"Hey Shane, before we head to Bunnyburrow why don't we head to the hospital first?" asked Nick.
"Sure" replied Shane.
The duo left the house and Shane locked the door behind them, they got in Shane's car and headed towards the hospital. Nick was still feeling a slight churning in his stomach and Shane knew it.
"Yeah, that video was pretty bone chilling...burns me up inside when some punks think they can attack an officer of the law" said Shane upset.
Nick didn't say a word.
They reached the hospital she was at; Zootopia Medical Center, it was a pretty big hosiptal around four stories high. The duo entered the reception area and were greeted by a white female ibex receptionist.
"Can I help you gentleman?" asked the receptionist.
"Yes, we're here to visit a miss Judy Hopps" said Nick.
"Give me one second" said the receptionist as she looked up what room Judy was in.
"Alright, Ms. Hopps is in room 12G which would be on the twelvth floor" said the receptionist sweetly.
"Thank you" said Shane as the two headed towards the elevator.
The elevator came to their floor and they entered, Shane hit the 12 button and the two headed to the floor where Judy was. When they reached the twelvth floor they headed off the elevator and followed the room numbers. Nick's breathing rapidly increased as they were nearing her room and finally they reached 12G. They entered the room and Nick's heart nearly stopped when he saw Judy lying on the hospital bed breathing through a tube.
Nick approached the bed and put his paw on hers...
"Judy..." he whispered with tears flowing down his eyes.
Shane approached Nick and put his paw on Nick's shoulder.
"Real shame isn't it?" said a gruff voice.
Nick and Shane turned around to see Chief Bogo and Leon Pumares standing by the doorway.
"You guys have any leads?" asked Shane.
"We're not discussing that with you Howler" said Leon snobbishly
"Which is pretty much a fancy way of saying no am I right?" asked Shane.
"Watch your mouth" replied Leon cross.
"You wanna make me?" replied Shane equally cross.
"Both of you knock it off!" interviened an angry Chief Bogo.
"I'm going to get a cup of coffee" said Leon as he left the room.
Nick wiped away the tears from his eyes amd stood next to Shane.
"We just wanted to pay her a visit" said Nick with a lump in his throat.
"Right, then after the visit we enjoy our vacation with our usual cheeky shenanigans, right Nick?" asked Shane.
"Best kind there are, you couldn't have shenanigans which were cruel and tragic" chuckled Nick wiping some tears from his eyes.
"Those would not be shenanigans" added Shane.
"More like evil shenanigans" chuckled Nick.
"I swear I will shoot the next guy that says shenanigans!" said Chief Bogo cross and through his teeth.
Just then Leon walked in the room with a cup of coffee.
"Oh hey Leon glad your back, just curious I'm doing a crossword and I'm kinda stumped, could you give me an eleven letter word for childish antics?" asked Shane.
Leon thought for a moment.
"If I'm correct would that be shenanigans?" asked Leon.
Both Shane and Nick started to chuckle a bit as they made guns with their fingers and pretended to shoot.
"Knock it off!" said Cheif Bogo cross.
"Alright, well we gotta go...big football game on and I need a refill on whiskey" said Shane.
"Shane you do realize it's nine forty-five in the morning right?" asked Leon.
"So? I'm no alcoholic" chuckled Shane.
He and Nick left the hospital and headed towards his car.
"Well...next stop Bunnyburrow" said Shane.
"How're we gonna tell her parents?" asked Nick.
"That's gonna be tough" replied Shane.
The duo entered the car and took off towards Bunnyburrow, they had a long drive ahead of them but decided to make the best of it. When Shane got on the highway there was light traffic, Nick stared out the window visibly upset when Shane reached over into the glove compartment and pulled out a cassette labeled "Howlin' Wildly"
"This look familiar?" asked Shane.
Nick's eyes widened when he saw the tape.
"Is that the tape you and me made when we were kids?" asked Nick.
"Yep, let's listen" replied Shane as he popped in the cassette.
"Goooooooooooooooooood Morning Zootopia this DJ Howlin' at the Moon and the Wilde boy coming to live from my backyard!" exclaimed a young Shane on the tape.
"Oh God" chuckled Nick.
"Hey all you Zootopians it's Wilde Boy and today we're going to bring some of the best hits out there!" exclaimed young Nick.
"That's right Wilde Boy! Coming up is Tom Puppy with his hit song Walkin' Up Nightmares!" exclaimed young Shane.
"That was song!" exclaimed Shane.
"Turn it up!" exclaimed Nick.
Shane turned the song up and the duo began singing to the song and air guitaring as well.
"Yeah walking up nightmares, never would split my hairs, slacking off is only fair, is it why everyone stares? Yeah walking up nightmares!" sang the duo loudly and offkey.
"That was Tom Puppy again with Walking Up Nightmares, up next we got a listener request...Sparrowsmtih with their hit Fly this Way!" exclaimed young Nick.
"Man, music sure has changed dude" said Shane.
"You're telling me? Most of the stuff today is garbage" replied Nick.
"To be fair, I do like Gazelle" added Shane.
"Well hey I'd like anyone too if they gave me front row seats to their show" replied Nick.
"Yeah, well I had to clock a guy in his jaw for jumping the barrier and reaching into his jacket...the twist? He just wanted an autograph and was going for his pen but I wasn't chancing it" said Shane sternly.
"Wow...that is crazy" replied Nick.
"Hey but for that one day Megan proclaimed me as the Bestest Daddy Ever!" said Shane sarcastically.
After some driving the duo eventally reached Bunnyburrow and night was falling as it was a pretty long drive. Nick had pointed out where Judy resided to Shane and he drove up to Judy's home and parked out front. The two got out of the car and tried to mentally prepare themselves.
"Brace yourself Nick, this is harder than watching that DVD" said Shane breathing heavily.
Shane knocked on the door and it was Stu who answered;
"How may I h-h-help..." Stu began to stutter at the sight of Nick and Shane.
"F-f-f-f-fox!" exclaimed Stu as he fainted to the ground.
"Take it easy!" exclaimed Nick.
Just then Bonnie came to the door upon hearing her husband yell.
"May I help you two? asked Bonnie nervously.
"Ma'am, my name is agent Shane Howler of the ZIB and this is offic- I mean DETECTIVE Nicholas Wilde of the ZPD...we need to speak with you" said Shane as he took a big breath.
Bonnie began to get nervous, she started breathing heavily.
"Please don't tell me this is about Judy!" she exclaimed with tears in her eyes.
"May we come in?" asked Nick.
"Please" said Bonnie in tears.
Stu regained conciousness and saw Bonnie, Shane and Nick on the couch and before Stu could say anything, Bonnie motioned to him to sit on the couch.
Shane took a deep breath...
"This is the part of my job I hate...um...it is about Judy and well..." Shane began to grow nervous.
Bonnie and Stu's eyes began to tear up.
"What happened?!" exclaimed Bonnie.
Shane reached into his pocket and pulled out a silver flask and took a drink of it's contents.
"Really?!" exclaimed Stu.
"It helps ease the tension but..."
and as soon as Shane was about to speak, Nick cut him off.
"Judy...got attacked the other day" cried Nick.
Just then Bonnie and Stu's faces widened and they both began to cry.
"She's in critical condition, I overheard the doc say her body went into shock due blood loss and they're working round the clock on her" said Shane who's eyes began to water.
Just as Shane was about to take another drink from his flask Stu grabbed it from his hand and chugged what was left. Needless to say he was coughing and hacking at the taste of it.
"What was in there?!" wheezed Stu.
"Great Grandpappy 114 whiskey" replied Shane.
Stu was still coughing a bit much to Bonnie's chagrin.
"We believe it was gang related" added a teary Nick.
"Me and Nick made a vow that when we find who did it, they're gonna wake up in the trunk of my car!" exclaimed Shane deterrmined to find them.
"Would you guys mind driving us to the hospital?" asked Stu.
"No problem" replied Shane.
"It's far too late" added a glassy eyed Bonnie.
"Then...and I never thought I'd hear myself inviting a fox over, would you gentleman like to stay for the night?" asked Stu.
"OK, that'll work...we'll go first thing in the morning" replied Nick.
"I promise Judy...we'll find them" Nick muttered to himself.
(A/N) Hope Shane and Nick do find them! Welp I know it was a pretty long chapter but once I started I couldn't stop...until next time!