AN: Alright, I'm back. Again, I'm really sorry for not getting back here sooner. That's pretty much all I have to say, so let's just get this going.

"I didn't want to be right..."

The look in the fox's eyes sent a chill down Judy's spine. She shined her light up onto the ceiling, slightly illuminating the whole room.

Inside was a huge room with dozens of raised beds with purple flowers. As far as she knew they were called mendicampum holicifius. The only time she heard of it was when her mom told her the story of when Uncle Terry bit one when they were kids and bit her!

Obviously these flowers were not to be messed with… but what experience did Nick have with them?

"Mendicampum holicifius?" the bunny inquired.

"Mmm," the hooded fox grunted, "or night howlers, if you will. If you know the name, I'm sure you know their abilities?"

"Only that they make mammals act differently."

"Differently is one word for it," Nick sighed. "The one I'd use is 'savage.' It makes a mammal loose all sense of sanity, and usually makes them uncontrollably angry."

"Oh…." Judy just stared. That sounded worse than she ever imagined. She questioned, "How do you know about this?"

"Don't ask me that," the fox commanded.

"Why not?"

"Painful. Too painful. I can't remember or else."

By now Judy was getting really concerned. "But what if I could help you?"

Nick shook his head. "No. A good friend once told me, 'A mammal in pain cannot be trusted.' If I bring up those memories again, I will most certainly be in pain, which means I'll be a danger to you. And be aware, I will not put you in harm's way."

Judy stood there in silence again. After a while she finally decided to speak again. "Alright, so what do we do now? Or I guess now the question is what do you do now? Obviously, I'm going to have to report this."

Nick turned so his back was facing her, "Of course you do. Tell me, are you going to tell them I was here?"

"Why should I?"

"I was just wondering… Anyway, it's been fun, maybe I'll see you around. Who knows, maybe you'll stay assigned to this case or maybe even get on the news. If you need my help, well… don't. I already know more than I'd like to."

As he said the last word, something made a small 'clank' sound behind the bunny cop, probably only loud enough for her to hear.

She turned around, but saw nothing. She turned back around to find herself completely alone in the dark room.

How does he do that?! She asked herself. She prided herself on being able to keep track of everything that was going on at once, by using her exceptional hearing. But, for some reason, the fox made absolutely no sound at all. It was impossible.

Also, how the heck was he able to make a sound behind her?

She'd figure it out later. For now, she had to report the situation. She took her radio from her belt and pressed the button. "Clawhauser, do you copy? Over."

"I copy, Judy- uhhh Hopps. Whatcha need? Over." the large cheetah asked.

"I found Weaselton's lab, please ask the chief to send a few detectives and forensics down here. Over."

"Alright, rodger that," Clawhauser responded. "They'll be there in about 20 minutes. Over and out."

Judy put her radio back on her belt. Soon enough, they came and collecting samples and all of the other things they did. Judy got a strong pat on the back from more than a few of her colleagues, congratulating her.

"Hopps! My office, ASAP!" Chief Bogo yelled.

He sounded mad.

AN: So yep, there it is, long overdue. I'm gonna have a lot more free time in about a month, so hopefully I can get more chapters out. I'm probably going to write many chapters that are very short like this one. Thanks for all of the follows, faves and reviews, they really do help. See ya next time!