The Long Game, A Zootopia Fanfiction

New Kits on the Block

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Karen walked the last hundred yards toward the Town Hall building as a warm down, and reaching the door, she pulled out her earbuds, shut off her iPawd, and went in. It felt good to get away for a couple of hours and do a long run. She wasn't in as good a shape as she had been in high school when she ran track, but for someone who spent most of their day stuck behind a desk, she couldn't complain.

"Daisy?"

Seeing that her Admin's desk was empty, Karen went down the hall and poked her head into her assistant's office, "Ken?"

Empty, 'Where was everyone?'

*squeeeeeak*

Karen turned to see three mammals trudge out of the normally locked door to the building's basement.

"Ken, Daisy. Afternoon Sheriff. What were all of you doing in the basement?"

"Looking for this," said Ken as he jogged the rest of the way to his boss, "You left your phone here so, we couldn't call you. You're never going to believe what Wilde did."

"What happened?" And then, looking at the old book Ken was carrying, she asked, "Is that the Burrow's copy of the Old Law translation?"

Motioning the Mayor toward her office, "Yes, it is, and I think you'll want to be sitting down when we explain what's going on."

Making herself comfortable behind her desk, Karen was about to ask for an explanation when Hoofson set an old, dusty box marked 'Fragile' on the corner of her desk, opened it, and handed Karen a coffee mug.

"Found these on a shelf, nice heft to them, thought you might need one or two."

Karen turned the mug over in her paws, narrowed her eyes, and asked, "Alright, spill. I was only gone for a couple of hours. What'd I miss?"

Ken set the old book on the Mayor's desk and replied, "Remember this morning I told you there was a rumor going around that Edwards was threatening his daughter with banishment for refusing an arranged mating and then getting pregnant and having some road-tripping hare buck's kits. Well–"

Karen waved her paw, "About that, while I was on my run, I heard that her getting banished might be more than just a rumor. Which it better not be, because I'll be monumentally pissed if it is.

"For generations, this Office has had to turn a blind eye to a pawful of crazies and their abusive tenets all because the damn Town Council won't outlaw behaviors like banishment. Well, I'm tired of it. I'm tired of not being able to do anything when they pull crap like this. So..."

Looking at Hoofson now, "Sheriff, if the Edwards doe really was banished, I want you to find her and her kits and bring them here. I don't want any of them out on the street by themselves.

"If I have to, I'll make some calls. I'll see if I can find someone in town to vouch for her. Worst case, I'll find someone in Podunk who can take her in."

Hoofson chuckled, "That's what we were about to tell you. The girl was banished, but Wilde's already taken care of it, vouched for the doe and everything. And if I was a bettin' mammal, I'd say he's taken her and her kits to the Hopps' place too."

Karen shook her head, "But Wilde's not a rabbit. Who the hell let him vouch for the girl?"

Ken smiled as he pushed the Old Law translation toward Karen, "You did."