Nick had been tossed into the back of a tan sedan and he heard the trunk lock before he heard the car fire suddenly and then start. As it jumped forward he was thrown hard against the back wall off the trunk and he heard the lions laugh loudly as he groaned.

"Fucking shit." Nick groaned.

He lost track of time as the car moved along and he kept getting thrown around every time the care would hit a bump with even the smallest pothole sending him flying into the top of the metal trunk. Once the car had finally stopped as the trunk was opened Nick hissed in pain as the sunlight burned his eyes. Each of the lions grabbed him under an arm and yanked him out of the trunk; causing him to cry out in pain again as he realized that several of his ribs had been broken between the beating at the bank and the car ride. The tiger punched him straight in the ribs; causing him to cough up a little blood in the process and he grinned slightly.

"You bastards wouldn't try to fight me on even grounds." Nick growled.

The tiger growled and punched him a few more times until he was on his hands and knees on the ground coughing up a lot of blood. The lions pulled him back to his feet and Nick looked up to see if he could figure out where they were. His eyes widen extremely as he saw that they were at the Savage Lands. The Savage Lands had been created by Mayor Lionheart's successor as an area where the worst of Zootopia criminals were sent to. Though others could go into the Savage Lands, those of whom never really survive; the ones that have been sent into the Savage Lands by the order of the Mayor were unable to leave due to some sort of process done upon the convicted.

"You three are either insane or you want me to be kept quiet." Nick muttered.

"Our boss would like to meet you." The tiger replied.

Nick gulped and felt his pulse race as his imagination ran wild with the possibilities of what their boss could be. The lions drug him forward and he struggled as hard as he could until he miraculously got out of their grasp and as they grabbed after him again they tore off his top shirt and it fell to the ground as they tackled him. Nick yelled out as the two lion's combined weight smashed down onto his back and he blacked out.

Judy watched the news long after the scene of Nick being abducted and it constantly played through her head; long after she had stopped crying and her parents had left. She jumped when there was a knock on her door and yelped in pain as the sudden movement agitated her gunshot wound. She looked over and saw Clawhauser standing in her doorway with his head hung down.

"Hey Ben, whats wrong?" Judy asked him.

"I should've done more to stop him…" Clawhauser muttered.

"What?" Judy asked him again.

"I should've done more to stop Nick from running into the bank…" Clawhauser replied.

"Ben, I think we both know nothing could've stopped him." Judy replied.

"You would've been able to." Clawhauser told her.

"We don't know that…" Judy retorted.

"He blames himself." Clawhauser replied.

"For what?" Judy asked him, annoyed with the thought of her being the reason Nick is in danger.

"He blames himself for you ending up in the hospital." Clawhauser replied.

"I made the decision to put myself in danger so that he would be out danger, it's my own fault that I got shot." Judy told him.

Judy got angry at Nick for a second for putting him in the position to get kidnapped, but then she hated herself for knowing that she would've done the same thing if she was in his situation. She rested a paw over the bullet wound and groaned.

"Are you in pain?" Clawhauser asked her.

"No, I'm just worried sick." Judy replied.

"Nick is a tough guy." Clawhauser reassured her.

"But he has a mouth on him that could get him killed if he isn't careful." Judy replied as she looked at the ceiling. "I hate being stuck in this bed; I should be out there looking for him."

"You need to rest Judy." Clawhauser told her sternly.

"I know…..I just hate it." Judy sighed and looked at Clawhauser. "Ben, please tell me that Chief Bogo has people looking for him."

"Of course they do Judy, Chief sent a group to try to track them down a few minutes after they left." Clawhauser replied. "The team hasn't reported anything in though."

Judy ran her paws over her face as she groaned. She wished her abdomen would hurry up and heal or that the hospital would release her already so that she didn't feel absolutely worthless laying in this hospital bed. She just couldn't believe how quickly part of her world had fallen apart with it only having been six months since she and Nick had stopped Assistant Mayor Bellwether's plot to turn every predator in Zootopia into a bunch of savages. She just reached for anther handful of tissue as she felt more tears threatening to come and her hand brushed something cool to the touch. She looked at her bedside table and saw a wooden box with her initials engraved in the top of it with a piece of paper taped to the bottom of it. She picked the box up and took the note off of the bottom and read it.

Dear Carrots,

I don't know if I'll be when you wake up; I'll probably get loaded down with paperwork, or talking to your parents while the rest of the department visited you. I don't know where to start this note really since I'm not too used to write sentimental crap…. I guess first off I should apologize about screwing up so badly at the bank and getting myself caught, and… I want to thank you for what you did for me…. Not just at the bank, but this whole time. When we first started working together; even though it wasn't under the best of circumstances, but you never gave up on me… I really appreciate everything you've done for me… I would probably have been arrested by now if you hadn't helped me out… I just want to say that I care about you Judy and I just don't want to hurt you… I love you…

Sincerely,

The Sly Fox.

She saw Clawhauser offering her a few tissues and she realized that her tears had started to fall on the paper; blurring the words slightly. She took the tissues from Clawhauser and blotted the tears out of her eyes and reread the letter again two more times. She put the letter down and picked the box back up and studied it. She finally saw that there were carrots and flowers gently engraved into the top and sides of the box. Judy clutched the box tightly to her chest and bit her lip.

Nick woke up the next day to find himself chained to a post; shirtless. He looked around to see if he could notice anything useful but to no avail. He groaned as every time moved it agitated his ribs and he looked in front of himself as a lion walked into his field of vision. Nick growled as the lion approached but that it earned him was a hard jab in his ribs.

"You son of a bitch." Nick groaned.

"Big words from someone who can't fight back." The lion replied.

"Which are you huh?" Nick asked him. "All you lions look like egotistical pricks so it's hard to tell yall apart."

The lion punched him again and wiped Nick's blood off of his fist.

"You're so lucky the boss finds you interesting." The lion replied as he looped a snare pole around Nick's neck.

Nick watched another lion come from behind him and undo the chains but before Nick could do anything the lion in front of him tightened the snare pole; almost cutting off Nick airway. The lion pushed Nick out in front of him and with the length of the snare pole Nick wasn't able to inflict any sort of damage on his kidnappers as they pushed him forward. They shoved Nick through several dark hallways to a set of massive oak doors. The lions positioned beside the doors slowly pushed them open to reveal a bigger yet empty room. The tiger had his back to Nick and chuckled as the lions tossed him into the room.

"Glad to see that you're still alive Nicholas." The tiger told him.

"How do you know my name?" Nick asked him.

"Oh, I know all about you and your little partner's escapades that have the crime world in a major way." The tiger replied.

"So you're the real boss behind all of this?" Nick asked him angrily.

"No, and consider yourself lucky that my boss has taken a liking to your will to fight." The tiger replied as he pressed a button.

Nick watched as a hatch opened on the side of the and the sheer force of the vacuum rip him out of the room and dropped into the canopy below without much mercy as he broke through several branches before landing hard on the solid packed dirt below him. He groan in pain but forced himself to his feet as multiple howls started up around him. He tried to get an idea from where the noise was coming from but the sheer pressure change when he was thrown out of what he could only guess had been a plane had all but taken away his hearing. In the end he opted for the latter option that popped into his head as he quickly turn and ran through the darkness as branch scratched at his exposed skin and tore at his pants. As he ran he realized that the main thing that would keep him going was the hope to get back to the main part of Zootopia. Back to Judy. His partner, and the girl he loved more than anything in the world.