Shane and Nick were still reeling over the news of what had just happened to Judy. Shane was driving Nick home and the both of them felt like their stomachs were on the spin cycle;
"It's sad someone could do that to anybody" said Shane angrily.
Nick was silent, with a tear running down his face.
"We'll find who did this Jude...I promise" Nick muttered to himself.
"What was that?" asked Shane.
"Nothing" replied Nick sadly.
Shane reached Nick's home and pulled up to the curb, Nick opened his door and sulked out of the car.
"Nick, try to get some sleep and I promise you we will work on this case first thing in the morning" said Shane.
Nick gave Shane a thumbs up and sulked to the building, Shane took off and headed home himself. Nick got to his apartment and opened the door, he walked to his couch and sat down with his head in his hands and began to cry.
"Why her? Why Carrots?" cried Nick into his hands.
He laid down on the couch but couldn't even close his eyes, the thought of the incident kept playing in his mind over and over again. Nick eventually fell asleep and night turned into day, Nick was awoken to sound of a knocking at his door. He got up and slowly walked to his door rubbing the sleep from his eyes, he opened the door and there was Shane wearing a gray t-shirt and black jeans.
"Shane it's seven in the morning" Nick yawned.
"Exactly, we're gonna get an early start on this so get ready" said Shane eager.
Nick nodded in agreement and grabbed one of his Hawaiian shirts and khakis and got dressed, he and Shane headed out the door after Nick locked it.
"How you holding up?" asked Shane as the two walked down the staircase.
"Couldn't really sleep last night" replied Nick.
"Yeah, I really couldn't either...thinking about what happened to Hopps" replied Shane.
"Yeah well, I'm more closer to her than you are!" exclaimed Nick.
"Hey man, relax I get it you and Hopps are close and I respect that but what I'm adament about is bringing this damn gang violence to an end!" retorted Shane.
"Yeah...I'm sorry it's just..." said Nick upset.
"Trust me, I understand" said Shane patting Nick on the back.
The two reached the main entrance of the apartment building and walked out to Shane's car parked out front of the complex. Before they got into the car Shane pulled out his cellphone.
"Who are you calling?" asked Nick.
"You'll see" replied Shane smirking.
"Ahem...yes hi this is Special Agent in Charge Leon Pumares and I am sending my top agent on this case to pick up some footage from the incident that occured at your station last night, the agent's name? Shane Howler he will be joined by DETECTIVE Nick Wilde from the ZPD they're both working the case...thank you very much!" said Shane disgusing his voice.
Shane hung up his cellphone and Nick had a good chuckle at what he heard.
"You know, Detective Wilde has a great ring to it you sly son of a gun you" chuckled Nick.
"Come on, let's get going" replied Shane as he got into his car and then let Nick in.
It was a ten minute drive from Nick's apartment to the train station, since there was no traffic the drive was even quicker. They reached the train station and Shane parked his car.
"Alright here we are, just let me do the talking" said Shane.
He and Nick walked down the stairs into the train station where they spoke to the sheep booth attendant wearing a blue button down shirt.
"Can I help you gentleman?" asked the booth attendant.
Shane pulled out his badge;
"Yes, Agent Shane Howler ZIB and this is Detective Nick Wilde ZPD and I'm here to pick up the footage that I...I mean my boss called about earlier" said Shane catching himself at the end.
Nick shook his head.
"Yes, I was told to give this to you" said the sheep as he handed Shane a DVD in a sleeve.
"Thank you sir" said Shane as he took the DVD.
The two exited the station and got into Shane's car and drove to his place, after twenty minutes they reached his house.
"Wow..this place still looks the same" said Nick.
It was a blue two story house with a garage where Shane parked his car, the two exited the car and entered Shane's house. The place was a bit messy with beer cans on the coffee table and a pizza box on the couch and some clothers on the floor of the living room.
"Pardon the mess" joked Shane.
"Man, this place looks the same as I remember, you don't mind if I go upstairs do you?" asked Nick.
"Knock yourself out" replied Shane.
Nick walked the creeky stairs and looked around, he noticed a locked door with a sign on it that read Megan's Room..get lost! he had a good chuckle at that he walked down the hallway and saw the master bedroom which was Shane's bedroom and in it there was a king sized bed and a small sofa and a flat screen tv on the wall.
"Remember that time you, me, Nicole and...oh what was her best friend's name?" asked Shane with his laptop under his right arm and a glass of bourbon in his left hand.
"Nina...Nina Timber" replied Nick.
"Yeah, remember that time when we were teens I was in that bed with Nicole and you were on the small sofa with Nina? All of a sudden my Dad yelled out from downstairs who the hell drank my bourbon?! When we all fled out the window and Nicole twisted her ankle? What fun" chuckled Shane.
"Oh, I'm sorry did you want a drink?" asked Shane.
"Shane...it's 8:15am" replied Nick.
"So what? I'm not an alcoholic...those guys go to meetings, now let's view this" said Shane as he took a drink.
Shane turned on his laptop and after a few minutes of it booting up Shane inserted the DVD into his laptop.
"You ready?" asked Shane.
"Affirmative" replied Nick.
Both Shane and Nick took a deep breath and Shane took a sip of his bourbon to prepare for what they were about to see. They saw on the video one of the mountain lions pulling out a kitchen knife and Judy trying to escape but she was restrained by the other. The mountain lion with the knife proceeded to stab her in the stomach twice and the duo running away, that's where the DVD ended. Shane and Nick were both disgusted at what they saw.
"I'm gonna kill both of them" said Nick angrily through his teeth.
"You mean we're gonna kill both of them" replied Shane.
"Do you think her parents know?" asked Nick.
"Not sure yet...do you know where she lives?" asked Shane.
"She's from Bunnyburrow" replied Nick.
"Yikes...that's about a three hour drive without traffic" said Shane.
"Well...we still gotta do it" said Nick.
"Affirmative, well...let's head out for Bunnyburrow" said Shane.
(A/N) You could really feel Nick's emotions...let's see how everything plays out in Bunnyburrow. Until next time!
