Judy woke up to the ray of sunlight beaming down on her from the window next to the bed. She stretched her arms until she felt something soft behind her. She had no idea what she was touching. She turned around to find Nick bundled up in the blankets. She let out a small chuckle as she reached over and started stroking his soft fur. After a while, Judy got up and got ready for work. She knew Nick was awake when she heard him fall out of the bed. She hustled over to the room where she found Nick on the floor.

"Are you alright Nick," Judy asked while trying to hold back her laughter.

"I'm fine."

"Come on, we need to get ready for work."

"Do I have to," Nick whined.

"Yes you do. Now come on."

Nick slowly got up and changed into his police uniform. Nick made blueberry pancakes from the leftover blueberries he had from Judy's parents. After they ate, they headed out the door to work. When they got there, Clawhauser greeted them with a strong smile.

"O…M…Goodness! Nick you're back," Clawhauser said excitingly.

"Yes, I'm back. I'm alive."

"Chief Bogo wants to talk to you two in his office."

"Ok, thanks. See you later."

Nick was stopped multiple times by some other officers. They were glad he was back. When they finally made it to Bogo's office, they both sat down in confusion. They didn't know what Bogo wanted to talk about. It may be something about the crime scene where Nick was shot.

"I called you both here to talk about the evidence we found at the park the night Nick was shot."

"What did you find?"

"Looked at security cameras and found the suspect that shot Nick. The suspect was wearing black and was hidden from all of the security cameras there. He obviously knew where all of the cameras were. We also found a piece of fur along a tree root. He must have tripped over the root of the tree when he was escaping. We don't have the DNA tests results yet, but we need to know more about the suspect for evidence."

"Is there any other places where security cameras caught the suspect," Judy asked.

"The cameras caught a suspicious subject entering the abandoned warehouse. The subject has the same color fur as the fur we found at the scene. He might be the one, but who knows if he has any "friends" with him. I want you two go look in the lab to see if the results are in. If you can, you should look for any witnesses of the crime. It would be great if you can talk to any other victims from the same suspect. They might give us some information."

"We will get right on it," Nick responded.

They left Bogo's office and headed over to the lab.

"Hopefully the results are in."

"I hope so too. I want to catch the person that tried killing me."

They walked into the lab where a woman stood there with papers in her hand.

"We have the DNA results of the suspect. His name is Alex Mauler. He has a series of criminal acts. He is been known as armed and dangerous. By the way, he is a polar bear."

"The suspect looked like a polar bear from the cameras," Nick replied.

"We need to ask Clawhauser if he has any files over Alex and if there are any other victims or witnesses," Judy exclaimed.

Nick and Judy walked over to Clawhauser only to find him eating his doughnuts.

"Clawhauser, do you have any files on Alex Mauler?"

"Let me see…..here are some papers on some victims as well as family and friends."

"Great, thanks."

Nick and Judy went over to one of Alex's victims. Nick notices that house they were parked at. The place looked familiar to him. He couldn't remember why it was so familiar. Then it hit him. It was his childhood home. He couldn't help but stare in shock. Judy was watching Nick curiously.

"Nick, are you ok?"

"I-I'm fine, Carrots."

He kept thinking about his parents. His mom is living somewhere else. This place looks like it has been this way for many years. He felt scared for a moment. He thought is this where my dad died? It didn't make any sense. He turned back over to Judy, who was staring at him worriedly.

"Nick? What's wrong?"

"I never told you this before. This was my childhood home for a few years."

"What happened?"

"I don't know. All I can remember is my mom took me to live somewhere else after living at this place for a few years. My dad was gone ever since we moved to our new house. I am wondering…..was this the place where my dad died?"

Nick told her about his dad before, but he didn't say much. All he said was that he left them and never came back.

"My mom never told me anything about my dad. She never mentioned him or would talk about him."

"Nick, I'm sorry."

"If one of the victims lived here, it would be my mom. This place has been deserted for many years. Nobody has even been inside since we left. I have to get my mom to talk to me. She could help us."

"Where does your mom live now?"

"Here, let me drive."

They switched sides and Nick was now driving. He led them over to his mom's house. He was worried that his mom wouldn't talk. They need the information. It would help out a lot if we got to know what happened. When they arrived at Nick's mom's house, Nick went up to the door and rang the doorbell. A beautiful red fox opened up the door and stood in shock.

"Nick is that you?"

"Yes, it's me mom."

Nick gave her mom a hug as she started crying. It has been a while since he saw his mom. He broke the hug and started talking.

"Mom, this is my partner. Judy Hopps."

"Hi, how are you sweetie?"

"I'm doing fine. How about you?"

"Oh, the usual."

"Mom, we need to talk about something extremely important."

"Is she pregnant?"

"What! No she isn't. I came to talk about dad. Can we come in?"

She led us into the living room where we sat on a couple couches. Nick's mom sat down right across from us.

"What do you need to know," she asked.

"Just to let you know. I was shot a couple of days ago."

"What! Why didn't you tell me?!"

"It's alright mom. I'm doing just fine. Anyways, we know who the suspect is. His name is Alex Mauler. Do you recognize that name?"

Judy didn't say a word. She didn't want to interfere with Nick because it was his mom. Judy looked over at his mom. Her eyes started filling up with tears.

"Yes, I do recognize that name. I never thought I'd tell you this, but now I have no choice but to tell you. He was the one that killed dad."

Hey guys. I hope you enjoyed chapter 5. I spent a while thinking about this. Let me know what you think of it. I would love it if you guys can leave a review so I know how you people think of it. Don't worry, I plan on having another chapter up either today or tomorrow. Thanks for all of the support. I hope you are enjoying the story so far. :)