A/N : This is actually my old Fics (The First Meeting and The Getaway), but I decided to merge them due to me making more of the series. English is not my first language, so pardon me for all the grammar mistake. The cover is a scene from the first chapter, I drew a scene every chapter but it seems like fanfiction can only show one on the cover, so if you want to check it out, go to my Tumblr, the Link is in my profile.
Feel free to review.
Disclaimer : I do not own zootopia.
A fox is crouching behind a couch. Taking cover from what's in front of him. A deer, holding a gun pin point at the fox place, shooting the couch a couple times. The only thing that keep the fox alive is that couch. The fox wondered why this has become a dangerous situation, all he did was investigating a kidnapping case, track the house of the kidnapper, and check it for evidence when there's nobody home. Simple. His plan is went well, until the deer noticed that his home is being checked and shoot the fox in the shoulder from behind.
"What are you doing in my house, Fox ?!" The deer shouted and shoot more
The fox considered to answer, but he thinks it will make the situation much worse.
"No response ? am I causing too much pain for you to bear that makes you can't talk ?" The deer mock
The fox hold his left shoulder, blood flowing from the wound.
"Fine then if you don't want to answer" The deer continued
Then the living room become quite. Is he leaving ? , The fox wondered. He peak from behind the couch and noticed that the deer is gone, the door on the right is opened. Nick carefully walk towards the deer last position to investigate. When he looked at the door, a gun tip comes out from the door and immediately shot, with his reflex, the fox dodge it and take cover behind the wall.
"Come out and drop your weapon fox, or I swear to god I will shoot this cub" said the deer
The fox take a peak from the wall and sees the deer has his gun pointed on a wolf cub head. The wolf cub muzzle is shut tight with a duct tape along with his hand and feet tied. The cub looks scared and crying.
Tch, the fox thought.
With a defeated sigh the fox throws his gun away and slowly comes out of his cover.
"Good, now….." the deer pointed the gun at the fox
"any last word ?" He continued
"I have three actually : did you count ?" the fox finally speaks
"What ?"
Before the deer have the time to think, the fox started running to him. The deer pulls the trigger only to find his gun is empty. When he finally realized what the fox meant, a baton hit his hand, making him drop his weapon, continued by a hit to the stomach and head, knocking him out. In a matter of seconds the situation turned upside down.
What a pain in the ass , the fox thought.
Not long after that, the police has come to the scene. The fox is siting on the ambulance while his left shoulder being treated.
"We have to stop meeting like this Nick" said the female hippo nurse
"Yeah we should, this time I swear it was a coincidence hippy" he agree
"That's what you said the last time we met" Hippy mock
Their conversation ended when a huge figure approach them.
"Wilde" a buffalo greet him
"Chief" he greeted back
"After all that's done, come to my office" the chief ordered
Great, another speech session, Nick thought.
Instead of answering he just stared into the buffalo eyes.
"I assume that as a yes, now if you excuse me, I have a job to do" the chief said as he walks away.
It took nick a few hours to finally get his shoulder patched. The doctor said, he must rest for at least a week to recover his shoulder. After he's finished in the hospital, Nick goes straight to the precint. The door to chief bogo room is never changed. When he sees it for the first time in the force, he was very nervous, but now, this door is just a door to him. He knock on the door. After a few moment, the chief answered it.
"Come in"
Nick opened the door, get in, and sit in the chair in front of bogo desk.
"First thing first, I want to congratulate you for solving that case, and saving that wolf cub life" said bogo
"Thank you sir" Nick replied
"I hear from the doctor that you need a full week of rest to heal, looking at the past, it seems like it's useless to force you to rest, I recommend you avoid field work until your shoulder is fully healed"
"But that is not the only reason I called you here, I'm assigning one of the officers to be your subordinate, she will help you solve all of your case" he continued
Nick didn't respon to that statement.
"now, I know that you have a past with this kind of things, but nowdays you're…"
A knock on a door cut bogo sentence.
"you called chief ?" said the voice from behind the door
"Come in hopps" Said bogo
The door opens revealing a grey furred bunny with a black tip on her ears.
"Take a seat" continue bogo while pointing the seat beside nick
"Wilde, this is officer judy hopps" as he pointed at the bunny
"And hopps, you maybe already know him, but this is detective wilde" he continued
Judy have Heard form her colleagues, detective Wilde, The first and currently the only fox cop, He has been in the force for a long time that nobody know when he first joined. She looks at the fox. His face is showing no emotion.
"Now hopps, you done nothing wrong, in fact you're doing a very good job these months, so I decided to give you a promotion, from now on you're going to assist detective Wilde on any of his case" Said bogo
Both Nick and Judy eyes were widened when they hears that. It took her a few seconds to come back to reality .She want to scream in happy, but decided not to make a bad impression.
"Thank you so much sir" She said while holding her excitement
"I hope you will not waste this opportunity, now you're dismissed, I need to speak with detective wilde alone" ordered bogo
"Yes sir" said hopps as she exited the room
The room have become quite again after judy left. Bogo decided to break the silence.
"I assume you have no objection over this"
"Actually, I have, No I will not accept that bunny as my subordinate" Nick finally speak
"Nick, I know what you're thinking, but you're getting more and more careless these days, I don't want to lose one of my best again, so I need someone to watch your back !"
"She'll only slow me down"
"Don't worry Wilde , that bunny is the top of her class, the only reason why I don't take her to the field, is because she's still naïve, and I entrusting that to you"
"Sir, with all due respect…."
"Shut it Wilde, My decision is final and cannot be changed, now get out of here before I suspend you"
They stared at each other, nick still want to argue, but he knows that the chief doesn't play with his threat, and his shoulder injury is the more reason to suspend him. Finally he sighed in defeat.
"Fine" He said calmly before exiting the room.
Judy still cannot believe what just happen, after all these months giving all her best, she's finally being promoted.
"Woohoo !" Said judy as she jumping in happiness.
"Whoa, what get you all exited about ? A voice beside her ask
She turns to see a fat cheetah in the reception desk, smiling at her.
"Clawhauser, I just got promoted !" she said.
"Wow, good for you judy, promoted to what exactly?" Clawhauser asked
"I'll be working under detective Wilde "
"Detective Wilde ? Detective Nick Wilde ?" Clawhauser asked with disbelievement
"Yes, what's wrong about him ? " Judy wondered
"Nothing, it's just that you're a rabbit and he's a fox, it's kinda weird bogo pair you up, maybe it's because you both are the first of your species on the force?"
Now that judy think of it, it is kind of weird. Well, aside from the fact that they both the first of their species, they are actually a natural enemy. Judy knows that not all foxes are bad like gideon grey, but it still bother her. How will her father react if he knows judy are working under a fox
"Huh…..what else do you know about him? Judy asked
"He's a quiet person, and he usually moves away from other mammals, Oh and fetective Wilde has been working alone for a long time, I can't imagine if he has a partner"
Judy have a mixed feeling after hearing about his superior. Her thought broke when she sees her superior walking down the stairs. I can't judge mammal by her species, this is a good thing, and im going to go through with it, she thought.
"Oh there he is, gotta go clawhauser" judy said as she approach Nick.
"Have a nice day ,judy" replied clawhause as he look judy running.
I wonder what would happen with them, Clawhauser thought.
Nick still cannot accepting the fact that he have a subordinate now. He's walking toward his room that located on the first floor. His steps stopped when a voice calls him from behind.
"Detective Wilde"
Great, just what I need right now, he thought sarcasticly
He turn around and see Judy, standing in front of him full of enthusiasm.
"I'm ready for assignment sir" the bunny said
He look at her from bottom to top.
What were bogo thingking, how is this little bunny gonna help me solve a case, Nick thought.
He just sighed and says
"Follow me" as he started to walk again
So far so good, Judy thought.
Judy followed behind him. Everyone that have passed them is either confused or surprised at the fact that the bunny who have been a meter maid for months now working with a detective, and the more shocking fact is that the detective is Nick Wilde, the loner. Nick don't have a problem with this at all, but judy didn't know if she's want to feel proud or embarrassed. After a short walk they arrived at nick office. The office smaller than the chief, but it still amazed judy to have your own office in the precint.
"Wait here" nick ordered while he's getting inside a closet.
Judy can't wait to help solving a case, like a real detective, after months of becoming meter maid and doing paper work, she's finally becoming a real cop.
Nick comes back carrying a ton of paper in his hand and dropped it to the table in front of judy.
"Here's my paper work I haven't finished, I'm on my desk if you need me" said nick while he started to walk towards his desk
Judy imagination broke as she looks at the ton of paperworks, All these months just to get more paper work !?, Judy thought angrily.
"Sir, wait !" Judy tone started to rise
Nick glanced back at her.
"Chief bogo said I'm here to assist you with your cases not doing some paper work !" she protest
"You still don't understand do you ? .alone , fortunately for you bogo said you can help me with all of my cases, but he didn't say how you do it right? So this is the best I can do for you, finished my paper work, you get to be my subordinates, I don't get disturbed, everybody's happy." Nick said calmly
"But sir, I want to go to field with you!" Judy's said with anger
"Even if bogo send you to me, I'm still your superior, if you don't want to do this, I could have just report insubordination to him, and you can be meter maid for all I care" He replied
Judy anger, have been cooled off a little bit by that last sentence. Being a meter maid again is definitely worst than this. And she finaly realize that all of her sayings before could make her fired from her job if she says it to another superior, but nick didn't. With a look of guilt, she apologize
"I'm sorry sir, that was rude of me"
Nick stayed silent for a little bit, and answered
"Just get the paper done" as he walked to his desk
Judy sit in the couch and started to work. She still upset from before, but decided not to make it worse by getting angry.
Nick look at her when she doesn't notice.
Why didn't I fire her, he wondered.
He's then realized judy look exactly like him before that happens.
He smiled secretly and hope that she's never gone through what he's been through.