Zootopia: Undercover Pursuit

Chapter 7: The Return

Chapter 7: The return

The rest of the journey was already peaceful. After explaining to the pair of hypocrites who sat in the back, Judy heard no complaining or arguing. She could sit and listen to the music that was constantly playing in her ears with a peaceful conscience. Her companion on the journey, Jim, in time fell asleep on the seat lying down comfortably relaxing his back. When Judy saw him she was reminded of Nick, he too chose similar poses when he slept, which annoyed her a little as he took up most of the bed area at the time, but she loved him too much to get angry with him.

"'I wonder what my fox is doing' thought Judy wondering what Nick might be up to. He would probably be playing something on his laptop or inviting Fenk over to his place. That was the fellow Nick had the fox's ice-cream business with. Although Nick wasn't doing the scam anymore, Fenek was still doing it, after all, in theory it was a legitimate business that was easy to make money from. On his own, it wasn't so easy, but there was always something in the bag. Judy pleaded with Nick to cut his acquaintance with Fenek, explaining to him that it was not a good environment for him, especially when he was a police officer. However, Nick then explained for the rabbit that his friend was like a brother to him, but when Judy wanted him to explain it to her, he wriggled out of it saying he wouldn't understand. Judy did not pursue the subject any further at that point. She wanted to write to him, but in the end decided that it would be worthwhile to wait a little, so that the fox would know that the rabbit could manage without him. She knew him very well and expected that he would bristle at the fact that she had to write to him. Instead, Judy checked how much distance was left to her home village.

"Only 30 minutes more to go" thought Judy excitedly. It was already the last straight of this long journey. She stretched out on the armchair then closed her eyes luxuriating in the clouds.

30 Minutes Later

The journey on this train was so pleasant and relaxing that Judy took a nap when she closed her eyes under the influence of the slow and relaxing music. Her sleep was not very long as she was awakened by the sudden braking of the train as it stopped at the station. Judy looked through the steamed-up window after waking up and realising the situation. It was her station! As the train came to a stop, upon closer inspection, she noticed her parents waiting for their daughter. Her heart immediately sped up with excitement and stress. She had been waiting for this for so long and she finally got it. Moments later, the train came to a complete stop, the train doors opened and individual passengers began to get off the train.

"Merry Christmas" said Jim to Judy as she left her seat.

"Thank you, each other! Have a nice trip to the Sunshine City."

"Heh, thank you. Maybe the foxes don't disappear there" replied Jim with an ironic laugh closing his eyes again laying back in his chair.

"Foxes don't disappear?" thought an embarrassed Judy. Fate's last words surprised the rabbit and made her curious. In what sense do they disappear? There had been no reports of foxes disappearing, so perhaps that was some colloquial meaning.

"Judy!" her thoughts were interrupted by the voices of their parents, who were waiting for her at the train door.

"Mum! Dad!" Replied Judy hugging both her parents as she took her first steps onto the platform. It had been so long since she had hugged another rabbit. It was a terribly strange feeling. She was used to Nick's soft and dense fox, the rabbit's fur was much shorter and a little less soft than she had thought. Still, she wasn't letting them go. She missed them very much and would hold them in a hug all the time. "How was the trip darling? Didn't anything happen? Everything calm?" asked Mama Judy, to which the rabbit nodded calmly with a movement of her head.

"Yes mum, all calm and no problems. It was a fun and enjoyable trip. You don't even know how happy I am to see you!" said Judy hugging her parents once again

"We are too honey we are too. We already thought you had completely forgotten about us in this Zootopia for all this time. We've all been waiting for the moment you got back from that town.

"Wherefore, you know that you are most important to me! It's just that since I'm the head of the police force I have a lot of things on my mind and I don't have that much time to come on weekends. It would be unprofitable," replied Judy

"But you have a secure job? Are you safe?" asked her dad on hearing that her daughter was the head of the police. Judy's parents were terribly over protective, worrying about every little thing as if everything was threatening her life

"Well...let's just say I have a partner at work who makes me feel safe. In general, I brought something with me" replied Judy turning her parents the other way showing them the baggage handlers who were unpacking gifts from their luggage

"But what is it?" asked Judy's mother

"Well gifts for the family. Just as we agreed.

"Oh honey, we were just kidding...we would never ask you to buy anything for us...you will have to return it" sighed her mother. Although she appreciated Judy's gesture, it was awfully nice, they couldn't accept such a large gift. They knew that Judy had bought her own flat and that she needed some money now. They joked that Judy could buy some gifts to split the repayment between them, but they didn't expect their daughter to react seriously to that

"No, you don't have to give anything back. I feel happy to give gifts to my family. I can afford it with...I mean I can afford it, don't bother," replied Judy biting her tongue when she almost mentioned Nick. Luckily he managed to refrain from saying his name at the last moment, so her parents didn't pay much attention to her slip of the tongue

"Well, if you say it like that, surely you don't want to return it?

"No dad, I want these gifts to go to my siblings. I think they'll like the presents I picked out...along with Nick (quietly)

"Awww, our darling daughter...just where are we going to fit it all?" replied Judy's mother as she saw the pile of arranged gifts. There were more than her parents expected

"There's enough room on the trailer, we just have to stack the packages and cover them so the kids don't get caught," Judy suggested as she saw her father's car. It was a red pickup truck that was used on a daily basis to haul packages of carrots or their seeds

"Well, that sounds like a plan" replied her father after a moment's thought. The trailer was indeed big enough for all the presents to fit. Without wasting any more time, Judy's father was the first to move the packages. His daughter also wanted to join him, but her mother did not allow her to, asking her to get into the wagon to rest. It was a bit stupid, after all she was not doing anything but sitting on the train so she had nothing to rest from but she did not want to make a nuisance of herself so she obeyed her mother. There were three seats in the car, Judy sat in the middle waiting for her parents to wrap the presents. In that car Judy learned to drive. When she turned 16, her father started teaching her how to drive, so that she could pass her licence the first time. The beginnings were really difficult: Judy often confused the brake pedal with the clutch, forgot to press the clutch when changing gear, didn't know how to put the car in second gear and much more. But the long and gruelling training was not in vain, and as time went on, Judy became more adept at driving and got better and better. Thanks to this training, Judy passed her driving licence on the first try and was a really good driver. A few minutes later, the presents were wrapped, strapped into the trailer and covered with a white tarp. The parents got into the car, and the father started the car

"Is this all done? Can we move?" asked Father , to which Judy nodded with a motion of her head. That was enough to get the car moving towards home