Adventures in Zootopia: Season Three Episode One

Created, Written and Edited by Cherry Coyote

If you like this new season and want more episodes, let me know with a review, otherwise I may not continue as I have other projects that I am currently working on.

Episode One - The First Day of The Rest of Your Lives

Nick was sound asleep when his alarm started blaring.

"Ah! I'm up!" Nick shouted as he jolted awake.

He looked to the alarm on his phone. "Oh, right."

He grabbed his phone and turned the alarm off. He set it back down on the nightstand and walked over to the dresser.

He pulled out a terribly cliché Hawaiian print shirt and olive green pants.

"Is this really all I have?" Nick asked aloud. He dug a little deeper in his dresser.

"Ah, here we go!" Nick said as he pulled out a red button up shirt from the bottom of the drawer. He pulled out some black jeans he had found as well.

He slipped on his new clothes and walked over to the full-length mirror in his new room.

He looked at himself for a few seconds, then pointed, winked and smiled at himself. "Lookin' pretty snappy, Nick."

"I gotta go shopping." Nick thought. "Maybe Thomas will wanna go."

Nick grabbed his phone off the nightstand and unlocked it. He tapped the 'messages' app and scrolled until he saw Thomas's name. He texted Thomas: "Hey tommy I'm gonna go shopping for clothes today, do you wanna come with me?"

Thomas replied: "Sure Nick, I'll swing by your apartment in 15 min"

Nick walked out of his bedroom and through the living room and out the door. He went down the stairs quickly and walked into the parking lot. 10 minutes later, Thomas rolled into the parking lot in a nice shiny black car.

Thomas rolled down the passenger-side window.

"You like it?" He asked Nick.

"I love it!" Nick replied.

Nick opened the passenger door and got in.

"You ready to go?" Thomas asked in a gruff voice.

"Uh, yeah?" Nick replied.

"Great. Buckle up." Thomas said as he slowly raised black sunglasses and put them on.

"I've always wanted to do that!" Thomas said gleefully.

Nick chuckled.

On the drive to the mall, Thomas and Nick started talking.

"So how's Judy doing?" Thomas asked.

"Oh, she's doing great. I'm so happy that I married her." Nick replied.

"That's good." Thomas said.

Thomas pulled into the mall parking lot.

"You ready?" Thomas asked.

"Yep. Let's go." Nick said as they both stepped out of the car.

It was Friday at 5:00 PM, so as you might imagine, due to the many customers, and species of animal, it was a literal and figurative zoo.

After Nick and Thomas were done shopping, they returned to the car. Thomas put the bags in the trunk and they both got in.

"All right, I'll take ya home." Thomas said.

"Wait, why stop now? Judy's visiting her family, we've got the day off work, let's go see a movie." Nick said happily.

"Uh… I… don't know, Nick. I'm kinda busy. I mean, I guess it'd be okay. As long as the runtime isn't too long." Thomas said.

"What are you busy with?" Nick asked.

"Uh, nothing." Thomas said as he drove towards the movie theater.

"What? But you just said you were busy-"

Nick was cut off by Thomas turning the radio up to drown out Nick's curiosity. The song, coincidentally, was Nick's favorite song. So he was distracted, for now, at least.

Thomas finally made it back to Nick and Judy's apartment, much to his relief.

"Well, we're here! See ya later, Nick!" Thomas said hurriedly.

"Uh, bye, I guess." Nick said as he shut Thomas' car door.

Nick walked up the steps to the apartment, and put his key in the door. He unlocked and opened the door, then stepped inside. He was happy to be home, but curious as to why Thomas was acting strangely.

"There's obviously something he doesn't want me to interfere with." Nick thought.

He went to sit on the couch, but as soon as he sat, his phone rang. He pulled it out and answered.

"Hello?" He said.

"Officer Wilde, Chief Bogo is requesting you down here at the precinct. He says it's urgent."

Nick was puzzled. "Uh, okay?" He tried to ask why they needed him, but she had hung up quickly.

Nick had no ride. Fennick was busy, Thomas was… doing something, and Judy was in Bunnyburrow.

"Ah, I'll just run there. It'll be good exercise." He thought.

Nick left the apartment and locked it up again. He ran down the stairs and through the nearby park to the precinct. After about seven minutes of running, he was out of breath.

"Ah! I gotta (pant, pant) work on my (pant) cardio!" He yelled in agony.

Nick powered through and made t to the precinct. He ran inside, clutching his abdomen in pain. He panted, feeling like he was going to pass out.

"Ah, Wilde. I'm glad you're here. Is Officer Hopps here yet?" Bogo asked.

"No, she—"

"I'm here, Chief!" Judy yelled.

She had gotten the same call Nick had, and drove to the precinct.

"Ah, come on! I coulda asked her to pick me up?" Nick thought.

"I'm glad the two of you are here." Bogo said.

"And why would that be, Chief?" Nick asked.

"Because there's a new case for you two. And the new mayor has specifically requested it be assigned to you two." Bogo said.

"Really? What is it?" Judy asked curiously.

"Well, mammals from every district are being kidnapped.

"What?" Judy and Nick asked simultaneously.