Nick spun the tape back to ten minutes before Stu had called him. The tapes showed a rabbit in scrubs approach the two officers Nick had seen watching over Judy. They spoke with the rabbit openly and let him in without checking his ID. Nick watched horrified the two officers had been transferred in from out of the city in the last few months but they clearly knew the rabbit who had tried to kill Judy. They even seemed afraid of him. The rabbit reemerged and spoke with the two officers angrily before storming off. Stu left mere minutes later to call him but he noticed that after Stu had gone another nurse had stopped by to see Judy but was turned away.

Nick had seen enough, he pulled out the tape and swapped it for another one nearby muttering to himself, "Who still uses cassettes?"

The door clicked open and Nick threw himself under the desk with the tape tucked under his arm. He slid back against the darkest corner hiding behind the trash bin that was almost too large to fit under it. The two officers he had just seen on the security cameras talking with the rabbit came in arguing with each other.

"Look why do we have to do this now? It's not like we can't sneak past fatty and steal his key to evidence."

"Because then we have to mess with the cameras at the precinct too! And those are going to be a lot harder to rig."

"Alright fine let's just grab it and go. I need some new blank tapes anyway."

"I don't even want to know what that means, but we have to destroy this remember."

"Trust me it will glow in the dark by the time I'm done with it."

"NO! Maroni said no evidence. Now take this out back and run it over with the car."

"Fine the Chief is already going to rip us a new one anyway might as well avoid it as long as we can."

The two mammals left without noticing Nick under the desk. He stopped the recording on his phone smiling to himself, Judy would have been proud.

Nick crept out of the security office making sure no one had seen him enter or leave. He nearly jumped out of his fur when his phone rang. The number was marked as private.

"This is Wilde."

"Oh thank heavens. Um I need to meet with you about Jack you were one of his emergency contacts."

Nick slapped his paw to his muzzle, "Listen now is not a good time for this, if you could call back in a few days."

"Wait! It's about his MURDER!"

Nick stopped, "I'm listening."

"Jack mailed me something before he died. You need to see it."

"I can meet you in 15 minutes at the City Central Precinct."

"No, it's not safe there. If you really are who you say you are then meet me where you first met Officer Hopps. Come alone."

The call ended.

Nick rubbed his eyes, this was way over the top cloak and dagger spy stuff, but whoever she was she was definitely scared. He quickly made his way back to Judy's room. Chief Bogo was still there making arrangements to have Judy moved.

"Chief I need to talk with you right away." Nick said urgently.

"Not now Wilde, we are moving Hopps to lockdown."

"Sir this is important I just got a call from someone who has evidence of our assailant."

"Then hand it over to Boggs and Luper."

"Sir Boggs and Luper are dirty."

Bogo rounded on Nick with his eyes bulging, "You have one second to retract that statement!"

"It's the truth sir, I have evidence."

Bogo heaved angrily at the accusation of corruption in his ranks, "One hour, bring all your evidence to my office. And Wilde, if your wrong your fired."

Nick scanned the crowd at Jumbeaux's café the only mammals here were elephants and some hippos. He checked the back and corner tables but no one called out to him. Ten he noticed a white fox standing nervously across the street. Nick left the shop ignoring Jumeaux's grumbling about foxes and crossed the street. The fox looked franticly left and right trying to decide whether or not to run.

"Hello are you the one that called me?" Nick asked holding out his hand.

The white fox eyed him nervously without taking his hand, "Are you Officer Nicholas Wilde?"

"Yes, I came alone just like you asked." Nick said, "You look nervous."

"Yes perhaps we could go somewhere else, I'll explain while we walk."

"No need." Nick said leading her to his squad car. Bogo would be furious if he found out Nick was driving it while suspended but he didn't care anymore.

"My name is Sky, I was Jack's editor and closest friend at The Savana Square Journal."

"Ah yes, we met at the wedding."

Sky nodded, "I thought you had forgotten."

"Why is that?" Nick asked.

"Because Jack tried to introduce us but you had your eyes on Judy the whole time." She answered a little put off.

"Sorry that was a bit of a rough day for me." Nick said uncomfortably.

"I'll say I found you drunk on the roof sounding mating calls at the moon."

Nick jerked the wheel in surprise, he had blacked out and had no idea what had happened that night.

"Um you said you had important information?" Nick said trying to steer the conversation back.

"Yes, I think Jack was killed because of it." Sky said somberly, pulling out an envelope.

Nick pulled into a parking garage but left the car running.

Sky handed the envelope to Nick. He pulled out a dozen photos of Maroni talking to the two cops Nick had seen at the hospital. Some of the pictures were of them taking bribes, others just talking, one picture stood out from the others; Maroni standing over a dead beaver that had gone missing last week. Nick looked through some of the other documents in the envelope, copies of ledgers for money laundering, drug prices, and a handful of city officials listed for bribes.

Nick looked back to Sky, "What is this?"

"Jack mailed it to me with a note." Sky said pulling out a folded paper from her shirt pocket, "He said that his informant in the mafia had sent this to him and to take it to you. He was afraid that he was being watched and said he was going to leave town for a few days. If only he'd been quicker to leave."

"With something like this Maroni and his men would have chased after them. Nowhere would have been safe." Nick said peeling out of the parking complex.

"Where are we going?"

"To see Chief Bogo." Nick answered, "This is what Maroni is looking for which and until he finds it neither you, me, or any of the Hopps family safe."