't you just shut them down?"
"We could, but we don't have the proper evidence to prove them guilty." Spark sighed.
"What happens when we give the pup to you?" Judy asked.
"He'll used as evidence to hopefully put an end to the company's operations." Spark replied.
"And what happens to him?"
There was a slight pause before Spark replied to Judy's question. "Classified."
"Classified? Is that your best response? Judy scoffed.
"Sorry Ma'am, but it's important we keep that information confidential." Spark apologized.
Judy cast Spark a cold glare. "As long as he doesn't get locked up, or treated like a savage animal, I'll be happy."
"So, do we have a deal?" Spark asked.
Nick glanced down at Judy, who responded by nodding slightly. "It's a deal." Nick replied.
"Sorry we couldn't have more reasonable agreements, but I'm just doing my job as an agent of the law."
Judy sighed. "I understand, I can't blame you."
"Im glad you understand, here's my card." Spark handed Judy a small white rectangular card. "Please contact me immediately when the suspect has been subdued."
"Will do." Judy replied.
"Thank you for your time Officers." Spark nodded to both Nick and Judy as, he and Carter walked themselves out leaving both Judy and Nick alone.
Judy looked at the card Spark gave her, besides reading "Zootopian Department of Justice" and "Federal Bureau of Investigation" in big bold blue letters; it had all of Agents Spark's information, including his full name, Telephone, Fax, and Email.
"Phoenix V. Sparks, Special Agent, and part of the Zootopian Division." Judy read, before crumbling up the contact card, and throwing it over her shoulder.
"What are you doing!?" Nick yelled, catching the crumbled piece of paper Judy threw.
"If you think I'm actually gonna hand him over, you're wrong." Judy said, crossing her arms.
"Didn't you not hear what Agent Sparks was just saying? He's going to use him to bring down a company experimenting on children." Nick replied, which caused Judy to face away from him.
"Oh I heard him loud and clear Nick, but the problem is what's going to happen to the pup? They'll probably just do experiments on him why do you guess Agent Sparks kept it confidential? It'll all be one big government conspiracy."
"You must really care about him then." Nick sighed, placing the crumbled paper inside his pocket.
"We'll just get the information out of him ourselves, then we'll set him free somewhere safe." Judy proposed.
"We're going against a Ferderal Agency Judy, if we get caught we're going to be in BIG trouble." Nick warned.
"I understand the risks Nick, and I'm willing to take them." Judy replied.
Nick sighed. "I'm only going to help you because I love you."
"Shall we get going then?" Judy motioned towards the only door in the room.
Nick chuckled as, he walked towards the door. "Also you really gotta stop getting yourself into trouble, this is the second time I've saved you."
"I know you love saving me." Judy giggled.
Nick opened the door and stood aside, "Ladies first." He ushered.
Judy smiled as, she walked through the opened door. "My gentleman."
-Unknown Location-
"Specimen has gone missing, his current status is complete."
"His psychological readings are high, his mind in becoming increasingly unstable."
"I want that little brat back! You hear me Doctor!? Back!"
"I understand, but he's somehow disabled our tracking device."
"He's the key to any of our future developments, I want him back."
"The company has deployed multiple agents to locate the boy."
"Good, and once we find him, I want his mind wiped and immediately sent out for field testing."
"Sounds like an excellent idea, Sir."
"Yes, and if he's successful, we'll have every military power in the world knocking on our door. All I need is your assurance Doctor."
"Director, I can assure you, my work will not be a disappointment."