Chapter 2

"So Officer Bonita anything you can add onto the case?" Judy asked as they headed towards the prison.

"Not much that Cres hasn't already said other than there's been a lot of hate towards the interspecies relationships." She replied and Nick looked over at Judy.

"Altight Carrots how are we going to handle Bellweather? Fluffy cop, foxy cop?" He laughed at his own joke along with a snicker from Crista.

"You mean me being the foxy cop and you being the silent cop." Judy replied

"Oh I'm hurt, that you would silent such a golden voice as my own." Nick grabbed his heart dramatically and fell back into his seat. Judy laughed and playfully punched him and smiled at his display.

"You two make a cute couple." Crista said and two blushed.

"We're aren't together." Judy said as they pulled into the prison. The three got of the car and headed in, inside the ex mayor Bellweather was sitting in an interogation room handcuffed with two guards outside.

"Judy! What a surprise." She said as the officers walked into the room. "To what do I owe the pleasure of your company." She was clearly being sarcastic as she eyed the two predators that accompained the bunny.

"We're were wondering if you knew any animals who would have anything against interspecies relations?" Judy pulled out her note pad ready to write down anything that might be useful.

"Why would I tell you if I did?" Bellweather replied. "I mean you two are the reason I'm stuck here." She raised her voice.

"Well what do you want?" Nick asked

"Not to help you." Bellweather answered and the three decided to cut their looses and started back to the car. "Wait! I want my own cell!" She yelled and the three turned around and took a seat again.

"Deal, so what do you know?" Nick asked

"All I know is that I wasn't the only one who was buying night howler there was another dealer named Steve Hiezman a long eared fox, he lives in the savanah district." Judy took the information down on the notepad and the three got up. "And Judy I'd keep an eye on your fox." Bellweather grinned evily, it sent chills up Judy's spine as they started walking back to the car.

"What do you think she meant by that?" Judy asked as she got in the car.

"She was just trying to get in your head, don't be such a dumb bunny." Nick teased

"Can you all drop me off at the hospital I don't really want to be gone from Cres that long." Crista piped up.

After they dropped Crista off they headed to the Savanah district, city changed to sand blowing against the car, hot and dry air, along with desert dwelling animals. "So Carrots ever met a jackalope?" Nick asked and she rolled her eyes.

"Those things don't exist." She replied as they stopped the car and got out. She walked into the shady looking gas station Nick closely following behind her.

"Are you sure about that?" He asked as he reached for something on the self.

"I'm pretty sure." She turned her back to him as he walked up to the counter.

"Lets go run the name through the database." Judy said as she headed back into the car and started typing on the screen inside. Nick followed her and while she was concentrating slowly lowered something on to her head. She didn't notice as she got an address to where their suspects sister lived.

"Hey Carrots when we stop you might want to look in the mirror." Nick said as they stopped at a stop light.

"What?" She looked at the mirror and saw a headband with horns on it.

"See they exist." Nick started laughing and she glared at him and took them off.

"Ha ha ha funny." Judy said as she playfully hit his arm.

"You know you love me." Nick chimed as the car started moving again.

"Do I know that? Yes, yes I do." Judy replied, the car continued down the highway until turning off and heading off an exit down on a small narrow road. They drove up to a mobile home on the side of the road and stopped the car. The two got out and headed to the front door, Nick knocked and waited. A long eared fox answered the door, she was elderly, had stains on her shirt, and smelled like she hadn't bathed in a week. Nick turned around and gagged. "Hello ma'am we're with the ZPD we would like to ask you a few questions." Judy showed the woman her badge and she let them in.

The place was a mess, dirty dishes all around, some potted plants that were drying up and dying. Bad smells all around the place, she took a seat in a chair causing it to creak and gestured to two more seats. Nick and Judy sat down across from her, Judy took out her notepad before the questioning started. "This is a nice place you have here." Nick said and the long eared fox rolled her eyes.

"No it ain't." She replied rudely.

"Well...uuummmm you have a son named Steve?" Nick asked

"Whatcha ya want with that little shit?" She asked leaning over on the table.

"We would like to ask him a few questions." Judy answered and she looked over at Nick.

"Ya know we ain't got to many red foxes around here." The long eared fox said and Nick started screaming on the inside.

"Well where can we find your son and my partner here can stay behind while I go talk to him." Judy replied and Nick death glared her.

"He's around back tendin to his garden or somethin." She said and Judy got up and headed out the back door. "Now then darlin maybe we should get to know each other?"

"Hello this is the ZPD." Judy said as she raised her badge at the door of a green house in the back yard of the mobile home.

"um hello." A younger fox said as he poked his head out the door. "Can I help you?"

"Yes actually I have reason to believe you're seling nighthowler." Judy replied and he opened the door.

"Ya mean these blue flowers here?" he pointed

"Yes." Judy couldn't believe how easy this was.

"Some guy in a mask came by, said he would pay for em, personally I just like their scent. Never told me what he was gonna do with em though." The young fox told Judy, she asked a few more question before returning to pick up her partner inside, who hurried outside upon hearing it was time to go.