Justice League: Zootopia's Flash of Lightning

Chapter 7: Life and Discovery

"What size is this supposed to be again?" asked Barry, as he ran his eyes over the noodle box that currently occupied the whole, back left seat.

"Medium," replied Nick.

"Are you sure?" he replied. "Only, I'm sure this could feed a family of four for a week."

"'It did come off the menu for large mammals," replied the fox. "I'm just glad you didn't actually order a large, we wouldn't have been able to get it in the car."

Nick turned the car towards the apartment he shared with Judy, while the rabbit was finishing her telephone call with Fru Fru.

"Thank you for setting this up, give my love to little Judy, of course I'm still free for next week. I'll see you then, byeee."

She put away the device and turned to Nick.

"Fru's spoken to her father; he's willing to see us tomorrow afternoon."

"That's good news, now we might get a clue why he's being targeted."

"Just so I understand," said Barry. "Fru Fru is the daughter of one of this city's most notorious mob leaders, and Judy is the godmother to her child."

"That would be correct," she replied, turning to face him.

"How does that happen? I mean, doesn't it conflict with your job as a police officer?"

"Sometimes, but for the most part it's been quite helpful to the ZPD. I saved Fru Fru's life not long after I started, and Mr Big loves his daughter more than anything, so it got us some leverage when Nick and I worked our first case. Since then, Fru and I have kept in contact, even more so since her baby was born."

"Which gives you a contact in one of the highest places in the underworld," finished Barry.

"I can understand how useful that its, but aren't you worried that you might end up as another dirty cop?"

"Nope," this time it was Nick that spoke. "Cottontail here has one of the strongest personalities I've ever seen, nearly got us iced the first time she met Mr Big in person. She has made it clear that we don't want to be part of his organization, and he respected that out of love for his daughter."

"It's not an ideal relationship," continued Judy "The
information he does give us ultimately helps him in one way or another, but the trade-off is that crime levels have either stabilised or dropped significantly not only in Tundra Town, but across Zootopia as a whole."

"True enough," replied Nick. "Besides, we'd rather deal with him than a few of the other mobsters in town."

"Better the devil you know," said Barry, knowingly. The CCPD had been forced come to similar arrangements with organized crime in the past. Heck, he had once tried, and failed, to do something similar with Captain Cold.

"Exactly, anyway, here we are."

Barry looked out the window as the vehicle pulled up next to a brick apartment building. It wasn't anything too grand, a simple structure with four stories and two staircases out front, one leading up to the entrance, and another to the basement level.

Getting out of the car, Nick headed to the basement
staircase with the two smaller orders, while Judy helped a struggling Barry with his 'medium' box. Taking out a key; the fox unlocked the door and pushed it open, with Barry and Judy staggering in behind him. The apartment had a low ceiling, at least for the human; he imagined it was reasonably high for the two mammals. The main floor consisted of a combined living/kitchen area, which had wooden cabinets and a black lino floor. A counter worked its way across two walls and down the
centre of the room dividing the kitchen on the right from the living space on the left. This had a faded grey carpet and a sofa with a worn coffee table. There was a decent sized TV and some small cabinets lining the back wall, and Barry saw a hallway leading off into the rest of the apartment.