Hello my friends, here another chapter of Blue Paradise, sorry for the late update but everything has become way too complicated lately. I hope to recover soon.

A great thank you to Scottishvalhalla for his great help as usual.

This work is dedicated to a special person without which my life would have been colourless.

Thank you W. for being there.

"Mmhmm Luigi's Itailian restaurant...very appealing" Alessandro mumbled looking intrigued at the landscape of Zootopia from the yellow taxicab he was in.

"First time in Zootopia sir?" Asked a friendly pig from the driver's seat.

"Yes" the albino cougar answered neutrally in his deep and peculiar accent never leaving the sight of the foreign city

"I see, well If I may be so bold...that place..." he pointed with his head in the direction of the restaurant "Is one of the best you can find here sir. Have you ever tried Italian cooking?"

"I might have...a couple of times" the amused feline said diplomatically hiding a huge smile

"You should take your girlfriend sir...I went there with my wife for our twentieth anniversary and we both had a great time" he said looking at him from the rear view mirror "aaaand...off the record..I enjoyed the after dinner even more...if you know what I mean" he winked

The white furred mammal chuckled at the salacious comment "I'll take that into consideration my good friend, but me and her..." he gestured to the sleeping form of Vanessa cuddled in the other side of the seat "...are not dating"

"Oh...sorry, I didn't mean to pry" he apologized truthfully "She seemed really exhausted, poor thing"

"She had a very busy week and the thirteen hour flight didn't help either" Alessandro said emotionless with a quick glance at the silent female.

"Not surprising she fell asleep then...and here we are sir, ZPD first precinct" he said pulling over the cab "But...uhm...are you sure you don't need me to wait for you? It won't be a problem" he added a bit concerned.

"It's very kind of you, but I have business here my good friend, very important business, I don't know how long it will take"

In almost twenty-five years of service it was the first time he was asked to bring someone to the police station at that unholy hour of the night, but it was work after all, who was he to argue with a customer? He just hoped it wasn't a murderer, a serial killer or a lunatic bipolar maniac.

Surely by the look of him he seemed a good mix of all three things...come on...who in his good mind would wear sunglasses overnight if not a first class criminal? He only hoped he was friendly enough to avoid a possible knife in his bowels "As you wish sir"

"One last thing..." Alessandro said closing gently the car door "Could you please take her to this address?" he demanded handing him a colorful card

"Of course sir"

"Thank you" the feline thanked him with a small smile adding a generous tip

"Oh wow, I'm the one to thank you sir" he exclaimed in genuine surprise accepting the extra, maybe this strange cougar was a weirdo, but he surely knows how to please a tired driver.

Alessandro slightly bowed his head accepting the gratitude but as he was about to turn around, he felt compelled to add something "Just a recommendation...when you woke her up be sure to do it VERY carefully"

"Uh...sure" the pig answered a bit taken aback

"No seriously...watch out" he admonished with no trace of mirth in his deep voice looking at the driver from the window down

"Of course, after all what could a sweet thing like that do? Bite my nose off?" he laughed at his own joke shaking his head "Have a good night Sir"

"She might do it" he whispered to the retreating taxi feeling a bit of remorse for the kind driver, then with a shrug he walked towards the huge building in front of him, definitely way too over the top for his tastes

"Mmmh, I wonder if it's to compensate some other shortness" he thought maliciously sliding his massive paws into the pockets of the black jacket he was wearing.

Once he walked through the door however he reluctantly marveled at the wide elegant hall even if, in his opinion, it resembled more a theater's waiting room rather a proper police precinct .

he wasn't sure he liked it.

Everything was so very different from what he was used in his beautiful Itaily and despite being small and much less expensive looking, everything felt much more...homey...welcoming...warmer...and for a minute the stoic albino's mammal was assailed by a sudden wave of homesickness.

Alessandro had never liked all that concrete and cold metal and, as much as Zootopia seemed to be a very nice place he was sure he would never been able to live at such a long way away from his beloved Tucany and his green and lively fields.

With a sigh he forced all this pleasant but at the moment absolutely useless thought away from his mind, it would probably be a very long time before he could return, so until the mission was complete he couldn't afford any distraction.

Of any kind.

"Focus Foresta...the only important thing now is the mission...nothing else...Itaily will be still there when everything is over" and with this newfound resolution he confidently walked the few steps towards the night dispatcher.

He was a hippo...correction...he was a very bored and sulky hippo who was flipping lazily though a gossip magazine, not certainly the kind of reading you expect a mammal of that kind could enjoy...unless he was of a particular orientation..but at a first sight the feline was quite sure he wasn't the case...yes...definitely straight...so it must be probably the only way of entertainment available at the moment.

No wonder he doesn't seemed to be so...entertained he thought sniggering.

"Good evening officer" Alessandro greeted politely, even if it was more a very early good morning than late evening.

The hippo, 'Higgins' he read from his name tag, raised an eyebrow in curiosity clearly not expecting a visitor at such hours, and, when he looked at the Itailian agent in incognito a bit more attention, they reached such an expansion that he was almost comical to see.

Alessandro Knew that at first sight he could give the impression to be a two time parolee looking for trouble or a devoted supporter of satanism, after all he was tall, much taller than most of his kind, well structured and surely the fact that that he always dressed In black and wore dark sunglasses even during raining days wasn't helping.

Still rater that, than showing to strangers the reason why he was known as the 'White devil'.

As far as his eyes were considered to be exotic and deliciously exciting from many females, he had to admit, they caused more havoc than his huge muscles ever have done, it was like he had tattooed serial killer on the fur of his forehead.

"How may I help you...uh...sir?" Higgins asked in a very dull voice.

Geez, it just goes to show..." I'm here to see Chief Bogo agent"

"Oh really?!" the officer asked skeptically "and exactly for what reason sir?"

"It's private officer" the white mammal answered sternly.

"Mh, the chief is currently busy" he said as final resuming the reading of the female's magazine and obviously considering the strange conversation over "I kindly suggest you to come back another day by prior appointment. Goodbye sir"

"I'm afraid that cannot be, he's waiting for me officer"

"I don't think so, he didn't leave me any order" the hippo cop said turning a page "I think you'd better leave now"

Alessandro smiled like he was having the time of his life, he liked the officer's efficiency...very much. "Can you give him a call please?"

"I beg your pardon?" he said raising his head with a very surprised and unbelievably stunned expression.

"Can you give him a call and advise him I'm here?" he repeated patiently with a kind smile

Higgins banged his huge paw on the desk becoming more and more upset by the mysterious mammal with the strange accent "Listen up, I've already told you that..."

"And I'm telling you I've made a very long journey just to see your chief, so please give him a call. If you are right, you'll get rid of me, but if you are wrong...I suspect he won't be so happy with you when he'll discover you didn't do your job properly"

With a very annoyed and angry gaze at the cheeky feline, Higgins closed with a snap the colorful periodical and pressed the red button of the intercom.

"I'M BUSY" answered a gruff voice not even a millisecond after

"I'm so very sorry chief Bogo, there is someone asking for you here so..."

"HIGGINS, YOU BOTHERED ME FOR SUCH A STUPID THING? YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO IN THIS KIND OF SITUATIONS"

"Yes sir, of course" he apologized mortified with a deathly glare at the cougar probably already imagining the hardest of punishment for his… severe mistake

"Psst, tell him Alessandro Foresta is here" said cougar supplied him in order to end that farce

"Chief, he said his name is Alessandro Foresta" the poor officer almost whispered as if praying for some sort of miracle.

"WHAT?"

"Sorry chief, I told him to go away but...I'll throw him out immediately and..."

"DON'T DO ANYTHING YOU BLOODY IDIOT...I'll be right there" Bogo ordered ending the communication

Higgins looked first at the silent intercom and then dazed towards the smiling cougar who sported a very satisfied I told you so expression of victory.

"Agent Foresta..." a very upset water buffalo barged in fixing his perfectly ironed shirt "….I'm so terribly sorry for the inconvenience" he apologized as professionally and slowly as he can

"A-agent?!" repeated Higgins looking astonished at the stranger before standing on attention and saluting both his superiors properly "Sirs"

Alessandro did his best not to burst out laughing at the sudden change of attitude and with his best firm secret agent's face he turned towards the terrified hippo "At ease Officer Higgins" he ordered peremptory "Just let me give you a suggestion for the near future"

"Yes sir" Higgins exclaimed dutifully finishing the salute but remaining perfectly still waiting for the booster he was sure to deserved

"If I were you...I will jump from page 16 to 28" the white feline said changing from serious to jovially pointing to the magazine abandoned on the desk

"Sorry?!"

"Yes, you see, I'm not sure that you could be interested in '100 ways to keep your fur healthy and shining' am I right?"

"Err...no sir...not really"

"I figured that, so if I may, I highly recommend the crosswords on page 45, but be warned, it's very challenging" he said winking with no trace of resentment

"Uh...thank you sir"

"Shall we go to my office now Agent?" Bogo urged a bit impatiently

"Of course, chef, please lead the way, officer Higgins it was a pleasure" he said with a slight bow of his massive head

"Like-likewise sir...and sir"

"Resume your job Higgins, Agent Foresta, please this way" he said gesturing to one of the halls.

Once in the privacy of his dark room Bogo quickly sat on his chair barely allowing Alessandro to take his place in front of him "Agent I apologize for my officer behavior, I assure you, if he was disrespectful to you, I will have him notified for a disciplinary write-up"

"No need chief Bogo, he was absolutely professional, and if anything, I'm the one who need to apologize for my unannounced arrival"

"I wasn't expecting you for another week at most" The water buffalo admitted reluctantly.

"I know...my team will be here in ten days, but I didn't have much to prepare so I just took the first flight I could find, I hope it's not a problem...I don't like to waste time."

Bogo grinned "On that we are on the same page Agent, but I regret to inform you that I have yet to provide all the item you requested on the list your first in command sent me."

"List?" he repeated surprised in his deep accent "Which list?!"

"Agent Montagna faxed it immediately after our first video conference" the herbivore explained

"Danm Teo" he thought already worried "Do you mind if I take a look?

"Of course" Bogo agreed opening one of his drawers and took out a neatly folded white paper letting it slide slowly on the smooth surface of his table towards the cougar "Here"

Alessandro took it immediately dwarfing the small foil with his big white furred paw and started to closely read it, still, at point 10 he resisted the urge to face palming himself "Teo, I swear, I will put laxative in your drink next time I'll see you"

"Unfortunately some of the things you need are not so easy to find agent."

Yeah, for example an infra red viewer or 10 kg of plastic explosive...just where does Teo think he could hide 10 kg of explosive on him?...No wait, on second thought he really didn't want to know that, he head the feeling he wouldn't have liked the suggestion..."Well chief Bogo...I think we got off all of this on the wrong foot" he said crushing the paper in a tight ball and launching it perfectly into the small trash bin at the buffalo's side "So let's start we over, shall we?"

"I beg your pardon, but Agent Montagna..."

"...is not here now and as second in command here I'm in charge of all the decisions, plus let's just say my colleague tends to be a bit..." he snapped his fingers trying to call to mind the right word.

"Overzealous?" Bogo helped gently

"Not the word I had in mind but...yes...it gives the idea" he shook his head exasperated "Listen chief Bogo, there are two things I really need, one: a place to set a home base for me and my team and two: some of your most trusted officers as outside support"

"Mmh" the chief grumbled as politely as he could "Agent, on this regard...may I ask what kind of mission are we talking about? Your first wasn't very exhaustive on it"

"Uhm...I beg your pardon?" Alessandro asked a bit confused

"He didn't explain what you need our help for" Bogo repeated impatiently

Alessandro grinned a bit mischievously "All in due time Chief, all in due time, you and the chosen officers will know everything in the first meeting before the training"

"Just wait a minute I have no..." Bogo interjected but Alessandro was quicker to prevent any more complaints from the stubborn Buffalo raising a white paw

"I'm very sorry but I need you to be patient for a little bit more, I am putting together briefing packets that will help clear up many questions you have, and I would ask you to wait until they are completed" and before the snarky chief could persevere with his summation he concluded "but I can promise you this: no harm will be done to any of your officers Bogo"

The horned mammal grumbled again not absolutely convinced by the albino cougar's words.

"Would being part of it be proof enough that they will be safe?"

"Part of the mission Agent?" he asked without bothering to hide the surprise in his voice

"I can't let you be directly on the field Chief, but I will put you in the front row of our camera footage, you'll be present during the various stake outs and you can hear everything through a headset."

"Can you guarantee that?"

"You have my word Bogo, there will still be rules, you won't be able to intervene or give orders, once the support team is out on a mission I will be the only one allowed to do that, just a single transgression and this agreement is over...am I made myself clear?"

"Perfectly" he accepted reluctantly

"Very well, so do you think you have a suitable place here in this huge building?"

Bogo nodded grabbing a small foor plan of the district from one of the drawers in his desk and looking at it very closely "We can have one of the conference halls ready for you in about..."

"No" Alessandro stopped him abruptly "That would be not good, too exposed...isn't there a more secluded place? Maybe some abandoned warehouse or an attic"

"More...secluded?"

"Yes" Alessandro answered just behind Bogo's back making him jump in surprise, and when the hell did the dicey agent move? "I've been tracking this criminal for seven years, all the evidence we have is strictly top secret and I can't afford the slightest mistake...nor the risk to be overheard, I believe you can understand what I mean Bogo"

"Of course" the horned mammal said dutifully looking helplessly at the paper "But I don't really…"

"This…what is this"? The albino asked tapping a claw on a grey spot

"Uh! The east wing? That's the old part of the building before it…"

"Does it still exist?"

"It does...but it's been ages that no one uses it, there will be…"

"That's it…that is perfect Chief…can I move there?"

"Err sure…" Hogo answered a bit cheesed off for not being able to complete a coherent sentence with the foreign guest "but as I was trying to tell you it's been ages that…"

"A bit of dust never killed anybody" Alessandro said half joking half serious interrupting him once more "and I prefer spiders to most of the mammal on earth"

"Very well" the unnerved chef conceded fully aware that any argumentation would have been useless "I can show it if you want"

"In a minute Bogo… now I'd rather deal with the most important part of my being here if you don't mind"

"You mean the backup team? Of course, and about that I've took the liberty to prepare the files of my best men"

"You…did?" he asked cautiously raising an eyebrow from under his dark specs

"I know I shouldn't have but they are all highly qualified for every situation" he assured grabbing a pile of personal sheets from another drawer and offering them to the unperturbed agent "I guarantee for each of them"

"Oh I see…are we playing mother hen with your favorite little leagues aren't we?" Still he decided to play along for the moment and as he reviewed all of the carefully chosen officers he had sadly to admit that Teo's first impression was absolutely right.

They were all males, and, from what he could see, probably all looks and no brain just like their boss, he judged as he took a quick look at the smug expression of the Buffalo apparently very satisfied with himself

"You are probably used to have the last word here, right? Well sorry that's not how it works with me my dear Chief "I will take them into consideration" he reassured putting everything aside and wiping at the same time said annoying expression from Bogo's face "What I really need is to envision the females files…may I?" he pointed to the computer on the chief's desk working on it without even waiting for permission

"Females?" the zootopian chief said outraged and very upset for another lack of respect for his person

"Yes…Females, all the available ones, I can find them in the system right?" he asked more for conversation than politeness already typing on the keyboard

"W-wait you need the password and the access…"

"No need" he said while, in a single try, he inserted the correct password and with perfect efficiency he entered in the police files system directing the research on the females officers

"…clearance…how did you…"

"A magician never reveals his secrets chief" Alessandro said evasively with a lopsided smirk

Bogo far too stunned to reply, no one ever knew about his personal passwords and he was pretty sure that this creepy white feline couldn't have had enough time to investigate on it either, just who the hell was this mammal? A demon in fur and flash and for a minute he was glad he was an ally.

But only for one minute!

Like he was reading into that overblown horned head of his, Alessandro was having a very hard time to maintain some sort of professional behavior satisfied with himself for being able to silence the pretentious buffalo for good…for now!

Tsk! If he couldn't 'hack' into a simple police program then he wasn't worthy to be part of the intelligence, and, as a matter of fact, it was really a no-brainer, all you need is the right dose of cunning and a keen power of observation and…come on…Zootopia#1 wasn't so difficult to guess for such a windbag after all.

Plus let's just say that the wear of the keys was another significant clue, and that's was just one of his trump cards.

For one that knows how to use them, that's it

He was highly disappointed though, when he discovered there were only 35 females out of a total of 500 officers in 12 stations

"Not a good start uh?! Well…let's see what we have" and soon he realized Teo was right even on this one, all the files he was envisioning were of hippos or elephants, perfect exampled of…how did his friend said? Ah yes…a mix between Hercules and Maciste after a sever dose of steroids.

Giving up wasn't in his dictionary, but after ten minutes of almost unsuccessful research he was only able to select two she wolves a tigress and a lioness and yet none of them was even remotely close to what he'd hoped to find.

And the worst part was that there were only two more files left.

Shit! Vanessa would have been happy about the lack of competition he pondered as he opened the second to last of the two with less and less than chances to save the day, he was pleasantly surprised though when the picture of a smiling young doe appeared on the screen.

She was cute, so much so that after such parade of half males she seemed a bit out of place, still she was exactly what he was looking for.

"Not that one" Bogo said with a harsh tone watching in his turn at the cute bunny

"And for what reason? Is she in maternity leave perhaps?" he said calmly

With bunnies it sure was something solid

"She's just a simple meter maid, she won't be useful for your mission agent"

"A meter maid?!" he repeated incredulous "With such an amazing curriculum?"

"That's not important…you must know…"

"Valeridian of her class, an incredible set of records, some of the best grades I've ever seen and…an honorable mention from one of her instructor complimenting her for the knock out and the dislocated jaw?" he said with growing enthusiasm

"Sir…"

"A rhino? Really? This spit of a girl knocked out a rhino?" he laughed delighted "and she almost broke his face in a simple sparring session?"

"Sir…"

"Judy Hopps, age 24, current position…let's see…wait…the first precinct? She works for you? Bogo why on earth she's not one of the crown jewels? She's amazing"

"INSUBORDINATION AND DISRESPECT FOR AUTHORITY" he said quickly before he could be interrupted again "That's why, sir, I repeat it…not her, I wont' allow it"

"Oh…so we have a real hothead, haven't we?"

"Yes" he confirmed "She won't be a valid asset"

"Interesting" he said tapping his furry chin for some seconds before firmly pressing the print button "She will be in my team"

"WHAT? No…I…I forbid it…that's"

"And I think this would be all chief Bogo" he said as final ordering the sheets neatly in one side of his desk as if the huge buffalo didn't even exist "I entrust you with the task of notify the candidates they will participate in a meeting after work in three days starting from now."

"Sir that's…I strongly suggest you reconsider your decision."

"Obviously I will report your absolute and very appreciated cooperation to the mayor with the gratitude of the intelligence."

Right on schedule the mention of the first citizen of the city was enough to deflate whatever rebuke he was going to say, for the most part "Sir…allow me to provide you someone else."

"No need" and with that final words he stood up clapping his paw in urge "Now…shall we visit that famous east wing Chief? Would you kindly lead the way?"

Much later, at the first cracks of dawn a very happy secret agent closed the door of the east wing.

"Memo to Marco this door needs to be restricted" he said turning the shady round handle of the old door.

But it was just a simple task, he couldn't have found something better, the structure was sturdy and despite the cracks on the walls or the colorful colony of spiders in the corners, there will be great opportunities there, but the best part was looking at an all mighty chief of police falling from his throne.

According to Bogo none of the other officers never set foot there since it led only to old parking places now used as storage areas...and with a little intelligence's touch it would be perfect.

"Officer Higgins...good day" he warmly greeted the dispatcher intent to write down on the same magazine he was reading a couple of hours ago, he smirked when he noticed he was really trying to complete the crosswords he suggested.

"Sir" he quickly saluted almost launching the pen in the process "Sorry I didn't hear you."

"No need Officer, at ease, still at work?"

"Yes sir, still for another 30 minutes."

"I see" he smiled at the rigid hippo "Montecucco."

"Mon...Sir I don't understand your language, I only speak English."

"No...it's the answer to 23 horizontal 'Fine Itailian original Tucan red wine' you were trying to answer that right?"

"I...yes but how did you..." the poor officer said unintelligently.

"See you soon Officer" Alessandro said already out of the glass door.

The sun was barely visible but even this faint light was too much for his sensitive eyes, as usual very grateful he was wearing his trustworthy specs.

With a sigh he grabbed his mobile phone from his pocket and turned it on.

He chuckled as after only a couple of seconds he started to receive a disproportionate number of notification all from Vanessa, but before he could even attempt to read one of them when a loud music echoed in the silent street.

He rolled his eyes.

That female was really a witch, she seemed to always know when he was done with his business and she must have played again with his cell too since he was pretty sure that he didn't choose "The power of love" of Feline Dior as her personal ringtone.

"Hey sweetheart, already awake? Is the poor taxi driver still alive or do I need to call for a memorial service?" and this time instead of a sweet music the only sound getting out from the black mobile was a cacophony of profanity and insults such as to make even the most breezy dock hand blush in shame.

"Okay, okay sorry...but believe me it wasn't a great show...at least now it's over and we don't have to think about anything for three whole days, hey why don't you get ready and dress nicely? I'm taking you shopping...I know I know...then what about this? A friend told me about a nice restaurant here...so maybe to make up for it I can treat you to a romantic dinner too" he pacified his grumpy friend while his shadow was slowly becoming longer as the sun was gradually welcoming another day in a foreign city.

-editors note: Please note that this would've been posted at the beginning of August, however I lost it in the depths of my computer and forgot about it after editing. Please direct all rotten tomatoes and other out of date produce throwing to yours truly.