By evening, Judy and Nick are still searching for the building that the warthog who kidnapped Betty Nutts hides out in.

As they were riding in their cruiser, Nick saw something and said to Judy, "Stop the car." She did what she was told. "I see footprints."

"I do too." Judy said. They get out of the cruiser and go over to the footprints left on the ground.

"These footprints must belong to the same warthog who kidnapped Betty Nutts." He gets down on the ground, sniffs at the footprints and senses that they do indeed belong to the warthog who kidnapped Betty.

Judy takes out her phone and takes a picture of the footprints with it and where the footprints lead. They lead past several trees and buildings. "We better follow them and see where they lead."

They follow the footprints. A few minutes later, the footprints lead to an abandoned building, which is an old house with a few broken parts. Judy takes a picture of the building with her phone.

"I think Betty Nutts might be in there." Nick commented.

Judy nodded and said, "We better investigate."

As they headed towards the house, Nick whispered to Judy, "Now when we get in there, be very careful because he might have Betty tied and gagged. If someone comes to rescue Betty, he might be ready to ambush that someone."

Judy nodded in agreement and they slowly opened the door. They crept slowly and quietly as they looked inside the house. Everything is covered in dust, ceilings were broken and there were bits of old furniture.

"Looks like this house has been abandoned for years." Judy whispered.

Suddenly, they heard muffled cries coming from somewhere. They heard them coming from a room. They peeked inside the room and saw a familiar squirrel on an old bed with her hands and feet tied to the bedposts and a white handkerchief wrapped around her mouth. They looked around to make sure the warthog wasn't around.

Betty's squeals were muffled as she struggled with her binds and tried to break free to no avail.

"Shh!" Judy said to Betty. We'll have you untied in a jiffy." They untied the ropes from her hands and feet and removed the handkerchief from her mouth.

"Oh, thank goodness you two are here." Betty said.

"Are you Betty Nutts?" Nick asked her.

"Yes, I am."

"We are from the police department. I'm Judy Hopps and this is my partner, Nick Wilde. Our chief hired us to rescue you."

"When we watched a video of your last known sighting," Nick said. "You were walking in the city alone last night. Why were you?"

"Well, I had a fight with my mother." Betty started. "She said my father was killed and eaten by a savage wolf when I was three and she didn't want the same thing to happen to me. So she kept me in her house from then on to keep me safe. Never lets me go outside. Last night, I told her that I'm turning seven in a couple days and I want to go out for my next birthday. But she told me that she is never letting me leave the house as long as I live, so then we got into a heated argument with me telling her that I can handle myself and but she kept telling me that I'm not leaving the house, ever. So, that night, I ran away so I won't have to deal with her being so overprotective anymore."

Judy and Nick listened to everything Betty said with concern and sympathy. They felt tears brimming in their eyes and briefly cried, touched by Betty's story.

"But then, while I was walking in the city, I came across this warthog. He introduced me to his name, War T. Hog. I told him that I ran away from home to get away from my overprotective mother, and he told me I can stay with him. At first, I was happy, but then by this afternoon, I felt homesick and tried to escape a few times, but he caught me each and every time. Finally, he tied me to this bed and gagged me to prevent me from escaping and to prevent me from calling for help."

"You shouldn't have decided to go with that warthog." Nick told Betty. "You shouldn't trust someone until you earn that person's trust."

"I know." Betty said. "But you know, I'm glad you found me. I want to go home. I miss my mom."

"And your mom misses you too." Judy said. "But don't worry. We'll have you home soon after Nick and I catch and arrest that criminal."

"Oh, thank you both so much!" Betty said and embraced Judy, who is only too happy to return the gesture.