Judy stared, transfixed at Vivienne as Nick darted down the hill and collected the huge spear. Her vulpine mother remained, unmoving, with her eyes narrow and her paw not even trembling as she held back that arrow. She was ready to release it if her target dared to interfere with her son. With what that sheep had said in reference to killing the officers, Judy felt like he would still be willing to try to hurt Nick anyway, even if it meant his death. He was absolutely barbaric. However, he did remain still. The lady pig continued to cry. She was saying things, making promises, it sounded like, but she was almost unintelligible.
As the fox took the spear away, the sheep did not move, only speaking. "I'll eventually be released, and I will find you," he growled.
"His mouth is moving. Something moved. I'm gonna shoot him," Vivienne said in a tone positively dripping with hate. Judy felt like she was listening to a different fox. The ram actually tensed up noticeably, fearful that she would. Judy was about to ask Viv not to do that, but there was shuffling of leaves from a mammal approaching through the woods. There was the sound of something hitting wind chimes hard and that was followed by swearing in a recognizable voice. It was Agent Bay.
"Who put these out here?" asked a female voice in reply to the swearing. It was his snow leopard partner.
"Agent Bay!" Judy called, wanting him to get there before Nick's mom closed part of the case herself.
"Are we sure he's on our side?" Viv asked, teeth bared, still keeping the arrow pointed at the sheep. The wolf crested the hill, gun drawn, and just stopped, looking dumbfounded at the scene.
"What?" he deadpanned.
"Move!" called his partner behind him. The swift feline passed by him and threw herself upon the sheep, flipping him over to his side and cuffing him. She could not put him on his belly because of the arrow jutting out of his shoulder. The ram growled furiously at the agonizing addition anyway.
"Orson, who are you working for? Why would you do this?!" Bay finally shouted at him, starting down the hill. The wolf holstered his firearm as Rosette got the sheep cuffed. Vivienne finally lowered the bow and moved briskly over to her son. Nick threw his arms around his mother. Judy wasn't able to hear what he was saying, but she was sure it was somewhere between gratitude and anger that she'd come right back to them.
The bunny wanted to talk to Vivienne too. She had so many questions.
Judy moved down the hill as well, alongside Bay, and then began working to try to untie the pig. The cords were too tight, so she eventually just picked up the spear and cut the cords with that. The pig stopped crying the moment Judy came into her field of view.
Pinned on her back on the leafy ground with the sheep waving a huge weapon over her, she had no idea who had come to rescue her until then. She looked like she was seeing her own ghost.
"Officer... Hopps?" she asked.
"And fox!" Nick chimed, his happy face coming into view beside Judy's. The pig, released from her stakes, sat up, rubbing her wrists. They were still cord-bound. They could get that off later.
"Th... thank you." She glanced fearfully at the sheep with the arrow in his shoulder, and then to Vivienne who was giving her bow and remaining four arrows to Agent Rosette. "Is it... over?" she asked fearfully.
Nick smiled at the pig. "Well... the part where you are going to be skewered in the forest by a psychotic sheep is over, yes. But! The part where you are stuck in a town that's 90 percent foxes has just begun." The last part was delivered with the fox's smug turned up to eleven. The pig just swayed slightly side to side. Nick folded his ears back, smug dropping away. "Yeahhh, she's going into shock. Agent Bay!" Nick went to get the wolf. Judy smiled back to Vivienne who was approaching.
