After hours of riding in the bus, Nick finally made it to Tundra Town. He searched all around for the person he was planning on seeing.
"No sign of Koslov anywhere" he said to himself "And he's the only one who can help clear my name"
"I don't think so, Mr. Wilde" someone said from behind.
"Who said that?" Nick looked around.
"I did you canine criminal!" the voice exclaimed.
It was Judy. She had followed Nick to Tumdra Town and brought out her taser and repellent, specially made for foxes.
"Listen fox! You went savage and escaped from justice, so you're looking at a life sentence!" Judy exclaimed.
"Officer Judy, please" Nick begged "I'm telling you, I'm innocent! Someone darted me with something that made me go insane! I swear!"
"A likely story, fox!" Judy exclaimed "My folks always taught me that foxes are nothing but vile, untrustworthy creatures and I can see they were right! You're going back to the prison and staying there!"
"I tried reasoning with you, Hopps" Nick said "But you keep forcing me to take extreme measures"
Nick ran as fast he could, snatched Judy's tranquilizer and knocked her out cd. But before that happened, Judy went all dizzy and accidentally cuffed herself to Nick.
She got dizzy and fell unconscious"I got you now, !"
As soon as Judy fell asleep, Nick tried to get the cuffs off of him and the rabbit, but no luck at all.
"Guess I'll have to take Judy with me" he thought to himself "Hopefully she won't wake up, since apparently that was her last dart"
Word quickly spread throughout the arctic about Nick's presence. He then found himself near a TV shop and saw a newscast.
"This just in" said the reporter "This fox, Nick Wilde has been spotted in Tundra Town. If you see this guy, please turn him in. No reward"
After laying low for a while, he finally reached Koslov's place. To avoid unwanted attention, he ran into the house, via the back door. He then found himself in the kitchen.
"Okay, now all I have to do is get rid of thedeadwood" he said to himself.
He tries using various methods of escaping the cuffs with the kitchen appliances, but there was no luck whatsoever. All of a sudden, Judy began to open her eyes.
"Huh? What's going on?" she wondered as she slowly opened her eyes.
Just then, she saw herself cuffed and that Nick was cuffed right next to her. This time, Judy got more furious.
"You!" she exclaimed as she pointed at Nick "You sneaky little brat! You chained me up to yourself and dragged me down here, didn't you?"
Before Nick could say anything, he heard one of Koslov's bodyguards approaching. Nick began to panic, but as fast as lightning, Judy grabbed a fur hat to cover herself and hide. Just then, the bodyguard had arrived inside. He glared at him.
"Nothing to see here, just passing through" Nick nervously said.
The two then walked over to Koslov, who was drinking some sort of icy beverage at his bar.
"Excuse me, Koslov..." Nick tapped on the bears shoulder.
"Yes?" Koslov turned around and saw Nick"Oh Nick! So pleased to be seeing you. What is it? What you doing here? No tell me, you come for help right?"
"Yes" Nick nodded "Its really vital that you help me. You see I..."
Nick wasted no time in explaining his problem to the polar bear.
"Holy Tabouleh! This is problem! Those idiot police treating us like garbage!" Koslov said angrily"I will be more than glad to help you. Tell me, what did person who dart you look like?"
Nick cleared his throat "Well, I don't know what he completely looked like, but he was a wolf in a trench coat"
"Oh no" Koslov gasped "No! No! No! Nick, this dangerous. It would be best if you didn't get involved. My guards will escort you out"
Before Nickcould be escorted, Judy got frustrated and revealed herself to the bear.
"Listen bear!" she exclaimed "I don't know who you think you are, but as an officer of the law, I order you to talk or else!"
Koslov got steam in his nostrils "Okay I talk. Boys! Ice her!"
Just then, two polar bears grabbed Judy by the arm and Nick as well. They took the duo to the meat locker to freeze them solid.
"Koslov, why are you doing this?" Nick asked fearfully "I thought we were friends"
"So did I" Koslov bitterly said as he and the guards left.
"Thanks a lot, Judy!" Nick yelled at the bunny "Now I've lost all of my friends because you had to be overzealous!"
"Nick, just shut up and get us out of here" Judy told him.
Nick then used his claw to pick the lock and he got himself and Judy free from the chains and the cuffs. They sneaked into a moveable table, just as a walrus chef was taking it outside somewhere.
"As soon as we get out, I'm taking you back to the station!" Just whispered to him.
"I'm not going back to the station, I'm getting my life back!" Nick whispered.
Before they could argue any more, Nick peeked through the table cloth and saw a party going on.
"Come on, let's go" he whispered to Judy.
Judy and Nick snuck out of the table and crawled underneath the chairs, while Koslov was giving some sort of speech for someone.
"Today, my son Morris is no longer cub" Koslov bluntly said "Today he is..."
"A big bear!" a little cub finished.
"Yes" Koslov nodded "Big bear"
While sneaking out, Judy realized something; this was a taming party, which was a day for predators where they got their Tame Collars.
A polar bear then came with a collar and handed it to Koslov and a small piece of paper.
He read it to Morris "With this collar, Zootopia welcomes you..."
"With this collar, Zootopia welcomes me" Morris parroted.
He continued reading "With this collar, Zootopia celebrates you..."
"With this collar, Zootopia celebrates me" Morris repeated.
Koslov finished reading "And with this collar, Zootopia accepts you!"
"And with this collar, Zootopia accepts me" Morris finished repeating.
Koslov then activated the collar and was about to put it on Morris, but looked scared.
"Is something wrong, daddy?" asked Morris.
"Nothing, son" Koslov said as he reluctantly put the collar on his son's neck.
Morris hugged his father and the other kids started cheering. Morris started jumping for joy when all of a sudden, there was a shock to his body and there was total silence.
Judy looked stunned at this; Koslov had to lie to his joyful son and Morris was just a little boy. Not to mention he got zapped. Seriously, he's just a then turned to Nick, who could feel the pain Morris just felt. He then made a silent
gesture for her to keep going.
The duo then continued making their escape and finally got towards the exit, when they suddenly ran into the bodyguards.
"Halt!" one of them ordered as he held out his gun.
"Can we talk about this?" Nick gulped.
"No" the bodyguards bluntly said.
The Bears then fired their guns at Nick, who used to Judy to shield himself from the darts. He then ran to a snowmobile and started to make a quick getaway, but then he felt guilty about leaving Judy.
"I don't want to do this, but I made it my goal to prove to everyone I'm different" he thought.
He then drove the snowmobile back to where Judy was and grabbed her right into the snowmobile.
Using his newfound drivingskills, Nick escaped right into the Tundra Mountains, safe from the guards. He then drove himself all the way to the country ofSahara Square, where he found a safe spot to hide and where Judy started to wake up.
"Huh? W-what's going on?" she wondered, then she saw Nick "Nick? What's going on?"
"I saved your life, Carrots" Nick folded his arms.
"Why would you do that? You're a predator" Judy told him.
"I'm a predator, but that doesn't mean I'm a monster" Nick told her.
"Well I'm sorry for not believing you about the wolf, but I still don't trust you" said Judy "My parents always taught me that your people are untrustworthy jerks and I intend to find out if they were right"
"Very well then, how do we do that?" asked Nick.
"It's simple" Judy said as she took out a notebook "While I was following you, I managed to get the license numbers of Koslov's drivers"
"You got their plate numbers? Did you get their addresses?" asked Nick.
"Yes" Judy nodded "My plan is to ask these drivers about this wolf character you speak of. They might provide some valuable clues that might assist us"
"So, who do we do first?" asked Nick.
"This guy!" Judy pointed to an address on the notebook "His name is Mr. Manchas. He lives in the rainforest. I think he might have some information"
"Then let's go to the rainforest!" Nick exclaimed.
Nick and Judy then hopped a bus to the next country, the Rainforest.
Author's Note:
It looks like Nick has found a reluctant ally in Officer Judy, who has become aware of the pain that predators have to go through on the days of getting their Tame Collars. Now that Judy knows that Nick's innocent, the two of them must work together to clear Nick's name and find out the mysterious identity of this so-called suspect.