Zootopia Drabbles (Discontinued)

Bingo

The day had been long and lax. Thick fog rolled into the city early in the morning and gave the past hours a moody feeling. Judy Hopps, police officer of the ZPD had decided to stay in office and work extra hours. Another street race gang had been put behind bars, which was good of course, but with every case closed, came loads of paperwork. She didn't mind staying in late all alone though. After all, what else would she do? Sit in her small apartment and watch TV like she did almost every night? Nope, if she got the chance to be productive, she took it. Even if it meant a miserable night.

Judy laid back in her office chair, stretching her back out from all the slouching over her hard work. There was still a load of legal documents to read and fill out, at least an hours worth. She sighed, instant regret took over. Watching TV was definitely better than this.

Just then, Judy heard a nearly inaudible noise. Her ears perked up instantly, trying to locate where the noise had come from. She knew that sounds were normal in the city but something was off. It was subtle and suspicious, like it was out of place. She shrugged off the thought and went back to work. After a few seconds had passed, she heard it again. This time, a soft paw step. A noise so light that only a trained officer with ears like hers could have heard it.She was supposed to be the only animal in the building, had Bogo locked the building when he left? Was it just the janitor taking his time? Paranoia pulsed through her.

"Hello?" she called out as she slowly reached across her desk for her tranquilizer.

She knew it was drastic, but being part of the law gave you a lot of enemies,you could never be too careful.

Another step, it was getting closer by the second. Judy raised her blaster, ready to fire.

"Nick?" she called out for her friend, "is that you?" She heard everything she hadn't noticed before as her ears grew thirsty for sound. The tick tock of the clock, the buzz of the hall lights, even the wind outside howled dramatically. These few seconds seemed to stretch for hours. But she saw nothing new.

"Nick, I know it's you" She attempted to say confidently. She clenched her pistol tighter, but only silence came.

"Bingo!" Nick shouted as he suddenly appeared in front of Judy, inches away from the tip of her tranquilizer. Judy screamed at the top of her lungs, firing the tranquilizer without aim. Nick, being as quick as he was, noticed the pistol just in time and dodged the dart with ease. Unfortunately, Judy, still screaming, tumbled backwards off her chair. Her legs, arms and ears flailing in the air like fireworks as she fell with a hard thump.

Nick fell to his knees and doubled over, almost dying of laughter. "You should've seen your face!" He screamed once he caught his breath "It was so perfect!"

Judy sat up and leaned against the window. Her heart still thumping with adrenaline, her mind racing at a thousand miles an hour

"God Nick, you almost gave me a heart attack!" Judy exclaimed, still stunned "I could have shot you!"

Nick slowly stood himself up, his eyes still wild, and looked at Judy. A huge grin spreading across his face. "But you didn't, and even if you did, I would have lived."

"That's not the point!" Judy countered, sounding like an annoyed five year old.

Nick chuckled as he walked over to Judy and offered her his hand, wanting to help her back up. Judy rolled her amethyst coloured eyes, laughed softly and took Nick's hand.

"You still working on those street gang papers?" Nick asked once Judy got to her feet.

Judy sighed and fell into her chair dramatically, her arms and legs sprawled about. "Yeah," She finally answered. " I'm never going to get it done. What was I thinking? Taking all that work on alone."