The bar was empty except for a few stragglers, as it was nearly time for them to close up finally. One such straggler was a red fox wearing his favorite shirt and tie, the same shirt and tie he met her in. In front of him were too many shot glasses to count with a large bottle in the middle of them all. Off in a corner a jukebox was playing some old, classic rock. Nearby a snow leopard was trying his luck with a very pretty cheetah, as he was buying her a rather expensive drink. The fox simply rolled his eyes as he brought his phone to his ear again for the 30th time that night.

"Hello? Nick, its me Stu, I'm calling to say sorry for how I acted last night at her funeral. You've always been family to me and it was wrong for me to hurt you like I did. Listen I just want to talk about this, please. I don't want to push away my son-in-law. Please pick up the phone Nick, I've thrown out all of the fox repelling things out of disgust over what I did. It was hard for me yesterday, hard for all of us and I don't want to make the mistake of hurting this family even more, I'm sorry!" Nick pulled the phone away when it ended with a beep and gazed at the details hard. Message received 1 year ago.

"Has it really been a year?" thought Nick as he pulled the phone to his ear again and played the message again. Nick looked back on the past year as he listened to the words bouncing in his ear. Since her death Nick has changed dramatically, he no longer smiled, no longer joked, no longer showed mercy or sympathy for those who hurt others. He was now a hardened captain, rising through the ranks because he wanted to make the world a better place, for her. His determination was unstoppable, just like his hunger for justice upon the wicked and corrupt. He went the whole year without taking a single day off, working late till the sun rose. Some days he didn't sleep as he followed a case, the things he would do at the cost of his health were enough to cause others to worry immensely.

One such person was Finnick, when he heard about his loss, he did everything he could to cheer up his old partner. He would try and take him to some clubs when he was off duty, some clean others not so decent. But he didn't budge as he would tell him he had things to do. Things only he could do. Finnick watched as his best friend slowly fall into such a deep pit, until finally Nick cut himself off from him all together. Finnick was no longer able to help his friend as he never wanted any, from anyone.

Nick poured himself another glass and gulped it down easily. He was drinking hard, drinking to remove the pain in his heart. Trying to fill the hole left by the loss of her with cheap liquor. No matter how much he tried to fill it, it would only get bigger it seems. It was and endless cycle of pain and sorrow. He placed the phone down before pulling out a badge from his pocket and looking at it intently. Zootopia was on the top half while Police was on the bottom half, in the center sat a star with the words Trust, integrity, and Bravery encircled the star. He looked at it as though, trying to find something off about it. After searching for a few minutes he gave up as he recalled asking for this special badge.

"Are you sure you want to do this Nick?" asked Clawhauser with concern, "I mean these are your..." Nick held up his paw to stop him.

"I know what they are! What I'm asking is, will you do it?" Nick sternly looked into the eyes of the plump cheetah in front of him.

After a moments pause did Clawhauser finally break and sighed deeply. He pulled out a few sheets of paper and pushed them over to Nick, "Yes I can, but you have to sign these to get your new badge."

"Very well," Nick responded as he began to quickly sign all the papers laid out in front of him. In a matter of minutes Nick was finished with the forms and pushed them back to Clawhauser, before he pulled to small objects from his pocket, placing them right on the paper. Clawhauser hesitated as he reached for the two gold rings on top of the papers.

"This must be hard for you Nick," said Clawhauser with sadness coating his voice.

"It is, Benji, it is, but now she will be close to my heart everyday," Nick said with a low voice before turning to leave the cheetah to his work.

That was months ago and the memory is still fresh as ever. Nick placed the badge on the counter carefully before taking another drink. The days were long, hard, and lonely for him now. He has been offered a new partner multiple times but declined it every time. He would carry the burden of the city's pain and suffering alone. He has been hard to all of his subordinates but he was fair. His motives have already caused some unrest in the station already as he revealed crooked cops on the take. Cops who had been corrupt were now behind bars, thanks to his karmatic justice he was determined to hold on to, for her.

Off in the corner of his eye did Nick spot the two felines leaving after the cheetah finished her drink. Nick scowled at the thought of love at the moment and took another drink from the bottle, causing the bartender to eye him with worry. "I think you've had enough buddy," insisted the camel with a kind smile.

"Fine," was all Nick said as the camel took the bottles and glasses from him. Nick didn't pay attention to him as he pulled the phone to his ear again to hear the message again. Nick was halfway through the message when the door to the outside world was thrown open with a loud crack as it hit the door stopper. Nick didn't look to see who it was as the camel glared at the newcomers.

"There you are!" a shrill voice rang out over the music and message Nick was listening to. Nick sighed as returned the badge back into his pocket, before he looked over to see a face he was too familiar with.

"What do you want? And why aren't you in your cell?" Nick growled angrily at the ewe standing before him. She was wearing a red skirt that went down just past her knees, she wore a jacket that was the same color with a white shirt underneath. Her wool was very puffy as the bit on her head was something he knew only one ewe had. She had big glasses that covered her big, green eyes.

"Why Nick, that's no way to greet an old friend, and as for your question, I got released just last week for good behavior. What timing too! I heard all about your through the news. The horrid gushing from the guards when you came out as the first public interspecies couple," the ewe's face contorted with disgust when she spat out the last two words.

"Bellwether, what are you doing here?" demanded Nick as he stared her down.

"I'm not finished!" shouted Bellwether as she took a moment to regain herself, "The news of marriage a year later just drove me nuts! I couldn't believe that a bunny was going to marry a filthy, conniving fox!" Bellwether's face was now one of pure rage as she recalled the news inside her cell.

"Like I care for your sad story, now leave," snapped Nick as he turned back to the counter. Bellwether was pissed, that he would turn his back on her, with a snap of her hoofs, the door opened up again as two rams walked in and got right behind the ewe.

"But what made my time in that hell hole worth it was when I heard she died in a "tragic" shootout. I never was more pleased than when I heard the commotion from the news! I was elated to see the funeral played on TV! I never thought I would live to see the day when that bitch would die," Nick's ears perked up as his body went rigid when he heard what she said.

Nick turned around on the stool before hopping off to stand tall in front of her. "What, did, you, just, say?" Word's could not describe the anger in his voice as he slowly said each word.

"You heard me, she should have just stayed in that town, fucking and multiplying to her hearts content," Bellwether point her hoof at the fox in an aggressive way as she drove the knife deeper, causing Nick to grew more pissed by the second.

"I will not stand here and listen to you insult her like that, leave or I will arrest you for harassment!" ordered Nick as he towered over the ewe.

"I will not be ordered by a fucking predator, especially a fox!" shouted Bellwether as she stomped her hoof on the ground.

"I'm not afraid of you Smellwether," Nick said with an extremely calm voice.

Bellwether's eyes grew wide with rage as she heard those words escape his lips. "What did you call me!" screamed the ewe with her voice nearly cracking.

"You heard me, I'm leaving," Nick stated firmly as he attempted to walk past the three.

"How dare you call me that and try to leave! And who said you were leaving here alive?" sneered Bellwether as she took a few steps back just as her "friends" rushed Nick.

Nick was expecting it to go like this since the moment she showed up. He quickly jumped backwards, causing one of the rams to run head first into the counter as he tried to pin him against it. Nick staggered horribly as he was fairly disoriented from all the drinking he's done this night. The bartender quickly ducked under the counter and pulled out his phone to call the police.

Nick was not reacting like he should as the other one drove his curled horns into his chest, knocking the wind from him. Nick slid across the floor crashing into a table's leg. Nick yelped as he felt his entire torso scream in pain as he quickly got up. The sound of glass breaking made him look up quickly. The ram who had ran into the counter was charging him with a broken bottle, slashing at him wildly. Forcing his body to react to memory, Nick raised his arm just as the broken bottle came down. Through muscle memory, Nick was able to use his forearm to connect with the rams wrist, stopping the bottle from coming any closer. The bottle was mere inches from Nick's face before it was pushed to the side as Nick threw his left arm to the side, bringing the rams with it. Not giving up his opportunity, Nick drove his fist right into the ram's nose.

He dropped to the ground in an instant as blood was already pouring from his nose. Nick looked over with fire in his eyes as the other ram narrowed his own.
Being more cautious than his partner the ram pulled out a knife as he inched closer towards Nick. Nick with years of experience and practice raised his fists like a boxer would. Nick and the ram drew closer as Bellwether was watching all of this from her chair with delight. Nick glanced her way, which the ram took advantage of and drove the knife towards Nick. The fox turned his body to avoid the knife all together while getting in close, so the ram had to pull his arm back all the way to attempt another attack. Nick never gave him the chance as he grabbed the recoiling wrist and twisted it, hard, forcing the ram to cry out in pain and drop the knife. The ram leaned forward instinctively as he tried to pull his hoof back allowing Nick to use both of their momentums to drive home a devastating elbow to the face. The ram dropped just as quickly as the other leaving only Bellwether left.

Nick glared at her with an ice cold stare as he began to walk towards her. Bellwether's face turn from one of joy to fear as she scrambled off of her chair, backwards pushing more tables and chairs alike. Nick kept his eyes on her as he simply walked towards her in a calm way that made it so much more terrifying for the ewe. She was quickly backed up into a booth with the table digging into her back, with no where to go as she desperately looked around for an exit. Nick was mere feet from her when she suddenly pulled a gun from inside her jacket and pointed it at him. "Stay where you are!" challenged Bellwether as she slowly rose from the ground.

Nick froze for a moment before he saw how much she was shaking. Nick didn't smile as he took another step forwards. "I said stop or I will shoot!" demanded the terrified ewe.

"I thought you were here to kill me?" asked Nick as he looked around the small, empty bar.

"I am!" shouted Bellwether as she took the safety off.

"Then kill me!" growled Nick as he suddenly lunged at her.

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The only sound Nick could hear was the screaming of a sheep in pain. He looked down to see that Bellwether was sitting on the ground grabbing at her back as she cried out in pain.

"My back! It hurts so much!" screamed Bellwether as tears rolled down her face, "I can't feel my legs! Oh god, my legs!"

Nick's rage eventually subsided as the sound of police sirens could be heard off in the distance. He looked around to see that the gun as under a chair and out of the hands of malice. Nick looked down to see that the bullet had only grazed his arm as he had dived to the side to avoid the shot aimed for his chest, before tackling Bellwether the table behind her. The sound her back had made when she was folded against that hard, wooden table was a clear sign as to what happened.

"You don't need nighthowlers to make a predator to go savage, you just need to piss me off!" Nick paused as he gazed upon the broken sheep in front of him before he drove it home, "Look at you, now you truly are a spineless bitch," stated Nick as he left the building just as multiple police vehicles showed up. Nick walked up to one of them just as Bogo stepped out of it.

"Nick are you alright?" asked the chief as he looked at his arm and saw the blood.

"I'll live but she needs medical attention," answered Nick as he jerked his thumb backwards, towards the bar.

Bogo looked past him to see a few officers pull a wailing Bellwether from the building along with the two unconscious thugs. He shook his head in annoyance as he looked back down at the fox.

"Sir, I've got something to tell you and only you," started Nick as he looked into the buffalo's eyes. He watched as one of his brows raised up quizzically before continuing, "I'm going to be chief one day, so mammals like her can't run free because of "good behavior", its not right and the system needs fixing!" spat Nick as he looked down at the ground.

"Good, it's going to take time for me to become commissioner and there is no one I trust more in the force, to help the city than you," said Bogo as he turned around and got back in his police car. He rolled the window down just as he was backing up and called to Nick, "You still need to work for it over the next few years or the mayor will be on my tail about it!"

"Will do sir, will do!" Nick said to himself as he turned towards the ambulance showing up and waited for them to make sure he was alright. "I'll become chief,
for her!" thought Nick as he watched Bellwether be placed in the ambulance a few moments later, "It's time for this world to be fixed!"

The End

((((Author's Notes))))

I wish to say it again but this story was based off of the AU comic Judy Is Dead by Mistermead.

This is my interpretation of what happened to Judy during the mentioned "Nip Den" surrounding her death and how Nick dealt with it afterwards.

I wanted to wait and make sure the comic was over before I made the final chapter as I was constantly revising this story as I kept learning a new little detail every

now and then.

Thank you all for staying with me till the end and please have a great day/night!