-In the snow-

"Contraflow currently active on Snowpeak, recommend a reroute to Frost. Command center and staging area has been established at the Snow Burrow shopping center parking lot," Came a female voice over the speaker inside the cruiser.

Judy who was currently riding as the passenger clicked the small button on the microphone in her paw.

"10-4, taking Frost," She looked at Nick who had a pensive look on his face and decided to ask the question running in her mind as well. "Dispatch we were told this was just a few blocks, why is a contraflow active?"

A contraflow was a practice only used in extreme emergencies. Judy had only ever heard of one or two ever being used, mainly for events of large scales that needed to herd mammals in one general direction. It meant that both lanes of traffic were heading one direction. It required a lot of coordination and took a great deal of mammal power to pull off so it wasn't used lightly.

"The first one was a few blocks. The second one is what did it. We will keep you posted. Tundra clear at 0847."

"First one?" Judy asked as her ears raised. She had a worried look on her face as she looked at her partner. She felt suddenly nervous at what they were about to head into. Her training though reminded her to remain calm. They wouldn't be heading into the real bad stuff right off the bat, they were on their way to the command center which would be far from the real problems.

"Second one.." Nick mumbled as he merged into the traffic heading into Tundra town.

The small convoy from precinct 1 made their way through the morning traffic. Since this wasn't a full-blown emergency they weren't going with sirens and lights on. Had lives been endangered or they were advised by dispatch they would have gladly been speeding through the traffic. However, there came risks of traveling at such speeds and since the general public didn't receive the same kind of training when it came to driving that the members of the ZPD did it was best to avoid such driving tactics whenever possible.

"Your place with food on a stick didn't happen to be in Tundra Town did it?" Judy asked with a weak smile, having a feeling that a majority of their shift was about to be spent in the frozen cityscape.

Nick chuckled and glanced at the bunny sitting next to him. She couldn't help but blush when his eyes went up and down her figure. She had to look out the window for a moment to distract herself.

Why do I hate when he does that now?

She knew that this was just something he did, its how he gathered information on how she was doing. It wasn't meant to be taken as him checking her out, even though she wouldn't have minded if the fox wanted to take a glance at her body.

No…get that out of your head...

Fortunately, Judy's cell phone started to go off which brought the doe back to reality and gave her something to distract herself with. The bunny reached for her belt where her cellphone sat snuggly in a small pouch. She undid the strap and brought the phone out. A smiling picture of Tammy filled the screen as the cheetah in the squad car behind them called.

Judy answered the incoming video call and smiled down at her friend.

"So whats the deal?" The cheetah asked with a toothy grin.

Sometimes in order to save the dispatcher some grief, a convoy of patrol vehicles would depend on one unit to act as a kind of transmission unit. They would call in the team's information, location, and status. That way 4 units wouldn't be calling in the same thing to a dispatcher who was probably already backed up with calls, especially in Tundra town right now.

"They are contra-flowing traffic right now so we will be going the long way. Command center has been set up in a parking lot at the Snow Burrow shopping center."

"Oh, they have an awesome cold sandwich shop there!" Came an excited voice next to Tammy.

Tammy's pupils dilated as she looked off the screen at officer Murphy, the timber wolf currently driving their squad car as she followed Nick and Judy.

"Sammich?!" Tammy exclaimed excitedly as her tail flicked to one side.

The feline's obsession with sandwiches was well known at the ZPD after one of her fellow officers accidentally ate her lunch from the shared fridge on the breakroom. She had pinned the poor tiger to the grown even though he was much stronger, the fire in her eyes as she foamed at the mouth, however, had caused the petrified predator to go limp in fear.

"Well guess that solves the lunch question," Nick teased from the driver seat.

"Seriously though…how good are they?" Tammy asked.

Judy couldn't help but snort at her team.

Her laughter was cut short when the radio on the dash suddenly piped up.

"Zulu unit from Center 1 this is Tundra."

To allow Nick to remain focused on the now icy roads Judy quickly scooped up the pawset and squeezed the button on the side.

"Go for Zulu 34," The bunny said quickly before looking down at her cellphone, giving Tammy a nod. The cheetah fell silent as she listened in.

"Assignments from the command center, I have your locations and frequency numbers ready for transmission?" The female dispatcher asked firmly.

Judy looked down at Tammy who smiled up at the bunny.

"Text us when ya get the assignments," the cheetah winked and hung up her phone call. Judy opened a group chat on her phone and prepared to send out the teams assignments.

"Go ahead Tundra," Judy said, trying to hide her excitement.

The dispatch center in Tundra town gave out each vehicle in their little convoy an assigned area and street number. Some of them would be relieving other units while a few would be establishing a kind of checkpoint down certain streets. They were then given a frequency for their assignments. During such an event it was important to spread out transmissions. That way a unit wasn't tying up the frequency asking for a break while a medic unit was sending out an escort request. Since Nick and Judy were now stuck on checkpoint detail Judy switched her own radio to the frequency they needed. Nick kept his on the Precinct 1 frequency and the car radio stayed on the Tundra town channel. It was enough to make most mammal's heads spin but in a situation like this, it was important to keep channels clear and organized.

Judy didn't envy the dispatch center right about now, knowing full well they would probably be backed up when it came to calls and requests.

Nick knew the streets of Tundra Town rather well and thanks to a shortcut or two they managed to reach their assigned zone in no time. They were stuck a few blocks away from a major intersection. It was somewhat eerie to see the normally busy street so empty. Most of the mammals in the area, however, had grown used to these kinds of avalanches, it came with the territory of living so close to one of the large mountains that sat in the center of the district.

Nick parked the car so it would block the road and turned on the light bar on the roof of the cruiser. Once in park, he stretched his arms towards the ceiling and let out a grunt before looking over at Judy.

"So..."The fox began causing the doe's ears to go up, her brilliant purple eyes glancing in his direction. "All alone."

Judy closed her eyes and shuddered, "How long is this gonna be a thing?"

"Not sure, bet I can milk it for a bit," Nick chuckled. "Plus you look so cute when your ears blush."

Nick was probably the only mammal in all of the ZPD allowed to use the C word but he was really pushing his luck. Judy let out a deep breath but when she looked over at the fox who wiggled his eyebrows she couldn't help but laugh.

"Hate you…"

"No, you don't."

"Just love you less right now…"

"Also untrue."

OMG next shipment of Blueberries from home I'm gonna put food dye in and then we will see who is laughing!

"Carrots?" Nick said in a somewhat serious tone.

"Whats up?"

"You know I am just messing with you right?"

"Yeah I know," Judy grumbled.

"And you know why I do that right?"

"Why Nick?"

She felt her heart skip a beat when he reached over and gently patted her small gray paw with his on large black one.

"Because I do care about you.."

Judy looked down at her paw currently covered by Nick's. She then looked up at the fox and smiled, his emerald eyes looking at her with a kind of warmth.

"I know you big goofy fox."

They sat in silence for another second or two before Nick patted Judy on the paw and opened his door to step out. Judy took a moment or two to collect her thoughts.

Friends….we can be just friends. That's what we were before and there is nothing wrong with him just wanting to remain that way.

The bunny then opened her own door and stepped out into the brisk air of Tundra town.

One of the more annoying parts of perimeter details is they got rather boring fast. Sure they had one another to keep company and they could talk for hours on end about the most random of things but eventually even just chatting would get boring.

What finally broke up the monotony was a call from the command center for this emergency saying that Judy and Nick would have some company soon. A detection team was on their way and would pass through the checkpoint shortly.

Judy was the first to hear the approaching SUV and turned in the direction of the sound. The deserted street meant that the vehicle was easy to spot once it turned the corner and headed their way.

"Darn and here I was hoping for more alone time," Nick teased which caused Judy's eyes to go wide. She turned to glare at the fox who kept his emerald eyes on the approaching ZPD vehicle.

Of all the mammals you tried to kiss it had to be him?! He is going to be mocking us for at least a month!

Judy's attention was brought back to the approaching truck when it gave a quick blast of its klaxon horn. The buzzing sound filling the street temporarily as a kind of greeting to the two officers standing by.

As the vehicle approached Judy noticed two canines sitting in the cab. Both of them were roughly the same height but their fur was different which seemed odd given the fact they were the same species. The vehicle lumbered towards Nick and Judy's vehicle, Nick having parked the car so there would be plenty of room for the new arrivals to easily pass by. The SUV, however, came to a stop as the window lowered.

"Of course I find you two here," Came a smug tone from the painted dog driving the truck.

"Well well well," Nick chuckled as he strolled up to the vehicle and hopped onto the step beneath the door so he could look into the window. "If it isn't my favorite K-9….oh and Delta."

"Oh har har," The painted driver snorted as he rolled his eyes. "What was the ZPD thinking when they hired this guy eh Atom?"

The driver turned to the other painted dog who simply smiled and panted before making a series of paw gestures.

"No Atom…that's not the point of teasing someone. You are supposed to make fun of him…not ask if he has ice cream."

The lighter painted dog in the passenger seat folded his arms and let out a snort before looking straight ahead.

"Plus it's like 10 am!"

The lighter colored painted dog simply snorted again before Delta turned back to Nick.

"So Judy how's my favorite Bun in blue today?" The painted dog asked as he looked out his window and down towards Judy who had remained by their squad car.

The doe smirked and looked over at Delta. She had met the painted dog on several calls before. Each time had actually been a pleasant experience even when they had first met which had been a rough time for Judy.

-After Judy's Missing Mammals Press conference-

During the citywide protests caused by a certain bunny's press conference, many members of the ZPD were called in to handle extra shifts. Crowd control was key to keeping the city from completely plunging into chaos.

During a protest at the Savanna Judy was having trouble with a group of prey species ganging up on a cheetah who was trying her best to keep her cool. Speciest remarks were thrown at first towards the cheetah but soon even Judy was tossed in there. Several mammals asking how the ZPD planned to protect them if all they hired were tiny bunnies.

That's when things started to turn ugly. Judy did her best to try and calm the mammals around her, looking for back up only to realize that the other officers present had their own paws full.

"Alright back up no one wants to smell that breath of yours!" Came a curt shout from behind Judy.

A painted dog in blue BDUs and a black tactical vest came out of nowhere it seemed. He came up alongside Judy and gave some of the more verbal protestors a cold look. Even in the Savanna folks felt a bit of a chill.

"See, now we have to depend on predators to keep things organized because the ZPD is too busy hiring cute little-"

"Now I'm not gonna say that was the stupidest thing I have ever heard," The painted dog began. "But it is paws down the stupidest thing I have heard today."

Judy gawked up at the painted dog who gave her a smug smile followed by an encouraging wink.

"Oh and for your information I'm not here because she can't do her job. I'm just here because I love hearing stupid comments like yours. I am very sure Officer Hopps here can handle herself."

It took roughly half an hour for the crowd to finally disperse. Judy took a moment to collect herself before searching for the painted dog who had come helped her hold the line. When she found him he was chatting casually with a lighter furred painted dog by their truck. It was at that point she realized who they were. A series of warning signs on the windows of their truck told mammals to stay clear as they were a K-9 team. She had always been curious as to why those stickers were posted on the truck, it wasn't like they would attack anyone…right?

"Some use you were," The darker of the painted dogs barked as he waved his arms about and stared at his fellow canine.

The tan painted dog made a few paw gestures, an ice cream sandwich hanging from his mouth.

"Perimeter?! You were checking the perimeter?"

The other painted dog nodded happily and continued to munch on his cold treat.

"And that perimeter just so happened to be at the local gas station in the frozen food section?"

Once again the other canine nodded happily.

"You are useless sometimes ya know?"

The comment didn't seem to phase the painted dog whose tail swished back and forth as he devoured the ice cream sandwich before reaching into a bag and producing another one. It was at this point the more verbal of the canines noticed Judy approaching.

"Officer Hopps," The painted dog said with a friendly nod.

Judy had grown used to other members of the ZPD knowing who she was. Sadly she had become rather well known in the department, being the one who caused so much mandatoried overtime to become available.

"Just wanted to come and thank you for the assist earlier," Judy said as she stopped just shy of their truck and held out a paw.

The darker painted dog smiled and took the small bunny's paw and gave it a firm shake.

"Delta, and always happy to help a fellow mammal in blue," The canine said with a smile.

The other painted dog turned to look at Judy, his bright yellow eyes going wide as he suddenly took a step towards Judy. Delta reached out though and grabbed his fellow painted mammal by the collar of his dark blue BDUs.

"Ah ah ah," Delta said firmly, the other canine getting a sad look on his face. "This is Atom. He is on a bit of a sugar high right now and when he gets like that he tries to hug whatever mammal is nearby."

"Really?" Judy asked, surprised to hear of such a friendly predator. Her brow raised in disbelief which was her downfall.

Delta looked at Judy's smug look and smirked.

"Really," The canine said simply as he let go of Atom who dropped his bag of ice cream treats and suddenly lunged at Judy who was instantly scooped up in a warm hug.

"Officer Atom?!" Judy blurted out in shock, her panic state calming rather quickly as she felt the large painted dog squeeze her gently and nuzzle his muzzle under her chin. She didn't know why but after the day's events she actually needed a hug, even if she didn't want to admit it.

Delta was of little help, the painted dog wheezing as he held onto his sides.

-Present Day-

Judy had actually needed the support from the two odd canines during those times. Sure she left the ZPD eventually, but she always had a fond memory or two thanks to the two oddballs from the ZPD K-9 team.

Seeing the two canines pull up in Tundra Town brightened Judy's day, not that she was down, to begin with. It was just nice seeing some old friends.

"Doing great Delta, and how is my favorite member of the K-9 unit today?" Judy asked as she smiled up at her friend.

Delta leaned back in his seat and looked over at his partner, "Oi Goofball! Judy asked you a question."

Judy rolled her eyes as Delta looked back at the bunny and winked, "Been ok, lots of work lately. A few teams are down right now because of various things so guess who has to pick up the slack.."

"Oh geez really?"

"Yeah," Delta grumbled, "Could be worse though. It's not like some member of precinct 1 caused mass hysteria or something."

Judy's eyelids drooped at the comment as she stared back at the painted dog. Nick let out a laugh but quickly fell silent at the look Judy gave him. The fox turned back to the painted dog and tried to shake his head and look stern but the ways his lips curled gave it away.

"So where you two off to anyways?" Judy asked as she crossed her arms.

Delta let out a sigh and nodded down the road which slowly inclined up the side of the mountain most of the snow had avalanched down from.

"Apparently while up on the ridges inspecting the damage some engineers found something odd. They requested a sweep of the item and the area which is why we are about to freeze our tails off."

"Oh come on it's not that bad Delta," Nick began. "I always painted you as the warm furred type."

Delta remained silent as he looked at Nick and then slowly turned to look at Judy, "You mind hitting him for that painted remark later?"

"Will do, he has built up quite the tab today," Judy said with a smirk.

Nick snorted as he hopped down from the K-9 truck.

"You all stay safe now," Judy said seriously as Delta put the truck into drive.

"Thanks," Delta said with a nod.

Atom poked his head up and waved at Nick and Judy happily as the truck slowly pulled away and up towards the sloping roads.

"So Carrots," Nick began with that annoyingly smug tone of his. "Just you and me alone again."

Judy was normally very professional while on shift but she had a feeling even Bogo wouldn't mind what she did next. The doe reached down and made a small snowball while the fox wasn't looking and lobbed it at the back of his head. Nick snorted with laughter as he rubbed his now cold fur and gave Judy a look.

"Keep that up and no food on a stick for you, just regular stick-less food and who wants to live in a world like that?"

The energy between the two seemed slightly renewed after Delta and Atom's arrival. Judy explaining how she had first met the pair of odd canines. Nick explaining he knew Delta from a bar he had recently started to frequent. He actually knew Atom from his old hustling days. Nick going into detail how Atom one time bought out a whole cart of pawpsicle and started passing them out to some kits in Sahara Square.

"Mind you he kept like 5 for himself," Nick said as Judy laughed, the image of Atom running around throwing red pawpsicle at unsuspecting mammals was rather amusing.

"Tundra this is Kilo 16," Came a familiar voice over the radio. Judy's ears went up as she heard Delta's voice over the radio in the car. She looked at Nick who had a curious expression and nodded, the two reading one each other's thoughts. As one they leaned closer to the open window of their squad car and listened in to the transmission. If Delta was on the airwaves something must have been up.

"Go ahead Kilo 16."

"Notify EOD my partner has detected a positive odor on the 13 Bravo. We are clearing out to a safe distance but will maintain a visual."

"10-4 notifying EOD now of an alert what's the perimeter recommendation?"

"Going with 500ft to the north of the item, it's sitting on a ledge, tell the guys to bring their climbing gear."

"Carrots…" Nick began with a somewhat hesitant tone.

"Yeah?"

"Just to confirm, what is it Atom is trained to detect again?"

"Explosives…."

Hey all,

So...not dead! Woot! I know some of you may have forgotten you even followed this story its been so long for an alert. I am sorry about that. There has been so much going on irl for me and the fandom has also kept me very preoccupied.

We are still working on a cover for this new story. I hope to have an update soon because it will give you all an idea where this story is going.

I hope you all liked seeing Delta and Atom again. They are gonna have more goofy moments in the near future so stay tuned!

Thank you again for all the reviews, follows, and support during this time. I greatly appreciate you all and hope you enjoy this little update. I hope to have more soon.

-Blue