After Nick finished speaking, Hetty Radan, the rat from Internal Affairs, took over. "You should all spend the rest of your lives in prison, but the district attorney is prepared to offer twenty-five years to life."

"In return for what?" asked Liam steadily.

"You will give a full statement about all of your...activities," said the rat sternly. "We already know about Tamara Jade and Jengo Slate. There is an open case of a sheep who was found murdered twenty miles outside Zootopia. I assume that is the hijacker you spoke of, Yaguara." The jaguar bared his teeth but remained silent as the rat continued. "I also want your full cooperation with a number of suspicious cases that I will be going over in light of what Officers Wilde and Hopps have uncovered."

"Anything else?" asked the okapi.

"You will all plead guilty and go away quietly." Radan's beady eyes were filled with disgust. "You're enough of a disgrace to the department. We would rather not have a trial that would shake the confidence of the public in the ZPD."

"Why should we care about that?" snarled Al.

The rat contemplated him for a moment, then said sadly, "Yaguara, you were wounded rescuing hostages from a bank robber. Vifaru, you have two commendations for courage under fire. Forrest, you were decorated for valor after pulling children out of a burning school bus." The prisoners looked abashed as Radan continued. "You were all good cops once with an exemplary sense of duty to the public and your fellow officers. I'm hoping there's enough of your honor left to preserve the good name of the department."

The okapi and rhino and jaguar traded glances with each other for a long moment, then Liam said softly, "I'll take the deal."

"So will I," said Frank.

The jaguar hesitated as the okapi and rhino looked at him, then he muttered, "I'll go along with the others."

"Good!" Radan reached for the intercom. "In that case, I'll get a stenographer in here."

Bogo motioned to his officers and they started to leave the room. "Wait a minute, Nick!" said Frank. "We all saw you kill Mr Big."

Nick and Judy turned back and the fox said, "No, you saw me shoot a stuffed shrew from a toy store."

The rhino shook his head. "You hit the polar bear too."

"Kevin was wearing a bulletproof vest. He's a little banged up, but he's fine. So is Duke Weaselton. He agreed to protective custody in exchange for a small fee."

Frank snorted. "I can understand Duke but why would Mr Big go along with this?"

Judy said pleasantly, "It wasn't easy. When Mr Big heard what you were planning for him, he decided to kill all of you." The prisoners shifted in their seats as she went on. "Fortunately I was able to convince him to let Nick and me handle it. Nick was wearing a wire when he talked you into shooting from the roof across from the Ice Crystal Palace, and I had the maître d' gave you a call to let you know when Mr Big would be there. It's too bad Kevin had to take a bullet, but all the polar bears volunteered. They're so loyal to Mr Big that they would do anything for him."

Liam turned to Hetty Radan. "That sounds like a threat."

The rat shook her head at Judy, then said coolly, "You're perfectly safe. Mr Big has given his word that nothing will happen to you."'

"And we're supposed to believe that?" asked Al sarcastically.

"You can believe it," said Nick reassuringly. "Mr Big didn't give his word to the ZPD." He patted the bunny on the shoulder. "He gave it to his granddaughter's godmother. As long as Judy is around, you have nothing to worry about."