Chapter 4: Clues and Suspects
The next morning, Nick and Judy went to the police station before heading to Gazelle's house, and the minute they walked in, they were bombarded by Clawhauser.
"Hopps, Wilde, I just heard you guys were going to be undercover bodyguards to Gazelle."
"Yes." answered Nick, feeling a little uncomfortable with Clawhauser hovering over him.
"Now I know you guys are on a case, but do you possibly think you could get me an autograph or an actual picture of her?"
"Uh, we'll see, Clawhauser. Now if you'll excuse us, we have to get to the bull pen." Judy told him, as she took Nick's arm, and gently dragged him away.
"Oh, those guys are so lucky." Clawhauser gushed, as he watched the two leave.
After Chief Bogo gave everyone their assignments for the day, Nick and Judy went to change out of their uniforms and into their regular clothes. Once they were changed, they took Nick's car to Sahara Square.
When they arrived at the mansion, Nick parked the car in the driveway, and they made their way to the front door. After they rang the doorbell, Marina answered it.
"Officers, good morning do come in." she greeted.
When they got inside they saw that Sophie was already there looking at her p.a.
"Hello, Sophie." greeted Judy.
"Officers Hopps and Wilde, Trevor told me you two would be going along with us today." said Sophie.
"Yep, so where's the pop star herself?" asked Nick.
"She's upstairs getting ready."
"Can I offer you officers some coffee or anything, I just finished making Gazelle's breakfast." Marina offered.
"Well, I could go for some coffee before we start."
"I second that."
Marina poured the two some coffee, Gazelle came down wearing a purple top, pink capris, and brown sandals, and a pink scarf around her head.
"God morning, Officers. Thank you so much for coming." said Gazelle, as she entered the kitchen.
"It's no problem, Gazelle." assured Judy.
"I just finished your breakfast, Miss Thompson." informed Marina.
"Thank you, Marina. Make yourselves at home officers."
"So Soph, what's on the agenda for today?" asked Nick.
"Well let's see, Gazelle has her work out at 10:00, lunch at noon with Trevor, she has to be at the studio at 2:00, and after that she has a shoot at the Preyda headquarters."
"Busy day."
"That's the life of a famous pop star."
When Gazelle finished, the four left the mansion in Gazelle's limo.
"Gazelle while we're out, we may want to get home security cameras for your house." said Judy.
"Good idea, we'll stop at a store on the way back." Gazelle replied.
At their first stop at the gym, Nick and Judy were sure not to draw attention to themselves or Gazelle, while keeping an eye out for anyone suspicious. As they did, they couldn't help but be amazed at the gym.
It had state of the art equipment, classes, a swimming pool for water aerobics, and everyone was wearing designer clothes and had designer gym bags.
"Wow, this place is way better than the station's fitness room." observed Nick.
"You got that right." added Judy.
They went to the back, and met with Robbie.
"Morning, Gazelle, ready to stretch those muscles?"
"You know it, Robbie, let me just get changed." Gazelle told him, as she went into the locker rooms.
"Sophie, we're going to scout the gym and see if anyone here is acting suspicious, you stay with Gazelle and if there's trouble call us." Judy advised Sophie.
"Got it." answered Sophie.
So Nick and Judy walked the gym, everyone seemed to be acting normally, and they asked around to see if anyone had seen anyone suspicious. A few animals said they'd seen a hyena standing outside the building last couple of weeks.
After Gazelle's workout, they went to the restaurant to meet with Trevor. As they walked back to the car, Judy's ears perked up, a small sound came from behind them. Her eyes moved to look behind her, and she saw something in the corner of her eye.
It looked like a dark figure was watching them from behind a building. She turned around, but the figure was gone.
"What's wrong?" asked Nick.
"Thought someone was behind us." she answered.
"I'll check it out, you stay with Gazelle." Nick told Judy.
He walked back to the building, and looked in the alley, there wasn't a soul there. Once he was sure no one was around, he joined the others.
At the restaurant, Trevor was waiting out front.
"Hey, Gazelle, Sophie, Officers." he said.
"Hi, Trevor." answered Gazelle.
"So has there been any progress in figuring out who this stalker is?" Trevor whispered.
"We have a suspect, but we're keeping looking for clues." answered Nick.
"Well let's get inside and grab a bite."
Trevor, Gazelle, and Sophie sat at a booth, while Nick and Judy sat at a table nearby. Gazelle told them to go ahead and help themselves to lunch, and to put it on her tab. So the two helped themselves to a luxury lunch.
Nick ordered a cricket steak with a side of mashed potatoes and peas, while Judy ordered a garden salad with a-z vegetables.
"Now this is lunch." sighed Nick, as he ate.
"I know." added Judy.
"So we're looking at a hyena for this?
"He's a possible suspect."
When everyone finished eating, they went back out to the limo.
They then went to the studio, the Preyda headquarters, and the store to get security cameras, and finally they headed back to the mansion.
"Gee, Gazelle how do you do this stuff everyday?" asked Judy, as they rode in the limo.
"It's really not that hard, you just have to know how to manage it, and Sophie does a great job doing that." said Gazelle.
"Thanks, Gazelle." replied Sophie.
Suddenly, Nick's cell phone rang.
"Officer Wilde. When? Don't touch it we'll be there soon."
"What's going on?" Gazelle questioned.
"A package was dropped off at your house a while go, and there's no mailing information on it."
When they arrived at the house, they saw Marina, Jacob, and a few other officers standing around a plain brown package on the table. They told the civilians to stay back, while they carefully opened it.
"What's in it?" asked Trevor.
"Don't worry, it's nothing dangerous, it's a vase full of flowers." Judy informed.
In the box were a bundle of daisies in a purple vase.
"Look there's a note." said Nick.
He put on some gloves, and took a white piece of paper off the vase.
"What does it say?" asked Gazelle.
"To my dear Gazelle, from your secret admirer, L.S." read Nick.
"Get this package to the lab immediately." Judy declared.
And that's what the other officers did. With that Jacob quickly set up the security cameras, and switched them all on.
"Well, Gazelle, we have to report back to the station now." said Judy.
"Okay, thanks again officers." replied Gazelle.
"We'll be back first thing in the morning."
And they left. Hopefully they'd be able to get some prints off that package.
That's chapter 4, plz review